Mary "Polly" CoulingAge: 611853–1915
- Name
- Mary "Polly" Couling
- Given names
- Mary
- Surname
- Couling
- Nickname
- Polly
| Birth | 17 December 1853 23 25 |
| Australian History | 1853 Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 15 days) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 12 months) 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 sister | 19 January 1856 (Age 2)
younger sister -
Emily Couling
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| Australian History | 1856 (Age 2) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 3) 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 brother | 17 January 1858 (Age 4)
younger brother -
Charles Couling
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| Australian History | 1858 (Age 4) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 5) 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 brother | 26 May 1860 (Age 6)
younger brother -
Job Couling
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| Australian History | 1860 (Age 6) 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 7) 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 brother | 2 December 1862 (Age 8)
younger brother -
James Couling
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| Australian History | 1862 (Age 8) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 9) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Birth of a brother | 26 February 1865 (Age 11) Churchill, England, United Kingdom
younger brother -
Frederick Couling
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| Birth of a sister | 7 August 1867 (Age 13)
younger sister -
Elizabeth Couling
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| Australian History | 1867 (Age 13) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 14) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 15) 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 16)
younger sister -
Alice Couling
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| Birth of a sister | 24 October 1871 (Age 17)
younger sister -
Louisa Couling
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| Australian History | 1872 (Age 18) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 19) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Marriage | George Helm - View family 25 December 1875 (Age 22) |
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 21) 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 22)
brother-in-law -
William Hervey
younger sister -
Emily Couling
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| Australian History | 1878 (Age 24) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 25) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Death of a sister | 16 December 1880 (Age 26)
younger sister -
Elizabeth Couling
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| Australian History | 1880 (Age 26) 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 28) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 29) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 33) 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 35) 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 36) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 37) 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 38) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 39) 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 40) 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 41) 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 brother | Frederick Couling - View family 17 June 1896 (Age 42) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
younger brother -
Frederick Couling
sister-in-law -
Eleanor Selena "Lena" Webb
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| Australian History | 1896 (Age 42) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 43) 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. |
| Marriage of a sister | Louisa Couling - View family 11 April 1898 (Age 44)
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 44)
brother-in-law -
Joseph Holloway
younger sister -
Alice Couling
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| Australian History | 1898 (Age 44) 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 45) 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 46) 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 47) 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 48)
younger brother -
Job Couling
sister-in-law -
Catherine "Kate" Mc Donald
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| Australian History | 1902 (Age 48) 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 49) 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 50) 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 52) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Death of a brother | 24 October 1908 (Age 54) Footscray, Victoria, Australia
younger brother -
Frederick Couling
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| Australian History | 1908 (Age 54) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead |
| Death of a mother | 23 August 1909 (Age 55)
mother -
Mary Ann Bryan
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| Death of a father | 16 September 1909 (Age 55)
father -
William Couling
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| Australian History | 1909 (Age 55) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 56) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 57) 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 58) 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 |
| Australian History | 1913 (Age 59) 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 59) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 60) 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. |
| Australian History | 1915 (Age 61) 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 |
| Death | 14 August 1915 (Age 61) |
| 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 herself |
Mary "Polly" Couling
Birth 17 December 1853 23 25 Death 14 August 1915 (Age 61) Loading...
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2 years #4 younger sister |
Emily Couling
Birth 19 January 1856 25 27 Death 12 May 1938 (Age 82) Loading...
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2 years #5 younger brother |
Charles Couling
Birth 17 January 1858 27 29 Death yes Loading...
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2 years #6 younger brother |
Job Couling
Birth 26 May 1860 29 32 Death 1938 (Age 77) Loading...
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3 years #7 younger brother |
James Couling
Birth 2 December 1862 32 34 Death 1949 (Age 86) Loading...
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2 years #8 younger brother |
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 George Helm - View family |
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| herself |
Mary "Polly" Couling
Birth 17 December 1853 23 25 Death 14 August 1915 (Age 61) Loading...
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Marriage: 25 December 1875 |
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