1826 in Australia
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[edit] Incumbents
[edit] Governors
Governors of the Australian colonies:
- Governor of New South Wales- Lieutenant-General Ralph Darling
- Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania - Colonel George Arthur
[edit] Events
- March 16 - The Australian Subscription Library, the forerunner of the State Library of New South Wales, is founded; it opens, December 1, 1827.
- May 4 - Bushranger Matthew Brady is hanged.
- December 25 - Major Edmund Lockyer arrives at King George Sound to take possession of the western part of the continent, establishing a settlement near Albany.
[edit] Births
- June 24 - George Goyder, surveyor-general of South Australia.
- July 7 - Charles Todd responsible for the Australian Overland Telegraph Line.
