1827 in Australia

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1827
in
Australia

Decades:
  • 1800s
  • 1810s
  • 1820s
  • 1830s
  • 1840s
See also:

The following lists events that happened during 1827 in Australia.

Incumbents[]

  • Monarch - George IV

Governors[]

Governors of the Australian colonies:

  • Governor of New South Wales - Lieutenant-General Ralph Darling
  • Governor of Tasmania - Colonel George Arthur

Events[]

  • 5 January - First boat regatta held on the River Derwent.[1] On 30 April a regatta was held in Sydney.[1]
  • Theatre Royal, Sydney opened.[2]

Exploration and settlement[]

  • 18 June - James Stirling establishes the Fort Wellington settlement at Raffles Bay, on the Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory.[3]

Births[]

  • 24 OctoberJames Rutherford, transit pioneer (born in the United States) (d. 1911)

References[]

  1. ^ a b Cameron, Angus, ed. (1986). "Part One: Capital City Chronologies". The Second Australian Almanac: An 800-page Databank Crammed with Essential Information for Every Australian. North Ryde, NSW: Angus & Robertson. pp. 5, 88. ISBN 0-207-15232-2.
  2. ^ Rivera, Larry. "Theatre Royal". About.com (IAC). Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  3. ^ Cameron, Angus, ed. (1985). "Part One: Facts and Figures: An Australian Historical Chronology". The Australian Almanac: 800 Pages Crammed with Australian and World Facts: Politics, the Arts, Geography, History and Much More. North Ryde, NSW: Angus & Robertson. pp. 8–9. ISBN 0-207-15108-3.
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