1825_in_Australia
1825 in Australia
List of events
The following lists events that happened during 1825 in Australia.
- Monarch - George IV
Governors
- 14 June – Van Diemen's Land is separated administratively from New South Wales.[1]
- 3 December – Van Diemen's Land becomes fully independent from New South Wales. The Legislative Council of Tasmania is established and George Arthur, former Lieutenant-Governor, is promoted as its first Governor.[2]
- 4 March – A penal settlement is established on Maria Island, Tasmania.
- Brisbane is founded.
- 25 February – Aboriginal bushranger, Musquito is hanged at Hobart.
- 7 December – John Ovens, explorer (b. 1788)
- Cameron, Angus, ed. (1985). "Part One: Facts and Figures: An Australian Historical Chronology". The Australian Almanac: 800 Pages Crammed with Australian and World Facts: Politics, the Arts, Geography, History and Much More. North Ryde, NSW: Angus & Robertson. p. 8. ISBN 0-207-15108-3.