1847 in New Zealand

← 1846 1845 1844 1847 in New Zealand → 1848 1849 1850
Decades:	1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s
See also:	History of New Zealand List of years in New Zealand Timeline of New Zealand history

The following lists events that happened during 1847 in New Zealand.

Population

The estimated population of New Zealand at the end of 1847 is 69,700 Māori and 14,477 non-Māori. ^[1]

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

• Head of State – Queen Victoria
• Governor – Sir George Grey

Government and law

• Chief Justice – William Martin

Events

• 5 August – The Ramilles arrives in Auckland with the first fencibles. ^[2] They are initially housed at the Auckland Barracks. ^[3]
• 15 September – The first hospital in Wellington is opened in Thorndon. ^{[4] [5] [6]}
• 17 November – The first fencibles move to Onehunga. ^[3]

Undated

• The first permanent hospital in Auckland opens in Grafton Gully. ^{[7] [8]}

Births

• January 5: William Rose Bock, engraver, medallist, illuminator, stamp designer, lithographer and publisher (d. 1932)
• (unknown date, place): Charles King, cricketer (d. 1917)

Deaths

• 12 March: Te Manihera Poutama, missionary
• 5 April: George Binns, chartist leader and poet
• 19 July (in Tasmania): Hohepa Te Umuroa, political prisoner
• 1 September: Tiakitai, tribal leader and trader

Unknown date

• Dicky Barrett, whaler and trader
• Tuhuru Kokare, tribal leader

See also

• List of years in New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand history
• History of New Zealand
• Military history of New Zealand
• Timeline of the New Zealand environment
• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

References

1. Statistics New Zealand has collated estimates from a number of sources (interpolating where necessary) at "Long-term data series". Archived from the original on 5 March 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2008., in particular "A1.1 Total population.xls". Archived from the original (Excel) on 5 March 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2008.
2. New Zealand Fencible Society
3. "The Fencibles". Archived from the original on 3 February 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
4. "Capital & Coast District Health Board: The Thorndon Hospitals". Archived from the original on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
5. University of Otago: Wellington School of Medicine - Chronology
6. Other sources state that the first hospital in Wellington was built in 1846. This may have been when construction started.
7. Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand: Auckland - Government, education and health
8. Other sources state that the first hospital in Auckland was built in 1845. This may have been when construction started.

External links

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