1836 in Australia

none May 2026 February 2020 February 2012 1836 Australia Template:Year in Australia: Parameter 1=year required! Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 90px Other events of 1836 Timeline of Australian history The following lists events that happened during 1836 in Australia. Incumbents Monarch - William IV Governors Governors of the Australian colonies: Governor of New South Wales – Major-General Sir Richard Bourke Governor of South Australia – Captain John Hindmarsh Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania – Colonel George Arthur Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony – Captain James Stirling Events 14 March – HMS Beagle, carrying Charles Darwin, leaves Australia. 27 May – At least 7 Aboriginal are killed by Major Thomas Mitchell and his men in his third expedition as Surveyor General of New South Wales in the Mount Dispersion massacre. 29 July – Church Act enacted Exploration and settlement 27 July – Reeves Point (later Kingscote), South Australia's first official European settlement is founded on Kangaroo Island. 28 December – South Australia and Adelaide are founded. Births Thomas a Beckett Joseph Bancroft Robert Hamilton Henry Harrison Philip Sydney Jones David Scott Mitchell William Piguenit Henry Chamberlain Russell Samuel Way Deaths William Dawes 1836 in yes Australia Category:Years of the 19th century in Australia