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John Fairfax and
Charles Kemp
formed a partnership to purchase the
Sydney Herald (later the
Sydney Morning
Herald)
Find out more
about
Charles Kemp at Australian Dictionary of Biography |
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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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Caroline Chisholm
courtesy of the
State Library of Queensland
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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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January 19 |
Arrival of
Palmyra, 602 tons. 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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January 20 |
Death of
convict, marine explorer
Jorgen Jorgensen |
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January 31
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Arrival of
the vessel John Barry with produce, 165 horses
and a beautiful Tiger from Java |
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February 23 |
Arrival of
Richard Ryther Street Bowker in Port Phillip on immigrant
ship Georgiana.
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March |
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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March 16 |
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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April 5 |
Michael Bradley executed for
murder at Newcastle |
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April 6 |
Arrival
of steamer
Rose
from London |
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April 6 |
Arrival in Hobart from the
Antarctic the Erebus and Terror
Read about the Erebus and Terror
at Cool Antarctica |
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May 3 |
New Zealand proclaimed a colony independent of New
South Wales |
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May 13 |
Arrival
in Adelaide of Sir George Grey |
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May |
The first photograph taken in Sydney. |
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May 24 |
Sydney
first lit with gas |
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June
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Prisoners removed from the old
gaol in George Street Sydney to Darlinghurst
History
of Darlinghurst gaol
Other Gaols and workhouses - State Library NSW
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July 8
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Edward
John Eyre reached Albany on King George Sound, Western Australia. |
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August 12 |
First
Post Office opened in Melbourne |
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October |
The
Shamrock, the first of the iron steamers
built for the Hunter River Steam Co arrived from England. |
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November |
Severe drought in New England
district |
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November 8 |
Death of first NSW Chief
Justice Sir Francis Forbes |
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November 21 |
Arrival of ship Hero of Malown, Capt. Jackson. A. A. Company colliers on
board |
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December |
New
Military Barracks
at Newcastle almost completed
Select here to read a Description of the barracks
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December 3 |
Mr. Cosgrove robbed by
bushrangers near Muswellbrook |
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December 11 |
Hunter River Gazette published in Maitland NSW
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December 23 |
Arrival of the Emerald Isle from Plymouth with 150 emigrants. Some
Australian Agricultural
Company servants |
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December 23 |
1000 acres - Ebenezer Estate near Lake Macquarie advertised for sale.
Select here
to read a description of the property |
