Alexander StarrittAge: 671844–1911
- Name
- Alexander Starritt
- Given names
- Alexander
- Surname
- Starritt
| Birth | 26 June 1844 34 Donegal, Ulster, Ireland |
| Australian History | 1845 (Age 6 months) 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 2) Donegal, Ulster, Ireland
younger brother -
George Starritt
|
| Australian History | 1850 (Age 5) 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 6) 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 8) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 9) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 10) 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 11) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 12) 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 13) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 14) 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 15) 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 16) 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 17) Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
elder brother -
John Starritt
sister-in-law -
Isabella Mc Phee
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| Australian History | 1862 (Age 17) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 18) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Marriage | Martha Gregg - View family 1866 (Age 21) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | 1867 (Age 22)
daughter -
Margaret Jane Starritt
|
| Australian History | 1867 (Age 22) 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 23)
father -
Thomas Starritt
|
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 23) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Death of a brother | 1869 (Age 24) Altrincham, Cheshire, England
younger brother -
George Starritt
|
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 24) 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 #2 | 1 January 1870 (Age 25) Gortnalabin, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Ireland
son -
Robert Starritt
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| Marriage of a brother | Robert Starritt - View family 2 August 1870 (Age 26) Creswick, Victoria, Australia
elder brother -
Robert Starritt
sister-in-law -
Catherine Gregg
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| Birth of a daughter #3 | 1872 (Age 27)
daughter -
Ann Starritt
|
| Australian History | 1872 (Age 27) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 28) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | 1874 (Age 29)
daughter -
Mary Starritt
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| Death of a mother | 1 March 1875 (Age 30) Gortnalabin, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland
mother -
Margaret Brown
|
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 30) 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 son #5 | 1876 (Age 31) Altrincham, Cheshire, England
son -
Thomas Starritt
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| Birth of a son #6 | 9 May 1877 (Age 32)
son -
John Starritt
|
| Australian History | 1878 (Age 33) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 34) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Birth of a son #7 | 1 January 1880 (Age 35) Gortnalabin, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Ireland
son -
David Starritt
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| Australian History | 1880 (Age 35) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
| Australian History | 1882 (Age 37) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 38) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Birth of a daughter #8 | 1884 (Age 39)
daughter -
Martha Mcclure Starritt
|
| Marriage | Mattie Rutherford - View family 1886 (estimated) (Age 41) |
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 42) 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 44) 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 45) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 46) 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 47) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 48) 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 son | 1894 (Age 49)
son -
Thomas Starritt
|
| Australian History | 1894 (Age 49) 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 50) 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 51) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | 1897 (Age 52)
grandson -
Alexander Allan
|
| Marriage of a daughter | Margaret Jane Starritt - View family 1897 (Age 52)
son-in-law -
James Allan
daughter -
Margaret Jane Starritt
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| Australian History | 1897 (Age 52) 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 53) 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 54) 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 grandson #2 | 1900 (Age 55)
grandson -
David Allan
|
| Australian History | 1900 (Age 55) 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 56) 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 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | 16 March 1902 (Age 57) Ednaharnon, Ireland
granddaughter -
Margaret Elizabeth 'Bessie' Starritt
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| Australian History | 1902 (Age 57) 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 |
| Australian History | 1903 (Age 58) 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 grandson #4 | 21 July 1904 (Age 60) Altrincham, Cheshire, England
grandson -
John William Logan Starritt
|
| Australian History | 1904 (Age 59) Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government |
| Australian History | 1906 (Age 61) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | 1907 (Age 62) Altrincham, Cheshire, England
grandson -
Robert Alexander Starritt
|
| Birth of a grandson #6 | 1908 (Age 63)
grandson -
Charles Davis
|
| Australian History | 1908 (Age 63) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | 1909 (Age 64)
granddaughter -
Martha Jane Davis
|
| Australian History | 1909 (Age 64) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Birth of a grandson #8 | 16 March 1910 (Age 65) Altrincham, Cheshire, England
grandson -
David Gregg Sterritt
|
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 65) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Death of a brother | 21 January 1911 (Age 66) Echuca, Victoria, Australia
elder brother -
John Starritt
|
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 66) 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. |
| Death | 25 August 1911 (Age 67) Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland Alexander 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 elder brother |
Birth 1843 33 Gortnalabin, Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland Death 22 January 1921 (Age 78) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
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18 months #4 himself |
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 Martha Gregg - View family |
| himself |
Alexander Starritt
Birth 26 June 1844 34 Donegal, Ulster, Ireland Death 25 August 1911 (Age 67) Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland |
| wife |
Martha Gregg
Death yes |
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Marriage: 1866 |
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1 year #1 daughter |
Margaret Jane Starritt
Birth 1867 22 Death 1956 (Age 89) |
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3 years #2 son |
Robert Starritt
Birth 1 January 1870 25 Gortnalabin, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Ireland Death 10 January 1950 (Age 80) Gortnalabin, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Ireland |
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2 years #3 daughter |
Ann Starritt
Birth 1872 27 Death 1944 (Age 72) |
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2 years #4 daughter |
Mary Starritt
Birth 1874 29 Death yes |
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2 years #5 son |
Thomas Starritt
Birth 1876 31 Altrincham, Cheshire, England Death 1894 (Age 18) |
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16 months #6 son |
John Starritt
Birth 9 May 1877 32 Death 28 March 1968 (Age 90) Gortnalabin, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Ireland |
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3 years #7 son |
David Starritt
Birth 1 January 1880 35 Gortnalabin, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Ireland Death 10 October 1953 (Age 73) 41 Brisbane St., Greenock, Scotland |
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4 years #8 daughter |
Martha Mcclure Starritt
Birth 1884 39 Death June 1962 (Age 78) Killylastin, Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland |
| Family with Mattie Rutherford - View family |
| himself |
Alexander Starritt
Birth 26 June 1844 34 Donegal, Ulster, Ireland Death 25 August 1911 (Age 67) Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland |
| wife |
Mattie Rutherford
Death yes |
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Marriage: 1886 (estimated) |
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