1816 in Australia

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Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 Governors 2 Events 3 Exploration and Settlement 4 Births 5 Deaths 6 References 7 See also

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

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

[edit] Events

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

[edit] Exploration and Settlement

[edit] Births

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

[edit] Deaths

[edit] References

• Barker, Anthony (1996). What Happened When. St Leonards: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86373-986. 

[edit] See also

• 1816
• 1810s