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1802 in Australia

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Decades:
  
1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s

See also:
  
Other events of 1802 Timeline of Australian history

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

Contents

  • Governor of New South Wales – Captain Philip King

    • Events

  • 8 April – Matthew Flinders meets the French explorer Nicolas Baudin at Encounter Bay.
  • 2 June – Pemulwuy is shot and killed following the killing of four white men at Parramatta and Toongabbie.

    • Exploration and settlement

  • 14 February – Acting lieutenant John Murray, commander of the Lady Nelson, explores Port Phillip.
  • 1 May – Matthew Flinders becomes the first European to visit the You Yangs ranges near Geelong, Victoria. He and three of his men climb to the highest point, naming it "Station Peak". It is later renamed Flinders Peak.

    • Deaths

  • 2 June – Pemulwuy (b. c. 1750), Indigenous Australian resistance leader
  • 12 June – Peter Good, English gardener on Matthew Flinders' voyage

    • References

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