George MorrisonAge: 401814–1854
- Name
- George Morrison
- Given names
- George
- Surname
- Morrison
| Birth | about 1814 |
| Australian History | 1817 (Age 3) 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 4) Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River. |
| Australian History | 1824 (Age 10) 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 11) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed. |
| Australian History | 1828 (Age 14) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River. |
| Australian History | 1829 (Age 15) 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 16) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River. |
| Australian History | 1831 (Age 17) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published. |
| Australian History | 1832 (Age 18) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1833 (Age 19) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land. |
| Australian History | 1835 (Age 21) 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 22) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| Marriage | Janet Brown - View family 1838 (estimated) (Age 24) Prob New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland |
| Australian History | 1838 (Age 24) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Birth of a son #1 | about 1839 (Age 25) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
son -
James Morrison
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| Australian History | 1839 (Age 25) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Australian History | 1840 (Age 26) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Baptism of a son | 22 November 1840 (Age 26) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
son -
William Morrison
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| Australian History | 1841 (Age 27) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1842 (Age 28) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Birth of a son #2 | 2 February 1843 (Age 29) New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
son -
Ivie Campbell Morrison
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| Australian History | 1843 (Age 29) 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). |
| Birth of a son #3 | about 1845 (Age 31)
son -
Thomas Mcmillan Morrison
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| Australian History | 1845 (Age 31) 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 daughter #4 | about 1847 (Age 33) Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland
daughter -
Christina Morrison
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| Death of a son | 23 January 1849 (Age 35) Prob Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland
son -
Ivie Campbell Morrison
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| Birth of a daughter #5 | about 1850 (Age 36) Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland
daughter -
Jane Morrison
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| Australian History | 1850 (Age 36) 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 37) 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 #6 | 13 November 1852 (Age 38) Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland
son -
Ivie Morrison
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| Australian History | 1853 (Age 39) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 40) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Death | 14 June 1854 (Age 40) Cotland, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland |
| Family with Janet Brown - View family |
| himself |
George Morrison
Birth about 1814 Death 14 June 1854 (Age 40) Cotland, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
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5 years wife |
Janet Brown
Birth about 1819 38 29 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 9 April 1894 (Age 75) Carseminnoch, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
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Marriage: 1838 (estimated) — Prob New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland |
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1 year #1 son |
James Morrison
Birth about 1839 25 20 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 24 May 1908 (Age 69) Carseminnoch, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
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23 months #2 son |
William Morrison
Baptism 22 November 1840 26 21 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
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2 years #3 son |
Ivie Campbell Morrison
Birth 2 February 1843 29 24 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 23 January 1849 (Age 5) Prob Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
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23 months #4 son |
Thomas Mcmillan Morrison
Birth about 1845 31 26 Death 21 September 1870 (Age 25) Balliwherr, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
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2 years #5 daughter |
Christina Morrison
Birth about 1847 33 28 Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 3 February 1910 (Age 63) Hinton, Anworth, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Loading...
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3 years #6 daughter |
Jane Morrison
Birth about 1850 36 31 Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 16 April 1902 (Age 52) Scotland Loading...
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3 years #7 son |
Ivie Morrison
Birth 13 November 1852 38 33 Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 13 September 1875 (Age 22) Bailiewharr, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
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