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David Hall1760–?

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David Hall
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Birth 1760
 Killeevan, Monaghan, Ireland

MarriageMargaret Jones - View family
 

Australian History 1770 (Age 10)
 

Note: English Lieutenant James Cook's expedition in HM Bark Endeavour charts the eastern coast, and claims it for the British Crown. Australia dubbed 'terra nullius' i.e., according to the European legal precepts of the era, it was 'owned' by no-one.
Australian History 1788 (Age 28)
 

Note: The British First Fleet, led by Governor Arthur Phillip arrives in New South Wales to found first European settlement and penal colony at Sydney. Colony includes 'all the islands adjacent in the Pacific Ocean' and running westward to the 135th meridian east. This claim included the islands of New Zealand, which were administered as part of New South Wales.
Note: British settlement founded at Norfolk Island.
Australian History 1790 (Age 30)
 

Note: Beleaguered Second Fleet arrives. Colony gripped by food crisis.
Australian History 1792 (Age 32)
 

Note: Two French ships, La Recherche and L'Esp�rance, anchor at Recherche Bay, near the southernmost point of Tasmania at a time when England and France were racing around the globe to be the first to discover and colonise Australia.
Note: Governor Philip returns to England, accompanied by his friend Bennelong and a companion who become the first Australian born person to sail to Europe.
Australian History 1797 (Age 37)
 

Note: Sydney Cove wrecked and some survivors travelled from Bass Strait to Port Jackson allowing for the rescue of others but also furthering knowledge of the geography of Australia.
Australian History 1798 (Age 38)
 

Note: 1798-9 - George Bass and Matthew Flinders sail from Sydney and circumnavigate Tasmania, thus proving it to be an island.
Australian History 1803 (Age 43)
 

Note: Matthew Flinders completes the first circumnavigation of the continent (still known as 'New Holland')
Australian History 1804 (Age 44)
 

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 (Age 48)
 

Note: The Rum Rebellion
Birth of a son
#1		 1810 (Age 50)
 Killeevan, Monaghan, Ulster, Ireland

son - David Hall
Australian History 1817 (Age 57)
 

Note: John Oxley charts the Lachlan River
Note: Australia's first bank, the Bank of New South Wales, opens in Macquarie Place, Sydney (it became Westpac in 1982).
Note: Governor Lachlan Macquarie petitioned the British Admiralty to use the name 'Australia' instead of 'New Holland'
Australian History 1818 (Age 58)
 

Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River.
Australian History 1824 (Age 64)
 

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 65)
 

Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Birth of a grandson
#1		 1827 (Age 67)
 Killeevan, Monaghan, Ireland

grandson - John Hall
Marriage of a sonDavid Hall - View family
1827 (Age 67)
 Killeevan, Monaghan, Ireland

son - David Hall
daughter-in-law - Ann Mills
Australian History 1828 (Age 68)
 

Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History 1829 (Age 69)
 

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.
Birth of a granddaughter
#2		 28 February 1830 (Age 70)
 Killeaven, Monaghan, Monaghan, Ulster, Ireland

granddaughter - Mary Ann Hall
Australian History 1830 (Age 70)
 

Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Australian History 1831 (Age 71)
 

Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History 1832 (Age 72)
 

Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Birth of a granddaughter
#3		 1833 (Age 73)
 Drumswords, Monaghan, Ireland

granddaughter - Elzabeth Hall
Australian History 1833 (Age 73)
 

Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Christening of a granddaughter 17 February 1833 (Age 73)
 Currin Parish, Ireland

granddaughter - Elzabeth Hall
Birth of a grandson
#4		 1835 (Age 75)
 Drumswords, Monaghan, Ireland

grandson - James Hall
Australian History 1835 (Age 75)
 

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 grandson 13 March 1835 (Age 75)
 Killeevan, Monaghan, Ireland

grandson - James Hall
Australian History 1836 (Age 76)
 

Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Birth of a granddaughter
#5		 1837 (Age 77)
 Drumswords, Monaghan, Ireland

granddaughter - Letitia Hall
Christening of a granddaughter 23 July 1837 (Age 77)
 Killeevan, Monaghan, Ireland

granddaughter - Letitia Hall
Australian History 1838 (Age 78)
 

Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History 1839 (Age 79)
 

Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History 1840 (Age 80)
 

Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Birth of a grandson
#6		 1841 (Age 81)
 

grandson - David Hall
Australian History 1841 (Age 81)
 

Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History 1842 (Age 82)
 

Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Birth of a granddaughter
#7		 1843 (Age 83)
 Drumswords, Ireland

granddaughter - Eliza Hall
Australian History 1843 (Age 83)
 

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 granddaughter 12 September 1843 (Age 83)
 Killeevan, Monaghan, Ireland

granddaughter - Eliza Hall
Australian History 1845 (Age 85)
 

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 90)
 

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 91)
 

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 of a granddaughterMary Ann Hall - View family
5 February 1852 (Age 92)
 Clones, Monaghan, Ireland

granddaughter's husband - Matthew Madill
granddaughter - Mary Ann Hall
Australian History 1853 (Age 93)
 

Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Marriage of a grandsonJohn Hall - View family
20 February 1854 (Age 94)
 St Andrews, Scotshouse, Currin Parish, Ireland

grandson - John Hall
grandson's wife - Mary Corbett
Death of a grandson 8 December 1854 (Age 94)
 Headstone, Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

grandson - John Hall
Australian History 1854 (Age 94)
 

Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History 1855 (Age 95)
 

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 96)
 

Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Marriage of a granddaughterLetitia Hall - View family
3 July 1857 (Age 97)
 Killeevan, Monaghan, Ireland

granddaughter's husband - Alexander Nelson
granddaughter - Letitia Hall
Australian History 1857 (Age 97)
 

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 98)
 

Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.
Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History 1859 (Age 99)
 

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 100)
 

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 101)
 

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 102)
 

Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Marriage of a grandsonDavid Hall - View family
2 March 1863 (Age 103)
 Clones, Monaghan, Ulster, Ireland

grandson - David Hall
grandson's wife - Elizabeth Ann Scott
Australian History 1863 (Age 103)
 

Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
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David Hall

Birth 1760  Killeevan, Monaghan, Ireland

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wife
Margaret Jones

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Marriage: yes
#1 son
David Hall

Birth 1810 50  Killeevan, Monaghan, Ulster, Ireland

Death 17 February 1879 (Age 69)  Undera, Victoria, Australia

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