Eleanor BuchananAge: 591836–1895
- Name
- Eleanor Buchanan
- Given names
- Eleanor
- Surname
- Buchanan
| Birth | 1836 21 21 Donegal, Ireland |
| Australian History | 1836 Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1838 (Age 2) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Australian History | 1839 (Age 3) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Australian History | 1840 (Age 4) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | 25 December 1841 (Age 5)
maternal grandfather -
Robert Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1841 (Age 5) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1842 (Age 6) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1843 (Age 7) 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 9) 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 | 1849 (Age 13) Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland
younger sister -
Jane Buchanan
|
| Australian History | 1850 (Age 14) 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 15) 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 17) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 18) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 19) 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 20) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 21) 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. |
| Birth of a son #1 | October 1858 (Age 22) Letterkenny, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland
son -
John Rankin
|
| Australian History | 1858 (Age 22) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 23) 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. |
| Marriage | Andrew Rankin - View family about 1860 (Age 24) Donegal, Ireland Note: IN 1873 they selected land at Milloo, Victoria, which passed to successive sons; James Buchanan Rankin, Robert Starritt Rankin, and today is owned by Ian and Russell Rankin. |
| Birth of a son #2 | 4 April 1860 (Age 24) Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia
son -
David Rankin
|
| Australian History | 1860 (Age 24) 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 25) 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 26) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Birth of a son #3 | 10 August 1863 (Age 27) Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia
son -
Robert Rankin
|
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 27) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | 1866 (Age 30) Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Margaret Jane Rankin
|
| Death of a daughter | 1866 (Age 30) Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Margaret Jane Rankin
|
| Australian History | 1867 (Age 31) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 32) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 33) 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 #5 | 17 July 1870 (Age 34) Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia |
| Birth of a son #6 | 16 June 1872 (Age 36) |
| Australian History | 1872 (Age 36) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Marriage of a sister | Jane Buchanan - View family 23 December 1873 (Age 37) St. Andrew's Manse, Sandhurst, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
brother-in-law -
James Young Sr
younger sister -
Jane Buchanan
|
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 37) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 39) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed. |
| Birth of a son #7 | 19 May 1878 (Age 42) Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia
son -
Gregory Rankin
|
| Australian History | 1878 (Age 42) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 43) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 44) 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 son | David Rankin - View family 2 October 1882 (Age 46) Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
son -
David Rankin
daughter-in-law -
Ann Hendry
|
| Australian History | 1882 (Age 46) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | 1883 (Age 47) Yallook, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Annie Florence Rankin
|
| Marriage of a son | John Rankin - View family 3 December 1883 (Age 47) Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
son -
John Rankin
daughter-in-law -
Jean Bain
|
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 47) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | 1884 (Age 48) Rochester, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Lionel Rankin
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | 1887 (Age 51) Yallook, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Eleanor Jane Rankin
|
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 51) 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 53) 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 54) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | 1891 (Age 55) Eaglehawk, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
George Rankin
|
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 55) 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 56) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 57) 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 58) 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 59) 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 |
| Death | 10 August 1895 (Age 59) Tennyson, Victoria, Australia |
| Religion | Church Of Ireland |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
John Buchanan
Birth about 1815 Donegal, Ireland Death yes |
| mother |
Mary Gregg
Birth about 1815 47 Donegal, Ireland Death yes |
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Marriage: yes |
|
| #1 younger sister |
Jane Buchanan
Birth 1849 34 34 Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland Death 29 December 1930 (Age 81) |
|
-13 years #2 herself |
Eleanor Buchanan
Birth 1836 21 21 Donegal, Ireland Death 10 August 1895 (Age 59) Tennyson, Victoria, Australia |
| Family with Andrew Rankin - View family |
| husband |
Andrew Rankin
Birth 1835 15 Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland Death 1912 (Age 77) Rochester, Victoria, Australia |
|
1 year herself |
Eleanor Buchanan
Birth 1836 21 21 Donegal, Ireland Death 10 August 1895 (Age 59) Tennyson, Victoria, Australia |
|
Marriage: about 1860 — Donegal, Ireland |
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|
-15 months #1 son |
John Rankin
Birth October 1858 23 22 Letterkenny, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland Death 30 September 1898 (Age 39) Spring Gully Rd, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia |
|
18 months #2 son |
David Rankin
Birth 4 April 1860 25 24 Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia Death 1936 (Age 75) Bendigo, Victoria, Australia |
|
3 years #3 son |
Birth 10 August 1863 28 27 Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia Death 1939 (Age 75) Mitiamo, Victoria, Australia |
|
2 years #4 daughter |
Birth 1866 31 30 Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia Death 1866 Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia |
|
5 years #5 son |
Andrew Sampson Thomas Rankin
Birth 17 July 1870 35 34 Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia Death December 1931 (Age 61) |
|
23 months #6 son |
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|
6 years #7 son |
Gregory Rankin
Birth 19 May 1878 43 42 Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia Death 1946 (Age 67) Elmore, Victoria, Australia |
Eleanor Buchanan has 28 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (28)
Parents Richard Gregg + Mary Ward
Parents Finlay Gregg Sr + Sarah Gailey
Parents Robert Gregg + Ann Mc Connell
| Australian History | Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| Australian History | First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| 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. |
| Marriage | IN 1873 they selected land at Milloo, Victoria, which passed to successive sons; James Buchanan Rankin, Robert Starritt Rankin, and today is owned by Ian and Russell Rankin. |
| Marriage | IN 1873 they selected land at Milloo, Victoria, which passed to successive sons; James Buchanan Rankin, Robert Starritt Rankin, and today is owned by Ian and Russell Rankin. |
| 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. |