Eliza Lawson?–1900
- Name
- Eliza Lawson
- Given names
- Eliza
- Surname
- Lawson
| Birth | Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia |
| Birth of a sister | 24 January 1838 New South Wales, Australia
sister -
Sarah Ann Lawson
|
| Australian History | 1838 Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Birth of a sister | 1839 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
sister -
Maria Emily Lawson
|
| Australian History | 1839 Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Birth of a sister | 1840 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
sister -
Sophia Rebecca Lawson
|
| Australian History | 1840 Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Birth of a brother | 23 September 1841 "Errowanbang", Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia
brother -
Thomas James Lawson
|
| Australian History | 1841 Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1842 Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Birth of a brother | April 1843 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
brother -
Frances Lawson
|
| Australian History | 1843 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). |
| Death of a brother | 4 August 1844 New South Wales, Australia
brother -
Frances Lawson
|
| Birth of a brother | 5 October 1844 Kelso, New South Wales, Australia
brother -
Samuel Charles Lawson
|
| Death of a brother | 20 December 1844 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
brother -
Samuel Charles Lawson
|
| Australian History | 1845 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. |
| Birth of a brother | 1847 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
brother -
Samuel Charles Lawson
|
| Death of a paternal grandfather | 16 June 1850 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia
paternal grandfather -
Lieut. William Lawson Sr.
|
| Australian History | 1850 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 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 Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 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 Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 1857 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 Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 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 | Edric Norfolk Vaux Morisset - View family 3 July 1860 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia Address: St. Bartholomew's Church |
| Marriage of a sister | Susannah Caroline Lawson - View family 4 December 1860 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia
brother-in-law -
John Rendell Street
sister -
Susannah Caroline Lawson
|
| Australian History | 1860 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 Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs. Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra |
| Marriage of a sister | Maria Emily Lawson - View family 7 August 1862 St. Bartholomew's Church, Prospect, New South Wales, Australia
brother-in-law -
Charles Icely Sr
sister -
Maria Emily Lawson
|
| Australian History | 1862 Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1863 Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Death of a brother | 1 February 1865 Flyers Creek, Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia
brother -
William Icely Lawson
|
| Marriage of a brother | Thomas James Lawson - View family 13 September 1865 Woolloomooloo, New South Wales, Australia
brother -
Thomas James Lawson
sister-in-law -
Eleanor Margaret Murray
|
| Australian History | 1867 Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | 1869 Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Death of a sister | 1872 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
sister -
Susannah Caroline Lawson
|
| Australian History | 1872 Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Marriage of a brother | Samuel Charles Lawson - View family 8 January 1874 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia
brother -
Samuel Charles Lawson
sister-in-law -
Ida Emily Paget Bayly
|
| Death of a mother | 3 July 1875 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia
mother -
Caroline Icely
|
| Australian History | 1875 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 brother | 19 May 1877 "Veteran Hall", Prospect, New South Wales, Australia
brother -
Thomas James Lawson
|
| Australian History | 1878 Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 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 brother | 11 January 1881 Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
brother -
Samuel Charles Lawson
|
| Australian History | 1882 Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Marriage of a sister | Sophia Rebecca Lawson - View family 2 January 1884 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
brother-in-law -
Edward Deas Thompson
sister -
Sophia Rebecca Lawson
|
| Marriage of a sister | Sarah Ann Lawson - View family 3 December 1885 Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia
brother-in-law -
Christopher Lethbridge
sister -
Sarah Ann Lawson
|
| Death of a husband | 26 August 1887
husband -
Edric Norfolk Vaux Morisset
|
| Burial of a husband | 28 August 1887 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
husband -
Edric Norfolk Vaux Morisset
|
| Australian History | 1887 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 Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration. |
| Australian History | 1890 Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 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 Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Death of a sister | 2 September 1893 Homebush, New South Wales, Australia
sister -
Sarah Ann Lawson
|
| Australian History | 1893 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 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 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 Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 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 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 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 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 |
| Death | 11 October 1900 |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
William Lawson Jr.
Birth 2 August 1804 30 24 Kingston, , Norfolk Island Death yes |
| mother |
Caroline Icely
Death 3 July 1875 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia |
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Marriage: 10 May 1832 — Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia |
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14 months #1 brother |
William Icely Lawson
Birth July 1833 28 "Stoke Farm", Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia Death 1 February 1865 (Age 31) Flyers Creek, Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia |
| #2 herself |
Eliza Lawson
Birth Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia Death 11 October 1900 |
| #3 sister |
Sarah Ann Lawson
Birth 24 January 1838 33 New South Wales, Australia Death 2 September 1893 (Age 55) Homebush, New South Wales, Australia |
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11 months #4 sister |
Maria Emily Lawson
Birth 1839 34 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia Death "The Astor", Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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1 year #5 sister |
Sophia Rebecca Lawson
Birth 1840 35 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia Death 25 March 1916 (Age 76) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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21 months #6 brother |
Thomas James Lawson
Birth 23 September 1841 37 "Errowanbang", Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia Death 19 May 1877 (Age 35) "Veteran Hall", Prospect, New South Wales, Australia |
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18 months #7 brother |
Frances Lawson
Birth April 1843 38 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia Death 4 August 1844 (Age 16 months) New South Wales, Australia |
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18 months #8 brother |
Samuel Charles Lawson
Birth 5 October 1844 40 Kelso, New South Wales, Australia Death 20 December 1844 (Age 2 months) Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia |
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2 years #9 brother |
Samuel Charles Lawson
Birth 1847 42 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia Death 11 January 1881 (Age 34) Wellington, New South Wales, Australia |
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-11 years #10 sister |
Birth 7 January 1836 31 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia Death 1872 (Age 35) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Family with Edric Norfolk Vaux Morisset - View family |
| husband |
|
| herself |
Eliza Lawson
Birth Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia Death 11 October 1900 |
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Marriage: 3 July 1860 — Prospect, New South Wales, Australia |