May or June – The
Battle of Richmond Hill takes place between the native Darug people and the New South Wales Corps.[1]
7 September –
HMS Reliance arrives in Sydney. Among the ship's passengers and crew are the Aboriginal
Bennelong returning from a visit to England, the surgeon and explorer
George Bass, and midshipman
Matthew Flinders.
11 September – Floods devastate the farms at
Hawkesbury.
? - A tornado strikes
Sydney, destroying crops and trees in the early settlement, 1st tornado recorded in the
BOM's severe weather archives.
May or June – The
Battle of Richmond Hill takes place between the native Darug people and the New South Wales Corps.[1]
7 September –
HMS Reliance arrives in Sydney. Among the ship's passengers and crew are the Aboriginal
Bennelong returning from a visit to England, the surgeon and explorer
George Bass, and midshipman
Matthew Flinders.
11 September – Floods devastate the farms at
Hawkesbury.
? - A tornado strikes
Sydney, destroying crops and trees in the early settlement, 1st tornado recorded in the
BOM's severe weather archives.