1808 in Australia

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Decades: 1780s1790s1800s1810s1820s See also: Other events of 1808Timeline of Australian history

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

Governor of New South Wales – Captain William Bligh (until 26 January), then Major George Johnston (until 28 July), then Major Joseph Foveaux

Lieutenant-Governor of Southern Van Diemen's Land – David Collins

Lieutenant-Governor of Northern Van Diemen's Land – William Paterson (until 24 March)

Events

26 January – John Macarthur is arrested sparking the Rum Rebellion. Military officers supporting Macarthur arrest Governor Bligh.

2 February – William Paterson sails to Sydney from Port Dalrymple, Van Diemen's Land to take over the administration of New South Wales following the removal of Bligh.

Exploration and settlement

First settlement at Kingston, Van Diemen's Land.

Births

23 September – William Henty, one of the Henty brothers (although the only brother not to set foot in Portland, Victoria): he took a leading part in the legal disputes over the settlement.

Deaths

19 June – Alexander Dalrymple, who had strongly opposed the establishment of New South Wales in A Serious Admonition to the Public on the Intended Thief-Colony at Botany Bay (London, 1786).

3 September – Philip Gidley King, third Governor of New South Wales.

References

1808 in Australia Wikipedia

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