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James Brindley BettingtonAge: 781837–1915

Name
James Brindley Bettington
Given names
James Brindley
Surname
Bettington
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Birth 1 April 1837 24
 "Veteran Hall", Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

Australian History 1838 (Age 9 months)
 

Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Birth of a brother 10 May 1839 (Age 2)
 New South Wales, Australia

younger brother - John Henshall Bettington
Australian History 1839 (Age 21 months)
 

Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History 1840 (Age 2)
 

Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Australian History 1841 (Age 3)
 

Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Birth of a brother 25 December 1842 (Age 5)
 "Oatlands House", Dundas, New South Wales, Australia

younger brother - William Lawson Bettington
Australian History 1842 (Age 4)
 

Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History 1843 (Age 5)
 

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 (Age 7)
 

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 sister 1848 (Age 10)
 New South Wales, Australia

younger sister - Susanna Caroline Bettington
Death of a brother 19 May 1850 (Age 13)
 Cassilis, New South Wales, Australia

younger brother - John Henshall Bettington
Death of a maternal grandfather 16 June 1850 (Age 13)
 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

maternal grandfather - Lieut. William Lawson Sr.
Australian History 1850 (Age 12)
 

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 13)
 

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 15)
 

Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History 1854 (Age 16)
 

Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History 1855 (Age 17)
 

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 18)
 

Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History 1857 (Age 19)
 

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 20)
 

Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.
Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Marriage of a sisterAnn Bettington - View family
1859 (Age 21)
 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

brother-in-law - John Maguire
elder sister - Ann Bettington
Marriage of a sisterRebecca Bettington - View family
1859 (Age 21)
 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

brother-in-law - Lawrence H. Scott
elder sister - Rebecca Bettington
Australian History 1859 (Age 21)
 

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 22)
 

Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E.
Burial of a brother 7 June 1861 (Age 24)
 Merrima, New South Wales, Australia

younger brother - John Henshall Bettington
Australian History 1861 (Age 23)
 

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 24)
 

Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History 1863 (Age 25)
 

Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
MarriageCaroline Sophia Hallen - View family
30 July 1864 (Age 27)
 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

Address:
St. Johns Church,
Australian History 1867 (Age 29)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.
Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History 1868 (Age 30)
 

Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History 1869 (Age 31)
 

Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Australian History 1872 (Age 34)
 

Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History 1873 (Age 35)
 

Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Australian History 1875 (Age 37)
 

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 40)
 

Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1879 (Age 41)
 

Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History 1880 (Age 42)
 

Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged.
Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work.
Marriage of a sisterSusanna Caroline Bettington - View family
1882 (Age 44)
 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

brother-in-law - Robert C. Guest
younger sister - Susanna Caroline Bettington
Death of a mother 25 February 1882 (Age 44)
 California, USA

mother - Rebecca Lawson
Australian History 1882 (Age 44)
 

Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Death of a brother 2 June 1883 (Age 46)
 Petersham, New South Wales, Australia

younger brother - William Lawson Bettington
Australian History 1883 (Age 45)
 

Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway
Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Australian History 1887 (Age 49)
 

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 51)
 

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 52)
 

Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Australian History 1891 (Age 53)
 

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 54)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History 1893 (Age 55)
 

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 56)
 

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 57)
 

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 58)
 

Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Australian History 1897 (Age 59)
 

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 60)
 

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 61)
 

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 62)
 

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 63)
 

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 64)
 

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 65)
 

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 66)
 

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 68)
 

Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea
Australian History 1908 (Age 70)
 

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 71)
 

Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.
Australian History 1910 (Age 72)
 

Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.
Australian History 1911 (Age 73)
 

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 74)
 

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 75)
 

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 75)
 

Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place
Australian History 1914 (Age 76)
 

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 77)
 

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 22 December 1915 (Age 78)
 "Oatlands House", Dundas, New South Wales, Australia

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father
James Brindley Bettington Sr.

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mother
Rebecca Lawson

Birth 17 January 1813 38 32  Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

Death 25 February 1882 (Age 69)  California, USA

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Marriage: 7 June 1830 — Castlereagh, New South Wales, Australia
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#1 elder brother
James Brindley Bettington Jr.

Birth 21 May 1831 18  Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Death 9 December 1831 (Age 6 months)  Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

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#2 elder sister
Ann Bettington

Birth 1832 18  

Death yes  

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#3 elder sister
Rebecca Bettington

Birth 1834 20  New South Wales, Australia

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#4 himself
James Brindley Bettington

Birth 1 April 1837 24  "Veteran Hall", Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

Death 22 December 1915 (Age 78)  "Oatlands House", Dundas, New South Wales, Australia

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#5 younger brother
John Henshall Bettington

Birth 10 May 1839 26  New South Wales, Australia

Death 19 May 1850 (Age 11)  Cassilis, New South Wales, Australia

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#6 younger brother
William Lawson Bettington

Birth 25 December 1842 29  "Oatlands House", Dundas, New South Wales, Australia

Death 2 June 1883 (Age 40)  Petersham, New South Wales, Australia

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#7 younger sister
Susanna Caroline Bettington

Birth 1848 34  New South Wales, Australia

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Family with Caroline Sophia Hallen - View family
himself
James Brindley Bettington

Birth 1 April 1837 24  "Veteran Hall", Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

Death 22 December 1915 (Age 78)  "Oatlands House", Dundas, New South Wales, Australia

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wife
Caroline Sophia Hallen

Death yes  

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Marriage: 30 July 1864 — Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

James Brindley Bettington has 28 first cousins recorded

Father's family (0)

Mother's family (28)

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 Henry Bayly + Hannah Anne Lawson
1 Sarah Caroline Bayly 1832–?
2 William Henry Bayly 1834–1864
3 Wallace Paget Bayly 1835–1878
4 Emily Augusta Bayly 1836–1911
5 Wallace Paget Bayly 1838–1878
6 Clarence Paget Bayly 1839–1926
7 Charles Fitzroy Bayly 1845–1925
8 Flora Louisa Bayly 1841–?
9 Louisa Bayly Bayly ?–?
10 Arthur Lindsay Bayly 1848–1903
11 Flora Louisa Bayly 1850–?
12 Florence Amy Bayly ?–1851
Parents Edward Hallen + Sophia West Lawson
1 Caroline Sophia Hallen ?–?

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