Ethel Gibson?–1923
- Name
- Ethel Gibson
- Given names
- Ethel
- Surname
- Gibson
Australian History | 1899 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 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 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 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 |
Death of a father | 29 October 1903 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
father -
Samuel Richard "Dick" Gibson
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Death of a mother | about 1903
mother -
Unnamed …
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Australian History | 1903 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 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 Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
Australian History | 1908 Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead |
Australian History | 1909 Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
Australian History | 1910 Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
Australian History | 1911 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 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 Note: Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains. Note: Matthew Flinders refers to New South Wales by the name 'Australia'. |
Australian History | 1913 Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
Australian History | 1914 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 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 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 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 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 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 Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
Australian History | 1921 Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
Australian History | 1922 Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
Australian History | 1923 (on the date of death) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
Death | 1923 |
Family with parents - View family |
father |
Samuel Richard "Dick" Gibson
Birth 12 November 1860 50 38 Pennsylvania, USA Death 29 October 1903 (Age 42) Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Loading...
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mother |
Unnamed …
Death about 1903 Loading...
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Marriage: yes |
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#1 sister |
Martha Gibson
Death yes Loading...
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#2 herself |
Ethel Gibson
Death 1923 Loading...
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Ethel Gibson has 31 first cousins recorded
Father's family (31)
Parents William Gibson + Elizabeth Mc Nutt
Parents Robert Hays + Margaret Elizabeth "Lib" Gibson
Parents John A. Blair + Jane Gibson
Parents James Gibson Jr + … Blanche
Parents John T. Clements + Annie Gibson
Parents Daniel Gibson + … Maggie
Parents John Gibson + Kate Mc Cann
Mother's family (0)
Extra information
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