1815 in Australia
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The following lists events that happened during 1815 in Australia.
Incumbents
- Monarch - George III
Governors
Events
- 14 January â The road over the Blue Mountains is completed to the Macquarie River.
- 7 April â Bathurst, New South Wales is founded following its discovery by George Evans. It is Australia's first inland European settlement.
- 12 December â 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).
Births
- 27 May â Henry Parkes
- 5 August â Edward John Eyre
- 7 September â John McDouall Stuart
Deaths
- 9 January â Augustus Alt
- 10 November â Ellis Bent
- 11 November â Maurice Margarot
References
- Barker, Anthony (1996). What Happened When. St Leonards: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-86373-986-3.