Colonial Secretary Index, 1788-1825 |
EXPLORATION see also BLAXLAND, Gregory; BLUE MOUNTAINS; COX, William (Senior); CUNNINGHAM, Allan; GRIMES, Charles; HOVELL, William Hilton; JOHNSTON, Robert; KEARNS, William; KING, Philip Parker; LAWSON, William; LEWIS, Richard; MARSH; OXLEY, John; PACKER; SINGLETON, Benjamin; SMITH, Charles Throsby; THROSBY, Charles; WARBY, John; WENTWORTH, William Charles; WILD, Joseph
EXPLORATION | |
1802 Oct 30-1804 Mar 1 |
Reports by Barralier re wild cattle (Reel 6040; ML Safe 1/51 pp.148-9, 215) |
1815 Mar 15 |
J Oxley provided with timekeeper to add to equipment for surveys west of the Nepean (Reel 6068; 4/1814 pp.3-5) |
1815 Dec 4 |
Gratification of Earl Bathurst of discovery of passage over the Blue Mountains by George William Evans (Reel 6044; 4/1730 p.95) |
1816 Apr 9 |
Re need to penetrate further into the Interior (Reel 6065; 4/1798 pp.27-30) |
1817 Feb-Mar |
Instructions given by Governor Macquarie under direction of Earl Bathurst, for expedition to explore the Lachlan River, etc (Reel 6068; 4/1814 pp.7-31, 35) |
1817 Apr 6-Aug 29 |
John Oxley's Journal of his expedition to ascertain the course of the Lachlan River (Fiche 3277, SZ1047 pp.1-108; Fiche 3278, SZ1048 pp.109-213) |
1817 Apr 28 |
John Oxley reporting on progress of his expedition to the Lachlan River (Reel 6068; 4/1814 pp.36-9) |
1817 Jun 24 |
Details of expenses in fitting out John Oxley's expedition west of Bathurst in 1817 (Reel 6046; 4/1737 p.325) |
1817 Oct 30-Nov 29 |
Journal of a journey from Windsor to the North probably kept by William Parr (Fiche 3271; 2/3623 pp.1-51) |
1818 |
Papers concerning John Oxley's Expedition down the Macquarie River and to Port Macquarie and Port Stephens (Reel 6068; 4/1814 pp.50-50g) |
1818 Jan-Jun |
Re John Oxley's expedition to the Macquarie River (Reel 6068; 4/1814 pp.40-50) |
1818 Apr 25-May 14 |
Journal of expedition to north and west (Reel 6047; 4/1740 pp.209-14) |
1818 Dec 12 |
Govt & General Order re granting of absolute & conditional pardons to convicts on Oxley's expedition for meritorious service (Reel 6038; SZ759 pp.543-4) |
1819 Sep 21 |
Country discovered by Charles Throsby southwest of the Cowpastures to have cart road to Bathurst (Reel 6048; 4/1743 pp.15-8) |
1819 Nov 17 |
Report on 20 days' expedition northwest and north-northwest of Wheeny Creek, the finding of fine river and country, also list of men who went on the expedition (Reel 6048; 4/1743 pp.120-3) |
1819 Dec 27 |
Report on expedition by Myles, a native, into country northwest of Windsor, recently discovered by J Howe (Reel 6048; 4/1743 pp.124-6) |
1820 Jan 22 |
Found practicable to establish route between newly discovered country, Camden county, and the coast in Illawarra district (Reel 6049; 4/1744 pp.139-41) |
1820 Feb 5-16 |
Request for journey northwards from Windsor to recently discovered river to take place before winter; list of equipment approved by the Governor; & order to Francis Oakes for supply of blankets & cloth (Reel 6049; 4/1744 pp.154-61) |
1820 Mar 21 |
Details of journey northwards from Windsor to newly discovered river and description of the country (Reel 6049; 4/1744 pp.162-5) |
1820 Apr 9 |
Report of journey taken to ascertain prospect of communication with the coast from the new country discovered southward and westward from the Cowpastures and the prospect of a safe road to Jervis Bay (Reel 6049; 4/1744 pp.236-9) |
1820 Apr 13 |
Expedition from Windsor to Wallis Plains had proved the river discovered north of Windsor was the Hunter (Reel 6049; 4/1744 pp.166-7) |
1820 Apr 18 |
Country explored northwest of Broughton's Pass not considered good (Reel 6050; 4/1746 pp.242-4) |
1820 May 5 |
Articles used on expedition of discovery to Hunter River (Reel 6050; 4/1747 p.6) |
1820 May 15 |
Names of persons who accompanied J Howe on second expedition to Hunter River (Reel 6050; 4/1747 pp.11-2, 27-9) |
1820 Aug 9 |
Discovery by James Whalley of fine country westward (Reel 6049; 4/1745 pp.125-6) |
1820 Aug 25 |
Road work in new country advanced beyond Wallandillie River and Joseph Wild despatched with two men to endeavour to find lake called by natives, Wee-raa-waa, ie Lake George (Reel 6049; 4/1745 pp.171-4) |
1821 Dec 14 |
Re discovery of the River Clyde at Batemans Bay by Lieutenant Robert Johnson, Royal Navy (Reel 6052; 4/1752 p.12) |
1822 Jan 2 |
Instructions to search for river between Port Macquarie & Sandy Cape (Reel 6008; 4/3504A p.228) |
1822 Jan 30-Feb 16 |
Copy of a Journal recording a tour of the coast west of Batemans Bay by Messrs Kearns, Marsh & Packer (Reel 6052; 4/1752 pp.90a-k) |
1822 Jan 30-Feb 16 |
Copy of a Journal recording a tour of the coast south of Batemans Bay by Messrs Kearns, Marsh & Packer (Reel 6034; 9/2744 pp.1-16) |
1822 Feb 13 |
Account of voyage in "Snapper" exploring the South Coast by Alexander Berry (Reel 6054; 4/1759 pp.147c-n) |
1823 Aug 1 |
Account of journey to Mt Tomah (Reel 6017; 4/5783 pp.361-365) |
1823 Nov 4 |
R Hoddle's report on survey of route from Richmond to Blue Mountains over track discovered by A Bell (Junior) (Reel 6068; 4/1814 pp.109-15) |
1825 |
Hovell's journey to Western Port - includes letters & newspaper extracts (Reel 6062; 4/1782 p.122) |
1825 Jun-Jul |
Visit of Monsieur de Bougainville (Reel 6014; 4/3514 pp.561, 577) |
EXPORTS see TRADE
EYLES, Elizabeth. Per "Glatton", 1803 | |
1810 Jan 9 |
Granted certificate of freedom (Reel 6038; SZ758 p.55) |
EYLES, Joseph. Per "Canada", 1801; of Field of Mars | |
1820 May 10 |
Memorial (Fiche 3018; 4/1823 No.230) |
1822 Mar 27 |
Memorial (Fiche 3045; 4/1829 No.113) |
1822 Nov |
Memorial (Fiche 3045; 4/1829 No.114) |
EYRAE, Christopher | |
1821 Sep 8 |
Overseer. On list of all persons victualled from H.M. Magazines (Reel 6016; 4/5781 p.75) |
EYRE, George | |
1825 Dec 14 |
Juror at the inquest on Francis Blong held at Upper Minto (Reel 6063; 4/1784 p.273a) |
EYRE, George. Per "Baring", 1815 | |
1815 Sep 15 |
On list of convicts disembarked from the "Baring" and forwarded to Liverpool for distribution; listed as Ayre (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.176) |
EYRE, John. Came free per "Hibernia", 1810; missionary from Otaheite; Coroner and schoolmaster, Parramatta | |
1810 Feb 22 |
Granting permission to become a settler (Reel 6002; 4/3490B pp.94-5) |
1810 Feb 24 |
Authorising him and family to be victualled at Newcastle (Reel 6002; 4/3490B p.102) |
1810 Feb 27 |
Recommendation by William Cowper that he be appointed schoolmaster at Newcastle & be allowed to perform Divine Service there (Reel 6066; 4/1804 p.6b) |
1810 Mar 22 |
Appointed to take charge of Charity School at Parramatta (Reel 6038; SZ758 p.28) |
1812 Aug 5-1817 Dec 16 |
Foreman of jury at inquests on Owen Dalton, John Holland, William Sneed & John Williams held at Parramatta (Reel 6021; 4/1819 pp.145, 273, 651, 717) |
1815 Aug 5 |
Arrears of salary paid from Female Orphan Institution Fund (Reel 6038; SZ759 p.126) |
1817 May 14 |
Complaining that Mrs Elizabeth Jenkins, after being sentenced to confinement in Parramatta Factory for theft, was released on several occasions to assist at births (Reel 6047; 4/1739 pp.201-5) |
1818 Nov 30 |
Care and control of school to be responsibility of Committee of Female Orphan Institution (Reel 6040; 4/403 p.22) |
1819 Aug 19 |
Requested to act as Coroner, in investigating death of Thomas Gorman (Reel 6006; 4/3500 p.219) |
1819 Aug 19 |
Re warrant for his duties as Coroner (Reel 6006; 4/3500 pp.219-20) |
1819 Aug 19 |
Re his appointment to act as Coroner (Reel 6006; 4/3500 p.221) |
1819 Aug 19-21 |
Re inquest on Thomas Gorman (Reel 6021; 4/1819 pp.231-41) |
1819 Oct 29-30 |
Re inquest on Mary Brown (Reel 6021; 4/1819 pp.55-61) |
1820 Mar 21 |
Account to Government for repairs to building (Reel 6050; 4/1746 pp.232-3) |
1820 May 8 |
Re inquest on Simeon MacGuiggan (Reel 6021; 4/1819 pp.403-8) |
1820 Jul |
On list of persons in the procession to be held on 23 Jul 1820 to mark the accession of George IV (Reel 6049; 4/1744 pp.408, 410) |
1820 Jul 21 |
Re inquest on Patrick Fanning (Reel 6021; 4/1819 pp.199-201) |
1820 Jul 24 |
Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy (Fiche 3305; SZ1006A pp.9-10) |
1820 Aug 4 |
Re inquest on Patrick Fanning and Simeon MacGuiggan (Reel 6021; 4/1819 p.41) |
1820 Aug 4 |
Re public proclamation of accession of George IV (Reel 6007; 4/3502 p.177) |
1820 Aug 10 |
Re publication of the accession of King George IV at Parramatta, with printed copy of Proclamation countersigned by officers of Govt & principal inhabitants enclosed (Reel 6049; 4/1745 pp.127-9) |
1821 |
Re issue of slops to assigned man (Reel 6016; 4/5781 p.184) |
1821 Jan 3 |
Petition of Charlotte Williams, late servant to Eyre, for grant of cow from Female Orphan Institution (Reel 6040; 4/403 p.56) |
1822 Dec 18-1823 Jan 1 |
Margaret Moore and others convicted by Court of Criminal Jurisdiction of stealing from Eyre (Reel 6023; X820 p.75) |
1823 Jan 8 |
Request to have well dug at his house (Reel 6040; 4/400 p.52) |
1823 Apr, Jul, Oct 10 |
Re payment of expenses of the public school at Parramatta (Reel 6021; 4/7079 pp.45b, 93, 113, 161, 163, 247, 249) |
1824 Apr |
On list of persons receiving an assigned convict (Fiche 3290; 4/4570D p.47) |
1824 Sep 21 |
Recommending that favourable considerable be given to Daniel Jackson's petition for a ticket of leave (Fiche 3241; 4/1872 p.61b) |
1824 Nov 5 |
On list of schoolmasters and assistants who have lately drawn rations at Parramatta (Reel 6060; 4/1776 p.120) |
1824 Nov 19 |
Re proposed increase in salary to compensate for withdrawal of rations by the Commissariat (Reel 6014; 4/3513 p.13) |
1824 Dec 31 |
Payment made to him (Reel 6039; 4/424 p.421) |
1825 |
Master of Parramatta School. On abstract of returns submitted to the King's Visitor; listed as William (Fiche 3306; 4/1913.4A pp.44-5) |
1825 Jan 7 |
Circular requesting information for the purpose of preparing returns for Earl Bathurst for the year 1822 (Reel 6014; 4/3513 pp.125-6, 226-7) |
1825 Jan 20 |
Re his drawing money on the account of Mr Sweetman, Secretary to the Orphan Institutions, following withdrawal of rations by the Commissariat (Reel 6014; 4/3513 p.297) |
1825 Apr 18 |
Circular re information required for returns of the Colony, 1823 (Reel 6014; 4/3514 pp.94-6) |
1825 Oct 11 |
Circular re information for return required by Lord Bathurst for the year 1824 (Reel 6015; 4/3515 pp.414-5) |
1825 c.Nov |
Schoolmaster at Govt School at Parramatta. Memorial (Fiche 3131; 4/1841B No.267) |
1825 Nov |
Coroner at Parramatta. On list of persons liable to serve as jurors at Parramatta (Reel 6062; 4/1782 p.116a) |
1825 Nov 12,14 |
On list of persons who have received orders for grants of land (Fiche 3266; 9/2652 p.89); on list of lands granted and reserved by Sir Thomas Brisbane (Fiche 3269; 9/2740 p.11) |
1825 Dec 5 |
Application for an assigned servant (Reel 6064; 4/1789 p.21) |
EYRE, John. Of Marlborough, England | |
1821 Feb 14 |
Petition for mitigation of sentence on behalf of Robert Marchment (Fiche 3209; 4/1863 pp.29-30) |
EYRE, John. Per "Canada", 1801 | |
1809 Feb 22 |
Submitting account for copying charts of Captain Flinders and others, to the order of Captain Bligh (Reel 6041; 4/1722 p.43) |
1811 Jan 5 |
Appointed to paint numbers on houses in Sydney (Reel 6038; SZ758 p.156) |
1812 Feb 1 |
Paid from Police Fund for painting Constables' Staffs of Office (Reel 6038; SZ758 p.278) |
EYRE, Susannah. Wife of John, of Parramatta | |
1818 Sep 26 |
Convict disembarked from "Maria" assigned to at Parramatta (Reel 6006; 4/3499 p.91) |
1819 Oct 30 |
Convict disembarked from "Atlas" assigned to at Parramatta (Reel 6007; 4/3501 p.2) |
1820 Jan 27 |
Female convict disembarked from "Lord Wellington" assigned to at Parramatta (Reel 6007; 4/3501 p.212) |
1822 Feb 13 |
Application for Elizabeth Humphries to be apprenticed to her from Female Orphan Institution (Reel 6040; 4/403 p.84) |
1822 May 8 |
Application for girl to be apprenticed to her from Female Orphan Institution; Sarah Partridge assigned to her (Reel 6040; 4/403 p.56) |
1824 Sep 11 |
On list of persons receiving an assigned convict (Fiche 3290; 4/4570D p.58) |
EYRE, William see EYRE, John
EYRES | |
1813 Sep 21 |
Agent for R Loan, shopkeeper at Hobart (Reel 6044; 4/1729 p.204) |
EYRES, Mr | |
1820 Jul 20 |
Re attendance of at ceremonies to mourn the death of George III and to proclaim the ascent to the throne of his successor, George IV (Reel 6007; 4/3502 pp.137-8) |
EYRES, James | |
1804 Apr 7; 1808 Oct 1 |
Subscribed to the rules & orders of the Sydney Loyal Association (Reel 6041; 4/1719 pp.192-192a) |
EYRES, John | |
1820 May 26 |
Recommended for appointment to position of constable at Sydney in place of William Sullivan, dismissed (Reel 6050; 4/1747 pp.36-7) |
EYRES, John. Per "Friendship", 1800; watchman | |
1812 Dec 28 |
Petition for confirmation of pardon granted by Lieutenant Governor Paterson (Fiche 3170; 4/1848 pp.134-6) |
EYRES, John. Per "Ocean", 1816; died 1824 | |
1816 Feb 5 |
On list of convicts disembarked from the "Ocean" and forwarded to Parramatta for distribution; listed as Ayres (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.337) |
1823 May |
On lists of convicts employed by William Lawson; from Feb 1816 (Reel 6058; 4/1771 pp.312a, 313a) |
1824 May 12 |
To take charge of the grazing run of William Lawson, fifty miles from Bathurst (Reel 6013; 4/3511 p.207) |
1825 May, Oct |
On lists of convicts employed by William Lawson; died Jul 1824 (Reel 6062; 4/1782 pp.51c, 57a) |
EYRES, Malachy. Per "Lonach", 1825 | |
1825 Sep 9 |
On list of convicts landed from the "Lonach" and forwarded to Liverpool for distribution (Reel 6015; 4/3515 p.294) |
EYRES, William. Per "Ocean", 1816 | |
1816 Feb 5 |
On list of convicts disembarked from the "Ocean" and forwarded to Liverpool for distribution (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.338) |
1822 |
Servant of John Patrick of Airds; attestation as to his character for a ticket of leave (Reel 6026; 4/1715 p.175) |
EYRES, Wilpey | |
1809 Apr |
Received pardon as reward for good conduct, living at Port Dalrymple (Reel 6001; SZ757 p.44a) |
EYSELL, Christopher | |
1825 Jun 17 |
Re entitlement to ticket of leave (Reel 6014; 4/3514 p.501) |
EZZEY, William (Per "Royal Admiral", 1792) see EZZY, William
EZZY, George | |
1821 May 24 |
Store receipts of for wheat, paid at Windsor (Reel 6051; 4/1748 p.179) |
EZZY, Jane | |
1797 May 1 |
On list of all grants and leases of land registered in the Colonial Secretary's Office (Fiche 3267; 9/2731 p.84) |
EZZY, John. Born in the Colony | |
1821 Jan 24, May 24 |
Store receipts of for wheat, paid at Windsor (Reel 6051; 4/1748 pp.146, 178) |
1824 Aug |
Memorial (Fiche 3087; 4/1837A No.325 p.279) |
1824 Nov 22 |
Of Windsor. On list of persons liable to serve as jurors in the District of Windsor (Reel 6060; 4/1775 p.188[ii]) |
EZZY, John. Of Windsor | |
1825 Aug |
On list of persons liable to serve as jurors in the district of Windsor (Reel 6062; 4/1782 p.80a) |
EZZY, Lucy | |
1814 Feb 25 |
Re permission to marry at Windsor (Reel 6004; 4/3493 p.64) |
EZZY, William. Per "Royal Admiral", 1792; of Hawkesbury | |
1802 Apr 10 |
Particulars of arms in possession of; appears as Easey (Reel 6041; 4/1719 p.93) |
1804 Aug 11 |
On list of all grants and leases of land registered in the Colonial Secretary's Office (Fiche 3268; 9/2731 p.144) |
1809 Feb |
Produce received from at the Hawkesbury Stores (Reel 6040; 9/2673 pp.5, 7) |
1810 Dec 1,5 |
Signatory to address from the settlers of the Hawkesbury to Governor Macquarie; & Macquarie's reply (Reel 6038; SZ758 pp.128-30) |
1811 Mar 16 |
Of Castlereagh Street, Sydney. Received beer licence in Feb 1811 (Reel 6038; SZ758 p.184) |
1816 Sep 20 |
Certification by William Cox that Ezzey was a free person settled at Windsor (Reel 6046; 4/1736 p.117) |
1816 Nov 16 |
Landholder at Windsor. On list of persons who came as convicts and who claimed they were free at the last General Muster, without supporting documentation (Reel 6038; SZ759 p.285) |
1821 Feb 24 |
Store receipts of for wheat, paid at Windsor (Reel 6051; 4/1748 p.160) |
1822 Apr 6-7,10 |
Juror at the inquest into the death of William Sullivan held at Clarendon, Windsor and Richmond; also listed as Ezzey (Reel 6054; 4/1758 pp.81, 87b) |
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