1840 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 George Gawler.
- Governor of Tasmania - Captain Sir John Franklin
- Governor of Victoria - (office first formed in 1851)
- Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony - John Hutt.
[edit] Events
- January 3 - The Melbourne newspaper The Herald is founded by George Cavanaugh as The Port Phillip Herald.
- November 2 - Construction of The Causeway across the Swan River in Perth begins.
