1789 in Australia

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|  | 1789

Australia |

* 1790
* 1791
* 1792
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* 1790s
* 1800s

See also:|

* Other events of 1789
* Timeline of Australian history

The following lists events that happened during 1789 in Australia.

## Leaders

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* Monarch - George III
* Governor of New South Wales – Captain Arthur Phillip
* Governor of Norfolk Island – Philip Gidley King
* Commanding officer of the colony's marine presence – Major Robert Ross

## Events

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* January – A convict uprising on Norfolk Island is easily crushed.
* April – An outbreak of smallpox at the Sydney Cove settlement kills many local Eora Aboriginals, including Arabanoo.
* 29 April – The Mutiny on the Bounty occurs; Captain William Bligh and 18 others are cast adrift.
* 4 June – The first Government House is completed.
* 4 June – Australia's first theatrical performance The Recruiting Officer by George Farquhar staged with convicts acting in the roles.
* 12 June – Phillip leads an expedition to Broken Bay (departed from Sydney on the 6th), and discovers the Hawkesbury River.
* 27 June – Captain Watkin Tench and party discover the Nepean River
* 22 September – (Today's New South Wales) Commonly cited as the first white child[1] or the first white female born in Australia, Rebecca Small (22 September 1789 – 30 January 1883), was born in Port Jackson, the eldest daughter of John Small[2] a boatswain in the First Fleet which arrived at Botany Bay in January 1788.
* 5 October – The first ship built in the colony, Rose Hill Packet, begins service on the Parramatta River.
* 21 November – James Ruse, a convict, provisionally given land at Parramatta to establish Experiment Farm.
* 25 November – For the purposes of understanding Aboriginal culture, Phillip captures Bennelong and Colebec.
* December – First successful harvest at Parramatta

## Births

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* 19 January - Madame Rens, New South Wales settler and merchant (d. 1873)
* 16 March - Jared Davys, Administrator of Victoria (d. 1872)
* 1 May - George Fife Angas, Businessman and politician (d. 1879)
* 29 September - Benjamin Carvosso, first Wesleyan minister to preach in Australia (d. 1854)
* November - Peter Miller Cunningham, naval surgeon and author (d. 1864)
* 5 November - William Bland, Medical practitioner, surgeon and politician (d. 1868)
* date unknown
* John Bateman, Fremantle pioneer, merchant and whaler (d. 1855)
* Prosper de Mestre, merchant (d. 1844)
* Michael Fenton, first Speaker of the Tasmanian House of Assembly (d. 1874)
* Thomas Gilbert, South Australian pioneer (d. 1873)
* Robert Menli Lyon, Aboriginal advocate (d. 1874)

## Deaths

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* 18 May – Arabanoo, cultural mediator between the British settlers and Eora Aboriginals
* December - George Austin, gardener on HMS Guardian
* December - James Smith, gardener on HMS Guardian

## References

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1. ^ "Australian Patriarchs". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). No. 2657\. New South Wales, Australia. 23 January 1888. p. 6 (Centennial Supplement to the Daily Telegraph). Retrieved 3 November 2019 - via National Library of Australia.
2. ^ "Personal". The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser. Vol. 41, no. 3042\. New South Wales, Australia. 1 May 1928. p. 2. Retrieved 27 September 2019 - via National Library of Australia.

* Australian Encyclopedia 6th edition Australian Geographic Terrey Hills NSW 1996 Volume 1 Chronology page 25
* Barker, Anthony (1996). What Happened When. St Leonards: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-86373-986-3.
* National Library of Australia. "The World Upside Down: Australia 1788 – 1830". Archived from the original on 20 March 2007. Retrieved 9 February 2007.

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Years in Australia (1788–present)

18th century|

* 1788
* 1789
* 1790
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* 1792
* 1793
* 1794
* 1795
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* 1798
* 1799
* 1800

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