1798 in Australia

none March 2025 January 2012 September 2026 1798 The following lists events that happened during 1798 in Australia. Leaders Monarch – George III Governor of New South Wales – John Hunter Lieutenant-Governor of Norfolk Island – Philip Gidley King Inspector of Public Works – Richard Atkins Events 2 January – George Bass sights Wilsons Promontory. 26 January – The koala and lyrebird are observed by John Price on an expedition led by John Wilson. 12 February – Matthew Flinders explores the Furneaux Islands. 25 February – John Hunter names Bass Strait in honour of George Bass. 14 May – HMS Nautilus arrives in Sydney, carrying missionaries from the London Missionary Society . 1 October – Sydney's first church St Philip's is destroyed by fire. 7 October – George Bass and Matthew Flinders leave Sydney to explore Van Diemen's Land on the Norfolk. 7 October – St Phillip's Church founded in Sydney, completed in 1809. 8 November – Nauru discovered by John Fearn. 9 December – Bass and Flinders confirm the existence of the Bass Strait. 22 December – Norfolk enters the River Derwent, 25 December – George Bass climbs Mount Wellington. References Barker Anthony What Happened When Allen & Unwin 1996 St Leonards 978-1-86373-986-3 National Library of Australia The World Upside Down: Australia 1788 – 1830 http://www.nla.gov.au/exhibitions/upsidedown/index.html 9 February 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070320021016/http://www.nla.gov.au/exhibitions/upsidedown/index.html 20 March 2007 1798 in yes Category:Years of the 18th century in Australia