1822 in Australia

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See also:
  • Other events of 1822
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The following lists events that happened during 1822 in Australia.

Incumbents

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

Events

  • 1 January – The Royal Agricultural Society of Tasmania was founded.
  • 24 August – The Victorine a schooner under command of Captain William Risk,[1] left Sydney bound for Mauritius. Carrying a crew of seven or eight the ship disappeared en route and was presumed lost.[2][3][4]
  • 5 July – The Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales was founded.
  • October – The Royal Hobart Show is first held.
  • 24 December – Reverend Archibald Macarthur, Hobart's first Presbyterian minister arrived in Australia and held his first service on 12 January the following year.[5]
  • John Bigge's first report on all aspects of the colonial government, then under the governorship of Lachlan Macquarie, including finances, the church and the judiciary, and the convict system, was published.[6]


References

  1. ^ The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, 28 June 1822, p. 2
  2. ^ Bateson, Charles (1972). Australian Shipwrecks. Vol. 1: 1622-1850. Sydney: AH and AW Reed. p. 63. ISBN 0-589-07112-2.
  3. ^ The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, 8 Nov 1822, p. 2
  4. ^ Hobart Town Gazette, and Van Diemen's Land Advertiser, 29 March 1823, p1
  5. ^ Cameron, Angus, ed. (1986). "Part One: Capital City Chronologies. A History of Hobart". The Second Australian Almanac: An 800-page Databank Crammed with Essential Information for Every Australian. North Ryde, NSW: Angus & Robertson. p. 87. ISBN 0-207-15232-2.
  6. ^ Cameron, Angus, ed. (1985). "Part One: Facts and Figures: An Australian Historical Chronology". The Australian Almanac: 800 Pages Crammed with Australian and World Facts: Politics, the Arts, Geography, History and Much More. North Ryde, NSW: Angus & Robertson. p. 8. ISBN 0-207-15108-3.
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