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Quigley's grave, Primrose Street Booragul. c.1900. Photographed by Ralph Snowball
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…Media … Quigley's grave, Primrose Street Booragul. c.1900. Photographed by Ralph Snowball … Photo Ref: 4639 … Ralph Snowball (1849-1925), was a Newcastle based photographer. His studio was in Lambton, but he travelled extensively throughout the Newcastle, Lake Macquarie and Hunter Valley region.……This…
Grave of Paddy Martin, his wife Mary Ann (nee Saunders) and son Leo, Roman Catholic Cemetery, Cooranbong
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…Media … Grave of Paddy Martin, his wife Mary Ann (nee Saunders) and son Leo, Roman Catholic Cemetery, Cooranbong … Photo Ref: 3711 … From the Jones-Mashman Collection … Graham Jones-Mashman was a teacher, historian and long time resident of Martinsville.…
Teralba Cemetery : the Big Hill
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…Contributing factors for this lack of distinct grave markers can be related to the expense of tombstones, the use of wooden grave markers and the number of bushfires that have pushed through the area over time. … It is estimated that the first burial at Teralba Cemetery occurred in the year 1879.……Contributing…
The Quigleys of Awaba Park- Marmong Point
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…Unfortunately most of the graves were not marked with headstones, and today no trace of them remains. This could easily have happened to the grave of Mrs. Quigley; however, some years after her death, Mr. J.P.……Unfortunately most of the graves were not marked with headstones, and today no trace of them…
Follow the Plaques 1988 bicentennial plaques
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…Plaque 15 IMAGE … Whitebridge Cemetery - Dudley Road … The graves of people fatally injured in the area's collieries are to be found here including most of the victims of the 1898 Dudley Colliery disaster. It also contains the graves of Anders de Flon, a coal mining pioneer of Catherine Hill Bay.……Plaque…
William Thomas Walters headstone in West Wallsend Cemetery
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…William's grave in West Wallsend Cemetery is a marked with a small marble headstone. The grave is in Row B, near the cemetery gates. His friends and family would have walked around 2km from town to stand at his graveside for the service.…
Awaba Road
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…The cemetery dates back to the early 1900's but there are earlier unnamed graves there. The NSW State Forest workshop depot is in this street. There used to be a plaster works and timber yards here.……The cemetery dates back to the early 1900's but there are earlier unnamed graves there. The NSW State…
Rathmines
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…The family graves were removed to Belmont during subdivision, as they were apparently not on Hely's land. (The elder Hely failed to obtain title to all the land he occupied). … Early Industries: … Hely had orchards and vineyards on his farm.……The family graves were removed to Belmont during subdivision,…
A Narrow Escape from Drowning
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…But, seeing I could not help myself, he did not leave me, as many would have done, to perish, but came bravely to my rescue. and twice saved me from a watery grave, and for two long hours he was swimming. What must have been his suffering with the land a good half-mile away?……But, seeing I could not…
Petty Sessions for the Recovery of Small Debts, holden at the Court of Petty Sessions for the Charlestown Petty Session District 1900 - 1930
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