NSW Colonial Chronology
New South Wales 1818 - 1823
| Date | New South Wales Events | Other Events |
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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). |
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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). |
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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). |
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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). |
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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.
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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). |
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