NSW Colonial Chronology
New South Wales 1837 - 1849
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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.
1837 - Governor Bourke names Melbourne.
1837 - Accession of Queen Victoria.
1837 - House of Commons Committee on Transportation.
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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). |
1838 - Molesworth Select Committee recommends abolition of convict transportation to New South Wales.
1838 - Myall Creek massacre of Aboriginal people.
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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.
1839 - Latrobe appointed Superintendent of Port Phillip.
1839 - McMillan's first expedition to Gippsland.
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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). |
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). |
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. 1841 - Grey appointed Governor of South Australia.
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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.
1842 - Official Proclamation cancelled Moreton Bay as a penal settlement (11/2/1842).
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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).
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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. |
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. 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.
1846 - Queensland's first newspaper, The Moreton Bay Courier commences publication (June 1846).
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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.
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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.
1849 - Australian Mutual Provident Society (AMP) founded.
1849 - Direct convict transportation to Moreton Bay begins.
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