Tumut

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1840

• Hobson made lieutenant-governor of New Zealand: treaty of Waitangi concluded.
  

• Transportation to Australian mainland abolished.
  

• McMillan discovers and Strzelecki explores Gippsland.
  

• Adelaide incorporated. Perth Inquirer first issued.
  

• Caroline Chisholm begins her immigration work.
  

• Murder of John Hume html 24 January 1840 (694 words)
  

• Murder of Mr. Hume html 27 January 1840 (316 words) 
  

• More Murders, Marulan html 31 January 1840 (160 words)
  

• Hamilton Hume Sets Out in Search of John’s Murderers html 31 January 1840 (429 words)
  

• Proposed Village of Camden read 14 February 1840 (287 words)
  

• Port Phillip - Overland Arrivals read 15 February 1840 (158 words)
  

• Steam Ships are Viable  html 17 February 1840 (1,530 words)
  

• Cautioned From Purchasing html 30 March 1840 (126 words)
  

• Not Sufficient Evidence html 20 May 1840 (74 words)
  

• Robbery by Armed Bushrangers html 16 June 1840 (135 words)
  

• Requests Meeting By Particular Desire html 22 June 1840 (103 words)
  

• Bingham not Acted Fairly html 30 June 1840 (280 words) 
  

• Colonial Gaols html 20 July 1840 (452 words)
  

• Wheat for Sale html 20 July 1840 (40 words)
  

• Birth to Mrs. George Shelley, a Daughter html 27 July 1840 (27 words)
  

• Strayed from Tumut River html 6 August 1840 (120 words) 
  

• Iron Wire Fencing for Sale html 13 August 1840 (101 words)
  

• Mr. Bingham, Murrumbidgee html 19 August 1840 (870 Words)
  

• Wheat For Sale at Bumbowlee read 7 September 1840 (40 words)
  

• Hume & Murrumbidgee are Bank High html 16 September 1840 (720 words)
  

• Murdered by the Blacks, Hume River html 19 October 1840 (227 words)
  

• Tumut, Public Pound html 3 November 1840 (59 words)
  

• Found by George Shelly html 13 November 1840 (76 words)
  

• Commissioner, Henry Bingham Hard Pressed html 28 November 1840 (593 words)
  

1841

• New Zealand separated from New South Wales.
  

• Eyre 's march' round the Bight.
  

• Clarke finds gold on Cox 's River.
  

• Sydney first lit with gas.
  

• First savings-banks established at Melbourne and Adelaide.
  

• Cattle Wanted on thirds at Tumt River read 23 January 1841 (57 words) ; 
  

• New Land Regulations html 20 February 1841 (231 words)
  

• Overland Route from Sydney to Port Phillip html 6 March 1841 (3,873 words)
  

• Sharp – Brown Partnership on the Murrumbidgee Dissolved read 6 March 1841 (85 words)
  

• Murrumbidgee Squatters ask for a Police Magistrate  read 21 April 1841 (1,033 words)
  

• Townships on the Road from Yass to Melbourne read 1 May 1841 (428 words)
  

• Gundagai, Sale of Town Allotments read 21 May 1841 (287 words)
  

• Overland Route to Port Phillip read 3 July 1841 (2,198 words)
  

• Tumut, New Pound keeper read 5 August 1841 (33 words)
  

• Celebrated Draught Horse to stand at Tarrabandra read 26 August 1841 (94 words)
  

• Natives Slaughtered on the Murray read 15 September 1841 (917 words)
  

• Henry Bingham’s reply to Aboriginal Circular read 18 September 1841 (715 words)
  

• Indicted for Stealing a Horse at the Tumut River read 20 September 1841 (293 words)
  

• Conditional Pardon for William Warby read 24 September 1841 (94 words)
  

• Murder of Timothy Murphy on the Murrumbidgee  read 30 September 1841 (116 words)
  

• Questions on Aborigines Circulated to remote gentlemen read 30 October 1841 (492 words)
  

• Cattle Driven Away at Limestone Plains  read 8 October 1841 (475 words)
  

• Benjamin Barber, reply to Aborigines Circular read 30 October 1841 (790 words)
  

• Pasturage Licenses Murrumbidgee read 2 November 1841 (252 words) 
  

• George Shelley’s reply to Aborigines Circular read 6 November 1841 (557 words)
  

• Town Allotments at Gundagai (& other places)  read 2 December 1841 (518 words)
  

• Bushrangers Heading for Tumut read 23 December 1841 (74 words)
  

• Birth of a son to Mrs Rowland Shelley at Tumut Plains read 27 December 1841 (30 words);
  

1842

• Imperial act 'for the Government of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land' passed.
  

• Sydney and Melbourne incorporated.
  

• South Australia becomes a crown colony.
  

• Copper discovered at Kapunda (S.A.).
  

• Moreton Bay opened to free settlers.
  

• Three Armed Bushrangers Stole Horse read 31 January 1842 (98 words)
  

• Sheep Sold at Tumut by Shelley read 9 February 1842 (37 words)
  

• The South Country html 10 February 1842 (1,651 words)
  

• Colonel Leahy's Celebrated Fattening Station For Sale html 12 April 1842 (373 words)
  

• Magistrates Appointed (including Tumut) html 28 April 1842 (138 words) 
  

• O'Brien v. Brigstock html 2 June html 1842 (960 words)
  

• Murrumbidgee html 13 June 1842 (463 words)
  

• Birth of a son to Mrs George Shelley html 13 June 1842 (26 words)
  

• Great South Road Meeting read 14 June 1842 The Sydney Herald (442 words)
  

• Invisible Wire Fencing for sale html 12 July 1842 (52 words)
  

• Mounted Border Police html 15 August 1842 (454 words)
  

• John Strachan appointed Tumut pound keeper html 17 August 1842 (37 words)
  

• Murrumbidgee  Pasturage Licenses read 1 November 1842 (313 words)
  

• Thoroughbred to stand at Brungle  html 29 November 1842 (45 words)
  

• Auction, Darbalara on the Tumut River html 30 December 1842 (272 words)
  

1843

• New South Wales obtains 'representative' government, Moreton Bay and Port Phillip being represented in the Sydney council.
  

• Ridley invents the stripper.
  

• Financial crisis, during which Bank of Australia fails.
  

• Death of Grace Bingham read 26 January 1843 (51 words)
  

• Overseer wanted on road to Tumut read 31 March 1843 (55 words)
  

• New Post Offices at Gundagai, Albury & Armidale hread 1 April 1843 (117 words)
  

• News from the Tumut River html 12 June 1843 (542 words)
  

• Tumut River Road Gang men Murdered read 17 June 1843 (63 words)
  

• Young Hero to Stand This Season at Adelong Creek html 29 August 1843 (140 words)
  

• Free Pardon for William Warby read 15 September 1843 (47 words)
  

• Mail Washed Away at Jugiong html 12 October 1843 (203 words)
  

• Marriages, Tumut Plains html 20 November 1843 (81 words)
  

• Gundagai General Store html 25 November 1843 (95 words)
  

• Bushrangers Infesting the Yass District html 4 December 1843 (183 words)
  

1844

• Sturt explores central Australia.
  

• Leichhardt starts out for Port Essington.
  

• Norfolk Island annexed to Tasmania.
  

• Port Phillip district petitions for separation from New South Wales.
  

• Report from Goulburn html 15 January 1844 (750 words)
  

• Southern Districts Report read 30 January 1844 (1,185 words)
  

• Death of William Shelley html 16 January 1844 (30 words)
  

• Boiling Down Establishment html 20 January 1844 (174 word)
  

• Report from Murray River html 5 February 1844 (238 words)
  

• John Daly in Tumut Lockup html 12 February 1844 (121 words)
  

• Atrocious murder on the Hume River Read 12 February 1844 (119 words)
  

• Boiling Establishment at Tarrabandra html 5 March 1844 (142 words)
  

• Yass, Horses for India html 26 March 1845 (728 words)
  

• The Southern Mail Robbed Again read 29 March 1844 (76 words)
  

• News from the Interior - Yass html 24 May 1844 (266 words)
  

• News from the Interior - Yass html 10 June 1844 (271 words)
  

• News from the Interior - Gundagai html 29 July 1844 (1,733 word)
  

• Yass, Bushranging html 29 July 1844 (119 words)
  

• Tallow, Gundagai html 20 August 1844 (718 words) 
  

• News From the Interior - Gundagai html 20 August 1844 (1,608 words)
  

• A Few Remarks Respecting Your Correspondent html 22 August 1844 (1,119words)
  

• Gundagai, Report from the Interior html 2 September 1844 (850 words)
  

• Conveyance of Mails html 2 September 1844 (596 words)
  

• News html 7 September 1844 (293 words)
  

• Tallow html 10 September 1844 (307 words)
  

• Murder of John Daley, Tumut html 12 September 1844 (3,456 words) ;
  

• Letting Lands Within and Without the Limits of The Colony html 13 September 1844 (2,311 words) 
  

• Murder at Tumut River, Patrick Dwyer Charged read 15 September 1843 (1,687 words)
  

• Comforts of Travelers html 4 October 1844 (718 words)
  

• News from the Interior, Gundagai html 10 October 1844 (916 words) 
  

• Gundagai Inundation html 29 October 1844 (words)
  

• The Floods html 2 November 1844 (372 words)
  

• News from the Interior, Gundagai html 11 November 1844 (1,073 words)
  

• Aborigines conduct was noble and praiseworthy html 23 November 1844 (288 words)
  

• Gundagai Complains of the Risk html 17 December 1844 (51 words)
  

• Township of Gundagai html 27 December 1844 (151 words)
  

• Reports from Gundagai html 30 December 1844 (295 words)
  

1845

• Sturt discovers Cooper's Creek.
  

• Leichhardt reaches Port Essington.
  

• Copper discovered at Burra Burra (S.A.).
  

• Horse Stolen from Tumut Police Station html 8 January 1845 (100 words)
  

• Report from Gundagai  html 22 January 1845 (1,453 words)
  

• Report from the Murrumbidgee html 29 January 1845 (1,363 words)
  

• Gundagai at an End? html 29 January 1845 (231 words)
  

• He Buys for Better or Worse html 29 January 1845 (183 words) 
  

• Marriage of Robert Broughton & Sarah read 29 January 1845 (55 words)
  

• Cannot Sanction Exchange html 13 February 1845 (836 words)
  

• To Protect the Interests of the Crown html 13 February 1845 (1,299 words)
  

• Deputy Surveyor-General Responds html 15 February 1845 (2,163 words)
  

• Source of Flood Water Being Snow Questioned  html 18 February 1845 (398 words)
  

• Perry Responds to SMH Comments  html 18 February 1845 (801 words)
  

• Gundagai Township Flood html 22 February 1845 (606 words)
  

• News from the Interior, Murrumbidgee html 26 February 1845 (1,188 words)
  

• The Governor Alone Is Responsible html 1 March 1845 (240 words)
  

• Punts and the Post html 12 March 1845 (398 words)
  

• The People of Gundagai Don’t Wish to Move html 27 March 1845 (334 words) 
  

• Rail Road to Port Phillip? html 5 April 1845 (3,213 words)
  

• Railway Visionary and Ridiculous html 18 April 1845 (3,328 words)
  

• Recent Land Discovery html 17 May 1845 (271 words)
  

• Scarcity of Working Bullocks html 27 June 1845 (111 words)
  

• Gundagai Report html 22 July 1845 ( 857 words) 
  

• Gundagai General Store html 30 August 1845 (53 word)
  

• Birth of twin daughters at Tumut Plains read 5 December 1845 (31 words)
  

• Report on Aborigines html 17 December 1845 (1,425 words)
  

• Married - John Stiles & Charlotte read 31 December 1845 (42 words)
  

1846

• Mitchell on the Barcoo River.
  

• Moreton Buy Courier and Melbourne Argus first published.
  

• The Chisholms organize the Family Colonization Loan Society in England.
  

• Governor Fitzroy arrives.
  

• J. A. Broughton Request Cattle Branding read 30 January 1846 (67 words)
  

• The Aborigines html 7 February 1846  (1,827 words) 
  

• Lower Murrumbidgee News html 17 February 1846 (1,048 words) 
  

• To Let by George Shelley, Grampian Hills html 23 February 1846  (90 words) 
  

• Stezleki on New South Wales html 27 March 1846 (2,036)   
  

• Railways html 18 May 1846  (1,544 words) 
  

• Lower Murrumbidgee News html 27 May 1846 (188 words) 
  

• Separation of Tumut, Adelong & Wagga Wagga from NSW read 28 May 1846 (364 words)
  

• Lower Murrimbidgee News html 22 July 1846 (1,247 words) 
  

• Comment on the past 20 years of the Police Beyond the Boundaries read 5 August 1846 (2,121 words)
  

• Lower Murrumbidgee News html 26 August 1846  (1,496 words) 
  

• Lower Murrumbidgee News html 9 September 1846  (805 words) 
  

• Overland Party Have Arrived Safe in Adelaide html 10 September 1846 (115 words) 
  

• Edward Crisp Drowned html 23 September 1846 (101 words) 
  

• Bay Mare Lost html 7 November 1846  (72 words) 
  

• Lower Murrumbidgee Report html 9 November 1846 (861 words)
  

• List of subscriptions for building a Church in Gunning read 26 November 1846 (553 words)
  

• 1000 Head of Quiet Cattle html 28 December 1846 (127 words) 
  

1847

• Kennedy discovers Thomson River (Q.).
  

• Leichhardt leaves Moreton Bay on his last expedition.
  

• North Australia colony established and abandoned.
  

• Australian Agricultutall Co.'s coal monopoly ceases.
  

• Overland mail between Sydney and Adelaide organized.
  

• Petty Sessions html 1 May 1847 (195 words)
  

• Apocryphal Animal html 9 February 1847 (1,299 words)
  

• Lost at the Sandy Falls html 2 April 1847 (82 words)
  

• Petty Sessions html 29 May 1847 (108 word)
  

• Apocryphal Animal  html 16 June 1847 (745 words)
  

• Cattle and Horses For Sale – Tumut River read 19 June 1847 (62 words)
  

• Birth of a son to J.C.Whitty read 11 August 1847 (34 words)
  

• Capture of Bushrangers html 13 August 1847 (84 words)
  

• Death of Elizabeth Moore Hume html 28 August 1847 (79 words) 
  

• Boundaries of Phillipsland (Victoria) and Cooksland (NSW) html 28 September 1847 (943 words)
  

• suggestion that the new colony based on Port Phillip be called Phillipsland html 4 October 1847 (174 words)
  

• Leases of Crown Lands Beyond the Settled Districts read 9 October 1847 (584 words)
  

• Station & Stock for Sale html 16 December 1847 (90 words)
  

1848

• Kennedy murdered at Escape River.
  

• Order-in-council abolishing transportation New South Wales revoked.
  

• The New Constitution? html 29 January 1848 (185 words)
  

• Log Canoe Swamped, Wagga html 29 January 1848 (110 words)
  

• Nimbo, a Dairy Station For Sale read 17 February 1948 (120 words)
  

• "Buggy," Apprehended html 21 February 1848 (134 words) 
  

• Henry Hilton Chief Constable at Tumut html 24 February 1847 (35 words)
  

• Bradley and Others V. Keighran html  pdf 23 March 1848 (4,103 words)
  

• Gundagai News html 27 May 1848 (327 words)
  

• Murrumbidgee, Fatal Onslaught html 27 May 1848 (554 words)
  

• Gundagai Report html 17 June 1848 (193 words)
  

• Henry Hilton, Tumut Inspector of Slaughter- houses html 28 June 1848 (45 words)
  

• Wanted a Working Overseer, Mingay read 19 August 1848 (40 words)
  Gundagai News html 14 September 1848 (1,003 words)
  

• Crown Lands Beyond The Settled Districts html 12 October 1848 (7,798 words)
  

• Crown Lands Beyond The Settled Districts html 13 October 1848 (10,604 words)
  

• Crown Lands Beyond The Settled Districts html 16 October 1848 (7,762 words
  

• Henry Hilton, Tumut, Inspector of Distilleries read 10 November 1848 (114 words)
  

• Site has been fixed upon for a Township of Tumut read html 22 December 1848 (84 words)
  

1849

• Indignant demonstrations in Melbourne and Sydney against revival of transporta¬tion.
  

• Port Essington abandoned.
  

• Great exodus of population to California.
  

• Henry Hilton, Tumut Appointed District Auctioneer html 3 February 1849 (50 words)
  

• Gundagai Court read 17 February 1849 (347 words)
  

• Death of Andrew Hamilton Hume read 5 October 1849 (99 words)
  

• Gundagai News read 27 October 1849 (415 words)
  

Items in black below are not newspaper articles.

These items are a reprint of the

"The Australian Encyclodaedia"

Vol. 1, pages 257 - 261

Edited by Arthur Wilberforce Jose and Herbert James Carter

in collaboration with T.G. Tucker C.B.G, Litt.D. (camb.)

Originally printed by Angus & Robertson Limited in1927.