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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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The Felony of New South Wales Being a Faithful Picture of the Real Romance of Life in Botany Bay. With Anecdotes of Botany Bay Society ... By James Mudie
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James Mudies'
'The
Felonry of New South Wales' published in London.
Select Castle Forbes
to find the location of James Mudies' estate in the Hunter
Valley |
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January 5 |
Arrival of convict
ship
St. Vincent
from Cork.
Select
HERE to find out more about the voyage of
the
St. Vincent |
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January |
E. Deas Thomson
appointed Colonial Secretary vice A. McLeay |
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January |
Sir John Franklin
appointed governor of Van Diemen's Land |
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January |
Joseph Weller
vessel belonging to J. Peacock on shore at Port Stephens
with large hole in the bottom |
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January |
Caernarvon
vessel struck a sand bank on entering Newcastle harbour |
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January 23 |
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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February |
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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February |
Rev.
Charles Pleydell Neale Wilton
of
Newcastle appointed by the Bishop of Australia as his
Surrogate for granting marriage licenses |
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February 7 |
Arrival of the
convict ship
John
Select
HERE to find out more about the voyage of
the
John |
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February 12 |
Arrival of convict
transport
Norfolk from Portsmouth with 279 prisoners.
Botanist
Allan Cunningham passenger
Select
HERE to find out more about the voyage of
the
Norfolk |
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February
18 |
Arrival of the
vessel
James Watt. Alexander Brown passenger on board |
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February
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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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March |
Approval of Town
plan of Melbourne by Governor Burke |
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March
15 |
Death of road
builder William Cox |
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April |
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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April 23 |
Death of land owner
Archibald Bell |
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April 23 |
Arrival of the convict ship
Sarah & Elizabeth.
Master John Davidson. Surgeon John Rankine.
Select
HERE to find out more about the voyage of
the
Sarah &
Elizabeth
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May 8 |
Arrival of
the
convict ship
Prince George
Select
HERE to find out more about the voyage of
the
Prince
George in 1837 |
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May |
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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May |
Foundation stone of
St. Andrew's Cathedral laid by governor Sir Richard Bourke |
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May 26 |
Governor Bourke directed to discontinue the assignment of convicts to free
settlers in the colony. |
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May 30 |
Arrival of the
convict ship
Margaret
Select
HERE to find out more about the voyage of the
Margaret
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June |
First Issue of South
Australian Gazette and Colonial Register |
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June |
Busby's bore completed almost ten years after
commencement. |
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June 1 |
First land - 100 allotments sold in Melbourne. Lowest price
£7;
highest price
£95 |
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June |
First cargo of
stone prepared at Goat Island by convicts arrived at Newcastle
for construction of new barracks |
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July 10
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Arrival of the convict ship
Mangles
Select
HERE to
find out more about the voyage of the
Mangles |
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July 12 |
Arrival of convict
ship
Heber. Captain Campbell. Surgeon Superintendent Dr. Neall, R.N., Passengers
Captain Furlong
80th regt., Mrs. Furlong + 4 children.
Select
HERE to
find out more about the voyage of the Heber
Select here to find out about bushranger Edward Murtagh who arrived on
the Heber
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July |
George .W. Jackson
appointed pilot at Newcastle |
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July 13 |
Permission granted by King William IV for South Australian
capital to be named after Queen Adelaide |
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July 17 |
Arrival of
Lloyds
convict transport.
Master Edward Garrett
Select
HERE to find out more about the voyage of
the
Lloyds
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August 2 |
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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August 2 |
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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August 5 |
Arrival of the convict ship
Calcutta. Captain Joseph Brown.
Surgeon Anthony Donoghoe RN. The Guard
consisted of
Lieutenant Scheberras,
Ensign Tyrrin and 27 rank and file of
80th regiment
Select
HERE to find
out more about the voyage of the Calcutta in 1837
Find out
more about bushrangers Edmond Branigan and Timothy Braddish
who arrived on the Calcutta
Select here to find
out more about bushranger James Shea who arrived on the
Calcutta
Select here to find
out about bushranger John Quigley who arrived on the
Calcutta |
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September |
Australian Gas
light Company formed in Sydney |
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September |
Duke of York,
Captain Morgan wrecked 800 miles north of Moreton Bay |
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September |
Death of Architect
Francis Greenway
. Buried St. Peter's cemetery, East Maitland |
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September 5 |
Death of pioneer
farmer James Ruse |
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October |
Edward Denny Day appointed
Police Magistrate at Muswellbrook |
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October |
News received in colony of the death of William IV |
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October 2
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Rev. Threlkeld's windmill at
Lake Macquarie struck by
lightening
Read the account
(Sydney Herald)
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October 9 |
Arrival of convict ship
Charles Kerr.
Captain
Harford Arnold
Select
HERE to find
out more about the voyage of the Charles Kerr in 1837
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October 25 |
Bushrangers
Sullivan, Bowser and
Doolan Captured by mounted policeman George Colway in a
gully at Weary's Creek, NSW |
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October 25 |
Arrival of convict
ship
James Pattison.
Captain
Cromarty. Surgeon Thomas Robinson
Select
HERE to find out more about the voyage of
the James Pattison
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October
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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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November
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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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December
2 |
Arrival of
the convict ship
Asia
V
Select
HERE to find out more about the voyage of
the Asia
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December 5 |
Governor Bourke departed from the Colony |
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December |
Steamer
Tamar grounded at Reid's Mistake. Capain Mulhall
Read Captain
Mulhall's account
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December 6 |
Lieutenant Colonel K. Snodgrass (Lieutenant
governor) from 6 December 1837 to 23 February 1838 |
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December |
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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December |
Departure of first
overland mail from Sydney to Melbourne |
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December 22 |
Arrival of convict ship
Henry Wellesley
bringing female prisoners
Select
HERE to find out more about the voyage of the
Henry Wellesley |
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December |
Loss of the vessel
Vulcan off Nobbys reef
Read the account from the Sydney Herald
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December 25 |
Arrival of
the convict ship
Sir Charles Forbes
Master James Leslie. Surgeon William Clifford
Select
HERE to find out more about the voyage of
the
Sir Charles
Forbes
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