1829 in Australia
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[edit] Incumbents
[edit] Governors
Governors of the Australian colonies:
- Governor of New South Wales - Ralph Darling
- Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania - Colonel George Arthur
- Lieutenant-Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony - Captain James Stirling
[edit] Events
- April 13 - Melbourne's first post office opens.
- May 2 - After anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of the HMS Challenger, declared the Swan River Colony in Australia.
- May 14 - Aboriginal mission on Bruny Island opened by George Augustus Robinson.
- June 1 - Captain James Stirling founds the Swan River Colony in Western Australia.
- June 18 - Official proclamation of the Swan River Colony.
- August 12 - Mrs Helen Dance, wife of the Captain of the ship Sulphur, cut down a tree to mark the day of the founding of the town of Perth, Western Australia.
