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Leaders
- Governor of New South Wales - Captain Arthur Phillip
- Governor of Norfolk Island - Philip Gidley King
- Commanding officer of the colony's marine presence - Major Robert Ross
Events
- January - A convict uprising on Norfolk Island is easily crushed.
- April - An outbreak of smallpox at the Sydney Cove settlement kills many local Eora Aboriginals, including Arabanoo.
- April 29 - The Mutiny on the Bounty occurs; Captain William Bligh and 18 others are cast adrift.
- June 4 - The first Government House is completed.
- June 4 - Australia's first theatrical performance The Recruiting Officer by George Farquhar staged with convicts acting in the roles.
- June 12 - Phillip leads an expedition to Broken Bay (departed from Sydney on the 6th), and discovers the Hawkesbury River.
- June 27 - Captain Watkin Trench and party discover the Nepean River
- October 5 - The first ship built in the colony, Rose Hill Packet, begins service on the Parramatta River.
- November 21 James Ruse, a convict, provisionally given land at Parramatta to establish Experiment Farm.
- November 25 - For the purposes of understanding Aboriginal culture, Phillip captures Bennelong and Colebec.
- December First successful harvest at Parramatta.
Births
Deaths
References
- Australian Encyclopedia 6th edition Australian Geographic Terrey Hills NSW 1996 Volume 1 Chronology page 25
- Barker, Anthony (1996). What Happened When. St Leonards: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86373-986.
- National Library of Australia. "The World Upside Down: Australia 1788 - 1830".
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