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Incumbents

Governors

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• Governor of New South Wales- Lachlan Macquarie
• Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land - Major Thomas Davey

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Events

• April 8 - Australias first bank, the Bank of New South Wales is established.
• December 10 - Bushranger Michael Howe is caught, but escapes after killing his captors.
• December 21 - Lachlan Macquarie recommends the adoption of the name Australia for the continent instead of New Holland.
• December 22 - The King expedition of 1817, to explore and make a rough survey of the northern and north-west coasts of Australia, departs Sydney.

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Exploration and Settlement

Births

Deaths

Reference

See also

• 1817
• 1810s