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1818 in Australia

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The following lists events that happened during 1818 in Australia.

Incumbents

  • Monarch - George III

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

  • Governor of New South Wales – Lachlan Macquarie
  • Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land – Colonel William Sorell

Events

  • 8 January – Governor Macquarie accuses Samuel Marsden of conspiracy against him
  • 3 March – Throsby, Hume and Meehan discover an overland route to Jervis Bay
  • 19 April – Phillip Parker King discovers Port Essington
  • 28 May – John Oxley leaves Bathurst to explore along the Macquarie River
  • 1 October – At least six Wodiwodi people (an Aboriginal people) are killed by nine European settlers in the Minnamurra River massacre.
  • The Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens is first opened.

Science and technology

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Arts and literature

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Sport

  • ??? wins the Melbourne Cup
  • ??? wins the Sheffield Shield --

Births

  • 22 March – John Ainsworth Horrocks, pastoralist and explorer (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1846)
  • 21 May – S. T. Gill, artist (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1880)
  • 5 August - Sir Thomas Elder, South Australian politician and pastoralist (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1897)
  • 13 August – Edward Wise, New South Wales Supreme Court judge (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1865)
  • 5 September – Edmund Kennedy, explorer (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1848)
  • Unknown – Eliza Winstanley, stage actress and writer (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1882)

References

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