1818

1818 - Governor Macquarie ordered start of breakwater at Newcastle.

1818 – Female Orphan School completed at Parramatta.

1818 – Macquarie Lighthouse constructed.

1818 – Dam across Parramatta River at Marsden Street, Parramatta, constructed.

1818 – Rouse Hill House built for Richard Rouse.

1818 – Inland NSW explored by Oxley.

1818 – Hamilton Hume and James Meehan (Surveyor) discovered Lake Bathurst (Goulburn region).

1818 – Arrival of convict ship Ocean (10/1/1818).

1818 – Arrival of convict ship Friendship (14/1/1818).

1818 – Arrival of convict ship Guildford (1/4/1818).

1818 – Arrival of convict ship Batavia (5/4/1818).

1818 – Arrival of convict ship Greyhound (14/4/1818).

1818 – Arrival of convict ship Lady Castlereagh (30/4/1818).

1818 – Arrival of convict ship Minerva (30/4/1818).

1818 – Arrival of convict ship Neptune (5/5/1818).

1818 – Arrival of convict ship Glory (14/9/1818).

1818 – Arrival of convict ship Isabella (14/9/1818).

1818 – Arrival of convict ship Maria (17/9/1818).

1818 – Arrival of convict ship Tottenham (14/110/1818).

1818 – Arrival of convict ship Morley (7/11/1818).

1818 – Arrival of convict ship Guide (9/11/1818).

1818 – Arrival of convict ship Shipley (18/11/1818).

1818 – Arrival of convict ship Elizabeth (19/11/1818).

1818 – Arrival of convict ship Earl St. Vincent (16/12/1818).

1818 – Arrival of convict ship Hadlow (24/1/1818).

1818 – Arrival of convict ship Martha (24/12/1818).

1818 – Arrival of convict ship General Stewart (31/12/1818).

Replica of the Macquarie Lighthouse. The original was the first of many significant works by convict architect Francis Greenway.

Richard Rouse
1774 - 1852

Rouse Hill House

Hamilton Hume
1797 - 1873

1819

1819 – A Male Orphan School is opened in Sydney (1/1/1819).

1819 - Investigation of New South Wales colonial administration by Commissioner John Thomas Bigge, is commissioned by Colonial Secretary Lord Bathurst (5/1/1819).

1819 - Disastrous Newcastle floods.

1819 – John Howe discovered overland route to Hunter Valley (5/11/1879).

1819 - Licenses issued to cut cedar in the Illawarra district.

1819 – Governor Macquarie engages Francis Greenway to design a Fort at Dawes Point.

1819 – Hyde Park Barracks is officially opened by Governor Macquarie (4/6/1819).

1819 – A savings bank is founded by Barron Field and Robert Campbell in Sydney, Parramatta, Liverpool and Windsor (17/7/1819)

1819 – Arrival of convict ship Tyne (4/1/1819).

1819 – Arrival of convict ship Globe (8/1/1819).

1819 – Arrival of convict ship Surrey (4/3/1819).

1819 – Arrival of convict ship Lord Sidmouth (11/3/1819).

1819 – Arrival of convict ship Greyhound (24/4/1819).

1819 – Arrival of convict ship Little Mary (13/5/1819).

1819 – Arrival of convict ship Mary (29/5/1819).

1819 – Arrival of convict ship Baring (26/6/1819).

1819 – Arrival of convict ship Bencoolen (25/8/1819).

1819 – Arrival of convict ship Mary (26/8/1819).

1819 – Arrival of convict ship Canada (1/9/1819).

1819 – Arrival of convict ship Daphne (21/9/1819).

1819 – Arrival of convict ship John Barry (26/9/1819).

1819 – Arrival of convict ship Atlas (19/10/1819).

1819 – Arrival of convict ship Grenada (21/10/1819).

1819 – Arrival of convict ship Malabar (30/10/1819).

1819 – Arrival of convict ship St. Michael (29/11/1819).

1819 – Arrival of convict ship Minerva (17/12/1819).

1819 – Arrival of convict ship Recovery (18/12/1819).

 
Commissioner John Thomas Bigge
1780 - 1843

Francis Greenway
1777 - 1837

Hyde Park Barracks

1820

1820 – Convict Barrack completed at Parramatta.

1820 – Governor Macquarie and his party crossed the Cookbundoon Range and inspected Goulburn region.

1820 – Howe marked out present Putty Road.

1820 – Benevolent Asylum erected.

1820 – Old Burial Ground closed and new cemetery consecrated in George Street (site of Sydney Town Hall) (January 1820).

1820 – Rev. John Therry and Rev. Phillip Connolly, arrived as the first Roman Catholic Chaplains.

1820 – Arrival of convict ship Lord Wellington (20/1/1820).

1820 – Arrival of convict ship Eliza (21/1/1820).

1820 – Arrival of convict ship Prince Regent (27/1/1820).

1820 – Arrival of convict ship Castle Forbes (27/1/1820).

1820 – Arrival of convict ship Dromedary (28/1/1820).

1820 – Arrival of convict ship Coromandel (4/4/1820).

1820 – Arrival of convict ship Sea Flower (30/4/1820).

1820 – Arrival of convict ship Janus (3/5/1820).

1820 – Arrival of convict ship Neptune (16/7/1820).

1820 – Arrival of convict ship Hadlow (5/8/1820).

1820 – Arrival of convict ship Mangles (7/8/1820).

1820 – Arrival of convict ship Earl St. Vincent (16/8/1820).

1820 – Arrival of convict ship Dorothy (19/9/1820).

1820 – Arrival of convict ship Agamemnon (22/9/1820).

1820 – Arrival of convict ship Shipley (26/9/1820).

1820 – Arrival of convict ship Guildford (30/9/1820).

1820 – Arrival of convict ship Morley (30/9/1820).

1820 – Arrival of convict ship St. Michael (30/10/1820).

1820 – Arrival of convict ship Haldane (18/12/1820).

1820 – Arrival of convict ship Almorah (22/122/1820).

1820 – Arrival of convict ship Asia (28/1/1820).

1820 – Arrival of convict ship Elizabeth (31/122/1820).

1820 – Arrival of convict ship Hebe (31/12/1820).

Father John Joseph Therry
1790 - 1864

1821

1821 – Female Factory completed at Parramatta (January 1821).

1821 – Governor Macquarie laid foundation stone of the first St. Marys Cathedral (29/10/1821).

1821 – Construction of St. Matthews Church, Windsor finalised.

1821 – Governor Thomas Makdougal Brisbane took office.

1821 – Port Macquarie opened as a convict penal settlement.

1821 – Construction of Fort Macquarie on Sydney Harbour completed (February 1821).

1821 – Arrival of convict ship Prince Regent (9/1/1821).

1821 – Arrival of convict ship Prince of Orange (12/2/1821).

1821 – Arrival of convict ship Lord Sidmouth (19/2/1821).

1821 – Arrival of convict ship Dick (12/3/1821).

1821 – Arrival of convict ship Speke (18/5/1821).

1821 – Arrival of convict ship Adamant (8/9/1821).

1821 – Arrival of convict ship Grenada (16/9/1821).

1821 – Arrival of convict ship John Barry (7/11/1821).

1821 – Arrival of convict ship Hindostan (24/11/1821).

1821 – Arrival of convict ship Minerva (16/12/1821).

1821 – Arrival of convict ship John Bull (18/12/1821).

St. Matthew's Anglican Church
Windsor

Governor Brisbane

1822

1822 - Majority of convicts at Newcastle transferred to Port Macquarie.

1822 – Agricultural Society established at Parramatta.

1822 – Route discovered through Appin to Illawarra district & a road was built using convict road gangs.

1822 – Windsor Court House completed.

1822 – Alexander Berry explores the Shoalhaven district.

1822 – Allan Cunningham opened a route between Bathurst and the Cudgegong River.

1822 – Arrival of convict ship Providence (7/1/1822).

1822 – Arrival of convict ship Amboyna (January 1822).

1822 – Arrival of convict ship Mary (23/1/1822).

1822 – Arrival of convict ship Southworth (9/3/1822).

1822 – Arrival of convict ship Isabella (9/3/1822).

1822 – Arrival of convict ship Shipley (11/3/1822).

1822 – Arrival of convict ship Mary Ann (20/5/1822).

1822 – Arrival of convict ship Medway (24/5/1822).

1822 – Arrival of convict ship Guildford (15/7/1822).

1822 – Arrival of convict ship Asia (24/7/1822).

1822 – Arrival of convict ship Mangles (8/11/1822).

1822 – Arrival of convict ship Calder (20/11/1822).

1822 – Arrival of convict ship Eliza (22/11/1822).

1822 – Arrival of convict ship John Bull (5/12/1822).

1822 – Arrival of convict ship Countess Harcourt (21/12/1822).

1822 – Opening of station for incorrigibles at Macquarie Harbour, VDL.

1822 – Alexander Pearce escapes from Macquarie Harbour penal settlement with eight companions whom he later kills and eats.

1822 – Governor Lachlan Macquarie returned to England.

Allan Cunningham
1791 - 1839

1823

1823 - Newcastle declared a free town.

1823 - Howes Track opened to give inland road access to Wallis Plains from Sydney.

1823 – Observatory completed at Parramatta by Governor Brisbane.

1823 – Governor Brisbane erected a Bath House at Parramatta.

1823 – Wellington Valley Convict Station established.

1823 – Captain Mark Currie explored the district south of Lake George and reached the Murrumbidgee River.

1823 – Archibald Bell discovered a route from Richmond, through Kurrajong to Bell.

1823 – First official record of a gold discovery made when James O’Brien, who was an Assistant Surveyor. Found gold at the Fish River, near Tarana (15/2/1823).

1823 – Alternative road constructed into the Hartley Valley from Mount York plateau & was known as Lawson’s Long Alley.

1823 – Collits Inn at base of Mount York built to service road traffic on Lawsons Long alley.

1823 – Arrival of convict ship Lord Sidmouth (27/2/1823).

1823 – Arrival of convict ship Surrey (4/3/1823).

1823 – Arrival of convict ship Princess Royal (9/3/1823).

1823 – Arrival of convict ship Brampton (22/4/1823).

1823 – Arrival of convict ship Woodman (25/6/1823).

1823 – Arrival of convict ship Recovery (30/7/1823).

1823 – Arrival of convict ship Henry (26/8/1823).

1823 – Arrival of convict ship Ocean (27/8/1823).

1823 – Arrival of convict ship Earl St. Vincent (9/9/1823).

1823 – Arrival of convict ship Mary (18/10/1823).

1823 – Arrival of convict ship Isabella (16/12/1823).

1823 – Arrival of convict ship Medina (29/12/1823).

John Oxley

1823 - Explorer John Oxley charts Moreton Bay and Brisbane River.

Collits' Inn, Hartley Vale, NSW

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