Eleanor Margaret Murray?–1912
- Name
- Eleanor Margaret Murray
- Given names
- Eleanor Margaret
- Surname
- Murray
| Birth of a son #1 | 5 September New South Wales, Australia
son -
William Lawson
|
| Australian History | 1840 Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| 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. |
| 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). |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| Marriage | Thomas James Lawson - View family 13 September 1865 Woolloomooloo, New South Wales, Australia Address: St. Peters Church, Note: ELEANOR must also of had a previous marriage as her father was Walter Rannie Davidson. |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | 22 June 1866 Macquarie Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
daughter -
Caroline Lawson
|
| Birth of a daughter #3 | July 1867 Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia
daughter -
Mary Lawson
|
| Australian History | 1867 Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | 7 December 1868 "Errowanbang", Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia
daughter -
Eleanor Lawson
|
| 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. |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | 12 January 1870 Richmond, New South Wales, Australia
daughter -
Florence Lawson
|
| Australian History | 1872 Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Death of a son | 17 September 1873 Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia
son -
William Lawson
|
| Australian History | 1873 Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Birth of a son #6 | 6 November 1874 "Errowanbang", Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia
son -
William Frederick Lawson
|
| 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 husband | 19 May 1877 "Veteran Hall", Prospect, New South Wales, Australia
husband -
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. |
| 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 daughter | Caroline Lawson - View family 4 August 1886 Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia
son-in-law -
Alexander Learmonth
daughter -
Caroline Lawson
|
| 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. |
| 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 |
| Marriage of a daughter | Florence Lawson - View family 5 February 1897 New South Wales, Australia
son-in-law -
Sir Adrian Knox
daughter -
Florence Lawson
|
| Marriage of a daughter | Eleanor Lawson - View family June 1897
son-in-law -
General Sir James Melville Babington
daughter -
Eleanor Lawson
|
| 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. |
| Marriage of a daughter | Mary Lawson - View family 21 December 1898 Kent, England
son-in-law -
Reginald Waterfield
daughter -
Mary Lawson
|
| 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 |
| Australian History | 1901 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | 1902
grandson -
Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey Babington
|
| Australian History | 1902 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 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 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 Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Australian History | 1908 Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead |
| Australian History | 1909 Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | 1910 Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | 1911 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 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 |
| Death | 13 February 1912 Cheltenham, London, England |
| Family with Thomas James Lawson - View family |
| husband |
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 |
| herself |
Eleanor Margaret Murray
Death 13 February 1912 Cheltenham, London, England |
|
Marriage: 13 September 1865 — Woolloomooloo, New South Wales, Australia |
|
|
9 months #1 daughter |
Caroline Lawson
Birth 22 June 1866 24 Macquarie Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death 1929 (Age 62) New South Wales, Australia |
|
1 year #2 daughter |
Mary Lawson
Birth July 1867 25 Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia Death yes |
|
17 months #3 daughter |
Eleanor Lawson
Birth 7 December 1868 27 "Errowanbang", Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia Death yes |
|
13 months #4 daughter |
Florence Lawson
Birth 12 January 1870 28 Richmond, New South Wales, Australia Death yes |
| #5 son |
William Lawson
Birth 5 September New South Wales, Australia Death 17 September 1873 Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia |
| #6 son |
Birth 6 November 1874 33 "Errowanbang", Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia Death yes |
No family available
| 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. |
| Marriage | ELEANOR must also of had a previous marriage as her father was Walter Rannie Davidson. |
| Marriage | ELEANOR must also of had a previous marriage as her father was Walter Rannie Davidson. |
| 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 |