Robert StarrittAge: 781843–1921
- Name
- Robert Starritt
- Given names
- Robert
- Surname
- Starritt
| Birth | 1843 33 Gortnalabin, Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland |
| Australian History | 1843 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 brother | 26 June 1844 (Age 17 months) Donegal, Ulster, Ireland
younger brother -
Alexander Starritt
|
| Australian History | 1845 (Age 2) 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 brother | 1847 (Age 4) Donegal, Ulster, Ireland
younger brother -
George Starritt
|
| Australian History | 1850 (Age 7) 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 8) 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 10) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 11) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 12) 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 13) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 14) 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 15) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 16) 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 17) 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 18) 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 brother | John Starritt - View family 1862 (Age 19) Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
elder brother -
John Starritt
sister-in-law -
Isabella Mc Phee
|
| Australian History | 1862 (Age 19) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 20) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Immigration | 23 April 1864 (Age 21) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Note: Robert Starritt left Liverpool on 23rd April and arrived in Melbourne on 26th July, 1864 on the "Morning Light" which was a ship of 2377 tons under the Captaincy of Master Gillies. The ship's log says it took 140 days to reach Melbourne however, this doesn't correspond with the dates on the same log. There were 450 passsengers on board consisting of 101 from the U.K., 58 from Scotland, 246 from Ireland and others not specified. Robert was aged 20 and was classed, either by himself or by the authorities, as a labourer. |
| Occupation | Farmer 1865 (Age 22)The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Wednesday 29 October 1902 Page 4 |
| Marriage of a brother | Alexander Starritt - View family 1866 (Age 23)
younger brother -
Alexander Starritt
sister-in-law -
Martha Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1867 (Age 24) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Death of a father | 1868 (Age 25)
father -
Thomas Starritt
|
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 25) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Death of a brother | 1869 (Age 26) Altrincham, Cheshire, England
younger brother -
George Starritt
|
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 26) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Marriage | Catherine Gregg - View family 2 August 1870 (Age 27) Creswick, Victoria, Australia Note: The Starritt and Gregg families were obviously very close friends for a long time back in Ireland and this is shown by the number of times they each appear on the respective family trees. It was probably fairly natural therefore that they would stay close together when they moved to Australia Catherine Gregg was probably born at Moneylagen where her parents farmed, one of eleven children. She landed in Australia in October 1864 to be met by her brother Richard who had moved to Australia in 1860 and was living in the Ballarat area at a small place called Ascot. Robert and Catherine Starrit Certificate of Marriage |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | 20 August 1871 (Age 28) Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Margaret Jane Starritt
|
| Australian History | 1872 (Age 29) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | 8 June 1873 (Age 30) Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Sarah Ann Starritt
|
| Residence | Catherine Gregg - View family 22 September 1873 (Age 30) 127 Windermere Street, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Application for Land |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 30) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Death of a mother | 1 March 1875 (Age 32) Gortnalabin, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland
mother -
Margaret Brown
|
| Birth of a son #3 | 16 May 1875 (Age 32) Gunbower, Victoria, Australia |
| Residence | 1875 (Age 32) Gunbower, Victoria, Australia |
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 32) 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 daughter #4 | 23 August 1877 (Age 34) Gunbower, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Ellenor Mary Starritt
|
| Australian History | 1878 (Age 35) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | November 1879 (Age 36) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Martha Starritt
|
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 36) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 37) 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 son #6 | 11 June 1881 (Age 38) Gunbower, Victoria, Australia
son -
George Starritt OBE
|
| Death of a daughter | 4 August 1882 (Age 39) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Martha Starritt
|
| Residence | 1882 (Age 39) North West Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
| Australian History | 1882 (Age 39) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 40) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | 1885 (Age 42) Australia
daughter -
Catherine Matilda "Cassie" Starritt
|
| Marriage of a brother | Alexander Starritt - View family 1886 (estimated) (Age 43)
younger brother -
Alexander Starritt
sister-in-law -
Mattie Rutherford
|
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 44) 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 46) 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 47) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 48) 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 49) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 50) 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 51) 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. |
| Marriage of a daughter | Margaret Jane Starritt - View family 1895 (estimated) (Age 52)
son-in-law -
George Gordon
daughter -
Margaret Jane Starritt
|
| Australian History | 1895 (Age 52) 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 53) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 54) 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 55) 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 56) 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 57) 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 |
| Marriage of a daughter | Sarah Ann Starritt - View family 10 October 1901 (Age 58)
son-in-law -
Richard Harry Thomas
daughter -
Sarah Ann Starritt
|
| Australian History | 1901 (Age 58) 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 59) 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 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | 1903 (Age 60)
granddaughter -
Myrtle Irene Thomas
|
| Marriage of a daughter | Ellenor Mary Starritt - View family 1903 (Age 60)
son-in-law -
James Buchanan Rankin Sr.
daughter -
Ellenor Mary Starritt
|
| Australian History | 1903 (Age 60) 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 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | 1904 (Age 61) Rochester, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Doreen Catherine Rankin
|
| Australian History | 1904 (Age 61) Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | 7 July 1905 (Age 62) Rochester, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Robert Starritt "Robbie" Rankin J.P., O.B.E.
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | 1906 (Age 63) Australia
granddaughter -
Enid Victoria, Australia Thomas
|
| Australian History | 1906 (Age 63) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Marriage of a son | Robert Gregg "Bob" Starritt - View family 30 October 1907 (Age 64) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
daughter-in-law -
Emma Tomina "Sis" Stewart
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | 30 July 1908 (Age 65) Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Catherine Sarah "Kitty" Starritt
|
| Birth of a grandson #6 | 1908 (Age 65) Rochester, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
James Buchanan Rankin Jr.
|
| Australian History | 1908 (Age 65) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | 1909 (Age 66) Australia
grandson -
Rupert Stanley Thomas
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #8 | 20 September 1909 (Age 66) Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Jean Francis Starritt
|
| Australian History | 1909 (Age 66) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #9 | 1910 (Age 67) Australia
granddaughter -
Elenor Lillian "Lilly" Rankin
|
| Death of a daughter | 24 July 1910 (Age 67)
daughter -
Margaret Jane Starritt
|
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 67) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #10 | 1911 (Age 68) Australia
granddaughter -
Alma Iris Thomas
|
| Death of a brother | 21 January 1911 (Age 68) Echuca, Victoria, Australia
elder brother -
John Starritt
|
| Birth of a grandson #11 | 27 May 1911 (Age 68) Australia
grandson -
Norman George Starritt
|
| Death of a brother | 25 August 1911 (Age 68) Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland
younger brother -
Alexander Starritt
|
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 68) 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. |
| Marriage of a son | George Starritt OBE - View family 9 October 1912 (Age 69) Australia
son -
George Starritt OBE
daughter-in-law -
Amanda Rathjen
|
| Death of a grandson | 1912 (Age 69) Australia
grandson -
James Buchanan Rankin Jr.
|
| Australian History | 1912 (Age 69) 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 70) 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 70) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Birth of a granddaughter #12 | 1914 (Age 71)
granddaughter -
Lorna Beryl Thomas
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #13 | 1914 (Age 71) Australia
granddaughter -
Margaret Gordon "Madge" Rankin
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #14 | 1914 (Age 71) Australia
granddaughter -
Mavis Othida Starritt
|
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 71) 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. |
| Birth of a grandson #15 | 22 February 1915 (Age 72) Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Alan Robert Starritt
|
| Birth of a grandson #16 | 1915 (Age 72) Kelso Park, Tatura, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
George Rathjen "Ray" Starritt O.B.E.
|
| Birth of a grandson #17 | 1915 (Age 72) Australia
grandson -
Alfred Henning "Pete" Rathjen
|
| Australian History | 1915 (Age 72) 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 73) 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #18 | 1917 (Age 74) Australia
grandson -
George Starritt Rathjen
|
| Australian History | 1917 (Age 74) 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. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #19 | 1918 (Age 75) Australia
granddaughter -
Nancy Catherine Rathjen
|
| Death of a wife | 25 August 1918 (Age 75) Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
wife -
Catherine Gregg
|
| Death of a grandson | 1918 (Age 75) Australia
grandson -
George Starritt Rathjen
|
| Australian History | 1918 (Age 75) 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 76) 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. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #20 | 13 December 1920 (Age 77) Australia
granddaughter -
Phyllis Marjorie Starritt
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #21 | 1920 (Age 77) Australia
granddaughter -
Una Othinda Rathjen
|
| Australian History | 1920 (Age 77) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Australian History | 1921 (Age 78) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Death | 22 January 1921 (Age 78) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Address: North The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Wednesday 23 February 1921 Page 1 Robert Starritt Robert Starritt Death Cert |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Thomas Starritt
Birth Donegal, Donegal, Ireland Death 1868 |
| mother |
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 elder brother |
John Starritt
Birth 1834 24 Letterkenny, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland Death 21 January 1911 (Age 77) Echuca, Victoria, Australia |
| #2 brother |
Thomas Starritt
Birth Donegal, Ulster, Ireland Death yes |
| #3 himself |
Birth 1843 33 Gortnalabin, Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland Death 22 January 1921 (Age 78) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
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18 months #4 younger brother |
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 younger brother |
George Starritt
Birth 1847 37 Donegal, Ulster, Ireland Death 1869 (Age 22) Altrincham, Cheshire, England |
| Family with Catherine Gregg - View family |
| himself |
Birth 1843 33 Gortnalabin, Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland Death 22 January 1921 (Age 78) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
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2 years wife |
Birth 1845 35 Moneylagan, Donegal, Ireland Death 25 August 1918 (Age 73) Shepparton, Victoria, Australia |
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Marriage: 2 August 1870 — Creswick, Victoria, Australia |
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13 months #1 daughter |
Birth 20 August 1871 28 26 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Death 24 July 1910 (Age 38) |
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22 months #2 daughter |
Birth 8 June 1873 30 28 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Death 16 August 1945 (Age 72) |
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23 months #3 son |
Birth 16 May 1875 32 30 Gunbower, Victoria, Australia Death 7 April 1933 (Age 57) Australia |
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2 years #4 daughter |
Birth 23 August 1877 34 32 Gunbower, Victoria, Australia Death 9 December 1958 (Age 81) |
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4 years #5 son |
Birth 11 June 1881 38 36 Gunbower, Victoria, Australia Death 25 May 1971 (Age 89) |
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4 years #6 daughter |
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|
-5 years #7 daughter |
Martha Starritt
Birth November 1879 36 34 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Death 4 August 1882 (Age 2) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
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| Australian History | 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). |
| Australian History | The ship Cataraqui is wrecked off King Island in Bass Strait. It is Australia's worst civil maritime disaster, with 406 lives lost. |
| Australian History | Western Australia becomes a penal colony. |
| 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. |
| Immigration | Robert Starritt left Liverpool on 23rd April and arrived in Melbourne on 26th July, 1864 on the "Morning Light" which was a ship of 2377 tons under the Captaincy of Master Gillies. The ship's log says it took 140 days to reach Melbourne however, this doesn't correspond with the dates on the same log. There were 450 passsengers on board consisting of 101 from the U.K., 58 from Scotland, 246 from Ireland and others not specified. Robert was aged 20 and was classed, either by himself or by the authorities, as a labourer. |
| 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. |
| Marriage | The Starritt and Gregg families were obviously very close friends for a long time back in Ireland and this is shown by the number of times they each appear on the respective family trees. It was probably fairly natural therefore that they would stay close together when they moved to Australia Catherine Gregg was probably born at Moneylagen where her parents farmed, one of eleven children. She landed in Australia in October 1864 to be met by her brother Richard who had moved to Australia in 1860 and was living in the Ballarat area at a small place called Ascot. |
| Marriage | The Starritt and Gregg families were obviously very close friends for a long time back in Ireland and this is shown by the number of times they each appear on the respective family trees. It was probably fairly natural therefore that they would stay close together when they moved to Australia Catherine Gregg was probably born at Moneylagen where her parents farmed, one of eleven children. She landed in Australia in October 1864 to be met by her brother Richard who had moved to Australia in 1860 and was living in the Ballarat area at a small place called Ascot. |
| 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 |
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