1820 in Australia explained

The following lists events that happened during 1820 in Australia.

Incumbents

• Monarch – George III until 29 January 1820 then George IV

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies

• Governor of New South Wales- Major-General Lachlan Macquarie
• Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania – Colonel William Sorell

Events

• 3 May – John Joseph Therry and Philip Conolly, the first Catholic priests officially appointed to Australia, arrive at Port Jackson from Ireland.^[1]
• 19 August – Joseph Wild discovers Lake George and names the Snowy Mountains.
• 28 October – Governor Macquarie names Lake George after King George III.
• 1 December – Campbelltown, New South Wales is established.
• Sydney has 1,084 buildings – mostly single-storey dwellings – and 12,079 people.^[2]
• Sheep population in Australia - 120,000.

Births

• 14 May – James Martin (died 1886), Premier of New South Wales^[3]

Notes and References

1. Book: 1038-054X . The Bulletin Australian Almanac & Book of Facts 1992 . Munday . Rosemary . How Australia Began: Significant Dates in Australian History . Sydney . Australian Consolidated Press . 1991 . 2 .
2. Book: Angus . Cameron . The Second Australian Almanac: An 800-page Databank Crammed with Essential Information for Every Australian . Part One: Capital City Chronologies. A History of Sydney . . 1986 . 4 . . 0-207-15232-2 .
3. Web site: Sir James Martin, 1820–1886. Heritage Archives and Library Research and Collection Services. 10 December 2017. 21 March 2018. 22 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180322082134/http://arc.parracity.nsw.gov.au/blog/2017/12/11/sir-james-martin-1820-1886/. dead.