12 September – LieutenantHenry Miller is formally appointed to establish a penal colony atMoreton Bay resulting in the founding ofBrisbane on theBrisbane River (Miller had arrived in Moreton Bay a couple of months prior to the formal appointment)[1]
20 September –Gordon Bremer arrives inPort Essington, in theNorthern Territory, but rejects the recommended site as a settlement due to its lack of fresh water.[2] Bremer claims the north coast of Australia from 129° to 135° longitude as British territory.[3] On 21 October Bremer's party establishes a settlement atFort Dundas onMelville Island.[3]
^abCameron, Angus, ed. (1985). "Part One: Facts and Figures: An Australian Historical Chronology".The Australian Almanac: 800 Pages Crammed with Australian and World Facts: Politics, the Arts, Geography, History and Much More. North Ryde, New South Wales: Angus & Robertson. p. 8.ISBN0-207-15108-3.
^Munday, Rosemary, ed. (1991). "How Australia Began: Significant Dates in Australian History".The Bulletin Australian Almanac & Book of Facts 1992. Sydney: Australian Consolidated Press. p. 2.ISSN1038-054X.
^Cameron, Angus, ed. (1986). "Part One: Capital City Chronologies. A History of Brisbane".The Second Australian Almanac: An 800-page Databank Crammed with Essential Information for Every Australian.North Ryde, NSW:Angus & Robertson. p. 44.ISBN0-207-15232-2.