Agnes Barbara Rowan 1859

Agnes Barbara RowanAge: 501859–1909

Name: Agnes Barbara Rowan

Given names: Agnes Barbara

Surname: Rowan

Agnes Barbara Dawson

Name: Agnes Barbara Dawson

Given names: Agnes Barbara

Surname: Dawson

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Birth	1859 31 Kyneton, Victoria, Australia
Marriage of parents	View family 1859 Victoria, Australia father - Thomas Rowan mother - Annie Anderson
Australian History	1859 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.
Australian History	1860 (Age 12 months) 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 2) Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs. Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra
Birth of a brother	1862 (Age 3) Victoria, Australia younger brother - Alexander Ivie Rowan
Death of a paternal grandfather	3 July 1862 (Age 3) Ayr, Scotland paternal grandfather - Alexander Rowan
Australian History	1862 (Age 3) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History	1863 (Age 4) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Birth of a brother	1864 (Age 5) Kyneton, Victoria, Australia younger brother - John Anderson Rowan
Birth of a brother	1866 (Age 7) Rochester, Victoria, Australia younger brother - Thomas Campbell Rowan
Australian History	1867 (Age 8) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History	1868 (Age 9) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History	1869 (Age 10) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Birth of a brother	1870 (Age 11) Echuca, Victoria, Australia younger brother - George James Rowan
Birth of a sister	about 1871 (Age 12) Australia younger sister - Jean Rowan
Australian History	1872 (Age 13) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History	1873 (Age 14) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Australian History	1875 (Age 16) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed.
Australian History	1878 (Age 19) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1879 (Age 20) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History	1880 (Age 21) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work.
Marriage	James Dawson - View family 1882 (Age 23) Kyneton, Victoria, Australia
Australian History	1882 (Age 23) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1883 (Age 24) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Australian History	1887 (Age 28) 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 30) 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 31) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Australian History	1891 (Age 32) 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
Marriage of a brother	John Anderson Rowan - View family 1892 (Age 33) Rochester, Victoria, Australia younger brother - John Anderson Rowan sister-in-law - Mary McArthur
Australian History	1892 (Age 33) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History	1893 (Age 34) 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 35) 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 36) 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 37) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Australian History	1897 (Age 38) 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 39) 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 40) 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 41) 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 42) 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 43) 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 44) 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 45) 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 47) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea
Australian History	1908 (Age 49) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead
Australian History	1909 (on the date of death) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.
Death	1909 (Age 50) Australia

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father	Thomas Rowan Birth 18 March 1827 45 35 Barr by Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
mother	Annie Anderson Death yes Loading...
	Marriage: 1859 — Victoria, Australia
#1 herself	Agnes Barbara Rowan Birth 1859 31 Kyneton, Victoria, Australia Death 1909 (Age 50) Australia Loading...
3 years #2 younger brother	Alexander Ivie Rowan Birth 1862 34 Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
2 years #3 younger brother	John Anderson Rowan Birth 1864 36 Kyneton, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
2 years #4 younger brother	Thomas Campbell Rowan Birth 1866 38 Rochester, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
4 years #5 younger brother	George James Rowan Birth 1870 42 Echuca, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
1 year #6 younger sister	Jean Rowan Birth about 1871 43 Australia Death yes Loading...

Family with James Dawson - View family

husband	James Dawson Death yes Loading...
herself	Agnes Barbara Rowan Birth 1859 31 Kyneton, Victoria, Australia Death 1909 (Age 50) Australia Loading...
	Marriage: 1882 — Kyneton, Victoria, Australia

Agnes Barbara Rowan has 25 first cousins recorded

Father's family (25)

Parents Robert Wilson + Margaret Rowan

1 Tomina Wilson ?–?

2 Eliza Wilson ?–?

3 Eliza Wilson ?–?

4 Georgina Wilson ?–?

5 Jane Wilson 1860–?

6 Alexanda Wilson ?–?

Parents Alexander Stewart + Georgina Rowan

1 Tomina Stewart 1846–1882

2 Jane Stewart 1848–?

3 Andrew Robert Stewart 1850–1891

4 Mary Cleave Stewart 1852–1925

5 James Stewart 1854–1936

6 Ivie Stewart 1853–1937

7 George Stewart 1856–1930

8 Robert Gavin Stewart 1857–1896

9 Elizabeth Stewart 1859–?

Parents George Toogood Hickox + Mary Rowan

1 John Alex Hickox 1867–?

Parents Andrew Rowan + Margaret Mactier

1 Alexander Campbell Rowan 1863–?

2 Andrew Dunbar Rowan 1865–?

3 Jeanie Blain Rowan 1867–?

4 Margaret Stewart Rowan 1870–?

5 Mary Irvine Rowan 1872–?

6 Thomas Campbell Rowan 1873–?

7 Ivie Anthony Rowan 1875–?

8 Elizabeth Anne Rowan 1877–?

9 Isabella Agnes D Rowan 1881–?