Margaret Campbell 1783

Margaret CampbellAge: 901783–1873

Name: Margaret Campbell

Given names: Margaret

Surname: Campbell

Margaret Fisher

Name: Margaret Fisher

Given names: Margaret

Surname: Fisher

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Birth	17 July 1783 28 29 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Note: OPRS . Probably born at House of Water, New Cumnock
Marriage of a father	Ivie Campbell - View family about 1786 (Age 2) father - Ivie Campbell step-mother - Margaret Dunbar
Death of a mother	1786 (Age 2) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland mother - Jean Gemmell
Birth of a half-sister	28 April 1787 (Age 3) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland half-sister - Isabel Campbell
Baptism of a half-sister	6 May 1787 (Age 3) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland half-sister - Isabel Campbell
Australian History	1788 (Age 4) Note: The British First Fleet, led by Governor Arthur Phillip arrives in New South Wales to found first European settlement and penal colony at Sydney. Colony includes 'all the islands adjacent in the Pacific Ocean' and running westward to the 135th meridian east. This claim included the islands of New Zealand, which were administered as part of New South Wales. Note: British settlement founded at Norfolk Island.
Birth of a half-sister	about 1790 (Age 6) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland half-sister - Jean Campbell
Australian History	1790 (Age 6) Note: Beleaguered Second Fleet arrives. Colony gripped by food crisis.
Birth of a half-sister	17 January 1792 (Age 8) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland half-sister - Tomina Campbell
Australian History	1792 (Age 8) 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.
Birth of a half-sister	about 1794 (Age 10) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland half-sister - Janet Campbell
Australian History	1797 (Age 13) 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.
Birth of a half-sister	about 1798 (Age 14) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland half-sister - Helen Campbell
Australian History	1798 (Age 14) Note: 1798-9 - George Bass and Matthew Flinders sail from Sydney and circumnavigate Tasmania, thus proving it to be an island.
Birth of a half-brother	7 July 1799 (Age 15) Of Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland half-brother - Ivie Campbell
Birth of a half-sister	1802 (Age 18) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland half-sister - Wilhemina Campbell
Marriage	William Fisher - View family about 1803 (Age 19) Note: MARGARET Campbell married William Fisher. They first lived in Ayr after which they went to Garrarie and were there for 30 years. Later they took the farm of Craignarget where her husband died Aug 1866.
Australian History	1803 (Age 19) Note: Matthew Flinders completes the first circumnavigation of the continent (still known as 'New Holland')
Australian History	1804 (Age 20) 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.
Birth of a son #1	about 1805 (Age 21) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland son - Ivie Fisher
Birth of a son #2	about 1807 (Age 23) Poss New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland son - James Fisher
Australian History	1808 (Age 24) Note: The Rum Rebellion
Birth of a daughter #3	about 1809 (Age 25) Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Margaret Fisher
Marriage of a brother	William Campbell - View family about 1809 (Age 25) Dalfarson Mills, Doon, Dalmellington, Ayrshire, Scotland elder brother - William Campbell sister-in-law - Jean Scott
Marriage of a half-sister	Isabel Campbell - View family 4 April 1812 (Age 28) Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland father's son-in-law - William Graham half-sister - Isabel Campbell
Marriage of a half-sister	Jean Campbell - View family about 1812 (Age 28) Prob New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland father's son-in-law - William Brown half-sister - Jean Campbell
Birth of a son #4	about 1813 (Age 29) Poss Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland son - William Fisher
Marriage of a half-sister	Tomina Campbell - View family 24 June 1815 (Age 31) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland father's son-in-law - Alexander Rowan half-sister - Tomina Campbell
Birth of a daughter #5	22 May 1817 (Age 33) Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Mary Fisher
Australian History	1817 (Age 33) 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 34) Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River.
Birth of a son #6	about 1819 (Age 35) Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland son - George Fisher
Birth of a son #7	about 1820 (Age 36) Prob Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland son - John Fisher
Marriage of a half-sister	Janet Campbell - View family 14 June 1820 (Age 36) Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland father's son-in-law - Andrew Campbell half-sister - Janet Campbell
Marriage of a half-sister	Helen Campbell - View family about 1820 (Age 36) father's son-in-law - David Ferguson half-sister - Helen Campbell
Australian History	1824 (Age 40) 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
Marriage of a half-sister	Wilhemina Campbell - View family 1825 (estimated) (Age 41) father's son-in-law - Thomas McCaig half-sister - Wilhemina Campbell
Australian History	1825 (Age 41) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Birth of a son #8	1826 (Age 42) Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland son - Thomas Fisher
Birth of a daughter #9	about 1827 (Age 43) Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland daughter - Jane Fisher
Birth of a daughter #10	11 December 1827 (Age 44) Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland daughter - Agnes Fisher
Australian History	1828 (Age 44) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History	1829 (Age 45) 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.
Marriage of a brother	George Campbell - View family 1830 (Age 46) elder brother - George Campbell sister-in-law - Janet McDonald
Australian History	1830 (Age 46) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Marriage of a half-brother	Ivie Campbell - View family 4 July 1831 (Age 47) Riccarton, Ayrshire, Scotland half-brother - Ivie Campbell half-brother's wife - Jean Richmond
Death of a father	28 July 1831 (Age 48) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland father - Ivie Campbell
Australian History	1831 (Age 47) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History	1832 (Age 48) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Death of a brother	17 April 1833 (Age 49) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland elder brother - William Campbell
Australian History	1833 (Age 49) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History	1835 (Age 51) 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.
Marriage of a son	Ivie Fisher - View family 19 March 1836 (Age 52) Barr by Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland son - Ivie Fisher daughter-in-law - Jane McMillan
Australian History	1836 (Age 52) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Birth of a grandson #1	about 1837 (Age 53) Bargrennan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland grandson - William Fisher
Marriage of a daughter	Margaret Fisher - View family about 1837 (Age 53) Poss Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland son-in-law - James Templeton daughter - Margaret Fisher
Birth of a granddaughter #2	about 1838 (Age 54) Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland granddaughter - Margaret Templeton
Australian History	1838 (Age 54) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Birth of a grandson #3	1839 (Age 55) Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland grandson - Alexander Fisher
Birth of a grandson #4	about 1839 (Age 55) Colmonell, Ayrshire, Scotland grandson - David Templeton
Australian History	1839 (Age 55) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History	1840 (Age 56) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Birth of a grandson #5	about 1841 (Age 57) Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland grandson - James Fisher
Birth of a granddaughter #6	about 1841 (Age 57) Colmonell, Ayrshire, Scotland granddaughter - Isabella Templeton
Death of a half-sister	5 November 1841 (Age 58) Kellintrae, Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland half-sister - Tomina Campbell
Australian History	1841 (Age 57) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Birth of a granddaughter #7	about 1842 (Age 58) Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland granddaughter - Elizabeth Fisher
Birth of a granddaughter #8	1842 (Age 58) Manchester, England granddaughter - Mary Fisher
Death of a son	about 1842 (Age 58) Garrarie Farm, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland son - John Fisher
Australian History	1842 (Age 58) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History	1843 (Age 59) 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).
Baptism of a granddaughter	5 February 1843 (Age 59) Colmonell, Ayrshire, Scotland granddaughter - Mary Templeton
Birth of a grandson #9	about 1845 (Age 61) Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland grandson - Ivie Fisher
Birth of a grandson #10	about 1845 (Age 61) Colmonell, Ayrshire, Scotland grandson - William Templeton
Australian History	1845 (Age 61) 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.
Baptism of a granddaughter	24 December 1846 (Age 63) Colmonell, Ayrshire, Scotland granddaughter - Jane Templeton
Birth of a grandson #11	about 1847 (Age 63) Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland grandson - John Fisher
Birth of a grandson #12	about 1850 (Age 66) Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland grandson - John Templeton
Australian History	1850 (Age 66) 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 67) Craignaret, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: Wife marr 67 bn New Cumnock
Death of a son	19 December 1851 (Age 68) Glasgow, Scotland son - James Fisher
Australian History	1851 (Age 67) 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
Marriage of a son	Ivie Fisher - View family 1852 (estimated) (Age 68) Poss Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland son - Ivie Fisher daughter-in-law - Grace McMillan
Birth of a granddaughter #13	about 1853 (Age 69) Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland granddaughter - Grace Fisher
Australian History	1853 (Age 69) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History	1854 (Age 70) Note: The Eureka Stockade
Marriage of a half-brother	Ivie Campbell - View family 15 January 1855 (Age 71) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland half-brother - Ivie Campbell half-brother's wife - Jean Lee
Death of a brother	14 March 1855 (Age 71) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland elder brother - George Campbell
Australian History	1855 (Age 71) 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 72) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History	1857 (Age 73) 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 #14	26 December 1858 (Age 75) Barharkin, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland grandson - Thomas Fisher
Australian History	1858 (Age 74) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Birth of a granddaughter #15	about 1859 (Age 75) Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland granddaughter - Margaret Fisher
Death of a half-sister	24 May 1859 (Age 75) Airelick, Mochrum, Scotland half-sister - Jean Campbell
Australian History	1859 (Age 75) 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 granddaughter #16	about 1860 (Age 76) Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland granddaughter - Mary Macmillan
Death of a half-sister	15 September 1860 (Age 77) Marchburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland half-sister - Isabel Campbell
Australian History	1860 (Age 76) 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 77) 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 78) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Birth of a grandson #17	about 1863 (Age 79) Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland grandson - James Macmillan
Australian History	1863 (Age 79) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Death of a daughter	31 May 1865 (Age 81) Suie, Bargrennan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland daughter - Margaret Fisher
Birth of a granddaughter #18	about 1866 (Age 82) Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland granddaughter - Maggie Macmillan
Marriage of a granddaughter	Mary Fisher - View family 10 April 1866 (Age 82) Barbower Rd, Edgecombe, Victoria, Australia father's grandson - Thomas McCaig granddaughter - Mary Fisher
Death of a husband	8 August 1866 (Age 83) Craignarget Farm, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland husband - William Fisher
Death of a half-sister	4 April 1867 (Age 83) Wood Of Auchleand, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland half-sister - Helen Campbell
Death of a half-brother	3 December 1867 (Age 84) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland half-brother - Ivie Campbell
Australian History	1867 (Age 83) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History	1868 (Age 84) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History	1869 (Age 85) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Marriage of a grandson	William Fisher - View family 6 March 1872 (Age 88) Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland grandson - William Fisher great-niece - Jane Scott Campbell
Australian History	1872 (Age 88) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History	1873 (Age 89) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Death	21 July 1873 (Age 90) Craignarget, Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland

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father	Ivie Campbell Baptism 25 September 1754 35 30 Garclough, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 28 July 1831 Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
-9 months mother	Jean Gemmell Birth about 1754 Death 1786 (Age 32) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
	Marriage: 1778
3 months #1 elder brother	George Campbell Birth 10 April 1778 23 24 Waterhead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 14 March 1855 (Age 76) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
3 years #2 elder brother	William Campbell Birth 19 November 1780 26 26 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 17 April 1833 (Age 52) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
3 years #3 herself	Margaret Campbell Birth 17 July 1783 28 29 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 21 July 1873 (Age 90) Craignarget, Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...

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father	Ivie Campbell Baptism 25 September 1754 35 30 Garclough, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 28 July 1831 Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
6 years step-mother	Margaret Dunbar Baptism 20 June 1760 Burnton, Dalrymple, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 4 August 1844 Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
	Marriage: about 1786
16 months #1 half-sister	Isabel Campbell Birth 28 April 1787 32 26 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 15 September 1860 (Age 73) Marchburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
3 years #2 half-sister	Jean Campbell Birth about 1790 35 29 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 24 May 1859 (Age 69) Airelick, Mochrum, Scotland Loading...
2 years #3 half-sister	Tomina Campbell Birth 17 January 1792 37 31 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 5 November 1841 (Age 49) Kellintrae, Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland Loading...
23 months #4 half-sister	Janet Campbell Birth about 1794 39 33 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 9 January 1876 (Age 82) Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
4 years #5 half-sister	Helen Campbell Birth about 1798 43 37 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 4 April 1867 (Age 69) Wood Of Auchleand, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
18 months #6 half-brother	Ivie Campbell Birth 7 July 1799 44 39 Of Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 3 December 1867 (Age 68) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
3 years #7 half-sister	Wilhemina Campbell Birth 1802 47 41 Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 25 April 1876 (Age 74) Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...

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husband	William Fisher Birth 18 May 1783 Auchinleck, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 8 August 1866 (Age 83) Craignarget Farm, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
2 months herself	Margaret Campbell Birth 17 July 1783 28 29 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 21 July 1873 (Age 90) Craignarget, Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
	Marriage: about 1803
2 years #1 son	Ivie Fisher Birth about 1805 21 21 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 3 January 1874 (Age 69) Barharkin, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
2 years #2 son	James Fisher Birth about 1807 23 23 Poss New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 19 December 1851 (Age 44) Glasgow, Scotland Loading...
2 years #3 daughter	Margaret Fisher Birth about 1809 25 25 Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 31 May 1865 (Age 56) Suie, Bargrennan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Loading...
4 years #4 son	William Fisher Birth about 1813 29 29 Poss Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
4 years #5 daughter	Mary Fisher Birth 22 May 1817 34 33 Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 5 July 1896 (Age 79) Sea Bank, Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
19 months #6 son	George Fisher Birth about 1819 35 35 Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 17 January 1909 (Age 90) Sea Bank, Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
1 year #7 son	John Fisher Birth about 1820 36 36 Prob Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death about 1842 (Age 22) Garrarie Farm, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
6 years #8 son	Thomas Fisher Birth 1826 42 42 Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 1 May 1900 (Age 74) Sea Bank, Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
1 year #9 daughter	Jane Fisher Birth about 1827 43 43 Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death Glenhead, Scotland Loading...
11 months #10 daughter	Agnes Fisher Birth 11 December 1827 44 44 Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 8 October 1892 (Age 64) Sea Bank, Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...

Margaret Campbell has 16 first cousins recorded

Father's family (16)

Parents … Laidlaw + Helen Campbell

1 Thomas Laidlaw ?–1843

2 Ellen Laidlaw ?–?

Parents John Campbell + Sarah Turner

1 George Campbell 1798–?

2 William Campbell 1798–?

Parents George Sloan + Elizabeth Campbell

1 Ivie Sloan ?–?

Parents Thomas Campbell + Jennet Brown

1 Elizabeth Campbell ?–?

2 James Campbell 1783–1836

3 Hugh Campbell 1785–1873

4 Ivie Campbell 1789–1874

5 John Campbell 1800–1878

6 George Campbell ?–1869

7 Thomas Campbell ?–?

Parents Thomas Campbell + Mary Pearson

1 William Campbell 1809–1884

2 Jean Campbell 1808–?

3 Jennet Campbell 1811–?

4 ? Campbell 1814–?

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Birth	OPRS . Probably born at House of Water, New Cumnock
Australian History	The British First Fleet, led by Governor Arthur Phillip arrives in New South Wales to found first European settlement and penal colony at Sydney. Colony includes 'all the islands adjacent in the Pacific Ocean' and running westward to the 135th meridian east. This claim included the islands of New Zealand, which were administered as part of New South Wales.
Australian History	Beleaguered Second Fleet arrives. Colony gripped by food crisis.
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.
Marriage	MARGARET Campbell married William Fisher. They first lived in Ayr after which they went to Garrarie and were there for 30 years. Later they took the farm of Craignarget where her husband died Aug 1866.
Marriage	MARGARET Campbell married William Fisher. They first lived in Ayr after which they went to Garrarie and were there for 30 years. Later they took the farm of Craignarget where her husband died Aug 1866.
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	Wife marr 67 bn New Cumnock
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.