Martha MartinAge: 681871–1939
- Name
- Martha Martin
- Given names
- Martha
- Surname
- Martin
| Birth | 1871 Clunes, Victoria, Australia |
| Australian History | 1872 (Age 12 months) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 2) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 4) 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 7) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 8) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 9) 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 11) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 12) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 16) 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 18) 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 19) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 20) 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 21) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 22) 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 23) 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 24) 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 25) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Marriage | Robert William Hall - View family 1897 (Age 26) Victoria, Australia |
| Birth of a son #1 | 5 December 1897 (Age 26) Undera, Victoria, Australia
son -
John Richard Cecil Hall
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| Australian History | 1897 (Age 26) 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 27) 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 28) Undera, Victoria, Australia |
| Australian History | 1899 (Age 28) 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 29) 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 30)
daughter -
Mary Alma Myrtle Hall
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| Australian History | 1901 (Age 30) 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 31) 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 32) 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 33) Undera, Victoria, Australia
son -
George Leonard Ray Hall
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| Australian History | 1904 (Age 33) 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 35) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
| Australian History | 1906 (Age 35) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Birth of a son #6 | 1908 (Age 37) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
| Australian History | 1908 (Age 37) 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 38) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | 1910 (Age 39)
daughter -
Verna Isabella May Hall
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| Australian History | 1910 (Age 39) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 40) 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 41) 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 42) 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 42) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 43) 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 44) 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 45) 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 46) 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 47) 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 48) 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 49) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Australian History | 1921 (Age 50) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Australian History | 1922 (Age 51) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Australian History | 1923 (Age 52) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
| Australian History | 1926 (Age 55) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held |
| Australian History | 1927 (Age 56) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital |
| Marriage of a daughter | Mary Alma Myrtle Hall - View family 1928 (Age 57) West Wyalong, New South Wales, Australia
son-in-law -
Sidney F Beaumont
daughter -
Mary Alma Myrtle Hall
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| Australian History | 1928 (Age 57) 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 58) Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia. |
| Death of a husband | 1930 (Age 59) West Wyalong, New South Wales, Australia
husband -
Robert William Hall
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| Australian History | 1930 (Age 59) Note: Batsman Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings Note: Phar Lap wins his first Melbourne Cup |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | 4 June 1931 (Age 60) Tallimba, New South Wales, Australia
grandson -
Brian William Hall
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| Australian History | 1931 (Age 60) Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia |
| Australian History | 1932 (Age 61) Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | 25 March 1933 (Age 62) Tallimba, New South Wales, Australia
granddaughter -
Barbara Vera Hall
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| Australian History | 1933 (Age 62) Note: Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments |
| Death of a granddaughter | 7 May 1935 (Age 64) Tallimba, New South Wales, Australia
granddaughter -
Barbara Vera Hall
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| Australian History | 1936 (Age 65) Note: The last Thylacine dies |
| Australian History | 1937 (Age 66) Note: The radio series Dad and Dave begins |
| Australian History | 1938 (Age 67) Note: Sydney hosts the Empire Games, the forerunner to the Commonwealth Games |
| Australian History | 1939 (on the date of death) 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 |
| Death | 1939 (Age 68) West Wyalong, New South Wales, Australia |
| Family with Robert William Hall - View family |
| husband |
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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3 years herself |
Martha Martin
Birth 1871 Clunes, Victoria, Australia Death 1939 (Age 68) West Wyalong, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
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Marriage: 1897 — Victoria, Australia |
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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 Loading...
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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 Loading...
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20 months #3 daughter |
Mary Alma Myrtle Hall
Birth 1901 33 30 Death yes Loading...
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3 years #4 son |
George Leonard Ray Hall
Birth 19 February 1904 36 33 Undera, Victoria, Australia Death 29 December 1985 (Age 81) Shepparton, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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22 months #5 son |
Rupert Henry Corbett Hall
Birth 1906 38 35 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
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2 years #6 son |
Lionel Lindsay Marshall Hall
Birth 1908 40 37 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
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2 years #7 daughter |
Verna Isabella May Hall
Birth 1910 42 39 Death yes Loading...
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