Historical Records of Illawarra, 1830-35
Historical Records of the Illawarra Region of NSW, Australia
1770 - 1855
A Chronological Guide to Sources and Events
Michael Organ and A.P. Doyle
January 1995
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| Robert Marsh Westmacott, ‘Wollongong from the stockade, April 20th, 1840’. Watercolour on paper, National Library of Australia. |
- Introduction
- 1.1 List of Abbreviations
- 1.2 Bibliography
- Chronological Guide
- 2.1 Illawarra Aborigines (40,000+BP - Present)
- 2.2 Ancient Egyptians and Portuguese Navigators (200BC - 1595)
- 2.3 Explorers, Scientists and Shipwrecked Sailors (1770-1814)
- 2.4 First Settlement, Cedar-Getters & Absentee Landlords (1815-25)
- 2.5 Military Garrison (1826-29)
- 2.6 Development of Wollongong (1830-35)
- 2.7 Free Settlers and Immigrants (1836-40)
- 2.8 Depression Years (1841-43)
- 2.9 The Garden of New South Wales (1844-55)
1830
? Lieutenant Breton visits Illawarra.
Battle of Aborigines at Fairy Meadow as witnessed by Martin Lynch {Organ, 1991}
February 4 - Lieutenant Sleeman replaces Lieutenant Butler as Commandant and resident Magistrate at Illawarra.
5 - Board of Enquiry considers C. O'Brien's request for additional land grant {King 1980}
18 - James Hicks of Bulli application to Col Sec for land grant.
March 27 - Surveyor Hoddle instructed to survey/cut road from Bong Bong to Illawarra.
29 - Emma Broughton Smith born.
May 1 - William Brown, convict, deposition to Lt Sleeman re arrangement with J.S. Spearing.
2 - Mary Jane Florence baptised at Narra Warra by Reverend Kendall.
7 - Wollongong blanket issue return {Organ, 1993}
8 - Lt Sleeman to Col Sec re blankets {Organ, 1993}
27 - Father Therry marries Garrett Donnelly and Mary Ann Cullen of Illawarra.
June 18 - Robert Hoddle submits plan for Kiama to Bong Bong road.
July ? - Charlotte and Brisbane cutters wrecked in storm off the Five Islands early in July.
8 - Col Sec letter to J.S. Spearing.
9 - Surveyor Hoddle reports on progress of Bong Bong to Illawarra road party.
27 - Opening of new military barracks at Wollongong.
August 10 - Linnet arrives at Sydney from Illawarra with shingles; also William, Charlotte, and Sally with cedar; George to Wollongong with sundries {SG}
10 - Report on opening of new barracks at Wollongong {SG}
29 - Emma and Maria Smith baptised.
30 - Col Sec letter to Lt Sleeman re George Brown's request for a hotel license.
September 3 - Col Sec letter re Spearing and convicts.
5 - Col Sec to Surveyor General calling on survey of Wollongong township as soon as possible.
20 - Thomas Williamson and Elizabeth Weston married, her 2nd husband.
21 - Court of Claims report on James Robb case {SG}
28 - Petition from Illawarra residents to Gov. Darling.
October 6 - Frederick Jones granted 40 acres.
26 - Report of execution of Shoalhaven Aboriginal Broger at Campbelltown {SG}
30 - Col Sec letter advising issue of free license to George Brown upon completion of inn at Wollongong.
November 3 - Col Sec letter.
19 - Col Sec letter 30/191.
21 - George Brown receives license for The Ship Hotel at Illawarra Township.
December 20 - Allan Cunningham begins eighth visit to Illawarra.
25 - Allan Cunningham returns to Sydney.
30 - 39th Regiment at Illawarra - 1 officer, 6 rank and file {HRA}
1831
January - Surveyor Jacques working in Illawarra and at Kiama.
1 - John Cullen granted 300 acres at Jamberoo.
23 - John Rixon baptised.
February 5 - George Bates buried by Reverend Kendall.
March 11 - Sally, cutter, arrives at Sydney from Illawarra.
April 11 - Sally and Charlotte to Illawarra, sundries {SMH}
18 - Jane, from Illawarra, with cedar. Captain James Schoobert {SMH}
25 - Bee and Sally from Illawarra with cedar and sundries {SMH}
May 3 - Robert Hoddle instructed to survey between Bong Bong and Kiama.
9 - William from Illawarra with cedar and sundries {SMH}
16 - Jane and Bee from Illawarra with cedar and sundries {SMH}
23 - Experiment from Shoalhaven with cedar, flour, and sundries {SMH}
30 - Jane Caroline Kendall baptised by Reverend Kendall.
30 - Jane, Hope, Alice, Sally, and Bee from Illawarra with cedar, maize, ballast and sundries {SMH}
June - Robert Hoddle surveys between Bong Bong and Kiama.
11 - Col Sec letter re Spearing and convicts.
13 - Alice from Illawarra with cedar.
27 - Sally and Bee from Illawarra with sundries; Experiment to Shoalhaven.
July - Robert Hoddle surveys between Bong Bong and Kiama.
4 - Jane from Illawarra with sundries.
5 - Dr John Osborne to Col Sec re land at Illawarra, formerly J. Thompson's 640 acres {AONSW}
7 - Reward offered for return of schooner Fanny, stolen from Wollongong {SG}
14 - Report on the stolen vessel Fanny, recently built by Mr Cunningham at Illawarra {SG}
14 - Henry Hill Osborne, William Rutter Hindmarsh, Charlotte Alice Hindmarsh, and Catherine Ann Campbell baptised.
15 - Jane Osborne baptised.
16 - Surveyor Jacques to Surveyor General T.L.Mitchell re site for Church of England chapel at Wollongong.
July 17 - Robert Spinks, Mary Ann George, Mary and Matilda Prior, and George Wright baptised.
17 - First church service held at Wollongong barracks by Reverend Thomas Reddall.
18 - Fanny from Illawarra with sundries; Experiment to Shoalhaven.
18 - SMH: Letter from Illawarra settler re roads
25 - Sally, Bee, Alice and Jane from Illawarra with cedar and sundries.
28 - Report on first church service at Wollongong {SG}
August 8 - Bee from Illawarra with cedar and sundries.
15 - SMH: Letter from Illawarra settler re harbour
15 - Hope to Illawarra - picked up coal at Newcastle for Sydney.
15 - William Blyton and Elizabeth Smith married.
22 - Sally, Bee, Jane, and Fanny from Illawarra with cedar and sundries; Hope from Illawarra with Blue Gum.
29 - Sally, Fanny, Bee, and Brisbane from Illawarra with cedar and sundries.
30 - Mitchell to Col Sec re road Sydney to Illawarra.
September ? - Thomas Aitken, convict, dies.
5 - Experiment from Shoalhaven; Fanny from Illawarra with cedar and sundries.
19 - Fanny and Jane from Illawarra with cedar.
26 - Sally from Illawarra with cedar and sundries.
October 3 - Experiment from Shoalhaven.
10 - Bee, Sally, and Mary Ann from Illawarra and Wollongong with cedar and sundries. William to Illawarra from Newcastle.
15 - Stanwell Park estate offered for sale {SG}
17 - Jane and Mary Ann from Illawarra with cedar and sundries; Experiment from Shoalhaven
24 - Bee, Sally, William, and Mary Ann from Illawarra with cedar and sundries.
28 - Australian: Report on Cornelius O'Brien whaling establishment at Bulli.
October 31 - Jane, William, Bee, Sally, and Mary Ann from Illawarra with cedar and sundries; Experiment from Shoalhaven.
November 14 - Jane, Alice, Bee, Sally, and Mary Ann from Illawarra with cedar and sundries; Experiment from Shoalhaven.
21 - Alice, Jane, William, Bee, Sally, and Mary Ann from Illawarra with cedar and sundries.
26 - George Thomas Reddall buried.
28 - Elizabeth Cunningham baptised.
28 - Alexander McLeay to Shoalhaven; William, Sally, and Bee from Illawarra with cedar and sundries.
December 5 - Jane, Brisbane, and Mary Ann from Illawarra with cedar and sundries.
8 - Agricultural report {SG}
12 - Jane, William, Bee, Sally, Fanny, and Mary Ann from Illawarra and Wollongong with cedar and sundries.
30 - Illawarra garrison: 39th Regiment - 1 subaltern, 7 rank and file; Mounted Police - 1 corporal, 2 troopers.
31 - List of tenders for supply of Illawarra garrison {SG}
1832
? NSW Calendar & Post Office Directory, p.60, listing Illawarra residents plus description of district and roads. Item on Illawarra in Australian Almanac.
January - Tom Thumb Lagoon dries up.
12 - Michael Hindmarsh born at Kiama.
12 - Wollongong Summons's {AONSW}
14 - George Traynor buried by Thomas Reddall.
19 - Wollongong Summons's {AONSW}
24 - Surveyor Elliott directed by Surveyor General to make detailed survey of Wollongong.
25 - Petition to Governor Bourke re Appin to Wollongong road.
February 9 - Elizabeth Campbell born.
February 9 - Report on J.S. Spearing's flock of sheep etc. at Illawarra {SG}
March 17 F- irst horse race held at Wollongong {McCaffrey, p48}
17 - Report on Surveyor Hoddle's Kiama to Bong Bong road {SG}
24 - Report on Lt Sleeman's visit to Kiama {SG}
June 20 - Sydney Monitor: Report on Bong Bong to Wollongong road.
30 - John Dunmore Lang estate at Kembla Grange offered for sale {SMH}
30 - Monitor: Spring Hill Estate to be sold.
July - Reverend Thomas Kendall dies on voyage from Ulladulla to Sydney in cutter Brisbane, wrecked off Jervis Bay.
August 1 - Post Office established at Wollongong
7 - Report on Illawarra population {SG}
11 - Stanwell Park estate offered for sale; report on Sydney to Illawarra road {SG}
16 - Report on death of Reverend Kendall in wreck of Brisbane {SG}
31 - James Rixon born.
September 5 - Captain Francis Allman replaces Lieutenant Sleeman as Resident Magistrate at Illawarra {Blue Books}
5 - Captain Waldron purchases 500 acres at Spring Hill from George Tate.
8 - Letter from Illawarra Resident {SG}
15 - Surveyor Elliott instructed to measure land at Kiama.
20 - Further report on wreck of Brisbane and death of Rev. Kendall {SG}
27 - Ann from Illawarra to Sydney, en route to Newcastle. Built by Mr Cunningham at Five Islands.
October 10 - Reverend Thomas Hassall performs divine service at Wollongong.
11 - Report on Mr Reddall conducting services in Illawarra {SG}
19 - Joseph Harris Letter {IHS September 1987}
November 11 - Henry Bennett appointed Clerk to the Bench (Possibly Alexander Harris). Scourger employed {Blue Books}
12 - Spearing letter to Captain Allman.
22 - William Morris born.
24 - Notice on disposal of Wentworth stray cattle {SG}
December 1 - H.A.B. Bennett appointed Deputy Postmaster.
3 - Thomas Kendall born.
29 - Wollongong Police Report on Prisoners.
30 - Dennis Donovan born.
30 - Illawarra Mounted Police - 1 corporal, 3 troopers.
1833
Drought
List of Male Convicts Assigned to Illawarra during 1833 {AONSW}
Blue Books: Scourger employed at Wollongong.
January ? - Return of Convict Punishments {AONSW}
? - Authority given to rent C.T. Smith's barn at Wollongong for Church of England church and schoolhouse.
? - James Rixon baptised.
5 - Wollongong Police Report on Prisoners {AONSW}
12 - Agricultural Report {SG}
12 - Wollongong Police Report on Prisoners {AONSW}
19 - Wollongong Police Report on Prisoners {AONSW}
23 - Surveyor Elliott instructed to survey all Illawarra roads.
26 - Wollongong Summons's.
26 - Wollongong Police Report on Prisoners {AONSW}
February - Return of Punishments available.
2 - Wollongong Summons's.
2 - Wollongong Police Report on Prisoners {AONSW}
February 9 - Wollongong Summons's.
9 - Wollongong Police Report on Prisoners {AONSW}
10 - Speculator, schooner, from Illawarra on the 8th.
10 - Wollongong Summons's.
16 - Wollongong Police Report on Prisoners.
24 - Wollongong Summons's.
24 - Wollongong Police Report on Prisoners.
March - Return of Convict Punishments available.
Michael Hindmarsh, Elizabeth Campbell, and Thomas Robert Kendall baptised by Thomas Hassall.
2 - Report on Surveyor Elliott in Illawarra {SG}
3 - Wollongong Summons's.
3 - Wollongong Police Report on Prisoners.
10 - Wollongong Summons's.
10 - Wollongong Police Report on Prisoners.
12 - Complaint about the catechist John Layton {SG}
21 - Report on deficiencies of local religious services {SG}
23 - Wollongong Summons's.
23 - Wollongong Police Report on Prisoners.
27 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
28 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
April - Return of Punishments available.
Reverend John Dunmore Lang in Illawarra.
1 - Wollongong Summons's.
1 - Wollongong Police Report on Prisoners.
3 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
April 4 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
6 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
8 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
8 - Wollongong Summons's.
8 - Wollongong Police Report on Prisoners.
13 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
15 - Wollongong Summons's.
15 - Wollongong Police Report on Prisoners.
17 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
17 - Father Therry celebrates first Catholic mass at the barracks, Wollongong.
20 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
May - Return of Punishments available.
1 - Wollongong Summons's.
1 - Wollongong Police Report on Prisoners.
1 - Cornelius O'Brien granted 300 acres at Bulli; David Johnston 700 acres; George Brown 800 acres; Henry Brooks 600 acres; John Paul 1400 acres at Jamberoo.
2 - Surveyor Elliot's plan of Wollongong transmitted to the Surveyor General.
7 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
13 - John Robinson and Martha Hore married.
20 - Surveyor Elliott transmits plan of Illawarra roads {ML A4.LD.R818}
22 - Two Aborigines killed at Minamurra after spearing a bullock {Organ, 1991}
23 - Report on Father Therry's visit to Illawarra and burning of frederick Jones' wheat {SG}
June - William McGuire and Dennis Donovan baptised.
1-30 - Paulsgrove Diary.
5 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
June 7 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
8 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
10 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
28 - Surveyor Elliott instructed to mark out 1 acre at Wollongong Harbour for shipbuilder John Cunningham.
July 1-31 - Paulsgrove Diary.
13 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
15 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
20 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
22 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
30 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
31 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
August 2 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
4-31 - Paulsgrove Diary.
8 - Gibbons granted 1000 acres at Stanwell Park.
8 - SMH: Report on death of Five Island Aborigine at Sydney.
14 - James Pearce appointed Poundkeeper.
14 - Michael Ryan appointed to take Census of district.
27 - James Rixon and Elizabeth Hore married.
30 - Prince George leaves Sydney for Wollongong, to pick up Governor Bourke if needed. Forced back due to bad weather.
September 1-30 - Paulsgrove Diary.
2 - Census taken. Population 2648.
3 - Report on ruggedness of Sydney to Illawarra road {SG}
9 - Convicts of John Buckland complain re treatment.
16 - Petition to Governor Bourke re road to Illawarra.
23 - Thomas Hyatt and Louisa Caulfield married.
September 30 - Reverend Frederick Wilkinson appointed Church of England chaplain, replacing Mr Layton the catechist.
October 1-24 - Paulsgrove Diary.
4 - Mitchell letter to Col Sec re roads in Illawarra. 33/661.
16 - SMH: Reverend Wilkinson negotiates for better roads.
26 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
29 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
30 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
November - NSWGG: List of assignment of male convicts at Illawarra.
3 - Dr Alex Osborne begins excursion to Illawarra.
7 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
9 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
December ? - Ralph Shaw, convict, dies.
Floods in Illawarra.
31 - Mounted Police - 1 corporal, 3 troopers.
1834
? - Names of Illawarra Aborigines compiled {Organ, 1991}
Blue Books: Scourger employed at Wollongong.
January - NSWGG: List of assignment of male convicts at Illawarra.
1-26 - Paulsgrove Diary.
1 - George Budd, convict, dies.
3 - Flood.
4 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
7 - Convict servants Mary Maloney and Sarah McGregor arrive at Waldron's Spring Hill farm.
10 - Henry Osborne letter to Governor Bourke and Captain Allman re public embarrassment in front of a convict. Col Sec 34/731.
January 14 - Captain Waldron incident - assaulted by two female convicts.
14 - Agricultural report {SG}
15 - Maloney and McGregor brought to Wollongong Bench of Magistrates.
18 - Governor Bourke letter to Captain Allman calling for explanation of Osborne incident.
21 - Convict absent from church.
23 - SMH: Report on assault of Captain Waldron.
25 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
28 - Captain Waldron dies.
30 - Captain Waldron buried.
February - NSWGG: List of assignment of male convicts to Illawarra.
John Blighton baptised.
1-28 - Paulsgrove Diary.
1 - Captain Allman to Governor Bourke explaining incident with Henry Osborne.
22 - Captain Allman appears in Waldron court case at Sydney.
25 - Monitor: Report on Waldron murder trial.
26 - Governor Bourke dispatch and Grover letter re Captain Waldron death.
27 - SMH: Report on Illawarra and pardoning of women accused of murdering Captain Waldron.
28 - Monitor: Report on pardon of Maloney and McGregor.
March - Illawarra floods.
NSWGG: List of assignment of male convicts.
1-31 - Paulsgrove Diary.
3 - Report on Illawarra {SG}
3 - SMH: Report on Waldron murder case; letter from Illawarra Settler.
4 - NSWGG: Captain Allman officially replaced by William Nairn Gray as Police Magistrate.
March 11 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
11 - Ticket of leave list {SG}
15 - Captain Allman leaves for Goulburn.
23 - Christopher Ledwidge baptised.
25 - Peter Wood, convict, absconds.
28 - Alick Osborne baptised.
30 - William Welsh, convict, dies.
31 - Daniel Sullivan, convict postman, drowns on road from Appin.
April - NSWGG: List of assignment of male convicts at Illawarra.
1-21 - Paulsgrove Diary.
1 - John Hurt and Mary Jackley married.
5 - Elizabeth Bourke baptised.
5 - Report on drowning of mailman Dan Sullivan {SG}
6 - Rebecca Monahan baptised.
7 - Blue Books: Captain Allman replaced by W.N. Gray.
10 - Report on road and mail in Illawarra {SG}
10 - Elizabeth Kiggs, convict, buried.
11 - Australian: Report on drowning of postman.
15 - HRA: Captain Allman replaced by W.N. Gray as resident magistrate.
18 - Prince George returns to Sydney due to bad weather on trip to Illawarra.
21 - Governor Bourke writes from Mr Gray's house at Wollongong - first visit to Illawarra.
May 1 - Governor Richard Bourke continues visit to Illawarra.
? Baron von Hugel visits Illawarra, accompanied by William Macarthur and George Macleay.
8 - Ticket of leave list {SG}
13 - Ticket of leave list {SG}
May 20 - NSWGG: Henry Osborne and Cornelius O'Brien appointed magistrates following dismissal of Captain Allman.
21 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
21 - Wollongong blanket issue return {Organ, 1991}
25 - Ann Jones baptised.
June - NSWGG: List of assignment of male convicts at Illawarra.
2 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
3 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
4 - Shoalhaven blanket issue return {Organ, 1991}
25 - Alexander Elliott applies for license for The Crown Hotel at Wollongong.
29 - John Francis Whithill baptised.
July - NSWGG: List of assignment of male convicts at Illawarra.
Letter from postmaster re private conveyance of letters.
1 - Martha John, convict, dies.
11 - Alexander Berry to Col Sec re list of Shoalhaven Aborigines {Organ, 1991}
15 - Ticket of leave list {SG}
21 - Ticket of leave list {SG}
27 - Baron von Hugel visits Illawarra a second time, accompanied by William Macarthur. In district until 1 August.
29 - Moses Brennan granted 300 acres at Jamberoo.
30 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
31 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
August - NSWGG: List of assignment of male convicts at Illawarra.
9 - Charles Chambers buried.
17 - Jane Ellen Wood baptised.
24 - Endeavour from Shoalhaven with cedar.
August 29 - Sarah, schooner, leaves Sydney for Wollongong with goods and passengers.
September 1 - Mary Ann Wills baptised.
3 - Henry Angel and Mary Ledwidge married.
11 - Submission from 32 Illawarra residents seeking a District Surgeon.
16 - NSWGG: Tenders called for building of new Courthouse, Lock-up and 3 cells at Wollongong.
20 - Catherine Grover dies at Wollongong. Buried.
23 - Col Sec to Bowman re Dr John Osborne as District Surgeon.
24 - Jemima Jenkins granted 2000 acres.
27 - Dr John Osborne appointed District Surgeon.
October - NSWGG: List of assignment of male convicts at Illawarra.
1 - Doctor John Osborne becomes District Surgeon.
4 - Alfred Elyard granted 600 acres at Avondale.
7 - Thomas Mitchell and Elizabeth How married.
11 - W.N. Gray letter complaining about the drunken behaviour of H.A.B. Bennett {Col Sec 34/7508}
16 - SMH: Letter re Wollongong.
20 - Ticket of leave list {SG}
24 - Surveyor General Mitchell letter re road to Wollongong.
26 - Francis Brankin, convict, dies.
28 - NSWGG: Tenders called for clearing of roads in Illawarra.
29 - W.N. Gray's second letter of complaint re H.A.B. Bennett {Col Sec 34/8203}
30 - T.L. Mitchell's "Plan for the Town of Wollongong".
November - NSWGG: List of assignment of male convicts at Illawarra.
1 - H.A.B. Bennett sacked; James O'Brien Croker appointed Deputy Postmaster, Clerk to the Bench, and Registrar of the Court of Requests.
November 4 - H.A.B. Bennett letter to Gray re dismissal, and apologizing for behaviour.
4 - Ticket of leave list {SG}
9 - W.N. Gray to Col Sec re affairs of H.A.B. Bennett.
11 - Ticket of leave list {SG}
14 - Australian: Report on contract for new courthouse and 2 road gangs to be formed.
14 - Heda Reidson baptised.
20 Report on Court of Petty Sessions at Wollongong {SG}
22 - Road tenders announced {McCaffrey, p185}
26 - NSWGG: Site of town of Wollongong fixed and described.
29 - Sarah, schooner, leaves Sydney for Wollongong with goods and passengers.
December - NSWGG: List of assignment of male convicts at Illawarra.
2 - NSWGG: Tenders called for conveyance of 3 wooden houses.
2 - Australian: Site of town now fixed and plans available.
3 - George Brown granted 100 acres.
4 - SMH: Report on mounted police chasing mail bandit.
6 - Surveyor H.F. White reports that he had marked out the streets of Wollongong.
11 - Report on laying out of Wollongong {SG}
14 - Report on Illawarra {SG}
16 - Ticket of leave list {SG}
31 - Mounted Police - 1 corporal, 2 privates.
1835
Blue Books: Scourger employed at Wollongong.
Croker sets up post office at Wollongong.
January - NSWGG: List of assignment of male convicts at Illawarra.
5 - List of floggings.
5 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
10 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
11 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
12 - Charles Frederick Smith baptised.
14 - Letter - Bench of Magistrates.
15 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
17 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
21 - Ticket of leave list {SG}
22 - The Colonist: Report on boat harbour to be formed at Wollongong.
24 - Joseph Harris letter {IHS September 1987}
27 - Letter - Bench of Magistrates.
30 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
31 - Letter - Bench of Magistrates.
31 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
February 2 - Meeting at Crown Inn, Wollongong, to discuss race meeting.
3 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
4 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
7 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
9 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
10 - NSWGG: List of assignment of male convicts at Illawarra.
12 - NSWGG: List of assignment of male convicts at Illawarra.
14 - Letter - Bench of Magistrates.
14 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
15 - Margaret Donovan and Elizabeth Keevors baptised.
February 16 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
23 - Letter - Bench of Magistrates.
23 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
March 1 - Blue Books: Surgeon Bartholomew O'Brien appointed to medical establishment at Illawarra.
2 Return - Bench of Magistrates.
6 Letter - Bench of Magistrates.
9 Return - Bench of Magistrates.
11 - NSWGG: List of assignment of male convicts at Illawarra.
12 - Letter - Bench of Magistrates.
14 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
16 - Edward Green and Ann Mooney married.
17 - Race meeting held at Wollongong.
24 - Ticket of leave list {SG}
25 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
25 - Sarah, schooner, from Wollongong with wheat, potatoes, and bark.
29 - Betsy George baptised.
31 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
April - W.N. Gray acknowledges receipt of 70 blankets to be given to local Aborigines {Organ, 1991}
1 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
4 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
6 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
7 - Letter - Bench of Magistrates.
8 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
13 - Sarah, schooner, from Wollongong with wheat and cedar.
21 - NSWGG: List of assignment of male convicts at Illawarra.
April 24 - NSWGG: List of assignment of male convicts at Illawarra.
24 - John Otton baptised.
25 - Letter - Bench of Magistrates.
26 - Celia Sophia Hindmarsh baptised.
27 - Sarah, schooner, from Wollongong with wheat and potatoes.
May ? - Local scourger orders too many rations, cost subsequently deducted from his pay.
1 - Lieutenant Henry Maxwell Otway of the 50th Regiment appointed to Illawarra road gangs.
3 - Elizabeth Walker baptised.
9 - Blue Books: Scourger and constable appointed at Wollongong.
12 - Report on road gang work {SG}
15 - Sarah, schooner, to Wollongong with 30 convicts.
16 - Sarah, schooner, from Wollongong.
16 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
17 - Sarah, schooner, to Wollongong with convicts.
20 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
23 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
24 - Sarah, schooner, from Wollongong with sundries.
June - Surveyor Elliott reports on work on Illawarra roads.
3 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
6 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
8 - NSWGG: List of assignment of male convicts at Illawarra.
9 - Australian: Work on breakwater at Wollongong to commence.
15 - NSWGG: List of assignment of male convicts at Illawarra.
16 - Ticket of leave list {SG}
18 - The Colonist: Wild cattle in the brushes at Bulli.
June 19 - John Papworth and Lelina Parry married.
24 - Letter - Bench of Magistrates.
24 - NSWGG: List of assignment of male convicts at Illawarra.
29 - Phoebe Brown baptised.
30 - Lt Otway letter to Col Sec re change of command.
July ? - Drowning of Mr Berry's horse.
7 - Conrad Martens, artist, arrives in Illawarra to sketch, visiting Wollongong, Dapto, Terrys Meadows and Lake Illawarra.
14 - Conrad Martens returns to Sydney.
15 - NSWGG: List of assignment of male convicts at Illawarra.
15 - Sarah, schooner, from Wollongong with wheat and corn.
22 - Letter - Bench of Magistrates.
24 - HRA: 76 2nd class convicts working on Illawarra road gangs.
24 - NSWGG: List of assignment of male convicts at Illawarra.
August - NSWGG: List of assignment of male convicts at Illawarra.
7 - Letter - Bench of Magistrates.
8 - Robert Ruskin buried.
20 - SMH: Kiama residents complaining about losses due to Aborigines.
22 - Lt Otway letter asking for information on corporal punishment.
23 - Letter - Bench of Magistrates.
27 - Letter - Bench of Magistrates.
September 1 - Daniel Morrison buried.
7 - Letter - Bench of Magistrates.
8 - NSWGG: List of assignment of male convicts at Illawarra.
14 - Venus, cutter, from Wollongong with cedar.
16 - Ticket of leave list {SG}
September 19 - Sarah, schooner, from Wollongong with sundries.
20 - Edward George baptised.
28 - Venus, cutter, from Illawarra.
October 6 - Ticket of leave list {SG}
8 - NSWGG: list of assignment of male convicts at Illawarra.
9 - Sarah, schooner, from Wollongong with sundries.
10 - Patrick McKinny, convict, dies.
10 - Daniel Morrison, convict, dies.
11 - Edward Bryant and Catherine Crawley married.
14 - Sarah, schooner, to Wollongong with convicts.
17 - Patrick Laydon, convict, dies.
21 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
21 - NSWGG: James O'Brien Crocker appointed deputy postmaster at Wollongong.
24 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
27 - Australian: James O'Brien Croker appointed postmaster.
November - NSWGG: list of assignment of male convicts at Illawarra.
6 - Australian: Report on Governor Bourke's imminent visit to Illawarra.
9 - Governor Bourke visits Illawarra. Anne Bourke writes letter from Wollongong.
9 - NSWGG: list of assignment of male convicts at Illawarra.
18 - Sarah, schooner, from Wollongong with 5cwt hides, 5t bark, 20000 ft cedar.
NSWGG: Petition to Governor Bourke regarding recent visit to the district, plus Bourke's letter in reply.
20 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
24 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
25 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
November 27 - Australian: Governor Bourke receives address from Illawarra residents.
December ? - John Cherry, convict, dies at Shoalhaven.
3 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
4 - Helina Cowlan baptised.
4-5 - James Stares Spearing property (Paulsgrove) conveyed to Colonel John Thomas Leahy and renamed Mount Keera Estate.
5 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
5 - Sarah, schooner, from Wollongong with sundries.
6 - List of stolen horses.
8 - Return - Bench of Magistrates.
9 - NSWGG: Horses at Wollongong pound.
19 ? - Thomas, Marine of Sydney, buried.
20 - Charles Throsby Smith granted 300 acres at Wollongong.
21 - NSWGG: list of assignment of male convicts at Illawarra.
22 - SG: Ticket of leave list.
23 - NSWGG: list of assignment of male convicts at Illawarra.
23 - Phoebe Graham baptised.
24 - Thomas Hughes and Mary Barton married.
25 - Sarah, schooner, to Wollongong with sundries.
27 - George Tate killed at Haymarket, Sydney.
27 - Mary Ann Harragan baptised.
29 - Lt Otway letter to Col Sec asking for assigned servant.
30 - NSWGG: List of assignment of male convicts at Illawarra.
31 - 50th Regiment - 1 subaltern, 2 sergeants, 30 rank and file.
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