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Obituaries & funerals, 1857

3 stories in Illawarra's papers

Local. Melancholy Death of Two Persons by Drowning, at Broughton's Pass

Illawarra Mercury · Monday 30 March 1857 · page 2

Never hare we had a more painful task before us than that we are about to commence;—to record the untimely end of two persons, one of them well know, and universally esteemed. We allude to the death by…

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Original Poetry. Lines on the Death of J. R. M., Aged Three Tears. [She died at Fountaindale, Kiama, on May 1st, 1857.]

Illawarra Mercury · Monday 27 July 1857 · page 1

Just as we see a beauteous bud Open at early dawn And, blighted by the scorching wind, It droops and soon is gone…

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The Metropolis. Death of Mr. Nichols

Illawarra Mercury · Monday 21 September 1857 · page 2

It is our melancholy duty this morning to record the death of the Honorable George Robert Nichols, Esq., which took place at his residence, York-street, at twenty minutes past 8 o'clook on Saturday evening. The…

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