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James Morrison1809–?

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James Morrison
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Morrison
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Birth about 1809
 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

MarriageJean Graham - View family
 

Australian History 1817 (Age 8)
 

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 9)
 

Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River.
Australian History 1824 (Age 15)
 

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 16)
 

Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Australian History 1828 (Age 19)
 

Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History 1829 (Age 20)
 

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 21)
 

Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Australian History 1831 (Age 22)
 

Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History 1832 (Age 23)
 

Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History 1833 (Age 24)
 

Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History 1835 (Age 26)
 

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 27)
 

Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Birth of a daughter
#1		 28 October 1838 (Age 29)
 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

daughter - Margaret Dunbar Morrison
Australian History 1838 (Age 29)
 

Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History 1839 (Age 30)
 

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 31)
 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

daughter - Christina Morrison
Australian History 1840 (Age 31)
 

Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Australian History 1841 (Age 32)
 

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 33)
 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

daughter - Isabella Morrison
Australian History 1842 (Age 33)
 

Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History 1843 (Age 34)
 

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 36)
 

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 37)
 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

son - James Morrison
Birth of a son
#5		 6 March 1847 (Age 38)
 Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland

son - William Morrison
Birth of a son
#6		 16 May 1849 (Age 40)
 Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland

son - John Morrison
Australian History 1850 (Age 41)
 

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 42)
 

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 44)
 Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland

son - Ivie Morrison
Australian History 1853 (Age 44)
 

Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History 1854 (Age 45)
 

Note: The Eureka Stockade
Birth of a daughter
#8		 26 February 1855 (Age 46)
 Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland

daughter - Janet Morrison
Australian History 1855 (Age 46)
 

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 47)
 

Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History 1857 (Age 48)
 

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 daughterChristina Morrison - View family
1 October 1858 (Age 49)
 Burnockhead, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland

son-in-law - John McCaig
daughter - Christina Morrison
Birth of a grandson
#1		 6 October 1858 (Age 49)
 Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

grandson - Male McCaig
Death of a grandson 6 October 1858 (Age 49)
 Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

grandson - Male McCaig
Australian History 1858 (Age 49)
 

Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.
Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Birth of a daughter
#9		 20 June 1859 (Age 50)
 Burnockhead, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland

daughter - Elisabeth Graham Morrison
Australian History 1859 (Age 50)
 

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 51)
 

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 52)
 Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland

Note: 52yrs
Birth of a grandson
#2		 16 April 1861 (Age 52)
 Old Coalburn, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

grandson - Thomas McCaig
Australian History 1861 (Age 52)
 

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 53)
 

Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History 1863 (Age 54)
 

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 55)
 House Of Water, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

granddaughter - Jane McCaig
Birth of a grandson
#4		 6 April 1867 (Age 58)
 House Of Water, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

grandson - James McCaig
Australian History 1867 (Age 58)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.
Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History 1868 (Age 59)
 

Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Birth of a granddaughter
#5		 30 October 1869 (Age 60)
 Brunstene, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

granddaughter - Christina McCaig
Australian History 1869 (Age 60)
 

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 62)
 Brunsten, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

granddaughter - Wilhelmina McCaig
Australian History 1872 (Age 63)
 

Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History 1873 (Age 64)
 

Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Birth of a granddaughter
#7		 2 February 1874 (Age 65)
 Dixton, Stair, Ayrshire, Scotland

granddaughter - Margaret McCaig
Australian History 1875 (Age 66)
 

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 67)
 Dixton, Stair, Ayrshire, Scotland

granddaughter - Isabella McCaig
Australian History 1878 (Age 69)
 

Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Birth of a granddaughter
#9		 12 August 1879 (Age 70)
 Tenshillingland, Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland

granddaughter - Jessie Elizabeth McCaig
Australian History 1879 (Age 70)
 

Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History 1880 (Age 71)
 

Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged.
Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work.
Birth of a grandson
#10		 23 August 1881 (Age 72)
 Ravenscroft Cottage, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland

grandson - John McCaig
Australian History 1882 (Age 73)
 

Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1883 (Age 74)
 

Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway
Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Birth of a grandson
#11		 4 February 1887 (Age 78)
 Littlemill, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland

grandson - Ivie McCaig
Australian History 1887 (Age 78)
 

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 80)
 

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 81)
 

Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Australian History 1891 (Age 82)
 

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 83)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History 1893 (Age 84)
 

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 85)
 

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.
Death of a wife 2 April 1895 (Age 86)
 Main St, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland

wife - Jean Graham
Australian History 1895 (Age 86)
 

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 87)
 

Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Australian History 1897 (Age 88)
 

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 89)
 

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.
Australian History 1899 (Age 90)
 

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 91)
 

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 92)
 

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 93)
 

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 94)
 

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
Death of a daughter 14 March 1904 (Age 95)
 Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

daughter - Isabella Morrison
Death of a daughter 25 September 1904 (Age 95)
 Coil Bank Cottage, Littlemill, Patna, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland

daughter - Christina Morrison
Australian History 1904 (Age 95)
 

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 97)
 

Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea
Australian History 1908 (Age 99)
 

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 100)
 

Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.
Australian History 1910 (Age 101)
 

Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.
Australian History 1911 (Age 102)
 

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 103)
 

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 104)
 

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 104)
 

Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place
Deathyes
 

Family with Jean Graham - View family
himself
James Morrison

Birth about 1809  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death yes  

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7 years
wife
Jean Graham

Birth about 1816 46 28  Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death 2 April 1895 (Age 79)  Main St, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland

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Marriage: yes
#1 daughter
Margaret Dunbar Morrison

Birth 28 October 1838 29 22  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death yes  

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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

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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

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3 years
#4 son
James Morrison

Birth about 1846 37 30  New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death yes  

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14 months
#5 son
William Morrison

Birth 6 March 1847 38 31  Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death yes  

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2 years
#6 son
John Morrison

Birth 16 May 1849 40 33  Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death yes  

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4 years
#7 son
Ivie Morrison

Birth about 1853 44 37  Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death yes  

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2 years
#8 daughter
Janet Morrison

Birth 26 February 1855 46 39  Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death yes  

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4 years
#9 daughter
Elisabeth Graham Morrison

Birth 20 June 1859 50 43  Burnockhead, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death yes  

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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
52yrs

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.

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


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