Edward Irvin McCaig 1838

Edward Irvin McCaigAge: 801838–1918

Name: Edward Irvin McCaig

Given names: Edward Irvin

Surname: McCaig

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Birth	1838 38 36 Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Marriage	Marion Allan - View family
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.
Birth of a brother	3 September 1840 (Age 2) March Farm, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger brother - Thomas McCaig
Australian History	1840 (Age 2) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Census	7 June 1841 (Age 3) March Farm, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: 2, Yes
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).
Birth of a brother	about 1844 (Age 6) March Farm?, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger brother - William McCaig
Death of a maternal grandmother	4 August 1844 (Age 6) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland maternal grandmother - Margaret Dunbar
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.
Birth of a sister	21 June 1848 (Age 10) March Farm, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger sister - Jane Richmond McCaig
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.
Census	30 March 1851 (Age 13) March Farm, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: Son 12 scholar Kirkinner WIG
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
Death of a father	12 May 1853 (Age 15) Campford, Kirkcowan, Ayrshire, Scotland father - Thomas McCaig
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.
Marriage of a brother	John McCaig - View family 1 October 1858 (Age 20) Burnockhead, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland elder brother - John McCaig sister-in-law - Christina Morrison
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.
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.
Census	8 April 1861 (Age 23) Dalgig Farm, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Note: In house of Ivie Campbell. Edward McCaig, 22, servant, unmar, Ploughman, bn Curkinner (sic) WIG
Marriage of a sister	Christina McCaig - View family 12 November 1861 (Age 23) King St Independent Chapel, Dudley, Wor, England brother-in-law - Ivie Campbell elder sister - Christina McCaig
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.
Marriage of a brother	Ivie McCaig - View family 18 December 1863 (Age 25) Littlemark Hill, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland elder brother - Ivie McCaig sister-in-law - Margaret McMillan
Australian History	1863 (Age 25) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Marriage of a sister	Margaret McCaig - View family about 1865 (Age 27) brother-in-law - David Stevenson elder sister - Margaret McCaig
Marriage of a brother	Thomas McCaig - View family 10 April 1866 (Age 28) Barbower Rd, Edgecombe, Victoria, Australia younger brother - Thomas McCaig sister-in-law - Mary Fisher
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.
Death of a sister	25 May 1868 (Age 30) Burnstoun/Brunston, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger sister - Jane Richmond McCaig
Australian History	1868 (Age 30) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Marriage of a brother	William McCaig - View family 23 July 1869 (Age 31) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - William McCaig sister-in-law - Jean McKerrow
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.
Marriage of a sister	Margaret McCaig - View family about 1870 (Age 32) brother-in-law - William Perry elder sister - Margaret McCaig
Census	2 April 1871 (Age 33)
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 son #1	about 1876 (Age 38) Dudley, Sts, England son - Thomas Edward McCaig
Death of a mother	25 April 1876 (Age 38) Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland mother - Wilhemina Campbell
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.
Census	4 April 1881 (Age 43) Compton Lydiates, Kinver, Sts, England Note: Edward J (E) McCaig, lodger, Ag Lab, Married, 41, male, bn Kirkinner, Wigtown, SCT - lodging with Reese Johnson and wife Ag Labs.
Australian History	1882 (Age 44) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Marriage of a brother	George McCaig - View family 4 September 1883 (Age 45) George Hotel, Stanraer, Wigtownshire, Scotland elder brother - George McCaig sister-in-law - Mary Hardie
Death of a brother	19 September 1883 (Age 45) Amblecote, Dudley, Wor, Scotland elder brother - Hugh Dunbar McCaig
Australian History	1883 (Age 45) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
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.
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.
Death of a brother	5 November 1890 (Age 52) Crichton Row, Old Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland elder brother - Ivie McCaig
Australian History	1890 (Age 52) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Census	5 April 1891 (Age 53) Craigman Farm, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Note: Edward J McCaig, 51, servant, mar, Farm Servant, bn Kirkinner WIG (IN household of Ivie Campbell)
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
Death of a sister	23 May 1892 (Age 54) Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland elder sister - Christina McCaig
Australian History	1892 (Age 54) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
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.
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 brother	2 December 1897 (Age 59) Main Street, Ballantrae Village, Ayrshire, Scotland elder brother - George McCaig
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.
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.
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.
Death of a sister	June 1900 (Age 62) Bridgenorth, England elder sister - Margaret McCaig
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
Census	31 March 1901 (Age 63) Old Coalburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Note: Edward, boarder at house of Robert Walker marr 66 Carter at Freestone Quarry bn Kirkinner WIG
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
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
Australian History	1906 (Age 68) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea
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.
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.
Death of a brother	18 September 1912 (Age 74) Riverton Hospital, Riverton, Southland, New Zealand elder brother - Robert McCaig
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
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
Death of a brother	6 November 1914 (Age 76) Coilbank, Littlemill, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland elder brother - John McCaig
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.
Death of a brother	9 May 1915 (Age 77) Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia younger brother - Thomas McCaig
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.
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.
Death	25 October 1918 (Age 80) Littlemill (Residence Of His Niece), Patna, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland

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father	Thomas McCaig Birth 1 September 1799 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 12 May 1853 (Age 53) Campford, Kirkcowan, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
2 years mother	Wilhemina Campbell Birth 1802 47 41 Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 25 April 1876 (Age 74) Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
	Marriage: 1825 (estimated)
1 year #1 elder brother	Hugh Dunbar McCaig Birth about 1826 26 24 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 19 September 1883 (Age 57) Amblecote, Dudley, Wor, Scotland Loading...
8 months #2 elder brother	Robert McCaig Birth 16 September 1826 27 24 Prob New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 18 September 1912 (Age 86) Riverton Hospital, Riverton, Southland, New Zealand Loading...
2 years #3 elder brother	Ivie McCaig Birth about 1829 29 27 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 5 November 1890 (Age 61) Crichton Row, Old Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
3 years #4 elder sister	Margaret McCaig Birth about 1832 32 30 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death June 1900 (Age 68) Bridgenorth, England Loading...
8 months #5 elder sister	Christina McCaig Birth 10 September 1832 33 30 Strone, Glen Trool, Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 23 May 1892 (Age 59) Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
16 months #6 elder brother	John McCaig Birth about 1834 34 32 Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 6 November 1914 (Age 80) Coilbank, Littlemill, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
2 years #7 elder brother	George McCaig Birth 1836 36 34 Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 2 December 1897 (Age 61) Main Street, Ballantrae Village, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
2 years #8 himself	Edward Irvin McCaig Birth 1838 38 36 Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 25 October 1918 (Age 80) Littlemill (Residence Of His Niece), Patna, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
3 years #9 younger brother	Thomas McCaig Birth 3 September 1840 41 38 March Farm, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 9 May 1915 (Age 74) Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
3 years #10 younger brother	William McCaig Birth about 1844 44 42 March Farm?, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 16 March 1925 (Age 81) Low Balcray, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
5 years #11 younger sister	Jane Richmond McCaig Birth 21 June 1848 48 46 March Farm, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 25 May 1868 (Age 19) Burnstoun/Brunston, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...

Family with Marion Allan - View family

himself	Edward Irvin McCaig Birth 1838 38 36 Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 25 October 1918 (Age 80) Littlemill (Residence Of His Niece), Patna, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
4 years wife	Marion Allan Birth about 1842 Sti, Scotland Death yes Loading...
	Marriage: yes
#1 son	Thomas Edward McCaig Birth about 1876 38 34 Dudley, Sts, England Death yes Loading...

Edward Irvin McCaig has 47 first cousins recorded

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Parents William Graham + Isabel Campbell

1 Ivie (Campbell) Graham 1813–1891

2 Margaret Graham 1813–1873

3 Jean Graham 1816–1895

4 Isabella Graham 1822–1895

5 Elizabeth Graham 1823–1859

6 James Graham 1825–1905

7 Janet Graham 1827–1849

8 Douglas Wills Graham 1829–1906

9 William Graham 1832–1897

10 David Graham 1839–?

Parents William Brown + Jean Campbell

1 William Brown 1814–1881

2 Margaret Brown 1813–1875

3 Janet Brown 1819–1894

4 Mary Brown 1823–?

5 Ivie Brown 1821–1881

6 George Brown 1825–1862

7 Elizabeth Brown 1827–1908

8 Jane Brown 1829–1899

9 Hugh Brown 1833–1915

Parents Alexander Rowan + Tomina Campbell

1 Margaret Rowan 1816–?

2 Ivie Rowan 1817–1847

3 Georgina Rowan 1820–1900

4 Mary Rowan 1823–?

5 Andrew Rowan 1825–1889

6 Thomas Rowan 1827–?

7 John Rowan 1829–1887

8 Elizabeth Rowan 1831–1899

Parents Andrew Campbell + Janet Campbell

1 Margaret Dunbar Campbell 1821–1889

2 Jane Campbell 1822–1889

3 John Campbell 1823–1882

4 Ivie Campbell 1826–?

5 Isabella Agnes Campbell 1827–?

6 Janet Campbell 1830–1859

7 William Richmond Campbell 1832–1888

8 Helen Campbell 1835–?

9 Andrew Campbell 1838–1903

10 Euphemia Duncan Campbell 1840–1858

Parents David Ferguson + Helen Campbell

1 David Ferguson 1821–?

2 Jane Ferguson 1826–1862

3 Margaret Ferguson 1823–1856

4 Helen Ferguson 1827–?

5 Agnes Ferguson 1828–1923

6 Jessie Campbell Ferguson 1831–1902

7 Ivie Ferguson 1833–1894

8 Elizabeth Ferguson 1838–?

9 William Ferguson 1841–1898

Parents Ivie Campbell + Jean Richmond

1 Ivie Campbell 1833–1910

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Australian History	First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History	Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History	Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Census	2, Yes
Australian History	New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History	Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History	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	The ship Cataraqui is wrecked off King Island in Bass Strait. It is Australia's worst civil maritime disaster, with 406 lives lost.
Australian History	Western Australia becomes a penal colony.
Census	Son 12 scholar Kirkinner WIG
Australian History	Victoria separates from New South Wales.
Australian History	Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History	The Eureka Stockade
Australian History	The transportation of convicts to Norfolk Island ceases.
Australian History	Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History	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.
Australian History	Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.
Australian History	SS Admella wrecked off south-east coast of South Australia with the loss of 89 lives.
Australian History	John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E.
Census	In house of Ivie Campbell. Edward McCaig, 22, servant, unmar, Ploughman, bn Curkinner (sic) WIG
Australian History	The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs.
Australian History	Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History	South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Australian History	Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.
Australian History	The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History	Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Australian History	Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History	Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Australian History	SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives.
Australian History	First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History	The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged.
Census	Edward J (E) McCaig, lodger, Ag Lab, Married, 41, male, bn Kirkinner, Wigtown, SCT - lodging with Reese Johnson and wife Ag Labs.
Australian History	First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway
Australian History	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	The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.
Australian History	The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Census	Edward J McCaig, 51, servant, mar, Farm Servant, bn Kirkinner WIG (IN household of Ivie Campbell)
Australian History	A National Australasian Convention meets, agrees on adopting the name 'the Commonwealth of Australia' and drafting a constitution.
Australian History	Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History	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	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	The premiers, except for those of Queensland and Western Australia, agree to implement the Corowa proposals.
Australian History	The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Australian History	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.
Australian History	The Convention agrees on a final draft to be put to the people.
Australian History	The decision is made to site the national capital in New South Wales, but not within 100 miles of Sydney.
Australian History	Several delegates visit London to resist proposed changes to the agreed-upon constitution.
Census	Edward, boarder at house of Robert Walker marr 66 Carter at Freestone Quarry bn Kirkinner WIG
Australian History	(01 Jan) Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General
Australian History	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.
Australian History	The High Court of Australia is established with Samuel Griffith as the first Chief Justice.
Australian History	A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital
Australian History	Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea
Australian History	Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country
Australian History	The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.
Australian History	Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.
Australian History	The Royal Australian Navy is founded
Australian History	Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time
Australian History	Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains.
Australian History	The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place
Australian History	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	(25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April.
Australian History	Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill'
Australian History	Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed.
Australian History	(08 AUG) Battle of Amiens