1813 in Australia

1813 in Australia featured a number of important developments. Gregory Blaxland, William Lawson and William Charles Wentworth crossed the Blue Mountains which opened up the interior of New South Wales for European settlement.^[1] John and Elizabeth Macarthur sent the first wool exports from their properties.

← 1812 1811 1810 1813 in Australia → 1814 1815 1816
Decades:	1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s
See also:	Other events of 1813 Timeline of Australian history

Incumbents

• Monarch - George III

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

• Governor of New South Wales – Lachlan Macquarie
• Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land – Major Thomas Davey

Events

• 4 February – Major Thomas Davey succeeds David Collins as Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land.
• 6 July – The first commercial shipment of wool sent to Britain by John and Elizabeth Macarthur.

Exploration and settlement

• 31 May – Gregory Blaxland, William Lawson and William Charles Wentworth reach Mount Blaxland marking the end of the first successful expedition across the Blue Mountains.
• 19 November – George William Evans, assistant surveyor, set out to confirm the earlier discoveries of Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth.
• 7 December – The Macquarie River is discovered by George Evans.

Births

• 23 January – Charles Harpur, poet
• 7 June – Redmond Barry born in Ireland, the judge who sentenced Ned Kelly.