 |
John Hunter (17371821) Albacore [Tuna of
uncertain identity] plate 64 of Birds and Flowers of New South Wales Drawn
On the Spot in 1788, 89 & 90 17881790 sketchbook of 100
watercolours; 22.8 x 18.5 cm NK2039 |
1792
February
14 Sydney
Coves first retail shop opens
April
21 Two French ships
Recherche, under the command of Joseph-Antoine Raymond Bruny
d'Entrecasteaux, and Esperance arrive at Recherche Bay, Van
Diemens Land, en route to the Pacific to investigate the fate of La
Perouse's expedition
July
14 The
Home Secretary authorises Phillip to make land grants to civil and military
officers
November
1 The Philadelphia is the first
foreign trading vessel to visit Sydney
December
10 Phillip sails for England taking
Bennelong and Yermmerawannie
11 Lieutenant-Governor Francis Grose becomes
administrator of the colony. He was also Commandant of the NSW Corps
24 The American trading vessel Hope arrives
in Sydney. Grose is obliged to buy 34,095 litres of spirits in order to obtain
other cargo
|