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Native population in the vicinity of
Newcastle 760 |
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First of the ‘colonial’ blue
books published, detailing statistics of NSW |
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Bank of Australia opened
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Arrival of
Marquis of Hastings convict ship. Surgeon
George S. Rutherford
Colonial Secretary Alexander McLeay passenger on board
Surgeon Superintendent of the
Marquis of Hastings George Shaw Rutherford gave evidence
in 1831 to a Select Committee investigating Secondary Punishment
of Convicts.
Select here to read his evidence |
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Arrival of
Sir Godfrey Webster convict ship. Surgeon William Evans |
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Australian subscription library established
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Arrival of the
Mangles convict ship. |
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Bushranger Matthew
Brady captured by John Batman near Launceston |
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Arrival of
Sesostris convict ship.
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Vessel 'Gurnett'
seized by escaping convicts at Newcastle
Select here to read
about the escape
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Vessel ' Mars'
wrecked near Port Stephens |
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The
Monitor newspaper established |
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Arrival of
Lady Rowena.
Master Bourn Russell |
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Lieutenant Lowe in
pursuit of natives who had killed shepherds in Hunter Valley |
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John Smith completed
a brick built Store at Newcastle |
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Settlement formed at Illawarra under command of Capt. Bishop of
40th regt., |
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Arrival of the
John Barry bringing Lieutenant James Sweeney and other members of
NSW Veteran Corp |
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Cutter 'Currency
Lass' built for
Thomas White
Melville Winder
at Hunter River |
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Australian
Agricultural Company
vessel Balberook wrecked off Port Stephens |
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Arrival of the
convict ship
Regalia. Surgeon
James Rutherford
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Large portion of
Newcastle wharf washed away and the windmill damaged in a gale |
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Boundaries of
authorised colonial settlement defined in an attempt to contain
squatting in NSW (Governor Darling) |
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Arrival of
Marquis of Huntley. Master William Ascough
Surgeon William Rae |
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Arrival of the vessel
Orpheus
The Orpheus
departed England 6th May and called at Rio de Janeiro 22nd June.
213 men women and children of the NSW Veteran Corps arrived on
the 'Orpheus'. Officers Captain Robinson, Lieut. Warner, Lieut.
North and Assistant surgeon Robertson of the 13th Light Infantry
Wright, Christine., The Men of the Royal Veteran Companies and
Royal Staff Corps
Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society (November 1,
2009)
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Arrival of
convict ship England
In England the vessel was visited by phrenologist
Mr. Deville. He examined each of the 148 convicts and gave a
memorandum of the inferred character of each individual, and of
the manner in which the propensities were likely to manifest
themselves.
Select
here to read part of the journal of Surgeon Superintendent Mr.
Thompson
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Duel
between Saxe Bannister and Dr. Wardell |
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Explosion in
Storehouse in Newcastle. Two children, Mary Eckford, daughter of
the pilot, and an aboriginal boy later died from injuries
Read what happened
here
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Patterson Plains
Government Cottage destroyed by fire
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St. Michael Storeship moored in Newcastle harbour |
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Appointment of William Henry Moore, solicitor, as
Acting Attorney-General of NSW |
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Appointment of
Rev.
Charles Pleydell N. Wilton,
Senior Assistant-Chaplain of New South Wales |
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Arrival of
convict ship Boyne from Ireland.
Captain Pope. 199 male prisoners. Departed from Cork 29th June.
Guard consisted of
Captain Wright
of 39th regt., Lieut. Barr and
Ensign McDonald of 3rd regt., (Buffs). Surgeon Superintendent
Dr. H. Cochrane. R.N.
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Rev.
Lancelot Threlkeld
to abandon mission at Reid's Mistake |
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Westernport settlement established |
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Arrival of Speke
convict ship. Surgeon Superintendent Alick Osborne
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Arrival in Sydney of the Astrolabe,
Captain Jules Sebastian Dumont d'Urville |
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Brig Wellington seized by convicts on the voyage
from Sydney to Norfolk Island
Pirates of the Wellington Brig by James
Cowan - New Zealand Electronic Text centre |
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Death of poet laureate/ convict Michael Massey
Robinson aged 82
Read his trial in 1796
Cases in Crown Law Determined by the Twelve Judges, by the Court of King's Bench, and by Commissioners of Oyer and Terminer
and General Gaol Delivery |
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Arrival of
Phoenix III convict ship. |
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Arrival of Edmund Lockyer
in King George Sound
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