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See also: 1848 in Australia, other events of 1849, 1850 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 – Sir Henry Fox Young
• Governor of Tasmania – Sir William Denison
• Governor of Victoria – (office first formed in 1851)
• Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony – Captain Charles Fitzgerald

[edit] Events

• 26 January – The Anti-transportation League is formed after a public meeting at Launceston, Tasmania.

[edit] Births

• 18 January – Edmund Barton, first Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1920)
• 11 February – Fred Bamford, politician (d. 1934)
• 26 March – Edwin Evans, cricketer (d. 1921)
• 27 July – Archibald Watson, surgeon (d. 1940)
• 22 September – Alexander Forrest, explorer and politician (d. 1901)
• 24 September – Justin Foxton, politician (d. 1916)
• 5 November – John Lancelot Stirling, politician (d. 1932)
• 2 December – Frank Allan, cricketer (d. 1917)

[edit] Deaths

• 31 May – George Leake (b. 1786), merchant
• 9 December – John Glover (b. 1767), artist

[edit] See also

• 1849
• 1840s