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Decades:

Incumbents

Monarch - George IV until 26 June 1830 then William IV

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

Events

20 September - The Port Arthur penal settlement was established.
23 September - The Bathurst Rebellion begins outside Bathurst, New South Wales, following the escape of a group of convicts known as the 'Ribbon Gang' under the leadership of convict-servant Ralph Entwistle. Ten of the rebels are later captured and publicly hung after being tried and found guilty of murder.
7 October - The 'Black Line' campaign of the Black War begins in an attempt to capture all Tasmanian Aborigines. The campaign lasts 7 weeks and only succeeds in bringing two Aborigines to the authorities.
Wool export in Australia - 2 million pounds.

Smallpox spread among the Aboriginal groups. It was received from the British people when they arrived in Australia. Aboriginals were persuaded to go to captivity in order for the disease to steady.

Exploration and settlement

February - Charles Sturt and party discover the mouth of the Murray River.

Births

14 January – Thomas Hardy, winemaker (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1912)
15 March – John Ferguson, Queensland politician (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1906)
17 April – Alfred William Howitt, anthropologist, explorer, and naturalist (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1908)
30 April – Dan Morgan, bushranger (d. 1865)
15 May – Louis Smith, Victorian politician (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1910)
5 September – Robert Dunne, archbishop (born in Ireland) (d. 1917)
7 September – Charles Henry Pearson, Victorian politician, academic and writer (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1894)
16 September – Francis Moran, Cardinal Archbishop of Sydney (born in Ireland) (d. 1911)
18 September – Sir Frederick Darley, 6th Chief Justice of New South Wales (born in Ireland) (d. 1910)
10 October – Freeman Cobb, businessman (born in the United States) (d. 1878)
30 November – Robert D. FitzGerald, explorer, ornithologist, and botanist (born in Ireland) (d. 1892)
4 December – Morton Allport, naturalist (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1878)
5 December – Sir William Zeal, Victorian politician and railway engineer (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1912)

Deaths

24 November – Bungaree, explorer, entertainer, and community leader (b. 1775)

v t e Years in Australia (1788–present)
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19th century	1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900
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21st century	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Timeline of Australian history

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Associated states of New Zealand	Cook Islands Niue

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