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A.A. Co. convict button |
Government relinquished Newcastle coal mines to the
Australian Agricultural Company |
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A detachment of the
17th Regiment (Leicestershires)
stationed in Maitland between 1830 and 1836 |
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January 13
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Arrival of convict ship
Asia
I from Cork with female prisoners. Captain Thomas Stead. Surgeon
Superintendent Alexander Nesbitt.
Wednesday 13th
January 1830 was a clear day in Sydney with an easterly breeze.
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January 20 |
Arrival of convict ship
James Pattison from Dublin under Captain
Joseph Grose and Surgeon James Gilchrist and bringing 199 male prisoners
Wednesday 20th
January 1820 was a rainy day in Sydney with winds from the S.E.
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January 26 |
Foundation stone of Sydney College laid by
Sir Francis Forbes
Click here for information about the silver trowel used
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January 30 |
The vessel Sarah (14 tons) owned by Mr. Anderson and built at
Brisbane Water arrived in Sydney. Intended for the Coal River trade |
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January
30 |
Death of former colonial
secretary John Thomas Campbell after a short severe illness. |
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February 2 |
The largest vessel to enter Newcastle port
- the Cumberland - departed Newcastle for Sydney...........Read
more |
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February 18
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198 prisoners arrived on the
Katherine Stewart Forbes
on the 18th February. Master Capt. Canney. Surgeon
Patrick McTernon.
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March 2 |
Death of
Richard Binder at Newcastle.
Richard Binder was a publican in Newcastle.
Find out more about Binder's
'Australian Inn' HERE |
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March
9
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Total eclipse of the Moon, commencing a little after 9 in
the evening, total darkness at ¼ before ten lasting two hours. |
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March 15 |
First
civil jury in Supreme court (case of Edward Smith Hall) |
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March
17 |
Military mayhem in Newcastle - riot in the
street (St. Patrick's Day).........Read
more |
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March
30
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Arrival of
the convict ship
Dunvegan Castle
via Hobart Captain William Walmsley. Surgeon Robert Dunn. Passenger -
Mortimer Lewis,
Surveyor's Department.
Tuesday 30th
March 1830 was a showery day in Sydney with south easterly winds.
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5 April |
Floods at the Hawkesbury.
Coachman employed by W. Cox junior drowned |
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April
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N.S.W. Bushranging Act authorises
arrest on suspicion
Find out more about bushrangers in
the Hunter Valley
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April 26
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Convict transport
Forth 1830 from Cork, Capt.
David Proudfoot. Surgeon William Clifford.
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Monday 26 April
1830 was a clear day in Sydney with a south-westerly breeze
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May 5 |
James Reid robbed by bushranger
Stephen Toole at Nelson's Plains NSW. |
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May 6 |
Arrival of the convict ship
Mermaid.
Master William Henniker. Surgeon Daniel Boyter.
The Mermaid
was placed in quarantine when it was feared smallpox was on board. Released
after examination by medical officers found there was no small pox.
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May 12 |
Arrival of the Convict ship
Nithsdale -
Master Thomas Christian. Surgeon Robert Malcolm
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May |
Five mounted policemen situated in the Upper
Hunter river district
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June |
Ship Warrior arrived from England via Hobart -
Passenger,
H.C. Semphill with wife and 4 children
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June 12
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Proceedings by the Executive Council regarding abandonment of
Rev. Threlkeld's mission at
Lake Macquarie |
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June 24 |
Auction of government building at Cottage
Creek, Newcastle.....Read
more |
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June
29 |
Arrival of the Convict transport
Roslin Castle from London,
Capt. Henry Ferguson. Surgeon William Conborough Wyatt.
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Roslin Castle |
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July 6 |
Death of John
Mason in
Newcastle Gaol after being tied up by gaoler
Robert Young and John Hooper |
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July
29 |
Arrival of the
Lady Feversham. Master Stephenson Ellerby. Surgeon
Andrew Douglas Wilson. Select
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find out more about the voyage of the Lady Feverhsam. |
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July |
Port Macquarie opened to free settlers.
Convicts moved to Moreton Bay or Norfolk Island.
Find out more about the manuscript of General Francois Jarry, who was
a leading French general of the Napoleonic era, and Lieutenant Colonel
Charles George Gray, who was one of the pioneer settlers in the Port
Macquarie district.
A description of Port Macquarie by Clement
Hodkinson (1836)
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August
20 |
Arrival of convict transport
Adrian, Capt.
William Sadler. Surgeon G.H. Weatherhead. Select
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August
21 |
Arrival of
the convict ship
Marquis of Huntley, Capt.
William Ascough. Surgeon
William Bell Carlyle.
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August
23
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Campbell Drummond Riddell appointed Colonial
Treasurer
 Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
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John (Jack) Donohoe, bushranger shot dead by Muggleton.
Inquest later held by coroner Smeathman at the Fox & Hounds, Castlereagh St.
Sydney. |
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September 20 |
Bushrangers
Edward
Bowen, John Mason, Hugh Duffy, and Finney receive sentence
of death after being found guilty of robbing
John Rotton,, at
Liverpool Plains |
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Vessels registered in
Sydney not exceeding 50 tons to be exempt from payment of dues and charges
to encourage coastal trading. |
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October |
Completion of translation of scriptures by
Rev. Threlkeld.........Read
more |
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October
4 |
Gov. Arthur's
'Black Line' begins in VDL |
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October 8
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Tenders called for the construction of a court house at Maitland |
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October 12
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Arrival of the barque
Forth
II from Ireland, Capt. James Robertson. Surgeon James
Cook.
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Forth in 1830
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October 21 |
Arrival of the convict
ship
Lord Melville
Captain
Robert Brown. Surgeon Superintendent George Roberts. Select
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November 1 |
The convict
ship
Hercules
II arrived from
Dublin with 200 male prisoners. Master William Vaughan. Surgeon William Martin.
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Hercules.
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November |
First hackney
coach hiring in Sydney
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November 8 |
Arrival of
the
Royal Admiral
convict
transport. Capt. David Fotheringham. Surgeon Superintendent George Rutherford.
More about Dr. Rutherford
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voyage of the Royal Admiral in 1830 |
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November
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Captain Patrick Logan murdered
by natives at Moreton Bay
Buried
with military honours on 23 November |
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November |
Post office
established at Clarencetown. |
Journal of a Recent Visit to the Principal Vineyards of Spain and France; Together with Observations Relative to the Introduction of the Vine Into New South Wales By James Busby |
James Busby established
Kirkton vineyard in the Hunter Valley |
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November
13/14 |
Floods at the
Hunter River. Settlers Webber, Lang,
Eales and
Francis Moran
suffered heavy loss of crops. |
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November 24
A portrait painted in 1819 by naval officer
Phillip Parker King, son of Governor Philip Gidley King
P P King:
Album of sketches and engravings. f48. PXC 767. Mitchell
Library, State Library of New South Wales.) |
Death of Boongarie (Bungaree), chief of the Broken Bay and Sydney tribes.
Interred at Rose Bay on Friday 26th November 1830.
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December 15
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Arrival of convict transport
Florentia
from Sheerness. Captain John Jeffrey Drake Surgeon Andrew Henderson, R.N.
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December 18 |
Arrival of convict ship
Andromeda Captain
Robert Parkin. Surgeon George Fairfowl.
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December 19 |
Arrival of convict transport
Burrell under Captain
John Metcalfe. Surgeon William West.
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