1803 in Australia

1803 in Australia

"See also:"
1802 in Australia,
other events of 1803,
1804 in Australia and the
Timeline of Australian history.

Incumbents

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:
*Governor of New South Wales- Captain Philip King

Events

* January 14 - Lieut-Col David Collins commissioned in England to found a new settlement on Bass Strait, preferably at Port Phillip.
* March 5 - George Howe publishes the first issue of the weekly "Sydney Gazette" and the "New South Wales Advertiser", Australia's first newspaper.
* December 27 - Convict William Buckley escapes from Sullivan Bay, Victoria. He lives with the Wautharong Aboriginal people for 32 years.

Exploration and Settlement

* February 2 - Surveyor general, Charles Grimes, discovered the Yarra River.
* June 9 - HMS "Investigator" arrives in Port Jackson after circumnavigating Australia. On the voyage Matthew Flinders charted the coast and Robert Brown made an extensive collection of the flora of Australia.
* September 11 - John Bowen with a party of forty-eight found the first settlement in Van Diemen's Land near the Derwent River.

ee also

*1803
*1800s


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