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Donohoe

unknown lithographer
after Thomas Mitchell (1792—1855)
Donohoe c.1830
lithograph; 18.5 x 25.7 cm
S8015

1827
January
1
The Sydney Gazette begins daily publication. On 10 February this is reduced to three times a week

9 L.H. Halloran opens his own private school in Sydney

26 A public meeting is held in Sydney to demand trial by jury, taxation by representation, and a Legislative Assembly elected on manhood suffrage

March
3 G.T. Howe publishes the first edition of the Tasmanian in Hobart

5 Captain James Stirling in HMS Success examines the Swan River district with a view to establishing a settlement there

16 The Monitor attacks the government on twenty-four charges

April
11 Darling introduces two bills into the Legislative Council to stifle criticism in newspapers by imposing a tax of fourpence a copy and licensing them however Chief Justice Forbes refuses to certify the legislation

30Allan Cunningham explores north of the Hunter River, crossing the Gwydir, Macintyre and Dumaresq Rivers (May), and the Condamine River and the Darling Downs (June)

May
18 Lieutenant Nathaniel Lowe is arraigned before the Supreme Court for the murder of an Aboriginal man while in custody. He is subsequently acquitted

June
18 James Stirling establishes a settlement at Raffles Bay, Northern Territory

July
17 The first lecture is delivered at the Van Diemen's Land Mechanics' Institute in Hobart, the first mechanics' institute in Australia

September
15 Lieutenant-Governor Arthur passes acts to restrict the press and impose duties on newspapers

29 Robert Wardell is tried for seditious libel for referring to Darling in The Australian as "ignorant and obstinate"

December
14 John ‘Bold Jack’ Donohoe and his gang rob carts on the Sydney-Windsor road. He is subsequently caught and condemned, his gang members are hung. Donohoe escapes and begins terrorising the countryside

Other
The Colonial Office sanctions the establishment of the Colonial Museum in Sydney. It is to become the Australian Museum in 1834

The Colonial Times, Hobart (11 May), reports the common rabbit to be running in thousands on some estates