George LavenderAge: 281888–1916
- Name
- George Lavender
- Given names
- George
- Surname
- Lavender
- Also known as
- George Pike
| Birth | 1888 36 Richmond, New South Wales, Australia |
| Birth of a sister | 1889 (Age 12 months) Richmond, New South Wales, Australia
younger sister -
Norah Lavender
|
| Australian History | 1889 (Age 12 months) Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration. |
| Birth of a brother | 1890 (Age 2) Richmond, New South Wales, Australia
younger brother -
Cecil "Charlie" Lavender
|
| Australian History | 1890 (Age 2) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 3) 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 |
| Birth of a sister | 1892 (Age 4) Richmond, New South Wales, Australia
younger sister -
Doris Lavender
|
| Australian History | 1892 (Age 4) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Birth of a sister | 1893 (Age 5) Richmond, New South Wales, Australia
younger sister -
Jessie Lavender
|
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 5) 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. |
| Birth of a sister | 1894 (Age 6) Richmond, New South Wales, Australia
younger sister -
Mabel Lavender
|
| Australian History | 1894 (Age 6) 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 7) 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 8) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Birth of a brother | 1897 (Age 9) Richmond, New South Wales, Australia
younger brother -
Victor Lavender
|
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 9) 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 10) 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 11) 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 12) 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 |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | 1901 (Age 13) West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
paternal grandfather -
John Lavender
|
| Australian History | 1901 (Age 13) 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 14) 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 15) 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 16) Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government |
| Marriage of parents | View family 1906 (Age 18) Windsor, New South Wales, Australia
father -
George A Lavender
mother -
Jean Pike
|
| Australian History | 1906 (Age 18) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Birth of a brother | 1907 (Age 19) Richmond, New South Wales, Australia
younger brother -
Richard Lavender
|
| Australian History | 1908 (Age 20) 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 21) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 22) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 23) 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 24) 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 25) 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 25) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 26) 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 27) 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 |
| Australian History | 1916 (Age 28) Note: Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill' Note: Australia suffers heavy casualties in the Western Front Battle of the Somme. Note: The Returned Sailors� and Soldiers� Imperial League of Australia, the forerunner to the Returned and Services League of Australia is founded Note: The Labor government under Billy Hughes splits over conscription. First referendum on conscription is rejected |
| Death | 17 February 1916 (Age 28) Cairo, Egypt George Lavender Listed on Honour Roll |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
George A Lavender
Birth 1852 Agnes Banks, New South Wales, Australia Death 8 December 1949 (Age 97) Richmond, New South Wales, Australia |
| mother |
Jean Pike
Death 1942 Windsor, New South Wales, Australia |
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Marriage: 1906 — Windsor, New South Wales, Australia |
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-18 years #1 himself |
George Lavender
Birth 1888 36 Richmond, New South Wales, Australia Death 17 February 1916 (Age 28) Cairo, Egypt |
|
1 year #2 younger sister |
Norah Lavender
Birth 1889 37 Richmond, New South Wales, Australia |
|
1 year #3 younger brother |
Cecil "Charlie" Lavender
Birth 1890 38 Richmond, New South Wales, Australia Death 26 June 1949 (Age 59) Windsor, New South Wales, Australia |
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2 years #4 younger sister |
Doris Lavender
Birth 1892 40 Richmond, New South Wales, Australia |
|
1 year #5 younger sister |
Jessie Lavender
Birth 1893 41 Richmond, New South Wales, Australia |
|
1 year #6 younger sister |
Mabel Lavender
Birth 1894 42 Richmond, New South Wales, Australia |
|
3 years #7 younger brother |
Victor Lavender
Birth 1897 45 Richmond, New South Wales, Australia |
|
10 years #8 younger brother |
Richard Lavender
Birth 1907 55 Richmond, New South Wales, Australia |
George Lavender has 13 first cousins recorded
Father's family (13)
Parents James Shaw + Georgiana Lavender
Parents Henry Lavender + Massey Elizabeth "Maisie" Mahon
Mother's family (0)
| Note | He enlisted during WWI, and was allocated No 3822 in the 9th Infantry Battalion. He died of wounds in Egypt, and the war grave register notes state "Lavender, Pte. George. 3822. 9t Btn Australian Inf. Died of wounds 17th Feb, 1916. Age 27. Son of George and Jean Lavender, of Thorn Hill, North Richmond, New South Wales. D 319." |
| 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. |
| Australian History | Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | The Royal Australian Navy is founded |
| Australian History | Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time |
| Australian History | Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains. |
| Australian History | The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 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 | (25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April. |
| Australian History | Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill' |
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