1820 in Australia

Updated on Feb 02, 2024

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Decades: 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s See also: Other events of 1820 Timeline of Australian history

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

Governor of New South Wales- Major-General Lachlan Macquarie

Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania - Colonel William Sorell

3 May - John Joseph Therry and Philip Conolly, the first Catholic priests officially appointed to Australia, arrive at Port Jackson from Ireland.

19 August - Joseph Wild discovers Lake George and names the Snowy Mountains.

28 October - Governor Macquarie names Lake George after King George III.

1 December - Campbelltown, New South Wales is established.

Sydney has 1,084 buildings – mostly single-storey dwellings – and 12,079 people.

Sheep population in Australia - 120,000.

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