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Edward Dayes (17631804)
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
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