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APPENDIX A. 



HISTORICAL DATA. 



By F. M. Bladen, Barrister-at-Law. 

 1770. 



19 April Eastern coasts of New Holland sighted by Captain Cook. 



28 ,, Cook enters Botany Bay. 



6 May Port Jackson named by Cook. 



10 June The Endeavour strikes a reef. 



21 August Possession taken of the Eastern Coast of Australia. 



1783. 



23 August Settlement of New South \Yalcs proposed by J. M. Matra. 



1786. 



18 August Lord Sydney authorizes the equipment of the First Fleet. 



12 October Captain Arthur Phillip appointed Governor of New South Wales. 



1787. 



13 May The First Fleet sails from England. 



5 August First Fleet puts in at Eio de Janeiro. 



13 October First Fleet arrives at Cape of Good Hope. 



1788. 



18 January Phillip enters Botany Bay. 



26 „ The First Fleet moored in Sydney Cove, and formal possession of the 



colony taken. 



14 February ... Philip Gidley King despatched to form a settlement on Norfolk Island. 

 17 ,, ... Lord Howe Island discovered. 



2-9 March Broken Bay examined by Governor Phillip. 



2 November... Settlement established at Pose Hill (Parramatta) by Governor Phillip. 



1789. 



— April Small-pox amongst the natives of Port Jackson. 



4 June First theatrical performance. 



28 ,, Hawkesbury River explored and named. 



— , Captain Tench discovers the Nepean River. 



5 October First boat built in Colony launched. ("The Rose Hill Packet.") 



23 December ... H.M.S, Guardian wrecked on an iceberg. 



1790. 



19 March H.M.S. Sirius wrecked at Norfolk Island. 



— June Arrival of the Second Fleet at Syilney. 



7 September... Governor Phillip speared by a native. 



1791. 



4 June Native name "Parramatta" adopted by Governor Phillip. 



— August Expirees settled at Prospect Hill and the Ponds. 



21 September... Great Seal of the Colony arrived in H.M.S. Gorgon. 



July to ... Arrival of the Third Fleet (ten vessels). 



October. i x- • t 



13 December... Corps of Marines embark for England and are relieved by ^ew South 

 Wales Corps. 



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