Finlay Gregg Sr?–?
- Name
- Finlay Gregg Sr
- Given names
- Finlay
- Surname
- Gregg
- Name suffix
- Sr
| Birth | Ireland |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Ireland
daughter -
Margaret Ann Gregg
|
| Birth of a son #2 | Ireland
son -
Robert Gregg
|
| Birth of a son #3 | Ireland
son -
John Gregg
|
| Birth of a son #4 | Ireland
son -
Finlay Gregg Jr
|
| Occupation | Farmer Note: Bought a farm in Muneylagan adjoining his Grandfather's farm, Ireland |
| Australian History | 1803 Note: Matthew Flinders completes the first circumnavigation of the continent (still known as 'New Holland') |
| 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 Note: The Rum Rebellion |
| Birth of a brother | 1810 Ireland
brother -
Robert Gregg
|
| Birth of a sister | about 1815 Donegal, Ireland
sister -
Mary Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1817 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 Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River. |
| Birth of a half-brother | 1819 Altrincham, Cheshire, England
half-brother -
Daniel Mc Entosh Gregg Sr.
|
| Birth of a half-sister | 1822 (estimated) Ballinascadden, Parish Of Killmacrenan, County Donegal, Ireland
half-sister -
Martha "Mattie" Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1824 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 Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed. |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | 21 July 1828 Moneylaggan, Donegal, Ireland
paternal grandfather -
Richard Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1828 Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River. |
| Australian History | 1829 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 Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River. |
| Australian History | 1831 Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published. |
| Marriage | Sarah Gailey - View family 1832 (estimated) |
| Australian History | 1832 Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | about 1833 Moneglagon, Donegal, Ireland
daughter -
Mary Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1833 Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land. |
| Australian History | 1835 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. |
| Marriage of a brother | Robert Gregg - View family 1836
brother -
Robert Gregg
sister-in-law -
Ann Mc Connell
|
| Australian History | 1836 Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| Birth of a half-brother | 10 November 1837 Ballinascadden, Parish Of Killmacrenan, County Donegal, Ireland
half-brother -
William Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1838 Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Birth of a son #6 | 1839 Kilmacrenan, Donegal, Ireland
son -
Richard Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1839 Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Australian History | 1840 Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Death of a father | 25 December 1841
father -
Robert Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1841 Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Marriage of a half-brother | Daniel Mc Entosh Gregg Sr. - View family 22 June 1842 Mercer, Pennsylvania, USA
half-brother -
Daniel Mc Entosh Gregg Sr.
half-brother's wife -
Sarah Jane Humphrey
|
| Australian History | 1842 Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| 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 daughter #7 | 1845 Moneylagan, Donegal, Ireland
daughter -
Catherine Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1845 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. |
| Australian History | 1850 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 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 Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Marriage of a son | Robert Gregg - View family 2 March 1854 Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland
son -
Robert Gregg
daughter-in-law -
Isabella Gibson
|
| Marriage of a daughter | Mary Gregg - View family 19 December 1854 Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland
son-in-law -
John Johnston
daughter -
Mary Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1854 Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 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 Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 1857 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 Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 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. |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | 1860
grandson -
Robert Gregg
|
| Marriage of a half-brother | William Gregg - View family 19 December 1860
half-brother -
William Gregg
half-brother's wife -
Agnes Gordon
|
| Australian History | 1860 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 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 Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Marriage of a son | Richard Gregg - View family 7 May 1863 Ascot, Victoria, Australia
son -
Richard Gregg
daughter-in-law -
Catherine Mc Kay
|
| Australian History | 1863 Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Death of a brother | 10 February 1864 Cherrytree, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA
brother -
Richard Gregg
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | 13 June 1864 Cattle Station Hill, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Sarah Gregg
|
| Birth of a grandson #3 | 28 June 1865 Tourello, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Daniel Gregg
|
| Birth of a grandson #4 | 27 October 1866 Creswick, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Finley Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1867 Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | 24 May 1868 Creswick, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Samuel Alexander Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1868 Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | 1869 Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | about 1870 Australia
granddaughter -
Eleanor Gregg
|
| Marriage of a daughter | Catherine Gregg - View family 2 August 1870 Creswick, Victoria, Australia
son-in-law -
Robert Starritt
daughter -
Catherine Gregg
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | 20 December 1870
granddaughter -
Flora Gregg
|
| Death of a granddaughter | 25 July 1871
granddaughter -
Flora Gregg
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #8 | 20 August 1871 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Margaret Jane Starritt
|
| Birth of a grandson #9 | 27 May 1872 Clunes Rd, Creswick, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
John Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1872 Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #10 | 8 June 1873 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Sarah Ann Starritt
|
| Birth of a grandson #11 | 28 August 1873 Creswick, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Angus Nicholson Gregg
|
| Marriage of a granddaughter | Jane Buchanan - View family 23 December 1873 Donegal, Ulster, Ireland
granddaughter's husband -
James Young
granddaughter -
Jane Buchanan
|
| Australian History | 1873 Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Death of a granddaughter | 26 April 1874
granddaughter -
Eleanor Gregg
|
| Birth of a grandson #12 | 20 April 1875 Australia
grandson -
Richard Gregg
|
| Birth of a grandson #13 | 16 May 1875 Gunbower, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Robert Gregg "Bob" Starritt
|
| Australian History | 1875 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 of a grandson | 19 February 1876 Australia
grandson -
Richard Gregg
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #14 | 14 May 1876 Tourello, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Annie "Marnet" Gregg
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #15 | 23 August 1877 Gunbower, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Ellenor Mary Starritt
|
| Australian History | 1878 Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #16 | 29 April 1879 Tourello, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Euphemia Flora "Phemi" Gregg
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #17 | November 1879 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Martha Starritt
|
| Australian History | 1879 Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 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 grandson #18 | 11 June 1881 Gunbower, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
George Starritt OBE
|
| Death of a granddaughter | 4 August 1882 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Martha Starritt
|
| Australian History | 1882 Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #19 | 21 August 1883 Australia
granddaughter -
Christina Catherine Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1883 Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Birth of a granddaughter #20 | 1885 Australia
granddaughter -
Catherine Matilda "Cassie" Starritt
|
| Death of a grandson | 29 May 1885 Poowong, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Finley Gregg
|
| Death of a half-sister | 3 October 1885 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
half-sister -
Martha "Mattie" Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1887 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. |
| Death of a granddaughter | 26 January 1888 Poowong, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Annie "Marnet" Gregg
|
| Marriage of a grandson | Robert Gregg - View family 30 August 1889
grandson -
Robert Gregg
great-niece -
Mattie Burrowes
|
| Death of a half-brother | 19 December 1889 Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA
half-brother -
Daniel Mc Entosh Gregg Sr.
|
| Australian History | 1889 Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration. |
| Australian History | 1890 Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 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 Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 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 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 grandson | Daniel Gregg - View family 27 June 1895 Australia
grandson -
Daniel Gregg
grandson's wife -
Kate Ewers
|
| Marriage of a granddaughter | Margaret Jane Starritt - View family 1895 (estimated)
granddaughter's husband -
George Gordon
granddaughter -
Margaret Jane Starritt
|
| Australian History | 1895 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 |
| Marriage of a granddaughter | Sarah Gregg - View family 4 August 1896 "Woodland Park", Poowong, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter's husband -
Frederick Umbers
granddaughter -
Sarah Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1896 Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 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 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 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 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 granddaughter | Sarah Ann Starritt - View family 10 October 1901
granddaughter's husband -
Richard Harry Thomas
granddaughter -
Sarah Ann Starritt
|
| Australian History | 1901 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 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 |
| Marriage of a granddaughter | Ellenor Mary Starritt - View family 1903
great-nephew -
James Buchanan Rankin Sr.
granddaughter -
Ellenor Mary Starritt
|
| Australian History | 1903 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 Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government |
| Marriage of a grandson | Angus Nicholson Gregg - View family 1906 (estimated)
grandson -
Angus Nicholson Gregg
grandson's wife -
Jessie Cowper Hamilton
|
| Australian History | 1906 Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Death | yes |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Robert Gregg
Birth 1768 28 Donegal, Ireland Death 25 December 1841 (Age 73) |
| mother |
Mattie Mc Clure
Death yes |
|
Marriage: yes |
|
| #1 brother |
Richard Gregg
Birth 1790 22 Ireland Death 10 February 1864 (Age 74) Cherrytree, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA |
| #2 himself |
Finlay Gregg Sr
Birth Ireland Death yes |
| #3 brother |
Robert Gregg
Birth 1810 42 Ireland Death yes |
|
5 years #4 sister |
Mary Gregg
Birth about 1815 47 Donegal, Ireland Death yes |
| #5 sister |
Jeanie Gregg
Birth Ireland Death yes |
| #6 sister |
Eliza Gregg
Birth Ireland Death yes |
| Father’s family with Peggy Starritt - View family |
| father |
Robert Gregg
Birth 1768 28 Donegal, Ireland Death 25 December 1841 (Age 73) |
| step-mother |
Peggy Starritt
Death yes |
|
Marriage: yes |
|
| #1 half-sister |
Margaret Rose Gregg
Birth Ireland Death yes |
| #2 half-brother |
Birth 1819 51 Altrincham, Cheshire, England Death 19 December 1889 (Age 70) Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA |
| #3 half-sister |
Nancy Gregg
Birth Ireland Death yes |
| #4 half-sister |
Birth 1822 (estimated) 54 Ballinascadden, Parish Of Killmacrenan, County Donegal, Ireland Death 3 October 1885 (Age 63) Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA |
|
16 years #5 half-brother |
William Gregg
Birth 10 November 1837 69 Ballinascadden, Parish Of Killmacrenan, County Donegal, Ireland Death Cherrytree, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Family with Sarah Gailey - View family |
| himself |
Finlay Gregg Sr
Birth Ireland Death yes |
| wife |
Sarah Gailey
Birth 1810 (estimated) 19 Death yes |
|
Marriage: 1832 (estimated) |
|
|
1 year #1 daughter |
Mary Gregg
Birth about 1833 23 Moneglagon, Donegal, Ireland Death yes |
| #2 daughter |
Mattie Gregg
Death yes |
| #3 daughter |
Jean Gregg
Death yes |
| #4 daughter |
Ellenor Gregg
Death yes |
| #5 daughter |
Elizabeth Gregg
Death yes |
| #6 daughter |
Margaret Ann Gregg
Birth Ireland Death yes |
| #7 son |
Richard Gregg
Birth 1839 29 Kilmacrenan, Donegal, Ireland Death 1922 (Age 83) Loch, Victoria, Australia |
| #8 son |
Robert Gregg
Birth Ireland Death yes |
| #9 son |
John Gregg
Birth Ireland Death yes |
| #10 daughter |
Birth 1845 35 Moneylagan, Donegal, Ireland Death 25 August 1918 (Age 73) Shepparton, Victoria, Australia |
| #11 son |
Finlay Gregg Jr
Birth Ireland Death yes |
Finlay Gregg Sr has 16 first cousins recorded
Father's family (16)
Parents Daniel Gregg + Jane Graham
Parents Richard Gregg + Fanny McClure
Parents John Gailey + Mattie Gregg
Mother's family (0)
| Occupation | Bought a farm in Muneylagan adjoining his Grandfather's farm, Ireland |
| Australian History | Matthew Flinders completes the first circumnavigation of the continent (still known as 'New Holland') |
| Australian History | A settlement is founded at Risdon on the Derwent River in Van Diemen's Land by Lieutenant Bowen. |
| Australian History | The Rum Rebellion |
| Australian History | John Oxley charts the Lachlan River |
| Australian History | Oxley charts the Macquarie River. |
| Australian History | A penal colony is founded at Moreton Bay, now the city of Brisbane. |
| Australian History | New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed. |
| Australian History | Charles Sturt charts the Darling River. |
| Australian History | 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 | Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River. |
| Australian History | Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published. |
| Australian History | Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. |
| Australian History | The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land. |
| Australian History | John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner establish a settlement at Port Phillip, now the city of Melbourne. |
| Australian History | Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| Australian History | First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Australian History | Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Australian History | Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Australian History | New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| 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. |
| 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 |