1826 in Australia

none September 2026 January 2012 1826 The following lists events that happened during 1826 in Australia. Incumbents Monarch – George IV Governors Governors of the Australian colonies: Governor of New South Wales - Lieutenant-General Ralph Darling Governor of Tasmania - 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. Angus Cameron The Second Australian Almanac: An 800-page Databank Crammed with Essential Information for Every Australian Part One: Capital City Chronologies Angus & Robertson 1986 5, 44 North Ryde, NSW 0-207-15232-2 25 December - Major Edmund Lockyer arrives at King George Sound 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 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 is hanged. References 1826 in yes Australia Category:Years of the 19th century in Australia