1804 in Australia

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Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 Governors 2 Events 3 Exploration and Settlement 4 See also

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

• Governor of New South Wales- Captain Philip King
• Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania - David Collins

[edit] Events

• March 4 - Castle Hill convict rebellion also known as the Battle of Vinegar Hill: 200 convicts, mostly Irish, rebelled. 51 convicts were punished and nine hanged.
• September 30 - a government brewery was opned at Parramatta as a means of controlling the consumption of spirits.
• Matthew Flinders recommends that the newly discovered country, New Holland, be renamed "Australia" (from the latin "australis" meaning "of the south").

[edit] Exploration and Settlement

• February 15 - Lieutenant-Governor David Collins established camp at Sullivan's Cove, Tasmania.
• March 24 - the settlement at the Hunter River, also known as the Coal River, was officially named Newcastle

[edit] See also

• 1804
• 1800s