Caroline BrunkeAge: 731838–1911
- Name
- Caroline Brunke
- Given names
- Caroline
- Surname
- Brunke
| Birth | 24 June 1838 Salzgitter, Niedersachsen, Germany |
| Australian History | 1838 Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Australian History | 1839 (Age 6 months) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Australian History | 1840 (Age 18 months) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Australian History | 1841 (Age 2) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1842 (Age 3) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1843 (Age 4) 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 6) 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 11) 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 12) 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 14) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 15) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 16) 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 17) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Marriage | Henning Rathjen - View family 1857 (Age 18) |
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 18) 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 19) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | 13 May 1859 (Age 20) Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Louise Wiebchge Rathjen
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| Australian History | 1859 (Age 20) 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. |
| Australian History | 1860 (Age 21) Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E. |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | 17 May 1861 (Age 22) Colbinabbin, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Catherine Rathjen
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| Death of a daughter | 18 May 1861 (Age 22) Colbinabbin, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Catherine Rathjen
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| Australian History | 1861 (Age 22) Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs. Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | 8 May 1862 (Age 23) Colbinabbin, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Alvine Rathjen
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| Australian History | 1862 (Age 23) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 24) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | 6 April 1864 (Age 25) Colbinabbin, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Helena Amalie Rathjen
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| Birth of a daughter #5 | 7 December 1865 (Age 27) Colbinabbin, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Caroline Rathjen
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| Death of a daughter | 22 November 1866 (Age 28)
daughter -
Caroline Rathjen
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| Birth of a son #6 | 11 May 1867 (Age 28) Colbinabbin, Victoria, Australia
son -
Johann Detlef Rathjen
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| Australian History | 1867 (Age 28) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 29) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | 23 March 1869 (Age 30) Colbinabbin, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Wilhelmina Rathjen
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| Australian History | 1869 (Age 30) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Birth of a daughter #8 | 5 March 1871 (Age 32) Colbinabbin, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Emma Othilda Rathjen
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| Death of a daughter | 3 August 1871 (Age 33)
daughter -
Helena Amalie Rathjen
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| Australian History | 1872 (Age 33) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Birth of a son #9 | 18 May 1873 (Age 34) Colbinabbin, Victoria, Australia |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 34) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Birth of a daughter #10 | 17 April 1875 (Age 36) Colbinabbin, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Amanda Rathjen
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| Australian History | 1875 (Age 36) 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 daughter #11 | 8 November 1877 (Age 39) Colbinabbin, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Josephine Rathjen
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| Birth of a daughter #12 | 8 November 1877 (Age 39) Colbinabbin, Victoria, Australia
daughter -
Alida Rathjen
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| Death of a daughter | 30 May 1878 (Age 39)
daughter -
Josephine Rathjen
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| Australian History | 1878 (Age 39) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Birth of a son #13 | 28 September 1879 (Age 41) Colbinabbin, Victoria, Australia
son -
Alfred Edward Rathjen
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| Australian History | 1879 (Age 40) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 41) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
| Birth of a son #14 | 6 October 1881 (Age 43) Colbinabbin, Victoria, Australia
son -
Adolph Otto Rathjen
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| Australian History | 1882 (Age 43) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 44) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 48) 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. |
| Australian History | 1889 (Age 50) Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration. |
| Australian History | 1890 (Age 51) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 52) 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 53) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 54) 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 55) 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 56) 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 |
| Australian History | 1896 (Age 57) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 58) 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 59) 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 60) 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 61) 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 62) 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 63) 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 64) 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 65) 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 67) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Australian History | 1908 (Age 69) 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 70) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 71) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 72) 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. |
| Death | 30 September 1911 (Age 73) Colbinabbin, Victoria, Australia |
| Family with Henning Rathjen - View family |
| husband |
Henning Rathjen
Birth 1 April 1826 Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Death 3 March 1912 (Age 85) Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia |
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12 years herself |
Caroline Brunke
Birth 24 June 1838 Salzgitter, Niedersachsen, Germany Death 30 September 1911 (Age 73) Colbinabbin, Victoria, Australia |
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Marriage: 1857 |
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2 years #1 daughter |
Louise Wiebchge Rathjen
Birth 13 May 1859 33 20 Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia Death 13 January 1929 (Age 69) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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2 years #2 daughter |
Catherine Rathjen
Birth 17 May 1861 35 22 Colbinabbin, Victoria, Australia Death 18 May 1861 (Age 1 day) Colbinabbin, Victoria, Australia |
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1 year #3 daughter |
Alvine Rathjen
Birth 8 May 1862 36 23 Colbinabbin, Victoria, Australia Death 23 November 1946 (Age 84) |
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23 months #4 daughter |
Helena Amalie Rathjen
Birth 6 April 1864 38 25 Colbinabbin, Victoria, Australia Death 3 August 1871 (Age 7) |
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20 months #5 daughter |
Caroline Rathjen
Birth 7 December 1865 39 27 Colbinabbin, Victoria, Australia Death 22 November 1866 (Age 11 months) |
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17 months #6 son |
Johann Detlef Rathjen
Birth 11 May 1867 41 28 Colbinabbin, Victoria, Australia Death 13 October 1936 (Age 69) |
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22 months #7 daughter |
Wilhelmina Rathjen
Birth 23 March 1869 42 30 Colbinabbin, Victoria, Australia Death 18 July 1913 (Age 44) |
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23 months #8 daughter |
Emma Othilda Rathjen
Birth 5 March 1871 44 32 Colbinabbin, Victoria, Australia Death 9 June 1941 (Age 70) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
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2 years #9 son |
Henning Frederick Rathjen
Birth 18 May 1873 47 34 Colbinabbin, Victoria, Australia Death 15 September 1939 (Age 66) Victoria, Australia |
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23 months #10 daughter |
Birth 17 April 1875 49 36 Colbinabbin, Victoria, Australia Death 21 August 1961 (Age 86) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
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3 years #11 daughter |
Josephine Rathjen
Birth 8 November 1877 51 39 Colbinabbin, Victoria, Australia Death 30 May 1878 (Age 6 months) |
| #12 daughter |
Alida Rathjen
Birth 8 November 1877 51 39 Colbinabbin, Victoria, Australia Death 23 June 1958 (Age 80) |
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23 months #13 son |
Birth 28 September 1879 53 41 Colbinabbin, Victoria, Australia Death 29 August 1960 (Age 80) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
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2 years #14 son |
Adolph Otto Rathjen
Birth 6 October 1881 55 43 Colbinabbin, Victoria, Australia Death 28 July 1961 (Age 79) Bendigo, Victoria, Australia |