James Graham 1825

James GrahamAge: 801825–1905

Name: James Graham

Given names: James

Surname: Graham

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Birth	about 1825 55 37 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Australian History	1825 Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Birth of a sister	about 1827 (Age 2) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger sister - Janet Graham
Australian History	1828 (Age 3) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Birth of a sister	24 May 1829 (Age 4) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger sister - Douglas Wills Graham
Australian History	1829 (Age 4) 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 5) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Death of a maternal grandfather	28 July 1831 (Age 6) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland maternal grandfather - Ivie Campbell
Australian History	1831 (Age 6) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Birth of a brother	about 1832 (Age 7) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - William Graham
Australian History	1832 (Age 7) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History	1833 (Age 8) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History	1835 (Age 10) 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 11) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History	1838 (Age 13) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Birth of a brother	about 1839 (Age 14) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - David Graham
Australian History	1839 (Age 14) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History	1840 (Age 15) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Australian History	1841 (Age 16) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History	1842 (Age 17) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History	1843 (Age 18) 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).
Death of a maternal grandmother	4 August 1844 (Age 19) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland maternal grandmother - Margaret Dunbar
Australian History	1845 (Age 20) 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	Janet Graham - View family about 1848 (Age 23) Kirkconnell, Dfs, Scotland brother-in-law - James McKnight younger sister - Janet Graham
Marriage of a sister	Douglas Wills Graham - View family 24 March 1848 (Age 23) Marchburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland brother-in-law - Ivie McKenzie younger sister - Douglas Wills Graham
Death of a sister	12 May 1849 (Age 24) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia younger sister - Janet Graham
Australian History	1850 (Age 25) 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.
Census	30 March 1851 (Age 26) Marchburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Note: Son, 26 bn New Cumnock AYR
Marriage	Annie Harkness - View family 13 June 1851 (Age 26) Straid, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Birth of a daughter #1	1 October 1851 (Age 26) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Jane Graham
Australian History	1851 (Age 26) 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 brother	Ivie (Campbell) Graham - View family 14 October 1853 (Age 28) Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland elder brother - Ivie (Campbell) Graham sister-in-law - Jane Laurie
Australian History	1853 (Age 28) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Birth of a daughter #2	4 May 1854 (Age 29) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Isabella Graham
Australian History	1854 (Age 29) Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History	1855 (Age 30) 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 31) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Birth of a daughter #3	1 March 1857 (Age 32) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Marion Graham
Australian History	1857 (Age 32) 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 33) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Death of a sister	9 May 1859 (Age 34) Coalburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland elder sister - Elizabeth Graham
Birth of a daughter #4	27 July 1859 (Age 34) Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Janet Graham
Australian History	1859 (Age 34) 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.
Death of a mother	15 September 1860 (Age 35) Marchburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland mother - Isabel Campbell
Australian History	1860 (Age 35) Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E.
Census	8 April 1861 (Age 36) Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Note: Head mar dairyman bn New Cumnock
Residence	1861 (Age 36) Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Note: In 1861 James Graham left Craigman and moved to Trowdale, Crossmichael
Australian History	1861 (Age 36) Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs. Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra
Birth of a son #5	20 April 1862 (Age 37) Nothamshire?, Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland son - William Graham
Australian History	1862 (Age 37) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Marriage of a brother	William Graham - View family 11 December 1863 (Age 38) Dalmellington, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - William Graham sister-in-law - Isabella Hill
Australian History	1863 (Age 38) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Death of a father	15 July 1864 (Age 39) Marchburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland father - William Graham
Birth of a daughter #6	9 October 1864 (Age 39) Nothamshire?, Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland daughter - Alexandrina Wilkie Donaldson Graham
Birth of a son #7	27 December 1866 (Age 41) Nethermoney, Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland son - Andrew Graham
Australian History	1867 (Age 42) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History	1868 (Age 43) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History	1869 (Age 44) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Australian History	1872 (Age 47) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Death of a sister	7 January 1873 (Age 48) Carwinshock, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland elder sister - Margaret Graham
Australian History	1873 (Age 48) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Australian History	1875 (Age 50) 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 53) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1879 (Age 54) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History	1880 (Age 55) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work.
Census	4 April 1881 (Age 56) Trowdale, Crossmichael, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Note: Head mar 56 farmer 170ac empl only members of family, bn New Cumnock AYR
Australian History	1882 (Age 57) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1883 (Age 58) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Australian History	1887 (Age 62) 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 64) 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 65) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Census	5 April 1891 (Age 66)
Death of a brother	28 November 1891 (Age 66) Bartarg, Barrhill, Ayrshire, Scotland elder brother - Ivie (Campbell) Graham
Australian History	1891 (Age 66) 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 67) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Death of a daughter	25 January 1893 (Age 68) Trowdale, Crossmichael, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland daughter - Alexandrina Wilkie Donaldson Graham
Australian History	1893 (Age 68) 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 (Age 69) 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.
Death of a sister	2 April 1895 (Age 70) Main St, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland elder sister - Jean Graham
Death of a sister	10 October 1895 (Age 70) Ayr District Asylum, Ayrshire, Scotland elder sister - Isabella Graham
Australian History	1895 (Age 70) 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
Death of a wife	6 November 1896 (Age 71) Trowdale, Crossmichael, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland wife - Annie Harkness
Australian History	1896 (Age 71) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Death of a brother	1 March 1897 (Age 72) High Logan, Catrine, Sorn, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - William Graham
Australian History	1897 (Age 72) 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 (Age 73) 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 74) 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 75) 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
Census	31 March 1901 (Age 76)
Australian History	1901 (Age 76) 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
Australian History	1902 (Age 77) 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 78) 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 79) Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government
Death	23 February 1905 (Age 80) Trowdale, Crossmichael, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

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father	William Graham Birth about 1770 Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 15 July 1864 (Age 94) Marchburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
17 years mother	Isabel Campbell Birth 28 April 1787 32 26 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 15 September 1860 (Age 73) Marchburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
	Marriage: 4 April 1812 — Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
11 months #1 elder brother	Ivie (Campbell) Graham Birth 3 March 1813 43 25 Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 28 November 1891 (Age 78) Bartarg, Barrhill, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
-2 months #2 elder sister	Margaret Graham Birth about 1813 43 25 Death 7 January 1873 (Age 60) Carwinshock, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
3 years #3 elder sister	Jean Graham Birth about 1816 46 28 Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 2 April 1895 (Age 79) Main St, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
6 years #4 elder sister	Isabella Graham Birth about 1822 52 34 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 10 October 1895 (Age 73) Ayr District Asylum, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
1 year #5 elder sister	Elizabeth Graham Birth about 1823 53 35 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 9 May 1859 (Age 36) Coalburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
2 years #6 himself	James Graham Birth about 1825 55 37 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 23 February 1905 (Age 80) Trowdale, Crossmichael, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Loading...
2 years #7 younger sister	Janet Graham Birth about 1827 57 39 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 12 May 1849 (Age 22) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
2 years #8 younger sister	Douglas Wills Graham Birth 24 May 1829 59 42 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 20 November 1906 (Age 77) Knockguldron, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
3 years #9 younger brother	William Graham Birth about 1832 62 44 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 1 March 1897 (Age 65) High Logan, Catrine, Sorn, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
7 years #10 younger brother	David Graham Birth about 1839 69 51 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...

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himself	James Graham Birth about 1825 55 37 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 23 February 1905 (Age 80) Trowdale, Crossmichael, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Loading...
7 months wife	Annie Harkness Birth 18 July 1825 Kirkconnell By Sanquhar, Dfs, Scotland Death 6 November 1896 (Age 71) Trowdale, Crossmichael, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Loading...
	Marriage: 13 June 1851 — Straid, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
4 months #1 daughter	Jane Graham Birth 1 October 1851 26 26 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
3 years #2 daughter	Isabella Graham Birth 4 May 1854 29 28 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
3 years #3 daughter	Marion Graham Birth 1 March 1857 32 31 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
2 years #4 daughter	Janet Graham Birth 27 July 1859 34 34 Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
3 years #5 son	William Graham Birth 20 April 1862 37 36 Nothamshire?, Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
3 years #6 daughter	Alexandrina Wilkie Donaldson Graham Birth 9 October 1864 39 39 Nothamshire?, Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 25 January 1893 (Age 28) Trowdale, Crossmichael, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Loading...
2 years #7 son	Andrew Graham Birth 27 December 1866 41 41 Nethermoney, Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...

James Graham has 48 first cousins recorded

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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 David Ferguson + Helen Campbell

1 David Ferguson 1821–?

2 Jane Ferguson 1826–1862

3 Margaret Ferguson 1823–1856

4 Helen Ferguson 1827–?

5 Agnes Ferguson 1828–1923

6 Jessie Campbell Ferguson 1831–1902

7 Ivie Ferguson 1833–1894

8 Elizabeth Ferguson 1838–?

9 William Ferguson 1841–1898

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	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.
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.
Census	Son, 26 bn New Cumnock AYR
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.
Census	Head mar dairyman bn New Cumnock
Residence	In 1861 James Graham left Craigman and moved to Trowdale, Crossmichael
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.
Census	Head mar 56 farmer 170ac empl only members of family, bn New Cumnock AYR
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