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Lone Grave of Thomas McFarlane - Maroota
Cemetery Details
Address:  Old Northern Road
 Maroota
 New South Wales, Australia
Location:  Western side of road.
 0.3km south of Maroota Public School.
Denomination:  Not applicable
Responsible Authority:  NSW Department of Transport
Number of Graves:  1
Names Recorded:  1
Period of Use:  1872

Panoramic of Lone Grave of McFarland at Wisemans Ferry

Register: McFarlane, Thomas Map of grave:

 

Notes:

"TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES.
AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS TELEGRAMS.
WISEMAN'S FERRY.
FRIDAY.
A MAN, whose name is unknown, was yesterday found dead at Maroota, on the Windsor Road, by T. Bowcock, a drover. An inquest has been held, and a verdict recorded that death was caused by exposure to the sun."

Source: 1872 'TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES. AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS TELEGRAMS.', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954), 20 January, p. 7, viewed 31 January, 2011, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13251039

"TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Sydney Papers.)
WISEMAN'S FERRY.
Friday.
[Herald.]--A man, whose name is unknown, was yesterday found dead at Maroota, on the Windsor Road, by T. Bowcock, a drover. An inquest has been held, and a verdict recorded that death was caused by exposure to the sun."

Source: 1872 'TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. (From the Sydney Papers.) WISEMAN'S FERRY.', The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893), 23 January, p. 2, viewed 31 January, 2011, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18760604

"WINDSOR.
[FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.]
CORONER'S INQUEST.--On Friday last, an inquest wa[sic] held at Maroota, before Mr. J. B. Johnston and a jury, on the body of a man unknown, who was found dead in the bush, on the previous day, by a drover named Bocock. Bocock, it appears, was riding from Windsor to Wiseman's Ferry, when his dogs turned off the road into the bush, and he followed them ; he discovered, a short distance from the road, the dead body: he did not know the deceased, nor any thing about him. The deceased appeared to have been dead some days ; he had in his pocket several pawntickets, numbered 7210, 148, 7687, and 240. The jury found that there was no evidence to show how deceased came by his death, but were of opinion that it was caused by exposure to the sun."

Source: 1872 'WINDSOR.', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954), 26 January, p. 3, viewed 31 January, 2011, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13251370

"NEWCASTLE.
(From the Chronicle of Thursday.)...
SUDDEN DEATH IN THE BUSH NEAR WISEMANS FERRY. --On the 18th ultimo it was reported to the police that the body of a man had been found lying in the bush at Maroota, of which the following was the description given :- In height he was about five feet eight inches, his build was stout, his hair black, and his clothing consisted in a black cloth coat and trousers, he had on blucher boots, and a drab Californian hat. At the inquest there were produced certain pawn-tickets for goods pledged in different names and at different times, with Mr Bonarius, of Newcastle, but nothing to lead to identification. From inquiries made at Newcastle subsequent to the holding of the inquest, there would appear to be but little doubt that the unfortunate deceased was a compositor of the name of Thomas McFarlane, who was lately employed on this journal and also on the Pîlot, but was discharged from both on account of intemperate habits. The verdict was an open one, no evidence having been adduced to show how the deceased came by his death, but the jury were of opinion that it had arisen from exposure to the sun."

Source: 1872 'NEWCASTLE.', The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893), 3 February, p. 3, viewed 31 January, 2011, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18760956

Credits: Transcriptions and photography by Jonathan Auld and Michelle Nichols - August 2003.

 

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