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Mary Brown1823–?

Name
Mary Brown
Given names
Mary
Surname
Brown

Mary McWhinnie

Name
Mary McWhinnie
Given names
Mary
Surname
McWhinnie
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Birth about 1823 42 33
 Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Australian History 1824 (Age 12 months)
 

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 2)
 Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

younger brother - George Brown
Australian History 1825 (Age 2)
 

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 4)
 Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

younger sister - Elizabeth Brown
Australian History 1828 (Age 5)
 

Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Birth of a sister about 1829 (Age 6)
 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

younger sister - Jane Brown
Australian History 1829 (Age 6)
 

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 7)
 

Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Death of a maternal grandfather 28 July 1831 (Age 8)
 Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

maternal grandfather - Ivie Campbell
Australian History 1831 (Age 8)
 

Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History 1832 (Age 9)
 

Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Birth of a brother about 1833 (Age 10)
 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

younger brother - Hugh Brown
Australian History 1833 (Age 10)
 

Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Marriage of a sisterMargaret Brown - View family
1834 (Age 11)
 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

brother-in-law - Hugh Templeton
elder sister - Margaret Brown
Australian History 1835 (Age 12)
 

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 13)
 

Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Marriage of a sisterJanet Brown - View family
1838 (estimated) (Age 15)
 Prob New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

brother-in-law - George Morrison
elder sister - Janet Brown
Australian History 1838 (Age 15)
 

Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History 1839 (Age 16)
 

Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History 1840 (Age 17)
 

Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Australian History 1841 (Age 18)
 

Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
MarriageWilliam McWhinnie - View family
26 April 1842 (Age 19)
 Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Australian History 1842 (Age 19)
 

Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History 1843 (Age 20)
 

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).
Baptism of a daughter 1 March 1843 (Age 20)
 Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

daughter - Agnes Routledge McWhinnie
Death of a maternal grandmother 4 August 1844 (Age 21)
 Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

maternal grandmother - Margaret Dunbar
Baptism of a son 4 December 1844 (Age 21)
 Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

son - William McWhinnie
Australian History 1845 (Age 22)
 

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.
Baptism of a daughter 25 February 1847 (Age 24)
 Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

daughter - Jane McWhinnie
Baptism of a daughter 16 February 1848 (Age 25)
 Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

daughter - Jane McWhinnie
Marriage of a sisterElizabeth Brown - View family
13 February 1849 (Age 26)
 Airelick, Mochrum, Scotland

brother-in-law - Andrew Milligan
younger sister - Elizabeth Brown
Australian History 1850 (Age 27)
 

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.
Baptism of a daughter 17 April 1850 (Age 27)
 Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

daughter - Helen McWhinnie
Census 30 March 1851 (Age 28)
 Airlies, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Note: Wife mar 28 bn Cumnock AYR
Australian History 1851 (Age 28)
 

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 daughter
#1		 12 July 1852 (Age 29)
 Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

daughter - Mary McWhinnie
Marriage of a brotherWilliam Brown - View family
29 March 1853 (Age 30)
 Oldmill, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

elder brother - William Brown
sister-in-law - Helen Routledge
Australian History 1853 (Age 30)
 

Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History 1854 (Age 31)
 

Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History 1855 (Age 32)
 

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.
Baptism of a daughter 4 January 1855 (Age 32)
 Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

daughter - Margaret McWhinnie
Marriage of a sisterJane Brown - View family
26 June 1856 (Age 33)
 Mochrum, Scotland

brother-in-law - William Routledge
younger sister - Jane Brown
Australian History 1856 (Age 33)
 

Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Birth of a son
#2		 15 June 1857 (Age 34)
 Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

son - Alexander McWhinnie
Australian History 1857 (Age 34)
 

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.
Death of a father 20 November 1858 (Age 35)
 Airelyick Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

father - William Brown
Australian History 1858 (Age 35)
 

Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.
Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Death of a mother 24 May 1859 (Age 36)
 Airelick, Mochrum, Scotland

mother - Jean Campbell
Birth of a daughter
#3		 9 July 1859 (Age 36)
 Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

daughter - Isabella McWhinnie
Australian History 1859 (Age 36)
 

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 37)
 

Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E.
Marriage of a brotherGeorge Brown - View family
23 April 1861 (Age 38)
 Aireylick, Mochrum, Scotland

younger brother - George Brown
sister-in-law - Margaret Routledge
Australian History 1861 (Age 38)
 

Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs.
Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra
Birth of a son
#4		 11 January 1862 (Age 39)
 Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

son - William McWhinnie
Death of a brother 20 July 1862 (Age 39)
 Palbae, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland

younger brother - George Brown
Australian History 1862 (Age 39)
 

Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History 1863 (Age 40)
 

Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Australian History 1867 (Age 44)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.
Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History 1868 (Age 45)
 

Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History 1869 (Age 46)
 

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 49)
 

Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Death of a husband 26 November 1873 (Age 50)
 Balaird, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

husband - William McWhinnie
Australian History 1873 (Age 50)
 

Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Death of a sister 18 March 1875 (Age 52)
 Scotland

elder sister - Margaret Brown
Australian History 1875 (Age 52)
 

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 55)
 

Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1879 (Age 56)
 

Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History 1880 (Age 57)
 

Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged.
Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work.
Death of a brother 2 February 1881 (Age 58)
 Lane Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

elder brother - Ivie Brown
Census 4 April 1881 (Age 58)
 

Note: Not on Lowlands disc
Death of a brother 20 August 1881 (Age 58)
 Airlick, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

elder brother - William Brown
Australian History 1882 (Age 59)
 

Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1883 (Age 60)
 

Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway
Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Australian History 1887 (Age 64)
 

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 66)
 

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 67)
 

Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Australian History 1891 (Age 68)
 

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 69)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History 1893 (Age 70)
 

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.
Death of a sister 9 April 1894 (Age 71)
 Carseminnoch, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland

elder sister - Janet Brown
Australian History 1894 (Age 71)
 

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 72)
 

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 73)
 

Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Australian History 1897 (Age 74)
 

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 75)
 

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.
Death of a sister 4 June 1899 (Age 76)
 Elrig, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

younger sister - Jane Brown
Australian History 1899 (Age 76)
 

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.
Australian History 1900 (Age 77)
 

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
Australian History 1901 (Age 78)
 

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 79)
 

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 80)
 

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 81)
 

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 83)
 

Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea
Death of a sister 14 August 1908 (Age 85)
 Port William, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

younger sister - Elizabeth Brown
Australian History 1908 (Age 85)
 

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 86)
 

Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.
Australian History 1910 (Age 87)
 

Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.
Australian History 1911 (Age 88)
 

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 89)
 

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 90)
 

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 90)
 

Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place
Australian History 1914 (Age 91)
 

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.
Death of a brother 8 July 1915 (Age 92)
 Fineview, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland

younger brother - Hugh Brown
Australian History 1915 (Age 92)
 

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 93)
 

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 94)
 

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 95)
 

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 96)
 

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 97)
 

Note: The airline Qantas is founded
Australian History 1921 (Age 98)
 

Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament
Australian History 1922 (Age 99)
 

Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney
Australian History 1923 (Age 100)
 

Note: Vegemite is first produced
Australian History 1926 (Age 103)
 

Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held
Australian History 1927 (Age 104)
 

Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital
Death
 Ballaird, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Family with parents - View family
father
William Brown

Birth about 1781  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 20 November 1858 (Age 77)  Airelyick Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

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9 years
mother
Jean Campbell

Birth about 1790 35 29  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 24 May 1859 (Age 69)  Airelick, Mochrum, Scotland

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Marriage: about 1812 — Prob New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
2 years
#1 elder brother
William Brown

Birth about 1814 33 24  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 20 August 1881 (Age 67)  Airlick, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

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-1 years
#2 elder sister
Margaret Brown

Birth about 1813 32 23  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 18 March 1875 (Age 62)  Scotland

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6 years
#3 elder sister
Janet Brown

Birth about 1819 38 29  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 9 April 1894 (Age 75)  Carseminnoch, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland

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4 years
#4 herself
Mary Brown

Birth about 1823 42 33  Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death  Ballaird, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

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-2 years
#5 elder brother
Ivie Brown

Birth about 1821 40 31  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 2 February 1881 (Age 60)  Lane Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

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4 years
#6 younger brother
George Brown

Birth about 1825 44 35  Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 20 July 1862 (Age 37)  Palbae, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland

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2 years
#7 younger sister
Elizabeth Brown

Birth about 1827 46 37  Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 14 August 1908 (Age 81)  Port William, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

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2 years
#8 younger sister
Jane Brown

Birth about 1829 48 39  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 4 June 1899 (Age 70)  Elrig, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

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4 years
#9 younger brother
Hugh Brown

Birth about 1833 52 43  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 8 July 1915 (Age 82)  Fineview, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland

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Family with William McWhinnie - View family
husband
William McWhinnie

Birth about 1817  Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Death 26 November 1873 (Age 56)  Balaird, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

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6 years
herself
Mary Brown

Birth about 1823 42 33  Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death  Ballaird, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

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Marriage: 26 April 1842 — Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland
10 months
#1 daughter
Agnes Routledge McWhinnie

Baptism 1 March 1843 26 20  Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Death yes  

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21 months
#2 son
William McWhinnie

Baptism 4 December 1844 27 21  Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Death yes  

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2 years
#3 daughter
Jane McWhinnie

Baptism 25 February 1847 30 24  Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Death  

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1 year
#4 daughter
Jane McWhinnie

Baptism 16 February 1848 31 25  Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Death yes  

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2 years
#5 daughter
Helen McWhinnie

Baptism 17 April 1850 33 27  Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Death yes  

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2 years
#6 daughter
Mary McWhinnie

Birth 12 July 1852 35 29  Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Death yes  

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3 years
#7 daughter
Margaret McWhinnie

Baptism 4 January 1855 38 32  Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Death yes  

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2 years
#8 son
Alexander McWhinnie

Birth 15 June 1857 40 34  Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Death yes  

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2 years
#9 daughter
Isabella McWhinnie

Birth 9 July 1859 42 36  Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Death yes  

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3 years
#10 son
William McWhinnie

Birth 11 January 1862 45 39  Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Death yes  

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Mary Brown has 49 first cousins recorded

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Mother's family (49)

Parents William Graham + Isabel Campbell
1 Ivie (Campbell) Graham 1813–1891
2 Margaret Graham 1813–1873
3 Jean Graham 1816–1895
4 Isabella Graham 1822–1895
5 Elizabeth Graham 1823–1859
6 James Graham 1825–1905
7 Janet Graham 1827–1849
8 Douglas Wills Graham 1829–1906
9 William Graham 1832–1897
10 David Graham 1839–?
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
 
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.

Census
Wife mar 28 bn Cumnock AYR

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
Not on Lowlands disc

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.

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.

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


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