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Joseph Lycett (c.17751828)
View
of Captain Pipers 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
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