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1816 in Australia

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See also:
  
Other events of 1816 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

  • 30 March – Francis Greenway is appointed as the government's Civil Architect.
  • 1 June – Andrew Bent starts regular publication of the Hobart Town Gazette and Southern Reporter.
  • 30 November – Export of horses to India for use by the Indian Army begins with an advertisement in the Sydney Gazette.
  • 2 December – John Oxley allots the first land grants in the Illawarra district.

    • Births

  • 12 April – Charles Gavan Duffy
  • 7 October – Edward Hargraves
  • 15 October – John Robertson
  • 23 December – Thomas Sutcliffe Mort

    • References

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