Jean Graham 1816

Jean GrahamAge: 791816–1895

Name: Jean Graham

Given names: Jean

Surname: Graham

Jane Morrison

Name: Jane Morrison

Given names: Jane

Surname: Morrison

Jean Morrison

Name: Jean Morrison

Given names: Jean

Surname: Morrison

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Birth	about 1816 46 28 Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
Marriage	James Morrison - View family
Australian History	1817 (Age 12 months) Note: John Oxley charts the Lachlan River Note: Australia's first bank, the Bank of New South Wales, opens in Macquarie Place, Sydney (it became Westpac in 1982). Note: Governor Lachlan Macquarie petitioned the British Admiralty to use the name 'Australia' instead of 'New Holland'
Australian History	1818 (Age 2) Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River.
Birth of a sister	about 1822 (Age 6) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger sister - Isabella Graham
Birth of a sister	about 1823 (Age 7) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger sister - Elizabeth Graham
Australian History	1824 (Age 8) 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	about 1825 (Age 9) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - James Graham
Australian History	1825 (Age 9) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Birth of a sister	about 1827 (Age 11) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger sister - Janet Graham
Australian History	1828 (Age 12) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Birth of a sister	24 May 1829 (Age 13) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger sister - Douglas Wills Graham
Australian History	1829 (Age 13) 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 14) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Death of a maternal grandfather	28 July 1831 (Age 15) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland maternal grandfather - Ivie Campbell
Australian History	1831 (Age 15) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Birth of a brother	about 1832 (Age 16) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - William Graham
Australian History	1832 (Age 16) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History	1833 (Age 17) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History	1835 (Age 19) 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 20) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Birth of a daughter #1	28 October 1838 (Age 22) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Margaret Dunbar Morrison
Australian History	1838 (Age 22) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Birth of a brother	about 1839 (Age 23) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - David Graham
Australian History	1839 (Age 23) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Birth of a daughter #2	22 November 1840 (Age 24) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Christina Morrison
Australian History	1840 (Age 24) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Australian History	1841 (Age 25) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Birth of a daughter #3	19 October 1842 (Age 26) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Isabella Morrison
Australian History	1842 (Age 26) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History	1843 (Age 27) 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).
Death of a maternal grandmother	4 August 1844 (Age 28) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland maternal grandmother - Margaret Dunbar
Australian History	1845 (Age 29) 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.
Birth of a son #4	about 1846 (Age 30) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland son - James Morrison
Birth of a son #5	6 March 1847 (Age 31) Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland son - William Morrison
Marriage of a sister	Janet Graham - View family about 1848 (Age 32) Kirkconnell, Dfs, Scotland brother-in-law - James McKnight younger sister - Janet Graham
Marriage of a sister	Douglas Wills Graham - View family 24 March 1848 (Age 32) Marchburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland brother-in-law - Ivie McKenzie younger sister - Douglas Wills Graham
Death of a sister	12 May 1849 (Age 33) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia younger sister - Janet Graham
Birth of a son #6	16 May 1849 (Age 33) Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland son - John Morrison
Australian History	1850 (Age 34) 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.
Marriage of a brother	James Graham - View family 13 June 1851 (Age 35) Straid, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - James Graham sister-in-law - Annie Harkness
Australian History	1851 (Age 35) 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 #7	about 1853 (Age 37) Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland son - Ivie Morrison
Marriage of a brother	Ivie (Campbell) Graham - View family 14 October 1853 (Age 37) Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland elder brother - Ivie (Campbell) Graham sister-in-law - Jane Laurie
Australian History	1853 (Age 37) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History	1854 (Age 38) Note: The Eureka Stockade
Birth of a daughter #8	26 February 1855 (Age 39) Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Janet Morrison
Australian History	1855 (Age 39) 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 40) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History	1857 (Age 41) 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.
Marriage of a daughter	Christina Morrison - View family 1 October 1858 (Age 42) Burnockhead, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland son-in-law - John McCaig daughter - Christina Morrison
Birth of a grandson #1	6 October 1858 (Age 42) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland grandson - Male McCaig
Death of a grandson	6 October 1858 (Age 42) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland grandson - Male McCaig
Australian History	1858 (Age 42) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Death of a sister	9 May 1859 (Age 43) Coalburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger sister - Elizabeth Graham
Birth of a daughter #9	20 June 1859 (Age 43) Burnockhead, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Elisabeth Graham Morrison
Australian History	1859 (Age 43) 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.
Death of a mother	15 September 1860 (Age 44) Marchburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland mother - Isabel Campbell
Australian History	1860 (Age 44) Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E.
Census	8 April 1861 (Age 45) Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland Note: 45yrs
Birth of a grandson #2	16 April 1861 (Age 45) Old Coalburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland grandson - Thomas McCaig
Australian History	1861 (Age 45) 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 46) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Marriage of a brother	William Graham - View family 11 December 1863 (Age 47) Dalmellington, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - William Graham sister-in-law - Isabella Hill
Australian History	1863 (Age 47) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Birth of a granddaughter #3	24 April 1864 (Age 48) House Of Water, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland granddaughter - Jane McCaig
Death of a father	15 July 1864 (Age 48) Marchburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland father - William Graham
Birth of a grandson #4	6 April 1867 (Age 51) House Of Water, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland grandson - James McCaig
Australian History	1867 (Age 51) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History	1868 (Age 52) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Birth of a granddaughter #5	30 October 1869 (Age 53) Brunstene, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland granddaughter - Christina McCaig
Australian History	1869 (Age 53) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Birth of a granddaughter #6	16 September 1871 (Age 55) Brunsten, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland granddaughter - Wilhelmina McCaig
Australian History	1872 (Age 56) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Death of a sister	7 January 1873 (Age 57) Carwinshock, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland elder sister - Margaret Graham
Australian History	1873 (Age 57) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Birth of a granddaughter #7	2 February 1874 (Age 58) Dixton, Stair, Ayrshire, Scotland granddaughter - Margaret McCaig
Australian History	1875 (Age 59) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed.
Birth of a granddaughter #8	4 December 1876 (Age 60) Dixton, Stair, Ayrshire, Scotland granddaughter - Isabella McCaig
Australian History	1878 (Age 62) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Birth of a granddaughter #9	12 August 1879 (Age 63) Tenshillingland, Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland granddaughter - Jessie Elizabeth McCaig
Australian History	1879 (Age 63) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History	1880 (Age 64) 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 65) Cairnford, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland Note: Head Formerly Shepherds Wife Widow 65 bn Ayr AYR
Birth of a grandson #10	23 August 1881 (Age 65) Ravenscroft Cottage, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland grandson - John McCaig
Australian History	1882 (Age 66) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1883 (Age 67) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Birth of a grandson #11	4 February 1887 (Age 71) Littlemill, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland grandson - Ivie McCaig
Australian History	1887 (Age 71) 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 73) 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 74) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Death of a brother	28 November 1891 (Age 75) Bartarg, Barrhill, Ayrshire, Scotland elder brother - Ivie (Campbell) Graham
Australian History	1891 (Age 75) 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 76) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History	1893 (Age 77) 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 78) 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.
Australian History	1895 (Age 79) 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
Death	2 April 1895 (Age 79) Main St, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland

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father	William Graham Birth about 1770 Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 15 July 1864 (Age 94) Marchburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
17 years mother	Isabel Campbell Birth 28 April 1787 32 26 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 15 September 1860 (Age 73) Marchburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
	Marriage: 4 April 1812 — Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
11 months #1 elder brother	Ivie (Campbell) Graham Birth 3 March 1813 43 25 Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 28 November 1891 (Age 78) Bartarg, Barrhill, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
-2 months #2 elder sister	Margaret Graham Birth about 1813 43 25 Death 7 January 1873 (Age 60) Carwinshock, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
3 years #3 herself	Jean Graham Birth about 1816 46 28 Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 2 April 1895 (Age 79) Main St, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
6 years #4 younger sister	Isabella Graham Birth about 1822 52 34 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 10 October 1895 (Age 73) Ayr District Asylum, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
1 year #5 younger sister	Elizabeth Graham Birth about 1823 53 35 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 9 May 1859 (Age 36) Coalburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
2 years #6 younger brother	James Graham Birth about 1825 55 37 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 23 February 1905 (Age 80) Trowdale, Crossmichael, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Loading...
2 years #7 younger sister	Janet Graham Birth about 1827 57 39 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 12 May 1849 (Age 22) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
2 years #8 younger sister	Douglas Wills Graham Birth 24 May 1829 59 42 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 20 November 1906 (Age 77) Knockguldron, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
3 years #9 younger brother	William Graham Birth about 1832 62 44 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 1 March 1897 (Age 65) High Logan, Catrine, Sorn, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
7 years #10 younger brother	David Graham Birth about 1839 69 51 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...

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husband	James Morrison Birth about 1809 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
7 years herself	Jean Graham Birth about 1816 46 28 Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 2 April 1895 (Age 79) Main St, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
	Marriage: yes
#1 daughter	Margaret Dunbar Morrison Birth 28 October 1838 29 22 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
2 years #2 daughter	Christina Morrison Birth 22 November 1840 31 24 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 25 September 1904 (Age 63) Coil Bank Cottage, Littlemill, Patna, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland Loading...
23 months #3 daughter	Isabella Morrison Birth 19 October 1842 33 26 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 14 March 1904 (Age 61) Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Loading...
3 years #4 son	James Morrison Birth about 1846 37 30 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
14 months #5 son	William Morrison Birth 6 March 1847 38 31 Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
2 years #6 son	John Morrison Birth 16 May 1849 40 33 Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
4 years #7 son	Ivie Morrison Birth about 1853 44 37 Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
2 years #8 daughter	Janet Morrison Birth 26 February 1855 46 39 Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
4 years #9 daughter	Elisabeth Graham Morrison Birth 20 June 1859 50 43 Burnockhead, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...

Jean Graham has 48 first cousins recorded

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Mother's family (48)

Parents William Brown + Jean Campbell

1 William Brown 1814–1881

2 Margaret Brown 1813–1875

3 Janet Brown 1819–1894

4 Mary Brown 1823–?

5 Ivie Brown 1821–1881

6 George Brown 1825–1862

7 Elizabeth Brown 1827–1908

8 Jane Brown 1829–1899

9 Hugh Brown 1833–1915

Parents Alexander Rowan + Tomina Campbell

1 Margaret Rowan 1816–?

2 Ivie Rowan 1817–1847

3 Georgina Rowan 1820–1900

4 Mary Rowan 1823–?

5 Andrew Rowan 1825–1889

6 Thomas Rowan 1827–?

7 John Rowan 1829–1887

8 Elizabeth Rowan 1831–1899

Parents Andrew Campbell + Janet Campbell

1 Margaret Dunbar Campbell 1821–1889

2 Jane Campbell 1822–1889

3 John Campbell 1823–1882

4 Ivie Campbell 1826–?

5 Isabella Agnes Campbell 1827–?

6 Janet Campbell 1830–1859

7 William Richmond Campbell 1832–1888

8 Helen Campbell 1835–?

9 Andrew Campbell 1838–1903

10 Euphemia Duncan Campbell 1840–1858

Parents David Ferguson + Helen Campbell

1 David Ferguson 1821–?

2 Jane Ferguson 1826–1862

3 Margaret Ferguson 1823–1856

4 Helen Ferguson 1827–?

5 Agnes Ferguson 1828–1923

6 Jessie Campbell Ferguson 1831–1902

7 Ivie Ferguson 1833–1894

8 Elizabeth Ferguson 1838–?

9 William Ferguson 1841–1898

Parents Ivie Campbell + Jean Richmond

1 Ivie Campbell 1833–1910

Parents Thomas McCaig + Wilhemina Campbell

1 Hugh Dunbar McCaig 1826–1883

2 Robert McCaig 1826–1912

3 Ivie McCaig 1829–1890

4 Margaret McCaig 1832–1900

5 Christina McCaig 1832–1892

6 John McCaig 1834–1914

7 George McCaig 1836–1897

8 Edward Irvin McCaig 1838–1918

9 Thomas McCaig 1840–1915

10 William McCaig 1844–1925

11 Jane Richmond McCaig 1848–1868

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Australian History	John Oxley charts the Lachlan River
Australian History	Oxley charts the Macquarie River.
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.
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.
Census	45yrs
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	Head Formerly Shepherds Wife Widow 65 bn Ayr AYR
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.
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.