David Ferguson 1821

David Ferguson1821–?

Name: David Ferguson

Given names: David

Surname: Ferguson

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Birth	about 1821 25 23
Birth of a sister	about 1823 (Age 2) younger sister - Margaret Ferguson
Australian History	1824 (Age 3) 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 4) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Birth of a sister	about 1826 (Age 5) younger sister - Jane Ferguson
Birth of a sister	about 1827 (Age 6) younger sister - Helen Ferguson
Birth of a sister	14 August 1828 (Age 7) Barr by Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland younger sister - Agnes Ferguson
Australian History	1828 (Age 7) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History	1829 (Age 8) 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 9) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Birth of a sister	9 April 1831 (Age 10) Barr by Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland younger sister - Jessie Campbell Ferguson
Death of a maternal grandfather	28 July 1831 (Age 10) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland maternal grandfather - Ivie Campbell
Australian History	1831 (Age 10) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History	1832 (Age 11) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Birth of a brother	about 1833 (Age 12) Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger brother - Ivie Ferguson
Australian History	1833 (Age 12) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History	1835 (Age 14) 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 15) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Birth of a sister	about 1838 (Age 17) younger sister - Elizabeth Ferguson
Australian History	1838 (Age 17) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History	1839 (Age 18) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History	1840 (Age 19) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Birth of a brother	about 1841 (Age 20) younger brother - William Ferguson
Census	7 June 1841 (Age 20) Wood Of Auchleand, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: David 20 Yes
Australian History	1841 (Age 20) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History	1842 (Age 21) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History	1843 (Age 22) 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).
Marriage of a sister	Helen Ferguson - View family 3 March 1844 (Age 23) Penninghame, Wigtownshire, Scotland brother-in-law - John McClellan younger sister - Helen Ferguson
Death of a maternal grandmother	4 August 1844 (Age 23) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland maternal grandmother - Margaret Dunbar
Australian History	1845 (Age 24) 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.
Marriage of a sister	Margaret Ferguson - View family 1848 (Age 27) Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland brother-in-law - William Walbram younger sister - Margaret Ferguson
Australian History	1850 (Age 29) 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 30) 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
Marriage of a sister	Agnes Ferguson - View family 22 April 1852 (Age 31) brother-in-law - David McCall younger sister - Agnes Ferguson
Australian History	1853 (Age 32) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Marriage of a sister	Jessie Campbell Ferguson - View family 5 June 1854 (Age 33) Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland brother-in-law - Peter Skelly Reid younger sister - Jessie Campbell Ferguson
Australian History	1854 (Age 33) Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History	1855 (Age 34) 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.
Death of a sister	12 August 1856 (Age 35) Wood Of Aucheland, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger sister - Margaret Ferguson
Australian History	1856 (Age 35) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Marriage of a brother	Ivie Ferguson - View family 26 March 1857 (Age 36) Wigtownshire, Scotland younger brother - Ivie Ferguson sister-in-law - Anne McQuaker
Australian History	1857 (Age 36) 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 37) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History	1859 (Age 38) 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 (Age 39) 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 40) Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs. Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra
Death of a sister	24 December 1862 (Age 41) New Zealand younger sister - Jane Ferguson
Australian History	1862 (Age 41) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Death of a father	25 June 1863 (Age 42) Lochenbreck Well, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland father - David Ferguson
Australian History	1863 (Age 42) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Death of a mother	4 April 1867 (Age 46) Wood Of Auchleand, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland mother - Helen Campbell
Marriage of a brother	William Ferguson - View family 2 August 1867 (Age 46) Glasserton, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger brother - William Ferguson sister-in-law - Janet McCormick
Australian History	1867 (Age 46) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History	1868 (Age 47) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History	1869 (Age 48) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Marriage of a sister	Helen Ferguson - View family 1871 (Age 50) Victoria, Australia brother-in-law - John Rowan younger sister - Helen Ferguson
Australian History	1872 (Age 51) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History	1873 (Age 52) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Australian History	1875 (Age 54) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed.
Australian History	1878 (Age 57) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1879 (Age 58) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History	1880 (Age 59) 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 (Age 61) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1883 (Age 62) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Australian History	1887 (Age 66) 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 68) 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 69) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Australian History	1891 (Age 70) 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 71) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History	1893 (Age 72) 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.
Death of a brother	6 August 1894 (Age 73) 13 Arthur Street, Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger brother - Ivie Ferguson
Australian History	1894 (Age 73) 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 74) 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 75) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Australian History	1897 (Age 76) 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 brother	25 October 1898 (Age 77) Balminoch, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger brother - William Ferguson
Australian History	1898 (Age 77) 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 78) 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 79) 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 80) 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
Death of a sister	17 June 1902 (Age 81) Barlauchlan Croft, Newton Stewart, Penninghame, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger sister - Jessie Campbell Ferguson
Australian History	1902 (Age 81) 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 82) 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 83) 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 85) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea
Australian History	1908 (Age 87) 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 88) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.
Australian History	1910 (Age 89) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.
Australian History	1911 (Age 90) 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 91) 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 92) 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 92) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place
Australian History	1914 (Age 93) 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.
Australian History	1915 (Age 94) 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
Australian History	1916 (Age 95) 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 96) 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 97) 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 98) 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 99) Note: The airline Qantas is founded
Australian History	1921 (Age 100) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament
Australian History	1922 (Age 101) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney
Death of a sister	28 June 1923 (Age 102) Gosford, New South Wales, Australia younger sister - Agnes Ferguson
Australian History	1923 (Age 102) Note: Vegemite is first produced
Death	Western Australia, Australia

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father	David Ferguson Birth 1796 Carsphairn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 25 June 1863 (Age 67) Lochenbreck Well, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Loading...
2 years mother	Helen Campbell Birth about 1798 43 37 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 4 April 1867 (Age 69) Wood Of Auchleand, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
	Marriage: about 1820
1 year #1 himself	David Ferguson Birth about 1821 25 23 Death Western Australia, Australia Loading...
5 years #2 younger sister	Jane Ferguson Birth about 1826 30 28 Death 24 December 1862 (Age 36) New Zealand Loading...
-3 years #3 younger sister	Margaret Ferguson Birth about 1823 27 25 Death 12 August 1856 (Age 33) Wood Of Aucheland, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
4 years #4 younger sister	Helen Ferguson Birth about 1827 31 29 Death yes Loading...
19 months #5 younger sister	Agnes Ferguson Birth 14 August 1828 32 30 Barr by Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 28 June 1923 (Age 94) Gosford, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
3 years #6 younger sister	Jessie Campbell Ferguson Birth 9 April 1831 35 33 Barr by Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 17 June 1902 (Age 71) Barlauchlan Croft, Newton Stewart, Penninghame, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
21 months #7 younger brother	Ivie Ferguson Birth about 1833 37 35 Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 6 August 1894 (Age 61) 13 Arthur Street, Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
5 years #8 younger sister	Elizabeth Ferguson Birth about 1838 42 40 Death yes Loading...
3 years #9 younger brother	William Ferguson Birth about 1841 45 43 Death 25 October 1898 (Age 57) Balminoch, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...

David Ferguson has 49 first cousins recorded

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Parents William Graham + Isabel Campbell

1 Ivie (Campbell) Graham 1813–1891

2 Margaret Graham 1813–1873

3 Jean Graham 1816–1895

4 Isabella Graham 1822–1895

5 Elizabeth Graham 1823–1859

6 James Graham 1825–1905

7 Janet Graham 1827–1849

8 Douglas Wills Graham 1829–1906

9 William Graham 1832–1897

10 David Graham 1839–?

Parents William Brown + Jean Campbell

1 William Brown 1814–1881

2 Margaret Brown 1813–1875

3 Janet Brown 1819–1894

4 Mary Brown 1823–?

5 Ivie Brown 1821–1881

6 George Brown 1825–1862

7 Elizabeth Brown 1827–1908

8 Jane Brown 1829–1899

9 Hugh Brown 1833–1915

Parents Alexander Rowan + Tomina Campbell

1 Margaret Rowan 1816–?

2 Ivie Rowan 1817–1847

3 Georgina Rowan 1820–1900

4 Mary Rowan 1823–?

5 Andrew Rowan 1825–1889

6 Thomas Rowan 1827–?

7 John Rowan 1829–1887

8 Elizabeth Rowan 1831–1899

Parents Andrew Campbell + Janet Campbell

1 Margaret Dunbar Campbell 1821–1889

2 Jane Campbell 1822–1889

3 John Campbell 1823–1882

4 Ivie Campbell 1826–?

5 Isabella Agnes Campbell 1827–?

6 Janet Campbell 1830–1859

7 William Richmond Campbell 1832–1888

8 Helen Campbell 1835–?

9 Andrew Campbell 1838–1903

10 Euphemia Duncan Campbell 1840–1858

Parents Ivie Campbell + Jean Richmond

1 Ivie Campbell 1833–1910

Parents Thomas McCaig + Wilhemina Campbell

1 Hugh Dunbar McCaig 1826–1883

2 Robert McCaig 1826–1912

3 Ivie McCaig 1829–1890

4 Margaret McCaig 1832–1900

5 Christina McCaig 1832–1892

6 John McCaig 1834–1914

7 George McCaig 1836–1897

8 Edward Irvin McCaig 1838–1918

9 Thomas McCaig 1840–1915

10 William McCaig 1844–1925

11 Jane Richmond McCaig 1848–1868

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Australian History	A penal colony is founded at Moreton Bay, now the city of Brisbane.
Australian History	New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Australian History	Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History	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	Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Australian History	Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History	Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History	The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
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.
Census	David 20 Yes
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.
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
Australian History	Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains.
Australian History	The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place
Australian History	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.
Australian History	(25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April.
Australian History	Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill'
Australian History	Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed.
Australian History	(08 AUG) Battle of Amiens
Australian History	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	The airline Qantas is founded
Australian History	Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament
Australian History	The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney
Australian History	Vegemite is first produced