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Chart showing track

George S. Allen
Chart showing the track of the Waaksamhey’d Transport from Port Jackson in New South Wales to Batavia in 1792
London: J. Stockdale, 20 September 1792
map; 20.1 x 23.2 cm
NK2456/87

1791
February
22
The first land grant in Australia is made to ex-convict James Ruse (Experiment Farm)

March
16
Free men receive land grants for the first time (two sailors from HMS Sirius)

28 Convict William Bryant, his wife Mary and their two children, and seven other convicts escape Port Jackson in Governor Phillip’s cutter. In April they reach Port Stephens, and by June they arrive in Kupang, Timor. Here they are arrested by Captain Edwards of the Pandora, the victim of shipwreck on the Great Barrier Reef

August
1-28
The Third Fleet begins to arrive with convicts, supplies and the colony’s official seal. Ships continue to arrive until 16 October, with Captain William Paterson of the NSW Corps arriving on the last transport

September
26
The Active and Queen arrive with the first Irish prisoners

October
24
The Britannia and William Ann begin the first whaling expedition

November
1
A Party of 21 convict escapees attempt to walk to China. Some die, others are captured

Other
The colony experiences its third year of drought