1811
in
Australia

Decades:
  • 1790s
  • 1800s
  • 1810s
  • 1820s
  • 1830s
See also:

The following lists events that happened during 1811 in Australia.

Incumbents

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

Events

  • 1 February – John Oxley is appointed Surveyor-General of New South Wales.
  • 2 December – Reverend Samuel Marsden sent the first commercial shipment of wool from New South Wales to England.

Exploration and settlement

  • 1 December – During a tour of Van Diemen's Land, Governor Macquarie gave directions for the layout of Hobart. There was a central square and seven streets named Macquarie, Liverpool, Argyle, Elizabeth, Murray, Harrington and Collins.


Births

Deaths

  • 5 April – Thomas Reibey, husband of Mary Reibey, leaving her in control of large colonial business enterprises.

References

  1. R. B. Joyce (1974). Douglas Pike (ed.). Mackenzie, Sir Robert Ramsay (1811–1873). Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 5. Melbourne University Press. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
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