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Total white population in May 1803... 7097 men, women and
children
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January......
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Exploration of the site of Melbourne by
Surveyor-General of NSW Charles Grimes (1772 - 1858)
Re-enactment of Charles Grimes Exploration
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Disappearance of George Bass after
leaving Port Jackson in the Venus.
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March......
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Australia's first newspaper
the
Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser published.......
First Copies sent to England
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March 11......
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Arrival of the convict ship
Glatton.
Master James Colnett
Convict
Richard Binder arrived on the Glatton.
Richard Binder later held the licence for the
Australian Inn
in Newcastle
Joseph Onus also
arrived as a prisoner on the Glatton
Select HERE to find out more about the voyage of the
Glatton.
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April 10...... |
St. John's Church, Parramatta
established
More about
St. John's Church at Parramatta Heritage Ride
The first service by Rev. Marsden
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April 12......
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Entertainment
on HMS Buffalo
Sydney,
Sunday April 17 - On Tuesday last, a fete was given on board His
Majesty's ship Buffalo by Captain Kent, at which were present his
Excellency the governor and Mrs. King; Lieut. Col and Mrs. Paterson; with
several other officers, civil, military and naval and the wives of those
who are married. The Ladies were received by Mrs. Kent, who did the honors
of the table. At four o'clock the company sat down to a hospitable and
plentiful dinner.
In the evening
the band of the New South Wales Corps was introduced, dancing took place,
and at a late hour after supper, the company withdrew, highly
gratified and amused with their entertainment.....The Hull Packet 25
October 1803
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April
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Departure of the Calcutta from England with 307 male
convicts. Captain Woodriff.
In February The Duke of
Northumberland sent from his estate at Alnwick castle a number of sheep with
two rams of a particular breed to embark on the Calcutta. It was
hoped they would prove a great advantage to the colony as the sheep were
known to invariably produce from 2 to 4 lambs (The
Newcastle Courant, 26 Feb., 1803)
Read More about the Calcutta and proposed settlement at Port
Phillip
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May......
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Freemasonry banned
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May 12......
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Arrival of convict ship
Rolla.
Select
HERE to
find out more about the voyage of the Rolla
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May 15.....
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First officially recognized
Roman Catholic mass celebrated by Father Dixon
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June...... |
Arrival of Mathew Flinders
in Port Jackson after circumnavigating Australia
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June...... |
Lieutenant Bowen departed to
form a settlement at Van Diemen's Land
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July...... |
Postal service established
between Sydney and Parramatta
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August 17......
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Cato and
Porpoise wrecked on the Barrier reef
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September......
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European settlement in Van Diemen's
Land. Lieut. Bowen, 35 convicts and 13 soldier
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September 16......
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Death of naturalist
Nicholas Baudin at Mauritius
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September 24......
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The
Cumberland (under Captain Matthew Flinders), the Rolla and the
Francis on their voyage from Port Jackson to Wreck Reef shelter
overnight at Port Stephens during a south easterly gale
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September 26......
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Convict Joseph Samuels reprieved by Gov. King after three
attempts at executing him failed
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September.....
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Colonial vessel
Nancy launched at Green Hills
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October
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Matthew Flinders on the Cumberland, reached Wreck Reef.
Friday. Flinders
writes of the Cumberland:- "This is a good property, but of all the
filthy little things I ever saw, this schooner, for bugs, lice, fleas,
weavels, mosquitos, cockroaches (large and small), and mice, rises superior
to them all. We have almost got the better of the fleas, lice and mosquitos,
but in spite of boiling water and daily destruction amongst them, the bugs,
still keep their ground. I have never stripped myself before the last two
nights, but usually slept upon the lee locker with my clothes, on,
notwithstanding which I have at least a hundred lumps upon my body and arms;
and before this vile bug like smell will leave me, must I believe, as well
as my clothes, undergo a good boiling in the large kettle. I shall set my
old friend
Trim to work upon the mice" (HR NSW Volume 5, p241) |
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October 9...... |
Arrival of the Calcutta
and Ocean at Port Phillip. Attempt at settlement at Port
Phillip Bay abandoned
James Hingston
Tuckey was first Lieutenant on the Calcutta. Read about his life
HERE
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November......
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Death of Surgeon William Balmain
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December 26......
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Arrival of the ship
Calcutta at Port Jackson. On board
the Calcutta was convict John Fawkner, his wife and two children
Elizabeth and John Pascoe Fawkner
Select
HERE to find
out more about the voyage of the Calcutta
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December 27......
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Escape of William Buckley
(1780 - 1838)
from the Port Phillip expedition. Buckley remained with a tribe of
aborigines for 32 years. ("Buckley's chance")
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December......
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Matthew Flinders detained at Mauritius
Memoirs of Hydrography Including Brief Biographies of the Principal Officers who Have Served in H.M. Naval Surveying Service Between the Years 1750 and 1885 By Llewellyn Styles Dawson
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Drought conditions throughout
colony
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