1817 in Australia
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The following lists events that happened during 1817 in Australia.
Incumbents
- Monarch - George III
Governors
Governors of the Australian colonies:
- Governor of New South Wales – Lachlan Macquarie
- Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land – Major Thomas Davey
Events
- 7 March – Bible Society of New South Wales is formed.
- 8 April – Australia's first bank, the Bank of New South Wales is established.
- 7 October – First Methodist Church in Australia opens in Castlereagh, New South Wales.
- 10 October – Bushranger Michael Howe is caught in Van Diemen's Land, but escapes after killing his captors.
- 21 December – Lachlan Macquarie recommends the adoption of the name Australia for the continent instead of New Holland.
- 22 December – The King expedition of 1817, to explore and make a rough survey of the northern and north-west coasts of Australia, departs Sydney.
- Governor Lachlan Macquarie directs that a new fort, named Fort Macquarie, be built on a site at Bennelong Point.
Births
- 6 July – James Bonwick
- 25 August – Edmund Blacket
Deaths
- 7 December – William Bligh
References
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