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First Fleet, early settlement and Macquarie's administration (1786–1822)

First Fleet, early settlement and Macquarie's administration (1786–1822)

  1. Arthur Phillip commissioned as NSW governor

    Labels: Arthur Phillip, New South

  2. First Fleet sails from Portsmouth

    Labels: First Fleet, Portsmouth

  3. First Fleet reaches Botany Bay

    Labels: Botany Bay, First Fleet

  4. Settlement established at Sydney Cove (Warrane)

    Labels: Sydney Cove, Gadigal people

  5. Norfolk Island settlement founded under Philip Gidley King

    Labels: Norfolk Island, Philip Gidley

  6. Severe epidemic hits Aboriginal communities near Sydney

    Labels: Aboriginal communities, epidemic

  7. HMS Sirius wrecked at Norfolk Island

    Labels: HMS Sirius, Norfolk Island

  8. Second Fleet arrives with catastrophic mortality

    Labels: Second Fleet, convicts

  9. New South Wales Corps entrenches economic and political power

    Labels: New South, officers

  10. Rum Rebellion deposes Governor William Bligh

    Labels: Rum Rebellion, William Bligh

  11. Lachlan Macquarie sworn in as governor

    Labels: Lachlan Macquarie, governor

  12. Crossing of the Blue Mountains opens inland expansion

    Labels: Blue Mountains, Blaxland Lawson

  13. Appin massacre during Macquarie-ordered punitive expedition

    Labels: Appin massacre, Dharawal people

  14. Bank of New South Wales opens in Sydney

    Labels: Bank of, Sydney

  15. Hyde Park Barracks opens for convict accommodation

    Labels: Hyde Park, Francis Greenway

  16. Bigge arrives to investigate Macquarie’s administration

    Labels: John Thomas, commissioner

  17. Macquarie leaves New South Wales after recall

    Labels: Lachlan Macquarie, recall