Margaret BrownAge: 651810–1875
- Name
- Margaret Brown
- Given names
- Margaret
- Surname
- Brown
| Birth | 1810 (estimated) |
| Marriage | Thomas Starritt - View family |
| Birth of a son #1 | Donegal, Ulster, Ireland
son -
Thomas Starritt
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| Australian History | 1817 (Age 7) 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 8) Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River. |
| Australian History | 1824 (Age 14) 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 15) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed. |
| Australian History | 1828 (Age 18) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River. |
| Australian History | 1829 (Age 19) 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 20) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River. |
| Australian History | 1831 (Age 21) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published. |
| Australian History | 1832 (Age 22) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1833 (Age 23) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land. |
| Birth of a son #2 | 1834 (Age 24) Letterkenny, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland
son -
John Starritt
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| Australian History | 1835 (Age 25) 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 26) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1838 (Age 28) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Australian History | 1839 (Age 29) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Australian History | 1840 (Age 30) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Australian History | 1841 (Age 31) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1842 (Age 32) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Birth of a son #3 | 1843 (Age 33) Gortnalabin, Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland
son -
Robert Starritt
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| Australian History | 1843 (Age 33) 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 son #4 | 26 June 1844 (Age 34) Donegal, Ulster, Ireland
son -
Alexander Starritt
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| Australian History | 1845 (Age 35) 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 #5 | 1847 (Age 37) Donegal, Ulster, Ireland
son -
George Starritt
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| Australian History | 1850 (Age 40) 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 41) 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 43) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 44) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 45) 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 46) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 47) 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 48) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 49) 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 50) 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 51) Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs. Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra |
| Marriage of a son | John Starritt - View family 1862 (Age 52) Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
son -
John Starritt
daughter-in-law -
Isabella Mc Phee
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| Australian History | 1862 (Age 52) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 53) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Marriage of a son | Alexander Starritt - View family 1866 (Age 56)
son -
Alexander Starritt
daughter-in-law -
Martha Gregg
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| Birth of a grandson #1 | 1867 (Age 57)
grandson -
Thomas James Starritt
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| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | 1867 (Age 57)
granddaughter -
Margaret Jane Starritt
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| Australian History | 1867 (Age 57) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | 1868 (Age 58) Australia
granddaughter -
Margaret Isabella Starritt
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| Death of a husband | 1868 (Age 58)
husband -
Thomas Starritt
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| Australian History | 1868 (Age 58) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Death of a son | 1869 (Age 59) Altrincham, Cheshire, England
son -
George Starritt
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| Australian History | 1869 (Age 59) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | 1 January 1870 (Age 60) Gortnalabin, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Ireland
grandson -
Robert Starritt
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| Marriage of a son | Robert Starritt - View family 2 August 1870 (Age 60) Creswick, Victoria, Australia
son -
Robert Starritt
daughter-in-law -
Catherine Gregg
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| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | 20 August 1871 (Age 61) Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Margaret Jane Starritt
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| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | 1872 (Age 62)
granddaughter -
Ann Starritt
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| Australian History | 1872 (Age 62) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | 8 June 1873 (Age 63) Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Sarah Ann Starritt
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| Australian History | 1873 (Age 63) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #8 | 1874 (Age 64)
granddaughter -
Mary Starritt
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| Birth of a granddaughter #9 | 1875 (Age 65)
granddaughter -
Rubina Starritt
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| Australian History | 1875 (Age 65) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed. |
| Death | 1 March 1875 (Age 65) Gortnalabin, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland Margaret Starrit Death Cert |
| Family with Thomas Starritt - View family |
| husband |
Thomas Starritt
Birth Donegal, Donegal, Ireland Death 1868 |
| herself |
Margaret Brown
Birth 1810 (estimated) Death 1 March 1875 (Age 65) Gortnalabin, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland |
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Marriage: yes |
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| #1 son |
John Starritt
Birth 1834 24 Letterkenny, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland Death 21 January 1911 (Age 77) Echuca, Victoria, Australia |
| #2 son |
Thomas Starritt
Birth Donegal, Ulster, Ireland Death yes |
| #3 son |
Birth 1843 33 Gortnalabin, Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland Death 22 January 1921 (Age 78) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
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18 months #4 son |
Alexander Starritt
Birth 26 June 1844 34 Donegal, Ulster, Ireland Death 25 August 1911 (Age 67) Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland |
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3 years #5 son |
George Starritt
Birth 1847 37 Donegal, Ulster, Ireland Death 1869 (Age 22) Altrincham, Cheshire, England |
No family available
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