1842 in Australia
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[edit] Incumbents
[edit] 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 - Sir George Grey
- Governor of Tasmania - Captain Sir John Franklin
- Governor of Victoria - (office first formed in 1851)
- Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony - John Hutt.
[edit] Events
- 20 July - an Act (6 Vic.No 3) passed "to declare the town of Sydney to be a city and to incorporate the inhabitants thereof".[1]
- 12 August - Melbourne incorporated as a "town".[1]
- August 21 - Hobart Town is proclaimed a city.
[edit] Births
- January 15 - Mary MacKillop, the only Australian nun to be beatified, is born in Fitzroy, Victoria.
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b "History of Sydney City Council" (pdf). City of Sydney. http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/AboutSydney/documents/history/hs_chos_history_of_council_1001.pdf. Retrieved on 2007-02-09.
