Annie Florence RankinAge: 391883–1922
- Name
- Annie Florence Rankin
- Given names
- Annie Florence
- Surname
- Rankin
| Birth | 1883 22 18 Yallook, Victoria, Australia |
| Australian History | 1883 Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Birth of a sister | 1887 (Age 4) Yallook, Victoria, Australia
younger sister -
Eleanor Jane Rankin
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| Australian History | 1887 (Age 4) 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 6) 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 7) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Birth of a brother | 1891 (Age 8) Eaglehawk, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
younger brother -
George Rankin
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| Australian History | 1891 (Age 8) 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 9) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 10) 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 11) 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 paternal grandmother | 10 August 1895 (Age 12) Tennyson, Victoria, Australia
paternal grandmother -
Eleanor Buchanan
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| Australian History | 1895 (Age 12) 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 maternal grandfather | 1896 (Age 13)
maternal grandfather -
George Hendry
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| Australian History | 1896 (Age 13) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Birth of a sister | 1897 (Age 14) Eaglehawk, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
younger sister -
Ellen May Rankin
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| Australian History | 1897 (Age 14) 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 15) 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 16) 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 17) 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 (Age 18) 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 |
| Birth of a brother | 1902 (Age 19) Yallook, Victoria, Australia
younger brother -
William Andrew Rankin
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| Australian History | 1902 (Age 19) 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 |
| Marriage | John Rodgers - View family 5 March 1903 (Age 20) |
| Birth of a son #1 | 1903 (Age 20) Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia
son -
David Andrew Rodgers
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| Australian History | 1903 (Age 20) 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 |
| Birth of a son #2 | 1904 (Age 21) Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia
son -
John Leslie Rodgers
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| Death of a maternal grandmother | 1904 (Age 21)
maternal grandmother -
Emma Jane Witts
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| Australian History | 1904 (Age 21) Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government |
| Birth of a son #3 | 1906 (Age 23) Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia
son -
Allen Percival Rodgers
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| Australian History | 1906 (Age 23) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Australian History | 1908 (Age 25) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead |
| Australian History | 1909 (Age 26) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 27) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Marriage of a sister | Eleanor Jane Rankin - View family 1911 (Age 28) Victoria, Australia
brother-in-law -
Edward Ernest Doody
younger sister -
Eleanor Jane Rankin
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| Australian History | 1911 (Age 28) 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. |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | 1912 (Age 29) Rochester, Victoria, Australia
paternal grandfather -
Andrew Rankin
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| Australian History | 1912 (Age 29) 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 (Age 30) Note: Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains. Note: Matthew Flinders refers to New South Wales by the name 'Australia'. |
| Australian History | 1913 (Age 30) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 31) 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 (Age 32) 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 (Age 33) 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 (Age 34) 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 (Age 35) 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 (Age 36) 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. |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | 1920 (Age 37) Pompapiel, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Florence Isabel Rodgers
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| Australian History | 1920 (Age 37) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Australian History | 1921 (Age 38) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Marriage of a son | John Leslie Rodgers - View family 1922 (Age 39) Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
son -
John Leslie Rodgers
daughter-in-law -
Winifred Florence Whyte
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| Australian History | 1922 (Age 39) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Death | 5 March 1922 (Age 39) Raywood, Victoria, Australia |
| Religion | Church Of England |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
David Rankin
Birth 4 April 1860 25 24 Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia Death 1936 (Age 75) Bendigo, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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5 years mother |
Ann Hendry
Birth 1865 43 30 Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australia Death 1946 (Age 81) Bendigo, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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Marriage: 2 October 1882 — Bendigo, Victoria, Australia |
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3 months #1 herself |
Annie Florence Rankin
Birth 1883 22 18 Yallook, Victoria, Australia Death 5 March 1922 (Age 39) Raywood, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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4 years #2 younger sister |
Eleanor Jane Rankin
Birth 1887 26 22 Yallook, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
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4 years #3 younger brother |
George Rankin
Birth 1891 30 26 Eaglehawk, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
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6 years #4 younger sister |
Ellen May Rankin
Birth 1897 36 32 Eaglehawk, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
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5 years #5 younger brother |
William Andrew Rankin
Birth 1902 41 37 Yallook, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
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| Family with John Rodgers - View family |
| husband |
John Rodgers
Birth 16 February 1880 33 25 Pompapiel, Victoria, Australia Death 18 November 1963 (Age 83) Eaglehawk, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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3 years herself |
Annie Florence Rankin
Birth 1883 22 18 Yallook, Victoria, Australia Death 5 March 1922 (Age 39) Raywood, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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Marriage: 5 March 1903 |
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-2 months #1 son |
David Andrew Rodgers
Birth 1903 22 20 Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
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1 year #2 son |
John Leslie Rodgers
Birth 1904 23 21 Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
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2 years #3 son |
Allen Percival Rodgers
Birth 1906 25 23 Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
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14 years #4 daughter |
Florence Isabel Rodgers
Birth 1920 39 37 Pompapiel, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
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Annie Florence Rankin has 9 first cousins recorded
Father's family (9)
Parents John Rankin + Jean Bain
Parents Andrew Sampson Thomas Rankin + Catherine Ashley
Parents James Buchanan Rankin Sr. + Ellenor Mary Starritt
Mother's family (0)
Extra information
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