The following lists events that happened during 1826 in Australia.
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Incumbents edit
- Monarch - George IV
Governors edit
Events edit
- 16 March - The Australian Subscription Library, the forerunner of the State Library of New South Wales, is founded; it opens, 1 December 1827.[1]
- 25 December - Major Edmund Lockyer arrives at King George Sound to take possession of the western part of the continent, establishing a settlement near Albany.
- Convict Hospital built in Brisbane, it is replaced as Brisbane General Hospital in 1867.[1]
Science and technology edit
- 7 April – Australia's first street lamp erected in Macquarie Place, Sydney – it burned whale oil.[1]
Births edit
- 10 April – Henry Oxley, New South Wales MP
- 24 June – George Goyder, surveyor-general of South Australia.
- 7 July – Charles Todd responsible for the Australian Overland Telegraph Line.
Deaths edit
- 4 May - Bushranger Matthew Brady is hanged.
References edit
- ^ a b c Cameron, Angus, ed. (1986). "Part One: Capital City Chronologies". The Second Australian Almanac: An 800-page Databank Crammed with Essential Information for Every Australian. North Ryde, NSW: Angus & Robertson. pp. 5, 44. ISBN 0-207-15232-2.