1846 in Australia
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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 Queensland - (office first formed in 1859)
• Governor of South Australia - Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Holt Robe
• 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.

Events

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

Births

• May 4 - John Henry Want, NSW attorney general

Deaths

See also

• 1846
• 1840s