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First Fleet and establishment of the Colony of New South Wales (1788–1820)

First Fleet and establishment of the Colony of New South Wales (1788–1820)

  1. First Fleet reaches Botany Bay

    Labels: First Fleet, Botany Bay, Eora people

  2. First Fleet enters Port Jackson and lands

    Labels: Port Jackson, Sydney Cove, Arthur Phillip

  3. Norfolk Island settlement established

    Labels: Norfolk Island, Philip Gidley

  4. Rose Hill (Parramatta) settlement founded

    Labels: Rose Hill, Parramatta, Arthur Phillip

  5. Smallpox epidemic devastates Sydney Aboriginal communities

    Labels: Smallpox epidemic, Eora people

  6. Bennelong captured under Phillip’s orders

    Labels: Bennelong, Colebee, Arthur Phillip

  7. HMS Sirius wrecked at Norfolk Island

    Labels: HMS Sirius, Norfolk Island

  8. Second Fleet arrives, worsening humanitarian crisis

    Labels: Second Fleet, convicts

  9. Pemulwuy kills John McEntire near Botany Bay

    Labels: Pemulwuy, Botany Bay

  10. Battle of Richmond Hill in Hawkesbury region

    Labels: Battle of, Darug people

  11. Battle of Parramatta and Pemulwuy’s capture

    Labels: Battle of, Pemulwuy

  12. Order issued to take Pemulwuy dead or alive

    Labels: Pemulwuy, Governor King

  14. Macquarie assumes office as Governor of NSW

    Labels: Lachlan Macquarie, Governor of

  15. Blaxland–Lawson–Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains

    Labels: Blaxland Lawson, Blue Mountains

  16. Cox’s Road built across the Blue Mountains

    Labels: Cox's Road, William Cox

  17. Bathurst proclaimed as inland outpost and town

    Labels: Bathurst, Governor Macquarie

  18. Appin massacre during Macquarie’s punitive campaign

    Labels: Appin massacre, Captain James