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Sophia West Lawson1816–?

Name
Sophia West Lawson
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Sophia West
Surname
Lawson
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Birth 13 October 1816 42 36
 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

Note: SOPHIA West Lawson was born 13th October 1816 at Prospect, on 22nd October 1832 also at Castlereagh she married Edward Hallen, Architect son of Samuel and Sarah Hallen of Staffordshire. Sophia died 11th January 1882 and is buried with her husband at Waverley Cemetery. According to family Sophia had a drinking problem.
Birth of a sister 13 October 1816
 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

twin sister - Hannah Anne Lawson
Australian History 1817 (Age 2 months)
 

Note: John Oxley charts the Lachlan River
Note: Australia's first bank, the Bank of New South Wales, opens in Macquarie Place, Sydney (it became Westpac in 1982).
Note: Governor Lachlan Macquarie petitioned the British Admiralty to use the name 'Australia' instead of 'New Holland'
Australian History 1818 (Age 14 months)
 

Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River.
Birth of a sister about 1819 (Age 2)
 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

younger sister - Sarah Maria Lawson
Death of a sister 16 January 1819 (Age 2)
 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

younger sister - Sarah Maria Lawson
Birth of a sister 1 May 1821 (Age 4)
 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

younger sister - Sarah Maria Lawson
Birth of a brother 21 January 1823 (Age 6)
 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

younger brother - Thomas Lawson
Australian History 1824 (Age 7)
 

Note: A penal colony is founded at Moreton Bay, now the city of Brisbane.
Note: Bathurst and Melville Islands are annexed.
Note: Permission granted to change the name of the continent from 'New Holland' to 'Australia'
Note: 1824-25 - Hume and Hovell expedition travels overland to Port Phillip Bay, discovers Murray River
Australian History 1825 (Age 8)
 

Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Birth of a sister 5 July 1826 (Age 9)
 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

younger sister - Allis Lawson
Australian History 1828 (Age 11)
 

Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History 1829 (Age 12)
 

Note: The whole of Australia is claimed as British territory. The settlement of Perth is founded. Swan River Colony is declared by Charles Fremantle for Britain.
Marriage of a sisterRebecca Lawson - View family
7 June 1830 (Age 13)
 Castlereagh, New South Wales, Australia

brother-in-law - James Brindley Bettington Sr.
elder sister - Rebecca Lawson
Death of a mother 11 July 1830 (Age 13)
 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

mother - Sarah Leadbeater
Marriage of a sisterHannah Anne Lawson - View family
18 November 1830 (Age 14)
 Castlereagh, New South Wales, Australia

brother-in-law - Henry Bayly
twin sister - Hannah Anne Lawson
Australian History 1830 (Age 13)
 

Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Australian History 1831 (Age 14)
 

Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Marriage of a brotherWilliam Lawson Jr. - View family
10 May 1832 (Age 15)
 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia

elder brother - William Lawson Jr.
sister-in-law - Caroline Icely
MarriageEdward Hallen - View family
22 October 1832 (Age 16)
 Castlereagh, New South Wales, Australia

Australian History 1832 (Age 15)
 

Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History 1833 (Age 16)
 

Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History 1835 (Age 18)
 

Note: John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner establish a settlement at Port Phillip, now the city of Melbourne.
Note: William Wentworth establishes Australian Patriotic Association (Australia's first political party) to demand democracy for New South Wales.
Marriage of a brotherNelson Simmons Lawson Sr. - View family
7 January 1836 (Age 19)
 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

elder brother - Nelson Simmons Lawson Sr.
sister-in-law - Honoria Mary Dickinson
Australian History 1836 (Age 19)
 

Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Marriage of a sisterSarah Maria Lawson - View family
15 July 1837 (Age 20)
 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

brother-in-law - Ambrose Hallen
younger sister - Sarah Maria Lawson
Australian History 1838 (Age 21)
 

Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History 1839 (Age 22)
 

Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History 1840 (Age 23)
 

Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Marriage of a brotherNelson Simmons Lawson Sr. - View family
1841 (Age 24)
 

elder brother - Nelson Simmons Lawson Sr.
sister-in-law - Sarah Ann Kirk
Australian History 1841 (Age 24)
 

Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History 1842 (Age 25)
 

Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History 1843 (Age 26)
 

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 28)
 

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.
Death of a brother 3 February 1849 (Age 32)
 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

elder brother - Nelson Simmons Lawson Sr.
Death of a father 16 June 1850 (Age 33)
 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

father - Lieut. William Lawson Sr.
Death of a brother 4 November 1850 (Age 34)
 "Merrendee", Wellington, New South Wales, Australia

elder brother - John Hugh Lawson
Burial of a brother 7 November 1850 (Age 34)
 "Pioneer Cemetery", Wellington, New South Wales, Australia

elder brother - John Hugh Lawson
Australian History 1850 (Age 33)
 

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 34)
 

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 36)
 

Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History 1854 (Age 37)
 

Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History 1855 (Age 38)
 

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 39)
 

Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History 1857 (Age 40)
 

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 41)
 

Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.
Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History 1859 (Age 42)
 

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 43)
 

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 44)
 

Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs.
Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra
Australian History 1862 (Age 45)
 

Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History 1863 (Age 46)
 

Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Marriage of a daughterCaroline Sophia Hallen - View family
30 July 1864 (Age 47)
 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

nephew - James Brindley Bettington
daughter - Caroline Sophia Hallen
Australian History 1867 (Age 50)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.
Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History 1868 (Age 51)
 

Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History 1869 (Age 52)
 

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 55)
 

Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History 1873 (Age 56)
 

Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Australian History 1875 (Age 58)
 

Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives.
Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed.
Death of a sister 22 March 1878 (Age 61)
 Liverpool St, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

twin sister - Hannah Anne Lawson
Burial of a sister 23 March 1878 (Age 61)
 Crows Nest, New South Wales, Australia

twin sister - Hannah Anne Lawson
Australian History 1878 (Age 61)
 

Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1879 (Age 62)
 

Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History 1880 (Age 63)
 

Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged.
Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work.
Death of a sister 25 February 1882 (Age 65)
 California, USA

elder sister - Rebecca Lawson
Australian History 1882 (Age 65)
 

Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1883 (Age 66)
 

Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway
Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Australian History 1887 (Age 70)
 

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 72)
 

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 73)
 

Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Australian History 1891 (Age 74)
 

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 75)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History 1893 (Age 76)
 

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 77)
 

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 78)
 

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 79)
 

Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Australian History 1897 (Age 80)
 

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 81)
 

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 82)
 

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 83)
 

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 84)
 

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
Death of a sister 30 March 1902 (Age 85)
 

younger sister - Sarah Maria Lawson
Australian History 1902 (Age 85)
 

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 86)
 

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 87)
 

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 89)
 

Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea
Australian History 1908 (Age 91)
 

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 92)
 

Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.
Australian History 1910 (Age 93)
 

Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.
Australian History 1911 (Age 94)
 

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 95)
 

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
Australian History 1913 (Age 96)
 

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 96)
 

Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place
Australian History 1914 (Age 97)
 

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 98)
 

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 99)
 

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 100)
 

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 101)
 

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 102)
 

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 103)
 

Note: The airline Qantas is founded
Deathyes
 

Family with parents - View family
father
William Lawson Lieut. William Lawson Sr.

Birth 2 June 1774  Finchley, Middlesex, England

Death 16 June 1850 (Age 76)  Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

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6 years
mother
Sarah Leadbeater full.png Sarah Leadbeater

Birth 28 February 1780  

Death 11 July 1830 (Age 50)  Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

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Marriage: 23 March 1812 — Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
-9 years
#1 elder brother
John Hugh Lawson

Birth 26 April 1803 28 23  Kingston, , Norfolk Island

Death 4 November 1850 (Age 47)  "Merrendee", Wellington, New South Wales, Australia

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15 months
#2 elder brother
William Lawson Jr.

Birth 2 August 1804 30 24  Kingston, , Norfolk Island

Death yes  

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22 months
#3 elder brother
Nelson Simmons Lawson Sr.

Birth 26 May 1806 31 26  At Sea

Death 3 February 1849 (Age 42)  Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

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21 months
#4 elder brother
James Lawson

Birth 26 February 1808 33 27  Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Death 20 October 1811 (Age 3)  Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

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5 years
#5 elder sister
Rebecca Lawson

Birth 17 January 1813 38 32  Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

Death 25 February 1882 (Age 69)  California, USA

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4 years
#6 twin sister
Hannah Anne Bayly Headstone.jpg Hannah Anne Lawson

Birth 13 October 1816 42 36  Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

Death 22 March 1878 (Age 61)  Liverpool St, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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#7 herself
Sophia West Lawson

Birth 13 October 1816 42 36  Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

Death yes  

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2 years
#8 younger sister
Sarah Maria Lawson

Birth about 1819 44 38  Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

Death 16 January 1819  Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

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2 years
#9 younger sister
Sarah Maria Lawson

Birth 1 May 1821 46 41  Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

Death 30 March 1902 (Age 80)  

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21 months
#10 younger brother
Thomas Lawson

Birth 21 January 1823 48 42  Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

Burial  Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

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3 years
#11 younger sister
Allis Lawson

Birth 5 July 1826 52 46  Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

Burial  Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

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Family with Edward Hallen - View family
husband
Edward Hallen

Death yes  

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herself
Sophia West Lawson

Birth 13 October 1816 42 36  Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

Death yes  

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Marriage: 22 October 1832 — Castlereagh, New South Wales, Australia
#1 daughter
Caroline Sophia Hallen

Death yes  

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Birth
SOPHIA West Lawson was born 13th October 1816 at Prospect, on 22nd October 1832 also at Castlereagh she married Edward Hallen, Architect son of Samuel and Sarah Hallen of Staffordshire. Sophia died 11th January 1882 and is buried with her husband at Waverley Cemetery. According to family Sophia had a drinking problem.

Australian History
John Oxley charts the Lachlan River

Australian History
Oxley charts the Macquarie River.

Australian History
A penal colony is founded at Moreton Bay, now the city of Brisbane.

Australian History
New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.

Australian History
Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.

Australian History
The whole of Australia is claimed as British territory. The settlement of Perth is founded. Swan River Colony is declared by Charles Fremantle for Britain.

Australian History
Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.

Australian History
Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.

Australian History
Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.

Australian History
The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.

Australian History
John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner establish a settlement at Port Phillip, now the city of Melbourne.

Australian History
Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.

Australian History
First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.

Australian History
Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.

Australian History
Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.

Australian History
New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.

Australian History
Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.

Australian History
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
The ship Cataraqui is wrecked off King Island in Bass Strait. It is Australia's worst civil maritime disaster, with 406 lives lost.

Australian History
Western Australia becomes a penal colony.

Australian History
Victoria separates from New South Wales.

Australian History
Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo

Australian History
The Eureka Stockade

Australian History
The transportation of convicts to Norfolk Island ceases.

Australian History
Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.

Australian History
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.

Australian History
Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.

Australian History
SS Admella wrecked off south-east coast of South Australia with the loss of 89 lives.

Australian History
John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E.

Australian History
The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs.

Australian History
Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.

Australian History
South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.

Australian History
Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.

Australian History
The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.

Australian History
Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.

Australian History
Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.

Australian History
Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.

Australian History
SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives.

Australian History
First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.

Australian History
The first congress of trade unions is held.

Australian History
The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged.

Australian History
First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.

Australian History
The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway

Australian History
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
The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.

Australian History
The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.

Australian History
A National Australasian Convention meets, agrees on adopting the name 'the Commonwealth of Australia' and drafting a constitution.

Australian History
Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.

Australian History
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
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
The premiers, except for those of Queensland and Western Australia, agree to implement the Corowa proposals.

Australian History
The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution

Australian History
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.

Australian History
The Convention agrees on a final draft to be put to the people.

Australian History
The decision is made to site the national capital in New South Wales, but not within 100 miles of Sydney.

Australian History
Several delegates visit London to resist proposed changes to the agreed-upon constitution.

Australian History
(01 Jan) Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General

Australian History
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.

Australian History
The High Court of Australia is established with Samuel Griffith as the first Chief Justice.

Australian History
A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital

Australian History
Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea

Australian History
Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country

Australian History
The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.

Australian History
Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.

Australian History
The Royal Australian Navy is founded

Australian History
Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time

Australian History
Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains.

Australian History
The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place

Australian History
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
(25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April.

Australian History
Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill'

Australian History
Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed.

Australian History
(08 AUG) Battle of Amiens

Australian History
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
The airline Qantas is founded


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