1793 in Australia

none September 2026 January 2012 1793 The following lists events that happened during 1793 in Australia. Leaders Monarch - George III Acting Governor of New South Wales – Lieutenant-Governor Francis Grose Lieutenant-Governor of Norfolk Island – Philip Gidley King Commanding officer of the New South Wales Corps – Francis Grose Events 16 January – Bellona arrives with Australia's first free settlers. 22 January – The French d'Entrecasteaux expedition returns to Recherche Bay, Tasmania, to rewater and rest. 12 February – John Macarthur is granted 100 acre km2 of land at Parramatta. 16 February – John Macarthur is appointed by Grose as inspector of public works. 18 February – A school opens in an unfinished church building in Sydney; Isabella Rosson is the first teacher (the first school had been established in 1789). 28 February – d'Entrecasteaux expedition leaves Tasmania towards the Friendly Islands, continuing the search for La Pérouse. 2 May – Mary Bryant is pardoned in England. May – Bennelong and Yemmerrawanne become the first Aboriginal Australians to visit Britain when they land at Falmouth, Cornwall, with Arthur Phillip. 15 September – Captain William Paterson leads a party of Scotsmen in the first attempt to cross the Blue Mountains. He is unsuccessful. 25 September – Sydney's first church opens. Macquarie Lighthouse, the first in Australia, is erected in Sydney. Births 8 March – David Jones 1 June – Augustus Earle References Barker Anthony What Happened When Allen & Unwin 1996 St Leonards 1-86373-986-6 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 1793 in yes Australia Category:Years of the 18th century in Australia