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James Edward CookeAge: 611930–1991

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James Edward Cooke
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James Edward
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Birth 4 February 1930 35 23
 Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia

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Australian History 1930
 

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 10 months)
 

Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia
Australian History 1932 (Age 22 months)
 

Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens
Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister
Australian History 1933 (Age 2)
 

Note: Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments
Australian History 1936 (Age 5)
 

Note: The last Thylacine dies
Australian History 1937 (Age 6)
 

Note: The radio series Dad and Dave begins
Australian History 1938 (Age 7)
 

Note: Sydney hosts the Empire Games, the forerunner to the Commonwealth Games
Australian History 1939 (Age 8)
 

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 9)
 

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 10)
 

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.
Australian History 1942 (Age 11)
 

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 12)
 

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.
Australian History 1944 (Age 13)
 

Note: Cowra breakout, mass escape of Japanese prisoners of war occurs in NSW.
Note: Japanese inflict Sandakan Death March on 2,000 Australian and British prisoners of war - only 6 survive. The single worst war crime perpetrated against Australians.
Note: Australian forces battle Japanese garrisons from Borneo to Bougainville.
Note: The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme is introduced, providing subsidised medicine to all Australians
Australian History 1945 (Age 14)
 

Note: the Liberal Party of Australia is established with Robert Menzies as its first leader.
Note: Australian forces lead Battle of Borneo
Note: (7 May) Nazi Germany surrenders
Note: (July) Prime Minister Curtin dies and is replaced by Ben Chifley and the Chifley Labor Government
Note: (1 August) Japan Surrenders
Note: Australia becomes a founding member of the United Nations
Note: The Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race is held for the first time
Australian History 1946 (Age 15)
 

Note: Minister for Immigration Arthur Calwell introduces the major post-war immigration scheme
Note: Norman Makin, is voted in as the first President of the United Nations Security Council.
Death of a maternal grandfather 1948 (Age 17)
 

maternal grandfather - Johnstone Meredith Gilmore
Australian History 1948 (Age 17)
 

Note: Minister for External Affairs, Dr. H.V. Evatt is elected President of the United Nations General Assembly.
Note: Australia becomes a signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Australian History 1949 (Age 18)
 

Note: Construction of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme begins
Note: All indigenous ex-servicemen and any Indigenous Australians who are eligible to vote in State Elections (NSW, VIC, SA and TAS) are given an unrestricted right to vote in Federal Elections.
Note: The Nationality and Citizenship Act is passed. Rather than being identified as subjects of Britain, the Act established Australian citizenship for people who met eligibility requirements.
Note: Menzies returns to power as leader of the new Liberal Party Menzies Government.
Australian History 1950 (Age 19)
 

Note: 1950-53 - Australian troops are sent to the Korean War to assist South Korea.
Note: Voters reject a referendum to change the Constitution to allow the Menzies Government to ban the Communist Party
Australian History 1951 (Age 20)
 

Note: Australia signs the ANZUS treaty with the United States and New Zealand
Marriage of a brotherHerbert Johnstone Cooke - View family
7 June 1952 (Age 22)
 Japan

elder brother - Herbert Johnstone Cooke
sister-in-law - Sasayo Ishii
Australian History 1952 (Age 21)
 

Note: First nuclear test conducted in Australian territory by the United Kingdom off the coast of Western Australia.
Australian History 1954 (Age 23)
 

Note: Elizabeth II and Prince Philip make a royal visit; the Soviet diplomat Vladimir Petrov defects, leading to the Petrov Affair and another split in the Labor Party
Australian History 1955 (Age 24)
 

Note: Democratic Labor Party splits from Australian Labor Party over concerns of Communist influence in the labour movement
Note: Australia becomes involved in Malayan Insurgence
Note: Hotels in New South Wales no longer have to close at 6 p.m., ending the 'six o'clock swill'
Australian History 1956 (Age 25)
 

Note: Television in Australia is launched.
Note: Melbourne holds the Olympics
Note: performing artist Barry Humphries introduces Edna Everage to the Australian stage
Australian History 1957 (Age 26)
 

Note: The song 'Wild One' makes Johnny O'Keefe the first Australian rock'n'roller to reach the national charts.
Note: Slim Dusty's Australian country music hit Pub With No Beer becomes the first Australian song to attain international chart success.
Australian History 1962 (Age 31)
 

Note: Robert Menzies' Commonwealth Electoral Act provided that all Indigenous Australians should have the right to enrol and vote at federal elections, removing remaining restrictions applying in QLD, WA and NT.
Note: Malayan Insurgence ends
Australian History 1964 (Age 33)
 

Note: The Beatles tour Australia;
Note: 82 sailors die when HMAS Voyager sinks after being rammed by HMAS Melbourne;
Note: The editors of Oz magazine are charged with obscenity;
Note: PM Robert Menzies announces the reintroduction of compulsory military service for men aged from 18-25 years old;
Note: First troops sent to Vietnam War.
Australian History 1965 (Age 34)
 

Note: Indigenous Australians gain right to vote in state of Queensland
Australian History 1966 (Age 35)
 

Note: The ban on the employment of married women in the Commonwealth Public Service is lifted;
Note: Menzies retires as Australia's longest-serving Prime Minister and is succeeded by Harold Holt.
Australian History 14 February 1966 (Age 36)
 

Note: Decimalisation; on 14 February the Australian currency is changed to dollars and cents, with the Australian Dollar replacing the Australian pound.
Australian History 1967 (Age 36)
 

Note: Large areas of Hobart and south-eastern Tasmania are devastated by bushfires on 7 February that kill 62 people;
Note: Prime Minister Holt drowns and is succeeded by John Gorton;
Note: The constitution is changed to allow Aboriginal Australians to be included in the population count and for the federal government to legislate for them; Sydney is rocked by a series of brutal underworld killings;
Note: Talkback radio is introduced;
Note: British comedian Tony Hancock commits suicide in Sydney;
Note: Gough Whitlam becomes leader of the Labor Party;
Note: Ronald Ryan becomes the last person legally executed in Australia.
Australian History 1968 (Age 37)
 

Note: Australia signs the nuclear non-proliferation treaty; Aboriginal boxing champion Lionel Rose defeats Masahiko 'Fighting' Harada in Japan to become the world bantamweight champion; Australia's first liver transplant operation is performed in Sydney;
Australian History 1969 (Age 38)
 

Note: French conceptual artist Christo 'wraps' Little Bay in Sydney;
Note: Renowned author-artists Norman Lindsay and May Gibbs die;
Note: The Australian production of the rock musical Hair premieres in Sydney;
Note: Top pop groups The Easybeats and The Twilights break up; Tim Burstall directs2000 Weeks, the first all-Australian feature released since Charles Chauvel's Jedda in 1958
Australian History 1970 (Age 39)
 

Note: More than 200,000 people participate in the largest demonstrations in Australian history, against the Vietnam War
Australian History 1971 (Age 40)
 

Note: Neville Bonner becomes the first Aborigine to become an Australian Member of Parliament;
Note: John Gorton resigns and is succeeded by William McMahon
Note: The 1971 Springbok tour sparks protest all throughout Australia. Premier of Queensland Joh Bjelke-Petersen declares a state of emergency in QLD in response to escalating protest.
Note: Daylight Saving is introduced to New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, and the Australian Capital Territory.
Australian History 1972 (Age 41)
 

Note: The Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission rules that women doing the same job as men have the right to be paid the same wage.
Note: Aboriginal Tent Embassy erected in response to the Coalition government's approval of exploration licences and mining tenements on reserves
Note: The first Labor government since 1949 is elected under the leadership of Gough Whitlam
Note: Australia recognizes the People's Republic of China
Note: Queensland abandons Daylight Saving.
Australian History 1973 (Age 42)
 

Note: The Sydney Opera House is opened
Note: The White Australian Policy (established 1901) is officially dismantled
Note: Vietnam War ends
Note: The federal voting age is dropped from 21 to 18
Note: Unionists save the historic 'The Rocks' area of Sydney from demolition by introducing 'Green Bans'
Note: Patrick White becomes the first Australian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature
Australian History 1974 (Age 43)
 

Note: Darwin is devastated by Cyclone Tracy
Australian History 1975 (Age 44)
 

Note: (November) A constitutional crisis occurs when Malcolm Fraser blocks supply, bringing the nation to a standstill until Governor-General John Kerr dismisses Prime Minister Gough Whitlam on the 11.11.75. Fraser wins elections and becomes Prime Minister
Note: The 'Privy Council (Appeals from the High Court) Act removes the right to appeal High Court decisions to the British Privy Council. Appeals to the Privy Council direct from State Supreme Courts remain until 1988.
Note: South Australia becomes the first state in Australia to legalise homosexuality between consenting adults in private.
Note: Whitlam government introduced the Aboriginal Land (NT) Bill into Parliament. The bill proposed land rights in the Northern Territory based on land claimed on grounds of need as well as traditional affiliation and traditional landowners maintaining control over mining and development.
Australian History 1976 (Age 45)
 

Note: The Australian Capital Territory legalises homosexuality between consenting adults in private.
Australian History 1977 (Age 46)
 

Note: Advance Australia Fair becomes Australia's official national anthem
Note: Granville rail disaster killed eighty-three people
Australian History 1978 (Age 47)
 

Note: The First Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras kicks off in Sydney
Australian History 1979 (Age 48)
 

Note: Australian women win the right to maternity leave
Note: Kakadu National Park and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park are both proclaimed.
Australian History 1980 (Age 49)
 

Note: Baby Azaria Chamberlain disappears from a campsite at Uluru (Ayers Rock), reportedly taken by a dingo. The Coalition wins the 1980 Australian federal election.
Australian History 1981 (Age 50)
 

Note: A referendum is held in Tasmania to vote for whether or not the Franklin Dam should be built.
Australian History 1982 (Age 51)
 

Note: Commonwealth Games held in Brisbane. The National Gallery of Australia is opened.
Australian History 1983 (Age 52)
 

Note: Australia wins the America's Cup;
Note: Bob Hawke defeats Fraser and leads Labor back to government.
Note: The Australian Dollar is floated.
Note: The Ash Wednesday fires kill 71 people.
Australian History 1984 (Age 53)
 

Note: Advance Australia Fair is proclaimed as Australia's national anthem.
Note: The one dollar coin is introduced.
Note: Labor wins the 1984 Australian federal election.
Note: Medicare is established.
Australian History 1985 (Age 54)
 

Note: The government grants the freehold title of a large area of land in central Australia, including prominent landmarks Uluru and Kata Tjuta, to the Mutitjulu people, who in turn give them a 99-year lease.
Note: The last state to do so (New South Wales) abolishes capital punishment.
Australian History 1986 (Age 55)
 

Note: The Australia Act removes the right of appeal from State courts to the British Privy Council, making the High Court the final court of appeal in Australia. The Act also removes all remaining rights of the UK parliament to pass law for Australia. Anita Cobby murder in Sydney. Russell Street Bombing in Melbourne. Crocodile Dundee is released in Australia.
Australian History 1987 (Age 56)
 

Note: Hoddle Street Massacre kills 7 victims and injures 19,
Note: Queen Street Massacre kills 8 victims and injures 5.
Note: Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen resigns as Premier of Queensland after 19 years at the top.
Australian History 1988 (Age 57)
 

Note: Australia celebrates its bicentenary, with large celebrations and major funding for capital works projects. The new Parliament House opens. Federal referendums on 4-year parliamentary terms, recognition of local government and other issues are defeated. Brisbane hosts World Expo '88.
Australian History 1989 (Age 58)
 

Note: Newcastle Earthquake kills 13 people.
Note: ACT gains self-Government.
Note: The Kempsey bus crash and Grafton bus crash kill a total of 56 people.
Note: Queensland commences three-year trial of Daylight Saving.
Note: Rosemary Follett (Australian Labor Party) becomes the first Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory and the first woman to become head of government in an Australian state or territory.
Death of a mother 13 August 1990 (Age 60)
 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

mother - Althea Maude Gilmore
Australian History 1990 (Age 59)
 

Note: Royal Australian Navy deployed in preparation for the First Gulf War.
Note: Carmen Lawrence becomes the first female premier of an Australian state.
Note: Labor wins the 1990 federal election.
Australian History 1991 (Age 60)
 

Note: Prime Minister Bob Hawke is replaced by Paul Keating.
Note: Seven people die in the Strathfield massacre.
Note: Prominent heart surgeon Victor Chang is gunned down.
Note: The Coode Island chemical storage facility in Melbourne explodes, leaving a toxic cloud hanging over the city for days.
Death 6 August 1991 (Age 61)
 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

Burial
 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

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father
Herbert William Cooke

Birth 1895  Boorowa, New South Wales, Australia

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mother
Althea Maude Gilmore

Birth 20 June 1906 29 21  Taripta, Victoria, Australia

Death 13 August 1990 (Age 84)  Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

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Marriage: 30 March 1927 — Ardlethan, New South Wales, Australia
7 months
#1 elder brother
Herbert Johnstone Cooke

Birth 14 October 1927 32 21  Ardlethan, New South Wales, Australia

Death 17 June 1993 (Age 65)  Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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#2 himself
James Edward Cooke

Birth 4 February 1930 35 23  Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia

Death 6 August 1991 (Age 61)  Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

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James Edward Cooke

Birth 4 February 1930 35 23  Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia

Death 6 August 1991 (Age 61)  Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

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James Edward Cooke has 2 first cousins recorded

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Mother's family (2)

Parents William Mostyn Gilmore + Elizabeth Sarah Hallam
1 Jean Mavis Gilmore 1934–1934
Parents Harold George Gilmore + Private
1 Ian Lindsay Gilmore 1949–1970

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