1836 in Australia
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The following lists events that happened during 1836 in Australia.
Incumbents[]
Governors[]
Governors of the Australian colonies:
- Governor of New South Wales – Major-General Sir Richard Bourke
- Governor of South Australia – Captain John Hindmarsh
- Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania – Colonel George Arthur
- Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony – Captain James Stirling
Events[]
- 14 March – HMS Beagle, carrying Charles Darwin, leaves Australia.
Exploration and settlement[]
- 27 July – Reeves Point (later Kingscote), South Australia's first official European settlement is founded on Kangaroo Island.
- 28 December – South Australia and Adelaide are founded.
Births[]
- Thomas a Beckett
- Joseph Bancroft
- Robert Hamilton
- Henry Harrison
- Philip Sydney Jones
- David Scott Mitchell
- William Piguenit
- Henry Chamberlain Russell
- Samuel Way
Deaths[]
- William Dawes
Categories:
- 1836 in Australia
- 1836 by country
- Years of the 19th century in Australia