1770

Cook passes Jervis Bay.

1781

Alexander Berry born in Scotland.

1788

The First Fleet arrive in Sydney Cove.

1791

Convict transport enters Jervis Bay en route to Sydney. Leut. Bowen names Jervis Bay.

1797

George Bass enters Jervis Bay.

1801

Leut. Grant visits Jervis Bay.

1805

Kent and Evans explore Jervis Bay.

1811

Surveyor Evans and Governor Macquarie visit Jervis Bay. Cedar cutters in Shoalhaven River valley.

1818

Throsby observes St Georges Basin after exploring Currambene Creek.

1822

Berry and Edwardson survey and map Jervis Bay, St Georges Basin and Sussex Inlet. Berry takes up grant at Coolangatta.

1827

Hoddle surveys coast from Jervis Bay to Moruya.

1829c.

Peter Maguire and James Barham arrive in Colony.

1830

John Lamb’s Erowal grant is authorised, granted in 1837.

1831

Futter and Holman explore a line of road from Nerriga to Jervis Bay.

1835

Deas Thomson selects grant at mouth of Moona Moona Creek.

1836

Joseph Suffolk arrives in Colony.

1839

Private village of Terara is surveyed.

1840

The Wool Road is surveyed. Sydney Stephen is granted Comberton Grange. Government Township of Huskisson approved.

1841

The Wool Road is constructed from Nerriga to South Huskisson. Land sales at Jervis Bay.

1843

Monthly steamer services from South Huskisson to Sydney.

1848

Wool Road seldom used. John Pepper arrives in Colony.

1850

John Parnell mentioned in Berry Papers. Nowra is surveyed.

1851

Gold discovered at Bell’s Creek, Bathurst, Ballarat and Bendigo. Bryce family arrives in Colony.

1852

Nowra is approved as a government township but is slow to develop compared to the thriving Terara.

1854

Bryce family purchase Erowal.

1855

First Public School opened in Shoalhaven at ‘Worragee’. First land sale at Tomerong. Thomas Ganderton arrives in Colony.

1856

Malcolm Mathie and James Watt arrive in Colony.

1857

Road from Parma to Milton surveyed and opened. Road built from Braidwood to Bateman’s Bay. Manslaughter of Ellen Duncombe. Traveller’s Rest Hotel opens. John George Harriss arrives in Colony.

1859

Bridge built at Falls Creek.

1860

Cape St George lighthouse commissioned. Petition for the establishment of a Post Office at Tomerong. Major floods in the Shoalhaven.

1861

Tomerong to South Huskisson Road constructed. Horse racing held at Tomerong. Dent commences shipbuilding at Jervis Bay. Conditional Purchase Land laws passed. Terara trained and owned horse ‘Archer’ wins the first Melbourne Cup.

1862

Post Office and Non-vested School established at Tomerong.

1863

Tomerong to Huskisson Road gazetted.

1865

Coal seam found at Tomerong.

1866

New Ballroom opened by John Parnell. Rust destroys local wheat crop.

1867

Tomerong to Braidwood Road under construction. Thomas Langlands arrives in Colony.

1868

Jannung (Wandandian) Provisional School opens.

1870

Major floods at Terara. The Walter Hood founders south of Jervis Bay, 12 lives lost.

1871

Temperance meetings at Tomerong. Gold mining begins in earnest at Yalwal. Nowra becomes a Municipality. Huskisson Provisional School opens.

1872c.

Erowal partitioned.

1873

Alexander Berry dies in Sydney.

1875

Mathew Craig dismissed after 13 years as Tomerong schoolteacher. Huskisson Post Office established. Tomerong Post Office temporarily closed. Worship no longer permitted in school buildings. Electric telegraph line opened to Ulladulla.

1876

New schoolhouse and Teacher’s residence constructed. The Dandenong is wrecked near Jervis Bay, 40 lives lost.

1877

Tomerong Church Hall opens.

1878

Diphtheria epidemic. Cream separator invented.

1879

Tomerong Church dispute. Two sawmills operating locally.

1881

Jervis Bay Aboriginal Reserve gazetted. Bridge over Shoalhaven River constructed at Nowra.

1882

Tomerong General Store opens. New Public House Licensing Laws passed.

1883

Formation of the Tomerong Cricket Club.

1884

Local bush fires.

1885

New school building constructed. Nowra is proclaimed a town.

1886

Telephone communication established between Nowra and Tomerong.

1887

Depression. New Tomerong Union Church building opened. Falls Creek Provisional school opens.

1888

Malcolm Mathie dies. Centenary celebrations - 100 years since of arrival of first fleet. Victor Schutz arrives in Australia.

1892

William Bryce dies. Tomerong Literary & Debating Society formed.

1893

New school residence constructed. Rail line extended to Bomaderry.

1894

Local bushfires.

1895

Tomerong Creamery Company established.

1896

John Parnell dies. New road deviation east of Tomerong Hill.

1899

Point Perpendicular lighthouse commences operation. Federation Bill passes. Tomerong Progress Association formed. Tomerong locals leave for Boer War.

1900

Local bushfires burning between Tomeron