1810 in Australia

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Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 Governors 2 Events 3 Exploration and Settlement 4 Births 5 Deaths 6 See also

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

• Governor of New South Wales- Lachlan Macquarie
• Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania - David Collins

[edit] Events

• January 1 - Lachlan Macquarie sworn in as governor of New South Wales.
• January 8 - The Derwent Star and Van Diemen's Land Intelligencer, Australia's second newspaper and the first in Van Diemen’s Land, begins publication.

[edit] Exploration and Settlement

• October 6 - A town plan of Sydney was published, on which the streets were given new and permanent names, including Market, George, Park and Barrack Streets.

[edit] Births

• William Haines, the first Premier of Victoria.

[edit] Deaths

• March 24 - Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania David Collins died suddenly in Hobart.

[edit] See also

• 1810
• 1800s