1815 in Australia

See also: 1814 in Australia, other events of 1815, 1816 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.

Incumbents

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

• Governor of New South Wales- Lachlan Macquarie
• Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land - Major Thomas Davey

Events

• 14 January - The road over the Blue Mountains is completed to the Macquarie River.
• 7 April - Bathurst, New South Wales is founded following its discovery by George Evans.
• 1 May - The Supreme Court opens and William Broughton and Alexander Riley are appointed as its first judges.
• 25 May - George William Evans discovers the Lachlan River.
• 12 December - Captain James Kelly sets out on circumnavigation of Tasmania, during which important observations are made on the resources of the west coast.
• A single ship carries 60,000 sealskins to London from Australia (a normal cargo contains at least 10,000 skins).

Exploration and settlement

Births

• 27 May - Henry Parkes
• 5 August - Edward John Eyre
• 7 September - John McDouall Stuart

Deaths

• 9 January - Augustus Alt
• 10 November - Ellis Bent
• 11 November - Maurice Margarot

References

• Barker, Anthony (1996). What Happened When. St Leonards: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86373-986. 

See also

• 1815
• 1810s