1808 in Australia Totally Explained

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Incumbents

Governors

Governor of New South Wales- Captain William Bligh; from 28 July, Lieut-Col Joseph Foveaux (acting)
Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania - David Collins

Events

January 26 - John Macarthur is arrested sparking the Rum Rebellion. Military officers supporting Macarthur arrest Governor Bligh.

February 2 - William Paterson sails to Sydney from Port Dalrymple to take over the administration of New South Wales following the removal of Bligh.

Exploration and Settlement

First settlement at Kingston, Tasmania.

Births

September 23 - William Henty, one of the Henty brothers (although the only brother not to set foot in Portland, Victoria): he took a leading part in the legal disputes over the settlement.

Deaths

June 19 - Alexander Dalrymple, who had strongly opposed the establishment of New South Wales in A Serious Admonition to the Public on the Intended Thief-Colony at Botany Bay (London, 1786).

September 3 - Philip Gidley King, third Governor of New South Wales.Further Information

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