1796 in Australia
See also: 1795 in Australia other events of 1796, 1797 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.
Leaders
Events
- 16 January - Australia's first theatre opens in Sydney. Edward Young's The Revenge and the comedy The Hotel are the first works performed.
- 23 January - The distillation of spirits is prohibited.
- 4 February - Soldiers from the New South Wales Corps wreck a house belonging to John Baughan.
- 10 February - Magistrate William Balmain challenges Macarthur over the house-wrecking incident.
- 29 February - Macarthur resigns as Inspector of the Public Works and is replaced by Richard Atkins.
- June - George Bass makes an unsuccessful attempt to cross the Blue Mountains. Coal is discovered near Port Stephens.
- 14 September - Governor Hunter complains to the Colonial Secretary of Macarthur’s behaviour.
- 15 September - Macarthur complains to Colonial Secretary of Hunter’s governing.
- 9 November - As Sydney grows, Hunter disbands the convict night watch. He divides Sydney into four districts responsible for their own watchmen and orders houses to be numbered.
- First beer brewed in Australia by John Boston.
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