Thomas Laycock ?

Thomas Laycock?–1900

Name: Thomas Laycock

Given names: Thomas

Surname: Laycock

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Australian History	1857 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 Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History	1859 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 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 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 Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History	1863 Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Australian History	1867 Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History	1868 Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History	1869 Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Marriage of a brother	John Cornell Laycock - View family 27 January 1872 Yamba, New South Wales, Australia brother - John Cornell Laycock sister-in-law - Caroline Matilda Freeburn
Australian History	1872 Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History	1873 Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Australian History	1875 Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed.
Marriage of a brother	Elias Laycock - View family 14 September 1876 brother - Elias Laycock sister-in-law - Lucy Elizabeth Gregory
Death of a sister	1877 sister - Mary Laycock
Death of a brother	25 August 1878 Rushcutters Bay, New South Wales, Australia brother - Maurice Laycock
Australian History	1878 Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1879 Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History	1880 Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work.
Australian History	1882 Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1883 Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Australian History	1887 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 Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration.
Australian History	1890 Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
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 Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History	1893 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 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 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 Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Death of a father	31 July 1897 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia father - John Connell Laycock
Australian History	1897 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 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 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 (on the date of death) 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
Death	1900

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father	John Connell Laycock Birth 2 December 1818 32 20 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death 31 July 1897 (Age 78) Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
mother	Mary Jane Simpson Death yes Loading...
	Marriage: 1 February 1843 — Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
10 months #1 brother	Maurice Laycock Birth 28 November 1843 24 Death 25 August 1878 (Age 34) Rushcutters Bay, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
17 months #2 brother	Elias Laycock Birth 8 May 1845 26 Death yes Loading...
3 years #3 brother	John Cornell Laycock Birth 28 October 1847 28 Death yes Loading...
3 years #4 sister	Mary Laycock Birth 20 November 1850 31 Death 1877 (Age 26) Loading...
2 years #5 sister	Emily Laycock Birth 6 April 1853 34 Death yes Loading...
3 years #6 sister	Jane Laycock Birth 5 November 1855 36 Death yes Loading...
#7 himself	Thomas Laycock Death 1900 Loading...
#8 sister	Margaret Laycock Death yes Loading...

Thomas Laycock?–1900

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Parents Elias Pearson Laycock + Grace Lysaght Longfield

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