David McCallAge: 601820–1880
- Name
- David McCall
- Given names
- David
- Surname
- McCall
| Birth | 15 July 1820 Kiln, Sanquhar, Dfs, Scotland |
| Australian History | 1824 (Age 3) 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 4) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed. |
| Australian History | 1828 (Age 7) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River. |
| Australian History | 1829 (Age 8) 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 9) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River. |
| Australian History | 1831 (Age 10) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published. |
| Australian History | 1832 (Age 11) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1833 (Age 12) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land. |
| Australian History | 1835 (Age 14) 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 15) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1838 (Age 17) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Australian History | 1839 (Age 18) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Australian History | 1840 (Age 19) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Australian History | 1841 (Age 20) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1842 (Age 21) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1843 (Age 22) 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 24) 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 29) 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 30) 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 |
| Marriage | Agnes Ferguson - View family 22 April 1852 (Age 31) |
| Birth of a son #1 | 18 July 1853 (Age 33)
son -
John McCall
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| Australian History | 1853 (Age 32) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Birth of a son #2 | 1854 (Age 33) Australia
son -
David McCall
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| Death of a son | 9 November 1854 (Age 34) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
son -
David McCall
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| Australian History | 1854 (Age 33) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 34) 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 daughter #3 | 27 September 1856 (Age 36) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
daughter -
Agnes Elizabeth McCall
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| Birth of a daughter #4 | 27 September 1856 (Age 36) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
daughter -
Ellen Mary McCall
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| Australian History | 1856 (Age 35) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 36) 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. |
| Death of a daughter | 3 February 1858 (Age 37) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
daughter -
Agnes Elizabeth McCall
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| Australian History | 1858 (Age 37) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 38) 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. |
| Birth of a son #5 | 11 February 1860 (Age 39) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
son -
David Robert McCall
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| Australian History | 1860 (Age 39) Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E. |
| Birth of a son #6 | 1861 (Age 40) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
son -
William Thomas McCall
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| Australian History | 1861 (Age 40) 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 41) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | 4 November 1863 (Age 43) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
daughter -
Anne I A McCall
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| Australian History | 1863 (Age 42) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Birth of a daughter #8 | 3 November 1865 (Age 45) St George, New South Wales, Australia
daughter -
Agnes J McCall
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| Australian History | 1867 (Age 46) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Birth of a son #9 | 1868 (Age 47) St George, New South Wales, Australia
son -
James Arthur McCall
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| Australian History | 1868 (Age 47) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 48) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Birth of a son #10 | 1870 (Age 49) St George, New South Wales, Australia
son -
Samuel McCall
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| Australian History | 1872 (Age 51) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 52) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 54) 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 57) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 58) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 59) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
| Death | 26 July 1880 (Age 60) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Family with Agnes Ferguson - View family |
| himself |
David McCall
Birth 15 July 1820 Kiln, Sanquhar, Dfs, Scotland Death 26 July 1880 (Age 60) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
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8 years wife |
Agnes Ferguson
Birth 14 August 1828 32 30 Barr by Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 28 June 1923 (Age 94) Gosford, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
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Marriage: 22 April 1852 |
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15 months #1 son |
John McCall
Birth 18 July 1853 33 24 Death 18 July 1882 (Age 29) Loading...
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5 months #2 son |
David McCall
Birth 1854 33 25 Australia Death 9 November 1854 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
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3 years #3 daughter |
Agnes Elizabeth McCall
Birth 27 September 1856 36 28 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death 3 February 1858 (Age 16 months) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
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Ellen Mary McCall
Birth 27 September 1856 36 28 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death 10 September 1933 (Age 76) Gosford, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
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3 years #5 son |
David Robert McCall
Birth 11 February 1860 39 31 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death 28 December 1933 (Age 73) Ryde, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
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11 months #6 son |
William Thomas McCall
Birth 1861 40 32 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death 9 December 1927 (Age 66) Ryde, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
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3 years #7 daughter |
Anne I A McCall
Birth 4 November 1863 43 35 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death 1947 (Age 83) Loading...
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2 years #8 daughter |
Agnes J McCall
Birth 3 November 1865 45 37 St George, New South Wales, Australia Death 21 November 1918 (Age 53) Australia Loading...
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2 years #9 son |
James Arthur McCall
Birth 1868 47 39 St George, New South Wales, Australia Death 1913 (Age 45) Burwood, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
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2 years #10 son |
Samuel McCall
Birth 1870 49 41 St George, New South Wales, Australia Death 5 June 1884 (Age 14) Petersham, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
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