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TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOL. 1
1788-1840
Preface v
Acknowledgements vii
1788
Sydney founded: January 1788 1
The French Visitors: January 1788 2
Governor Phillip addresses the convicts: February 1788 4
Life at Port Jackson: February 1788 5
Norfolk Island occupied: February 1788 6
The condition of the colony: July 1788 7
The Aborigines: September 1788 9
A woman's view of Sydney: November 1788 l0
1789
'Visit of Hope to Sydney-Cove': January 1789 11
An awful sentence: March 1789 12
An epidemic among the Aborigines: April 1789 13
The discovery of the Hawkesbury River: June 1789 14
'The Recruiting Officer': June 1789 15
The discovery of the Nepean River: June 1789 15
A police force established: August 1789 17
Settlement begins in the Parramatta district: October 1789 18
The food ration is reduced: November 1789 20
1790
Rose Hill and Prospect Hill: April 1790 21
Famine threatens: April 1790 22
The state of the colony: April 1790 23
'The villany of the people': May 1790 25
The arrival of the Lady Juliana: June 1790 26
The Second Fleet arrives: June 1790 27
The quality of the population: July 1790 29
Farming at Port Jackson: August 1790 30
The settlement on Norfolk Island: August 1790 32
A visit to Parramatta: November 1790 32
A tedious march: December 1790 34
1791
Convict transportation to continue: February 1791 34
Public works in New South Wales: March 1791 36
A daring escape: March 1791 38
The Aborigines of Sydney: March 1791 39
The Third Fleet arrives: August 1791 41
Whaling off Port Jackson: October 1791 42
A letter from Botany Bay: November 1791 44
A tumultuous protest: December 1791 45
1792
Observations on the convicts: January 1792 45
The food supply: May 1792 47
News from Botany Bay: June 1792 49
An exhortation to sinners: October 1792 50
Phillip takes stock: October 1792 51
Commercial speculation: November 1792 52
The settlement at Toongabbie: November 1792 53
1793
A melancholy event: January 1793 55
Private enterprise farming commences: January 1793 56
Spanish explorers visit Sydney: March 1793 57
Opinions on the Aborigines: May 1793 58
A criticism of convict transportation: May 1793 60
The first church: August 1793 61
1794
The Hawkesbury settlers: August 1794 63
‘Respectable society’: November 1794 64
The Scottish Martyrs: December 1794 64
1795
The Macarthur farm: September 1795 65
Hunter approves of private enterprise: October 1795 66
Exploring in the Tom Thumb: October 1795 67
The discovery of the Cowpastures: November 1795 69
1796
'True Patriots All': January 1796 70
Religion and morals in New South Wales: September 1796 72
'This spirit for trade': November 1796 73
Printing begins: November 1796 74
Advice to settlers: December 1796 75
1797
The first schools: January 1797 76
Wage fixing: January 1797 77
The wreck of the Sydney Cove: February 1797 78
Coal discovered: August 1797 80
The discovery of Bass Strait: December 1797 81
1798
Two journeys into the interior: January 1798 82
The cost of convict transportation: June 1798 84
Wives and hutkeepers: September 1798 86
Commerce in New South Wales: September 1798 87
Van Diemen's Land circumnavigated: December 1798 88
1799
The Hawkesbury flood of 1799: March 1799 89
The drink traffic: July 1799 90
Two views of the colony: August 1799 90
The state of the settlements: August 1799 92
1800
Merchant Campbell arrives: June 1800 93
Advice to whalers: September 1800 94
The Irish conspiracy: September 1800 95
The assigned convict: October 1800 96
Monetary affairs: November 1800 98
The voyage of the Lady Nelson: December 1800 99
1801
The Female Orphan School: August 1801 101
A glut in the market: October 1801 102
Trade with South Africa: November 1801 103
The government conflict: December 1801 104
1802
The annexation of Port Phillip: February 1802 106
English and French navigators: April 1802 108
The ration is reduced: May 1802 110
Import duties imposed: June 1802 111
The dispossessed: June 1802 112
Farming in the Hawkesbury district: September 1802 112
1803
The Sydney Gazette published: March 1803 114
The future of the colony of 'Botany Bay': April 1803 115
A church at Parramatta: April 1803 116
Mass is authorised: May 1803 117
The want of an export staple: May 1803 118
The state of education in New South Wales: May 1803 119
Freemasonry banned: May 1803 120
A fatal excursion: June 1803 121
The extension of settlement: September 1803 122
The strange story of a young lady: December 1803 123
1804
Hobart founded: February 1804 125
The Irish Insurrection: March 1804 126
Coal Harbour settled: March 1804 128
'The Volunteers': April 1804 129
Foreigners, Keep Out!: May 1804 130
The ticket of leave: August 1804 131
An encounter at Port Dalrymple: November 1804 132
1805
'The national character of Botany Bay': January 1805 133
'Ungrateful and treacherous conduct': April 1805 135
A grant of land for John Macarthur: June 1805 136
An illicit sport: August 1805 138
The General Muster of 1805: August 1805 139
The state of society: December 1805 140
1806
The flood of 1806: March 1806 142
Squire's beer: March 1806 143
Inflammatory expressions: March 1806 144
A loyal demonstration: April 1806 145
Piracy at Port Dalrymple: June 1806 146
Life in Hobart Town: August 1806 147
Captain Bligh takes command: August 1806 148
Currency problems: November 1806 149
1807
From Launceston to Hobart on foot: February 1807 150
The spirits business: February 1807 152
The female convict: September 1807 153
'A better sort of people': October 1807 155
The Times comments on the Sydney Gazette: October 1807 156
Some observations on the Irish: November 1807 157
1808
The Labour Code: January 1808 159
Governor Bligh deposed: January 1808 159
A piratical seizure: May 1808 163
The Portland Head church: November 1808 164
1809
The first post office opened: April 1809 165
The state of manufactures and trade: June 1809 165
Floods at Hawkesbury in 1809: August 1809 167
A criticism of military rule: October 1809 168
1810
Governor Macquarie arrives: January 1810 170
'A career open to talent': February 1810 170
'The interests of virtue': February 1810 172
Sports and pastimes: May 1810 173
A criticism of transportation: May 1810 174
His Majesty's Birthday: June 1810 175
Sydney Town: October 1810 176
A whaling expedition: November 1810 178
Macquarie visits the country districts: November 1810 179
1811
War news: August 1811 180
A disgraceful transaction: September 1811 181
The Sydney Hospital established: October 1811 182
The Governor Macquarie launched: October 1811 183
Macquarie visits Van Diemen's Land: November 1811 183
1812
Macquarie visits Newcastle: January 1812 184
From Jervis Bay to Appin: March 1812 185
An exhortation to the troops: March 1812 187
The economy of New South Wales: April 1812 188
Australia at war with the U.S.A.: June 1812 189
Methodists hold class meetings: June 1812 190
The convict system: July 1812 191
Bill money: Octobcr 1812 194
1813
The Parramatta market: January 1813 196
Sunday trading: May 1813 197
The Blue Mountains crossed: June 1813 198
Van Diemen's Land trade: June 1813 199
Macquarie’s emancipist policy: June 1813 200
Intemperate and disgraceful conduct: July 1813 202
Holey dollars in circulation: September 1813 203
1814
Evans explores the Bathurst Plains: January 1814 204
Panic in Sydney: May 1814 205
An Ode for His Majesty's Birthday: June 1814 207
Wool exported: July 1814 208
Australia named: July 1814 209
The Charter of Justice: August 1814 210
1815
Pacification and punishment: January 1815 211
Bathurst founded: May 1815 212
A steam engine in Sydney: May 1815 213
Bushrangers in Van Diemen's Land: June 1815 214
'Illicit commerce’ at Parramatta: July 1815 215
A Methodist circuit established: August 1815 217
Education and morality in New South Wales: October 1815 218
1816
The Waterloo Subscription: January 1816 219
In government service: June 1816 220
The Macquarie Tower: July 1816 223
The wreck of the Trial: September 1816 224
Female convicts: November 1816 225
1817
An Anniversary Song: January 1817 227
A Biblical survey: March 1817 228
The Bank of New South Wales established: April 1817 228
The problem of the rivers: April 1817 230
A saucy servant: September 1817 231
Catholic bondage: November 1817 232
1818
Prerogative rule: January 1818 234
The Great Western Road opened: January 1818 235
Sydney in 1818: April 1818 236
An inland sea?: May 1818 237
The condition of New South Wales: May 1818 239
Exploration in the north-west: July 1818 241
'Lieutenant-Governor of the Woods': October 1818 242
1819
The farming system: February 1819 243
'A nest of vipers': February 1819 245
A petition for the redress of grievances: March 1819 247
Inland exploration: April 1819 249
Hyde Park Barracks opened: June 1819 250
A Botany Bay Parliament?: July 1819 251
Convict assignment: July 1819 253
A Savings Bank established: July 1819 255
Native entertainment: December 1819 256
'A hereditary deformity'?: December 1819 257
1820
Religion as punishment: January 1820 260
Merinos for Van Diemen's Land: February 1820 261
Russian explorers visit Sydney: March 1820 262
The rights of conscience: May 1820 264
'The Patriot-Chief': June 1820 265
Left-hand driving enforced: August 1820 266
Bay-whaling in Van Diemen's Land: December 1820 267
1821
Australian publishing: May 1821 268
Widening horizons: May 1821 270
Philanthropy and benevolence: June 1821 271
A scientific society is established: June 1821 273
The Banditti of Van Diemen's Land: July 1821 274
An auction in London: August 1821 276
The petition of the emancipated colonists: October 1821 276
St Mary's Chapel commenced: October 1821 279
The future of the wool industry: December 1821 280
1822
The end of an era: February 1822 281
Encke's Comet: March 1822 283
The Bigge Reports: June 1822 284
Macquarie assessed: June 1822 286
A spirited defence: July 1822 288
The Agricultural Society founded: July 1822 291
'The most tender kind of liberty': November 1822 292
The Australians: December 1822 294
1823
Confess or be flogged: March 1823 297
Coastal surveying: Apri1 1823 298
A Presbyterian minister arrives: May 1823 300
'A New Britannia in another world': July 1823 301
Tracts for sinners: September 1823 302
The Royal Veteran Company disbanded: September 1823 303
Pandora's Pass: November 1823 304
Field sports: December 1823 306
1824
News from Van Diemen's Land: January 1824 307
'Factory weddings’: July 1824 309
'The Gates of Hell': August 1824 311
Moreton Bay settled: September 1824 313
A free press: October 1824 314
The Parramatta Fair: October 1824 316
Trial by jury: November 1824 317
A fort in North Australia: November 1824 318
Cross-country to Port Phillip: November 1824 320
The Australian Agricultural Company: November 1824 321
1825
'The land, boys, we live in': January 825 323
A trip through the countryside: March 1825 325
The cat: April 1825 327
A political meeting: October 1825 328
Night life in Sydney: December 1825 329
The treadmill: December 1825 331
Advice on convict management: December 1825 332
1826
‘Australia! Land of Hope!’: January 1826 335
A subscription library established: March 1826 336
The Monitor published: May 1826 337
A punitive expedition: May 1826 338
Murder and mayhem in Van Diemen's Land: May 1826 340
'The trumpet sounds Australia's fame': July 1826 341
'Sheep and cattle mania': July 1826 342
An Anglican monopoly established: August 1826 345
The Sudds and Thompson case: November 1826 346
A piratical council: December 1826 349
The economy of Van Diemen's Land: December 1826 350
Three strategic operations: December 1826 352
Sydney in l826: December 1826 354
1827
The rights of British subjects: January 1827 356
The Swan River explored: March 1827 358
The first Australian regatta: April 1827 360
Cunningham's Gap: June 1827 361
The drop: July 1827 363
1828
Emancipists and exclusives, currency and sterling: January 1828 365
Improved postal services: March 1828 367
Two views of Van Diemen's Land: March 1828 368
The Constitution of 1828: July 1828 371
A calamitous drought: August 1828 374
A daring robbery: September 1828 375
The Census of 1828: November 1828 376
A walk through Sydney: December 1828 378
1829
Sturt discovers the Darling River: February 1829 380
The colony of Western Australia founded: June 1829 382
A walk through Hobart Town: June 1829 384
Letters from a convict: August 1829 385
The limits of settlement defined in New South Wales: October 1829 387
An art of colonisation?: December 1829 388
1830
Sydney College founded: January 1830 391
Sturt solves the problem of the rivers: January 1830 393
Pioneering at the Swan River settlement: January 1830 395
A petition for constitutional rights: February 1830 396
'Gentlemen of the Jury': March 1830 397
News from Western Australia: June 1830 398
A wild colonial boy: September 1830 400
The price of labour: September 1830 402
'Cold-blooded butchery': October 1830 403
'The Black War': November 1830 404
The Sydney Dispensary opened: December 1830 406
The first novel published: December 1830 407
1831
The Ripon Regulations: January 1831 409
An overland trip to Western Australia: February 1831 411
A breach of contract: March 1831 413
'Sworn to no master, of no sect am I': April 1831 415
The first steamships: April 1831 416
A trade in human heads: April 1831 418
'Shot dead like dogs': August 1831 418
'He's off!': October 1831 419
A Presbyterian immigration: October 1831 422
The Great North Road opened: December 1831 423
Southern sealers: December 1831 424
1832
The King's School opened: February 1832 426
Mitchell explores the northern rivers: February 1832 427
A military execution: April 1832 428
Coaching services: June 1832 430
An Australian courtship: July 1832 431
Prospects at the Swan River settlement: August 1832 432
The Savings Bank of New South Wales: August 1832 434
'The Reform Bill has passed': October 1832 435
A manly game: October 1832 436
Kable versus Chalker: October 1832 437
'Black-eyed Susan': December 1832 438
1833
Colonial-style politics: January 1833 439
The end of the Anglican monopoly: February 1833 442
The Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts founded: March 1833 443
Country justice: July 1833 445
'Multiplied murder': August 1833 446
Punishment and profit: August 1833 448
The 'Rovers' and the 'Royals': August 1833 450
The Census of 1833: September 1833 451
An official inquiry into flogging: September 1833 452
A harbour tragedy: November 1833 454
Social affairs in Hobart: November 1833 455
1834
'Double distilled villains': January 1834 456
The state of the medical profession: February 1834 458
Murder in the Illawarra: February 1834 460
Banking and investment: March 1834 461
A friendly society formed: April 1834 463
Drink, drinking and drunkenness: May 1834 464
The road gangs: June 1834 466
A new Utopia: July 1834 468
A shipwreck in Port Jackson: August 1834 470
The death of Dr Wardell: September 1834 471
The Tolpuddle Martyrs: September 1834 472
'The Battle of Pinjarra': October 1834 473
Portland settled: November 1834 475
1835
The last of the Big-River tribe: January 1835 476
'New land further out’: March 1835 478
The Australian Patriotic Association formed: May 1835 480
Mitchell explores the Bogan and Darling Rivers: May 1835 481
Disasters at sea: May 1835 482
Life in an iron gang: May 1835 484
Batman's treaty: June 1835 485
Port Arthur: July 1835 488
The promotion of immigration: September 1835 490
The occupation of Port Phillip: October 1835 491
A charge to the jury: November 1835 492
A tour of the Swan River settlement: December 1835 493
1836
'The Capital of Australian Civilization': January 1836 495
'The Felonry of New South Wales': March 1836 497
A spirited crusade: March 1836 499
Sydney hounds: April 1836 500
Political debate: April 1836 501
News from Port Phillip: May 1836 503
The wreck of the Stirling Castle: May 1836 504
Fire and life assurance: July 1836 506
State aid to religion: July 1836 507
A licence to squat: July 1836 509
South Australia founded: July 1836 511
A holy cause: August 1836 513
Australia Felix explored: November 1836 514
Overlanding to Port Phillip: December 1836 517
1837
An embarrassment of riches: January 1837 518
Adelaide founded February 1837 520
Melbourne founded: March 1837 522
A gibbeting: May 1837 524
Perth's anniversary festivities: June 1837 525
The destruction of Aboriginal society: June 1837 526
The debate on convict transportation: July 1837 528
Farming in the Paterson district: August 1837 531
'Britanniarum Regina': October 1837 532
'Their stations and their duties': December 1837 533
1838
The Jubilee Regatta: January 1838 534
The Rothschild of Botany Bay: February 1838 535
The opening of the Royal Victoria Theatre: March 1838 537
Overlanding to South Australia: April 1838 538
The Myall Creek Massacre: June 1838 539
The Report of the Select Committee on Transportations: July 1838 543
South Australian affairs: August 1838 546
The Port Essington settlement: October 1838 547
Pre-paid postage introduced: November 1838 548
A 'Paradise of Dissent': November 1838 549
1839
The Mission of the Sisters of Charity: January 1839 550
British colonial policy: January 1839 551
A Border Police Force established: February 1839 552
The western coast explored: April 1839 555
The Moreton Bay penal settlement closed: July 1839 556
The state of the arts: July 1839 557
The discovery of Port Darwin: September 1839 559
The abolition of military juries: September 1839 560
An American in Sydney: November 1839 561
'Bettering their condition': December 1839 563
Convict discipline: December 1839 564
The female felonry: December 1839 567
1840
Strikes: January 1840 569
Gipps' Land explored: January 1840 571
The Canadian Rebels arrive: February 1840 573
The Australasian Steam Navigation Company formed: February 1840 575
The discovery of Mount Kosciusko: February 1840 576
The gentleman immigrant: February 1840 577
'Splendid new country': May 1840 578
Early Melbourne described: June 1840 579
Life in the bush: June 1840 582
Retribution for Aborigines: June 1840 583
Adelaide described: October 1840 585
Masters and servants: October 1840 586
Political issues in New South Wales: October 1840 588
Convict assignment ends: November 1840 589
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