Barton Family History

Norley, Jane

Female 1846 - 1894  (48 years)


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   Date  Event(s)
1851 
  • 1 Jul 1851: VIC separates from NSW
    Victoria separated from New South Wales.
1854 
  • 3 Dec 1854: The Eureka Stockade
    The Eureka Stockade occurred.
1859 
  • 1859: AFL founded
    Australian rules football codified, Melbourne Football Club founded
1861 
  • 1861: Skiing in Australia
    Skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra.
1873 
  • 1873: Ayers Rock sighted
    Uluru was first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
1880 
  • 11 Nov 1880: Ned Kelly hanged
    The bushranger Ned Kelly was hanged.
1883 
  • 1883: Sydney–Melbourne railway
    The opening of the Sydney–Melbourne railway.
1889 
  • 24 Oct 1889: Tenterfield Oration
    Sir Henry Parkes delivered the Tenterfield Oration.
1890 
  • 26 Apr 1890: "The Man from Snowy River" published
    Banjo Paterson published "The Man from Snowy River"
10 1891 
  • 1891: Great Shearers' Strike
    One of Australia's earliest and most important industrial disputes. The dispute was primarily between unionised and non-unionised wool workers. It resulted in the formation of large camps of striking workers, and instances of sabotage and violence on both sides. The strike was poorly timed, and when the union workers ran out of food, they were forced to come to terms. The outcome is credited as being one of the factors for the formation of the Australian Labor Party.
11 1893 
  • 1893: Corowa Conference
    The Corowa Conference (the "people's convention") called 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.
12 1894 
  • 1894: SA grant woman's right to vote
    South Australia became 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.