1843 in Australia
Appearance
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The following lists events that happened during 1843 in Australia.
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 – Captain Sir John Franklin
- Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony – John Hutt.
Events
- The Argyle Cut in The Rocks is started, using convict labour, it is completed in 1864, using free labourers.[1]
- 12 September – The Battle of One Tree Hill was a conflict between European settlers and aboriginals.
Science and technology
- September – John Ridley builds his invention, a corn stripper-harvester, in Hindmarsh.[2][3]
Births
- Nathaniel Dawes
- Joseph Furphy
- James Garvan
- Alexander William Jardine
- Boyd Dunlop Morehead
- Edward Ellis Morris
- Johnny Mullagh
- C. Y. O'Connor
- Harry Rawson
- Garnet Walch
Deaths
References
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- ^ Cameron, Angus, ed. (1986). "Part One: Capital City Chronologies. A History of Sydney". The Second Australian Almanac: An 800-page Databank Crammed with Essential Information for Every Australian. North Ryde, New South Wales: Angus & Robertson. p. 8. ISBN 0-207-15232-2.
- ^ "Necessity Is the Mother of Invention". South Australian Register. National Library of Australia. 9 September 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
- ^ 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, New South Wales: Angus & Robertson. p. 12. ISBN 0-207-15108-3.