The following lists events that happened during 1847 in Australia.
Incumbents Monarch - Victoria
Governors Governors of the Australian colonies: Governor of South Australia - Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Holt Robe Governor of Tasmania - Sir William Denison Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony - Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Clarke, then Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Irwin (acting).
Events 15 July - St Peter's College, Adelaide is founded by members of the Anglican Church of Australia. 28 December - Augustus Short, the first Anglican bishop of Adelaide, South Australia arrives from England.
Science and Technology June – Dentist, John Belisario becomes the first to use ether to anaesthetise a patient
Births
12 February – Sir Albert Gould, New South Wales politician (d. 1936) 19 February – Josiah Howell Bagster, South Australian politician and land agent (d. 1893) 22 February – James Huddart, shipowner and businessman (d. 1901) 6 March – Edward Petherick, book collector and archivist (d. 1917) 13 March – Samuel Cooke, Victorian politician (d. 1929) 5 April – Frederick William Ward, journalist and newspaper editor (d. 1934) 7 April – John Arthur, Tasmanian cricketer (d. 1877) 23 May – Robert Etheridge Jr., paleontologist (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1920) 23 July – George Sydney Aldridge, businessman (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1911) 22 August – Sir John Forrest, 1st Premier of Western Australia and explorer (d. 1918) 3 October – Henry Montgomery, Anglican bishop (d. 1932) 8 October – Rose Scott, suffragette (d. 1925) 29 October – George Collingridge, writer and illustrator (d. 1931) 11 October – Alexander Bolton, New South Wales politician (d. 1918) 17 November – Archibald Liversidge, chemist (d. 1927) 10 December – Harry Boyle, Test cricketer (d. 1907)
Deaths
3 February – Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, 6th Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1783) 11 February – Sir Andrew Clarke, 4th Governor of Western Australia (born in Ireland) (b. 1793) 25 May – Joseph Wild, explorer (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1773) 11 June – Sir John Franklin, 4th Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land (born in the United Kingdom and died in Canada) (b. 1786)
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