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Rev. William Josiah AylmerAge: 801802–1883

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Rev. William Josiah Aylmer
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William Josiah
Surname
Aylmer
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Birth 6 December 1802
 Donadea, Kildare, Ireland

Australian History 1803 (Age 26 days)
 

Note: Matthew Flinders completes the first circumnavigation of the continent (still known as 'New Holland')
Australian History 1804 (Age 12 months)
 

Note: A settlement is founded at Risdon on the Derwent River in Van Diemen's Land by Lieutenant Bowen.
Note: Castle Hill convict rebellion also known as the second Battle of Vinegar Hill
Note: The Risdon settlement is moved to Sullivan's Cove (now Hobart) by Colonel David Collins.
Australian History 1808 (Age 5)
 

Note: The Rum Rebellion
Australian History 1817 (Age 14)
 

Note: John Oxley charts the Lachlan River
Note: Australia's first bank, the Bank of New South Wales, opens in Macquarie Place, Sydney (it became Westpac in 1982).
Note: Governor Lachlan Macquarie petitioned the British Admiralty to use the name 'Australia' instead of 'New Holland'
Australian History 1818 (Age 15)
 

Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River.
Australian History 1824 (Age 21)
 

Note: A penal colony is founded at Moreton Bay, now the city of Brisbane.
Note: Bathurst and Melville Islands are annexed.
Note: Permission granted to change the name of the continent from 'New Holland' to 'Australia'
Note: 1824-25 - Hume and Hovell expedition travels overland to Port Phillip Bay, discovers Murray River
Australian History 1825 (Age 22)
 

Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Australian History 1828 (Age 25)
 

Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History 1829 (Age 26)
 

Note: The whole of Australia is claimed as British territory. The settlement of Perth is founded. Swan River Colony is declared by Charles Fremantle for Britain.
MarriageElizabeth Francis Bayly - View family
24 November 1830 (Age 27)
 

Australian History 1830 (Age 27)
 

Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Australian History 1831 (Age 28)
 

Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History 1832 (Age 29)
 

Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Birth of a son
#1		 22 August 1833 (Age 30)
 Ireland

son - William Henry Aylmer
Australian History 1833 (Age 30)
 

Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History 1835 (Age 32)
 

Note: John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner establish a settlement at Port Phillip, now the city of Melbourne.
Note: William Wentworth establishes Australian Patriotic Association (Australia's first political party) to demand democracy for New South Wales.
Australian History 1836 (Age 33)
 

Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History 1838 (Age 35)
 

Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History 1839 (Age 36)
 

Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History 1840 (Age 37)
 

Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Australian History 1841 (Age 38)
 

Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History 1842 (Age 39)
 

Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History 1843 (Age 40)
 

Note: Australia's first parliamentary elections held for the New South Wales Legislative Council (though voting rights are restricted to males of certain wealth or property).
Australian History 1845 (Age 42)
 

Note: The ship Cataraqui is wrecked off King Island in Bass Strait. It is Australia's worst civil maritime disaster, with 406 lives lost.
Note: Copper is discovered at Burra in South Australia.
Australian History 1850 (Age 47)
 

Note: Western Australia becomes a penal colony.
Note: Australian Colonies Government Act [1850] grants representative constitutions to New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania, colonies set about writing constitutions which produced democratically progressive parliaments
Note: Australia's first university, the University of Sydney, is founded.
Australian History 1851 (Age 48)
 

Note: Victoria separates from New South Wales.
Note: The Victorian gold rush starts when gold is found at Summerhill Creek and Ballarat.
Note: Forest Creek Monster Meeting of miners at Chewton near Castlemaine
Australian History 1853 (Age 50)
 

Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History 1854 (Age 51)
 

Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History 1855 (Age 52)
 

Note: The transportation of convicts to Norfolk Island ceases.
Note: All men over 21 years of age obtain the right to vote in South Australia.
Australian History 1856 (Age 53)
 

Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History 1857 (Age 54)
 

Note: Victorian Committee reported that a 'federal union' would be in the interests of all the growing colonies. However, there was not enough interest in or enthusiasm for taking positive steps towards bringing the colonies together.
Note: Victorian men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History 1858 (Age 55)
 

Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.
Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History 1859 (Age 56)
 

Note: SS Admella wrecked off south-east coast of South Australia with the loss of 89 lives.
Note: Australian rules football codified, Melbourne Football Club founded
Note: Queensland separates from New South Wales with its western border at 141 degrees E.
Marriage of a sonWilliam Henry Aylmer - View family
28 February 1860 (Age 57)
 New Zealand

son - William Henry Aylmer
daughter-in-law - Henrietta Harriet Martin
Australian History 1860 (Age 57)
 

Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E.
Australian History 1861 (Age 58)
 

Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs.
Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra
Australian History 1862 (Age 59)
 

Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History 1863 (Age 60)
 

Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Birth of a grandson
#1		 6 August 1865 (Age 62)
 

grandson - Percy Gordon Aylmer
Australian History 1867 (Age 64)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.
Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History 1868 (Age 65)
 

Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History 1869 (Age 66)
 

Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Australian History 1872 (Age 69)
 

Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History 1873 (Age 70)
 

Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Marriage of a sonWilliam Henry Aylmer - View family
1874 (Age 71)
 

son - William Henry Aylmer
daughter-in-law - Elizabeth Selkirk Gordon
Australian History 1875 (Age 72)
 

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 75)
 

Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1879 (Age 76)
 

Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Death of a wife 1880 (Age 77)
 

wife - Elizabeth Francis Bayly
Australian History 1880 (Age 77)
 

Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged.
Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work.
Death of a son 6 August 1882 (Age 79)
 Bondi, New South Wales, Australia

son - William Henry Aylmer
Australian History 1882 (Age 79)
 

Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1883 (Age 80)
 

Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway
Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Death 9 August 1883 (Age 80)
 Akaroa, New Zealand

Family with Elizabeth Francis Bayly - View family
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Rev. William Josiah Aylmer

Birth 6 December 1802  Donadea, Kildare, Ireland

Death 9 August 1883 (Age 80)  Akaroa, New Zealand

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wife
Elizabeth Francis Bayly

Birth 1803 28  

Death 1880 (Age 77)  

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Marriage: 24 November 1830
3 years
#1 son
William Henry Aylmer

Birth 22 August 1833 30 30  Ireland

Death 6 August 1882 (Age 48)  Bondi, New South Wales, Australia

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