From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1850 in Australia
1850 in Australia
See also: 1849 in Australia, other events of 1850, 1851 in
Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.
Births
• 17 February - Alf Morgans, Premier of Western
Australia (d. 1933)
Governors • 26 April - James Drake, Australian politician (d. 1915)
Governors of the Australian colonies: • 12 May - Frederick Holder, premier of South
• Governor of New South Wales - Sir Charles Augustus Australia (d. 1909)
FitzRoy • 22 October - Charles Kingston, Premier of South
• Governor of South Australia - Sir Henry Fox Young Australia (d. 1908)
• Governor of Tasmania - Sir William Denison
• Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony -
Captain Charles Fitzgerald.
Deaths
• 9 February - Elizabeth Macarthur, co-founder of the
wool industry in Australia. (b. 1766)
Events • 16 June - William Lawson, explorer and politician. (b.
• 26 January - Patrick O’Donoghue starts publishing in 1774)
Hobart Town a weekly newspaper named The Irish
Exile, aimed mainly at fellow Irish prisoners and
deportees.
See also
• 1 October - The University of Sydney is founded. • 1850
• 1850s
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Categories:
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• 1850 in Australia
• Years of the 19th century in Australia
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