Jean Campbell 1854

Jean Campbell1854–?

Name: Jean Campbell

Given names: Jean

Surname: Campbell

Jane Laverie

Name: Jane Laverie

Given names: Jane

Surname: Laverie

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Birth	about 1854 28 29 Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Australian History	1854 Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History	1855 (Age 12 months) 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 sister	about 1856 (Age 2) Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland younger sister - Elizabeth Campbell
Birth of a sister	5 December 1856 (Age 2) Culcrae, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland younger sister - Agnes Campbell
Australian History	1856 (Age 2) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History	1857 (Age 3) 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 sister	30 November 1858 (Age 4) Culcrae, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland younger sister - Louisa Campbell
Australian History	1858 (Age 4) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History	1859 (Age 5) 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 6) 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 sister	21 February 1861 (Age 7) Culcrae, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland younger sister - Ebenezer Campbell
Australian History	1861 (Age 7) 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 8) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Birth of a sister	4 December 1863 (Age 9) Culcrae, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland younger sister - Mary Maxwell Campbell
Australian History	1863 (Age 9) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Birth of a brother	24 April 1866 (Age 12) Culcrae, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland younger brother - William Campbell
Australian History	1867 (Age 13) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History	1868 (Age 14) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History	1869 (Age 15) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Australian History	1872 (Age 18) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History	1873 (Age 19) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Death of a paternal grandmother	17 January 1874 (Age 20) Glenelg Township, Grey Co, Ontario, Canada paternal grandmother - Jean Scott
Australian History	1875 (Age 21) 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 24) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1879 (Age 25) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History	1880 (Age 26) 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 27) South Side, Mochrum, Scotland Note: Dau in law (to Margaret LAVERIE) marr 27 Balmaghie KKD No husband home
Australian History	1882 (Age 28) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1883 (Age 29) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Australian History	1887 (Age 33) 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 sister	6 April 1889 (Age 35) Culcrae, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland younger sister - Mary Maxwell Campbell
Australian History	1889 (Age 35) 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 36) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Census	5 April 1891 (Age 37) Culcrae, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Note: Dau to John Campbell, marr 37 bn Tongland
Australian History	1891 (Age 37) 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 38) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History	1893 (Age 39) 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 40) 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 mother	7 January 1895 (Age 41) Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland mother - Louisa Carson
Australian History	1895 (Age 41) 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 42) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Australian History	1897 (Age 43) 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 44) 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 45) 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.
Death of a father	12 September 1900 (Age 46) Culcrae Farmhouse, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland father - John Campbell
Australian History	1900 (Age 46) 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 of a sister	19 February 1901 (Age 47) St Andrew St, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland younger sister - Agnes Campbell
Census	31 March 1901 (Age 47) Mochrum, Scotland Note: Head mar 47 Ship carpenters wife bn Balmaghie
Australian History	1901 (Age 47) Note: (01 Jan) Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General Note: The first parliament met in Parliament House, Melbourne Note: Immigration Restriction act was introduced- The White Australian Policy Note: The Australian National Flag was flown for the first time
Australian History	1902 (Age 48) Note: The Franchise Act guarantees women the right to vote in federal elections (by this stage, most states had already done this). However, it excludes most non-European ethnic groups, including Aboriginal people, unless already registered to vote on State roles. Note: King Edward VII approved the design of the Australian flag. Note: Breaker Morant is executed for having shot Boers who had surrendered
Australian History	1903 (Age 49) Note: The High Court of Australia is established with Samuel Griffith as the first Chief Justice. Note: The Defence Act gives the federal government full control over the Australian Army Note: Alfred Deakin elected Prime Minister
Australian History	1904 (Age 50) Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government
Australian History	1906 (Age 52) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea
Australian History	1908 (Age 54) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead
Australian History	1909 (Age 55) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.
Australian History	1910 (Age 56) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.
Australian History	1911 (Age 57) Note: The Royal Australian Navy is founded Note: The Northern Territory comes under Commonwealth control, being split off from South Australia Note: The first national census is conducted. Note: Australian Capital Territory proclaimed.
Australian History	1912 (Age 58) Note: Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time Note: Walter Burley Griffin wins a design competition for the new city of Canberra
Australian History	1913 (Age 59) Note: Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains. Note: Matthew Flinders refers to New South Wales by the name 'Australia'.
Australian History	1913 (Age 59) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place
Australian History	1914 (Age 60) Note: Australian soldiers are sent to the First World War. This was first time Australians had fought under the Australian flag, as opposed to that of Britain's.
Australian History	1915 (Age 61) Note: (25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April. Note: Jervis Bay Territory comprising 6,677 hectares surrendered and becomes part of the Australia Capital Territory. Note: Surfing is first introduced to Australia Note: Billy Hughes became Prime Minister
Australian History	1916 (Age 62) Note: Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill' Note: Australia suffers heavy casualties in the Western Front Battle of the Somme. Note: The Returned Sailors� and Soldiers� Imperial League of Australia, the forerunner to the Returned and Services League of Australia is founded Note: The Labor government under Billy Hughes splits over conscription. First referendum on conscription is rejected
Australian History	1917 (Age 63) Note: Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed. Note: Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade launches last cavalry charge in modern warfare to capture Beersheba from the Ottoman Turks.
Australian History	1918 (Age 64) Note: (08 AUG) Battle of Amiens Note: Australian troops spearhead 8 August offensive against Hindenberg Line - the 'black day of the German Army'. Note: On 12 August, Australian commander General Sir John Monash is knighted in the field of battle by King George V Note: First World War ends - 60,000 Australians dead. Note: The Darwin Rebellion takes place, with 1,000 demonstrators demanding the resignation of the Administrator of the Northern Territory, John A. Gilruth.
Australian History	1919 (Age 65) Note: Prime Minister Billy Hughes signs Treaty of Versailles: the first signing of an international treaty by Australia. Australia obtains League of Nations mandate over German New Guinea.
Australian History	1920 (Age 66) Note: The airline Qantas is founded
Australian History	1921 (Age 67) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament
Australian History	1922 (Age 68) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney
Australian History	1923 (Age 69) Note: Vegemite is first produced
Australian History	1926 (Age 72) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held
Australian History	1927 (Age 73) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital
Australian History	1928 (Age 74) Note: Bert Hinkler makes the first successful flight from Britain to Australia, and Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first flight from the United States to Australia. The Shrine of Remembrance is built.
Australian History	1929 (Age 75) Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia.
Australian History	1930 (Age 76) Note: Batsman Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings Note: Phar Lap wins his first Melbourne Cup
Australian History	1931 (Age 77) Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia
Australian History	1932 (Age 78) Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister
Australian History	1933 (Age 79) Note: Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments
Australian History	1936 (Age 82) Note: The last Thylacine dies
Australian History	1937 (Age 83) Note: The radio series Dad and Dave begins
Australian History	1938 (Age 84) Note: Sydney hosts the Empire Games, the forerunner to the Commonwealth Games
Australian History	1939 (Age 85) Note: (April) Prime Minister Lyons dies in office and is replaced by Robert Menzies and the first Menzies Government Note: (September) Australia enters the Second World War following the German Invasion of Poland. The 2nd Australian Imperial Force is raised. Note: The first flight is made by an Australian-made warplane, the Wirraway Note: Victoria is devastated by the Black Friday bushfires
Australian History	1940 (Age 86) Note: A team of scientists, under Howard Florey, develops penicillin Note: Fascist Italy enters war, Royal Australian Navy engages Italian Navy in the early stages of the Battle of the Mediterranean.
Australian History	1941 (Age 87) Note: 3 Divisions of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force join operations in the Mediterranean. After initial successes against Italy, 2nd AIF suffered defeat against the Germans in Greece, Crete, and North Africa. Note: Apr-Aug, Australian garrison (Rats of Tobruk) halt advance of Hitler's panzers for the first time during the Siege of Tobruk. Note: Menzies resigns and John Curtin becomes Prime Minister in the Curtin Government of 1941-45.
Australian History	1942 (Age 88) Note: Feb, Fall of Singapore. 15,000 Australians become Prisoners of War of the Japanese Note: 1942-43 - Japanese air raids - almost 100 attacks against sites in the Northern Territory, Western Australia and Queensland. Note: The Royal Australian Navy and 6th and 7th Divisions of 2nd AIF are recalled from Mediterranean Theatre to participate in the anticipated Battle of Australia. Note: 1942-3 - Sparrow Force engages in guerilla campaign in Battle of Timor Note: Battle of the Coral Sea - United States and Royal Australian Navy halt advance of the Japanese towards Port Moresby (Australian Territory of Papua) Note: Battle of Kokoda Trail - Australian soldiers halt Japanese march on Port Moresby Note: Aug-Sep, Australian forces inflict the first defeat on the Imperial Japanese Army in the Battle of Milne Bay. Note: Jul-Nov, Australia's 9th Division plays crucial role in the First and Second Battle of El Alamein, which turned the North Africa Campaign in favour of the Allies. Note: National daylight saving is introduced as a war time measure. Note: The UK Statute of Westminster is formally adopted by Australia. The Statute formally grants Australia the right to pass laws that conflict with UK laws.
Australian History	1943 (Age 89) Note: Australia wins its first Oscar, with cinematographer Damien Parer honoured for Kokoda Front Line! documentary. Note: 2,815 Australian Pows die constructing Japan's Burma-Thailand Railway Note: 1943-44 - Australian forces engage Japan in New Guinea, Wau, and the Huon peninsula.
Australian History	1944 (Age 90) Note: Cowra breakout, mass escape of Japanese prisoners of war occurs in NSW. Note: Japanese inflict Sandakan Death March on 2,000 Australian and British prisoners of war - only 6 survive. The single worst war crime perpetrated against Australians. Note: Australian forces battle Japanese garrisons from Borneo to Bougainville. Note: The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme is introduced, providing subsidised medicine to all Australians
Australian History	1945 (Age 91) Note: the Liberal Party of Australia is established with Robert Menzies as its first leader. Note: Australian forces lead Battle of Borneo Note: (7 May) Nazi Germany surrenders Note: (July) Prime Minister Curtin dies and is replaced by Ben Chifley and the Chifley Labor Government Note: (1 August) Japan Surrenders Note: Australia becomes a founding member of the United Nations Note: The Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race is held for the first time
Australian History	1946 (Age 92) Note: Minister for Immigration Arthur Calwell introduces the major post-war immigration scheme Note: Norman Makin, is voted in as the first President of the United Nations Security Council.
Death of a sister	10 July 1947 (Age 93) Druion, Bounty Road, Colinton, Morningside, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland younger sister - Ebenezer Campbell
Australian History	1948 (Age 94) Note: Minister for External Affairs, Dr. H.V. Evatt is elected President of the United Nations General Assembly. Note: Australia becomes a signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Australian History	1949 (Age 95) Note: Construction of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme begins Note: All indigenous ex-servicemen and any Indigenous Australians who are eligible to vote in State Elections (NSW, VIC, SA and TAS) are given an unrestricted right to vote in Federal Elections. Note: The Nationality and Citizenship Act is passed. Rather than being identified as subjects of Britain, the Act established Australian citizenship for people who met eligibility requirements. Note: Menzies returns to power as leader of the new Liberal Party Menzies Government.
Australian History	1950 (Age 96) Note: 1950-53 - Australian troops are sent to the Korean War to assist South Korea. Note: Voters reject a referendum to change the Constitution to allow the Menzies Government to ban the Communist Party
Australian History	1951 (Age 97) Note: Australia signs the ANZUS treaty with the United States and New Zealand
Australian History	1952 (Age 98) Note: First nuclear test conducted in Australian territory by the United Kingdom off the coast of Western Australia.
Australian History	1954 (Age 100) Note: Elizabeth II and Prince Philip make a royal visit; the Soviet diplomat Vladimir Petrov defects, leading to the Petrov Affair and another split in the Labor Party
Australian History	1955 (Age 101) Note: Democratic Labor Party splits from Australian Labor Party over concerns of Communist influence in the labour movement Note: Australia becomes involved in Malayan Insurgence Note: Hotels in New South Wales no longer have to close at 6 p.m., ending the 'six o'clock swill'
Australian History	1956 (Age 102) Note: Television in Australia is launched. Note: Melbourne holds the Olympics Note: performing artist Barry Humphries introduces Edna Everage to the Australian stage
Australian History	1957 (Age 103) Note: The song 'Wild One' makes Johnny O'Keefe the first Australian rock'n'roller to reach the national charts. Note: Slim Dusty's Australian country music hit Pub With No Beer becomes the first Australian song to attain international chart success.
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father	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...
-20 months mother	Louisa Carson Birth 26 April 1824 Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 7 January 1895 (Age 70) Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Loading...
	Marriage: 30 April 1852 — Bartobrick, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
-4 months #1 elder sister	Margaret Campbell Birth about 1852 26 27 Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
2 years #2 herself	Jean Campbell Birth about 1854 28 29 Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
2 years #3 younger sister	Elizabeth Campbell Birth about 1856 30 31 Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
11 months #4 younger sister	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 Loading...
2 years #5 younger sister	Louisa Campbell Birth 30 November 1858 32 34 Culcrae, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
2 years #6 younger sister	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 Loading...
3 years #7 younger sister	Mary Maxwell Campbell Birth 4 December 1863 37 39 Culcrae, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 6 April 1889 (Age 25) Culcrae, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Loading...
2 years #8 younger brother	William Campbell Birth 24 April 1866 40 41 Culcrae, Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...

Jean Campbell has 53 first cousins recorded

Father's family (53)

Parents Ivie Campbell + Jane Murdoch

1 William Campbell 1835–1893

2 James Campbell 1839–?

3 Ann Campbell 1840–1916

4 David Campbell 1843–1921

5 Jean Campbell 1845–?

6 Margaret Campbell 1847–?

7 Elizabeth Campbell 1849–?

8 Jane Campbell 1851–?

Parents David Campbell + Jessie Wilson

1 Jane Scott Campbell 1847–1919

2 Jannet Campbell 1849–?

3 William Campbell 1851–?

Parents Thomas McCrae + Jane Campbell

1 William McCrae 1842–1844

2 David McCrae Col 1845–1930

3 Margaret McCrae 1847–1910

4 Female McCrae 1849–1849

5 Mareon McCrae 1850–1853

6 William McCrae 1853–1930

7 Jeanie McCrae 1855–1935

Parents George Campbell + Agnes Fisher

1 Alex Campbell ?–?

2 Robert Campbell 1844–?

Parents William Campbell + Marion Maclaine

1 Jane Campbell 1850–1934

2 John Campbell 1852–1872

3 Mary Campbell 1853–1927

4 Margaret Campbell 1856–?

5 William Campbell 1858–?

6 Archibald Campbell 1860–1894

7 Marion Campbell 1862–1935

8 Catherine Campbell 1864–1937

9 Elizabeth Campbell 1866–1942

10 David Campbell 1869–1947

Parents Walter Scott Campbell + Jean McMyn

1 Jane Campbell 1849–?

2 William Campbell 1851–?

3 John Campbell 1853–?

4 David Campbell 1855–1926

5 Walter Scott Campbell 1857–?

6 James Jenkins Campbell 1861–?

7 George Jamieson Campbell 1864–1864

Parents Samuel McGeorge + Agnes Campbell

1 Robert McGeorge 1851–?

2 Jane McGeorge 1855–?

3 Agnes Mckee McGeorge 1856–1926

4 Charles McGeorge 1858–?

5 Alexander McGeorge 1861–?

6 Ebenezer Campbell "John" McGeorge 1863–?

7 Samuel McGeorge 1866–1927

Parents Adam Henderson + Elizabeth Campbell

1 Ebenezer Jane Henderson 1857–1933

2 Annabella Henderson 1859–1932

3 Ada Henderson 1861–?

4 Margaret Henderson 1863–1946

5 Elizabeth Henderson 1866–1950

6 Thomas Young Henderson 1868–1869

7 Agnes Mckie Henderson 1871–?

8 Adam James Henderson 1873–1947

9 Andrew Campbell Henderson 1875–1937

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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	Dau in law (to Margaret LAVERIE) marr 27 Balmaghie KKD No husband home
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	Dau to John Campbell, marr 37 bn Tongland
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.
Census	Head mar 47 Ship carpenters wife bn Balmaghie
Australian History	(01 Jan) Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General
Australian History	The Franchise Act guarantees women the right to vote in federal elections (by this stage, most states had already done this). However, it excludes most non-European ethnic groups, including Aboriginal people, unless already registered to vote on State roles.
Australian History	The High Court of Australia is established with Samuel Griffith as the first Chief Justice.
Australian History	A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital
Australian History	Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea
Australian History	Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country
Australian History	The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.
Australian History	Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.
Australian History	The Royal Australian Navy is founded
Australian History	Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time
Australian History	Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains.
Australian History	The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place
Australian History	Australian soldiers are sent to the First World War. This was first time Australians had fought under the Australian flag, as opposed to that of Britain's.
Australian History	(25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April.
Australian History	Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill'
Australian History	Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed.
Australian History	(08 AUG) Battle of Amiens
Australian History	Prime Minister Billy Hughes signs Treaty of Versailles: the first signing of an international treaty by Australia. Australia obtains League of Nations mandate over German New Guinea.
Australian History	The airline Qantas is founded
Australian History	Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament
Australian History	The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney
Australian History	Vegemite is first produced
Australian History	The first Miss Australia contest is held
Australian History	The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital
Australian History	Bert Hinkler makes the first successful flight from Britain to Australia, and Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first flight from the United States to Australia. The Shrine of Remembrance is built.
Australian History	Western Australia celebrates its centenary
Australian History	Batsman Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings
Australian History	Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia
Australian History	The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens
Australian History	Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments
Australian History	The last Thylacine dies
Australian History	The radio series Dad and Dave begins
Australian History	Sydney hosts the Empire Games, the forerunner to the Commonwealth Games
Australian History	(April) Prime Minister Lyons dies in office and is replaced by Robert Menzies and the first Menzies Government
Australian History	A team of scientists, under Howard Florey, develops penicillin
Australian History	3 Divisions of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force join operations in the Mediterranean. After initial successes against Italy, 2nd AIF suffered defeat against the Germans in Greece, Crete, and North Africa.
Australian History	Feb, Fall of Singapore. 15,000 Australians become Prisoners of War of the Japanese
Australian History	Australia wins its first Oscar, with cinematographer Damien Parer honoured for Kokoda Front Line! documentary.
Australian History	Cowra breakout, mass escape of Japanese prisoners of war occurs in NSW.
Australian History	the Liberal Party of Australia is established with Robert Menzies as its first leader.
Australian History	Minister for Immigration Arthur Calwell introduces the major post-war immigration scheme
Australian History	Minister for External Affairs, Dr. H.V. Evatt is elected President of the United Nations General Assembly.
Australian History	Construction of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme begins
Australian History	1950-53 - Australian troops are sent to the Korean War to assist South Korea.
Australian History	Australia signs the ANZUS treaty with the United States and New Zealand
Australian History	First nuclear test conducted in Australian territory by the United Kingdom off the coast of Western Australia.
Australian History	Elizabeth II and Prince Philip make a royal visit; the Soviet diplomat Vladimir Petrov defects, leading to the Petrov Affair and another split in the Labor Party
Australian History	Democratic Labor Party splits from Australian Labor Party over concerns of Communist influence in the labour movement
Australian History	Television in Australia is launched.
Australian History	The song 'Wild One' makes Johnny O'Keefe the first Australian rock'n'roller to reach the national charts.