The following lists events that happened during 1826 in Australia.
Incumbents Monarch – George IV
Governors Governors of the Australian colonies: Governor of New South Wales - Lieutenant-General Ralph Darling Governor of Tasmania - Colonel George Arthur
Events 16 March - The Australian Subscription Library, the forerunner of the State Library of New South Wales, is founded; it opens, 1 December 1827. 25 December - Major Edmund Lockyer arrives at King George Sound to take possession of the western part of the continent, establishing a settlement near Albany. Convict Hospital built in Brisbane, it is replaced as Brisbane General Hospital in 1867.
Science and technology 7 April – Australia's first street lamp erected in Macquarie Place, Sydney – it burned whale oil.
Births 10 April – Henry Oxley, New South Wales MP 24 June – George Goyder, surveyor-general of South Australia. 7 July – Charles Todd responsible for the Australian Overland Telegraph Line.
Deaths 4 May - Bushranger Matthew Brady is hanged.
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