1804

1804 – Convicts rebelled from the Castle Hill Government Farm and made a stand for freedom at the Battle of Vinegar Hill (5/3/1804).

1804- Martial law proclaimed and Roman Catholic services banned.

1804 – A ‘Loyal Association’ comprised of settlers and emancipists is formed.

1804 - Second penal colony established at the Hunter River.

1804 - The name Newcastle proclaimed by Governor King.

1804 – Government brewery established at Parramatta.

1804 – George Clay attempted to cross the Blue Mountains.

1804 – John Macarthur granted 5000 acres of land at the Cow Pastures.

1804 – Arrival of convict ship Coromandel (7/5/1804).

1804 – Arrival of convict ship Experiment (24/6/1804).

 1804 - David Collins establishes convict settlement at Hobart on the Derwent River in Van Diemens Land.

1804 - William Peterson establishes second settlement in Van Diemens Land, named George Town, on Tamar River.

1804 – Matthew Flinders first uses the name ‘Australia’.

1804 – Rev. Robert Knopwood conducted first church service at Hobart.

1804 – Half the military and many convicts withdrawn from Norfolk Island.

The Blue Mountains

1805

1805 – First Australian built sea whaler ‘King George’ launched. Owned by Henry Kable.

1805 – Norfolk Island settlement abandoned.

1806

1806 – Captain William Bligh succeeded Philip Gidley King as Governor (13/8/1806).

1806 – Massive flooding of Hawkesbury River destroys crops.

1806 – Arrival of convict ship Tellicherry (15/2/1806).

1806 – Arrival of convict ship William Pitt (11/4/1806).

1806 – Arrival of convict ship Fortune (12/7/1806).

1806 – Arrival of convict ship Alexander (20/8/1806).

1806 – Launceston settlement established in Van Diemen’s Land.

The Battle of Trafalgar

1806 – News of the Battle of Trafalgar reaches the Colony.

1807

1807 - First wool exports to England by James Macarthur.

1807 – Governor Bligh made Order forbidding the distillation of spirits. The use of rum as a currency was forbidden.

1807 – Darcy Wentworth suspended from official duties by Governor Bligh for alleged misconduct.

1807 – Warrant issued for arrest of John Macarthur. Charged with sedition.

1807 – Arrival of convict ship Duchess of York (4/4/1807).

1807 – Arrival of convict ship Sydney Cove (18/6/1807).

1807 – Arrival of convict ship Duke of Portland (27/7/1807).

1807 – Expedition from Launceston to Hobart by Lieutenant Thomas Laycock.

1808

1808 - “Rum Rebellion”: Governor William Bligh deposed in a coup led by military officers of the New South Wales Corps (26/1/1808).

1808 – Revolutionary officer’s take over Government after William Bligh removed as Governor.

1808 – Hawkesbury River floods.

1808 – Lime burning by convicts commenced near Newcastle.

1808 – Rev. William Cowper appointed Senior Assistant Chaplain of NSW.

1808 – Arrival of convict ship Speke (16/11/1808).

1808 – Arrival of convict ship Admiral Gambier (20/12/1808).

 
Rev. William Cowper
1778 - 1858

1809

1809 – Severe drought in NSW destroys crops and causes water shortages.

1809 – First detachment of the 73^rd Regiment arrived in Sydney on board the convict ship Boyd (14/8/1809).

1809 – Full complement of the first battalion of the 73^rd Regiment arrived on the H. M. Storeship ‘Dromedary’ and the H. M. S. Hindostan (28/12/1809).

1809 – Ebenezer Church built (oldest existing church & was first Presbyterian Church built in Australia).

1809 - Colonel William Paterson appointed Administrator of Colony from 9/1/1809 until 21/12/1809.

1809 – First Post Office established and Isaac Nichols proclaimed first Postmaster. (See our Blog about Nichols)

1809 – NSW Corps renamed 102^nd Regiment.

1809 – Floods at the Hawkesbury River.

1809 – Arrival of convict ship Duke of Portland (25/1/1809).

1809 – Arrival of convict ship Aeolus (26/1/1809).

1809 – Arrival of convict ship Experiment (25/6/1809).

1809 – Arrival of convict ship Boyd (14/8/1809).

1809 – Arrival of convict ship Indispensable (18/8/1809).

1809 – Removal of settlers from Norfolk Island.

William Patterson
1755 - 1810

1810

1810 – Governor Lachlan Macquarie took office (1/1/1810).

1810 - Recall of New South Wales Corps to England.

1810 - Ellis Bent became the colony’s third deputy Judge Advocate.

1810 – First official cedar shipments from Shoalhaven and Illawarra districts.

1810 – Windsor Road was constructed.

1810 – William Bligh departs the Colony on the Hindostan.

1810 – Land grants, trials and persons appointed to positions since removal of Governor Bligh were nullified. Convict pardons were cancelled.

1810 – James Harper of Parramatta signed contract to build a public turnpike road from Cheer’s Corner in Sydney town to toll bridge at Hawkesbury.

1810 – Toll gates erected at Windsor, Rouse Hill and Parramatta.

1810 – Sydney street names altered by Governor Macquarie.

1810 – Governor Macquarie established the five towns of Windsor, Richmond, Castlereagh, Pitt Town and Wilberforce.

1810 – Arrival of convict ship Anne (27/2/1810).

1810 – Arrival of convict ship Hunter (20/8/1810).

1810 – Arrival of convict ship Canada (8/9/1810).

1810 – Arrival of convict ship Indian (16/12/1810).

Napoleon Bonaparte
1769 - 1821
 

1810 – Napoleon Bonaparte orders the destruction of Sydney from Mauritius however a British fleet captures Mauritius before the orders could be carried out.

1810 – VDL’s first newspaper – The Derwent Star and Van Diemen’s Land Intellingencer.

1810 – Matthew Flinders liberated from Mauritius.

Lachlan Macquarie
1762 - 1824

1811

1811 – Castle Hill Government Farm was converted to the first Lunatic Asylum.

1811 – Bridge over Tank Stream in Sydney completed.

1811 – Foundation stone of Sydney Hospital laid by Governor Macquarie.

1811 - Male Orphan School opened.

1811 – Arrival of convict ship Eagle (17/2/1811).

1811 – Arrival of convict ship Frederick & Maria (19/6/1811).

1811 – Arrival of convict ship Providence (2/7/1811).

1811 – Arrival of convict ship Ruby (28/9/1811).

1811 – Arrival of convict ship Admiral Gambier (29/9/1811 ).

1811 – Arrival of convict ship Friends (10/10/1811).

1811 – Arrival of convict ship Mangalore (2/11/1811).

1811 - Governor Macquarie inspects Van Diemens Land, sets out town design for Hobart.

1812

1812 – Parramatta Industrial School for girls established.

1812 – Arrival of convict ship Campbell Macquarie (17/1/1812).

1812 – Arrival of convict ship Guildford (18/1/1812).

1812 – Arrival of convict ship Minstrel (25/10/1812).

1812 – War on Britain declared by United States of America.

1812 – Select Committee Report to the House of Commons on Transportation to NSW completed.

1812 – Direct transportation of convicts to Van Diemens Land commenced with the arrival of the Indefatigable.

1813

1813 - Gregory Blaxland, William Wentworth and Lieutenant William Lawson discovered a passage over the Blue Mountains (May 1813).

1813 – The first Sunday School is established by Thomas Hassall on the Parramatta property of his father, Rowland Hassall.

1813 – A Proclamation is issued regarding the introduction & design of the ‘Holey Dollar’ to become legal tender on 30/9/1813.

1813 - The road to Botany is completed (September 1813).

1813 – Female Orphan School at Parramatta built.

1813 – Death of the Aborigine Bennelong at Kissing Point.

1813 – Foundation stone of Sydney Lighthouse laid by Governor Macquarie (first Macquarie lighthouse) (18/7/1813).

1813 – John Macarthur exported 36 bales of wool to England (6/7/1813).

1813 – King’s Wharf at Sydney completed.

1813 – Benevolent Society formed.

1813 – G. W. Evans leaves Sydney to cross the main range of the blue Mountains & discovers the Bathurst Plains (19/11/1813).

1813 – The Turnpike road to Windsor is completed during December 1813.

1813 – Arrival of convict ship Archduke Charles (16/2/1813).

1813 – Arrival of convict ship Fortune (11/6/1813).

1813 – Arrival of convict ship Eliza (5/7/1813).

1813 – Arrival of convict ship Earl Spencer (9/10/1813).

The Holey Dollar, valued at  5 shillings

Bennelong, died on the 3rd January 1813

1814

1814 - Jeffrey Bent arrives in Sydney to become first judge in Colony (court has civil jurisdiction only).

1814 – Australia’s first private Doctor, William Bland, arrived as a convict. Sent to Castle Hill Lunatic Asylum to serve as its medical officer.

1814 – Road opened between Parramatta and Liverpool.

1814 – Surveyor George Evans discovered the Bathurst Plains.

1814 – Work underway on Great Western Road built by convict labour linking the Nepean to Bathurst.

1814 – Traces of gold found by convicts while working on the Bathurst Road. Flogging was threatened for any person who told about the discovery.

1814 – Establishment of Civil Court in NSW.

1814 – First road over the Blue Mountains from Sydney to Bathurst completed (Cox’s Road) (15/12/1814).

1814 – Arrival of convict ship Wanstead (9/1/1814).

1814 – Arrival of convict ship General Hewitt (7/2/1814).

1814 – Arrival of convict ship Britannia (14/2/1814).

1814 – Arrival of convict ship Catherine (4/5/1814).

1814 – Arrival of convict ship Three Bees (6/5/1814).

1814 – Arrival of convict ship Frederick (18/6/1814).

1814 – Arrival of convict ship Broxbornebury (28/7/1814).

1814 – Arrival of convict ship Surrey (28/7/1814).

1814 – Arrival of convict ship Somersetshire (16/10/1814).

1814 – First penal settlement at Norfolk Island closed.

1814 - Publication of Matthew Flinder’s book, A Voyage to Terra Australis, which popularised the use of “Australia” for the whole continent.

1814 – Death of Matthew Flinders.

George William Evans
1780 - 1852

1815

1815 – Bungaree appointed Chief of Broken Bay aboriginal tribe by Governor Macquarie.

1815 - First use of a steam engine in Sydney used by John Dickson.

1815 – Private medical practice commenced in Sydney by Dr. William Bland.

1815 - Work began on Christ Church, Newcastle.

1815 – Arrival of Wesleyan Minister Rev. Samuel Leigh.

1815 – Governor Macquarie proclaimed the town of Bathurst (7/5/1815).

1815 - First school established at Newcastle.

1815 – Macquarie Arms Inn built at Windsor built.

1815 – Springwood named by Governor Macquarie.

1815 – Dr Charles Throsby established first settlement in the Illawarra district.

1815 – Governor Macquarie founds the ‘Native Institution’ as a school for Aboriginal children at Parramatta.

1815 – Road through Campbelltown to Appin maintained by convict work gangs.

1815 – Arrival of convict ship Marquis of Wellington (27/1/1815).

1815 – Arrival of convict ship Phoenix-Union (14/4/1815).

1815 – Arrival of convict ship Frederick (26/4/1815).

1815 – Arrival of convict ship Indefatigable (26/4/1815).

1815 – Arrival of convict ship Eliza (16/5/1815).

1815 – Arrival of convict ship Northampton (18/6/1815).

1815 – Arrival of convict ship Canada (5/8/1815).

1815 – Arrival of convict ship Francis & Eliza (8/8/1815).

1815 – Arrival of convict ship Baring (7/9/1815).

1815 – First free immigrants arrived in VDL.

1815 – Defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Battle of Waterloo.

The Macquarie Arms Inn

1816

1816 – A General Hospital was built in Sydney by contractors who were paid by government with a monopoly of rum imports for a set period.

1816 – Construction of Coxswain’s Barracks (Cadman’s Cottage) at Sydney Cove completed, as part of Sydney Dockyard.

1816 – Governor Macquarie proclaimed cessation of hostilities towards Aborigines (1/11/1816).

1816 – Windsor Toll House constructed.

1816 – Arrival of convict ship Fanny (18/1/1816).

1816 – Arrival of convict ship Mary Anne (19/1/1816).

1816 – Arrival of convict ship Ocean (30/1/1816).

1816 – Arrival of convict ship Kangaroo (5/2/1916).

1816 – Arrival of convict ship Hayeston (13/3/1816).

1816 – Arrival of convict ship Alexander (4/4/1816).

1816 – Arrival of convict ship Guildford (8/4/1816).

1816 – Arrival of convict ship Bridgewater (11/5/1816).

1816 – Arrival of convict ship Frederick (23/6/1816).

1816 – Arrival of convict ship Atlas (22/7/1816).

1816 – Arrival of convict ship Elizabeth (5/10/1816).

1816 – Arrival of convict ship Mariner (11/10/1816).

1816 – Arrival of convict ship Surrey (20/12/1816).

Cadman's Cottage

1817

1817 – Governor Macquarie signed a Charter of Incorporation establishing the Bank of New South Wales (now named Westpac) (February 1817).

1817 – Old Northern Road built.

1817 – Construction began on Fort Macquarie, on Sydney Harbour (December 1817).

1817 – Rev. Jeremiah O’Flynn, a Roman Catholic priest arrived. He was not government endorsed and began a secret catholic ministry.

1817 – Governor Macquarie laid foundation stone for St. Andrews Church, Sydney.

1817 – Governor Macquarie laid foundation stone for Government Stables, Sydney.

1817 – Governor Macquarie laid foundation stone for St. Matthews Church, Windsor (October 1817).

1817 – John Oxley explores the Lachlan River.

1817 – Macleay River discovered by Thomas Whyte.

1817 – Arrival of convict ship Lord Melville (24/2/1817).

1817 – Arrival of convict ship Fame (8/3/1817).

1817 – Arrival of convict ship Sir William Bensley (10/3/1817).

1817 – Arrival of convict ship Hunter (14/4/1817).

1817 – Arrival of convict ship Morley (10/4/1817).

1817 – Arrival of convict ship Shipley (24/4/1817).

1817 – Arrival of convict ship Mary (6/6/1817).

1817 – Arrival of convict ship Chapman (26/7/1817).

1817 – Arrival of convict ship Pilot (29/7/1817).

1817 - Arrival of convict ship Canada (6/8/1817).

1817 – Arrival of convict ship Almorah (29/8/1817).

1817 – Arrival of convict ship Lord Eldon (30/9/1817).

1817 – Arrival of convict ship Larkins (22/11/1817).

1817 – Arrival of convict ship Frederick (22/11/1817).

 1817 – Arrival of convict ship Jeune Ferdinand (17/12/1817).

1817 – Governor Macquarie formally adopts the name ‘Australia’ for the Colony in official correspondence (21/12/1817).

John Joseph William Molesworth Oxley
1784? - 1828