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February
March
April
May
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September
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80th
(Staffordshire Volunteers) Regiment detachment arrived in Newcastle on the
Rose steamer. Stationed in Newcastle until May
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Holey Dollar and dump, first used in 1813 no longer legal
tender
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Copper deposit discovered by
Charles Bagot at Kapunda. S.A.
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Major financial crises
in the colony. Over six hundred
insolvencies recorded due to depressed state
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To commemorate the anniversary of the colony - The
Government ordered a pension of 1s per diem to be paid to the
3
survivors who came by
the first fleet
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John Clarke accidentally shot dead by his brother William at Lowe Farm near
Newcastle when the farm was attacked by three armed bushrangers |
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New insolvent laws come into operation
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Proclamation
issued announcing that the district of Moreton no long considered a
penal settlement
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Arrival of
vessel Sir Edward Paget with 248 emigrants. Captain Tait. Passenger -
Dr. Leichhart
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Governor Sir George Gipps departed on the Shamrock for Moreton Bay |
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Drought breaking rain Liverpool Plains |
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80th Regiment at Newcastle
relieved by detachment of 99th Regiment |
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Ship Lady Raffles
caught fire and sank Sydney Harbour
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Arrival of Sir
Charles Napier with 334 immigrants. The Master Huxtable died on the
voyage out |
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Petitions circulating
advocating a return of transportation
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Thomas Homer
executed in Newcastle after being convicted of murder
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Earthquake felt by
inhabitants on the North Shore, Sydney Harbour
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Schooner Eliza
capsized by a squall in Sydney Harbour. 7 people drowned
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28th Regiment to
proceed in India as soon as transport ships are provided
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John Quigley sentenced
at Maitland Quarter Sessions to work in irons for 2 years for theft of a
waistcoat. |
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Two whales sighted in
Darling Harbour and Parramatta River
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Vessels John Bewer,
Elso, Arab, Bencoolen, and Hopkinson depart Port Jackson with Officers and
rank and file of the 28th Regiment bound for Bombay
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Government vessel Governor Phillip
piratically seized
by prisoners at Norfolk Island |
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First land sale at
Brisbane
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Sydney incorporated as
a city
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John Bede Polding
appointed Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney
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A System of representative
government was established when the
Constitution Act was passed after Parliament in
England bowed to pressure from the colony of New South
Wales for self government. The new Legislative council
comprised thirty six members - twenty four were
elected under a limited franchise and the balance were
appointed by the Governor.
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Town of Melbourne
incorporated
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Arrival in Sydney of H.M.S. Fly.
under command of Captain Blackwood. Naturalist Joseph Beete Jukes passenger |
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Arrival of ship
Aden. A. A. Company colliers on board
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Sydney Gazette
and New South Wales Advertiser issued for the last time. |
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Earthquake felt in Newcastle, Patrick Plains, Windsor.
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First popular election in
Sydney, N.S.W..
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Prisoners from Norfolk Island found guilty of piracy and murder
and executed. |
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First bank opened
in Moreton Bay |
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Bushfires in the Port Stephens district |
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