1796 in Australia
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[edit] Leaders
- Governor of New South Wales - John Hunter
- Lieutenant-Governor of Norfolk Island - Philip Gidley King
- Inspector of Public Works - John Macarthur/Richard Atkins
[edit] Events
A pen and wash drawing of Sydney in 1796
- January 16 - Australia's first theatre opens in Sydney.
- January 23 - The distilling of spirits is prohibited.
- February 4 - Soldiers from the New South Wales Corps wreck a house belonging to John Baughan.
- February 10 - Magistrate William Balmain challenges Macarthur over the house-wrecking incident.
- February 29 - Macarthur resigns as Inspector of the Public Works and is replaced by Richard Atkins.
- June - George Bass makes an unsuccessful attempt to cross the Blue Mountains.
- September 14 - Governor Hunter complains to the Colonial Secretary of Macarthur’s behaviour.
- September 15 - Macarthur complains to Colonial Secretary of Hunter’s governing.
- November 9 - As Sydney grows, Hunter disbands the convict night watch. He divides Sydney into four districts responsible for their own watchmen and orders houses to be numbered.
