Maria Jane ClarkeAge: 661849–1915
- Name
- Maria Jane Clarke
- Given names
- Maria Jane
- Surname
- Clarke
| Birth | 1849 Ballinsloe, Ireland Note: OR 1844 |
| Australian History | 1850 (Age 12 months) 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 2) 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 4) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 5) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 6) 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 7) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 8) 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 9) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 10) 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 11) 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 12) 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 13) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 14) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1867 (Age 18) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 19) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Marriage | Isaac Henry Thurston - View family 1869 (Age 20) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | 1869 (Age 20) Collingwood, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Victoria Emma Joseph Thurston
|
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 20) 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 23) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | 1873 (Age 24) Richmond, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Constance Isabella Maria Thurston
|
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 24) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | 1874 (Age 25) Richmond, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Wilhelmena Mayo Patience Thurston
|
| Death of a daughter | 19 January 1875 (Age 26) Richmond, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Constance Isabella Maria Thurston
|
| Residence | January 1875 (Age 26) William Street, Richmond, Victoria, Australia |
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 26) 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 daughter #4 | 1876 (Age 27)
daughter -
Reubina Isabella Thurston
|
| Birth of a daughter #5 | 1877 (Age 28) Richmond, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Lily Phoebe Emmeline Thurston
|
| Death of a daughter | 1877 (Age 28)
daughter -
Reubina Isabella Thurston
|
| Australian History | 1878 (Age 29) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | 23 March 1879 (Age 30) Richmond, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Violet Robertina Breech Thurston
|
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 30) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 31) 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 33) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 34) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | 1885 (Age 36) Richmond, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Alberta Ivy Thurston
|
| Death of a daughter | 1885 (Age 36) Richmond, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Alberta Ivy Thurston
|
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 38) 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 40) 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 41) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 42) 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 43) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 44) 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. |
| Marriage of a daughter | Victoria Emma Joseph Thurston - View family 1894 (Age 45)
son-in-law -
Frederick George Dobson
daughter -
Victoria Emma Joseph Thurston
|
| Death of a daughter | 1894 (Age 45)
daughter -
Lily Phoebe Emmeline Thurston
|
| Australian History | 1894 (Age 45) 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. |
| Death of a granddaughter | 1895 (Age 46)
granddaughter -
Victoria Gina Dobson
|
| Australian History | 1895 (Age 46) 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 47) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 48) 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. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | 31 October 1898 (Age 49) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Beryl Mayo Watson
|
| Marriage of a daughter | Wilhelmena Mayo Patience Thurston - View family 1898 (Age 49) Victoria, Australia
son-in-law -
George James Charles Watson
daughter -
Wilhelmena Mayo Patience Thurston
|
| Australian History | 1898 (Age 49) 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 50) 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 51) 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 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | 29 November 1901 (Age 52) Camberwell, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Dorothy Mayo Parry
|
| Marriage of a daughter | Violet Robertina Breech Thurston - View family 1901 (Age 52)
son-in-law -
William David Parry
daughter -
Violet Robertina Breech Thurston
|
| Australian History | 1901 (Age 52) 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 53) 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 54) 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 55) 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 57) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Australian History | 1908 (Age 59) 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 60) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 61) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Death of a husband | 7 November 1911 (Age 62) Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
husband -
Isaac Henry Thurston
|
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 62) 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 63) 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 64) 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 64) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 65) 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 66) 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 |
| Death | 14 August 1915 (Age 66) |
| Family with Isaac Henry Thurston - View family |
| husband |
Isaac Henry Thurston
Birth 1843 Suffolk, England Death 7 November 1911 (Age 68) Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia |
|
6 years herself |
Maria Jane Clarke
Birth 1849 Ballinsloe, Ireland Death 14 August 1915 (Age 66) |
|
Marriage: 1869 — Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
|
| #1 daughter |
Victoria Emma Joseph Thurston
Birth 1869 26 20 Collingwood, Victoria, Australia Death yes |
|
4 years #2 daughter |
Constance Isabella Maria Thurston
Birth 1873 30 24 Richmond, Victoria, Australia Death 19 January 1875 (Age 2) Richmond, Victoria, Australia |
|
1 year #3 daughter |
Birth 1874 31 25 Richmond, Victoria, Australia Death 1 May 1964 (Age 90) Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia |
|
2 years #4 daughter |
Reubina Isabella Thurston
Birth 1876 33 27 Death 1877 (Age 12 months) |
|
1 year #5 daughter |
Lily Phoebe Emmeline Thurston
Birth 1877 34 28 Richmond, Victoria, Australia Death 1894 (Age 17) |
|
2 years #6 daughter |
Violet Robertina Breech Thurston
Birth 23 March 1879 36 30 Richmond, Victoria, Australia Death 8 December 1961 (Age 82) Kew, Victoria, Australia |
| #7 son | |
| #8 daughter |
Alberta Ivy Thurston
Birth 1885 42 36 Richmond, Victoria, Australia Death 1885 Richmond, Victoria, Australia |
No family available
| Birth | OR 1844 |
| 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. |
| Marriage | Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950 about Isaac Thurston
Name: Isaac Thurston
Spouse Name: Maria Jane Clarke
Marriage Place: Victoria
Registration Place: Victoria
Registration Year: 1869
Registration number: 3113 |
| Marriage | Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950 about Isaac Thurston
Name: Isaac Thurston
Spouse Name: Maria Jane Clarke
Marriage Place: Victoria
Registration Place: Victoria
Registration Year: 1869
Registration number: 3113 |
| 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. |
| Australian History | (25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April. |