Henry Richard CrozierAge: 541888–1943
- Name
- Henry Richard Crozier
- Given names
- Henry Richard
- Surname
- Crozier
Birth | 19 October 1888 41 32 Wyuna, Victoria, Australia |
Australian History | 1889 (Age 2 months) Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration. |
Birth of a sister | 1890 (Age 14 months) Wyuna, Victoria, Australia
younger sister -
Martha May Crozier
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Australian History | 1890 (Age 14 months) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
Australian History | 1891 (Age 2) 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 sister | 14 February 1892 (Age 3) Wyuna, Victoria, Australia
younger sister -
Ruby Rachael Crozier
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Australian History | 1892 (Age 3) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
Australian History | 1893 (Age 4) 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 5) 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 brother | 1895 (Age 6) Wyuna, Victoria, Australia
younger brother -
Robert William Crozier
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Australian History | 1895 (Age 6) 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 brother | 4 June 1896 (Age 7) Wyuna, Victoria, Australia
younger brother -
Albert Ernest Alexander Crozier
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Australian History | 1896 (Age 7) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
Australian History | 1897 (Age 8) 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 9) 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 10) 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 11) 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 12) 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 |
Marriage of a sister | Mary Ann Crozier - View family 1902 (Age 13) Victoria, Australia
brother-in-law -
Samuel Wisely
elder sister -
Mary Ann Crozier
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Death of a maternal grandmother | 14 March 1902 (Age 13) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
maternal grandmother -
Mary Corbett
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Australian History | 1902 (Age 13) 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 14) 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 |
Marriage of a sister | Margaret Jane Crozier - View family 1904 (Age 15) Victoria, Australia
brother-in-law -
Thomas Campbell
elder sister -
Margaret Jane Crozier
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Australian History | 1904 (Age 15) 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 17) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
Australian History | 1908 (Age 19) 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 20) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
Marriage of a sister | Ruby Rachael Crozier - View family 27 October 1910 (Age 22) Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
brother-in-law -
Ernest William Tremellen
younger sister -
Ruby Rachael Crozier
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Australian History | 1910 (Age 21) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
Marriage | Alice Florrie Tremellen - View family 1911 (Age 22) Bunbartha, Victoria, Australia |
Death of a brother | 1911 (Age 22) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
younger brother -
Albert Ernest Alexander Crozier
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Australian History | 1911 (Age 22) 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. |
Birth of a daughter #1 | 1912 (Age 23) Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Thelma May Crozier
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Australian History | 1912 (Age 23) 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 |
Marriage of a brother | George Andrew Crozier - View family 1913 (Age 24) Victoria, Australia
elder brother -
George Andrew Crozier
sister-in-law -
Harriet Billingham
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Death of a father | 1913 (Age 24) Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
father -
George Andrew Crozier
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Australian History | 1913 (Age 24) 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 24) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
Birth of a daughter #2 | 5 April 1914 (Age 25) Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Olive Maud Crozier
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Death of a daughter | 20 April 1914 (Age 25) Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Olive Maud Crozier
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Australian History | 1914 (Age 25) 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 26) 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 |
Birth of a son #3 | 1916 (Age 27) Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
son -
Eric Anzac Crozier
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Australian History | 1916 (Age 27) 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 28) 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 son #4 | 24 August 1918 (Age 29) Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
son -
Alan Gordon Crozier
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Australian History | 1918 (Age 29) 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 30) 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 31) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
Marriage of a sister | Martha May Crozier - View family 1921 (Age 32) Victoria, Australia
brother-in-law -
Alex McDonald
younger sister -
Martha May Crozier
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Australian History | 1921 (Age 32) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
Australian History | 1922 (Age 33) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
Australian History | 1923 (Age 34) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
Marriage of a brother | Robert William Crozier - View family 1924 (Age 35) Victoria, Australia
younger brother -
Robert William Crozier
sister-in-law -
Ruby Annie Williams
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Australian History | 1926 (Age 37) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held |
Australian History | 1927 (Age 38) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital |
Australian History | 1928 (Age 39) 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 40) Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia. |
Australian History | 1930 (Age 41) 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 42) Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia |
Australian History | 1932 (Age 43) Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister |
Australian History | 1933 (Age 44) 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 brother | 1934 (Age 45) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
younger brother -
Robert William Crozier
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Australian History | 1936 (Age 47) Note: The last Thylacine dies |
Australian History | 1937 (Age 48) Note: The radio series Dad and Dave begins |
Australian History | 1938 (Age 49) Note: Sydney hosts the Empire Games, the forerunner to the Commonwealth Games |
Australian History | 1939 (Age 50) 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 51) 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 52) 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. |
Death of a mother | 1942 (Age 53) Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
mother -
Eliza Jane Hall
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Australian History | 1942 (Age 53) 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 54) 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. |
Death | 16 February 1943 (Age 54) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
Family with parents - View family |
father |
George Andrew Crozier
Birth 18 December 1846 Altrincham, Cheshire, England Death 1913 (Age 66) Shepparton, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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9 years mother |
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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Marriage: 13 September 1877 — Victoria, Australia |
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15 months #1 elder sister |
Mary Ann Crozier
Birth 7 December 1878 31 23 Undera, Victoria, Australia Death 1959 (Age 80) Bendigo, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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22 months #2 elder sister |
Margaret Jane Crozier
Birth 6 October 1880 33 24 Undera, Victoria, Australia Death 1973 (Age 92) Kyabram, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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2 years #3 elder brother |
John Thomas Crozier
Birth 13 October 1882 35 26 Undera, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
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2 years #4 elder brother |
George Andrew Crozier
Birth 10 November 1884 37 28 Undera, Victoria, Australia Death 1955 (Age 70) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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2 years #5 elder sister |
Isabella "Maud" Crozier
Birth 7 December 1886 39 31 Undera, Victoria, Australia Death 6 August 1958 (Age 71) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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22 months #6 himself |
Henry Richard Crozier
Birth 19 October 1888 41 32 Wyuna, Victoria, Australia Death 16 February 1943 (Age 54) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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14 months #7 younger sister |
Martha May Crozier
Birth 1890 43 34 Wyuna, Victoria, Australia Death 1961 (Age 71) Shepparton, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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2 years #8 younger sister |
Ruby Rachael Crozier
Birth 14 February 1892 45 36 Wyuna, Victoria, Australia Death 17 May 1974 (Age 82) Echuca, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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3 years #9 younger brother |
Robert William Crozier
Birth 1895 48 39 Wyuna, Victoria, Australia Death 1934 (Age 39) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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17 months #10 younger brother |
Albert Ernest Alexander Crozier
Birth 4 June 1896 49 40 Wyuna, Victoria, Australia Death 1911 (Age 14) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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Family with Alice Florrie Tremellen - View family |
himself |
Henry Richard Crozier
Birth 19 October 1888 41 32 Wyuna, Victoria, Australia Death 16 February 1943 (Age 54) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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6 years wife |
Alice Florrie Tremellen
Birth 27 January 1895 Tallygaroopna, Victoria, Australia Death 3 April 1980 (Age 85) Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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Marriage: 1911 — Bunbartha, Victoria, Australia |
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1 year #1 daughter |
Thelma May Crozier
Birth 1912 23 16 Numurkah, Victoria, Australia Death 1985 (Age 73) South Caulfield, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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2 years #2 daughter |
Olive Maud Crozier
Birth 5 April 1914 25 19 Numurkah, Victoria, Australia Death 20 April 1914 (Age 15 days) Numurkah, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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21 months #3 son |
Eric Anzac Crozier
Birth 1916 27 20 Shepparton, Victoria, Australia Death 1982 (Age 66) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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3 years #4 son |
Alan Gordon Crozier
Birth 24 August 1918 29 23 Shepparton, Victoria, Australia Death 20 December 1978 (Age 60) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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