Andrew Milligan 1811

Andrew MilliganAge: 901811–1901

Name: Andrew Milligan

Given names: Andrew

Surname: Milligan

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Birth	about 1811 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Australian History	1817 (Age 6) 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 7) Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River.
Australian History	1824 (Age 13) 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 14) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Australian History	1828 (Age 17) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History	1829 (Age 18) 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 19) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Australian History	1831 (Age 20) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History	1832 (Age 21) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History	1833 (Age 22) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History	1835 (Age 24) 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 25) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History	1838 (Age 27) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History	1839 (Age 28) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History	1840 (Age 29) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Australian History	1841 (Age 30) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History	1842 (Age 31) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History	1843 (Age 32) 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 34) 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	Elizabeth Brown - View family 13 February 1849 (Age 38) Airelick, Mochrum, Scotland
Birth of a son #1	about 1850 (Age 39) Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland son - William Milligan
Australian History	1850 (Age 39) 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 40) Corwall Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: Head mar 40 Farmer of 320 acres - 140 arable 216 moor, employs 5 labourers bn Mochrum
Australian History	1851 (Age 40) 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 41) Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland son - Andrew Milligan
Australian History	1853 (Age 42) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History	1854 (Age 43) Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History	1855 (Age 44) 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 45) Corwell Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland son - John Milligan
Australian History	1856 (Age 45) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History	1857 (Age 46) 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 47) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Birth of a son #4	13 August 1859 (Age 48) Corwell Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland son - Ivie Milligan
Australian History	1859 (Age 48) 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 49) 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 50)
Australian History	1861 (Age 50) 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 51) Corwell Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland son - Alexander Milligan
Australian History	1862 (Age 51) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History	1863 (Age 52) 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 54) Corwell Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland son - George Milligan
Birth of a daughter #7	7 November 1867 (Age 56) Corwell Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland daughter - Elizabeth Milligan
Australian History	1867 (Age 56) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History	1868 (Age 57) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History	1869 (Age 58) 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 60)
Australian History	1872 (Age 61) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History	1873 (Age 62) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Australian History	1875 (Age 64) 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 67) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1879 (Age 68) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History	1880 (Age 69) 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 70) Corwall Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: Head farmer 325 acres 100 arable empl 4 men 2 girls mar 70 bn Mochrum WIG
Australian History	1882 (Age 71) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1883 (Age 72) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Australian History	1887 (Age 76) 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 78) Corwall, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland daughter - Elizabeth Milligan
Australian History	1889 (Age 78) 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 79) Barbeston, Transvaal, South Africa son - John Milligan
Australian History	1890 (Age 79) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Census	5 April 1891 (Age 80) Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: age 80 892 008 4
Australian History	1891 (Age 80) 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 81) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History	1893 (Age 82) 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 son	17 October 1894 (Age 83) Corwall, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland son - George Milligan
Australian History	1894 (Age 83) 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 84) 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 85) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Australian History	1897 (Age 86) 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 87) 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 88) 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 89) 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 90) Corwall Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: Head mar farmer 90 bn Mochrum
Australian History	1901 (Age 90) 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
Death	21 September 1901 (Age 90) Corwall Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

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himself	Andrew Milligan Birth about 1811 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 21 September 1901 (Age 90) Corwall Farm, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
16 years wife	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...

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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 mar 40 Farmer of 320 acres - 140 arable 216 moor, employs 5 labourers 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.
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	Head farmer 325 acres 100 arable empl 4 men 2 girls mar 70 bn Mochrum WIG
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 80 892 008 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	Head mar farmer 90 bn Mochrum
Australian History	(01 Jan) Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General

Andrew MilliganAge: 901811–1901

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