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Secondary Punishment Uniform c.18221855
wool
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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
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