The following lists events that happened during 1818 in Australia.
Incumbents Monarch – George III
Governors Governors of the Australian colonies: Governor of New South Wales – Lachlan Macquarie Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land – Colonel William Sorell
Events 8 January – Governor Macquarie accuses Samuel Marsden of conspiracy against him 3 March – Throsby, Hume and Meehan discover an overland route to Jervis Bay 19 April – Phillip Parker King discovers Port Essington 28 May – John Oxley leaves Bathurst to explore along the Macquarie River 1 October – At least six Wodiwodi people (an Aboriginal people) are killed by nine European settlers in the Minnamurra River massacre. The Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens is first opened.
Births 22 March – John Ainsworth Horrocks, pastoralist and explorer (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1846) 21 May – S. T. Gill, artist (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1880) 5 August - Sir Thomas Elder, South Australian politician and pastoralist (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1897) 13 August – Edward Wise, New South Wales Supreme Court judge (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1865) 5 September – Edmund Kennedy, explorer (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1848) Unknown – Eliza Winstanley, stage actress and writer (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1882)
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