1846 in Australia
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[edit] Incumbents
[edit] Governors
Governors of the Australian colonies:
- Governor of New South Wales - Sir George Gipps
- Governor of Queensland - (office first formed in 1859)
- Governor of South Australia - Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Holt Robe
- Governor of Tasmania - Sir John Eardley-Wilmot
- Governor of Victoria - (office first formed in 1851)
- Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony - John Hutt.
[edit] Events
- September 23 - Explorer John Ainsworth Horrocks died at Penwortham in South Australia after he was accidentally shot in a hunting accident.
- October 12 - Bushranger Lawrence Kavenagh is executed by hanging.