1840 in Australia
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Incumbents
Governors
Governors of the Australian colonies:
- Governor of New South Wales - Sir George Gipps
- Governor of South Australia - Lieutenant Colonel George Gawler.
- Governor of Tasmania - Captain Sir John Franklin
- Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony - John Hutt.
Events
- 3 January - The Melbourne newspaper The Herald is founded by George Cavanaugh as The Port Phillip Herald.
- 22 August - two Ngarrindjeri men are publicly hung along the Coorong in front of their tribe after being accused of the murders of all 26 crew and passengers of the Maria shipwreck.
- 2 November - Construction of The Causeway across the Swan River in Perth begins.
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