Timeline: William ASHFORD: Chris Korte's New Zealand Genealogy Project

Chris Korte's New Zealand Genealogy Project

1783 - 1833 (50 years)

	Date	Event(s)
1	1804	1804: Hobart founded In 1804 Lieutenant John Bowen, with the British Royal Navy, chose Risdon Cove on the eastern shore of the River Derwent in the south-east of Tasmania for the first settlement of Europeans. In 1804 Lieutenant-governor David Collins moved the settlement across the river and Hobart was founded.
2	1825	1825: Tasmania separated from NSW In 1825 Van Diemen’s Land, which had been part of the colony of New South Wales, became a British colony in its own right. In 1856 Van Diemen’s Land’s name was changed to Tasmania.