1845 in Australia

The following lists events that happened during 1845 in Australia.

← 1844 1843 1842 1845 in Australia → 1846 1847 1848
Decades:	1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s
See also:	Other events of 1845 Timeline of Australian history

Incumbents

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

• Governor of New South Wales – Sir George Gipps
• Governor of South Australia – Sir George Grey (to 25 October), then Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Holt Robe
• Governor of Tasmania – Sir John Eardley-Wilmot
• Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony – John Hutt.

Events

• 12 March – St John the Baptist Church in Reid Canberra is consecrated.
• 4 August – The ship Cataraqui is wrecked off the coast of Tasmania, the 406 people on board drown.
• 20 July – Charles Sturt enters the Simpson Desert in central Australia.
• 21 June – News of the discovery of a rich body of copper ore at Burra, South Australia is published in Adelaide newspapers.
• 17 December – Ludwig Leichhardt arrives at Port Essington, Northern Territory, after an overland journey of 4800 km from Jimbour on the Darling Downs.[1]
• Wool export in Australia – 24 million pounds.

Births

• 25 February – George Reid, fourth Prime Minister of Australia (died 1918)[2]
• 15 April – Dave Gregory, Australian cricketer (died 1919)[3]
• 16 June – William Charles Kernot, engineer[4]
• 21 June – Samuel Griffith, politician and judge
• Maybanke Anderson
• William Farrer
• Ernest Favenc
• Walter Howchin
• Victor Villiers
• J.C. Williamson

Deaths

• 5 August – John Blaxland, pioneer and grazier
• John Tawell

References

1. 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. p. 12. ISBN 0-207-15108-3.
2. "Prime Facts 19: Prime Ministers of Australia" (PDF). Australian Prime Ministers Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
3. "Noted Cricketer Dead". The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954). National Library of Australia. 5 August 1919. p. 7. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
4. Murray-Smith, S. (1974). "Kernot, William Charles (1845–1909)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. 5. Melbourne University Press. pp. 20–22. Retrieved 23 February 2013.