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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 convicts and even more 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

May 1 - George Fife Angus

November 5 - William Bland

Deaths

May 18 - Arabanoo, cultural mediator between the British settlers and Eora AboriginalsFurther Information

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