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Obituaries & funerals, 1865

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Funeral of the Hon. Edward, Everrett. Boston, jar. 19

Empire · Tuesday 2 May 1865 · page 2

The Hon. Edward Everett, the pride and g'ory.of his countrymen, was buried, to-day. He died. as your readers have already been in ormcd, on Sunday last, after a brief illness. The Monday proceeding he spoke…

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The Funeral of Cardinal Wiseman

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 May 1865 · page 281

The following magnificent description of the funeral of Cardinal Wiseman appeared in the Times of February 24. Yesterday the body of Cardinal Wiseman was…

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Telegraphic Messages. Death of the Bushranger Ben Hall. [From Our Forbes Telegraphic Correspondent.] Forbes, Saturday, noon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 May 1865 · page 5

BEN HALL, the bushranger, was shot dead yesterday morning at dawn of day by sub-inspector Davidson, sergeant Condell, and several troopers, on the Billibong Creek, about 12 miles from Forbes. Hall's…

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The Death of Ben Hall

Sydney Mail · Saturday 13 May 1865 · page 9

ON Saturday, the 6th May, at about 4 o'clock in the morning, a body of police, under the direction of sub-inspector James Henry Davidson, arrived in Forbes with the corpse of Ben Hall, the bushranger. He had been killed the night…

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Death of Ben Hall the Bushranger. Forbes, Saturday, noon

Sydney Mail · Saturday 13 May 1865 · page 9

BEN HALL, the bushranger, was shot dead yesterday morning at dawn of day by sub-inspector Davidson, sergeant Condell, and several troopers, on the Billibong Creek, about 12 miles from Forbes. Hall's…

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The Death of Ben Hall. (From the Forbes correspondent of the Western Examiner.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 May 1865 · page 7

ON Saturday, the 6th May, at about 4 o'clock in the morning, a body of police, under the direction of sub-inspector James Henry Davidson, arrived in Forbes with the corpse of Ben Hall, the bushranger, He had been killed the night…

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Obituary

Empire · Monday 15 May 1865 · page 5

The Due de Morny, half-brother of the Emperor of the French; Sir Robert Soombert, Consul at Bankok…

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Telegraphic Messages. [From Our Correspondents.] Death of Gilbert, the Bushranger. Yass. Saturday, 8.5 p.m

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 May 1865 · page 4

TROOPER Bright of the Binalong police arrived in Yass this evening, and states that senior constable Hales and three troopers, from information they received, proceeded from Binalong in the direction of…

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Telegraphic Messages. [From Our Correspondents.] the Death of Gilbert. Further Particulars. Yass, Monday evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 May 1865 · page 5

ON Thursday night a horse was stolen out of a paddock at Murrumburrah, of which no particulars could be ascertained till about 11 o'clock on Friday morning, when a gentleman named Furlonge, who…

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Obituary

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 17 May 1865 · page 309

Admiral Murray, Count de Moray, and Dowager Countess of Dutnie…

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The Death of Gilbert.—further Particulars

Empire · Wednesday 17 May 1865 · page 5

On Thursday night horse was horse stolen out of a paddock at Murrumburrah, of which1 no particulars coul be ascertained till about eleven o'clook on Friday morning, when a gentleman named Furlouge, who was…

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The Death of Gilbert. Yass, Monday evening

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 17 May 1865 · page 305

On Thursday night a horse was stolen out of a paddock at Murrumburrah, of which no particulars could be ascertained till about 11 o'clock on Friday morning, when a gentleman named Furlonge, who…

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Death of the Duke De Morny

Empire · Thursday 18 May 1865 · page 8

PARIS, MARCH 10.—The Duke de Morny died at eight o'clock this morning. The Paris correspondent of the Star, writing on the 12th, says:—"It appears that when the Emperor was…

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Death of the Bushranger Chief Ben Hall

Sydney Mail · Saturday 20 May 1865 · page 7

THE particulars given in your telegram of Monday last afford a brief but truthful narrative of the closing scene in the life of a desperado whoso crimes have kept the far western interior, during the past two years, in a state of…

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The Bushrangers. Death of Ben Hall. [From Our Correspondent.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 May 1865 · page 5

THE particulars given in your telegram of Monday last afford a brief but truthful narrative of the closing scene in the life of a desperado whose crimes have kept the far Western interior, during the past two years, in a state of…

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Death of Gilbert. [From Our Telegraphic Correspondent.] Yass, 15th May

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 May 1865 · page 5

ON Thursday night (11th) a horse was stolen out of a paddock at Murrumburrah, of which no particulars could be ascertained till about 11 o'clock on Friday morning, when a gentleman named Furlonge, who…

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Death of Gilbert the Bushranger. Yass, Saturday, 8.5 p.m

Sydney Mail · Saturday 20 May 1865 · page 7

Trooper Bright of the Binalong police arrived in Yass this evening, and states that senior constable Hales and three troopers, from information they received, proceeded from Binalong in the direction of…

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Funeral of Cardinal Wiseman

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 24 May 1865 · page 322

In the tablet of the 25th February, there is a most interesting account of the funeral of Cardinal Wiseman, which differs in some particulars from the description given by the Times and copied in…

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The Late Mr. Angus M'millan, the Explorer. (From the Argus of Saturday.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 May 1865 · page 5

BY the death of Mr. Angus M'Millon, the loss of an old colonist, deservedly esteemed, has to be deplored. Mr. M'Millan's name is closely identified with the discovery and progress of the rich district of Gipps…

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The Late Mr. Angus M'millan, the Explorer

Sydney Mail · Saturday 27 May 1865 · page 11

BY the death of Mr. Angus M'Millan, the loss of an old colonist, deservedly esteemed, has to be deplored. Mr. M'Millan's name is closely identified with the discovery and progress of the rich district of Gipps…

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