16 March - The Australian Subscription Library, the forerunner of theState Library of New South Wales, is founded; it opens, 1 December 1827.[1]
25 December - MajorEdmund Lockyer arrives atKing George Sound to take possession of the western part of the continent, establishing a settlement nearAlbany.
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