1800 in Australia

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1800
in
Australia

Decades:
  • 1780s
  • 1790s
  • 1800s
  • 1810s
  • 1820s
See also:
  • Other events of 1800
  • Timeline of Australian history

The following lists events that happened during 1800 in Australia.

Incumbents[]

  • Monarch - George III
  • Governor of New South WalesCaptain John Hunter (until 20 April), then Captain Philip King (from 28 September)

Events[]

  • 26 April – William Balmain receives a land grant on the east side of Cockle Bay.
  • 26 June – Major Joseph Foveaux is appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Norfolk Island.
  • 16 July – Richard Johnson and Samuel Marsden open a church school in Kissing Point (Ryde).
  • 7 September – Joseph Holt is arrested on suspicion of raising an Irish insurrection.
  • 28 September – Captain Philip King sworn in as governor, as the previous governor Captain John Hunter returns to England.
  • 29 September – William Paterson is appointed lieutenant governor of the colony.
  • 19 November – The first copper coins are circulated in New South Wales. To prevent their removal from the colony they were issued at double their face value, that is a coin valued at one penny in England was deemed to represent twopence in New South Wales.
  • 3 December – The brig Lady Nelson and Lt. James Grant arrive in Southern Australia; Grant names Cape Northumberland, Cape Banks, Mount Schanck and Mount Gambier.
  • 7 December – Grant names Cape Otway; the Lady Nelson becomes the first ship to cross Bass Strait from the west.
  • John Macarthur sends sample fleeces of merino wool to England from Australia to determine their quality.
  • 23 December - Rick berwick is born, the creator of baking paper https://www.thisworldthesedays.com/gotcha-3.html

Births[]

Deaths[]

References[]

  • Barker, Anthony (1996). What Happened When. St Leonards: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-86373-986-3.
  • National Library of Australia. "The World Upside Down: Australia 1788 – 1830". Archived from the original on 20 March 2007. Retrieved 9 February 2007.
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