Michael Walker1813–?
- Name
- Michael Walker
- Given names
- Michael
- Surname
- Walker
| Birth | 27 April 1813 Tottington, Norfolk, England |
| Australian History | 1817 (Age 3) 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 4) Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River. |
| Australian History | 1824 (Age 10) 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 11) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed. |
| Australian History | 1828 (Age 14) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River. |
| Australian History | 1829 (Age 15) 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 16) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River. |
| Australian History | 1831 (Age 17) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published. |
| Australian History | 1832 (Age 18) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1833 (Age 19) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land. |
| Marriage | Sarah Goss - View family 1 December 1834 (Age 21) Wedding Certificate |
| Australian History | 1835 (Age 21) 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 22) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1838 (Age 24) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Australian History | 1839 (Age 25) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Australian History | 1840 (Age 26) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Australian History | 1841 (Age 27) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1842 (Age 28) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1843 (Age 29) 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 31) 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 36) 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. |
| Australian History | 1851 (Age 37) 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 |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | 13 July 1852 (Age 39) Westbury, Tasmania, Australia
daughter -
Sarah Ann Walker
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| Australian History | 1853 (Age 39) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 40) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 41) 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 42) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 43) 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 44) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 45) 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 46) 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 47) 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 48) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 49) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1867 (Age 53) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 54) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 55) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Marriage of a daughter | Sarah Ann Walker - View family 29 June 1871 (Age 58)
son-in-law -
Henry Dobson
daughter -
Sarah Ann Walker
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| Birth of a grandson #1 | 12 July 1872 (Age 59) Exton, Tasmania, Australia
grandson -
George Edward Dobson
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| Australian History | 1872 (Age 58) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | 3 October 1873 (Age 60) Exton, Tasmania, Australia
grandson -
Samuel Hildreth Dobson
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| Australian History | 1873 (Age 59) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | 8 March 1875 (Age 61) Exton, Tasmania, Australia
grandson -
Alexander John Dobson
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| Australian History | 1875 (Age 61) 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 63) Exton, Tasmania, Australia
grandson -
Walter Thomas Dobson
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| Birth of a grandson #5 | 12 April 1878 (Age 64) Exton, Tasmania, Australia
grandson -
William Michael Henry Dobson
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| Australian History | 1878 (Age 64) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | 27 December 1879 (Age 66) Exton, Tasmania, Australia
granddaughter -
Lillias May Dobson
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| Australian History | 1879 (Age 65) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 66) 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 68) Exton, Tasmania, Australia
grandson -
Stephen Peter Dobson
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| Australian History | 1882 (Age 68) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #8 | 28 July 1883 (Age 70) Exton, Tasmania, Australia
granddaughter -
Ethel Ann Dobson
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| Australian History | 1883 (Age 69) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Birth of a granddaughter #9 | 29 November 1884 (Age 71) Exton, Tasmania, Australia
granddaughter -
Mabel Ann Dobson
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| Death of a granddaughter | 29 December 1884 (Age 71) Westbury, Tasmania, Australia
granddaughter -
Ethel Ann Dobson
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| Death of a granddaughter | 29 December 1884 (Age 71) Westbury, Tasmania, Australia
granddaughter -
Mabel Ann Dobson
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| Birth of a grandson #10 | 2 November 1885 (Age 72) Exton, Tasmania, Australia
grandson -
Louis Robert Dobson
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| Australian History | 1887 (Age 73) 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 granddaughter #11 | 23 February 1888 (Age 74) Elizabeth Town, Tasmania, Australia
granddaughter -
Ada Mary Dobson
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| Death of a wife | 3 December 1888 (Age 75)
wife -
Sarah Goss
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| Birth of a grandson #12 | 23 December 1889 (Age 76) Elizabeth Town, Tasmania, Australia
grandson -
Henry Arthur Dobson
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| Australian History | 1889 (Age 75) 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 76) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #13 | 24 June 1891 (Age 78) Elizabeth Town, Tasmania, Australia
granddaughter -
Leila Florence Dobson
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| Australian History | 1891 (Age 77) 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 78) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #14 | 14 October 1893 (Age 80) Elizabeth Town, Tasmania, Australia
granddaughter -
Myrtle Sarah Dobson
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| Birth of a grandson #15 | 19 November 1893 (Age 80) Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia
grandson -
…
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| Australian History | 1893 (Age 79) 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 80) 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 81) 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 82) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 83) 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 84) 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 85) 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 86) 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 87) 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 88) 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 89) 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 90) 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 grandson | Walter Thomas Dobson - View family 25 January 1905 (Age 91) Riana, Tasmania, Australia
grandson -
Walter Thomas Dobson
grandson's wife -
Melville Martha Mary Dick
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| Australian History | 1906 (Age 92) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Australian History | 1908 (Age 94) 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 95) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 96) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 97) 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 98) 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 grandson | 9 July 1913 (Age 100)
grandson -
William Michael Henry Dobson
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| Australian History | 1913 (Age 99) 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 99) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 100) 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 101) 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 102) 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 103) 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. |
| Death | yes |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
John Walker
Death yes |
| mother |
Mary Anne Clarke
Death yes |
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Marriage: yes |
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| Family with Sarah Goss - View family |
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9 months wife |
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 daughter |
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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