Mary Georgina BarronAge: 281876–1904
- Name
- Mary Georgina Barron
- Given names
- Mary Georgina
- Surname
- Barron
| Birth | 1876 34 29 Toolamba, Victoria, Australia |
| Birth of a sister | 1876 Toolamba, Victoria, Australia
twin sister -
Jane Bowie Barron
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| Australian History | 1878 (Age 2) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Birth of a brother | 1879 (Age 3) Toolamba, Victoria, Australia
younger brother -
Robert Barron
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| Australian History | 1879 (Age 3) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 4) 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 brother | 1881 (Age 5) Tatura, Victoria, Australia
younger brother -
Alexander Stewart Barron
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| Birth of a brother | 29 January 1882 (Age 6) Tatura, Victoria, Australia
younger brother -
Andrew Thomas Barron
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| Death of a mother | 29 January 1882 (Age 6) Tatura, Victoria, Australia
mother -
Tomina Stewart
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| Death of a brother | 8 November 1882 (Age 6)
younger brother -
Andrew Thomas Barron
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| Australian History | 1882 (Age 6) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 7) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Marriage of a father | Andrew David Barron - View family 8 November 1886 (Age 10)
father -
Andrew David Barron
step-mother -
Mary Anne Shaw
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| Australian History | 1887 (Age 11) 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. |
| Australian History | 1889 (Age 13) 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 14) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | 4 November 1891 (Age 15) Tatura, Victoria, Australia
maternal grandfather -
Alexander Stewart
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| Australian History | 1891 (Age 15) 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 16) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 17) 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 18) 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 19) 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 20) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 21) 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 22) 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 23) 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. |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | 22 November 1900 (Age 24) Tatura, Victoria, Australia
maternal grandmother -
Georgina Rowan
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| Australian History | 1900 (Age 24) 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 25) 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 26) 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 27) 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 28) Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government |
| Death | 30 January 1904 (Age 28) Tatura, Victoria, Australia |
| Family with parents - View family |
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4 years mother |
Birth 2 May 1846 43 26 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 29 January 1882 (Age 35) Tatura, Victoria, Australia |
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Marriage: 1874 — Victoria, Australia |
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2 years #1 twin sister |
Birth 1876 34 29 Toolamba, Victoria, Australia Death 1947 (Age 71) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
| #2 herself |
Mary Georgina Barron
Birth 1876 34 29 Toolamba, Victoria, Australia Death 30 January 1904 (Age 28) Tatura, Victoria, Australia |
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3 years #3 younger brother |
Robert Barron
Birth 1879 37 32 Toolamba, Victoria, Australia Death 1954 (Age 75) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
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2 years #4 younger brother |
Alexander Stewart Barron
Birth 1881 39 34 Tatura, Victoria, Australia Death 1952 (Age 71) Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia |
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13 months #5 younger brother |
Andrew Thomas Barron
Birth 29 January 1882 40 35 Tatura, Victoria, Australia Death 8 November 1882 (Age 9 months) |
| Father’s family with Mary Anne Shaw - View family |
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Marriage: 8 November 1886 |