1793 in Australia

"See also:"
1792 in Australia,
other events of 1793,
1794 in Australia and the
Timeline of Australian history.----

Leaders

*Acting Governor of New South Wales - Lieutenant-Governor Francis Grose
*Lieutenant-Governor of Norfolk Island - Philip Gidley King
*Commanding officer of the New South Wales Corps - Francis Grose

Events

*January 16 - "Bellona" arrives with Australia's first free settlers
* February 12 - John Macarthur is granted convert|100|acre|km2 of land at Parramatta.
* February 16 - John Macarthur is appointed by Grose as inspector of public works.
* February 18 - A school opens in an unfinished church building is Sydney; the first school had been established in 1789, Isabella Rosson was the first teacher.
*May 2 - Mary Bryant is pardoned in England] .
* September 15 - Captain William Paterson leads a party of Scotsmen in the first attempt to cross the Blue Mountains. He is unsuccessful.
* September 25 - Sydney's first church opens.

Births

*March 8 - David Jones
*June 1 - Augustus Earle

References

*cite book
last = Barker
first = Anthony
authorlink =
coauthors =
title =What Happened When
publisher = Allen & Unwin
date = 1996
location = St Leonards
isbn = 1-86373-986
*cite web
last =National Library of Australia
title = The World Upside Down: Australia 1788 - 1830
url =http://www.nla.gov.au/exhibitions/upsidedown/index.html