1849 in Australia

See also: 1848 in Australia, other events of 1849, 1850 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.

Incumbents

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

• Governor of New South Wales – Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy
• Governor of South Australia – Sir Henry Fox Young
• Governor of Tasmania – Sir William Denison
• Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony – Captain Charles Fitzgerald

Events

• 26 January – The Australasian Anti-Transportation League is formed during a public meeting at Launceston, Tasmania.

Births

• 18 January – Edmund Barton, first Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1920)
• 11 February – Fred Bamford, politician (d. 1934)
• 26 March – Edwin Evans, cricketer (d. 1921)
• 27 July – Archibald Watson, surgeon (d. 1940)
• 22 September – Alexander Forrest, explorer and politician (d. 1901)
• 24 September – Justin Foxton, politician (d. 1916)
• 5 November – John Lancelot Stirling, politician (d. 1932)
• 2 December – Frank Allan, cricketer (d. 1917)

Deaths

• 31 May – George Leake (b. 1786), merchant
• 9 December – John Glover (b. 1767), artist

See also

• 1849
• 1840s