Birth | 24 August 1889 34 33 Undera, Victoria, Australia |
Marriage | Hewson Armitage - View family New Zealand |
Occupation | Nurse |
Australian History | 1889 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 months) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
Birth of a sister | 14 September 1891 (Age 2) Undera, Victoria, Australia
younger sister -
Daisy Madill
|
Australian History | 1891 (Age 16 months) 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 2) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
Birth of a brother | 27 June 1893 (Age 3) Undera, Victoria, Australia
younger brother -
Albert Ernest Madill
|
Australian History | 1893 (Age 3) 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 4) 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 5) Undera, Victoria, Australia
younger sister -
Ida Lilian Madill
|
Australian History | 1895 (Age 5) 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 6) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
Australian History | 1897 (Age 7) 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 father | David Madill - View family 1898 (Age 8) 66 Herbet Street, Albert Park, Victoria, Australia
father -
David Madill
step-mother -
Abina Maude Lynas
|
Death of a mother | 1898 (Age 8) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
mother -
Mary Ellen Ryan
|
Australian History | 1898 (Age 8) 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. |
Event | Family Photo 1899 (Age 9) |
Australian History | 1899 (Age 9) 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 11) Undera, Victoria, Australia
half-sister -
Abina Maude Madill
|
Australian History | 1900 (Age 10) 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 12) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
paternal grandmother -
Mary Ann Hall
|
Australian History | 1901 (Age 11) 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 12) 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 13) Albert Park, Victoria, Australia
half-brother -
David James "Jim" Madill
|
Australian History | 1903 (Age 13) 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 14) Undera, Victoria, Australia
half-brother -
Thomas Matthew Madill
|
Marriage of a sister | Edith May Madill - View family 26 August 1904 (Age 15) 101 Gore Street, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
brother-in-law -
John "Arthur" Lynas
elder sister -
Edith May Madill
|
Australian History | 1904 (Age 14) 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 16) Undera, Victoria, Australia
half-sister -
Elsie Madill
|
Australian History | 1906 (Age 16) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
Birth of a half-sister | 11 July 1907 (Age 17) Undera, Victoria, Australia
half-sister -
Florence "May" Madill
|
Death of a paternal grandfather | 21 January 1908 (Age 18) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
paternal grandfather -
Matthew Madill
|
Australian History | 1908 (Age 18) 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 19) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
Marriage of a sister | Ethel Madill - View family 1910 (Age 20) Victoria, Australia
brother-in-law -
George Walter Adams
elder sister -
Ethel Madill
|
Australian History | 1910 (Age 20) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
Marriage of a sister | Elizabeth Isabel Madill - View family 1911 (Age 21) Victoria, Australia
brother-in-law -
Angus Mc Donald
elder sister -
Elizabeth Isabel Madill
|
Australian History | 1911 (Age 21) 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 22) Undera, Victoria, Australia
half-sister -
Gertrude "Rita" Madill
|
Australian History | 1912 (Age 22) 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 24) Undera, Victoria, Australia
half-brother -
Frederick Lynas "Fred" Madill
|
Australian History | 1913 (Age 23) 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 23) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
Australian History | 1914 (Age 24) 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 half-brother | 17 May 1915 (Age 25) Undera, Victoria, Australia
half-brother -
Leslie George Madill
|
Australian History | 1915 (Age 25) 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 26) 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 27) 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. |
Australian History | 1918 (Age 28) 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 29) Undera, Victoria, Australia
half-sister -
Phyllis Rosiland Madill
|
Australian History | 1919 (Age 29) 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. |
Australian History | 1920 (Age 30) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
Australian History | 1921 (Age 31) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
Australian History | 1922 (Age 32) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
Australian History | 1923 (Age 33) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
Marriage of a half-sister | Abina Maude Madill - View family 1924 (estimated) (Age 34)
father's son-in-law -
John "Jack" Stewart Maddock
half-sister -
Abina Maude Madill
|
Australian History | 1926 (Age 36) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held |
Australian History | 1927 (Age 37) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital |
Australian History | 1928 (Age 38) 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 39) Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia. |
Australian History | 1930 (Age 40) 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 41) Carnegie, Victoria, Australia
elder sister -
Edith May Madill
|
Australian History | 1931 (Age 41) Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia |
Australian History | 1932 (Age 42) 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 43) Undera North, Victoria, Australia
father -
David Madill
|
Australian History | 1933 (Age 43) 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 46) Note: The last Thylacine dies |
Australian History | 1937 (Age 47) Note: The radio series Dad and Dave begins |
Australian History | 1938 (Age 48) Note: Sydney hosts the Empire Games, the forerunner to the Commonwealth Games |
Australian History | 1939 (Age 49) 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 50) 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 51) 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 52) 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 53) 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 54) 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 |
Australian History | 1945 (Age 55) 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 56) 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 58) 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 59) 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 60) 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 61) Note: Australia signs the ANZUS treaty with the United States and New Zealand |
Death of a half-brother | 10 December 1952 (Age 63) Garfield, Victoria, Australia
half-brother -
Thomas Matthew Madill
|
Australian History | 1952 (Age 62) Note: First nuclear test conducted in Australian territory by the United Kingdom off the coast of Western Australia. |
Australian History | 1954 (Age 64) 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 65) 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 67) Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
half-sister -
Annie Elizabeth Madill
|
Australian History | 1956 (Age 66) 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 67) 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 72) 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 74) 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 75) Note: Indigenous Australians gain right to vote in state of Queensland |
Australian History | 1966 (Age 76) 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 76) 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 77) 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 78) 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 79) 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 81) Rosebud, Victoria, Australia
elder sister -
Elizabeth Isabel Madill
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Death of a sister | 1970 (Age 80) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
younger sister -
Daisy Madill
|
Australian History | 1970 (Age 80) 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 81) Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
half-brother -
Leslie George Madill
|
Australian History | 1971 (Age 81) 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 82) 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 83) 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 84) Note: Darwin is devastated by Cyclone Tracy |
Australian History | 1975 (Age 85) 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 86) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
elder sister -
Ethel Madill
|
Australian History | 1976 (Age 86) Note: The Australian Capital Territory legalises homosexuality between consenting adults in private. |
Australian History | 1977 (Age 87) 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 88) Finley, New South Wales, Australia
younger sister -
Ida Lilian Madill
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Death of a half-sister | 21 December 1978 (Age 89) Prahran, Victoria, Australia
half-sister -
Gertrude "Rita" Madill
|
Australian History | 1978 (Age 88) Note: The First Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras kicks off in Sydney |
Australian History | 1979 (Age 89) 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 90) 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 91) Note: A referendum is held in Tasmania to vote for whether or not the Franklin Dam should be built. |
Death of a half-brother | 7 August 1982 (Age 92) Warragul, Victoria, Australia
half-brother -
David James "Jim" Madill
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Burial of a half-brother | 10 August 1982 (Age 92) Warragul, Victoria, Australia
half-brother -
David James "Jim" Madill
|
Australian History | 1982 (Age 92) Note: Commonwealth Games held in Brisbane. The National Gallery of Australia is opened. |
Death of a brother | 12 July 1983 (Age 93) Berrigan, Victoria, Australia
younger brother -
Albert Ernest Madill
|
Australian History | 1983 (Age 93) 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 94) 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 95) 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 96) 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 97) 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 98) 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 99) 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. |
Australian History | 1990 (Age 100) Note: Royal Australian Navy deployed in preparation for the First Gulf War. Note: Carmen Lawrence becomes the first female premier of an Australian state. Note: Labor wins the 1990 federal election. |
Australian History | 1991 (Age 101) Note: Prime Minister Bob Hawke is replaced by Paul Keating. Note: Seven people die in the Strathfield massacre. Note: Prominent heart surgeon Victor Chang is gunned down. Note: The Coode Island chemical storage facility in Melbourne explodes, leaving a toxic cloud hanging over the city for days. |
Australian History | 1992 (Age 102) Note: The High Court delivers the Mabo Decision, which rules that indigenous native title does exist. This effectively extinguishes the concept of terra nullius. Note: New South Wales Premier Nick Greiner resigns. Note: Queensland holds a Referendum on Daylight Saving, which is defeated with a 54.5% 'no' vote. |
Death of a half-sister | 19 May 1993 (Age 103) Kew, Victoria, Australia
half-sister -
Abina Maude Madill
|
Australian History | 1993 (Age 103) Note: Keating defeats John Hewson in the 1993 federal election; Note: The Australian Greens stand candidates for the first time. |
Death | yes |
Family with parents - View family |
father |
David Madill
Birth 22 July 1855 25 25 Mullaghboy, Monaghan, Ireland Death 10 March 1933 (Age 77) Age: 77 Undera North, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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5 months mother |
Mary Ellen Ryan
Birth 1856 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Death 1898 (Age 42) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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Marriage: about 1881 |
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16 months #1 elder sister |
Edith May Madill
Birth 16 May 1882 26 26 Undera, Victoria, Australia Death 18 July 1931 (Age 49) Carnegie, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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20 months #2 elder sister |
Ethel Madill
Birth 4 January 1884 28 28 Undera, Victoria, Australia Death 18 April 1976 (Age 92) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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23 months #3 elder sister |
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21 months #4 elder sister |
Elizabeth Isabel Madill
Birth 25 August 1887 32 31 Undera, Victoria, Australia Death 16 October 1970 (Age 83) Rosebud, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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2 years #5 herself |
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2 years #6 younger sister |
Daisy Madill
Birth 14 September 1891 36 35 Undera, Victoria, Australia Death 1970 (Age 78) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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21 months #7 younger brother |
Albert Ernest Madill
Birth 27 June 1893 37 37 Undera, Victoria, Australia Death 12 July 1983 (Age 90) Berrigan, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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23 months #8 younger sister |
Ida Lilian Madill
Birth 6 June 1895 39 39 Undera, Victoria, Australia Death 15 May 1978 (Age 82) Finley, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
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Father’s family with Adelaide Annie Briggs - View family |
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David Madill
Birth 22 July 1855 25 25 Mullaghboy, Monaghan, Ireland Death 10 March 1933 (Age 77) Age: 77 Undera North, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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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 Loading...
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Marriage: 1877 — Clunes, Victoria, Australia |
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3 years #1 half-sister |
Annie Elizabeth Madill
Birth 9 August 1879 24 23 Undera, Victoria, Australia Death 27 November 1956 (Age 77) Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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Father’s family with Abina Maude Lynas - View family |
father |
David Madill
Birth 22 July 1855 25 25 Mullaghboy, Monaghan, Ireland Death 10 March 1933 (Age 77) Age: 77 Undera North, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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27 years step-mother |
Abina Maude Lynas
Birth 10 July 1882 40 34 Hanna Street, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Death 6 July 1963 (Age 80) Traralgon, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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Marriage: 1898 — 66 Herbet Street, Albert Park, Victoria, Australia |
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3 years #1 half-sister |
Abina Maude Madill
Birth 10 September 1900 45 18 Undera, Victoria, Australia Death 19 May 1993 (Age 92) Kew, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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3 years #2 half-brother |
David James "Jim" Madill
Birth 28 February 1903 47 20 Albert Park, Victoria, Australia Death 7 August 1982 (Age 79) Warragul, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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11 months #3 half-brother |
Thomas Matthew Madill
Birth 1 February 1904 48 21 Undera, Victoria, Australia Death 10 December 1952 (Age 48) Garfield, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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20 months #4 half-sister |
Elsie Madill
Birth 15 October 1905 50 23 Undera, Victoria, Australia Death 2 June 1995 (Age 89) Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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21 months #5 half-sister |
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5 years #6 half-sister |
Gertrude "Rita" Madill
Birth 8 August 1912 57 30 Undera, Victoria, Australia Death 21 December 1978 (Age 66) Prahran, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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17 months #7 half-brother |
Frederick Lynas "Fred" Madill
Birth 28 December 1913 58 31 Undera, Victoria, Australia Death August 2007 (Age 93) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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17 months #8 half-brother |
Leslie George Madill
Birth 17 May 1915 59 32 Undera, Victoria, Australia Death 6 June 1971 (Age 56) Numurkah, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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4 years #9 half-sister |
Phyllis Rosiland Madill
Birth 28 February 1919 63 36 Undera, Victoria, Australia Death 4 July 2011 (Age 92) Loading...
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Family with Hewson Armitage - View family |
husband |
Hewson Armitage
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Marriage: — New Zealand |