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See also: 1814 in Australia, other events of 1815, 1816 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.

Incumbents

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

• Governor of New South Wales- Lachlan Macquarie
• Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land - Major Thomas Davey

Events

• January 14 - The road over the Blue Mountains is completed to the Macquarie River.
• April 7 - Bathurst, New South Wales is founded following its discovery by George Evans.
• May 1 - The Supreme Court opens and William Broughton and Alexander Riley are appointed as its first judges.
• May 25 - G. W. Evans discovers the Lachlan River.
• December 12 - 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).

Exploration and Settlement

Births

• May 27 - Henry Parkes
• August 5 - Edward John Eyre
• September 7 - John McDouall Stuart

Deaths

• January 9 - Augustus Alt
• November 10 - Ellis Bent
• November 11 - Maurice Margarot

References

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

See also

• 1815
• 1810s