1792 in Australia
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1791 in Australia
other events of 1792,
1793 in Australia
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Timeline of Australian history
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1791 in Australia
1791 in Australia
See also:1790 in Australia,1792 in Australia and theTimeline of Australian history.----- Leaders :* Governor of New South Wales – Captain Arthur Phillip, RN* Lieutenant-Governor of Norfolk Island – Philip Gidley King...
other events of 1792,
1793 in Australia
1793 in Australia
See also:1792 in Australia,other events of 1793,1794 in Australia and theTimeline of Australian history.-----Leaders:*Acting Governor of New South Wales - Lieutenant-Governor Francis Grose*Lieutenant-Governor of Norfolk Island - Philip Gidley King...
and the
Timeline of Australian history
Timeline of Australian history
This is a timeline of Australian history.-BC:*c. 68,000–40,000 BC: Aboriginal tribes are thought to have arrived in Australia.*c. 13,000 BC: Land bridges between mainland Australia and Tasmania are flooded. Tasmanian Aboriginal people become isolated for the next 12,000 – 13,000 years.*c...
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Leaders
- Governor of New South Wales - Captain Arthur PhillipArthur PhillipAdmiral Arthur Phillip RN was a British admiral and colonial administrator. Phillip was appointed Governor of New South Wales, the first European colony on the Australian continent, and was the founder of the settlement which is now the city of Sydney.-Early life and naval career:Arthur Phillip...
- Lieutenant-Governor of Norfolk IslandAdministrative heads of Norfolk IslandThe Administrator of Norfolk Island acts as a representative both of the Crown and of the Australian Federal Government, as well as carrying out other duties according to the Norfolk Island Act 1979....
- Philip Gidley KingPhilip Gidley KingCaptain Philip Gidley King RN was a British naval officer and colonial administrator. He is best known as the official founder of the first European settlement on Norfolk Island and as the third Governor of New South Wales.-Early years and establishment of Norfolk Island settlement:King was born... - Commanding officer of the New South Wales CorpsNew South Wales CorpsThe New South Wales Corps was formed in England in 1789 as a permanent regiment to relieve the marines who had accompanied the First Fleet to Australia. The regiment, led by Major Francis Grose, consisted of three companies...
- Francis GroseFrancis Grose (Lieutenant-Governor)Lieutenant-General Francis Grose was a soldier and Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales.-Early life:Grose was born in Greenland, Middlesex, England around 1758. He was the eldest son of Francis Grose the well-known English antiquary, and Catherine Jordan...
Events
- February 14 - Sydney's first retail shop opens.
- July 14 - The Home SecretaryHome SecretaryThe Secretary of State for the Home Department, commonly known as the Home Secretary, is the minister in charge of the Home Office of the United Kingdom, and one of the country's four Great Offices of State...
authorises Phillip to make land grants to civil and military officers. - November 1 - The Philadelphia becomes the first foreign trading vessel to visit Sydney.
- December 10 - With the colony beginning to flourish, Phillip is granted leave and permitted to return to England. He leaves on the Atlantic, taking BennelongBennelongWoollarawarre Bennelong was a senior man of the Eora, an Aboriginal people of the Port Jackson area, at the time of the first British settlement in Australia, in 1788...
with him, and retires to a quiet life in Bath. While the British government decides on a replacement, Francis GroseFrancis Grose (Lieutenant-Governor)Lieutenant-General Francis Grose was a soldier and Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales.-Early life:Grose was born in Greenland, Middlesex, England around 1758. He was the eldest son of Francis Grose the well-known English antiquary, and Catherine Jordan...
(the commanding officer of the New South Wales CorpsNew South Wales CorpsThe New South Wales Corps was formed in England in 1789 as a permanent regiment to relieve the marines who had accompanied the First Fleet to Australia. The regiment, led by Major Francis Grose, consisted of three companies...
) takes control as Acting Governor. - December 11 - Francis GroseFrancis Grose (Lieutenant-Governor)Lieutenant-General Francis Grose was a soldier and Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales.-Early life:Grose was born in Greenland, Middlesex, England around 1758. He was the eldest son of Francis Grose the well-known English antiquary, and Catherine Jordan...
officially takes up his role as Administrator - December 24 - The American ship Hope arrives in Sydney; Grose is forces to buy alcohol to obtain other cargo.
Births
- June 16- Major Sir Thomas Livingston Mitchell surveyor and explorer.
- October 20 - John Pascoe FawknerJohn Pascoe FawknerJohn Pascoe Fawkner was an early pioneer, businessman and politician of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. In 1835 he financed a party of free settlers from Van Diemen's Land , to sail to the mainland in his ship, Enterprize...