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NEW SOUTH WALES. 



1819. 



2.5 April to 8 Charles Throsby's journey from the Cow-pastures to Bathurst. 



May. 



11 May to 21 Port Macquarie sur\'eyed by John Oxley. 



May. 



17 July Savings Bank opened at Sydney. 



21 August County of Westmoreland named, 



26 September... Commissioner Bigge arrived. 



1820. 



27 January Old burial ground (present site of Town Hall) closed. 



5 February ... Obelisk in Macquarie-place erected. 



20 March The Georgian School-house founded. 



19 June Sir Joseph Banks died. 



29 November... Foundation stone of St. Mary's Cathedral laid. 



1 December ... The site of Campbelltown marked off for township. 

 31 ,, ... Frederick Goulburn, Colonial Secretary, arrived at Sydney. 



1821. 



14 February ... Commissioner Bigge left colony. 



21 March Captain Allman despatched to form a settlement at Port Macquarie. 



11 May George Howe died. 



1 July Wesleyan Chapel, Macquarie-street, opened. 



7 November... Sir Thomas Brisbane arrived; took oaths as Governor 1st December. 



1822. 



6 January St. James's Church opened. 



12 February ... Major-General Macquarie embarked for England. 



20 March A brass tablet, in bonor of Captain Cook and Sir Joseph Banks, fixed on 



a rock at South Head, Botany Bay, by Governor Brisbane, president 

 of the Philosophical Society. 



19 June Commissioner Bigge's report laid before the British Parliament. 



5 July The Agricultural Society of New South Wales formed. 



Lawson and Scott discover the Goulburn Piiver. 



1823. 



11 May Reverend Dr. Lang arrived at Sydney. 



1 June Captain M. J. Currie, R.N., and Brigadier-Major Ovens discover the 



Murrumbidgee River. 



2 December . . . Brisbane River discovered by Oxley. 



1824. 



5 April Mr. William Balcombe, first Colonial Treasurer of New South Wales. 



5 ,, Mr. Saxe Bannister, first Attorney-General, ai-rived at Sydney. 



17 May Charter of Justice establishing Supi-eme Court under 4 Geo. IV, c. 96, 



promulgated at Sydney, with Mr. Francis Forbes as first Chief Justice. 

 . — ,, Arrival of Lieutenant-Governor Arthur. 



21 June The Australian Agricultural Company incorporated by act of Parliament. 



25 August Members of the first Governor's Council sworn in. 



12 September... Moreton Bay penal settlement founded, Lieutenant Miller, of the 40th 



Regiment, commandant. 

 14 October Government censorship over press removed, and the Avstrallan news- 

 paper established l)y \^ . C. Wentworth and Dr. Wardell. 



22 October to .3 Hume and Hovell cross the Murrumbidgee, and discover the Murray 

 December. and many of its tributaries, arriving on the lastnamed date at Port 



Phillip. 

 1 November... The first civil jury empannelled. 



1825. 



7 June Chamber of Commerce established. 



1 August First Solicitor-General (Mr. John Stephens) arrived. 



1 December ... Governor Brisbane recalled. 

 19 ,, ... Governor Darling arrived. Government administered by Colonel Stewart 



in the interim. 



1826. 



10 January First Land Board appointed. 



7 March Tlie Au.stralian Subscription Library (afterwards Free Public Library) 



established. 

 — ^April Name Cockle Bay changed to Darling Harbour. 



18 July Settlement formed at Illawarra by Captain Bishop. 



