1793 in Australia

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See also: 1792 in Australia other events of 1793, 1794 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.

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Contents 1 Leaders 2 Events 3 Births 4 References

[edit] Leaders

• Acting Governor of New South Wales - Lieutenant-Governor Francis Grose
• Lieutenant-Governor of Norfolk Island - Philip Gidley King
• Commanding officer of the New South Wales Corps - Francis Grose

[edit] Events

• January 16 - Bellona arrives with Australia's first free settlers
• February 12 - John Macarthur is granted 100 acres of land at Parramatta.
• February 16 - John Macarthur is appointed by Grose as inspector of public works.
• February 18 - A school opens in an unfinished church building is Sydney; the first school had been established in 1789, Isabella Rosson was the first teacher.
• May 2 - Mary Bryant is pardoned in England]].
• September 15 - Captain William Paterson leads a party of Scotsmen in the first attempt to cross the Blue Mountains. He is unsuccessful.
• September 25 - Sydney's first church opens.

[edit] Births

• March 8 - David Jones
• June 1 - Augustus Earle

[edit] References

• Barker, Anthony (1996). What Happened When. St Leonards: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86373-986. 
• National Library of Australia. The World Upside Down: Australia 1788 - 1830.