1827 in Australia
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Incumbents
Governors
Governors of the Australian colonies:
- Governor of New South Wales - Lieutenant-General Ralph Darling
- Governor of Tasmania - Colonel George Arthur
Events
- 5 January - First boat regatta held on the River Derwent.[1] On 30 April a regatta was held in Sydney.[1]
- Theatre Royal, Sydney opened.[2]
Exploration and settlement
- 18 June - James Stirling establishes the Fort Wellington settlement at Raffles Bay, on the Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cameron, Angus, ed. (1986). "Part One: Capital City Chronologies". The Second Australian Almanac: An 800-page Databank Crammed with Essential Information for Every Australian. North Ryde, NSW: Angus & Robertson. pp. 5, 88. ISBN 0-207-15232-2.
- ↑ Rivera, Larry. "Theatre Royal". About.com (IAC). Retrieved 23 February 2013.
- ↑ Cameron, Angus, ed. (1985). "Part One: Facts and Figures: An Australian Historical Chronology". The Australian Almanac: 800 Pages Crammed with Australian and World Facts: Politics, the Arts, Geography, History and Much More. North Ryde, NSW: Angus & Robertson. pp. 8–9. ISBN 0-207-15108-3.
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