The following lists events that happened during 1842 in Australia .
Incumbents
Governors
Governors of the Australian colonies :
Events
Births
15 January – Mary MacKillop , religious sister (d. 1909 )
1 February – Robert Harper , Victorian politician (born in the United Kingdom ) (d. 1919 )
26 April – Paddy Hannan , gold prospector (born in Ireland ) (d. 1925 )
31 May – Sir John Cox Bray , 15th Premier of South Australia (d. 1894 )
22 June – Sir Richard Baker , South Australian politician (d. 1911 )
5 July – Andrew "Captain Moonlite" Scott , bushranger (born in Ireland ) (d. 1880 )
17 July – Sir Alexander Onslow , 3rd Chief Justice of Western Australia (d. 1908 )
10 September – Charles French , horticulturist, naturalist, and entomologist (born in the United Kingdom ) (d. 1933 )
23 September – John Brazier , malacologist (d. 1930 )
29 September – Sir Joseph Palmer Abbott , New South Wales politician (d. 1901 )
10 October – Emily Dobson , philanthropist (d. 1934 )
18 October – Robert Reid , Victorian politician (born in the United Kingdom ) (d. 1904 )
18 November – Sir Frederick Broome , 11th Governor of Western Australia (born in Canada ) (d. 1896 )
11 December – William Gosse , explorer (born in the United Kingdom ) (d. 1881 )
14 December – Julia Matthews , actress and singer (born in the United Kingdom ) (d. 1876 )
19 December – Emma Withnell , pastoralist and businesswoman (d. 1928 )
Unknown – Richard Edwards , Queensland politician (born in the United Kingdom ) (d. 1915 )
Unknown – John Gilbert , bushranger (born in Canada ) (d. 1865 )
Deaths
Notes
1842 in Oceania
Sovereign states Associated states of New Zealand