Jemimah Clegg is a person of determination and creativity, two qualities she attributes to a woman who has had a profound impact on her life and who she has never met.

Bushranger Ned Kelly (born 1854/1855) was hanged on 11 November 1880.

Over the last 129 years the finest place to shop in Melbourne has undoubtedly been Georges on Collins.

The Woman's Christian Temperance Union was established in New South Wales in 1882.

The Bulletin was highly influential in Australian culture and politics.

Fearing possible German occupation of New Guinea, Queensland annexed southern New Guinea in 1883.

The 'Father of Federation', Sir Henry Parkes made his famous Tenterfield Oration in 1889.

In 1887 the First Colonial Conference was held in London.

In 1888 Louisa Lawson published the first edition of Dawn: A Journal for Australian Women.