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Hobart Town Courier 18 October 1830
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Hobart: J. Ross
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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