Colonial Events
1824
Stagecoach service extended :
A Stage coach, with four horses, has recently commenced running daily between Sydney and Parramatta, leaving Sydney in the morning and returning in the evening; while a handsome two horse spring caravan, fitted up for passengers, leaves Parramatta in the morning and returns in the evening. These conveyances were paying so well, that a second caravan was preparing to run between Sydney and Parramatta daily; a third between Parramatta and Liverpool, and a stage coach between Parramatta and Windsor; so that now travellers may proceed by daily stages to all the well settled parts of the Colony. - The Morning Chronicle 21 June 1824
January 15
Convict ship Castle Forbes arrived in N.S.W. Convict Patrick Riley became the leader of bushranging gang Jacob's Irish Brigade in 1825February
Hunter Valley settlers William Bradridge, Joseph Brooks Weller and the Sparke family arrive in Hobart on board the Aguilar.February 11
St. James' Church, Sydney consecrated by Samuel Marsden.February 24
Arrival of Engineer John Busby on the Triton with wife and son James Busby. Also on board the Triton William Kelman.March 5
48th Regiment embarked for MadrasMarch 5
Arrival of convict ship Guildford Passengers James Glennie and Sir Francis Forbes, first Chief Justice of N.S.W.March 7
Death of the wife of Rev. Lancelot Threlkeld at RaiateaApril 5
Arrival in Sydney on board the Hibernia of first Colonial Treasurer William Balcombe and Attorney General Saxe BannisterMay 7
Arrival of the convict ship Brothers. Master Charles Motley. Surgeon Superintendent James Hall R.NMay 10
Supreme court of Van Diemen's Land openedMay 17
Charter of Justice promulgated by Chief Justice of Supreme court of NSWJune
Australian Agricultural Company formed in London to develop pastoral activities in NSWJune 16
Former Judge of the Supreme Court Barron Field arrived off the Isle of Wight in the Competitor. Came by Cape Horn calling at St. Salvadore for supplies. The Competitor's cargo included colonial timber, seal skins, elephant oil, and 280 bales of woolJuly
Foundation of Scots Church SydneyJuly 1
Death of Lachlan MacquarieAt the instance of D'Arcy Wentworth, the principal surgeon, and John Piper, the naval officer, Gov. Macquarie had been presented with a gold cup of the value of one hundred and fifty guineas subscribed by the colonists. He sailed from the colony in February 1822 and two years after his arrival in London he died at Duke Street, St. James, on the 1st July 1824. He was buried in a mausoleum on the island of Mull. (HRA Series 1, Vol. VIII, p. xviii) Macquarie's Mausoleum