Sarah Ann LawsonAge: 551838–1893
- Name
- Sarah Ann Lawson
- Given names
- Sarah Ann
- Surname
- Lawson
| Birth | 24 January 1838 33 New South Wales, Australia Address: Macquarie Plains |
| 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 (Age 11 months) Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
younger sister -
Maria Emily Lawson
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| Australian History | 1839 (Age 11 months) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Birth of a sister | 1840 (Age 23 months) Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
younger sister -
Sophia Rebecca Lawson
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| Australian History | 1840 (Age 23 months) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Birth of a brother | 23 September 1841 (Age 3) "Errowanbang", Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia
younger brother -
Thomas James Lawson
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| Australian History | 1841 (Age 2) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1842 (Age 3) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Birth of a brother | April 1843 (Age 5) Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
younger brother -
Frances Lawson
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| Australian History | 1843 (Age 4) 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 (Age 6) New South Wales, Australia
younger brother -
Frances Lawson
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| Birth of a brother | 5 October 1844 (Age 6) Kelso, New South Wales, Australia
younger brother -
Samuel Charles Lawson
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| Death of a brother | 20 December 1844 (Age 6) Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
younger brother -
Samuel Charles Lawson
|
| Australian History | 1845 (Age 6) 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 (Age 8) Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
younger brother -
Samuel Charles Lawson
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| Death of a paternal grandfather | 16 June 1850 (Age 12) Prospect, New South Wales, Australia
paternal grandfather -
Lieut. William Lawson Sr.
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| Australian History | 1850 (Age 11) 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 12) 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 14) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 15) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 16) 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 17) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 18) 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 19) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 20) 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 of a sister | Eliza Lawson - View family 3 July 1860 (Age 22) Prospect, New South Wales, Australia
brother-in-law -
Edric Norfolk Vaux Morisset
sister -
Eliza Lawson
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| Marriage of a sister | Susannah Caroline Lawson - View family 4 December 1860 (Age 22) Prospect, New South Wales, Australia
brother-in-law -
John Rendell Street
elder sister -
Susannah Caroline Lawson
|
| Australian History | 1860 (Age 21) 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 22) 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 (Age 24) St. Bartholomew's Church, Prospect, New South Wales, Australia
brother-in-law -
Charles Icely Sr
younger sister -
Maria Emily Lawson
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| Australian History | 1862 (Age 23) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 24) 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 (Age 27) Flyers Creek, Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia
elder brother -
William Icely Lawson
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| Marriage of a brother | Thomas James Lawson - View family 13 September 1865 (Age 27) Woolloomooloo, New South Wales, Australia
younger brother -
Thomas James Lawson
sister-in-law -
Eleanor Margaret Murray
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| Australian History | 1867 (Age 28) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 29) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 30) 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 (Age 33) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
elder sister -
Susannah Caroline Lawson
|
| Australian History | 1872 (Age 33) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 34) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Marriage of a brother | Samuel Charles Lawson - View family 8 January 1874 (Age 35) Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia
younger brother -
Samuel Charles Lawson
sister-in-law -
Ida Emily Paget Bayly
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| Death of a mother | 3 July 1875 (Age 37) Prospect, New South Wales, Australia
mother -
Caroline Icely
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| Australian History | 1875 (Age 36) 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 (Age 39) "Veteran Hall", Prospect, New South Wales, Australia
younger brother -
Thomas James Lawson
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| Australian History | 1878 (Age 39) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 40) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 41) 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 (Age 42) Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
younger brother -
Samuel Charles Lawson
|
| Australian History | 1882 (Age 43) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 44) 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 (Age 45) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
brother-in-law -
Edward Deas Thompson
younger sister -
Sophia Rebecca Lawson
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| Marriage | Christopher Lethbridge - View family 3 December 1885 (Age 47) Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia Address: St. Anne's |
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 48) 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 50) 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 51) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 52) 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 53) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 54) 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. |
| Death | 2 September 1893 (Age 55) Homebush, New South Wales, Australia Address: "Prospect Cottage" |
| 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 elder 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 sister |
Eliza Lawson
Birth Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia Death 11 October 1900 |
| #3 herself |
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 younger 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 younger 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 younger 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 younger 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 younger 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 younger 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 elder sister |
Birth 7 January 1836 31 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia Death 1872 (Age 35) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Family with Christopher Lethbridge - View family |
| husband |
Christopher Lethbridge
Death yes |
| herself |
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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Marriage: 3 December 1885 — Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia |