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Robert William HallAge: 621867–1930

Name
Robert William Hall
Given names
Robert William
Surname
Hall
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Birth 26 October 1867 40 35
 Clunes, Victoria, Australia

Australian History 1867
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.
Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History 1868 (Age 2 months)
 

Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Birth of a brother 18 September 1869 (Age 22 months)
 Ararat, Victoria, Australia

younger brother - Alexander Hall
Australian History 1869 (Age 14 months)
 

Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Death of a paternal grandmother 12 April 1870 (Age 2)
 Talbot Road, Clunes, Victoria, Australia

paternal grandmother - Ann Mills
Australian History 1872 (Age 4)
 

Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History 1873 (Age 5)
 

Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Birth of a brother 3 March 1874 (Age 6)
 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

younger brother - Henry Brice Hall
Australian History 1875 (Age 7)
 

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 sisterEliza Jane Hall - View family
13 September 1877 (Age 9)
 Victoria, Australia

brother-in-law - George Andrew Crozier
elder sister - Eliza Jane Hall
Death of a sister 18 November 1877 (Age 10)
 

elder sister - Isabella Hall
Marriage of a sisterMary Ann Hall - View family
1878 (Age 10)
 Altrincham, Cheshire, England

brother-in-law - George Walter Adams
elder sister - Mary Ann Hall
Australian History 1878 (Age 10)
 

Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Death of a paternal grandfather 17 February 1879 (Age 11)
 Undera, Victoria, Australia

paternal grandfather - David Hall
Australian History 1879 (Age 11)
 

Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History 1880 (Age 12)
 

Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged.
Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work.
Australian History 1882 (Age 14)
 

Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1883 (Age 15)
 

Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway
Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Australian History 1887 (Age 19)
 

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.
Marriage of a brotherJohn James Hall - View family
1888 (Age 20)
 Victoria, Australia

elder brother - John James Hall
sister-in-law - Emily Caroline Randall
Marriage of a brotherDavid Henry Hall - View family
1889 (Age 21)
 Victoria, Australia

elder brother - David Henry Hall
sister-in-law - Isabella McKenzie
Australian History 1889 (Age 21)
 

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 22)
 

Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Australian History 1891 (Age 23)
 

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 24)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History 1893 (Age 25)
 

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 26)
 

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.
Marriage of a brotherAlexander Hall - View family
1895 (Age 27)
 Victoria, Australia

younger brother - Alexander Hall
sister-in-law - Dorothy Murray McKenzie
Australian History 1895 (Age 27)
 

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 28)
 

Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
MarriageMartha Martin - View family
1897 (Age 29)
 Victoria, Australia

Birth of a son
#1		 5 December 1897 (Age 30)
 Undera, Victoria, Australia

son - John Richard Cecil Hall
Australian History 1897 (Age 29)
 

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.
Marriage of a brotherHenry Brice Hall - View family
1898 (Age 30)
 Victoria, Australia

younger brother - Henry Brice Hall
sister-in-law - Eleanor Mary Martin
Australian History 1898 (Age 30)
 

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 son
#2		 3 May 1899 (Age 31)
 Undera, Victoria, Australia

son - Robert William Harold Hall
Australian History 1899 (Age 31)
 

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 32)
 

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 daughter
#3		 1901 (Age 33)
 

daughter - Mary Alma Myrtle Hall
Australian History 1901 (Age 33)
 

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 of a mother 14 March 1902 (Age 34)
 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

mother - Mary Corbett
Australian History 1902 (Age 34)
 

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 35)
 

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
Birth of a son
#4		 19 February 1904 (Age 36)
 Undera, Victoria, Australia

son - George Leonard Ray Hall
Australian History 1904 (Age 36)
 

Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital
Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government
Birth of a son
#5		 1906 (Age 38)
 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

son - Rupert Henry Corbett Hall
Australian History 1906 (Age 38)
 

Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea
Birth of a son
#6		 1908 (Age 40)
 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

son - Lionel Lindsay Marshall Hall
Australian History 1908 (Age 40)
 

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 41)
 

Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.
Birth of a daughter
#7		 1910 (Age 42)
 

daughter - Verna Isabella May Hall
Australian History 1910 (Age 42)
 

Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.
Australian History 1911 (Age 43)
 

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 44)
 

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 45)
 

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 45)
 

Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place
Australian History 1914 (Age 46)
 

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 47)
 

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 48)
 

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
Australian History 1917 (Age 49)
 

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 50)
 

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 51)
 

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 52)
 

Note: The airline Qantas is founded
Australian History 1921 (Age 53)
 

Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament
Australian History 1922 (Age 54)
 

Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney
Australian History 1923 (Age 55)
 

Note: Vegemite is first produced
Australian History 1926 (Age 58)
 

Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held
Death of a sister 1927 (Age 59)
 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

elder sister - Mary Ann Hall
Australian History 1927 (Age 59)
 

Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital
Marriage of a daughterMary Alma Myrtle Hall - View family
1928 (Age 60)
 West Wyalong, New South Wales, Australia

son-in-law - Sidney F Beaumont
daughter - Mary Alma Myrtle Hall
Australian History 1928 (Age 60)
 

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 61)
 

Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary
Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia.
Australian History 1930 (on the date of death)
 

Note: Batsman Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings
Note: Phar Lap wins his first Melbourne Cup
Death 1930 (Age 62)
 West Wyalong, New South Wales, Australia

Family with parents - View family
father
John Hall

Birth 1827 17 23  Killeevan, Monaghan, Ireland

Death 8 December 1854 (Age 27)  Headstone, Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

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mother
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
21 months
#1 elder sister
Eliza Jane Hall

Birth 28 November 1855 28 23  Drumreagh, Currin, Monaghan, Ireland

Death 1942 (Age 86)  Shepparton, Victoria, Australia

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#2 elder sister
Mary Ann Hall

Birth 1857 30 25  Drumreagh, Currin, Monaghan, Ireland

Death 1927 (Age 70)  Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

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#3 elder sister
Letita Hall

Birth 1860 33 28  

Death 14 October 1861 (Age 21 months)  

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#4 elder sister
Isabella Hall

Birth 22 September 1862 35 30  Clunes, Victoria, Australia

Death 18 November 1877 (Age 15)  

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#5 elder brother
John James Hall

Birth 31 March 1864 37 32  Tourello, Victoria, Australia

Death 7 January 1932 (Age 67)  Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

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#6 elder brother
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 himself
Robert William Hall

Birth 26 October 1867 40 35  Clunes, Victoria, Australia

Death 1930 (Age 62)  West Wyalong, New South Wales, Australia

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23 months
#8 younger brother
Alexander Hall

Birth 18 September 1869 42 37  Ararat, Victoria, Australia

Death 11 March 1933 (Age 63) Age: 65  Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

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4 years
#9 younger brother
Henry Brice Hall

Birth 3 March 1874 47 42  Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

Death 1959 (Age 84)  Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Family with Martha Martin - View family
himself
Robert William Hall

Birth 26 October 1867 40 35  Clunes, Victoria, Australia

Death 1930 (Age 62)  West Wyalong, New South Wales, Australia

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3 years
wife
Martha Martin

Birth 1871  Clunes, Victoria, Australia

Death 1939 (Age 68)  West Wyalong, New South Wales, Australia

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Marriage: 1897 — Victoria, Australia
11 months
#1 son
John Richard Cecil Hall

Birth 5 December 1897 30 26  Undera, Victoria, Australia

Death 1 May 1972 (Age 74)  Griffith, New South Wales, Australia

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17 months
#2 son
Robert William Harold Hall

Birth 3 May 1899 31 28  Undera, Victoria, Australia

Death 28 November 1978 (Age 79)  West Wyalong, New South Wales, Australia

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20 months
#3 daughter
Mary Alma Myrtle Hall

Birth 1901 33 30  

Death yes  

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#4 son
George Leonard Ray Hall

Birth 19 February 1904 36 33  Undera, Victoria, Australia

Death 29 December 1985 (Age 81)  Shepparton, Victoria, Australia

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22 months
#5 son
Rupert Henry Corbett Hall

Birth 1906 38 35  Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

Death yes  

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2 years
#6 son
Lionel Lindsay Marshall Hall

Birth 1908 40 37  Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

Death yes  

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2 years
#7 daughter
Verna Isabella May Hall

Birth 1910 42 39  

Death yes  

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#8 daughter
Bertha Maisie Rowe Hall
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Robert William Hall has 27 first cousins recorded

Father's family (27)

Parents Matthew Madill + Mary Ann Hall
1 Eliza Madill 1858–1869
2 Ann Jane Madill 1853–1927
3 David Madill 1855–1933
4 Elizabeth Madill 1858–1869
5 Letitia Madill 1859–1869
6 Mary Ellinor Madill 1860–1957
7 Margaret Ann Madill 1869–1952
Parents Alexander Nelson + Letitia Hall
1 William Henry Nelson 1858–1943
2 Mary Ann Nelson 1862–1896
3 Elizabeth Nelson 1864–1927
4 David Nelson 1867–1943
5 Alexander Nelson 1869–1912
Parents William Myott + Letitia Hall
1 Enoch Myott 1872–?
2 John James Myott 1875–1938
3 Thomas Henry Myott 1877–1967
4 Samuel Henry Myott 1880–?
Parents David Hall + Elizabeth Ann Scott
1 Mary Jane Hall 1865–1888
2 Annie Elizabeth Hall 1866–1887
3 John James Hall 1867–1936
4 David Hall 1869–1945
5 William Hall 1871–1943
6 Elizabeth Hall 1873–1916
7 Letitia (Margaret) Hall 1874–1912
8 Robert Henry Hall 1875–1915
9 Henry Hall 1877–?
10 Samuel Hall 1878–1943
11 Selina Hall 1880–?

Mother's family (0)


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