1844 in Australia

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1844 in Australia

1841 • 1842 • 1843 • 1844 (1844) • 1845 • 1846 • 1847

Other events of 1844 • Timeline of Australian history

Incumbents

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

• Governor of New South Wales - Sir George Gipps
• Governor of South Australia - Sir George Grey
• Governor of Tasmania - Sir John Eardley-Wilmot
• Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony - John Hutt.

Events

• 1 January - Australia's first ringing peal rang from the bells of St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney
• 6 April - John Gavin is the first European settler to be legally executed in Western Australia. He was executed for murder at the age of fifteen.
• 12 September - The Royal Society of Tasmania was formed. It was the first branch of the Society established outside Britain.

Births

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See also

• 1844
• 1840s