1827 in Australia
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The following lists events that happened during 1827 in Australia.
Incumbents
Events
- 5 January - First boat regatta held on the River Derwent.[1] On 30 April a regatta was held in Sydney.[1]
- Theatre Royal, Sydney opened.[2]
Exploration and settlement
- 18 June - James Stirling establishes the Fort Wellington settlement at Raffles Bay, on the Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory.[3]
Births
- 24 October â James Rutherford, transit pioneer (born in the United States) (d. 1911)