1821 in Australia

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Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 Governors 2 Events 3 See also

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

• Governor of New South Wales- Major-General Lachlan Macquarie

• Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania - Colonel William Sorell

[edit] Events

• February 3 - Sir Thomas Brisbane is commissioned as Governor to succeed Macquarie. He replaces Maquarie on December 1 of the same year.
• February - John Bigge finished gathering evidence on all aspects of the colonial government, including finances, the church, the judiciary, and the convict system. He then sailed back to England.
• May 1 - The Australian Magazine, Australia's first periodical, begins publication.

[edit] See also

• 1821
• 1800s