1824 in Australia

The following lists events that happened during 1824 in Australia.

Incumbents

5 March – The first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Francis Forbes arrives in Sydney.
7 May – The Supreme Court of Tasmania, the first of all the State Supreme Courts, is established by Letters Patent.
17 May – The Supreme Court of New South Wales is created by Letters Patent.
25 August – The Legislative Council of New South Wales sits for the first time.
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.

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
20 September – Gordon Bremer arrives in Port Essington, in the Northern Territory, but rejects the recommended site as a settlement due to its lack of fresh water. Bremer claims the north coast of Australia from 129° to 135° longitude as British territory. On 21 October Bremer's party establishes a settlement at Fort Dundas on Melville Island.
28 September – John Oxley recommends a new settlement be founded at Brisbane after finding Moreton Bay unsuitable.
16 December – Explorers Hamilton Hume and William Hovell arrive in the area Aboriginal people call Corayo on a bay called Jillong.