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1847 in Australia

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See also:
  
Other events of 1847Timeline of Australian history

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

Contents

  • 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

  • George Collingridge
  • John Forrest
  • James Huddart
  • Archibald Liversidge
  • Henry Montgomery
  • Edward Petherick
  • Louis de Rougemont
  • Rose Scott
  • Frederick William Ward

    • Deaths

  • 11 February - Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Andrew Clarke, Governor of Western Australia (born 1793).
  • John Eardley-Wilmot
  • John Franklin
  • Joseph Wild

    • References

    1847 in Australia Wikipedia
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