1826 in Australia

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The following lists events that happened during 1826 in Australia.

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Events

  • 16 March - The Australian Subscription Library, the forerunner of the State Library of New South Wales, is founded; it opens, 1 December 1827.[1]
  • 25 December - Major Edmund Lockyer arrives at King George Sound to take possession of the western part of the continent, establishing a settlement near Albany.
  • Convict Hospital built in Brisbane, it is replaced as Brisbane General Hospital in 1867.[1]


Science and technology

  • 7 April – Australia's first street lamp erected in Macquarie Place, Sydney – it burned whale oil.[1]

Births

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References

  1. ^ a b c Cameron, Angus, ed. (1986). "Part One: Capital City Chronologies". The Second Australian Almanac: An 800-page Databank Crammed with Essential Information for Every Australian. North Ryde, NSW: Angus & Robertson. pp. 5, 44. ISBN 0-207-15232-2.
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