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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1872

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Death of a '98 Heroine at Camp-belltown

The Irish Citizen · Saturday 27 January 1872 · page 5

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The Death of Weelands in Parramatta Gaol To the Editor of the Evening News

Evening News · Monday 29 January 1872 · page 3

SIR,—In reference to the above case I ask permission to make a few observations in your columns. I trust that yon may give them insertion, in order that the attention of the proper authorities may…

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The Late Mr. Talbot, the Irish Detective

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 February 1872 · page 184

HEAD constable Talbot, for whose murder Kelly has lately been tried and acquitted, seems, by the following account given of him in the Dublin Daily Express, to nave been no ordinary man. At the age of…

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Obituary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 February 1872 · page 11

MR. W. KEENR.—Mr. W. Keene, F.G.S., the well-known geologist (who has for many years past been a resident of the Hunter River district), died at Raymond Terrace, on the 2nd of February instant, aged 76 years. The deceased…

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Obituary

Empire · Wednesday 14 February 1872 · page 3
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General John Campbell, Earl Kellie, Lord Kellington, Sir James Jackson, James Archibald Hope, Canon Mosely Livingstone…

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Obituary

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1872 · page 203

MR. W. KEENE.—Mr. W. Keene, F.G.S., the well-knowm geologist (who has for many years past been a resident of the Hunter River district), died at Raymond Terrace, on the 2nd of February instant, aged 76 yean. The deceased…

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Obituary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 February 1872 · page 3

THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD.—We have to ann[?]nce the death of the Earl of Chesterfield, which occurred on December 1, at Bretby Hall, his seat in Derbyshire. The deceased had been suffering from typhold fever for some…

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Obituary

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 February 1872 · page 243

THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD.—We have to announce the death of the Earl of Chesterfield, which occurred on December 1, at Bretby Hall, his seat in Derbyshire. The deceased had been suffering from typhoid fever for some…

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Obituary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 February 1872 · page 6

REV. W. GUNN.—On Thursday, the 15th instant, the Rev. Walter Gunn, lately connected with the Middle Parish Church, Greenock, arnved, in the ship Tamerlane, to join the Presbyterian Church of Now South Wales…

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The Death of George Hudson, the Railway King

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 March 1872 · page 11

The Daily News (Dec. 18), in commenting on the death of this gentleman, says:—tittle more than twenty years ago Mr. Hudson was one of the most conspicuous figures in London society…

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Death of the Most Rev. Dr. Brady. Bishop of Perth Western Australia

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 March 1872 · page 3

We sincerely regret having to announce the death of the Most Rev. Dr. Brady, which took place on the 2nd inst., at Amelu les Bains, in France. This venerable prelate…

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The Late Mr. W. Keene

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 March 1872 · page 9

ON gratifying mark of the progress of the colony, in the development of its vast and multifarious, but as yet untold natural resources, is the employment of men of science for the direction of industrial…

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Death of "Master Magrath."

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 March 1872 · page 5

The great event of the week in the canine world has been the death of "Master Magrath." The papers are full of the achievements of the great departed, and…

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Death of Mr. Justice George

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 March 1872 · page 5

[?] came the au[?] announcement of the demise of Judge George, whose death had been previously reported by certain hasty journals. Friday evening's…

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The Week. Death of Denis Kearney

The Irish Citizen · Saturday 9 March 1872 · page 7

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Death of the Right Rev. Dr. Shiel, Bishop of Adelaide

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 March 1872 · page 10

Early on the morning of Saturday last the Bight Rev. Dr. Shiel, Bishop of Adelaide, died at Willunga, South Australia, after a painful and protracted illness. This illness extended…

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Obituary

Empire · Thursday 14 March 1872 · page 3

John Alers Hankey, banker: Dr. James Dickson, Wesleyan: Earl Kelley, at Cannes; Sir. Edward Gage, Sir Charles Tyrrell, aged 96; General Andrew Porter, Henry Theodore Tackerman, litteratour;…

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Obituary

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 March 1872 · page 6

Joseph Gillott, pen manufacturer ; Rev. W. Scott, formerly of Buxton; Hon. S. C. Vernon, Recorder of Lincoln; D. Grace, father of the cricketer; Bishop Gray, R. C. ; Sir J. Bayley…

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Death of the Rev. Fathers Woolfrey

The Irish Citizen · Saturday 16 March 1872 · page 7

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