1818 in Australia
The following lists events that happened during 1818 in Australia.
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Incumbents
- Monarch - George III
Governors
Governors of the Australian colonies:
- Governor of New South Wales – Lachlan Macquarie
- Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land – Colonel William Sorell
Events
- 8 January – Governor Macquarie accuses Samuel Marsden of conspiracy against him
- 3 March – Throsby, Hume and Meehan discover an overland route to Jervis Bay
- 19 April – Phillip Parker King discovers Port Essington
- 28 May – John Oxley leaves Bathurst to explore along the Macquarie River
Births
- 22 March – John Ainsworth Horrocks, one of the first settlers of the Clare Valley, is born near Preston, Lancashire
- 21 May – S. T. Gill
- 5 August - Thomas Elder, pastoralist
- 5 September – Edmund Kennedy
- Date unknown – Eliza Winstanley, stage actress and writer
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References
- Barker, Anthony (1996). What Happened When. St Leonards: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-86373-986-3.
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