1789 in Australia

none September 2026 January 2012 1789 Australia Template:Year in Australia: Parameter 1=year required! Flag of Great Britain.svg 90px Other events of 1789 Timeline of Australian history The following lists events that happened during 1789 in Australia. Leaders Monarch - George III Governor of New South Wales – Captain Arthur Phillip Governor of Norfolk Island – Philip Gidley King Commanding officer of the colony's marine presence – Major Robert Ross Events January – A convict uprising on Norfolk Island is easily crushed. April – An outbreak of smallpox at the Sydney Cove settlement kills many local Eora Aboriginals, including Arabanoo. 29 April – The Mutiny on the Bounty occurs; Captain William Bligh and 18 others are cast adrift. 4 June – The first Government House is completed. 4 June – Australia's first theatrical performance The Recruiting Officer by George Farquhar staged with convicts acting in the roles. 12 June – Phillip leads an expedition to Broken Bay (departed from Sydney on the 6th), and discovers the Hawkesbury River. 27 June – Captain Watkin Tench and party discover the Nepean River 22 September – (Today's New South Wales) Commonly cited as the first white childhttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article239337330 Australian Patriarchs The Daily Telegraph 2657 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 23 January 1888 3 November 2019 6 (Centennial Supplement to the Daily Telegraph) National Library of Australia or the first white female born in Australia, Rebecca Small (22 September 1789 – 30 January 1883), was born in Port Jackson, the eldest daughter of John Smallhttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126806313 Personal The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser 41 3042 New South Wales, Australia 1 May 1928 27 September 2019 2 National Library of Australia a boatswain in the First Fleet which arrived at Botany Bay in January 1788. 5 October – The first ship built in the colony, Rose Hill Packet, begins service on the Parramatta River. 21 November – James Ruse, a convict, provisionally given land at Parramatta to establish Experiment Farm. 25 November – For the purposes of understanding Aboriginal culture, Phillip captures Bennelong and Colebec. December – First successful harvest at Parramatta Births 19 January – Madame Rens, New South Wales settler and merchant (d. 1873) 16 March – Jared Davys, Administrator of Victoria (d. 1872) 1 May – George Fife Angas, Businessman and politician (d. 1879) 29 September – Benjamin Carvosso, first Wesleyan minister to preach in Australia (d. 1854) November – Peter Miller Cunningham, naval surgeon and author (d. 1864) 5 November – William Bland, Medical practitioner, surgeon and politician (d. 1868) date unknown John Bateman, Fremantle pioneer, merchant and whaler (d. 1855) Prosper de Mestre, merchant (d. 1844) Michael Fenton, first Speaker of the Tasmanian House of Assembly (d. 1874) Thomas Gilbert, South Australian pioneer (d. 1873) Robert Menli Lyon, Aboriginal advocate (d. 1874) Deaths 18 May – Arabanoo, cultural mediator between the British settlers and Eora Aboriginals December – George Austin, gardener on Guardian 1784 6 December – James Smith, gardener on Guardian 1784 6 References Australian Encyclopedia 6th edition Australian Geographic Terrey Hills NSW 1996 Volume 1 Chronology page 25 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 1789 in yes Australia Category:Years of the 18th century in Australia