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John CampbellAge: 741825–1900

Name
John Campbell
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John
Surname
Campbell
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Birth 21 December 1825 45 34
 Braehead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Australian History 1825
 

Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Australian History 1828 (Age 2)
 

Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Birth of a sister 28 February 1829 (Age 3)
 New Cumnock?, Ayrshire, Scotland

younger sister - Margaret Campbell
Australian History 1829 (Age 3)
 

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 4)
 

Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Death of a paternal grandfather 28 July 1831 (Age 5)
 Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

paternal grandfather - Ivie Campbell
Birth of a sister 7 August 1831 (Age 5)
 Braehead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

younger sister - Elizabeth Campbell
Australian History 1831 (Age 5)
 

Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History 1832 (Age 6)
 

Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Death of a father 17 April 1833 (Age 7)
 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

father - William Campbell
Birth of a sister 22 October 1833 (Age 7)
 Braehead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

younger sister - Ebenezer Campbell
Australian History 1833 (Age 7)
 

Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Marriage of a brotherIvie Campbell - View family
23 December 1834 (Age 9)
 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

elder brother - Ivie Campbell
sister-in-law - Jane Murdoch
Death of a sister 5 January 1835 (Age 9)
 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

younger sister - Margaret Campbell
Australian History 1835 (Age 9)
 

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 10)
 

Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History 1838 (Age 12)
 

Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History 1839 (Age 13)
 

Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History 1840 (Age 14)
 

Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Census 7 June 1841 (Age 15)
 

Australian History 1841 (Age 15)
 

Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Marriage of a sisterJane Campbell - View family
15 March 1842 (Age 16)
 Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

brother-in-law - Thomas McCrae
elder sister - Jane Campbell
Australian History 1842 (Age 16)
 

Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Marriage of a brotherDavid Campbell - View family
14 August 1843 (Age 17)
 Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

elder brother - David Campbell
sister-in-law - Jessie Wilson
Australian History 1843 (Age 17)
 

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 19)
 

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.
Marriage of a brotherWalter Scott Campbell - View family
8 August 1848 (Age 22)
 Bargalton, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

elder brother - Walter Scott Campbell
sister-in-law - Jean McMyn
Marriage of a brotherWilliam Campbell - View family
2 October 1849 (Age 23)
 York Township, Ontario, Canada

elder brother - William Campbell
sister-in-law - Marion Maclaine
Marriage of a sisterAgnes Campbell - View family
about 1850 (Age 24)
 

brother-in-law - Samuel McGeorge
elder sister - Agnes Campbell
Australian History 1850 (Age 24)
 

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 25)
 Culcray, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

Note: Son unmarr Farmer 24 bn New Cumnock AYR
Australian History 1851 (Age 25)
 

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
MarriageLouisa Carson - View family
30 April 1852 (Age 26)
 Bartobrick, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

Birth of a daughter
#1		 about 1852 (Age 26)
 Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

daughter - Margaret Campbell
Australian History 1853 (Age 27)
 

Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Birth of a daughter
#2		 about 1854 (Age 28)
 Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

daughter - Jean Campbell
Australian History 1854 (Age 28)
 

Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History 1855 (Age 29)
 

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 daughter
#3		 about 1856 (Age 30)
 Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

daughter - Elizabeth Campbell
Marriage of a sisterElizabeth Campbell - View family
22 April 1856 (Age 30)
 Ontario, Canada

brother-in-law - Adam Henderson
younger sister - Elizabeth Campbell
Birth of a daughter
#4		 5 December 1856 (Age 30)
 Culcrae, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

daughter - Agnes Campbell
Australian History 1856 (Age 30)
 

Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History 1857 (Age 31)
 

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 daughter
#5		 30 November 1858 (Age 32)
 Culcrae, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

daughter - Louisa Campbell
Australian History 1858 (Age 32)
 

Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.
Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History 1859 (Age 33)
 

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 34)
 

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 daughter
#6		 21 February 1861 (Age 35)
 Culcrae, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

daughter - Ebenezer Campbell
Census 8 April 1861 (Age 35)
 

Australian History 1861 (Age 35)
 

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 36)
 

Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Birth of a daughter
#7		 4 December 1863 (Age 37)
 Culcrae, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

daughter - Mary Maxwell Campbell
Australian History 1863 (Age 37)
 

Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Death of a brother 31 July 1864 (Age 38)
 Lauriston, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

elder brother - Walter Scott Campbell
Birth of a son
#8		 24 April 1866 (Age 40)
 Culcrae, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

son - William Campbell
Death of a brother 1866 (Age 40)
 Balmoral, Winnipeg, MAN, Canada

elder brother - George Campbell
Australian History 1867 (Age 41)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.
Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History 1868 (Age 42)
 

Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History 1869 (Age 43)
 

Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Census 2 April 1871 (Age 45)
 

Australian History 1872 (Age 46)
 

Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History 1873 (Age 47)
 

Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Death of a mother 17 January 1874 (Age 48)
 Glenelg Township, Grey Co, Ontario, Canada

mother - Jean Scott
Australian History 1875 (Age 49)
 

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 52)
 

Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1879 (Age 53)
 

Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Death of a brother 2 January 1880 (Age 54)
 Craigs, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

elder brother - Ivie Campbell
Death of a brother 22 June 1880 (Age 54)
 High Clone, Mochrum, Ayrshire, Scotland

elder brother - David Campbell
Australian History 1880 (Age 54)
 

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 55)
 Culcrea Farmhouse, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

Note: 
Marr 54 Farmer of 80ac of which 35 are arable Empl 1 Man bn New
Cumnock AYR
Australian History 1882 (Age 56)
 

Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1883 (Age 57)
 

Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway
Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Australian History 1887 (Age 61)
 

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.
Death of a daughter 6 April 1889 (Age 63)
 Culcrae, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

daughter - Mary Maxwell Campbell
Australian History 1889 (Age 63)
 

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 64)
 

Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Census 5 April 1891 (Age 65)
 Culcrae, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

Note: Head marr 65 Farmer bn New Cumnock
Australian History 1891 (Age 65)
 

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 66)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Death of a brother 28 January 1893 (Age 67)
 Ontario, Canada

elder brother - William Campbell
Australian History 1893 (Age 67)
 

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 68)
 

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.
Death of a wife 7 January 1895 (Age 69)
 Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

wife - Louisa Carson
Death of a sister 27 October 1895 (Age 69)
 Ontario, Canada

elder sister - Agnes Campbell
Australian History 1895 (Age 69)
 

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 70)
 

Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Death of a sister 10 January 1897 (Age 71)
 Janefield, Guelph, Canada

elder sister - Jane Campbell
Australian History 1897 (Age 71)
 

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 72)
 

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 73)
 

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 74)
 

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
Death 12 September 1900 (Age 74)
 Culcrae Farmhouse, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

Probate 12 September 1900 (on the date of death)
 

Note: 
Farmer of Culcrae, Parish of Tongland d 12 Sep 1900, intestate,
to dau Louisa Campbell, milliner of Castle Douglas, his dau. PdS203 4s 3d
Family with parents - View family
father
William Campbell

Birth 19 November 1780 26 26  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 17 April 1833 (Age 52)  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

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11 years
mother
Jean Scott

Birth 13 October 1791  Dalfarson Mills, Doon, Dalmellington, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 17 January 1874 (Age 82)  Glenelg Township, Grey Co, Ontario, Canada

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Marriage: about 1809 — Dalfarson Mills, Doon, Dalmellington, Ayrshire, Scotland
16 months
#1 elder brother
Ivie Campbell

Birth 7 May 1810 29 18  Macknight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 2 January 1880 (Age 69)  Craigs, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

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#2 elder brother
David Campbell

Baptism 25 April 1813 32 21  Manight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 22 June 1880  High Clone, Mochrum, Ayrshire, Scotland

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20 months
#3 elder sister
Jane Campbell

Birth 25 December 1814 34 23  Maknight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 10 January 1897 (Age 82)  Janefield, Guelph, Canada

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2 years
#4 elder brother
George Campbell

Birth 17 February 1817 36 25  Macknight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 1866 (Age 48)  Balmoral, Winnipeg, MAN, Canada

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2 years
#5 elder brother
William Campbell

Birth 1 March 1819 38 27  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 28 January 1893 (Age 73)  Ontario, Canada

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2 years
#6 elder brother
Walter Scott Campbell

Birth 4 June 1821 40 29  Macknight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 31 July 1864 (Age 43)  Lauriston, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

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2 years
#7 elder sister
Agnes Campbell

Birth 16 September 1823 42 31  Maknight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 27 October 1895 (Age 72)  Ontario, Canada

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#8 himself
John Campbell

Birth 21 December 1825 45 34  Braehead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 12 September 1900 (Age 74)  Culcrae Farmhouse, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

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3 years
#9 younger sister
Margaret Campbell

Birth 28 February 1829 48 37  New Cumnock?, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 5 January 1835 (Age 5)  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

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2 years
#10 younger sister
Elizabeth Campbell

Birth 7 August 1831 50 39  Braehead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 15 March 1924 (Age 92)  Canada

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2 years
#11 younger sister
Ebenezer Campbell

Birth 22 October 1833 52 42  Braehead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 6 April 1909 (Age 75)  Listowel, Perth, Ontario, Canada

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Family with Louisa Carson - View family
himself
John Campbell

Birth 21 December 1825 45 34  Braehead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 12 September 1900 (Age 74)  Culcrae Farmhouse, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

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-20 months
wife
Louisa Carson

Birth 26 April 1824  Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

Death 7 January 1895 (Age 70)  Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

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Marriage: 30 April 1852 — Bartobrick, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
-4 months
#1 daughter
Margaret Campbell

Birth about 1852 26 27  Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

Death yes  

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2 years
#2 daughter
Jean Campbell

Birth about 1854 28 29  Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

Death yes  

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2 years
#3 daughter
Elizabeth Campbell

Birth about 1856 30 31  Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

Death yes  

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11 months
#4 daughter
Agnes Campbell

Birth 5 December 1856 30 32  Culcrae, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

Death 19 February 1901 (Age 44)  St Andrew St, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

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2 years
#5 daughter
Louisa Campbell

Birth 30 November 1858 32 34  Culcrae, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

Death yes  

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2 years
#6 daughter
Ebenezer Campbell

Birth 21 February 1861 35 36  Culcrae, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

Death 10 July 1947 (Age 86)  Druion, Bounty Road, Colinton, Morningside, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

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3 years
#7 daughter
Mary Maxwell Campbell

Birth 4 December 1863 37 39  Culcrae, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

Death 6 April 1889 (Age 25)  Culcrae, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

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2 years
#8 son
William Campbell

Birth 24 April 1866 40 41  Culcrae, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

Death yes  

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John Campbell has 18 first cousins recorded

Father's family (18)

Parents George Campbell + Janet McDonald
1 Jean Campbell 1832–1865
2 Ivie Campbell 1833–1904
3 George Campbell 1835–1867
4 Angus Campbell 1837–1843
5 Margaret Campbell 1839–?
6 Janet Campbell 1841–1917
7 Angusina Campbell 1847–?
8 William Campbell 1849–1850
Parents William Fisher + Margaret Campbell
1 Ivie Fisher 1805–1874
2 James Fisher 1807–1851
3 Margaret Fisher 1809–1865
4 William Fisher 1813–?
5 Mary Fisher 1817–1896
6 George Fisher 1819–1909
7 John Fisher 1820–1842
8 Thomas Fisher 1826–1900
9 Jane Fisher 1827–?
10 Agnes Fisher 1827–1892

Mother's family (0)

 
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
Son unmarr Farmer 24 bn New Cumnock 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.

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
Marr 54 Farmer of 80ac of which 35 are arable Empl 1 Man bn New Cumnock AYR

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
Head marr 65 Farmer bn New Cumnock

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.

Probate
Farmer of Culcrae, Parish of Tongland d 12 Sep 1900, intestate, to dau Louisa Campbell, milliner of Castle Douglas, his dau. PdS203 4s 3d


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