William CoulingAge: 781830–1909
- Name
- William Couling
- Given names
- William
- Surname
- Couling
| Birth | 11 October 1830 Long Compton, England, United Kingdom |
| Australian History | 1830 Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River. |
| Australian History | 1831 (Age 2 months) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published. |
| Australian History | 1832 (Age 14 months) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1833 (Age 2) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land. |
| Australian History | 1835 (Age 4) 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 5) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1838 (Age 7) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Australian History | 1839 (Age 8) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Australian History | 1840 (Age 9) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Australian History | 1841 (Age 10) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1842 (Age 11) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1843 (Age 12) 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 14) 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. |
| Marriage | Mary Ann Bryan - View family 8 October 1850 (Age 19) Churchill, England, United Kingdom |
| Birth of a son #1 | 15 December 1850 (Age 20)
son -
George Couling
|
| Australian History | 1850 (Age 19) 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 20) 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 |
| Birth of a son #2 | 20 March 1852 (Age 21)
son -
Albert "Alf" Couling
|
| Birth of a daughter #3 | 17 December 1853 (Age 23)
daughter -
Mary "Polly" Couling
|
| Australian History | 1853 (Age 22) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 23) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 24) 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. |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | 19 January 1856 (Age 25)
daughter -
Emily Couling
|
| Australian History | 1856 (Age 25) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 26) 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. |
| Birth of a son #5 | 17 January 1858 (Age 27)
son -
Charles Couling
|
| Australian History | 1858 (Age 27) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 28) 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. |
| Birth of a son #6 | 26 May 1860 (Age 29)
son -
Job Couling
|
| Australian History | 1860 (Age 29) 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 30) 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 son #7 | 2 December 1862 (Age 32)
son -
James Couling
|
| Australian History | 1862 (Age 31) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 32) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Birth of a son #8 | 26 February 1865 (Age 34) Churchill, England, United Kingdom
son -
Frederick Couling
|
| Birth of a daughter #9 | 7 August 1867 (Age 36)
daughter -
Elizabeth Couling
|
| Australian History | 1867 (Age 36) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 37) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 38) 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 #10 | 13 January 1870 (Age 39)
daughter -
Alice Couling
|
| Birth of a daughter #11 | 24 October 1871 (Age 41)
daughter -
Louisa Couling
|
| Australian History | 1872 (Age 41) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 42) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Immigration | 13 February 1875 (Age 44) Port Chalmers, New Zealand |
| Marriage of a daughter | Mary "Polly" Couling - View family 25 December 1875 (Age 45)
son-in-law -
George Helm
daughter -
Mary "Polly" Couling
|
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 44) 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 daughter | Emily Couling - View family 24 February 1876 (Age 45)
son-in-law -
William Hervey
daughter -
Emily Couling
|
| Australian History | 1878 (Age 47) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 48) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Death of a daughter | 16 December 1880 (Age 50)
daughter -
Elizabeth Couling
|
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 49) 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 51) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 52) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 56) 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 58) 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 59) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 60) 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 61) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 62) 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 63) 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 64) 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 son | Frederick Couling - View family 17 June 1896 (Age 65) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
son -
Frederick Couling
daughter-in-law -
Eleanor Selena "Lena" Webb
|
| Australian History | 1896 (Age 65) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 66) 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. |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | 1898 (Age 67)
grandson -
Herbert Clifton Couling
|
| Marriage of a daughter | Louisa Couling - View family 11 April 1898 (Age 67)
son-in-law -
David Jones
daughter -
Louisa Couling
|
| Marriage of a daughter | Alice Couling - View family 10 August 1898 (Age 67)
son-in-law -
Joseph Holloway
daughter -
Alice Couling
|
| Death of a grandson | 1898 (Age 67)
grandson -
Herbert Clifton Couling
|
| Australian History | 1898 (Age 67) 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 68) 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 grandson #2 | 10 June 1900 (Age 69) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
grandson -
Frederick Robert Couling
|
| Australian History | 1900 (Age 69) 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 70) 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 son | Job Couling - View family 26 February 1902 (Age 71)
son -
Job Couling
daughter-in-law -
Catherine "Kate" Mc Donald
|
| Australian History | 1902 (Age 71) 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 72) 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 granddaughter #3 | 27 January 1904 (Age 73)
granddaughter -
Lillian May Couling
|
| Australian History | 1904 (Age 73) 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 75) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Death of a son | 24 October 1908 (Age 78) Footscray, Victoria, Australia
son -
Frederick Couling
|
| Australian History | 1908 (Age 77) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead |
| Death of a wife | 23 August 1909 (Age 78)
wife -
Mary Ann Bryan
|
| Australian History | 1909 (Age 78) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Death | 16 September 1909 (Age 78) |
| Burial | Invercargill (Waikiwi), New Zealand Cemetery: St. John's Cemetery |
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William Couling
Birth 11 October 1830 Long Compton, England, United Kingdom Death 16 September 1909 (Age 78) Loading...
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William Couling
Birth 11 October 1830 Long Compton, England, United Kingdom Death 16 September 1909 (Age 78) Loading...
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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 son |
George Couling
Birth 15 December 1850 20 22 Death 22 April 1942 (Age 91) Loading...
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15 months #2 son |
Albert "Alf" Couling
Birth 20 March 1852 21 23 Death 28 September 1924 (Age 72) Loading...
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21 months #3 daughter |
Mary "Polly" Couling
Birth 17 December 1853 23 25 Death 14 August 1915 (Age 61) Loading...
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2 years #4 daughter |
Emily Couling
Birth 19 January 1856 25 27 Death 12 May 1938 (Age 82) Loading...
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2 years #5 son |
Charles Couling
Birth 17 January 1858 27 29 Death yes Loading...
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2 years #6 son |
Job Couling
Birth 26 May 1860 29 32 Death 1938 (Age 77) Loading...
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3 years #7 son |
James Couling
Birth 2 December 1862 32 34 Death 1949 (Age 86) Loading...
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2 years #8 son |
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 daughter |
Elizabeth Couling
Birth 7 August 1867 36 39 Death 16 December 1880 (Age 13) Loading...
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2 years #10 daughter |
Alice Couling
Birth 13 January 1870 39 41 Death 4 October 1926 (Age 56) Loading...
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21 months #11 daughter |
Louisa Couling
Birth 24 October 1871 41 43 Death 14 October 1929 (Age 57) Loading...
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| Australian History | Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River. |
| Australian History | Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published. |
| Australian History | Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. |
| Australian History | The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land. |
| Australian History | John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner establish a settlement at Port Phillip, now the city of Melbourne. |
| Australian History | Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| Australian History | First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Australian History | Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Australian History | Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Australian History | New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 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 | The ship Cataraqui is wrecked off King Island in Bass Strait. It is Australia's worst civil maritime disaster, with 406 lives lost. |
| Australian History | Western Australia becomes a penal colony. |
| Australian History | Victoria separates from New South Wales. |
| Australian History | Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | The transportation of convicts to Norfolk Island ceases. |
| Australian History | Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 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. |
| Australian History | Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. |
| Australian History | SS Admella wrecked off south-east coast of South Australia with the loss of 89 lives. |
| Australian History | John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E. |
| Australian History | The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs. |
| Australian History | Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| 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 |
| Australian History | The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
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