Robert Henry HallAge: 401875–1915
- Name
- Robert Henry Hall
- Given names
- Robert Henry
- Surname
- Hall
Birth | 1875 34 |
Australian History | 1875 Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed. |
Birth of a brother | 12 May 1877 (Age 2) Undera, Victoria, Australia
younger brother -
Henry Hall
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Birth of a brother | 1878 (Age 3) Undera, Victoria, Australia
younger brother -
Samuel Hall
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Australian History | 1878 (Age 3) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
Death of a paternal grandfather | 17 February 1879 (Age 4) Undera, Victoria, Australia
paternal grandfather -
David Hall
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Australian History | 1879 (Age 4) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
Birth of a sister | 1880 (Age 5) Victoria, Australia
younger sister -
Selina Hall
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Australian History | 1880 (Age 5) 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 7) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
Marriage of a sister | Mary Jane Hall - View family 1883 (Age 8) Victoria, Australia
brother-in-law -
John Dempster
elder sister -
Mary Jane Hall
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Marriage of a sister | Annie Elizabeth Hall - View family 1883 (Age 8) Victoria, Australia
brother-in-law -
Robert Williams
elder sister -
Annie Elizabeth Hall
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Australian History | 1883 (Age 8) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
Death of a sister | 1887 (Age 12) Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia
elder sister -
Annie Elizabeth Hall
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Australian History | 1887 (Age 12) 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. |
Death of a sister | 1888 (Age 13) Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia
elder sister -
Mary Jane Hall
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Marriage of a sister | Letitia (Margaret) Hall - View family 1889 (Age 14) Victoria, Australia
brother-in-law -
Robert Williams
elder sister -
Letitia (Margaret) Hall
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Australian History | 1889 (Age 14) Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration. |
Marriage of a sister | Elizabeth Hall - View family 1890 (Age 15) Victoria, Australia
brother-in-law -
John Dempster
elder sister -
Elizabeth Hall
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Australian History | 1890 (Age 15) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
Australian History | 1891 (Age 16) 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 17) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
Australian History | 1893 (Age 18) 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 19) 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 20) 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 |
Marriage | Emily A Lumby - View family 1896 (Age 21) Corowa, New South Wales, Australia |
Birth of a son #1 | 1896 (Age 21) Corowa, New South Wales, Australia
son -
Robert H Hall
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Australian History | 1896 (Age 21) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
Marriage of a brother | William Hall - View family 1897 (Age 22) Victoria, Australia
elder brother -
William Hall
sister-in-law -
Wilmot Thomas
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Australian History | 1897 (Age 22) 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 son #2 | 1898 (Age 23) Corowa, New South Wales, Australia
son -
David Hall
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Australian History | 1898 (Age 23) 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 24) 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 25) 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 26) Corowa, New South Wales, Australia
daughter -
Alice J Hall
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Marriage of a sister | Selina Hall - View family 1901 (Age 26) Victoria, Australia
brother-in-law -
Charles Ernest Thomas
younger sister -
Selina Hall
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Australian History | 1901 (Age 26) 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 brother | John James Hall - View family 1902 (Age 27) Victoria, Australia
elder brother -
John James Hall
sister-in-law -
Isabella Reardon
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Australian History | 1902 (Age 27) 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 |
Birth of a daughter #4 | 1903 (Age 28) Corowa, New South Wales, Australia
daughter -
Selina Hall
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Australian History | 1903 (Age 28) 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 29) 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 daughter #5 | 1905 (Age 30) Corowa, New South Wales, Australia
daughter -
Mary J A Hall
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Australian History | 1906 (Age 31) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
Birth of a daughter #6 | 1907 (Age 32) Corowa, New South Wales, Australia
daughter -
Elizabeth A Hall
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Marriage of a brother | David Hall - View family 1907 (Age 32) Victoria, Australia
elder brother -
David Hall
sister-in-law -
Frances Catherine Dunne
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Birth of a son #7 | 1908 (Age 33) Corowa, New South Wales, Australia
son -
John J Hall
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Australian History | 1908 (Age 33) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead |
Birth of a son #8 | 25 October 1909 (Age 34) Corowa, New South Wales, Australia
son -
Gordon James Hall
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Marriage of a brother | Henry Hall - View family 1909 (Age 34) Albury, New South Wales, Australia
younger brother -
Henry Hall
sister-in-law -
Rosie Thomas
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Marriage of a brother | Samuel Hall - View family 1909 (Age 34) Albury, New South Wales, Australia
younger brother -
Samuel Hall
sister-in-law -
Catherine Reardon
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Australian History | 1909 (Age 34) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
Australian History | 1910 (Age 35) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
Australian History | 1911 (Age 36) 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 #9 | 1912 (Age 37) Corowa, New South Wales, Australia
daughter -
Dorothy May Hall
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Death of a sister | 1912 (Age 37) Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
elder sister -
Letitia (Margaret) Hall
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Death of a mother | 1912 (Age 37) Holbrook, New South Wales, Australia
mother -
Elizabeth Ann Scott
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Australian History | 1912 (Age 37) 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 38) 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 38) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
Australian History | 1914 (Age 39) 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 daughter #10 | 1915 (on the date of death) Corowa, New South Wales, Australia
daughter -
Margaret E Hall
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Australian History | 1915 (on the date of death) 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 |
Death | 1915 (Age 40) Corowa, New South Wales, Australia |
Family with parents - View family |
father |
David Hall
Birth 1841 31 37 Death 14 September 1924 (Age 83) Culcairn, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
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mother |
Elizabeth Ann Scott
Death 1912 Holbrook, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
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Marriage: 2 March 1863 — Clones, Monaghan, Ulster, Ireland |
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22 months #1 elder sister |
Mary Jane Hall
Birth 1865 24 Clunes, Victoria, Australia Death 1888 (Age 23) Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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1 year #2 elder sister |
Annie Elizabeth Hall
Birth 1866 25 Clunes, Victoria, Australia Death 1887 (Age 21) Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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1 year #3 elder brother |
John James Hall
Birth 1867 26 Clunes, Victoria, Australia Death 1936 (Age 69) Lockhart, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
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2 years #4 elder brother |
David Hall
Birth 1869 28 Clunes, Victoria, Australia Death 1945 (Age 76) Lockhart, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
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2 years #5 elder brother |
William Hall
Birth 1871 30 Clunes, Victoria, Australia Death 1943 (Age 72) Albury, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
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2 years #6 elder sister |
Elizabeth Hall
Birth 1873 32 Clunes, Victoria, Australia Death 1916 (Age 43) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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1 year #7 elder sister |
Letitia (Margaret) Hall
Birth 1874 33 Clunes, Victoria, Australia Death 1912 (Age 38) Numurkah, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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1 year #8 himself |
Robert Henry Hall
Birth 1875 34 Death 1915 (Age 40) Corowa, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
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2 years #9 younger brother |
Henry Hall
Birth 12 May 1877 36 Undera, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
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8 months #10 younger brother |
Samuel Hall
Birth 1878 37 Undera, Victoria, Australia Death 1943 (Age 65) Albury, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
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2 years #11 younger sister |
Selina Hall
Birth 1880 39 Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
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Family with Emily A Lumby - View family |
himself |
Robert Henry Hall
Birth 1875 34 Death 1915 (Age 40) Corowa, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
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3 years wife |
Emily A Lumby
Birth 1878 Albury, New South Wales, Australia Death yes Loading...
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Marriage: 1896 — Corowa, New South Wales, Australia |
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#1 son |
Robert H Hall
Birth 1896 21 18 Corowa, New South Wales, Australia Death yes Loading...
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2 years #2 son |
David Hall
Birth 1898 23 20 Corowa, New South Wales, Australia Death yes Loading...
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3 years #3 daughter |
Alice J Hall
Birth 1901 26 23 Corowa, New South Wales, Australia Death 6 May 1990 (Age 89) Loading...
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2 years #4 daughter |
Selina Hall
Birth 1903 28 25 Corowa, New South Wales, Australia Death December 1984 (Age 81) Shepparton, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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2 years #5 daughter |
Mary J A Hall
Birth 1905 30 27 Corowa, New South Wales, Australia Death yes Loading...
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2 years #6 daughter |
Elizabeth A Hall
Birth 1907 32 29 Corowa, New South Wales, Australia Death yes Loading...
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1 year #7 son |
John J Hall
Birth 1908 33 30 Corowa, New South Wales, Australia Death yes Loading...
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22 months #8 son |
Gordon James Hall
Birth 25 October 1909 34 31 Corowa, New South Wales, Australia Death 1973 (Age 63) Pascoe Vale, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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2 years #9 daughter |
Dorothy May Hall
Birth 1912 37 34 Corowa, New South Wales, Australia Death yes Loading...
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3 years #10 daughter |
Margaret E Hall
Birth 1915 40 37 Corowa, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
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