1829 in Australia

The following lists events that happened during 1829 in Australia.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – George IV

Governors
Governors of the Australian colonies:
 * Governor of New South Wales – Ralph Darling
 * Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land – Colonel George Arthur
 * Lieutenant-Governor of the Swan River Colony – Captain James Stirling.

Events

 * 2 May – After anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of HMS Challenger (1826), proclaimed possession of the whole of the west coast of Australia for the Crown.
 * 14 May – Aboriginal mission on Bruny Island opened by George Augustus Robinson.
 * 8 June – Captain James Stirling founds the Swan River Colony in Western Australia, landing at Garden Island.
 * 18 June – Official proclamation of the Swan River Colony.
 * 12 August – Mrs Helen Dance, wife of the captain of HMS Sulphur (1826), cuts down a tree to mark the foundation of the town of Perth, Western Australia.

Births

 * 11 June – Sir Edward Braddon, 18th Premier of Tasmania (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1904)