1829 in Australia
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The following lists events that happened during 1829 in Australia.
Incumbents
- Monarch â George IV
Governors
Events
- 2 May â After anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of HMS Challenger, proclaimed possession of the whole of the west coast of Australia for the Crown.
- 14 May â Aboriginal mission on Bruny Island opened by George Augustus Robinson.
- 8 June â Captain James Stirling founds the Swan River Colony in Western Australia, landing at Garden Island.[1]
- 18 June â Official proclamation of the Swan River Colony.
- 12 August â Mrs Helen Dance, wife of the captain of HMS Sulphur, cuts down a tree to mark the foundation of the town of Perth, Western Australia.
Births
- 11 June â Sir Edward Braddon, 18th Premier of Tasmania (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1904)