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Old Government House, Parramatta, circa 1799
![](https://web.archive.org/web/20151210044006im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Ross_Bridge.jpg/300px-Ross_Bridge.jpg)
Historic Ross Bridge with the Uniting Church in the background
This is an incomplete list of towns and cites in Australia by year of settlement.
Year | Town/City | State | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1788 | Sydney | New South Wales | [1] |
1788 | Parramatta | New South Wales | Second oldest city in Australia[2] |
1788 | Kingston | Norfolk Island | |
1791 | Windsor | New South Wales | Third-oldest place of British settlement on the Australian continent |
1798 | Liverpool | New South Wales | [3] |
1803 | Hobart | Tasmania | [4] |
1804 | George Town | Tasmania | |
1804 | Newcastle | New South Wales | |
1806 | Launceston | Tasmania | |
1808 | Sorell | Tasmania | |
1812 | Ross | Tasmania | |
1813 | Longford | Tasmania | |
1814 | Bathurst | New South Wales | Oldest inland settlement in Australia |
1818 | Penrith | New South Wales | |
1820 | Maitland | New South Wales | |
1821 | Port Macquarie | New South Wales | |
1823 | Gosford | New South Wales | |
1823 | Richmond | Tasmania | |
1824 | Redcliffe | Queensland | First European settlement in Queensland |
1825 | Brisbane | Queensland | |
1826 | King George Sound | Western Australia | |
1827 | Albany | Western Australia | Oldest settlement on the west coast of Australia |
1827 | Burnie | Tasmania | |
1829 | Perth | Western Australia | |
1829 | Fremantle | Western Australia | |
1830s | Kyogle | New South Wales | |
1830 | Berrima | New South Wales | |
1830 | Port Arthur | Tasmania | [5] |
1831 | Taree | New South Wales | |
1831 | York | Western Australia | [6] |
1832 | Busselton | Western Australia | |
1833 | Goulburn | New South Wales | |
1833 | Muswellbrook | New South Wales | |
1834 | Portland | Victoria | |
1834 | Wollongong | New South Wales | |
1835 | Melbourne | Victoria | |
1836 | Adelaide | South Australia | |
1836 | Bunbury | Western Australia | |
1836 | Gawler | South Australia | |
1836 | Holbrook | New South Wales | |
1836 | Kempsey | New South Wales | |
1836 | Sunbury | Victoria | |
1836 | Wauchope | New South Wales | |
1837 | Bungendore | New South Wales | |
1837 | Dandenong | Victoria | |
1837 | Southport | Tasmania | Most southern township in Australia |
1837 | Yass | New South Wales | |
1838 | Ballarat | Victoria | |
1838 | Geelong | Victoria | |
1838 | Gundagai | New South Wales | |
1838 | Queanbeyan | New South Wales | |
1839 | Albury | New South Wales | |
1839 | Mount Barker | South Australia | |
1839 | Port Lincoln | South Australia | |
1839 | Seymour | Victoria | |
1840s | Benalla | Victoria | |
1840s | Dalby | Queensland | |
1840s | Traralgon | Victoria | |
1840s | Toowoomba | Queensland | |
1842 | Ballina | New South Wales | [7] |
1843 | Boydtown | New South Wales | |
1843 | Eden | New South Wales | |
1843 | Wangaratta | Victoria | |
1844 | Bacchus Marsh | Victoria | |
1844 | Tweed Heads | New South Wales | |
1845 | Jimboomba | Queensland | |
1845 | Port Pirie | South Australia | |
1846 | Ipswich | Queensland | |
1846 | Orange | New South Wales | |
1847 | Maryborough | Queensland | |
1847 | Rockingham | Western Australia | |
1847 | Wagga Wagga | New South Wales | |
1849 | Armidale | New South Wales | |
1849 | Cooma | New South Wales | |
1849 | Dubbo | New South Wales | |
1850s | Devonport | Tasmania | |
1850 | Cessnock | New South Wales | |
1850 | Geraldton | Western Australia | |
1850 | Warwick | Queensland | |
1850 | Tamworth | New South Wales | |
1851 | Bega | New South Wales | [8] |
1851 | Bendigo | Victoria | |
1851 | Castlemaine | Victoria | |
1851 | Grafton | New South Wales | |
1851 | Hamilton | Victoria | |
1851 | Sale | Victoria | |
1851 | Tenterfield | New South Wales | |
1852 | Bordertown | South Australia | |
1852 | Daylesford | Victoria | |
1852 | Glen Innes | New South Wales | |
1852 | Lismore | New South Wales | |
1852 | Mount Gambier | South Australia | |
1852 | Nowra | New South Wales | |
1852 | Port Augusta | South Australia | |
1852 | Wodonga | Victoria | |
1853 | Beechworth | Victoria | |
1853 | Goolwa | South Australia | |
1854 | Colac | Victoria | |
1854 | Echuca | Victoria | |
1854 | Gladstone | Queensland | |
1855 | Gatton | Queensland | |
1855 | Warrnambool | Victoria | |
1856 | Inverell | New South Wales | |
1857 | Ararat | Victoria | |
1857 | Ulverstone | Tasmania | |
1858 | Laidley | Queensland | |
1858 | Rockhampton | Queensland | |
1859 | Hay | New South Wales | |
1859 | Walgett | New South Wales | |
1860 | Bairnsdale | Victoria | [9] |
1860 | Barnawartha | Victoria | |
1860 | Shepparton | Victoria | |
1861 | Bowen | Queensland | |
1861 | Bowral | New South Wales | |
1862 | Moree | New South Wales | |
1862 | St George | Queensland | |
1862 | Tharwa | Australian Capital Territory | Oldest official settlement in the Australian Capital Territory |
1863 | Tambo | Queensland | Oldest town in western Queensland |
1863 | Victor Harbor | South Australia | |
1863 | Walhalla | Victoria | |
1864 | Ingham | Queensland | |
1864 | Mitchell | Queensland | |
1865 | Burketown | Queensland | [10] |
1865 | Charleville | Queensland | |
1865 | Townsville | Queensland | |
1867 | Cloncurry | Queensland | |
1867 | Gympie | Queensland | |
1867 | Nambucca Heads | New South Wales | |
1867 | Normanton | Queensland | |
1867 | Roma | Queensland | |
1868 | Cunnamulla | Queensland | |
1868 | Yeppoon | Queensland | |
1869 | Darwin | Northern Territory | |
1870s | Beaudesert | Queensland | |
1870s | Coffs Harbour | New South Wales | |
1870s | Lithgow | New South Wales | |
1870s | Mackay | Queensland | |
1870s | Morwell | Victoria | |
1870 | Bundaberg | Queensland | |
1870 | Nagambie | Victoria | |
1870 | Nambour | Queensland | |
1870 | Oakey | Queensland | |
1871 | Charters Towers | Queensland | |
1871 | Landsborough | Queensland | |
1871 | Southport | Queensland | |
1871 | Tewantin | Queensland | |
1872 | Adelaide River | Northern Territory | |
1872 | Esk | Queensland | |
1872 | Stanthorpe | Queensland | |
1872 | Alice Springs | Northern Territory | |
1873 | Cooktown | Queensland | |
1873 | Parkes | New South Wales | |
1876 | Cairns | Queensland | |
1876 | Pittsworth | Queensland | |
1876 | Winton | Queensland | |
1877 | Chinchilla | Queensland | |
1877 | Warragul | Victoria | |
1878 | Farina | South Australia | |
1878 | Killarney | Queensland | |
1878 | Miles | Queensland | |
1879 | Boulia | Queensland | |
1879 | Emerald | Queensland | |
1879 | Innisfail | Queensland | |
1879 | Katoomba | New South Wales | |
1879 | Moe | Victoria | |
1880s | Broome | Western Australia | |
1880s | Derby | Western Australia | |
1880s | Port Hedland | Western Australia | |
1882 | Ary | Queensland | |
1882 | Boonah | Queensland | |
1882 | Hall | Australian Capital Territory | |
1882 | Mount Morgan | Queensland | |
1883 | Broken Hill | New South Wales | |
1883 | Caloundra | Queensland | |
1883 | Captains Flat | New South Wales | |
1883 | Narromine | New South Wales | |
1884 | Camooweal | Queensland | |
1885 | Batemans Bay | New South Wales | |
1885 | Childers | Queensland | |
1885 | Onslow | Western Australia | |
1885 | Wallangarra | Queensland | |
1886 | Wyndham | Western Australia | |
1887 | Birdsville | Queensland | |
1887 | Blackbutt | Queensland | |
1887 | Mildura | Victoria | |
1887 | Mittagong | New South Wales | |
1888 | Goondiwindi | Queensland | |
1888 | Longreach | Queensland | |
1890s | Kingaroy | Queensland | |
1891 | Maleny | Queensland | |
1892 | Coolgardie | Western Australia | [11] |
1893 | Kalgoorlie | Western Australia | |
1896 | Esperance | Western Australia | |
1904 | Renmark | South Australia | |
1911 | Berri | South Australia | |
1913 | Canberra | Australian Capital Territory | |
1913 | Leeton | New South Wales | |
1915 | Coober Pedy | South Australia | |
1916 | Griffith | New South Wales | |
1917 | Quilpie | Queensland | |
1920 | Port Augusta | South Australia | |
1920 | Whyalla | South Australia | |
1923 | Mount Isa | Queensland | |
1924 | Biloela | Queensland | |
1924 | Monto | Queensland | |
1924 | Murray Bridge | South Australia | |
1926 | Katherine | Northern Territory | |
1961 | Kununurra | Western Australia | |
1961 | Weipa | Queensland | |
1965 | Dampier | Western Australia | |
1967 | Exmouth | Western Australia | |
1968 | Karratha | Western Australia | |
1980s | Joondalup | Western Australia | |
1981 | Palmerston | Northern Territory | |
1982 | Jabiru | Northern Territory | |
1987 | Roxby Downs | South Australia |
See also
Notes
- ^ Colwell 2000, p. 13.
- ^ Rolfe 1969, p. 214.
- ^ "Liverpool timeline". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
- ^ Colwell 2000, p. 36.
- ^ Colwell 2000, p. 9.
- ^ "York, Western Australia". Waynes Guide: Australia's Online Accommodation & Travel Guide. Open Search. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ^ "The Shire's European History at a Glance". Ballina Shire Council. January 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
- ^ "Travel: Bega". Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney: Fairfax Media). 26 June 2008. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
- ^ "Bairnsdale, Victoria". Australian Places. Monash University. 1999. Archived from the original on 4 April 2004. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ^ Eussen 2007, p. 33.
- ^ Ford 2001, p. 14.
References
- Colwell, Dan (2000). Australia. This Way. Hunter Publishing. ISBN 9782884521444.
- Eussen, Dick (2007). Australia's Savannah Way: Cairns to Broome. Australian Fishing Network. ISBN 9781865131115.
- Ford, Lyall (2001). Poorhouse to Paradise: The Adventures of a Pioneering Family in a North Queensland Town. Freshwater, Queensland: Taipan Press. ISBN 0646332546.
- Rolfe, Patricia (1969). The Sydney Guide Book. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. ISBN 9780207951534.
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