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The New American Cyclopaedia A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge By George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana |
Published in the Journal of
the Royal Geographical Society by Sir Roderick Murchison in 1861 -
Murchison's 1844 comparison between the Australian 'Cordillera' and the
gold bearing Ural chain |
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Read More here
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Regular
ferry service established across the Hawkesbury River, NSW by George Peat
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Notes and Sketches of New South Wales published. Author Louisa Anne Meredith |
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January
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Henrietta
departing Port Jackson for Calcutta with horses, the beginning of regular
export in horse stock. Horses owned by W.C. Wentworth, William Bowman and
others |
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January |
Call for restrictions on
poisonous drugs after large number of suicides |
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January |
Arrival of immigrant ship Elizabeth with 310 passengers on board. 10
deaths on the voyage out |
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January 26 |
Major Crummer
seriously injured in an
accident while returning from Hexham to Newcastle on horseback after falling from
his horse after it stumbled |
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February |
Four soldiers of the 99th regiment who absconded apprehended
on the Western road for robbery |
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February |
Mr. Austin of the Sydney water police appointed Harbour Master at Newcastle |
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February 10 |
Death of merchant, shipbuilder James Underwood |
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February 13 |
John Fitz alias
Knatchbull executed for murder of widow Mrs. Jamison. |
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February 16 |
Foundation stone
of the
Maitland Gaol
laid |
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March 5
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Death of
Robert Tighe of the
Union
Hotel
at Newcastle, aged
46.
The Odd Fellows Society
to follow in procession at the funeral
Select here to find more information about the Union Hotel
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March 13
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Capture of a runaway convict from No. 3
Stockade at Newcastle. Apprehended at the Long Swamps
(near Hexham) by lockup keeper Thomas Harrison
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March 30
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John Hicklin (alias Kangaroo Jack) apprehended
for cattle stealing. A man of great notoriety in the vicinity of Newcastle.
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April 2
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The first Hebrew Synagogue in
Australia opened in York St. Sydney |
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May
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Norfolk Island no longer a dependency of NSW. |
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May
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First election of
district councillors throughout the colony |
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May
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Pastoral Association of NSW
established by squatters with aims to procure security of land tenure (MM 4
May 1844) |
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June 1
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Large meeting of squatters of Port Phillip district
held at the hall of the school of Arts, Melbourne. The
Pastoral Association of Australia Felix established |
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June 29
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Death of Sir John Jamison at Regentville |
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July 30
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Major Edward Last
of the 99th regiment appointed Magistrate
at Newcastle |
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August
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Departure of the 80th Regiment
under Major Bunbury for India.
Captain
Rinaldo Scheberras
who had been stationed in
Maitland departed with the regiment
Captain
Scheberras died at the battle of Ferozeshah in
India in 1845. Read more about his life |
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Public meetings
held, and petitions to the Legislature prepared
throughout the colony, by all denominations on the Question of Education |
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August 31
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Resignation of Sir Thomas
Livingston Mitchell from the Legislative Council
of New South Wales |
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September 27
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Death of chief
Justice Sir James Dowling at Darlinghurst |
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October
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Parchment
manufactured by Messrs. Mears & Co in Maitland. Between forty and fifty
skins of parchment were first made. The Maitland Mercury reported that the
parchment possessed a good body, was well and evenly manufactured; and took
the ink as well and freely as paper without requiring to be pounced or
rubbed with pumice stone previous to writing on.
More about the
manufacture of parchment at Wikipedia
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October |
John Nodes Dickinson
appointed Judge of Supreme court of New South Wales in room of William Westbrooke
Burton |
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October |
Explorer Ludwig Leichhardt departed from Jimbour for Port Essington |
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October 19 |
Murderous
assault on Alexander
Flood, Postmaster at Newcastle |
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Octrober 26
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Preparation
for Governor’s visit
Read
about the preparations underway at Newcastle in honor of Governor Gipps'
visit |
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November
10 |
Execution of Benjamin Stanley for the murder of Robert
Campbell at Williams Rive in May |
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November |
First 'Exiles'
arrive from England. First sent to VDL and later to Port Phillip. Known as
Pentonvillians as they had already served part of their sentence at
Pentonville prison in England |
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The Atlas founded by
Robert Lowe |
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December
28 |
Major
Wentworth. Petition requesting his resignation as representative in the
Legislative Council |
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December 6
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Bushrangers
Edmond Brannigan and Timothy Bradish apprehended by Thomas Cullen and James
Yates at Currie-a-Bark station on the Peel River.
More about
Bradish and Brannigan here
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