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Incumbents
Governors
Governors of the Australian colonies:
- Governor of New South Wales- Captain William Bligh; from 28 July, Lieut-Col Joseph Foveaux (acting)
- Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania - David Collins..
Events
- January 26 - John Macarthur is arrested sparking the Rum Rebellion. Military officers supporting Macarthur arrest Governor Bligh.
- February 2 - William Paterson sails to Sydney from Port Dalrymple to take over the administration of New South Wales following the removal of Bligh.
Exploration and Settlement
- First settlement at Kingston, Tasmania.
Births
- September 23 - William Henty, one of the Henty brothers (although the only brother not to set foot in Portland, Victoria): he took a leading part in the legal disputes over the settlement.
Deaths
- June 19 - Alexander Dalrymple, who had strongly opposed the establishment of New South Wales in A Serious Admonition to the Public on the Intended Thief-Colony at Botany Bay (London, 1786).
- September 3 - Philip Gidley King, third Governor of New South Wales.
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