1808 in Australia

1808 in Australia

"See also:"
1807 in Australia,
other events of 1808,
1809 in Australia and the
Timeline of Australian history.

Incumbents

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:
*Governor of New South Wales- Captain William Bligh; from 28 July, Lieut-Col Joseph Foveaux (acting)
*Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania - David Collins..

Events

*January 26 - John Macarthur is arrested sparking the Rum Rebellion. Military officers supporting Macarthur arrest Governor Bligh.
*February 2 - William Paterson sails to Sydney from Port Dalrymple to take over the administration of New South Wales following the removal of Bligh.

Exploration and Settlement

* First settlement at Kingston, Tasmania.

Births

*September 23 - William Henty, one of the Henty brothers (although the only brother not to set foot in Portland, Victoria): he took a leading part in the legal disputes over the settlement.

Deaths

*June 19 - Alexander Dalrymple, who had strongly opposed the establishment of New South Wales in "A Serious Admonition to the Public on the Intended Thief-Colony at Botany Bay" (London, 1786).
*September 3 - Philip Gidley King, third Governor of New South Wales.

ee also

*1808
*1800s


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