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Secondary punishment uniform

Secondary Punishment Uniform c.1822—1855
wool
A40001407

1801
February
10
A ticket-of-leave system is introduced by King, enabling convicts to work for wages and choose their own master

March
Lieutenant James Grant, in the Lady Nelson surveys Westernport Bay until May. Lieutenant-Governor Paterson is then directed by King to examine the Hunter River in the Lady Nelson

May
1
King orders the Aboriginal population of the Parramatta and Prospect River districts to be driven out

30 Nicholas Baudin (Le Geographe) and Emmanuel Hamelin (Le Naturalist) arrive in Western Australia. Hamelin explores Rottnest Island and the Swan River, and Baudin explores DeWitts Land (July)

July
18
Flinders leaves England in the Investigator to explore the Australian coastline

August
8
A Female Orphanage is opened in Sydney by Samuel Marsden under Governor King's patronage

November
Lieutenant John Murray leaves in the Lady Nelson to explore southern waters

September
14
Macarthur is arrested following a duel with his superior Captain Robert Paterson and returns to England for court-martial

December
6
Flinders arrives on the west coast of Australia. He names Cape Leeuwin and King George's Sound

Female convicts at Parramatta gaol begin to make blankets from locally produced wool