Elizabeth Flanagan1750–?
- Name
- Elizabeth Flanagan
- Given names
- Elizabeth
- Surname
- Flanagan
| Birth | 1750 |
| Australian History | 1770 (Age 20) Note: English Lieutenant James Cook's expedition in HM Bark Endeavour charts the eastern coast, and claims it for the British Crown. Australia dubbed 'terra nullius' i.e., according to the European legal precepts of the era, it was 'owned' by no-one. |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | 1 June 1774 (Age 24)
daughter -
Ann Hamilton
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| Marriage | Charles Hamilton - View family 19 April 1775 (Age 25) Liverpool, Saint Nicholas, Lancashire, England |
| Australian History | 1788 (Age 38) Note: The British First Fleet, led by Governor Arthur Phillip arrives in New South Wales to found first European settlement and penal colony at Sydney. Colony includes 'all the islands adjacent in the Pacific Ocean' and running westward to the 135th meridian east. This claim included the islands of New Zealand, which were administered as part of New South Wales. Note: British settlement founded at Norfolk Island. |
| Australian History | 1790 (Age 40) Note: Beleaguered Second Fleet arrives. Colony gripped by food crisis. |
| Australian History | 1792 (Age 42) Note: Two French ships, La Recherche and L'Esp�rance, anchor at Recherche Bay, near the southernmost point of Tasmania at a time when England and France were racing around the globe to be the first to discover and colonise Australia. Note: Governor Philip returns to England, accompanied by his friend Bennelong and a companion who become the first Australian born person to sail to Europe. |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | 1795 (Age 45) Liverpool, Lancashire, England
grandson -
Jabez Jagger
|
| Marriage of a daughter | Ann Hamilton - View family 11 October 1795 (Age 45) Liverpool, Saint Nicholas, Lancashire, England
son-in-law -
Eli Jagger
daughter -
Ann Hamilton
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| Australian History | 1797 (Age 47) Note: Sydney Cove wrecked and some survivors travelled from Bass Strait to Port Jackson allowing for the rescue of others but also furthering knowledge of the geography of Australia. |
| Australian History | 1798 (Age 48) Note: 1798-9 - George Bass and Matthew Flinders sail from Sydney and circumnavigate Tasmania, thus proving it to be an island. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | 25 October 1800 (Age 50) Lancashire, England
granddaughter -
Elizabeth Jagger
|
| Australian History | 1803 (Age 53) Note: Matthew Flinders completes the first circumnavigation of the continent (still known as 'New Holland') |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | 7 May 1804 (Age 54) Lancashire, England
granddaughter -
Eliza Jagger
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| Australian History | 1804 (Age 54) Note: A settlement is founded at Risdon on the Derwent River in Van Diemen's Land by Lieutenant Bowen. Note: Castle Hill convict rebellion also known as the second Battle of Vinegar Hill Note: The Risdon settlement is moved to Sullivan's Cove (now Hobart) by Colonel David Collins. |
| Australian History | 1808 (Age 58) Note: The Rum Rebellion |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | 8 January 1809 (Age 59) Liverpool, Lancashire, England
granddaughter -
Isabella Jagger
|
| Birth of a grandson #5 | 30 October 1810 (Age 60) Liverpool, Lancashire, England
grandson -
John Hamilton Jagger
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| Marriage of a grandson | Jabez Jagger - View family 4 June 1816 (Age 66) Liverpool, Lancashire, England
grandson -
Jabez Jagger
grandson's wife -
Ann Emerson
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| Australian History | 1817 (Age 67) 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' |
| Marriage of a granddaughter | Elizabeth Jagger - View family 13 December 1818 (Age 68) Liverpool, Lancashire, England
granddaughter's husband -
Robert Thorton
granddaughter -
Elizabeth Jagger
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| Australian History | 1818 (Age 68) Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River. |
| Australian History | 1824 (Age 74) 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 |
| Marriage of a granddaughter | Eliza Jagger - View family 2 November 1825 (Age 75) Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
granddaughter's husband -
Charles Whitley
granddaughter -
Eliza Jagger
|
| Australian History | 1825 (Age 75) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed. |
| Australian History | 1828 (Age 78) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River. |
| Australian History | 1829 (Age 79) 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 80) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River. |
| Australian History | 1831 (Age 81) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published. |
| Australian History | 1832 (Age 82) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1833 (Age 83) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land. |
| Australian History | 1835 (Age 85) 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 86) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1838 (Age 88) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Australian History | 1839 (Age 89) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Australian History | 1840 (Age 90) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Australian History | 1841 (Age 91) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1842 (Age 92) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1843 (Age 93) 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 95) 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 100) 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 101) 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 103) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 104) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Death | yes |
| Family with Charles Hamilton - View family |
| husband |
Charles Hamilton
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| herself |
Elizabeth Flanagan
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Marriage: 19 April 1775 — Liverpool, Saint Nicholas, Lancashire, England |
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-11 months #1 daughter |
Ann Hamilton
Birth 1 June 1774 24 24 Death yes Loading...
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