See also: 1794 in Australia other events of 1795, 1796 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.

Leaders

• Acting Governor of New South Wales - William Paterson
• Governor of New South Wales - John Hunter
• Lieutenant-Governor of Norfolk Island - Philip Gidley King
• Commanding officer of the New South Wales Corps - William Paterson
• Inspector of Public Works - John Macarthur

Events

• September 7 - HMS Reliance arrives in Sydney carrying the new Governor John Hunter, the Aboriginal Bennelong, and the explorers Matthew Flinders and George Bass.
• September 11 - Floods devastate the farms at Hawkesbury.

Births

• April 28 - Charles Sturt
• July 21 - George Gawler, second Governor of South Australia, born in Southsea.

References

• Barker, Anthony (1996). What Happened When. St Leonards: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86373-986. 
• National Library of Australia. "The World Upside Down: Australia 1788 - 1830".