The Government of New South Wales handed over the Garden Island Naval Base to the Admiralty. ...
Garden Island
Australian Naval History on 16 April 1895
The RN Depot at Circular Quay, Sydney, was transferred to Garden Island. ...
Australian Naval History on 7 September 1811
The Sydney Gazette published a proclamation by Governor Lachlan Macquarie, declaring Garden Island, Sydney, a public domain. ...
Australian Naval History on 25 September 1800
A battery of two guns was established on Garden Island, to protect Sydney from a French attack. The garrison of 12 Marines was commanded by Henry Hacking. ...
Australian Naval History on 11 February 1788
HMS SIRIUS landed a party on Garden Island, Sydney, to prepare a ship’s garden. Three sets of initials, ‘FM’, ‘IR’, and ‘WB’, were carved on a rock on the northern ...
Australian Naval History on 5 February 1788
Governor Arthur Phillip allocated Garden Island, Sydney, to HMS SIRIUS for use as a ship’s garden. ...