9 February – Sydney Cove wrecked off
Tasmania. Some of the crew manage to reach Sydney more than 600 km away, leading to the rescue of other members of the crew.
3 July – Following Aboriginal attacks on farms in the
Hawkesbury region, Hunter dispatches a party of soldiers from the
New South Wales Corps to protect settlers there.
1 August – Following advice from the master of the Sydney Cove who observed currents and tides while wrecked on
Preservation Island, Governor Hunter writes to Joseph Banks that it seems certain that the yet-to-be-discovered
Bass Strait exists.
19 September –
John Shortland is the first European to enter the port of
Newcastle. On the 9th he discovered the
Hunter River estuary and coal.
9 February – Sydney Cove wrecked off
Tasmania. Some of the crew manage to reach Sydney more than 600 km away, leading to the rescue of other members of the crew.
3 July – Following Aboriginal attacks on farms in the
Hawkesbury region, Hunter dispatches a party of soldiers from the
New South Wales Corps to protect settlers there.
1 August – Following advice from the master of the Sydney Cove who observed currents and tides while wrecked on
Preservation Island, Governor Hunter writes to Joseph Banks that it seems certain that the yet-to-be-discovered
Bass Strait exists.
19 September –
John Shortland is the first European to enter the port of
Newcastle. On the 9th he discovered the
Hunter River estuary and coal.