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View of Sidney

Joseph Lycett (c.1775—1828)
View of Captain Piper’s Naval Villa at Eliza Point near Sidney [sic], New South Wales
plate 6 of his Views in Australia
London: J. Souter, 1 May 1825
hand-coloured aquatint; plate mark 23 x 33 cm
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1814
January
31
Margaret Catchpole is given a conditional pardon

The ‘holey dollar’ and ‘dump’ go into circulation

February
4 Three new civil courts are established with the second Charter of Justice: the Governor'sCourt and Supreme Court in NSW, and the Lieutenant-Governor's Court in Van Diemen's Land

28 The last inhabitants leave Norfolk Island which remains unoccupied by settlers for the next eleven years

March
22
The road from Sydney to Liverpool is opened

May
14
The first issue of the fortnightly Van Diemen's Land Gazette and General Advertiser is published. It ceases publication however in 24 September

An amnesty is offered to bushrangers in Van Diemen's Land who surrender before 1 December

July
14
Macquarie authorises William Cox to build a road across the Blue Mountains along the Blaxland-Evans track

August
2 The Court of Civil Jurisdiction is dissolved and the Governor's Court and Supreme Court are established

22 The Russian ship General Suvorov visits Port Jackson

23 J.P. Fawkner is sentenced to 500 lashes and three years' gaol for helping convicts to escape from Hobart

October
1 The ‘Common stage cart’ service begins between Sydney and Parramatta, Richmond and Windsor

November
28 The Reverend Samuel Marsden leaves for New Zealand to bring Christianity to the Maori people

December
28 Macquarie calls a conference of the Aboriginal people of Parramatta to try to induce them to settle

Other
Francis Greenway advertises his services as an architect in the Sydney Gazette

Matthew Flinders, in his publication A Voyage to Terra Australis, recommends the adoption of the name Australia for the continent