Incumbents

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

• Governor of New South Wales - Major-General Sir Richard Bourke
• Governor of South Australia - Captain John Hindmarsh
• Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania - Colonel George Arthur
• Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony - Captain James Stirling

Events

• 14 March - The HMS Beagle, carrying Charles Darwin, leaves Australia.

Exploration and settlement

• 27 July - Reeves Point (later Kingscote), South Australia's first official European settlement is founded on Kangaroo Island.
• 28 December - South Australia and Adelaide are founded.

See also

• 1836
• 1830s