Part 2 - Early Years in New South Wales 1839 - May 1851
All correspondence is inwards to Clarke (WBC) unless otherwise indicated. The majority of the correspondence is to be found amongst the Clarke family papers and other collections in the Mitchell Library and Dixson Library, Sydney. Entries marked with an asterisk *' are items of correspondence involving Clarke but not necessarily addressed to him. An entry with a question mark ?' indicates some doubt exists regarding the precise date or authorship of the letter. Historical annotations of a personal nature are also included. Items marked with a hash # are transcribed and reproduced in Ann Moyal, The Web of Science , 2003.
1839
22 January - W.B. Clarke and family leave England aboard the Roxburgh Castle. They stop over at Table Bay , Cape Town , from 28 March - c2 April. William is very sick for the remainder of the voyage.
6 March - Benjamin Silliman
27 May - Roxburgh Castle arrives in Sydney
c.June - W.G. Broughton, Bishop of Sydney
5 June - W.G. Broughton, Bishop of Sydney *
c.July - King's School Prospectus announced Clarke as new principal.
2 August - W.G. Broughton, Bishop of Sydney
10 August - J.R.B. Scarvell
10 August - Letter to Sydney Gazette
20 August - Article for Sydney Gazette
22 August - Letter to Sydney Gazette
9 September - WBC to Adam Sedgwick {Cambridge University Library} #
6 November - Article by WBC read to Geological Society of London
1840
c.1840s - William Sharp Macleay
January - Visit to Illawarra with J.D. Dana et al.
19 February? - Warland
26 April 1840s - W.G. Broughton, Bishop of Sydney
20 May 1840s - W.G. Broughton, Bishop of Sydney
15 July 1840s - W.G. Broughton, Bishop of Sydney
3 February - James Dwight Dana #
19 February - N. Brice
24 June - Anniversary Sermon
13 August - WBC to Adam Sedgwick {Cambridge University Library} #
14 August - WBC to Murchison. Published in Literary Gazette
31 August - Officially resigns from King's School, though continues as principal until December
17 September - W.G. Broughton, Bishop of Sydney
21 September - W.G. Broughton, Bishop of Sydney
October Clarke is offered the parish of Prospect
14 October - W.O. Bartlett
29 October - W.G. Broughton, Bishop of Sydney
December - A Christmas Offering
16 December - Closes doors of King's School
23 December - N. Brice
1841
February - first trip over the Blue Mountains to Mount Victoria and Lithgow. Gold first seen.
2 February - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
4 February - Henry Kerrison James
9 February - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
23-24 February - Philip Parker King #
12 April William Lonsdale #
21 April - Paper by Clarke is presented to the Geological Society of London
June - The Logic of the Times
16 June - W.G. Broughton, Bishop of Sydney
25 June - Sir Frederick McCoy
29 June - WBC to A. Sedgwick {Cambridge University Library} #
9 July - W.G. Broughton, Bishop of Sydney
24 July - Philip Parker King #
25 July WBC to Philip Parker King #
27 July - Philip Parker King #
28 July - Philip Parker King #
21 August - Article in Sydney Morning Herald
27 August - W.G. Broughton, Bishop of Sydney
8 October - Edmund Hight
23 October - Sydney Morning Herald report on lecture
22 November - C.B. Godfrey
1 December - Meeting of Australian Museum committee
20 December - Rev. Charles Pleydell Neale Wilton #
21 December - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
23 December - James Dunlop
1842
Mrs Clarke and her three children leave Sydney aboard the brig Jack on 1 January 1842 , not to return until December 1856. Clarke carried on his duties as roving parson, geologist, and newspaper journalist. Clarke also visited Newcastle and Lake Macquarie during this year.
6 January - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
15 January - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
16 January - James Dunlop #
20 January - Letter to Australasian Chronicle
22 January - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
2 February George Edward Peacock #
7 February - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
10 February George Edward Peacock #
12 February - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
28 February - Unidentified
1 March - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
7 March - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
9 March - T. Wilkinson
11 March - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
22 March George Edward Peacock #
7 April - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
14 April - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
16 April - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
16 April - Francis Hartwell Henslowe #
22 April - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
26 April - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
26 April - Philip Parker King #
26 April - Capt. John Lort Stokes #
26 April - James Taylor
26 April - Rev. C.P.N. Wilton #
27 April - Charles Macarthur
30 April - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
c. May William Sharp Macleay #
6 May - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
6 May - Rev. Lancelot Edward Threlkeld
7 May - Thomas Beckford Simpson
12 May - Charles Macarthur
16 May - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
23 May - R.Barton
24 May - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
25 May - James Dunlop #
3 June - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
4 June - Thomas Beckford Simpson
13 June - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
14 June - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
15 June - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
16 June Ludwig Leichhardt #
17 June - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
24 June - James Charles Burnett #
24 June - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
26 June - William Sharp Macleay #
27 June - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
4 July - William Sharp Macleay #
4 July - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
16 July - William Sharp Macleay #
16 July - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
26 July - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
28 July - W.G. Broughton, Bishop of Sydney
1 August - Mordaunt William Shipley Clarke
1 August - Robert M Westward
5 August - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
29 August - WBC to Adam Sedgwick {Cambridge University Library} #
29 August - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
29 August - Fossil Pine Forest article
31 August - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
September - offered the parish of Gresford
2 September - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
10 September - Church Committee, Gresford, NSW
15 September - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
16 September - Capt. John Lort Stokes #
17 September - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
19 September - Church Committee, Gresford, NSW
20 September - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
23 September - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
23 September - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
29 September - Philip Parker King #
3 October - Arthur a'Beckett
8 October - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
13 October - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
19 October - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
26 October - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
11 November - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
19 November - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
1 December - Joseph Beete Jukes #
2 December - discovers trilobites at Burragood, Paterson River
9 December - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
10 December - James Charles Burnett #
12 December - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
27 December - Mordaunt William Shipley Clarke
1843
Philip Parker King #
2 January - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
3 January - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
22 January - Renn Hampden
2 February WBC to Adam Sedgwick {Cambridge University Library} re fossil tree paper #
c. March - Adolphe Theodore Brongniart
4 March - Louisa Whitty
9 March - Francis John King
9 March - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
6 April - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
7 April - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
4 May - W.G. Broughton, Bishop of Sydney
4 May - Rev. E. Hawkins
15 May - Mordaunt William Shipley Clarke
19 May - Renn Hampden
31 May - Rev. Adam Sedgwick #
13 June - foundation stone set for St Thomas 's, North Shore
13 July - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
17 July - Mr A. Murray
17 July - Unidentified
21 July - Mrs Hampden
25 July - Renn Hampden
25 July - Unidentified
28 July - Mr A. Murray
7 August - Rev. William West Simpson
22 August WBC to John Philip Gell #
26 September - Rev. C.P.N. Wilton #
6 November - H.W. Nichols
14 November WBC to W.S. Macleay {Linnean Society, London } #
18-20 November - WBC to Adam Sedgwick {Cambridge University Library} #
20 November - W.S. Macleay to WBC {Cambridge University Library} #
22 November - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
27 November - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
1 December - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
23 December - H.W. Nichols
23 December - Sir Charles Nicholson
29 December - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
30 December - Renn Hampden
1844
Clarke wrote lead articles solely for the Australian during this year, breaking his ties with the Sydney Morning Herald , though he returned in 1845 as co-editor of contributions.
William Sharp Macleay #
4 January - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
5 January - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
11 January - Renn Hampden
15 January - Letter to Aust
22 January - Letter to Aust
23 January - Renn Hampden
15 February - Article for The Australian
21 February - Clarke informs Governor Gipps of gold discoveries near Bathurst during 1841
4 March WBC to William Sharpe Macleay {Linnean Society, London } #
26 March - Article for The Australian
28 March - Article for The Australian
4 April - Article for The Australian
5 April - Article for The Australian
9 April - Article for The Australian
10 April - Renn Hampden
12 April WBC to William Sharpe Macleay {Linnean Society, London } #
15 April WBC to William Sharpe Macleay {Linnean Society, London } #
15 April - Renn Hampden
18 April - Article for The Australian
20 April - WBC to Adam Sedgwick {Cambridge University Library} #
20 April - Article for The Australian
24 April - Article for The Australian
26 April - Article for The Australian
27 April - Renn Hampden
4 May - Article for The Australian
7 May - Article for The Australian
10 May - Article for The Australian
15 May - Article for The Australian
17 May - WBC to Adam Sedgwick {Cambridge University Library}
18 May - W.G. Broughton, Bishop of Sydney
25 May - Article for The Australian
27 May - Article for The Australian
28 May - Article for The Australian
28 May - W.G. Broughton, Bishop of Sydney
29 May WBC to William Sharpe Macleay {Linnean Society, London } #
31 May - William Sharp Macleay #
June - William Sharp Macleay #
3 June - Article for The Australian
13 June - Article for The Australian
4 July - Article for The Australian
9 July - Article for The Australian
11 July - Article for The Australian
17 July - Article for The Australian
18 July - Article for The Australian
25 July - Article for The Australian
31 July - Article for The Australian
1 August - H.W. Nichols
6 August - Article for The Australian
13 August - Article for The Australian
14 August - Article for The Australian
21 August - William Sharp Macleay #
23 August - Article for The Australian
12 September - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
9 October - Rev. Adam Sedgwick #
November Clarke despatches a collection of fossils to Adam Sedgwick at Cambridge
14 December - Rev. G. Vidal
16 December - James Charles Burnett #
19 December - Rev. G. Vidal
1845
c.1845 Unidentified
William Sharpe Macleay #
January Clarke discovers more fossils at Burragood, Paterson River
1 January - T. Makinson
9 January - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
24 January - Sydney Morning Herald
24 January - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald , from Muswellbrook
31 January - Philip Parker King #
2 February - T.E. Lance
18 February Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell #
8 April - WBC to Adam Sedgwick {Cambridge University Library} #
12 April - H.W. Nichols
22 April - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
2-5 May - Rev. H.H. Bobart
9 May - B.B.
23 May - Sydney Morning Herald
30 May - WBC to Adam Sedgwick {Cambridge University Library} #
11 June - H.W. Nichols
17 June - Joseph Beete Jukes #
16 July - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
7 August - W.G. Broughton, Bishop of Sydney
5 October - Thomas Beckford Simpson
10 October - Church wardens, St Peter's, Campbelltown
10 November - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
17 November - Capt. Frederick J. Evans #
17 November - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
18 November - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
19 November - Harold Selwyn Smith
20 November - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
28 November - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
December - Clarke and J.B. Jukes at Illawarra
2 December - Philip Parker King #
16 December - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
17 December - Joseph Beete Jukes #
1846
7 January - Charles Stevens
26 January - Mr Hampden
1 February - Joseph Beete Jukes #
3 February - Rev. Adam Sedgwick #
4 February WBC to Philip Parker King #
11 February WBC to Philip Parker King #
7 February - W.G. Broughton, Bishop of Sydney
14 February - Rev. Adam Sedgwick #
16 March - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
27 March - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
3 April - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
14 April - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
16 April - H.W. Nichols
29 April - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
May - P.P. King shows Clarke trilobite from near Queanbeyan
1 May - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
26 May - Richard Jones
26 May Ronald Campbell Gunn #
27 May - Rev. C.P.N. Wilton #
27 May - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
29 May - Article on Trilobites
29 May WBC to Ronald Campbell Gunn #
22 June - W.G. Broughton, Bishop of Sydney
24 June - W.G. Broughton, Bishop of Sydney
25 June Frederick McCoy #
26 June - W.G. Broughton, Bishop of Sydney *
5 June - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
30 June - Rev. Adam Sedgwick #
1 July - Ronald Campbell Gunn #
2 July - W.G. Broughton, Bishop of Sydney *
4 July - John Jean
24 July - W.G. Broughton, Bishop of Sydney
1 August - W.G. Broughton, Bishop of Sydney
3 August - W.G. Broughton, Bishop of Sydney
5 August - St Thomas 's, North Shore , consecrated
14 August - Sir Charles Nicholson
15 August - Rev. C.P.N. Wilton *
16 August - Gid Scott #
20 August - Rev. C.P.N. Wilton #
20 August - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
4 September - Philip Parker King #
8 September - Philip Parker King
14 September - Archdeacon William Macquarie Cowper
15 September - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
17 September - W.G. Broughton, Bishop of Sydney
25 September - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
28 September - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
2 October - Edward Sandford
3 October - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
10 October - Edward Sandford
12 October - W.A. Miles
12 October - Sedgwick to Jukes re WBC {Cambridge University Library}
13 October - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
19 October - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
27 October - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
12 November - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
17 November - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
17 November - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
25 November - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
1 December - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
9 December - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
10 December - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
21 December - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
1847
c.1847 - Edmund Besley Court Kennedy
1 January - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
8 January - Rev. Adam Sedgwick #
18 January - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
23 January - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
4 February - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
8 February - Sir Charles Cowper
25 February - Ronald Campbell Gunn #
2 March - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
12 March - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
2 April - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
6 May - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
17 May - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
11 June - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
19 June - WBC to Adam Sedgwick {Cambridge University Library} #
23 June - James Rusden
7 July - Philip Parker King #
7 July WBC to Philip Parker King #
9 July - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
12 July - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
26 July - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
7 August WBC to Ludwig Leichhardt #
20 August - George Gilmore
24 August - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
25 August - Rev. Edward Gifford Pryce
20 September - Rev. Edward Gifford Pryce
28 September - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
29 November - Rev. Adam Sedgwick #
30 November - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
30 November WBC to Richard Owen { British Museum } #
4 December Ludwig Leichhardt #
6 December - William Sharp Macleay #
1848
3 January WBC to Edmund Kennedy #
10 January - John Stirling
22 January - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
25 January - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
26 January - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
17 February WBC to Frederick McCoy {Cambridge University Library} #
22 February - Sermon
26 February Ludwig Leichhardt #
29 February - Rev. James Walker
March Edmund Kennedy #
3 March - Rev. James Walker
15 March - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
16 March - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
7 April - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
7 April - Article for Magazine of Natural History
24 April - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
26 April - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
29 April - Joseph Beete Jukes #
3 May - W.G. Broughton, Bishop of Sydney
8 May - W.G. Broughton, Bishop of Sydney
8 May - W.B. Clarke to ?
9 May - Rev. James Walker
10 May - Rev. James Walker
16 May - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
18 May - W.G. Broughton, Bishop of Sydney (2)
18 May - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
25 May - Edmund Besley Court Kennedy
25 May - W.G. Broughton, Bishop of Sydney
25 May - W.B. Clarke to ?
27 May - W.G. Broughton, Bishop of Sydney
27 May - William Nooles
30 May - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
5 June - Joseph Beete Jukes #
16 June - WBC to Adam Sedgwick {Cambridge University Library} #
20 June - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
27 June - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
10 July - W.G. Broughton, Bishop of Sydney
11 July - Sydney Morning Herald article
14 July - W.B. Clarke to ?
24 July - W.G. Broughton, Bishop of Sydney
2 August - Rev. William West Simpson
5 August - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
21 August - J.B. Laughton
1 September - Philip Parker King
5 September - Unidentified
12 September - W.G. Broughton, Bishop of Sydney
12 September WBC to Philip Parker King #
18 September Henry Piddington #
1 November - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
14 November - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
2 December - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
5 December - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
1849
Clarke Visits Illawarra and discovers oil shale at Mount Keira.
c.1849 - Capt. John Lort Stokes #
2 February - WBC to Adam Sedgwick {Cambridge University Library} #
16 February - Edward Hammond Hargraves*
16 February - Sydney Morning Herald
16 February - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
1 March - St James' College, Sydney
1 March - St James' College, Sydney *
6 March - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
7 March - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
27 March - Rev. Adam Sedgwick #
28 March - Rev. Edward Gifford Pryce
2 April - WBC to Miss Reddall
6 April - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
16 April - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
24 April - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
12 May - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
29 May - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
4 June - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
9 June - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
18 June Henry Piddington #
20 June - P.P. King to Sedgwick re WBC fossils {Cambridge University Library}
23 June - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
30 June - W.G. Broughton, Bishop of Sydney
3 July - W.G. Broughton, Bishop of Sydney
3 July - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
7 July - W.G. Broughton, Bishop of Sydney
12 July - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
13 July - P.P. King to Sedgwick re WBC fossils {Cambridge University Library}
13 July WBC to Ronald Campbell Gunn #
19 July - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
23 July - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
28 July - James Nicol to Sedgwick re WBC fossils {Cambridge University Library}
31 July - C. Thurlow
2 August - C. Thurlow
6 August - James Charles Burnett #
8 August - WBC to Sedgwick {Cambridge University Library}
15 August - Ronald Campbell Gunn #
16 August - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
20 August - J.H. Kay #
14 September - G.W. Crawley
22 October - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
24 October WBC to Ronald Campbell Gunn #
25 October - Hovenden Hely #
27 October - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
6 November - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
10 November James Charles Bennett #
20 November Ronald Campbell Gunn #
21 November - Capt. John Lort Stokes #
6 December - Ronald Campbell Gunn #
19 December - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
21 December - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
1850
c.1850 - William Sharp Macleay
12 January - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
24 January - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
29 January WBC to Ronald Campbell Gunn #
30 January - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
1 February - Capt. Frederick J. Evans #
2 February - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
6 February - WBC to Sedgwick {Cambridge University Library} #
14 February - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
18 February - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
18 February - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
24 February - Joseph Beete Jukes #
4 March - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
23 March - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
27 March - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
11 April - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
29 April - Rev. Henry Cary
6 May WBC to Thomas Burr #
10 May - A. Longmore
11 May - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
14 May - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
24 May - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
25 May - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
30 May - Thomas Burr #
11 June - John Kent
20 June? - Capt. John Elphinstone Erskine
28 June? - Oswald Bloxsome
18 July - Thomas Beckford Simpson
20 July - W. Montagu Mathers
6 August - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
14 August - Rev. William West Simpson
31 August - WBC to P.G. King #
31 August- Article for Sydney Morning Herald
September - WBC to Robert Brown, Quarterly Review
12 September - WBC to P.P. King
13 September - NSW Colonial Secretary
30 September - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
1 October - William Hardy
2 October - WBC to P.G. King #
11 October - Sir Stuart Alexander Donaldson
11 October - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
16 October - H.W. Nichols
23 October - George Boyle White
29 October WBC to Thomas Burr #
4 November - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
14 November - William Hardy
16 November - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
18 November - Philip Parker King*
23 November - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
30 November - Thomas Burr #
7 December - Philip Parker King*
7 December - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
19 December - W.G. Broughton, Bishop of Sydney
21 December - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
26 December - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
1851
14 January - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
18 January - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
22 January - William Hardy #
26 January - H.W. Nichols
27 January - Robert Dayman
1 February - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
2 February - Philip Parker King*
3 February - Philip Parker King*
4 February - Philip Parker King*
7 February - William Hardy
8 February - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
11 February - Edward Hammond Hargraves*
11 February - Philip Parker King*
12 February - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
14 February WBC to Frederick McCoy #
17 February - William Hardy
18 February - Sir T.L. Mitchell #
20 February - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
26 February - Enoch William Rudder
6 March - Enoch - William Rudder
12 March - Philip - Parker King
18 March - K. Elwin
30 March William Hardy #
April - survey of the Aborigines of New South Wales.
7 April - NSW Colonial Secretary
14 April - James Charles Burnett #
20 April - William Hardy #
28 April - Rev. William Trollope
30 April - James Charles Burnett #
1 May - Rev. William Stack
1 May - Rev. Henry Tarlton Stiles
{Edward Hammond Hargraves discovers' a workable goldfield at Summer Hill Creek on 12 February 1851. It is publically announced in the Sydney Morning Herald on 3 May}
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