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Bigges Commission from George III 1819
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1819
January
1 A
Male Orphan School is opened in Sydney
5 J.T. Bigge is commissioned by Colonial Secretary
Lord Bathurst to inquire into conditions in New South Wales and the
administration of the colony
June 4 Hyde Park Barracks is officially
opened by Macquarie
5 A public meeting is chaired by Macquarie who
decides to establish a savings bank
25 The road from Hobart to New Norfolk is
completed
26 Reverend L.H. Halloran arrives as a convict on
the transport Baring. He is given a ticket-of-leave, and opens a
private school in Sydney on 10 January 1820
July
17
The first savings bank in Australia, is founded by Barron Field and Robert
Campbell in Sydney, Parramatta, Liverpool, and Windsor
November 18
Captain Louis De Freycinet puts in at Port Jackson having surveyed from
West Australia to Timor, New Guinea, and the Mariana Islands. He finds the town
greatly changed since his last visit with Baudin in 1802
Other Barron Field, produces First Fruits of
Australian Poetry, the first book of Australian verse
William Charles
Wentworth produces A Statistical, Historical and Political Description of
the Colony of New South Wales, the first book written by an Australian-born
author
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