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The following lists events that happened during 1796 in Australia.
* 16 January – Australia's first theatre opens in Sydney. Edward Young's ''The Revenge'' and the comedy ''The Hotel'' are the first works performed.
* 23 January – The distillation of spirits is prohibited.
* 5 February – Soldiers from the New South Wales Corps wreck a house belonging to millwright John Baughan.
* 10 February – Magistrate William Balmain challenges Macarthur over the house-wrecking incident.
* 29 February – Macarthur resigns as Inspector of the Public Works and is replaced by Richard Atkins.
* June – George Bass makes an unsuccessful attempt to cross the Blue Mountains. Coal is discovered near Port Stephens.
* 14 September – Governor Hunter complains to the Colonial Secretary of Macarthur's behaviour.
* 15 September – Macarthur complains to Colonial Secretary of Hunter's governing.
* 9 November – As Sydney grows, Hunter disbands the convict night watch. He divides Sydney into four districts responsible for their own watchmen and orders houses to be numbered.
Leaders
*Monarch - George III *Governor of New South Wales
The governor of New South Wales is the viceregal representative of the Australian monarch, King Charles III, in the state of New South Wales. In an analogous way to the governor-general of Australia at the national level, the governors of the ...
– John Hunter
* Lieutenant-Governor of Norfolk Island – Philip Gidley King
* Inspector of Public Works – John Macarthur John MacArthur or Macarthur may refer to:
*J. Roderick MacArthur (1920–1984), American businessman
*John MacArthur (American pastor) (born 1939), American evangelical minister, televangelist, and author
* John Macarthur (priest), 20th-century pro ...
/Richard Atkins
Events
* 16 January – Australia's first theatre opens in Sydney. Edward Young's ''The Revenge'' and the comedy ''The Hotel'' are the first works performed.
* 23 January – The distillation of spirits is prohibited.
* 5 February – Soldiers from the New South Wales Corps wreck a house belonging to millwright John Baughan.
* 10 February – Magistrate William Balmain challenges Macarthur over the house-wrecking incident.
* 29 February – Macarthur resigns as Inspector of the Public Works and is replaced by Richard Atkins.
* June – George Bass makes an unsuccessful attempt to cross the Blue Mountains. Coal is discovered near Port Stephens.
* 14 September – Governor Hunter complains to the Colonial Secretary of Macarthur's behaviour.
* 15 September – Macarthur complains to Colonial Secretary of Hunter's governing.
* 9 November – As Sydney grows, Hunter disbands the convict night watch. He divides Sydney into four districts responsible for their own watchmen and orders houses to be numbered.
Births
*20 March – Edward Gibbon Wakefield * ''date unknown'' **Henry Vincent
Henry Vincent (10 May 1813 – 29 December 1878) was active in the formation of early Working Men's Associations in Britain, a popular Chartist leader, brilliant and gifted public orator, prospective but ultimately unsuccessful Victorian membe ...
, first superintendent of Rottnest Island Aboriginal Prison (d. 1869
Events
January–March
* January 3 – Abdur Rahman Khan is defeated at Tinah Khan, and exiled from Afghanistan.
* January 5 – Scotland's oldest professional football team, Kilmarnock F.C., is founded.
* January 20 – E ...
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References
* * {{Oceania topic, 1796 in, countries_only=yesAustralia
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Years of the 18th century in Australia