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Moreton Bay
opened up for general settlement |
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Economic Depression
after withdrawal of funds from banks and decline in value of livestock |
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Prince of Wale Birthday celebration in 1869 at Sir
Joseph Banks Hotel, Botany
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Sir Joseph Banks Hotel at Botany commenced. By the time of
this engraving in 1869, gardens and a zoo had been established on the
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Hordern Bros department store
founded in Sydney |
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Paul Strzelecki - tour of south western
Australia
The Progress Of Ethnology By John Russell Bartlett |
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Port
Phillip Herald established |
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The house
of Col. Snodgrass at Raymond Terrace robbed by three
armed men |
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Death of
catholic priest James Dixon |
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Launch of the General Steam Navigation
Company steamer Victoria at Hunter's River
(built by Korff at Greenhills) |
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Departure
per H.M.S. Herald for New Zealand of surveyor Felton
Mathew; His Excellency Captain Hobson, Lieut-Gen of
NZ; Dr. Johnson and Mr Hustler |
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Departure of Angus
McMillan and party from the Tambo River to Gippsland |
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Departure
per H.M.S. Herald for New Zealand of surveyor Felton
Mathew; His Excellency Captain Hobson, Lieut-Gen of
NZ; Dr. Johnson and Mr Hustler |
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Arrival of convict transport Middlesex from Dublin with 193 male prisoners and
from the Mauritius 1 prisoner. 421 tons, Captain Munro. Surgeon Thomas
Baird. 29 rank and file of 50th regt. |
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JANUARY 29
Map showing location of Lord's land near
Newcastle
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Death of pioneer merchant Simeon Lord
Select
here to read Simeon Lord's biography at Australian Dictionary of Biography |
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Hunter River in flood. Vessels unable to load
at Morpeth as roads were impassable for drays |
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Paul Strzelecki and James Macarthur ascend
Mt. Kosciuszko |
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Buffalo
store ship arrived with prisoners convicted in the disturbances in
Canada. American prisoners disembarked in Van Diemen's Land and French
Canadian prisoners sent to Sydney. One died
on the passage. A Deep Sense of Wrong: The Treason, Trials and Transportation to New South Wales of Lower Canadian Rebels After the 1838 Rebellion |
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Arrival of convict ship Woodbridge |
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Alexander Maconochie appointed
administrator of Norfolk Island .....
'Thoughts on Convict Management and other Subjects connected with the
Australian Penal Colonies' written by Maconochie in 1838
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Patrick
Leslie overlands first cattle to Darling Downs, Qld....... |
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Murrurundi
mail robbed by bushrangers
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Arrival of Maltese mules and
muleteers imported by A.A. Company |
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William Lawson robbed by two armed men near
Iron Cove bridge on the Parramatta Road |
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Survey for railroad between Newcastle
and Maitland completed ..... |
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Call for an end to 'the hateful lash'
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Arrival of convict transport Mangles |
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Several men apprehended at Liverpool Plains
by Major Nunn. Suspected of knowing the whereabouts of
notorious bushranger Opossum Jack |
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Public meeting in Melbourne to petition for separation from
NSW |
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Dan O'Connell cutter lost off Port Stephens....... |
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Order of Council ends transportation of
convicts from England to NSW |
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Court House at Newcastle completed. Mortimer Lewis Colonial
Architect and builders Richardson & Hudson...... |
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Brig Maria
wrecked off S.A. Coast 27 passengers and crew killed by Aborigines. |
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Ship China
arrived with passenger David Stolworthy ( later medical practitioner at
Patrick Plains) |
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Edward John Eyre begins overland journey from
Adelaide to King George Sound W.A...... |
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Foundation stone
laid for The Garrison Church. Holy Trinity by Rev. W.G. Broughton. Corner of
Argyle & Lower Fort Streets Miller's Point. Henry Ginn and Edmund Blacket
were the architects. Edward Flood the builder. |
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First Edition of the daily Monitor
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Arrival of convict transport Surrey I |
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Arrival of convict ship Maitland |
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Arrival of convict transport Isabella II |
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Discovery of Lake Eyre by E.J. Eyre |
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Arrival of convict transport King William |
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Arrival of convict transport Margaret |
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Arrival of Hunter Valley land owner Henry
Lindeman on the Theresa |
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Bushranger 'Barraby Jack' active in the Cassilis district
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Sydney Morning
Herald commenced daily publication |
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George Arden published Latest information with regard to Australia Felix, the finest province of the great territory of New South Wales ; including the history, geography, natural ... population and advice to immigrants
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Arrival of Australian Agricultural
Company colliers on board ship Richard Webb
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Mass meeting of workers in Sydney protesting
against amendment to the Masters & Servants Act |
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Elphinstone arrived with 248
emigrants principally agriculturalists. Ten deaths on the passage out |
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Sir George Gipps
informs Council that information had been received on 1st August
ending transportation to the Colony |
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Famous Court case - Mudie v. Kinchela |
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Formation of the Synod of Australia |
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Australia's first political election -
Adelaide municipal election |
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Arrival of convict transport Pekoe |
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Death of Church of England clergyman Henry
Fulton |
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Arrival of Eden - last convict
ship to off load convicts in Sydney - 267 male prisoners |
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Discovery ships Erebus and Terror
under Captain Ross, R.N. and Captain Crozier to depart at
the end of the month |
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Geelong Advertiser established by J.P.
Fawkner |
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Steamer Clonmell
begins passages to Port Phillip. |
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