Prosperine Amy BaylyAge: 491891–1940
- Name
- Prosperine Amy Bayly
- Given names
- Prosperine Amy
- Surname
- Bayly
| Birth | 1891 51 46 |
| 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 (Age 12 months) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 2) 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 3) 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 4) 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 5) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 6) 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 7) 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 8) 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 9) 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 10) 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 11) 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 12) 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 13) 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 15) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Marriage of a brother | John Nicholas Bayly - View family 29 April 1908 (Age 17) Mullaley, New South Wales, Australia
elder brother -
John Nicholas Bayly
sister-in-law -
Mary Ellen Buckley
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| Australian History | 1908 (Age 17) 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 18) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 19) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 20) 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 21) 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 22) 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 22) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 23) 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. |
| Marriage of parents | View family 29 May 1915 (Age 24) Quirindi, New South Wales, Australia
father -
Clarence Paget Bayly
mother -
Amy Pearson
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| Australian History | 1915 (Age 24) 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 mother | 17 December 1916 (Age 25) Coolah, New South Wales, Australia
mother -
Amy Pearson
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| Australian History | 1916 (Age 25) 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 |
| Australian History | 1917 (Age 26) 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 27) 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. |
| Australian History | 1919 (Age 28) 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. |
| Australian History | 1920 (Age 29) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Australian History | 1921 (Age 30) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Australian History | 1922 (Age 31) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Australian History | 1923 (Age 32) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
| Death of a father | 10 January 1926 (Age 35) Rookwood, New South Wales, Australia
father -
Clarence Paget Bayly
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| Australian History | 1926 (Age 35) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held |
| Australian History | 1927 (Age 36) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital |
| Australian History | 1928 (Age 37) Note: Bert Hinkler makes the first successful flight from Britain to Australia, and Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first flight from the United States to Australia. The Shrine of Remembrance is built. |
| Australian History | 1929 (Age 38) Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia. |
| Australian History | 1930 (Age 39) Note: Batsman Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings Note: Phar Lap wins his first Melbourne Cup |
| Australian History | 1931 (Age 40) Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia |
| Australian History | 1932 (Age 41) Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1933 (Age 42) Note: Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments |
| Death of a half-brother | 14 April 1934 (Age 43) Rookwood, New South Wales, Australia
half-brother -
John T Price
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| Australian History | 1936 (Age 45) Note: The last Thylacine dies |
| Australian History | 1937 (Age 46) Note: The radio series Dad and Dave begins |
| Australian History | 1938 (Age 47) Note: Sydney hosts the Empire Games, the forerunner to the Commonwealth Games |
| Australian History | 1939 (Age 48) Note: (April) Prime Minister Lyons dies in office and is replaced by Robert Menzies and the first Menzies Government Note: (September) Australia enters the Second World War following the German Invasion of Poland. The 2nd Australian Imperial Force is raised. Note: The first flight is made by an Australian-made warplane, the Wirraway Note: Victoria is devastated by the Black Friday bushfires |
| Australian History | 1940 (on the date of death) Note: A team of scientists, under Howard Florey, develops penicillin Note: Fascist Italy enters war, Royal Australian Navy engages Italian Navy in the early stages of the Battle of the Mediterranean. |
| Death | 1940 (Age 49) Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
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 mother |
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 |
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-47 years #1 elder brother |
Alexander Bayly
Birth 1868 28 23 Death 1952 (Age 84) |
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2 years #2 elder brother |
Andrew Bayly
Birth 1870 30 25 Death 1942 (Age 72) Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia |
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2 years #3 elder brother |
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 elder brother |
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 elder brother |
Linden Clarence Bayly
Birth 1889 49 44 Death 1960 (Age 71) |
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2 years #6 herself |
Prosperine Amy Bayly
Birth 1891 51 46 Death 1940 (Age 49) Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia |
| Mother’s family with John Price - View family |
| step-father | |
| mother |
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 |
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7 months #1 half-brother |
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 half-sister |
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 |