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Obituaries & funerals, 1883

581 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 30

Death of Mr. Bardwell

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 10 February 1883 · page 9

An old and enterprising colonist, Mr. Bardwell, has just passed away. A native of Suffolk in England, he emigrated to Australia more than fifty years ago, and engaged in…

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Obituary. Jeremiah John Moore

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 10 February 1883 · page 16

BY the death of Mr. J. J. Moore we have lost a good Catholic, and an old and respected citizen. On February 7 Mr. Moore died at his residence, 7 Lancaster Villas, Ocean-street, Woollahra, and…

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The Late Mr. E. T. Blacket

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 February 1883 · page 5

Mr. Edmund Thomas Blacket, whose death was announced in our columns on Saturday, was one of the oldest and most respected of the architects of Sydnsy. A quarter of a century ago he was Colonial…

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Death of Sir Salar Jung

Evening News · Monday 12 February 1883 · page 2
Also in The Sydney Daily Telegraph

LONDON, February 9.—The death is announced of Sir Salar Jung, Prime Minister of the Nizam of Hyderabad…

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Death of Sir Salar Jung. Bombay, February 9

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 February 1883 · page 3

Sir Salar Jung, Bahadoor G.C.S.I., Prime Minister to the Nizam of Hyderabad, is dead…

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Death of Mr. Alexander Brown

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 February 1883 · page 2

Another old and much valued colen[?]s[?] Mr Alexander Drown, passed away at his resch[?]ce Glen View, Paddington, shortly after 5 o'clock on Sunday morning, at the good old age of 77 years…

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Death of a Veteran Colonist

Evening News · Wednesday 14 February 1883 · page 3

In the death of Mr. Alexander Brown, late of Glenview, Glenmore-road, Paddington, at the age of 77, an old and well known citizen of Sydney has passed away. Nearly 50 years age Mr. Brown arrived…

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Death of a Well-known Architect

Evening News · Wednesday 14 February 1883 · page 6

The death is announced of Mr. E. T. Blacket, a well-known and respected architect of Sydney. Mr. Blacket, while Colonial-Architect of New South Wales, designed the University of Syney, and…

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Death of Wagner

Evening News · Thursday 15 February 1883 · page 2

LONDON, February 14.—The death is announced of Richard Wagner, the well-known musical composer, aged 69…

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Death of Wagner. London, February 14

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 February 1883 · page 3

The death is announced of Richard Wagner, the celebrated musical composer, aged 69…

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Death of Richard Wagner. London, Feb. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 February 1883 · page 7

The death is announced of Richard Wagner, the well-known musical composer, aged 69…

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Death of Thakambau. Last Hours of the Old Chief

Evening News · Thursday 15 February 1883 · page 2

By the arrival this morning from Fiji of the A.S.N. Co's steamship Rockton, Captain Saunders, we have intelligence of the death of C[?]oban (or, as he was best known, Thakambau), formerly King of the…

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Death of the Archbishop of Dublin. London, February 14

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 February 1883 · page 3

The Times announces the death of Cardinal Maccabe, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin. The news, however, is not yet confirmed by the other journals…

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Death of Bishop O'connor. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 February 1883 · page 2

Dr O'Connor, B. O. Bishop of Ballarat, died early this morning at his residence, Sturt-street, Ballarat, at the age of 53, The following account of the deceased prelate is…

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Reported Death of Cardinal M'cabe. London, Feb. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 February 1883 · page 7

The Times announces the death of Cardinal M'Cabe, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin. The news, however, has not yet been confirmed by other journals…

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Death of Bishop O'connor. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 February 1883 · page 7

Dr. O'Connor, Roman Catholic Bishop of Ballarat, died this morning from hemorrhage of the lungs, at the age of 55, His death was not unexpected, as since his return from Europe a few months ago he was…

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The Late Mr. E. T. Blacket

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1883 · page 303

Mr. Edmund Thomas Blacket, whose death was announced in our columns this week, was one of the oldest and most respected of the architects of Sydney. A quarter of a century ago he was Colonial…

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Death of Wagner

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 February 1883 · page 10

LONDON, February 14.—The death ia announced of Richard Wagner, the well-known musical composer, aged 69…

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Death of M. Gambetta

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1883 · page 318

From our American files we have telegraphic European intelligence to January 15. Paris, January 2.—The body of Gambetta will be taken to-morrow to the Palais Bourbon, and will remain there…

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