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28th
regiment stationed in Newcastle 1836 - 1837
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Soldiers of the 28th regiment stationed in
Newcastle & Maitland 1836 -37. (Not a complete list)
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Drought continues
in NSW |
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James Mudie's 'The
Felonry of New South Wales' published in London. Search
the Database from the button above to find out more about
James Mudie |
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Commencement of construction of
Circular Quay, Sydney |
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Arrival of convict
transport St. Vincent
from Cork. |
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E. Deas Thomson
appointed Colonial Secretary vice A. McLeay |
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Sir John Franklin
appointed governor of Van Diemen's Land
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Joseph Weller
vessel belonging to J. Peacock on shore at Port Stephens
with large hole in the bottom |
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Caernarvon
vessel struck a sand bank on entering Newcastle harbour
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Brisbane Water settler
Willoughby Bean arrested, put in irons
and sent to Sydney on the Betsy. Later tried and
acquitted of cattle stealing |
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Arrival of Irish immigrants on the Lady MacNaughten. Vessel
quarantined due to typhoid fever
Read more
at Elizabeth Rushen's Homepage |
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Rev.
Charles Pleydell Neale Wilton of
Newcastle appointed by the Bishop of Australia as his
Surrogate for granting marriage licenses
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Arrival of the
convict ship John |
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Arrival of convict
transport Norfolk from Portsmouth with 279 prisoners.
Botanist
Allan Cunningham passenger |
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Arrival of the
vessel
James Watt. Alexander Brown passenger on board |
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Newcastle Breakwater to be strengthened. In February 40 labourers were
sent from Sydney to Newcastle to begin work |
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Approval of Town
plan of Melbourne by Governor Burke |
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Death of road
builder William Cox |
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John Bingle and
child and D.A.C.G. John Paty with two children (husband of
Dorothy Paty)
depart on the Kinnear for England |
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Death of land owner
Archibald Bell |
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Arrival of convict
transport Sarah & Elizabeth |
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Arrival of
Prince George convict transport |
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J.T.Hughes, G. Porter,
Peter McIntyre,
John Eales, J.White, and
M. Goggs, convicted of conspiracy, in preventing Crown Lands from being
disposed of at a higher rate than the upset price. |
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Foundation stone of
St. Andrew's Cathedral laid by governor Sir Richard Bourke |
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Governor Bourke directed to discontinue the assignment of convicts to free
settlers in the colony.
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Arrival of the
convict ship Margaret |
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First Issue of South
Australian Gazette and Colonial Register |
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Busby's bore completed almost ten years after
commencement. |
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First land - 100 allotments sold in Melbourne. Lowest price
£7;
highest price
£95 |
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First cargo of
stone prepared at Goat Island by convicts arrived at Newcastle
for construction of new barracks |
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Arrival of convict ship
Mangles |
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Arrival of convict
ship Heber |
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George .W. Jackson
appointed pilot at Newcastle |
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Permission granted by King William IV for South Australian
capital to be named after Queen Adelaide |
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Arrival of Lloyds
convict transport |
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Earthquake at
Newcastle
On Wednesday night,
the 2nd instant, at twenty minutes past ten, Newcastle was visited
with a very smart shock of an earthquake; it was accompanied
by a loud noise, something similar to a park of artillery
firing at a distance, which lasted from twenty to thirty
seconds (The
Australian 8th August 1837) |
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Convicts working on
the Newcastle breakwater seriously injured in an explosion.
They were employed in blasting rock and had been ramming the
powder down when the explosion took place. They were taken to
Newcastle hospital. |
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Arrival of convict
transport
Calcutta |
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Australian Gas
light Company formed in Sydney |
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Duke of York,
Captain Morgan wrecked 800 miles north of Moreton Bay |
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Death of Architect
Francis Greenway
. Buried St. Peter's cemetery, East Maitland |
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Death of pioneer
farmer James Ruse |
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Edward Denny Day appointed
Police Magistrate at Muswellbrook |
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News received in colony of the death of William IV |
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Rev. Threlkeld's windmill at Lake Macquarie struck by
lightening
Read the account (Sydney Herald)
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Arrival of convict
transport
Charles Kerr |
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Bushrangers
Sullivan, Bowser and
Doolan Captured by mounted policeman George Colway in a
gully at Weary's Creek, NSW |
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Arrival of convict
ship James Pattison |
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Vessels entering
Newcastle harbour in danger because coal for the coal fired beacon was not
being supplied...........Read more |
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Resignation of Sir Richard Bourke accepted although successor
not yet named. To depart on the Samuel Winter after a
levee at Government House |
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Arrival of Asia
V
convict transport
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Governor Bourke departed from the Colony |
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Steamer
Tamar
grounded at Reid's Mistake. Capain Mulhall
Read Captain
Mulhall's account
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Lieutenant Colonel K. Snodgrass (Lieutenant
governor) from 6 December 1837 to 23 February 1838
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Arrival of ship Portland with passengers Dr. Lang (returning) and the following clergymen:
Messrs. George McFie, George Anderson, John Gregor, James Forbes, Thomas
Dugall, James Fullerton, H.R. Gilchrest, R. Blane, Cunningham Atkinson.
John Goodwin Esq., surgeon. Total of 310 emigrants. |
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DECEMBER
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Sir George Gipps
appointed Captain General and Governor in Chief of New South Wales and Van
Dieman's Land |
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Departure of first
overland mail from Sydney to Melbourne |
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Arrival of convict
transport Henry Wellesley
bringing female prisoners |
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Loss of the vessel
Vulcan off Nobbys reef
Read the account from the Sydney Herald
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Arrival of
Sir Charles Forbes convict transport |
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