Flora Nicholson ?

Flora Nicholson?–1890

Name: Flora Nicholson

Given names: Flora

Surname: Nicholson

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Australian History	1808 Note: The Rum Rebellion
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 Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River.
Australian History	1824 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 Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Australian History	1828 Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History	1829 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 Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Birth of a daughter #1	4 October 1831 daughter - Flora Mc Kay
Australian History	1831 Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History	1832 Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History	1833 Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
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 Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History	1838 Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History	1839 Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Birth of a daughter #2	1840 Isle of Skye, Scotland daughter - Catherine Mc Kay
Australian History	1840 Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Australian History	1841 Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History	1842 Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History	1843 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 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 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 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 Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History	1854 Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History	1855 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 Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
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.
Marriage of a daughter	Catherine Mc Kay - View family 7 May 1863 Ascot, Victoria, Australia son-in-law - Richard Gregg daughter - Catherine Mc Kay
Australian History	1863 Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Birth of a granddaughter #1	13 June 1864 Cattle Station Hill, Victoria, Australia granddaughter - Sarah Gregg
Birth of a grandson #2	28 June 1865 Tourello, Victoria, Australia grandson - Daniel Gregg
Birth of a grandson #3	27 October 1866 Creswick, Victoria, Australia grandson - Finley Gregg
Australian History	1867 Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Birth of a grandson #4	24 May 1868 Creswick, Victoria, Australia grandson - Samuel Alexander Gregg
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.
Birth of a granddaughter #5	about 1870 Australia granddaughter - Eleanor Gregg
Birth of a granddaughter #6	20 December 1870 granddaughter - Flora Gregg
Death of a granddaughter	25 July 1871 granddaughter - Flora Gregg
Birth of a grandson #7	27 May 1872 Clunes Rd, Creswick, Victoria, Australia grandson - John Gregg
Australian History	1872 Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Birth of a grandson #8	28 August 1873 Creswick, Victoria, Australia grandson - Angus Nicholson Gregg
Australian History	1873 Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Death of a granddaughter	26 April 1874 granddaughter - Eleanor Gregg
Birth of a grandson #9	20 April 1875 Australia grandson - Richard Gregg
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.
Death of a grandson	19 February 1876 Australia grandson - Richard Gregg
Birth of a granddaughter #10	14 May 1876 Tourello, Victoria, Australia granddaughter - Annie "Marnet" Gregg
Australian History	1878 Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Birth of a granddaughter #11	29 April 1879 Tourello, Victoria, Australia granddaughter - Euphemia Flora "Phemi" Gregg
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.
Birth of a granddaughter #12	21 August 1883 Australia granddaughter - Christina Catherine Gregg
Australian History	1883 Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Death of a grandson	29 May 1885 Poowong, Victoria, Australia grandson - Finley Gregg
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.
Death of a granddaughter	26 January 1888 Poowong, Victoria, Australia granddaughter - Annie "Marnet" Gregg
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.
Death	14 September 1890

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husband	Donald Mc Kay Death yes Loading...
herself	Flora Nicholson Death 14 September 1890 Loading...
#1 daughter	Flora Mc Kay Birth 4 October 1831 Death 27 July 1925 (Age 93) Loading...
8 years #2 daughter	Catherine Mc Kay Birth 1840 Isle of Skye, Scotland Death 1913 (Age 73) Poowong, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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Flora Nicholson?–1890

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