1837 in Australia
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See also: 1836 in Australia, other events of 1837, 1838 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.
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[edit] Incumbents
[edit] Governors
Governors of the Australian colonies:
- Governor of New South Wales - Major-General Sir Richard Bourke.
- Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania - Captain Sir John Franklin
- Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony - Captain James Stirling
[edit] Events
- January 2 - The Supreme Court of South Australia is established by Letters Patent, five days after the founding of the colony.
- March 6 - The Theatre Royal in Hobart opened. It remains Australia's oldest working theatre.
- March 28 - The Hoddle Grid of streets for the central business district is surveyed by Robert Hoddle.
- June 1 - First inner-city land sale in Melbourne.
- June 10 - The first whale is caught in Western Australia.
