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January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December |
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Drought continues
in NSW |
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First Chinese
labourers arrived in Australia |
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James Mudie's 'The
Felonry of New South Wales' published in London |
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Commencement of construction of
Circular Quay, Sydney |
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Breakwater at
Newcastle strengthened |
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28th regiment
stationed in Newcastle
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James Henry
Crummer, Police Magistrate at Newcastle |
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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 VDL
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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 on 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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Rev. 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
James Watt. Alexander Brown passenger on board |
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Approval of Town
plan of Melbourne by Gov. Burke |
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Death of road
builder William Cox |
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Death of land owner
Archibald Bell |
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Arrival of convict
transport Sarah and Elizabeth |
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Arrival of
Prince George convict transport |
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J.T.Hughes, G. Porter, P. McIntyre,
J.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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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 arrives 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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G.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 |
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Convicts working on
the Newcastle breakwater seriously injured in an explosion |
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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 the Fourth |
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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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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 departs from the Colony |
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Steamer Tamar
grounded at Reid's Mistake. Capain Mulhall |
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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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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 |
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Loss of the vessel
Vulcan of Nobbys reef |
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Arrival of Sir
Charles Forbes convict transport |
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