John "Jack" StarrittAge: 391876–1915
- Name
- John "Jack" Starritt
- Given names
- John
- Nickname
- Jack
- Surname
- Starritt
| Birth | about 1876 42 |
| Birth of a sister | 1878 (Age 2) Australia
younger sister -
Mary Ann Starritt
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| Australian History | 1878 (Age 2) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Birth of a brother | 1879 (Age 3) Australia
younger brother -
William Alexander Starritt
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| Australian History | 1879 (Age 3) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 4) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
| Australian History | 1882 (Age 6) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 7) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 11) 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 13) 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 14) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 15) 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 16) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 17) 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 18) 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. |
| Australian History | 1895 (Age 19) 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 20) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 21) 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 22) 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 23) 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 24) 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 25) 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 26) 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 27) 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 28) 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 (Age 30) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Australian History | 1908 (Age 32) 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 33) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Residence | about 1910 (Age 34) Western Australia, Australia Jack Starritt on left in Logging Camp WA |
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 34) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Death of a father | 21 January 1911 (Age 35) Echuca, Victoria, Australia
father -
John Starritt
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| Australian History | 1911 (Age 35) 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 36) 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 37) 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 37) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 38) 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 (on the date of death) 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 |
| Death | 1915 (Age 39) Age: 39 Bussleton, Western Australia, Australia Cause of death: DIED in a logging accident aged 39. |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
John Starritt
Birth 1834 24 Letterkenny, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland Death 21 January 1911 (Age 77) Echuca, Victoria, Australia |
| mother |
Isabella Mc Phee
Death yes |
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Marriage: 1862 — Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
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5 years #1 elder brother |
Thomas James Starritt
Birth 1867 33 Death Queensland, Australia |
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1 year #2 elder sister |
Margaret Isabella Starritt
Birth 1868 34 Australia Death yes |
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7 years #3 elder sister |
Rubina Starritt
Birth 1875 41 Death yes |
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1 year #4 himself |
John "Jack" Starritt
Birth about 1876 42 Death 1915 (Age 39) Age: 39 Bussleton, Western Australia, Australia |
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2 years #5 younger sister |
Mary Ann Starritt
Birth 1878 44 Australia Death 1951 (Age 73) Australia |
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1 year #6 younger brother |
William Alexander Starritt
Birth 1879 45 Australia Death 1929 (Age 50) Australia |
John "Jack" Starritt has 22 first cousins recorded
Father's family (22)
Parents Robert Starritt + Catherine Gregg
Parents Alexander Starritt + Martha Gregg
Parents Alexander Starritt + Mattie Rutherford
Mother's family (0)
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