1834 in Australia

See also: 1833 in Australia, other events of 1834, 1835 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

• Governor of New South Wales - Major-General Sir Richard Bourke.
• Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania - Colonel George Arthur
• Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony - Captain James Stirling

[edit] Events

• October 28 - The Battle of Pinjarra occurs in the Swan River Colony in present-day Pinjarra, Western Australia. Between 14-40 Aborigines are killed by British colonists.
• November 19 - The first permanent European settlement on the north coast of Bass Strait is established at Portland by Edward Henty.

[edit] See also

• 1834
• 1830s