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Lieutenant General Ralph
Darling Governor until 21 October |
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Estimated 21,000 convicts |
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Capture of Bushranger Walmsley,
companion of Webber and Donohoe. Captured by 4 mounted troopers at Mr.
Campbell's farm Mt. Philo on the Western Road. When captured wearing a blue
silk jacket and carrying a very fine pair of silver mounted pistols. Taken
to the watchhouse and secured by a chain and ring attached to the wall. |
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Riot at the Female Factory at
Parramatta
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Arrival of the York from London and Portsmouth, Capt.
Leary with 198 male prisoners. 2 died on the passage. Surgeon Campbell
France. 40 non commissioned officers and privates of the 17th regt.
Passenger Col. Despard. |
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Arrival of convict transport Edward,
Captain James Gilbert from Cork |
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Lady Harewood transport arrived under
Captain Richard Stonehouse. 214 male prisoners. |
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Barque Kains from London with female
prisoners. Capt. Goodwin. 2 died on the passage out. Surgeon J. Clarke. |
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Surprise steamboat launched in Neutral Bay - first steam boat
in the country
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Arrived Earl of Liverpool convict transport.
Capt. F.B. Manning with 88 female prisoners |
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Charles Cowper appointed clerk
to the commissioners for managing the affairs of the church and
School Estates. |
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The Sydney
Herald first issued. |
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Ship Waterloo from Dublin,with 199 male prisoners.
Surgeon W.H. Trotman. Guard 82nd and 26th regt. under Lieut. James Sweeney
late of 26th regt. Mrs. Sweeney and 2 children. |
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Government Order published,
prohibiting the importation of preserved heads
of New Zealanders.
Cannibal Talk: The Man-Eating Myth and Human Sacrifice in the South Seas |
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Celebrations by 39th
regiment on the anniversary of the Battle of Albuera |
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Steamer Sophie Jane arrives in colony as a square rigged schooner.
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News arrives in Sydney of the
death of Capt. Barker of 38th Regt., late Commandant at King
Georges Sound
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Steamer Sophie Jane entered
the Hunter River from Sydney.
The Wheels Still Turn: A History of Australian Paddleboats
by Peter Plowman |
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Surveyor Felton Matthew working
from Newcastle
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Sir Richard Bourke appointed
governor of New South Wales
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John Kinchela appointed attorney General of N.S.W |
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Disembarked in
Sydney, 133 prisoners from the Eleanor, many of whom were convicted of riots in
England. |
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Death of explorer Henry
Hacking |
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Arrived the Camden, Capt. Fulcher with 198
prisoners from Deal. Surgeon Superintendent D. Boyles. Guard - detachment of
11th light Dragoons. Passengers. Capt. Cooper and wife and Lieut. Bell of
48th Regt. |
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From London Georgiana with 180 male prisoners.
Capt. Thompson. Surgeon John Tarn. Guard - detachment of 11th Dragoons and
16th Regt. of foot. Passengers Capt. Clements; Lieut. Minter; Lieut.
Reynolds. |
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Arrived Exmouth, Capt. Warren with 289 male
prisoners. Surgeon Dr. Watt, Guard - 3 serjeants & 46 rank & file with wives
and families of 87th Royal Irish Fusileers under Capt. Moore and Lieuts.
Irwin & Middlemore. |
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Charles James Windeyer appointed
Assistant Police Magistrate of Sydney |
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Pambulam from
Cork, Capt. Willis with 114
female prisoners . Surgeon Dr. Osborne. 50 girls from foundling hospital, 2
matrons and husbands, 7 children and 4 wives of convicts came passengers. |
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Mutiny on board
ship Eleanor
in Sydney Harbour |
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New regulations abolish land
grants and fix price for Crown land at minimum 5/- per acre. Land auction
sales introduced in NSW |
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Revenue from land fund to be
used for loans to migrants. NSW begins assisted
immigration to the colonies |
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Twenty one
prisoners from India arrived on the Caroline. Most had been in the army. |
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Eclipse of the
moon. |
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Rev. G.A.
Middleton begins advertising his soon to opened 'Academic Establishment'
near Sydney........ |
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News reached
Australia that Major General Richard Bourke was to be Governor
of N.S.W. and Van Diemen's
Land. |
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Arrival of Hooghley convict ship with 184 prisoners on board sailed 24th June.
369 tons, with 184 female prisoners. Surgeon Superintendent, James Ellis,
Esq. Ten free settlers and twenty children, as
steerage passengers |
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Arrived the ship Stirling
Castle, with Rev. Dr. Lang and wife, five other Presbyterian
clergymen, and fifty-nine emigrant mechanics,
mostly with wives and families. Settler John Wighton passenger |
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Departed for
England on board the Hooghley, His Excellency General Darling, the government
devolving upon Colonel Patrick Lindesay, of
H.M. 39th Regiment. |
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From Cork the Jane, 350
tons, Capt. Baigrie with male prisoners. Surgeon Oliver Sproul guard 4th
Regt. (King's Own) under Capt. Mason |
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Australian College
founded by Rev. Dr. J.D. Lang
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Arrived the
convict transport
Surrey I. Captain Charles Kemp.
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Arrived on the Margaret, Major -General Sir Richard
Bourke (1777-1855), Captain General and Governor in Chief, &c.,
with his family. The Margaret was seen sailing, in gallant style,
before a stiff south easterly breeze, with the union-jack floating at her
mast head. The signal was recognised by the the proper officers, and the
colors were instantly hoisted at Dawes' Battery and Fort Macquarie. and
about half past 12 the Margaret cast anchor in the cove and a royal salute
from the Battery announced her arrival (SG) |
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The colonial steam packet,
William IV launched at William
River. |
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Sydney illuminated with
bonfires in honour of arrival of Gov. Bourke |
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Arrived Asia, from Cork with 206 male
prisoners.11 died on passage out. Surgeon Dr. Birnie. Guard 4th Regt., under
Capt. Chatwade. Passengers, Ensign Zouch, Andrew Gillespie
Search the Database for more information about Ensign Zouch |
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Convict transport Bussorah Merchant,
Capt. Moncrief with 198 male prisoners. Surgeon James Gilchrist. Guard 4th
Regt. under Lieut. Lonsdale. Passenger E. McDowell, Solicitor General.
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Bushfires in Sydney |
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Major Sir Thomas
Mitchell, Surveyor General of N.S.W. with surveyors White and Finch reach
the Peel River
Sir Thomas Livingston Mitchell and his world 1792-1855: Surveyor General of New South Wales 1828-1855
By William C. Foster |
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Bushrangers Oliver Wilks and
Phillip Eaton, captured. Lower Hawkesbury
Phillip
Eaton arrived per Bussorah Merchant. Occupation Labourer. Tried in
Staffordshire. Oliver Wilks arrived on the Guildford. Both absconded
from William Ogilvie at Merton. |
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