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George SpickermanAge: 661824–1890

Name
George Spickerman
Given names
George
Surname
Spickerman
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Birth 1824 21
 

Australian History 1824
 

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
Australian History 1825 (Age 12 months)
 

Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Birth of a brother about September 1826 (Age 2)
 

younger brother - Riley Spickerman
Birth of a brother 10 August 1828 (Age 4)
 

younger brother - Eli Spickerman
Australian History 1828 (Age 4)
 

Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Birth of a sister 11 July 1829 (Age 5)
 

younger sister - Jane Spickerman
Australian History 1829 (Age 5)
 

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 6)
 

Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Australian History 1831 (Age 7)
 

Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History 1832 (Age 8)
 

Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History 1833 (Age 9)
 

Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History 1835 (Age 11)
 

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 12)
 

Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History 1838 (Age 14)
 

Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History 1839 (Age 15)
 

Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History 1840 (Age 16)
 

Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Australian History 1841 (Age 17)
 

Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History 1842 (Age 18)
 

Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History 1843 (Age 19)
 

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 21)
 

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.
Death of a brother 18 July 1847 (Age 23)
 

younger brother - Riley Spickerman
MarriageNancy M. Adams - View family
29 March 1848 (Age 24)
 

Marriage of a sisterJane Spickerman - View family
21 October 1849 (Age 25)
 

brother-in-law - Clark Wilday
younger sister - Jane Spickerman
Australian History 1850 (Age 26)
 

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 27)
 

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
Australian History 1853 (Age 29)
 

Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History 1854 (Age 30)
 

Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History 1855 (Age 31)
 

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 32)
 

Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History 1857 (Age 33)
 

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 34)
 

Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.
Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History 1859 (Age 35)
 

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 36)
 

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 37)
 

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 38)
 

Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History 1863 (Age 39)
 

Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Australian History 1867 (Age 43)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.
Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History 1868 (Age 44)
 

Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History 1869 (Age 45)
 

Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Death of a father 17 May 1871 (Age 47)
 

father - John Spickerman
Australian History 1872 (Age 48)
 

Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History 1873 (Age 49)
 

Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Death of a brother 20 February 1874 (Age 50)
 

elder brother - Edward Spickerman
Australian History 1875 (Age 51)
 

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 54)
 

Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1879 (Age 55)
 

Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History 1880 (Age 56)
 

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 58)
 

Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1883 (Age 59)
 

Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway
Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Australian History 1887 (Age 63)
 

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 65)
 

Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.
Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration.
Australian History 1890 (on the date of death)
 

Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Death 1890 (Age 66)
 

Family with parents - View family
father
John Spickerman

Birth 15 February 1802 45 24  

Death 17 May 1871 (Age 69)  

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mother
Mary Felter
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Marriage: yes
#1 elder brother
Edward Spickerman

Birth 8 March 1823 21  

Death 20 February 1874 (Age 50)  

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10 months
#2 himself
George Spickerman

Birth 1824 21  

Death 1890 (Age 66)  

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3 years
#3 younger brother
Riley Spickerman

Birth about September 1826 24  

Death 18 July 1847 (Age 20)  

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23 months
#4 younger brother
Eli Spickerman

Birth 10 August 1828 26  

Death 28 March 1906 (Age 77)  

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11 months
#5 younger sister
Jane Spickerman

Birth 11 July 1829 27  

Death 10 May 1915 (Age 85)  

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Family with Nancy M. Adams - View family
himself
George Spickerman

Birth 1824 21  

Death 1890 (Age 66)  

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wife
Nancy M. Adams

Death yes  

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Marriage: 29 March 1848

George Spickerman has 12 first cousins recorded

Father's family (12)

Parents George Wilson Potts + Elizabeth "Betsey" Spickerman
1 Maria Potts 1828–1858
2 Robert Alvin Potts 1829–1886
3 Herman Thorne Potts 1832–1905
4 Elizabeth Jane Potts 1838–1908
5 George Potts 1844–1844
Parents Garret Spickerman + Deborah Ann Wiltsie
1 John Spickerman 1836–?
2 Almeron Spickerman 1839–?
3 Romelia Spickerman 1841–?
4 Myron Spickerman 1844–?
5 Frederick A. Spickerman 1851–?
6 Florence Victoria, Australia Spickerman 1854–?
7 Chas. Edward Spickerman 1857–?

Mother's family (0)

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