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George William WHITTAKER

Male Abt 1887 - 1934  (~ 47 years)

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   Date  Event(s)
1887 
  • 1887: Emile Berliner patents the gramophone
  • 1887: An Australian cricket team is established, defeating England in the first Ashes series.
1888 
  • 1888: Celluloid photographic film introduced
  • 1888: Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel, London.
  • 1888: Dunlop invents pneumatic tyre
  • 1888: First box camera - George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak, and receives a patent for his camera which uses roll film
1889 
  • 31 Mar 1889: Eiffel Tower completed (to mark centenary of French Revolution)
1890 
  • 1890: The cardboard box is invented.
1891 
  • 1891: A National Australasian Convention meets, agrees on adopting the name "the Commonwealth of Australia" and drafting a constitution.
  • 24 Aug 1891: Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera
1892 
  • 1892: Leon Bouly invents cinematographic film camera
  • 17 Sep 1892: Gold found at Coolgardie by Arthur Bayley.
1893 
  • 14 Jun 1893: Paddy Hannan finds Gold at Kalgoorlie.
1896 
  • 1896: Olympic Games revived in Athens.
1898 
  • 1898: First motor car arrives in Perth, Western Australia.
  • 1898: H. G. Wells publishes The War of the Worlds.
10 1900 
  • 1900: 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.
11 1901 
  • 1901: Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General.
  • 1901: The Australian National Flag was flown for the first time.
  • Jan 1901: Queen Victoria's death.
12 1904 
  • 9 Nov 1904: In 1904, the first flight lasting more than five minutes took place on November 9. The Flyer II was flown by Wilbur Wright.
13 1905 
  • 1905: Einstein evolved the Special Theory of relativity
14 1909 
  • 16 Jan 1909: Ernest Shackleton\'s expedition finds the magnetic South Pole
15 1912 
  • 15 Apr 1912: On the night of April 14, at 11:40 p.m., The Titanic struck an iceberg; just under three hours later, at 2:20 AM, on April 15, 1912 the ship sank.
16 1914 
  • 28 Jul 1914—11 Nov 1918: World War I
17 1915 
  • 25 Apr 1915: Gallipoli campaign starts (declared ANZAC Day in 1916)
18 1923 
  • 1923: Vegemite is first produced.
19 1924 
  • 4 Jun 1924: Radio station 6WF conducts first radio broadcasts in Perth, Western Australia.
20 1927 
  • 1927—1948: Aborigines banned from entering the centre of Perth, Western Australia.
21 1928 
  • 1928—1933: The Great Depression.
  • 1928: Mickey Mouse cartoon character created by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks at The Walt Disney Studio.
22 1929 
  • 1929: 'Talkies' or movies with sound are seen in Perth, Western Australia for the first time.