1837 in Australia

See also: 1836 in Australia, other events of 1837, 1838 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.

Incumbents

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

• Governor of New South Wales - Major-General Sir Richard Bourke
• Governor of South Australia - Captain John Hindmarsh
• Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania - Captain Sir John Franklin
• Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony - Captain James Stirling

Events

• 2 January - The Supreme Court of South Australia is established by Letters Patent, five days after the founding of the colony.
• 6 March - The Theatre Royal in Hobart opened. It remains Australia's oldest working theatre.
• 28 March - The Hoddle Grid of streets for the central business district is surveyed by Robert Hoddle.
• 1 June - First inner-city land sale in Melbourne.
• 10 June - The first whale is caught in Western Australia.

See also

• 1837
• 1830s