1842 in Australia

See also: 1841 in Australia, other events of 1842, 1843 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.

Contents

1 Incumbents
- 1.1 Governors
2 Events
3 Births
4 See also
5 Notes

Incumbents

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

Events

20 July - an Act (6 Vic.No 3) passed "to declare the town of Sydney to be a city and to incorporate the inhabitants thereof".^[1]
12 August - Melbourne incorporated as a "town".^[1]
21 August - Hobart Town is proclaimed a city.

Births

15 January - Mary MacKillop, the only Australian nun to be canonized, is born in Fitzroy, Victoria.

See also

1842
1840s

Notes

^ ^a ^b "History of Sydney City Council" (pdf). City of Sydney. http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/AboutSydney/documents/history/hs_chos_history_of_council_1001.pdf. Retrieved 9 February 2007.