When John Francis Lawless was born on 23 November 1865, in Cooma, New South Wales, Australia, his father, John Francis Lawless, was 22 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Tasker, was 19. He married Elizabeth Charlotte Lucas on 13 June 1892, in Bombala, New South Wales, Australia. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 7 June 1912, in Orbost, Victoria, Australia, at the age of 46, and was buried in Orbost Cemetery, Orbost, Victoria, Australia.
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End of transportation to Western Australia.
British troops withdraw from Australia.
Coolgardie gold-field is discovered.
Scottish, Irish, and English: nickname from Middle English laweles, laghles ‘lawless, uncontrolled by the law’, applied either to someone who was undisciplined or to an outlaw (i.e. one from whom the protection of the law had been withdrawn).
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