← 1831 1830 1829 1832 in Australia → 1833 1834 1835
Decades:	1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s
See also:	Other events of 1832 Timeline of Australian history

The following lists events that happened during 1832 in Australia.

• 7 February - The West Australian Legislative Council and Executive Council meet for the first time
• 13 February - The King's School opens in Parramatta
• 18 August - The Savings Bank of New South Wales is established

• 5 January – Edward William Cole, bookseller (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1918)
• 7 January – James Munro, 15th Premier of Victoria (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1908)
• 7 February – Samuel Wilson, Victorian politician and pastoralist (born in Ireland) (d. 1895)
• 14 March – Sir James Fergusson, 8th Governor of South Australia (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1907)
• 21 August – Sir Simon Fraser, Victorian politician, pastoralist and businessman (born in Canada) (d. 1919)
• 9 November – Lorimer Fison, anthropologist, minister and journalist (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1907)
• 14 November – Henry Strangways, 12th Premier of South Australia (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1920)
• 15 November – Julian Tenison Woods, priest and geologist (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1889)
• 30 November – Sir James Dickson, 13th Premier of Queensland (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1901)
• 13 December – Richard Daintree, geologist and photographer (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1878)
• Unknown – John Macrossan, Queensland politician (born in Ireland) (d. 1891)

• 1 September – Henry Hellyer, explorer (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1790)
• 7 December – Edward Wollstonecraft, businessman (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1783)
• Unknown – Sir Henry Browne Hayes, convict (born and died in Ireland) (b. 1762)

• Barker, Anthony (1996). What Happened When. St Leonards: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-86373-986-3.