Margaret Jane StarrittAge: 381871–1910
- Name
- Margaret Jane Starritt
- Given names
- Margaret Jane
- Surname
- Starritt
| Birth | 20 August 1871 28 26 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
| Australian History | 1872 (Age 4 months) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Birth of a sister | 8 June 1873 (Age 21 months) Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
younger sister -
Sarah Ann Starritt
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| Australian History | 1873 (Age 16 months) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | 1 March 1875 (Age 3) Gortnalabin, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland
paternal grandmother -
Margaret Brown
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| Birth of a brother | 16 May 1875 (Age 3) Gunbower, Victoria, Australia
younger brother -
Robert Gregg "Bob" Starritt
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| Residence | 1875 (Age 3) Gunbower, Victoria, Australia |
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 3) 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 sister | 23 August 1877 (Age 6) Gunbower, Victoria, Australia
younger sister -
Ellenor Mary Starritt
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| Australian History | 1878 (Age 6) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Birth of a sister | November 1879 (Age 8) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
younger sister -
Martha Starritt
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| Australian History | 1879 (Age 7) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 8) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
| Birth of a brother | 11 June 1881 (Age 9) Gunbower, Victoria, Australia
younger brother -
George Starritt OBE
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| Death of a sister | 4 August 1882 (Age 10) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
younger sister -
Martha Starritt
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| Australian History | 1882 (Age 10) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 11) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Birth of a sister | 1885 (Age 13) Australia
younger sister -
Catherine Matilda "Cassie" Starritt
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| Australian History | 1887 (Age 15) 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 17) 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 18) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 19) 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 20) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 21) 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 22) 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. |
| Marriage | George Gordon - View family 1895 (estimated) (Age 23) Margaret and George Gordon |
| Australian History | 1895 (Age 23) 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 24) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 25) 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 26) 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 27) 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. |
| Australian History | 1900 (Age 28) 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 |
| Marriage of a sister | Sarah Ann Starritt - View family 10 October 1901 (Age 30)
brother-in-law -
Richard Harry Thomas
younger sister -
Sarah Ann Starritt
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| Australian History | 1901 (Age 29) 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 30) 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 |
| Marriage of a sister | Ellenor Mary Starritt - View family 1903 (Age 31)
brother-in-law -
James Buchanan Rankin Sr.
younger sister -
Ellenor Mary Starritt
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| Australian History | 1903 (Age 31) 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 32) 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 34) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Marriage of a brother | Robert Gregg "Bob" Starritt - View family 30 October 1907 (Age 36) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
younger brother -
Robert Gregg "Bob" Starritt
sister-in-law -
Emma Tomina "Sis" Stewart
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| Australian History | 1908 (Age 36) 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 37) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Death of a husband | 1910 (Age 38)
husband -
George Gordon
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| Australian History | 1910 (Age 38) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Death | 24 July 1910 (Age 38) Note: Died after giving birth to their first child. The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Tuesday 26 July 1910 |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Birth 1843 33 Gortnalabin, Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland Death 22 January 1921 (Age 78) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
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2 years mother |
Birth 1845 35 Moneylagan, Donegal, Ireland Death 25 August 1918 (Age 73) Shepparton, Victoria, Australia |
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Marriage: 2 August 1870 — Creswick, Victoria, Australia |
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13 months #1 herself |
Birth 20 August 1871 28 26 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Death 24 July 1910 (Age 38) |
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22 months #2 younger sister |
Birth 8 June 1873 30 28 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Death 16 August 1945 (Age 72) |
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23 months #3 younger brother |
Birth 16 May 1875 32 30 Gunbower, Victoria, Australia Death 7 April 1933 (Age 57) Australia |
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2 years #4 younger sister |
Birth 23 August 1877 34 32 Gunbower, Victoria, Australia Death 9 December 1958 (Age 81) |
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4 years #5 younger brother |
Birth 11 June 1881 38 36 Gunbower, Victoria, Australia Death 25 May 1971 (Age 89) |
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4 years #6 younger sister |
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-5 years #7 younger sister |
Martha Starritt
Birth November 1879 36 34 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Death 4 August 1882 (Age 2) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
| Family with George Gordon - View family |
| husband |
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| herself |
Birth 20 August 1871 28 26 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Death 24 July 1910 (Age 38) |
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Marriage: 1895 (estimated) |
Margaret Jane Starritt has 35 first cousins recorded
Father's family (21)
Parents John Starritt + Isabella Mc Phee
Parents Alexander Starritt + Martha Gregg
Parents Alexander Starritt + Mattie Rutherford
Mother's family (14)
Parents John Johnston + Mary Gregg
Parents Richard Gregg + Catherine Mc Kay
Parents Robert Gregg + Isabella Gibson
| Australian History | Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Australian History | SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. |
| Australian History | First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. |
| Australian History | First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway |
| Australian History | 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 | The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. |
| Australian History | The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | A National Australasian Convention meets, agrees on adopting the name 'the Commonwealth of Australia' and drafting a constitution. |
| Australian History | Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 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 | 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 | The premiers, except for those of Queensland and Western Australia, agree to implement the Corowa proposals. |
| Australian History | The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 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. |
| Australian History | The Convention agrees on a final draft to be put to the people. |
| Australian History | The decision is made to site the national capital in New South Wales, but not within 100 miles of Sydney. |
| Australian History | Several delegates visit London to resist proposed changes to the agreed-upon constitution. |
| Australian History | (01 Jan) Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General |
| Australian History | 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. |
| Australian History | The High Court of Australia is established with Samuel Griffith as the first Chief Justice. |
| Australian History | A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital |
| Australian History | Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Australian History | Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country |
| Australian History | The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Death | Died after giving birth to their first child. |
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