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South side of Norfolk Island

Edward Dayes (1763—1804)
probably after Thomas Watling (b.1762)
[View of Sydney on the South Side of
Norfolk Island] c.1797
watercolour; 17.3 x 24.6 cm
R289

1794
January
18
The NSW Corps riot on Norfolk Island

February
6 Captain John Hunter is appointed Governor of New South Wales (in England)

April
1
Macarthur receives a grant of a further 100 acres in the Parramatta district

May
18
Yemmerawannie dies in England

August
20
Henry Hacking leads an expedition to cross the Blue Mountains but returns unsuccessful within seven days

September
1
The Britannia, chartered by civil and military officers, leaves for the Cape to purchase trade goods

October
25 Four of the five ‘Scottish Matyrs’, sentenced for sedition in Britain, arrive on the Surprize

29 Marsden receives a grant of 100 acres at Hunters Hill