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See also: 1791 in Australia other events of 1792, 1793 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.

Leaders

• Governor of New South Wales - Captain Arthur Phillip
• Lieutenant-Governor of Norfolk Island - Philip Gidley King
• Commanding officer of the New South Wales Corps - Francis Grose

Events

• February 14 - Sydney's first retail shop opens.
• July 14 - The Home Secretary authorises Phillip to make land grants to civil and military officers.
• November 1 - The Philadelphia becomes the first foreign trading vessel to visit Sydney.
• December 10 - With the colony beginning to flourish, Phillip is granted leave and permitted to return to England. He leaves on the Atlantic, taking Bennelong with him, and retires to a quiet life in Bath. While the British government decides on a replacement, Francis Grose (the commanding officer of the New South Wales Corps) takes control as Acting Governor.
• December 11 - Francis Grose officially takes up his role as Administrator
• December 24 - The American ship Hope arrives in Sydney; Grose is forces to buy alcohol to obtain other cargo.

Births

• June 16- Major Sir Thomas Livingston Mitchell surveyor and explorer.
• October 20 - John Pascoe Fawkner

References

• Barker, Anthony (1996). What Happened When. St Leonards: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86373-986. 
• National Library of Australia. "The World Upside Down: Australia 1788 - 1830".