1811 in Australia

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1811
in
Australia

Decades:
  • 1790s
  • 1800s
  • 1810s
  • 1820s
  • 1830s
See also:

The following lists events that happened during 1811 in Australia.

Incumbents[]

  • Monarch - George III

Governors[]

Governors of the Australian colonies:

  • Governor of New South WalesLachlan Macquarie
  • Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania – unfilled until 1813

Events[]

  • 1 February – John Oxley is appointed Surveyor-General of New South Wales.
  • 2 December – Reverend Samuel Marsden sent the first commercial shipment of wool from New South Wales to England.

Exploration and settlement[]

  • 1 December – During a tour of Van Diemen's Land, Governor Macquarie gave directions for the layout of Hobart. There was a central square and seven streets named Macquarie, Liverpool, Argyle, Elizabeth, Murray, Harrington and Collins.


Births[]

  • 21 July – Robert Mackenzie, future Premier of Queensland from August 1867 to November 1868.[1]

Deaths[]

  • 5 April – Thomas Reibey, husband of Mary Reibey, leaving her in control of large colonial business enterprises.

References[]

  1. ^ R. B. Joyce (1974). Douglas Pike (ed.). Mackenzie, Sir Robert Ramsay (1811–1873). Australian Dictionary of Biography. 5. Melbourne University Press. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
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