The following lists events that happened during 1799 in Australia.
Leaders Monarch - George III Governor of New South Wales – John Hunter Lieutenant-Governor of Norfolk Island – Philip Gidley King Inspector of Public Works – Richard Atkins
Events 7 January – Bass and Flinders complete their circumnavigation of Van Diemen's Land in sloop Norfolk. 11 February – The jail in Sydney is burned by arsonists. 3 March – Hawkesbury River floods, killing one. 12 March – Isaac Nichols is accused of stealing stolen goods and sentenced to 14 years on Norfolk Island; his sentence is suspended by Governor Hunter on 1 April 8 July – Matthew Flinders leaves Port Jackson to explore the East coast in sloop Norfolk; he surveys Moreton Bay between the 15th and 31st and charts Hervey Bay on 2 August. He returns to Sydney on 20 August. 18 October – Five settlers are found guilty of killing aborigines in the Hawkesbury, they are later pardoned. 5 November – Hunter is recalled and Philip Gidley King is named as his successor 28 December – The jail in Parramatta is lost to arson.
Births 25 August – John Dunmore Lang 2 October – William Lonsdale 15 October – Archibald Mosman
Deaths 26 January – Thomas Muir
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