Frederick StrachanAge: 631844–1907
- Name
- Frederick Strachan
- Given names
- Frederick
- Surname
- Strachan
| Birth | 19 January 1844 36 22 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia |
| Birth of a sister | 19 January 1844 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
twin sister -
Charlotte Strachan
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| Christening | 21 February 1844 (Age 33 days) Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia Address: Church Of England |
| Christening of a sister | 1844 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
twin sister -
Charlotte Strachan
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| Birth of a sister | 1845 (Age 11 months) Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
younger sister -
Mary Jane "Mimmie" Strachan
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| Australian History | 1845 (Age 11 months) 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. |
| Christening of a sister | 1845 (Age 11 months) Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
younger sister -
Mary Jane "Mimmie" Strachan
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| Birth of a sister | 8 October 1847 (Age 3) Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
younger sister -
Sarah Strachan
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| Christening of a sister | 1847 (Age 2) Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
younger sister -
Sarah Strachan
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| Birth of a sister | 10 August 1849 (Age 5) Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
younger sister -
Kate Halsall Strachan
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| Christening of a sister | 1849 (Age 4)
younger sister -
Kate Halsall Strachan
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| Australian History | 1850 (Age 5) 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. |
| Birth of a sister | 20 September 1851 (Age 7) Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
younger sister -
Alice Lucy Strachan
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| Australian History | 1851 (Age 6) 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 |
| Christening of a sister | 1851 (Age 6) Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
younger sister -
Alice Lucy Strachan
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| Death of a mother | 6 June 1853 (Age 9) Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
mother -
Elizabeth Hanesworth
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| Australian History | 1853 (Age 8) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Marriage of a father | Frederick Strachan - View family 7 August 1854 (Age 10) Kelso, New South Wales, Australia
father -
Frederick Strachan
step-mother -
Lucy Jane Petit
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| Australian History | 1854 (Age 9) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 10) 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 11) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 12) 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 13) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 14) 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 15) 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 16) 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 father | 26 April 1862 (Age 18) Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
father -
Frederick Strachan
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| Australian History | 1862 (Age 17) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Death of a sister | 21 April 1863 (Age 19)
twin sister -
Charlotte Strachan
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| Australian History | 1863 (Age 18) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Marriage of a sister | Elizabeth Mary Strachan - View family 20 June 1867 (Age 23) Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
brother-in-law -
Henry Archdall Langley
elder sister -
Elizabeth Mary Strachan
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| Occupation | Banker - Accountant of the head office 1867 (Age 22)Employer: City Bank of Sydney |
| Australian History | 1867 (Age 22) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 23) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 24) 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 27) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 28) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Marriage of a sister | Mary Jane "Mimmie" Strachan - View family 1874 (Age 29) Paddington, New South Wales, Australia
brother-in-law -
John Anthony Stuart
younger sister -
Mary Jane "Mimmie" Strachan
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| Australian History | 1875 (Age 30) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed. |
| Australian History | 1878 (Age 33) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 34) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Marriage | Annette Norwood - View family 5 August 1880 (Age 36) Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 35) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
| Birth of a son #1 | 28 July 1881 (Age 37) Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
son -
Frederick Strachan III
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| Australian History | 1882 (Age 37) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Birth of a son #2 | 1883 (Age 38)
son -
Walter Strachan
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| Australian History | 1883 (Age 38) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | 1884 (Age 39)
daughter -
Genevieve Strachan
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| Birth of a daughter #4 | 1887 (Age 42)
daughter -
Janette Strachan
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| Australian History | 1887 (Age 42) 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 44) 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 45) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Birth of a son #5 | 1891 (Age 46)
son -
Norwood Tasman Strachan
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| Australian History | 1891 (Age 46) 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 47) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 48) 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 49) 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 50) 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 51) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 52) 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 53) 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 54) 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 55) 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 56) 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 57) 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 58) 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 59) 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 61) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Marriage of a daughter | Genevieve Strachan - View family 1907 (Age 62)
son-in-law -
George W Stewart
daughter -
Genevieve Strachan
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| Death | 20 February 1907 (Age 63) Mosman, New South Wales, Australia The Sydney Morning Herald (New South Wales, Australia : 1842-1954) Thursday 21 February 1907 Page 6 Note: Mr Frederick Strachan, accountant or the head office of the City Bank of Sydney, died at his residence, Mosman, yesterday. He was the oldest employee of the bank. Forty-four years ago he was secretary to the provisional committee appointed for the formation of the bank. After managing most of the bank’s country branches, he was transferred about five years ago to the head office, where he remained until his death. |
| Burial | 21 February 1907 (1 day after death) Cemetery: Gore Hill Cemetry The Sydney Morning Herald (New South Wales, Australia : 1842-1954) Friday 22 February 1907 Page 6 Note: The interment of the remains of the late Mr. Frederick Strachan, of Mosman, took place yesterday in the Methodist section of the Gore Hill Cemetery, in the presence of a large gathering. The service of the Plymouth Brethren, to which sect the deceased belonged, was conducted be Mr Stewart, besides which several of the members present offered special prayers. The chief mourners were Messrs. Frederick and Walter Strachan (sons), and amongst others present were:- Messrs. James Henderson (manager of the City Bank), James Marks (inspector), Eugene Croft, R.A. Dobbie, N.A Mason, A.E. Sampson, Geo. Westcott, and A.L. Thomas (members of the staff of the City Bank). F.H. Potts (Bank of New South Wales), J.Davis (Under-Secretary for Works), P.W. Ortos, P.S. Chapman, and Albert Gregory, as well as a large number of ladies, who joined in the religious service. |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Birth 29 July 1807 28 22 Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Death 26 April 1862 (Age 54) Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia |
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14 years mother |
Elizabeth Hanesworth
Birth 1822 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death 6 June 1853 (Age 31) Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia |
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Marriage: 1841 — Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia |
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15 months #1 elder sister |
Elizabeth Mary Strachan
Birth 9 April 1842 34 20 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia Death 31 March 1923 (Age 80) Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia |
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21 months #2 himself |
Frederick Strachan
Birth 19 January 1844 36 22 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia Death 20 February 1907 (Age 63) Mosman, New South Wales, Australia |
| #3 twin sister |
Charlotte Strachan
Birth 19 January 1844 36 22 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia Death 21 April 1863 (Age 19) |
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11 months #4 younger sister |
Mary Jane "Mimmie" Strachan
Birth 1845 37 23 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia Death yes |
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3 years #5 younger sister |
Sarah Strachan
Birth 8 October 1847 40 25 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia Death yes |
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22 months #6 younger sister |
Kate Halsall Strachan
Birth 10 August 1849 42 27 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia Death yes |
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2 years #7 younger sister |
Alice Lucy Strachan
Birth 20 September 1851 44 29 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia Death yes |
| Father’s family with Lucy Jane Petit - View family |
| father |
Birth 29 July 1807 28 22 Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Death 26 April 1862 (Age 54) Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia |
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12 years step-mother |
Lucy Jane Petit
Birth 1820 Death 12 February 1883 (Age 63) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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Marriage: 7 August 1854 — Kelso, New South Wales, Australia |
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| #1 half-brother |
| Family with Annette Norwood - View family |
| himself |
Frederick Strachan
Birth 19 January 1844 36 22 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia Death 20 February 1907 (Age 63) Mosman, New South Wales, Australia |
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14 years wife |
Annette Norwood
Birth 19 June 1858 Tasmania, Australia Death 7 November 1936 (Age 78) |
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Marriage: 5 August 1880 — Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia |
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1 year #1 son |
Birth 28 July 1881 37 23 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia Death 6 December 1951 (Age 70) Richmond, New South Wales, Australia |
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17 months #2 son |
Walter Strachan
Birth 1883 38 24 Death yes |
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1 year #3 daughter |
Genevieve Strachan
Birth 1884 39 25 Death yes |
| #4 daughter |
Etta Strachan
Death yes |
| #5 daughter |
Evelyne Strachan
Death yes |
| #6 daughter |
Janette Strachan
Birth 1887 42 28 Death yes |
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4 years #7 son |
Norwood Tasman Strachan
Birth 1891 46 32 Death yes |
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