1824 in Australia

1824 in Australia
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Incumbents

March 5 - The first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Francis Forbes arrives in Sydney.
May 7 - The Supreme Court of Tasmania, the first of all the State Supreme Courts, is established by Letters Patent.
May 17 - The Supreme Court of New South Wales is created by Letters Patent.
August 5 - Convict and cannibal Alexander Pearce is hung for his crimes.
August 25 - The Legislative Council of New South Wales sits for the first time.
September 28 - John Oxley recommends a new settlement be founded at Brisbane after finding Moreton Bay unsuitable.
October 14 - W. C. Wentworth and Robert Wardell begin publication of The Australian, the first independent newspaper in Australia.
October 21 - Joshua John Moore was the first person to take out a ticket-of-occupation for the land which later became the site of Canberra
December 16 - Explorers Hamilton Hume and William Hovell arrive in the area the Aborigines call Corayo on a bay called Jillong.

In 1824 the name change from ' New Holland ' to ' Australia ', recommended by Matthew Flinders in 1804, received official sanction by the United Kingdom.