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Population in 1836 |
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Jan - March
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Charles Darwin, naturalist,
visited Australia in H.M.S. Beagle arriving in Sydney 12th January |
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January |
New Commission of the Peace
issued by Sir Richard Bourke. |
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January 17
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Arrival of the Convict ship
John Barry.
Capt. Robson.
Surgeon James McTernan.
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HERE
to find out more about the voyage of the
John Barry
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January |
Schooner
Caroline, Captain Fotheringham, wrecked in the McLeay River |
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February |
Schooner
Experiment wrecked near Trial Bay |
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February 7 |
Arrival of the Convict ship
Susan
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HERE
to find out more about the voyage of the
Susan |
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February 7 |
The Convict ship
Henry Wellesley
. Robert
Wylie, surgeon superintendent
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HERE
to find out more about the voyage of the
Henry Wellesley |
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February
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Consecration of William Grant
Broughton as Bishop of Australia
Select here to read William Grant Broughton, Bishop of Australia with
account of the earliest Australian clergy by F.T. Whittington 1936 |
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February
17 |
Arrival of ship
Platina. Capt. Parker. William Macquarie Cowper passenger on board |
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February 24 |
Independent Order of
Oddfellows Friendly Society established in Sydney |
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February 25 |
Arrival
of the convict ship
Roslin Castle with 162 female prisoners
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HEREto find out more about the voyage of the
Roslin Castle in 1836 |
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February 25 |
Arrival of convict ship
Recovery, Capt. Thomas Johnson
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HERE to find out more about the voyage of
the
Recovery |
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March |
Rich grazing lands in inland
Victoria named Australia Felix by Major Mitchell
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March |
£500 damages awarded
against Mrs. Howe, proprietrix of the Gazette for a
libel printed upon John Wighton, Chairman of the Association for the
prevention of cattle stealing.
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March 23 |
Meeting held at Paterson Court
House by the 'Subscribers for a new Church at Paterson' - Those present
Richard Jones,
Major Edward Johnstone
Frederick Bedwell,
George Townshend,
James Adair,
Rev. G.K. Rusden,
James Phillips,
John Boughton,
Edward Gostwyck Cory,
Alexander Park,
Charles Boydell |
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April |
Sydney - Gas Light company
established. |
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April |
Fire & Life Assurance Co
established in Sydney |
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April
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Chief Justice
Sir
Francis Forbes embarked
on board Brothers for London having resigned from his position due to
ill health 'arising from the severity of his duties'
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April
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Arrival of
Gordon Forbes Davidson and family on the 'Vanguard'.
Later settled on the Paterson River. Below - Read a preview of 'Scandal in
the Colonies: Sydney and Cape Town 1820 - 1830' by Kirsten McKenzie. (type
'Davidson' in the search facility)
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April 19
Governor Burke
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Governor Bourke
visited Newcastle on the
Ceres.
He inspected the site for the
New Military Barracks
and other buildings which were to be erected at Newcastle, proceeded
overland to Brisbane Water and returned to Sydney April 26. |
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May
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Sir James Dowling appointed
Acting Chief Justice. John Kinchela second puisne Judge
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May 17 |
Arrival of the
Surry 1
from Cork
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HERE
to find out more about the voyage of the
Surry |
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May 21
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Wreck of the
brig Stirling Castle on Eliza Reef on north coast. Mrs.
Frazer wife of the master and six crew saved but held captive
by the natives.
Second Officer John Baxter was one of the survivors. Read his
account of the fate of his fellow captives
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May
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Death of Rev. Richard Hill
in the vestry of St. James Church |
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June 3 |
Arrival of
the Ship Camden
from London, Capt. Ryan. Passenger Right Rev. Lord Bishop
Broughton, wife and 2 daughters |
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June 9 |
Arrival of
Thomas Harrison from Cork with 112 female prisoners
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HERE to find out more about the voyage of
the
Thomas
Harrison |
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June 15 |
Arrival of
barque
Strathfieldsaye, Captain Jones
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HERE
to find out more about the voyage of the
Strathfieldsaye
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June 28 |
Snowing in
Sydney
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July 1 |
A bridge being constructed at Cockfighters Creek was
visited by missionary James Backhouse who gave the following
account of the prisoner's who were working on the bridge
party:  |
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July 20
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First of three
vessels with South Australian settlers arrive at Kangaroo Island
Adelaide in 1836. Picturesque Atlas of
Australia |
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July |
Act passed by
Legislative council instituting annual squatting license to
control unauthorized occupation of Crown land |
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August |
Lord John Russell agrees that 246 men sent in the years 1831 &
1832 for rioting, be pardoned |
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August 30 |
Colonel Light
and a surveying party arrived on the Brig Rapid to
South Australia |
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August 31 |
Arrival of the
convict ship
Moffatt.
Captain Bolton
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HERE to
find out more about the voyage of the
Moffatt |
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August |
Ceres
colonial steamer wrecked near
Bungaree Norah (Norah Head) |
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August |
Men in the ironed gangs
suffering in consequence of wet weather as irons had rusted. |
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August
Irrawang Vineyard & Pottery. J.
Carmichael (1811 - 1857) in Picture of Sydney; and strangers' guide in
New South Wales in 1838. J. Maclehose 1839
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James King's earthenware
factory '
Irrawang'
producing good colonial pottery
Example of Irrawang Pottery at
Powerhouse Museum |
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September |
HM ship
Rattlesnake, Captain Hobson, proceeding to Port Phillip accompanied by
Captain Lonsdale and small military detachment |
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September |
Foundation stone of Victoria
Theatre laid, Sydney |
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September 6 |
Arrival of the
convict ship
Waterloo
from Cork
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HERE
to find out more about the voyage of the
Waterloo
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September
Superintendent of Convict's duties
in 1839
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Death of Principal
Superintendent of convicts,
Frederick Augustus Hely at 'Eaglehurst'
Statistics of the Colonies of the British Empire .. From the Official Records of the Colonial Office By Robert Montgomery Martin
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September
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Twelve lithographic portraits
of Aborigines of NSW published by Messrs Austin & Fernyhough
William
Fernyhough was born in Staffordshire and died in Sydney in 1849
Select here to see the Portraits at the National Library of Australia
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September |
Revenue cutter
Prince George returns to Sydney bringing Mrs. Frazer and 6 crew. |
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September |
Port Phillip district formally
open for settlement |
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September 27 |
Death of Captain Eber Bunker
at Collingwood aged 74. Eber Bunker was father in law of
Arnold Fisk |
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October |
Arrival of
Duchess of Northumberland, master Roxburgh from Cork with
282 female passengers in steerage |
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October 12 |
Arrival of the convict
ship
Elizabeth. Surgeon Superintendent R. Espie,
Esq., R.N.
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Convict Ships E to
find out more about the voyage of the
Elizabeth in 1836 |
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October
12 |
Arrival of the
convict ship
Lady Kennaway
Surgeon J. Wilson, Esq., R. N.
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HERE
to find out more about the voyage of the
Lady
Kennaway |
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October 17
See the Dorothy Paty collection of wildflowers around Newcastle at the
National Library of Australia
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Dorothy Paty
third daughter of Thomas Burnard
of Devon and wife of DACG Paty, died at Newcastle 17 October 1836 aged 34 years. |
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Gravestone at Christchurch -
Eliza Dorothy Mary Paty, daughter of Dep. Assistant
Commissary Gen. Paty and of Dorothy his wife died at Newcastle 8th January 1831
aged 8 months and 8 days.
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November 13 |
Arrival of the
convict ship
Captain Cook from Cork
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HERE to find
out more about the voyage of the Captain Cook in 1836
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November 20 |
Bushrangers Bowser, Sullivan and Doolan robbed
drays at Currabubula Creek. |
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November |
Hunter River Steam Company
formed. A. B. Sparke Chairman |
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December 9 |
Arrival of the convict
ship
Bengal Merchant
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out more about the voyage of the
Bengal Merchant |
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December
14 |
Arrival of convict
ship
Pyramus
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HERE to find out more about the voyage of
the
Pyramus |
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December
31 |
Rev. Threlkeld's
Annual Report on the Mission at Lake Macquarie |
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December 31 |
Arrival of the
convict ship
Earl Grey from Cork. William Evans Surgeon,
Master James Talbert
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HERE to
find out more about the voyage of the
Earl Grey in 1836
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