George Mc Donald BaylyAge: 571855–1913
- Name
- George Mc Donald Bayly
- Given names
- George Mc Donald
- Surname
- Bayly
Birth | 2 September 1855 42 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia |
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 (Age 3 months) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
Australian History | 1857 (Age 15 months) 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 2) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
Australian History | 1859 (Age 3) 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 4) 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 5) 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 6) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
Australian History | 1863 (Age 7) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
Australian History | 1867 (Age 11) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
Australian History | 1868 (Age 12) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
Australian History | 1869 (Age 13) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
Marriage of a brother | Henry Nelson Paget Bayly - View family about 1871 (Age 15) Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
elder brother -
Henry Nelson Paget Bayly
sister-in-law -
Clara Allen
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Australian History | 1872 (Age 16) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
Death of a father | 4 October 1873 (Age 18) Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia
father -
Edward Bayly
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Australian History | 1873 (Age 17) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
Marriage of a sister | Ida Emily Paget Bayly - View family 8 January 1874 (Age 18) Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia
brother-in-law -
Samuel Charles Lawson
elder sister -
Ida Emily Paget Bayly
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Australian History | 1875 (Age 19) 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 22) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
Australian History | 1879 (Age 23) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
Australian History | 1880 (Age 24) 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 26) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
Australian History | 1883 (Age 27) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
Marriage of a sister | Ida Emily Paget Bayly - View family 17 September 1884 (Age 29) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
brother-in-law -
Arthur John Vause M.B.
elder sister -
Ida Emily Paget Bayly
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Marriage | Mary Purcell Ridley - View family 4 November 1885 (Age 30) Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia Address: St. Simon And Jude, |
Australian History | 1887 (Age 31) 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. |
Death of a sister | 4 April 1889 (Age 33) Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia
elder sister -
Ida Emily Paget Bayly
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Australian History | 1889 (Age 33) 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 34) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
Australian History | 1891 (Age 35) 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 36) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
Death of a mother | 5 September 1893 (Age 38) Dulwich Hill, New South Wales, Australia
mother -
Jane Isabella Middleton
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Australian History | 1893 (Age 37) 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 38) 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 39) 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 40) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
Australian History | 1897 (Age 41) 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 42) 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 43) 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 44) 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 45) 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 46) 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 47) 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 48) 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 50) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
Australian History | 1908 (Age 52) 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 53) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
Australian History | 1910 (Age 54) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
Death of a wife | 8 October 1911 (Age 56) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
wife -
Mary Purcell Ridley
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Australian History | 1911 (Age 55) 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 56) 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 (on the date of death) Note: Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains. Note: Matthew Flinders refers to New South Wales by the name 'Australia'. |
Australian History | 1913 (on the date of death) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
Death | 1913 (Age 57) Newton, New South Wales, Australia |
Family with parents - View family |
father |
Edward Bayly
Birth 7 December 1812 43 29 New South Wales, Australia Death 4 October 1873 (Age 60) Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
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mother |
Jane Isabella Middleton
Death 5 September 1893 Dulwich Hill, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
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Marriage: 16 March 1844 — St Johns Church, Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia |
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4 years #1 elder brother |
Henry Nelson Paget Bayly
Birth 4 November 1847 34 "Nelson Cottage", Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia Death 22 December 1919 (Age 72) Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
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16 months #2 elder brother |
Edward Charles Bayly
Birth 10 March 1849 36 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia Death yes Loading...
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7 years #3 himself |
George Mc Donald Bayly
Birth 2 September 1855 42 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia Death 1913 (Age 57) Newton, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
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-4 years #4 elder sister |
Ida Emily Paget Bayly
Birth 23 February 1852 39 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia Death 4 April 1889 (Age 37) Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
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Family with Mary Purcell Ridley - View family |
himself |
George Mc Donald Bayly
Birth 2 September 1855 42 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia Death 1913 (Age 57) Newton, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
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wife |
Mary Purcell Ridley
Death 8 October 1911 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
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Marriage: 4 November 1885 — Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia |