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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1977

24 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 2

France Now the 200th Anniversary of the Death of J.-j. Rousseau

Le Courrier Australien · Saturday 1 January 1977 · page 6

The Academy of Science, Art and Belles Lettres of Dijon will revive a tradition more than 200 years old with the organisation of a…

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Obituary

Tribune · Wednesday 19 January 1977 · page 10

We regret to announce that Bill Woods of Oyster Bay died on December 28. Bill was for many years a member of the…

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OBITUARY Peter Finch

Filmnews · Tuesday 1 February 1977 · page 13

At what may well be one of the high points of his career, and without a hint of previous trouble, Peter Finch died suddenly of a heart attack on January 14. Gifted and versatile, an actor of considerable stature, he had long since become one of the world's enduring cinema personalities. Australians regarded him as one of their…

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Obituary

Tribune · Wednesday 9 February 1977 · page 10

Rose Johnson, a Communist and a veteran fighter in the workers, cause, died in her home in Sherbrook, Victoria,…

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Obituary

Tribune · Wednesday 20 April 1977 · page 10

The South Coast district lost a veteran and very well known member of the labor movement with the death of Molly Martin last…

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Obituary

Tribune · Wednesday 27 April 1977 · page 12

Mr Bill Sutton, popular identity in the Queensland ft Communist Party and labor movement died suddenly from a heart attack on Monday night. He was setting up a bookstall at a Trades Hall meeting of Citizens for Democracy when…

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Death of well-loved resident

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 10 May 1977 · page 8

IT is with regret that! mention the death of Mrs Gladys Fish, formerly of Haven Street, Merrylands…

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Obituary

Tribune · Wednesday 11 May 1977 · page 10

Charles Bultitude from the NSW North Coast died on March 26. Comrade Bultitude spent many years…

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Obituary

Tribune · Wednesday 25 May 1977 · page 10

Tribune regretfully announces the death of Les Goodwin who has had a long record of struggle in the labor and revolutionary…

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International News Ethiopia's funeral 'Dergue'

Tribune · Wednesday 25 May 1977 · page 9

In Abbas Abbaba on May Day Ethiopian police killed 1500 workers and students who were members of the…

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Death of Businessman

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 9 June 1977 · page 3

Henry Korski, one of the leading members of the executive of the Australia-Israel…

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Obituary

Tribune · Wednesday 22 June 1977 · page 10

Jack Abrahams of Townsville died of cancer on May 31. Jack played a prominent part in trade union, civic and political activities…

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OBITUARY Roberto Rossellini

Filmnews · Friday 1 July 1977 · page 3

Alessandro Cavadini is currently in Europe (together with Carolyn Strachan), screening and trying to sell Ningla A-ns, Protected and Prisoners. From Hamburg, West Germany, he has sent this obituary of a "good Italian director" Roberto Rossellini,…

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Obituary

Tribune · Wednesday 6 July 1977 · page 10

Charlie (Bluey) Collins passed away in Rockhampton at the age of 75 on June 28. Originally from Melbourne, he…

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Death of pioneer

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 12 July 1977 · page 3

LONGTIME and respected Guildford resident. Mr Harry I'm chard, died last week at the age of 72…

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Obituary

Tribune · Wednesday 13 July 1977 · page 10

Harold Foster, retired Federal President of the Australian Bank Officials Association, and for all his…

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Death of radio Yiddish editor

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 14 July 1977 · page 6

A man who devoted much of his life to the promotion of Yiddish in the Sydney Jewish community, Dr Peter Berger, died last week…

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Obituary

Tribune · Wednesday 27 July 1977 · page 10

Annie Elizabeth Goonan died in Mildura (July 2) aged 81. She was a tireless worker in community affairs, giving thirty years of…

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Death of Founder

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 1 September 1977 · page 6

A founder of the Illawarra Synagogue and a pioneer of Jewish sport in New South Wales, Phil…

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University Mourns the Death of a Great Acedemic

Tharunka · Monday 19 September 1977 · page 4

Horace Rupert Undererott Foundation Professor in Appendectomy UNSW This week the University…

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