Christina Catherine GreggAge: 431883–1927
- Name
- Christina Catherine Gregg
- Given names
- Christina Catherine
- Surname
- Gregg
| Birth | 21 August 1883 44 43 Australia Note: CHRISTINA Catherine Gregg (21/8/1883-12/1/1927), was the youngest daughter of Richard and Catherine Gregg. She was born at "Woodland Park", Poowong, where she went to school. After leaving school at an early age, she lived at home. When her brother John married Grace Neal on 27th. November, 1907, Christina and her mother moved to "The Gunyah", a cottage next door to e Poowong school. The cottage still survives. Christina was always known as 'Teany'. She was always considered have delicate health. Because of this, she spent six months in the warmer climate of South Australia in 1913, and was there at the time her mother's sudden death. Returning to Victoria, she then lived with her eldest sister Sarah, who was married to Frederick Umbers; and who by this time had retired from farming in the Mallee, and lived in Kew. In due course, e worked for Mr. T. Lloyd, who was a successful dairy produce merchant, owning three shops in the Melbourne area. |
| Marriage | Ernest Dowsley - View family |
| Australian History | 1883 Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Death of a brother | 29 May 1885 (Age 21 months) Poowong, Victoria, Australia
elder brother -
Finley Gregg
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| Australian History | 1887 (Age 3) 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 | 26 January 1888 (Age 4) Poowong, Victoria, Australia
elder sister -
Annie "Marnet" Gregg
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| Australian History | 1889 (Age 5) Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration. |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | 14 September 1890 (Age 7)
maternal grandmother -
Flora Nicholson
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| Australian History | 1890 (Age 6) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 7) 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 8) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 9) 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 10) 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. |
| Marriage of a brother | Daniel Gregg - View family 27 June 1895 (Age 11) Australia
elder brother -
Daniel Gregg
sister-in-law -
Kate Ewers
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| Australian History | 1895 (Age 11) 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 of a sister | Sarah Gregg - View family 4 August 1896 (Age 12) "Woodland Park", Poowong, Victoria, Australia
brother-in-law -
Frederick Umbers
elder sister -
Sarah Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1896 (Age 12) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 13) 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 14) 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 15) 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 16) 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 17) 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 18) 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 19) 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 20) Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government |
| Marriage of a brother | Angus Nicholson Gregg - View family 1906 (estimated) (Age 22)
elder brother -
Angus Nicholson Gregg
sister-in-law -
Jessie Cowper Hamilton
|
| Australian History | 1906 (Age 22) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Marriage of a sister | Euphemia Flora "Phemi" Gregg - View family 1907 (Age 23)
brother-in-law -
Donald Mc Lennan
elder sister -
Euphemia Flora "Phemi" Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1908 (Age 24) 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 25) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 26) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 27) 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 28) 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 |
| Death of a mother | 1913 (Age 29) Poowong, Victoria, Australia
mother -
Catherine Mc Kay
|
| Australian History | 1913 (Age 29) 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 29) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 30) 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. |
| Death of a brother | 20 January 1915 (Age 31) Australia
elder brother -
Daniel Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1915 (Age 31) 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 32) 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 33) 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 34) 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. |
| Death of a brother | 27 April 1919 (Age 35) Kew, Victoria, Australia
elder brother -
Angus Nicholson Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1919 (Age 35) 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 36) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Australian History | 1921 (Age 37) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Death of a father | 1922 (Age 38) Loch, Victoria, Australia
father -
Richard Gregg
|
| Australian History | 1922 (Age 38) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Australian History | 1923 (Age 39) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
| Australian History | 1926 (Age 42) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held |
| Australian History | 1927 (Age 43) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital |
| Death | 12 January 1927 (Age 43) Australia |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Richard Gregg
Birth 1839 29 Kilmacrenan, Donegal, Ireland Death 1922 (Age 83) Loch, Victoria, Australia |
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1 year mother |
Catherine Mc Kay
Birth 1840 Isle of Skye, Scotland Death 1913 (Age 73) Poowong, Victoria, Australia |
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Marriage: 7 May 1863 — Ascot, Victoria, Australia |
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13 months #1 elder sister |
Sarah Gregg
Birth 13 June 1864 25 24 Cattle Station Hill, Victoria, Australia Death 29 March 1949 (Age 84) Poowong, Victoria, Australia |
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1 year #2 elder brother |
Birth 28 June 1865 26 25 Tourello, Victoria, Australia Death 20 January 1915 (Age 49) Australia |
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16 months #3 elder brother |
Finley Gregg
Birth 27 October 1866 27 26 Creswick, Victoria, Australia Death 29 May 1885 (Age 18) Poowong, Victoria, Australia |
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19 months #4 elder brother |
Birth 24 May 1868 29 28 Creswick, Victoria, Australia Death November 1943 (Age 75) |
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19 months #5 elder sister |
Eleanor Gregg
Birth about 1870 31 30 Australia Death 26 April 1874 (Age 4) |
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1 year #6 elder sister |
Flora Gregg
Birth 20 December 1870 31 30 Death 25 July 1871 (Age 7 months) |
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17 months #7 elder brother |
Birth 27 May 1872 33 32 Clunes Rd, Creswick, Victoria, Australia Death 22 December 1953 (Age 81) Korumburra, Victoria, Australia |
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15 months #8 elder brother |
Birth 28 August 1873 34 33 Creswick, Victoria, Australia Death 27 April 1919 (Age 45) Kew, Victoria, Australia |
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20 months #9 elder brother |
Richard Gregg
Birth 20 April 1875 36 35 Australia Death 19 February 1876 (Age 9 months) Australia |
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13 months #10 elder sister |
Annie "Marnet" Gregg
Birth 14 May 1876 37 36 Tourello, Victoria, Australia Death 26 January 1888 (Age 11) Poowong, Victoria, Australia |
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3 years #11 elder sister |
Birth 29 April 1879 40 39 Tourello, Victoria, Australia Death 25 October 1948 (Age 69) Wycheproof, Victoria, Australia |
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4 years #12 herself |
Birth 21 August 1883 44 43 Australia Death 12 January 1927 (Age 43) Australia |
| Family with Ernest Dowsley - View family |
| husband |
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| herself |
Birth 21 August 1883 44 43 Australia Death 12 January 1927 (Age 43) Australia |
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Marriage: yes |
Christina Catherine Gregg has 10 first cousins recorded
Father's family (9)
Parents John Johnston + Mary Gregg
Parents Robert Gregg + Isabella Gibson
Parents Robert Starritt + Catherine Gregg
| Birth | CHRISTINA Catherine Gregg (21/8/1883-12/1/1927), was the youngest daughter of Richard and Catherine Gregg. She was born at "Woodland Park", Poowong, where she went to school. After leaving school at an early age, she lived at home. When her brother John married Grace Neal on 27th. November, 1907, Christina and her mother moved to "The Gunyah", a cottage next door to e Poowong school. The cottage still survives. Christina was always known as 'Teany'. She was always considered have delicate health. Because of this, she spent six months in the warmer climate of South Australia in 1913, and was there at the time her mother's sudden death. Returning to Victoria, she then lived with her eldest sister Sarah, who was married to Frederick Umbers; and who by this time had retired from farming in the Mallee, and lived in Kew. In due course, e worked for Mr. T. Lloyd, who was a successful dairy produce merchant, owning three shops in the Melbourne area. |
| Australian History | The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway |
| Australian History | 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 | The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. |
| Australian History | The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | A National Australasian Convention meets, agrees on adopting the name 'the Commonwealth of Australia' and drafting a constitution. |
| Australian History | Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 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 | 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 | The premiers, except for those of Queensland and Western Australia, agree to implement the Corowa proposals. |
| Australian History | The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 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. |
| Australian History | The Convention agrees on a final draft to be put to the people. |
| Australian History | The decision is made to site the national capital in New South Wales, but not within 100 miles of Sydney. |
| Australian History | Several delegates visit London to resist proposed changes to the agreed-upon constitution. |
| Australian History | (01 Jan) Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General |
| Australian History | 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. |
| Australian History | The High Court of Australia is established with Samuel Griffith as the first Chief Justice. |
| Australian History | A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital |
| Australian History | Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Australian History | Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country |
| Australian History | The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | The Royal Australian Navy is founded |
| Australian History | Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time |
| Australian History | Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains. |
| Australian History | The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 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 | (25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April. |
| Australian History | Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill' |
| Australian History | Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed. |
| Australian History | (08 AUG) Battle of Amiens |
| Australian History | 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 | The airline Qantas is founded |
| Australian History | Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Australian History | The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Australian History | Vegemite is first produced |
| Australian History | The first Miss Australia contest is held |
| Australian History | The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital |
Christina Catherine Gregg 1883-1927
CHRISTINA Catherine Gregg (21/8/1883-12/1/1927), was the youngest daughter of Richard and Catherine Gregg. She was born at "Woodland Park", Poowong, where she went to school. After leaving school at an early age, she lived at home. When her brother John married Grace Neal on 27th. November, 1907, Christina and her mother moved to "The Gunyah", a cottage next door to e Poowong school. The cottage still survives. Christina was always known as 'Teany'. She was always considered have delicate health. Because of this, she spent six months in the warmer climate of South Australia in 1913, and was there at the time her mother's sudden death. Returning to Victoria, she then lived with her eldest sister Sarah, who was married to Frederick Umbers; and who by this time had retired from farming in the Mallee, and lived in Kew. In due course, e worked for Mr. T. Lloyd, who was a successful dairy produce merchant, owning three shops in the Melbourne area.
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