1847 in Australia

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See also: 1846 in Australia, other events of 1847, 1848 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.

Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 Governors 2 Events 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 See also

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

• Governor of New South Wales - Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy
• Governor of Queensland - (office first formed in 1859)
• Governor of South Australia - Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Holt Robe
• Governor of Tasmania - Sir William Denison
• Governor of Victoria - (office first formed in 1851)
• Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony - Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Clarke.

[edit] Events

• July 15 - St Peter's College, Adelaide is founded by members of the Anglican Church of Australia.
• December 28 - Augustus Short, the first Anglican bishop of Adelaide, South Australia arrives from England.

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

• February 11 - Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Andrew Clarke, Governor of Western Australia.

[edit] See also

• 1847
• 1840s