1815 in Australia
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- 1800s
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- 1830s
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Incumbents
Governors
Governors of the Australian colonies:
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
Deaths
References
- Barker, Anthony (1996). What Happened When. St Leonards: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-86373-986-3.