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1817 in Australia

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See also:
  
Other events of 1817Timeline 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

  • 7 March – Bible Society of New South Wales is formed.
  • 8 April – Australia's first bank, the Bank of New South Wales is established.
  • 7 October – First Methodist Church in Australia opens in Castlereagh, New South Wales.
  • 10 October – Bushranger Michael Howe is caught in Van Diemen's Land, but escapes after killing his captors.
  • 21 December – Lachlan Macquarie recommends the adoption of the name Australia for the continent instead of New Holland.
  • 22 December – The King expedition of 1817, to explore and make a rough survey of the northern and north-west coasts of Australia, departs Sydney.

    • Births

  • 8 July – James Bonwick
  • 25 August – Edmund Blacket

    • Deaths

  • 7 December – William Bligh

    • References

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