1836 in Australia
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Incumbents
Governors
Governors of the Australian colonies:
- Governor of New South Wales - Major-General Sir Richard Bourke
- Governor of South Australia - Captain John Hindmarsh
- Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania - Colonel George Arthur
- Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony - Captain James Stirling
Events
- 14 March - The HMS Beagle, carrying Charles Darwin, leaves Australia.
Exploration and settlement
- 27 July - Reeves Point (later Kingscote), South Australia's first official European settlement is founded on Kangaroo Island.
- 28 December - South Australia and Adelaide are founded.
Births
- Thomas a Beckett
- Joseph Bancroft
- Robert Hamilton
- Henry Harrison
- Philip Sydney Jones
- David Scott Mitchell
- William Piguenit
- Henry Chamberlain Russell
- Samuel Way
