1815 in Australia

The following lists events that happened during 1815 in Australia.

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

 * 14 January – The road over the Blue Mountains is completed to the Macquarie River.
 * 7 April – Bathurst, New South Wales is founded following its discovery by George Evans. It is Australia's first inland European settlement.
 * 1 May – The Supreme Court opens and William Broughton and Alexander Riley are appointed as its first judges.
 * 25 May – George William Evans discovers the Lachlan River.
 * 12 December – Captain James Kelly sets out on circumnavigation of Tasmania, during which important observations are made on the resources of the west coast.
 * A single ship carries 60,000 sealskins to London from Australia (a normal cargo contains at least 10,000 skins).

Births

 * 27 May – Henry Parkes
 * 5 August – Edward John Eyre
 * 7 September – John McDouall Stuart

Deaths

 * 9 January – Augustus Alt
 * 10 November – Ellis Bent
 * 11 November – Maurice Margarot