Andrew RankinAge: 771835–1912
- Name
- Andrew Rankin
- Given names
- Andrew
- Surname
- Rankin
| Birth | 1835 15 Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland |
| Occupation | Farmer Milloo 1899 |
| Australian History | 1835 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 12 months) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1838 (Age 3) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Australian History | 1839 (Age 4) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Australian History | 1840 (Age 5) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Australian History | 1841 (Age 6) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1842 (Age 7) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1843 (Age 8) 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 10) 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 15) 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 16) 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 18) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 19) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 20) 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 21) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 22) 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 23) Letterkenny, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland
son -
John Rankin
|
| Australian History | 1858 (Age 23) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 24) 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 | Eleanor Buchanan - View family about 1860 (Age 25) 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 25) Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia
son -
David Rankin
|
| Australian History | 1860 (Age 25) 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 26) 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 27) 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 28) Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia
son -
Robert Rankin
|
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 28) 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 31) Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Margaret Jane Rankin
|
| Death of a daughter | 1866 (Age 31) Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Margaret Jane Rankin
|
| Australian History | 1867 (Age 32) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 33) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 34) 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 35) Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia |
| Birth of a son #6 | 16 June 1872 (Age 37) |
| Australian History | 1872 (Age 37) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 38) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 40) 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 43) Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia
son -
Gregory Rankin
|
| Australian History | 1878 (Age 43) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 44) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 45) 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 47) Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
son -
David Rankin
daughter-in-law -
Ann Hendry
|
| Australian History | 1882 (Age 47) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | 1883 (Age 48) Yallook, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Annie Florence Rankin
|
| Marriage of a son | John Rankin - View family 3 December 1883 (Age 48) Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
son -
John Rankin
daughter-in-law -
Jean Bain
|
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 48) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | 1884 (Age 49) Rochester, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Lionel Rankin
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | 1887 (Age 52) Yallook, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Eleanor Jane Rankin
|
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 52) 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 54) 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 55) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | 1891 (Age 56) Eaglehawk, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
George Rankin
|
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 56) 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 57) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 58) 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 59) 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. |
| Death of a wife | 10 August 1895 (Age 60) Tennyson, Victoria, Australia
wife -
Eleanor Buchanan
|
| Australian History | 1895 (Age 60) 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 61) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | 1897 (Age 62) Eaglehawk, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Ellen May Rankin
|
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 62) 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. |
| Death of a son | 30 September 1898 (Age 63) Spring Gully Rd, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
son -
John Rankin
|
| Australian History | 1898 (Age 63) 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 64) 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. |
| Death of a father | 1900 (Age 65)
father -
James Rankin
|
| Australian History | 1900 (Age 65) 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 66) 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | 1902 (Age 67) Yallook, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
William Andrew Rankin
|
| Marriage of a son | Andrew Sampson Thomas Rankin - View family 1902 (Age 67) Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
daughter-in-law -
Catherine Ashley
|
| Australian History | 1902 (Age 67) 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 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | 1903 (Age 68) Eaglehawk, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Jean Amelia Rankin
|
| Marriage of a granddaughter | Annie Florence Rankin - View family 5 March 1903 (Age 68)
granddaughter's husband -
John Rodgers
granddaughter -
Annie Florence Rankin
|
| Marriage of a son | James Buchanan Rankin Sr. - View family 1903 (Age 68)
daughter-in-law -
Ellenor Mary Starritt
|
| Australian History | 1903 (Age 68) 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 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #8 | 1904 (Age 69) Rochester, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Doreen Catherine Rankin
|
| Australian History | 1904 (Age 69) Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government |
| Birth of a grandson #9 | 7 July 1905 (Age 70) Rochester, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Robert Starritt "Robbie" Rankin J.P., O.B.E.
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #10 | 1906 (Age 71) Eaglehawk, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Edna Victoria, Australia Rankin
|
| Australian History | 1906 (Age 71) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Birth of a grandson #11 | 1908 (Age 73) Rochester, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
James Buchanan Rankin Jr.
|
| Australian History | 1908 (Age 73) 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 74) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #12 | 1910 (Age 75) Australia
granddaughter -
Elenor Lillian "Lilly" Rankin
|
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 75) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Marriage of a granddaughter | Eleanor Jane Rankin - View family 1911 (Age 76) Victoria, Australia
granddaughter's husband -
Edward Ernest Doody
granddaughter -
Eleanor Jane Rankin
|
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 76) 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. |
| Marriage of a grandson | Lionel Rankin - View family 1912 (on the date of death) Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Lionel Rankin
grandson's wife -
Emily Louisa Price
|
| Death of a grandson | 1912 (on the date of death) Australia
grandson -
James Buchanan Rankin Jr.
|
| Australian History | 1912 (on the date of death) 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 |
| Death | 1912 (Age 77) Rochester, Victoria, Australia |
| Religion | Church Of Ireland |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
James Rankin
Birth 1820 Death 1900 (Age 80) |
| mother |
Eliza Colquhoun
Death yes |
|
Marriage: yes |
|
| #1 himself |
Andrew Rankin
Birth 1835 15 Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland Death 1912 (Age 77) Rochester, Victoria, Australia |
| Family with Eleanor Buchanan - View family |
| himself |
Andrew Rankin
Birth 1835 15 Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland Death 1912 (Age 77) Rochester, Victoria, Australia |
|
1 year wife |
Eleanor Buchanan
Birth 1836 21 21 Donegal, Ireland Death 10 August 1895 (Age 59) Tennyson, Victoria, Australia |
|
Marriage: about 1860 — Donegal, Ireland |
|
|
-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 |
|
|
6 years #7 son |
Gregory Rankin
Birth 19 May 1878 43 42 Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia Death 1946 (Age 67) Elmore, Victoria, Australia |
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| Australian History | John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner establish a settlement at Port Phillip, now the city of Melbourne. |
| 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. |
| Australian History | The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 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. |
| Australian History | The Convention agrees on a final draft to be put to the people. |
| Australian History | The decision is made to site the national capital in New South Wales, but not within 100 miles of Sydney. |
| Australian History | Several delegates visit London to resist proposed changes to the agreed-upon constitution. |
| Australian History | (01 Jan) Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General |
| Australian History | 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. |
| Australian History | The High Court of Australia is established with Samuel Griffith as the first Chief Justice. |
| Australian History | A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital |
| Australian History | Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Australian History | Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country |
| Australian History | The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | The Royal Australian Navy is founded |
| Australian History | Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time |