1817 in Australia

The following lists events that happened during 1817 in Australia.

← 1816 1815 1814 1817 in Australia → 1818 1819 1820
Decades:	1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s
See also:	Other events of 1817 Timeline of Australian history

Incumbents

• Monarch - George III

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

• Governor of New South Wales – Lachlan Macquarie
• Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land – Major Thomas Davey

Events

• 7 March – Bible Society of New South Wales is formed.
• 8 April – Australia's first bank, the Bank of New South Wales is established.
• 7 October – First Methodist Church in Australia opens in Castlereagh, New South Wales.
• 10 October – Bushranger Michael Howe is caught in Van Diemen's Land, but escapes after killing his captors.
• 21 December – Lachlan Macquarie recommends the adoption of the name Australia for the continent instead of New Holland.
• 22 December – The King expedition of 1817, to explore and make a rough survey of the northern and north-west coasts of Australia, departs Sydney.
• Governor Lachlan Macquarie directs that a new fort, named Fort Macquarie, be built on a site at Bennelong Point.

Births

• 6 July – James Bonwick
• 25 August – Edmund Blacket

Deaths

• 7 December – William Bligh

References

• Barker, Anthony (1996). What Happened When. St Leonards: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-86373-986-3.