The following lists events that happened during 1807 in Australia.
Incumbents
*Monarch -
George III
George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 173829 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two kingdoms on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Br ...
Governors
Governors of the Australian colonies:
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Governor of New South Wales –
Captain William Bligh
Vice-admiral (Royal Navy), Vice-Admiral William Bligh (9 September 1754 – 7 December 1817) was an officer of the Royal Navy and a colonial administrator. The Mutiny on the Bounty, mutiny on the HMS ''Bounty'' occurred in 1789 when the ship ...
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Lieutenant-Governor of Southern Van Diemen's Land –
David Collins
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Lieutenant-Governor of Northern Van Diemen's Land –
William Paterson
Events
*23 August – The first
dry cleaning
Dry cleaning is any cleaning process for clothing and textiles using a solvent other than water.
Dry cleaning still involves liquid, but clothes are instead soaked in a water-free liquid solvent. Tetrachloroethylene (perchloroethylene), known i ...
business opened in
Sydney by Englishman Robert Davidson.
Exploration and settlement
*8 February – Lieutenant
Thomas Laycock
Thomas Laycock (1786 – 7 November 1823) was an English soldier, explorer, and later businessman, who served in North America during the War of 1812, but is most famous for being the first European to travel overland through the interior of Ta ...
explores
Van Diemen's Land
Van Diemen's Land was the colonial name of the island of Tasmania used by the British during the European exploration of Australia in the 19th century. A British settlement was established in Van Diemen's Land in 1803 before it became a sep ...
, finding the
Clyde River
References
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Years of the 19th century in Australia