1820 in Australia

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3 May – John Joseph Therry and Philip Conolly, the first Catholic priests officially appointed to Australia, arrive at Port Jackson from Ireland.^[1]
19 August – Joseph Wild discovers Lake George and names the Snowy Mountains.
28 October – Governor Macquarie names Lake George after King George III.
1 December – Campbelltown, New South Wales is established.
Sydney has 1,084 buildings – mostly single-storey dwellings – and 12,079 people.^[2]
Sheep population in Australia - 120,000.

^ Munday, Rosemary, ed. (1991). "How Australia Began: Significant Dates in Australian History". The Bulletin Australian Almanac & Book of Facts 1992. Sydney: Australian Consolidated Press. p. 2. ISSN 1038-054X.
^ Cameron, Angus, ed. (1986). "Part One: Capital City Chronologies. A History of Sydney". The Second Australian Almanac: An 800-page Databank Crammed with Essential Information for Every Australian. North Ryde, NSW: Angus & Robertson. p. 4. ISBN 0-207-15232-2.
^ "Sir James Martin, 1820–1886". Heritage Archives and Library Research and Collection Services. 10 December 2017. Archived from the original on 22 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.

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