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1817
April
8 Australia's first bank, the Bank of New South Wales opens for business in Mary Reibey's house in Macquarie Place
20 John Oxley explores west, beyond Bathurst, to trace the Lachlan River. He finds Lake Cargelligo (25 July), and the Wellington Valley
July
28 Charles Throsby explores south-east of Moss Vale
September
3 Hydrographic surveys of Australian waters begin
30 After eight years, John Macarthur returns to Sydney on the proviso that he will not return to public affairs
October
7 The first Methodist church in Australia, at Castlereagh, New South Wales, is opened by Reverend Samuel Leigh
December
1 Macquarie resigns as Governor of New South Wales but his resignation is rejected by the Colonial Secretary Bathurst
John Beaumont leaves to explore the interior of Van Diemen’s Land
10 Bushranger Michael Howe is captured, then escapes having stabbed and shot his two captors
16 Francis Greenway is given a conditional pardon
21 Macquarie recommends the adoption of the name Australia for the continent instead of New Holland
22 Phillip Parker King and Allan Cunningham, botanist, leave to explore the north-west coast of the continent. They are joined by Bungaree (interpreter)
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