Samuel DempsterAge: 631899–1962
- Name
- Samuel Dempster
- Given names
- Samuel
- Surname
- Dempster
| Birth | 1899 40 26 Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia |
| Australian History | 1899 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 months) 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 |
| Birth of a sister | 1901 (Age 2) Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia
younger sister -
Annie Dempster
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| Australian History | 1901 (Age 2) 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 |
| Birth of a brother | 1902 (Age 3) Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia
younger brother -
Henry Dempster
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| Australian History | 1902 (Age 3) 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 4) 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 brother | 1904 (Age 5) Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia
younger brother -
William Dempster
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| Australian History | 1904 (Age 5) Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government |
| Birth of a brother | 1906 (Age 7) Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia
younger brother -
Alex Dempster
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| Australian History | 1906 (Age 7) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Birth of a brother | 1907 (Age 8) Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia
younger brother -
Archibald Dempster
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| Australian History | 1908 (Age 9) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead |
| Birth of a brother | 15 June 1909 (Age 10) Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia
younger brother -
James Thomas Dempster
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| Australian History | 1909 (Age 10) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 11) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Birth of a brother | 1911 (Age 12) Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
younger brother -
Roy Dempster
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| Australian History | 1911 (Age 12) 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. |
| Birth of a brother | 10 July 1912 (Age 13) Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
younger brother -
Cyril Dempster
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| Death of a maternal grandmother | 1912 (Age 13) Holbrook, New South Wales, Australia
maternal grandmother -
Elizabeth Ann Scott
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| Australian History | 1912 (Age 13) 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 |
| Death of a half-brother | 1913 (Age 14) Corowa, New South Wales, Australia
half-brother -
David Dempster
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| Australian History | 1913 (Age 14) 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 14) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 15) 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 16) 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 of a mother | 1916 (Age 17) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
mother -
Elizabeth Hall
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| Australian History | 1916 (Age 17) 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 18) 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 19) 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 20) 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 21) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Australian History | 1921 (Age 22) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Australian History | 1922 (Age 23) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Australian History | 1923 (Age 24) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | 14 September 1924 (Age 25) Culcairn, New South Wales, Australia
maternal grandfather -
David Hall
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| Australian History | 1926 (Age 27) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held |
| Australian History | 1927 (Age 28) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital |
| Australian History | 1928 (Age 29) 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 30) Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia. |
| Australian History | 1930 (Age 31) 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 32) Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia |
| Australian History | 1932 (Age 33) Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1933 (Age 34) 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 37) Note: The last Thylacine dies |
| Australian History | 1937 (Age 38) Note: The radio series Dad and Dave begins |
| Australian History | 1938 (Age 39) Note: Sydney hosts the Empire Games, the forerunner to the Commonwealth Games |
| Australian History | 1939 (Age 40) 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 41) 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 42) 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 43) 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. |
| Australian History | 1943 (Age 44) 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. |
| Australian History | 1944 (Age 45) Note: Cowra breakout, mass escape of Japanese prisoners of war occurs in NSW. Note: Japanese inflict Sandakan Death March on 2,000 Australian and British prisoners of war - only 6 survive. The single worst war crime perpetrated against Australians. Note: Australian forces battle Japanese garrisons from Borneo to Bougainville. Note: The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme is introduced, providing subsidised medicine to all Australians |
| Death of a brother | 6 February 1945 (Age 46) Malaysia
younger brother -
Cyril Dempster
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| Death of a father | 1945 (Age 46) Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
father -
John Dempster
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| Australian History | 1945 (Age 46) Note: the Liberal Party of Australia is established with Robert Menzies as its first leader. Note: Australian forces lead Battle of Borneo Note: (7 May) Nazi Germany surrenders Note: (July) Prime Minister Curtin dies and is replaced by Ben Chifley and the Chifley Labor Government Note: (1 August) Japan Surrenders Note: Australia becomes a founding member of the United Nations Note: The Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race is held for the first time |
| Australian History | 1946 (Age 47) Note: Minister for Immigration Arthur Calwell introduces the major post-war immigration scheme Note: Norman Makin, is voted in as the first President of the United Nations Security Council. |
| Australian History | 1948 (Age 49) Note: Minister for External Affairs, Dr. H.V. Evatt is elected President of the United Nations General Assembly. Note: Australia becomes a signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. |
| Australian History | 1949 (Age 50) Note: Construction of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme begins Note: All indigenous ex-servicemen and any Indigenous Australians who are eligible to vote in State Elections (NSW, VIC, SA and TAS) are given an unrestricted right to vote in Federal Elections. Note: The Nationality and Citizenship Act is passed. Rather than being identified as subjects of Britain, the Act established Australian citizenship for people who met eligibility requirements. Note: Menzies returns to power as leader of the new Liberal Party Menzies Government. |
| Australian History | 1950 (Age 51) Note: 1950-53 - Australian troops are sent to the Korean War to assist South Korea. Note: Voters reject a referendum to change the Constitution to allow the Menzies Government to ban the Communist Party |
| Australian History | 1951 (Age 52) Note: Australia signs the ANZUS treaty with the United States and New Zealand |
| Australian History | 1952 (Age 53) Note: First nuclear test conducted in Australian territory by the United Kingdom off the coast of Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1954 (Age 55) Note: Elizabeth II and Prince Philip make a royal visit; the Soviet diplomat Vladimir Petrov defects, leading to the Petrov Affair and another split in the Labor Party |
| Australian History | 1955 (Age 56) Note: Democratic Labor Party splits from Australian Labor Party over concerns of Communist influence in the labour movement Note: Australia becomes involved in Malayan Insurgence Note: Hotels in New South Wales no longer have to close at 6 p.m., ending the 'six o'clock swill' |
| Australian History | 1956 (Age 57) Note: Television in Australia is launched. Note: Melbourne holds the Olympics Note: performing artist Barry Humphries introduces Edna Everage to the Australian stage |
| Australian History | 1957 (Age 58) Note: The song 'Wild One' makes Johnny O'Keefe the first Australian rock'n'roller to reach the national charts. Note: Slim Dusty's Australian country music hit Pub With No Beer becomes the first Australian song to attain international chart success. |
| Death of a brother | 1960 (Age 61) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
younger brother -
Henry Dempster
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| Australian History | 1962 (on the date of death) Note: Robert Menzies' Commonwealth Electoral Act provided that all Indigenous Australians should have the right to enrol and vote at federal elections, removing remaining restrictions applying in QLD, WA and NT. Note: Malayan Insurgence ends |
| Death | 1962 (Age 63) Victoria, Australia |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
John Dempster
Birth 24 October 1858 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Death 1945 (Age 86) Numurkah, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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14 years mother |
Elizabeth Hall
Birth 1873 32 Clunes, Victoria, Australia Death 1916 (Age 43) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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Marriage: 1890 — Victoria, Australia |
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| #1 elder brother |
John Dempster
Birth 1890 31 17 Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Death 1973 (Age 83) Numurkah, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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1 year #2 elder sister |
Ellen Dempster
Birth 1891 32 18 Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
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2 years #3 elder brother |
William Dempster
Birth 1893 34 20 Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Death 1894 (Age 12 months) Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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1 year #4 elder sister |
Mary Frances Dempster
Birth 1894 35 21 Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
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1 year #5 elder sister |
Selena Dempster
Birth 1895 36 22 Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
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1 year #6 elder brother |
Robert Henry Dempster
Birth 1896 37 23 Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Death 1970 (Age 74) Kew, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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2 years #7 elder brother |
George Dempster
Birth 1898 39 25 Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
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1 year #8 himself |
Samuel Dempster
Birth 1899 40 26 Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Death 1962 (Age 63) Victoria, Australia Loading...
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2 years #9 younger sister |
Annie Dempster
Birth 1901 42 28 Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
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1 year #10 younger brother |
Henry Dempster
Birth 1902 43 29 Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Death 1960 (Age 58) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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2 years #11 younger brother |
William Dempster
Birth 1904 45 31 Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Death 1974 (Age 70) Victoria, Australia Loading...
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2 years #12 younger brother |
Alex Dempster
Birth 1906 47 33 Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
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1 year #13 younger brother |
Archibald Dempster
Birth 1907 48 34 Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
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2 years #14 younger brother |
James Thomas Dempster
Birth 15 June 1909 50 36 Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Death 1983 (Age 73) Victoria, Australia Loading...
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19 months #15 younger brother |
Roy Dempster
Birth 1911 52 38 Numurkah, Victoria, Australia Death 1980 (Age 69) Numurkah, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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18 months #16 younger brother |
Cyril Dempster
Birth 10 July 1912 53 39 Numurkah, Victoria, Australia Death 6 February 1945 (Age 32) Malaysia Loading...
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| Father’s family with Mary Jane Hall - View family |
| father |
John Dempster
Birth 24 October 1858 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Death 1945 (Age 86) Numurkah, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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6 years step-mother |
Mary Jane Hall
Birth 1865 24 Clunes, Victoria, Australia Death 1888 (Age 23) Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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Marriage: 1883 — Victoria, Australia |
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1 year #1 half-brother |
David Dempster
Birth 1884 25 19 Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Death 1913 (Age 29) Corowa, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
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2 years #2 half-sister |
Jane Smart Dempster
Birth 1886 27 21 Victoria, Australia Death 1968 (Age 82) Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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Samuel Dempster has 42 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (42)
Parents John Dempster + Mary Jane Hall
Parents Robert Williams + Annie Elizabeth Hall
Parents John James Hall + Isabella Reardon
Parents David Hall + Frances Catherine Dunne
Parents William Hall + Wilmot Thomas
Parents Robert Williams + Letitia (Margaret) Hall
Parents Robert Henry Hall + Emily A Lumby
Parents Henry Hall + Rosie Thomas
Parents Samuel Hall + Catherine Reardon
Parents Charles Ernest Thomas + Selina Hall
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