1842 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
- 20 July - an Act (6 Vic.No 3) passed "to declare the town of Sydney to be a city and to incorporate the inhabitants thereof".[1]
 - 12 August - Melbourne incorporated as a "town".[1]
 - 21 August - Hobart Town is proclaimed a city.
 
Births
- 15 January - Mary MacKillop, the only Australian nun to be canonized, is born in Fitzroy, Victoria.
 - Joseph Palmer Abbott
 - John Cox Bray
 - John Brazier
 - Frederick Broome
 - Charles French
 - John Gilbert
 - William Gosse
 - Paddy Hannan
 - Julia Matthews
 - Alexander Onslow
 - Andrew Scott (Captain Moonlite)
 - Emma Withnell
 
Deaths
Notes
- 1 2 "History of Sydney City Council" (PDF). City of Sydney. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2007.
 
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