Florence BaylyAge: 481884–1932
- Name
- Florence Bayly
- Given names
- Florence
- Surname
- Bayly
| Birth | 1884 38 34 Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia |
| Birth of a brother | 4 July 1885 (Age 18 months) Bundella, New South Wales, Australia
younger brother -
Clarence Charles Bayly
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| Birth of a brother | 1887 (Age 3) Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia
younger brother -
Charles Fitzroy Bayly
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| Australian History | 1887 (Age 3) 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 5) Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration. |
| Birth of a sister | 1 August 1890 (Age 6)
younger sister -
Caroline Emily Bayly
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| Australian History | 1890 (Age 6) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 7) 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 8) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 9) 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 10) 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 11) 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 12) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 13) 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 14) 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 15) 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 16) 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 17) 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 |
| Marriage of a brother | William Henry Bayly - View family 22 April 1902 (Age 18)
elder brother -
William Henry Bayly
sister-in-law -
Florence "Matilda" Clarke
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| Marriage of a sister | Alice Maude Bayly - View family 7 December 1902 (Age 18) Ben Lomond, New South Wales, Australia
brother-in-law -
Cyril Portus
elder sister -
Alice Maude Bayly
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| Australian History | 1902 (Age 18) 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 19) 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 20) 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 22) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Australian History | 1908 (Age 24) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead |
| Marriage of a sister | Edith Frances Josephine Bayly - View family 1909 (Age 25)
brother-in-law -
Frederick Strachan III
elder sister -
Edith Frances Josephine Bayly
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| Australian History | 1909 (Age 25) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Marriage of a sister | Caroline Emily Bayly - View family 8 February 1910 (Age 26) Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia
brother-in-law -
Norman Alexander McIntosh
younger sister -
Caroline Emily Bayly
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| Australian History | 1910 (Age 26) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 27) 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 28) 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 |
| Marriage of a brother | Clarence Charles Bayly - View family 5 July 1913 (Age 29) Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
younger brother -
Clarence Charles Bayly
sister-in-law -
Esmee Gertrude Bligh Oakes
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| Australian History | 1913 (Age 29) 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 29) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 30) 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. |
| Death of a brother | 27 August 1915 (Age 31) Gallipoli Pine
elder brother -
William Henry Bayly
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| Australian History | 1915 (Age 31) 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 |
| Marriage | Norwood Tasman Strachan - View family 1916 (Age 32) |
| Australian History | 1916 (Age 32) Note: Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill' Note: Australia suffers heavy casualties in the Western Front Battle of the Somme. Note: The Returned Sailors� and Soldiers� Imperial League of Australia, the forerunner to the Returned and Services League of Australia is founded Note: The Labor government under Billy Hughes splits over conscription. First referendum on conscription is rejected |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | 8 December 1917 (Age 33)
daughter -
Margaret Strachan
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| Death of a mother | 20 December 1917 (Age 33) Adams St, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia
mother -
Margaret Elizabeth Humphries
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| Australian History | 1917 (Age 33) Note: Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed. Note: Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade launches last cavalry charge in modern warfare to capture Beersheba from the Ottoman Turks. |
| Australian History | 1918 (Age 34) Note: (08 AUG) Battle of Amiens Note: Australian troops spearhead 8 August offensive against Hindenberg Line - the 'black day of the German Army'. Note: On 12 August, Australian commander General Sir John Monash is knighted in the field of battle by King George V Note: First World War ends - 60,000 Australians dead. Note: The Darwin Rebellion takes place, with 1,000 demonstrators demanding the resignation of the Administrator of the Northern Territory, John A. Gilruth. |
| Australian History | 1919 (Age 35) Note: Prime Minister Billy Hughes signs Treaty of Versailles: the first signing of an international treaty by Australia. Australia obtains League of Nations mandate over German New Guinea. |
| Birth of a son #2 | 18 January 1920 (Age 36) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
son -
Graham Strachan
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| Australian History | 1920 (Age 36) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Australian History | 1921 (Age 37) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Australian History | 1922 (Age 38) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Australian History | 1923 (Age 39) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
| Death of a father | 27 July 1925 (Age 41) "Talarang", Bonshaw, New South Wales, Australia
father -
Charles Fitzroy Bayly
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| Australian History | 1926 (Age 42) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held |
| Australian History | 1927 (Age 43) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital |
| Australian History | 1928 (Age 44) Note: Bert Hinkler makes the first successful flight from Britain to Australia, and Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first flight from the United States to Australia. The Shrine of Remembrance is built. |
| Australian History | 1929 (Age 45) Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia. |
| Australian History | 1930 (Age 46) Note: Batsman Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings Note: Phar Lap wins his first Melbourne Cup |
| Australian History | 1931 (Age 47) Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia |
| Australian History | 1932 (Age 48) Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister |
| Death | 21 November 1932 (Age 48) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Charles Fitzroy Bayly
Birth 22 November 1845 39 29 "Beaudesert", Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia Death 27 July 1925 (Age 79) "Talarang", Bonshaw, New South Wales, Australia |
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4 years mother |
Margaret Elizabeth Humphries
Birth 10 May 1849 27 New South Wales, Australia Death 20 December 1917 (Age 68) Adams St, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia |
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Marriage: 7 January 1873 — Bomera, Tambar Springs, New South Wales, Australia |
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1 year #1 elder brother |
William Henry Bayly
Birth 1874 28 24 Bundella, New South Wales, Australia Death 27 August 1915 (Age 41) Gallipoli Pine |
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3 years #2 elder brother |
Percyval Reginald Bayly
Birth 1877 31 27 Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia Death yes |
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2 years #3 elder sister |
Millicent Bayly
Birth 1879 33 29 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia Death yes |
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2 years #4 elder sister |
Birth 1881 35 31 Death 26 January 1971 (Age 90) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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2 years #5 elder sister |
Alice Maude Bayly
Birth 1883 37 33 Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia Death about 1957 (Age 74) |
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1 year #6 herself |
Florence Bayly
Birth 1884 38 34 Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia Death 21 November 1932 (Age 48) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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18 months #7 younger brother |
Clarence Charles Bayly
Birth 4 July 1885 39 36 Bundella, New South Wales, Australia Death 8 May 1940 (Age 54) 62 Northwood Rd, Northwood, New South Wales, Australia |
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18 months #8 younger brother |
Charles Fitzroy Bayly
Birth 1887 41 37 Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia Death yes |
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4 years #9 younger sister |
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| #11 brother |
| Family with Norwood Tasman Strachan - View family |
| husband |
Norwood Tasman Strachan
Birth 1891 46 32 Death yes |
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-7 years herself |
Florence Bayly
Birth 1884 38 34 Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia Death 21 November 1932 (Age 48) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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Marriage: 1916 |
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4 years #1 son |
Graham Strachan
Birth 18 January 1920 29 36 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Death yes |
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-2 years #2 daughter |
Margaret Strachan
Birth 8 December 1917 26 33 Death 4 November 1999 (Age 81) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |