Annie Harkness 1825

Annie HarknessAge: 711825–1896

Name: Annie Harkness

Given names: Annie

Surname: Harkness

Annie Graham

Name: Annie Graham

Given names: Annie

Surname: Graham

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Birth	18 July 1825 Kirkconnell By Sanquhar, Dfs, Scotland
Australian History	1825 Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Australian History	1828 (Age 2) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History	1829 (Age 3) 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 4) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Australian History	1831 (Age 5) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History	1832 (Age 6) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History	1833 (Age 7) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History	1835 (Age 9) 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 10) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History	1838 (Age 12) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History	1839 (Age 13) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History	1840 (Age 14) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Australian History	1841 (Age 15) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History	1842 (Age 16) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History	1843 (Age 17) 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 19) 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.
Australian History	1850 (Age 24) 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	James Graham - View family 13 June 1851 (Age 25) Straid, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Birth of a daughter #1	1 October 1851 (Age 26) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Jane Graham
Australian History	1851 (Age 25) Note: Victoria separates from New South Wales. Note: The Victorian gold rush starts when gold is found at Summerhill Creek and Ballarat. Note: Forest Creek Monster Meeting of miners at Chewton near Castlemaine
Australian History	1853 (Age 27) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Birth of a daughter #2	4 May 1854 (Age 28) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Isabella Graham
Australian History	1854 (Age 28) Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History	1855 (Age 29) 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 30) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Birth of a daughter #3	1 March 1857 (Age 31) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Marion Graham
Australian History	1857 (Age 31) Note: Victorian Committee reported that a 'federal union' would be in the interests of all the growing colonies. However, there was not enough interest in or enthusiasm for taking positive steps towards bringing the colonies together. Note: Victorian men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History	1858 (Age 32) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Birth of a daughter #4	27 July 1859 (Age 34) Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland daughter - Janet Graham
Australian History	1859 (Age 33) 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 34) 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 35) Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Note: Wife 36 marr dairywoman bn Kirkconnel
Australian History	1861 (Age 35) 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	20 April 1862 (Age 36) Nothamshire?, Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland son - William Graham
Australian History	1862 (Age 36) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History	1863 (Age 37) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Birth of a daughter #6	9 October 1864 (Age 39) Nothamshire?, Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland daughter - Alexandrina Wilkie Donaldson Graham
Birth of a son #7	27 December 1866 (Age 41) Nethermoney, Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland son - Andrew Graham
Australian History	1867 (Age 41) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History	1868 (Age 42) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History	1869 (Age 43) 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 46) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History	1873 (Age 47) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Australian History	1875 (Age 49) 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 52) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1879 (Age 53) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History	1880 (Age 54) 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 55) Trowdale, Crossmichael, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Note: Farmers wife mar 55 bn Kirkconnell
Australian History	1882 (Age 56) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1883 (Age 57) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Australian History	1887 (Age 61) 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 63) 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 64) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Census	5 April 1891 (Age 65)
Australian History	1891 (Age 65) 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 66) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Death of a daughter	25 January 1893 (Age 67) Trowdale, Crossmichael, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland daughter - Alexandrina Wilkie Donaldson Graham
Australian History	1893 (Age 67) 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 68) 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 69) 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 70) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Death	6 November 1896 (Age 71) Trowdale, Crossmichael, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

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husband	James Graham Birth about 1825 55 37 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 23 February 1905 (Age 80) Trowdale, Crossmichael, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Loading...
7 months herself	Annie Harkness Birth 18 July 1825 Kirkconnell By Sanquhar, Dfs, Scotland Death 6 November 1896 (Age 71) Trowdale, Crossmichael, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Loading...
	Marriage: 13 June 1851 — Straid, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
4 months #1 daughter	Jane Graham Birth 1 October 1851 26 26 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
3 years #2 daughter	Isabella Graham Birth 4 May 1854 29 28 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
3 years #3 daughter	Marion Graham Birth 1 March 1857 32 31 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
2 years #4 daughter	Janet Graham Birth 27 July 1859 34 34 Craigman, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
3 years #5 son	William Graham Birth 20 April 1862 37 36 Nothamshire?, Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
3 years #6 daughter	Alexandrina Wilkie Donaldson Graham Birth 9 October 1864 39 39 Nothamshire?, Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 25 January 1893 (Age 28) Trowdale, Crossmichael, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Loading...
2 years #7 son	Andrew Graham Birth 27 December 1866 41 41 Nethermoney, Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...

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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	Wife 36 marr dairywoman bn Kirkconnel
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	Farmers wife mar 55 bn Kirkconnell
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

Annie HarknessAge: 711825–1896

Annie Graham

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