1839 - 1840
1839
- January 11 - Surveyor at Wellington Valley, measuring part of the mission land for the proposed township
- April 12 -22 - first decent rain at Wellington Valley for some years
- May 29 - death of an old Aboriginal elder; buried “without delay & without any ceremony”; Cochrane laments the passing of his people: "Look all dying away, all dying away!" [Gunther Journal]
- October - caterpillar plague devastates foliage, grass and crops in Wellington region
1840