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George Raper (c.17681797)
Principal Settlement on Norfolk Island 1790
watercolour; 23.8 x 33.8 cm
R247 |
1790
January
Famine threatens
the colony
15 The Bounty and a number of mutineers and Tahitians settle on
Pitcairn Island
February
28
A convict, John Irving, is the first to be emancipated in New South Wales
March
Following the transportation of convicts to Norfolk Island, HMS Sirius is wrecked off the Island (19 March)
April
1 Rations are further reduced at Sydney Cove
17 HMS Supply sails to Batavia for supplies
June
20-28 The Second Fleet arrive with further rations, convicts (759, including 486 sick) and the first detatchment of the NSW Corps
May
3 Bennelong escapes
July
A census is taken finding the population of NSW to be 1,715 and Norfolk Island 524
September
7 Governor Phillip is speared whilst attempting to speak with Bennelong and Colbee
October
18 HMS Supply returns from Batavia with a small cargo of supplies
November
A brick hut is built for Bennelong on the eastern point of Sydney Cove
Other
The Port Jackson painter produces drawings and watercolours of the settlement and its people, particularly the Aboriginal population of the area and their material culture
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