Mary Ann HallAge: 711830–1901
- Name
- Mary Ann Hall
- Given names
- Mary Ann
- Surname
- Hall
| Birth | 28 February 1830 20 26 Killeaven, Monaghan, Monaghan, Ulster, Ireland |
| Australian History | 1830 Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River. |
| Australian History | 1831 (Age 10 months) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published. |
| Australian History | 1832 (Age 22 months) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. |
| Birth of a sister | 1833 (Age 2) Drumswords, Monaghan, Ireland
younger sister -
Elzabeth Hall
|
| Australian History | 1833 (Age 2) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land. |
| Christening of a sister | 17 February 1833 (Age 2) Currin Parish, Ireland
younger sister -
Elzabeth Hall
|
| Birth of a brother | 1835 (Age 4) Drumswords, Monaghan, Ireland
younger brother -
James Hall
|
| Australian History | 1835 (Age 4) 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. |
| Christening of a brother | 13 March 1835 (Age 5) Killeevan, Monaghan, Ireland
younger brother -
James Hall
|
| Australian History | 1836 (Age 5) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| Birth of a sister | 1837 (Age 6) Drumswords, Monaghan, Ireland
younger sister -
Letitia Hall
|
| Christening of a sister | 23 July 1837 (Age 7) Killeevan, Monaghan, Ireland
younger sister -
Letitia Hall
|
| Australian History | 1838 (Age 7) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Australian History | 1839 (Age 8) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Australian History | 1840 (Age 9) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Birth of a brother | 1841 (Age 10)
younger brother -
David Hall
|
| Australian History | 1841 (Age 10) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1842 (Age 11) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Birth of a sister | 1843 (Age 12) Drumswords, Ireland
younger sister -
Eliza Hall
|
| Australian History | 1843 (Age 12) 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). |
| Christening of a sister | 12 September 1843 (Age 13) Killeevan, Monaghan, Ireland
younger sister -
Eliza Hall
|
| Australian History | 1845 (Age 14) 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 (Age 19) 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 20) 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 | Matthew Madill - View family 5 February 1852 (Age 21) Clones, Monaghan, Ireland Matthew and Mary Ann Madill Wedding certificate of Matthew and Mary Ann |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | 11 March 1853 (Age 23) Mullaghboy, Monaghan, Ireland
daughter -
Ann Jane Madill
|
| Australian History | 1853 (Age 22) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Marriage of a brother | John Hall - View family 20 February 1854 (Age 23) St Andrews, Scotshouse, Currin Parish, Ireland
elder brother -
John Hall
sister-in-law -
Mary Corbett
|
| Death of a brother | 8 December 1854 (Age 24) Headstone, Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
elder brother -
John Hall
|
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 23) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Birth of a son #2 | 22 July 1855 (Age 25) Mullaghboy, Monaghan, Ireland
son -
David Madill
|
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 24) 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 25) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Marriage of a sister | Letitia Hall - View family 3 July 1857 (Age 27) Killeevan, Monaghan, Ireland
brother-in-law -
Alexander Nelson
younger sister -
Letitia Hall
|
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 26) 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 daughter #3 | 20 June 1858 (Age 28) Mullaghboy, Monaghan, Ireland
daughter -
Eliza Madill
|
| Birth of a daughter #4 | 20 June 1858 (Age 28) Mullaghboy, Monaghan, Ireland
daughter -
Elizabeth Madill
|
| Australian History | 1858 (Age 27) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | 1 July 1859 (Age 29) Mullaghboy, Monaghan, Ireland
daughter -
Letitia Madill
|
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 28) 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 daughter #6 | 11 August 1860 (Age 30) Mullaghboy, Monaghan, Ireland
daughter -
Mary Ellinor Madill
|
| Australian History | 1860 (Age 29) 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 30) 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 (Age 31) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Marriage of a brother | David Hall - View family 2 March 1863 (Age 33) Clones, Monaghan, Ulster, Ireland
younger brother -
David Hall
sister-in-law -
Elizabeth Ann Scott
|
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 32) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Immigration | 1865 (Age 34) Australia Note: 1852 living in Mullaghboy, Parrish Currin, County Monaghan. Arrived in Victoria, Australia 1865/6 with husband, Mary Ann, Ann Jane 12, David 10, Mary Ellenor 5, maybe others? |
| Australian History | 1867 (Age 36) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 37) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Death of a daughter | before 1869 (Age 38)
daughter -
Eliza Madill
|
| Death of a daughter | before 1869 (Age 38)
daughter -
Elizabeth Madill
|
| Death of a daughter | before 1869 (Age 38)
daughter -
Letitia Madill
|
| Birth of a daughter #7 | 3 January 1869 (Age 38) Clunes, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Margaret Ann Madill
|
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 38) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Death of a mother | 12 April 1870 (Age 40) Talbot Road, Clunes, Victoria, Australia
mother -
Ann Mills
|
| Marriage of a sister | Letitia Hall - View family 8 April 1871 (Age 41) Victoria, Australia
brother-in-law -
William Myott
younger sister -
Letitia Hall
|
| Australian History | 1872 (Age 41) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Marriage of a daughter | Ann Jane Madill - View family 1873 (Age 42) Colac, Victoria, Australia
son-in-law -
John Sherry
daughter -
Ann Jane Madill
|
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 42) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | 1875 (Age 44) Clunes, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
John Thomas Sherry
|
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 44) 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 grandson #2 | 1877 (Age 46) Mundoona, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Edwin David Sherry
|
| Marriage of a son | David Madill - View family 1877 (Age 46) Clunes, Victoria, Australia
son -
David Madill
daughter-in-law -
Adelaide Annie Briggs
|
| Australian History | 1878 (Age 47) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | 1879 (Age 48) Wyuna, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Mary Ann Sherry
|
| Death of a father | 17 February 1879 (Age 48) Undera, Victoria, Australia
father -
David Hall
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | 9 August 1879 (Age 49) Undera, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Annie Elizabeth Madill
|
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 48) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 49) 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 #5 | 1881 (Age 50) Undera, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Thomas Mathew Sherry
|
| Marriage of a son | David Madill - View family about 1881 (Age 50)
son -
David Madill
daughter-in-law -
Mary Ellen Ryan
|
| Marriage of a daughter | Mary Ellinor Madill - View family 1881 (Age 50)
son-in-law -
James Alfred Bilson
daughter -
Mary Ellinor Madill
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | 16 May 1882 (Age 52) Undera, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Edith May Madill
|
| Birth of a grandson #7 | 1882 (Age 51) Undera, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Walter Frankling Bilson
|
| Australian History | 1882 (Age 51) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 52) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Birth of a granddaughter #8 | 1884 (Age 53) Undera, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Lela Maud Sherry
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #9 | 4 January 1884 (Age 53) Undera, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Ethel Madill
|
| Birth of a grandson #10 | 1884 (Age 53) Undera, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Reginald Madill Bilson
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #11 | 9 December 1885 (Age 55) Undera, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Margaret Rebecca Ellen Madill
|
| Birth of a grandson #12 | 1886 (Age 55) Undera, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Francis Henry Sherry
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #13 | 1886 (Age 55) Undera, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Ellen May Bilson
|
| Burial of a brother | 8 December 1886 (Age 56) Undera, Victoria, Australia
elder brother -
John Hall
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #14 | 25 August 1887 (Age 57) Undera, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Elizabeth Isabel Madill
|
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 56) 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. |
| Birth of a grandson #15 | 1888 (Age 57) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
David Leslie Bilson
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #16 | 24 August 1889 (Age 59) Undera, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Alice Madill
|
| Marriage of a daughter | Margaret Ann Madill - View family 1889 (Age 58) Victoria, Australia
son-in-law -
James Henry Ryan
daughter -
Margaret Ann Madill
|
| Australian History | 1889 (Age 58) 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 #17 | 1890 (Age 59) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Voilet May Sherry
|
| Birth of a grandson #18 | 1890 (Age 59) Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Alfred Osland Bilson
|
| Australian History | 1890 (Age 59) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #19 | 1891 (Age 60) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Winifred Sherry
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #20 | 14 September 1891 (Age 61) Undera, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Daisy Madill
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #21 | 1891 (Age 60) Wyuna, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Eva Adelaide Ryan
|
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 60) 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 61) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Birth of a grandson #22 | 27 June 1893 (Age 63) Undera, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Albert Ernest Madill
|
| Birth of a grandson #23 | 1893 (Age 62) Trafalgar, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
James Arthur Bilson
|
| Birth of a grandson #24 | 1893 (Age 62) Wyuna, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Herbert Ernest Ryan
|
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 62) 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. |
| Death of a grandson | 1894 (Age 63) Trafalgar, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Walter Frankling Bilson
|
| Death of a grandson | 1894 (Age 63) Trafalgar, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
James Arthur Bilson
|
| Australian History | 1894 (Age 63) 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. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #25 | 1895 (Age 64) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Margaret Ellen Sherry
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #26 | 6 June 1895 (Age 65) Undera, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Ida Lilian Madill
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #27 | 1895 (Age 64) Trafalgar, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Adelaide Elizabeth Bilson
|
| Australian History | 1895 (Age 64) 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 65) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 66) 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. |
| Marriage of a son | David Madill - View family 1898 (Age 67) 66 Herbet Street, Albert Park, Victoria, Australia
son -
David Madill
daughter-in-law -
Abina Maude Lynas
|
| Australian History | 1898 (Age 67) 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 68) 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. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #28 | 10 September 1900 (Age 70) Undera, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Abina Maude Madill
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #29 | 1900 (Age 69) Barwon, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Irene Mary Bilson
|
| Australian History | 1900 (Age 69) 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 70) 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 |
| Death | 11 September 1901 (Age 71) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
David Hall
Birth 1810 50 Killeevan, Monaghan, Ulster, Ireland Death 17 February 1879 (Age 69) Undera, Victoria, Australia |
|
-6 years mother |
Ann Mills
Birth 1804 Monaghan, Ulster, Ireland Death 12 April 1870 (Age 66) Talbot Road, Clunes, Victoria, Australia |
|
Marriage: 1827 — Killeevan, Monaghan, Ireland |
|
| #1 elder brother |
John Hall
Birth 1827 17 23 Killeevan, Monaghan, Ireland Death 8 December 1854 (Age 27) Headstone, Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
|
3 years #2 herself |
Birth 28 February 1830 20 26 Killeaven, Monaghan, Monaghan, Ulster, Ireland Death 11 September 1901 (Age 71) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
|
3 years #3 younger sister |
Elzabeth Hall
Birth 1833 23 29 Drumswords, Monaghan, Ireland Death yes |
|
2 years #4 younger brother |
James Hall
Birth 1835 25 31 Drumswords, Monaghan, Ireland Death 21 February 1903 (Age 68) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
|
2 years #5 younger sister |
Letitia Hall
Birth 1837 27 33 Drumswords, Monaghan, Ireland Death 2 August 1927 (Age 90) Redfern, New South Wales, Australia |
|
4 years #6 younger brother |
David Hall
Birth 1841 31 37 Death 14 September 1924 (Age 83) Culcairn, New South Wales, Australia |
|
2 years #7 younger sister |
Eliza Hall
Birth 1843 33 39 Drumswords, Ireland Death yes |
| Family with Matthew Madill - View family |
| husband |
Birth 1830 Monaghan, Ireland Death 21 January 1908 (Age 78) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
|
2 months herself |
Birth 28 February 1830 20 26 Killeaven, Monaghan, Monaghan, Ulster, Ireland Death 11 September 1901 (Age 71) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
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Marriage: 5 February 1852 — Clones, Monaghan, Ireland |
|
|
6 years #1 daughter |
Eliza Madill
Birth 20 June 1858 28 28 Mullaghboy, Monaghan, Ireland Death before 1869 (Age 10) |
|
-5 years #2 daughter |
Ann Jane Madill
Birth 11 March 1853 23 23 Mullaghboy, Monaghan, Ireland Death 15 July 1927 (Age 74) Footscray, Victoria, Australia |
|
2 years #3 son |
Birth 22 July 1855 25 25 Mullaghboy, Monaghan, Ireland Death 10 March 1933 (Age 77) Age: 77 Undera North, Victoria, Australia |
|
3 years #4 daughter |
Elizabeth Madill
Birth 20 June 1858 28 28 Mullaghboy, Monaghan, Ireland Death before 1869 (Age 10) |
|
1 year #5 daughter |
Letitia Madill
Birth 1 July 1859 29 29 Mullaghboy, Monaghan, Ireland Death before 1869 (Age 9) |
|
13 months #6 daughter |
Mary Ellinor Madill
Birth 11 August 1860 30 30 Mullaghboy, Monaghan, Ireland Death 1957 (Age 96) Huntly, Victoria, Australia |
|
8 years #7 daughter |
Birth 3 January 1869 39 38 Clunes, Victoria, Australia Death May 1952 (Age 83) Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia |
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| 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. |
| Immigration | 1852 living in Mullaghboy, Parrish Currin, County Monaghan. Arrived in Victoria, Australia 1865/6 with husband, Mary Ann, Ann Jane 12, David 10, Mary Ellenor 5, maybe others? |
| 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 |
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