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1845 in Australia

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1820s1830s1840s1850s1860s

See also:
  
Other events of 1845Timeline of Australian history

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

Contents

  • Governor of New South Wales - Sir George Gipps
  • Governor of South Australia - Sir George Grey (to 25 October), then Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Holt Robe
  • Governor of Tasmania - Sir John Eardley-Wilmot
  • Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony - John Hutt.

    • Events

  • 12 March - St John the Baptist Church in Reid Canberra is consecrated.
  • 4 August - The ship Cataraqui is wrecked off the coast of Tasmania, the 406 people on board drown.
  • 20 July - Charles Sturt enters the Simpson Desert in central Australia.
  • 21 June - News of the discovery of a rich body of copper ore at Burra, South Australia is published in Adelaide newspapers.
  • 17 December - Ludwig Leichhardt arrives at Port Essington, Northern Territory, after an overland journey of 4800 km from Jimbour on the Darling Downs.
  • Wool export in Australia - 24 million pounds.

    • Births

  • 25 February - George Reid, fourth Prime Minister of Australia (died 1918)
  • 15 April - Dave Gregory, Australian cricketer (died 1919)
  • 16 June - William Charles Kernot, engineer
  • 21 June - Samuel Griffith, politician and judge
  • Maybanke Anderson
  • William Farrer
  • Ernest Favenc
  • Walter Howchin
  • Victor Villiers
  • J.C. Williamson

    • Deaths

  • 5 August - John Blaxland, pioneer grazier
  • John Tawell

    • References

    1845 in Australia Wikipedia
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