George StewartAge: 741856–1930
- Name
- George Stewart
- Given names
- George
- Surname
- Stewart
| Birth | 7 June 1856 53 36 Daughtay Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland |
| Australian History | 1856 Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Birth of a brother | 19 November 1857 (Age 17 months) Drughtag, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
younger brother -
Robert Gavin Stewart
|
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 6 months) 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 18 months) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Immigration | October 1859 (Age 3) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Note: Ship Saldanha 1859 'SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), 4 October, p. 4,
Note:
The Black Ball ship Saldanha,
Under the command of Captain M. Flinn, anchored in Hobson’s Bay yesterday, having accomplished the passage from Liverpool in 80 days. She experienced light and baffling wind during the principle portion of her passage. She brings over 200 passengers, all in good health; and, amongst others, six ladies of the Order of the Sisterhood of Mercy, and three Roman Catholic priests, who are to form a convent of that Order in the colony of New South Wales. |
| Birth of a sister | about 1859 (Age 2)
younger sister -
Elizabeth Stewart
|
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 2) 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. |
| Australian History | 1860 (Age 3) 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 4) 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 maternal grandfather | 3 July 1862 (Age 6) Ayr, Scotland
maternal grandfather -
Alexander Rowan
|
| Australian History | 1862 (Age 5) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Marriage of a half-sister | Sarah Stewart - View family 1 January 1863 (Age 6) De Kalb, Illinois, USA
father's son-in-law -
Samuel D Todd
half-sister -
Sarah Stewart
|
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 6) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Marriage of a half-sister | Anne Stewart - View family 1865 (Age 8) Back Creek, Victoria, Australia
father's son-in-law -
John Anderson
half-sister -
Anne Stewart
|
| Australian History | 1867 (Age 10) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 11) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | 18 June 1869 (Age 13) Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
paternal grandmother -
Grace Biggam
|
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 12) 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 15) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 16) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Marriage of a sister | Tomina Stewart - View family 1874 (Age 17) Victoria, Australia
brother-in-law -
Andrew David Barron
elder sister -
Tomina Stewart
|
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 18) 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 brother | James Stewart - View family 2 August 1876 (Age 20) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
elder brother -
James Stewart
sister-in-law -
Margaret Ann Cobbledick
|
| Marriage of a sister | Jane Stewart - View family 6 June 1877 (Age 20) Toolamba, Victoria, Australia
brother-in-law -
George Houston Bowie
elder sister -
Jane Stewart
|
| Marriage of a brother | Ivie Stewart - View family 14 November 1878 (Age 22) Tatura, Victoria, Australia
elder brother -
Ivie Stewart
sister-in-law -
Sarah Ann Lupton
|
| Australian History | 1878 (Age 21) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 22) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 23) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
| Census | 4 April 1881 (Age 24) Note: No obvious on Lowlands disc |
| Death of a sister | 29 January 1882 (Age 25) Tatura, Victoria, Australia
elder sister -
Tomina Stewart
|
| Australian History | 1882 (Age 25) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 26) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Death of a half-brother | 28 April 1886 (Age 29) Barnstable, Devonshire, England
half-brother -
John Stewart
|
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 30) 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 32) 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 33) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Death of a brother | 28 February 1891 (Age 34) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
elder brother -
Andrew Robert Stewart
|
| Death of a father | 4 November 1891 (Age 35) Tatura, Victoria, Australia
father -
Alexander Stewart
|
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 34) 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 35) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 36) 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 37) 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 38) 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 brother | 21 June 1896 (Age 40) Western Australia, Australia
younger brother -
Robert Gavin Stewart
|
| Australian History | 1896 (Age 39) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 40) 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 41) 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 42) 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 mother | 22 November 1900 (Age 44) Tatura, Victoria, Australia
mother -
Georgina Rowan
|
| Australian History | 1900 (Age 43) 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 44) 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 45) 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 46) 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 47) 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 49) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Death of a half-sister | 18 January 1907 (Age 50) Shelby, Missouri, USA
half-sister -
Sarah Stewart
|
| Australian History | 1908 (Age 51) 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 52) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 53) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 54) 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 55) 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 56) 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 56) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 57) 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 58) 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 59) 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 60) 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 61) 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 62) 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 63) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Australian History | 1921 (Age 64) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Australian History | 1922 (Age 65) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Australian History | 1923 (Age 66) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
| Death of a sister | 5 June 1925 (Age 68)
elder sister -
Mary Cleave Stewart
|
| Australian History | 1926 (Age 69) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held |
| Australian History | 1927 (Age 70) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital |
| Australian History | 1928 (Age 71) 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 72) Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia. |
| Australian History | 1930 (Age 73) Note: Batsman Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings Note: Phar Lap wins his first Melbourne Cup |
| Death | 5 December 1930 (Age 74) Stewart Headstone |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Alexander Stewart
Birth 1803 33 27 Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland Death 4 November 1891 (Age 88) Tatura, Victoria, Australia |
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17 years mother |
Georgina Rowan
Birth 3 January 1820 37 27 Barr, Scotland Death 22 November 1900 (Age 80) Tatura, Victoria, Australia |
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Marriage: 17 June 1845 — Killantrae, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland |
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10 months #1 elder sister |
Birth 2 May 1846 43 26 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 29 January 1882 (Age 35) Tatura, Victoria, Australia |
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22 months #2 elder sister |
Jane Stewart
Birth 22 February 1848 45 28 Mochrum, Scotland Death yes |
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22 months #3 elder brother |
Andrew Robert Stewart
Birth 1850 47 29 Mochrum, Scotland Death 28 February 1891 (Age 41) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
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2 years #4 elder sister |
Mary Cleave Stewart
Birth 1852 49 31 Mochrum, Scotland Death 5 June 1925 (Age 73) |
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3 years #5 elder brother |
James Stewart
Birth 31 October 1854 51 34 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 17 February 1936 (Age 81) Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia |
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-22 months #6 elder brother |
Birth 1853 50 32 Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland Death 6 October 1937 (Age 84) Mooroopna Base Hospital, Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
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3 years #7 himself |
George Stewart
Birth 7 June 1856 53 36 Daughtay Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 5 December 1930 (Age 74) |
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17 months #8 younger brother |
Robert Gavin Stewart
Birth 19 November 1857 54 37 Drughtag, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 21 June 1896 (Age 38) Western Australia, Australia |
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13 months #9 younger sister |
Elizabeth Stewart
Birth about 1859 56 38 Death yes |
| Father’s family with Annie Steven - View family |
| father |
Alexander Stewart
Birth 1803 33 27 Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland Death 4 November 1891 (Age 88) Tatura, Victoria, Australia |
|
1 year step-mother |
Annie Steven
Birth 1804 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 16 August 1843 (Age 39) Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland |
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Marriage: 5 October 1823 — Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland |
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15 months #1 half-sister |
Grace Stewart
Birth 1825 22 21 Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland Death yes |
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2 years #2 half-brother |
John Stewart
Birth 1827 24 23 Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland Death 28 April 1886 (Age 59) Barnstable, Devonshire, England |
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3 years #3 half-sister |
Sarah Stewart
Birth 14 February 1830 27 26 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 18 January 1907 (Age 76) Shelby, Missouri, USA |
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3 years #4 half-brother |
William Stewart
Birth 1833 30 29 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death yes |
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3 years #5 half-brother |
David Stewart
Birth 25 June 1835 32 31 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death yes |
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6 years #6 half-sister |
Anne Stewart
Birth 19 September 1841 38 37 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death yes |
George Stewart has 34 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 (22)
Parents Robert Wilson + Margaret Rowan
Parents George Toogood Hickox + Mary Rowan
Parents Andrew Rowan + Margaret Mactier
Parents Thomas Rowan + Annie Anderson
| 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. |
| Immigration | Ship Saldanha |
| 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. |
| Census | No obvious on Lowlands disc |
| 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. |
| Australian History | (25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April. |
| Australian History | Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill' |
| Australian History | Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed. |
| Australian History | (08 AUG) Battle of Amiens |
| Australian History | 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 | The airline Qantas is founded |
| Australian History | Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Australian History | The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Australian History | Vegemite is first produced |
| Australian History | The first Miss Australia contest is held |
| Australian History | The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital |
| Australian History | 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 | Western Australia celebrates its centenary |
| Australian History | Batsman Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings |
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