• Legislative Council constituted by Order in Council.
  • Executive Council constituted by Instructions under Sign Manual.
  • February: The Fremantle Journal newspaper first published.

Ship arrivals

This is a list of all the ships that arrived at Fremantle in 1830, from Hitchcock: 16-17:

The following vessels arrived at the port during the year, tonnages being shown in parentheses and passengers, if any, thereafter:

  • January 9 - Nancy (382), 68, and Norfolk (536), with a detachment of the 30th Regiment
  • January 15 - Leda (188), 3
  • January 17 - Skerne (121), 12, and H.M.S. Cruizer
  • January 20 - Minstrel (351), 46

Parmelia (443) from Java, and Industry (87)

  • January 25 - Eagle (107), 19
  • January 28 - Lady of the Lake (243), 6
  • January 30 - Wanstead (364), 88 [incl. J.B. Wittenoom]
  • January 30 - Tranby (264), 39
  • February 12 - Hooghly (465), 116
  • February 13 - Egyptian (359), 78
  • February 16 - Thomson (266), and Thames (366)
  • February 26 - Protector (383), 64
  • March 12 - Warrior (478), 106 [including William Temple Graham]
  • March 15 - Emily Taylor (207), 5, and Prince Regent (527)
  • March 18 - Emelia and Ellen (83), 9
  • March 31- Bussorah Merchant (53), 7
  • April 30 - James Pattison (510), with soldiers from India
  • May 6 - Brittania (190), 38
  • May 8 - Bombay (315), 16

James (196), 70, and Eliza (391), 3

  • May 14 - Rockingham (423), 175
  • May 19 - Orelia (382) and William (337), 8
  • July 6 - Medina (467), 52 [incl. John Bateman]
  • July 16 - Skerne (121)
  • August 24 - Edward Loomb (347), 21, and H.M.S. Comet
  • September 22 - Thistle (57), 1
  • November 12 - Orelia (382), 3
  • November 29 - Faith (135)
  • November 30 - Cleopatra (at least one: GF Moore)
  • December 28 - Nimrod (231), 1.

References and Links

  • Hitchcock, JK 1929, The History of Fremantle, The Front Gate of Australia 1829-1929, FCC.
Freotopia

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Freotopia

This page incorporates material from Garry Gillard's Freotopia website, that he started in 2014 and the contents of which he donated to Wikimedia Australia in 2024. The content was originally created on 6 August, 2015 and hosted at freotopia.org/timeline/1830.html (it was last updated on 19 December, 2018), and has been edited since it was imported here (see page history). The donated data is also preserved in the Internet Archive's collection.