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John BiggamAge: 871804–1891

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John Biggam
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Birth 1804
 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

MarriageJane Stewart - View family
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Australian History 1804
 

Note: A settlement is founded at Risdon on the Derwent River in Van Diemen's Land by Lieutenant Bowen.
Note: Castle Hill convict rebellion also known as the second Battle of Vinegar Hill
Note: The Risdon settlement is moved to Sullivan's Cove (now Hobart) by Colonel David Collins.
Australian History 1808 (Age 4)
 

Note: The Rum Rebellion
Australian History 1817 (Age 13)
 

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 14)
 

Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River.
Australian History 1824 (Age 20)
 

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 21)
 

Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Australian History 1828 (Age 24)
 

Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History 1829 (Age 25)
 

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 26)
 

Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Australian History 1831 (Age 27)
 

Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History 1832 (Age 28)
 

Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History 1833 (Age 29)
 

Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History 1835 (Age 31)
 

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.
Birth of a daughter
#1		 13 March 1836 (Age 32)
 

daughter - Agnes Biggam
Australian History 1836 (Age 32)
 

Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Death of a daughter 26 April 1837 (Age 33)
 Barr, Scotland

daughter - Agnes Biggam
Birth of a son
#2		 26 April 1838 (Age 34)
 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

son - John Biggam
Australian History 1838 (Age 34)
 

Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History 1839 (Age 35)
 

Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Birth of a daughter
#3		 9 April 1840 (Age 36)
 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

daughter - Grace Biggam
Australian History 1840 (Age 36)
 

Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Australian History 1841 (Age 37)
 

Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History 1842 (Age 38)
 

Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History 1843 (Age 39)
 

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).
Birth of a daughter
#4		 1844 (Age 40)
 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

daughter - Janet Biggam
Birth of a son
#5		 1844 (Age 40)
 

son - William Biggam
Australian History 1845 (Age 41)
 

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.
Death of a son 23 January 1846 (Age 42)
 

son - William Biggam
Australian History 1850 (Age 46)
 

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 47)
 

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 49)
 

Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History 1854 (Age 50)
 

Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History 1855 (Age 51)
 

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 52)
 

Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History 1857 (Age 53)
 

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 54)
 

Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.
Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History 1859 (Age 55)
 

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 56)
 

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 57)
 

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 58)
 

Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History 1863 (Age 59)
 

Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Australian History 1867 (Age 63)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.
Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History 1868 (Age 64)
 

Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History 1869 (Age 65)
 

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 68)
 

Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Death of a wife 22 July 1873 (Age 69)
 Barr, Scotland

wife - Jane Stewart
Australian History 1873 (Age 69)
 

Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Birth of a granddaughter
#1		 1874 (estimated) (Age 70)
 Drunmare, Wigtonshire, Scotland

granddaughter - Agnes M Biggam
Australian History 1875 (Age 71)
 

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 74)
 

Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1879 (Age 75)
 

Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History 1880 (Age 76)
 

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 granddaughter
#2		 1881 (estimated) (Age 77)
 Drunmare, Wigtonshire, Scotland

granddaughter - Jessie E Biggam
Australian History 1882 (Age 78)
 

Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1883 (Age 79)
 

Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway
Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Birth of a grandson
#3		 1884 (estimated) (Age 80)
 Drunmare, Wigtonshire, Scotland

grandson - Aird Biggam
Australian History 1887 (Age 83)
 

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 85)
 

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 86)
 

Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Australian History 1891 (Age 87)
 

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
Death 20 August 1891 (Age 87)
 Barr, Scotland

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John Biggam

Birth 1804  Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Death 20 August 1891 (Age 87)  Barr, Scotland

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wife
Jane Stewart

Birth 1801 31 25  Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Death 22 July 1873 (Age 72)  Barr, Scotland

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Marriage: yes
#1 daughter
Agnes Biggam

Birth 13 March 1836 32 35  

Death 26 April 1837 (Age 13 months)  Barr, Scotland

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2 years
#2 son
John Biggam

Birth 26 April 1838 34 37  Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Death 12 July 1911 (Age 73)  

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23 months
#3 daughter
Grace Biggam

Birth 9 April 1840 36 39  Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Death 15 February 1919 (Age 78)  

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4 years
#4 daughter
Janet Biggam

Birth 1844 40 43  Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Death 1901 (Age 57)  Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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#5 son
William Biggam

Birth 1844 40 43  

Death 23 January 1846 (Age 2)  

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