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The Ryerson Index is an online index of death notices from Australian newspapers, past and present, compiled by the Sydney-based charity Ryerson Index Incorporated.The index database has in excess of 9 million records compiled from more than 470 newspapers and other sources across Australia.
In 1875, John Wright was the first white settler in Tuncurry, Australia. Born in Scotland, he arrived in Australia on Lord Worsley in May 1860. John Wright and Son Shipyards was a successful business until 1958. [2] [3] Wright adopted the local Worimi Aboriginal place name "Tuncurry" for the area north of Forster, which is said to mean "plenty ...
John Wright and Son was a former shipyard located in Tuncurry, Australia between 1875 and 1958. In partnership with Alexander Croll, John Wright built at least three ships at Bungwahl, before selling his share of the sawmill and shipwright business at Myall Lakes. In 1875, he was the first white settler of the area now known as Tuncurry. [1]
After August 1939 the Executive Council had automatically commuted death sentences to a term of imprisonment. [196] In 1955, with the Labor party in control of both houses of the State Parliament, New South Wales abolished the death penalty for crimes such as murder and rape.
The first state funeral in New South Wales was accorded to statesman William Wentworth on 6 May 1873. [ 44 ] Some former governors who had previous military service were given military state funerals, for example Rear Admiral Sir David Martin and Air Marshal Sir James Rowland .
Tuncurry is a coastal town in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, in the Mid-Coast Council LGA, about 307 km (191 mi) north north east of Sydney. It is immediately adjacent to its twin town of Forster , which is the larger of the two towns.
The Mid North Coast is a country region in the north-east of the state of New South Wales, Australia.The region, situated 416km north of Sydney, covers the mid northern coast of the state, beginning from Port Stephens at Hawks Nest to as far north as Woolgoolga, near Coffs Harbour.
Forster is named after William Forster, who also was the 4th Premier of New South Wales and who later served as Agent-General in London. [6] The first post office in Forster opened on 1 October 1872, with John Wyllie Breckenridge as postmaster at a salary of £10 a year. [7] The area was well known in the early days for its timber cutting and ...