William DobsonAge: 671817–1885
- Name
- William Dobson
- Given names
- William
- Surname
- Dobson
| Birth | 20 May 1817 29 Airmyn, Yorkshire, England |
| Occupation | Farmer/Tobacconist |
| Australian History | 1817 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 7 months) Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River. |
| Australian History | 1824 (Age 6) 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 7) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed. |
| Australian History | 1828 (Age 10) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River. |
| Australian History | 1829 (Age 11) 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 12) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River. |
| Australian History | 1831 (Age 13) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published. |
| Australian History | 1832 (Age 14) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1833 (Age 15) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land. |
| Australian History | 1835 (Age 17) 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. |
| Australian History | 1836 (Age 18) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1838 (Age 20) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Australian History | 1839 (Age 21) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Marriage | Anne Richardson - View family March 1840 (Age 22) Leeds, Yorkshire, England |
| Australian History | 1840 (Age 22) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Birth of a son #1 | 4 July 1841 (Age 24) Snaith, Yorkshire, England
son -
Henry Dobson
|
| Australian History | 1841 (Age 23) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1842 (Age 24) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1843 (Age 25) Note: Australia's first parliamentary elections held for the New South Wales Legislative Council (though voting rights are restricted to males of certain wealth or property). |
| Australian History | 1845 (Age 27) Note: The ship Cataraqui is wrecked off King Island in Bass Strait. It is Australia's worst civil maritime disaster, with 406 lives lost. Note: Copper is discovered at Burra in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1850 (Age 32) Note: Western Australia becomes a penal colony. Note: Australian Colonies Government Act [1850] grants representative constitutions to New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania, colonies set about writing constitutions which produced democratically progressive parliaments Note: Australia's first university, the University of Sydney, is founded. |
| Death of a mother | before 1851 (Age 33)
mother -
Alice Fox
|
| Australian History | 1851 (Age 33) Note: Victoria separates from New South Wales. Note: The Victorian gold rush starts when gold is found at Summerhill Creek and Ballarat. Note: Forest Creek Monster Meeting of miners at Chewton near Castlemaine |
| Australian History | 1853 (Age 35) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 36) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 37) 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 38) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 39) 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 40) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 41) 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. |
| Death of a father | 1860 (Age 42)
father -
George Dobson
|
| Australian History | 1860 (Age 42) 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 43) 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 44) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 45) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1867 (Age 49) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 50) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 51) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Marriage of a son | Henry Dobson - View family 29 June 1871 (Age 54)
son -
Henry Dobson
daughter-in-law -
Sarah Ann Walker
|
| Birth of a grandson #1 | 12 July 1872 (Age 55) Exton, Tasmania, Australia
grandson -
George Edward Dobson
|
| Australian History | 1872 (Age 54) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | 3 October 1873 (Age 56) Exton, Tasmania, Australia
grandson -
Samuel Hildreth Dobson
|
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 55) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | 8 March 1875 (Age 57) Exton, Tasmania, Australia
grandson -
Alexander John Dobson
|
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 57) 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 grandson #4 | 21 August 1876 (Age 59) Exton, Tasmania, Australia
grandson -
Walter Thomas Dobson
|
| Birth of a grandson #5 | 12 April 1878 (Age 60) Exton, Tasmania, Australia
grandson -
William Michael Henry Dobson
|
| Australian History | 1878 (Age 60) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | 27 December 1879 (Age 62) Exton, Tasmania, Australia
granddaughter -
Lillias May Dobson
|
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 61) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 62) 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 grandson #7 | 13 October 1881 (Age 64) Exton, Tasmania, Australia
grandson -
Stephen Peter Dobson
|
| Australian History | 1882 (Age 64) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #8 | 28 July 1883 (Age 66) Exton, Tasmania, Australia
granddaughter -
Ethel Ann Dobson
|
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 65) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Birth of a granddaughter #9 | 29 November 1884 (Age 67) Exton, Tasmania, Australia
granddaughter -
Mabel Ann Dobson
|
| Death of a granddaughter | 29 December 1884 (Age 67) Westbury, Tasmania, Australia
granddaughter -
Ethel Ann Dobson
|
| Death of a granddaughter | 29 December 1884 (Age 67) Westbury, Tasmania, Australia
granddaughter -
Mabel Ann Dobson
|
| Death | 24 February 1885 (Age 67) Glenore, Hagley, Tasmania, Australia |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
George Dobson
Birth 1788 Pollington, Yorkshire, England Death 1860 (Age 72) Loading...
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| mother |
Alice Fox
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Marriage: 18 April 1814 |
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3 years #1 himself |
William Dobson
Birth 20 May 1817 29 Airmyn, Yorkshire, England Death 24 February 1885 (Age 67) Glenore, Hagley, Tasmania, Australia Loading...
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| Family with Anne Richardson - View family |
| himself |
William Dobson
Birth 20 May 1817 29 Airmyn, Yorkshire, England Death 24 February 1885 (Age 67) Glenore, Hagley, Tasmania, Australia Loading...
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11 months wife |
Anne Richardson
Birth 26 April 1818 35 24 Death 18 June 1895 (Age 77) Hagley, Tasmania, Australia Loading...
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Marriage: March 1840 — Leeds, Yorkshire, England |
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16 months #1 son |
Henry Dobson
Birth 4 July 1841 24 23 Snaith, Yorkshire, England Death 13 August 1920 (Age 79) Penguin, Tasmania, Australia Loading...
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| Note | Arrived in Launceston from London on 9/02/1843 with his wife Anne and son Henry. William and Ann's bounty was 20 pounds each, with no bounty set for Henry who was only a baby. The date of the application for Bounty was 20/02/1843 by applicant A.Y. Reed of Launceston. |
| Australian History | John Oxley charts the Lachlan River |
| Australian History | Oxley charts the Macquarie River. |
| Australian History | A penal colony is founded at Moreton Bay, now the city of Brisbane. |
| Australian History | New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed. |
| Australian History | Charles Sturt charts the Darling River. |
| Australian History | 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 | Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River. |
| Australian History | Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published. |
| Australian History | Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. |
| Australian History | The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land. |
| Australian History | John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner establish a settlement at Port Phillip, now the city of Melbourne. |
| Australian History | Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| Australian History | First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Australian History | Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Australian History | Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Australian History | New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Australian History | Australia's first parliamentary elections held for the New South Wales Legislative Council (though voting rights are restricted to males of certain wealth or property). |
| Australian History | The ship Cataraqui is wrecked off King Island in Bass Strait. It is Australia's worst civil maritime disaster, with 406 lives lost. |
| Australian History | Western Australia becomes a penal colony. |
| Australian History | Victoria separates from New South Wales. |
| Australian History | Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | The transportation of convicts to Norfolk Island ceases. |
| Australian History | Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 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. |
| Australian History | Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. |
| Australian History | SS Admella wrecked off south-east coast of South Australia with the loss of 89 lives. |
| Australian History | John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E. |
| Australian History | The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs. |
| Australian History | Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. |
| Australian History | The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Australian History | Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Australian History | SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. |
| Australian History | First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. |
| Australian History | First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway |
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