Walter Wood Sr.Age: 551840–1895
- Name
- Walter Wood Sr.
- Given names
- Walter
- Surname
- Wood
- Name suffix
- Sr.
| Birth | 1840 20 Eddelstone, Peebles, Peebles, Scotland |
| Occupation | Farmer, Carpenter |
| Australian History | 1840 Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Australian History | 1841 (Age 12 months) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1842 (Age 2) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1843 (Age 3) 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 5) 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 10) 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 11) 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 |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | 22 April 1852 (Age 12) Eddelstone, Peebles, Peebles, Scotland
paternal grandmother -
Margaret Dalgleish
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| Australian History | 1853 (Age 13) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 14) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 15) 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 16) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 17) 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 18) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 19) 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. |
| Marriage | Isabella Purdie - View family 28 December 1860 (Age 20) St Andrews, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland |
| Australian History | 1860 (Age 20) 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 21) Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs. Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra |
| Birth of a son #1 | 1862 (Age 22)
son -
William Wood
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| Australian History | 1862 (Age 22) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Christening of a son | 5 January 1862 (Age 22) Saint Andrews Freechurch-NC, Manchester, Lancashire, England
son -
William Wood
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| Birth of a son #2 | 1863 (Age 23)
son -
John Wood
|
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 23) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Christening of a son | 7 June 1863 (Age 23) St Andrews Free Church, Manchester, Lancashire, England
son -
John Wood
|
| Birth of a son #3 | 1867 (Age 27)
son -
Walter Wood Jr.
|
| Australian History | 1867 (Age 27) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 28) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | 1869 (Age 29)
daughter -
Jane Wood
|
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 29) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Birth of a son #5 | 1871 (Age 31)
son -
Alexander Wood
|
| Australian History | 1872 (Age 32) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 33) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 35) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed. |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | 3 January 1878 (Age 38) Forest Hill Farm, Mary River, Queensland, Australia
daughter -
Janet Isabella Wood
|
| Australian History | 1878 (Age 38) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 39) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 40) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
| Australian History | 1882 (Age 42) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 43) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 47) 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 49) 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 50) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 51) 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 52) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 53) 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 54) 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 55) 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 |
| Death | 27 July 1895 (Age 55) Cross Street, Gympie, Queensland, Australia Cause of death: Pneumonia, Syncope |
| Burial | 28 July 1895 (1 day after death) Gympie, Queensland, Australia Cemetery: Two Mile Cemetry |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
William Wood
Christening 28 February 1819 34 32 Eddleston, Peebles, Scotland Death yes |
| mother |
Janet Brydone
Death yes |
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Marriage: 14 December 1838 |
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13 months #1 himself |
Walter Wood Sr.
Birth 1840 20 Eddelstone, Peebles, Peebles, Scotland Death 27 July 1895 (Age 55) Cross Street, Gympie, Queensland, Australia |
| Family with Isabella Purdie - View family |
| himself |
Walter Wood Sr.
Birth 1840 20 Eddelstone, Peebles, Peebles, Scotland Death 27 July 1895 (Age 55) Cross Street, Gympie, Queensland, Australia |
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2 years wife |
Isabella Purdie
Birth 1842 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Death 6 October 1925 (Age 83) Wooloowin, Queensland, Australia |
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Marriage: 28 December 1860 — St Andrews, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland |
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1 year #1 son |
William Wood
Birth 1862 22 20 Death yes |
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1 year #2 son |
John Wood
Birth 1863 23 21 Death yes |
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4 years #3 son |
Walter Wood Jr.
Birth 1867 27 25 Death yes |
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2 years #4 daughter |
Jane Wood
Birth 1869 29 27 Death yes |
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2 years #5 son |
Alexander Wood
Birth 1871 31 29 Death yes |
| #6 son |
George Wood
Death yes |
| #7 son |
James Wood
Death yes |
| #8 daughter |
Birth 3 January 1878 38 36 Forest Hill Farm, Mary River, Queensland, Australia Death 3 June 1947 (Age 69) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| #9 daughter |
Isabella Wood
Death yes |
| #10 daughter |
Annie Wood
Death yes |