1819 in Australia

none September 2026 May 2011 1819 The following lists events that happened during 1819 in Australia. Incumbents Monarch – George III Governors Governors of the Australian colonies: Governor of New South Wales- Lachlan Macquarie Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land - Colonel William Sorell Events John Thomas Bigge was appointed a special commissioner to examine the government of the Colony of New South Wales by Lord Bathurst. His brief was to determine how far the expanding colony of New South Wales could be "made adequate to the Objects of its original Institution", which were understood to be purely to be a penal colony. He was to come to Australia to investigate all aspects of the colonial government, then under the governorship of Lachlan Macquarie, including finances, the church and the judiciary, and the convict system. Births 8 April - James Tyson, pastoralist.https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/tyson-james-985 Australian Dictionary of Biography Volume 6: Tyson, James (1819–1898) Zita Denholm 319–320 1976 Melbourne University Press 7 August 2017 1 August - Explorer Augustus Gregory is born at Farnsfield, Nottingham, England. Deaths 13 May - Margaret Catchpole, Adventuress and chronicler. References 1819 in yes Australia Category:Years of the 19th century in Australia