354 I^EW SOUTH WALES. 



1792. 



— February ... Settlement at the Field of Mars founded by eight privates from the Corj^s 



of Marines. 

 14, ,, ... Major Grose arrived. 



July Too ngabbie settled. 



1 1 December . . . Governor Phillip sails for England and leaves Lieutenant-Governor Grose 



in charge. 



11 ,, ... Lieutenant-Governor Grose substitutes military for civil rule. 



1793. 



— February ... Free settlers located at Liberty Plains. 



— August First church completed. 



— Sep'tember... Captain Paterson discovers and names the Grose River. 



1794. 



— January Settlement established on the banks of the Hawkesburj". 



26 October Scotch martyrs landed at Sydney. 



17 December ... Lieutenant-Governor Grose sails for England. Lieutenant-Governor 



Paterson assumes command. 



1795. 



— January First flood in Hawkesbury River after settlement. 



7 September... Arrival of Governor Hunter. 



— November... First printing press erected. 



,, ... Lost cattle discovered in the Cowpastures district. 



1796. 



16 January First theatre opened at Sydney. 



— June Bass attempts unsuccessfully to cross the Blue Mountains. 



4 September... Temporary church opened at Parramatta. 



1797. 



— January (J^overnor Hunter explores George's River. 



— April Tuggerah Lake discovered. 



12 May Coal discovered at Coal Cliff. 



3 December . . . Bass sailed from Sydney in a whale boat, and discovered the strait which 

 bears his name. 



1798. 



— February ... Hunter sends out an exploring party which penetrates over 100 miles in 



a S.W. direction. 



— October .... Foundation stone of St. Phillip's Church laid. 



7 ,, Flinders and Bass embark on a voyage of discovery to Bass Strait and 



Van Diemen's Land. 

 3 November... Port Dalrymple discovered by Flinders. 



1799. 



IG August Flinders enters Moreton Bay, and discovers Brisbane River. 



1800. 



28 September... Governor Hunter embarks for England, and is succeeded by Captain 

 Philip Gidley King, R.N. 



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— .June Coal-mines at Hunter River worked by convicts. 



18 July Flinders sails in the Investigator to explore the coasts of New Holland. 



1802. 



15 Februarj' ... Lieutenant John Murray enters Port PiiilHp in the Lady Nelson. 



1803. 



20 January Lieutenant Charles Robbins and Acting-Surveyor Charles Grimes enter 



Port Phillip in the colonial schooner Cumberland. 



;j March The first newspaper, the Sinhicij Gazette, printed. 



10 April St. John's Church, Parramatta, opened. 



7 September. . . Lieutenant John Bo wen lands at Risden Covr, Derwent River, and forms 

 a settlement. 



