Frederick CoulingAge: 431865–1908
- Name
- Frederick Couling
- Given names
- Frederick
- Surname
- Couling
| Birth | 26 February 1865 34 36 Churchill, England, United Kingdom |
| Birth of a sister | 7 August 1867 (Age 2)
younger sister -
Elizabeth Couling
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| Australian History | 1867 (Age 22 months) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 2) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 3) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Birth of a sister | 13 January 1870 (Age 4)
younger sister -
Alice Couling
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| Birth of a sister | 24 October 1871 (Age 6)
younger sister -
Louisa Couling
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| Australian History | 1872 (Age 6) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 7) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Immigration | 13 February 1875 (Age 9) Port Chalmers, New Zealand |
| Marriage of a sister | Mary "Polly" Couling - View family 25 December 1875 (Age 10)
brother-in-law -
George Helm
elder sister -
Mary "Polly" Couling
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| Australian History | 1875 (Age 9) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed. |
| Marriage of a sister | Emily Couling - View family 24 February 1876 (Age 10)
brother-in-law -
William Hervey
elder sister -
Emily Couling
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| Australian History | 1878 (Age 12) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 13) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Death of a sister | 16 December 1880 (Age 15)
younger sister -
Elizabeth Couling
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| Australian History | 1880 (Age 14) 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 16) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 17) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 21) 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 23) 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 24) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 25) 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 26) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 27) 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 28) 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 29) 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 | Eleanor Selena "Lena" Webb - View family 17 June 1896 (Age 31) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation | Labourer 1896 (estimated) (Age 30) Clifton, New Zealand Employer: Flax Plantation |
| Australian History | 1896 (Age 30) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 31) 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. |
| Immigration | 1898 (estimated) (Age 32) Australia |
| Birth of a son #1 | 1898 (Age 32)
son -
Herbert Clifton Couling
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| Marriage of a sister | Louisa Couling - View family 11 April 1898 (Age 33)
brother-in-law -
David Jones
younger sister -
Louisa Couling
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| Marriage of a sister | Alice Couling - View family 10 August 1898 (Age 33)
brother-in-law -
Joseph Holloway
younger sister -
Alice Couling
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| Death of a son | 1898 (Age 32)
son -
Herbert Clifton Couling
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| Australian History | 1898 (Age 32) 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 33) 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. |
| Birth of a son #2 | 10 June 1900 (Age 35) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
son -
Frederick Robert Couling
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| Australian History | 1900 (Age 34) 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 35) 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 | Job Couling - View family 26 February 1902 (Age 37)
elder brother -
Job Couling
sister-in-law -
Catherine "Kate" Mc Donald
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| Australian History | 1902 (Age 36) 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 37) 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 |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | 27 January 1904 (Age 38)
daughter -
Lillian May Couling
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| Australian History | 1904 (Age 38) 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 40) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Australian History | 1908 (Age 42) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead |
| Death | 24 October 1908 (Age 43) Footscray, Victoria, Australia |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
William Couling
Birth 11 October 1830 Long Compton, England, United Kingdom Death 16 September 1909 (Age 78) Loading...
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-2 years mother |
Mary Ann Bryan
Birth 2 May 1828 Death 23 August 1909 (Age 81) Loading...
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Marriage: 8 October 1850 — Churchill, England, United Kingdom |
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2 months #1 elder brother |
George Couling
Birth 15 December 1850 20 22 Death 22 April 1942 (Age 91) Loading...
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15 months #2 elder brother |
Albert "Alf" Couling
Birth 20 March 1852 21 23 Death 28 September 1924 (Age 72) Loading...
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21 months #3 elder sister |
Mary "Polly" Couling
Birth 17 December 1853 23 25 Death 14 August 1915 (Age 61) Loading...
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2 years #4 elder sister |
Emily Couling
Birth 19 January 1856 25 27 Death 12 May 1938 (Age 82) Loading...
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2 years #5 elder brother |
Charles Couling
Birth 17 January 1858 27 29 Death yes Loading...
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2 years #6 elder brother |
Job Couling
Birth 26 May 1860 29 32 Death 1938 (Age 77) Loading...
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3 years #7 elder brother |
James Couling
Birth 2 December 1862 32 34 Death 1949 (Age 86) Loading...
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2 years #8 himself |
Frederick Couling
Birth 26 February 1865 34 36 Churchill, England, United Kingdom Death 24 October 1908 (Age 43) Footscray, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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2 years #9 younger sister |
Elizabeth Couling
Birth 7 August 1867 36 39 Death 16 December 1880 (Age 13) Loading...
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2 years #10 younger sister |
Alice Couling
Birth 13 January 1870 39 41 Death 4 October 1926 (Age 56) Loading...
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21 months #11 younger sister |
Louisa Couling
Birth 24 October 1871 41 43 Death 14 October 1929 (Age 57) Loading...
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| Family with Eleanor Selena "Lena" Webb - View family |
| himself |
Frederick Couling
Birth 26 February 1865 34 36 Churchill, England, United Kingdom Death 24 October 1908 (Age 43) Footscray, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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22 months wife |
Eleanor Selena "Lena" Webb
Birth 1867 Sebastopol, Victoria, Australia Death 15 November 1924 (Age 57) Loading...
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Marriage: 17 June 1896 — Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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18 months #1 son |
Herbert Clifton Couling
Birth 1898 32 31 Death 1898 Age: 6 months Loading...
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2 years #2 son |
Frederick Robert Couling
Birth 10 June 1900 35 33 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Death 5 September 1942 (Age 42) Richmond, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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4 years #3 daughter |
Lillian May Couling
Birth 27 January 1904 38 37 Loading...
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| Australian History | Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. |
| Australian History | The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Australian History | Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Immigration | Sjip: 'Gareloch'
Departed: Gravesend 23/11/1874
Arrived: Port Chalmers 13/02/1875 (82 Days)
Captain: Greenwood |
| Australian History | SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. |
| Australian History | First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. |
| Australian History | First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| 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 |
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