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CHRONOLOGY
(Events taking place in England are in italics.)
| 1808, | January. Bligh deposed. |
| 1809, | May. Macquarie appointed Governor; Ellis Bent appointed Judge-Advocate. |
| 1810, | April, October. Lord Liverpool becomes Secretary of State; Bligh leaves Sydney. |
| 1811, | May, June, July. Johnston's Trial. |
| 1812, | June. Lord Bathurst becomes Secretary of State; Committee of House of Commons on Transportation. |
| 1813, | New Charter of Justice issued for New South Wales; appointment of Jeffery Hart Bent as Judge of Supreme Court. |
| 1814, | July. J. H. Bent arrives at Sydney. |
| 1815, | November. Death of Ellis Bent. |
| 1816, | January. Recall of the Bents. |
| January. Appointment of Wylde and Field. | |
| 1817, | May. J. H. Bent leaves Sydney. |
| 1819, | January, March. J. T. Bigge appointed Commissioner; appointment of Committee on Gaols. |
| 1820, | July. Macquarie's Resignation accepted. |
| November. Sir Thomas Brisbane appointed Governor. | |
| 1821, | February. Bigge leaves Sydney. |
| November. Brisbane arrives at Sydney. | |
| 1822, | February. Macquarie leaves Sydney; Bigge presents Report I. |
| 1823. | Bigge presents Reports II. and III.; 4 Geo. IV., cap. 96. |
| 1824. | Death of Macquarie. |
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