David NelsonAge: 761867–1943
- Name
- David Nelson
- Given names
- David
- Surname
- Nelson
| Birth | 1867 30 30 Clunes, Victoria, Australia |
| Australian History | 1867 Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 12 months) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Birth of a brother | 1869 (Age 2) Clunes, Victoria, Australia
younger brother -
Alexander Nelson
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| Australian History | 1869 (Age 2) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | 12 April 1870 (Age 3) Talbot Road, Clunes, Victoria, Australia
maternal grandmother -
Ann Mills
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| Death of a father | 1870 (Age 3) Creswick, Victoria, Australia
father -
Alexander Nelson
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| Marriage of a mother | Letitia Hall - View family 8 April 1871 (Age 4) Victoria, Australia
step-father -
William Myott
mother -
Letitia Hall
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| Birth of a half-brother | 1 June 1872 (Age 5) Clunes, Victoria, Australia
half-brother -
Enoch Myott
|
| Australian History | 1872 (Age 5) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 6) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Birth of a half-brother | 14 January 1875 (Age 8) Clunes, Victoria, Australia
half-brother -
John James Myott
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| Australian History | 1875 (Age 8) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed. |
| Birth of a half-brother | 28 August 1877 (Age 10) Waranga, Victoria, Australia
half-brother -
Thomas Henry Myott
|
| Australian History | 1878 (Age 11) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | 17 February 1879 (Age 12) Undera, Victoria, Australia
maternal grandfather -
David Hall
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| Australian History | 1879 (Age 12) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Birth of a half-brother | 10 June 1880 (Age 13) Undera, Victoria, Australia
half-brother -
Samuel Henry Myott
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| Australian History | 1880 (Age 13) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
| Marriage of a brother | William Henry Nelson - View family 1882 (Age 15) Victoria, Australia
elder brother -
William Henry Nelson
sister-in-law -
Selina Doidge
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| Australian History | 1882 (Age 15) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 16) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Marriage of a sister | Mary Ann Nelson - View family 1886 (Age 19) Victoria, Australia
brother-in-law -
Albert Charles Walker
elder sister -
Mary Ann Nelson
|
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 20) 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 22) 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 23) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 24) 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 25) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 26) 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 27) 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 28) 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 |
| Death of a sister | 1896 (Age 29) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
elder sister -
Mary Ann Nelson
|
| Australian History | 1896 (Age 29) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 30) 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 31) 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 32) 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. |
| Marriage of a half-brother | Enoch Myott - View family 1900 (Age 33) Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
half-brother -
Enoch Myott
half-brother's wife -
Catherine D Davis
|
| Australian History | 1900 (Age 33) 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 34) 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 35) 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 36) 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 |
| Marriage of a sister | Elizabeth Nelson - View family 1904 (Age 37) Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
brother-in-law -
Alfred Caunt
elder sister -
Elizabeth Nelson
|
| Australian History | 1904 (Age 37) 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 39) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Marriage of a half-brother | Thomas Henry Myott - View family 1907 (Age 40) Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
half-brother -
Thomas Henry Myott
half-brother's wife -
Katherine E McCormick
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| Marriage of a half-brother | John James Myott - View family 1908 (Age 41) Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
half-brother -
John James Myott
half-brother's wife -
Mary A Ruschen
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| Australian History | 1908 (Age 41) 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 42) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 43) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 44) 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. |
| Death of a brother | 1912 (Age 45) Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
younger brother -
Alexander Nelson
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| Australian History | 1912 (Age 45) 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 46) 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 46) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 47) 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 48) 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 49) 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 |
| Australian History | 1917 (Age 50) Note: Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed. Note: Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade launches last cavalry charge in modern warfare to capture Beersheba from the Ottoman Turks. |
| Australian History | 1918 (Age 51) Note: (08 AUG) Battle of Amiens Note: Australian troops spearhead 8 August offensive against Hindenberg Line - the 'black day of the German Army'. Note: On 12 August, Australian commander General Sir John Monash is knighted in the field of battle by King George V Note: First World War ends - 60,000 Australians dead. Note: The Darwin Rebellion takes place, with 1,000 demonstrators demanding the resignation of the Administrator of the Northern Territory, John A. Gilruth. |
| Australian History | 1919 (Age 52) Note: Prime Minister Billy Hughes signs Treaty of Versailles: the first signing of an international treaty by Australia. Australia obtains League of Nations mandate over German New Guinea. |
| Australian History | 1920 (Age 53) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Australian History | 1921 (Age 54) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Australian History | 1922 (Age 55) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Australian History | 1923 (Age 56) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
| Australian History | 1926 (Age 59) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held |
| Death of a sister | 1927 (Age 60) Auburn, New South Wales, Australia
elder sister -
Elizabeth Nelson
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| Death of a mother | 2 August 1927 (Age 60) Redfern, New South Wales, Australia
mother -
Letitia Hall
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| Australian History | 1927 (Age 60) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital |
| Australian History | 1928 (Age 61) Note: Bert Hinkler makes the first successful flight from Britain to Australia, and Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first flight from the United States to Australia. The Shrine of Remembrance is built. |
| Australian History | 1929 (Age 62) Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia. |
| Australian History | 1930 (Age 63) Note: Batsman Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings Note: Phar Lap wins his first Melbourne Cup |
| Australian History | 1931 (Age 64) Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia |
| Australian History | 1932 (Age 65) Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1933 (Age 66) Note: Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments |
| Australian History | 1936 (Age 69) Note: The last Thylacine dies |
| Australian History | 1937 (Age 70) Note: The radio series Dad and Dave begins |
| Death of a half-brother | 28 August 1938 (Age 71) Henty, New South Wales, Australia
half-brother -
John James Myott
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| Australian History | 1938 (Age 71) Note: Sydney hosts the Empire Games, the forerunner to the Commonwealth Games |
| Australian History | 1939 (Age 72) Note: (April) Prime Minister Lyons dies in office and is replaced by Robert Menzies and the first Menzies Government Note: (September) Australia enters the Second World War following the German Invasion of Poland. The 2nd Australian Imperial Force is raised. Note: The first flight is made by an Australian-made warplane, the Wirraway Note: Victoria is devastated by the Black Friday bushfires |
| Australian History | 1940 (Age 73) Note: A team of scientists, under Howard Florey, develops penicillin Note: Fascist Italy enters war, Royal Australian Navy engages Italian Navy in the early stages of the Battle of the Mediterranean. |
| Australian History | 1941 (Age 74) Note: 3 Divisions of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force join operations in the Mediterranean. After initial successes against Italy, 2nd AIF suffered defeat against the Germans in Greece, Crete, and North Africa. Note: Apr-Aug, Australian garrison (Rats of Tobruk) halt advance of Hitler's panzers for the first time during the Siege of Tobruk. Note: Menzies resigns and John Curtin becomes Prime Minister in the Curtin Government of 1941-45. |
| Australian History | 1942 (Age 75) Note: Feb, Fall of Singapore. 15,000 Australians become Prisoners of War of the Japanese Note: 1942-43 - Japanese air raids - almost 100 attacks against sites in the Northern Territory, Western Australia and Queensland. Note: The Royal Australian Navy and 6th and 7th Divisions of 2nd AIF are recalled from Mediterranean Theatre to participate in the anticipated Battle of Australia. Note: 1942-3 - Sparrow Force engages in guerilla campaign in Battle of Timor Note: Battle of the Coral Sea - United States and Royal Australian Navy halt advance of the Japanese towards Port Moresby (Australian Territory of Papua) Note: Battle of Kokoda Trail - Australian soldiers halt Japanese march on Port Moresby Note: Aug-Sep, Australian forces inflict the first defeat on the Imperial Japanese Army in the Battle of Milne Bay. Note: Jul-Nov, Australia's 9th Division plays crucial role in the First and Second Battle of El Alamein, which turned the North Africa Campaign in favour of the Allies. Note: National daylight saving is introduced as a war time measure. Note: The UK Statute of Westminster is formally adopted by Australia. The Statute formally grants Australia the right to pass laws that conflict with UK laws. |
| Death of a brother | 9 September 1943 (Age 76) Albury, New South Wales, Australia
elder brother -
William Henry Nelson
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| Australian History | 1943 (Age 76) Note: Australia wins its first Oscar, with cinematographer Damien Parer honoured for Kokoda Front Line! documentary. Note: 2,815 Australian Pows die constructing Japan's Burma-Thailand Railway Note: 1943-44 - Australian forces engage Japan in New Guinea, Wau, and the Huon peninsula. |
| Death | 27 September 1943 (Age 76) Albury, New South Wales, Australia David Nelson Death Certificate |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Alexander Nelson
Birth 1837 Rawdeerpark, Monaghan, Ireland Death 1870 (Age 33) Creswick, Victoria, Australia |
| mother |
Letitia Hall
Birth 1837 27 33 Drumswords, Monaghan, Ireland Death 2 August 1927 (Age 90) Redfern, New South Wales, Australia |
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Marriage: 3 July 1857 — Killeevan, Monaghan, Ireland |
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10 months #1 elder brother |
Birth 24 April 1858 21 21 Rawdeerpark, Monaghan, Ireland Death 9 September 1943 (Age 85) Albury, New South Wales, Australia |
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4 years #2 elder sister |
Birth 1862 25 25 Bet Bet, Victoria, Australia Death 1896 (Age 34) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
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2 years #3 elder sister |
Elizabeth Nelson
Birth 1864 27 27 Clunes, Victoria, Australia Death 1927 (Age 63) Auburn, New South Wales, Australia |
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3 years #4 himself |
David Nelson
Birth 1867 30 30 Clunes, Victoria, Australia Death 27 September 1943 (Age 76) Albury, New South Wales, Australia |
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2 years #5 younger brother |
Alexander Nelson
Birth 1869 32 32 Clunes, Victoria, Australia Death 1912 (Age 43) Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia |
| Mother’s family with William Myott - View family |
| step-father |
William Myott
Birth 1820 Wolverhampton, England Death yes |
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17 years mother |
Letitia Hall
Birth 1837 27 33 Drumswords, Monaghan, Ireland Death 2 August 1927 (Age 90) Redfern, New South Wales, Australia |
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Marriage: 8 April 1871 — Victoria, Australia |
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14 months #1 half-brother |
Enoch Myott
Birth 1 June 1872 52 35 Clunes, Victoria, Australia Death yes |
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3 years #2 half-brother |
Birth 14 January 1875 55 38 Clunes, Victoria, Australia Death 28 August 1938 (Age 63) Henty, New South Wales, Australia |
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3 years #3 half-brother |
Thomas Henry Myott
Birth 28 August 1877 57 40 Waranga, Victoria, Australia Death 5 June 1967 (Age 89) Collaroy, New South Wales, Australia |
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3 years #4 half-brother |
Samuel Henry Myott
Birth 10 June 1880 60 43 Undera, Victoria, Australia Death yes |
David Nelson has 27 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (27)
Parents John Hall + Mary Corbett
Parents Matthew Madill + Mary Ann Hall
Parents David Hall + Elizabeth Ann Scott
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