Australia — /aw strayl yeuh/, n. 1. a continent SE of Asia, between the Indian and the Pacific oceans. 18,438,824; 2,948,366 sq. mi. (7,636,270 sq. km). 2. Commonwealth of, a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, consisting of the federated states and… … Universalium
1814 in Australia — See also: 1813 in Australia, other events of 1814, 1815 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.Incumbents Governors Governors of the Australian colonies: *Governor of New South Wales Lachlan Macquarie *Lieutenant Governor of Van… … Wikipedia
1816 in Australia — See also: 1815 in Australia, other events of 1816, 1817 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.Incumbents Governors Governors of the Australian colonies: *Governor of New South Wales Lachlan Macquarie *Lieutenant Governor of Van… … Wikipedia
History of Australia (1788–1850) — History of Australia This article is part of a series Chronological … Wikipedia
European exploration of Australia — Exploration by Europeans till 1812 1606 Willem Janszoon … Wikipedia
PARKES, Sir Henry (1815-1896) — statesman was born at Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England, on 27 May 1815. His father, Thomas Parkes, was a small tenant farmer. Of his mother little is known, but when she died in 1842 Parkes could say of her that he felt as if a portion of this… … Dictionary of Australian Biography
STUART, John McDouall (1815-1866) — explorer was born in Fifeshire, Scotland, on 7 September 1815, the son of William Stuart, a captain in the army. He arrived in South Australia in 1838 where he entered the government survey department. In 1844 he joined the expedition to the… … Dictionary of Australian Biography
EYRE, Edward JoHN (1815-1901) — explorer came of an old English family: an ancestor Sir Gervas Eyre was killed while fighting for Charles I. Eyre s father, the Rev. Anthony William Eyre, was a clergyman in Yorkshire who married Sarah Mapleton, the daughter of a physician at… … Dictionary of Australian Biography
WESTGARTH, William (1815-1889) — early Victorian merchant and historian son of John Westgarth, surveyor general of customs for Scotland, was born at Edinburgh, in June 1815. He was educated at the high schools at Leith and Edinburgh, and at Dr Bruce s school at Newcastle on Tyne … Dictionary of Australian Biography
GILBERT, John (c.1815?-1845) — naturalist. Nothing is known of the early days of Gilbert. From his Australian diary we learn that his birthday was on 14 March but the year is not given. We know that his father, William Gilbert, was alive and still working in 1846; there is… … Dictionary of Australian Biography
