Incumbents

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

• Governor of South Australia - Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Holt Robe
• Governor of Tasmania - Sir William Denison
• Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony - Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Clarke.

Events

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

Births

Deaths

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

See also

• 1847
• 1840s