1817 in Australia
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The following lists events that happened during 1817 in Australia.
Incumbents
- Monarch - George III
Governors
Events
- 7 March â Bible Society of New South Wales is formed.
- 8 April â Australia's first bank, the Bank of New South Wales is established.
- 10 October â Bushranger Michael Howe is caught in Van Diemen's Land, but escapes after killing his captors.
- 21 December â Lachlan Macquarie recommends the adoption of the name Australia for the continent instead of New Holland.
- 22 December â The King expedition of 1817, to explore and make a rough survey of the northern and north-west coasts of Australia, departs Sydney.
- Governor Lachlan Macquarie directs that a new fort, named Fort Macquarie, be built on a site at Bennelong Point.
Births
- 6 July â James Bonwick
- 25 August â Edmund Blacket
Deaths
- 7 December â William Bligh
References
- Barker, Anthony (1996). What Happened When. St Leonards: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-86373-986-3.