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William McWhinnieAge: 561817–1873

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William McWhinnie
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William
Surname
McWhinnie
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Birth about 1817
 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Australian History 1817
 

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 12 months)
 

Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River.
Australian History 1824 (Age 7)
 

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 8)
 

Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Australian History 1828 (Age 11)
 

Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History 1829 (Age 12)
 

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 13)
 

Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Australian History 1831 (Age 14)
 

Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History 1832 (Age 15)
 

Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History 1833 (Age 16)
 

Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History 1835 (Age 18)
 

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 19)
 

Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History 1838 (Age 21)
 

Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History 1839 (Age 22)
 

Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History 1840 (Age 23)
 

Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Australian History 1841 (Age 24)
 

Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
MarriageMary Brown - View family
26 April 1842 (Age 25)
 Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Australian History 1842 (Age 25)
 

Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History 1843 (Age 26)
 

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 26)
 Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

daughter - Agnes Routledge McWhinnie
Baptism of a son 4 December 1844 (Age 27)
 Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

son - William McWhinnie
Australian History 1845 (Age 28)
 

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 30)
 Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

daughter - Jane McWhinnie
Baptism of a daughter 16 February 1848 (Age 31)
 Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

daughter - Jane McWhinnie
Australian History 1850 (Age 33)
 

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 33)
 Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

daughter - Helen McWhinnie
Census 30 March 1851 (Age 34)
 Airlies, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Note: 
Head marr Farmer of 250 acres employing 6 ag labs and 2 women
34 bn Mochrum
Australian History 1851 (Age 34)
 

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 35)
 Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

daughter - Mary McWhinnie
Australian History 1853 (Age 36)
 

Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History 1854 (Age 37)
 

Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History 1855 (Age 38)
 

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 38)
 Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

daughter - Margaret McWhinnie
Australian History 1856 (Age 39)
 

Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Birth of a son
#2		 15 June 1857 (Age 40)
 Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

son - Alexander McWhinnie
Australian History 1857 (Age 40)
 

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 41)
 

Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.
Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Birth of a daughter
#3		 9 July 1859 (Age 42)
 Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

daughter - Isabella McWhinnie
Australian History 1859 (Age 42)
 

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 43)
 

Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E.
Australian History 1861 (Age 44)
 

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 45)
 Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

son - William McWhinnie
Australian History 1862 (Age 45)
 

Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History 1863 (Age 46)
 

Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Australian History 1867 (Age 50)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.
Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History 1868 (Age 51)
 

Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History 1869 (Age 52)
 

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 55)
 

Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History 1873 (Age 56)
 

Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Death 26 November 1873 (Age 56)
 Balaird, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Family with Mary Brown - View family
himself
William McWhinnie

Birth about 1817  Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

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

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6 years
wife
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

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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.

Census
Head marr Farmer of 250 acres employing 6 ag labs and 2 women 34 bn Mochrum

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.


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