Mary CorbettAge: 701831–1902
- Name
- Mary Corbett
- Given names
- Mary
- Surname
- Corbett
| Birth | 25 December 1831 Killeevan, County Monaghan, Ireland |
| Australian History | 1831 Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published. |
| Australian History | 1832 (Age 7 days) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1833 (Age 12 months) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land. |
| Australian History | 1835 (Age 3) 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 4) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1838 (Age 6) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Australian History | 1839 (Age 7) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Australian History | 1840 (Age 8) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Australian History | 1841 (Age 9) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1842 (Age 10) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1843 (Age 11) 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 13) 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 18) 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 19) 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 |
| Australian History | 1853 (Age 21) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Marriage | John Hall - View family 20 February 1854 (Age 22) St Andrews, Scotshouse, Currin Parish, Ireland John Hall + Mary Corbett Marriage Certificate |
| Death of a husband | 8 December 1854 (Age 22) Headstone, Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
husband -
John Hall
|
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 22) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Alt Marriage | John Hall - View family 1 March 1855 (Age 23) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | 28 November 1855 (Age 23) Drumreagh, Currin, Monaghan, Ireland
daughter -
Eliza Jane Hall
|
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 23) 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. |
| Australian History | 1856 (Age 24) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | 1857 (Age 25) Drumreagh, Currin, Monaghan, Ireland
daughter -
Mary Ann Hall
|
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 25) 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 26) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 27) 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 daughter #3 | 1860 (Age 28)
daughter -
Letita Hall
|
| Australian History | 1860 (Age 28) Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E. |
| Death of a daughter | 14 October 1861 (Age 29)
daughter -
Letita Hall
|
| Emigration | Great Tasmania 16 October 1861 (Age 29) Victoria, Australia Note: With Eliza, Mary Anne, Letitia Hall & Letitia Nelson (Hall) |
| Australian History | 1861 (Age 29) 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 daughter #4 | 22 September 1862 (Age 30) Clunes, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Isabella Hall
|
| Australian History | 1862 (Age 30) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 31) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Birth of a son #5 | 31 March 1864 (Age 32) Tourello, Victoria, Australia
son -
John James Hall
|
| Birth of a son #6 | 18 September 1865 (Age 33) Clunes, Victoria, Australia
son -
David Henry Hall
|
| Birth of a son #7 | 26 October 1867 (Age 35) Clunes, Victoria, Australia
son -
Robert William Hall
|
| Australian History | 1867 (Age 35) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 36) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Birth of a son #8 | 18 September 1869 (Age 37) Ararat, Victoria, Australia
son -
Alexander Hall
|
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 37) 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 40) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 41) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Birth of a son #9 | 3 March 1874 (Age 42) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
son -
Henry Brice Hall
|
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 43) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed. |
| Marriage of a daughter | Eliza Jane Hall - View family 13 September 1877 (Age 45) Victoria, Australia
son-in-law -
George Andrew Crozier
daughter -
Eliza Jane Hall
|
| Death of a daughter | 18 November 1877 (Age 45)
daughter -
Isabella Hall
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | 7 December 1878 (Age 46) Undera, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Mary Ann Crozier
|
| Marriage of a daughter | Mary Ann Hall - View family 1878 (Age 46) Altrincham, Cheshire, England
son-in-law -
George Walter Adams
daughter -
Mary Ann Hall
|
| Australian History | 1878 (Age 46) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | 1879 (Age 47) Altrincham, Cheshire, England
granddaughter -
Elizabeth Adams
|
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 47) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | 6 October 1880 (Age 48) Undera, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Margaret Jane Crozier
|
| Birth of a grandson #4 | 1880 (Age 48) Undera, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
John Henry Adams
|
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 48) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | 13 October 1882 (Age 50) Undera, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
John Thomas Crozier
|
| Birth of a grandson #6 | 1882 (Age 50) Undera, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
George Walter Adams
|
| Australian History | 1882 (Age 50) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 51) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | 10 November 1884 (Age 52) Undera, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
George Andrew Crozier
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #8 | 1885 (Age 53) Undera, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Mary Maud Adams
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #9 | 7 December 1886 (Age 54) Undera, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Isabella "Maud" Crozier
|
| Burial of a husband | 8 December 1886 (Age 54) Undera, Victoria, Australia
husband -
John Hall
|
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 55) 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. |
| Birth of a grandson #10 | 19 October 1888 (Age 56) Wyuna, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Henry Richard Crozier
|
| Birth of a grandson #11 | 1888 (Age 56) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Horace David Adams
|
| Marriage of a son | John James Hall - View family 1888 (Age 56) Victoria, Australia
son -
John James Hall
daughter-in-law -
Emily Caroline Randall
|
| Birth of a grandson #12 | 1889 (Age 57) Wyuna, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
John Thomas Randall Hall
|
| Marriage of a son | David Henry Hall - View family 1889 (Age 57) Victoria, Australia
son -
David Henry Hall
daughter-in-law -
Isabella McKenzie
|
| Australian History | 1889 (Age 57) Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #13 | 1890 (Age 58) Wyuna, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Martha May Crozier
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #14 | 1890 (Age 58) Wyuna, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Marion Jane (Tis) Hall
|
| Birth of a grandson #15 | 1890 (Age 58) Wyuna, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Ivan John Alexander Hall
|
| Australian History | 1890 (Age 58) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #16 | 1891 (Age 59) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Isabella Florence Adams
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #17 | 15 August 1891 (Age 59) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Eveline Hall
|
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 59) 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 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #18 | 14 February 1892 (Age 60) Wyuna, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Ruby Rachael Crozier
|
| Birth of a grandson #19 | 1892 (Age 60) Undera, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Desmond Clyde Hall
|
| Australian History | 1892 (Age 60) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #20 | 1893 (Age 61) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Lillian Hall
|
| Death of a granddaughter | 10 April 1893 (Age 61) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Eveline Hall
|
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 61) 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 62) 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. |
| Birth of a grandson #21 | 1895 (Age 63) Wyuna, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Robert William Crozier
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #22 | 1895 (Age 63) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Emily Mcgilvray Hall
|
| Birth of a grandson #23 | 1895 (Age 63) Wyuna, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Allan David Mckenzie Hall
|
| Marriage of a son | Alexander Hall - View family 1895 (Age 63) Victoria, Australia
son -
Alexander Hall
daughter-in-law -
Dorothy Murray McKenzie
|
| Australian History | 1895 (Age 63) 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #24 | 4 June 1896 (Age 64) Wyuna, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Albert Ernest Alexander Crozier
|
| Australian History | 1896 (Age 64) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Birth of a grandson #25 | 5 December 1897 (Age 65) Undera, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
John Richard Cecil Hall
|
| Marriage of a son | Robert William Hall - View family 1897 (Age 65) Victoria, Australia
son -
Robert William Hall
daughter-in-law -
Martha Martin
|
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 65) 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. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #26 | 1898 (Age 66) Wyuna, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Dororthy Mary Hall
|
| Marriage of a son | Henry Brice Hall - View family 1898 (Age 66) Victoria, Australia
son -
Henry Brice Hall
daughter-in-law -
Eleanor Mary Martin
|
| Australian History | 1898 (Age 66) 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. |
| Birth of a grandson #27 | 1899 (Age 67) Wyuna, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Stuart Norman Hall
|
| Birth of a grandson #28 | 3 May 1899 (Age 67) Undera, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Robert William Harold Hall
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #29 | 1899 (Age 67) Wyuna, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Isabella May Hall
|
| Birth of a grandson #30 | 1899 (Age 67) Mansfield, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Cyril Manfred Hall
|
| Australian History | 1899 (Age 67) 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. |
| Birth of a grandson #31 | 1900 (Age 68) Wyuna, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
John Alexander Baden Powell Hall
|
| Australian History | 1900 (Age 68) 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 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #32 | 1901 (Age 69)
granddaughter -
Mary Alma Myrtle Hall
|
| Australian History | 1901 (Age 69) 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #33 | 1902 (Age 70) Wyuna, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
George Hall
|
| Marriage of a granddaughter | Mary Ann Crozier - View family 1902 (Age 70) Victoria, Australia
granddaughter's husband -
Samuel Wisely
granddaughter -
Mary Ann Crozier
|
| Australian History | 1902 (Age 70) 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 |
| Death | 14 March 1902 (Age 70) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
| Burial | 14 March 1902 (on the date of death) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia John Mary and Isabella Hall Headstone |
| Family with John Hall - View family |
| husband |
John Hall
Birth 1827 17 23 Killeevan, Monaghan, Ireland Death 8 December 1854 (Age 27) Headstone, Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
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5 years herself |
Mary Corbett
Birth 25 December 1831 Killeevan, County Monaghan, Ireland Death 14 March 1902 (Age 70) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
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Marriage: 20 February 1854 — St Andrews, Scotshouse, Currin Parish, Ireland |
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21 months #1 daughter |
Eliza Jane Hall
Birth 28 November 1855 28 23 Drumreagh, Currin, Monaghan, Ireland Death 1942 (Age 86) Shepparton, Victoria, Australia |
|
13 months #2 daughter |
Mary Ann Hall
Birth 1857 30 25 Drumreagh, Currin, Monaghan, Ireland Death 1927 (Age 70) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
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3 years #3 daughter |
Letita Hall
Birth 1860 33 28 Death 14 October 1861 (Age 21 months) |
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3 years #4 daughter |
Isabella Hall
Birth 22 September 1862 35 30 Clunes, Victoria, Australia Death 18 November 1877 (Age 15) |
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18 months #5 son |
John James Hall
Birth 31 March 1864 37 32 Tourello, Victoria, Australia Death 7 January 1932 (Age 67) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
|
18 months #6 son |
David Henry Hall
Birth 18 September 1865 38 33 Clunes, Victoria, Australia Death 15 January 1943 (Age 77) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
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2 years #7 son |
Robert William Hall
Birth 26 October 1867 40 35 Clunes, Victoria, Australia Death 1930 (Age 62) West Wyalong, New South Wales, Australia |
|
23 months #8 son |
Alexander Hall
Birth 18 September 1869 42 37 Ararat, Victoria, Australia Death 11 March 1933 (Age 63) Age: 65 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
|
4 years #9 son |
Henry Brice Hall
Birth 3 March 1874 47 42 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Death 1959 (Age 84) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
No family available
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Emigration | With Eliza, Mary Anne, Letitia Hall & Letitia Nelson (Hall) |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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