The following lists events that happened during 1814 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: * Governor of New South Wales – Lachlan Macquarie *

Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land The governor of Tasmania is the representative in the Australian state of Tasmania of the Monarch of Australia, currently King Charles III. The incumbent governor is Barbara Baker, who was appointed in June 2021. The official residence of the ...

– Major Thomas Davey

Events

* 31 January – The "

holey dollar Holey dollar is the name given to coins used in the early history of two British settlements: Prince Edward Island (now part of Canada) and New South Wales (now part of Australia). The middle was punched out of Spanish dollars, creating two pa ...

" and "dump" go into circulation. * 4 February ** The Court of Civil Jurisdiction is abolished by the Second Charter of Justice; it was replaced by the Supreme Court of Civil Judicature of New South Wales.NSW State Archives, http://investigator.records.nsw.gov.au/details/agency_detail.asp?sort=agency%20number&order=asc&page=1&agency%20number=1042&agency%20title=&administrative%20history%20note=&selfunction=&start%20date=&end%20date=&id=1042&searchpage=agency The court had jurisdiction to deal with civil disputes where the amount in dispute in the colony was more than £50 sterling. ** The Governors Court is established by Letters Patent dated 4 February 1814 issued by

King 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 ...

. The court had jurisdiction over civil claims in

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. ** The Lieutenant Governor's Court is established by Letters Patent dated 4 February 1814 issued by

. The court had jurisdiction over civil claims in

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 ...

. * 20 May – The convict transport ship '' Three Bees'' catches fire and blows up in Sydney Harbour. *

Anglesea Barracks Anglesea Barracks is an Australian Defence Force barracks in central Hobart, Tasmania. The site was chosen in December 1811 by Lachlan Macquarie and construction began on the first buildings to occupy the site in 1814. It is the oldest Austral ...

is established.

Births

*3 March –

Louis Buvelot Louis Buvelot ( Morges 3 March 1814 – Melbourne 30 May 1888), born Abram-Louis Buvelot, was a Swiss landscape painter who lived 17 years in Brazil and following 5 years back in Switzerland stayed 23 years in Australia, where he influenced the H ...

*Date unknown:

Robert Richard Torrens Sir Robert Richard Torrens, (31 May 1812Croucher, Rosalind F. (2008) 'Delenda Est Carthago!' Sir Robert Richard Torrens and his attack on the evils of conveyancing and dependent land titles: a reflection on the sesquicentenary of the introdu ...

Deaths

*8 May –

Francis Grose Francis Grose (born before 11 June 1731 – 12 May 1791) was an English antiquary, draughtsman, and lexicographer. He produced ''A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue'' (1785) and ''A Provincial Glossary, with a Collection of Local Pr ...

*19 July – Matthew Flinders * 31 August – Admiral Arthur Phillip RN,

British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...

naval officer and former Governor of New South Wales, dies at Bath,

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

aged 75.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:1814 in Australia Australia Years of the 19th century in Australia