Dorothy Paget?–?
- Name
- Dorothy Paget
- Given names
- Dorothy
- Surname
- Paget
| Australian History | 1696 Note: Dutch explorer Willem de Vlamingh charts the southwestern coast of Australia, making landfall at Rottnest Island and the site of the present-day city of Perth. |
| Death of a brother | 1741
brother -
Brig.-General Thomas Paget
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| Australian History | 1770 Note: English Lieutenant James Cook's expedition in HM Bark Endeavour charts the eastern coast, and claims it for the British Crown. Australia dubbed 'terra nullius' i.e., according to the European legal precepts of the era, it was 'owned' by no-one. |
| Australian History | 1788 Note: The British First Fleet, led by Governor Arthur Phillip arrives in New South Wales to found first European settlement and penal colony at Sydney. Colony includes 'all the islands adjacent in the Pacific Ocean' and running westward to the 135th meridian east. This claim included the islands of New Zealand, which were administered as part of New South Wales. Note: British settlement founded at Norfolk Island. |
| Australian History | 1790 Note: Beleaguered Second Fleet arrives. Colony gripped by food crisis. |
| Australian History | 1792 Note: Two French ships, La Recherche and L'Esp�rance, anchor at Recherche Bay, near the southernmost point of Tasmania at a time when England and France were racing around the globe to be the first to discover and colonise Australia. Note: Governor Philip returns to England, accompanied by his friend Bennelong and a companion who become the first Australian born person to sail to Europe. |
| Death | yes |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
The Hon. Henry Paget
Birth after 1637 27 Death yes Loading...
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| mother |
Mary O'Rorke
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Marriage: 29 March 1684 — Altrincham, Cheshire, England |
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| #1 brother |
Brig.-General Thomas Paget
Death 1741 Loading...
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| #2 herself |
Dorothy Paget
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Last change 14 August 2012 - 20:37:07by: Jason Potts JP
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