Sarah JollyAge: 871838–1925
- Name
- Sarah Jolly
- Given names
- Sarah
- Surname
- Jolly
| Birth | 1838 Altrincham, Cheshire, England |
| Marriage | Patrick Hughes - View family |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Glasserton, Wigtown, Scotland
daughter -
Elizabeth Hughes
|
| Australian History | 1838 Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Australian History | 1839 (Age 12 months) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Australian History | 1840 (Age 2) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Australian History | 1841 (Age 3) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1842 (Age 4) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1843 (Age 5) 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 7) 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 12) 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 13) 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 15) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 16) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 17) 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 18) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 19) 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 20) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 21) 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 22) Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland
daughter -
Mary Hughes
|
| Australian History | 1860 (Age 22) 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 23) 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 24) 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 25) Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland
daughter -
Margaret Hughes
|
| Death of a daughter | 24 August 1863 (Age 25)
daughter -
Mary Hughes
|
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 25) 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 28) Sorbie, Wigtown, Scotland
son -
Francis Hughes
|
| Australian History | 1867 (Age 29) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 30) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Birth of a son #5 | about 1869 (Age 31) Kirkcudbright, Kircudbright, Scotland
son -
Patrick Hughes
|
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 31) 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 33) Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland
daughter -
Marie Hughes
|
| Australian History | 1872 (Age 34) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 35) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 37) 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 38) Sorbie, Wigtown, Scotland
daughter -
Sarah Hughes
|
| Australian History | 1878 (Age 40) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 41) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 42) 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 44)
daughter -
Catherine Hughes
|
| Australian History | 1882 (Age 44) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 45) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | 1885 (Age 47) Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland
granddaughter -
Mary McShane
|
| Birth of a grandson #2 | 1887 (Age 49) Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland
grandson -
James McShane
|
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 49) 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 50)
son -
William Hughes
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | 7 June 1888 (Age 50) Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland
granddaughter -
Sarah McShane
|
| Birth of a son #10 | 1889 (Age 51)
son -
Francis Hughes
|
| Death of a daughter | 9 December 1889 (Age 51)
daughter -
Sarah Hughes
|
| Australian History | 1889 (Age 51) 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 52) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | 1891 (Age 53) Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland
grandson -
Patrick McShane
|
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 53) 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 54) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | 1893 (Age 55) Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland
grandson -
John McShane
|
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 55) 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 56) 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 57) Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland
grandson -
Francis McShane
|
| Australian History | 1895 (Age 57) 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 58) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Death of a husband | 3 August 1897 (Age 59) Workington, Cumberland, England
husband -
Patrick Hughes
|
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 59) 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. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | 1898 (Age 60) Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland
granddaughter -
Margaret McShane
|
| Australian History | 1898 (Age 60) 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. |
| Marriage of a son | Patrick Hughes - View family 1 December 1899 (Age 61) 35 Hutchieson Street, Glasgow, Scotland
son -
Patrick Hughes
daughter-in-law -
Janet Annie Mc Clure
|
| Australian History | 1899 (Age 61) 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. |
| Birth of a grandson #8 | 1900 (Age 62) Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland
grandson -
Thomas McShane
|
| Australian History | 1900 (Age 62) 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 63) 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 granddaughter #9 | 1902 (Age 64)
granddaughter -
Bella Hughes
|
| Australian History | 1902 (Age 64) 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 65) 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 66) 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 grandson #10 | 1905 (estimated) (Age 67)
grandson -
James Hughes
|
| Australian History | 1906 (Age 68) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Birth of a grandson #11 | 1908 (Age 70)
grandson -
Robert Hughes
|
| Australian History | 1908 (Age 70) 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 71) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 72) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #12 | 1911 (Age 73)
granddaughter -
Janet "Jetta" Hughes
|
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 73) 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 (Age 74) 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 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #13 | 5 December 1913 (Age 75)
granddaughter -
Sarah Hughes
|
| Australian History | 1913 (Age 75) 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 75) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 76) 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 77) 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 78) 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 79) 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. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #14 | 4 October 1918 (Age 80) Glasserton, Dumfries and Galloway, Wigtownshire, Scotland
granddaughter -
Patricia "Patty" Hughes
|
| Australian History | 1918 (Age 80) 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 81) 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 (Age 82) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Australian History | 1921 (Age 83) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Australian History | 1922 (Age 84) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Australian History | 1923 (Age 85) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
| Death of a granddaughter | 12 February 1924 (Age 86)
granddaughter -
Catherine Hughes
|
| Death | 11 May 1925 (Age 87) |
| Family with Patrick Hughes - View family |
| husband |
Patrick Hughes
Birth 1832 Altrincham, Cheshire, England Death 3 August 1897 (Age 65) Workington, Cumberland, England |
|
6 years herself |
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 |
|
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 |
|
-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 |