1799 in Australia
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The following lists events that happened during 1799 in Australia.
Leaders
- Monarch - George III
- Governor of New South Wales â John Hunter
- Lieutenant-Governor of Norfolk Island â Philip Gidley King
- Inspector of Public Works â Richard Atkins
Events
- 7 January â Bass and Flinders complete their circumnavigation of Van Diemen's Land in sloop Norfolk.
- 11 February â The jail in Sydney is burned by arsonists.
- 3 March â Hawkesbury River floods, killing one.
- 12 March â Isaac Nichols is accused of stealing stolen goods and sentenced to 14 years on Norfolk Island; his sentence is suspended by Governor Hunter on 1 April
- 8 July â Matthew Flinders leaves Port Jackson to explore the East coast in sloop Norfolk; he surveys Moreton Bay between the 15th and 31st and charts Hervey Bay on 2 August. He returns to Sydney on 20 August.
- 18 October â Five settlers are found guilty of killing aborigines in the Hawkesbury, they are later pardoned.
- 5 November â Hunter is recalled and Philip Gidley King is named as his successor
- 28 December â The jail in Parramatta is lost to arson.
Births
- 25 August â John Dunmore Lang
- 2 October â William Lonsdale
- 15 October â Archibald Mosman
Deaths
- 26 January â Thomas Muir
References
- Barker, Anthony (1996). What Happened When. St Leonards: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-86373-986-3.
- National Library of Australia. "The World Upside Down: Australia 1788 â 1830". Archived from the original on 20 March 2007. Retrieved 9 February 2007.