1827 in Australia

The following lists events that happened during 1827 in Australia.

← 1826 1825 1824 1827 in Australia → 1828 1829 1830
Decades:	1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s
See also:	Other events of 1827 Timeline of Australian history

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

• 5 January - First boat regatta held on the River Derwent.^[1] On 30 April a regatta was held in Sydney.^[1]
• Theatre Royal, Sydney opened.^[2]

Exploration and settlement

• 18 June - James Stirling establishes the Fort Wellington settlement at Raffles Bay, on the Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory.^[3]

Births

• 24 October – James Rutherford, transit pioneer (born in the United States) (d. 1911)