The following lists events that happened during 1818 in Australia.
Incumbents
- Monarch - George III
Governors
Governors of the Australian colonies:
- Governor of New South Wales – Lachlan Macquarie
- Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land – Colonel William Sorell
Events
- 8 January – Governor Macquarie accuses Samuel Marsden of conspiracy against him
- 3 March – Throsby, Hume and Meehan discover an overland route to Jervis Bay
- 19 April – Phillip Parker King discovers Port Essington
- 28 May – John Oxley leaves Bathurst to explore along the Macquarie River
- 1 October – At least six Wodiwodi people (an Aboriginal people) are killed by nine European settlers in the Minnamurra River massacre.
- The Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens is first opened.
Births
- 22 March – John Ainsworth Horrocks, pastoralist and explorer (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1846)
- 21 May – S. T. Gill, artist (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1880)
- 5 August - Sir Thomas Elder, South Australian politician and pastoralist (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1897)
- 13 August – Edward Wise, New South Wales Supreme Court judge (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1865)
- 5 September – Edmund Kennedy, explorer (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1848)
- Unknown – Eliza Winstanley, stage actress and writer (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1882)
References
- Barker, Anthony (1996). What Happened When. St Leonards: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-86373-986-3.
