Rita Lilian Wisely 1907

Rita Lilian WiselyAge: 201907–1927

Name: Rita Lilian Wisely

Given names: Rita Lilian

Surname: Wisely

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Birth	1907 35 28 Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
Marriage status	Never Married
Australian History	1908 (Age 12 months) 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 2) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.
Birth of a sister	1910 (Age 3) Katamatite, Victoria, Australia younger sister - Esma Gladys Wisely
Australian History	1910 (Age 3) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.
Australian History	1911 (Age 4) 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 5) 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 maternal grandfather	1913 (Age 6) Shepparton, Victoria, Australia maternal grandfather - George Andrew Crozier
Australian History	1913 (Age 6) 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 6) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place
Australian History	1914 (Age 7) 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 8) 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 9) 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 brother	1917 (Age 10) Numurkah, Victoria, Australia younger brother - John Thomas Wisely
Australian History	1917 (Age 10) 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 11) 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 12) 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 13) Note: The airline Qantas is founded
Australian History	1921 (Age 14) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament
Australian History	1922 (Age 15) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney
Australian History	1923 (Age 16) Note: Vegemite is first produced
Australian History	1926 (Age 19) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held
Australian History	1927 (on the date of death) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital
Death	1927 (Age 20) Shepparton, Victoria, Australia

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father	Samuel Wisely Birth 1872 Geelong, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
7 years mother	Mary Ann Crozier Birth 7 December 1878 31 23 Undera, Victoria, Australia Death 1959 (Age 80) Bendigo, Victoria, Australia Loading...
	Marriage: 1902 — Victoria, Australia
1 year #1 elder sister	Vera Evelyn Wisely Birth 1903 31 24 Shepparton, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
1 year #2 elder sister	Alma Mary Wisely Birth 1904 32 25 Shepparton, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
3 years #3 herself	Rita Lilian Wisely Birth 1907 35 28 Shepparton, Victoria, Australia Death 1927 (Age 20) Shepparton, Victoria, Australia Loading...
3 years #4 younger sister	Esma Gladys Wisely Birth 1910 38 31 Katamatite, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
7 years #5 younger brother	John Thomas Wisely Birth 1917 45 38 Numurkah, Victoria, Australia Loading...