Charles Rodney StewartAge: 391899–1938
- Name
- Charles Rodney Stewart
- Given names
- Charles Rodney
- Surname
- Stewart
| Birth | 27 February 1899 46 42 Tatura, Victoria, Australia |
| Australian History | 1899 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. |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | 22 November 1900 (Age 20 months) Tatura, Victoria, Australia
paternal grandmother -
Georgina Rowan
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| Australian History | 1900 (Age 10 months) 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 |
| Family Photo | Family Photo about 1901 (Age 22 months)Stewart Ivie and Sarah and family about 1901 Note: (need to confirm a date) |
| Australian History | 1901 (Age 22 months) Note: (01 Jan) Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General Note: The first parliament met in Parliament House, Melbourne Note: Immigration Restriction act was introduced- The White Australian Policy Note: The Australian National Flag was flown for the first time |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | 1902 (Age 2) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
maternal grandfather -
John Lupton
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| Australian History | 1902 (Age 2) 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 3) 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 |
| Australian History | 1904 (Age 4) Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government |
| Marriage of a sister | Naomi Eliza Stewart - View family 17 August 1906 (Age 7) Tatura, Victoria, Australia
brother-in-law -
John Fairbairn Dunolp
elder sister -
Naomi Eliza Stewart
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| Australian History | 1906 (Age 6) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Death of a mother | 18 August 1907 (Age 8) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
mother -
Sarah Ann Lupton
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| Marriage of a sister | Emma Tomina "Sis" Stewart - View family 30 October 1907 (Age 8) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
brother-in-law -
Robert Gregg "Bob" Starritt
elder sister -
Emma Tomina "Sis" Stewart
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| Australian History | 1908 (Age 8) 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 9) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 10) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 11) 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. |
| Australian History | 1912 (Age 12) 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 |
| Australian History | 1913 (Age 13) 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 13) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 14) 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. |
| Australian History | 1915 (Age 15) 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 |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | 1916 (Age 16) Essendon, Victoria, Australia
maternal grandmother -
Jane Laing
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| Australian History | 1916 (Age 16) 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 17) 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 18) 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. |
| Australian History | 1919 (Age 19) 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 20) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Australian History | 1921 (Age 21) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Australian History | 1922 (Age 22) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Australian History | 1923 (Age 23) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
| Australian History | 1926 (Age 26) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held |
| Australian History | 1927 (Age 27) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital |
| Australian History | 1928 (Age 28) 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 29) Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia. |
| Marriage of a sister | Florence "Floss" Stewart - View family 1930 (estimated) (Age 30)
brother-in-law -
Charles Edwin Mc Donald
elder sister -
Florence "Floss" Stewart
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| Australian History | 1930 (Age 30) Note: Batsman Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings Note: Phar Lap wins his first Melbourne Cup |
| Australian History | 1931 (Age 31) Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia |
| Australian History | 1932 (Age 32) Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1933 (Age 33) 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 36) Note: The last Thylacine dies |
| Death of a father | 6 October 1937 (Age 38) Mooroopna Base Hospital, Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
father -
Ivie Stewart
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| Australian History | 1937 (Age 37) Note: The radio series Dad and Dave begins |
| Australian History | 1938 (Age 38) Note: Sydney hosts the Empire Games, the forerunner to the Commonwealth Games |
| Death | 16 May 1938 (Age 39) Ivie, Sarah Ann, Charles Rodney, Elizabeth Ivena, and Ivie Lindsay Stewart grave |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Birth 1853 50 32 Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland Death 6 October 1937 (Age 84) Mooroopna Base Hospital, Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
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4 years mother |
Birth 31 October 1856 34 22 Geelong, Victoria, Australia Death 18 August 1907 (Age 50) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
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Marriage: 14 November 1878 — Tatura, Victoria, Australia |
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14 months #1 elder sister |
Birth 17 January 1880 27 23 Death 7 September 1960 (Age 80) Tatura, Victoria, Australia |
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14 months #2 elder sister |
Birth 10 March 1881 28 24 North West Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Death 4 January 1950 (Age 68) Shepparton, Victoria, Australia |
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22 months #3 elder sister |
Birth 19 January 1883 30 26 Tatura, Victoria, Australia Death December 1972 (Age 89) Staincross, Yorkshire West Riding, England |
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19 months #4 elder brother |
Birth 5 August 1884 31 27 Tatura, Victoria, Australia Death 12 December 1969 (Age 85) Noor, Victoria, Australia |
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20 months #5 elder brother |
Birth 14 April 1886 33 29 Tatura, Victoria, Australia Death 21 July 1962 (Age 76) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
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20 months #6 elder sister |
Birth 9 December 1887 34 31 Tatura, Victoria, Australia Death 14 February 1941 (Age 53) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
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15 months #7 elder brother |
Birth 26 February 1889 36 32 Tatura, Victoria, Australia Death 23 October 1962 (Age 73) Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia |
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21 months #8 elder sister |
Birth 29 November 1890 37 34 Tatura, Victoria, Australia Death 4 June 1966 (Age 75) Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia |
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18 months #9 elder brother |
Birth 20 May 1892 39 35 Tatura, Victoria, Australia Death 1970 (Age 77) Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia |
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19 months #10 elder brother |
Birth 26 December 1893 40 37 Tatura, Victoria, Australia Death 26 August 1945 (Age 51) Tatura, Victoria, Australia |
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4 years #11 elder sister |
Birth 27 October 1897 44 40 Tatura, Victoria, Australia Death 21 September 1987 (Age 89) Tatura, Victoria, Australia |
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16 months #12 himself |
Birth 27 February 1899 46 42 Tatura, Victoria, Australia Death 16 May 1938 (Age 39) |
Charles Rodney Stewart has 18 first cousins recorded
Father's family (18)
Parents Andrew David Barron + Tomina Stewart
Parents Andrew Robert Stewart + Mary Ann …
Parents James Stewart + Margaret Ann Cobbledick
Mother's family (0)
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