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LEADERS

Governor Of New South Wales - Captain Arthur Phillip

Lieutenant-Governor Of Norfolk Island - Philip Gidley King

Commanding officer of the colony's Marine presence - Major Robert Ross (marine)

EVENTS

February 22 - The first land grant in Australia is made to ex-convict James Ruse .

March - Philip Gidley King returns to Norfolk Island from Britain and resumes command from Robert Ross .

August - The Third Fleet begins to arrive with convicts and supplies.

October - The last ship of the Third Fleet arrives, with Captain William Paterson of the New South Wales Corps onboard.

October 24 - HMS Britannia and HMS William Ann set out on Australia's first whaling expedition.

November 1 - A party of twenty-one convicts escape from Port Jackson and (with an obviously limited knowledge of Australian geography) attempt to walk to China . Some die in the wilderness, while others are recaptured.

December - Ross returns to Port Jackson from Norfolk Island. His marines, having been displaced by the newly arrived New South Wales Corps , are frequently drunk and rowdy. On December 17, Ross and most of the marines returned to England on HMS Gorgon .