Janet Campbell 1794

Janet CampbellAge: 821794–1876

Name: Janet Campbell

Given names: Janet

Surname: Campbell

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Birth	about 1794 39 33 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Note: GUESS at birth year. Probably at Dalgig Farm
Australian History	1797 (Age 3) 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 sister	about 1798 (Age 4) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger sister - Helen Campbell
Australian History	1798 (Age 4) Note: 1798-9 - George Bass and Matthew Flinders sail from Sydney and circumnavigate Tasmania, thus proving it to be an island.
Birth of a brother	7 July 1799 (Age 5) Of Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - Ivie Campbell
Birth of a sister	1802 (Age 8) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger sister - Wilhemina Campbell
Marriage of a half-sister	Margaret Campbell - View family about 1803 (Age 9) father's son-in-law - William Fisher half-sister - Margaret Campbell
Australian History	1803 (Age 9) Note: Matthew Flinders completes the first circumnavigation of the continent (still known as 'New Holland')
Australian History	1804 (Age 10) 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 14) Note: The Rum Rebellion
Marriage of a half-brother	William Campbell - View family about 1809 (Age 15) Dalfarson Mills, Doon, Dalmellington, Ayrshire, Scotland half-brother - William Campbell half-brother's wife - Jean Scott
Marriage of a sister	Isabel Campbell - View family 4 April 1812 (Age 18) Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland brother-in-law - William Graham elder sister - Isabel Campbell
Marriage of a sister	Jean Campbell - View family about 1812 (Age 18) Prob New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland brother-in-law - William Brown elder sister - Jean Campbell
Marriage of a sister	Tomina Campbell - View family 24 June 1815 (Age 21) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland brother-in-law - Alexander Rowan elder sister - Tomina Campbell
Australian History	1817 (Age 23) 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 24) Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River.
Marriage	Andrew Campbell - View family 14 June 1820 (Age 26) Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland
Marriage of a sister	Helen Campbell - View family about 1820 (Age 26) brother-in-law - David Ferguson younger sister - Helen Campbell
Baptism of a daughter	17 March 1821 (Age 27) Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Margaret Dunbar Campbell
Baptism of a daughter	24 August 1822 (Age 28) Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Jane Campbell
Birth of a son #1	27 December 1823 (Age 29) Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland son - John Campbell
Australian History	1824 (Age 30) 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 sister	Wilhemina Campbell - View family 1825 (estimated) (Age 31) brother-in-law - Thomas McCaig younger sister - Wilhemina Campbell
Australian History	1825 (Age 31) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Baptism of a son	7 February 1826 (Age 32) Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland son - Ivie Campbell
Baptism of a daughter	11 December 1827 (Age 33) Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Isabella Agnes Campbell
Australian History	1828 (Age 34) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History	1829 (Age 35) 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 half-brother	George Campbell - View family 1830 (Age 36) half-brother - George Campbell half-brother's wife - Janet McDonald
Australian History	1830 (Age 36) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Baptism of a daughter	14 June 1830 (Age 36) Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Janet Campbell
Marriage of a brother	Ivie Campbell - View family 4 July 1831 (Age 37) Riccarton, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - Ivie Campbell sister-in-law - Jean Richmond
Death of a father	28 July 1831 (Age 37) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland father - Ivie Campbell
Australian History	1831 (Age 37) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History	1832 (Age 38) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Baptism of a son	27 August 1832 (Age 38) Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland son - William Richmond Campbell
Death of a half-brother	17 April 1833 (Age 39) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland half-brother - William Campbell
Australian History	1833 (Age 39) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History	1835 (Age 41) 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.
Baptism of a daughter	7 August 1835 (Age 41) Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Helen Campbell
Australian History	1836 (Age 42) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History	1838 (Age 44) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Baptism of a son	5 June 1838 (Age 44) Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland son - Andrew Campbell
Australian History	1839 (Age 45) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History	1840 (Age 46) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Baptism of a daughter	10 September 1840 (Age 46) Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Euphemia Duncan Campbell
Death of a sister	5 November 1841 (Age 47) Kellintrae, Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland elder sister - Tomina Campbell
Australian History	1841 (Age 47) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History	1842 (Age 48) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History	1843 (Age 49) 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).
Death of a mother	4 August 1844 (Age 50) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland mother - Margaret Dunbar
Australian History	1845 (Age 51) 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 daughter	Isabella Agnes Campbell - View family 8 December 1847 (Age 53) Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland son-in-law - William Duncan daughter - Isabella Agnes Campbell
Baptism of a grandson	26 March 1849 (Age 55) Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland grandson - Robert Duncan
Death of a husband	6 April 1850 (Age 56) Rankinstone, Ayrshire, Scotland husband - Andrew Campbell
Marriage of a daughter	Margaret Dunbar Campbell - View family 10 June 1850 (Age 56) Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland son-in-law - Andrew Muir daughter - Margaret Dunbar Campbell
Australian History	1850 (Age 56) 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.
Australian History	1851 (Age 57) 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
Baptism of a grandson	26 March 1851 (Age 57) Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland grandson - William Muir
Birth of a granddaughter #1	26 September 1852 (Age 58) Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland granddaughter - Andrewina Campbell Muir
Australian History	1853 (Age 59) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History	1854 (Age 60) Note: The Eureka Stockade
Marriage of a brother	Ivie Campbell - View family 15 January 1855 (Age 61) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - Ivie Campbell sister-in-law - Jean Lee
Death of a half-brother	14 March 1855 (Age 61) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland half-brother - George Campbell
Australian History	1855 (Age 61) 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 grandson #2	9 March 1856 (Age 62) Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland grandson - John George Muir
Australian History	1856 (Age 62) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History	1857 (Age 63) 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.
Death of a daughter	3 January 1858 (Age 64) Knockeen, Barr, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Euphemia Duncan Campbell
Australian History	1858 (Age 64) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Death of a sister	24 May 1859 (Age 65) Airelick, Mochrum, Scotland elder sister - Jean Campbell
Death of a daughter	27 October 1859 (Age 65) Harwood, Teviothead, Rox, Scotland daughter - Janet Campbell
Australian History	1859 (Age 65) 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.
Death of a sister	15 September 1860 (Age 66) Marchburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland elder sister - Isabel Campbell
Australian History	1860 (Age 66) 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 67) Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs. Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra
Marriage of a daughter	Helen Campbell - View family 25 February 1862 (Age 68) Knocheen, Barr By Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland son-in-law - Robert Scott daughter - Helen Campbell
Birth of a granddaughter #3	11 July 1862 (Age 68) South Balloch, Barr By Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland granddaughter - Margaret Scott
Australian History	1862 (Age 68) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Birth of a granddaughter #4	30 August 1863 (Age 69) South Balloch, Barr By Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland granddaughter - Jessie Campbell Scott
Marriage of a son	William Richmond Campbell - View family 3 September 1863 (Age 69) Black Claughie, Barr By Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland son - William Richmond Campbell daughter-in-law - Anne McFadzean
Australian History	1863 (Age 69) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Birth of a granddaughter #5	27 December 1864 (Age 70) Bardrochwood, Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland granddaughter - Mary Jane Campbell
Marriage of a son	John Campbell - View family 18 January 1865 (Age 71) Bennan, Barr By Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland son - John Campbell daughter-in-law - Margaret McCreath
Birth of a grandson #6	26 January 1865 (Age 71) South Balloch, Barr By Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland grandson - Thomas Scott
Birth of a granddaughter #7	27 October 1865 (Age 71) Knockeen, Barr By Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland granddaughter - Agnes Gibson Campbell
Birth of a granddaughter #8	7 January 1866 (Age 72) South Balloch, Barr By Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland granddaughter - Isabella Duncan Scott
Birth of a grandson #9	4 April 1866 (Age 72) Bardrochwood, Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland grandson - Andrew Campbell
Birth of a granddaughter #10	12 February 1867 (Age 73) South Balloch, Barr By Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland granddaughter - Jean Bruce Scott
Birth of a grandson #11	10 March 1867 (Age 73) Knockeen, Barr By Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland grandson - Andrew Campbell
Death of a sister	4 April 1867 (Age 73) Wood Of Auchleand, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger sister - Helen Campbell
Birth of a granddaughter #12	2 July 1867 (Age 73) Bardrochwood, Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland granddaughter - Jessie Campbell
Death of a brother	3 December 1867 (Age 73) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - Ivie Campbell
Australian History	1867 (Age 73) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Birth of a grandson #13	16 May 1868 (Age 74) South Balloch, Barr By Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland grandson - Andrew Campbell Scott
Birth of a granddaughter #14	29 August 1868 (Age 74) Bardrochwood, Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland granddaughter - Margaret Campbell
Birth of a grandson #15	10 December 1868 (Age 74) Barr by Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland grandson - James Dick Campbell
Australian History	1868 (Age 74) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Birth of a granddaughter #16	7 June 1869 (Age 75) South Balloch, Barr By Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland granddaughter - Elizabeth Forbes Scott
Australian History	1869 (Age 75) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Birth of a grandson #17	14 January 1870 (Age 76) Bardrochwood, Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland grandson - James Campbell
Birth of a granddaughter #18	4 September 1870 (Age 76) South Balloch, Barr By Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland granddaughter - Ellen Purvis Scott
Birth of a granddaughter #19	6 November 1870 (Age 76) Knockeen, Barr By Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland granddaughter - Jessie Campbell
Birth of a granddaughter #20	19 November 1871 (Age 77) South Balloch, Barr By Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland granddaughter - Robina Inglis Scott
Australian History	1872 (Age 78) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Birth of a grandson #21	14 March 1873 (Age 79) South Balloch, Barr By Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland grandson - John Scott
Birth of a grandson #22	22 June 1873 (Age 79) Bardrochwood, Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland grandson - William Campbell
Death of a grandson	26 June 1873 (Age 79) Bardreochwood, Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland grandson - William Campbell
Death of a half-sister	21 July 1873 (Age 79) Craignarget, Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland half-sister - Margaret Campbell
Birth of a granddaughter #23	10 September 1873 (Age 79) Knockeen, Barr By Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland granddaughter - Georgina Sarah Campbell
Australian History	1873 (Age 79) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Birth of a grandson #24	12 July 1875 (Age 81) Barr Village, Barr By Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland grandson - John Campbell
Australian History	1875 (Age 81) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed.
Death	9 January 1876 (Age 82) Newton Stewart, 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...
6 years 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 elder 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 elder 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 elder 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 herself	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 younger 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 younger 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 younger 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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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 step-mother	Jean Gemmell Birth about 1754 Death 1786 (Age 32) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
	Marriage: 1778
3 months #1 half-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 half-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 half-sister	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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husband	Andrew Campbell Birth Rankinston, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 6 April 1850 Rankinstone, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
herself	Janet Campbell Birth about 1794 39 33 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 9 January 1876 (Age 82) Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
	Marriage: 14 June 1820 — Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland
9 months #1 daughter	Margaret Dunbar Campbell Baptism 17 March 1821 27 Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 6 February 1889 16 Monteith Row, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Loading...
17 months #2 daughter	Jane Campbell Baptism 24 August 1822 28 Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 27 September 1889 Minnigaff Village, Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
16 months #3 son	John Campbell Birth 27 December 1823 29 Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 20 July 1882 (Age 58) Knockeen, Barr, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
2 years #4 son	Ivie Campbell Baptism 7 February 1826 32 Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
22 months #5 daughter	Isabella Agnes Campbell Baptism 11 December 1827 33 Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
3 years #6 daughter	Janet Campbell Baptism 14 June 1830 36 Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 27 October 1859 Harwood, Teviothead, Rox, Scotland Loading...
2 years #7 son	William Richmond Campbell Baptism 27 August 1832 38 Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 2 January 1888 Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Loading...
3 years #8 daughter	Helen Campbell Baptism 7 August 1835 41 Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
3 years #9 son	Andrew Campbell Baptism 5 June 1838 44 Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 1903 Lin, England Loading...
2 years #10 daughter	Euphemia Duncan Campbell Baptism 10 September 1840 46 Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 3 January 1858 Knockeen, Barr, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...

Janet 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	GUESS at birth year. Probably at Dalgig Farm
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.
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.