The following lists events that happened during 1847 in Australia.
Incumbents
Governors
Governors of the Australian colonies:
Events
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
References