Margaret Fisher 1859

Margaret Fisher1859–?

Name: Margaret Fisher

Given names: Margaret

Surname: Fisher

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Birth	about 1859 54 34 Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Australian History	1859 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 12 months) 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 2) 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 3) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History	1863 (Age 4) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Death of a paternal grandfather	8 August 1866 (Age 7) Craignarget Farm, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland paternal grandfather - William Fisher
Australian History	1867 (Age 8) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History	1868 (Age 9) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History	1869 (Age 10) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Marriage of a half-brother	William Fisher - View family 6 March 1872 (Age 13) Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland half-brother - William Fisher half-brother's wife - Jane Scott Campbell
Australian History	1872 (Age 13) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Death of a paternal grandmother	21 July 1873 (Age 14) Craignarget, Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland paternal grandmother - Margaret Campbell
Australian History	1873 (Age 14) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Death of a father	3 January 1874 (Age 15) Barharkin, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland father - Ivie Fisher
Australian History	1875 (Age 16) 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 19) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1879 (Age 20) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History	1880 (Age 21) 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 22)
Death of a sister	5 May 1881 (Age 22) Barhaskin, Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland elder sister - Grace Fisher
Australian History	1882 (Age 23) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1883 (Age 24) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Australian History	1887 (Age 28) 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 30) 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 31) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Census	5 April 1891 (Age 32) Barhaskine, Off Challochglass Rd, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: Sister to Ivie Fisher, unmar 32 bn Glen Luce
Australian History	1891 (Age 32) 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 33) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History	1893 (Age 34) 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 35) 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 36) 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 37) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Australian History	1897 (Age 38) 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 39) 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 40) 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 41) 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 42) 172 Barhily Road, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland Note: Wife 43 bn Glen Luce
Australian History	1901 (Age 42) 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
Australian History	1902 (Age 43) Note: The Franchise Act guarantees women the right to vote in federal elections (by this stage, most states had already done this). However, it excludes most non-European ethnic groups, including Aboriginal people, unless already registered to vote on State roles. Note: King Edward VII approved the design of the Australian flag. Note: Breaker Morant is executed for having shot Boers who had surrendered
Australian History	1903 (Age 44) Note: The High Court of Australia is established with Samuel Griffith as the first Chief Justice. Note: The Defence Act gives the federal government full control over the Australian Army Note: Alfred Deakin elected Prime Minister
Australian History	1904 (Age 45) Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government
Death of a mother	6 December 1905 (Age 46) Ashfield Cottage, Macdougall St, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland mother - Grace McMillan
Australian History	1906 (Age 47) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea
Australian History	1908 (Age 49) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead
Australian History	1909 (Age 50) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.
Australian History	1910 (Age 51) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.
Australian History	1911 (Age 52) Note: The Royal Australian Navy is founded Note: The Northern Territory comes under Commonwealth control, being split off from South Australia Note: The first national census is conducted. Note: Australian Capital Territory proclaimed.
Australian History	1912 (Age 53) Note: Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time Note: Walter Burley Griffin wins a design competition for the new city of Canberra
Australian History	1913 (Age 54) Note: Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains. Note: Matthew Flinders refers to New South Wales by the name 'Australia'.
Australian History	1913 (Age 54) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place
Death of a half-brother	21 October 1914 (Age 55) Nursing Home, 121 Hill Street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland half-brother - Ivie Fisher
Australian History	1914 (Age 55) Note: Australian soldiers are sent to the First World War. This was first time Australians had fought under the Australian flag, as opposed to that of Britain's.
Australian History	1915 (Age 56) Note: (25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April. Note: Jervis Bay Territory comprising 6,677 hectares surrendered and becomes part of the Australia Capital Territory. Note: Surfing is first introduced to Australia Note: Billy Hughes became Prime Minister
Australian History	1916 (Age 57) Note: Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill' Note: Australia suffers heavy casualties in the Western Front Battle of the Somme. Note: The Returned Sailors� and Soldiers� Imperial League of Australia, the forerunner to the Returned and Services League of Australia is founded Note: The Labor government under Billy Hughes splits over conscription. First referendum on conscription is rejected
Death of a half-brother	8 January 1917 (Age 58) Vicarhill, Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland half-brother - William Fisher
Australian History	1917 (Age 58) Note: Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed. Note: Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade launches last cavalry charge in modern warfare to capture Beersheba from the Ottoman Turks.
Australian History	1918 (Age 59) Note: (08 AUG) Battle of Amiens Note: Australian troops spearhead 8 August offensive against Hindenberg Line - the 'black day of the German Army'. Note: On 12 August, Australian commander General Sir John Monash is knighted in the field of battle by King George V Note: First World War ends - 60,000 Australians dead. Note: The Darwin Rebellion takes place, with 1,000 demonstrators demanding the resignation of the Administrator of the Northern Territory, John A. Gilruth.
Australian History	1919 (Age 60) Note: Prime Minister Billy Hughes signs Treaty of Versailles: the first signing of an international treaty by Australia. Australia obtains League of Nations mandate over German New Guinea.
Australian History	1920 (Age 61) Note: The airline Qantas is founded
Australian History	1921 (Age 62) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament
Australian History	1922 (Age 63) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney
Australian History	1923 (Age 64) Note: Vegemite is first produced
Death of a half-brother	28 November 1925 (Age 66) Glenview, Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland half-brother - James Fisher
Australian History	1926 (Age 67) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held
Australian History	1927 (Age 68) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital
Death of a half-brother	14 January 1928 (Age 69) Barnsallie, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland half-brother - John Fisher
Australian History	1928 (Age 69) Note: Bert Hinkler makes the first successful flight from Britain to Australia, and Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first flight from the United States to Australia. The Shrine of Remembrance is built.
Australian History	1929 (Age 70) Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia.
Australian History	1930 (Age 71) Note: Batsman Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings Note: Phar Lap wins his first Melbourne Cup
Australian History	1931 (Age 72) Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia
Australian History	1932 (Age 73) Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister
Death of a half-sister	25 March 1933 (Age 74) Gleniron Farmhouse, New Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland half-sister - Elizabeth Fisher
Australian History	1933 (Age 74) Note: Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments
Australian History	1936 (Age 77) Note: The last Thylacine dies
Australian History	1937 (Age 78) Note: The radio series Dad and Dave begins
Australian History	1938 (Age 79) Note: Sydney hosts the Empire Games, the forerunner to the Commonwealth Games
Australian History	1939 (Age 80) Note: (April) Prime Minister Lyons dies in office and is replaced by Robert Menzies and the first Menzies Government Note: (September) Australia enters the Second World War following the German Invasion of Poland. The 2nd Australian Imperial Force is raised. Note: The first flight is made by an Australian-made warplane, the Wirraway Note: Victoria is devastated by the Black Friday bushfires
Australian History	1940 (Age 81) Note: A team of scientists, under Howard Florey, develops penicillin Note: Fascist Italy enters war, Royal Australian Navy engages Italian Navy in the early stages of the Battle of the Mediterranean.
Australian History	1941 (Age 82) Note: 3 Divisions of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force join operations in the Mediterranean. After initial successes against Italy, 2nd AIF suffered defeat against the Germans in Greece, Crete, and North Africa. Note: Apr-Aug, Australian garrison (Rats of Tobruk) halt advance of Hitler's panzers for the first time during the Siege of Tobruk. Note: Menzies resigns and John Curtin becomes Prime Minister in the Curtin Government of 1941-45.
Australian History	1942 (Age 83) Note: Feb, Fall of Singapore. 15,000 Australians become Prisoners of War of the Japanese Note: 1942-43 - Japanese air raids - almost 100 attacks against sites in the Northern Territory, Western Australia and Queensland. Note: The Royal Australian Navy and 6th and 7th Divisions of 2nd AIF are recalled from Mediterranean Theatre to participate in the anticipated Battle of Australia. Note: 1942-3 - Sparrow Force engages in guerilla campaign in Battle of Timor Note: Battle of the Coral Sea - United States and Royal Australian Navy halt advance of the Japanese towards Port Moresby (Australian Territory of Papua) Note: Battle of Kokoda Trail - Australian soldiers halt Japanese march on Port Moresby Note: Aug-Sep, Australian forces inflict the first defeat on the Imperial Japanese Army in the Battle of Milne Bay. Note: Jul-Nov, Australia's 9th Division plays crucial role in the First and Second Battle of El Alamein, which turned the North Africa Campaign in favour of the Allies. Note: National daylight saving is introduced as a war time measure. Note: The UK Statute of Westminster is formally adopted by Australia. The Statute formally grants Australia the right to pass laws that conflict with UK laws.
Australian History	1943 (Age 84) Note: Australia wins its first Oscar, with cinematographer Damien Parer honoured for Kokoda Front Line! documentary. Note: 2,815 Australian Pows die constructing Japan's Burma-Thailand Railway Note: 1943-44 - Australian forces engage Japan in New Guinea, Wau, and the Huon peninsula.
Australian History	1944 (Age 85) Note: Cowra breakout, mass escape of Japanese prisoners of war occurs in NSW. Note: Japanese inflict Sandakan Death March on 2,000 Australian and British prisoners of war - only 6 survive. The single worst war crime perpetrated against Australians. Note: Australian forces battle Japanese garrisons from Borneo to Bougainville. Note: The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme is introduced, providing subsidised medicine to all Australians
Australian History	1945 (Age 86) Note: the Liberal Party of Australia is established with Robert Menzies as its first leader. Note: Australian forces lead Battle of Borneo Note: (7 May) Nazi Germany surrenders Note: (July) Prime Minister Curtin dies and is replaced by Ben Chifley and the Chifley Labor Government Note: (1 August) Japan Surrenders Note: Australia becomes a founding member of the United Nations Note: The Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race is held for the first time
Australian History	1946 (Age 87) Note: Minister for Immigration Arthur Calwell introduces the major post-war immigration scheme Note: Norman Makin, is voted in as the first President of the United Nations Security Council.
Australian History	1948 (Age 89) Note: Minister for External Affairs, Dr. H.V. Evatt is elected President of the United Nations General Assembly. Note: Australia becomes a signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Australian History	1949 (Age 90) Note: Construction of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme begins Note: All indigenous ex-servicemen and any Indigenous Australians who are eligible to vote in State Elections (NSW, VIC, SA and TAS) are given an unrestricted right to vote in Federal Elections. Note: The Nationality and Citizenship Act is passed. Rather than being identified as subjects of Britain, the Act established Australian citizenship for people who met eligibility requirements. Note: Menzies returns to power as leader of the new Liberal Party Menzies Government.
Australian History	1950 (Age 91) Note: 1950-53 - Australian troops are sent to the Korean War to assist South Korea. Note: Voters reject a referendum to change the Constitution to allow the Menzies Government to ban the Communist Party
Australian History	1951 (Age 92) Note: Australia signs the ANZUS treaty with the United States and New Zealand
Australian History	1952 (Age 93) Note: First nuclear test conducted in Australian territory by the United Kingdom off the coast of Western Australia.
Australian History	1954 (Age 95) Note: Elizabeth II and Prince Philip make a royal visit; the Soviet diplomat Vladimir Petrov defects, leading to the Petrov Affair and another split in the Labor Party
Australian History	1955 (Age 96) Note: Democratic Labor Party splits from Australian Labor Party over concerns of Communist influence in the labour movement Note: Australia becomes involved in Malayan Insurgence Note: Hotels in New South Wales no longer have to close at 6 p.m., ending the 'six o'clock swill'
Australian History	1956 (Age 97) Note: Television in Australia is launched. Note: Melbourne holds the Olympics Note: performing artist Barry Humphries introduces Edna Everage to the Australian stage
Australian History	1957 (Age 98) Note: The song 'Wild One' makes Johnny O'Keefe the first Australian rock'n'roller to reach the national charts. Note: Slim Dusty's Australian country music hit Pub With No Beer becomes the first Australian song to attain international chart success.
Australian History	1962 (Age 103) Note: Robert Menzies' Commonwealth Electoral Act provided that all Indigenous Australians should have the right to enrol and vote at federal elections, removing remaining restrictions applying in QLD, WA and NT. Note: Malayan Insurgence ends
Death	yes

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father	Ivie Fisher Birth about 1805 21 21 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 3 January 1874 (Age 69) Barharkin, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
20 years mother	Grace McMillan Birth about 1825 Barr, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 6 December 1905 (Age 80) Ashfield Cottage, Macdougall St, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland Loading...
	Marriage: 1852 (estimated) — Poss Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland
1 year #1 elder sister	Grace Fisher Birth about 1853 48 28 Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 5 May 1881 (Age 28) Barhaskin, Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
6 years #2 elder brother	Thomas Fisher Birth 26 December 1858 53 33 Barharkin, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
#3 herself	Margaret Fisher Birth about 1859 54 34 Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...

Father’s family with Jane McMillan - View family

father	Ivie Fisher Birth about 1805 21 21 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 3 January 1874 (Age 69) Barharkin, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
4 years step-mother	Jane McMillan Birth about 1809 Death 3 May 1849 (Age 40) Barhaskin, Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
	Marriage: 19 March 1836 — Barr by Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland
9 months #1 half-brother	William Fisher Birth about 1837 32 28 Bargrennan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 8 January 1917 (Age 80) Vicarhill, Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
2 years #2 half-brother	Alexander Fisher Birth 1839 34 30 Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
2 years #3 half-brother	James Fisher Birth about 1841 36 32 Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 28 November 1925 (Age 84) Glenview, Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
1 year #4 half-sister	Elizabeth Fisher Birth about 1842 37 33 Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 25 March 1933 (Age 91) Gleniron Farmhouse, New Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
3 years #5 half-brother	Ivie Fisher Birth about 1845 40 36 Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 21 October 1914 (Age 69) Nursing Home, 121 Hill Street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Loading...
2 years #6 half-brother	John Fisher Birth about 1847 42 38 Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 14 January 1928 (Age 81) Barnsallie, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...

Margaret Fisher has 18 first cousins recorded

Father's family (12)

Parents James Fisher + Janet Baillie

1 William Fisher ?–1926

2 Mary Fisher 1842–1920

Parents James Templeton + Margaret Fisher

1 Margaret Templeton 1838–?

2 David Templeton 1839–?

3 Isabella Templeton 1841–?

4 Mary Templeton 1843–?

5 William Templeton 1845–?

6 Jane Templeton 1846–?

7 John Templeton 1850–?

Parents John Macmillan + Jane Fisher

1 Mary Macmillan 1860–?

2 James Macmillan 1863–?

3 Maggie Macmillan 1866–?

Mother's family (6)

Parents Ivie Fisher + Jane McMillan

1 William Fisher 1837–1917

2 Alexander Fisher 1839–?

3 James Fisher 1841–1925

4 Elizabeth Fisher 1842–1933

5 Ivie Fisher 1845–1914

6 John Fisher 1847–1928

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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.
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	Sister to Ivie Fisher, unmar 32 bn Glen Luce
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	Wife 43 bn Glen Luce
Australian History	(01 Jan) Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General
Australian History	The Franchise Act guarantees women the right to vote in federal elections (by this stage, most states had already done this). However, it excludes most non-European ethnic groups, including Aboriginal people, unless already registered to vote on State roles.
Australian History	The High Court of Australia is established with Samuel Griffith as the first Chief Justice.
Australian History	A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital
Australian History	Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea
Australian History	Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country
Australian History	The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.
Australian History	Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.
Australian History	The Royal Australian Navy is founded
Australian History	Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time
Australian History	Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains.
Australian History	The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place
Australian History	Australian soldiers are sent to the First World War. This was first time Australians had fought under the Australian flag, as opposed to that of Britain's.
Australian History	(25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April.
Australian History	Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill'
Australian History	Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed.
Australian History	(08 AUG) Battle of Amiens
Australian History	Prime Minister Billy Hughes signs Treaty of Versailles: the first signing of an international treaty by Australia. Australia obtains League of Nations mandate over German New Guinea.
Australian History	The airline Qantas is founded
Australian History	Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament
Australian History	The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney
Australian History	Vegemite is first produced
Australian History	The first Miss Australia contest is held
Australian History	The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital
Australian History	Bert Hinkler makes the first successful flight from Britain to Australia, and Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first flight from the United States to Australia. The Shrine of Remembrance is built.
Australian History	Western Australia celebrates its centenary
Australian History	Batsman Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings
Australian History	Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia
Australian History	The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens
Australian History	Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments
Australian History	The last Thylacine dies
Australian History	The radio series Dad and Dave begins
Australian History	Sydney hosts the Empire Games, the forerunner to the Commonwealth Games
Australian History	(April) Prime Minister Lyons dies in office and is replaced by Robert Menzies and the first Menzies Government
Australian History	A team of scientists, under Howard Florey, develops penicillin
Australian History	3 Divisions of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force join operations in the Mediterranean. After initial successes against Italy, 2nd AIF suffered defeat against the Germans in Greece, Crete, and North Africa.
Australian History	Feb, Fall of Singapore. 15,000 Australians become Prisoners of War of the Japanese
Australian History	Australia wins its first Oscar, with cinematographer Damien Parer honoured for Kokoda Front Line! documentary.
Australian History	Cowra breakout, mass escape of Japanese prisoners of war occurs in NSW.
Australian History	the Liberal Party of Australia is established with Robert Menzies as its first leader.
Australian History	Minister for Immigration Arthur Calwell introduces the major post-war immigration scheme
Australian History	Minister for External Affairs, Dr. H.V. Evatt is elected President of the United Nations General Assembly.
Australian History	Construction of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme begins
Australian History	1950-53 - Australian troops are sent to the Korean War to assist South Korea.
Australian History	Australia signs the ANZUS treaty with the United States and New Zealand
Australian History	First nuclear test conducted in Australian territory by the United Kingdom off the coast of Western Australia.
Australian History	Elizabeth II and Prince Philip make a royal visit; the Soviet diplomat Vladimir Petrov defects, leading to the Petrov Affair and another split in the Labor Party
Australian History	Democratic Labor Party splits from Australian Labor Party over concerns of Communist influence in the labour movement
Australian History	Television in Australia is launched.
Australian History	The song 'Wild One' makes Johnny O'Keefe the first Australian rock'n'roller to reach the national charts.
Australian History	Robert Menzies' Commonwealth Electoral Act provided that all Indigenous Australians should have the right to enrol and vote at federal elections, removing remaining restrictions applying in QLD, WA and NT.