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1826

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Native population in the vicinity of Newcastle 760  
 

 

 

First of the ‘colonial’ blue books published, detailing statistics of NSW  

 

 

 

 

 

Bank of Australia opened  

 

 

 

JANUARY 3

 

Arrival of Marquis of Hastings convict ship. Surgeon George S. Rutherford  Colonial Secretary Alexander McLeay passenger on board  

 

 

 

JANUARY 3

 

Arrival of Sir Godfrey Webster convict ship. Surgeon William Evans  

 

 

 

FEBRUARY

 

Australian subscription library established

 
 

FEBRUARY 18

 

Arrival of the Mangles convict ship. Search the 'Ship' field of the Database to find convicts who arrived on the Mangles  

 

 

 

mARCH 17

 

Bushranger Mathew Brady captured by John Batman near Launceston  

 

 

 

MARCH 21

 

Arrival of Sesostris convict ship. Search the 'Ship' field of the Database to find convicts who arrived on the Sesostris  

 

 

 

aPRIL

 

Vessel 'Gurnett' seized by escaping convicts at Newcastle

 
 

April

 

Vessel ' Mars' wrecked near Port Stephens  

 

 

 

may

 

The Monitor newspaper established  

 

 

 

may 17

 

Arrival of Lady Rowena. Master Bourn Russell  

 

 

 

JUNE

 

Lieutenant Lowe in pursuit of natives who had killed shepherds in Hunter Valley  

 

 

 

JULY

 

John Smith completed a brick built Store at Newcastle  

 

 

 

JULY

 

Settlement formed at Illawarra under command of Capt. Bishop of 40th regt.,  

 

 

 

JULY 8

 

Arrival of John Barry convict transport with Lieutenant James Sweeney and other members of NSW Veteran Corp  

 

 

 

AUGUST

 

Cutter 'Currency Lass' built for T.W.M. Winder at Hunter River  

 

 

 

AUGUST

 

A. A. Company vessel Balberook wrecked off Port Stephens  

 

 

 

AUGUST 5

 

Arrival of Regalia. Surgeon James Rutherford Search the 'Ship' field of the Database to find convicts who arrived on the Regalia  

 

 

 

SEPTEMBER

 

Large portion of Newcastle wharf washed away and windmill damaged in a gale  

 

 

 

SEPTEMBER

 

Boundaries of authorised colonial settlement defined in an attempt to contain squatting in NSW (Governor Darling)  

 

 

 

SEPTEMBER 13

 

Arrival of Marquis of Huntley. Master William Ascough Surgeon William Rae. Search the 'Ship' field of the Database to find convicts who arrived on the Marquis of Huntley  

 

 

 

SEPTEMBER 18

 

Arrival of convict ship 'England'  Search the 'Ship' field of the Database to find convicts who arrived on the England  

 

 

 

OCTOBER

 

Duel between Saxe Bannister and Dr. Wardell  

 

 

 

OCTOBER

 

Explosion in Storehouse in Newcastle. Two children later died from injuries

 

 

 

OCTOBER

 

Patterson Plains Government Cottage destroyed by fire

 
 

OCTOBER

 

St. Michael Store ship moored in Newcastle harbour  

 

 

 

OCTOBER 13

 

Appointment of William Henry Moore, solicitor, as Acting Attorney-General of NSW  
 

OCTOBER 19

 

Appointment of Rev. C.P.N. Wilton, Senior Assistant-Chaplain of New South Wales  
 

OCTOBER 28

 

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. Search the 'Ship' field of the Database to find convicts who arrived on the Boyne.  

 

 

 

NOVEMBER

 

Rev. Threlkeld to abandon mission at Reid's Mistake  

 
 

Westernport settlement established  
 

NOVEMBER 26

 

Arrival of 'Speke' convict ship. Alick Osborne surgeon

 
 

DECEMBER 2

 

Arrival in Sydney of the Astrolabe, Captain Jules Sebastian Dumont d'Urville  
Brig Wellington seized by convicts on the voyage from Sydney to Norfolk Island  
 

DECEMBER 22

 

Death of poet laureate/ convict Michael Massey Robinson aged 82  

 

DECEMBER 25

 

Arrival of Phoenix III convict ship. Search the 'Ship' field of the Database to find convicts who arrived on the Phoenix III  

 

 

 

DECEMBER 25

 

 

Arrival of Edmund Lockyer  in King George Sound to establish convict settlement

 

 

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