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Thomas Emerson1770–?

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Thomas Emerson
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Thomas
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Emerson
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Birth 1770
 

Australian History 1770
 

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.
Religious marriageCatherine Corren - View family
1 December 1788 (Age 18)
 St Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Australian History 1788 (Age 18)
 

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 20)
 

Note: Beleaguered Second Fleet arrives. Colony gripped by food crisis.
Australian History 1792 (Age 22)
 

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 daughter
#1		 13 April 1794 (Age 24)
 Liverpool, Lancaster, England

daughter - Ann Emerson
Birth of a daughter
#2		 24 April 1796 (Age 26)
 St Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

daughter - Mary Emerson
Australian History 1797 (Age 27)
 

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.
Birth of a son
#3		 1798 (Age 28)
 St Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

son - James Emerson
Australian History 1798 (Age 28)
 

Note: 1798-9 - George Bass and Matthew Flinders sail from Sydney and circumnavigate Tasmania, thus proving it to be an island.
Birth of a son
#4		 3 April 1801 (Age 31)
 Liverpool, Lancashire, England

son - John Emerson
Birth of a daughter
#5		 3 July 1803 (Age 33)
 St Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

daughter - Catherine Emerson
Australian History 1803 (Age 33)
 

Note: Matthew Flinders completes the first circumnavigation of the continent (still known as 'New Holland')
Australian History 1804 (Age 34)
 

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.
Birth of a son
#6		 17 December 1806 (Age 36)
 Liverpool, Lancashire, England

son - Samuel Emerson
Australian History 1808 (Age 38)
 

Note: The Rum Rebellion
Birth of a daughter
#7		 3 September 1809 (Age 39)
 Liverpool, Lancashire, England

daughter - Martha Emerson
Marriage of a daughterAnn Emerson - View family
4 June 1816 (Age 46)
 Liverpool, Lancashire, England

son-in-law - Jabez Jagger
daughter - Ann Emerson
Birth of a granddaughter
#1		 2 February 1817 (Age 47)
 Liverpool, Lancashire, England

granddaughter - Mary Jagger
Australian History 1817 (Age 47)
 

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'
Australian History 1818 (Age 48)
 

Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River.
Australian History 1824 (Age 54)
 

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
Australian History 1825 (Age 55)
 

Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Australian History 1828 (Age 58)
 

Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History 1829 (Age 59)
 

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 60)
 

Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Australian History 1831 (Age 61)
 

Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History 1832 (Age 62)
 

Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History 1833 (Age 63)
 

Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History 1835 (Age 65)
 

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 66)
 

Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History 1838 (Age 68)
 

Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History 1839 (Age 69)
 

Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History 1840 (Age 70)
 

Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Australian History 1841 (Age 71)
 

Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History 1842 (Age 72)
 

Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History 1843 (Age 73)
 

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 75)
 

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.
Marriage of a granddaughterMary Jagger - View family
17 February 1846 (Age 76)
 Manchester, Lancashire, England

granddaughter's husband - John Carr
granddaughter - Mary Jagger
Australian History 1850 (Age 80)
 

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 81)
 

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 83)
 

Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History 1854 (Age 84)
 

Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History 1855 (Age 85)
 

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 86)
 

Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History 1857 (Age 87)
 

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 88)
 

Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.
Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History 1859 (Age 89)
 

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 90)
 

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 91)
 

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 92)
 

Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History 1863 (Age 93)
 

Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Australian History 1867 (Age 97)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.
Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History 1868 (Age 98)
 

Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History 1869 (Age 99)
 

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 102)
 

Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History 1873 (Age 103)
 

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

Birth 1770  

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wife
Catherine Corren

Birth 1770  

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Religious marriage: 1 December 1788 — St Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
5 years
#1 daughter
Ann Emerson

Birth 13 April 1794 24 24  Liverpool, Lancaster, England

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2 years
#2 daughter
Mary Emerson

Birth 24 April 1796 26 26  St Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

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20 months
#3 son
James Emerson

Birth 1798 28 28  St Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

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3 years
#4 son
John Emerson

Birth 3 April 1801 31 31  Liverpool, Lancashire, England

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2 years
#5 daughter
Catherine Emerson

Birth 3 July 1803 33 33  St Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

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3 years
#6 son
Samuel Emerson

Birth 17 December 1806 36 36  Liverpool, Lancashire, England

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3 years
#7 daughter
Martha Emerson

Birth 3 September 1809 39 39  Liverpool, Lancashire, England

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