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John Fairfax and Charles Kemp
formed partnership to purchase the Sydney Herald (later the Sydney Morning
Herald)
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Rev. Lancelot Threlkeld began working the Ebenezer Coal mine
after the closure of the Aboriginal Mission at Toronto
More about the Ebenezer Coal mine |
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Scarlatina prevalent in Colony
causing the death of a large number of children
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Silver/Lead mine Wheal Gawler established at
Glen Osmond
near Adelaide
Wheal Gawler at 'Postcards' site
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Female Immigrants Home established in Sydney
by Caroline Chisholm
The ABC of Colonization
- A series of Letters by Caroline Chisholm |
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Palmyra, 602 tons arrived. Passengers - Captain Russell, Ensign
Butler and Owen, 207 rank and file of 28th Regiment 51 rank and file of 51st
regiment.
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Death of
convict, marine explorer
Jorgen Jorgensen |
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Arrival of
the vessel John Barry with produce, 165 horses
and a beautiful Tiger from Java |
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Arrival of
Richard Ryther Street Bowker in Port Phillip on immigrant
ship Georgiana.
Select
here to read Dr. Bowker's account of the voyage
(Victoria
before 1848)
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Sir
Roger Therry appointed NSW Attorney- General |
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MARCH
2
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Search the 1841 Census Index at State Records of NSW
Census taken
throughout the Colony
Penny cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge By Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) |
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Bushrangers
Edward Davis Robert Chitty, James Everett, John Shea, John Marshall, Richard
Glanville - 'The Jew Boy Gang' executed in Sydney
The Jew boy Gang
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Michael Bradley executed for
murder at Newcastle |
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Arrival
of steamer Rose from London |
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Arrival in Hobart from the
Antarctic the Erebus and Terror
Read about the Erebus and Terror
at Cool Antarctica |
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New Zealand proclaimed a colony independent of New
South Wales |
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Arrival
in Adelaide of Sir George Grey |
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The first photograph
taken in Sydney. |
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Sydney
first lit with gas |
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Prisoners removed from the old
gaol in George Street Sydney to Darlinghurst
Select
here to read a history of Darlinghurst gaol
From The Thin Blue Line
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Edward
John Eyre reached Albany on King George Sound, Western Australia. |
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First
Post Office opened in Melbourne |
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The Shamrock, the first of the iron steamers
built for the Hunter River Steam Co arrived from England. |
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Severe drought in New England
district |
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Death of first NSW Chief
Justice Sir Francis Forbes |
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Arrival of ship Hero of Malown, Capt. Jackson. A. A. Company colliers on
board |
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New
Military Barracks
at Newcastle almost completed
Select here to read a Description of the barracks
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Mr. Cosgrove robbed by
bushrangers near Muswellbrook |
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Hunter River Gazette published in Maitland NSW
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Arrival of the Emerald Isle from Plymouth with 150 emigrants. Some
Australian Agricultural
Company servants
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1000 acres - Ebenezer Estate near Lake Macquarie advertised for sale.
Select here for a description of the property |
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