Agnes FisherAge: 641827–1892
- Name
- Agnes Fisher
- Given names
- Agnes
- Surname
- Fisher
Birth | 11 December 1827 44 44 Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland |
Birth of a sister | about 1827 Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
sister -
Jane Fisher
|
Australian History | 1828 (Age 21 days) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River. |
Australian History | 1829 (Age 12 months) 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 2) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River. |
Death of a maternal grandfather | 28 July 1831 (Age 3) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
maternal grandfather -
Ivie Campbell
|
Australian History | 1831 (Age 3) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published. |
Australian History | 1832 (Age 4) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. |
Australian History | 1833 (Age 5) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land. |
Australian History | 1835 (Age 7) 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 brother | Ivie Fisher - View family 19 March 1836 (Age 8) Barr by Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland
elder brother -
Ivie Fisher
sister-in-law -
Jane McMillan
|
Australian History | 1836 (Age 8) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
Marriage of a sister | Margaret Fisher - View family about 1837 (Age 9) Poss Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
brother-in-law -
James Templeton
elder sister -
Margaret Fisher
|
Australian History | 1838 (Age 10) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
Australian History | 1839 (Age 11) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
Australian History | 1840 (Age 12) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
Australian History | 1841 (Age 13) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
Death of a brother | about 1842 (Age 14) Garrarie Farm, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland
elder brother -
John Fisher
|
Australian History | 1842 (Age 14) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
Australian History | 1843 (Age 15) 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 17) 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. |
Australian History | 1850 (Age 22) 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 23) Craignarget, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: Dau unmar 18 bn Kells KKD |
Death of a brother | 19 December 1851 (Age 24) Glasgow, Scotland
elder brother -
James Fisher
|
Australian History | 1851 (Age 23) 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 brother | Ivie Fisher - View family 1852 (estimated) (Age 24) Poss Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland
elder brother -
Ivie Fisher
sister-in-law -
Grace McMillan
|
Australian History | 1853 (Age 25) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
Australian History | 1854 (Age 26) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
Australian History | 1855 (Age 27) 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 28) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
Australian History | 1857 (Age 29) 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. |
Australian History | 1858 (Age 30) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
Australian History | 1859 (Age 31) 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 32) 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 33) 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 34) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
Australian History | 1863 (Age 35) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
Death of a sister | 31 May 1865 (Age 37) Suie, Bargrennan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
elder sister -
Margaret Fisher
|
Death of a father | 8 August 1866 (Age 38) Craignarget Farm, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland
father -
William Fisher
|
Australian History | 1867 (Age 39) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
Australian History | 1868 (Age 40) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
Australian History | 1869 (Age 41) 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 44) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
Death of a mother | 21 July 1873 (Age 45) Craignarget, Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland
mother -
Margaret Campbell
|
Australian History | 1873 (Age 45) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
Death of a brother | 3 January 1874 (Age 46) Barharkin, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland
elder brother -
Ivie Fisher
|
Australian History | 1875 (Age 47) 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 50) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
Australian History | 1879 (Age 51) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
Australian History | 1880 (Age 52) 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 53) Pt William Rd, Craignarget Farm, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: Sister unmar 42 bn Kells KKD |
Australian History | 1882 (Age 54) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
Australian History | 1883 (Age 55) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
Australian History | 1887 (Age 59) 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 61) 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 62) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
Census | 5 April 1891 (Age 63) Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: age 60 894 006 2 |
Australian History | 1891 (Age 63) 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 64) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
Death | 8 October 1892 (Age 64) Sea Bank, Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland |
Family with parents - View family |
father |
William Fisher
Birth 18 May 1783 Auchinleck, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 8 August 1866 (Age 83) Craignarget Farm, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
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2 months mother |
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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Marriage: about 1803 |
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2 years #1 elder brother |
Ivie Fisher
Birth about 1805 21 21 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 3 January 1874 (Age 69) Barharkin, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
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2 years #2 elder brother |
James Fisher
Birth about 1807 23 23 Poss New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 19 December 1851 (Age 44) Glasgow, Scotland Loading...
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2 years #3 elder sister |
Margaret Fisher
Birth about 1809 25 25 Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 31 May 1865 (Age 56) Suie, Bargrennan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Loading...
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4 years #4 elder brother |
William Fisher
Birth about 1813 29 29 Poss Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
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4 years #5 elder sister |
Mary Fisher
Birth 22 May 1817 34 33 Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 5 July 1896 (Age 79) Sea Bank, Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
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19 months #6 elder brother |
George Fisher
Birth about 1819 35 35 Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 17 January 1909 (Age 90) Sea Bank, Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
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1 year #7 elder brother |
John Fisher
Birth about 1820 36 36 Prob Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death about 1842 (Age 22) Garrarie Farm, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
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6 years #8 elder brother |
Thomas Fisher
Birth 1826 42 42 Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 1 May 1900 (Age 74) Sea Bank, Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
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1 year #9 sister |
Jane Fisher
Birth about 1827 43 43 Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death Glenhead, Scotland Loading...
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11 months #10 herself |
Agnes Fisher
Birth 11 December 1827 44 44 Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 8 October 1892 (Age 64) Sea Bank, Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
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Agnes Fisher has 19 first cousins recorded
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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 | Dau unmar 18 bn Kells KKD |
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. |
Census | Sister unmar 42 bn Kells KKD |
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 | age 60 894 006 2 |
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. |
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