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1815 in Australia

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See also:
  
Other events of 1815 Timeline of Australian history

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

Contents

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

    • Events

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

    • Births

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

    • Deaths

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

    • References

    1815 in Australia Wikipedia
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