21 October –
Joshua John Moore is the first person to take out a ticket-of-occupation for the land which later became the site of
Canberra
Name change from ' New Holland ' to ' Australia ', recommended by
Matthew Flinders in 1804, receives official sanction by the United Kingdom.
Exploration and settlement
12 September – Lieutenant
Henry Miller is formally appointed to establish a penal colony at
Moreton Bay resulting in the founding of
Brisbane on the
Brisbane River (Miller had arrived in Moreton Bay a couple of months prior to the formal appointment)[1]
20 September –
James Bremer arrives in
Port Essington, in the
Northern Territory, but rejects the recommended site as a settlement due to its lack of fresh water.[2] Bremer claims the north coast of Australia from 129° to 135° longitude as British territory.[3] On 21 October Bremer's party establishes a settlement at
Fort Dundas on
Melville Island.[3]
^
abCameron, 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, New South Wales: Angus & Robertson. p. 8.
ISBN0-207-15108-3.
^Munday, Rosemary, ed. (1991). "How Australia Began: Significant Dates in Australian History". The Bulletin Australian Almanac & Book of Facts 1992. Sydney: Australian Consolidated Press. p. 2.
ISSN1038-054X.
^Cameron, Angus, ed. (1986). "Part One: Capital City Chronologies. A History of Brisbane". The Second Australian Almanac: An 800-page Databank Crammed with Essential Information for Every Australian.
North Ryde, NSW:
Angus & Robertson. p. 44.
ISBN0-207-15232-2.