Mr Cunningham climbs to the summit of Mount Table (Mount Wellington)
On this day, 7th January 1819, Allan Cunningham visits Mount Table (Mount Wellington) in Tasmania and climbs to its summit.…
Mr Cunningham departs Port Jackson for Van Diemen’s Land
On this day, 25th December 1818 Christmas Day: Allan Cunningham departs Port Jackson aboard HMS Mermaid accompanying Phillip Parker King on his survey of the coast south of Port Jackson and Van Diemen’s Land.
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Mr Cunningham returns to Parramatta from The Illawarra
On this day, 20th November 1818, Allan Cunningham returns to Parramatta at the end of his journey to the Illawarra District.…
Plant collecting in The Illawarra
On this day, 21st October 1818, Allan Cunningham was collecting plants in The Illawarra region of New South Wales. He saw “large clumps” of the Gymea Lilly on the roadside.…
Mr Cunningham visits The Illawarra
On this day, 18th October 1818, Allan Cunningham visits Illawarra District, south of Sydney on the New South Wales coast.…
The end of Phillip Parker King’s first Australian coastal survey 1817-1818
Allan Cunningham returns to Port Jackson onboard HMS Mermaid after being away for nine months accompanying Phillip Parker King on his first survey of coastal Australia.…
A visit to Coepang Timor
On this day, 5th June 1818, Allan Cunningham visits Timor, Coepang, Port Jackson. while accompanying Phillip Parker King on his first Survey of coastal Australia.
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A visit to South Goulburn Island
On this day, 5th April 1818, Allan Cunningham visited North Goulburn Island while accompanying Phillip Parker King on his first survey of coastal Australia.…
A visit to Sims Island
On this day, 2nd April 1818, Allan Cunningham visited Sim’s Island while accompanying Phillip Parker King on his first Survey of coastal Australia.…
A visit to Exmouth Gulf, the Bay of Rest, Curlew River, and the islands of Dampier’s Archipelago
Between 15th February 1818 and 6th March 1818, Allan Cunningham visited Exmouth Gulf, the Bay of Rest, Curlew River, and the islands of Dampier’s Archipelago.
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A visit to King George Sound and Oyster Harbour
On this day, 20th January 1818, Allan Cunningham visits King George Sound and Oyster Harbour and stays there until 1st February 1818…
Mr Cunningham departs Port Jackson on first voyage with Phillip Parker King aboard HMS Mermaid
Three days before Christmas: On this day, 22nd December 1817, HMS Mermaid departed southward from Port Jackson. Aboard were Phillip Parker King, the commander and his crew which included the botanist Allan Cunningham.…
Governor Macquarie submits his resignation
Around this day, 1st December 1817, just prior to Allan Cunningham departed Port Jackson on the “Mermaid”, Governor Lachlan Macquarie submitted the first of his resignations as Governor of New South Wales.…
A visit to Governor Macquarie with details of the journey down the Lachlan River
On this day, Allan Cunningham arrived at Government House in Parramatta to give his report of the recent Western Expedition to Governor Lachlan Macquarie. Other members of the expedition, John Oxley, William Cox and Charles Fraser had given their reports a few days previously.…
The Oxley expedition arrives back in Parramatta
Allan Cunningham returned to Parramatta, worse for wear, at the end of John Oxley’s Expedition, attempting to trace the course of the Lachlan River.…
Phillip Parker King arrives in the colony
On this day, 3rd September 1817, a few days prior to Allan Cunningham arriving back from his journey up the Lachlan River, Lieutenant Phillip Parker King RN, son of the former Governor of NSW, Philip Gidley King, arrived in Port Jackson aboard the “Dick”. He was accompanied by his wife Harriet and two midshipmen, John Septimus Roe and Frederick Bedwell.…
The Oxley expedition is south-westerly of Bathurst
Considering the small quantity of provisions we are now in possession of, the great distance we are from any resource, being about 350 or 370 miles south-westerly of Bathurst, and the rivulet still continuing to run westerly although very slow, Mr. Oxley has resolved to halt at this spot the whole of this week . . .…
A journey to the Lachlan River begins with John Oxley
On this day, 4th April 1817, Allan Cunningham joined John Oxley’s Expedition to trace the course of the Lachlan River. They returned on the 8th September 1817, five months later, worse for wear.…
Dinner with Governor Macquarie
On this day, 3rd March 1817, Allan Cunningham dined with Governor Macquarie at Government House Parramatta.…
Phillip Parker King departs England heading for Port Jackson
On this day, the “Dick” departed Gravesend on 13th February 1817. On board were Phillip Parker King of the Royal Navy, Midshipment John Septimus Roe and Frederick Bedwell. They were sent by the British Admiralty and the Colonial Office to survey the coastline of Australia. They will be joined by Allan Cunningham, the King’s Botanical Collector, later that year just before they depart on the Mermaid to circumnavigate Australia for the first time.…