1795 in Australia

The following lists events that happened during 1795 in Australia.

Leaders

• Monarch - George III
• Acting Governor of New South Wales – William Paterson
• Governor of New South Wales – John Hunter
• Lieutenant-Governor of Norfolk Island – Philip Gidley King
• Commanding officer of the New South Wales Corps – William Paterson
• Inspector of Public Works – John Macarthur

Events

• May or June – The Battle of Richmond Hill takes place between the native Darug people and the New South Wales Corps.
• 7 September – arrives in Sydney. Among the ship's passengers and crew are the Aboriginal Bennelong returning from a visit to England, the surgeon and explorer George Bass, and midshipman Matthew Flinders.
• 11 September – Floods devastate the farms at Hawkesbury.
• ? - A tornado strikes Sydney, destroying crops and trees in the early settlement, 1st tornado recorded in the BOM's severe weather archives.

Births

• 28 April – Charles Sturt
• 21 July – George Gawler, second Governor of South Australia, born in Southsea.

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