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Newcastle
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Colony in severe drought |
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George Wyndham
begins Dalwood vineyards on
land previously belonging to
David Maziere |
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January 3......... |
Arrival of Convict Ship
Florentia
Captain Billett.
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January12.....
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Arrival from Cork of the convict ship
Elizabeth
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January 30......
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Arrival of the convict ship
Marquis of Huntley.
Master William Ascough
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February 8......
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Arrival of the vessel Ellen from London.
Passengers included
Henry Donnison, wife and two children; E.
Nunn; Mr. & Mrs Chapman. Steerage, Robert Wright, Henry Hawden
and William Wake |
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February
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Arrival of convict transport
Hooghley, Captain Reeves.
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February 27....... |
Westernport settlement abandoned |
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March 3.......
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Arrival of convict transport
Morley,
Captain Williams. Surgeon
Peter Cunningham. The Morley brought
whooping cough to
the colony. Immediate quarantine did not prevent the disease
from spreading throughout the colony causing the death of many children.
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Morley
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March 10.......
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Postmaster appointed in Newcastle and regular sea postal
service commenced
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find people residing in Newcastle in 1828 |
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March 13.......
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Arrival of the
Convict ship
Asia 1
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March 19......
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Steam boats discussed for use at Newcastle and Hunter River
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April.......
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Death of an infant child of Lieutenant Sweeney
near Cottage Creek at Newcastle |
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April 2......
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Death of
Charles Throsby at his estate
Glenfield....former Commandant at Newcastle penal settlement. Select
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Commandants of Newcastle
Charles Throsby - obituary
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April 18......
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Woodlark
wrecked in Torres Straits under Captain G.A. Leary. Six
drowned. Survivors given food and shelter by
Captain Logan and family at the Moreton Bay settlement and arrived in Sydney late June. |
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April 21......
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Brick house built by
William Powditch at Newcastle offered for sale.
(Newly erected and situated near the wharf in the main street.
Built at an expense of £1200 and said to be well situated
for an Inn) |
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April 23.......
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Formation of Australian Racing and Jockey club |
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May 8......
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John Erskine
appointed Clerk to the Bench of Magistrates at Newcastle. Previously held
position of Superintendent of convicts at Norfolk Island for two
years |
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May 26.......
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John Oxley,
Surveyor general of Colony died 'after a long course of bodily
infirmity'......... |
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May 28.......
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Thomas Livingstone Mitchell
appointed Surveyor-General of New South Wales following the
death of John Oxley |
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May......
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The coal mine at Newcastle, commenced about the
time James Morisset's Command finished at the settlement, had
completely fallen in and was abandoned. A new mine opened yielding
15 tons per day.
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June 2.......
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Arrival of convict ship
Mangles
from Dublin. Captain William Carr. Surgeon
Superintendent Dr. Cochrane. R.N.
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Mangles
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June 5.......
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Sloop
Dove wrecked at Port Stephens. Master William
Vurrell. Owned by Thomas Street of Darling Harbour. The master,
a seaman, a Newcastle constable and a prisoner of the Crown after
suffering great privations were brought into Newcastle by
Natives. 7 lives lost including 2 seamen, a free man John
Delaney and 4 prisoners of the Crown. |
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July 10.......
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Masters' and Servants' Act passed in New South Wales. |
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July
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Court-martial of Captain Robert Robinson of the
Veterans for libel against Governor Darling |
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July 12......
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Arrival of convict transport
Borodino
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July 14......
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Arrival of the convict ship
Phoenix I under
Master Thomas Curzons. Surgeon Superintendent Dr. Carlyle, R.N..
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July 25......
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Arnold Fisk appointed Pilot and landing waiter at Newcastle in
the room of Messrs John Rush Moore and
William Eckford, resigned |
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July 26.......
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Arrival of
Bussorah Merchant, Captain Baigrie.
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Bussorah Merchant
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August......
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Bussorah Merchant placed in quarantine due to outbreak of
smallpox. Military Guard and convicts landed and encamped on the North side
of the Harbour and the schooner Alligator stationed
adjoining to as a Hospital Ship |
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August......
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Publication of Henry Dangar's map of the Hunter
and its branches by Joseph Cross, London
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August 3......
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Whooping cough causes many deaths including Edward the infant son of Governor
Darling on 3rd August |
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August 17.......
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Terence Rooney a newly arrived convict
by the Borodino fatally wounded at George St. Sydney by a
soldier of the Garrison. £100 reward offered for information
leading to perpetrator's conviction for murder. In September
John Geason, soldier, was sentenced to transportation for life
for the murder. |
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September
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Arrival of
the convict ship
Countess of Harcourt Captain Harrison.
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September 13...... |
Bank of Australia in George
Street, Sydney
robbed. Entry gained through a nine foot thick foundation
wall reached by excavating through a drain that had
been opened on the opposite side of the street. Reward of £100 offered
for information leading to discovery of robbers |
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September 17.......
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Holey dollars
withdrawn from circulation
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September...... |
Escape attempt from
Newcastle
Gaol. Prisoners had attempted to
excavate underground. |
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October 10...... |
Arrival of
the convict ship
Competitor
from London. Master John Stewart. Prisoner
Ellen Madden on board.
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Competitor
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October 12......
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Arrival of the convict ship
Marquis of Hastings
Captain Drake. Surgeon Dr. William Rae.
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Marquis of Hastings
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November.......
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Census taken in November. Population 36, 598 |
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November......
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Captain Robert Hunt of 57th Regt., appointed Commandant at
Norfolk Island |
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November 3...... |
Ship Magnet arrived in New
South Wales with employees and servants of the
Australian Agricultural
Company -
John Edward
Stacey , John Hallam, Thomas Hewitt, Thomas Laman,
Thomas Sawkins, John Swayne. |
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November 3....... |
Arrival of convict ship
Albion. Surgeon Superintendent Dr.
Thomas Logan R.N.
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Albion |
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November
12....... |
Convict
transport
City of Edinburgh, Captain James R.
Glendon
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out more about the voyage of the City of Edinburgh |
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November 17.......
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Announcement of the first Provincial
Bank established in the Colony, under the title of the Bank of Newcastle
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about Newcastle's first bank
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November
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Arrival of the convict
ship
Eliza III
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November 24...... |
Arrival of the convict
ship
Royal George
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Master
Robert Embledon. Surgeon William Gregor
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December 27....... |
Arrival of architect
John Verge on board the
Clarkstone. Land grant at Dungog - Lyndhurst vale |
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