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Alexander Huey (fl.18091818)
[Portrait
of Rear Admiral William Bligh] 1814
watercolour on ivory; 11.5 x 8.4 cm
R11322 |
1806
March
15 The
Hawkesbury River rises to a level never experienced by colonists. The
colony is reduced to near starvation in the face of lost crops
William Paterson begins transferring his settlement on the Tamar (York Town) to Patersonia (Launceston)
April
11 News of the Battle of Trafalgar reaches the colony
June
16 Convicts at Port Dalrymple seize the brig Venus and sail to New Zealand
Sydney's first girls' school is opened
August
6 William Bligh arrives at Port Jackson to replace Philip Gidley King as Governor. King embarks on the Buffalo but collapses (15 August), delaying his departure for six months
21 With provisions at Hobart almost exhausted, prisoners are given guns and permitted to hunt kangaroos
October
4 Bligh issues new and stricter port regulations
December
4 Bligh announces wage conditions for harvesting work and other tasks
Other
Former Governor King and Samuel Marsden entertain visiting Maori Chief Te Pelvi and his four sons
Formal Roman Catholic education begins in Australia with the opening of a Catholic school in Sydney
Australia’s first whaling station is operational on the Derwent River, Van Diemen's Land
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