Elizabeth Brown 1827

Elizabeth BrownAge: 811827–1908

Name: Elizabeth Brown

Given names: Elizabeth

Surname: Brown

Elizabeth Milligan

Name: Elizabeth Milligan

Given names: Elizabeth

Surname: Milligan

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Birth	about 1827 46 37 Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Australian History	1828 (Age 12 months) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Birth of a sister	about 1829 (Age 2) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger sister - Jane Brown
Australian History	1829 (Age 2) 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 3) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Death of a maternal grandfather	28 July 1831 (Age 4) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland maternal grandfather - Ivie Campbell
Australian History	1831 (Age 4) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History	1832 (Age 5) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Birth of a brother	about 1833 (Age 6) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - Hugh Brown
Australian History	1833 (Age 6) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Marriage of a sister	Margaret Brown - View family 1834 (Age 7) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland brother-in-law - Hugh Templeton elder sister - Margaret Brown
Australian History	1835 (Age 8) 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 9) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Marriage of a sister	Janet Brown - View family 1838 (estimated) (Age 11) Prob New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland brother-in-law - George Morrison elder sister - Janet Brown
Australian History	1838 (Age 11) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History	1839 (Age 12) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History	1840 (Age 13) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Census	7 June 1841 (Age 14)
Australian History	1841 (Age 14) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Marriage of a sister	Mary Brown - View family 26 April 1842 (Age 15) Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland brother-in-law - William McWhinnie elder sister - Mary Brown
Australian History	1842 (Age 15) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History	1843 (Age 16) 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 17) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland maternal grandmother - Margaret Dunbar
Australian History	1845 (Age 18) 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.
Marriage	Andrew Milligan - View family 13 February 1849 (Age 22) Airelick, Mochrum, Scotland
Birth of a son #1	about 1850 (Age 23) Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland son - William Milligan
Australian History	1850 (Age 23) 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 24) Corwall Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: Head marr 24 bn New Cumnock
Australian History	1851 (Age 24) 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 #2	about 1852 (Age 25) Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland son - Andrew Milligan
Marriage of a brother	William Brown - View family 29 March 1853 (Age 26) Oldmill, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland elder brother - William Brown sister-in-law - Helen Routledge
Australian History	1853 (Age 26) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History	1854 (Age 27) Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History	1855 (Age 28) 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.
Birth of a son #3	8 March 1856 (Age 29) Corwell Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland son - John Milligan
Marriage of a sister	Jane Brown - View family 26 June 1856 (Age 29) Mochrum, Scotland brother-in-law - William Routledge younger sister - Jane Brown
Australian History	1856 (Age 29) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History	1857 (Age 30) 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 31) Airelyick Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland father - William Brown
Australian History	1858 (Age 31) 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 32) Airelick, Mochrum, Scotland mother - Jean Campbell
Birth of a son #4	13 August 1859 (Age 32) Corwell Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland son - Ivie Milligan
Australian History	1859 (Age 32) 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 33) 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 brother	George Brown - View family 23 April 1861 (Age 34) Aireylick, Mochrum, Scotland elder brother - George Brown sister-in-law - Margaret Routledge
Australian History	1861 (Age 34) 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 #5	17 April 1862 (Age 35) Corwell Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland son - Alexander Milligan
Death of a brother	20 July 1862 (Age 35) Palbae, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland elder brother - George Brown
Australian History	1862 (Age 35) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History	1863 (Age 36) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Birth of a son #6	9 July 1865 (Age 38) Corwell Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland son - George Milligan
Birth of a daughter #7	7 November 1867 (Age 40) Corwell Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland daughter - Elizabeth Milligan
Australian History	1867 (Age 40) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History	1868 (Age 41) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History	1869 (Age 42) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Census	2 April 1871 (Age 44)
Australian History	1872 (Age 45) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History	1873 (Age 46) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Death of a sister	18 March 1875 (Age 48) Scotland elder sister - Margaret Brown
Australian History	1875 (Age 48) 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 51) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1879 (Age 52) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History	1880 (Age 53) 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 54) Lane Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland elder brother - Ivie Brown
Census	4 April 1881 (Age 54) Corwall Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: Wife 54 bn Craigmar AYR
Death of a brother	20 August 1881 (Age 54) Airlick, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland elder brother - William Brown
Australian History	1882 (Age 55) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1883 (Age 56) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Australian History	1887 (Age 60) 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.
Death of a daughter	23 May 1889 (Age 62) Corwall, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland daughter - Elizabeth Milligan
Australian History	1889 (Age 62) Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration.
Death of a son	12 April 1890 (Age 63) Barbeston, Transvaal, South Africa son - John Milligan
Australian History	1890 (Age 63) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Census	5 April 1891 (Age 64) Note: age 64 892 008 4
Australian History	1891 (Age 64) 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 65) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History	1893 (Age 66) 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 67) Carseminnoch, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland elder sister - Janet Brown
Death of a son	17 October 1894 (Age 67) Corwall, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland son - George Milligan
Australian History	1894 (Age 67) 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 68) 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 69) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Australian History	1897 (Age 70) 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 71) 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 72) Elrig, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger sister - Jane Brown
Australian History	1899 (Age 72) 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 73) 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
Census	31 March 1901 (Age 74) Corwall Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: Mar 74 bn New Cumnock
Death of a husband	21 September 1901 (Age 74) Corwall Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland husband - Andrew Milligan
Australian History	1901 (Age 74) 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 75) 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 76) 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 77) 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 79) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea
Australian History	1908 (Age 81) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead
Death	14 August 1908 (Age 81) Port William, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

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father	William Brown Birth about 1781 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 20 November 1858 (Age 77) Airelyick Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
9 years mother	Jean Campbell Birth about 1790 35 29 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 24 May 1859 (Age 69) Airelick, Mochrum, Scotland Loading...
	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 Loading...
-1 years #2 elder sister	Margaret Brown Birth about 1813 32 23 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 18 March 1875 (Age 62) Scotland Loading...
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 Loading...
4 years #4 elder sister	Mary Brown Birth about 1823 42 33 Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death Ballaird, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
-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 Loading...
4 years #6 elder brother	George Brown Birth about 1825 44 35 Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 20 July 1862 (Age 37) Palbae, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
2 years #7 herself	Elizabeth Brown Birth about 1827 46 37 Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 14 August 1908 (Age 81) Port William, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
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 Loading...
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 Loading...

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husband	Andrew Milligan Birth about 1811 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 21 September 1901 (Age 90) Corwall Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
16 years herself	Elizabeth Brown Birth about 1827 46 37 Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 14 August 1908 (Age 81) Port William, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
	Marriage: 13 February 1849 — Airelick, Mochrum, Scotland
11 months #1 son	William Milligan Birth about 1850 39 23 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death Loading...
2 years #2 son	Andrew Milligan Birth about 1852 41 25 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 4 July 1923 (Age 71) Dumfries, Dfs, Scotland Loading...
4 years #3 son	John Milligan Birth 8 March 1856 45 29 Corwell Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 12 April 1890 (Age 34) Barbeston, Transvaal, South Africa Loading...
3 years #4 son	Ivie Milligan Birth 13 August 1859 48 32 Corwell Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
3 years #5 son	Alexander Milligan Birth 17 April 1862 51 35 Corwell Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
3 years #6 son	George Milligan Birth 9 July 1865 54 38 Corwell Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 17 October 1894 (Age 29) Corwall, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
2 years #7 daughter	Elizabeth Milligan Birth 7 November 1867 56 40 Corwell Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 23 May 1889 (Age 21) Corwall, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...

Elizabeth 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

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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	Head marr 24 bn New Cumnock
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	Wife 54 bn Craigmar 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.
Census	age 64 892 008 4
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.
Census	Mar 74 bn New Cumnock
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