Sarah Jane GreggAge: 471861–1908
- Name
- Sarah Jane Gregg
- Given names
- Sarah Jane
- Surname
- Gregg
Birth | 7 January 1861 31 19 Liberty Twnship, Wells Co. IN |
Australian History | 1861 Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs. Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra |
Birth of a brother | 8 March 1862 (Age 14 months) Liberty Township, Wells Co., Indiana, USA
younger brother -
Robert James W. Gregg
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Australian History | 1862 (Age 11 months) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
Death of a maternal grandmother | 29 May 1863 (Age 2) Rock Creek, Wells, Indiana, United States
maternal grandmother -
Susanna Jackson
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Australian History | 1863 (Age 23 months) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
Birth of a brother | 1 September 1865 (Age 4) Liberty Twnship, Wells Co., IN
younger brother -
Joseph Daniel Gregg
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Australian History | 1867 (Age 5) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
Birth of a sister | 16 February 1868 (Age 7) Liberty Twnship, Wells Co., IN
younger sister -
Mary Ellen Gregg
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Australian History | 1868 (Age 6) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
Australian History | 1869 (Age 7) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
Birth of a sister | 5 February 1872 (Age 11) Liberty Twp, Wells Co., IN
younger sister -
Fanny Eliza Gregg
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Australian History | 1872 (Age 10) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
Australian History | 1873 (Age 11) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
Birth of a brother | 1 April 1874 (Age 13) Wells Co. Indiana
younger brother -
Thomas D Gregg
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Australian History | 1875 (Age 13) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed. |
Birth of a brother | 3 October 1878 (Age 17) Wells Co. Indiana
younger brother -
John William Gregg
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Australian History | 1878 (Age 16) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
Australian History | 1879 (Age 17) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
Australian History | 1880 (Age 18) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
Death of a maternal grandfather | 5 February 1881 (Age 20) Wells County, Indiana
maternal grandfather -
Samual Wallace
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Death of a paternal grandmother | September 1881 (Age 20) County Donegal, Ireland
paternal grandmother -
Fanny McClure
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Australian History | 1882 (Age 20) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
Australian History | 1883 (Age 21) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
Australian History | 1887 (Age 25) 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 27) 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 28) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
Australian History | 1891 (Age 29) 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 30) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
Australian History | 1893 (Age 31) 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 32) 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 33) 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 34) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
Australian History | 1897 (Age 35) 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 36) 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 37) 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 38) 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 39) 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 40) 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 41) 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 42) 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 44) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
Death of a sister | 9 February 1908 (on the date of death) Wells Co. Indiana
younger sister -
Fanny Eliza Gregg
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Death of a father | 9 February 1908 (on the date of death) Liberty Township, Wells, Indiana, USA
father -
John Gregg
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Australian History | 1908 (Age 46) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead |
Death | 9 February 1908 (Age 47) Wells Co. Indiana |
Family with parents - View family |
father |
John Gregg
Birth 9 May 1829 49 35 Moneylagan, Donegal, Ireland Death 9 February 1908 (Age 78) Liberty Township, Wells, Indiana, USA Loading...
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12 years mother |
Fanny Wallace
Birth 28 March 1841 35 17 Indiana, USA Death 28 April 1927 (Age 86) Wells County, Indiana Loading...
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Marriage: October 1858 — Well County, Indiana, USA |
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10 months #1 elder brother |
Richard S Gregg
Birth 31 July 1859 30 18 Wells County, IN Death 26 December 1926 (Age 67) Wells County, IN Loading...
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17 months #2 herself |
Sarah Jane Gregg
Birth 7 January 1861 31 19 Liberty Twnship, Wells Co. IN Death 9 February 1908 (Age 47) Wells Co. Indiana Loading...
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14 months #3 younger brother |
Robert James W. Gregg
Birth 8 March 1862 32 20 Liberty Township, Wells Co., Indiana, USA Death 6 April 1931 (Age 69) Indiana, USA Loading...
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4 years #4 younger brother |
Joseph Daniel Gregg
Birth 1 September 1865 36 24 Liberty Twnship, Wells Co., IN Death 13 September 1960 (Age 95) Liberty, Wells, Indiana, USA Loading...
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3 years #5 younger sister |
Mary Ellen Gregg
Birth 16 February 1868 38 26 Liberty Twnship, Wells Co., IN Death 26 June 1942 (Age 74) Poplar Bluff, Missouri Loading...
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4 years #6 younger sister |
Fanny Eliza Gregg
Birth 5 February 1872 42 30 Liberty Twp, Wells Co., IN Death 9 February 1908 (Age 36) Wells Co. Indiana Loading...
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2 years #7 younger brother |
Thomas D Gregg
Birth 1 April 1874 44 33 Wells Co. Indiana Death 13 August 1951 (Age 77) Wells Co. Indiana Loading...
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5 years #8 younger brother |
John William Gregg
Birth 3 October 1878 49 37 Wells Co. Indiana Death 1949 (Age 70) Wells Co. Indiana Loading...
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