1829 in Australia
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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Template:Year in Australia The following lists events that happened during 1829 in Australia.
Incumbents
- Monarch – George IV
Governors
Governors of the Australian colonies:
- Governor of New South Wales – Ralph Darling
- Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land – Colonel George Arthur
- Lieutenant-Governor of the Swan River Colony – Captain James Stirling.
Events
- 2 May – After anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., proclaimed possession of the whole of the west coast of Australia for the Crown.
- 14 May – Aboriginal mission on Bruny Island opened by George Augustus Robinson.
- 8 June – Captain James Stirling founds the Swan River Colony in Western Australia, landing at Garden Island.[1]
- 18 June – Official proclamation of the Swan River Colony.
- 12 August – Mrs Helen Dance, wife of the captain of Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., cuts down a tree to mark the foundation of the town of Perth, Western Australia.
Births
- 11 June – Sir Edward Braddon, 18th Premier of Tasmania (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1904)
References
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