1850 in Australia

1850 in Australia

"See also:"
1849 in Australia,
other events of 1850,
1851 in Australia and the
Timeline of Australian history.

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:
*Governor of New South Wales - Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy
*Governor of Queensland - "(office first formed in 1859)"
*Governor of South Australia - Sir Henry Fox Young
*Governor of Tasmania - Sir William Denison
*Governor of Victoria - "(office first formed in 1851)"
*Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony - Captain Charles Fitzgerald.

Events

* January 26 - Patrick O'Donoghue starts publishing in Hobart Town a weekly newspaper named "The Irish Exile", aimed mainly at fellow Irish prisoners and deportees.
* October 1 - The University of Sydney is founded.

Births

* February 17 - Alf Morgans, Premier of Western Australia (d. 1933)
* April 26 - James Drake, Australian politician (d. 1915)
* May 12 - Frederick Holder, premier of South Australia (d. 1909)
* October 22 - Charles Kingston, Premier of South Australia (d. 1908)

Deaths

* February 9 - Elizabeth Macarthur, co-founder of the wool industry in Australia. (b. 1766)
* June 16 - William Lawson, explorer and politician. (b. 1774)

ee also

*1850
*1850s


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