1843 in Australia
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Incumbents
Governors
Governors of the Australian colonies:
- Governor of New South Wales - Sir George Gipps
- Governor of South Australia - Sir George Grey
- Governor of Tasmania - Captain Sir John Franklin
- Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony - John Hutt.
Events
- The Argyle Cut in The Rocks is started, using convict labour, it is completed in 1864, using free labourers.[1]
- 12 September - The Battle of One Tree Hill was a conflict between European settlers and aboriginals.
Science and technology
- September – John Ridley builds his invention, a corn stripper-harvester, in Hindmarsh.[2][3]
Births
- Nathaniel Dawes
- Joseph Furphy
- James Garvan
- Alexander William Jardine
- Boyd Morehead
- Edward Ellis Morris
- Johnny Mullagh
- C. Y. O'Connor
- Harry Rawson
- Garnet Walch