1808 in Australia

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

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

• Governor of New South Wales- Captain William Bligh; from 28 July, Lieut-Col Joseph Foveaux (acting)
• Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania - David Collins

[edit] Events

• January 26 - John Macarthur is arrested sparking the Rum Rebellion. Military officers supporting Macarthur arrest Governor Bligh.
• February 2 - William Paterson sails to Sydney from Port Dalrymple to take over the administration of New South Wales following the removal of Bligh.

[edit] Exploration and Settlement

• First settlement at Kingston, Tasmania.

[edit] Births

• September 23 - William Henty, one of the Henty brothers although the only brother not to set foot in Portland, Victoria he took a leading part in the legal disputes over the settlement.

[edit] Deaths

• June 19 - Alexander Dalrymple, who had strongly opposed the establishment of New South Wales in A Serious Admonition to the Public on the Intended Thief-Colony at Botany Bay (London, 1786).
• September 3 - Philip Gidley King, third Governor of New South Wales.

[edit] See also

• 1808
• 1800s