Official Documents

Coronial Inquest into the death of the infant,
Charles Thomas, on 6 October 1814.
Details and transcript of the official investigation
into the death of a child run over by Mrs. Macquarie's
coachman, Joseph Bigg.

Newspaper Accounts

Sydney Gazette: 21 May 1814.
Description of the destruction by fire of the ship Three Bees in Sydney Cove.

Sydney Gazette: 31 December 1814.
First Aboriginal Feast Day at Parramatta.
Description of the first meeting convened
by Macquarie at Parramatta with the tribes
of the Cumberland Plain on 28 December 1814.
Public celebration and the launching of
the establishment of the Native Institution
at Parramatta.