1839 in Australia

none July 2012 April 2025 February 2012 1839 Australia Template:Year in Australia: Parameter 1=year required! Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 90px Other events of 1839 Timeline of Australian history The following lists events that happened during 1839 in Australia. Incumbents Monarch – Victoria Governors Governors of the Australian colonies: Governor of New South Wales – Sir George GippsMcCulloch Samuel Clyde Gipps, Sir George (1791–1847) https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/gipps-sir-george-2098 Australian Dictionary of Biography National Centre of Biography, Australian National University 8 March 2019 Governor of South Australia – Lieutenant Colonel George Gawler Governor of Tasmania – Sir John Franklin Governor of Western Australia – Captain James Stirling then John Hutt Events 3 January – John Hutt becomes Governor of Western Australia 15 January – The first US consul, J. H. Williams, takes residence in Sydney 6 February – The Port Phillip Patriot and Melbourne Advertiser are published for the first time by John Pascoe Fawkner 16 February – Kiama is proclaimed a town 19 March – Settlement begins at Port Lincoln 3 April – William Light is replaced by Charles Sturt as Surveyor-General of South Australia 13 April – Albury is proclaimed a village 24 April – Braidwood is proclaimed a town 1 May – Edward John Eyre explores the area north of Adelaide until 29 June, during the expedition he discovers Lake Torrens June – Up to 40 Aboriginals are killed in the Campaspe Plains massacre, which was a reprisal raid against Aboriginal resistance to the invasion and occupation of the Dja Dja Wurrung and Taungurung lands. 20 June – A settlement is founded at Victor Harbor 27 July – The Adelaide River is discovered 9 September – Port Darwin is named by John Lort Stokes on Beagle Undated (mid 1939) – 35 to 40 Aboriginals of the Tarnbeere Gundidj clan of the Djargurd Wurrung are killed in the Murdering Gully massacre. Undated – An unknown number of Aboriginals are killed in the Blood Hole massacre Exploration and settlement Edward John Eyre explores areas to the far north and west of Adelaide during his two expeditions. Settlements Alberton, South Australia Albury, New South Wales Balhannah, South Australia Blakiston, South Australia Brunswick East, Victoria Burnside, South Australia Carcoar, New South Wales Findon, South Australia Gumeracha, South Australia Hahndorf, South Australia Hope Valley, South Australia Mandurama, New South Wales Mount Barker, South Australia Nairne, South Australia Penwortham, South Australia Seymour, Victoria St Kilda, Victoria Strathalbyn, South Australia Tusmore, South Australia Arts and literature First mechanics' institute was founded at Melbourne Births 14 March – George Adams, publican and lottery promoter (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1904) 18 April – Henry Kendall, author and bush poet (d. 1882) 30 April – Sir Francis Suttor, New South Wales politician and pastoralist (d. 1915) 10 May – Thomas Joseph Carr, Catholic archbishop (born in Ireland) (d. 1917) 29 May – Ned Gregory, cricketer (d. 1899) 19 June – Howard Willoughby, journalist and war correspondent (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1908) 1 July – William George Lawes, minister, missionary and public lecturer (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1907) 2 September – Elias Solomon, Western Australian politician (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1909) 9 December – Norman Selfe, civil engineer (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1911) 19 December – Charles Dempster, Western Australian politician and explorer (d. 1907) Unknown – George Rignold, actor (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1912) Deaths 6 May – John Batman, explorer, grazier and entrepreneur (b. 1801)Brown P. L. Batman, John (1801–1839) https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/batman-john-1752 Australian Dictionary of Biography National Centre of Biography, Australian National University 5 April 2018 27 June – Allan Cunningham (botanist), botanist and explorer (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1791) 24 July – Sir Richard Spencer, naval officer and settler (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1779) 6 October – William Light, military officer and surveyor (born in Malaysia) (b. 1786) 9 October – James Oatley, watchmaker and convict (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1769) References Barker Anthony What Happened When Allen & Unwin 1996 St Leonards 1-86373-9866 1839 in yes Australia Category:Years of the 19th century in Australia