London News: Massacre at St Peter’s Field Manchester
On this day, 16th August 1819 18 people died and 200 were injured in St Peter’s Field Manchester, in what was to become known as the Peterloo Massacre.…
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Mr Cunningham sails toward Timor
On this day, 16th October 1819, Allan Cunningham is at sea heading toward Timor while accompanying Phillip Parker King on his second circumnavigation to survey coastal Australia onboard HMS Mermaid.…
Mr Cunningham returns to Port Jackson ending Phillip Parker King’s second coastal survey
Allan Cunningham returns to Port Jackson on 12th January 1820 after accompanying Phillip Parker King on his second circumnavigation to survey coastal Australia onboard HMS Mermaid.…
Mr Cunningham escorts Russian Scientists to the Blue Mountains
Sometime in March 1820 Allan Cunningham accompanied Leut. Lawson, Fedor Shtein the Russian naturalist and the artist Emel’yan Korneyev to the Blue Mountains. The Russians were part of the famous Bellingshausen expedition.…
Mr Cunningham departs Port Jackson with Phillip Parker King on their third coastal survey
Allan Cunningham departs northward from Port Jackson on 15th June 1820 accompanying Phillip Parker King on his third circumnavigation to survey coastal Australia onboard HMS Mermaid. They are away five months between 15th June to 9th December 1820…
London News: Sir Joseph Banks dies
On this day, 19th June 1820, While Allan Cunningham was on a voyage with Phillip Parker King, his patron and mentor Sir Joseph Banks dies.…
Mr Cunningham visits Port Bowen
On this day, 20th July 1820, Allan Cunningham visited Port Bowen, when he accompanied Phillip Parker King on his third survey of the Australian coast.…
HMS Mermaid is anchored in the Endeavour River
On this day 27th July 1820, Allan Cunningham was aboard The Mermaid, anchored off a beach on the Endeavour River, just near the spot where Captain Cook had anchored some years before.…
Mr Cunningham sails between Lizard Island and Cairncross Island
On this day, 5th August 1820, Allan Cunningham was at sea, travelling between Lizard Island to Cairncross Island, when he accompanied Phillip Parker King on his third survey of the Australian coast.…
Mr Cunningham visits to Goulburn Island
On this day, 21st August 1820, Allan Cunningham visited South Goulburn Island, when he accompanied Phillip Parker King on his third survey of the Australian coast.…
Mr Cunningham visits Sim’s Island again
On this day, 26th August 1820, Allan Cunningham lands on an island, later to be named as Sim’s Island, at his request, when he accompanied Phillip Parker King on his third survey of the Australian coast.…
Mr Cunningham visits Bat Island and Brunswick Bay
Around this day, 1st September 1820, Allan Cunningham explored Bat island and Brunswick Bay…
Mr Cunningham departs Port Frederick Harbour
On this day, 20th September 1820, Allan Cunningham departed Port Frederick Harbour, having sailed around Montague Sound, York Sound and Port Frederick Harbour between 5th September and 20th September 1820, when he accompanied Phillip Parker King on his third survey of the Australian coast.…
HMS Mermaid is repaired and then departs Careening Bay, Port Nelson
On this day, 9th October 1820, after being delayed by the need to repair HMS Mermaid, Allan Cunningham departed from Careening Bay, Port Nelson under the command of Phillip Parker King, headed for Port Jackson…
Mr Cunningham returns to Port Jackson at the end of Phillip Parker King’s third coastal survey
On this day, 19th December 1820, Allan Cunningham arrived back in Port Jackson having sailed from Port Nelson, bringing to an end the third marine survey voyage with Phillip Parker King on HMS Mermaid.
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Mr Cunningham learns of Sir Joseph Banks’ death
Around this day, 20th December 1820, after arriving back from a recent voyage with Phillip Parker King, Allan Cunningham received sad news, the lamented demise of Sir Joseph Banks, he had died on 19th June 1820.…
Mr Cunningham accompanies Phillip Parker King on his fourth coastal survey of the Australian Coast
On this day, 26th May 1821, Allan Cunningham, after various delays, departed Port Jackson on HMS Bathurst under the command of Phillip Parker King and in company with another ship, the “Dick” .…
HMS Bathurst weighs anchor off the Percy Isles
Around this day 13th June 1821, HMS Bathurst weighed anchored off the Percy Isles.
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Mr Cunningham added to his collection of plants at Cape Grafton
On this day, 18th June 1821, Allan Cunningham was on land at Cape Grafton where the botany produced many interesting plants to our collector. …
HMS Bathurst departs Port Louis, Mauritius
On this day, HMS Bathurst departed Port Louis, Mauritius where the ship had undergone a refit. They’d been in Mauritius since 6th of August 1821.
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