1799 in Australia

1799 in Australia

"See also:"
1798 in Australia
other events of 1799,
1800 in Australia and the
Timeline of Australian history.----

Leaders

*Governor of New South Wales - John Hunter
*Lieutenant-Governor of Norfolk Island - Philip Gidley King
* Inspector of Public Works - Richard Atkins

Events

* January 7 - Bass and Flinders complete their circumnavigation of Van Diemen’s Land.
*February 11 - The gaol in Sydney is burned by arsonists.
*March 3 - Hawkesbury River floods, killing one.
*March 12 - Issac Nichols is accused of stealing stolen goods and sentenced to 14 years on Norfolk Island; his sentence is suspended by Governor Hunter on April 1
*July 8 - Matthew Flinders leaves Port Jackson to explore the East coast; he surveys Moreton Bay between the 15th and 31st and charts Hervey Bay on August 2. He returns to Sydney on the 20th of August.
*October 18 - Five settlers are found guilty of killing aborigines in the Hawkesbury, they are later pardoned.
*November 5 - Hunter is recalled and Philip Gidley King is named as his successor
*December 28 - The gaol in Paramatta is lost to arson.

Births

*August 25 - John Dunmore Lang
*October 2 - William Lonsdale
*October 15 - Archibald Mosman

Deaths

*January 26 - Thomas Muir

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


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