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Clarence Paget BaylyAge: 861839–1926

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Clarence Paget Bayly
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Clarence Paget
Surname
Bayly
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Birth 5 June 1839 33 22
 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia

Australian History 1839
 

Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History 1840 (Age 6 months)
 

Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Australian History 1841 (Age 18 months)
 

Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Birth of a sister December 1841 (Age 2)
 New South Wales, Australia

younger sister - Flora Louisa Bayly
Australian History 1842 (Age 2)
 

Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
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).
Birth of a brother 22 November 1845 (Age 6)
 "Beaudesert", Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia

younger brother - Charles Fitzroy Bayly
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.
Christening of a brother 16 March 1846 (Age 6)
 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia

younger brother - Charles Fitzroy Bayly
Birth of a brother 1848 (Age 8)
 New South Wales, Australia

younger brother - Arthur Lindsay Bayly
Birth of a sister 8 June 1850 (Age 11)
 "Beaudesert", Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia

younger sister - Flora Louisa Bayly
Death of a maternal grandfather 16 June 1850 (Age 11)
 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

maternal grandfather - Lieut. William Lawson Sr.
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.
Death of a sister 7 December 1851 (Age 12)
 "Beaudesert", Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia

sister - Florence Amy Bayly
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.
Marriage of a sisterEmily Augusta Bayly - View family
19 March 1857 (Age 17)
 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

brother-in-law - George Gurney
elder sister - Emily Augusta Bayly
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.
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
Australian History 1862 (Age 22)
 

Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Death of a father 18 October 1863 (Age 24)
 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia

father - Henry Bayly
Australian History 1863 (Age 23)
 

Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Marriage of a brotherWilliam Henry Bayly - View family
1864 (Age 24)
 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

elder brother - William Henry Bayly
sister-in-law - Mary Ann Black
Death of a brother 7 March 1864 (Age 24)
 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

elder brother - William Henry Bayly
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.
Birth of a son
#1		 1868 (Age 28)
 

son - Alexander Bayly
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.
Birth of a son
#2		 1870 (Age 30)
 

son - Andrew Bayly
Birth of a son
#3		 5 February 1872 (Age 32)
 Bundella, New South Wales, Australia

son - John Nicholas Bayly
Australian History 1872 (Age 32)
 

Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Marriage of a brotherCharles Fitzroy Bayly - View family
7 January 1873 (Age 33)
 Bomera, Tambar Springs, New South Wales, Australia

younger brother - Charles Fitzroy Bayly
sister-in-law - Margaret Elizabeth Humphries
Australian History 1873 (Age 33)
 

Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
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 mother 22 March 1878 (Age 38)
 Liverpool St, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

mother - Hannah Anne Lawson
Death of a brother 12 June 1878 (Age 39)
 New South Wales, Australia

elder brother - Wallace Paget Bayly
Death of a brother 7 November 1878 (Age 39)
 New South Wales, Australia

elder brother - Wallace Paget Bayly
Australian History 1878 (Age 38)
 

Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Birth of a son
#4		 23 December 1879 (Age 40)
 Bundella, New South Wales, Australia

son - Dudley Gilford Bayly
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.
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
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.
Birth of a son
#5		 1889 (Age 49)
 

son - Linden Clarence Bayly
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.
Birth of a daughter
#6		 1891 (Age 51)
 

daughter - Prosperine Amy Bayly
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.
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.
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
Birth of a grandson
#1		 1901 (Age 61)
 Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia

grandson - Andrew Clarence Bayly
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
Death of a brother 25 May 1903 (Age 63)
 Goodna, Queensland, Australia

younger brother - Arthur Lindsay Bayly
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
Marriage of a sonJohn Nicholas Bayly - View family
29 April 1908 (Age 68)
 Mullaley, New South Wales, Australia

son - John Nicholas Bayly
daughter-in-law - Mary Ellen Buckley
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
Birth of a grandson
#2		 5 February 1909 (Age 69)
 Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia

grandson - Gordon James Bayly
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.
Birth of a grandson
#3		 18 March 1911 (Age 71)
 Coolah, New South Wales, Australia

grandson - John Lawrence Bayly
Birth of a granddaughter
#4		 18 March 1911 (Age 71)
 

granddaughter - Marjery Mary Bayly
Death of a sister 19 May 1911 (Age 71)
 St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia

elder sister - Emily Augusta Bayly
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.
Birth of a granddaughter
#5		 1912 (Age 72)
 Coolah, New South Wales, Australia

granddaughter - Laura Maud Bayly
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.
Birth of a grandson
#6		 11 April 1915 (Age 75)
 Coolah, New South Wales, Australia

grandson - Aubrey Nicholas Bayly
Civil marriageAmy Pearson - View family
29 May 1915 (Age 75) Husband: 77 Wife: 71
 Quirindi, New South Wales, Australia

Address:
Quirindi Court House. Doc No. 1915/006302.
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
Death of a wife 17 December 1916 (Age 77)
 Coolah, New South Wales, Australia

wife - Amy Pearson
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
Birth of a grandson
#7		 26 March 1917 (Age 77)
 Coolah, New South Wales, Australia

grandson - Leslie Douglas Bayly
Australian History 1917 (Age 77)
 

Note: Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed.
Note: Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade launches last cavalry charge in modern warfare to capture Beersheba from the Ottoman Turks.
Australian History 1918 (Age 78)
 

Note: (08 AUG) Battle of Amiens
Note: Australian troops spearhead 8 August offensive against Hindenberg Line - the 'black day of the German Army'.
Note: On 12 August, Australian commander General Sir John Monash is knighted in the field of battle by King George V
Note: First World War ends - 60,000 Australians dead.
Note: The Darwin Rebellion takes place, with 1,000 demonstrators demanding the resignation of the Administrator of the Northern Territory, John A. Gilruth.
Birth of a grandson
#8		 15 September 1919 (Age 80)
 Wellington, New Zealand

grandson - Gilford Leonard Bayly
Australian History 1919 (Age 79)
 

Note: Prime Minister Billy Hughes signs Treaty of Versailles: the first signing of an international treaty by Australia. Australia obtains League of Nations mandate over German New Guinea.
Birth of a grandson
#9		 1 January 1920 (Age 80)
 Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia

grandson - Vincent Walter Bayly
Australian History 1920 (Age 80)
 

Note: The airline Qantas is founded
Australian History 1921 (Age 81)
 

Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament
Australian History 1922 (Age 82)
 

Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney
Australian History 1923 (Age 83)
 

Note: Vegemite is first produced
Death of a brother 27 July 1925 (Age 86)
 "Talarang", Bonshaw, New South Wales, Australia

younger brother - Charles Fitzroy Bayly
Burial of a brother 28 July 1925 (Age 86)
 Bonshaw, New South Wales, Australia

younger brother - Charles Fitzroy Bayly
Australian History 1926 (Age 86)
 

Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held
Death 10 January 1926 (Age 86) Age: 87 yrs.
 Rookwood, New South Wales, Australia

Note: Rookwood Asylum.Doc.reg 000349/1926
Family with parents - View family
father
Henry Bayly

Birth 1806 36 22  Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia

Death 18 October 1863 (Age 57)  Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia

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11 years
mother
Hannah Anne Bayly Headstone.jpg Hannah Anne Lawson

Birth 13 October 1816 42 36  Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

Death 22 March 1878 (Age 61)  Liverpool St, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Marriage: 18 November 1830 — Castlereagh, New South Wales, Australia
20 months
#1 elder sister
Sarah Caroline Bayly

Birth 15 July 1832 26 15  New South Wales, Australia

Death yes  

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21 months
#2 elder brother
William Henry Bayly

Birth 24 April 1834 28 17  Moorebank, New South Wales, Australia

Death 7 March 1864 (Age 29)  Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

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13 months
#3 elder brother
Wallace Paget Bayly

Birth 18 May 1835 29 18  

Death 12 June 1878 (Age 43)  New South Wales, Australia

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13 months
#4 elder sister
Emily Augusta Bayly

Birth 4 June 1836 30 19  Castlereagh, New South Wales, Australia

Death 19 May 1911 (Age 74)  St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia

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19 months
#5 elder brother
Wallace Paget Bayly

Birth 1838 32 21  

Death 7 November 1878 (Age 40)  New South Wales, Australia

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17 months
#6 himself
Clarence Paget Bayly

Birth 5 June 1839 33 22  Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia

Death 10 January 1926 (Age 86) Age: 87 yrs.  Rookwood, New South Wales, Australia

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7 years
#7 younger brother
Charles Fitzroy Bayly

Birth 22 November 1845 39 29  "Beaudesert", Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia

Death 27 July 1925 (Age 79)  "Talarang", Bonshaw, New South Wales, Australia

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-4 years
#8 younger sister
Flora Louisa Bayly

Birth December 1841 35 25  New South Wales, Australia

Death yes  

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#9 sister
Louisa Bayly Bayly

Death yes  

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#10 younger brother
Arthur Lindsay Bayly

Birth 1848 42 31  New South Wales, Australia

Death 25 May 1903 (Age 55)  Goodna, Queensland, Australia

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2 years
#11 younger sister
Flora Louisa Bayly

Birth 8 June 1850 44 33  "Beaudesert", Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia

Death yes  

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#12 sister
Florence Amy Bayly

Death 7 December 1851  "Beaudesert", Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia

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Family with Amy Pearson - View family
himself
Clarence Paget Bayly

Birth 5 June 1839 33 22  Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia

Death 10 January 1926 (Age 86) Age: 87 yrs.  Rookwood, New South Wales, Australia

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5 years
wife
Amy Pearson

Birth 15 March 1844 27 19  Lochinvar, New South Wales, Australia

Death 17 December 1916 (Age 72)  Coolah, New South Wales, Australia

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Civil marriage: 29 May 1915 — Quirindi, New South Wales, Australia
-47 years
#1 son
Alexander Bayly

Birth 1868 28 23  

Death 1952 (Age 84)  

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2 years
#2 son
Andrew Bayly

Birth 1870 30 25  

Death 1942 (Age 72)  Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia

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2 years
#3 son
John Nicholas Bayly John Nicholas Bayly

Birth 5 February 1872 32 27  Bundella, New South Wales, Australia

Death 17 April 1963 (Age 91)  Sutherland, New South Wales, Australia

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8 years
#4 son
Dudley Gilford Bayly

Birth 23 December 1879 40 35  Bundella, New South Wales, Australia

Death 5 January 1970 (Age 90)  Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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9 years
#5 son
Linden Clarence Bayly

Birth 1889 49 44  

Death 1960 (Age 71)  

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2 years
#6 daughter
Prosperine Amy Bayly

Birth 1891 51 46  

Death 1940 (Age 49)  Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia

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John Price + Amy Pearson - View family
wife's husband
John Price
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wife
Amy Pearson

Birth 15 March 1844 27 19  Lochinvar, New South Wales, Australia

Death 17 December 1916 (Age 72)  Coolah, New South Wales, Australia

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Marriage: March 1861
7 months
#1 step-son
John T Price

Birth 22 September 1861 17  Cooyal, New South Wales, Australia

Death 14 April 1934 (Age 72)  Rookwood, New South Wales, Australia

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21 months
#2 step-daughter
Elizabeth Mary Price

Birth 16 June 1863 19  Munmurra River, New South Wales, Australia

Death 19 May 1954 (Age 90)  Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia

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Clarence Paget Bayly has 40 first cousins recorded

Father's family (17)

Parents Major George Bayly + Eliza Sophia Savage
1 Major George Bayly 1843–1891
2 Henry Charles Nesham Bayly 1846–1847
3 Captain Edward Henry Bayly 1849–1904
4 Charles Algernon Bayly 1852–1904
5 Sir Alfred William Lambert Bayly 1856–1928
Parents Edward Bayly + Jane Isabella Middleton
1 Henry Nelson Paget Bayly 1847–1919
2 Edward Charles Bayly 1849–?
3 George Mc Donald Bayly 1855–1913
4 Ida Emily Paget Bayly 1852–1889
Parents Nicholas Paget Bayly Jr + Ellen Dickinson
1 Alfred Bayly 1841–1902
2 Ellen Sophia Bayly 1842–?
Parents Nicholas Paget Bayly Jr + Sarah Amelia Blackman
1 Sarah Bayly 1849–?
2 Fannie Caroline Paget Bayly 1856–?
3 Nicholas Paget Bayly 1860–1883
4 Adelaide Mary Loiuse Bayly 1863–1930
Parents Charles Luke Bayly + Henrietta Sophia Browne
1 Mary Agusta Henrietta "Minnie" Bayly 1844–1876
2 Paget Nesham Bayly 1849–1925

Mother's family (23)

Parents William Lawson Jr. + Caroline Icely
1 William Icely Lawson 1833–1865
2 Eliza Lawson ?–1900
3 Sarah Ann Lawson 1838–1893
4 Maria Emily Lawson 1839–?
5 Sophia Rebecca Lawson 1840–1916
6 Thomas James Lawson 1841–1877
7 Frances Lawson 1843–1844
8 Samuel Charles Lawson 1844–1844
9 Samuel Charles Lawson 1847–1881
10 Susannah Caroline Lawson 1836–1872
Parents Nelson Simmons Lawson Sr. + Honoria Mary Dickinson
1 Eliza R. Lawson ?–1839
2 Nelson Simmons Lawson Jr. 1836–1891
3 Honoria Sophia Lawson ?–?
4 Charles William Lawson 1841–1891
5 Frederick. L. Lawson ?–1845
Parents James Brindley Bettington Sr. + Rebecca Lawson
1 James Brindley Bettington Jr. 1831–1831
2 Ann Bettington 1832–?
3 Rebecca Bettington 1834–?
4 James Brindley Bettington 1837–1915
5 John Henshall Bettington 1839–1850
6 William Lawson Bettington 1842–1883
7 Susanna Caroline Bettington 1848–?
Parents Edward Hallen + Sophia West Lawson
1 Caroline Sophia Hallen ?–?
 
Australian History
Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.

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.

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

Australian History
Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains.

Australian History
The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place

Australian History
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
(25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April.

Australian History
Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill'

Australian History
Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed.

Australian History
(08 AUG) Battle of Amiens

Australian History
Prime Minister Billy Hughes signs Treaty of Versailles: the first signing of an international treaty by Australia. Australia obtains League of Nations mandate over German New Guinea.

Australian History
The airline Qantas is founded

Australian History
Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament

Australian History
The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney

Australian History
Vegemite is first produced

Australian History
The first Miss Australia contest is held

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