1849 in Australia
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1848 in Australia
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1848 in Australia
1848 in Australia
See also:1847 in Australia,other events of 1848,1849 in Australia and theTimeline of Australian history.- Governors:Governors of the Australian colonies:*Governor of New South Wales — Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy...
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other events of 1849,
1850 in Australia
1850 in Australia
See also:1849 in Australia,other events of 1850,1851 in Australia and theTimeline of Australian history.-Governors:Governors of the Australian colonies:*Governor of New South Wales - Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy...
and the
Timeline of Australian history
Timeline of Australian history
This is a timeline of Australian history.-BC:*c. 68,000–40,000 BC: Aboriginal tribes are thought to have arrived in Australia.*c. 13,000 BC: Land bridges between mainland Australia and Tasmania are flooded. Tasmanian Aboriginal people become isolated for the next 12,000 – 13,000 years.*c...
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Governors
Governors of the Australian coloniesGovernors of the Australian states
The Governors of the Australian states are the representatives of the Queen of Australia in each of that country's six states. The Governors perform the same constitutional and ceremonial functions at the state level as does the Governor-General of Australia at the national level...
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- Governor of New South Wales – Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoyCharles Augustus FitzRoySir Charles Augustus FitzRoy, KCH, KCB was a British military officer, politician and member of the aristocracy, who held governorships in several British colonies during the 19th century.-Family and peerage:...
- Governor of South Australia – Sir Henry Fox YoungHenry YoungSir Henry Edward Fox Young, KCMG was the fifth Governor of South Australia, serving in that role from 2 August 1848 until 20 December 1854. He was then the first Governor of Tasmania, from 1855 until 1861.-Early life:...
- Governor of Tasmania – Sir William DenisonWilliam DenisonSir William Thomas Denison, KCB was Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land from 1847 to 1855, Governor of New South Wales from 20 January 1855 to 22 January 1861, and Governor of Madras from 1861 to 1866....
- Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony – Captain Charles FitzgeraldCharles FitzgeraldCaptain Charles Fitzgerald was the Governor of The Gambia from 1844 until 1847, then Governor of Western Australia from 1848 to 1855....
Events
- 26 January – The Australasian Anti-Transportation LeagueAustralasian Anti-Transportation LeagueThe Australasian Anti-Transportation League was a body established to oppose Penal transportation to Australia. Beginning in Van Diemen's Land in the late 1840s, it had branches in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, and Canterbury...
is formed during a public meeting at Launceston, TasmaniaLaunceston, TasmaniaLaunceston is a city in the north of the state of Tasmania, Australia at the junction of the North Esk and South Esk rivers where they become the Tamar River. Launceston is the second largest city in Tasmania after the state capital Hobart...
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Births
- 18 January – Edmund BartonEdmund BartonSir Edmund Barton, GCMG, KC , Australian politician and judge, was the first Prime Minister of Australia and a founding justice of the High Court of Australia....
, first Prime Minister of AustraliaPrime Minister of AustraliaThe Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia is the highest minister of the Crown, leader of the Cabinet and Head of Her Majesty's Australian Government, holding office on commission from the Governor-General of Australia. The office of Prime Minister is, in practice, the most powerful...
(d. 1920) - 11 February – Fred BamfordFred BamfordFrederick William "Fred" Bamford was an Australian politician.Bamford was born in Dubbo, New South Wales and educated at Toowoomba, Queensland. He left school at 14 and worked as a carpenter around the Toowoomba area. In September 1871 he married Mary Ann Miller...
, politician (d. 1934) - 26 March – Edwin EvansEdwin EvansEdwin Evans was an Australian cricketer who played in six Tests between 1881 and 1886.Born in Emu Plains, New South Wales and educated at Newington College , Evans was an off spinner with an ability to consistently land the ball wherever he wanted to and had some success in Australian first-class...
, cricketer (d. 1921) - 27 July – Archibald WatsonArchibald WatsonArchibald Watson FRCS was an Australian surgeon and professor of anatomy at the University of Adelaide.-Early life:...
, surgeon (d. 1940) - 22 September – Alexander ForrestAlexander ForrestAlexander Forrest CMG, was an explorer and surveyor of Western Australia, as well as a politician.-Early life:Forrest was born at Picton, near Bunbury in Western Australia, the son of William and Margaret Forrest...
, explorer and politician (d. 1901) - 24 September – Justin Foxton, politician (d. 1916)
- 5 November – John Lancelot StirlingJohn Lancelot StirlingSir John Lancelot Stirling KCMG was an Australian politician and grazier.-Early life:Stirling was born at Strathalbyn, South Australia, the son of Edward Stirling and his wife Harriett, née Taylor and brother of Sir Edward Charles Stirling. J. L...
, politician (d. 1932) - 2 December – Frank AllanFrank AllanFrancis Erskine "Frank" Allan was an Australian cricketer who played in 1 Test in 1879....
, cricketer (d. 1917)
Deaths
- 31 May – George LeakeGeorge Leake (merchant)George Leake was a wealthy landholder in the early days of the Swan River Colony. Backed with considerable assets, Leake supported many of the early settlers of the colony who were struggling financially...
(b. 1786), merchant - 9 December – John GloverJohn Glover (artist)John Glover was an English/Australian artist in what is known as the early colonial period of Australian art. In Australia he has been dubbed the father of Australian landscape painting.-Life in Europe:...
(b. 1767), artist