John LuptonAge: 801822–1902
- Name
- John Lupton
- Given names
- John
- Surname
- Lupton
| Birth | 1822 Scotland |
| Australian History | 1824 (Age 2) 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 3) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed. |
| Australian History | 1828 (Age 6) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River. |
| Australian History | 1829 (Age 7) 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 8) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River. |
| Australian History | 1831 (Age 9) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published. |
| Australian History | 1832 (Age 10) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1833 (Age 11) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land. |
| Australian History | 1835 (Age 13) 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 14) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1838 (Age 16) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Australian History | 1839 (Age 17) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Australian History | 1840 (Age 18) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Australian History | 1841 (Age 19) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1842 (Age 20) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1843 (Age 21) 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). |
| Australian History | 1845 (Age 23) 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. |
| Immigration | 19 May 1849 (Age 27) Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia |
| Australian History | 1850 (Age 28) 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 29) 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 |
| Marriage | Jane Laing - View family 15 September 1853 (Age 31) The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Tuesday 20 September 1853 Page 4 |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | 1853 (Age 31) Geelong, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Margaret Lupton
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| Australian History | 1853 (Age 31) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 32) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Birth of a son #2 | 1855 (Age 33) Geelong, Victoria, Australia
son -
William Lupton
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| Australian History | 1855 (Age 33) 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. |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | 31 October 1856 (Age 34) Geelong, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Sarah Ann Lupton
|
| Australian History | 1856 (Age 34) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 35) 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. |
| Birth of a son #4 | 1858 (Age 36) Duneed, Victoria, Australia
son -
James Lupton
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| Australian History | 1858 (Age 36) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 37) 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 38) 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 39) 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 daughter #5 | 1862 (Age 40) Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Emma Jane Lupton
|
| Australian History | 1862 (Age 40) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 41) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Birth of a son #6 | 1864 (Age 42) Springfield, Victoria, Australia
son -
Charles Lupton
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| Birth of a son #7 | 1866 (Age 44) Springfield, Victoria, Australia
son -
Edward Lupton
|
| Australian History | 1867 (Age 45) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 46) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 47) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Birth of a son #8 | 1870 (Age 48) Victoria, Australia
son -
Henry Lupton
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| Birth of a son #9 | 1871 (Age 49) Victoria, Australia
son -
George Lupton
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| Australian History | 1872 (Age 50) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Birth of a son #10 | 1873 (Age 51) Rushworth, Victoria, Australia
son -
Alex Lupton
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| Australian History | 1873 (Age 51) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Birth of a daughter #11 | 1875 (Age 53) Tatura, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Jane Elizabeth Lupton
|
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 53) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed. |
| Marriage of a daughter | Sarah Ann Lupton - View family 14 November 1878 (Age 56) Tatura, Victoria, Australia
son-in-law -
Ivie Stewart
daughter -
Sarah Ann Lupton
|
| Australian History | 1878 (Age 56) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 57) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | 17 January 1880 (Age 58)
granddaughter -
Mary Jane Hickox "Jeannie" Stewart
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| Marriage of a daughter | Margaret Lupton - View family 1880 (Age 58) Geelong, Victoria, Australia
son-in-law -
Dick Thomas
daughter -
Margaret Lupton
|
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 58) 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 granddaughter #2 | 10 March 1881 (Age 59) North West Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Emma Tomina "Sis" Stewart
|
| Australian History | 1882 (Age 60) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | 19 January 1883 (Age 61) Tatura, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Georgina Stewart
|
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 61) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | 5 August 1884 (Age 62) Tatura, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Arthur Robert Stewart
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| Birth of a grandson #5 | 14 April 1886 (Age 64) Tatura, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Alexander John "Jack" Stewart
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | 9 December 1887 (Age 65) Tatura, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Elizabeth Ivena Stewart
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| Australian History | 1887 (Age 65) 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 son | 1888 (Age 66)
son -
Alex Lupton
|
| Birth of a grandson #7 | 26 February 1889 (Age 67) Tatura, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Andrew James Stewart
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| Australian History | 1889 (Age 67) Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #8 | 29 November 1890 (Age 68) Tatura, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Naomi Eliza Stewart
|
| Australian History | 1890 (Age 68) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 69) 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #9 | 20 May 1892 (Age 70) Tatura, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Thomas Campbell "Tom" Stewart
|
| Australian History | 1892 (Age 70) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Birth of a grandson #10 | 26 December 1893 (Age 71) Tatura, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Lindsay Ivie Stewart
|
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 71) 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 72) 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 73) 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 74) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Birth of a granddaughter #11 | 27 October 1897 (Age 75) Tatura, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Florence "Floss" Stewart
|
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 75) 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 76) 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. |
| Birth of a grandson #12 | 27 February 1899 (Age 77) Tatura, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Charles Rodney Stewart
|
| Australian History | 1899 (Age 77) 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 78) 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 79) 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 (on the date of death) 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 |
| Death | 1902 (Age 80) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father | |
| #1 himself |
John Lupton
Birth 1822 Scotland Death 1902 (Age 80) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
| Family with Jane Laing - View family |
| himself |
John Lupton
Birth 1822 Scotland Death 1902 (Age 80) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
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12 years wife |
Jane Laing
Birth 1834 41 27 Aberdeenshire, Scotland Death 1916 (Age 82) Essendon, Victoria, Australia |
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Marriage: 15 September 1853 |
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-8 months #1 daughter |
Margaret Lupton
Birth 1853 31 19 Geelong, Victoria, Australia Death yes |
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2 years #2 son |
William Lupton
Birth 1855 33 21 Geelong, Victoria, Australia Death yes |
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22 months #3 daughter |
Birth 31 October 1856 34 22 Geelong, Victoria, Australia Death 18 August 1907 (Age 50) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
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14 months #4 son |
James Lupton
Birth 1858 36 24 Duneed, Victoria, Australia Death yes |
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4 years #5 daughter |
Emma Jane Lupton
Birth 1862 40 28 Victoria, Australia Death yes |
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2 years #6 son |
Charles Lupton
Birth 1864 42 30 Springfield, Victoria, Australia Death yes |
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2 years #7 son |
Edward Lupton
Birth 1866 44 32 Springfield, Victoria, Australia Death yes |
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4 years #8 son |
Henry Lupton
Birth 1870 48 36 Victoria, Australia Death yes |
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1 year #9 son |
George Lupton
Birth 1871 49 37 Victoria, Australia Death yes |
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2 years #10 son |
Alex Lupton
Birth 1873 51 39 Rushworth, Victoria, Australia Death 1888 (Age 15) |
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2 years #11 daughter |
Jane Elizabeth Lupton
Birth 1875 53 41 Tatura, Victoria, Australia Death yes |
| #12 son |
Harold Lupton
Death yes |
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