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William Mitchell1739–?

Name
William Mitchell
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William
Surname
Mitchell
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Birth 1739
 Snaith, Yorkshire, England

MarriageSarah Johnson - View family
30 December 1764 (Age 25)
 Snaith, Yorkshire, England

Birth of a son
#1		 1767 (Age 28)
 Cowick Near Exeter, Devon, England

son - Thomas Mitchell
Australian History 1770 (Age 31)
 

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.
Australian History 1788 (Age 49)
 

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.
Marriage of a sonThomas Mitchell - View family
16 June 1790 (Age 51)
 

son - Thomas Mitchell
daughter-in-law - Ann Nicholson
Australian History 1790 (Age 51)
 

Note: Beleaguered Second Fleet arrives. Colony gripped by food crisis.
Australian History 1792 (Age 53)
 

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.
Birth of a granddaughter
#1		 1794 (Age 55)
 Cowick Near Exeter, Devon, England

granddaughter - Hannah Mitchell
Australian History 1797 (Age 58)
 

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 59)
 

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 64)
 

Note: Matthew Flinders completes the first circumnavigation of the continent (still known as 'New Holland')
Australian History 1804 (Age 65)
 

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 69)
 

Note: The Rum Rebellion
Marriage of a granddaughterHannah Mitchell - View family
11 October 1814 (Age 75)
 

granddaughter's husband - Swain Richardson
granddaughter - Hannah Mitchell
Australian History 1817 (Age 78)
 

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 79)
 

Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River.
Australian History 1824 (Age 85)
 

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 86)
 

Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Australian History 1828 (Age 89)
 

Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History 1829 (Age 90)
 

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 91)
 

Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Australian History 1831 (Age 92)
 

Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Death of a granddaughter 2 December 1832 (Age 93)
 

granddaughter - Hannah Mitchell
Australian History 1832 (Age 93)
 

Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History 1833 (Age 94)
 

Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History 1835 (Age 96)
 

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 97)
 

Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History 1838 (Age 99)
 

Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History 1839 (Age 100)
 

Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History 1840 (Age 101)
 

Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Death of a son 19 January 1841 (Age 102)
 Snaith, Yorkshire, England

son - Thomas Mitchell
Australian History 1841 (Age 102)
 

Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History 1842 (Age 103)
 

Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History 1843 (Age 104)
 

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).
Deathyes
 

Family with Sarah Johnson - View family
himself
William Mitchell

Birth 1739  Snaith, Yorkshire, England

Death yes  

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5 years
wife
Sarah Johnson

Birth 1744 36 32  Cowick Near Exeter, Devon, England

Death yes  

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Marriage: 30 December 1764 — Snaith, Yorkshire, England
2 years
#1 son
Thomas Mitchell

Birth 1767 28 23  Cowick Near Exeter, Devon, England

Death 19 January 1841 (Age 74)  Snaith, Yorkshire, England

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