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| Monarchy | Queen Victoria |
| Population | 293,249 |
The following lists events that happened during 1846 in Australia.
Incumbents
Governors
Governors of the Australian colonies:
- Governor of New South Wales – Sir George Gipps
- Governor of South Australia – Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Holt Robe
- Governor of Tasmania – Sir John Eardley-Wilmot
- Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony – John Hutt.
Events
- formation of "The South Australian League for the Maintenance of Religious Freedom in the Province" in response to the proposed funding of Church of England education from public funds[1]
September
- 23 September – Explorer John Ainsworth Horrocks dies at Penwortham in South Australia, a month after he accidentally shot himself in a hunting accident.[2]
October
- 13 October – Bushranger Lawrence Kavenagh is executed by hanging.[3]
Arts and literature
- 2 June – first editions of Melbourne's daily newspaper, The Argus; and of Brisbane's weekly newspaper, Moreton Bay Courier, are published.[4]
Sport
- February – Australia's first swimming championships are held at Robinson's Domain Baths.[4]
Births
- 4 May – John Henry Want, NSW attorney general[5]
- James Burns
- Johnny Dunn
- Frank Hann
- William MacGregor
- William Miller
- Henry Northcote
- Edward O'Sullivan
- Stephen Henry Parker
- Charles Rasp
- William Spence
- Josiah Symon
- Robert Etheridge
- Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay
- Marcus Clarke
Deaths
- 26 August – Esther Abrahams, convict, wife of George Johnston (briefly, NSW Governor)
- 23 September – John Ainsworth Horrocks, explorer[2]
- 12 October – Lawrence Kavenagh, bushranger[3]
- Robert Campbell
- Joseph Foveaux
- Henry Kable
- Charles Alexandre Lesueur
References
- ^ Hodder, Edwin (1893). The History of South Australia from Its Foundation to the Year of Its Jubilee. 1. S. Low, Marston, Limited. pp. 221–225 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Chittleborough, Jon (2005). "Horrocks, John Ainsworth (1818–1846)". In Cunneen, Christopher (ed.). Australian Dictionary of Biography: Supplement 1580–1980, with a Name Index to the Australian Dictionary of Biography to 1980. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 0-522-85214-9. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
- ^ a b "Norfolk Island". The Courier (Hobart, Tas. : 1840–1859). National Library of Australia. 28 October 1846. p. 3.
- ^ a b Cameron, Angus, ed. (1985). "Part One: Facts and Figures: An Australian Historical Chronology". The Australian Almanac: 800 Pages Crammed with Australian and World Facts: Politics, the Arts, Geography, History and Much More. North Ryde, NSW: Angus & Robertson. p. 12. ISBN 0-207-15108-3.
- ^ Finn, Paul (1990). "Want, John Henry (1846–1905)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. 12. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 24 February 2013 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.