1844 in Australia
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The following lists events that happened during 1844 in Australia.
Incumbents
Governors
Governors of the Australian colonies:
- Governor of New South Wales – Sir George Gipps
- 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. Gavin, a fifteen-year-old apprentice, was found guilty of the murder of his employer's son, George Pollard.[1]
- 12 September – The Royal Society of Tasmania was formed. It was the first branch of the Society established outside Britain.
- Undated – Port Augusta War[2]
- Undated – An unknown number of Gunai Kurnai people known as the Gippsland massacres.
Exploration and settlement
- August – Charles Sturt explores the Stony Desert, fails to establish existence of an inland sea.[3]
- 1 October –
Births
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- 8 February – John McGarvie Smith, metallurgist, bacteriologist and benefactor (d. 1918)
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- 6 April
- Francis Bertie Boyce, clergyman and social reformer (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1931)
- Sir William Lyne, 13th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1913)
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- 11 May – Watkin Wynne, journalist, councillor and newspaper owner (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1921)
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- 5 December – Sir Charles Mackellar, New South Wales politician and surgeon (d. 1926)
- Unknown – William Sawers, New South Wales politician (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1916)
Deaths
- 29 June – Sir John Jamison, New South Wales politician, physician and pastoralist (born in Ireland) (b. 1776)
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- 27 September – Sir James Dowling, 2nd Chief Justice of New South Wales (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1787)
References
- The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal. National Library of Australia. 6 April 1844. p. 3. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
- ^ cnet. "Australian Frontier Conflicts – Timeline". Australian Frontier Conflicts. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ ISBN 0-207-15108-3.