Pastoral expansion and the wool economy in colonial Australia (1790–1870)

1. Macarthur imports Cape merinos to NSW

   Jan 1, 1797Labels: John Macarthur, Cape merino

   • State Library NSW
   • Coghlan CUP

2. Macarthur promotes Australian wool in Britain

   Jan 1, 1801Labels: John Macarthur, Britain

   • State Library NSW

3. Blaxland–Lawson–Wentworth cross Blue Mountains

   May 11, 1813Labels: Blaxland, Lawson, Wentworth

   • Blue Mountains
   • NMA Bathurst

4. Bathurst proclaimed as inland settlement

   May 7, 1815Labels: Bathurst, Lachlan Macquarie

   • Bathurst Council
   • NMA Bathurst

5. Martial law proclaimed in Bathurst region

   Aug 14, 1824Labels: Bathurst region, Martial law

   • SBS NITV
   • Bathurst War

6. Australian Agricultural Company incorporated by charter

   Nov 1, 1824Labels: Australian Agricultural, Royal Charter

   • ANU Archives
   • ANU Repository

7. Hume and Hovell reach Port Phillip grazing country

   Dec 16, 1824Labels: Hume, Hovell, Port Phillip

   • Hume Hovell
   • Track Site

8. Van Diemen’s Land Company receives royal charter

   Nov 1, 1825Labels: Van Diemen's, Royal Charter

   • VDL Company
   • Gutenberg AU

9. Limits of location formalized as ‘Nineteen Counties’

   Oct 17, 1829Labels: Nineteen Counties, New South

   • Nineteen Counties
   • State Library NSW

10. Myall Creek massacre on pastoral frontier

    Jun 10, 1838Labels: Myall Creek, Wirrayaraay

    • NMA Myall
    • Myall Creek

11. First recorded Australian wool auction held in Adelaide

    Mar 3, 1840Labels: Adelaide, Wool auction

    • Celebrate SA
    • Ag SA Wool

12. Boiling down expands during 1840s depression

    Jun 19, 1843Labels: Boiling down, Tallow trade

    • Boiling Down
    • Old Treasury

13. Gipps gazettes new squatting regulations

    Apr 2, 1844Labels: Governor Gipps, Squatting regulations

    • Squatting AU

14. Imperial Order in Council reforms NSW waste-lands occupation

    Mar 9, 1847Labels: Imperial Order, Waste lands

    • NLA Catalogue

15. Payable gold discovered near Bathurst

    Feb 12, 1851Labels: Bathurst, Gold discovery

    • Britannica
    • Old Treasury

16. Robertson Land Acts enable free selection in NSW

    Jan 1, 1861Labels: Robertson Land, Free selection

    • NMA Robertson
    • Robertson Acts