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

Sydney · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1906

1,599 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 80

Death of Rev. Thos. Champness

The Methodist · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 1

To the great sorrow of all who knew him in the flesh, and of many who had not that privilege, a true Methodist saint in the person of Thomas Champness has been suddenly called away. Mr. Champness was…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Death of Daniel E. Bandmann

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 9

From America news has been received of the death from heart disease of Daniel E. Bandmann, the tragedian, in November last at his residence, Mont[?]na, at the age of 66 years…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Obituary. an Old Resident

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 5

Capt. F.'Fahl, who failed to see the dawn of 1906, his remains being buried at Gore Hill cemetery on Boxing Day, was a very…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Death of Father Raymond, M.s.h

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 20

The Rev. Father Raymond, M.S.H., a veteran missionary in the Gilbert Group, died at Butaritari on December 1st. The deceased had been in failing health for a considerable…

Continued on Trove, page 20 →

Obituary. Mrs. Hannah M'shane

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 15

Nothing is so sad, perhaps, as to mark the passing away one by one of the noble-Catholic lives winch bind us to the past, when the faith had been freshly planted in this young…

Continued on Trove, page 15 →

Death of Mr. W. H. Windsor, Cut off Suddenly

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 4

Mr. William Harcourt Windsor, for many years one of Granville's best known public men, died very suddenly on Wednesday night, and his death caused…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Death of an Actor. Herr Bandmann. the Tragedian. Drops Dead on His Farm

The Australian Star · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 1

News has arrived of the death on his "ranche" at Montana (America) of an actor who was very familiar to Sydney, and indeed Australasian playgoers generally. some…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Late Sporting. Mr. Bowden and the V.r.c. Committee

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Friday.--The V.R.C. committee issued a reply this evening to the statements which have been made through the press by Mr. J. C. Bowden, a member of the committee, regarding the running of Sylvanite in…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Obituary

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 January 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday Morning.—The death is announced of Sir Mount-Stuart Elphinstone Grant Duff, statesman and author, in his 76th year…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Tragedy on a Barque-death of the Officer

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 January 1906 · page 8

On New Year's Eve a. shooting affray took place on board the German barque Werra, lying at the dyke, Newcastle. The first and second officers of the vessel quarrelled. The former, in a fit of…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Harry Diamond's Death-verdict of Wilful Murder

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 January 1906 · page 8

The inquest on tbe body of Harry Jarvis Diamond, who died at Sydney Hospital on December 16, from the effects of morphia poisoning, was concluded. Dr. Palmer, re-called, said that he was certain…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Obituary. Sir M. E. Grant Duff. London, Jan. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 January 1906 · page 7

The death is announced of Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff, author and politician, aged 70 years. "Notes from a Diary," two series, will be…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

The Funeral

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 3

The last sad scene in the tragedy which was so greatly lamented in Parramatta last week, was enacted on Saturday afternoon, when the mortal remains of the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Obituary

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 196
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal

James Sullivan, an old resident of Lismo[?] David M. Jones, a very old resident of the Bingara district. Edward Thomas Beilby, 84, one of Sydney's…

Continued on Trove, page 196 →

Death of Arthur Weekes

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 2

Arthur Weekes, 39. a well known Parramatta resident, died on Friday evening, at his residence, Inkerman-street South. He had been ailing for some…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

How Chopin's "Funeral March" Came to be Written

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 33

M. Felix Ziem, the famous landscape painter (says a writer recently in the "Pall Mall Magazine", is one of the most delightful raconteurs I have ever had the good fortune to meet…

Continued on Trove, page 33 →

Current News. Death of Mrs. W. A. Brodie

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 2

We regret deeply to hear of the death of Mrs. W. A. Brodie, who died suddenly at her residence, North Sydney. Mrs. Brodie was a sister of Mr. W. A…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Death of the Lifeboat Coxswain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 January 1906 · page 8

The death of Captain Allan M'Kinnon which took place at his residence Newcastle yesterday morning removes a well-known figure from shipping identities. Deceased was widely…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Death of Miss Mary Morrison

The Catholic Press · Thursday 18 January 1906 · page 11

Deep regret is expressed at Waverley at the death of Miss Mary Morrison, who passed away at St. Vincent's Hospital on Saturday morning…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →