1827 in Australia

Incumbents

• Monarch - George IV

  Governors

• Governor of New South Wales - Lieutenant-General Ralph Darling
• Governor of Tasmania - Colonel George Arthur

  Events

• 5 January - First boat regatta held on the River Derwent. On 30 April a regatta was held in Sydney.
• Theatre Royal, Sydney opened.

  Exploration and settlement

• 18 June - James Stirling establishes the Fort Wellington settlement at Raffles Bay, on the Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory.