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Drought
continues.... and great numbers of bats invaded the colony
Number of deaths in the
colony during 1790 was 156 persons -
The Analytical Review, of History of Literature......by
Thomas Christie. John Hunter's Voyage (Google Books) |
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Governor Philip introduced
a land grants scheme |
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A dry store on the east
side of Sydney Cove was completed. |
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January ......
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Departure of the Supply
for Norfolk Island with more convicts. A party left on Lord Howe Island to
'turn turtles'. |
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January
19......
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Departure from
England of the Second Fleet |
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March 6......
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Departure from Port Jackson of H.M.
ships
Sirius
and
Supply,
under Capt John Hunter, RN, for
Norfolk Island. The ships carried 186 convicts
Annual Register
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March 19......
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Sirius
wrecked off at Sydney Cove off Norfolk Island.
Capt. Hunter and the crew landed safely
Lieut-Gov. Ross'
correspondence to Governor Philip March 1790 re the loss of the Sirius
at Norfolk Island
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April 15......
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News of the wreck
of the
Sirius reached Sydney by the Supply. Famine threatened the colony
necessitating a reduction of rations
Governor Philip requested
permission to return to England because of his failing health
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April 17......
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Departure of the
Supply for Batavia to obtain supplies |
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May......
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First salt made
at Dawe's Battery, Sydney |
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June 3......
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Arrival of the
Lady Juliana with provisions and 221 female convicts and news of the outbreak of the
French Revolution
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June 20......
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Arrival of
storeship
Justinian in Sydney Cove
From the
History of Sydney Hospital by Dr. J. Frederick Watson on the centenary of
the laying of the foundation stone of the hospital.....By
the Justinian, a portable hospital was brought out, but in addition to this
It was necessary to pitch between 80 and 100 tents about the hospital, each
to contain four patients. In these tents there were no comforts, except a
bed of grass for each Invalid, and one blanket for four occupants which was
naturally seized by the strongest, and utilised for himself alone on the
cold winter nights. To attend on these sick people were the five
surgeons and a number of convicts as nurses.
(Sydney Morning Herald 28 October 1911)
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June 20 - 28.......
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Arrival of
the Second Fleet -
Surprise,
Neptune and
Scarborough with
the first detachment of
New South Wales Corps sent to replace the Marines. Darcy Wentworth assistant
surgeon
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The Second Fleet brought provisions but
food shortages were exacerbated because of the number of convicts on board.
Select
Neptune Surprize
and
Scarborough
to find out more about the voyages of
those vessels
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July 23......
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Two marines and a
midshipman drowned in Sydney Harbour when their boat was destroyed by a
whale
Captain Tench's Account of the Colony in The British Critic
Volume 2 |
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August...... |
 An
Account of the English Colony in NSW
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September 7......
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Governor Phillip
speared in the shoulder by aborigine Willemering
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September 26......
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Five convicts
escape from Rose Hill - John Tarwood, Joseph Sutton, George Lee, George
Connoway and John Watson.
Read David Collin's account here |
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October.......
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Return of the
Supply with provisions
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December 9.......
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John McEntire,
Governor Phillip's game shooter, speared by native Pemulwuy of the Bejigal
tribe
More about Pemulwuy
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