1837

1837 - Scone proclaimed a town.

1837 - Construction of Government House in Sydney begins.

1837 – Work begins on excavations at Wollongong harbour with convict labour. A Stockade was erected on Flagstaff Point to house about 300 convicts employed on the harbour works (18/12/1837).

1837 – St. Patricks Roman Catholic Church at Parramatta completed.

1837 – Hartley Court House completed.

1837 – Lithgow Court House completed.

1837 – Arrival of convict ship St. Vincent (5/1/1837).

1837 – Arrival of convict ship Ellen (5/1/1837).

1837 – Arrival of convict ship Eden (14/1/1837).

1837 – Arrival of convict ship John (7/2/1837).

1837 – Arrival of convict ship Norfolk (12/2/1837).

1837 – Arrival of convict ship Sarah & Elizabeth (23/4/1837).

1837 – Arrival of convict ship Isabella (6/5/1837).

1837 – Arrival of convict ship Prince George (8/5/1837).

1837 – Arrival of convict ship Strathisla (16/5/1837).

1837 – Arrival of convict ship Margaret (30/5/1837).

1837 – Arrival of convict ship Truelove (30/5/1837).

1837 – Arrival of convict ship Buffalo (27/6/1837).

1837 – Arrival of convict ship Mangles (10/7/1837).

1837 – Arrival of convict ship Heber (12/7/1837).

1837 – Arrival of convict ship Charles Dumergue (16/7/1837).

1837 – Arrival of convict ship Lloyds (17/7/1837).

1837 – Arrival of convict ship Calcutta (5/8/1837).

1837 – Arrival of convict ship Blenheim (5/6/1837).

1837 – Arrival of convict ship Integrity (18/8/1837).

1837 – Arrival of convict ship Susannah (7/9/1837).

1837 – Arrival of convict ship Charles Kerr (9/10/1837).

1837 – Arrival of convict ship James Pattison (25/10/1837).

1837 – Arrival of convict ship Asia (2/12/1837).

1837 – Arrival of convict ship Henry Wellesley (22/12/1837).

1837 – Arrival of convict ship Sir Charles Forbes (25/12/1837).

1837 - William Light and Boyle Travers Finniss survey Adelaide.

Government House, Sydney

1837 - Governor Bourke names Melbourne.

1837 – Accession of Queen Victoria.

1837 – House of Commons Committee on Transportation.

1838

1838 – George Gipps appointed Governor.

1838 – Jenolan Caves discovered.

1838 – Berrima Court House completed.

1838 – Arrival of convict ship Neptune (2/1/1838).

1838 – Arrival of convict ship Patriot (1/2/1838).

1838 – Arrival of convict ship Waterloo (8/2/1838).

1838 – Arrival of convict ship Emma Eugenia (9/2/1838).

1838 – Arrival of convict ship Diamond (28/3/1838).

1838 – Arrival of convict ship Regia (30/3/1838).

1838 – Arrival of convict ship Gaillardon (30/3/1838).

1838 – Arrival of convict ship William Jardine (11/4/1838).

1838 – Arrival of convict ship Symmetry (28/5/1838).

1838 – Arrival of convict ship Integrity (5/7/1838).

1838 – Arrival of convict ship Bengal Merchant (21/7/1838).

1838 – Arrival of convict ship Lord Lyndock (8/8/1838).

1838 – Arrival of convict ship Killmours (18/8/1838).

1838 – Arrival of convict ship Westmoreland (22/8/1838).

1838 – Arrival of convict ship John Renwick (27/8/1838).

1838 – Arrival of convict ship Clyde (10/9/1838).

1838 – Arrival of convict ship Regia (13/9/1838).

1838 – Arrival of convict ship Hind (16/10/1838).

1838 – Arrival of convict ship Earl Grey (21/11/1838).

1838 – Arrival of convict ship Caledonia (17/12/1838).

1838 – Arrival of convict ship Elizabeth (17/12/1838).

1838 – Arrival of convict ship Portsea (18/12/1838).

1838 – Arrival of convict ship Perseverance (22/12/1838).

1838 – Arrival of convict ship Gaillardon (27/12/1838).

1838 – Arrival of convict ship Elphinstone (29/12/1838).

Sir George Gipps
1791 - 1847

1838 - Molesworth Select Committee recommends abolition of convict transportation to New South Wales.

Myall Creek Massacre Memorial

1838 – Myall Creek massacre of Aboriginal people.

1839

1839 – Lunatic Asylum relocated to Tarban Creek which was the first purpose built mental asylum.

1839 – Australian Agricultural Company brings first Irish and Welsh miners to Newcastle.

1839 - Hunter River Steam Navigation Company formed (Australia’s first steamship company).

1839 – The Illawarra Steam Packet Company was formed.

1839 – Lennox Bridge completed at Parramatta.

1839 – Berrima Gaol completed using convict labour.

1839 – Township of Carcoar gazetted (229/9/1839).

1839 – Count Strzelecki found gold near Hartley.

1839 – Arrival of convict ship Margaret (5/1/1839).

1839 – Arrival of convict ship Susanna (10/1/1839).

1839 – Arrival of convict ship Theresa (31/1/1839).

1839 – Arrival of convict ship Henry (26/2/1839).

1839 – Arrival of convict ship Planter (9/3/1839).

1839 – Arrival of convict ship John Barry (22/3/1839).

1839 – Arrival of convict ship Waverley (17/6/1839).

1839 – Arrival of convict ship Whitby (23/6/1839).

1839 – Arrival of convict ship Freak (23/6/1839).

1839 – Arrival of convict ship Parkfield (1/9/1839).

1839 – Arrival of convict ship Blenheim (27/9/1839).

1839 – Arrival of convict ship Gaillardon (22/10/1839).

1839 – Arrival of convict ship Mary Ann (10/11/1839).

1839 – Arrival of convict ship Barossa (8/12/1839).

1839 – Arrival of convict ship Minerva (26/12/1839).

1839 – Arrival of convict ship Kate (26/12/1839).

1839 – Penal settlement in Moreton Bay (Brisbane) closed.

1839 – New Zealand claimed by the British and placed under NSW jurisdiction.

Charles Joseph La Trobe
1801 - 1875

1839 – Latrobe appointed Superintendent of Port Phillip.

Sir Paul Edmund de Strzelecki
(Count Strzelecki)
1797 - 1873

1839 – McMillan’s first expedition to Gippsland.

1840

1840 - In NSW, military juries for criminal trials abolished.

1840 – St. Matthews Roman Catholic Church, Windsor opened.

1840 – Port Macquarie Gaol constructed.

1840 – Arrival of convict ship Middlesex (25/1/1840).

1840 – Arrival of convict ship Layton (27/1/1840).

1840 – Arrival of convict ship Nautilus (9/2/1840).

1840 – Arrival of convict ship Westbrook (12/2/1840).

1840 – Arrival of convict ship Buffalo (carried Canadian rebels) (25/2/1840) .

1840 – Arrival of convict ship Augusta Jessie (25/2/1840).

1840 – Arrival of convict ship Woodbridge (26/2/1840).

1840 – Arrival of convict ship Mary Ridgeway (19/4/1840).

1840 – Arrival of convict ship Seppings (22/4/1840).

1840 – Arrival of convict ship Mangles (27/4/1840).

1840 – Arrival of convict ship Caledonia (30/4/1840).

1840 – Arrival of convict ship Surrey (13/7/1840).

1840 – Arrival of convict ship Maitland (14/7/1840).

1840 – Arrival of convict ship Isabella (24/7/1840).

1840 – Arrival of convict ship King William (17/8/1840).

1840 – Arrival of convict ship Margaret (17/8/1840).

1840 – Arrival of convict ship Christina (29/9/1840).

1840 – Arrival of convict ship Pekoe (6/11/1840).

1840 – Arrival of convict ship Eden (18/11/1840).

1840 – Arrival of convict ship Eudora (22/11/1840).

1840 – Arrival of convict ship Dorset (1/12/1840).

John Lort Stokes
1812 - 1885
 

1840 - John Lort Stokes charts and named Port Darwin.

1840 - In Van Diemens Land, military juries for criminal trials abolished.

1840 – First squatters arrive on the Darling Downs in Queensland.

1840 – Abandonment of Moreton Bay Settlement.

1840 - Order-in-Council ending transportation of convicts to NSW (UK) (22 May 1840).

1840 – First convicts transported directly to Norfolk Island.

1841

1841 – Tocal Homestead built.

1841 – Gas lights introduced into Sydney.

1841 – Lord Nelson Hotel, Sydney, obtained its liquor licence.

1841 – First prisoners moved to Darlinghurst Gaol.

1841 – Caroline Chisholm established Female Immigrants Home.

1841 – Eight underground grain silos built at Stroud.

1841 – Arrival of convict ship Sesostris (22/2/1841).

1841 – Arrival of convict ship Adele Marquand (28/3/1841).

1841 – Arrival of convict ship Dorset (5/4/1841).

1841 – Arrival of convict ship William (28/9/1841).

1841 – Arrival of convict ship Mary and Jane (22/11/1841).

1841 – Arrival of convict ship British Sovereign (20/12/1841).

Edward John Eyre
1815 - 1901

1841 - Explorer Edward John Eyre crossed the Nullabour Plain from east to west.

1841 – Australian population muster.

1841 – New Zealand made a separate colony from New South Wales.

 
Sir George Grey
1812 - 1898

1841 – Grey appointed Governor of South Australia.

1842

1842 - New South Wales Constitution Act (UK).

1842 - Sydney incorporated as a town.

1842 – Governor Bourke orders the establishment of the Native Police.

1842 – Fort Denison in Sydney Harbour completed.

1842 – Eskbank House at Lithgow completed.

1842 – Parramatta Gaol in O’Connell Street constructed.

1842 – Arrival of convict ship Emma (18/1/1842).

1842 – Arrival of convict ship Sir John Byng (21/1/1842).

1842 – Melbourne incorporated as a town.

1842 - South Australia Act (UK) provided for a Legislative Council for Australia.

Fort Denison

1842 – Official Proclamation cancelled Moreton Bay as a penal settlement (11/2/1842).

1843

1843 - First elections for two-thirds elected legislature in NSW.

1843 – First Lunacy Law introduced.

1843 - First edition of Maitland Mercury.

1843 – The road from Wollongong to Sydney via Georges River was commenced.

1843 – Towrang Convict Stockade, near Goulburn closed.

1843 – Blaney village gazetted.

1843 – Second St. John’s Church at Parramatta opened.

1843 – Construction of the Argyle Cut at The Rocks begins, using convict labour.

1843 - Governor Gipps proclaimed that the district of Moreton Bay was no longer to be considered a penal settlement.

1843 – Bank of Australia fails (1/4/1843).

Maitland Mercury
Saturday, January 7, 1843 (PDF)

1844

1844 – Construction of Wollongong Harbour completed.

1844 – St. Patricks Roman Catholic Church in central Sydney, completed (18/3/1844).

1844 – Foundation stone for Maitland Gaol laid.

Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt
1813 - 1848

1844 - Journey of the explorer Ludwig Leichhardt from Sydney to Port Essington in the Northern Territory commenced.

1844 – The ‘Royal George’ arrived in Port Phillip from London carrying 21 exiles, causing a public outcry. 

1845

1845 – Willandra Cottage at Ryde completed.


Willandra

1845 – First copper found near Molong.

1845 - Port Phillip members of NSW Legislative Council petition for establishment of separate Colony.

1845 - The Great Potato Famine begins in Ireland.

1846

1846 – Nobbys Breakwater completed.

1846 - Ferry service between Newcastle & Stockton began.

1846 – Governor Charles Augustus Fitzroy took office.

1846 – Foundation stone for Maitland Hospital laid.

1846 – Imperial ‘Lands Occupation Act’. NSW divided into three districts: the settled, intermediate and unsettled.

1846 – Australian population muster.

1846 – First recorded suggestion of a ‘Federal Authority’ to govern Australia.

Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy
1796 - 1858

1846 – Queensland’s first newspaper, The Moreton Bay Courier commences publication (June 1846).

1847

1847 – Newcastle proclaimed a city.

1847 – Beginning of period of severe drought in NSW.

1847 – Eden Post Office opened.

1847 - Anti-transportation movement begins in Van Diemens Land.

1847 – The Ross Female Factory established in Van Diemens Land.

1847 - Last convicts transported to Norfolk Island.

1848

1848 - First iron foundry began operations at Mittagong.

1848 – NSW population was 220,000, of which only 3% are convicts under sentence.

1848 – Lunatic Asylum established at Parramatta in the former  Female Factory.

1848 – Customs House established at Eden.

1848 – St. Bernard’s Roman Catholic Church at Hartley completed (23/3/1848).

1848 – William Tipple Smith found gold at York’s Corner near Bathurst.

1848 - Arrival of first Chinese labourers.

1848 – Leichhardt’s last expedition.

1849

1849 - Widespread protests in New South Wales against the renewal of transportation of convicts from Britain. Last exile (convict) ships arrive.

1849 – First coal shipped from Wollongong Harbour.

1849 – The Sydney Railway Company commenced construction on the railway from Sydney to Parramatta.

1849 – Arrival of exile ship Hashemy (9/6/1849).

1849 – Arrival of exile ship Randolph (20/8/1849).

1849 – Arrival of exile ship Mount Stewart Elphinstone (3/10/1849).

1849 – Arrival of exile ship Havering (8/11/1849).

1849 – Arrival of exile ship Adelaide (24/12/1849).

1849 - Ordinance enabling transportation of convicts to Western Australia (29/12/1849).

1849 - Caroline Chisholm formed the Family Colonisation Loan Society.

Caroline Chisholm
1808 - 1877

1849 – Australian Mutual Provident Society (AMP) founded.

1849 – Direct convict transportation to Moreton Bay begins.