Jean Scott 1791

Jean ScottAge: 821791–1874

Name: Jean Scott

Given names: Jean

Surname: Scott

Jean Campbell

Name: Jean Campbell

Given names: Jean

Surname: Campbell

Jane Scott

Name: Jane Scott

Given names: Jane

Surname: Scott

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Birth	13 October 1791 Dalfarson Mills, Doon, Dalmellington, Ayrshire, Scotland
Australian History	1792 (Age 2 months) Note: Two French ships, La Recherche and L'Esp�rance, anchor at Recherche Bay, near the southernmost point of Tasmania at a time when England and France were racing around the globe to be the first to discover and colonise Australia. Note: Governor Philip returns to England, accompanied by his friend Bennelong and a companion who become the first Australian born person to sail to Europe.
Australian History	1797 (Age 5) Note: Sydney Cove wrecked and some survivors travelled from Bass Strait to Port Jackson allowing for the rescue of others but also furthering knowledge of the geography of Australia.
Australian History	1798 (Age 6) Note: 1798-9 - George Bass and Matthew Flinders sail from Sydney and circumnavigate Tasmania, thus proving it to be an island.
Australian History	1803 (Age 11) Note: Matthew Flinders completes the first circumnavigation of the continent (still known as 'New Holland')
Australian History	1804 (Age 12) Note: A settlement is founded at Risdon on the Derwent River in Van Diemen's Land by Lieutenant Bowen. Note: Castle Hill convict rebellion also known as the second Battle of Vinegar Hill Note: The Risdon settlement is moved to Sullivan's Cove (now Hobart) by Colonel David Collins.
Australian History	1808 (Age 16) Note: The Rum Rebellion
Marriage	William Campbell - View family about 1809 (Age 17) Dalfarson Mills, Doon, Dalmellington, Ayrshire, Scotland
Birth of a son #1	7 May 1810 (Age 18) Macknight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland son - Ivie Campbell
Baptism of a son	25 April 1813 (Age 21) Manight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland son - David Campbell
Birth of a daughter #2	25 December 1814 (Age 23) Maknight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Jane Campbell
Birth of a son #3	17 February 1817 (Age 25) Macknight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland son - George Campbell
Australian History	1817 (Age 25) Note: John Oxley charts the Lachlan River Note: Australia's first bank, the Bank of New South Wales, opens in Macquarie Place, Sydney (it became Westpac in 1982). Note: Governor Lachlan Macquarie petitioned the British Admiralty to use the name 'Australia' instead of 'New Holland'
Australian History	1818 (Age 26) Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River.
Birth of a son #4	1 March 1819 (Age 27) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland son - William Campbell
Birth of a son #5	4 June 1821 (Age 29) Macknight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland son - Walter Scott Campbell
Birth of a daughter #6	16 September 1823 (Age 31) Maknight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Agnes Campbell
Australian History	1824 (Age 32) Note: A penal colony is founded at Moreton Bay, now the city of Brisbane. Note: Bathurst and Melville Islands are annexed. Note: Permission granted to change the name of the continent from 'New Holland' to 'Australia' Note: 1824-25 - Hume and Hovell expedition travels overland to Port Phillip Bay, discovers Murray River
Birth of a son #7	21 December 1825 (Age 34) Braehead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland son - John Campbell
Australian History	1825 (Age 33) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Australian History	1828 (Age 36) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Birth of a daughter #8	28 February 1829 (Age 37) New Cumnock?, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Margaret Campbell
Australian History	1829 (Age 37) Note: The whole of Australia is claimed as British territory. The settlement of Perth is founded. Swan River Colony is declared by Charles Fremantle for Britain.
Australian History	1830 (Age 38) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Birth of a daughter #9	7 August 1831 (Age 39) Braehead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Elizabeth Campbell
Australian History	1831 (Age 39) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History	1832 (Age 40) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Death of a husband	17 April 1833 (Age 41) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland husband - William Campbell
Birth of a daughter #10	22 October 1833 (Age 42) Braehead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Ebenezer Campbell
Australian History	1833 (Age 41) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Marriage of a son	Ivie Campbell - View family 23 December 1834 (Age 43) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland son - Ivie Campbell daughter-in-law - Jane Murdoch
Death of a daughter	5 January 1835 (Age 43) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Margaret Campbell
Birth of a grandson #1	8 October 1835 (Age 43) McKnight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland grandson - William Campbell
Australian History	1835 (Age 43) 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 44) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History	1838 (Age 46) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Birth of a grandson #2	12 January 1839 (Age 47) McKnight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland grandson - James Campbell
Australian History	1839 (Age 47) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Birth of a granddaughter #3	22 October 1840 (Age 49) McKnight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland granddaughter - Ann Campbell
Australian History	1840 (Age 48) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Australian History	1841 (Age 49) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Marriage of a daughter	Jane Campbell - View family 15 March 1842 (Age 50) Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland son-in-law - Thomas McCrae daughter - Jane Campbell
Birth of a grandson #4	29 October 1842 (Age 51) Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland grandson - William McCrae
Australian History	1842 (Age 50) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Birth of a grandson #5	3 April 1843 (Age 51) McKnight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland grandson - David Campbell
Marriage of a son	David Campbell - View family 14 August 1843 (Age 51) Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland son - David Campbell daughter-in-law - Jessie Wilson
Australian History	1843 (Age 51) 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 grandson #6	12 July 1844 (Age 52) grandson - Robert Campbell
Baptism of a grandson	26 August 1844 (Age 52) Dalry, Ayrshire, Scotland grandson - Robert Campbell
Death of a grandson	8 September 1844 (Age 52) Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland grandson - William McCrae
Birth of a grandson #7	21 January 1845 (Age 53) Laurieston, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland grandson - David McCrae Col
Birth of a granddaughter #8	16 May 1845 (Age 53) McKnight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland granddaughter - Jean Campbell
Australian History	1845 (Age 53) 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 granddaughter #9	18 January 1847 (Age 55) Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland granddaughter - Margaret McCrae
Birth of a granddaughter #10	24 February 1847 (Age 55) Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland granddaughter - Jane Scott Campbell
Birth of a granddaughter #11	11 September 1847 (Age 55) McKnight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland granddaughter - Margaret Campbell
Marriage of a son	Walter Scott Campbell - View family 8 August 1848 (Age 56) Bargalton, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland son - Walter Scott Campbell daughter-in-law - Jean McMyn
Birth of a granddaughter #12	8 April 1849 (Age 57) granddaughter - Female McCrae
Birth of a granddaughter #13	12 April 1849 (Age 57) Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland granddaughter - Jannet Campbell
Death of a granddaughter	18 April 1849 (Age 57) granddaughter - Female McCrae
Birth of a grandson #14	17 June 1849 (Age 57) Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland grandson - Jane Campbell
Birth of a granddaughter #15	18 July 1849 (Age 57) McKnight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland granddaughter - Elizabeth Campbell
Marriage of a son	William Campbell - View family 2 October 1849 (Age 57) York Township, Ontario, Canada son - William Campbell daughter-in-law - Marion Maclaine
Birth of a granddaughter #16	21 September 1850 (Age 58) Guelph Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada granddaughter - Mareon McCrae
Birth of a granddaughter #17	14 November 1850 (Age 59) Tecumseth Township?, Simcoe Co, Ontario, Canada granddaughter - Jane Campbell
Marriage of a daughter	Agnes Campbell - View family about 1850 (Age 58) son-in-law - Samuel McGeorge daughter - Agnes Campbell
Australian History	1850 (Age 58) 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.
Birth of a grandson #18	about 1851 (Age 59) Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland grandson - William Campbell
Census	30 March 1851 (Age 59) Culcray, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Note: Head widow farmer of 35acres empl 1 lab, 59 bn Dalmellington AYR
Birth of a grandson #19	19 June 1851 (Age 59) Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland grandson - William Campbell
Birth of a granddaughter #20	18 November 1851 (Age 60) Craigs, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland granddaughter - Jane Campbell
Birth of a grandson #21	about 1851 (Age 59) Ontario, Canada grandson - Robert McGeorge
Australian History	1851 (Age 59) 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
Birth of a grandson #22	5 February 1852 (Age 60) Tecumseth Township?, Simcoe Co, Ontario, Canada grandson - John Campbell
Birth of a granddaughter #23	about 1852 (Age 60) Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland granddaughter - Margaret Campbell
Marriage of a son	John Campbell - View family 30 April 1852 (Age 60) Bartobrick, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland son - John Campbell daughter-in-law - Louisa Carson
Birth of a grandson #24	14 February 1853 (Age 61) Guelph Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada grandson - William McCrae
Death of a granddaughter	19 July 1853 (Age 61) Guelph Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada granddaughter - Mareon McCrae
Birth of a granddaughter #25	2 August 1853 (Age 61) Tecumseth Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada granddaughter - Mary Campbell
Birth of a grandson #26	11 August 1853 (Age 61) Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland grandson - John Campbell
Australian History	1853 (Age 61) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Birth of a granddaughter #27	about 1854 (Age 62) Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland granddaughter - Jean Campbell
Australian History	1854 (Age 62) Note: The Eureka Stockade
Birth of a grandson #28	19 September 1855 (Age 63) Laurieston, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland grandson - David Campbell
Birth of a granddaughter #29	23 September 1855 (Age 63) Guelph Township, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada granddaughter - Jeanie McCrae
Birth of a granddaughter #30	20 October 1855 (Age 64) Grey Township, Huron Co, Ontario, Canada granddaughter - Jane McGeorge
Australian History	1855 (Age 63) 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.
Birth of a granddaughter #31	13 July 1856 (Age 64) Grey Township, Huron, Ontario, Canada granddaughter - Margaret Campbell
Birth of a granddaughter #32	about 1856 (Age 64) Ontario, Canada granddaughter - Agnes Mckee McGeorge
Birth of a granddaughter #33	about 1856 (Age 64) Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland granddaughter - Elizabeth Campbell
Marriage of a daughter	Elizabeth Campbell - View family 22 April 1856 (Age 64) Ontario, Canada son-in-law - Adam Henderson daughter - Elizabeth Campbell
Birth of a granddaughter #34	5 December 1856 (Age 65) Culcrae, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland granddaughter - Agnes Campbell
Australian History	1856 (Age 64) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Birth of a granddaughter #35	10 November 1857 (Age 66) Elma Township?, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada granddaughter - Ebenezer Jane Henderson
Birth of a grandson #36	1 December 1857 (Age 66) Laurieston, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland grandson - Walter Scott Campbell
Australian History	1857 (Age 65) 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.
Birth of a grandson #37	22 January 1858 (Age 66) Grey Township, Huron, Ontario, Canada grandson - William Campbell
Birth of a grandson #38	about 1858 (Age 66) Ontario, Canada grandson - Charles McGeorge
Birth of a granddaughter #39	30 November 1858 (Age 67) Culcrae, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland granddaughter - Louisa Campbell
Australian History	1858 (Age 66) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Birth of a granddaughter #40	7 November 1859 (Age 68) Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada granddaughter - Annabella Henderson
Australian History	1859 (Age 67) 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 grandson #41	3 March 1860 (Age 68) Grey Township, Huron Co, Ontario, Canada grandson - Archibald Campbell
Australian History	1860 (Age 68) Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E.
Birth of a grandson #42	about 1861 (Age 69) Grey Township, Huron Co, Ontario, Canada grandson - Alexander McGeorge
Birth of a granddaughter #43	21 February 1861 (Age 69) Culcrae, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland granddaughter - Ebenezer Campbell
Birth of a grandson #44	29 April 1861 (Age 69) Laurieston, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland grandson - James Jenkins Campbell
Birth of a granddaughter #45	23 November 1861 (Age 70) Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada granddaughter - Ada Henderson
Australian History	1861 (Age 69) 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 granddaughter #46	6 May 1862 (Age 70) Grey Township, Huron Co, Ontario, Canada granddaughter - Marion Campbell
Australian History	1862 (Age 70) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Birth of a granddaughter #47	4 December 1863 (Age 72) Culcrae, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland granddaughter - Mary Maxwell Campbell
Birth of a grandson #48	5 December 1863 (Age 72) Grey Township, Huron Co, Ontario, Canada grandson - Ebenezer Campbell "John" McGeorge
Birth of a granddaughter #49	10 December 1863 (Age 72) Welwood Place, Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada granddaughter - Margaret Henderson
Australian History	1863 (Age 71) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Birth of a grandson #50	16 March 1864 (Age 72) Laurieston, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland grandson - George Jamieson Campbell
Birth of a granddaughter #51	10 April 1864 (Age 72) Grey Township, Huron, Ontario, Canada granddaughter - Catherine Campbell
Death of a grandson	6 May 1864 (Age 72) Laurieston, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland grandson - George Jamieson Campbell
Death of a son	31 July 1864 (Age 72) Lauriston, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland son - Walter Scott Campbell
Birth of a grandson #52	29 March 1866 (Age 74) Grey Township, Huron Co, Ontario, Canada grandson - Samuel McGeorge
Birth of a grandson #53	24 April 1866 (Age 74) Culcrae, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland grandson - William Campbell
Birth of a granddaughter #54	7 May 1866 (Age 74) Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada granddaughter - Elizabeth Henderson
Birth of a granddaughter #55	17 May 1866 (Age 74) Grey Township, Huron Co, Ontario, Canada granddaughter - Elizabeth Campbell
Death of a son	1866 (Age 74) Balmoral, Winnipeg, MAN, Canada son - George Campbell
Australian History	1867 (Age 75) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Birth of a grandson #56	28 June 1868 (Age 76) Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada grandson - Thomas Young Henderson
Australian History	1868 (Age 76) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Death of a grandson	15 October 1869 (Age 78) Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada grandson - Thomas Young Henderson
Birth of a grandson #57	17 November 1869 (Age 78) Grey Township, Huron Co, Ontario, Canada grandson - David Campbell
Australian History	1869 (Age 77) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Birth of a granddaughter #58	26 January 1871 (Age 79) Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada granddaughter - Agnes Mckie Henderson
Death of a grandson	25 February 1872 (Age 80) Ontario, Canada grandson - John Campbell
Marriage of a granddaughter	Jane Scott Campbell - View family 6 March 1872 (Age 80) Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland granddaughter's husband - William Fisher granddaughter - Jane Scott Campbell
Australian History	1872 (Age 80) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Birth of a grandson #59	3 May 1873 (Age 81) Elma Township, Perth Co, Ontario, Canada grandson - Adam James Henderson
Australian History	1873 (Age 81) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Death	17 January 1874 (Age 82) Glenelg Township, Grey Co, Ontario, Canada

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husband	William Campbell Birth 19 November 1780 26 26 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 17 April 1833 (Age 52) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
11 years herself	Jean Scott Birth 13 October 1791 Dalfarson Mills, Doon, Dalmellington, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 17 January 1874 (Age 82) Glenelg Township, Grey Co, Ontario, Canada Loading...
	Marriage: about 1809 — Dalfarson Mills, Doon, Dalmellington, Ayrshire, Scotland
16 months #1 son	Ivie Campbell Birth 7 May 1810 29 18 Macknight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 2 January 1880 (Age 69) Craigs, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Loading...
3 years #2 son	David Campbell Baptism 25 April 1813 32 21 Manight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 22 June 1880 High Clone, Mochrum, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
20 months #3 daughter	Jane Campbell Birth 25 December 1814 34 23 Maknight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 10 January 1897 (Age 82) Janefield, Guelph, Canada Loading...
2 years #4 son	George Campbell Birth 17 February 1817 36 25 Macknight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 1866 (Age 48) Balmoral, Winnipeg, MAN, Canada Loading...
2 years #5 son	William Campbell Birth 1 March 1819 38 27 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 28 January 1893 (Age 73) Ontario, Canada Loading...
2 years #6 son	Walter Scott Campbell Birth 4 June 1821 40 29 Macknight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 31 July 1864 (Age 43) Lauriston, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Loading...
2 years #7 daughter	Agnes Campbell Birth 16 September 1823 42 31 Maknight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 27 October 1895 (Age 72) Ontario, Canada Loading...
2 years #8 son	John Campbell Birth 21 December 1825 45 34 Braehead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 12 September 1900 (Age 74) Culcrae Farmhouse, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Loading...
3 years #9 daughter	Margaret Campbell Birth 28 February 1829 48 37 New Cumnock?, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 5 January 1835 (Age 5) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
2 years #10 daughter	Elizabeth Campbell Birth 7 August 1831 50 39 Braehead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 15 March 1924 (Age 92) Canada Loading...
2 years #11 daughter	Ebenezer Campbell Birth 22 October 1833 52 42 Braehead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 6 April 1909 (Age 75) Listowel, Perth, Ontario, Canada Loading...

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Australian History	Two French ships, La Recherche and L'Esp�rance, anchor at Recherche Bay, near the southernmost point of Tasmania at a time when England and France were racing around the globe to be the first to discover and colonise Australia.
Australian History	Sydney Cove wrecked and some survivors travelled from Bass Strait to Port Jackson allowing for the rescue of others but also furthering knowledge of the geography of Australia.
Australian History	1798-9 - George Bass and Matthew Flinders sail from Sydney and circumnavigate Tasmania, thus proving it to be an island.
Australian History	Matthew Flinders completes the first circumnavigation of the continent (still known as 'New Holland')
Australian History	A settlement is founded at Risdon on the Derwent River in Van Diemen's Land by Lieutenant Bowen.
Australian History	The Rum Rebellion
Australian History	John Oxley charts the Lachlan River
Australian History	Oxley charts the Macquarie River.
Australian History	A penal colony is founded at Moreton Bay, now the city of Brisbane.
Australian History	New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Australian History	Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History	The whole of Australia is claimed as British territory. The settlement of Perth is founded. Swan River Colony is declared by Charles Fremantle for Britain.
Australian History	Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Australian History	Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History	Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History	The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History	John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner establish a settlement at Port Phillip, now the city of Melbourne.
Australian History	Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
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.
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	Head widow farmer of 35acres empl 1 lab, 59 bn Dalmellington AYR
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.
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.

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