Sarah Stewart 1830

Sarah StewartAge: 761830–1907

Name: Sarah Stewart

Given names: Sarah

Surname: Stewart

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Families
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Birth

14 February 1830 27 26

Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Marriage of a brother

John Stewart - View family
12 December 1830 (Age 9 months)

Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland

elder brother - John Stewart

sister-in-law - Jane Conchie

Australian History

1830

Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.

Australian History

1831 (Age 10 months)

Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.

Australian History

1832 (Age 22 months)

Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.

Birth of a brother

1833 (Age 2)

Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

younger brother - William Stewart

Australian History

1833 (Age 2)

Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.

Birth of a brother

25 June 1835 (Age 5)

Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

younger brother - David Stewart

Australian History

1835 (Age 4)

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.

Australian History

1836 (Age 5)

Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.

Australian History

1838 (Age 7)

Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.

Australian History

1839 (Age 8)

Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.

Australian History

1840 (Age 9)

Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.

Birth of a sister

19 September 1841 (Age 11)

Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

younger sister - Anne Stewart

Death of a paternal grandfather

1841 (Age 10)

Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

paternal grandfather - William Stewart

Australian History

1841 (Age 10)

Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.

Australian History

1842 (Age 11)

Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.

Death of a mother

16 August 1843 (Age 13)

Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

mother - Annie Steven

Australian History

1843 (Age 12)

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).

Marriage of a father

Alexander Stewart - View family
17 June 1845 (Age 15)

Killantrae, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

father - Alexander Stewart

step-mother - Georgina Rowan

Australian History

1845 (Age 14)

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.

Birth of a half-sister

2 May 1846 (Age 16)

Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

half-sister - Tomina Stewart

Baptism of a half-sister

17 May 1846 (Age 16)

half-sister - Tomina Stewart

Birth of a half-sister

22 February 1848 (Age 18)

Mochrum, Scotland

half-sister - Jane Stewart

Baptism of a half-sister

11 March 1848 (Age 18)

half-sister - Jane Stewart

Birth of a half-brother

1850 (Age 19)

Mochrum, Scotland

half-brother - Andrew Robert Stewart

Australian History

1850 (Age 19)

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.

Residence

30 March 1851 (Age 21)

Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Note: Note : IGI Census: 30 MAR 1851 Drughtag, Mochrum, WIG, SCT Note: Dau unmar 21 bn Mochrum

Australian History

1851 (Age 20)

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

Birth of a half-sister

1852 (Age 21)

Mochrum, Scotland

half-sister - Mary Cleave Stewart

Birth of a son
#1

1853 (estimated) (Age 22)

Leswalt, Wigtonshire, Scotland

son - George Douglas

Birth of a half-brother

1853 (Age 22)

Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland

half-brother - Ivie Stewart

Australian History

1853 (Age 22)

Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo

Marriage

John Douglas - View family
1854 (Age 23)

Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland

Birth of a half-brother

31 October 1854 (Age 24)

Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

half-brother - James Stewart

Australian History

1854 (Age 23)

Note: The Eureka Stockade

Birth of a son
#2

31 December 1854 (Age 24)

son - Alexander Douglas

Death of a son

1855 (Age 24)

son - Alexander Douglas

Australian History

1855 (Age 24)

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.

Birth of a half-brother

7 June 1856 (Age 26)

Daughtay Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

half-brother - George Stewart

Birth of a daughter
#3

22 November 1856 (Age 26)

Leswalt, Wigtonshire, Scotland

daughter - Annie Douglas

Australian History

1856 (Age 25)

Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.

Birth of a half-brother

19 November 1857 (Age 27)

Drughtag, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

half-brother - Robert Gavin Stewart

Australian History

1857 (Age 26)

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.

Birth of a daughter
#4

2 June 1858 (Age 28)

Leswalt, Wigtonshire, Scotland

daughter - Grace McMeikan Douglas

Australian History

1858 (Age 27)

Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.

Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.

Birth of a half-sister

about 1859 (Age 28)

half-sister - Elizabeth Stewart

Australian History

1859 (Age 28)

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.

Birth of a son
#5

28 January 1860 (Age 29)

son - Alexander Douglas

Australian History

1860 (Age 29)

Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E.

Census

7 April 1861 (Age 31)

Leswalt, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Shared note: 1861 UK Census transcript - John Douglas - Household

Name	Relation	MC	Age	Sex	Birthplace
John Douglas	Head	M	30	M	Wigtonshire, New Luce
Sarah Stewart	wife	M	31	F	Wigtownshire, Mochrum
George Douglas	son	S	7	M	Wigtonshire, Leswalt
Annie Douglas	daughter	S	4	F	Wigtonshire, Leswalt
Grace McMeikan Douglas	daughter	S	2	F	Wigtonshire, Leswalt
Alexander Douglas	son	S	1	M	-

Birth of a daughter
#6

25 July 1861 (Age 31)

daughter - Jane Douglas

Australian History

1861 (Age 30)

Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs.

Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra

Death of a husband

1862 (estimated) (Age 31)

husband - John Douglas

Australian History

1862 (Age 31)

Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.

Marriage

Samuel D Todd - View family
1 January 1863 (Age 32)

De Kalb, Illinois, USA

Note: Not confident that this is correct as I cannnot find evidence that John Douglas died or that the Sarah Stewart that married Samuel Todd is the daughter of Alexander and Annie Stewart.

Birth of a son
#7

16 July 1863 (Age 33)

son - John Douglas

Australian History

1863 (Age 32)

Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.

Marriage of a sister

Anne Stewart - View family
1865 (Age 34)

Back Creek, Victoria, Australia

brother-in-law - John Anderson

younger sister - Anne Stewart

Australian History

1867 (Age 36)

Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.

Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.

Australian History

1868 (Age 37)

Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.

Death of a paternal grandmother

18 June 1869 (Age 39)

Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

paternal grandmother - Grace Biggam

Australian History

1869 (Age 38)

Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.

Australian History

1872 (Age 41)

Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.

Australian History

1873 (Age 42)

Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.

Marriage of a half-sister

Tomina Stewart - View family
1874 (Age 43)

Victoria, Australia

father's son-in-law - Andrew David Barron

half-sister - Tomina Stewart

Australian History

1875 (Age 44)

Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives.

Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed.

Marriage of a half-brother

James Stewart - View family
2 August 1876 (Age 46)

Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

half-brother - James Stewart

half-brother's wife - Margaret Ann Cobbledick

Marriage of a half-sister

Jane Stewart - View family
6 June 1877 (Age 47)

Toolamba, Victoria, Australia

father's son-in-law - George Houston Bowie

half-sister - Jane Stewart

Marriage of a half-brother

Ivie Stewart - View family
14 November 1878 (Age 48)

Tatura, Victoria, Australia

half-brother - Ivie Stewart

half-brother's wife - Sarah Ann Lupton

Australian History

1878 (Age 47)

Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.

Australian History

1879 (Age 48)

Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.

Australian History

1880 (Age 49)

Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged.

Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work.

Death of a half-sister

29 January 1882 (Age 51)

Tatura, Victoria, Australia

half-sister - Tomina Stewart

Australian History

1882 (Age 51)

Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.

Australian History

1883 (Age 52)

Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway

Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill

Death of a brother

28 April 1886 (Age 56)

Barnstable, Devonshire, England

elder brother - John Stewart

Australian History

1887 (Age 56)

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 58)

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 59)

Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.

Death of a half-brother

28 February 1891 (Age 61)

Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

half-brother - Andrew Robert Stewart

Death of a father

4 November 1891 (Age 61)

Tatura, Victoria, Australia

father - Alexander Stewart

Australian History

1891 (Age 60)

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 61)

Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.

Australian History

1893 (Age 62)

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 63)

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.

Australian History

1895 (Age 64)

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

Death of a half-brother

21 June 1896 (Age 66)

Western Australia, Australia

half-brother - Robert Gavin Stewart

Australian History

1896 (Age 65)

Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution

Australian History

1897 (Age 66)

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 67)

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 68)

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 69)

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 70)

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 71)

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 72)

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 73)

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 75)

Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea

Death

18 January 1907 (Age 76)

Shelby, Missouri, USA

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Family with parents - View family

father	Alexander Stewart Birth 1803 33 27 Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland Death 4 November 1891 (Age 88) Tatura, Victoria, Australia Loading...
1 year mother	Annie Steven Birth 1804 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 16 August 1843 (Age 39) Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
	Marriage: 5 October 1823 — Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
15 months #1 elder sister	Grace Stewart Birth 1825 22 21 Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland Death yes Loading...
2 years #2 elder brother	John Stewart Birth 1827 24 23 Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland Death 28 April 1886 (Age 59) Barnstable, Devonshire, England Loading...
3 years #3 herself	Sarah Stewart Birth 14 February 1830 27 26 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 18 January 1907 (Age 76) Shelby, Missouri, USA Loading...
3 years #4 younger brother	William Stewart Birth 1833 30 29 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
3 years #5 younger brother	David Stewart Birth 25 June 1835 32 31 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
6 years #6 younger sister	Anne Stewart Birth 19 September 1841 38 37 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...

Father’s family with Georgina Rowan - View family

father	Alexander Stewart Birth 1803 33 27 Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland Death 4 November 1891 (Age 88) Tatura, Victoria, Australia Loading...
17 years step-mother	Georgina Rowan Birth 3 January 1820 37 27 Barr, Scotland Death 22 November 1900 (Age 80) Tatura, Victoria, Australia Loading...
	Marriage: 17 June 1845 — Killantrae, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
10 months #1 half-sister	Tomina Stewart Birth 2 May 1846 43 26 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 29 January 1882 (Age 35) Tatura, Victoria, Australia Loading...
22 months #2 half-sister	Jane Stewart Birth 22 February 1848 45 28 Mochrum, Scotland Death yes Loading...
22 months #3 half-brother	Andrew Robert Stewart Birth 1850 47 29 Mochrum, Scotland Death 28 February 1891 (Age 41) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Loading...
2 years #4 half-sister	Mary Cleave Stewart Birth 1852 49 31 Mochrum, Scotland Death 5 June 1925 (Age 73) Loading...
3 years #5 half-brother	James Stewart Birth 31 October 1854 51 34 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 17 February 1936 (Age 81) Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia Loading...
-22 months #6 half-brother	Ivie Stewart Birth 1853 50 32 Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland Death 6 October 1937 (Age 84) Mooroopna Base Hospital, Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Loading...
3 years #7 half-brother	George Stewart Birth 7 June 1856 53 36 Daughtay Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 5 December 1930 (Age 74) Loading...
17 months #8 half-brother	Robert Gavin Stewart Birth 19 November 1857 54 37 Drughtag, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 21 June 1896 (Age 38) Western Australia, Australia Loading...
13 months #9 half-sister	Elizabeth Stewart Birth about 1859 56 38 Death yes Loading...

Family with John Douglas - View family

husband	John Douglas Birth about 1830 New Luce, Wigtonshire, Scotland Death 1862 (estimated) (Age 32) Loading...
1 month herself	Sarah Stewart Birth 14 February 1830 27 26 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 18 January 1907 (Age 76) Shelby, Missouri, USA Loading...
	Marriage: 1854 — Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland
-1 years #1 son	George Douglas Birth 1853 (estimated) 23 22 Leswalt, Wigtonshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
2 years #2 son	Alexander Douglas Birth 31 December 1854 24 24 Death 1855 (Age 1 day) Loading...
23 months #3 daughter	Annie Douglas Birth 22 November 1856 26 26 Leswalt, Wigtonshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
18 months #4 daughter	Grace McMeikan Douglas Birth 2 June 1858 28 28 Leswalt, Wigtonshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
20 months #5 son	Alexander Douglas Birth 28 January 1860 30 29 Death yes Loading...
18 months #6 daughter	Jane Douglas Birth 25 July 1861 31 31 Death yes Loading...
2 years #7 son	John Douglas Birth 16 July 1863 33 33 Death yes Loading...

Family with Samuel D Todd - View family

husband	Samuel D Todd Loading...
herself	Sarah Stewart Birth 14 February 1830 27 26 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 18 January 1907 (Age 76) Shelby, Missouri, USA Loading...
	Marriage: 1 January 1863 — De Kalb, Illinois, USA

Sarah Stewart has 12 first cousins recorded

Father's family (12)

Parents John Biggam + Jane Stewart

1 Agnes Biggam 1836–1837

2 John Biggam 1838–1911

3 Grace Biggam 1840–1919

4 Janet Biggam 1844–1901

5 William Biggam 1844–1846

Parents Andrew Anderson + Janet Stewart

1 Andrew Anderson 1841–?

2 Janet Anderson ?–?

Parents John Pace + Grace Stewart

1 John Pace 1844–?

2 William Maxwell Pace 1847–1926

3 Ann Pace 1849–1854

4 David Stewart Pace 1853–1936

5 Richard Pace 1853–1854

Mother's family (0)

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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.

Residence

Note : IGI Census: 30 MAR 1851 Drughtag, Mochrum, WIG, SCT Note: Dau unmar 21 bn Mochrum

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.

Census

1861 UK Census transcript - John Douglas - Household

Name	Relation	MC	Age	Sex	Birthplace
John Douglas	Head	M	30	M	Wigtonshire, New Luce
Sarah Stewart	wife	M	31	F	Wigtownshire, Mochrum
George Douglas	son	S	7	M	Wigtonshire, Leswalt
Annie Douglas	daughter	S	4	F	Wigtonshire, Leswalt
Grace McMeikan Douglas	daughter	S	2	F	Wigtonshire, Leswalt
Alexander Douglas	son	S	1	M	-

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.

Marriage

Not confident that this is correct as I cannnot find evidence that John Douglas died or that the Sarah Stewart that married Samuel Todd is the daughter of Alexander and Annie Stewart.

Marriage

Not confident that this is correct as I cannnot find evidence that John Douglas died or that the Sarah Stewart that married Samuel Todd is the daughter of Alexander and Annie Stewart.

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

Sarah StewartAge: 761830–1907

Sarah Stewart has 12 first cousins recorded

Father's family (12)

Parents John Biggam + Jane Stewart

Parents Andrew Anderson + Janet Stewart

Parents John Pace + Grace Stewart

Mother's family (0)

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