Elizabeth Read 1731

Elizabeth Read1731–?

Name: Elizabeth Read

Given names: Elizabeth

Surname: Read

Married Name: Elizabeth Mabley

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Birth	1731
Marriage	George Mabley - View family 9 April 1751 (Age 20)
Birth of a son #1	1753 (Age 22) son - Thomas Mapley
Australian History	1770 (Age 39) Note: English Lieutenant James Cook's expedition in HM Bark Endeavour charts the eastern coast, and claims it for the British Crown. Australia dubbed 'terra nullius' i.e., according to the European legal precepts of the era, it was 'owned' by no-one.
Marriage of a son	Thomas Mapley - View family 10 February 1777 (Age 46) son - Thomas Mapley daughter-in-law - Ann Frost
Birth of a grandson #1	1779 (Age 48) grandson - Wiliam Mapley
Death of a husband	1783 (Age 52) husband - George Mabley
Australian History	1788 (Age 57) Note: The British First Fleet, led by Governor Arthur Phillip arrives in New South Wales to found first European settlement and penal colony at Sydney. Colony includes 'all the islands adjacent in the Pacific Ocean' and running westward to the 135th meridian east. This claim included the islands of New Zealand, which were administered as part of New South Wales. Note: British settlement founded at Norfolk Island.
Australian History	1790 (Age 59) Note: Beleaguered Second Fleet arrives. Colony gripped by food crisis.
Australian History	1792 (Age 61) Note: Two French ships, La Recherche and L'Esp�rance, anchor at Recherche Bay, near the southernmost point of Tasmania at a time when England and France were racing around the globe to be the first to discover and colonise Australia. Note: Governor Philip returns to England, accompanied by his friend Bennelong and a companion who become the first Australian born person to sail to Europe.
Australian History	1797 (Age 66) Note: Sydney Cove wrecked and some survivors travelled from Bass Strait to Port Jackson allowing for the rescue of others but also furthering knowledge of the geography of Australia.
Australian History	1798 (Age 67) Note: 1798-9 - George Bass and Matthew Flinders sail from Sydney and circumnavigate Tasmania, thus proving it to be an island.
Australian History	1803 (Age 72) Note: Matthew Flinders completes the first circumnavigation of the continent (still known as 'New Holland')
Australian History	1804 (Age 73) Note: A settlement is founded at Risdon on the Derwent River in Van Diemen's Land by Lieutenant Bowen. Note: Castle Hill convict rebellion also known as the second Battle of Vinegar Hill Note: The Risdon settlement is moved to Sullivan's Cove (now Hobart) by Colonel David Collins.
Australian History	1808 (Age 77) Note: The Rum Rebellion
Australian History	1817 (Age 86) Note: John Oxley charts the Lachlan River Note: Australia's first bank, the Bank of New South Wales, opens in Macquarie Place, Sydney (it became Westpac in 1982). Note: Governor Lachlan Macquarie petitioned the British Admiralty to use the name 'Australia' instead of 'New Holland'
Australian History	1818 (Age 87) Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River.
Death of a son	1824 (Age 93) son - Thomas Mapley
Australian History	1824 (Age 93) Note: A penal colony is founded at Moreton Bay, now the city of Brisbane. Note: Bathurst and Melville Islands are annexed. Note: Permission granted to change the name of the continent from 'New Holland' to 'Australia' Note: 1824-25 - Hume and Hovell expedition travels overland to Port Phillip Bay, discovers Murray River
Australian History	1825 (Age 94) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Australian History	1828 (Age 97) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History	1829 (Age 98) Note: The whole of Australia is claimed as British territory. The settlement of Perth is founded. Swan River Colony is declared by Charles Fremantle for Britain.
Australian History	1830 (Age 99) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Australian History	1831 (Age 100) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History	1832 (Age 101) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History	1833 (Age 102) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History	1835 (Age 104) Note: John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner establish a settlement at Port Phillip, now the city of Melbourne. Note: William Wentworth establishes Australian Patriotic Association (Australia's first political party) to demand democracy for New South Wales.
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husband	George Mabley Birth 1726 Death 1783 (Age 57) Loading...
5 years herself	Elizabeth Read Birth 1731 Death yes Loading...
	Marriage: 9 April 1751
21 months #1 son	Thomas Mapley Birth 1753 27 22 Death 1824 (Age 71) Loading...

Elizabeth Read1731–?

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