Region: Oceania · Coordinates: -33.818, 151.003 · 11 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| AD 1788 | Tench, Account of the First Fleet at Port Jackson | The governor founds a new settlement 16 miles inland at Rose Hill; judging the soil better than Sydney's, he builds a small redoubt, and a captain's detachment guards the convicts farming there |
| AD 1789 | Tench, Account of the First Fleet at Port Jackson | Tench sets out at dawn from the Rose Hill redoubt with the surgeon and soldiers, heading west; from a hill five miles on he sights the Carmarthen Hills. This route later leads to the discovery of the Nepean River (later sections describe its width and name) |
| AD 1790 | Tench, Account of the First Fleet at Port Jackson | Tench, Dawes and Worgan explore for seven days the unknown land southwest of Rose Hill; they name a cone-shaped hill Pyramid Hill and the Worgan River, which seems to be an upper branch of the Nepean; no particular gain |
| AD 1790 | Tench, Account of the First Fleet at Port Jackson | At night at Rose Hill, five convicts steal a small flat-bottomed boat and go to South Head, steal a lookout boat there and escape to sea; news of them then stops |
| AD 1790 | Tench, Account of the First Fleet at Port Jackson | On the evening of 16 November he goes to Rose Hill and next day looks over the farms; of about 200 acres cleared, 55 are under wheat, barley and oats, and 30 under maize |
| AD 1790 | Tench, Account of the First Fleet at Port Jackson | The convict James Ruse, given seven years at the Bodmin circuit court, completes his sentence in August 1789; promised settlement, he is granted land and is testing farming on his own |
| AD 1791 | Tench, Account of the First Fleet at Port Jackson | A party of 21 sets out from the governor's residence at Rose Hill to check whether the Hawkesbury and the Nepean are the same river; going slightly northeast, then turning sharply to N 34° W, they camp before 4 p.m. |
| AD 1791 | Tench, Account of the First Fleet at Port Jackson | On 2 June, by the governor's order, the settlement at the head of the harbour, Rose Hill, is renamed with the native name Parramatta |
| AD 1791 | Tench, Account of the First Fleet at Port Jackson | From the recently arrived fleet, 20 male convicts and a pregnant woman disappear from Rose Hill with a week's food and tools; when settled convicts ask their destination, they answer 'China' |
| AD 1791 | Tench, Account of the First Fleet at Port Jackson | On 2 December they go up to Rose Hill and look at the public buildings, roads and the state of the settlement: the storehouse, barracks and magistrate's quarters are finished, and a main road is being opened |
| AD 1791 | Tench, Account of the First Fleet at Port Jackson | On 8 December they arrive at Ruse's farm and examine the 30-acre grant named 'Experiment Farm' |