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1804. 



19 February ... Colonel Collins, having abandoned Tort I'liillip, land^ at the Derwcnt an.l 



forms the settlement of llohart Town. 



4 March Revolt of convicts at Castle Hill. In.snrgentsdispersed by Major Johnston 



f ^ - " , Lieutenant C. A. F. N. .Menzies lands at Xe wcastle and forms a HettltMnent' 



\o October Lieutenant (Jovernor I'aterson .sails from Sydney to establish a colony at 



Port Dalrymple. 



1808. 



— March Great flood in the Hawkesbiny Hiver. 



13 August Governor King gives up the (iovernment to Governor Bliyii. 



1808. 



26 January Governor Bligh arrested by Colonel Jolinston,\vlio assumes the (Jovcvn- 



111 ent. 

 -^ Jtily Lieutenant-Governor Colonel Josepli Foveaux relieves Colonel Joluiston. 



1809. 



1 January Colonel Paterson arrives at Sydney from Port Dalrymple, and takes upon 



himself the command in the place of (,'olonel Foveaux. 

 G August Disastrous flood in the Hawkesbury River. 



1810. 



1 January Major-General Lachlan Macrpiarie (who liad arrived with a l>attalioii of 



the 73rd Foot on the previous day), assumes the Governorship. Hligh 

 and the New South Wales Corps returning to England. 



1811. 



7 May Lieutenant-Colonel George .JohnsUm court-martialled for tlie arrest of 



Governor Bligh. He was found guilty and sentenced to l)e casliicred. 



1813. 



1 May to 13 The BlueMountainscrossed by Messrs. Gregory Blaxland.WilliamCharlea 

 June. Wentvvorth, and William Lawson. 



1814. 



30 November... G. W. Evans discovers the Macquarie River. 



11 February ... ArrivedLieutenant-CoIonelGeorgc Molleconimandingtlie-lGtii Rcijiment. 



27 July -Jeofrey Hart Bent, first judge of the Supreme Court, arrived at Sydney. 



12 August The charter establishing the Supreme Court of New South Wales pro- 



mulgated at Sydney. 



1815. 



21 January Road from Sydney over the Blue Mountains completed. 



1 I\Iay First sitting of the Supreme Court. 



4 ,, Governor Macf[uarie visits Bathurst. 



■ — ,, G. W. Evans discovers the Lachlan River. 



1816. 



12 A.pril .Jeofrey Hart Bent recalled by the Secretary of State. 



— .June Disastrous flood in the Hawkesbuiy. 



11 July Foundation of the Mac(juarie Lighthouse, South Head, laid. 



12Sei)teniber... Brig Trial seized by convicts in Sydney Harbour, 



5 October .Judge- Advocate Wylde arrives at Sydney. 



20 December ... Allan Cunningham, botanist, arrived. 



1817. ^ . , 



24 February ... Barron Field, Judge of the Supreme Court, .arrived. 

 20 ,, ... Flood in the Hawkesbury River. 



14 MareJi Lieutenant-Governor Sorell arrived. 



— ,, Meehanand Hume discovered Lakes George and Bathur.st, and tlieG.ni!- 



burn Plains. 



8 April Bank of New South Wales opened. 



3 August 4Sth Regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel Erskine, arrived. 



22 December to Captain'P. P. King surveys tlie western coast in the Mermaid. 

 29 July, 1818 



