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The idea of an index was first suggested by John Graham, convenor of the Sydney Dead Persons Society, in 1998. [5] The concept gained momentum the following year when another member of the society, Joyce Ryerson, revealed that she had a 14-year collection of death notices from The Sydney Morning Herald kept in her laundry. [ 6 ]
The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, Australia, and owned by Nine Entertainment. Founded in 1831 as the Sydney Herald, the Herald is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Australia and claims to be the most widely read masthead in the country. [3] It is considered a newspaper of record for ...
The Sydney Morning Herald editors (12 P) Pages in category "The Sydney Morning Herald people" The following 109 pages are in this category, out of 109 total.
She died in 1903 at the age of 85 at her daughter's house. An obituary appeared in The Sydney Morning Herald at the time of her death outlining some details of her life and noting that she was “an old and respected resident of Ryde where she lived for over 40 years". [12] In 1905 The Hermitage was subdivided and put on the market.
Paul Sheehan (born 1951) is an Australian columnist and former senior writer for the Sydney Morning Herald, and the Melbourne Age where he has been day editor, chief of staff and Washington correspondent. He generally writes from a conservative viewpoint in the opinion of observers. [1]
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
In 1950, Wilkie commenced working for the Bureau of Meteorology. [2] During his time at the bureau he was posted to Sydney, Melbourne and Woomera. [2] [9]At the insistence of the bureau, Wilkie auditioned for a role as a television weather presenter, upon the launch of the ABC TV's new Sydney television station ABN-2 in 1956.
Woronora Cemetery was established in 1895 with the first burial on 2 April 1895. [2] In 1902 the Devonshire Street Cemetery was closed to make way for Central railway station and some graves were relocated to Woronora.