1850 in Australia

See also: 1849 in Australia, other events of 1850, 1851 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.

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 - Patrick O'Donoghue starts publishing in Hobart Town a weekly newspaper named The Irish Exile, aimed mainly at fellow Irish prisoners and deportees.
• 1 October - The University of Sydney is founded.

Births

• 17 February - Alf Morgans, Premier of Western Australia (d. 1933)
• 26 April - James Drake, Australian politician (d. 1915)
• 12 May - Frederick Holder, premier of South Australia (d. 1909)
• 22 October - Charles Kingston, Premier of South Australia (d. 1908)

Deaths

• 9 February - Elizabeth Macarthur, co-founder of the wool industry in Australia. (b. 1766)
• 16 June - William Lawson, explorer and politician. (b. 1774)

See also

• 1850
• 1850s