The following lists events that happened during 1849 in Australia .
Incumbents
Governors
Governors of the Australian colonies :
Events
Births
Sir Edmund Barton
18 January – Sir Edmund Barton , 1st Prime Minister of Australia and inaugural High Court justice (d. 1920 )
11 February – Fred Bamford , Queensland politician (d. 1934 )
26 March – Edwin Evans , cricketer (d. 1921 )
27 July – Archibald Watson , surgeon (d. 1940 )
8 August – Hume Nisbet , novelist and artist (born in the United Kingdom ) (d. 1923 )
17 August – William Kidston , 17th Premier of Queensland (born in the United Kingdom ) (d. 1919 )
29 August – Sir John Sulman , architect (born in the United Kingdom ) (d. 1934 )
22 September – Alexander Forrest , Western Australian politician and explorer (d. 1901 )
24 September – Justin Foxton , Queensland politician (d. 1916 )
5 November – Sir Lancelot Stirling , South Australian politician (d. 1932 )
2 December – Frank Allan , cricketer (d. 1917 )
28 December – Dugald Thomson , New South Wales politician (born in the United Kingdom ) (d. 1922 )
References
^ Currey, C. H. "Denison, Sir William Thomas (1804 – 1871)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . National Centre of Biography, Australian National University . Retrieved 24 February 2013 .
^ Munday, Rosemary, ed. (1991). "How Australia Began: Significant Dates in Australian History". The Bulletin Australian Almanac & Book of Facts 1992 . Sydney: Australian Consolidated Press. p. 3. ISSN 1038-054X .
1849 in Oceania
Sovereign states Associated states of New Zealand