Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Obituaries & funerals, all years

Illawarra · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1883

33 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 2

Funeral Obsequies of Gambetta. London, Jan. 7

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1883 · page 2

IT is estimated that 200,000 persons front all parts of France viewed the [?] Gambetta in the Palais Bourbon, where it lay in state. The public funeral, which…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Late Mr. T. H. Kavanagh

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 16 January 1883 · page 4

ON the 13th of December died at Gibraltar one of those worthies of whom the Sepoy mutiny bore so rich a crop, In that year of trial, 1857, English-speaking men of all…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

The Late Mr. Commissioner King

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 6 February 1883 · page 2

The 'Monaro Mercury' gives the following particulars of the fatal accident which before Mr. Commissioner King on the 25th ultimo.—The deceased and Mr. Blaxdland left Cooma in a buggy on…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Death of the Archbishop of Canterbury

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 6 February 1883 · page 4

AFTER an illness which has extended over more than three months, the Archbishop of Canterbury died on Sunday, December 3, at Addington Park, Croydon, aged 71…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

The Death-knell of Trousers

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 9 February 1883 · page 4

The scope of the Woman's Suffrage movement has been enlarged, and, we may say, elevated. Heretofore it has been confined to the wrongs of women, their deprivations and…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Death of Cakobau, Ex-king of Fiji

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 20 February 1883 · page 4

The ex-King Cakobau died at Viti on the 1st February. He had been ailing of late from a large abscess in the back, and thus having broken death quickly ensued, and…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

The Late Mr. John Maxwell

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 23 February 1883 · page 4

By the death of Mr. John Maxwell on the 2nd instant, as recorded in our last issue, another of the old familiar faces in this district for upwards of forty years have…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Death of Thakambau

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 23 February 1883 · page 4

BY the arrival on Thursday from Fiji of the A.S.N. Co's steamship Rockton, Captain Saunders, we have intelligence of the death of Cakobau (or, as he was best known,…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

The Late Mr. thomas Hale, J.P.

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 27 March 1883 · page 2

By the death of Mr. Thomas Hale, aged 65 years, at Grafton on the 16th instant, there departed from this life the man who pre-eminently above all others did the most to make the superiority of the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Late Mr. Thomas Hale, J.p

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 30 March 1883 · page 4

("From the Illawarra Mercury.") BY the death of Mr. Thomas Hale, aged 65 years, at Grafton, on the 16th instant, there departed from this life the man who…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

The Late Mr. Broadhurst

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 20 April 1883 · page 4

MR. EDWARD BROADHURST, Q.C., died at his residence, Macleay-street, on Saturday last, and his death marks the removal of another who was identified with the early…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Death of the Oldest Inmate of the George-street Asylum. ("Cumberland Times.")

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 24 April 1883 · page 4

LAST week we visited the Asylum for the Infirm and Destitute, George-street, for the purpose of ascertaining some particulars of the life of Laurence Macpherson, who had…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Obituary

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 27 April 1883 · page 2

DURING the night of Saturday last, Elizabeth, relict of the late Robert Miller, sen., after a residence of nearly fifty years in the colony, the greater portion on the Sandy…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Freethought Funeral

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 May 1883 · page 2

The remains of the late Honorable John Bowie Wilson were inquired in the Necropolis, on Wednesday, and was attended by about 150 persons, including several leading public men. The…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Death of the Hon. J. Bowie Wilson

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 4 May 1883 · page 4

THE Hon. J. Bowie Wilson, a gentleman who has occupied a prominent position in the public life of this colony, died at his residence yesterday. Mr. Wilson has been…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Freethought Funeral

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 8 May 1883 · page 4

THE remains of the late Hon. John Bowie Wilson were interred in the Necropolis, on Wednesday, and was attended by 100 persons, including several leading public men…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Obituary

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 15 May 1883 · page 4

ON Monday morning last a very old ,and respected resident of Ulladulla died, severing another link in the chain that binds the post t the present. The late Mr. Thomas…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Death of Sir J, O'shanassy

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 15 May 1883 · page 4

On Friday, for the first time, the people of Sydney learned that Sir John O'Shanassy, residing in Melbourne, was likely to leave this "vale of tears," a…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Death of Mr. James Merriman

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 22 May 1883 · page 4

MR. JAMES MERRIMAN, of Argyle-place, Sydney, passed quietly away on Sunday last at his residence, Miller's Point. Mr. Merriman will be remembered as a former…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Death of Major General Burnaby

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 12 June 1883 · page 2

THE death is announced of Major-General, better known as Colonel Burnaby, whose ride to Khiva has become historical. The following sketch of his life is from "Men…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →