Elsie StarrittAge: 251909–1934
- Name
- Elsie Starritt
- Given names
- Elsie
- Surname
- Starritt
| Birth | 1909 30 |
| Australian History | 1909 Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 12 months) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | 21 January 1911 (Age 2) Echuca, Victoria, Australia
paternal grandfather -
John Starritt
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| Australian History | 1911 (Age 2) 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 3) 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 4) 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 4) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 5) 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 6) 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 7) 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 8) 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 9) 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 10) 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 11) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Australian History | 1921 (Age 12) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Australian History | 1922 (Age 13) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Australian History | 1923 (Age 14) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
| Australian History | 1926 (Age 17) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held |
| Australian History | 1927 (Age 18) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital |
| Australian History | 1928 (Age 19) 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. |
| Death of a father | 1929 (Age 20) Australia
father -
William Alexander Starritt
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| Australian History | 1929 (Age 20) Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia. |
| Australian History | 1930 (Age 21) 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 22) Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia |
| Australian History | 1932 (Age 23) Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1933 (Age 24) Note: Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments |
| Death | 1934 (Age 25) |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
William Alexander Starritt
Birth 1879 45 Australia Death 1929 (Age 50) Australia Loading...
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| mother |
Maude Newby
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Marriage: yes |
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| #1 sister |
Doreen Starritt
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| #2 sister |
Isobella Maude Starritt
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| #3 herself |
Elsie Starritt
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Elsie Starritt has 4 first cousins recorded
Father's family (4)
Parents … Mc Donald + Mary Ann Starritt
Mother's family (0)
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