1824 in Australia

"See also:"
1823 in Australia,
other events of 1824,
1825 in Australia and the
Timeline of Australian history.

Incumbents

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:
*Governor of New South Wales- Major-General Sir Thomas Brisbane
*Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania - Colonel George Arthur

Events

* March 5 - The first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Francis Forbes arrives in Sydney.
* May 7 - The Supreme Court of Tasmania, the first of all the State Supreme Courts, is established by Letters Patent.
* May 17 - The Supreme Court of New South Wales is created by Letters Patent.
* August 5 - Convict and cannibal Alexander Pearce is hung for his crimes.
* August 25 - The Legislative Council of New South Wales sits for the first time.
* September 28 - John Oxley recommends a new settlement be founded at Brisbane after finding Moreton Bay unsuitable.
* October 14 - W. C. Wentworth and Robert Wardell begin publication of "The Australian", the first independent newspaper in Australia.
* October 21 - Joshua John Moore was the first person to take out a ticket-of-occupation for the land which later became the site of Canberra
* December 16 - Explorers Hamilton Hume and William Hovell arrive in the area the Aborigines call "Corayo" on a bay called "Jillong".

*In 1824 the name change from ' "New Holland" ' to ' "Australia" ', recommended by Matthew Flinders in 1804, received official sanction by the United Kingdom.

ee also

*1824
*1800s