1846 in Australia

See also: 1845 in Australia, other events of 1846, 1847 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.

Incumbents

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

• Governor of New South Wales — Sir George Gipps
• Governor of South Australia — Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Holt Robe
• Governor of Tasmania — Sir John Eardley-Wilmot
• Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony — John Hutt.

Events

• 23 September — Explorer John Ainsworth Horrocks dies at Penwortham in South Australia after he is accidentally shot in a hunting accident.
• 12 October — Bushranger Lawrence Kavenagh is executed by hanging.

Births

• 4 May — John Henry Want, NSW attorney general

Deaths

26 August, Esther Abrahams

See also

• 1846
• 1840s