Colonial History Links
A New Song - A bawdy rollicking song from the earliest convict days
A. A. Company - Early days of the Company at Port Stephens and Newcastle
Aussie Inventions - A List of Australian inventions of recent times as well as some of the thousands of patented inventions made by prolific Aussie Inventors in earlier days
Australian Slang - Find Australian slang words, unique Australian phrases and memorable quotes
Battle of Castle Hill - An account of the famous battle that took place in 1804
Bells - Bells played an important part in the lives of our ancestors
Broughton, William Grant - Ship board diary kept on the voyage of convict ship John in 1829
Burn, David - Journal of a Voyage to Newcastle and Hunter River October 1844
Cabbage Tree Hats - A part of our ancestor's everyday lives
Caley, George - Botanist in the early years of the colony
Cockatoo Island - Penal settlement in Sydney harbour
Colonial Appointments 1788 - 1860
Colonial Events Index - 1788 - 1829
Colonial Military Officers - in Newcastle and the Hunter Valley
Colonial vessel Francis - Launch of the vessel Francis in 1793
Commissioner's Enquiry - Excerpt from an enquiry by John Thomas Bigge in 1819
Cunningham, Allan - An account of the 1827 expedition of Allan Cunningham
Darcy, Frank - Boxer from Maitland. Died of the Spanish influenza in 1919
Dixon, Robert - Surveyor
Dungog Residents - a list of residents in 1830s and 1840s
Escapees at Port Stephens - 1795
Flash Language - Criminal slang
Frank the Poet - Francis McNamara arrived on the convict ship Eliza in 1832
Griffith, Rev. Edward - Two Chapters from Memorials of Rev. Edward Griffith written by his daughter Mary
Eipper, Rev. Christoph - Missionary to Aborigines in Queensland
Immigrant and Settler Ships - 1821 - 1856
Journal of Capt. Logan - Moreton Bay in 1830
Jeffrey, Lieut. Charles - Master of the vessel Kangaroo in 1814
King, Governor Phillip Gidley - Third Governor of New South Wales
Liverpool Ranges - Crossing the Liverpool Ranges
Lockyer, Edmund - Expedition of Edmund Lockyer
Log Book of the Minerva - Fever Ship in 1838
Maritime Explorers - Map and Links to Biographies of early Maritime Explorers
Mitchell, Sir Thomas Livingstone - Map of Expedition in November 1831
Mounted Police - Horse patrols and the Mounted Police 1825 - 1826
Moreton Bay - 1824
Norfolk Island - Convict ships to Norfolk Island
Parramatta Female Factory - A history of the Factory
Paterson Reminiscences - Paterson in 1840s
Phillip, Governor Arthur - First Governor of New South Wales
Port Stephens - A series of articles touching on the Early days in Port Stephens
Raymond Terrace - Early days and residents
Rob the Ranter - Traveller
Russell, Henry Stuart - An account of a journey through Maitland and the Hunter Valley
Scourgers - A list of scourgers in New South Wales
St. John's Church - Stroud - Built by convicts in 1833
Tamworth - Time line
The Blind Traveller - Lieut. John Holman
Towrang Stockade - Penal work station
Voyage of the Buffalo - Return to England in 1800
Wreck of the Mermaid - 1829
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