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| 1829 |
| | | James Stirling explores up the Swan River in western Australia to find a site for the settlement which he names Perth | |
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| 1830 |
| | | Richard Lander and his brother John explore the lower reaches of the Niger, proving that the great river is navigable | |
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| 1831 |
| | | The last surviving Aborigines of Tasmania are moved by the British to a small island where they soon die out | |
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| 1831 |
| | | HMS Beagle sails from Plymouth to survey the coasts of the southern hemisphere, with Charles Darwin as the expedition's naturalist | |
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| 1833 |
| | | Britain ejects the Argentinians from the Falklands and begins the process of settlement with British farmers | |
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| 1835 |
| | | Melbourne, founded by settlers from Tasmania, develops as the centre of a sheep-rearing community | |
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| 1836 |
| | | A site is selected for Adelaide and emigration begins from Britain to south Australia | |
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| 1839 |
| | | The British seize the strategic port of Aden and administer it as a province annexed to India | |
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| 1839 |
| | | A British army invades Afghanistan and instals a puppet ruler, Shuja Shah, as the Afghan amir | |
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| 1839 |
| | | British troops invade China after the Chinese authorities seize and destroy the opium stocks of British merchants in Canton | |
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