1817 in Australia

The following lists events that happened during 1817 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

 * 7 March – Bible Society of New South Wales is formed.
 * 8 April – Australia's first bank, the Bank of New South Wales is established.
 * 7 October – First Methodist Church in Australia opens in Castlereagh, New South Wales.
 * 10 October – Bushranger Michael Howe is caught in Van Diemen's Land, but escapes after killing his captors.
 * 21 December – Lachlan Macquarie recommends the adoption of the name Australia for the continent instead of New Holland.
 * 22 December – The King expedition of 1817, to explore and make a rough survey of the northern and north-west coasts of Australia, departs Sydney.
 * Governor Lachlan Macquarie directs that a new fort, named Fort Macquarie, be built on a site at Bennelong Point.

Births

 * 6 July – James Bonwick
 * 25 August – Edmund Blacket

Deaths

 * 7 December – William Bligh