Sophia Rebecca LawsonAge: 761840–1916
- Name
- Sophia Rebecca Lawson
- Given names
- Sophia Rebecca
- Surname
- Lawson
| Birth | 1840 35 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia |
| 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 (Age 20 months) "Errowanbang", Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia
younger brother -
Thomas James Lawson
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| 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. |
| Birth of a brother | April 1843 (Age 3) Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
younger brother -
Frances Lawson
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| 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). |
| Death of a brother | 4 August 1844 (Age 4) New South Wales, Australia
younger brother -
Frances Lawson
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| Birth of a brother | 5 October 1844 (Age 4) Kelso, New South Wales, Australia
younger brother -
Samuel Charles Lawson
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| Death of a brother | 20 December 1844 (Age 4) Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
younger brother -
Samuel Charles Lawson
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| 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. |
| Birth of a brother | 1847 (Age 7) Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
younger brother -
Samuel Charles Lawson
|
| Death of a paternal grandfather | 16 June 1850 (Age 10) Prospect, New South Wales, Australia
paternal grandfather -
Lieut. William Lawson Sr.
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| 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 |
| 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 of a sister | Eliza Lawson - View family 3 July 1860 (Age 20) 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 20) Prospect, New South Wales, Australia
brother-in-law -
John Rendell Street
elder sister -
Susannah Caroline Lawson
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| 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 |
| Marriage of a sister | Maria Emily Lawson - View family 7 August 1862 (Age 22) St. Bartholomew's Church, Prospect, New South Wales, Australia
brother-in-law -
Charles Icely Sr
elder sister -
Maria Emily Lawson
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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. |
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 23) 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 25) 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 25) Woolloomooloo, New South Wales, Australia
younger brother -
Thomas James Lawson
sister-in-law -
Eleanor Margaret Murray
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| 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. |
| 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. |
| Death of a sister | 1872 (Age 32) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
elder sister -
Susannah Caroline Lawson
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| 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. |
| Marriage of a brother | Samuel Charles Lawson - View family 8 January 1874 (Age 34) 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 35) Prospect, New South Wales, Australia
mother -
Caroline Icely
|
| 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. |
| Death of a brother | 19 May 1877 (Age 37) "Veteran Hall", Prospect, New South Wales, Australia
younger brother -
Thomas James Lawson
|
| 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. |
| Death of a brother | 11 January 1881 (Age 41) Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
younger brother -
Samuel Charles Lawson
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| 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 |
| Marriage | Edward Deas Thompson - View family 2 January 1884 (Age 44) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Address: St. James Church, |
| Marriage of a sister | Sarah Ann Lawson - View family 3 December 1885 (Age 45) Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia
brother-in-law -
Christopher Lethbridge
elder sister -
Sarah Ann Lawson
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| 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. |
| Death of a sister | 2 September 1893 (Age 53) Homebush, New South Wales, Australia
elder sister -
Sarah Ann Lawson
|
| 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 |
| Australian History | 1896 (Age 56) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 57) 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 58) 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 59) 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. |
| Death of a sister | 11 October 1900 (Age 60)
sister -
Eliza Lawson
|
| Australian History | 1900 (Age 60) 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 61) 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 |
| Australian History | 1902 (Age 62) 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 63) 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 64) 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 66) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Australian History | 1908 (Age 68) 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 69) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 70) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 71) 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 72) 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 73) 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 73) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 74) 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 75) 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 76) 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 |
| Death | 25 March 1916 (Age 76) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| 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 elder 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 elder 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 herself |
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 Edward Deas Thompson - View family |
| husband |
Edward Deas Thompson
Death yes |
| herself |
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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Marriage: 2 January 1884 — Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |