1844 in Australia
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See also: 1843 in Australia, other events of 1844, 1845 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.
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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 - Sir George Grey
- 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
- January 1 - Australia's first ringing peal rang from the bells of St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney
- April 6 - John Gavin is the first European settler to be legally executed in Western Australia. He was executed for murder at the age of fifteen.
- September 12 - The Royal Society of Tasmania was formed. It was the first branch of the Society established outside Britain.
