1801 in Australia

none January 2012 September 2026 1801 The following lists events that happened during 1801 in Australia. Incumbents Monarch - George III Governors Governors of the Australian colonies: Governor of New South Wales – Captain Philip KingShaw A. G. L. King, Philip Dickley (1758–1808) https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/king-philip-gidley-2309 Australian Dictionary of Biography National Centre of Biography, Australian National University 5 April 2018 Events 14 September – John Macarthur takes part in a duel with his commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel William Paterson. Paterson is severely wounded in the shoulder, and Macarthur is arrested the next day. Governor King offers to release him on Norfolk Island but Macarthur refuses and is sent to England to be court martialed.14 Sep 1801 - John Macarthur arrested after a duel https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/magazine/onthisday/14-september-1801 records.nsw.gov.au 5 April 2018 enLachlan and Elizabeth Macquarie Archive: Biographical Register https://www.mq.edu.au/macquarie-archive/lema/biographies/bioregister/p.html mq.edu.au 5 April 2018 en The schooner Cumberland (28 tons) is launched in Sydney.John Ross (general editor) (1993) Chronicle of Australia, Melbourne, Chronicle Australia, p. 115. 1-872031-83-8 The vessel is purchased by the government and becomes the first armed vessel belonging to the colony. Exploration and settlement January – Brig Harbinger, under John Black, is the second vessel to sail through Bass Strait en route to Port Jackson.The National Archives http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C11736736 discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk 5 April 2018Flinders Matthew A Voyage to Terra Australis: Undertaken for the Purpose of Completing the Discovery of that Vast Country, and Prosecuted in the Years 1801, 1802, and 1803 2010 Cambridge University Press 9781108018180 205 https://books.google.com/books?id=nbEKOOiocmEC&pg=PA205 en 27 May – The French cartographic expedition of Nicolas Baudin sights Cape Hamelin.Design UBC Web Baudin Expedition https://www.monumentaustralia.org/themes/landscape/exploration/display/60052-baudin-expedition monumentaustralia.org.au 5 April 2018 en 6 December – Matthew Flinders reaches Cape Leeuwin on Investigator 1798 6 and proceeds to make a survey along the southern coast of the Australian mainland.Matthew Flinders (1774-1814) http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/encounter/flinders/bio.htm slsa.sa.gov.au 5 April 2018 Births 21 January – John Batman, founder of Victoria (died 1839)Brown P. L. Batman, John (1801–1839) https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/batman-john-1752 Australian Dictionary of Biography National Centre of Biography, Australian National University 5 April 2018 Deaths 8 June – Thomas Vasse, French sailorLibrary POWAnet Pages http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/intranet/libpages.nsf/589198976847966848256e5a0008666d/e45c6aabc7bc94cf48256ed9002e2289?OpenDocument parliament.wa.gov.au 5 April 2018 5 April 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180405154736/http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/intranet/libpages.nsf/589198976847966848256e5a0008666d/e45c6aabc7bc94cf48256ed9002e2289?OpenDocument dead References 1801 in yes Category:Years of the 19th century in Australia