1830 in Australia

The following lists events that happened during 1830 in Australia.

Incumbents

Monarch - George IV until 26 June 1830 then William IV

Governors

Events

20 September - The Port Arthur penal settlement was established.
23 September - The Bathurst Rebellion begins outside Bathurst, New South Wales, following the escape of a group of convicts known as the 'Ribbon Gang' under the leadership of convict-servant Ralph Entwistle. Ten of the rebels are later captured and publicly hung after being tried and found guilty of murder.
7 October - The 'Black Line' campaign of the Black War begins in an attempt to capture all Tasmanian Aborigines. The campaign lasts 7 weeks and only succeeds in bringing two Aborigines to the authorities.
Wool export in Australia - 2 million pounds.

Smallpox spread among the Aboriginal groups. It was received from the British people when they arrived in Australia. Aboriginals were persuaded to go to captivity in order for the disease to steady.

Exploration and settlement

February - Charles Sturt and party discover the mouth of the Murray River.

Births

14 January – Thomas Hardy, winemaker
15 March – John Ferguson, Queensland politician
17 April – Alfred William Howitt, anthropologist, explorer, and naturalist
30 April – Dan Morgan, bushranger
15 May – Louis Smith, Victorian politician
5 September – Robert Dunne, archbishop
7 September – Charles Henry Pearson, Victorian politician, academic and writer
16 September – Francis Moran, Cardinal Archbishop of Sydney
18 September – Sir Frederick Darley, 6th Chief Justice of New South Wales
10 October – Freeman Cobb, businessman
30 November – Robert D. FitzGerald, explorer, ornithologist, and botanist
4 December – Morton Allport, naturalist
5 December – Sir William Zeal, Victorian politician and railway engineer

Deaths

24 November – Bungaree, explorer, entertainer, and community leader