1836 in Australia
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The following lists events that happened during 1836 in Australia.
Incumbents
Governors
Events
- 14 March â HMS Beagle, carrying Charles Darwin, leaves Australia.
- 27 May â At least 7 Aboriginal are killed by Major Thomas Mitchell and his men in his third expedition as Surveyor General of New South Wales in the Mount Dispersion massacre.
- 29 July â Church Act enacted
Exploration and settlement
- 27 July â Reeves Point (later Kingscote), South Australia's first official European settlement is founded on Kangaroo Island.
- 28 December â South Australia and Adelaide are founded.