1847 in Australia
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The following lists events that happened during 1847 in Australia.
Incumbents
Governors
Events
- 15 July - St Peter's College, Adelaide is founded by members of the Anglican Church of Australia.[1]
- 28 December - Augustus Short, the first Anglican bishop of Adelaide, South Australia arrives from England.[2]
Science and Technology
June â Dentist, John Belisario becomes the first to use ether to anaesthetise a patient
Births

- 12 February â Sir Albert Gould, New South Wales politician (d. 1936)
- 19 February â Josiah Howell Bagster, South Australian politician and land agent (d. 1893)
- 22 February â James Huddart, shipowner and businessman (d. 1901)
- 6 March â Edward Petherick, book collector and archivist (d. 1917)
- 13 March â Samuel Cooke, Victorian politician (d. 1929)
- 5 April â Frederick William Ward, journalist and newspaper editor (d. 1934)
- 7 April â John Arthur, Tasmanian cricketer (d. 1877)
- 23 May â Robert Etheridge Jr., paleontologist (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1920)
- 23 July â George Sydney Aldridge, businessman (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1911)
- 22 August â Sir John Forrest, 1st Premier of Western Australia and explorer (d. 1918)
- 3 October â Henry Montgomery, Anglican bishop (d. 1932)
- 8 October â Rose Scott, suffragette (d. 1925)
- 29 October â George Collingridge, writer and illustrator (d. 1931)
- 11 October â Alexander Bolton, New South Wales politician (d. 1918)
- 17 November â Archibald Liversidge, chemist (d. 1927)
- 10 December â Harry Boyle, Test cricketer (d. 1907)
Deaths
- 3 February â Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, 6th Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1783)
- 11 February â Sir Andrew Clarke, 4th Governor of Western Australia (born in Ireland) (b. 1793)
- 25 May â Joseph Wild, explorer (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1773)
- 11 June â Sir John Franklin, 4th Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land (born in the United Kingdom and died in Canada) (b. 1786)
