Sarah GossAge: 741814–1888
- Name
- Sarah Goss
- Given names
- Sarah
- Surname
- Goss
- Married Name
- Sarah Walker
| Birth | 14 January 1814 |
| Australian History | 1817 (Age 2) 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 3) Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River. |
| Australian History | 1824 (Age 9) 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 10) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed. |
| Australian History | 1828 (Age 13) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River. |
| Australian History | 1829 (Age 14) 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 15) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River. |
| Australian History | 1831 (Age 16) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published. |
| Australian History | 1832 (Age 17) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1833 (Age 18) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land. |
| Marriage | Michael Walker - View family 1 December 1834 (Age 20) Wedding Certificate |
| Australian History | 1835 (Age 20) 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 21) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1838 (Age 23) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Australian History | 1839 (Age 24) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Australian History | 1840 (Age 25) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Australian History | 1841 (Age 26) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1842 (Age 27) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1843 (Age 28) 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 30) 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 35) 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 36) 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 38) Westbury, Tasmania, Australia
daughter -
Sarah Ann Walker
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| Australian History | 1853 (Age 38) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 39) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 40) 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 41) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 42) 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 43) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 44) 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 45) 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 46) 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 47) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 48) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1867 (Age 52) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 53) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 54) 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 57)
son-in-law -
Henry Dobson
daughter -
Sarah Ann Walker
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| Birth of a grandson #1 | 12 July 1872 (Age 58) Exton, Tasmania, Australia
grandson -
George Edward Dobson
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| Australian History | 1872 (Age 57) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | 3 October 1873 (Age 59) Exton, Tasmania, Australia
grandson -
Samuel Hildreth Dobson
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| Australian History | 1873 (Age 58) 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 60) 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 62) 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 63) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | 27 December 1879 (Age 65) Exton, Tasmania, Australia
granddaughter -
Lillias May Dobson
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| Australian History | 1879 (Age 64) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 65) 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 67) Exton, Tasmania, Australia
grandson -
Stephen Peter Dobson
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| Australian History | 1882 (Age 67) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #8 | 28 July 1883 (Age 69) Exton, Tasmania, Australia
granddaughter -
Ethel Ann Dobson
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| Australian History | 1883 (Age 68) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Birth of a granddaughter #9 | 29 November 1884 (Age 70) Exton, Tasmania, Australia
granddaughter -
Mabel Ann Dobson
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| Death of a granddaughter | 29 December 1884 (Age 70) Westbury, Tasmania, Australia
granddaughter -
Ethel Ann Dobson
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| Death of a granddaughter | 29 December 1884 (Age 70) Westbury, Tasmania, Australia
granddaughter -
Mabel Ann Dobson
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| Birth of a grandson #10 | 2 November 1885 (Age 71) Exton, Tasmania, Australia
grandson -
Louis Robert Dobson
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| Australian History | 1887 (Age 72) 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 | 3 December 1888 (Age 74) |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Thomas Goss
Death yes |
| mother |
Hannah Burroughs
Death yes |
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Marriage: yes |
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| #1 herself |
Sarah Goss
Birth 14 January 1814 Death 3 December 1888 (Age 74) |
| Family with Michael Walker - View family |
| husband |
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9 months herself |
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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