Lucy Jane PetitAge: 631820–1883
- Name
- Lucy Jane Petit
- Given names
- Lucy Jane
- Surname
- Petit
- Married Name
- Lucy Jane Strachan
| Birth | 1820 |
| Australian History | 1824 (Age 4) 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 5) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed. |
| Australian History | 1828 (Age 8) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River. |
| Australian History | 1829 (Age 9) 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 10) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River. |
| Australian History | 1831 (Age 11) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published. |
| Australian History | 1832 (Age 12) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1833 (Age 13) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land. |
| Australian History | 1835 (Age 15) 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 16) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1838 (Age 18) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Australian History | 1839 (Age 19) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Australian History | 1840 (Age 20) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Australian History | 1841 (Age 21) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1842 (Age 22) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1843 (Age 23) 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 25) 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 30) 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 31) 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 33) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Marriage | Frederick Strachan - View family 7 August 1854 (Age 34) Kelso, New South Wales, Australia The Sydney Morning Herald (New South Wales, Australia : 1842-1954) Thursday 10 August 1854 Page 8
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| Australian History | 1854 (Age 34) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 35) 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 36) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 37) 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 38) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 39) 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 40) 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 41) Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs. Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra |
| Death of a husband | 26 April 1862 (Age 42) Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
husband -
Frederick Strachan
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| Australian History | 1862 (Age 42) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 43) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1867 (Age 47) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 48) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 49) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Australian History | 1872 (Age 52) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 53) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 55) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed. |
| Australian History | 1878 (Age 58) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 59) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 60) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
| Australian History | 1882 (Age 62) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 63) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Death | 12 February 1883 (Age 63) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia The Sydney Morning Herald (New South Wales, Australia : 1842-1954) Friday 16 February 1883 Page 1 |
| Family with Frederick Strachan - View family |
| husband |
Birth 29 July 1807 28 22 Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Death 26 April 1862 (Age 54) Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia |
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12 years herself |
Lucy Jane Petit
Birth 1820 Death 12 February 1883 (Age 63) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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Marriage: 7 August 1854 — Kelso, New South Wales, Australia |
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| #1 son |
| Frederick Strachan + Elizabeth Hanesworth - View family |
| husband |
Birth 29 July 1807 28 22 Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Death 26 April 1862 (Age 54) Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia |
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14 years husband's wife |
Elizabeth Hanesworth
Birth 1822 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death 6 June 1853 (Age 31) Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia |
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Marriage: 1841 — Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia |
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15 months #1 step-daughter |
Elizabeth Mary Strachan
Birth 9 April 1842 34 20 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia Death 31 March 1923 (Age 80) Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia |
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21 months #2 step-son |
Frederick Strachan
Birth 19 January 1844 36 22 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia Death 20 February 1907 (Age 63) Mosman, New South Wales, Australia |
| #3 step-daughter |
Charlotte Strachan
Birth 19 January 1844 36 22 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia Death 21 April 1863 (Age 19) |
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11 months #4 step-daughter |
Mary Jane "Mimmie" Strachan
Birth 1845 37 23 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia Death yes |
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3 years #5 step-daughter |
Sarah Strachan
Birth 8 October 1847 40 25 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia Death yes |
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22 months #6 step-daughter |
Kate Halsall Strachan
Birth 10 August 1849 42 27 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia Death yes |
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2 years #7 step-daughter |
Alice Lucy Strachan
Birth 20 September 1851 44 29 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia Death yes |
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