Alexander M BrookeAge: 451848–1893
- Name
- Alexander M Brooke
- Given names
- Alexander M
- Surname
- Brooke
| Birth | 1848 |
| Marriage | Catherine Elizabeth Fenwick - View family yes |
| Australian History | 1850 (Age 2) Note: Western Australia becomes a penal colony. Note: Australian Colonies Government Act [1850] grants representative constitutions to New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania, colonies set about writing constitutions which produced democratically progressive parliaments Note: Australia's first university, the University of Sydney, is founded. |
| Australian History | 1851 (Age 3) Note: Victoria separates from New South Wales. Note: The Victorian gold rush starts when gold is found at Summerhill Creek and Ballarat. Note: Forest Creek Monster Meeting of miners at Chewton near Castlemaine |
| Australian History | 1853 (Age 5) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 6) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 7) Note: The transportation of convicts to Norfolk Island ceases. Note: All men over 21 years of age obtain the right to vote in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1856 (Age 8) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 9) Note: Victorian Committee reported that a 'federal union' would be in the interests of all the growing colonies. However, there was not enough interest in or enthusiasm for taking positive steps towards bringing the colonies together. Note: Victorian men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1858 (Age 10) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 11) Note: SS Admella wrecked off south-east coast of South Australia with the loss of 89 lives. Note: Australian rules football codified, Melbourne Football Club founded Note: Queensland separates from New South Wales with its western border at 141 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1860 (Age 12) Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1861 (Age 13) Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs. Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra |
| Australian History | 1862 (Age 14) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 15) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1867 (Age 19) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 20) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 21) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Australian History | 1872 (Age 24) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 25) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 27) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed. |
| Australian History | 1878 (Age 30) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | 1879 (Age 31) Washington, District of Columbia, USA
daughter -
Katharine Marie Brooke
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| Birth of a son #2 | 1879 (Age 31)
son -
Alexander F Brooke
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| Australian History | 1879 (Age 31) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 32) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | 1881 (Age 33)
daughter -
Grace Rosa Brooke
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| Birth of a daughter #4 | 1882 (Age 34)
daughter -
Mary Eugenia Brooke
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| Australian History | 1882 (Age 34) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 35) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | 1884 (Age 36)
daughter -
Clara P. Brooke
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| Australian History | 1887 (Age 39) Note: An Australian cricket team is established, defeating England in the first Ashes series. First direct Inter-colonial passenger trains begin running between Adelaide and Melbourne. |
| Birth of a son #6 | 1889 (Age 41)
son -
Joseph A Brooke
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| Australian History | 1889 (Age 41) Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration. |
| Australian History | 1890 (Age 42) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Birth of a son #7 | 1891 (Age 43)
son -
Thomas Alexander Brooke
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| Australian History | 1891 (Age 43) Note: A National Australasian Convention meets, agrees on adopting the name 'the Commonwealth of Australia' and drafting a constitution. Note: The first attempt at a federal constitution is drafted. Note: The Convention adopts the constitution, although it has no legal status Note: A severe depression hits Australia |
| Australian History | 1892 (Age 44) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (on the date of death) Note: The Corowa Conference (the 'people's convention') calls on the colonial parliaments to pass enabling acts, allowing the election of delegates to a new constitutional convention aimed at drafting a proposal and putting it to a referendum in each colony. |
| Death | 1893 (Age 45) |
| Family with Catherine Elizabeth Fenwick - View family |
| himself |
Alexander M Brooke
Birth 1848 Death 1893 (Age 45) |
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7 years wife |
Catherine Elizabeth Fenwick
Birth 1855 Death 1937 (Age 82) |
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Marriage: yes |
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| #1 daughter |
Birth 1879 31 24 Washington, District of Columbia, USA Death 27 January 1969 (Age 90) |
| #2 son |
Alexander F Brooke
Birth 1879 31 24 Death 1909 (Age 30) |
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2 years #3 daughter |
Grace Rosa Brooke
Birth 1881 33 26 Death 1963 (Age 82) |
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1 year #4 daughter |
Mary Eugenia Brooke
Birth 1882 34 27 Death 1936 (Age 54) |
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2 years #5 daughter |
Clara P. Brooke
Birth 1884 36 29 Death yes |
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5 years #6 son |
Joseph A Brooke
Birth 1889 41 34 Death 1948 (Age 59) |
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2 years #7 son |
Thomas Alexander Brooke
Birth 1891 43 36 Death 1931 (Age 40) |