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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1866

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Death of Dr. Barth. (From the Daily Telegraph, December 12.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 February 1866 · page 6

THE literary and scientific world has just sustained a severe loss in the death of Dr. Barth, at the early age of 44. This loss, we feel convinced, will be shared in by the British nation generally, for it was under the…

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Death of Leopold, King of the Belgians

Sydney Mail · Saturday 24 February 1866 · page 5

AFTER a painful illness, Leopold, King of the Belgians, expired on Sunday morning, December 10th, in his seventy-sixth year. He was our Queen's last surviving uncle, and the last of his generation of the house of Saxe-Coburg…

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The Late Gold Robbery at the Iron Barks: Death of German Dan. [From a Correspondent.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 February 1866 · page 5

AT an adjourned Magisterial inquiry, held this 8th February, 1856, at Iron Barks, in the colony of New South Wales, touching the death of one John Garvey, who was found dead on Tuesday, the 6th instant.—Present: Messrs. J…

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Poet's Corner. the Death of Tor

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 March 1866 · page 139

The noontide sun of summer, With scorching ray of light, Plashed down its dazzling radiance On Coolangearagh's height…

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Death of the King of the Belgians

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 March 1866 · page 134

The demise of King Leopold is an event which, though not altogether unforseen, has come upon us with the suddenness of an unexpected surprise. The painful malady, from which the King of the…

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The Late Gold Robbery at the Iron Barks: Death of German Dan

Sydney Mail · Saturday 3 March 1866 · page 7

AT an adjourned Magisterial inquiry, held this 8th February, 1866, at Iron Barks, in the colony of New South Wales, touching the death of one John Garvey, who was found dead on Tuesday, the 6th instant.—Present: Messrs. J…

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Obituary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 March 1866 · page 5
Also in Empire

Lieutenant-Colonel Murray, Captain Crawford, R.N., Lady Wilmot, Sir Joseph Malcolm, R. C. Mellish, Dr. Ritchie, Vice-Admiral Herringham, Sir Francis Goderich, Major-General…

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The Late Mr. G. V. Brooke

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 March 1866 · page 4

THE following address was delivered at the Victoria Theatro on Saturday evening by Mr. Richard Youngs, who was on his way to Melbourne to join Mr. Brooke when the sad news of the London wreck was received here. Nothing…

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The Late Mr. G. V. Brooke

Sydney Mail · Saturday 24 March 1866 · page 6

The following address was delivered at the Victoria Theatre on the 17th instant, by Mr. Richard Younge, who was on his way to Melbourne to join Mr. Brooke when the sad news of the London wreck was received here. Nothing…

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Literary Obituary of 1865

Empire · Friday 30 March 1866 · page 6

The deths of literary men and women during the yer that is just closing have been somewhat numerous indeed, it would be unusual if there were not several to record. The first person of note connected with letters…

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Death of a Descendant of Owen Roe O'neill

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 April 1866 · page 219

There died a few days since, near Rosslea, County Fermanagh, in the ninety-sixth year of his age, a man named Luke Lynch, who might with justice be cited as an illustration of the…

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Chinese Funeral

Empire · Friday 13 April 1866 · page 2

The Chinese Trade Report gives the following interesting account of a Chinese funeral- An unusually eligible opportunity for witnessing the curious funeral rites of the natives was afforded to the…

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Obituary

Empire · Friday 13 April 1866 · page 5
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

John Gibson, Admiral Webb, Earl Miltown, Lord Monteagle Lady Meade, Rev. Dr. Macfarlane, Lady Towneloy, Colonel Dowbiggan, Lieutenanat-General Savage, Sir John Howley,…

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Obituary

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 14 April 1866 · page 231

John Gibson, Admiral Webb, Earl Miltown, Lord Monteagle, Lady Meade, Rev. Dr. Macfarlane, Lady Townley, Colonel Dowbiggan, Lieutenant-General Savage, Sir John Howley…

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Death of John Gibson, the Sculptor. (From the Times' Correspondent)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 April 1866 · page 3

ROME, January 27th.—After lingering many days, for he was struck with paralysis on the 9th instant, John Gibson, the great British sculptor, died this morning at 7.35. The lamp of life had flickered so frequently…

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Death of Captain White

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle · Saturday 21 April 1866 · page 2

It is about four years since we vere not a little startled, as we walked into Middleham, by the announcements that Kettledrum was dying, and that Captain White was dead. The captain rather enjoyed sharing…

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The Tragedy. "The Death of Brooke." (Seone the Last.) The Main Deck of a Sinking Vessel

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle · Saturday 21 April 1866 · page 3

BROOKE- Why, how now, what's amiss? Pump! Pump on! Courage, my lacs! hope is not yes quite gone. See, how I work; the sweat upon my brow…

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Death of the Rev. P. Magennis

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 28 April 1866 · page 266

Once again has the Australian church to mourn the loss of one of its early missionaries, again has it become our painful duty to announce the death of a devoted and zealous pastor. Within the last few…

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