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See also: 1848 in Australia, other events of 1849, 1850 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.

Incumbents

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

• Governor of New South Wales - Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy
• Governor of Queensland - (office first formed in 1859)
• Governor of South Australia - Sir Henry Fox Young
• Governor of Tasmania - Sir William Denison
• Governor of Victoria - (office first formed in 1851)
• Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony - Captain Charles Fitzgerald.

Events

• January 26 - The Anti-transportation League was formed after public meeting at Launceston, Tasmania.

Births

• January 18 - Edmund Barton, first Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1920)

Deaths

See also

• 1849
• 1840s