1830 in Australia
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The following lists events that happened during 1830 in Australia.
Incumbents
- Monarch - William IV
Governors
Governors of the Australian colonies:
- Governor of New South Wales - Ralph Darling
- Colonel George Arthur
- Captain James Stirling
Events
- 20 September - The Port Arthur penal settlement was established.
- 23 September - The Bathurst Rebellion begins outside Bathurst, New South Wales, following the escape of a group of convicts known as the 'Ribbon Gang' under the leadership of convict-servant Ralph Entwistle. Ten of the rebels are later captured and publicly hung after being tried and found guilty of murder.
- 7 October - The 'Tasmanian Aborigines. The campaign lasts 7 weeks and only succeeds in bringing two Aborigines to the authorities.
- Wool export in Australia - 2 million pounds.
Smallpox spread among the Aboriginal groups. It was received from the British people when they arrived in Australia. Aboriginals were persuaded to go to captivity in order for the disease to steady.
Exploration and settlement
- February - Charles Sturt and party discover the mouth of the Murray River.
Births
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- 17 April – Alfred William Howitt, anthropologist, explorer, and naturalist (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1908)
- Dan Morgan, bushranger (d. 1865)
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- 7 September – Charles Henry Pearson, Victorian politician, academic and writer (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1894)
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- 18 September – Sir Frederick Darley, 6th Chief Justice of New South Wales (born in Ireland) (d. 1910)
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- 30 November – Robert D. FitzGerald, explorer, ornithologist, and botanist (born in Ireland) (d. 1892)
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- 5 December – Sir William Zeal, Victorian politician and railway engineer (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1912)
Deaths
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