Thomas Pearson 1817

Thomas PearsonAge: 421817–1859

Name: Thomas Pearson

Given names: Thomas

Surname: Pearson

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Birth	1817 England
Marriage	Ann Sarah Hayhoe - View family yes
Australian History	1817 Note: John Oxley charts the Lachlan River Note: Australia's first bank, the Bank of New South Wales, opens in Macquarie Place, Sydney (it became Westpac in 1982). Note: Governor Lachlan Macquarie petitioned the British Admiralty to use the name 'Australia' instead of 'New Holland'
Australian History	1818 (Age 12 months) Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River.
Australian History	1824 (Age 7) Note: A penal colony is founded at Moreton Bay, now the city of Brisbane. Note: Bathurst and Melville Islands are annexed. Note: Permission granted to change the name of the continent from 'New Holland' to 'Australia' Note: 1824-25 - Hume and Hovell expedition travels overland to Port Phillip Bay, discovers Murray River
Australian History	1825 (Age 8) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Australian History	1828 (Age 11) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History	1829 (Age 12) Note: The whole of Australia is claimed as British territory. The settlement of Perth is founded. Swan River Colony is declared by Charles Fremantle for Britain.
Australian History	1830 (Age 13) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Australian History	1831 (Age 14) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History	1832 (Age 15) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History	1833 (Age 16) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History	1835 (Age 18) Note: John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner establish a settlement at Port Phillip, now the city of Melbourne. Note: William Wentworth establishes Australian Patriotic Association (Australia's first political party) to demand democracy for New South Wales.
Australian History	1836 (Age 19) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History	1838 (Age 21) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History	1839 (Age 22) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History	1840 (Age 23) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Australian History	1841 (Age 24) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History	1842 (Age 25) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History	1843 (Age 26) 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 daughter #1	15 March 1844 (Age 27) Lochinvar, New South Wales, Australia daughter - Amy Pearson
Christening of a daughter	21 April 1844 (Age 27) Lochinvar, New South Wales, Australia daughter - Amy Pearson
Australian History	1845 (Age 28) 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.
Australian History	1850 (Age 33) 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 34) 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 36) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History	1854 (Age 37) Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History	1855 (Age 38) 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 39) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History	1857 (Age 40) 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 41) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History	1859 (on the date of death) 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.
Death	1859 (Age 42) Age: 42rs. Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia

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himself	Thomas Pearson Birth 1817 England Death 1859 (Age 42) Age: 42rs. Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
8 years wife	Ann Sarah Hayhoe Birth 1825 Camberidgeshire, England Death 1877 (Age 52) North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
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#1 daughter	Amy Pearson Birth 15 March 1844 27 19 Lochinvar, New South Wales, Australia Death 17 December 1916 (Age 72) Coolah, New South Wales, Australia Loading...

Thomas PearsonAge: 421817–1859

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