William Collins NelsonAge: 451889–1934
- Name
- William Collins Nelson
- Given names
- William Collins
- Surname
- Nelson
| Birth | 1889 30 27 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
| Australian History | 1889 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 12 months) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 2) 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 3) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
younger sister -
Florence Nelson
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| Death of a sister | 1892 (Age 3) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
younger sister -
Florence Nelson
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| Australian History | 1892 (Age 3) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 4) 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 5) 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 6) 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 7) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 8) 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 9) 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 10) 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 11) 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 12) 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 13) 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 14) 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 15) 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 17) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Australian History | 1908 (Age 19) 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 20) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 21) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 22) 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 23) 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 24) 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 24) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Marriage | Annie Maria Crapnell - View family 1914 (Age 25) Victoria, Australia |
| Marriage of a sister | Clara Nelson - View family 1914 (Age 25) Victoria, Australia
brother-in-law -
Reuben Henry Buckland
elder sister -
Clara Nelson
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| Australian History | 1914 (Age 25) 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 26) 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 27) 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 |
| Birth of a son #1 | 1917 (Age 28) Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
son -
William Crapnell Nelson
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| Australian History | 1917 (Age 28) 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. |
| Birth of a son #2 | 1918 (Age 29) Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
son -
Victor Colin Nelson
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| Australian History | 1918 (Age 29) 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 30) 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 31) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Australian History | 1921 (Age 32) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Australian History | 1922 (Age 33) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Death of a son | 1923 (Age 34) Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
son -
Victor Colin Nelson
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| Australian History | 1923 (Age 34) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
| Australian History | 1926 (Age 37) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | 2 August 1927 (Age 38) Redfern, New South Wales, Australia
paternal grandmother -
Letitia Hall
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| Australian History | 1927 (Age 38) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital |
| Australian History | 1928 (Age 39) 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 40) Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia. |
| Australian History | 1930 (Age 41) Note: Batsman Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings Note: Phar Lap wins his first Melbourne Cup |
| Death of a mother | 1931 (Age 42) Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
mother -
Selina Doidge
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| Australian History | 1931 (Age 42) Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia |
| Australian History | 1932 (Age 43) Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1933 (Age 44) Note: Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments |
| Death | 1934 (Age 45) Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
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 mother |
Selina Doidge
Birth 1862 Clunes, Victoria, Australia Death 1931 (Age 69) Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia |
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Marriage: 1882 — Victoria, Australia |
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2 years #1 elder sister |
Edith May Nelson
Birth 1884 25 22 Undera, Victoria, Australia Death 1958 (Age 74) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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1 year #2 elder brother |
Alexander Nelson
Birth 1885 26 23 Undera, Victoria, Australia Death 1952 (Age 67) Victoria, Australia |
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2 years #3 elder sister |
Clara Nelson
Birth 1887 28 25 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Death 1973 (Age 86) Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia |
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2 years #4 himself |
William Collins Nelson
Birth 1889 30 27 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Death 1934 (Age 45) Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
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3 years #5 younger sister |
Florence Nelson
Birth 1892 33 30 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Death 1892 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia |
| Family with Annie Maria Crapnell - View family |
| himself |
William Collins Nelson
Birth 1889 30 27 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Death 1934 (Age 45) Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
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-15 years wife |
Annie Maria Crapnell
Birth 1874 Death 1965 (Age 91) Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia |
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Marriage: 1914 — Victoria, Australia |
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3 years #1 son |
William Crapnell Nelson
Birth 1917 28 43 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
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1 year #2 son |
Victor Colin Nelson
Birth 1918 29 44 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Death 1923 (Age 5) Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |