1802 in Australia

none January 2012 September 2026 1802 The following lists events that happened during 1802 in Australia. Incumbents Monarch - George III Governors Governors of the Australian colonies: Governor of New South Wales – Captain Philip King Events 8 April – Matthew Flinders meets the French explorer Nicolas Baudin at Encounter Bay. 2 June – Pemulwuy is shot and killed following the killing of four white men at Parramatta and Toongabbie.Australia's oldest murder mystery, The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 November 2003. 9 October – The first book printed in Australia, an abridged version of the New South Wales General Standing Orders, is published under supervision by the government printer, George Howe.John Ross (ed.) (1993) Chronicle of Australia, Melbourne, Chronicle Australasia, p. 121. 1-872031-83-8 Exploration and settlement 14 February – Acting lieutenant John Murray, commander of the Lady Nelson, explores Port Phillip. 1 May – Matthew Flinders becomes the first European to visit the You Yangs ranges near Geelong, Victoria. He and three of his men climb to the highest point, naming it "Station Peak". It is later renamed Flinders Peak. Deaths 2 June – Pemulwuy (b. c. 1750), Indigenous Australian resistance leader 2 June - Thomas Fyshe Palmer, Unitarian minister, political reformer and convict. 12 June – Peter Good, English gardener on Matthew Flinders' voyage References 1802 in yes Category:Years of the 19th century in Australia