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LEADERS

Acting Governor Of New South Wales - Lieutenant-Governor Francis Grose

Lieutenant-Governor Of Norfolk Island - Philip Gidley King

Commanding officer of the New South Wales Corps - Francis Grose

EVENTS

February 12 - John Macarthur is appointed by Grose as inspector of public works, and is granted 100 acres of land at Parramatta .

February 18 - Sydney's first school opens in an unfinished church building.

September 15 - Captain William Paterson leads a party of Scotsmen in the first attempt to cross the Blue Mountains . He is unsuccessful.

September 25 - Sydney's first church opens.