Alexander F BrookeAge: 301879–1909
- Name
- Alexander F Brooke
- Given names
- Alexander F
- Surname
- Brooke
| Birth | 1879 31 24 |
| Birth of a sister | 1879 Washington, District of Columbia, USA
twin sister -
Katharine Marie Brooke
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| Australian History | 1879 Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 12 months) 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 sister | 1881 (Age 2)
younger sister -
Grace Rosa Brooke
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| Birth of a sister | 1882 (Age 3)
younger sister -
Mary Eugenia Brooke
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| Australian History | 1882 (Age 3) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 4) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Birth of a sister | 1884 (Age 5)
younger sister -
Clara P. Brooke
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| Australian History | 1887 (Age 8) 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 brother | 1889 (Age 10)
younger brother -
Joseph A Brooke
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| Australian History | 1889 (Age 10) 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 11) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Birth of a brother | 1891 (Age 12)
younger brother -
Thomas Alexander Brooke
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| Australian History | 1891 (Age 12) 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 13) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Death of a father | 1893 (Age 14)
father -
Alexander M Brooke
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| Australian History | 1893 (Age 14) 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. |
| Australian History | 1894 (Age 15) Note: South Australia becomes the first Australian colony, and the second place in the world, to grant women the right to vote, as well the first Parliament in the world to allow women to stand for office. |
| Australian History | 1895 (Age 16) Note: The premiers, except for those of Queensland and Western Australia, agree to implement the Corowa proposals. Note: Waltzing Matilda is first sung in public, in Winton, Queensland Note: Banjo Paterson publishes The Man from Snowy River |
| Australian History | 1896 (Age 17) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 18) Note: In two sessions, the Second National Australasian Convention meets (with representatives from all colonies except Queensland present). They agree to adopt a constitution based on the 1891 draft, and then revise and amend it later that year. Note: Catherine Helen Spence became the first female political candidate for political office, standing for election as a representative for South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1898 (Age 19) Note: The Convention agrees on a final draft to be put to the people. Note: After much public debate, the Victorian, South Australian and Tasmanian referendums are successful; the New South Wales referendum narrowly fails. Later New South Wales votes 'yes' in a second referendum, and Queensland and Western Australia also vote to join. |
| Australian History | 1899 (Age 20) Note: The decision is made to site the national capital in New South Wales, but not within 100 miles of Sydney. Note: The Australian Labor Party holds office for a few days in Queensland, becoming the first trade union party to do so anywhere in the world. Note: The first contingents from various Australian colonies are sent to South Africa to participate in the Second Boer War. |
| Marriage of a sister | Katharine Marie Brooke - View family 3 September 1900 (Age 21) Alexandria, Virginia, USA
brother-in-law -
Robert Henry Potts
twin sister -
Katharine Marie Brooke
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| Australian History | 1900 (Age 21) Note: Several delegates visit London to resist proposed changes to the agreed-upon constitution. Note: The constitution is passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom as a schedule to the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, and is given royal assent |
| Australian History | 1901 (Age 22) Note: (01 Jan) Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General Note: The first parliament met in Parliament House, Melbourne Note: Immigration Restriction act was introduced- The White Australian Policy Note: The Australian National Flag was flown for the first time |
| Australian History | 1902 (Age 23) Note: The Franchise Act guarantees women the right to vote in federal elections (by this stage, most states had already done this). However, it excludes most non-European ethnic groups, including Aboriginal people, unless already registered to vote on State roles. Note: King Edward VII approved the design of the Australian flag. Note: Breaker Morant is executed for having shot Boers who had surrendered |
| Australian History | 1903 (Age 24) Note: The High Court of Australia is established with Samuel Griffith as the first Chief Justice. Note: The Defence Act gives the federal government full control over the Australian Army Note: Alfred Deakin elected Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1904 (Age 25) Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government |
| Australian History | 1906 (Age 27) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Australian History | 1908 (Age 29) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead |
| Australian History | 1909 (on the date of death) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Death | 1909 (Age 30) |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Alexander M Brooke
Birth 1848 Death 1893 (Age 45) |
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7 years mother |
Catherine Elizabeth Fenwick
Birth 1855 Death 1937 (Age 82) |
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Marriage: yes |
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| #1 twin sister |
Birth 1879 31 24 Washington, District of Columbia, USA Death 27 January 1969 (Age 90) |
| #2 himself |
Alexander F Brooke
Birth 1879 31 24 Death 1909 (Age 30) |
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2 years #3 younger sister |
Grace Rosa Brooke
Birth 1881 33 26 Death 1963 (Age 82) |
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1 year #4 younger sister |
Mary Eugenia Brooke
Birth 1882 34 27 Death 1936 (Age 54) |
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2 years #5 younger sister |
Clara P. Brooke
Birth 1884 36 29 Death yes |
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5 years #6 younger brother |
Joseph A Brooke
Birth 1889 41 34 Death 1948 (Age 59) |
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2 years #7 younger brother |
Thomas Alexander Brooke
Birth 1891 43 36 Death 1931 (Age 40) |