John James HallAge: 671864–1932
- Name
- John James Hall
- Given names
- John James
- Surname
- Hall
| Birth | 31 March 1864 37 32 Tourello, Victoria, Australia |
| Birth of a brother | 18 September 1865 (Age 17 months) Clunes, Victoria, Australia
younger brother -
David Henry Hall
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| Birth of a brother | 26 October 1867 (Age 3) Clunes, Victoria, Australia
younger brother -
Robert William Hall
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| Australian History | 1867 (Age 2) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 3) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Birth of a brother | 18 September 1869 (Age 5) Ararat, Victoria, Australia
younger brother -
Alexander Hall
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| Australian History | 1869 (Age 4) 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 6) Talbot Road, Clunes, Victoria, Australia
paternal grandmother -
Ann Mills
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| Australian History | 1872 (Age 7) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 8) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Birth of a brother | 3 March 1874 (Age 9) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
younger brother -
Henry Brice Hall
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| Australian History | 1875 (Age 10) 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 sister | Eliza Jane Hall - View family 13 September 1877 (Age 13) Victoria, Australia
brother-in-law -
George Andrew Crozier
elder sister -
Eliza Jane Hall
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| Death of a sister | 18 November 1877 (Age 13)
elder sister -
Isabella Hall
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| Marriage of a sister | Mary Ann Hall - View family 1878 (Age 13) Altrincham, Cheshire, England
brother-in-law -
George Walter Adams
elder sister -
Mary Ann Hall
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| Australian History | 1878 (Age 13) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | 17 February 1879 (Age 14) Undera, Victoria, Australia
paternal grandfather -
David Hall
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| Australian History | 1879 (Age 14) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 15) 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 17) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 18) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 22) 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 | Emily Caroline Randall - View family 1888 (Age 23) Victoria, Australia |
| Birth of a son #1 | 1889 (Age 24) Wyuna, Victoria, Australia
son -
John Thomas Randall Hall
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| Marriage of a brother | David Henry Hall - View family 1889 (Age 24) Victoria, Australia
younger brother -
David Henry Hall
sister-in-law -
Isabella McKenzie
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| Australian History | 1889 (Age 24) Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration. |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | 1890 (Age 25) Wyuna, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Marion Jane (Tis) Hall
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| Australian History | 1890 (Age 25) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | 15 August 1891 (Age 27) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Eveline Hall
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| Australian History | 1891 (Age 26) 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 27) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | 1893 (Age 28) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Lillian Hall
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| Death of a daughter | 10 April 1893 (Age 29) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Eveline Hall
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| Australian History | 1893 (Age 28) 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 29) 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 daughter #5 | 1895 (Age 30) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Emily Mcgilvray Hall
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| Marriage of a brother | Alexander Hall - View family 1895 (Age 30) Victoria, Australia
younger brother -
Alexander Hall
sister-in-law -
Dorothy Murray McKenzie
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| Australian History | 1895 (Age 30) 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 31) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Marriage of a brother | Robert William Hall - View family 1897 (Age 32) Victoria, Australia
younger brother -
Robert William Hall
sister-in-law -
Martha Martin
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| Australian History | 1897 (Age 32) 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 brother | Henry Brice Hall - View family 1898 (Age 33) Victoria, Australia
younger brother -
Henry Brice Hall
sister-in-law -
Eleanor Mary Martin
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| Australian History | 1898 (Age 33) 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 34) 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 35) 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 |
| Australian History | 1901 (Age 36) 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 37) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
mother -
Mary Corbett
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| Australian History | 1902 (Age 37) 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 38) 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 39) Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government |
| Australian History | 1906 (Age 41) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Australian History | 1908 (Age 43) 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 44) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 45) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 46) 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 47) 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 48) 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 48) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 49) 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. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | 1915 (Age 50) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Grace Eileen Hueston
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| Australian History | 1915 (Age 50) 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 51) 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 |
| Marriage of a daughter | Marion Jane (Tis) Hall - View family 1917 (Age 52) Victoria, Australia
son-in-law -
William John Dougan
daughter -
Marion Jane (Tis) Hall
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| Australian History | 1917 (Age 52) 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. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | 1918 (Age 53) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
granddaughter -
Victoria May Hueston
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| Australian History | 1918 (Age 53) 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 54) 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. |
| Marriage of a son | John Thomas Randall Hall - View family 1920 (Age 55) Victoria, Australia
son -
John Thomas Randall Hall
daughter-in-law -
Margaret Jane McCarten
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| Australian History | 1920 (Age 55) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Australian History | 1921 (Age 56) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Australian History | 1922 (Age 57) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Australian History | 1923 (Age 58) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
| Australian History | 1926 (Age 61) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held |
| Death of a sister | 1927 (Age 62) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
elder sister -
Mary Ann Hall
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| Australian History | 1927 (Age 62) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital |
| Australian History | 1928 (Age 63) 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 64) Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia. |
| Death of a brother | 1930 (Age 65) West Wyalong, New South Wales, Australia
younger brother -
Robert William Hall
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| Australian History | 1930 (Age 65) 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 66) Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia |
| Australian History | 1932 (Age 67) Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister |
| Death | 7 January 1932 (Age 67) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
| Burial | Mooroopna, Victoria, 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 Loading...
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5 years mother |
Mary Corbett
Birth 25 December 1831 Killeevan, County Monaghan, Ireland Death 14 March 1902 (Age 70) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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Marriage: 20 February 1854 — St Andrews, Scotshouse, Currin Parish, Ireland |
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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 Loading...
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13 months #2 elder sister |
Mary Ann Hall
Birth 1857 30 25 Drumreagh, Currin, Monaghan, Ireland Death 1927 (Age 70) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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3 years #3 elder sister |
Letita Hall
Birth 1860 33 28 Death 14 October 1861 (Age 21 months) Loading...
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3 years #4 elder sister |
Isabella Hall
Birth 22 September 1862 35 30 Clunes, Victoria, Australia Death 18 November 1877 (Age 15) Loading...
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18 months #5 himself |
John James Hall
Birth 31 March 1864 37 32 Tourello, Victoria, Australia Death 7 January 1932 (Age 67) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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18 months #6 younger brother |
David Henry Hall
Birth 18 September 1865 38 33 Clunes, Victoria, Australia Death 15 January 1943 (Age 77) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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2 years #7 younger brother |
Robert William Hall
Birth 26 October 1867 40 35 Clunes, Victoria, Australia Death 1930 (Age 62) West Wyalong, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
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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 Loading...
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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 Loading...
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| Family with Emily Caroline Randall - View family |
| himself |
John James Hall
Birth 31 March 1864 37 32 Tourello, Victoria, Australia Death 7 January 1932 (Age 67) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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9 months wife |
Emily Caroline Randall
Birth 1865 Victoria, Australia Death 18 March 1943 (Age 78) Loading...
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Marriage: 1888 — Victoria, Australia |
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1 year #1 son |
John Thomas Randall Hall
Birth 1889 24 24 Wyuna, Victoria, Australia Death 1950 (Age 61) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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1 year #2 daughter |
Marion Jane (Tis) Hall
Birth 1890 25 25 Wyuna, Victoria, Australia Death 1972 (Age 82) Kew, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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19 months #3 daughter |
Eveline Hall
Birth 15 August 1891 27 26 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Death 10 April 1893 (Age 19 months) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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17 months #4 daughter |
Lillian Hall
Birth 1893 28 28 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Death 1960 (Age 67) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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2 years #5 daughter |
Emily Mcgilvray Hall
Birth 1895 30 30 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Death 1969 (Age 74) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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John James Hall has 27 first cousins recorded
Father's family (27)
Parents Matthew Madill + Mary Ann Hall
Parents Alexander Nelson + Letitia Hall
Parents William Myott + Letitia Hall
Parents David Hall + Elizabeth Ann Scott
Mother's family (0)
Extra information
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