Alexander Vernon 1847

Alexander Vernon1847–?

Name: Alexander Vernon

Given names: Alexander

Surname: Vernon

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Birth

1847 (estimated) 44 43

Kirkmabreck, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

Australian History

1850 (Age 3)

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.

Census

30 March 1851 (Age 4)

4 Harbour Street, Kirkmabreck, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

Shared note: 1851 UK Census transcript - Samuel Vernon - Household

Name	Relation	MC	Age	Sex	Occupation	Birthplace
Samuel Vernon	Head	M	48	M	Sawyer	Kirkcudbrightshire, Kirkmabreck
Jean Vernon	wife	M	47	F		-
Marion Vernon	son	S	11	M		-
William Vernon	son	S	9	M		Kirkcudbrightshire, Kirkmabreck
Jane (Jean) Vernon	daughter	S	6	F		-
Alexander Vernon	son	S	4	M		Kirkcudbrightshire, Kirkmabreck

Australian History

1851 (Age 4)

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 6)

Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo

Australian History

1854 (Age 7)

Note: The Eureka Stockade

Australian History

1855 (Age 8)

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 9)

Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.

Marriage of a brother

James Vernon - View family
26 October 1857 (Age 10)

Kirkmabreck, Scotland

elder brother - James Vernon

sister-in-law - Elizabeth Carson

Australian History

1857 (Age 10)

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 11)

Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.

Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.

Australian History

1859 (Age 12)

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.

Marriage of a brother

John Vernon - View family
26 July 1860 (Age 13)

Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbright, Scotland

elder brother - John Vernon

sister-in-law - Elizabeth Dargavel

Australian History

1860 (Age 13)

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 14)

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 15)

Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.

Australian History

1863 (Age 16)

Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.

Australian History

1867 (Age 20)

Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.

Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.

Australian History

1868 (Age 21)

Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.

Australian History

1869 (Age 22)

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 25)

Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.

Australian History

1873 (Age 26)

Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.

Death of a sister

1874 (Age 27)

elder sister - Jane (Jean) Vernon

Death of a mother

July 1874 (Age 27)

Creetown, Kirkcudbright, Scotland

mother - Jean Stewart

Australian History

1875 (Age 28)

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 31)

Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.

Death of a father

20 March 1879 (Age 32)

Creetown, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

father - Samuel Vernon

Australian History

1879 (Age 32)

Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.

Australian History

1880 (Age 33)

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 35)

Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.

Australian History

1883 (Age 36)

Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway

Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill

Australian History

1887 (Age 40)

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 42)

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 43)

Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.

Australian History

1891 (Age 44)

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 45)

Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.

Australian History

1893 (Age 46)

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 47)

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.

Death of a brother

17 March 1895 (Age 48)

Creetown, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

elder brother - James Vernon

Australian History

1895 (Age 48)

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 49)

Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution

Australian History

1897 (Age 50)

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 51)

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 52)

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.

Australian History

1900 (Age 53)

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

Residence

1901 (Age 54)

Vessels, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

Australian History

1901 (Age 54)

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 55)

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 56)

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 57)

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 59)

Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea

Australian History

1908 (Age 61)

Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country

Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead

Australian History

1909 (Age 62)

Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.

Australian History

1910 (Age 63)

Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.

Australian History

1911 (Age 64)

Note: The Royal Australian Navy is founded

Note: The Northern Territory comes under Commonwealth control, being split off from South Australia

Note: The first national census is conducted.

Note: Australian Capital Territory proclaimed.

Australian History

1912 (Age 65)

Note: Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time

Note: Walter Burley Griffin wins a design competition for the new city of Canberra

Australian History

1913 (Age 66)

Note: Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains.

Note: Matthew Flinders refers to New South Wales by the name 'Australia'.

Australian History

1913 (Age 66)

Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place

Australian History

1914 (Age 67)

Note: Australian soldiers are sent to the First World War. This was first time Australians had fought under the Australian flag, as opposed to that of Britain's.

Australian History

1915 (Age 68)

Note: (25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April.

Note: Jervis Bay Territory comprising 6,677 hectares surrendered and becomes part of the Australia Capital Territory.

Note: Surfing is first introduced to Australia

Note: Billy Hughes became Prime Minister

Australian History

1916 (Age 69)

Note: Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill'

Note: Australia suffers heavy casualties in the Western Front Battle of the Somme.

Note: The Returned Sailors� and Soldiers� Imperial League of Australia, the forerunner to the Returned and Services League of Australia is founded

Note: The Labor government under Billy Hughes splits over conscription. First referendum on conscription is rejected

Australian History

1917 (Age 70)

Note: Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed.

Note: Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade launches last cavalry charge in modern warfare to capture Beersheba from the Ottoman Turks.

Australian History

1918 (Age 71)

Note: (08 AUG) Battle of Amiens

Note: Australian troops spearhead 8 August offensive against Hindenberg Line - the 'black day of the German Army'.

Note: On 12 August, Australian commander General Sir John Monash is knighted in the field of battle by King George V

Note: First World War ends - 60,000 Australians dead.

Note: The Darwin Rebellion takes place, with 1,000 demonstrators demanding the resignation of the Administrator of the Northern Territory, John A. Gilruth.

Australian History

1919 (Age 72)

Note: Prime Minister Billy Hughes signs Treaty of Versailles: the first signing of an international treaty by Australia. Australia obtains League of Nations mandate over German New Guinea.

Australian History

1920 (Age 73)

Note: The airline Qantas is founded

Australian History

1921 (Age 74)

Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament

Australian History

1922 (Age 75)

Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney

Australian History

1923 (Age 76)

Note: Vegemite is first produced

Australian History

1926 (Age 79)

Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held

Australian History

1927 (Age 80)

Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital

Australian History

1928 (Age 81)

Note: Bert Hinkler makes the first successful flight from Britain to Australia, and Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first flight from the United States to Australia. The Shrine of Remembrance is built.

Australian History

1929 (Age 82)

Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary

Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia.

Australian History

1930 (Age 83)

Note: Batsman Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings

Note: Phar Lap wins his first Melbourne Cup

Australian History

1931 (Age 84)

Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia

Australian History

1932 (Age 85)

Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens

Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister

Australian History

1933 (Age 86)

Note: Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments

Australian History

1936 (Age 89)

Note: The last Thylacine dies

Australian History

1937 (Age 90)

Note: The radio series Dad and Dave begins

Australian History

1938 (Age 91)

Note: Sydney hosts the Empire Games, the forerunner to the Commonwealth Games

Australian History

1939 (Age 92)

Note: (April) Prime Minister Lyons dies in office and is replaced by Robert Menzies and the first Menzies Government

Note: (September) Australia enters the Second World War following the German Invasion of Poland. The 2nd Australian Imperial Force is raised.

Note: The first flight is made by an Australian-made warplane, the Wirraway

Note: Victoria is devastated by the Black Friday bushfires

Australian History

1940 (Age 93)

Note: A team of scientists, under Howard Florey, develops penicillin

Note: Fascist Italy enters war, Royal Australian Navy engages Italian Navy in the early stages of the Battle of the Mediterranean.

Australian History

1941 (Age 94)

Note: 3 Divisions of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force join operations in the Mediterranean. After initial successes against Italy, 2nd AIF suffered defeat against the Germans in Greece, Crete, and North Africa.

Note: Apr-Aug, Australian garrison (Rats of Tobruk) halt advance of Hitler's panzers for the first time during the Siege of Tobruk.

Note: Menzies resigns and John Curtin becomes Prime Minister in the Curtin Government of 1941-45.

Australian History

1942 (Age 95)

Note: Feb, Fall of Singapore. 15,000 Australians become Prisoners of War of the Japanese

Note: 1942-43 - Japanese air raids - almost 100 attacks against sites in the Northern Territory, Western Australia and Queensland.

Note: The Royal Australian Navy and 6th and 7th Divisions of 2nd AIF are recalled from Mediterranean Theatre to participate in the anticipated Battle of Australia.

Note: 1942-3 - Sparrow Force engages in guerilla campaign in Battle of Timor

Note: Battle of the Coral Sea - United States and Royal Australian Navy halt advance of the Japanese towards Port Moresby (Australian Territory of Papua)

Note: Battle of Kokoda Trail - Australian soldiers halt Japanese march on Port Moresby

Note: Aug-Sep, Australian forces inflict the first defeat on the Imperial Japanese Army in the Battle of Milne Bay.

Note: Jul-Nov, Australia's 9th Division plays crucial role in the First and Second Battle of El Alamein, which turned the North Africa Campaign in favour of the Allies.

Note: National daylight saving is introduced as a war time measure.

Note: The UK Statute of Westminster is formally adopted by Australia. The Statute formally grants Australia the right to pass laws that conflict with UK laws.

Australian History

1943 (Age 96)

Note: Australia wins its first Oscar, with cinematographer Damien Parer honoured for Kokoda Front Line! documentary.

Note: 2,815 Australian Pows die constructing Japan's Burma-Thailand Railway

Note: 1943-44 - Australian forces engage Japan in New Guinea, Wau, and the Huon peninsula.

Australian History

1944 (Age 97)

Note: Cowra breakout, mass escape of Japanese prisoners of war occurs in NSW.

Note: Japanese inflict Sandakan Death March on 2,000 Australian and British prisoners of war - only 6 survive. The single worst war crime perpetrated against Australians.

Note: Australian forces battle Japanese garrisons from Borneo to Bougainville.

Note: The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme is introduced, providing subsidised medicine to all Australians

Australian History

1945 (Age 98)

Note: the Liberal Party of Australia is established with Robert Menzies as its first leader.

Note: Australian forces lead Battle of Borneo

Note: (7 May) Nazi Germany surrenders

Note: (July) Prime Minister Curtin dies and is replaced by Ben Chifley and the Chifley Labor Government

Note: (1 August) Japan Surrenders

Note: Australia becomes a founding member of the United Nations

Note: The Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race is held for the first time

Australian History

1946 (Age 99)

Note: Minister for Immigration Arthur Calwell introduces the major post-war immigration scheme

Note: Norman Makin, is voted in as the first President of the United Nations Security Council.

Australian History

1948 (Age 101)

Note: Minister for External Affairs, Dr. H.V. Evatt is elected President of the United Nations General Assembly.

Note: Australia becomes a signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Australian History

1949 (Age 102)

Note: Construction of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme begins

Note: All indigenous ex-servicemen and any Indigenous Australians who are eligible to vote in State Elections (NSW, VIC, SA and TAS) are given an unrestricted right to vote in Federal Elections.

Note: The Nationality and Citizenship Act is passed. Rather than being identified as subjects of Britain, the Act established Australian citizenship for people who met eligibility requirements.

Note: Menzies returns to power as leader of the new Liberal Party Menzies Government.

Australian History

1950 (Age 103)

Note: 1950-53 - Australian troops are sent to the Korean War to assist South Korea.

Note: Voters reject a referendum to change the Constitution to allow the Menzies Government to ban the Communist Party

Australian History

1951 (Age 104)

Note: Australia signs the ANZUS treaty with the United States and New Zealand

Death

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father	Samuel Vernon Birth 1803 (estimated) Kirkmabreck, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 20 March 1879 (Age 76) Creetown, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Loading...
1 year mother	Jean Stewart Birth 1804 (estimated) Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death July 1874 (Age 70) Creetown, Kirkcudbright, Scotland Loading...
	Marriage: 24 August 1823 — Kircudbright, Scotland
4 years #1 elder brother	John Vernon Birth about 1828 25 24 Creetown, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
1 year #2 elder brother	Samuel Vernon Birth 1829 26 25 Death yes Loading...
2 years #3 elder brother	Stewart Vernon Birth 1831 28 27 Death yes Loading...
3 years #4 elder brother	James Vernon Birth 17 May 1834 31 30 Kirkmabreck, Kirkcudbright, Scotland Death 17 March 1895 (Age 60) Creetown, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Loading...
6 years #5 elder sister	Marion Vernon Birth 1840 (estimated) 37 36 Creetown, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
2 years #6 elder brother	William Vernon Birth 1842 (estimated) 39 38 Kirkmabreck, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
2 years #7 elder sister	Jane (Jean) Vernon Birth 1844 41 40 Death 1874 (Age 30) Loading...
3 years #8 himself	Alexander Vernon Birth 1847 (estimated) 44 43 Kirkmabreck, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...

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Australian History

Western Australia becomes a penal colony.

Census

1851 UK Census transcript - Samuel Vernon - Household

Name	Relation	MC	Age	Sex	Occupation	Birthplace
Samuel Vernon	Head	M	48	M	Sawyer	Kirkcudbrightshire, Kirkmabreck
Jean Vernon	wife	M	47	F		-
Marion Vernon	son	S	11	M		-
William Vernon	son	S	9	M		Kirkcudbrightshire, Kirkmabreck
Jane (Jean) Vernon	daughter	S	6	F		-
Alexander Vernon	son	S	4	M		Kirkcudbrightshire, Kirkmabreck

Australian History

Victoria separates from New South Wales.

Australian History

Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo

Australian History

The Eureka Stockade

Australian History

The transportation of convicts to Norfolk Island ceases.

Australian History

Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.

Australian History

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.

Australian History

Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.

Australian History

SS Admella wrecked off south-east coast of South Australia with the loss of 89 lives.

Australian History

John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E.

Australian History

The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs.

Australian History

Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.

Australian History

South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.

Australian History

Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.

Australian History

The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.

Australian History

Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.

Australian History

Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.

Australian History

Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.

Australian History

SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives.

Australian History

First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.

Australian History

The first congress of trade unions is held.

Australian History

The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged.

Australian History

First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.

Australian History

The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway

Australian History

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

The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.

Australian History

The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.

Australian History

A National Australasian Convention meets, agrees on adopting the name 'the Commonwealth of Australia' and drafting a constitution.

Australian History

Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.

Australian History

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

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

The premiers, except for those of Queensland and Western Australia, agree to implement the Corowa proposals.

Australian History

The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution

Australian History

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.

Australian History

The Convention agrees on a final draft to be put to the people.

Australian History

The decision is made to site the national capital in New South Wales, but not within 100 miles of Sydney.

Australian History

Several delegates visit London to resist proposed changes to the agreed-upon constitution.

Australian History

(01 Jan) Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General

Australian History

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.

Australian History

The High Court of Australia is established with Samuel Griffith as the first Chief Justice.

Australian History

A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital

Australian History

Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea

Australian History

Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country

Australian History

The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.

Australian History

Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.

Australian History

The Royal Australian Navy is founded

Australian History

Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time

Australian History

Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains.

Australian History

The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place

Australian History

Australian soldiers are sent to the First World War. This was first time Australians had fought under the Australian flag, as opposed to that of Britain's.

Australian History

(25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April.

Australian History

Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill'

Australian History

Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed.

Australian History

(08 AUG) Battle of Amiens

Australian History

Prime Minister Billy Hughes signs Treaty of Versailles: the first signing of an international treaty by Australia. Australia obtains League of Nations mandate over German New Guinea.

Australian History

The airline Qantas is founded

Australian History

Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament

Australian History

The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney

Australian History

Vegemite is first produced

Australian History

The first Miss Australia contest is held

Australian History

The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital

Australian History

Bert Hinkler makes the first successful flight from Britain to Australia, and Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first flight from the United States to Australia. The Shrine of Remembrance is built.

Australian History

Western Australia celebrates its centenary

Australian History

Batsman Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings

Australian History

Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia

Australian History

The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens

Australian History

Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments

Australian History

The last Thylacine dies

Australian History

The radio series Dad and Dave begins

Australian History

Sydney hosts the Empire Games, the forerunner to the Commonwealth Games

Australian History

(April) Prime Minister Lyons dies in office and is replaced by Robert Menzies and the first Menzies Government

Australian History

A team of scientists, under Howard Florey, develops penicillin

Australian History

3 Divisions of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force join operations in the Mediterranean. After initial successes against Italy, 2nd AIF suffered defeat against the Germans in Greece, Crete, and North Africa.

Australian History

Feb, Fall of Singapore. 15,000 Australians become Prisoners of War of the Japanese

Australian History

Australia wins its first Oscar, with cinematographer Damien Parer honoured for Kokoda Front Line! documentary.

Australian History

Cowra breakout, mass escape of Japanese prisoners of war occurs in NSW.

Australian History

the Liberal Party of Australia is established with Robert Menzies as its first leader.

Australian History

Minister for Immigration Arthur Calwell introduces the major post-war immigration scheme

Australian History

Minister for External Affairs, Dr. H.V. Evatt is elected President of the United Nations General Assembly.

Australian History

Construction of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme begins

Australian History

1950-53 - Australian troops are sent to the Korean War to assist South Korea.

Australian History

Australia signs the ANZUS treaty with the United States and New Zealand

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