The following lists events that happened during 1793 in Australia.
Leaders Monarch - George III Acting Governor of New South Wales – Lieutenant-Governor Francis Grose Lieutenant-Governor of Norfolk Island – Philip Gidley King Commanding officer of the New South Wales Corps – Francis Grose
Events 16 January – Bellona arrives with Australia's first free settlers. 22 January – The French d'Entrecasteaux expedition returns to Recherche Bay, Tasmania, to rewater and rest. 12 February – John Macarthur is granted of land at Parramatta. 16 February – John Macarthur is appointed by Grose as inspector of public works. 18 February – A school opens in an unfinished church building in Sydney; Isabella Rosson is the first teacher (the first school had been established in 1789). 28 February – d'Entrecasteaux expedition leaves Tasmania towards the Friendly Islands, continuing the search for La Pérouse. 2 May – Mary Bryant is pardoned in England. May – Bennelong and Yemmerrawanne become the first Aboriginal Australians to visit Britain when they land at Falmouth, Cornwall, with Arthur Phillip. 15 September – Captain William Paterson leads a party of Scotsmen in the first attempt to cross the Blue Mountains. He is unsuccessful. 25 September – Sydney's first church opens. Macquarie Lighthouse, the first in Australia, is erected in Sydney.
Births 8 March – David Jones 1 June – Augustus Earle
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