Leaders

• Acting Governor of New South Wales - William Paterson
• Governor of New South Wales - John Hunter
• Lieutenant-Governor of Norfolk Island - Philip Gidley King
• Commanding officer of the New South Wales Corps - William Paterson
• Inspector of Public Works - John Macarthur

Events

the Aboriginal Bennelong, and the explorers Matthew Flinders and George Bass.

• 11 September - Floods devastate the farms at Hawkesbury.

Births

• 28 April - Charles Sturt
• 21 July - George Gawler, second Governor of South Australia, born in Southsea.

References