Mary Ann Bryan 1828

Mary Ann BryanAge: 811828–1909

Name: Mary Ann Bryan

Given names: Mary Ann

Surname: Bryan

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Birth	2 May 1828
Australian History	1828 Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History	1829 (Age 7 months) 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.
Australian History	1830 (Age 19 months) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Australian History	1831 (Age 2) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History	1832 (Age 3) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History	1833 (Age 4) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History	1835 (Age 6) 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 7) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History	1838 (Age 9) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History	1839 (Age 10) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History	1840 (Age 11) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Australian History	1841 (Age 12) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History	1842 (Age 13) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History	1843 (Age 14) 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 16) 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	William Couling - View family 8 October 1850 (Age 22) Churchill, England, United Kingdom
Birth of a son #1	15 December 1850 (Age 22) son - George Couling
Australian History	1850 (Age 21) 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 22) 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 23) son - Albert "Alf" Couling
Birth of a daughter #3	17 December 1853 (Age 25) daughter - Mary "Polly" Couling
Australian History	1853 (Age 24) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History	1854 (Age 25) Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History	1855 (Age 26) 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 27) daughter - Emily Couling
Australian History	1856 (Age 27) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History	1857 (Age 28) 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 29) son - Charles Couling
Australian History	1858 (Age 29) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History	1859 (Age 30) 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 32) son - Job Couling
Australian History	1860 (Age 31) 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 32) 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 34) son - James Couling
Australian History	1862 (Age 33) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History	1863 (Age 34) 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 36) Churchill, England, United Kingdom son - Frederick Couling
Birth of a daughter #9	7 August 1867 (Age 39) daughter - Elizabeth Couling
Australian History	1867 (Age 38) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History	1868 (Age 39) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History	1869 (Age 40) 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 41) daughter - Alice Couling
Birth of a daughter #11	24 October 1871 (Age 43) daughter - Louisa Couling
Australian History	1872 (Age 43) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History	1873 (Age 44) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Immigration	13 February 1875 (Age 46) Port Chalmers, New Zealand Note: Sjip: 'Gareloch' Departed: Gravesend 23/11/1874 Arrived: Port Chalmers 13/02/1875 (82 Days) Captain: Greenwood
Marriage of a daughter	Mary "Polly" Couling - View family 25 December 1875 (Age 47) son-in-law - George Helm daughter - Mary "Polly" Couling
Australian History	1875 (Age 46) 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 47) son-in-law - William Hervey daughter - Emily Couling
Australian History	1878 (Age 49) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1879 (Age 50) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Death of a daughter	16 December 1880 (Age 52) daughter - Elizabeth Couling
Australian History	1880 (Age 51) 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 53) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1883 (Age 54) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Australian History	1887 (Age 58) 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 60) 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 61) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Australian History	1891 (Age 62) 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 63) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History	1893 (Age 64) 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 65) 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 66) 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 68) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia son - Frederick Couling daughter-in-law - Eleanor Selena "Lena" Webb
Australian History	1896 (Age 67) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Australian History	1897 (Age 68) 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 69) grandson - Herbert Clifton Couling
Marriage of a daughter	Louisa Couling - View family 11 April 1898 (Age 69) son-in-law - David Jones daughter - Louisa Couling
Marriage of a daughter	Alice Couling - View family 10 August 1898 (Age 70) son-in-law - Joseph Holloway daughter - Alice Couling
Death of a grandson	1898 (Age 69) grandson - Herbert Clifton Couling
Australian History	1898 (Age 69) 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 70) 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 72) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia grandson - Frederick Robert Couling
Australian History	1900 (Age 71) 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 72) 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 73) son - Job Couling daughter-in-law - Catherine "Kate" Mc Donald
Australian History	1902 (Age 73) 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 74) 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 75) granddaughter - Lillian May Couling
Australian History	1904 (Age 75) 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 77) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea
Death of a son	24 October 1908 (Age 80) Footscray, Victoria, Australia son - Frederick Couling
Australian History	1908 (Age 79) 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 80) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.
Death	23 August 1909 (Age 81)

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husband	William Couling Birth 11 October 1830 Long Compton, England, United Kingdom Death 16 September 1909 (Age 78) Loading...
-2 years herself	Mary Ann Bryan Birth 2 May 1828 Death 23 August 1909 (Age 81) Loading...
	Marriage: 8 October 1850 — Churchill, England, United Kingdom
2 months #1 son	George Couling Birth 15 December 1850 20 22 Death 22 April 1942 (Age 91) Loading...
15 months #2 son	Albert "Alf" Couling Birth 20 March 1852 21 23 Death 28 September 1924 (Age 72) Loading...
21 months #3 daughter	Mary "Polly" Couling Birth 17 December 1853 23 25 Death 14 August 1915 (Age 61) Loading...
2 years #4 daughter	Emily Couling Birth 19 January 1856 25 27 Death 12 May 1938 (Age 82) Loading...
2 years #5 son	Charles Couling Birth 17 January 1858 27 29 Death yes Loading...
2 years #6 son	Job Couling Birth 26 May 1860 29 32 Death 1938 (Age 77) Loading...
3 years #7 son	James Couling Birth 2 December 1862 32 34 Death 1949 (Age 86) Loading...
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...
2 years #9 daughter	Elizabeth Couling Birth 7 August 1867 36 39 Death 16 December 1880 (Age 13) Loading...
2 years #10 daughter	Alice Couling Birth 13 January 1870 39 41 Death 4 October 1926 (Age 56) Loading...
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	Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History	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.
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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