1848 in Australia

The following lists events that happened during 1848 in Australia.

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Decades:
  • 1820s
  • 1830s
  • 1840s
  • 1850s
  • 1860s
See also:

Incumbents

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

Events
  • Letters Patent of Queen Victoria declaring Melbourne a city are read on the steps of St Peters, Eastern Hill church.[1]
  • 13 February – The first non-British ship carrying immigrants to arrive in Victoria was from Germany; the Goddefroy. Many of those on board were political refugees and known as Forty-Eighters.
  • 3 April – Explorer Ludwig Leichhardt was last seen on the Darling Downs. On that date he wrote a letter from MacPherson's Station, Cogoon.[2] Leichhardt had set off for Swan River.[3]
  • 11 March – The Savings Bank of South Australia opens with a single employee, trading from a room provided rent-free.
  • 29 August – The Cape Otway lighthouse in Victoria is lit for the first time.

Births

Deaths
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References
  1. Cameron, Angus, ed. (1986). "Part One: Capital City Chronologies". The Second Australian Almanac: An 800-page Databank Crammed with Essential Information for Every Australian. North Ryde, NSW: Angus & Robertson. p. 29. ISBN 0-207-15232-2.
  2. "Poor Leichhardt". The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954). National Library of Australia. 14 July 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  3. 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, NSW: Angus & Robertson. pp. 12–13. ISBN 0-207-15108-3.
  4. "Woman of Courage". The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842–1954). National Library of Australia. 12 March 1932. p. 9. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
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