PHTHISIS

In the 19th century - as it is still in the 21st century - there were some most unpleasant ways to ” do a perish” . Phthisis being one of them. Basil E died from it along with Basil the father and many others. Heres a homeopathic viewpoint from the 1880s

http://www.homeoint.org/hompath/articles/147.html

THE TREATMENT OF PHTHISIS [Treatment Of Pthisis]

Transactions Of World Congress Of Homoeopathic Physicians & Surgeons By Pemberton Dudley

Volume: 1893 May / June ( Melinda died in jan 1893)

GLEBE CEMETERY EAST MAITLAND

Death of a Cemetery - A UNE PROJECT

LiveJournal Tags: EAST MAITLAND,CEMETERIES,UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND,GLEBE,ARCHAEOLOGY,UNE

 

Welcome to the Glebe Cemetery Project, Phase One website. This site documents the first phase of an ongoing project at St. Peter’s Burial Ground (also known as the Glebe Cemetery), East Maitland.

 

http://www-personal.une.edu.au/~pgrave/StPeters/intro.htm

OLD CATHOLIC CEMETERY WOLLONGONG

LiveJournal Tags: INTERNMENT,AUSTRALIAN CEMETERIES

FROM WAYNE HILL ON INTERNMENT.NET

Old Wollongong Catholic Cemetery
Wollongong, South Coast & Illawarra Region, New South Wales, Australia

Crown Street East, Wollongong, NSW

Contributed by Wayne Hill, Jun 15, 2005 . Total records = 172.

PETER KNOX AT THE REMEMBRANCE WALL IN WHICH ARE EMBEDDED HEADSTONES DISCOVERED WHEN THEY WERE DIGGING FOR EXTENSIONS TO ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE RESTAURANT. PETER AKA IZZY HAS INCLUDED IN HIS ANTHOLOGY , ” EARLY ILLAWARRA POETRY - A SELECTION ” A POEM WHICH REFERS TO THE ORGINAL CEMETERY.

THE GRAVEYARD ON THE BEACH AT WOLLONGONG.

Right away over the mountain !

Right away into the vale !

Where brooklet and streamlet and fountain

Unite o’er the Dead in a wail.

 

The Dead ! Why, where are they sleeping ?

Close by a fountain, you say.

Where the willows are bending and weeping

O’er Man’s ever-perishing clay.

 

No. Out on the desolate shore.

Down in a bend by the sea,

Where the waves in monotony roar,

And the seagulls are hateful to me.

 

In the shifting and mystical sand,

Where footsteps of man seldom tread,

Sleep the first pioneers of the Land,

Forgotten ,  because they are Dead.

 

Headstones uprooted and prone.

Coffins exposed to the light.

Neglected,forsaken,forlorn.

A fearful and wonderful sight.

 

And so, in the heat of the vale,

No wonder the waters are stirred,

Lamenting in unison vain.

The Dead on the beach disinterred.

CHMD

Illawarra Mercury June 17th, 1879

This poem was already bemoaning the loss of and disrespect towards this CEMETERY ON THE BEACH back in 1879. It took the 20th century to build an Entertainment Centre on top of it.  The poem is contained in the anthology edited by PETER KNOX and available by contacting him on 0414 627 125 or pbk918@mac.com

 

 

 

MELINDA KENDALL

KENDALLS IN GRAFTON ACCORDING TO BAWDEN

LiveJournal Tags: CLARENCE RIVER HISTORY,KENDALL FAMILY,BASIL KENDALL,BAWDEN

 

 

One book which we purchased from the Clarence History Society is the Bawden Series of Lectures with accompanying notes by C.C.LAW. T. Bawden delivered these lectures on the FIRST FIFTY YEARS OF SETTLEMENT IN THE CLARENCE DISTRICT at the GRAFTON SCHOOL OF ARTS IN June 1886, July 1886 AND August 1888. Mr Bawden came to the Clarence in one of the very first overland parties as a 9 year old boy travelling with his family.

As with most research into Melinda and her family, there are conflicting stories and mysteries. As we hunted for Basil’s grave , we had several accounts of the Kendall period on the Clarence. Basil was arrested for some dodgy dealings with a cheque and his brother-in-law’s name. The Marjorie Kendall book “KISSIN COUSINS” says that Basil presented this cheque on Dec 15,1847. When it was declared to be a forgery ( the signature was in the name of THOMAS WHEATON BOWDEN who was married to Sister Susannah and was declared bankrupt earlier in the year of 1847) a warrant was issued on Dec 23 1847 and Basil was arrested in his home on Christmas Eve and sentenced early in 1848 to two years in Parramatta Gaol.

Did he actually serve this time in Parramatta ? Were convicted criminals still assigned as servants in this time ? Might Basil have been sent with Dobie as such ?

On Page 105 Of BAWDEN’S LECTURES with notes by CC LAW , Mr Bawden says( THIS  being the only first hand report we have of this period at this time );

It was at Gordon Brook that I first knew the poet Kendall. Mr and Mrs Kendall were engaged by Dr Dobie in Sydney to take charge of a sheep station and two flocks of sheep.  One of these flocks was tended by the poet Henry Kendall and his twin brother Basil who was also animated to a slight extent with the poetic fire. After living 12 months at Gordon Brook, the Kendall family left and came to Grafton where Mr Kendall kept a school for some years up to the time of his death. His remains lie in the Old Cemetery at South Grafton. From his time of leaving Gordon Brook, I saw no more of Henry Kendall until some years afterwards he came to Grafton as a clerk in the office of that extraordinary man JAMES MICHAEL LIONEL.

 

http://www.clarencehistory.org.au/

RYERSON INDEX TO DEATH AND OBITS IN NEWSPAPERS

 http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nswsdps/dpsindex.htm

“The Ryerson Index is an index to death notices appearing in current Australian newspapers. It also includes some funeral notices, probate notices and obituaries.

Because the Index was originally created by the Sydney Dead Persons Society, it concentrates on notices from NSW papers, although some papers from other states are included also. Within NSW, the bulk of the entries are from the two Sydney papers, the “Sydney Morning Herald” and the “Daily Telegraph”.

Indexing is being continuously carried out by a team of volunteers, too numerous to mention individually, who give freely of their time to ensure the site continues to grow. Site updates occur every couple of weeks, and more often in periods of high activity.

The index itself cannot by definition be considered a primary source of data, but is purely a research aid to direct the researcher to the original source of a notice.”

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http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nswsdps/dpsindex.htm

SOME OUTCOMES FROM THE CLARENCE TRIP

LiveJournal Tags: CLARENCE RIVER,MCLENNAN

 

IZZY on RUSHFORTH ROAD at POLEY’S BRIDGE.

THE MCLENNANS ON NEW ENGLAND AND CLARENCE

This is a great little story of one of the early Clarence families. We saw many of their graves at COUTT’S CROSSING cemetery. In this article there is a connection made between them and Bushy Park which is one of the stations on which the Kendalls lived.

BACK FROM THE CLARENCE AND THE NEW ENGLAND

Peter outside ARMIDALE (UNE) Regional Archives and History Centre. 

We set off for the Clarence and the New England. Down the Pacific Highway from the Tweed River. This is Northern Big River Country and 160 years app since Melinda and Co were down there on the Clarence. In some places times seems to have stopped and in others it might well have gone backwards.  We saw a sign saying MAIN ROAD CLOSED. That meant the main highway from Grafton to New England is cut by rock slippages seemingly without any haste or 21st century method of fixing it in any kind of hurry. Here is what RTA says.

Gwydir Highway - Mulligans Bluff at west of Jackadgery

Roadworks

RTA advice:
Between 55km west of Grafton & 100km east of Glen Innes.
Slope stabilisation and associated works. The highway will close each day, Monday to Friday, from 9am to 3pm (excluding public and school holidays).
Alternative signposted travel options during the temporary closure are north through Tenterfield and Casino or south through Guyra and Ebor.
The work is expected to continue until the end of 2008.

Last updated:
1:11pm 5 June 2008

 

Makes it sound like a wee little detour when in fact its 100s of mountain kilometres around. The reason I’m mentioning it is that it echoes Melinda Days way back. The first white fella known to have found the Clarence was Richard Craig. There is a line of road down from Armidale to Grafton and its called the Craig Line of road. Craigs interest me as my family came on the Beejapore in 1853 - more of the ‘assisted’ emigrants. I have only recently realised how firm that ASSISTANCE was.  The Lady in Clarence Historical would not have it that the pronunciation is cregg - but we of CRAIG descent are firm on that matter. Regardless of there appearing to be no connection between my Craigs and Richard Craig of Clarence fame, I fell affinity with his LINE OF ROAD especially when a major arterial like Gwydir can be closed without apology or explanation or even outrage from the population.

In Armidale we spent a morning in the Regional Archives.

We were able to travel and explore the Clarence, Bellinger and up Dorrigo Mountain to Armidale.

In Clarence Historical Society we spent from 9am till 4pm in consultation with several research assistants. One lady in particular deserves a medal for her attention, astuteness and generosity.  I was remiss in not getting her name and acknowledge her untiring attention to our work here on this site.

One outcome of the day in the Clarence Historical Society is the DEPARTMENT OF LANDS

WEBSITE which has online viewing of parish and pastoral maps. 

http://www.lands.nsw.gov.au/_media/lands/pdf/general_publications/FamilyHistory.pdf

LiveJournal Tags: ARMIDALE,NEW ENGLAND,GRAFTON,CLARENCE RIVER

1892-1893

The year of Melinda’s Death

4th JANUARY 1893

Melinda passed away at 17 Allen Street, Ultimo at the age of 85 years . She had then been widowed since Basil died on the Clarence in 1852- 40 years. She was at the home of her daughter, Jane Kendall, who is marked on the death certificate as a MUSIC TEACHER. She was buried in the Church of England Section of Waverley Cemetery. The officiating Minister was Rev Wlm Halse Rogers and the witnesses were John Bennett and R F Thomas. Melinda is recorded as dying from Hemeplegia over a period of 10 days’ illness. Her birth place is noted as Windsor NSW. The discrepancies on the certificate include St James being listed as the church in which she married and the age of marriage being put at 16.

in 1893, two of her 5 children are living - Jane Kendall( 49) and Emily Evans(43). Two males and one female are recorded as being deceased. Elsewhere the birth of a stillborn child in 1836 has been noted.

GLIMPSES OF SYDNEY IN 1892-1893

• LOUIS ALEXANDER
  

Early Photographer of ROMA, QLD and SYDNEY, NSW was relocating from the Corso at Manly to Newtown

• Socialism - 1800s

• In 1892 members of an Anglican Sisterhood, the Sisters of the Church, or Kilburn Sisters, suddenly appeared in Sydney. Their presence created considerable debate within the Sydney church in particular.

• Work begins on Queen Victoria Building.

• http://www.snftravelsydney.com/queen-victoria-building/

• DEATH OF THOMAS PLAYFAIR

• THE NEW GOVERNOR SIR ROBERT WILLIAM DUFF ARRIVED FROM ENGLAND ( DUFF WAS BORN IN 1835 THE YEAR OF MELINDA’S MARRIAGE TO BASIL )
• AT THE SYDNEY OBSERVATORY , NO CHANGES WERE MADE TO STAFF.

• JOHN MAKIN the notorious baby farmer was hanged later in 1893
• Francis William Lauderdale Adams (27 September 1862 – 4 September 1893) was an essayist, poet, dramatist, novelist and journalist whose life ended in 1893 by suicide.

MELINDA’S DEATH CERTIFICATE

OLD SYDNEY BURIAL GROUND

http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/aboutsydney/historyandarchives/OldSydneyBurialGround.asp#DL