The following lists events that happened during 1810 in Australia. Incumbents Monarch - George III Governors Governors of the Australian colonies: Governor of New South Wales – Lachlan Macquarie Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania – David Collins Events 1 January – Lachlan Macquarie sworn in as governor of New South Wales. 8 January – The Derwent Star and Van Diemen's Land Intelligencer, Australia's second newspaper and the first in Van Diemen's Land, begins publication. Exploration and settlement 6 October – A town plan of Sydney was published, on which the streets were given new and permanent names, including Market, George, Park and Barrack Streets. Births 10 January – William Haines, 1st Premier of Victoria (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1866) 14 August – Angus McMillan, explorer, pastoralist, and Victorian politician (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1865) Deaths 24 March – David Collins, Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1756) Tedbury, Sydney indigenous leader References Australia Years of the 19th century in Australia