Patricia Michele GibsonAge: 441946–1990
- Name
- Patricia Michele Gibson
- Given names
- Patricia Michele
- Surname
- Gibson
| Birth | 4 March 1946 25 24 Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Australian History | 1946 Note: Minister for Immigration Arthur Calwell introduces the major post-war immigration scheme Note: Norman Makin, is voted in as the first President of the United Nations Security Council. |
| Australian History | 1948 (Age 21 months) Note: Minister for External Affairs, Dr. H.V. Evatt is elected President of the United Nations General Assembly. Note: Australia becomes a signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. |
| Australian History | 1949 (Age 2) Note: Construction of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme begins Note: All indigenous ex-servicemen and any Indigenous Australians who are eligible to vote in State Elections (NSW, VIC, SA and TAS) are given an unrestricted right to vote in Federal Elections. Note: The Nationality and Citizenship Act is passed. Rather than being identified as subjects of Britain, the Act established Australian citizenship for people who met eligibility requirements. Note: Menzies returns to power as leader of the new Liberal Party Menzies Government. |
| Australian History | 1950 (Age 3) Note: 1950-53 - Australian troops are sent to the Korean War to assist South Korea. Note: Voters reject a referendum to change the Constitution to allow the Menzies Government to ban the Communist Party |
| Australian History | 1951 (Age 4) Note: Australia signs the ANZUS treaty with the United States and New Zealand |
| Birth of a brother | 13 October 1952 (Age 6) Los Angeles, California, USA
younger brother -
Raymond Lawrence Gibson
|
| Australian History | 1952 (Age 5) Note: First nuclear test conducted in Australian territory by the United Kingdom off the coast of Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1954 (Age 7) Note: Elizabeth II and Prince Philip make a royal visit; the Soviet diplomat Vladimir Petrov defects, leading to the Petrov Affair and another split in the Labor Party |
| Australian History | 1955 (Age 8) Note: Democratic Labor Party splits from Australian Labor Party over concerns of Communist influence in the labour movement Note: Australia becomes involved in Malayan Insurgence Note: Hotels in New South Wales no longer have to close at 6 p.m., ending the 'six o'clock swill' |
| Australian History | 1956 (Age 9) Note: Television in Australia is launched. Note: Melbourne holds the Olympics Note: performing artist Barry Humphries introduces Edna Everage to the Australian stage |
| Australian History | 1957 (Age 10) Note: The song 'Wild One' makes Johnny O'Keefe the first Australian rock'n'roller to reach the national charts. Note: Slim Dusty's Australian country music hit Pub With No Beer becomes the first Australian song to attain international chart success. |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | 1 August 1959 (Age 13) West Covina, California, USA
paternal grandfather -
Raymond Leroy Gibson Sr
|
| Australian History | 1962 (Age 15) Note: Robert Menzies' Commonwealth Electoral Act provided that all Indigenous Australians should have the right to enrol and vote at federal elections, removing remaining restrictions applying in QLD, WA and NT. Note: Malayan Insurgence ends |
| Death of a father | 13 December 1963 (Age 17) San Gabriel, California, USA
father -
Raymond Leroy Gibson Jr
|
| Australian History | 1964 (Age 17) Note: The Beatles tour Australia; Note: 82 sailors die when HMAS Voyager sinks after being rammed by HMAS Melbourne; Note: The editors of Oz magazine are charged with obscenity; Note: PM Robert Menzies announces the reintroduction of compulsory military service for men aged from 18-25 years old; Note: First troops sent to Vietnam War. |
| Australian History | 1965 (Age 18) Note: Indigenous Australians gain right to vote in state of Queensland |
| Australian History | 1966 (Age 19) Note: The ban on the employment of married women in the Commonwealth Public Service is lifted; Note: Menzies retires as Australia's longest-serving Prime Minister and is succeeded by Harold Holt. |
| Australian History | 14 February 1966 (Age 19) Note: Decimalisation; on 14 February the Australian currency is changed to dollars and cents, with the Australian Dollar replacing the Australian pound. |
| Australian History | 1967 (Age 20) Note: Large areas of Hobart and south-eastern Tasmania are devastated by bushfires on 7 February that kill 62 people; Note: Prime Minister Holt drowns and is succeeded by John Gorton; Note: The constitution is changed to allow Aboriginal Australians to be included in the population count and for the federal government to legislate for them; Sydney is rocked by a series of brutal underworld killings; Note: Talkback radio is introduced; Note: British comedian Tony Hancock commits suicide in Sydney; Note: Gough Whitlam becomes leader of the Labor Party; Note: Ronald Ryan becomes the last person legally executed in Australia. |
| Australian History | 1968 (Age 21) Note: Australia signs the nuclear non-proliferation treaty; Aboriginal boxing champion Lionel Rose defeats Masahiko 'Fighting' Harada in Japan to become the world bantamweight champion; Australia's first liver transplant operation is performed in Sydney; |
| Australian History | 1969 (Age 22) Note: French conceptual artist Christo 'wraps' Little Bay in Sydney; Note: Renowned author-artists Norman Lindsay and May Gibbs die; Note: The Australian production of the rock musical Hair premieres in Sydney; Note: Top pop groups The Easybeats and The Twilights break up; Tim Burstall directs2000 Weeks, the first all-Australian feature released since Charles Chauvel's Jedda in 1958 |
| Australian History | 1970 (Age 23) Note: More than 200,000 people participate in the largest demonstrations in Australian history, against the Vietnam War |
| Australian History | 1971 (Age 24) Note: Neville Bonner becomes the first Aborigine to become an Australian Member of Parliament; Note: John Gorton resigns and is succeeded by William McMahon Note: The 1971 Springbok tour sparks protest all throughout Australia. Premier of Queensland Joh Bjelke-Petersen declares a state of emergency in QLD in response to escalating protest. Note: Daylight Saving is introduced to New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, and the Australian Capital Territory. |
| Australian History | 1972 (Age 25) Note: The Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission rules that women doing the same job as men have the right to be paid the same wage. Note: Aboriginal Tent Embassy erected in response to the Coalition government's approval of exploration licences and mining tenements on reserves Note: The first Labor government since 1949 is elected under the leadership of Gough Whitlam Note: Australia recognizes the People's Republic of China Note: Queensland abandons Daylight Saving. |
| Australian History | 1973 (Age 26) Note: The Sydney Opera House is opened Note: The White Australian Policy (established 1901) is officially dismantled Note: Vietnam War ends Note: The federal voting age is dropped from 21 to 18 Note: Unionists save the historic 'The Rocks' area of Sydney from demolition by introducing 'Green Bans' Note: Patrick White becomes the first Australian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature |
| Australian History | 1974 (Age 27) Note: Darwin is devastated by Cyclone Tracy |
| Death of a mother | April 1975 (Age 29) Boise, Idaho, USA
mother -
Beverly Jane Mc Dermott
|
| Australian History | 1975 (Age 28) Note: (November) A constitutional crisis occurs when Malcolm Fraser blocks supply, bringing the nation to a standstill until Governor-General John Kerr dismisses Prime Minister Gough Whitlam on the 11.11.75. Fraser wins elections and becomes Prime Minister Note: The 'Privy Council (Appeals from the High Court) Act removes the right to appeal High Court decisions to the British Privy Council. Appeals to the Privy Council direct from State Supreme Courts remain until 1988. Note: South Australia becomes the first state in Australia to legalise homosexuality between consenting adults in private. Note: Whitlam government introduced the Aboriginal Land (NT) Bill into Parliament. The bill proposed land rights in the Northern Territory based on land claimed on grounds of need as well as traditional affiliation and traditional landowners maintaining control over mining and development. |
| Death of a brother | September 1976 (Age 30)
younger brother -
Raymond Lawrence Gibson
|
| Australian History | 1976 (Age 29) Note: The Australian Capital Territory legalises homosexuality between consenting adults in private. |
| Australian History | 1977 (Age 30) Note: Advance Australia Fair becomes Australia's official national anthem Note: Granville rail disaster killed eighty-three people |
| Australian History | 1978 (Age 31) Note: The First Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras kicks off in Sydney |
| Australian History | 1979 (Age 32) Note: Australian women win the right to maternity leave Note: Kakadu National Park and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park are both proclaimed. |
| Australian History | 1980 (Age 33) Note: Baby Azaria Chamberlain disappears from a campsite at Uluru (Ayers Rock), reportedly taken by a dingo. The Coalition wins the 1980 Australian federal election. |
| Australian History | 1981 (Age 34) Note: A referendum is held in Tasmania to vote for whether or not the Franklin Dam should be built. |
| Australian History | 1982 (Age 35) Note: Commonwealth Games held in Brisbane. The National Gallery of Australia is opened. |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | 1 July 1983 (Age 37) California, USA
paternal grandmother -
Estella Marie Boehm
|
| Australian History | 1983 (Age 36) Note: Australia wins the America's Cup; Note: Bob Hawke defeats Fraser and leads Labor back to government. Note: The Australian Dollar is floated. Note: The Ash Wednesday fires kill 71 people. |
| Australian History | 1984 (Age 37) Note: Advance Australia Fair is proclaimed as Australia's national anthem. Note: The one dollar coin is introduced. Note: Labor wins the 1984 Australian federal election. Note: Medicare is established. |
| Australian History | 1985 (Age 38) Note: The government grants the freehold title of a large area of land in central Australia, including prominent landmarks Uluru and Kata Tjuta, to the Mutitjulu people, who in turn give them a 99-year lease. Note: The last state to do so (New South Wales) abolishes capital punishment. |
| Australian History | 1986 (Age 39) Note: The Australia Act removes the right of appeal from State courts to the British Privy Council, making the High Court the final court of appeal in Australia. The Act also removes all remaining rights of the UK parliament to pass law for Australia. Anita Cobby murder in Sydney. Russell Street Bombing in Melbourne. Crocodile Dundee is released in Australia. |
| Australian History | 1987 (Age 40) Note: Hoddle Street Massacre kills 7 victims and injures 19, Note: Queen Street Massacre kills 8 victims and injures 5. Note: Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen resigns as Premier of Queensland after 19 years at the top. |
| Australian History | 1988 (Age 41) Note: Australia celebrates its bicentenary, with large celebrations and major funding for capital works projects. The new Parliament House opens. Federal referendums on 4-year parliamentary terms, recognition of local government and other issues are defeated. Brisbane hosts World Expo '88. |
| Australian History | 1989 (Age 42) Note: Newcastle Earthquake kills 13 people. Note: ACT gains self-Government. Note: The Kempsey bus crash and Grafton bus crash kill a total of 56 people. Note: Queensland commences three-year trial of Daylight Saving. Note: Rosemary Follett (Australian Labor Party) becomes the first Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory and the first woman to become head of government in an Australian state or territory. |
| Australian History | 1990 (Age 43) Note: Royal Australian Navy deployed in preparation for the First Gulf War. Note: Carmen Lawrence becomes the first female premier of an Australian state. Note: Labor wins the 1990 federal election. |
| Death | August 1990 (Age 44) San Gabriel, California, USA |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Raymond Leroy Gibson Jr
Birth 16 February 1921 26 23 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Death 13 December 1963 (Age 42) San Gabriel, California, USA |
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10 months mother |
Birth 11 December 1921 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA Death April 1975 (Age 53) Boise, Idaho, USA |
| #1 brother | |
| #2 herself |
Patricia Michele Gibson
Birth 4 March 1946 25 24 Los Angeles, California, USA Death August 1990 (Age 44) San Gabriel, California, USA |
| #3 sister | |
| #4 younger brother |
Raymond Lawrence Gibson
Birth 13 October 1952 31 30 Los Angeles, California, USA Death September 1976 (Age 23) |
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| #7 sister |
| Family with Timothy John Anderson - View family |
| husband |
Timothy John Anderson
Birth 1946 Los Angeles, California, USA Death about 1994 (Age 48) Los Angeles, California, USA |
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2 months herself |
Patricia Michele Gibson
Birth 4 March 1946 25 24 Los Angeles, California, USA Death August 1990 (Age 44) San Gabriel, California, USA |
| #1 daughter | |
| #2 daughter |