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Margaret Rebecca Ellen Madill1885–?

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Margaret Rebecca Ellen Madill
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Margaret Rebecca Ellen
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Madill
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Birth 9 December 1885 30 29
 Undera, Victoria, Australia

Birth of a sister 25 August 1887 (Age 20 months)
 Undera, Victoria, Australia

younger sister - Elizabeth Isabel Madill
Australian History 1887 (Age 12 months)
 

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 sister 24 August 1889 (Age 3)
 Undera, Victoria, Australia

younger sister - Alice Madill
Australian History 1889 (Age 3)
 

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 4)
 

Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Birth of a sister 14 September 1891 (Age 5)
 Undera, Victoria, Australia

younger sister - Daisy Madill
Australian History 1891 (Age 5)
 

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 6)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Birth of a brother 27 June 1893 (Age 7)
 Undera, Victoria, Australia

younger brother - Albert Ernest Madill
Australian History 1893 (Age 7)
 

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 8)
 

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 sister 6 June 1895 (Age 9)
 Undera, Victoria, Australia

younger sister - Ida Lilian Madill
Australian History 1895 (Age 9)
 

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 10)
 

Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Australian History 1897 (Age 11)
 

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 fatherDavid Madill - View family
1898 (Age 12)
 66 Herbet Street, Albert Park, Victoria, Australia

father - David Madill
step-mother - Abina Maude Lynas
Death of a mother 1898 (Age 12)
 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

mother - Mary Ellen Ryan
Australian History 1898 (Age 12)
 

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.
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Family Photo
1899 (Age 13)
 

Children of David and Mary Madill
Children of David and Mary Madill

Australian History 1899 (Age 13)
 

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 half-sister 10 September 1900 (Age 14)
 Undera, Victoria, Australia

half-sister - Abina Maude Madill
Australian History 1900 (Age 14)
 

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
Death of a paternal grandmother 11 September 1901 (Age 15)
 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

paternal grandmother - Mary Ann Hall
Australian History 1901 (Age 15)
 

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 (Age 16)
 

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
Birth of a half-brother 28 February 1903 (Age 17)
 Albert Park, Victoria, Australia

half-brother - David James "Jim" Madill
Australian History 1903 (Age 17)
 

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 half-brother 1 February 1904 (Age 18)
 Undera, Victoria, Australia

half-brother - Thomas Matthew Madill
Marriage of a sisterEdith May Madill - View family
26 August 1904 (Age 18)
 101 Gore Street, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia

brother-in-law - John "Arthur" Lynas
elder sister - Edith May Madill
Australian History 1904 (Age 18)
 

Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital
Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government
Birth of a half-sister 15 October 1905 (Age 19)
 Undera, Victoria, Australia

half-sister - Elsie Madill
Australian History 1906 (Age 20)
 

Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea
Birth of a half-sister 11 July 1907 (Age 21)
 Undera, Victoria, Australia

half-sister - Florence "May" Madill
Death of a paternal grandfather 21 January 1908 (Age 22)
 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

paternal grandfather - Matthew Madill
Australian History 1908 (Age 22)
 

Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country
Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead
Australian History 1909 (Age 23)
 

Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.
Marriage of a sisterEthel Madill - View family
1910 (Age 24)
 Victoria, Australia

brother-in-law - George Walter Adams
elder sister - Ethel Madill
Australian History 1910 (Age 24)
 

Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.
Marriage of a sisterElizabeth Isabel Madill - View family
1911 (Age 25)
 Victoria, Australia

brother-in-law - Angus Mc Donald
younger sister - Elizabeth Isabel Madill
Australian History 1911 (Age 25)
 

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.
Birth of a half-sister 8 August 1912 (Age 26)
 Undera, Victoria, Australia

half-sister - Gertrude "Rita" Madill
Australian History 1912 (Age 26)
 

Note: Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time
Note: Walter Burley Griffin wins a design competition for the new city of Canberra
Birth of a half-brother 28 December 1913 (Age 28)
 Undera, Victoria, Australia

half-brother - Frederick Lynas "Fred" Madill
Australian History 1913 (Age 27)
 

Note: Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains.
Note: Matthew Flinders refers to New South Wales by the name 'Australia'.
Australian History 1913 (Age 27)
 

Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place
Australian History 1914 (Age 28)
 

Note: Australian soldiers are sent to the First World War. This was first time Australians had fought under the Australian flag, as opposed to that of Britain's.
Birth of a daughter
#1		 1915 (Age 29)
 Australia

daughter - Ida Gilmore
Birth of a half-brother 17 May 1915 (Age 29)
 Undera, Victoria, Australia

half-brother - Leslie George Madill
Australian History 1915 (Age 29)
 

Note: (25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April.
Note: Jervis Bay Territory comprising 6,677 hectares surrendered and becomes part of the Australia Capital Territory.
Note: Surfing is first introduced to Australia
Note: Billy Hughes became Prime Minister
Australian History 1916 (Age 30)
 

Note: Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill'
Note: Australia suffers heavy casualties in the Western Front Battle of the Somme.
Note: The Returned Sailors� and Soldiers� Imperial League of Australia, the forerunner to the Returned and Services League of Australia is founded
Note: The Labor government under Billy Hughes splits over conscription. First referendum on conscription is rejected
Australian History 1917 (Age 31)
 

Note: Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed.
Note: Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade launches last cavalry charge in modern warfare to capture Beersheba from the Ottoman Turks.
Birth of a son
#2		 1918 (Age 32)
 Australia

son - Albert Leslie Gilmore
Australian History 1918 (Age 32)
 

Note: (08 AUG) Battle of Amiens
Note: Australian troops spearhead 8 August offensive against Hindenberg Line - the 'black day of the German Army'.
Note: On 12 August, Australian commander General Sir John Monash is knighted in the field of battle by King George V
Note: First World War ends - 60,000 Australians dead.
Note: The Darwin Rebellion takes place, with 1,000 demonstrators demanding the resignation of the Administrator of the Northern Territory, John A. Gilruth.
Birth of a half-sister 28 February 1919 (Age 33)
 Undera, Victoria, Australia

half-sister - Phyllis Rosiland Madill
Australian History 1919 (Age 33)
 

Note: Prime Minister Billy Hughes signs Treaty of Versailles: the first signing of an international treaty by Australia. Australia obtains League of Nations mandate over German New Guinea.
Birth of a son
#3		 1920 (Age 34)
 Australia

son - Leslie Gilmore
Australian History 1920 (Age 34)
 

Note: The airline Qantas is founded
Australian History 1921 (Age 35)
 

Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament
Australian History 1922 (Age 36)
 

Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney
Australian History 1923 (Age 37)
 

Note: Vegemite is first produced
Marriage of a half-sisterAbina Maude Madill - View family
1924 (estimated) (Age 38)
 

father's son-in-law - John "Jack" Stewart Maddock
half-sister - Abina Maude Madill
Australian History 1926 (Age 40)
 

Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held
Australian History 1927 (Age 41)
 

Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital
Australian History 1928 (Age 42)
 

Note: Bert Hinkler makes the first successful flight from Britain to Australia, and Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first flight from the United States to Australia. The Shrine of Remembrance is built.
Australian History 1929 (Age 43)
 

Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary
Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia.
Australian History 1930 (Age 44)
 

Note: Batsman Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings
Note: Phar Lap wins his first Melbourne Cup
Death of a sister 18 July 1931 (Age 45)
 Carnegie, Victoria, Australia

elder sister - Edith May Madill
Australian History 1931 (Age 45)
 

Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia
Australian History 1932 (Age 46)
 

Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens
Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister
Death of a father 10 March 1933 (Age 47)
 Undera North, Victoria, Australia

father - David Madill
Australian History 1933 (Age 47)
 

Note: Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments
Australian History 1936 (Age 50)
 

Note: The last Thylacine dies
Australian History 1937 (Age 51)
 

Note: The radio series Dad and Dave begins
Australian History 1938 (Age 52)
 

Note: Sydney hosts the Empire Games, the forerunner to the Commonwealth Games
Australian History 1939 (Age 53)
 

Note: (April) Prime Minister Lyons dies in office and is replaced by Robert Menzies and the first Menzies Government
Note: (September) Australia enters the Second World War following the German Invasion of Poland. The 2nd Australian Imperial Force is raised.
Note: The first flight is made by an Australian-made warplane, the Wirraway
Note: Victoria is devastated by the Black Friday bushfires
Australian History 1940 (Age 54)
 

Note: A team of scientists, under Howard Florey, develops penicillin
Note: Fascist Italy enters war, Royal Australian Navy engages Italian Navy in the early stages of the Battle of the Mediterranean.
Australian History 1941 (Age 55)
 

Note: 3 Divisions of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force join operations in the Mediterranean. After initial successes against Italy, 2nd AIF suffered defeat against the Germans in Greece, Crete, and North Africa.
Note: Apr-Aug, Australian garrison (Rats of Tobruk) halt advance of Hitler's panzers for the first time during the Siege of Tobruk.
Note: Menzies resigns and John Curtin becomes Prime Minister in the Curtin Government of 1941-45.
Australian History 1942 (Age 56)
 

Note: Feb, Fall of Singapore. 15,000 Australians become Prisoners of War of the Japanese
Note: 1942-43 - Japanese air raids - almost 100 attacks against sites in the Northern Territory, Western Australia and Queensland.
Note: The Royal Australian Navy and 6th and 7th Divisions of 2nd AIF are recalled from Mediterranean Theatre to participate in the anticipated Battle of Australia.
Note: 1942-3 - Sparrow Force engages in guerilla campaign in Battle of Timor
Note: Battle of the Coral Sea - United States and Royal Australian Navy halt advance of the Japanese towards Port Moresby (Australian Territory of Papua)
Note: Battle of Kokoda Trail - Australian soldiers halt Japanese march on Port Moresby
Note: Aug-Sep, Australian forces inflict the first defeat on the Imperial Japanese Army in the Battle of Milne Bay.
Note: Jul-Nov, Australia's 9th Division plays crucial role in the First and Second Battle of El Alamein, which turned the North Africa Campaign in favour of the Allies.
Note: National daylight saving is introduced as a war time measure.
Note: The UK Statute of Westminster is formally adopted by Australia. The Statute formally grants Australia the right to pass laws that conflict with UK laws.
Australian History 1943 (Age 57)
 

Note: Australia wins its first Oscar, with cinematographer Damien Parer honoured for Kokoda Front Line! documentary.
Note: 2,815 Australian Pows die constructing Japan's Burma-Thailand Railway
Note: 1943-44 - Australian forces engage Japan in New Guinea, Wau, and the Huon peninsula.
Australian History 1944 (Age 58)
 

Note: Cowra breakout, mass escape of Japanese prisoners of war occurs in NSW.
Note: Japanese inflict Sandakan Death March on 2,000 Australian and British prisoners of war - only 6 survive. The single worst war crime perpetrated against Australians.
Note: Australian forces battle Japanese garrisons from Borneo to Bougainville.
Note: The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme is introduced, providing subsidised medicine to all Australians
Death of a son 1945 (Age 59)
 Australia

son - Albert Leslie Gilmore
Australian History 1945 (Age 59)
 

Note: the Liberal Party of Australia is established with Robert Menzies as its first leader.
Note: Australian forces lead Battle of Borneo
Note: (7 May) Nazi Germany surrenders
Note: (July) Prime Minister Curtin dies and is replaced by Ben Chifley and the Chifley Labor Government
Note: (1 August) Japan Surrenders
Note: Australia becomes a founding member of the United Nations
Note: The Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race is held for the first time
Australian History 1946 (Age 60)
 

Note: Minister for Immigration Arthur Calwell introduces the major post-war immigration scheme
Note: Norman Makin, is voted in as the first President of the United Nations Security Council.
Australian History 1948 (Age 62)
 

Note: Minister for External Affairs, Dr. H.V. Evatt is elected President of the United Nations General Assembly.
Note: Australia becomes a signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Australian History 1949 (Age 63)
 

Note: Construction of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme begins
Note: All indigenous ex-servicemen and any Indigenous Australians who are eligible to vote in State Elections (NSW, VIC, SA and TAS) are given an unrestricted right to vote in Federal Elections.
Note: The Nationality and Citizenship Act is passed. Rather than being identified as subjects of Britain, the Act established Australian citizenship for people who met eligibility requirements.
Note: Menzies returns to power as leader of the new Liberal Party Menzies Government.
Australian History 1950 (Age 64)
 

Note: 1950-53 - Australian troops are sent to the Korean War to assist South Korea.
Note: Voters reject a referendum to change the Constitution to allow the Menzies Government to ban the Communist Party
Australian History 1951 (Age 65)
 

Note: Australia signs the ANZUS treaty with the United States and New Zealand
Death of a half-brother 10 December 1952 (Age 67)
 Garfield, Victoria, Australia

half-brother - Thomas Matthew Madill
Australian History 1952 (Age 66)
 

Note: First nuclear test conducted in Australian territory by the United Kingdom off the coast of Western Australia.
Australian History 1954 (Age 68)
 

Note: Elizabeth II and Prince Philip make a royal visit; the Soviet diplomat Vladimir Petrov defects, leading to the Petrov Affair and another split in the Labor Party
Australian History 1955 (Age 69)
 

Note: Democratic Labor Party splits from Australian Labor Party over concerns of Communist influence in the labour movement
Note: Australia becomes involved in Malayan Insurgence
Note: Hotels in New South Wales no longer have to close at 6 p.m., ending the 'six o'clock swill'
Death of a half-sister 27 November 1956 (Age 70)
 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

half-sister - Annie Elizabeth Madill
Australian History 1956 (Age 70)
 

Note: Television in Australia is launched.
Note: Melbourne holds the Olympics
Note: performing artist Barry Humphries introduces Edna Everage to the Australian stage
Australian History 1957 (Age 71)
 

Note: The song 'Wild One' makes Johnny O'Keefe the first Australian rock'n'roller to reach the national charts.
Note: Slim Dusty's Australian country music hit Pub With No Beer becomes the first Australian song to attain international chart success.
Australian History 1962 (Age 76)
 

Note: Robert Menzies' Commonwealth Electoral Act provided that all Indigenous Australians should have the right to enrol and vote at federal elections, removing remaining restrictions applying in QLD, WA and NT.
Note: Malayan Insurgence ends
Australian History 1964 (Age 78)
 

Note: The Beatles tour Australia;
Note: 82 sailors die when HMAS Voyager sinks after being rammed by HMAS Melbourne;
Note: The editors of Oz magazine are charged with obscenity;
Note: PM Robert Menzies announces the reintroduction of compulsory military service for men aged from 18-25 years old;
Note: First troops sent to Vietnam War.
Australian History 1965 (Age 79)
 

Note: Indigenous Australians gain right to vote in state of Queensland
Australian History 1966 (Age 80)
 

Note: The ban on the employment of married women in the Commonwealth Public Service is lifted;
Note: Menzies retires as Australia's longest-serving Prime Minister and is succeeded by Harold Holt.
Australian History 14 February 1966 (Age 80)
 

Note: Decimalisation; on 14 February the Australian currency is changed to dollars and cents, with the Australian Dollar replacing the Australian pound.
Australian History 1967 (Age 81)
 

Note: Large areas of Hobart and south-eastern Tasmania are devastated by bushfires on 7 February that kill 62 people;
Note: Prime Minister Holt drowns and is succeeded by John Gorton;
Note: The constitution is changed to allow Aboriginal Australians to be included in the population count and for the federal government to legislate for them; Sydney is rocked by a series of brutal underworld killings;
Note: Talkback radio is introduced;
Note: British comedian Tony Hancock commits suicide in Sydney;
Note: Gough Whitlam becomes leader of the Labor Party;
Note: Ronald Ryan becomes the last person legally executed in Australia.
Australian History 1968 (Age 82)
 

Note: Australia signs the nuclear non-proliferation treaty; Aboriginal boxing champion Lionel Rose defeats Masahiko 'Fighting' Harada in Japan to become the world bantamweight champion; Australia's first liver transplant operation is performed in Sydney;
Australian History 1969 (Age 83)
 

Note: French conceptual artist Christo 'wraps' Little Bay in Sydney;
Note: Renowned author-artists Norman Lindsay and May Gibbs die;
Note: The Australian production of the rock musical Hair premieres in Sydney;
Note: Top pop groups The Easybeats and The Twilights break up; Tim Burstall directs2000 Weeks, the first all-Australian feature released since Charles Chauvel's Jedda in 1958
Death of a sister 16 October 1970 (Age 84)
 Rosebud, Victoria, Australia

younger sister - Elizabeth Isabel Madill
Death of a sister 1970 (Age 84)
 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

younger sister - Daisy Madill
Australian History 1970 (Age 84)
 

Note: More than 200,000 people participate in the largest demonstrations in Australian history, against the Vietnam War
Death of a half-brother 6 June 1971 (Age 85)
 Numurkah, Victoria, Australia

half-brother - Leslie George Madill
Australian History 1971 (Age 85)
 

Note: Neville Bonner becomes the first Aborigine to become an Australian Member of Parliament;
Note: John Gorton resigns and is succeeded by William McMahon
Note: The 1971 Springbok tour sparks protest all throughout Australia. Premier of Queensland Joh Bjelke-Petersen declares a state of emergency in QLD in response to escalating protest.
Note: Daylight Saving is introduced to New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, and the Australian Capital Territory.
Australian History 1972 (Age 86)
 

Note: The Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission rules that women doing the same job as men have the right to be paid the same wage.
Note: Aboriginal Tent Embassy erected in response to the Coalition government's approval of exploration licences and mining tenements on reserves
Note: The first Labor government since 1949 is elected under the leadership of Gough Whitlam
Note: Australia recognizes the People's Republic of China
Note: Queensland abandons Daylight Saving.
Australian History 1973 (Age 87)
 

Note: The Sydney Opera House is opened
Note: The White Australian Policy (established 1901) is officially dismantled
Note: Vietnam War ends
Note: The federal voting age is dropped from 21 to 18
Note: Unionists save the historic 'The Rocks' area of Sydney from demolition by introducing 'Green Bans'
Note: Patrick White becomes the first Australian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature
Australian History 1974 (Age 88)
 

Note: Darwin is devastated by Cyclone Tracy
Australian History 1975 (Age 89)
 

Note: (November) A constitutional crisis occurs when Malcolm Fraser blocks supply, bringing the nation to a standstill until Governor-General John Kerr dismisses Prime Minister Gough Whitlam on the 11.11.75. Fraser wins elections and becomes Prime Minister
Note: The 'Privy Council (Appeals from the High Court) Act removes the right to appeal High Court decisions to the British Privy Council. Appeals to the Privy Council direct from State Supreme Courts remain until 1988.
Note: South Australia becomes the first state in Australia to legalise homosexuality between consenting adults in private.
Note: Whitlam government introduced the Aboriginal Land (NT) Bill into Parliament. The bill proposed land rights in the Northern Territory based on land claimed on grounds of need as well as traditional affiliation and traditional landowners maintaining control over mining and development.
Death of a sister 18 April 1976 (Age 90)
 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

elder sister - Ethel Madill
Australian History 1976 (Age 90)
 

Note: The Australian Capital Territory legalises homosexuality between consenting adults in private.
Australian History 1977 (Age 91)
 

Note: Advance Australia Fair becomes Australia's official national anthem
Note: Granville rail disaster killed eighty-three people
Death of a sister 15 May 1978 (Age 92)
 Finley, New South Wales, Australia

younger sister - Ida Lilian Madill
Death of a half-sister 21 December 1978 (Age 93)
 Prahran, Victoria, Australia

half-sister - Gertrude "Rita" Madill
Australian History 1978 (Age 92)
 

Note: The First Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras kicks off in Sydney
Australian History 1979 (Age 93)
 

Note: Australian women win the right to maternity leave
Note: Kakadu National Park and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park are both proclaimed.
Australian History 1980 (Age 94)
 

Note: Baby Azaria Chamberlain disappears from a campsite at Uluru (Ayers Rock), reportedly taken by a dingo. The Coalition wins the 1980 Australian federal election.
Australian History 1981 (Age 95)
 

Note: A referendum is held in Tasmania to vote for whether or not the Franklin Dam should be built.
Death of a son 1982 (Age 96)
 Australia

son - Leslie Gilmore
Death of a half-brother 7 August 1982 (Age 96)
 Warragul, Victoria, Australia

half-brother - David James "Jim" Madill
Burial of a half-brother 10 August 1982 (Age 96)
 Warragul, Victoria, Australia

half-brother - David James "Jim" Madill
Australian History 1982 (Age 96)
 

Note: Commonwealth Games held in Brisbane. The National Gallery of Australia is opened.
Death of a brother 12 July 1983 (Age 97)
 Berrigan, Victoria, Australia

younger brother - Albert Ernest Madill
Australian History 1983 (Age 97)
 

Note: Australia wins the America's Cup;
Note: Bob Hawke defeats Fraser and leads Labor back to government.
Note: The Australian Dollar is floated.
Note: The Ash Wednesday fires kill 71 people.
Australian History 1984 (Age 98)
 

Note: Advance Australia Fair is proclaimed as Australia's national anthem.
Note: The one dollar coin is introduced.
Note: Labor wins the 1984 Australian federal election.
Note: Medicare is established.
Australian History 1985 (Age 99)
 

Note: The government grants the freehold title of a large area of land in central Australia, including prominent landmarks Uluru and Kata Tjuta, to the Mutitjulu people, who in turn give them a 99-year lease.
Note: The last state to do so (New South Wales) abolishes capital punishment.
Australian History 1986 (Age 100)
 

Note: The Australia Act removes the right of appeal from State courts to the British Privy Council, making the High Court the final court of appeal in Australia. The Act also removes all remaining rights of the UK parliament to pass law for Australia. Anita Cobby murder in Sydney. Russell Street Bombing in Melbourne. Crocodile Dundee is released in Australia.
Australian History 1987 (Age 101)
 

Note: Hoddle Street Massacre kills 7 victims and injures 19,
Note: Queen Street Massacre kills 8 victims and injures 5.
Note: Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen resigns as Premier of Queensland after 19 years at the top.
Australian History 1988 (Age 102)
 

Note: Australia celebrates its bicentenary, with large celebrations and major funding for capital works projects. The new Parliament House opens. Federal referendums on 4-year parliamentary terms, recognition of local government and other issues are defeated. Brisbane hosts World Expo '88.
Australian History 1989 (Age 103)
 

Note: Newcastle Earthquake kills 13 people.
Note: ACT gains self-Government.
Note: The Kempsey bus crash and Grafton bus crash kill a total of 56 people.
Note: Queensland commences three-year trial of Daylight Saving.
Note: Rosemary Follett (Australian Labor Party) becomes the first Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory and the first woman to become head of government in an Australian state or territory.
Deathyes
 

Family with parents - View family
father
Madill David.jpg David Madill

Birth 22 July 1855 25 25  Mullaghboy, Monaghan, Ireland

Death 10 March 1933 (Age 77) Age: 77  Undera North, Victoria, Australia

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5 months
mother
Mary Ellen Ryan

Birth 1856  Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Death 1898 (Age 42)  Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

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Marriage: about 1881
16 months
#1 elder sister
Madill Edith.jpg Edith May Madill

Birth 16 May 1882 26 26  Undera, Victoria, Australia

Death 18 July 1931 (Age 49)  Carnegie, Victoria, Australia

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#2 elder sister
Madill Ethel.jpg Ethel Madill

Birth 4 January 1884 28 28  Undera, Victoria, Australia

Death 18 April 1976 (Age 92)  Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

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23 months
#3 herself
Madill Margaret.jpg Margaret Rebecca Ellen Madill

Birth 9 December 1885 30 29  Undera, Victoria, Australia

Death yes  

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21 months
#4 younger sister
Madill Isabelle.jpg Elizabeth Isabel Madill

Birth 25 August 1887 32 31  Undera, Victoria, Australia

Death 16 October 1970 (Age 83)  Rosebud, Victoria, Australia

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2 years
#5 younger sister
Madill Alice.jpg Alice Madill

Birth 24 August 1889 34 33  Undera, Victoria, Australia

Death yes  

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2 years
#6 younger sister
Madill Daisy.jpg Daisy Madill

Birth 14 September 1891 36 35  Undera, Victoria, Australia

Death 1970 (Age 78)  Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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21 months
#7 younger brother
Madill Albert.jpg Albert Ernest Madill

Birth 27 June 1893 37 37  Undera, Victoria, Australia

Death 12 July 1983 (Age 90)  Berrigan, Victoria, Australia

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23 months
#8 younger sister
Madill Ida.jpg Ida Lilian Madill

Birth 6 June 1895 39 39  Undera, Victoria, Australia

Death 15 May 1978 (Age 82)  Finley, New South Wales, Australia

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Father’s family with Adelaide Annie Briggs - View family
father
Madill David.jpg David Madill

Birth 22 July 1855 25 25  Mullaghboy, Monaghan, Ireland

Death 10 March 1933 (Age 77) Age: 77  Undera North, Victoria, Australia

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5 months
step-mother
Adelaide Annie Briggs

Birth 1856 22 21  Ararat, Victoria, Australia

Death 11 December 1879 (Age 23)  Ararat, Victoria, Australia

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Marriage: 1877 — Clunes, Victoria, Australia
3 years
#1 half-sister
Madill Annie Elizabeth.jpg Annie Elizabeth Madill

Birth 9 August 1879 24 23  Undera, Victoria, Australia

Death 27 November 1956 (Age 77)  Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

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father
Madill David.jpg David Madill

Birth 22 July 1855 25 25  Mullaghboy, Monaghan, Ireland

Death 10 March 1933 (Age 77) Age: 77  Undera North, Victoria, Australia

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27 years
step-mother
Abina Maude Lynas Abina Maude Lynas

Birth 10 July 1882 40 34  Hanna Street, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Death 6 July 1963 (Age 80)  Traralgon, Victoria, Australia

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Marriage: 1898 — 66 Herbet Street, Albert Park, Victoria, Australia
3 years
#1 half-sister
Abina Maude Madill Abina Maude Madill

Birth 10 September 1900 45 18  Undera, Victoria, Australia

Death 19 May 1993 (Age 92)  Kew, Victoria, Australia

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3 years
#2 half-brother
Madill David James (Pa) 2.jpg David James "Jim" Madill

Birth 28 February 1903 47 20  Albert Park, Victoria, Australia

Death 7 August 1982 (Age 79)  Warragul, Victoria, Australia

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11 months
#3 half-brother
Madill Thomas Mathew.jpg Thomas Matthew Madill

Birth 1 February 1904 48 21  Undera, Victoria, Australia

Death 10 December 1952 (Age 48)  Garfield, Victoria, Australia

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20 months
#4 half-sister
Madill Elsie.jpg Elsie Madill

Birth 15 October 1905 50 23  Undera, Victoria, Australia

Death 2 June 1995 (Age 89)  Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia

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21 months
#5 half-sister
Madill Florence.jpg Florence "May" Madill

Birth 11 July 1907 51 25  Undera, Victoria, Australia

Death yes  

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5 years
#6 half-sister
Madill Rita.jpg Gertrude "Rita" Madill

Birth 8 August 1912 57 30  Undera, Victoria, Australia

Death 21 December 1978 (Age 66)  Prahran, Victoria, Australia

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17 months
#7 half-brother
Madill Frederick Lynas.jpg Frederick Lynas "Fred" Madill

Birth 28 December 1913 58 31  Undera, Victoria, Australia

Death August 2007 (Age 93)  Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

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17 months
#8 half-brother
Leslie George Madill Leslie George Madill

Birth 17 May 1915 59 32  Undera, Victoria, Australia

Death 6 June 1971 (Age 56)  Numurkah, Victoria, Australia

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4 years
#9 half-sister
Madill Phyllis.jpg Phyllis Rosiland Madill

Birth 28 February 1919 63 36  Undera, Victoria, Australia

Death 4 July 2011 (Age 92)  

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husband
Robert Corbett Gilmore

Birth 1882  Undera, Victoria, Australia

Death yes  

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4 years
herself
Madill Margaret.jpg Margaret Rebecca Ellen Madill

Birth 9 December 1885 30 29  Undera, Victoria, Australia

Death yes  

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#1 daughter
Ida Gilmore

Birth 1915 33 29  Australia

Death yes  

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3 years
#2 son
Albert Leslie Gilmore

Birth 1918 36 32  Australia

Death 1945 (Age 27)  Australia

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2 years
#3 son
Leslie Gilmore

Birth 1920 38 34  Australia

Death 1982 (Age 62)  Australia

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#4 son
Private
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Margaret Rebecca Ellen Madill has 21 first cousins recorded

Father's family (21)

Parents John Sherry + Ann Jane Madill
1 John Thomas Sherry 1875–?
2 Edwin David Sherry 1877–1951
3 Mary Ann Sherry 1879–?
4 Thomas Mathew Sherry 1881–1971
5 Lela Maud Sherry 1884–1976
6 Francis Henry Sherry 1886–?
7 Voilet May Sherry 1890–1972
8 Winifred Sherry 1891–1974
9 Margaret Ellen Sherry 1895–?
Parents James Alfred Bilson + Mary Ellinor Madill
1 Walter Frankling Bilson 1882–1894
2 Reginald Madill Bilson 1884–1967
3 Ellen May Bilson 1886–?
4 David Leslie Bilson 1888–?
5 Alfred Osland Bilson 1890–1968
6 James Arthur Bilson 1893–1894
7 Adelaide Elizabeth Bilson 1895–?
8 Irene Mary Bilson 1900–?
Parents James Henry Ryan + Margaret Ann Madill
1 Eva Adelaide Ryan 1891–?
2 Herbert Ernest Ryan 1893–?
3 Vera Mabel Ryan 1907–1998
4 Ella Margaret Ryan 1909–?

Mother's family (0)


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