Patrick HughesAge: 651832–1897
- Name
- Patrick Hughes
- Given names
- Patrick
- Surname
- Hughes
| Birth | 1832 Altrincham, Cheshire, England |
| Marriage | Sarah Jolly - View family |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Glasserton, Wigtown, Scotland
daughter -
Elizabeth Hughes
|
| Occupation | Ag Lab (farmer) |
| Australian History | 1832 Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1833 (Age 12 months) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land. |
| Australian History | 1835 (Age 3) 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 4) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1838 (Age 6) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Australian History | 1839 (Age 7) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Australian History | 1840 (Age 8) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Australian History | 1841 (Age 9) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1842 (Age 10) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1843 (Age 11) 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 13) 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. |
| Australian History | 1850 (Age 18) 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 19) 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 21) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 22) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 23) 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 24) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 25) 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 26) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 27) 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. |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | 27 August 1860 (Age 28) Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland
daughter -
Mary Hughes
|
| Australian History | 1860 (Age 28) 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 29) 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 30) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | 9 April 1863 (Age 31) Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland
daughter -
Margaret Hughes
|
| Death of a daughter | 24 August 1863 (Age 31)
daughter -
Mary Hughes
|
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 31) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Birth of a son #4 | about 1866 (Age 34) Sorbie, Wigtown, Scotland
son -
Francis Hughes
|
| Australian History | 1867 (Age 35) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 36) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Birth of a son #5 | about 1869 (Age 37) Kirkcudbright, Kircudbright, Scotland
son -
Patrick Hughes
|
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 37) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | about 1871 (Age 39) Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland
daughter -
Marie Hughes
|
| Australian History | 1872 (Age 40) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 41) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 43) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed. |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | about 1876 (Age 44) Sorbie, Wigtown, Scotland
daughter -
Sarah Hughes
|
| Australian History | 1878 (Age 46) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 47) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 48) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
| Birth of a daughter #8 | 1882 (Age 50)
daughter -
Catherine Hughes
|
| Australian History | 1882 (Age 50) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 51) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | 1885 (Age 53) Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland
granddaughter -
Mary McShane
|
| Birth of a grandson #2 | 1887 (Age 55) Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland
grandson -
James McShane
|
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 55) 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. |
| Birth of a son #9 | 1888 (Age 56)
son -
William Hughes
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | 7 June 1888 (Age 56) Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland
granddaughter -
Sarah McShane
|
| Birth of a son #10 | 1889 (Age 57)
son -
Francis Hughes
|
| Death of a daughter | 9 December 1889 (Age 57)
daughter -
Sarah Hughes
|
| Australian History | 1889 (Age 57) 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 58) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | 1891 (Age 59) Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland
grandson -
Patrick McShane
|
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 59) 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 60) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | 1893 (Age 61) Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland
grandson -
John McShane
|
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 61) 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 62) 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. |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | 6 April 1895 (Age 63) Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland
grandson -
Francis McShane
|
| Australian History | 1895 (Age 63) 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 |
| Australian History | 1896 (Age 64) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 65) 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. |
| Death | 3 August 1897 (Age 65) Workington, Cumberland, England |
| Family with Sarah Jolly - View family |
| himself |
Patrick Hughes
Birth 1832 Altrincham, Cheshire, England Death 3 August 1897 (Age 65) Workington, Cumberland, England |
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6 years wife |
Sarah Jolly
Birth 1838 Altrincham, Cheshire, England Death 11 May 1925 (Age 87) |
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Marriage: yes |
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| #1 son |
Francis Hughes
Birth about 1866 34 28 Sorbie, Wigtown, Scotland Death yes |
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3 years #2 son |
Birth about 1869 37 31 Kirkcudbright, Kircudbright, Scotland Death 20 June 1940 (Age 71) Age: 72 |
| #3 daughter |
Elizabeth Hughes
Birth Glasserton, Wigtown, Scotland Death yes |
| #4 daughter |
Marie Hughes
Birth about 1871 39 33 Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death yes |
|
5 years #5 daughter |
Sarah Hughes
Birth about 1876 44 38 Sorbie, Wigtown, Scotland Death 9 December 1889 (Age 13) |
|
12 years #6 son |
William Hughes
Birth 1888 56 50 Death yes |
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-6 years #7 daughter |
Catherine Hughes
Birth 1882 50 44 Death yes |
|
7 years #8 son |
Francis Hughes
Birth 1889 57 51 Death yes |
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-28 years #9 daughter |
Mary Hughes
Birth 27 August 1860 28 22 Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 24 August 1863 (Age 2) |
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3 years #10 daughter |
Margaret Hughes
Birth 9 April 1863 31 25 Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 25 June 1939 (Age 76) Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland |