Robert Gregg1810–?
- Name
- Robert Gregg
- Given names
- Robert
- Surname
- Gregg
| Birth | 1810 42 Ireland |
| Birth of a son #1 | Ireland
son -
Thomas Gregg
|
| Birth of a sister | about 1815 (Age 5) Donegal, Ireland
younger sister -
Mary Gregg
|
| Occupation | Farmer Note: He inherited his father's farm in Ballynascadden generally called up tho brae |
| Australian History | 1817 (Age 7) Note: John Oxley charts the Lachlan River Note: Australia's first bank, the Bank of New South Wales, opens in Macquarie Place, Sydney (it became Westpac in 1982). Note: Governor Lachlan Macquarie petitioned the British Admiralty to use the name 'Australia' instead of 'New Holland' |
| Australian History | 1818 (Age 8) Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River. |
| Birth of a half-brother | 1819 (Age 9) Altrincham, Cheshire, England
half-brother -
Daniel Mc Entosh Gregg Sr.
|
| Birth of a half-sister | 1822 (estimated) (Age 12) Ballinascadden, Parish Of Killmacrenan, County Donegal, Ireland
half-sister -
Martha "Mattie" Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1824 (Age 14) Note: A penal colony is founded at Moreton Bay, now the city of Brisbane. Note: Bathurst and Melville Islands are annexed. Note: Permission granted to change the name of the continent from 'New Holland' to 'Australia' Note: 1824-25 - Hume and Hovell expedition travels overland to Port Phillip Bay, discovers Murray River |
| Australian History | 1825 (Age 15) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed. |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | 21 July 1828 (Age 18) Moneylaggan, Donegal, Ireland
paternal grandfather -
Richard Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1828 (Age 18) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River. |
| Australian History | 1829 (Age 19) Note: The whole of Australia is claimed as British territory. The settlement of Perth is founded. Swan River Colony is declared by Charles Fremantle for Britain. |
| Australian History | 1830 (Age 20) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River. |
| Australian History | 1831 (Age 21) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published. |
| Marriage of a brother | Finlay Gregg Sr - View family 1832 (estimated) (Age 22)
brother -
Finlay Gregg Sr
sister-in-law -
Sarah Gailey
|
| Australian History | 1832 (Age 22) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1833 (Age 23) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land. |
| Australian History | 1835 (Age 25) Note: John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner establish a settlement at Port Phillip, now the city of Melbourne. Note: William Wentworth establishes Australian Patriotic Association (Australia's first political party) to demand democracy for New South Wales. |
| Marriage | Ann Mc Connell - View family 1836 (Age 26) |
| Australian History | 1836 (Age 26) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| Birth of a half-brother | 10 November 1837 (Age 27) Ballinascadden, Parish Of Killmacrenan, County Donegal, Ireland
half-brother -
William Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1838 (Age 28) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Australian History | 1839 (Age 29) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Australian History | 1840 (Age 30) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Death of a father | 25 December 1841 (Age 31)
father -
Robert Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1841 (Age 31) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Marriage of a half-brother | Daniel Mc Entosh Gregg Sr. - View family 22 June 1842 (Age 32) Mercer, Pennsylvania, USA
half-brother -
Daniel Mc Entosh Gregg Sr.
half-brother's wife -
Sarah Jane Humphrey
|
| Australian History | 1842 (Age 32) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1843 (Age 33) Note: Australia's first parliamentary elections held for the New South Wales Legislative Council (though voting rights are restricted to males of certain wealth or property). |
| Australian History | 1845 (Age 35) Note: The ship Cataraqui is wrecked off King Island in Bass Strait. It is Australia's worst civil maritime disaster, with 406 lives lost. Note: Copper is discovered at Burra in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1850 (Age 40) Note: Western Australia becomes a penal colony. Note: Australian Colonies Government Act [1850] grants representative constitutions to New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania, colonies set about writing constitutions which produced democratically progressive parliaments Note: Australia's first university, the University of Sydney, is founded. |
| Australian History | 1851 (Age 41) Note: Victoria separates from New South Wales. Note: The Victorian gold rush starts when gold is found at Summerhill Creek and Ballarat. Note: Forest Creek Monster Meeting of miners at Chewton near Castlemaine |
| Australian History | 1853 (Age 43) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Birth of a son #2 | 3 April 1854 (Age 44) Ballynascadden, Ireland
son -
Richard Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 44) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 45) Note: The transportation of convicts to Norfolk Island ceases. Note: All men over 21 years of age obtain the right to vote in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1856 (Age 46) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 47) Note: Victorian Committee reported that a 'federal union' would be in the interests of all the growing colonies. However, there was not enough interest in or enthusiasm for taking positive steps towards bringing the colonies together. Note: Victorian men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1858 (Age 48) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 49) Note: SS Admella wrecked off south-east coast of South Australia with the loss of 89 lives. Note: Australian rules football codified, Melbourne Football Club founded Note: Queensland separates from New South Wales with its western border at 141 degrees E. |
| Marriage of a half-brother | William Gregg - View family 19 December 1860 (Age 50)
half-brother -
William Gregg
half-brother's wife -
Agnes Gordon
|
| Australian History | 1860 (Age 50) Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1861 (Age 51) Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs. Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra |
| Australian History | 1862 (Age 52) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 53) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Death of a brother | 10 February 1864 (Age 54) Cherrytree, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA
elder brother -
Richard Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1867 (Age 57) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 58) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 59) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | 1870 (Age 60)
granddaughter -
Mattie Burrowes
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | 1870 (Age 60)
granddaughter -
Annie Burrowes
|
| Birth of a grandson #3 | 11 September 1872 (Age 62)
grandson -
George Burrowes
|
| Australian History | 1872 (Age 62) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 63) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | 1874 (Age 64) Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Thomas Edward Gregg
|
| Birth of a grandson #5 | 29 November 1874 (Age 64)
grandson -
Robert Burrowes
|
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 65) 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 grandson #6 | 14 January 1876 (Age 66)
grandson -
Richard Burrowes
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | 1877 (Age 67) Bungaree, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Maud Matilda Gregg
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #8 | 15 May 1878 (Age 68)
granddaughter -
Mary Burrowes
|
| Marriage of a son | Richard Gregg - View family 18 May 1878 (Age 68)
son -
Richard Gregg
daughter-in-law -
Caroline Fletcher
|
| Australian History | 1878 (Age 68) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #9 | about 1879 (Age 69) New Zealand
granddaughter -
Anna Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 69) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 70) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
| Australian History | 1882 (Age 72) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 73) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Death of a half-sister | 3 October 1885 (Age 75) Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
half-sister -
Martha "Mattie" Gregg
|
| Birth of a grandson #10 | 18 November 1885 (Age 75)
grandson -
William Burrowes
|
| Marriage of a granddaughter | Mattie Rutherford - View family 1886 (estimated) (Age 76)
granddaughter's husband -
Alexander Starritt
granddaughter -
Mattie Rutherford
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #11 | 10 April 1887 (Age 77)
granddaughter -
Sarah Burrowes
|
| Death of a daughter | 1887 (Age 77)
daughter -
Sarah Ann Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 77) 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. |
| Marriage of a granddaughter | Mattie Burrowes - View family 30 August 1889 (Age 79)
great-nephew -
Robert Gregg
granddaughter -
Mattie Burrowes
|
| Death of a half-brother | 19 December 1889 (Age 79) Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA
half-brother -
Daniel Mc Entosh Gregg Sr.
|
| Australian History | 1889 (Age 79) Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration. |
| Birth of a grandson #12 | 1890 (Age 80)
grandson -
Richard Alexander Rutherford
|
| Death of a son | about 1890 (Age 80)
son -
Thomas Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1890 (Age 80) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Birth of a grandson #13 | 18 November 1891 (Age 81)
grandson -
David Burrowes
|
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 81) 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 82) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 83) 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 84) 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 grandson #14 | 17 January 1895 (Age 85)
grandson -
Albert Burrowes
|
| Australian History | 1895 (Age 85) 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 86) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 87) 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 88) 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. |
| Death of a wife | 1899 (Age 89)
wife -
Ann Mc Connell
|
| Australian History | 1899 (Age 89) 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 90) Note: Several delegates visit London to resist proposed changes to the agreed-upon constitution. Note: The constitution is passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom as a schedule to the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, and is given royal assent |
| Australian History | 1901 (Age 91) 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 92) 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 93) 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 |
| Marriage of a granddaughter | Annie Burrowes - View family 14 October 1904 (Age 94)
granddaughter's husband -
John Tease
granddaughter -
Annie Burrowes
|
| Australian History | 1904 (Age 94) 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 96) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Death of a granddaughter | 4 May 1908 (Age 98) New Zealand
granddaughter -
Anna Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1908 (Age 98) 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 99) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 100) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 101) 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 102) 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 |
| Death of a son | 4 November 1913 (Age 103) Mangatera, Dannevirke, New Zealand
son -
Richard Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1913 (Age 103) 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 103) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 104) 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. |
| Death | yes |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Robert Gregg
Birth 1768 28 Donegal, Ireland Death 25 December 1841 (Age 73) |
| mother |
Mattie Mc Clure
Death yes |
|
Marriage: yes |
|
| #1 elder brother |
Richard Gregg
Birth 1790 22 Ireland Death 10 February 1864 (Age 74) Cherrytree, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA |
| #2 brother |
Finlay Gregg Sr
Birth Ireland Death yes |
| #3 himself |
Robert Gregg
Birth 1810 42 Ireland Death yes |
|
5 years #4 younger sister |
Mary Gregg
Birth about 1815 47 Donegal, Ireland Death yes |
| #5 sister |
Jeanie Gregg
Birth Ireland Death yes |
| #6 sister |
Eliza Gregg
Birth Ireland Death yes |
| Father’s family with Peggy Starritt - View family |
| father |
Robert Gregg
Birth 1768 28 Donegal, Ireland Death 25 December 1841 (Age 73) |
| step-mother |
Peggy Starritt
Death yes |
|
Marriage: yes |
|
| #1 half-sister |
Margaret Rose Gregg
Birth Ireland Death yes |
| #2 half-brother |
Birth 1819 51 Altrincham, Cheshire, England Death 19 December 1889 (Age 70) Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA |
| #3 half-sister |
Nancy Gregg
Birth Ireland Death yes |
| #4 half-sister |
Birth 1822 (estimated) 54 Ballinascadden, Parish Of Killmacrenan, County Donegal, Ireland Death 3 October 1885 (Age 63) Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA |
|
16 years #5 half-brother |
William Gregg
Birth 10 November 1837 69 Ballinascadden, Parish Of Killmacrenan, County Donegal, Ireland Death Cherrytree, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Family with Ann Mc Connell - View family |
| himself |
Robert Gregg
Birth 1810 42 Ireland Death yes |
| wife |
Ann Mc Connell
Death 1899 |
|
Marriage: 1836 |
|
| #1 daughter |
Mary Gregg
Death yes |
| #2 daughter |
Mattie Gregg
Death yes |
| #3 son |
Robert Gregg
Death yes |
| #4 son |
Thomas Gregg
Birth Ireland Death about 1890 |
| #5 daughter |
Eliza Gregg
Death yes |
| #6 son |
Richard Gregg
Birth 3 April 1854 44 Ballynascadden, Ireland Death 4 November 1913 (Age 59) Mangatera, Dannevirke, New Zealand |
| #7 daughter |
Sarah Ann Gregg
Death 1887 |
Robert Gregg has 16 first cousins recorded
Father's family (16)
Parents Daniel Gregg + Jane Graham
Parents Richard Gregg + Fanny McClure
Parents John Gailey + Mattie Gregg
Mother's family (0)
| Occupation | He inherited his father's farm in Ballynascadden generally called up tho brae |
| Australian History | John Oxley charts the Lachlan River |
| Australian History | Oxley charts the Macquarie River. |
| Australian History | A penal colony is founded at Moreton Bay, now the city of Brisbane. |
| Australian History | New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed. |
| Australian History | Charles Sturt charts the Darling River. |
| Australian History | The whole of Australia is claimed as British territory. The settlement of Perth is founded. Swan River Colony is declared by Charles Fremantle for Britain. |
| Australian History | Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River. |
| Australian History | Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published. |
| Australian History | Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. |
| Australian History | The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land. |
| Australian History | John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner establish a settlement at Port Phillip, now the city of Melbourne. |
| Australian History | Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| Australian History | First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Australian History | Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Australian History | Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Australian History | New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Australian History | Australia's first parliamentary elections held for the New South Wales Legislative Council (though voting rights are restricted to males of certain wealth or property). |
| Australian History | The ship Cataraqui is wrecked off King Island in Bass Strait. It is Australia's worst civil maritime disaster, with 406 lives lost. |
| Australian History | Western Australia becomes a penal colony. |
| Australian History | Victoria separates from New South Wales. |
| Australian History | Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | The transportation of convicts to Norfolk Island ceases. |
| Australian History | Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | Victorian Committee reported that a 'federal union' would be in the interests of all the growing colonies. However, there was not enough interest in or enthusiasm for taking positive steps towards bringing the colonies together. |
| Australian History | Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. |
| Australian History | SS Admella wrecked off south-east coast of South Australia with the loss of 89 lives. |
| Australian History | John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E. |
| Australian History | The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs. |
| Australian History | Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. |
| Australian History | The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| 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. |
| Australian History | The Royal Australian Navy is founded |
| Australian History | Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time |
| Australian History | Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains. |
| Australian History | The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 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. |