1846 in Australia

The following lists events that happened during 1846 in Australia.

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Decades:	1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s
See also:	Other events of 1846 Timeline of Australian history

1846 in Australia
Monarchy	Queen Victoria
Population	293,249

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

• formation of "The South Australian League for the Maintenance of Religious Freedom in the Province" in response to the proposed funding of Church of England education from public funds[1]

September

• 23 September – Explorer John Ainsworth Horrocks dies at Penwortham in South Australia, a month after he accidentally shot himself in a hunting accident.[2]

October

• 13 October – Bushranger Lawrence Kavenagh is executed by hanging.[3]

Arts and literature

• 2 June – first editions of Melbourne's daily newspaper, The Argus; and of Brisbane's weekly newspaper, Moreton Bay Courier, are published.[4]

Sport

• February – Australia's first swimming championships are held at Robinson's Domain Baths.[4]

Births

• 4 May – John Henry Want, NSW attorney general[5]
• James Burns
• Johnny Dunn
• Frank Hann
• William MacGregor
• William Miller
• Henry Northcote
• Edward O'Sullivan
• Stephen Henry Parker
• Charles Rasp
• William Spence
• Josiah Symon
• Robert Etheridge
• Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay
• Marcus Clarke

Deaths

• 26 August – Esther Abrahams, convict, wife of George Johnston (briefly, NSW Governor)
• 23 September – John Ainsworth Horrocks, explorer[2]
• 12 October – Lawrence Kavenagh, bushranger[3]
• Robert Campbell
• Joseph Foveaux
• Henry Kable
• Charles Alexandre Lesueur

References

1. Hodder, Edwin (1893). The History of South Australia from Its Foundation to the Year of Its Jubilee. 1. S. Low, Marston, Limited. pp. 221–225 – via Google Books.
2. Chittleborough, Jon (2005). "Horrocks, John Ainsworth (1818–1846)". In Cunneen, Christopher (ed.). Australian Dictionary of Biography: Supplement 1580–1980, with a Name Index to the Australian Dictionary of Biography to 1980. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 0-522-85214-9. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
3. "Norfolk Island". The Courier (Hobart, Tas. : 1840–1859). National Library of Australia. 28 October 1846. p. 3.
4. Cameron, Angus, ed. (1985). "Part One: Facts and Figures: An Australian Historical Chronology". The Australian Almanac: 800 Pages Crammed with Australian and World Facts: Politics, the Arts, Geography, History and Much More. North Ryde, NSW: Angus & Robertson. p. 12. ISBN 0-207-15108-3.
5. Finn, Paul (1990). "Want, John Henry (1846–1905)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. 12. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 24 February 2013 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.