Robert Gavin StewartAge: 381857–1896
- Name
- Robert Gavin Stewart
- Given names
- Robert Gavin
- Surname
- Stewart
| Birth | 19 November 1857 54 37 Drughtag, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland |
| Australian History | 1857 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 43 days) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Immigration | October 1859 (Age 22 months) 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 13 months)
younger sister -
Elizabeth Stewart
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| Australian History | 1859 (Age 13 months) 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 2) 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 3) 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 4) Ayr, Scotland
maternal grandfather -
Alexander Rowan
|
| Australian History | 1862 (Age 4) 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 5) De Kalb, Illinois, USA
father's son-in-law -
Samuel D Todd
half-sister -
Sarah Stewart
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| Australian History | 1863 (Age 5) 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 7) Back Creek, Victoria, Australia
father's son-in-law -
John Anderson
half-sister -
Anne Stewart
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| Australian History | 1867 (Age 9) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 10) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | 18 June 1869 (Age 11) Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
paternal grandmother -
Grace Biggam
|
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 11) 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 14) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 15) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Marriage of a sister | Tomina Stewart - View family 1874 (Age 16) Victoria, Australia
brother-in-law -
Andrew David Barron
elder sister -
Tomina Stewart
|
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 17) 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 18) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
elder brother -
James Stewart
sister-in-law -
Margaret Ann Cobbledick
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| Marriage of a sister | Jane Stewart - View family 6 June 1877 (Age 19) Toolamba, Victoria, Australia
brother-in-law -
George Houston Bowie
elder sister -
Jane Stewart
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| Marriage of a brother | Ivie Stewart - View family 14 November 1878 (Age 20) Tatura, Victoria, Australia
elder brother -
Ivie Stewart
sister-in-law -
Sarah Ann Lupton
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| Australian History | 1878 (Age 20) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 21) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 22) 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 23) Note: No obvious on Lowlands disc |
| Death of a sister | 29 January 1882 (Age 24) Tatura, Victoria, Australia
elder sister -
Tomina Stewart
|
| Australian History | 1882 (Age 24) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 25) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Death of a half-brother | 28 April 1886 (Age 28) Barnstable, Devonshire, England
half-brother -
John Stewart
|
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 29) 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 31) 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 32) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Death of a brother | 28 February 1891 (Age 33) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
elder brother -
Andrew Robert Stewart
|
| Death of a father | 4 November 1891 (Age 33) Tatura, Victoria, Australia
father -
Alexander Stewart
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| Australian History | 1891 (Age 33) 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 34) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 35) 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 36) 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 37) 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 38) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Death | 21 June 1896 (Age 38) Western Australia, Australia Alexander, Georgina, Andrew and Mary Cleave Stewart |
| 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 elder brother |
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 himself |
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 |
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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 |
Robert Gavin 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 | 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 |
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