Nicholas Baudin in Frederick Henry Bay.

M. Faure charts and names Carlton River (Riviere Brue) and Pittwater (Basin Ransonnet).

Robert Nash built a windmill on his grant at Sorell Rivulet.

Michael Howe and J. Whitehead, bushrangers, attacked the homesteads of A. Humphrey at Cornhill and B. Reardon at Thornhill.

First regular postal service carried to Pittwater by convicts.

Michael Howe and gang visited Nonsuch, residence of T. Lascelles.

Colonial government purchased land for Pittwater township.

Governor Macquarie visited Pitt Water. He named the town Sorell in honour of the Tasmanian Governor.

First school built and headmaster Charles Hippesley Cox (57 students). Another post.

Gaol built and first public houses licensed.

Downward’s water mill built on Iron Creek.

Organised postal services come to Sorell.

Building of St George’s Anglican Church commenced.

Sorell attacked by Matthew Brady’s bushranging gang. Lieutenant Gunn wounded and lost an arm.

Road built from Kangaroo Point (Bellerive) to Pitt Water Bluff.

James Gordon appointed as a magistrate and local coroner.

Military barracks and a watch house built at Sorell and a barracks at East Bay Neck.

 Semaphore signalling stations established East Bay Neck, Sloping Island, Sugarloaf Ridge and Sorell, as part of the Port Arthur to Sorell system.

Ralph Dodge’s ferry began and operated until 1871.

Dunalley proclaimed a town.

Congregational church built at Carlton.

Ralph Dodge opened a post office at Carlton that closed in 1949.

Presbyterian Church opened in Sorell.

Bridge over Iron Creek. Replaced in 1951 and 2013.

Sorell football club formed.

Major bush fires in December. Livestock and property losses throughout municipality.

First Bream Creek Show.

Carlton Beach Surf Life Saving Club formed.

Sorell Causeway upgraded and widened. Second bridge opened.

Richardson’s Abbatoir opened at Sorell. Now Ingham’s chicken processing factory.

Pembroke Masonic Lodge established at Sorell.

Midway Point Community Hall opened.

Sorell Bowls Club established.

Sewerage connected to Midway Point.

Midway Point Fire Brigade commenced.

Dodges Ferry Junior Soccer Club formed.

Pittwater Community Centre established at Midway Point – now Pittwater Neighbourhood House.

Combat cameraman Neil Davis killed by tank fire while covering a failed Thai coup in Bangkok.

Rotary Club of Sorell established.

Existing library in Sorell opened.

Purity shopping complex opened in Sorell, now Woolworths.

Dodges Ferry proclaimed a town.

Dunalley-Tasman Neighbourhood House Inc established.

Dodges Ferry Fire Brigade began.

Dodges Ferry Recreation Centre gym and community hall opened.

Primrose Sands Community Hall opened.

Bushfire destroys Dunalley Primary School, Dunalley Community Hall, Kelly’s Timber Mill and many homes and properties from FOrcett to the Tasman Peninsula.

South East United FC Soccer Club established at Pembroke Park, Sorell.

Sorell Irrigation Scheme begins supplying farms in the south east.

Holts Mitre 10 opens a large new store on the corner of Cole and Gordon Streets, Sorell.

South East Suns Netball Association established at Pembroke Park, Sorell.