The following lists events that happened during 1826 in Australia.
Incumbents
*Monarch -
George IV
George IV (George Augustus Frederick; 12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from the death of his father, King George III, on 29 January 1820, until his own death ten y ...
Governors
Governors of the Australian colonies:
*
Governor of New South Wales -
Lieutenant-General Ralph Darling
*
Governor of Tasmania
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 ...
-
Colonel George Arthur
Events
* 16 March - The Australian Subscription Library, the forerunner of the
State Library of New South Wales, is founded; it opens, 1 December 1827.
* 25 December - Major
Edmund Lockyer
Edmund Lockyer, (21 January 1784 – 10 June 1860) was a British soldier and explorer of Australia.
Born in Plymouth, Devon, Lockyer was the son of Thomas Lockyer, a sailmaker, and his wife Ann. Lockyer began his army career as an ensign in ...
arrives at
King George Sound
King George Sound ( nys , Menang Koort) is a sound on the south coast of Western Australia. Named King George the Third's Sound in 1791, it was referred to as King George's Sound from 1805. The name "King George Sound" gradually came into use ...
to take possession of the western part of the continent, establishing a settlement near
Albany.
* Convict Hospital built in Brisbane, it is replaced as
Brisbane General Hospital
The Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital (RBWH) is a tertiary public hospital located in Herston, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is operated by Metro North Health, part of the Queensland Health network. The hospital has 929 be ...
in 1867.
Science and technology
* 7 April – Australia's first street lamp erected in
Macquarie Place, Sydney – it burned whale oil.
Births
* 10 April –
Henry Oxley, New South Wales MP
* 24 June –
George Goyder, surveyor-general of South Australia.
* 7 July –
Charles Todd responsible for the
Australian Overland Telegraph Line.
Deaths
* 4 May - Bushranger
Matthew Brady
Matthew Brady (1799 – 4 May 1826) was an English-born convict who became a bushranger in Van Diemen's Land (modern-day Tasmania). He was sometimes known as "Gentleman Brady" due to his good treatment and fine manners when robbing his victims ...
is hanged.
References
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Years of the 19th century in Australia