Nelson Simmons LawsonAge: 461865–1912
- Name
- Nelson Simmons Lawson
- Given names
- Nelson Simmons
- Surname
- Lawson
| Birth | 6 December 1865 24 Richmond, New South Wales, Australia |
| Birth of a son #1 | 17 October
son -
Thorold Charles Lawson
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| Australian History | 1867 (Age 12 months) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 2) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 3) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Birth of a brother | 27 September 1871 (Age 5) Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia
younger brother -
Andrew Lawson
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| Australian History | 1872 (Age 6) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Birth of a brother | 27 May 1873 (Age 7) "Putta Bucca", Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia
younger brother -
Eddington Campbell Lawson
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| Australian History | 1873 (Age 7) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Birth of a brother | 16 August 1875 (Age 9) Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia
younger brother -
Fitzcharles Lawson
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| Australian History | 1875 (Age 9) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed. |
| Australian History | 1878 (Age 12) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 13) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 14) 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 (Age 16) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 17) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 21) 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 23) Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration. |
| Marriage | Mary Ann Meldrum - View family 12 December 1890 (Age 25) Baptist Church, Petersham, New South Wales, Australia |
| Australian History | 1890 (Age 24) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Death of a brother | 15 January 1891 (Age 25) Taree, New South Wales, Australia
younger brother -
Andrew Lawson
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| Birth of a son #2 | 14 September 1891 (Age 25) New South Wales, Australia
son -
Donald George Lawson
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| Death of a father | 3 December 1891 (Age 25) Taree, New South Wales, Australia
father -
Charles William Lawson
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| Australian History | 1891 (Age 25) 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 26) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 27) 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. |
| Birth of a son #3 | 7 September 1894 (Age 28)
son -
Malcom Eric Lawson
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| Australian History | 1894 (Age 28) 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 29) 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 30) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 31) 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 32) 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. |
| Birth of a son #4 | 30 September 1899 (Age 33) Enfield, New South Wales, Australia
son -
Andrew Lawson
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| Australian History | 1899 (Age 33) 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 34) 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 35) 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 son #5 | 15 January 1902 (Age 36) |
| Australian History | 1902 (Age 36) 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 37) 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 |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | 7 April 1904 (Age 38)
daughter -
Olga Ruth Lawson
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| Australian History | 1904 (Age 38) Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government |
| Marriage of a brother | Eddington Campbell Lawson - View family 8 January 1906 (Age 40) Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia
younger brother -
Eddington Campbell Lawson
sister-in-law -
Mary Emma Bayford
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| Australian History | 1906 (Age 40) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | 20 February 1908 (Age 42)
daughter -
Sopia Nell Lawson
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| Australian History | 1908 (Age 42) 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 43) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 44) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 45) 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 46) 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 | 1 December 1912 (Age 46) "Lochiel", Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Charles William Lawson
Birth about 1841 34 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia Death 3 December 1891 (Age 50) Taree, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
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| mother |
Mary Town
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Marriage: 31 January 1865 — Richmond, New South Wales, Australia |
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10 months #1 himself |
Nelson Simmons Lawson
Birth 6 December 1865 24 Richmond, New South Wales, Australia Death 1 December 1912 (Age 46) "Lochiel", Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
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6 years #2 younger brother |
Andrew Lawson
Birth 27 September 1871 30 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia Death 15 January 1891 (Age 19) Taree, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
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20 months #3 younger brother |
Eddington Campbell Lawson
Birth 27 May 1873 32 "Putta Bucca", Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia Death 5 January 1968 (Age 94) Moss Vale, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
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2 years #4 younger brother |
Fitzcharles Lawson
Birth 16 August 1875 34 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia Death yes Loading...
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| Mother’s family with … Hale - View family |
| step-father |
… Hale
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| mother |
Mary Town
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Marriage: yes |
| Family with Mary Ann Meldrum - View family |
| himself |
Nelson Simmons Lawson
Birth 6 December 1865 24 Richmond, New South Wales, Australia Death 1 December 1912 (Age 46) "Lochiel", Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
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| wife |
Mary Ann Meldrum
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Marriage: 12 December 1890 — Baptist Church, Petersham, New South Wales, Australia |
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9 months #1 son |
Donald George Lawson
Birth 14 September 1891 25 New South Wales, Australia Death yes Loading...
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3 years #2 son |
Malcom Eric Lawson
Birth 7 September 1894 28 Death yes Loading...
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| #3 son |
Thorold Charles Lawson
Death yes Loading...
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| #4 son |
Andrew Lawson
Birth 30 September 1899 33 Enfield, New South Wales, Australia Death yes Loading...
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2 years #5 son |
Basil Lindsay Septimus Lawson
Birth 15 January 1902 36 Death yes Loading...
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2 years #6 daughter |
Olga Ruth Lawson
Birth 7 April 1904 38 Death yes Loading...
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4 years #7 daughter |
Sopia Nell Lawson
Birth 20 February 1908 42 Death yes Loading...
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