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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