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1812
February
1 John
Oxley is appointed Surveyor-General of New South Wales
3 Governor Macquarie visits Newcastle inspecting coalmines and cedar camps
12 The House of Commons appoints a select committee to consider transportation
March
25 George William Evans, assistant-surveyor at Port Dalrymple leaves to survey Jervis Bay. He returns overland passing through the sites of Nowra, Port Kembla and Wollongong
June
19 The United States of America declares war on Britain, bringing the Australian colonies also into conflict with America
July
10 A select committee of the House of Commons reports on transportation to New South Wales
September
12 Macquarie orders the branding of all cattle
October
19 The first convict transport to sail direct to Van Diemen's Land, the Indefatigable, arrives at the Derwent River
November
30 The armed brig Emu, en route to Hobart with 49 female convicts, is captured by US privateer Holkar and taken to New York as a prize. The Captain and convicts are released at Cape Verde Island in January 1811
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