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RESEARCHED BY PETER KILLACKEY
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ESTABLISHING THE COLONY - 1789 |
| 25th June, 1789: Convict Ann Fowles was given 25 lashes for abusing a sentinel. |
| 26th March, 1789: Six marines were hanged for robbing the stores. |
| 13th April, 1789: Governor Phillip moves into the newly completed Government House. |
| April, 1789: An outbreak of smallpox was discovered among the Aborigines which soon reached epic proportions. |
| 8th May, 1789: The Sirius returned to Sydney Cove, having just completed the circum-navigation of the world from west to east in the 'roaring forties' latitudes. Its cargo included 6.5 tonnes of flour. |
| 18th May, 1789: The Aborigine, Arabanoo that Governor Phillip had held captive, died of smallpox and was buried in the Governor's garden. |
| 24th May, 1789: Lieut William Bligh reached the shores of the barrier reef having just survived a mutiny aboard the HMS Bounty. Read his account of these events written by Bligh himself here.
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| 4th June, 1789: Australia's first theatrical performance. Celebrating the King's birthday, some of the convicts performedThe recruiting officer, a comedy written by George Farquhar. |
| 13th June, 1789: Explorers in Broken Bay discover a large stream which Phillip names the Hawkesbury river. |
| 25th June, 1789: Convicted of stealing clothes and provisions, Ann Fowles was sentenced to 50 lashes every Thursday for three weeks, to have her head shaved and to wear a canvas cap with the word theif written upon it. |
| 17th August, 1789: Owing to food theives after dark, a night watch, made up of trusted convicts was established in the colony. |
| 5th October, 1789: The first locally built boat was launched, specifically designed to carry cargo between Rose Hill and Sydney. |
| 1st November, 1789: Owing to an expected shortage of food, the mens rations were reduced to two-thirds of the normale male allowance. |
| 21st November, 1789: James Ruse, a convict, was given provisional posession of a farm at Rose Hill. He had a small hut on 2 acres of cleared ground and was given seed, livestock and the implements necessary for cultivation in an effort to encourage other covicts to adopt industrious and honest habits. |
| 23rd November, 1789: Judith Jones (Ann Davis), found guilty of theft, became the first woman to be executed in Australia. |
| 25th November, 1789: Colbey and Benallon (Bennelong), two Aborigines were captured, washed, shaved and brought to government house. They were put in leg irons and a convict keeper assigned to each one of them. |
| December, 1789: James Ruse, the convict who was assigned a farm at Rose Hill, produced the first successful Australian harvest. He produced 200 bushels of wheat, 60 bushels of barley and small quantities of flax, indian corn and oats. |
| 12th December, 1789: Colbey, the Aboriginal captured in November, managed to loosen his shackle ropes and escaped into the night. |
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