1795 in Australia explained

The following lists events that happened during 1795 in Australia.

Leaders

• Monarch - George III
• Acting Governor of New South Wales – William Paterson
• Governor of New South Wales – John Hunter
• Lieutenant-Governor of Norfolk Island – Philip Gidley King
• Commanding officer of the New South Wales Corps – William Paterson
• Inspector of Public Works – John Macarthur

Events

• May or June – The Battle of Richmond Hill takes place between the native Darug people and the New South Wales Corps.^[1]
• 7 September – arrives in Sydney. Among the ship's passengers and crew are the Aboriginal Bennelong returning from a visit to England, the surgeon and explorer George Bass, and midshipman Matthew Flinders.
• 11 September – Floods devastate the farms at Hawkesbury.
• ? - A tornado strikes Sydney, destroying crops and trees in the early settlement, 1st tornado recorded in the BOM's severe weather archives.

Births

• 28 April – Charles Sturt
• 21 July – George Gawler, second Governor of South Australia, born in Southsea.

References

• Book: Barker , Anthony . What Happened When . Allen & Unwin . 1996 . St Leonards . 978-1-86373-986-3 .
• Web site: National Library of Australia . The World Upside Down: Australia 1788 – 1830 . 9 February 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070320021016/http://www.nla.gov.au/exhibitions/upsidedown/index.html. 20 March 2007 .

Notes and References

1. http://www.historyofaboriginalsydney.edu.au/west/battle-richmond-hill The Battle of Richmond Hill