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Spotted-sided Finch

John William Lewin (1770—1819)
[Spotted-sided Finch (Zonaeginthus guttatus)] 1800
watercolour; 29.2 x 20.2 cm
R3855

1813
March
30
George Johnston returns to Sydney and takes up residence at his Annandale property

May
28 Gregory Blaxland, William Lawson, and William Charles Wentworth reach Mount York (31 May) and arrive at Mount Blaxland, beyond the Cox River. They turn back having found a route across the mountains and after sighting the plains beyond

The first Sunday school in Australia established by Thomas Hassall on the Parramatta property of his father, Rowland Hassall

July
1 A Proclamation is issued regarding the introduction and design of the ‘holey dollar’ to become legal tender on 30 September. The dollars are not issued until January 1814

September
The road to Botany is completed

November
19 G.W. Evans leaves Sydney to cross the main range of the Blue Mountains. He explores and names the Fish and Macquarie rivers and the Bathurst Plains

December
20 A public meeting is held in Sydney to form a society for the Protection of Pacific Island Natives

Convict Michael Howe escapes and joins a bushranging gang in Van Diemen's Land

The Turnpike road is completed to Windsor

Other
John Lewin’s publication Birds of New South Wales becomes the first illustrated book published in Australia