Sarah Ann WalkerAge: 741852–1926
- Name
- Sarah Ann Walker
- Given names
- Sarah Ann
- Surname
- Walker
| Birth | 13 July 1852 39 38 Westbury, Tasmania, Australia |
| Australian History | 1853 (Age 5 months) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 17 months) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 2) Note: The transportation of convicts to Norfolk Island ceases. Note: All men over 21 years of age obtain the right to vote in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1856 (Age 3) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 4) Note: Victorian Committee reported that a 'federal union' would be in the interests of all the growing colonies. However, there was not enough interest in or enthusiasm for taking positive steps towards bringing the colonies together. Note: Victorian men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1858 (Age 5) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 6) Note: SS Admella wrecked off south-east coast of South Australia with the loss of 89 lives. Note: Australian rules football codified, Melbourne Football Club founded Note: Queensland separates from New South Wales with its western border at 141 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1860 (Age 7) Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1861 (Age 8) Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs. Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra |
| Australian History | 1862 (Age 9) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 10) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1867 (Age 14) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 15) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 16) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Marriage | Henry Dobson - View family 29 June 1871 (Age 18) |
| Birth of a son #1 | 12 July 1872 (Age 19) Exton, Tasmania, Australia
son -
George Edward Dobson
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| Australian History | 1872 (Age 19) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Birth of a son #2 | 3 October 1873 (Age 21) Exton, Tasmania, Australia
son -
Samuel Hildreth Dobson
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| Australian History | 1873 (Age 20) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Birth of a son #3 | 8 March 1875 (Age 22) Exton, Tasmania, Australia
son -
Alexander John Dobson
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| Australian History | 1875 (Age 22) 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 son #4 | 21 August 1876 (Age 24) Exton, Tasmania, Australia
son -
Walter Thomas Dobson
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| Birth of a son #5 | 12 April 1878 (Age 25) Exton, Tasmania, Australia |
| Australian History | 1878 (Age 25) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | 27 December 1879 (Age 27) Exton, Tasmania, Australia
daughter -
Lillias May Dobson
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| Australian History | 1879 (Age 26) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 27) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
| Birth of a son #7 | 13 October 1881 (Age 29) Exton, Tasmania, Australia
son -
Stephen Peter Dobson
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| Australian History | 1882 (Age 29) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Birth of a daughter #8 | 28 July 1883 (Age 31) Exton, Tasmania, Australia
daughter -
Ethel Ann Dobson
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| Australian History | 1883 (Age 30) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Birth of a daughter #9 | 29 November 1884 (Age 32) Exton, Tasmania, Australia
daughter -
Mabel Ann Dobson
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| Death of a daughter | 29 December 1884 (Age 32) Westbury, Tasmania, Australia
daughter -
Ethel Ann Dobson
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| Death of a daughter | 29 December 1884 (Age 32) Westbury, Tasmania, Australia
daughter -
Mabel Ann Dobson
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| Birth of a son #10 | 2 November 1885 (Age 33) Exton, Tasmania, Australia
son -
Louis Robert Dobson
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| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | 10 January 1886 (Age 33) Port Sorell, Tasmania, Australia
granddaughter -
Melville Martha Mary Dick
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| Australian History | 1887 (Age 34) 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. |
| Birth of a daughter #11 | 23 February 1888 (Age 35) Elizabeth Town, Tasmania, Australia
daughter -
Ada Mary Dobson
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| Death of a mother | 3 December 1888 (Age 36)
mother -
Sarah Goss
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| Birth of a son #12 | 23 December 1889 (Age 37) Elizabeth Town, Tasmania, Australia
son -
Henry Arthur Dobson
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| Australian History | 1889 (Age 36) 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 37) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Birth of a daughter #13 | 24 June 1891 (Age 38) Elizabeth Town, Tasmania, Australia
daughter -
Leila Florence Dobson
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| Australian History | 1891 (Age 38) 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 39) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Birth of a daughter #14 | 14 October 1893 (Age 41) Elizabeth Town, Tasmania, Australia
daughter -
Myrtle Sarah Dobson
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| Birth of a son #15 | 19 November 1893 (Age 41) Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia
son -
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| Australian History | 1893 (Age 40) 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 41) 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 42) 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 43) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 44) 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 45) 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 46) 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 47) 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 48) 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 49) 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 50) 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 51) Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government |
| Marriage of a granddaughter | Melville Martha Mary Dick - View family 25 January 1905 (Age 52) Riana, Tasmania, Australia
son -
Walter Thomas Dobson
daughter-in-law -
Melville Martha Mary Dick
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| Marriage of a son | Walter Thomas Dobson - View family 25 January 1905 (Age 52) Riana, Tasmania, Australia
son -
Walter Thomas Dobson
daughter-in-law -
Melville Martha Mary Dick
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| Australian History | 1906 (Age 53) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Australian History | 1908 (Age 55) 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 56) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 57) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 58) 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 59) 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 son | 9 July 1913 (Age 60) |
| Australian History | 1913 (Age 60) 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 60) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 61) 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 62) 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | 22 August 1916 (Age 64) Tasmania, Australia
grandson -
Roy Stephen Francis Dobson
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| Australian History | 1916 (Age 63) 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 64) 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 65) 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 66) 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. |
| Death of a husband | 13 August 1920 (Age 68) Penguin, Tasmania, Australia
husband -
Henry Dobson
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| Australian History | 1920 (Age 67) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Australian History | 1921 (Age 68) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Australian History | 1922 (Age 69) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Australian History | 1923 (Age 70) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
| Australian History | 1926 (Age 73) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held |
| Death | 29 August 1926 (Age 74) Pine Road, Penguin, Tasmania, Australia |
| Family with parents - View family |
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9 months mother |
Sarah Goss
Birth 14 January 1814 Death 3 December 1888 (Age 74) |
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Marriage: 1 December 1834 |
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18 years #1 herself |
Sarah Ann Walker
Birth 13 July 1852 39 38 Westbury, Tasmania, Australia Death 29 August 1926 (Age 74) Pine Road, Penguin, Tasmania, Australia |
| Family with Henry Dobson - View family |
| husband |
Henry Dobson
Birth 4 July 1841 24 23 Snaith, Yorkshire, England Death 13 August 1920 (Age 79) Penguin, Tasmania, Australia |
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11 years herself |
Sarah Ann Walker
Birth 13 July 1852 39 38 Westbury, Tasmania, Australia Death 29 August 1926 (Age 74) Pine Road, Penguin, Tasmania, Australia |
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Marriage: 29 June 1871 |
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2 years #1 son |
Samuel Hildreth Dobson
Birth 3 October 1873 32 21 Exton, Tasmania, Australia Death 5 August 1950 (Age 76) |
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17 months #2 son |
Alexander John Dobson
Birth 8 March 1875 33 22 Exton, Tasmania, Australia Death 20 April 1948 (Age 73) Gunns Plains, Tasmania, Australia |
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-3 years #3 son |
George Edward Dobson
Birth 12 July 1872 31 19 Exton, Tasmania, Australia Death 1 April 1945 (Age 72) Yolla, Tasmania, Australia |
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4 years #4 son |
Walter Thomas Dobson
Birth 21 August 1876 35 24 Exton, Tasmania, Australia Death 17 June 1941 (Age 64) Wivenhoe, Tasmania, Australia |
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20 months #5 son |
William Michael Henry Dobson
Birth 12 April 1878 36 25 Exton, Tasmania, Australia Death 9 July 1913 (Age 35) |
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21 months #6 daughter |
Lillias May Dobson
Birth 27 December 1879 38 27 Exton, Tasmania, Australia Death 24 June 1952 (Age 72) Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia |
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22 months #7 son |
Stephen Peter Dobson
Birth 13 October 1881 40 29 Exton, Tasmania, Australia Death 29 June 1959 (Age 77) |
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21 months #8 daughter |
Ethel Ann Dobson
Birth 28 July 1883 42 31 Exton, Tasmania, Australia Death 29 December 1884 (Age 17 months) Westbury, Tasmania, Australia |
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16 months #9 daughter |
Mabel Ann Dobson
Birth 29 November 1884 43 32 Exton, Tasmania, Australia Death 29 December 1884 (Age 30 days) Westbury, Tasmania, Australia |
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11 months #10 son |
Louis Robert Dobson
Birth 2 November 1885 44 33 Exton, Tasmania, Australia Death 17 September 1945 (Age 59) ULVERSTONE, Tasmania, Australia |
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2 years #11 daughter |
Ada Mary Dobson
Birth 23 February 1888 46 35 Elizabeth Town, Tasmania, Australia Death 7 October 1981 (Age 93) |
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22 months #12 son |
Henry Arthur Dobson
Birth 23 December 1889 48 37 Elizabeth Town, Tasmania, Australia Death 7 October 1971 (Age 81) |
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18 months #13 daughter |
Leila Florence Dobson
Birth 24 June 1891 49 38 Elizabeth Town, Tasmania, Australia Death 27 September 1979 (Age 88) Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia |
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2 years #14 daughter |
Myrtle Sarah Dobson
Birth 14 October 1893 52 41 Elizabeth Town, Tasmania, Australia Death 19 September 1984 (Age 90) Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia |
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1 month #15 son |
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Birth 19 November 1893 52 41 Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia Death 20 September 1933 (Age 39) Penguin, Tasmania, Australia |