1824

1824 - Formation of Australian Agricultural Company in London. The Company was granted 1 million acres of land at Port Stephens.

1824 - Francis Forbes becomes first Chief Justice of NSW.

1824 - Legislative Council established in NSW.

1824 – Commencing at Appin, Hume and Hovell explore the Snowy Mountains and a route south to Bass Strait (3/10/1824).

1824 – Hambledon Cottage constructed at Parramatta by John Macarthur.

1824 – Construction began on St. Thomas Church at Port Macquarie.

1824 – Crops fail in NSW due to severe drought.

1824 – Arrival of convict ship Castle Forbes (15/1/1824).

1824 – Arrival of convict ship Guildford (5/3/1824).

1824 – Arrival of convict ship Brothers (7/5/1824).

1824 – Arrival of convict ship Countess of Harcourt (12/7/1824).

1824 – Arrival of convict ship Prince of Regent (15/7/1824).

1824 – Arrival of convict ship Almorah (20/8/1824).

1824 – Arrival of convict ship Mangles (27/10/1824).

1824 – Arrival of convict ship Minerva (19/11/1824).

1824 - Outpost settlements established on Melville Island (off the coast of the Northern Territory) and at Moreton Bay, Brisbane.

Sir Francis Forbes
1784 - 1841

1824 - George Arthur becomes Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemens Land.

1824 - Sir John Pedder becomes Chief Justice of Van Diemens Land.

1824 - Penal settlement established at Redcliffe, Moreton Bay (settlement later moved to site now called Brisbane).

1824 - James Bremer establishes trading base at Fort Dundas, Melville Island.

1824 - Legislative and executive Councils established in Van Diemens Land.

1824 – The name ‘Australia’ was officially adopted.

1825

1825 – Woollen mills established at Parramatta.

1825 – Lansdowne Park, Goulburn, established.

1825 – Port Macquarie Female Factory constructed.

1825 – Governor Ralph Darling took office.

1825 – Arrival of convict ship Ann & Amelia (2/1/1825).

1825 – Arrival of convict ship Grenada (23/1/1825).

1825 – Arrival of convict ship Asia (22/2/1825).

1825 – Arrival of convict ship Henry (27/2/1825).

1825 – Arrival of convict ship Hooghly [Hooghley] (24/4/1825).

1825 – Arrival of convict ship Royal Charlotte (29/4/1825).

1825 – Arrival of convict ship Asia (29/4/1825).

1825 – Arrival of convict ship Hercules (7/5/1825).

1825 – Arrival of convict ship Anne (30/6/1825).

1825 – Arrival of convict ship Mariner (10/7/1825).

1825 – Arrival of convict ship Norfolk (18/8/1825).

1825 – Arrival of convict ship Minstrel (22/8/1825).

1825 – Arrival of convict ship Lonach (4/9/1825).

1825 – Arrival of convict ship Henry Porcher (3/12/1825).

1825 – Arrival of convict ship Midas (17/12/1825).

1825 - Order-in-Council separating Van Diemens Land from NSW (14 June 1825).

Lansdowne Park

1825 – Second convict settlement established at Norfolk Island as a place of extremist punishment.

Governor Sir Ralph Darling
1772 - 1858

1825 – Moreton Bay convict settlement transferred the banks of the Brisbane River at the current site of Brisbane.

1826

1826 – Australian Agricultural Company took over coal mining at Newcastle from Government.

1826 – Castle Hill Lunatic Asylum ceased operation & relocated to Liverpool Court House.

1826 – Construction of Old Northern Road (part of the Great North Road) from Castle Hill to Wisemans Ferry began.

1826 – Solomon Wiseman constructed Cobham Hall at Wisemans Ferry.

1826 – Construction commenced on St. Anne’s Roman Catholic Church at Ryde.

1826 – Governor Brisbane removed restrictions of settlement beyond the Blue Mountains.

1826 – Arrival of convict ship Cawdry (January 1826).

1826 – Arrival of convict ship Marquis of Hastings (3/1/1826).

1826 – Arrival of convict ship Sir Godfrey Webster (3/1/1826).

1826 – Arrival of convict ship Mangles (18/2/1826).

1826 – Arrival of convict ship Sesostris (21/3/1826).

1826 – Arrival of convict ship Lady Rowena (17/5/1826).

1826 – Arrival of convict ship Governor Phillip (4/7/1826).

1826 – Arrival of convict ship Regalia (5/8/1826).

1826 – Arrival of convict ship Marquis of Huntley (13/9/1826).

1826 – Arrival of convict ship England (18/9/1826).

1826 – Arrival of convict ship Boyne (28/10/1826).

1826 – Arrival of convict ship Speke (26/11/1826).

1826 – Arrival of convict ship Success (28/11/1826).

1826 – Arrival of convict ship Phoenix (25/12/1826).

Jules Sebastien Cesar Dumont d'Urville
1790 - 1842

1826-27 - Exploration of the Tasman sea and Australia’s north-west by the French navigator Dumont D’Urville.

1826 - Fear of possible French claims to Australian territory led to military settlements at Western Port Bay, Victoria, and King George Sound (modern Albany) Western Australia.

Cobham Hall

1827

1827 – Australian Museum established.

1827 – Solomon Wiseman established a cable ferry across the Hawkesbury River at Wisemans Ferry.
  
1827 – John Busby commenced driving a tunnel to bring drinking water from the Lachlan Swamps to Hyde Park.

1827 – Arrival of convict ship Grenada (23/1/1827).

1827 – Arrival of convict ship Brothers (2/2/1827).

1827 – Arrival of convict ship Marquis of Lansdown (12/2/1827)

1827 – Arrival of convict ship Albion (14/2/1827).

1827 – Arrival of convict ship Midas (15/2/1827).

1827 – Arrival of convict ship Mariner (23/5/1827).

1827 – Arrival of convict ship Countess of Harcourt (28/6/1827).

1827 – Arrival of convict ship Guildford (25/7/1827).

1827 – Arrival of convict ship Marquis of Hastings (31/7/1827).

1827 – Arrival of convict ship Princess Charlotte (6/8/1827).

1827 – Arrival of convict ship Manlius (11/8/1827).

1827 – Arrival of convict ship Harvey (27/8/1827).

1827 – Arrival of convict ship Cambridge (17/9/1827).

1827 – Arrival of convict ship Harmony (27/9/1827).

1827 – Arrival of convict ship Prince Regent (27/9/1827).

1827 – Arrival of convict ship Champion (17/10/1827).

1827 – Arrival of convict ship Eliza (8/11/1827).

1827 – Arrival of convict ship John (25/11/1827).

1827 – Arrival of convict ship Louisa (3/12/1927).

1827 – Settlement established at King Georges Sound (Albany, Western Australia) by Major Edmund Lockyer.

 
Edmund Lockyer
1784 - 1860

1827 – Botanist, Alan Cunningham, discovers the Liverpool Range and Darling Downs in Queensland.

Busby's Tunnel

1828

1828 - First subscription library opened in Sydney.

1828 - Australian Courts Act passed by British parliament. The Act was the basis for the appointment of legislative councils in Van Diemen’s Land and New South Wales in 1829.

1828 – Whaling station established at Twofold Bay by Thomas Raine.

1828 – Wombeyan Caves discovered.

1828 – Spring Cove in Sydney Harbour first used for quarantine purposes.

1828 - First full-scale census taken of the European population. Total: 36,598 persons of whom 15,728 were convicts.

1828 - Great North Road completed.

1828 – Introduction of Colonial Postal Service.

1828 – Arrival of convict ship Florentia (3/1/1828).

1828 – Arrival of convict ship Elizabeth (12/1/1828).

1828 – Arrival of convict ship Marquis of Huntley (30/1/1828).

1828 – Arrival of convict ship Hooghly [Hooghley] (24/2/1828).

1828 – Arrival of convict ship Morley (3/3/1828).

1828 – Arrival of convict ship Asia (13/3/1828).

1828 – Arrival of convict ship Calista (13/4/1828).

1828 – Arrival of convict ship Eliza (16/5/1828).

1828 – Arrival of convict ship Mangles (2/6/1828).

1828 – Arrival of convict ship Borodino (12/7/1828).

1828 – Arrival of convict ship Phoenix (14/7/1828).

1828 – Arrival of convict ship Bussorah Merchant (26/7/1828).

1828 – Arrival of convict ship Countess of Harcourt (8/9/1828).

1828 – Arrival of convict ship Competitor (10/10/1828).

1828 – Arrival of convict ship Marquis of Hastings (12/10/1828).

1828 – Arrival of convict ship Celia (14/10/1828).

1828 – Arrival of convict ship Albion (3/11/1828).

1828 – Arrival of convict ship City of Edinburgh (12/11/1828).

1828 – Arrival of convict ship Eliza (18/11/1828).

1828 – Arrival of convict ship Royal George (24/12/1828).

1828 - James Stirling explores Swan River Western Australia.

Sir James Stirling
1791 - 1865

1828 - Fort Dundas abandoned, Fort Wellington established at Raffles Bay on Cobourg Peninsula on the north coast of Australia.

1829

1829 – First record of a football game being played in Australia.

1829 – Legislative Council established to advise the NSW Governor.

1829 – Major Edmund Lockyer finalised construction of road from Mount York Road to Hartley Vale.

1829 – Arrival of convict ship Governor Ready (16/1/1829)

1829 – Arrival of convict ship Vittoria (17/1/1829).

1829 – Arrival of convict ship Sophia (17/1/1829).

1829 – Arrival of convict ship Reliance (22/1/1829).

1829 – Arrival of convict ship Ferguson (26/3/1829).

1829 – Arrival of convict ship Reliance (27/3/1829).

1829 – Arrival of convict ship Queen Charlotte (17/4/1829).

1829 – Arrival of convict ship Mellish (18/4/1829).

1829 – Arrival of convict ship Edward (26/4/1829).

1829 – Arrival of convict ship Lord Melville (6/5/1829).

1829 – Arrival of convict ship Princess Royal (9/5/1829).

1829 – Arrival of convict ship Georgiana (12/6/1829).

1829 – Arrival of convict ship Eliza (20/6/1829).

1829 – Arrival of convict ship Waterloo (9/7/1829).

1829 – Arrival of convict ship Sovereign (3/8/1829).

1829 – Arrival of convict ship America (18/8/1829).

1829 – Arrival of convict ship Norfolk (27/8/1829).

1829 – Arrival of convict ship John (13/9/1829).

1829 – Arrival of convict ship William Young (31/10/1829).

1829 – Arrival of convict ship Guildford (4/11/1829).

1829 – Arrival of convict ship Flora (8/11/1829).

1829 – Arrival of convict ship Layton (8/11/1829).

1829 – Arrival of convict ship Lucy Davidson (29/11/1829).

1829 – Arrival of convict ship Morley (3/12/1829).

1829 – Arrival of convict ship Claudine (6/12/1829).

1829 – Arrival of convict ship Sarah (7/12/1829).

1829 – Arrival of convict ship Larkins (12/12/1829).

1829 - British government took possession of the western third of the Australian continent (2 May). Foundation of Perth, Western Australia.

1829 – The Parmelia conveys the first immigrants to Swan River.

1829 – Australian population muster.

1829 – The Cascade Female Factory, South Hobart, established.

1829 – Maria Island Penal Settlement for incorrigibles opened in Van Diemens Land.

1830

1830 – Foundation stone laid for Sydney Grammar School which was then called the Sydney College (26/1/1830).

1830 – Legislation is passed by the NSW Legislative Council to restrict the press (29/1/1830).

1830 – Foundation stone laid for a Congregational Church in Pitt Street, Sydney (26/3/1830).

1830 – The NSW Bushranging Act authorises arrest on suspicion of being a bushranger (21/4/1830).

1830 – The Legislative Council is empowered to extend trial by jury to criminal cases (28/6/1830).

1830 - First recorded labour union formed in Sydney.

1830 - Public meeting in Sydney demands representative government.

1830 – Port Macquarie is opened to free settlers (13/7/1830).

1830 – New military barracks near Wollongong Harbour opened. Stockade moved from Red Point (27/7/1830).

1830 – Road built from Mt. Victoria to Hartley using convict labour.

1830 - James Busby establishes the Kirkton vineyard in the Hunter Valley (December 1830).

1830 – Arrival of convict ship Asia (13/1/1830).

1830 – Arrival of convict ship James Pattison (20/1/1830).

1830 – Arrival of convict ship Katherine Stewart Forbes (18/2/1830).

1830 – Arrival of convict ship Dunvegan Castle (30/3/1830).

1830 – Arrival of convict ship Forth (26/4/1830).

1830 – Arrival of convict ship Queen Charlotte (26/4/1830).

1830 – Arrival of convict ship Mermaid (6/5/1830).

1830 – Arrival of convict ship Nithsdale (12/5/1830).

1830 – Arrival of convict ship Roslin Castle (29/6/1830).

1830 – Arrival of convict ship Lady Feversham (29/7/1830).

1830 – Arrival of convict ship Adrian (20/8/1830).

1830 – Arrival of convict ship Marquis of Huntley (21/8/1830).

1830 – Arrival of convict ship Ceylon (21/8/1830).

1830 – Arrival of convict ship Forth (12/10/1830).

1830 – Arrival of convict ship Lord Melville (21/10/1830).

1830 – Arrival of convict ship Hercules (1/11/1830).

1830 – Arrival of convict ship Royal Admiral (8/11/1830).

1830 – Arrival of convict ship Florentia (15/12/1830).

1830 – Arrival of convict ship Andromeda (18/12/1830).

1830 – Arrival of convict ship Burrell (19/12/1830).

1830 – Arrival of convict ship Elizabeth (20/12/1830).

Charles Sturt
1795 - 1869

1830 - Captain Charles Sturt began his journey down the Murrumbidgee River and entered the Murray River and followed it to the sea and proved it did not flow into an inland sea (7/1/1830).

Sir George Arthur
1784 - 1854

1830 - Governor Arthur establishes penal settlement of Port Arthur on Tasman Peninsula.

1830 - Governor Arthur initiates the ‘Black Drive’ to force aboriginal people onto the Tasman Peninsula.

Port Arthur

1830 – Port Arthur penal settlement for incorrigibles is founded in Van Diemens Land.

1830 – Western Australia becomes a separate colony (15/11/1830).

1830 – Accession of William IV.