Convict Guide - published 2006 - Manual / Resource - Page 402
Guide to New South Wales State archives relating to convicts and convict administration
November — Lieutenant Colonel William Paterson established a settlement at George Town (Port
Dalrymple)
1806
13 August — Captain William Bligh became Governor
1808
Isaac Nichols was appointed Superintendent of Convicts
Bligh deposed
26 January — Lieutenant Colonel George Johnston assumed the administration of the colony
29 July — Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Foveaux assumed the administration of the colony
1809
9 January — Colonel William Paterson assumed the administration of the colony
1810
1 January — Major General Lachlan Macquarie sworn in as Governor
1811
Castle Hill Lunatic Asylum established, the first in the colony
1812
10 July — The report of the Select Committee on Transportation is published in London
19 October — The first convict ship, Indefatigable, to sail direct from England to Hobart arrived in Van
Diemen's Land
1813
Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth found a way to cross the Blue Mountains
February—March — Final evacuation of Norfolk Island began
1814
Norfolk Island abandoned
2 April — Charter of Justice established law and order in Van Diemen's Land
NSW Supreme Court of Civil Judicature established
1815
Governor Macquarie founds the Native Institution as a school for Aboriginal children
1816
General Hospital in Sydney opened on site in present day Macquarie Street
Governor Macquarie institutes an annual meeting of tribes with feasting and the distribution of blankets
1817
Numbers of convicts arriving increased dramatically due to the end of the Napoleonic wars
1819
Hyde Park Barracks, convict barracks, opened
The government agricultural establishment at Emu Plains was established
J.T. Bigge, accompanied by T.H. Scott, arrived to investigate the transportation system and Macquarie's
administration of the colony
1820
30 June — Frederick Goulburn appointed Secretary and Registrar of the Records of New South Wales
1821
Port Macquarie established as a penal settlement
1 February — Frederick Goulburn took up office as Colonial Secretary
February — Purpose-built Female Factory opened at Parramatta
1 December — Sir Thomas Brisbane became Governor of New South Wales
1822
Macquarie Harbour, Van Diemen's Land established as a place of secondary punishment
19 July — Commissioner Bigge's Report published
1823
Charter of Justice gave NSW a Supreme Court
Act of 18 July established nominated Legislative Council
Convict labour assignments transferred from the Superintendent of Convicts to Colonial Secretary
The Colonial Secretary ceases to act as the Governor's private secretary. Two separate offices are
established
January — FA Hely appointed Principal Superintendent of Convicts for New South Wales. He did not arrive
from England until December
1824
Moreton Bay was established as a penal settlement
Quarter Sessions first held in New South Wales
George Arthur became Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land
Fort Dundas, Melville Island was established as a trading post
1825
Phoenix Hulk purchased and used to hold convicts awaiting transportation
14 January — Alexander Macleay appointed Colonial Secretary
Captain FN Rossi appointed first Police Superintendent for New South Wales
Mounted Police formed
6 June — Re-occupation of Norfolk Island as a penal settlement
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