[Editor: A poem published in The Sydney Gazette, and New South Wales Advertiser, 29 July 1804.] Epitaph On a Monkey that usually occupied the summit of a high post in the yard of a Gentleman in Sydney. Beneath this behold’d spot, in death repos’d, Lies the grim corse … [Read more...] about Epitaph [poem, 29 July 1804]
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Proclamation [Martial Law declared in NSW, 11 March 1804]
[Editor: Governor King declares Martial Law in areas of New South Wales, following the outbreak of the Castle Hill rebellion. Published in The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, 11 March 1804.] Proclamation By Philip Gidley King, Esq, Captain-General and … [Read more...] about Proclamation [Martial Law declared in NSW, 11 March 1804]
Insurrection [Castle Hill rebellion, 11 March 1804]
[Editor: A report on the Castle Hill rebellion of 1804. Published in The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, 11 March 1804.] Insurrection. At half past eleven o’clock on Sunday night an express was received by His Excellency, from Captain Abbot, Commanding … [Read more...] about Insurrection [Castle Hill rebellion, 11 March 1804]