1818 in Australia

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1818
in
Australia

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

The following lists events that happened during 1818 in Australia.

Incumbents[]

  • Monarch - George III

Governors[]

Governors of the Australian colonies:

  • Governor of New South WalesLachlan Macquarie
  • Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's LandColonel William Sorell

Events[]

  • 8 January – Governor Macquarie accuses Samuel Marsden of conspiracy against him
  • 3 March – Throsby, Hume and Meehan discover an overland route to Jervis Bay
  • 19 April – Phillip Parker King discovers Port Essington
  • 28 May – John Oxley leaves Bathurst to explore along the Macquarie River


Births[]

  • 22 MarchJohn Ainsworth Horrocks, pastoralist and explorer (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1846)
  • 21 MayS. T. Gill, artist (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1880)
  • 5 August - Sir Thomas Elder, South Australian politician and pastoralist (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1897)
  • 13 AugustEdward Wise, New South Wales Supreme Court judge (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1865)
  • 5 SeptemberEdmund Kennedy, explorer (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1848)
  • Unknown – Eliza Winstanley, stage actress and writer (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1882)


References[]

  • Barker, Anthony (1996). What Happened When. St Leonards: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-86373-986-3.
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