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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 New South Wales Corps - Francis Grose

EVENTS

February 14 - Sydney's first retail shop opens.

July 14 - The Home Secretary authorises Phillip to make land grants to civil and military officers.

November 1 - The ''Philadelphia'' becomes the first foreign trading vessel to visit Sydney.

December 10 - With the colony beginning to flourish, Phillip is granted leave and permitted to return to England. He leaves on the ''Atlantic'', taking Bennelong with him, and retires to a quiet life in Bath . While the British government decides on a replacement, Francis Grose (the commanding officer of the New South Wales Corps ) takes control as Acting Governor.