1844 in Australia
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Incumbents
Governors
Governors of the Australian colonies:
- Governor of New South Wales – Sir George Gipps
- Governor of South Australia – Sir George Grey
- Governor of Tasmania – Sir John Eardley-Wilmot
- Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony – John Hutt.
Events
- 1 January – Australia's first ringing peal rang from the bells of St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney
- 6 April – John Gavin is the first European settler to be legally executed in Western Australia. Gavin, a fifteen-year-old apprentice, was found guilty of the murder of his employer's son, George Pollard.[1]
- 12 September – The Royal Society of Tasmania was formed. It was the first branch of the Society established outside Britain.
Exploration and settlement
- August – Charles Sturt explores the Stony Desert, fails to establish existence of an inland sea.[2]
- 1 October – Ludwig Leichhardt leads expedition starting from Jimbour on the Darling Downs to Port Essington, Northern Territory, arriving in December 1845.[2]
Births
- Percival Ball
- Francis Boyce
- Henry Briggs
- Ada Cambridge
- Ebenezer Wake Cook
- John Gavan Duffy
- Andrew Harper
- John Madden
- John See
- John McGarvie Smith
- Charles Strong
- William Tietkens
- Watkin Wynne
Deaths
- 14 September – Prosper de Mestre, merchant (b. 1789)
- James Dowling
- John Jamison
