1815 in Australia
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The following lists events that happened during 1815 in Australia.
Incumbents
[edit]- Monarch - George III
Governors
[edit]Governors of the Australian colonies:
- Governor of New South Wales – Lachlan Macquarie
- Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land – Major Thomas Davey
Events
[edit]- 14 January – The road over the Blue Mountains is completed to the Macquarie River.
- 7 April – Bathurst, New South Wales is founded following its discovery by George Evans. It is Australia's first inland European settlement.
- 1 May – The Supreme Court opens and William Broughton and Alexander Riley are appointed as its first judges.
- 25 May – George William Evans discovers the Lachlan River.
- 12 December – Captain James Kelly sets out on circumnavigation of Tasmania, during which important observations are made on the resources of the west coast.
- A single ship carries 60,000 sealskins to London from Australia (a normal cargo contains at least 10,000 skins).
Births
[edit]- 27 May – Henry Parkes
- 5 August – Edward John Eyre
- 7 September – John McDouall Stuart
Deaths
[edit]- 9 January – Augustus Alt
- 10 November – Ellis Bent
- 11 November – Maurice Margarot
References
[edit]- Barker, Anthony (1996). What Happened When. St Leonards: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-86373-986-3.
