Isabella PurdieAge: 831842–1925
- Name
- Isabella Purdie
- Given names
- Isabella
- Surname
- Purdie
| Birth | 1842 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland |
| Australian History | 1842 Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1843 (Age 12 months) 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 3) 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 8) 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 9) 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 11) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 12) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 13) 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 14) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 15) 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 16) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 17) 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 | Walter Wood Sr. - View family 28 December 1860 (Age 18) St Andrews, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland |
| Australian History | 1860 (Age 18) 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 19) 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 20)
son -
William Wood
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| Australian History | 1862 (Age 20) 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 20) Saint Andrews Freechurch-NC, Manchester, Lancashire, England
son -
William Wood
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| Birth of a son #2 | 1863 (Age 21)
son -
John Wood
|
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 21) 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 21) St Andrews Free Church, Manchester, Lancashire, England
son -
John Wood
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| Birth of a son #3 | 1867 (Age 25)
son -
Walter Wood Jr.
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| Australian History | 1867 (Age 25) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 26) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | 1869 (Age 27)
daughter -
Jane Wood
|
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 27) 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 29)
son -
Alexander Wood
|
| Australian History | 1872 (Age 30) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 31) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 33) 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 36) Forest Hill Farm, Mary River, Queensland, Australia
daughter -
Janet Isabella Wood
|
| Australian History | 1878 (Age 36) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 37) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 38) 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 40) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 41) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 45) 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 47) 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 48) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 49) 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 50) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 51) 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 52) 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. |
| Death of a husband | 27 July 1895 (Age 53) Cross Street, Gympie, Queensland, Australia
husband -
Walter Wood Sr.
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| Burial of a husband | 28 July 1895 (Age 53) Gympie, Queensland, Australia
husband -
Walter Wood Sr.
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| Australian History | 1895 (Age 53) 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 54) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 55) 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 56) 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 57) 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 58) 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 59) 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 daughter | Janet Isabella Wood - View family 15 October 1902 (Age 60)
son-in-law -
Thomas Baynton "Tom" Ford
daughter -
Janet Isabella Wood
|
| Australian History | 1902 (Age 60) 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 61) 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 62) Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | 10 July 1905 (Age 63) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
granddaughter -
Isabel Florence Ford
|
| Australian History | 1906 (Age 64) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Australian History | 1908 (Age 66) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead |
| Australian History | 1909 (Age 67) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 68) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | 29 October 1911 (Age 69) Chinchilla, Queensland, Australia
grandson -
Thomas Myles Ford
|
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 69) 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 70) 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 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | 19 June 1913 (Age 71) Chinchilla, Queensland, Australia
granddaughter -
Irene Norma Ford
|
| Australian History | 1913 (Age 71) 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 71) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 72) 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. |
| Australian History | 1915 (Age 73) 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 |
| Australian History | 1916 (Age 74) 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 |
| Australian History | 1917 (Age 75) 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 76) 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 77) 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. |
| Australian History | 1920 (Age 78) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Australian History | 1921 (Age 79) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Australian History | 1922 (Age 80) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Australian History | 1923 (Age 81) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
| Death | 6 October 1925 (Age 83) Wooloowin, Queensland, Australia Cause of death: Arteriosclerosis and senility, Uraemia, Coma |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Cyris "John" Purdie
Death yes |
| mother | |
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Marriage: 11 June 1838 — St Andrews, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland |
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4 years #1 herself |
Isabella Purdie
Birth 1842 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Death 6 October 1925 (Age 83) Wooloowin, Queensland, Australia |
| Family with Walter Wood Sr. - View family |
| husband |
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 herself |
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 |