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Elisabeth Ferner1969–?

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Elisabeth Ferner
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Elisabeth
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Ferner
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Birth 1969 42 37
 

Australian History 1969
 

Note: French conceptual artist Christo 'wraps' Little Bay in Sydney;
Note: Renowned author-artists Norman Lindsay and May Gibbs die;
Note: The Australian production of the rock musical Hair premieres in Sydney;
Note: Top pop groups The Easybeats and The Twilights break up; Tim Burstall directs2000 Weeks, the first all-Australian feature released since Charles Chauvel's Jedda in 1958
Australian History 1970 (Age 12 months)
 

Note: More than 200,000 people participate in the largest demonstrations in Australian history, against the Vietnam War
Australian History 1971 (Age 2)
 

Note: Neville Bonner becomes the first Aborigine to become an Australian Member of Parliament;
Note: John Gorton resigns and is succeeded by William McMahon
Note: The 1971 Springbok tour sparks protest all throughout Australia. Premier of Queensland Joh Bjelke-Petersen declares a state of emergency in QLD in response to escalating protest.
Note: Daylight Saving is introduced to New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, and the Australian Capital Territory.
Birth of a brother 1972 (Age 3)
 

younger brother - Carl Christian Ferner
Australian History 1972 (Age 3)
 

Note: The Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission rules that women doing the same job as men have the right to be paid the same wage.
Note: Aboriginal Tent Embassy erected in response to the Coalition government's approval of exploration licences and mining tenements on reserves
Note: The first Labor government since 1949 is elected under the leadership of Gough Whitlam
Note: Australia recognizes the People's Republic of China
Note: Queensland abandons Daylight Saving.
Australian History 1973 (Age 4)
 

Note: The Sydney Opera House is opened
Note: The White Australian Policy (established 1901) is officially dismantled
Note: Vietnam War ends
Note: The federal voting age is dropped from 21 to 18
Note: Unionists save the historic 'The Rocks' area of Sydney from demolition by introducing 'Green Bans'
Note: Patrick White becomes the first Australian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature
Australian History 1974 (Age 5)
 

Note: Darwin is devastated by Cyclone Tracy
Australian History 1975 (Age 6)
 

Note: (November) A constitutional crisis occurs when Malcolm Fraser blocks supply, bringing the nation to a standstill until Governor-General John Kerr dismisses Prime Minister Gough Whitlam on the 11.11.75. Fraser wins elections and becomes Prime Minister
Note: The 'Privy Council (Appeals from the High Court) Act removes the right to appeal High Court decisions to the British Privy Council. Appeals to the Privy Council direct from State Supreme Courts remain until 1988.
Note: South Australia becomes the first state in Australia to legalise homosexuality between consenting adults in private.
Note: Whitlam government introduced the Aboriginal Land (NT) Bill into Parliament. The bill proposed land rights in the Northern Territory based on land claimed on grounds of need as well as traditional affiliation and traditional landowners maintaining control over mining and development.
Australian History 1976 (Age 7)
 

Note: The Australian Capital Territory legalises homosexuality between consenting adults in private.
Australian History 1977 (Age 8)
 

Note: Advance Australia Fair becomes Australia's official national anthem
Note: Granville rail disaster killed eighty-three people
Australian History 1978 (Age 9)
 

Note: The First Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras kicks off in Sydney
Australian History 1979 (Age 10)
 

Note: Australian women win the right to maternity leave
Note: Kakadu National Park and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park are both proclaimed.
Australian History 1980 (Age 11)
 

Note: Baby Azaria Chamberlain disappears from a campsite at Uluru (Ayers Rock), reportedly taken by a dingo. The Coalition wins the 1980 Australian federal election.
Australian History 1981 (Age 12)
 

Note: A referendum is held in Tasmania to vote for whether or not the Franklin Dam should be built.
Australian History 1982 (Age 13)
 

Note: Commonwealth Games held in Brisbane. The National Gallery of Australia is opened.
Australian History 1983 (Age 14)
 

Note: Australia wins the America's Cup;
Note: Bob Hawke defeats Fraser and leads Labor back to government.
Note: The Australian Dollar is floated.
Note: The Ash Wednesday fires kill 71 people.
Australian History 1984 (Age 15)
 

Note: Advance Australia Fair is proclaimed as Australia's national anthem.
Note: The one dollar coin is introduced.
Note: Labor wins the 1984 Australian federal election.
Note: Medicare is established.
Australian History 1985 (Age 16)
 

Note: The government grants the freehold title of a large area of land in central Australia, including prominent landmarks Uluru and Kata Tjuta, to the Mutitjulu people, who in turn give them a 99-year lease.
Note: The last state to do so (New South Wales) abolishes capital punishment.
Australian History 1986 (Age 17)
 

Note: The Australia Act removes the right of appeal from State courts to the British Privy Council, making the High Court the final court of appeal in Australia. The Act also removes all remaining rights of the UK parliament to pass law for Australia. Anita Cobby murder in Sydney. Russell Street Bombing in Melbourne. Crocodile Dundee is released in Australia.
Australian History 1987 (Age 18)
 

Note: Hoddle Street Massacre kills 7 victims and injures 19,
Note: Queen Street Massacre kills 8 victims and injures 5.
Note: Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen resigns as Premier of Queensland after 19 years at the top.
Australian History 1988 (Age 19)
 

Note: Australia celebrates its bicentenary, with large celebrations and major funding for capital works projects. The new Parliament House opens. Federal referendums on 4-year parliamentary terms, recognition of local government and other issues are defeated. Brisbane hosts World Expo '88.
Australian History 1989 (Age 20)
 

Note: Newcastle Earthquake kills 13 people.
Note: ACT gains self-Government.
Note: The Kempsey bus crash and Grafton bus crash kill a total of 56 people.
Note: Queensland commences three-year trial of Daylight Saving.
Note: Rosemary Follett (Australian Labor Party) becomes the first Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory and the first woman to become head of government in an Australian state or territory.
Australian History 1990 (Age 21)
 

Note: Royal Australian Navy deployed in preparation for the First Gulf War.
Note: Carmen Lawrence becomes the first female premier of an Australian state.
Note: Labor wins the 1990 federal election.
Death of a maternal grandfather 17 January 1991 (Age 22)
 Norway

maternal grandfather - Olav V … King Of Norway
Australian History 1991 (Age 22)
 

Note: Prime Minister Bob Hawke is replaced by Paul Keating.
Note: Seven people die in the Strathfield massacre.
Note: Prominent heart surgeon Victor Chang is gunned down.
Note: The Coode Island chemical storage facility in Melbourne explodes, leaving a toxic cloud hanging over the city for days.
Australian History 1992 (Age 23)
 

Note: The High Court delivers the Mabo Decision, which rules that indigenous native title does exist. This effectively extinguishes the concept of terra nullius.
Note: New South Wales Premier Nick Greiner resigns.
Note: Queensland holds a Referendum on Daylight Saving, which is defeated with a 54.5% 'no' vote.
Australian History 1993 (Age 24)
 

Note: Keating defeats John Hewson in the 1993 federal election;
Note: The Australian Greens stand candidates for the first time.
Australian History 1995 (Age 26)
 

Note: The Northern Territory legalises voluntary euthanasia, but it is overruled by the federal government when Liberal MP Kevin Andrews proposes the Euthanasia Laws Bill 1996
Australian History 1996 (Age 27)
 

Note: The High Court hands down the Wik Decision, which holds that indigenous native title can survive the granting of pastoral leases.
Note: Liberal John Howard becomes Prime Minister, defeating Paul Keating after a record 13 years of Labor government
Note: All Australian states and territories agree to introduce uniform gun laws following the deaths of 35 people in the Port Arthur massacre
Australian History 1997 (Age 28)
 

Note: Expelled Liberal MP Pauline Hanson forms the One Nation Party
Note: (1 May) Tasmania legalises homosexuality.
Note: (30 Jul) Eighteen people die when the Bimbadene and Carinya Lodges collapse at Thredbo Alpine Village at 11.30 p.m. on 30 July
Australian History 1998 (Age 29)
 

Note: A major strike results when Patrick Stevedores attempt to introduce non-union labour to reduce the influence of the Maritime Union of Australia
Note: The Australian Stock Exchange is demutualized and floated as a public company, becoming the world's first stock exchange to be listed on an exchange.
Australian History 1999 (Age 30)
 

Note: Both houses of the federal parliament pass a motion signifying both recognition of and regret at past treatment of indigenous Australians.
Note: Australia win the 1999 Rugby World Cup
Note: A referendum on changing to a republic is unsuccessful
Note: Australian soldiers are deployed to East Timor as part of the INTERFET peacekeeping force.
Australian History 2000 (Age 31)
 

Note: 27th Olympic Games held in Sydney.
Note: Howard Government introduces a Goods and Services Tax.
Australian History 2001 (Age 32)
 

Note: Australia celebrates centenary of Federation;
Note: (August) Tampa affair (August) and tightening of policies against illegal immigration;
Note: (11 Sep) Terrorist Attacks on the United States by Al Qaeda (John Howard invokes ANZUS Treaty);
Note: Howard defeats Kim Beazley in Federal Election
Note: Western Australia adopts a uniform Age of consent of 16.
Note: Australian forces deployed to War to topple Taliban for supporting Al Qaeda
Australian History 2002 (Age 33)
 

Note: 2002 Bali bombings, the deadliest act of terrorism in the history of Indonesia, killing 202 people, (including 88 Australians.
Deathyes
 

Australian History 2003 (Age 34)
 

Note: Australian military deployed to Iraq War to oust the Saddam Hussein regime for serial non-compliance with the 1991 Gulf War Peace Treaty.
Note: Northern Territory introdues uniform Age Of Consent set at 16 for everyone.
Note: New South Wales becomes the last State to have a Uniform Age of Consent at 16 for everyone.
Note: Australia hosts the Rugby World Cup, with the home side losing the final to England in Sydney
Australian History 2004 (Age 35)
 

Note: A bomb explodes outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, Asia.
Note: Federal Election: Howard Government (Liberal-National Coalition) wins fourth term and defeats Mark Latham led Australian Labor Party.
Australian History 2005 (Age 36)
 

Note: Sydney beachside suburb of Cronulla sees a protest against the alleged bashing of a beach lifeguard, developing into an alcohol-fuelled, racially-charged riot.
Australian History 2006 (Age 37)
 

Note: The Commonwealth Games are held in Melbourne.
Note: 2006-7 - Australian Forces are again deployed to East Timor to help stabilize the country.
Australian History 2007 (Age 38)
 

Note: Sydney hosts APEC summit.
Note: 2007-2010 - Australia avoids recession amidst Global Financial Crisis
Note: Federal Election: Kevin Rudd (Australian Labor Party) defeats John Howard (Liberal-National Coalition) and becomes Prime Minister.
Australian History 2008 (Age 39)
 

Note: Kevin Rudd leads bi-partisan Parliamentary apology to the Stolen Generation.
Note: Longest heatwave for an Australian Capital City recorded in Adelaide.
Note: Sydney hosts Catholic World Youth Day
Note: Quentin Bryce becomes first female Governor General of Australia.
Australian History 2009 (Age 40)
 

Note: Black Saturday: Massive bushfires swept across Victoria, resulting in 173 fatalities.
Australian History 2010 (Age 41)
 

Note: Kevin Rudd challenged and replaced as leader of the Labor Party by Julia Gillard;
Note: Gillard becomes the first female Prime Minister.
Note: Federal Election results in hung Parliament and narrow victory by Julia Gillard (ALP) over Tony Abbott (Lib-Nat Coalition);
Note: Liberal Ken Wyatt becomes the first Aborigine elected to the Australian House of Representatives
Australian History 2011 (Age 42)
 

Note: State of Queensland affected by major flooding followed by Cyclone Yasi.
Family with parents - View family
father
Johan Martin Ferner

Birth 1927  

Death yes  

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5 years
mother
Astrid Maud Ingeborg … Princess

Birth 1932 28 31  

Death yes  

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Marriage: 1961 — Asker, Near Oslo, Norway
1 year
#1 elder sister
Cathrine Ferner

Birth 1962 35 30  

Death yes  

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1 year
#2 elder brother
Benedickte Ferner

Birth 1963 36 31  

Death yes  

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2 years
#3 elder brother
Alexander Ferner

Birth 1965 38 33  

Death yes  

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4 years
#4 herself
Elisabeth Ferner

Birth 1969 42 37  

Death yes  

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3 years
#5 younger brother
Carl Christian Ferner

Birth 1972 45 40  

Death yes  

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Elisabeth Ferner has 5 first cousins recorded

Father's family (0)

Mother's family (5)

Parents Erling Lorentzen + Ragnhild Alexandra … Princess
1 Haakon Lorentzen ?–?
2 Ingeborg Lorentzen ?–?
3 Ragnhild Alexandra Lorentzen 1968–?
Parents Harald … Crown Prince + Sonja Haraldsen Crown Princess
1 Martha Louise … Princess 1971–?
2 Prince Haakon Magnus Of Norway 1973–?

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