William CampbellAge: 731819–1893
- Name
- William Campbell
- Given names
- William
- Surname
- Campbell
Birth | 1 March 1819 38 27 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland |
Birth of a brother | 4 June 1821 (Age 2) Macknight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
younger brother -
Walter Scott Campbell
|
Birth of a sister | 16 September 1823 (Age 4) Maknight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
younger sister -
Agnes Campbell
|
Australian History | 1824 (Age 4) 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 brother | 21 December 1825 (Age 6) Braehead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
younger brother -
John Campbell
|
Australian History | 1825 (Age 5) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed. |
Australian History | 1828 (Age 8) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River. |
Birth of a sister | 28 February 1829 (Age 9) New Cumnock?, Ayrshire, Scotland
younger sister -
Margaret Campbell
|
Australian History | 1829 (Age 9) 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 10) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River. |
Death of a paternal grandfather | 28 July 1831 (Age 12) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
paternal grandfather -
Ivie Campbell
|
Birth of a sister | 7 August 1831 (Age 12) Braehead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
younger sister -
Elizabeth Campbell
|
Australian History | 1831 (Age 11) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published. |
Australian History | 1832 (Age 12) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. |
Death of a father | 17 April 1833 (Age 14) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
father -
William Campbell
|
Birth of a sister | 22 October 1833 (Age 14) Braehead, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
younger sister -
Ebenezer Campbell
|
Australian History | 1833 (Age 13) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land. |
Marriage of a brother | Ivie Campbell - View family 23 December 1834 (Age 15) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
elder brother -
Ivie Campbell
sister-in-law -
Jane Murdoch
|
Emigration | about 1835 (Age 15) Note: To Canada with mother and sisters Margaret and Elizabeth |
Death of a sister | 5 January 1835 (Age 15) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
younger sister -
Margaret Campbell
|
Australian History | 1835 (Age 15) 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 16) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
Australian History | 1838 (Age 18) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
Australian History | 1839 (Age 19) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
Australian History | 1840 (Age 20) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
Australian History | 1841 (Age 21) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
Marriage of a sister | Jane Campbell - View family 15 March 1842 (Age 23) Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
brother-in-law -
Thomas McCrae
elder sister -
Jane Campbell
|
Australian History | 1842 (Age 22) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
Marriage of a brother | David Campbell - View family 14 August 1843 (Age 24) Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
elder brother -
David Campbell
sister-in-law -
Jessie Wilson
|
Australian History | 1843 (Age 23) 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 25) 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 brother | Walter Scott Campbell - View family 8 August 1848 (Age 29) Bargalton, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
younger brother -
Walter Scott Campbell
sister-in-law -
Jean McMyn
|
Marriage | Marion Maclaine - View family 2 October 1849 (Age 30) York Township, Ontario, Canada |
Birth of a daughter #1 | 14 November 1850 (Age 31) Tecumseth Township?, Simcoe Co, Ontario, Canada
daughter -
Jane Campbell
|
Marriage of a sister | Agnes Campbell - View family about 1850 (Age 30)
brother-in-law -
Samuel McGeorge
younger sister -
Agnes Campbell
|
Australian History | 1850 (Age 30) 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 31) 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 son #2 | 5 February 1852 (Age 32) Tecumseth Township?, Simcoe Co, Ontario, Canada
son -
John Campbell
|
Marriage of a brother | John Campbell - View family 30 April 1852 (Age 33) Bartobrick, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
younger brother -
John Campbell
sister-in-law -
Louisa Carson
|
Birth of a daughter #3 | 2 August 1853 (Age 34) Tecumseth Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada
daughter -
Mary Campbell
|
Australian History | 1853 (Age 33) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
Australian History | 1854 (Age 34) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
Australian History | 1855 (Age 35) 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. |
Marriage of a sister | Elizabeth Campbell - View family 22 April 1856 (Age 37) Ontario, Canada
brother-in-law -
Adam Henderson
younger sister -
Elizabeth Campbell
|
Birth of a daughter #4 | 13 July 1856 (Age 37) Grey Township, Huron, Ontario, Canada
daughter -
Margaret Campbell
|
Australian History | 1856 (Age 36) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
Australian History | 1857 (Age 37) 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 son #5 | 22 January 1858 (Age 38) Grey Township, Huron, Ontario, Canada
son -
William Campbell
|
Australian History | 1858 (Age 38) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
Australian History | 1859 (Age 39) 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 son #6 | 3 March 1860 (Age 41) Grey Township, Huron Co, Ontario, Canada
son -
Archibald Campbell
|
Australian History | 1860 (Age 40) 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 41) 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 daughter #7 | 6 May 1862 (Age 43) Grey Township, Huron Co, Ontario, Canada
daughter -
Marion Campbell
|
Australian History | 1862 (Age 42) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
Australian History | 1863 (Age 43) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
Birth of a daughter #8 | 10 April 1864 (Age 45) Grey Township, Huron, Ontario, Canada
daughter -
Catherine Campbell
|
Death of a brother | 31 July 1864 (Age 45) Lauriston, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
younger brother -
Walter Scott Campbell
|
Birth of a daughter #9 | 17 May 1866 (Age 47) Grey Township, Huron Co, Ontario, Canada
daughter -
Elizabeth Campbell
|
Death of a brother | 1866 (Age 46) Balmoral, Winnipeg, MAN, Canada
elder brother -
George Campbell
|
Australian History | 1867 (Age 47) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
Australian History | 1868 (Age 48) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
Birth of a son #10 | 17 November 1869 (Age 50) Grey Township, Huron Co, Ontario, Canada
son -
David Campbell
|
Australian History | 1869 (Age 49) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
Death of a son | 25 February 1872 (Age 52) Ontario, Canada
son -
John Campbell
|
Australian History | 1872 (Age 52) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
Australian History | 1873 (Age 53) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
Death of a mother | 17 January 1874 (Age 54) Glenelg Township, Grey Co, Ontario, Canada
mother -
Jean Scott
|
Australian History | 1875 (Age 55) 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 58) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
Australian History | 1879 (Age 59) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
Death of a brother | 2 January 1880 (Age 60) Craigs, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
elder brother -
Ivie Campbell
|
Death of a brother | 22 June 1880 (Age 61) High Clone, Mochrum, Ayrshire, Scotland
elder brother -
David Campbell
|
Australian History | 1880 (Age 60) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
Australian History | 1882 (Age 62) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
Australian History | 1883 (Age 63) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
Australian History | 1887 (Age 67) Note: An Australian cricket team is established, defeating England in the first Ashes series. First direct Inter-colonial passenger trains begin running between Adelaide and Melbourne. |
Australian History | 1889 (Age 69) 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 70) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
Australian History | 1891 (Age 71) Note: A National Australasian Convention meets, agrees on adopting the name 'the Commonwealth of Australia' and drafting a constitution. Note: The first attempt at a federal constitution is drafted. Note: The Convention adopts the constitution, although it has no legal status Note: A severe depression hits Australia |
Death of a wife | 31 January 1892 (Age 72) Ontario, Canada
wife -
Marion Maclaine
|
Australian History | 1892 (Age 72) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
Australian History | 1893 (Age 73) 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. |
Death | 28 January 1893 (Age 73) Ontario, Canada |
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 Loading...
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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 Loading...
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Marriage: about 1809 — Dalfarson Mills, Doon, Dalmellington, Ayrshire, Scotland |
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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 Loading...
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3 years #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 Loading...
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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 Loading...
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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 Loading...
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2 years #5 himself |
William Campbell
Birth 1 March 1819 38 27 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 28 January 1893 (Age 73) Ontario, Canada Loading...
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2 years #6 younger 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 Loading...
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2 years #7 younger sister |
Agnes Campbell
Birth 16 September 1823 42 31 Maknight, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 27 October 1895 (Age 72) Ontario, Canada Loading...
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2 years #8 younger brother |
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...
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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 Loading...
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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 Loading...
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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 Loading...
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Family with Marion Maclaine - View family |
himself |
William Campbell
Birth 1 March 1819 38 27 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 28 January 1893 (Age 73) Ontario, Canada Loading...
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7 years wife |
Marion Maclaine
Birth about 1826 Islay, Scotland Death 31 January 1892 (Age 66) Ontario, Canada Loading...
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Marriage: 2 October 1849 — York Township, Ontario, Canada |
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13 months #1 daughter |
Jane Campbell
Birth 14 November 1850 31 24 Tecumseth Township?, Simcoe Co, Ontario, Canada Death 23 April 1934 (Age 83) Ontario, Canada Loading...
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15 months #2 son |
John Campbell
Birth 5 February 1852 32 26 Tecumseth Township?, Simcoe Co, Ontario, Canada Death 25 February 1872 (Age 20) Ontario, Canada Loading...
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18 months #3 daughter |
Mary Campbell
Birth 2 August 1853 34 27 Tecumseth Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada Death 5 June 1927 (Age 73) Ontario, Canada Loading...
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3 years #4 daughter |
Margaret Campbell
Birth 13 July 1856 37 30 Grey Township, Huron, Ontario, Canada Death yes Loading...
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18 months #5 son |
William Campbell
Birth 22 January 1858 38 32 Grey Township, Huron, Ontario, Canada Death yes Loading...
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2 years #6 son |
Archibald Campbell
Birth 3 March 1860 41 34 Grey Township, Huron Co, Ontario, Canada Death 5 November 1894 (Age 34) Ontario, Canada Loading...
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2 years #7 daughter |
Marion Campbell
Birth 6 May 1862 43 36 Grey Township, Huron Co, Ontario, Canada Death 1935 (Age 72) Canada Loading...
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23 months #8 daughter |
Catherine Campbell
Birth 10 April 1864 45 38 Grey Township, Huron, Ontario, Canada Death 1937 (Age 72) Molesworth, Ontario, Canada Loading...
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2 years #9 daughter |
Elizabeth Campbell
Birth 17 May 1866 47 40 Grey Township, Huron Co, Ontario, Canada Death 13 October 1942 (Age 76) Loading...
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4 years #10 son |
David Campbell
Birth 17 November 1869 50 43 Grey Township, Huron Co, Ontario, Canada Death 26 September 1947 (Age 77) Canada Loading...
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William Campbell has 18 first cousins recorded
Father's family (18)
Parents George Campbell + Janet McDonald
Parents William Fisher + Margaret Campbell
Mother's family (0)
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. |
Emigration | To Canada with mother and sisters Margaret and Elizabeth |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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