Grace StewartAge: 731812–1885
- Name
- Grace Stewart
- Given names
- Grace
- Surname
- Stewart
| Birth | 1812 42 36 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland |
| Australian History | 1817 (Age 5) Note: John Oxley charts the Lachlan River Note: Australia's first bank, the Bank of New South Wales, opens in Macquarie Place, Sydney (it became Westpac in 1982). Note: Governor Lachlan Macquarie petitioned the British Admiralty to use the name 'Australia' instead of 'New Holland' |
| Australian History | 1818 (Age 6) Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River. |
| Marriage of a brother | Alexander Stewart - View family 5 October 1823 (Age 11) Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
elder brother -
Alexander Stewart
sister-in-law -
Annie Steven
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| Australian History | 1824 (Age 12) Note: A penal colony is founded at Moreton Bay, now the city of Brisbane. Note: Bathurst and Melville Islands are annexed. Note: Permission granted to change the name of the continent from 'New Holland' to 'Australia' Note: 1824-25 - Hume and Hovell expedition travels overland to Port Phillip Bay, discovers Murray River |
| Australian History | 1825 (Age 13) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed. |
| Australian History | 1828 (Age 16) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River. |
| Australian History | 1829 (Age 17) Note: The whole of Australia is claimed as British territory. The settlement of Perth is founded. Swan River Colony is declared by Charles Fremantle for Britain. |
| Australian History | 1830 (Age 18) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River. |
| Australian History | 1831 (Age 19) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published. |
| Australian History | 1832 (Age 20) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1833 (Age 21) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land. |
| Australian History | 1835 (Age 23) Note: John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner establish a settlement at Port Phillip, now the city of Melbourne. Note: William Wentworth establishes Australian Patriotic Association (Australia's first political party) to demand democracy for New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1836 (Age 24) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| Marriage of a sister | Janet Stewart - View family 30 April 1838 (Age 26) Druchtag, Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland
brother-in-law -
Andrew Anderson
elder sister -
Janet Stewart
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| Australian History | 1838 (Age 26) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Australian History | 1839 (Age 27) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Australian History | 1840 (Age 28) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Death of a father | 1841 (Age 29) Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
father -
William Stewart
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| Australian History | 1841 (Age 29) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1842 (Age 30) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1843 (Age 31) Note: Australia's first parliamentary elections held for the New South Wales Legislative Council (though voting rights are restricted to males of certain wealth or property). |
| Marriage | John Pace - View family 22 April 1844 (Age 32) Doughtag, Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland |
| Birth of a son #1 | 1844 (Age 32) Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
son -
John Pace
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| Marriage of a brother | Alexander Stewart - View family 17 June 1845 (Age 33) Killantrae, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
elder brother -
Alexander Stewart
sister-in-law -
Georgina Rowan
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| Australian History | 1845 (Age 33) Note: The ship Cataraqui is wrecked off King Island in Bass Strait. It is Australia's worst civil maritime disaster, with 406 lives lost. Note: Copper is discovered at Burra in South Australia. |
| Birth of a son #2 | 1847 (Age 35) Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
son -
William Maxwell Pace
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| Birth of a daughter #3 | 1849 (Age 37) Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
daughter -
Ann Pace
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| Australian History | 1850 (Age 38) 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 39) 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 |
| Birth of a son #4 | 1853 (Age 41) Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
son -
David Stewart Pace
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| Birth of a son #5 | 1853 (Age 41)
son -
Richard Pace
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| Australian History | 1853 (Age 41) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Death of a daughter | 5 August 1854 (Age 42)
daughter -
Ann Pace
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| Death of a son | 15 August 1854 (Age 42)
son -
Richard Pace
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| Australian History | 1854 (Age 42) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 43) 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 44) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 45) 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 46) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 47) 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 48) 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 49) 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 50) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 51) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1867 (Age 55) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 56) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Death of a mother | 18 June 1869 (Age 57) Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
mother -
Grace Biggam
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| Australian History | 1869 (Age 57) 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 60) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Death of a sister | 22 July 1873 (Age 61) Barr, Scotland
elder sister -
Jane Stewart
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| Australian History | 1873 (Age 61) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 63) 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 66) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 67) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 68) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
| Australian History | 1882 (Age 70) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 71) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Death | 11 October 1885 (Age 73) Monreith, Scotland |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
William Stewart
Birth 1770 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 1841 (Age 71) Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
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6 years mother |
Grace Biggam
Birth 1776 Inch, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 18 June 1869 (Age 93) Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
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Marriage: 1800 — Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland |
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| #2 elder sister |
Jane Stewart
Birth 1801 31 25 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 22 July 1873 (Age 72) Barr, Scotland Loading...
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2 years #3 elder brother |
Alexander Stewart
Birth 1803 33 27 Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland Death 4 November 1891 (Age 88) Tatura, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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4 years #4 elder sister |
Janet Stewart
Birth 1807 37 31 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
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5 years #5 herself |
Grace Stewart
Birth 1812 42 36 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 11 October 1885 (Age 73) Monreith, Scotland Loading...
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| Family with John Pace - View family |
| husband |
John Pace
Birth 1812 Haddington, Haddingtonshire, Scotland Death 6 April 1899 (Age 87) Monreith, Scotland Loading...
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| herself |
Grace Stewart
Birth 1812 42 36 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 11 October 1885 (Age 73) Monreith, Scotland Loading...
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Marriage: 22 April 1844 — Doughtag, Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland |
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-4 months #1 son |
John Pace
Birth 1844 32 32 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
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3 years #2 son |
William Maxwell Pace
Birth 1847 35 35 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 4 September 1926 (Age 79) Newton Stewart, Scotland Loading...
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2 years #3 daughter |
Ann Pace
Birth 1849 37 37 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 5 August 1854 (Age 5) Loading...
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4 years #4 son |
David Stewart Pace
Birth 1853 41 41 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 10 April 1936 (Age 83) Newton Stewart, Scotland Loading...
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| #5 son |
Richard Pace
Birth 1853 41 41 Death 15 August 1854 (Age 19 months) Loading...
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