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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 |
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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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to find convicts who arrived on the Mangles |
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Bushranger Mathew
Brady captured by John Batman near Launceston |
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Arrival of
Sesostris convict ship.
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Database to find convicts who arrived on the
Sesostris |
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Vessel 'Gurnett'
seized by escaping convicts at Newcastle
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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 John
Barry convict transport with Lieutenant James Sweeney and other members of
NSW Veteran Corp |
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Cutter 'Currency
Lass' built for T.W.M. Winder
at Hunter River |
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A. A. Company
vessel Balberook wrecked off Port Stephens |
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Arrival of
Regalia. Surgeon James Rutherford
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Database to find convicts who arrived on the
Regalia |
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Large portion of
Newcastle wharf washed away and 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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Database to find convicts who arrived on the
Marquis of Huntley
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Arrival of
convict ship 'England'
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Database to find convicts who arrived on the England |
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Duel
between Saxe Bannister and Dr. Wardell |
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Explosion in
Storehouse in Newcastle. Two children later died from injuries
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Patterson Plains
Government Cottage destroyed by fire
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St. Michael Store
ship 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. C.P.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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Database to find convicts who arrived on the Boyne. |
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Rev. Threlkeld to
abandon mission at Reid's Mistake |
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Westernport settlement established |
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Arrival of 'Speke'
convict ship. Alick Osborne surgeon
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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 |
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Death of poet laureate/ convict Michael Massey
Robinson aged 82 |
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Arrival of
Phoenix III convict ship.
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Database to find convicts who arrived on the Phoenix III |
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Arrival of Edmund Lockyer in King George Sound to
establish convict settlement
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