Princess Augusta … Of Hesse-CasselAge: 921797–1889
- Name
- Princess Augusta … Of Hesse-Cassel
- Given names
- Augusta
- Name prefix
- Princess
- Name suffix
- Of Hesse-Cassel
| Birth | 1797 50 35 |
| Marriage | Duke Adolphus Hanover Of Cambridge - View family |
| Australian History | 1797 Note: Sydney Cove wrecked and some survivors travelled from Bass Strait to Port Jackson allowing for the rescue of others but also furthering knowledge of the geography of Australia. |
| Australian History | 1798 (Age 12 months) Note: 1798-9 - George Bass and Matthew Flinders sail from Sydney and circumnavigate Tasmania, thus proving it to be an island. |
| Australian History | 1803 (Age 6) Note: Matthew Flinders completes the first circumnavigation of the continent (still known as 'New Holland') |
| Australian History | 1804 (Age 7) Note: A settlement is founded at Risdon on the Derwent River in Van Diemen's Land by Lieutenant Bowen. Note: Castle Hill convict rebellion also known as the second Battle of Vinegar Hill Note: The Risdon settlement is moved to Sullivan's Cove (now Hobart) by Colonel David Collins. |
| Australian History | 1808 (Age 11) Note: The Rum Rebellion |
| Marriage of a brother | William … Landgrave Of Hesse-Cassel - View family 1810 (Age 13)
elder brother -
William … Landgrave Of Hesse-Cassel
sister-in-law -
Princess Louise Charlotte … Of Denmark
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| Australian History | 1817 (Age 20) 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 (Age 21) Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River. |
| Birth of a son #1 | 1819 (Age 22) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | 1822 (Age 25)
daughter -
Augusta Caroline …
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| Death of a mother | 1823 (Age 26) |
| Australian History | 1824 (Age 27) 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 28) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed. |
| Australian History | 1828 (Age 31) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River. |
| Australian History | 1829 (Age 32) 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 33) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River. |
| Australian History | 1831 (Age 34) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published. |
| Australian History | 1832 (Age 35) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | 1833 (Age 36)
daughter -
Mary Adelaide …
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| Australian History | 1833 (Age 36) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land. |
| Australian History | 1835 (Age 38) 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 39) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| Death of a father | 1837 (Age 40) |
| Australian History | 1838 (Age 41) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Australian History | 1839 (Age 42) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Australian History | 1840 (Age 43) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Australian History | 1841 (Age 44) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1842 (Age 45) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | 1843 (Age 46)
grandson -
George Fitzgeorge
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| Australian History | 1843 (Age 46) 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 48) 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 grandson #2 | 1846 (Age 49)
grandson -
Adolphus …
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| Birth of a grandson #3 | 1847 (Age 50)
grandson -
Agustus …
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| Birth of a grandson #4 | 1848 (Age 51)
grandson -
Adolphus Frederick V … Grand Duke
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| Death of a husband | 1850 (Age 53)
husband -
Duke Adolphus Hanover Of Cambridge
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| Australian History | 1850 (Age 53) 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 54) 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 56) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 57) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 58) 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 59) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 60) 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 61) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 62) 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 63) 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 64) 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 65) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 66) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | 26 May 1867 (Age 70) Kensington, Palace, London, England
granddaughter -
Queen Mary … Of Teck
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| Death of a brother | 1867 (Age 70)
elder brother -
William … Landgrave Of Hesse-Cassel
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| Australian History | 1867 (Age 70) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | 1868 (Age 71)
grandson -
Adolphus 2Nd … Duke Of Teck
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| Australian History | 1868 (Age 71) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 72) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | 1870 (Age 73)
grandson -
Francis … Prince
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| Australian History | 1872 (Age 75) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 76) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Birth of a grandson #8 | 1874 (Age 77)
grandson -
Alexander George … Of Teck Earl Of Athlone
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| Australian History | 1875 (Age 78) 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 81) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 82) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 83) 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 85) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 86) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 90) 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 (on the date of death) Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration. |
| Death | 1889 (Age 92) |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Frederick … Landgrave Of Hesse-Cassel
Birth 1747 27 23 Death 1837 (Age 90) Loading...
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15 years mother |
Princess Caroline … Of Nassau-Usingen
Birth 1762 Death 1823 (Age 61) Loading...
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Marriage: yes |
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| #1 elder brother |
William … Landgrave Of Hesse-Cassel
Birth 1787 40 25 Death 1867 (Age 80) Loading...
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10 years #2 herself |
Princess Augusta … Of Hesse-Cassel
Birth 1797 50 35 Death 1889 (Age 92) Loading...
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| Family with Duke Adolphus Hanover Of Cambridge - View family |
| husband |
Duke Adolphus Hanover Of Cambridge
Birth 1774 35 29 Death 1850 (Age 76) Loading...
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23 years herself |
Princess Augusta … Of Hesse-Cassel
Birth 1797 50 35 Death 1889 (Age 92) Loading...
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Marriage: yes |
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| #1 son |
Duke George … Of Cambridge
Birth 1819 45 22 Death 1904 (Age 85) Loading...
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3 years #2 daughter |
Augusta Caroline …
Birth 1822 48 25 Death 1916 (Age 94) Loading...
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11 years #3 daughter |
Mary Adelaide …
Birth 1833 59 36 Death 1897 (Age 64) Loading...
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