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John Richardson1736–?

Name
John Richardson
Given names
John
Surname
Richardson
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Birth 1736
 

MarriageSarah Bussy - View family
yes
 

Birth of a son
#1		 1758 (Age 22)
 Yorkshire, England

son - William Richardson
Australian History 1770 (Age 34)
 

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.
Marriage of a sonWilliam Richardson - View family
1781 (Age 45)
 Drax, North Yorkshire, England

son - William Richardson
daughter-in-law - Jane Ruler
Birth of a grandson
#1		 1783 (Age 47)
 Cowick Near Exeter, Devon, England

grandson - Swain Richardson
Australian History 1788 (Age 52)
 

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 (Age 54)
 

Note: Beleaguered Second Fleet arrives. Colony gripped by food crisis.
Australian History 1792 (Age 56)
 

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.
Australian History 1797 (Age 61)
 

Note: Sydney Cove wrecked and some survivors travelled from Bass Strait to Port Jackson allowing for the rescue of others but also furthering knowledge of the geography of Australia.
Australian History 1798 (Age 62)
 

Note: 1798-9 - George Bass and Matthew Flinders sail from Sydney and circumnavigate Tasmania, thus proving it to be an island.
Death of a son 1800 (Age 64)
 

son - William Richardson
Australian History 1803 (Age 67)
 

Note: Matthew Flinders completes the first circumnavigation of the continent (still known as 'New Holland')
Australian History 1804 (Age 68)
 

Note: A settlement is founded at Risdon on the Derwent River in Van Diemen's Land by Lieutenant Bowen.
Note: Castle Hill convict rebellion also known as the second Battle of Vinegar Hill
Note: The Risdon settlement is moved to Sullivan's Cove (now Hobart) by Colonel David Collins.
Australian History 1808 (Age 72)
 

Note: The Rum Rebellion
Marriage of a grandsonSwain Richardson - View family
11 October 1814 (Age 78)
 

grandson - Swain Richardson
grandson's wife - Hannah Mitchell
Australian History 1817 (Age 81)
 

Note: John Oxley charts the Lachlan River
Note: Australia's first bank, the Bank of New South Wales, opens in Macquarie Place, Sydney (it became Westpac in 1982).
Note: Governor Lachlan Macquarie petitioned the British Admiralty to use the name 'Australia' instead of 'New Holland'
Australian History 1818 (Age 82)
 

Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River.
Australian History 1824 (Age 88)
 

Note: A penal colony is founded at Moreton Bay, now the city of Brisbane.
Note: Bathurst and Melville Islands are annexed.
Note: Permission granted to change the name of the continent from 'New Holland' to 'Australia'
Note: 1824-25 - Hume and Hovell expedition travels overland to Port Phillip Bay, discovers Murray River
Australian History 1825 (Age 89)
 

Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Australian History 1828 (Age 92)
 

Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History 1829 (Age 93)
 

Note: The whole of Australia is claimed as British territory. The settlement of Perth is founded. Swan River Colony is declared by Charles Fremantle for Britain.
Australian History 1830 (Age 94)
 

Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Australian History 1831 (Age 95)
 

Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History 1832 (Age 96)
 

Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History 1833 (Age 97)
 

Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History 1835 (Age 99)
 

Note: John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner establish a settlement at Port Phillip, now the city of Melbourne.
Note: William Wentworth establishes Australian Patriotic Association (Australia's first political party) to demand democracy for New South Wales.
Australian History 1836 (Age 100)
 

Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History 1838 (Age 102)
 

Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History 1839 (Age 103)
 

Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Death of a grandson 18 April 1840 (Age 104)
 Snaith, Yorkshire, England

grandson - Swain Richardson
Australian History 1840 (Age 104)
 

Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Deathyes
 

Family with Sarah Bussy - View family
himself
John Richardson

Birth 1736  

Death yes  

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wife
Sarah Bussy

Death yes  

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Marriage: yes
#1 son
William Richardson

Birth 1758 22  Yorkshire, England

Death 1800 (Age 42)  

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