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Hobart Town Courier 18 October 1830
Supplement
Hobart: J. Ross
MS6153
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1830
January
7 Charles
Sturt begins his journey by whaleboat down the Murrumbidgee and enters
"a broad and noble river" which he names the Murray (14 January).
By February he has examined Lake Alexandria and begins the return journey
along the Murray River
against the current
26 The foundation stone of Sydney College (now Sydney Grammar School) is laid by Francis Forbes
27 G.A. Robinson sets out from Hobart for Port Davey to conciliate the Aborigines
29 Legislation to restrict the press is passed by the New South Wales Legislative Council. It is disallowed by the Colonial Office, January 1831
February
9 A public meeting in Sydney considers Sir John Jamieson’s petition calling for trial by jury and a more representative government
27 The Fremantle Journal and General Advertiser, a manuscript newspaper, begins circulation
March
26 The foundation stone is laid for a Congregational church in Pitt Street, Sydney
April
21 The NSW Bushranging Act authorises arrest on suspicion
May
The Swan River floods at Perth (to June)
June
28 The Legislative Council is empowered to extend trial by jury to criminal cases if "advantageous to the community"
July
13 Port Macquarie is opened to free settlers. Most convicts who are moved to Moreton Bay or Norfolk Island
September
1 ‘Bold Jack’ Donohoe is shot dead by police near Campbelltown, New South Wales
Port Arthur, penal settlement, is founded in Van Diemen's Land
October
7 Lieutenant-Governor Arthur organises a drive by police, soldiers, and settlers—the Black Line—to capture and confine all Aboriginal people of Van Diemen's Land (to 26 November). Only two are captured. Two others are shot
November
1 Western Australia becomes a separate Crown colony
15 The first hackney coach begins operation in Sydney
December
14 Captain Thomas Barrister makes an overland expedition from Fremantle to King George Sound
James Busby establishes the Kirkton vineyard in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales
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