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Introductory note:

The primary focus of the biographical register is musical personnel first active before the end of 1860, with a secondary focus on members of their circles - families, pupils, colleagues, and other important contacts - first active after 1860.

Beyond that, there has been no systematic attempt to deal with musical personnel first active after 1860, and the coverage is selective.

Major upgrades of the contents of this page were completed in 2020 and 2024, and newly added documentation (including genealogical data) and Trove tagging now brings the page content up to the end of 1860 close to completion.

Only such biographical information as can be confirmed from standard national databases or original documentation presented is entered at the head of each person entry in this page. Where no certain evidence of a person's birth year has yet been identified, the assumption is that we do not and cannot yet know with sufficient certainty to propose one. Years of birth or death, and sometimes also names and spellings of names, thus sourced and presented here, will often differ more or less substantially from those given (but often merely hazarded) in standard Australian and international bibliographic and biographical records.

The texts given in gold aim for the most part to be diplomatic transcriptions, wherever practical retaining unaltered the original orthography, and spellings and mis-spellings, of the printed or manuscript sources. Occasionally, however, some spellings are silently corrected (for instance, of unusual music titles and composers, to assist identification), and some orthography, punctuation and paragraphing, and very occasionally also syntax, editorially altered or standardised in the interests of consistency, clarity, and readability.

FLANNAGHAN, James (James FLANNAGHAN; FLANAGHAN) = correctly James SHANAGHAN

Musician, master of the Band of the 58th Regiment

FLATAU, Berta Maud (Berta Maud FLATAU)

Amateur musician, composer

Born Trunkey, NSW, 28 June 1871; daughter of John Marian FLATAU (d. 1926) and Maude Margaret Turner MacTAGGART (d. 1894)
Died Forest Lodge, Sydney, NSW, 17 November 1882, aged "11"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Berta+Maud+Flatau+1871-1882 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FLATAU-Berta-Maud (shareable link to this entry)

THIS ENTRY IS A STUB ON PERSONNEL FIRST ACTIVE IN AUSTRALIA AFTER 1860

Berta Maud Flatau (from the cover of the waltz, below)

http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-169164313 (DIGITISED)

Documentation:

"BIRTHS", The Sydney Morning Herald [Sydney, NSW] (3 July 1871), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13241064

On the 26th June, at her residence, Trunkey, Mrs. J. W. FLATAU, of a daughter.

"Deaths", The Sydney Morning Herald (16 November 1882), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13527448 

FLATAU - November 13, at the residence of his parents, Bonatra, Forest Lodge, Reginald John Malcolm, son of John Marian and M. M. T. Flatau, aged 10 months.

"Deaths", The Sydney Morning Herald (18 November 1882), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13522376

FLATAU. - November 17, at the residence of her parents, Bonatra, Forest Lodge, Berta Maude, dearly beloved daughter of John Marian and M. M. T. Flatau, aged 11 years.

Musical work:

The Berta waltz (1882)

The Berta waltz by Berta Maud Flatau, aged 10 years, dedicated to my dear mother (Sydney: Elvy & Co., [1882])

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/5745072 

http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-169164313 (DIGITISED)

ASSOCIATIONS: Robert Hammond Elvy (musicseller, publisher)

"Music and Drama", The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (6 May 1882), 713

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162028676 

"The Berta Waltz" is the title of a composition, by Berta Maud Flatau, aged 10 years, which has been published by Messrs. Elvy and Co. It is simple and unpretentious, and but for the extreme youthfullness of the composer would not call for comment. Judged as the work of a little child, it is remarkably creditable, with quite enough originality to create an interest in the writer and to cause a hope that she may have every opportunity of cultivating her musical gifts and be spared the evil of fulsome praise and flattery. In good hands there is apparently the making of a musician, perhaps an Australian scholar for the coming Royal College of Music.

[News], The Sydney Morning Herald (16 May 1882), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13511329

FROM Messrs. Elvy and Co., 327, George-street, we have received the "Berta" waltz, a composition by Miss Berta Maud Flatau, a child 10 years of age, who evidently possesses the musical faculty in an unusual degree. The waltz is a short one, but as the work of so young a composer it is full of interest.

"Music and Drama . . . NEW MUSIC", Australian Town and Country Journal (27 May 1882), 12

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70969591

. . . The "Berta Waltz," composed by Berta Maud Flatau, aged 10 years. Elvy and Co., George-street, Sydney. This is a very pretty waltz, and does infinite credit to the young genius who composed it. A photograph of the charming little composer adorns the title page. The music is full of that dreaminess which ought ever to distinguish a waltz. The melody is nicely and fully harmonised. The waltz is very handsomely printed by Brown and Shaw, of Sydney.

FLETCHER, Charles (Charles FLETCHER)

Musician, itinerant musician, band musician

Born London, England, c. 1815
Convicted Leicester Quarter Sessions, England, 3 January 1842 (7 years' transportation, aged "27")
Arrived Hobart Town, VDL (TAS), 14 January 1843 (convict per Earl Grey, from Plymouth 5 October 1842, aged "28")
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, late 1850

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Charles+Fletcher+convict+arrived+1843 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FLETCHER-Charles (shareable link to this entry)

ASSOCIATIONS: George Burdon

Documentation:

"LEICESTERSHIRE. Epiphany Sessions . . . TUESSDAY, Jan. 4", Leicestershire Mercury [Leicester, England] (8 January 1842), 2

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000298/18420108/007/0002 (PAYWALL)

CHARLES FLETCHER, 27, charged with attempting to steal from the person of Prudence Adkins, on the 26th of October last, at Castle Donington. Prudence Adkins deposed that on the 26th of October, being Castle Donington statures, she was watching the policeman searching two girls, when she felt the prisoner's hand in her pocket. She then gave him in custody to the police. Mary spencer deposed to seeing the prisoner attempting to pick Prudence Adkin's pocket. Policeman Newbold who apprehended him said that prisoner stated if he had his hand in her pocket he had taken nothing. Prisoner, in defence, said he knew nothing about it - Guilty. Another charge against the prisoner for picking the pocket of Sarah Northridge, of Castle Donington, on the same evening, was gone into, and on which he was found guilty - seven years' transportation.

Convict record, Charles Fletcher, per Earl Grey; Tasmanian names index; NAME_INDEXES:1392550; CON33/1/35

https://stors.tas.gov.au/NI/1392550 

https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON33-1-35$init=CON33-1-35p83 

8440 / Fletcher, Charles / Tried Leicester Q'r S, 3 Jan'y 1842 / 7 years
Emb'd 26 Sept'r 1842 / Arr'd 14 Jan'y 1843 / Protestant / Can read / Trade Musician on Board a Man of War /
Transported for Assault with intent to steal . . . / height 5/2 / Age 28 / [Native place ] London, Longacre /
. . . 23 May 1848 T. L.

[Government notice], Launceston Examiner [VDL (TAS)] (24 March 1849), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36257008 

The period for which the undermentioned persons were transported having expired, certificates to that effect have been granted them accordingly: . . .
Charles Fletcher, Earl Grey . . .

"THE VAGRANT ACT", The Argus [Melbourne, VIC] (12 December 1850), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4769715

Mr. Moor presided at the Police Court on Monday, and two or three cases under the Vagrant Act were brought before him. The first case was that of George Burdon, who was charged by Mr. Chief Constable Bloomfield with being a vagrant, having been fourteen days in Melbourne without having any other visible means of subsistence than that of going about from one public house to another playing "music" and asking alms. The defendant arrived from Van Diemen's Land in company with four others of the same stamp, who figured at the Collingwood election as "a band of musicians." When called upon to state how he obtained a living, Burdon said he brought about eight pounds with him from Van Diemen's Land, and that he had still three pounds left, that he was not aware that it was contrary to the law to play in public-houses; that he had been a fish hawker in Van Diemen's Land for ten years, and could produce many persons of respectability in Melbourne, who had known him in Launceston and Hobart Town; that he intended to follow the business of fish-hawker in Melbourne, and that he expected his brother, wife and family from Van Diemen's Land, with boats, masts, &c. Mr. Moor said he observed the man was described in the watch-house list as an "expiree," and he should like to know how the watch-house keeper had arrived at that conclusion. The watch-house keeper was consequently sent for, and said that, although he had not asked the man any question upon the subject, he had no doubt whatever that he was an expiree, nor indeed could any man with the slightest experience of such characters be mistaken. Mr. Moor considered the watch-house keeper ought not to have put the man down as an expiree upon merely his own conclusions, and that however little doubt there might be on the subject, he ought at least to have asked the question, or ascertained the facts before having prejudiced the accused party by merely assuming that he was an expiree. The man admitted readily that he was an expiree; that he hoped he should be allowed another chance; that he intended to go to work and get an honest living.
Mr. Moor then pointed out to him the third section of the Vagrant Act, which requires that persons having been prisoners in Van Diemen's Land should register their names within a week at most after their arrival here. The man said he would register himself at once, but the fact is that not a single register has been made since the Act was passed, and there is no book kept for the purpose, so lightly have the provisions of the Act been thought of.
Mr. Moor said people talked a great deal about convictism from Van Diemen's Land, but if the Act were enforced he thought it would in great measure put a stop to it.
Mr. John Stephen said the Act had been disallowed.
Mr. Moor replied that no official intimation of that assertion had been received, and until the Act had been officially disallowed it remained the law of the land. - The bench allowed the man "another chance."
Another man named Charles Fletcher, one of the same sort as Burdon, was also charged with being a vagrant He admitted that music was his "profession." and that he had been brought up in it from infancy.
He was cautioned in the same way as his friend had been, and discharged upon a distinct promise that he would eschew music for the rest of his life. There are several others of the same gang still at large who will be apprehended if they remain in town.

ASSOCIATIONS: George Burdon (itinerant musician)

"ENCOURAGEMENT OF MUSICAL TALENT", The Melbourne Daily News (12 December 1850), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226518020 

George Burdon, an itinerant musician, who, with three others of the same genus, recently arrived from Van Diemen's Land, was on Monday brought before the police court under the vagrant act. The Chief Constable for the city stated, that on the day upon which the election for Fitzroy Ward was held the defendant with his companions came up to him and solicited some acknowledgement for their display of musical talent. The Chief Constable told him that be was acting improperly, and that if he persisted in going about with his band, and soliciting contributions, he would certainly bring him up under the vagrant act. Burdon, however, expressed his intention of setting the authorities at defiance. Several witnesses were brought forward to shew the part which Burdon had taken in the musical entertainment, and that he had solicited contributions. In answer to questions from Mr. Moor, Burdon stated that he had been here only a few days, that he had brought eight pounds in cash with him, three of which he had left, and that he was not aware he was acting illegally in going about with musical instruments; he added that he had come here with the intention of following the avocation of a fisherman, in which pursuit he had been engaged for nearly twenty years "on the other side." He was discharged with a caution -
Charles Fletcher, another of the band, said that he had been brought up to music all his life and had just come over from V. D. Land in the hope of getting some situation in his line. He was recommended to give up music and take to some other means of obtaining a livelihood, and haying promised to take the hint he was discharged.

FLETCHER, James (James FLETCHER; Mr. FLETCHER)

Musical amateur, amateur musician, lecturer on music, contralto / alto vocalist

Active Melbourne, VIC, 1857-62

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=James+Fletcher+c1857-62 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FLETCHER-James (shareable link to this entry)

Documentation:

"INAUGURATION OF THE TEMPERANCE LEAGUE OF VICTORIA", The Age [Melbourne, VIC] (2 July 1857), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154831669 

Yesterday evening the Exhibition Building presented a most brilliant appearance. Separation Day having been made the occasion for a great gathering of the advocates of temperance, with a view of inaugurating the Temperance League, and raising a fund of one thousand pounds in order to carry out its object . . . During the evening, the proceedings were relieved by some excellent glee singing by Messrs. Goodliffe, Williams, Fletcher, Angus, Ewart, Tolhurst, senior, Charles Cook, and Mrs. Goodliffe, who gave their services on the occasion. There were several encores. Mr. G. Tolhurst presided at the piano, and played judicious accompaniments to several airs sang by Mrs. Goodliffe, and Messrs. Williams and Angus. The proceedings, which were of a very pleasing nature, did not terminate till nearly eleven o'clock.

ASSOCIATIONS: Anne and Thomas Goodliffe (vocalists); William Henry Williams (vocalist); Silvanus Angus (vocalist); Thomas Ewart (vocalist); Charles Cook (vocalist); William and George Tolhurst (father and son, vocalist and pianist); Exhibition Building (Melbourne venue)

[Advertisement], The Argus [Melbourne, VIC] (25 August 1859), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5686849 

KEW LITERARY and SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE.
- Mr. FLETCHER will deliver a LECTURE THIS EVENING on Music, with vocal illustrations.
J. GILL TANNER, Sec. pro. tem.

[News], The Argus (27 August 1859), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5687031 

Mr. Fletcher delivered a lecture on Music to the Kew Literary and Scientific Institute, on Thursday evening last. Mrs. Goodliffe, Mr. Angus, and other gentlemen kindly lent their assistance by giving some very pleasing vocal illustrations. There was a large attendance of members and friends.

ASSOCIATIONS:

"THE NEWS OF THE DAY", The Age (26 December 1860), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154884137 

The performance of the "Messiah" by the Philharmonic Society on Christmas Eve has become recognized as the proper accompaniment to the ushering in of the great Christmas Festival. It is difficult to conceive anything more appropriate, more solemn, and at the same time more enjoyable, in the purest and most refined sense of the term, than to listen to Handel's "Messiah," when rendered in a manner worthy of the great work entrusted to the performers. That condition the members of the Philharmonic most satisfactorily fulfilled on Monday evening. The Society has given other works of great composers with success, and on previous occasions this one also, but never, we venture to say, has it approached its latest effort. The Exhibition Building was crowded to excess by an appreciative audience, and the applause which greeted the eloquent outbursts of grand melody came from those who really understood the requirements and the excellence of the performance. The chorus, which numbered about 200, was strong and thoroughly well disciplined, and contained voices which would, under less imposing circumstances, have done full justice to many of the solos. The instrumental portion was under the leadership of Mr. Johnson, and Mr. Lewis presided at the piano. Mr. Russell ably conducted the whole . . . Mr. Fletcher's rendering of "He was despised and rejected of men," was perhaps the most successful efforts of the evening. This gentleman's contralto, although not of great power, is rich and clear, while the flow of melody is easy and apparently without effort . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Henry Johnson (leader, musician); Louis Lucas Lewis (piano); John Russell (conductor); Melbourne Philharmonic Society (association); Exhibition Building (Melbourne venue)

[Advertisement], The Argus (13 April 1861), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5699297 

GRAND VOLUNTEER MILITARY PROMENADE And VOCAL CONCERT,
In aid of the funds or The Melbourne Orphan Asylum,
In the BOTANICAL GARDENS, THIS DAY, APRIL 13, At 8 p.m. precisely (weather permitting).
Under the Immediate patronage of His Excellency the GOVERNOR and Lady BARKLY, who have signified their intention to be present.
All the performers have kindly given their services.
Principal Vocalists: - MISS A. BAILEY, Miss S. Mortley,
Master J. Cook, Mr. Fletcher, Mr. Williams, Mr. Donaldson, Mr. Angus, Mr. Amery.
Conductor and Pianist, Herr ELSASSER..
SONGS and CHORUSES, AS sung by The FAMED CHRISTY MINSTRELS..
The magnificent VOLUNTEER BAND, Under the leadership of Mr. Johnson, Will perform at intervals..
Tickets, One Shilling each, may be obtained from the principal musicsellers.

ASSOCIATIONS: Henry and Anne Maria Barkly (governor and wife); Amelia Bailey (vocalist); Sarah Mortley (vocalist); John James Cook (vocalist); Charles Alexander Donaldson (vocalist); Edwin Amery (vocalist); Charles Elsasser (conductor); Victorian Volunteer Band (association); Botanic Gardens (Melbourne venue)

"TOWN TALK", The Herald (15 April 1861), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article244311654 

The promenade concert in the Botanical Gardens on Saturday afternoon was a very pleasing entertainment, but, considering, its object, it was hardly, so well patronised as it deserved to be . . . Subjoined is the programme, the performance of which gave much satisfaction: - . . .
part song "Soldier's love," Mr. Fletcher and chorus, Kuchen [Kücken] . . .

MUSIC: Soldier's love (Kücken)

[News], The Argus (25 May 1861), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5700487 

A musical entertainment in connexion with the Kew Literary and Scientific Institute was given last Thursday evening, at the Kew Athenaeum. Mr. Litolf's performance of the overture to "Fra Diavolo" cannot be too highly commended. The vocalists - Miss Bailey, and Messrs. Fletcher, Williams, Donaldson, and Angus - sang with much ability. The songs "I'm a merry zingara," and "Come where my love lies dreaming," by Miss Bailey, called forth prolonged applause; and the solos on the flute by Mr. Pritchard added very materially to the success of the entertainment.

ASSOCIATIONS: Francis Litolff (piano); Osgood Pritchard (flute)

[Advertisement], The Argus (13 May 1862), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5714762 

KEW LITERARY and SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE.
An AMATEUR MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT on Thursday, May 16.
JAMES FLETCHER, Secretary.

[Advertisement], The Argus (22 May 1862), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5715199 

KEW LITERARY and SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE.
DISCUSSION THIS EVENING on the Privileges of Colonial Legislatures.
After which, a Meeting will be held for the purpose of Forming a Musical Association in connexion with the institute.
JAMES FLETCHER, Secretary.

Tentative identification:

FLETCHER, James (James FLETCHER; J. FLETCHER; Mr. FLETCHER)

Born Argyleshire, Scotland, 4 January 1830; baptised Dunoon and Kilmun, 4 February 1830; son of John FLETCHER and Agnes JOHNSTON
Married Martha Edith SMYTH, VIC, 1861
Died Hawthorn, VIC, 2 June 1885, aged "55"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=James+Fletcher+1830-1885 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

"Births", The Argus [Melbourne, VIC] (2 February 1876), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7431097 

FLETCHER. - On the 29th ult, at Roseneath, Kew, Mrs. James Fletcher of a daughter.

"Deaths", The Argus [Melbourne, VIC] (3 June 1885), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article6081492 

FLETCHER. - On the 2nd inst., fell asleep at Mindel, Creswick-street, Hawthorn, James Fletcher, late of Bernice, Argyleshire, Scotland, and late manager for Beath, Schiess, and Co., Melbourne, aged 55.

"MISS IRENE FLETCHER. TO THE EDITOR", The Argus (20 May 1897), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9153466 

ASSOCIATIONS: Irene Fletcher (1876-1951, daughter, pianist), studied in Germany with Clara Schumann

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Irene+Fletcher+1876-1951 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

FLETCHER, William (William FLETCHER; Wm. FLETCHER)

Musical amateur, vocalist, ? pianist, deputy assistant commissary general

Born England, c. 1796
Arrived Hobart Town, VDL (TAS), 18 January 1824 (per Asia, from England, 28 August 1823)
Married Hannah HONE (c. 1806-1879), St. David's church, Hobart Town, VDL (TAS), 28 December 1826
Died Hobart, TAS, 10 September 1872, aged "76"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=William+Fletcher+c1796-1872 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FLETCHER-William (shareable link to this entry)

Documentation:

"SHIP NEWS", Hobart Town Gazette and Van Diemen's Land Advertiser [VDL (TAS)] (23 January 1824), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1090050 

On Sunday afternoon arrived the ship Asia, Captain Lindsay, with 149 male convicts, two having died on the passage. - Surgeon Superintendent, Dr. Evans, R.N. - The Guard consists of a detachment of the 40th Regiment, under the command of Captain Bishop, of the same Regiment. - Passengers, Deputy Assistant Commissary General Fletcher, and Lieutenant O'Shea, of the 13th Light Infantry, on his way to join his Regiment at Calcutta. - The Asia left England on the 28th of August.

NOTE: Fletcher first sailed on to Sydney but then returned to Hobart by the Woodlark in March

"Government & General Orders", Hobart Town Gazette and Van Diemen's Land Advertiser (19 March 1824), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1090116 

Government House, Hobart Town, March 18th, 1824.
THE Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury having placed Deputy Assistant Commissary General Fletcher on the Establishment of this Colony,
he is to be charged from the 25th Current with the Issues of the King's Magazine, in Hobart Town . . .

Letter, George Boyes, Hobart Town, 9 November 1826, to Mary Boyes; Chapman 1985, (265-67), 267

. . . 10th. Novr. I dined with Fletcher at Newtown yesterday, the acting Attorney-General was of the party, a little, ridiculous fellow who was I suspect some unfortunate city attorney, as in the course of the evening his Lady spoke of somebody that lived in Leadenhall Street. The eldest daughter is the object of my friend Fletcher's tender attentions and as they have heard & talk a good deal of me, they were assiduous to be seen to advantage by the Sydney gentleman acquainted with the best Society of New South Wales. They sang solos, Duetts and Glees, for Mr. Hone / rather a notorious name by the bye / fancied he had a good Bass voice and a perfect knowledge of music. I ought to have told you that only Mr. H. dined with us and that about 9 we adjourned to his house close by where the Ladies in high 69 awaited us. The house they live in is perhaps the best in the colony, indeed is very superior to Govt. House . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: George Boyes (work colleague, amateur musician); Joseph Hone (attorney-general, about to become his father-in-law); see also several later references to Fletcher in Boyes's diaries

Marriages solemnized in the parish of Hobart Town in the county of Buckingham in the year 1826; Tasmanian names index; NAME_INDEXES:817889; RGD36/1/1 no 934

https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Record/NamesIndex/817889 

https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD36-1-1/RGD36-1-1P168 (DIGITISED)

No. 66 / William Fletcher of this parish bachelor and Hannah Hone of this parish spinster
were married in this church by license this [28 December 1826] . . .

"MARRIAGES", Colonial Times and Tasmanian Advertiser [Hobart, VDL (TAS)] (29 December 1826), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2449165 

Yesterday, at St. David's Church, by Special License, by the Rev. W. BEDFORD, WILLIAM FLETCHER, Esq. Deputy Assistant Commissary General, to Miss HANNAH, second daughter of JOSEPH HONE, Esq., Attorney-General of this Colony.

Bill of lading, shipment per Lloyd, from Thomas Tomkison, London, undated [April 1835]; Papers of Sophia Letitia Davis, MS 15531, State Library of Victoria

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/229418250 

https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/permalink/61SLV_INST/1sev8ar/alma9936506993607636 

[1r] Addressed - Mrs. Davis care of R. Willis Esq'r Hobart Town Van Diemans Land
No. 1 & 2. 2 Cases cont'g 2 Cottage Pianofortes
3. 1 Case [containing] I cabinet [Pianoforte]
5/6. 2 Cases [containing] 2 Square [Pianofortes]
8. 1 Case [containing] 1 Organ & 3 Guitars
Addressed: W. Fletcher, Esq'r, D. A. C. General care of R. Willis Esq'r
No. 4. 1 Case cont'g 1 Cabinet Pianoforte
Addressed: Mr. Hone care of R. Willis Esq'r
No. 7. 1 Case cont'g 1 a Guitar & Music.
Shipped in good order and well conditioned by Thomas Tomkison in an upon the good Ship called the Lloyds whereof is Master this present Voyage Edward Garret and now riding at Anchor in the London Dock and bound for Hobart Town & Sydney . . .
[1v] 8 Cases 327. 9 hwt @ 45/- per ton = £ 18. 8. 9
Tonnage = [0]. 18. 6
[Total] 19. 7. 3
[Added on arrival] Please deliver to Mrs. Davis the goods addressed to her.
Richard Willis

ASSOCIATIONS: Thomas Tomkison (London pianoforte maker); Sophia Letitia Davis (musicseller, importer); Joseph Hone (musical amateur, Fletcher's father-in-law)

1872, deaths in the district of Hobart; Tasmanian names index; NAME_INDEXES:1150349; RGD35/1/8 no 1089

https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Record/NamesIndex/1150349 

https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-8/RGD35-1-8P125 (DIGITISED)

No. 1089 / 10th September 1872 / William Fletcher (Died New Town) (Born England) / Male / 76 years / Retired Deputy Commissary General / Hemiplegia . . .

"DEATH", The Mercury [Hobart, TAS] (12 September 1872), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8917575 

FLETCHER. - On the 10th September, at his residence "Stowelville," New Town, William Fletcher, Esq., Deputy-Commissary-General, aged 76, deeply regretted by all who knew him. The funeral will leave his late residence on Friday, 13th inst., at half-past 2 o'clock. 5591

"THE LATE MR. WM. FLETCHER", The Mercury (14 September 1872), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8925939 

The grave has just closed over another good old colonist - Mr. William Fletcher, who died at his residence, "Stowelville," New Town, on Wednesday last, aged 76 years. We have received a few particulars of the early life of this old colonist, and it appears that in September, 1812, or nearly 60 years ago, he went to Lisbon, having obtained the appointment of clerk in the Commissariat Department of the Duke of Wellington's army. A department in connection with the accounts and expenditure of the army having been established, Mr. Fletcher was ordered to join it, and he then went to headquarters at the siege of Burgos in Spain. After the attempt to capture this place had proved a failure Mr. Fletcher accompanied the department to which he belonged in the disastrous retreat during which he suffered many hardships. In 1813 Mr. Fletcher accompanied the army in the victorious march into France, when the French were driven over the Pyrenees. He was stationed at Vittoria soon after the great battle there and was detached from the department to which he belonged in order that he might attend the wounded. For those services he received the Peninsula War Medal. He was soon afterwards ordered to Lisbon in charge of from 70 to 80 mule loads of public papers belonging to his department, and he had to make a troublesome journey from the frontier of France to the extreme end of the peninsula. The war was virtually over in 1815 and in 1816 Mr. Fletcher got his first promotion, and was for some time engaged in connection with the Commissariat Department in the West Indies. In 1824 he arrived in Hobart Town, where he remained connected with the Commissariat Department and had the most responsible duties to perform. Here he received his second promotion, and was made Deputy-Commissary-General, with the relative rank of a Lieutenant-Colonel in the army. In 1842 he was placed on the Commission of the Peace, and remained a magistrate until his death, a period of 30 years. He received a large grant of land as a military officer, but he never settled on it, having built himself a beautiful residence at New Town, in which he died. He married the daughter of the late Mr. Joseph Hone, barrister and Chairman of Quarter Sessions, and he leaves a widow and a large number of children and grand-children to lament his death. Mr. Fletcher's death is universally spoken of with deep regret by all who knew him. His remains were interred yesterday at New Town, Archdeacon Davies and the Rev. Canon Hudspeth officiating.

FLEURY, Achille (Achille FLEURY DE RECUSSON; Mons. FLEURY)

Musician, violinist, orchestra and band leader, concert and venue manager, venue proprietor, publican

Born Beauvois, Pas-de-Calais, France, c. 1816
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, 5 April 1853 (per Henry Trowbridge, from Mauritius, 13 February)
Died Calcutta, India, 31 October 1875

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Achille+Fleury+d1875 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FLEURY-Achille (shareable link to this entry)

FLEURY, Madame (Madame FLEURY; ? PREVOT DE LA CROIX)

Musician, harpist, harp player (see single notice July 1861 below)

Born ? France, c. 1819 (aged "50" on arrival in Melbourne from Otago, NZ, in 1869)
? Died Madagascar, 26 July 1877

Summary:

Fleury was perhaps related to (? a son of) Achille Fleury (fl. 1792-1837), violinist, still active in opera orchestras in Rouen in the 1830s.

In June 1853, at James Ellis's new Salle de Valentino, Fleury advertised a series of promenade concerts "a la Musard". "The Modern Paganini", as he was once billed by George Lewis at Astley Amphitheatre's in 1855, stayed on in Melbourne leading theatre and concert bands throughout the 1850s. An advertisement from August 1855 lists the members of his band at the Salle de Valentino.

Fleury relocated to Ballarat in and 1856, where, in addition to continuing his musical activities, he was contentiously granted a publican's license in 1859.

He toured to New Zealand with George Loder in 1862, and stayed on permanently in Dunedin.

During his years in New Zealand he returned to Australia to lead George Loder's Lyster opera orchestra in Sydney in 1865.

Having been performing with George Benjamin Allen's Royal English Opera Company in New Zealand early in 1875, he joined them for a season in Adelaide, en route to India. Fleury died of dysentery while with Allen's company in Calcutta.

Documentation:

Report of the Henry Trowbridge, arrived at Melbourne, 6 April 1853, from Port Louis; Public Record Office Victoria

https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3402227A-F96C-11E9-AE98-FF6251ADC8F4?image=23 (DIGITISED)

Steerage . . . Fleury Jacques / 34 . . .

THANKS (2022): To Duncan Taggart (NZ) for kindly bringing this listing to my attention

[Advertisement], The Argus [Melbourne, VIC] (5 April 1853), 12

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4791320

MECHANICS' INSTITUTE.
Thursday Weekly Concerts, under the direction of MR. MEGSON.
ON THURSDAY NEXT, 7th APRIL, 1853 . . .
Solo Instrumental Performers: . . . Violin - Mons. Fleury, from the Mauritius, the best solo violin known in the colonies . . .
PROGRAMME . . . PART II . . . Air, (violin) "Le Romantique" Mons. Fleury - first time in Melbourne - Ghys . . .
Leader of the Band - Mr. Megson.
Pianist - Mr. Buddee . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Julius Buddee (accompanist); Joseph Megson (leader, violin); Thursday Concerts (series); Mechanics' Institution (Melbourne venue)

MUSIC: La romantique (Ghys)

[Advertisement], The Argus (20 April 1853), 12

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4791806 

MECHANICS' INSTITUTE. THURSDAY WEEKLY CONCERTS. Under the direction of Mr. MEGSON.
On Thursday next, April 21 . . . For this evening only, Mons. Fleury, the celebrated Violinist,
will play Paganini's celebrated Solo, "the Carnival de Venise," on the Violin . . .

MUSIC: Le carnaval de Venise (Paganini)

[Advertisement], The Argus (26 April 1853), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4792006 

GRAND CONCERT. MESSRS. BUDDEE & FLEURY'S Grand Concert,
on Tuesday Evening April 26th, in the Mechanics' Institution.
Principal Performers: Mrs. Testar, Mrs. Hancock, Mr. Buddee, Mr. Fleury, Sig. Maffei, Mons. Barre.
Programme: PART I . . . Duet, (Violin and Piano) - Masaniello - Messrs. Fleury and Buddee - Auber . . .
Solo, (Violin) - Mons. Fleury - Hauman . . .
PART II . . . Duet, (Violin and Piano) - Guillaume Tell - Messrs. Fleury . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Elizabeth Testar (vocalist); Mary Ellen Hancock (vocalist); Joseph Maffei (musician); Anthony Barre (vocalist)

MUSIC: Perhaps the Variations, op. 8 (Hauman)

[Advertisement], The Argus (13 June 1853), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4793459

GRAND CONCERT. Monday, June 13th, 1853. At the MECHANICS' INSTITUTE . . .
The celebrated ALI-BEN SOU-ALLE, will perform on the new and wonderful Turkophone in his grand national costume.
Assisted by the following eminent artistes -
Vocalists: Mrs. Testar; Mons. Barre.
1st Violin. M. Fleury De Recuson; Cornet-a-Piston, Sig. Maffei; Pianoforte, Mr. Buddee; And, The Full Band of the Fortieth Regiment.
Conductors M. Fleury, Mr. Johnson, and Mr. Buddee.
PROGRAMME . . . PART II . . . Duet - Piano and Violin - Mons. Fleury and Mr. Buddee - Fleury . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Ali-Ben Sou-Alle (musician); Band of the 40th Regiment (military)

"THE CONCERT", The Argus (14 June 1853), 7

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4793538 

As a proof of the strong appreciation of the people of Melbourne of any novelty in the musical way, the concert-room of the Mechanics' was crowded last evening to excess; in spite of the threatening weather, and the almost impassable condition of the streets. M. Sou Alle made his debut in full Turkish costume . . . M. Fleury played a piece very beautifully on the violin, and led the orchestra with much spirit, although probably with a little too much rattle and drive . . .

[Advertisement], The Argus (15 June 1853), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4793564 

GRAND CONCERT . . . At the MECHANICS' INSTITUTE . . .
The celebrated Ali-Ben-Sou-Alle . . . will make his second appearance . . . on Thursday, 16th June . . .
Assisted by the following eminent artistes:
Vocalists: Mrs. Testar; Mons. Barre.
Premier Violin: M. Fleury de Recusson
Cornet-a Piston: Sig. Maffei.
Pianoforte: Mr. Buddee.
And, The Full Band of the 40th Regiment,
Conductor: M. Fleury.
Programme:
PART I . . . Aria - Let the Bright Seraphim - (Trumpette and Quatuor Obligato) - Mrs. Testar - Handel . . .
PART II. Australia Waltz, executed by Messrs. Buddee, Maffei, Fleury, Ali Ben-Sou-Alle - composed by - Ali-Ben-Sou-Alle . . .
Grand Fantasie - Sur la Fiancee - Piano and Violin - Per Messrs. Buddee and Fleury - Lafond [sic] . . .

MUSIC: Grand fantaisie sur La fiancée [Auber] (by ? Lafont)

[Advertisement], The Argus (18 June 1853), 12

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4793615 

GRAND CONCERT. Monday, June 20th, 1853, At the Mechanics' Institution.
First appearance of MRS. GRAHAM, The celebrated Soprano.
Vocalists - Mrs. Testar, Mons. Barre.
First Violins - M. Fleury and Herr Strebinger.
Cornet a-Piston - Sig. Maffei.
Pianoforte - Mr. Buddee.
And the Full Band of the 40th Regiment.
Conductors - M. Fleury, Mr. Johnson, and Mr. Buddee.
PROGRAMME. PART I. Symphony - From Sym. No. 2. Introduction and 1st movement, Full Band - Beethoven . . .
Duo - from Masaniello, Violin and Piano (by desire), Mons Fleury and Mr. Buddee - Beriot.
Polka - Chatelaine, Full Band - J. C. Vanmaanen.
PART II. Overture - Zampa, Full Band - Herold . . .
Air, with variations - Violin Solo, Mons. Fleury - Fleury . . .
Quadrille - Napoleon, Full Band - Musard . . .
Valse - Douro, Full Band - Labitzky . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Amelia Graham (vocalist); Frederick Strebinger (violin); Henry Johnson (master, 40th band)

[Advertisement], The Argus (20 June 1853), 12

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4793645 

NOTICE. HERR STREBINGER begs to inform the public, that a false use his been made of his name by M. Fleury and Co., in the programme of a Concert advertised to take place at the Mechanics' Institute, on Monday Evening, the 20th Inst.
He being under no engagement with those parties.
Herr S. takes this opportunity of announcing to the public this deception,
and also to state, that he takes no part in any concert, other than his Farewell Benefit of the 28th Inst.

[Advertisement], The Argus (23 June 1853), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4793747

SATURDAY, 25th JUNE. GRAND OPENING NIGHT OF THE
SALLE DE VALENTINO, (Late Noble's Circus,) Top of Bourke-street, east.
MR. JAMES ELLIS, lessee of Cremorne Gardens, Richmond, and formerly lessee of Cremorne Gardens, &c., London . . .
The season, necessarily brief, will commence with A Series of First-rate
PROMENADE CONCERTS, a la Muzard [Musard],
Conductor - Mons. Fleury.
Assisted by a numerous troupe of Eminent Vocalists,
Who will in their turn be supported by the Most Numerous and Talented Band Of Instrumental Performers ever heard in the Colony . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: James Ellis (proprietor); Salle de Valentino (Melbourne venue)

[Advertisement], The Argus (30 June 1853), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4793933

OPEN EVERY EVENING. - The Salle de Valentino, late Noble's Circus, top of Bourke-street, east.
Grand Promenade Concerts, Conductor, Mons. Fleury. Admission, 1s.
SIGNOR D'ANGRI, in his Magnificent Greek Costume, will appear to-night at the Salle de Valentino.
Greek National Airs and other novelties for the first time in the Colony.
MR. BARLOW is engaged at the Salle de Valentino, and will appear on Monday next and sing some favorite [REDACTED] Melodies.
Admission. 1s.

ASSOCIATIONS: Natale d'Angri (vocalist); Robert Barlow (vocalist)

[Advertisement], The Argus (12 July 1853), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4794405 

OPEN Every Evening - Admission One Shilling - Salle de Valentino . . .
Grand Promenade Concerts. Conductor, Mons. Fleury.
Principal vocalists: Miss Graham, Miss Bourne, and Miss Louisa Urie, and Mr. Barlow, the celebrated [REDACTED] melodist.
Instrumental solos every evening . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Georgina Bourn (vocalist); Louisa Urie (vocalist)

[Advertisement], The Argus (23 August 1853), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4796025 

EXTRAORDINARY Attraction! Music for the Million!!
Ellis's Promenade Concerts at the Salle de Valentino.
The Italian Chorus every evening in selections from the grand Opera of Norma, under the direction of Signor Maffei.
The best band in the colony, Conductor, Mons. Fleury, will also produce the original and popular effects of the
Great Exhibition Quadrille, as it has never before been performed in the colony.
The Music of All Nations . . .

MUSIC: The Great Exhibition quadrille (Jullien)

"MAFFEI AND FLEURY", The Argus (27 August 1853), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4796254 

We see that Signor Maffei and Mons. Fleury are to take a benefit to-night at the Salle Valentino. Two such favorites do not need anything from us to insure them a crowded house. So many have been frequently indebted to them for the pleasant wiling away of an otherwise dull evening . . . The programme is good, and Mr. Barlow "has kindly consented" to throw a little fun into the entertainment.

"SALLE DE VALENTINO", The Argus (12 September 1853), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4796852 

This favorite place of public amusement was crowded to excess on Saturday evening. Mr. Warden, the Scottish Humorist, drew forth rounds of applause by his facetiousness. The greatest praise is due to the conductor, Mons. Fleury, for the admirable manner in which he manages these evening Concerts, and it is gratifying for us to observe that his catering is so well and justly appreciated by the public.

"FINE ARTS EXHIBITION", The Argus (17 September 1853), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4797125 

There have been few places of public resort opened in Melbourne for some time past which present the attractions offered by this Exhibition; and we very much regret to announce that it closes this day. The band of Messrs. Fleury and Maffei will perform [as usual] in the great room, from two o'clock to five o'clock, p.m. . . .

[Advertisement], The Argus (3 November 1853), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4798978 

MONSIEUR FLEURY, of the Salle de Valentino -
The frequenters of the Salle de Valentino desirous of rendering to Monsieur Fleury (the talented leader and popular artist who directs the delightful concerts which they enjoy every evening) a testimonial of their appreciation of the services he has rendered to the art, and to the enjoyment of the middle classes, have determined on opening a subscription for the purpose of presenting to him a suitable memento of his residence in this colony.
The subscription list is lying at the White Hart Inn, opposite the Salle De Valentino.
The subscription will be closed on Friday night, and the ceremony of presenting the testimonial to Monsieur Fleury will take place on Saturday evening, during the concert.
By order of the Committee, CHARLES DON, Vice President.

ASSOCIATIONS: Charles Jardine Don (committee)

[Advertisement], The Banner (29 November 1853), 15

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article179482088 

IMMENSE SUCCESS. The Wonder of Melbourne!
The Magnificent Music Hall in which the Grand Fancy Dress Ball was given on Thursday last,
on the site of Tattersal's Repository, Lonsdale-Street, opposite the Hospital.
GRAND MONSTER CONCERTS will be given on MONDAY, and every Evening during the week.
Principal Vocalists: Madame CARANDINI, of the Victoria Theatre, Sydney.
Miss Martin, Miss Graham, and Miss Urie.
MR. FRANK HOWSON, and Mr. Lavenu, of Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket, London.
A MONSTER BAND. Conductor - Mr. Johnson. Leader - Mr. Fleury.
Director of the Vocal department and Pianiste, Mr. Lavenu . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Maria Carandini (vocalist); Charlotte Martin (vocalist); Frank Howson (vocalist); Lewis Henry Lavenu (pianist); Tattersall's (Melbourne venue)

"SALLE DE VALENTINO", The Argus (22 November 1853), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4799821 

It is some time since we have noticed the musical performances at this establishment; but the increased enthusiasm of the visitors bids fair to rank Melbourne among the musical cities of the world. It is only a few days since M. Fleury received a very handsome present from his admirers in the shape of a silver cigar-case and a handsome diamond ring, presented to him in a suitable address by Dr. Eades, which was feelingly acknowledged. If a thorough knowledge of his art is any recommendation to the pubic, we consider the manager of the band, Signor Maffei, equally deserving of consideration.

ASSOCIATIONS: Richard Eades (musical amateur)

{Advertisement], The Argus (7 December 1853), 10

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article255612412 

LAST NIGHT . . . GRAND MONSTER CONCERT . . .
Madame Carandini . . . Mr. Frank Howson . . . Mr. Lavenu . . .
A Band of nearly One Hundred Performers. Conductor - Mr. Johnson. Leader - Mons. Fleury . . .

The Salle de Valentino, before the appearance of Madame Carandini; S. T. Gill, Melbourne 1854; State Library of Victoria

https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/182735330 

http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/234237 (DIGITISED)

ASSOCIATIONS: Samuel Thomas Gill (artist)

The Salle de Valentino, after the appearance of Madame Carandini; S. T. Gill, Melbourne 1854; State Library of Victoria

https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/182735329 

http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/234239 (DIGITISED)

[Advertisement], The Argus (30 January 1854), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4802591 

CREMORNE GARDENS and the SALLE DE VALENTINO. -
Mr. JAS. ELLIS begs respectfully to announce that, for a short time, and until the Gondola Steamers and other conveyances are laid on for the conveyance of visitors, the amusements at Cremorne will be discontinued . . .
in the interval, he has determined to give a short season of superior Promenade Concerts, every Evening the Salle de Valentino, for which he has secured the services of the Best Band in the Colony -
the names of the Artistes forming the Orchestra will speak for themselves -
Conductor and Leader, Monsieur Fleury; Clarionet, Mr. Johnson; Flute, Mr. Cooze; Tenor, Mr. Reed;
Cornet a-Piston, Signor Maffei; Contra Bass, Mr. Hardman; supported by other performers of celebrity.
Madame Carandini, the prima donna of the southern hemisphere, and Mr. Lavenu, the eminent buffo singer from London, will appear every evening and sing their most popular selections.
An entire change of programme every evening . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: William Joseph Cooze (flute); Thomas Reed (viola); Daniel Hardman (double bass); Cremorne Gardens (Melbourne venue)

"MISS HAMILTON'S CONCERT", The Argus (29 April 1854), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4806598 

The Concert last evening at the Mechanics' Institution was well attended, and by a good-humored audience, who took very quietly a signal contre temps, viz., the absence of M. Fleury, who was to have played a violin solo, and a part in a duo with Miss Hamilton, but did not appear, so the lady's pianoforte performance was lost as well . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Octavia Hamilton (vocalist)

"THE SALLE DE VALENTINO", The Argus (4 July 1854), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4794701 

On Saturday night I went to the Salle de Valentino, to hear Mons. Fleury, who then took his farewell benefit. That is what it was called, but I hope to hear him often, as arrangements are in contemplation for securing his high professional abilities, and giving them more scope. The night was wet and the streets bottomless; but some hundred or two ventured to the Salle, and were rewarded by a very agreeable entertainment. I was vastly amused. The idea of an orchestra in full dress, wearing huge mud boots, tickled my fancy much. It seemed so thoroughly colonial. At the same time I saw it was indispensably necessary, unless the whole company had arranged to float to the concert room on the double bass . . . we had no programme, a great omission, for which, if repeated, I shall impose the penalty of total silence. A concert without a programme loses half its interest. The opening overture was effectively executed, allowance being made for the canvass roof of the building, and we had afterwards some popular polkas and quadrilles admirably arranged for Mons. Fleury's orchestra, and in which he performed the very difficult task of leader and conductor in a manner somewhat like and worthy of the illustrious Jullien's own self. We had selections, too, from Scottish airs, arranged by Mr. Reed, and these were succeeded by Irish quadrilles, both of which nationalities were of course quickly recognised and much applauded . . .

[Advertisement], The Argus (11 August 1854), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4796275 

SALLE DE VALENTINO. -
The Original Shilling Promenade Concerts will be resumed on Saturday,
and continue every Evening during the week for a short series, previous to the removal of the Circus, the ground being required for another purpose.
Best Band in Victoria. Conductor, Mr. Johnson; Leader, Mons. Fleury . . .
JAMES ELLIS, Proprietor.

"SALLE DE VALENTINO", The Argus (21 August 1854), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4796610 

This place of entertainment has attracted during the past week a larger than average number of pleasure seekers. The entertainment consists of a vocal and instrumental concert, under the direction of M. Fleury, and, as the price of admission has been reduced to 1s., it would be difficult to point out where a more advantageous return for the money could be procured. On Saturday evening the orchestra received several valuable additions, a Chinese fete being the order of the day. Whether the celestials celebrate their festival by the performance of operatic overtures and polka music is not now very material. The audience on Saturday evening were not at all disposed to be critical in that respect. There was, however, a great display of paper lanterns, and the performance by the band of Jullien's Chinese Quadrille made this entertainment quite as characteristic as anybody desired . . . The overture to Guillaume Tell was spiritedly played, we must, however, protest against the excision of the beautiful andante which immediately precedes the principal theme. Several polkas, quadrilles, waltzes, &c., were well given, and some received great applause. Mr. Johnson, bandmaster of the 40th Regiment, conducted the orchestra.

[Advertisement], The Argus (18 September 1854), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4797768 

ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE, Spring-street.
Sole Lessee, Mr. George Lewis . . .
GRAND MUSICAL AND COMIC ENTERTAINMENT.
1. - Grand Overture, arranged and performed by Mons. Fleury, and the Full Orchestra
1 - Grand Overture, arranged and performed by Mons. Fleury and the Full Orchestra.
2 - Song, Mrs. Onn
3 - Song - The White Squall, Mr. Griffith, from the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney (first appearance).
4 - Song - Peace Inviting, Mrs. Testar - Bishop
5 - Concerto Italian, Mons. Fleury and the Full Orchestra
6 - Song - Indescribable, Mr. Barlow
7 - Song - Grecian Daughter, Miss Hamilton
8 - Concerto Medley, Irish Airs upon the Pianoforte, with Irish Ballad, Mrs. Onn.
9 - Song, local - Forty Shillings, and Take Him Away! - Mr. Barlow
10 - Song - The Blind Girl to her Harp, Mrs. Testar - Glover.
11 - Scottish Airs, Orchestra
12 - Song - Free as the Air, Miss O. Hamilton
Mr. Lewis and Lilliputian Tom, The greatest Gymnasts In the world, will, by desire, introduce two acts of their Drawing-room Entertainment, as performed before Her Majesty Queen Victoria, their Majesties the Emperor of Russia and Austria, &c.
The whole to conclude with Barlow's Negro Entertainment . . .
Grand Finale, by the Full Band . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: George Benjamin William Lewis (proprietor); Constantia Onn (vocalist, pianist); William Griffiths (vocalist); Astley's Amphitheatre (Melbourne venue)

[Advertisement], The Argus (10 October 1854), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4798713 

LAST NIGHT OF THE SALLE DE VALENTINO.
The advancing spirit of improvement having determined upon the demolition of the popular place of amusement . . .
Grand Complimentary Night to Mr. Ellis . . . Monday, 10th October,
A Grand Bal Masque, Conductor or the Orchestra, Mr. Johnson.
Leader, Mons. Achille Fleury, A Grand Monster Band . . .

"ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE", The Age (9 November 1854), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154849420 

Absorbing as is the excitement which prevails with regard to the only singer which the "Green Isle" has ever produced, fertile as it has been in poetry and other branches of the Arts, still it is not all-absorbing, as the attendance which is nightly kept up at this favourite and well ordered place of amusement, abundantly testifies. The ordinary performances are now added to by a suite of equestrians and gymnastic performers, and in a few days the world renowned Tom Barry of the original Astley's celebrity, will make an appearance on these boards. Mrs. Hancock, Misses Hamilton and Warde, are daily becoming greater favourites, and the band, under the conductor Mons. Fleury is worthy of Jullien himself.

ASSOCIATIONS: Tom Barry (clown); Kate Warde (vocalist)

[Advertisement], The Argus (22 January 1855), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4803387 

SALLE DE VALENTINO, Bourke-street, east.
The First Grand Masquerade of the Season . . .
The Band (comprising the best artistes in the colony from Her Majesty's Theatre and M. Jullien's Concerts) will be led by Mr. Fleury . . .

"SUPREME COURT. FIRST NISI PRIUS SITTINGS. Wednesday, 14th March, 1855 . . . FLEURY V. BLACK", The Argus (15 March 1855), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article255613097 

Mr. McDermott, for plaintiff; Mr. Dawson, for defendant:
The plaintiff is Mons. Fleury, the celebrated violinist, and the defendant is the proprietor of the Theatre Royal, Bourke-street; and this was an action brought on a contract for work and labor performed in the shape of music supplied to the defendant.
Mr. McDermott opened the case, saying that the defendant, on opening his concert room, entered into a contract with his talented client to supply him with fifteen musicians at the rate of £70 per week. But on going one night, his client unexpectedly found the orchestra filled with a military band, whose services, no doubt, the defendant procured cheaper. The plaintiff was called and proved the agreement at £70 per week; and described his consternation at finding, after he had played two days, the strong position the military had taken up on the platform. This position of the 12th was impregnable, and the discomfited Fleury withdrew his forces, and, being unable to effect an amicable treaty with the plaintiff, brought his action.
The defence was that Mons. Fleury could only recover for the three nights his company played, and that the contract had been rescinded. The money for three nights had been paid into Court. Mr. Dawson said the defence was not a shabby lie. The facts were, that a military band had been engaged in the first instance; there was some doubt if they could be retained. Mons. Fleury entered into the contract. Defendant found he still could have the band of the 12th, and a modification of the contract was mutually agreed to between plaintiff and defendant, that Fleury should play with his company three nights a-week, and the band the other three; the defendent was not to be turned over by the strict letter of the law, but the contract must be scanned according to common sense and fairness. The learned gentleman called -
Mr. E. Gregory, who swore that the defendant agreed, in his presence, to extend the six nights over the fortnight, playing every alternate night, and that the band should play the other six nights. After some hesitation he agreed to it.
Mons. Fleury: Ne-vare.
Witness continued: He afterwards came and said he should not play, as he could not, he found, get his company to consent.
Cross-examined: This conversation occurred in French and English, between Mr. Black, Mons. Fleury, and himself.
A paper was signed to this effect, and Mr. Black had the writing.
His Honor: Where is this paper?
It was found not to be forthcoming.
Mr. McDermott said he never saw a case so utterly broken down. The whole was an attempt to take in poor Fleury. The paper signed was suppressed, although given to Black; and what could be said in a case where documents were purposely suppressed. However, he saw by the jurors' faces they had made up their minds, and he should not trouble them with any further observations.
Verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount claimed, with liberty for the defendant to reduce such verdict to £3, on the ground the work had not been performed.

ASSOCIATIONS: John Melton Black (proprietor); Edmund Howard Gregory (co-proprietor); Theatre Royal (Melbourne venue); Band of the 12th Regiment (military)

"LEGAL NEWS. Wednesday, March 14, 1855. FLEURY V. BLACK AND ANOTHER", The Age (15 March 1855), 7

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154851221 

Mr. McDermott for the plaintiff; Mr. Dawson, for the defendant.
This was an action brought by M. Fleury against Mr. Black and. Mr. Gregory, for a breach of the contract under which the defendants had engaged for the plaintiff to supply a band of musicians to perform at the Theatre Royal, in Bourke-street. The contract had stipulated that M. Fleury was to supply an efficient band of fifteen performers for £70 a week; but after the defendant's band had performed for three nights, Mr. Black had summarily ended the engagement, and the present action was brought to recover for the contract having been so broken. The payment for these nights had been paid into court.
Mr. McDermott, in stating the case to the jury, said that after Mr. Black had engaged M. Fleury and his band, it appeared he had discovered he could enter into a more profitable engagement with the regimental band of the 40th, and had, without the usual notice, as the engagement was from week to week, informed M. Fleury, after he had been performing three nights, that he should not further require the services of his band.
M. Fleury having deposed to these facts, Mr. Gregory gave evidence to prove that the original contract had been afterwards modified by an express understanding and arrangement with M. Fleury, that his band should perform only for the three nights, and that the band of the 40th were to perform on the other nights.
Verdict for the plaintiff, damages £38.

[Advertisement], The Argus (24 May 1855), 8

ttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4808547

ASTLEY'S. Sole Lessee, George Lewis.
Grand Complimentary Benefit to George Lewis, Lessee,
To Defray the Damages of the Extraordinary Verdict of Berg v. Lewis.
On Thursday, May 24th, 1855.
On which occasion the following talented artistes have volunteered their valuable services: -
Miss Octavia Hamilton, the celebrated Prima Donna.
Miss Louisa Swannell, the Australian Nightingale.
Mrs. Onn, the enchanting Cantatrice.
Mons. Achille Fleury, the Modern Paganini.
Mr. Johnson, the Master of the 40th Band.
Grand Vocal and Instrumental Concert . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Louisa Swannell (vocalist)

"SALLE DE VALENTINO", The Argus (9 July 1855), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4811586 

Fleury's quadrille band continues to attract large numbers to this establishment, which is now under the management of Mr. Coleman, whose regime has already caused a marked improvement in the respectability of the company to be manifest. M. Barre is nightly encored in "Mourir pour la Patrie," and others of the French national hymns; and a Mr. Campbell sings some comic songs of his own composition, abounding with cleverly hit off allusions to passing local events, with considerable eclat.

ASSOCIATIONS: Henry Coleman (manager, polyphonist); Mr. Campbell (vocalist)

[Advertisement], The Argus (18 August 1855), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4815588

SALLE DE VALENTINO. Promenade Concert and Ball.
Open Every Evening. Admission One Shilling, M. Fleury, in returning thanks to the citizens of Melbourne for their very kind patronage,
begs to say that no expense or exertion shall be spared on his part in making the Salle de Valentino the first place of its kind in this city.
M. Fleury promises also to make it his especial object to produce every novelty in Music,
both vocal and instrumental and will not be satisfied with merely telling the public that he has an efficient band but will give their names, which, it is hoped, will be a sufficient guarantee of ability:
Instrumentalists: Violinists, Messrs. Reed and Fillon.
Ophecleide - M. Hartigan (the first soloist in the colony.)
Cornopean - M. De la Balestriere.
Saxe horn, Mr. Baker.
Clarionette - Mr. Kinsella.
Double-bass - Herr Hendorff.
Trombone - Mr. McNamara.
Drum - Mr. Jenkins.
And Herr Polin, the celebrated solo performer on the flute.
M. FLEURY, Leader and Conductor.
Singers: Mrs. Byrne [sic, Bourn], whose style of singing has been so much admired; And an Irish Comic singer.
Programme:
Gazza Ladra, - overture - Rossini.
Duette, "Lucrezia di Borgia," Baker and Hartigan.
La Sultana des fleurs (arranged for full band by M. Fleury).
Faust Valse (Diabolique) - Chas. D'Albert.
Malta Quadrille - J. Kalozdy.
La Vie de Boheme - Chretien.
Napoleon Quadrille - Musard.
Gadogan Polka, composed by Kalozdy, Conductor of the Hungarian Band.
Solos by Mr. Hartigan and Polin every night next week.

ASSOCIATIONS: Auguste Filhon (violin); Joseph Hartigan (ophicleide, 40th band); Alfred Labalestrier (cornopean); William Baker (Sax horn, 40th band); James Kinsella (clarinet); Herr Harendorff (double bass); Daniel McNamara (trombone, 40th band); Mr. Jenkins (drum); Lawrence Frederick Palin (flute)

"THE SALLE DE VALENTINO", The Age (6 September 1855), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154897239 

This place of amusement appears to be crowded every evening, and the strains of Mons. Fleury's band are as attractive as ever. Everybody appears to be disposed to take a look in at the Salle as a finish to the evening . . .

[Advertisement], The Argus (28 January 1856), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4829272 

FLEURY'S BALL - Astley's Amphitheatre.
Concert and Ball Every Evening in the Magnificent Dancing Saloon.
Engagement of the Celebrated Vocalists MRS. VINCENT, MR. VINCENT, and MR. YOULES.
Concert at Eight, Ball at Half-past Nine.
Sole Lessee, M. FLEURY. Admission, 1s.; Boxes, 2s. 6d.

ASSOCIATIONS: John Rimmer Vincent and wife (pianist and vocalist); Joseph Youle (vocalist)

"ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE", The Argus (26 February 1856), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4831705 

Yesterday evening being the first of the dramatic season, a numerous but not overflowing audience attended. Shortly before eight o'clock the curtain rose and the national anthem was sung by the company, Madame Carandini and Mesdames Evans [sic, Fiddes] and Moore taking up the solos. A cleverly written opening address was then spoken by Mrs. Poole . . . The drama of Isabella which we must take another opportunity of witnessing followed with other entertainments. The band here is small but good. The overture to the Pre aux Clercs was spiritedly rendered under the conduct of M. Lavenu, who assumes the baton at this establishment. The leader is M. Fleury.

ASSOCIATIONS: Harriet Fiddes (vocalist); Rachel Lazar Moore (vocalist)

[Advertisement], The Argus (12 April 1856), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4835278 

THE OLD TIMES REVIVED! JAMES ELLIS . . .
Begs to intimate to his numerous patrons in Melbourne that he has returned to his old quarters, the
SALLE DE VALENTINO, Which was in 1863, under his management . . .
JAMES ELLIS will commence his Winter Season on Monday, and continue Open Every Evening, with a Popular Ballet Divertissement By those talented Artistes THE CHAMBERS FAMILY And Auxiliaries.
Grand Ball at Nine o'clock.
Musical Director and Conductor, MONS. FLEURY, Who will preside over an efficient Orchestra, selected from the numerous Talented instrumentalists now in this city.
Mons. Fleury has just received the full score of all the new and favorite music lately produced and now in high fashion in London, Paris and Vienna.
For programme of the music of every evening in the week see bills . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Chambers family (dancers)

Ballarat, VIC (from May 1856):

"BALLARAT . . . CONCERTS", The Age (28 May 1856), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154866808 

Two concerts were given on Saturday, the one in honor of her Majesty's birthday, the other on behalf of the Mechanics' Institute; the former at the Victoria Theatre, and the latter at the Star Concert Hall. I regret to say that the attendance was very meagre at both; and I believe the proceeds will scarcely clear expenses. The concert at the Victoria upon the whole came off well. The music both instrumental and vocal was in several instances excellent. The "German Chorus Society" performed their part well and were loudly applauded. The best vocalist was Herr Hoeg, who sung "Why do I weep for thee" in a superior manner, and was honored with an encore. Madame Constantia Onn, was well received, and was also honored with an encore. Great praise is due to the leaders of the orchestra, Mons. Fleury and Herr Richty, for the able manner in which they performed their parts, and it is to be regretted that their efforts failed to draw a better filled house.

ASSOCIATIONS: Carl Richty (violin); Ballarat Liedertafel (association); Victoria Theatre (Ballarat venue)

"ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE", The Star [Ballarat, VIC] (5 July 1856), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article250438628 

Yesterday, shortly after two o'clock, upwards of one hundred gentlemen sat down to a most sumptuous entertainment provided at the Victoria Theatre, to celebrate the anniversary of American Independence . . . M. Fleury's band was in attendance, and enlivened the proceedings by playing various appropriate airs . . .

"COUNTY COURT OF BUNINYONG AND BALLARAT. Friday, 20th March", The Star (21 March 1857), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66041406 

Vincent v. Fleury de Recuillon. - Mr. Cope appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Wigley for the defendant.
This was a plaint to recover £29 10s. for the performance of the plaintiff, his wife, and a Mr. Youle, for singing and playing the piano for M. Fleury in Melbourne. The defendant was the well-known M. Fleury, formerly the leader of the band at the Victoria Theatre.
It appeared that the plaintiff, his wife, and Mr. Youle had been engaged under a written agreement, and had received £14. The plaintiff denied that he had agreed to take £14 in full satisfaction of all demands.
Mr. Wigley having addressed the assessors, called -
The defendant, who stated that after he engaged the plaintiff and his wife the attendance at his concerts in Melbourne, which had hitherto been good, fell off. Mr. and Mrs. Vincent and Mr. Youle always sung the same songs, and the public got sick of them.
His Honor - Then it would have been cheaper to buy a musical box, and have laid it on the table.
Examination continued - The plaintiff had charged £2 10s. for an extra performance. This was on a night when all the musicians played free of charge for the benefit of defendant, as the concerts turned out badly; the other musicians took half their wages.
Cross-examined by Mr. Cope. - Although the public did not like the singing of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent and Mr. Youle, they performed for his benefit, but he lost by that. They were encored but by defendant and his band, not by the public.
A witness named Quinn, who had been one of Mr. Fleury's band, was called, and said he had performed at Mr. Fleury's concerts for five months before the plaintiff, his wife and Mr. Youle came, and they were well attended. After these parties came, the attendance fell off. The extra night charged £2 10s. for, was for the benefit of Mr. Fleury. The musicians agreed to take half salary. The Vincents and Youle sang only two songs.
Cross-examined by Mr. Cope. - One of these songs was the "Rat Catcher's Daughter," the other a comic duet between Mr. Youle and Mrs. Vincent.
Auguste Feuillen gave similar testimony to the preceding witness.
The Assessors found a verdict for the plaintiff for £13, being the balance, allowing for £14 already received.

ASSOCIATIONS: John Rimmer Vincent and wife (pianist and vocalist); Joseph Youle (vocalist); Mr. Quinn (musician); Auguste Filhon (musician)

"POLICE COURT. Monday, 29th June . . . MUSICIANS' DISCORDS", The Star (30 June 1857), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66042935 

Paltzer v. Fleury, for abusive language. Complainant, the well known violinist, accused the defendant, another equally well known professor of the violin, with having shook his hand at complainant, near the police court, and used abusive epithets against complainant, calling him a low damned fellow, and a son of a mob.
Defendant Spoke through an interpreter, and declared that he had not used any had language at all. He had not called defendant a "gamin" or a "son of a mob," either in French or English.
Complainant. - I assure your worship he did call me a gamin, which is a great insult.
Defendant. - I did never use such word. The Bench fined defendant 5s. and 4s. 6d costs.

ASSOCIATIONS: Jacques Paltzer (violinist)

"A BALLARAT PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY", The Star (5 March 1858), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66046884 

A meeting will be held this evening . . . for the purpose of inaugurating a society of the above description . . . We are informed that two great desiderata have been procured, viz: - a first class conductor and leader, the former in the person of Mr. A. T. Turner, singing master to the Denominational schools, and M. A. Fleury bas offered to fill the latter post . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Austin Theodore Turner (musician); Ballarat Philharmonic Society (association)

"MONTEZUMA THEATRE", The Star (15 October 1858), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66050646 

Great as has always been the merit of the promenade concerts, the programme for this evening, we perceive, surpasses those of previous occasions. Messrs. Fleury and Miell announce this evening's performance to be under the patronage of the Ladies, the Bench, the Press, and the Bar of Ballarat. The richness of the programme will be evident to our readers when we inform them that the overtures to "Italiana in Algeria," "Zampa," "Haidee," and "La Dame Blanche," will be performed. Instrumental solos and duets will be performed by Messrs. King (clarionet), Ellis (trombone), and Labalestrier and Miell (cornets). The burden of the vocal department will be borne by Madame Vitelli and W. F. Sayer. With this exquisite weather and such a programme, the theatre ought to be well patronised.

ASSOCIATIONS: Augustus Miell (musician); Thomas King (musician); Thomas Ellis (musician); Annie Vitelli (vocalist); William Francis Sayer (vocalist); Montezuma Theatre (Ballarat venue)

Index to certificates of naturalisation, Achille Fleury, 18 October 1858; Victoria; Public Record Office Victoria

https://www.ancestry.com.au/interactive/60711/44441_346528-00879 (PAYWALL)

Achille Fleury / Artist and Musician / Ballarat / Age (on date of naturalization) 42 /
Native Place - Beauvois, France / Date of Certificate - 18. 19. 58 / No. of Certificate - 234 . . .

"THE CHARLIE NAPIER THEATRE", The Star (8 December 1858), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66332643 

Another well filled house greeted the second appearance of the new company here. The first piece was "Delicate Ground," in which the parts of Pauline and Citizen Sangfroid, were performed by Miss Rosa Dunn and Mr. H. N. Warner . . . After the overture to La Gazza Ladra, excellently performed by M. Fleury's orchestra, Miss Provost appeared as Andy Blake, in the "Irish Diamond" . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Rosa Dunn (actor); Henry Neil Warner (actor); Mary Provost (actor); Charlie Napier Theatre (Ballarat venue)

[Advertisement], The Argus [Melbourne, VIC] (2 August 1859), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5685529

ARGYLE ROOMS. DANCING ACADEMY.
Two Doors above Theatre Royal. OPEN THIS EVENING. FLEURY'S BAND. Admission, 2s. 6d.
. . . Mons. FLEURY'S GRAND BAND . . .

"News and Notes", The Star [Ballarat, VIC] (16 November 1859), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72463201

On Friday last Mr. Lewis transmitted to his Excellency the Governor a letter detailing the circumstances under which Mr. Daly, the police magistrate, granted a publican's license to Mr. Achille Fleury, of the Criterion Hotel, and on Tuesday he received a letter from the Private Secretary of his Excellency, which stated "That the communication had been placed in the hands of the Attorney General in order that Mr. Daly may be called upon for an explanation."

"NEWS AND NOTES", The Star (28 June 1861), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66340241 

The performance this evening at the Theatre Royal will be for the benefit of Mons. Fleury, a gentleman long and favorably known in the musical world of Ballarat. From the entertainments provided, we make no doubt but that Mons. Fleury will be heartily supported.

ASSOCIATIONS: Theatre Royal (Ballarat venue)

"NEWS AND NOTES", The Star (12 July 1861), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66340554 

The performance this evening at the Theatre Royal will be for the benefit of Mr. Symons . . . To be followed by a musical melange, in which Mons. and Madam Fleury will perform a duett on the harp and violin . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: David Symons (proprietor)

"NEWS AND NOTES", The Star (15 July 1861), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66340605 

The Theatre Royal was well filled on Friday night, when "Rigoletto" was produced for the benefit of Mr. Symons. The play was got up with great attention in every respect . . . The orchestra was reinforced for the occasion, and the overtures and solos performed during the evening were marked by the discriminating applause of the audience. After the first piece was over, there was a performance on the harp by Madame Fleury accompanied by Mr. Fleury . . .

"MARRIAGE", The Star (3 October 1861), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66342469 

On the 29th instant, at the German Church, by the Rev. P. Niquet, Bruno Riemann, from Bremen, Germany, to Miss Virginia Fleury de Recusson, from France.

ASSOCIATIONS: Registered as Marie Camille Virginia Fleury De Recussen [sic] (? Fleury's sister)

"THE NEW CHARLIE NAPIER [Letters to the editor]", The Star [Ballarat, VIC] (3 December 1861), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66329898 

SIR, - As a resident on Ballarat for the last six years, during which period I have given my professional services times innumerable for thc benefit of every kind of charity, may I request your inserting these few lines by way of explanation on what grounds I refused to give up my night's salary on Tuesday last in aid of the funds for raising a new Charlie Napier. Some few weeks since I was called upon by two members of the committee and solicited for a subscription to the funds, which I complied with readily in the shape of one pound, together with a promise on my part to contribute as much again on the completion of the new theatre. When Mr. Symons asked me for a donation by way of my night's salary I refused, but purchased two dress circle tickets from the committee. I therefore think it remarkably ungrateful on the part of these gentlemen to publicly advertise my name as having refused to give my services, notwithstanding the fact of my having contributed one pound ten shillings, subscription and tickets.
Your insertion of these few lines will much oblige,
Yours truly,
ACHILLE FLEURY,
Leader of the Orchestra, Theatre Royal, Ballarat.
2nd December.

"THE WERRIBEE ENCAMPMENT [FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT] Melbourne, 18th April", Mount Alexander Mail [Castlemaine, VIC] (21 April 1862), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197094945 

. . . At 8 p. m., a large number were drawn together by the music of the Ballarat brass band, under their able leader, Mons. Fleury. For an hour or more this fine corps of performers executed operatic pieces, &c., in really admirable style, and, though it may give offence to say so, your correspondent is bound to confess his opinion that the Ballarat band is the best he has heard in the colony. They play with a brilliancy and attention to light and shade that would enable them to pass muster as military musicians almost anywhere . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Ballarat Volunteer Rangers Band (association)

"THEATRE ROYAL", The Star [Ballarat, VIC] (2 June 1862), 1 supplement

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66324493 

Though we can have had no wish that the Opera Company which has now occupied our stage far a week should quit it and leave a bad impression behind, we could have wished, both for its own sake and ours, that the engagement had opened as it has concluded. Saturday night the valedictory performance was of such a degree of excellence as to make us regret that a present renewal of the engagement is impossible . . . The weather was against success, no doubt, and so was it even on Friday - a fashionable night - the benefit of Miss Rosalie Durand, and the first performance of "Cinderella" on Ballarat. But the mischief had been done, and even one of Rossini's most brilliant comic operas failed to draw, until Saturday night arrived - the once a week, on which everybody must go to the theatre . . . The conductorship on Saturday evening devolved on Mr. T. King with M. Fleury as leader of the band. The accompaniments were rendered in a very satisfactory manner, and afforded efficient support to the limited circle of solo artistes . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Lyster Opera Company (troupe)

"THE BACHELORS' BALL", Mount Alexander Mail [Castlemaine, VIC] (8 August 1862), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197095625 

If the gallant bachelors of Castlemaine feel it to be a sufficient reward for their politeness that their guests enjoyed themselves at the Ball on Tuesday evening [5 August], they may rest perfectly content. The company numbered over 100 . . . The band was composed of six performers, led by M. Fleury, who had been specially retained for the occasion, and included a harpist, whose brilliant style of execution was frequently noticed. Mr. Woodin presided at the piano . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Frederick Woodin (piano)

Dunedin, NZ (from September 1862):

[Advertisement], Otago Daily Times [Dunedin, NZ] (29 September 1862), 3

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18620929.2.4.6 

ROYAL PRINCESS' THEATRE. TO-NIGHT . . .
Donizetti's Grand Dramatic Opera, in Two Acts, entitled LA FIGLIA DEL REGIMENTO, Or THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT.
Tonio - Mr. Walter Sherwin. Maria - Madame Carandini . . .
in order to place the Operas upon the stage in as effective a manner as possible,
their orchestra is augmented by the engagement of Mons. Fleury, and Mr. J. Newton . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Walter Sherwin (vocalist)

[Advertisement], Otago Daily Times (22 October 1862), 3

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18621022.2.4.6

ROYAL PRINCESS' THEATRE . . .
MORNING CONCERT. ON FRIDAY, 24th OCTOBER, 1862,
On which occasion the following talented artistes will appear:
Madame Carandini . . . Mr. W. Sherwin, Mr. J. Small, Mr. R. W. Kohler . . . Mr. J. Kohler,
Mons. Fleury . . . Mr. George Loder, Conductor . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Joe Small (vocalist); Richard and John Kohler (musicians); George Loder (conductor)

"INTERCOLONIAL NEWS, NEW ZEALAND. OTAGO (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT) DUNEDIN, JUNE 12", The Argus (22 June 1863), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article6486733 

The departure of the detachment of the 70th Regiment, for Taranaki, was made the occasion of a great demonstration at Dunedin. The Fire Brigade, the Volunteers, and a powerful band, led by M. Fleury of the Princess Theatre, accompanied the detachment to the pier, and on their way thither they received parting cheers from thousands assembled in the streets to witness their departure.

"SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE . . . ARRIVED. MARCH 24", The Argus [Melbourne, VIC] (25 March 1865), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5742875 

Albion, O.S.S. Co.'s R.M.S.S., 600 tons, Edward Kidney, from Wellington 12th inst., via Canterbury 13th, Dunedin 18th, and Bluff Harbour 19th inst. Passengers - saloon . . . Monsieur Fleury . . .

"THE OPERA", Empire [Sydney, NSW] (25 April 1865), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60570073

The return of the company under the direction of Mr. W. S. Lyster, will afford no small gratification to the public of Sydney . . . The band was, perhaps, never before, so complete, and, under the able directorship of Mr. George Loder, must render its music in a style never yet surpassed. Mons. Fleury is leader, assisted by Mr. C. Eigenschenck, J. Hall . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Charles Eigenschenck (violin); John Thomson Hall (violin)

"THE OPERA", The Sydney Morning Herald (6 May 1865), 7

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31124408 

On Thursday evening last, Balfe's opera of "The Bohemian Girl" was produced . . . The next solo was by M. Fleury on the violin, performed as an introduction to the third act, being arrangement of Arline's opening song, "I dreamt that I dwelt in marble halls;" the rich glassy tone of M. Fleury, his delicate and expressive manipulation, formed the theme of admiration. As a matter of course, he was also called to repeat the solo. The performance of the orchestra is itself worth the price of admission . . .

"MEETING OF CREDITORS", The Press [Canterbury, NZ] (31 January 1872), 3

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP18720131.2.16

Re Achille Fleury - First meeting at one o'clock - Mr. Cowlishaw, solicitor.

[Advertisement], Otago Daily Times [Dunedin, NZ] (2 June 1874), 3

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18740602.2.23.4 

IN BANKRPTCY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that by an Order of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, Otago and Southland District, on this date, Achille Fleury, late of Dunedin but now of Christchurch, Musician, was adjudged a Bankrupt . . .

[Advertisement], Southland Times (26 February 1875), 3

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST18750226.2.18.1 

THEATRE ROYAL. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA COMPANY . . .
Conductor - Mr. G. B. Allen, Mus. Bac. Oxon.
Leader Mons. Achille Fleury . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: George Benjamin Allen (conductor, manager)

"ENGLISH OPERA", The South Australian Advertiser [Adelaide, SA] (6 April 1875), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28739785 

Many of our readers will be glad to know that we are to have a season of English opera at the Theatre Royal, to commence next Monday . . . The company is under the efficient directorship of Mr. G. B. Allen, Mus. Bac. Oxon . . . The print donna assoluta is Miss Alice May . . . Her career in New Zealand has been a complete success . . . The leaders of the orchestra are Mr. J. Hall and Mons. A. Fleury . . . the company being engaged only for 36 nights.

[Notice], Friend of India and Statesman [Calcutta, INDIA] (18 December 1875), 4

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002926/18751218/016/0004 (PAYWALL)

ADMINISTRATOR-GENERAL'S OFFICE.
THE undermentioned Estates having come under charge of this office, all persons having claims upon, being indebted to, or holding property belonging to the said Estates, are requested to place themselves in immediate communication with the undersigned . . .
Achille FLEURY, a Violinist of the Orchestra of the Corinthian Theatre Calcutta, died at Calcutta on the 31st October 1875 . . .

"Death of Mons. Achille Fleury", The Herald [Melbourne, VIC] (20 December 1875), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article244179195 

The mail from India brings news of the death of Mons. Achille Fleury, composer and violinist, the leader of the orchestra of Madame Alice May's Opera Company, and one of the oldest, as he was one of the best, conductors of an orchestra in the colonies. Mons. Fleury will be best remembered in Melbourne in connection with a grand series of promenade Concerts given at the Salle de Valentino, Spring-street (after the style of Jullien, with whom he was a fellow-worker at the Parisian Conservatoire), some twenty years since. He succeeded in making a very considerable fortune from his profession, but lost it afterwards in mining speculations. Mons. Fleury was one of the earliest to leave the colony during the first New Zealand rush, and after trying the goldfields he settled at Dunedin, where he played during the visit of H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh, at his H.R.H.'s request, a solo of his own composition, the merits of which were rewarded by the Prince with a present of a handsome diamond ring. He also ordered it to be printed, and took a thousand copies. M. Fleury was of an advanced age, and had for years been a martyr to rheumatic gout. The change of climate from the acute colds of New Zealand to the equally acute heat of India doubtless accelerated his death. He will be universally regretted in the profession.

ASSOCIATIONS: Alfred (royal visitor)

"DEATH OF M. FLEURY", Southland Times [Invercargill, NZ] (27 December 1875), 2

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST18751227.2.6

The Evening Star says: No one was better known, or more generally liked in Dunedin musical circles than Achille Fleury; and it is with feelings of deep regret, which we feel sure will be largely shared in, that we received the intelligence of his death, which occurred at Calcutta on the 31st of October last. A member of Mr. Allen's Opera Company, writing to a lady friend in Dunedin, who kindly placed the letter at our disposal, says. - "Poor old Fleury is dead. He played a few nights before he died. He had a very severe attack of gout for over two months, and had just got over it, and commenced playing again when he had an attack of dysentry, which killed him." From the same source we learn that though there were two other opera companies performing in Calcutta at the same time, Mr. Allen's troupe did better than the other two put together; and that on the whole they have been very well received in India.

"VIOLINS AND VIOLINISTS (BY OUR MUSIC REPORTER)", The Ballarat Star [VIC] (11 June 1888), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article209442942 

. . . It comes next to say something of violin players; not of birds of passage like Miska Hauser, Wilhelmj, Remenyi, Rhodes and Poussard, but of performers who are or have been identified with our own City of Ballarat. Those whose memories carry them back 30 years, to the days of uncomfortable tents, and dirty stringy-bark huts, will of course remember two popular places of resort, the "Charlie" and the "Victoria," each supporting a capable orchestra, led respectively by two French musicians, Mons. Fleury and Mons. Palzer [sic]. Mons. Fleury, with his long fair hair floating over his shoulders in massy curls, his coat sleeve lined with pink silk well turned back, is described as presenting an airy and fantastic appearance. He handled his violin with a light and jaunty air, and his playing was of that brilliant rippling kind, which charms the ordinary listener without allowing the artist to be lost sight of. Of Palzer it is said that he disdained the whimsical style of Fleury, aiming at a solidity that accorded well with his personal appearance. Dark, with close cropped hair, and scrupulously neat and prim in dress, his violin-playing was neat and crisp, without a trace of slovenliness, but wanting in the dash and go which characterised the performances of Fleury. Both appear to have been really good violinists, and when playing side by side, as sometimes occurred at the Philharmonic concerts, their styles united with excellent effect, each seeming to supply what the other lacked; Fleury impatient when a solid passage had to be negotiated which did not admit of display - Palzer in his element; for his breadth of tone and rigid accuracy found here their appropriate sphere. How a passage would occur in which the fairy whispers of Fleury's fancy revelled, and as his lingers flew along the instrument he would shake back his wavy ringlets, his visage beaming with enjoyment; while Palzer, rarely smiling, peered through his spectacles, and bending to his work, did it conscientiously, but apparently with less interest than possessed him in the more difficult passages. Those were the days of Lola Montez, the famous danseuse, to whom Palzer dedicated a pretty schottische, named after that erratic but fascinating creature. In a few years, however, a change came over Ballarat. People began to settle in homes, and to incline less to the "Charlie" and "Victoria," with the play first and the dancing afterwards; music in its higher branches became neglected; the talented violinists, Fleury and Palzer, had to go, and with them went the orchestras, which for years in the rough times had given delight to all who had a taste for the good things they remembered to have heard in the European centres . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Miska Hauser (violinist); Edouard Remenyi (violinist); August Wilhelmj (violinist); Horace Poussard (violinist); Jacques Paltzer (violinist)

Bibliography and resources:

Adrienne Simpson, Alice May: Gilbert and Sullivan's first prima donna (New York & London: Routledge, 2003), 49, 61

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=ImWTAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA61 (PREVIEW)

Anne Doggett, "And for harmony most ardently we long": musical life in Ballarat 1851-1871 (Ph.D thesis, University of Ballarat, 2006), passim

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/32008523

http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/36298 (DIGITISED)

Clare Gleeson, "Begg's: the musical and electrical centre", Audio Culture: the noisy library of New Zealand music, posted 12 January 2016

https://www.audioculture.co.nz/scenes/begg-s-the-musical-and-electrical-centre 

. . . The second original musical edition published by Begg's, Dunedin polka (1869) was dedicated to a visiting royal [prince Alfred]. The composer, Monsieur Achille Fleury de Reaisson [sic], was a Frenchman who led the orchestra at Dunedin's Princess Theatre . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Alfred (royal visitor)

Other resources:

Jacob Larwood, Theatrical anecdotes . . . (London: Chatto and Windus, 1882), 162-63

https://archive.org/details/theatricalanecdo00scheuoft/page/162/mode/2up (DIGITISED)

ASSOCIATIONS: ? An ancestor of AF

Joann Élart, Catalogue des fonds musicaux conservés en Haute-Normandie: Tome I (Rouen: Universite de Rouen, 2004), 90. 154, 239, 250

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=acsNFMzg5BYC&q=Achille+Fleury (PREVIEW)

ASSOCIATIONS: Perhaps this Achille Fleury, violinist, was AF's father

"PREVOT DE LA CROIX", Geneanet

https://gw.geneanet.org/mdgmusoi1?lang=en&pz=henri+edgard+evenor&nz=maurel&p=x&n=prevot+de+la+croix 

[no forename given] PREVOT DE LA CROIX (b. c. 1821; d. 26 July 1877 - Nossi Bé, MDG, Madagascar, aged about 56 years old; previously married to N. FLEURY DE RECUSSON

FLINDERS, Matthew (Matthew FLINDERS)

Musical amateur, amateur musician, flute player, flautist, songwriter, navigator

Born Donington, Lincolnshire, England, 16 March 1774
Active Australia, 1795-1800, 1801-03
Died London, England, 19 July 1814, aged "40"

http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-465836 (NLA persistent identifier)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Flinders (Wikipedia)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FLINDERS-Matthew (shareable link to this entry)

Summary:

Flinders's father recorded spending 8 shillings buying his son a German flute in November 1788, when the boy was 14 (Dooley).

Flinders's journals and letters, especially during his detainment at Mauritius, mention music and his playing the flute among his solitary and social pastimes, especially playing his part in duos and quartets by Ignaz Pleyel.

Documentation:

Matthew Flinders, private journal (17 December 1803 to 8 July 1814); State Library of New South Wales

https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9NaAQqgY  (DIGITISED)

http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2013/D17745/a007.html  (TRANSCRIPT)

http://digital.sl.nsw.gov.au/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=FL1617557 (IMAGE ABOVE)

[page 36] [Mauritius, 1804 April] Wednesday 16, Thursday 17 . . . My time is now employed as follows. Before breakfast my time is devoted to the latin language, to bring up what I formerly learned. After breakfast I am employed making out a fair copy of the Investigators log fro in lieu of my own which was spoiled at the shipwreck. When tired of writing, I apply to music, and when my fingers are tired with the flute, I write again until dinner. After dinner we amuse ourselves with billiards until tea, and afterwards walk in the garden till dusk. From thence till supper I make one at Pleyels quartettes; afterwards walk half an hour and then sleep soundly till daylight when I get up and bathe . . .

[42] 1804 July . . . Friday 10 Messrs. Pitots, merchants in the town dined today with Mr. Robertson and our mess. They were very agreeable and seemed interested to do him and me service. They have lent us books and music and behaved more liberally than is the customary to any strangers, but especially to prisoners and Englishmen.

[45] [1804] Saturday September 1. Mr. Pitot and a friend of his visited us today, and made up a party for Pleyels quartets, in which amusement we spent the evening agreeably.

[49] [1804] October Thursday 4th. Mr. Pitot spent a musical day with us since my last memoranda . . .

[70] [1805] . . . Journal of Sunday Aug 18th . . . Find myself better this morning than usual, and less head ach. Took up my flute and played the 1st. and 5th. Duo of Playels opera 9. Note, the first commences in a grand stile, and is sweetly plaintive in some parts of it. The Andante of the 5th. is marked for minuet time, whereas the time is 2/4. Must have all Pleyels musick when I return to England, that is set for the flute, and Mozarts, and Haydens, and some of Hoffmiesters and Deviennes, but the whole will be too expensive, musick is so very dear in England; and indeed so is almost everything else . . .

[72] [1805] Tuesday Aug 20. In the afternoon, my friend Pitot came to see me, to concert measures for the transport of my self and baggage into the country; and soon after, Mr. Harenga brought me the permission from Mr. Monistrol to leave the meison Despeaux when I pleased, and to remain in the town until Friday . . . After tea Mr. P. engaged me to make one in a musical party . . . I dined with Mr. P.s family and in the evening was taken to a musical party, where some pieces were performed by superior players.

[86] [October 1805] . . . Monday 11. Mr. Murat and me went to dine with Mr. Chazal and the ladies by invitation, and I put my flute in my pocket in order to accompany Madame Chazal who is an excellent performer upon the piano harpsichord, and she has an excellent English instrument which had been taken in a prize, and for which she paid 1000 piastre . . .

[87] . . . November 1805 . . . Wednesday 27. This morning I went by appointment to spend the day with Mr. Chazal. After breakfast we walked out to look at several views towards the districts of Tamarinds & Black River and the Morne Brabant. The afternoon was occupied with music, in accompanying Mad. Chazals harpischord with the flute. This lady is indeed an excellent performer, and is besides one of the most agreeable women I have ever met with . . .

[89] [November 1805] . . . Friday 20. Saturday 21. Spent as usual; the weather again become fine. In the evening I walked to Mr. Chazals to meet my friend Pitot by appointment. In the evening we played some trios with the harpsichord, bass, and flute. I slept at Mr. Chazals . . .

[91] [1806 January] . . . Friday 3. I took my flute and went to dine with Mr. Chazal, in company with Mr. Labauve music occupied the afternoon and evening,

[114] 1807 Jan. . . . Wednesday 21. Fine weather in the morning and evening, but heavy rain at noon, as yesterday. Went after dinner to pay a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Chazal, accompanied by Mr. Labauve. After examining his paintings and drawings in chalk, I passed the evening in accompanying Madame in Stilbelts Sonatas whilst Mr. Labauve made a party at tric-trac with Monsieur: we found them both with head-achs and eaten up with vapours, but left them in better health and in good spirits.

[167] [1808 June] . . . Sunday 10. All our company went to the Bay of Tamarinds to fish and spend the day which we did gaily, having good success with the seine. Mr. Boucherville, commandant of the quarter, Mr. Cap-martin, and M.M. Duguilio joined us at dinner, so that we made all together about 25 persons. In the evening the ladies waltzed to my flute and afterwards we played at chess and cards. M.M. Pitot and Bayard left us after supper . . .

[187] 1809 February Saturday 11. Dull weather . . . In the afternoon went to Mr. Chazal with my flute, to accompany Madame in some sonatas of Pleyel and Rosetti. Passed the evening and slept there.

[190] 1809 March . . . Wednesday 29. Small rain at times. Copying music for Mad. D. to take to Bourbon for Mad. Desbasns.

[288] [1811 October] [London, England] . . . Saturday 5. Variable weather: wind Swtly. and strong. Arranging the contents of my trunk from India. After luncheon, called at Mr. Bonners, Standerts, and left my old Flute at Potters to be put to rights . . .

[288] 1811 Oct. [London, England] . . . Saturday 19. Rainy: wind light at N.W. Writing my introduction in the morning. Wrote letters to Mr. Roux and to Dr. Burney. Went out afterwards and bought music

ASSOCIATIONS: Successor of Richard Potter senior (1728-1806) (musical instrument seller); Dr. Charles Burney junior (school master)

A voyage to Terra Australis . . . prosecuted in the Years 1801, 1802, and 1803, in His Majesty's Ship the Investigator, and subsequently . . . with an Account of the shipwreck of the Porpoise, arrival of the Cumberland at Mauritius, and imprisonment of the commander during six years and a half in that island . . . vol. 2 (London: W. Bulmer, 1814), 393

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Ax1JAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA393 (DIGITISED)

[April 1804] . . . both Mr. Aken and myself contrived to pass some months neither uselessly nor disagreeably . . . and between the employments of copying my bearing book and defaced journals, making some astronomical observations, reading, and the amusements of music, walking in the inclosure, and an old billiard table left in the house, the days passed along rather lightly than otherwise . . .

Original lyrics:

My evening song [Why Henry didst thou leave me, thus leave me here to mourn?]; MS song, music "by Haydn" [unidentified], words by Flinders, left incomplete at end, sent from Mauritius to his wife Ann, November 1805

http://flinders.rmg.co.uk/DisplayDocument1c2d.html?ID=139

Bibliography and resources:

H. M. Cooper, "Flinders, Matthew (1774-1814)", Australian dictionary of biography 1 (1966)

http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/flinders-matthew-2050

Gillian Dooley, "My evening song", Alas! for the pelicans: Flinders, Baudin and beyond: essays and poems (Adelaide: Wakefield Press, 2002) 123-25;  archived at Flinders University academic commons

http://hdl.handle.net/2328/1074 (DIGITISED)

Gillian Dooley, "'When tired of writing, I apply to music': music in Matthew Flinders' life", Journal of the Britannia Naval Research Association 5/1 (2011); archived at Flinders University academic commons

http://hdl.handle.net/2328/26341 (DIGITISED)

Flute, by Richard Potter senior (1728-c. 1806), Victoria a& Albert Museum

https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O58950/flute-potter-richard 

"Potter's German flute", McGee flutes

http://www.mcgee-flutes.com/PottersGermanFlutePatent.htm 

FLINTOFF, Andrew Smith (Andrew Smith FLINTOFF; Andrew FLINTOFF; Mr. FLINTOFF; Herr FLINTOFF)

Musician, violinist, violin player, fiddler, musicseller

Born Alnwick, Northumberland, England, 29 May 1816; baptised Scotch church, Alnwick, 25 August 1816; son of John FLINTOFF and Margaret ?
Married Maria CHURCHILL, All Souls, Langham Place, London, England, 27 April 1844
Arrived Sydney, NSW, 5 February 1857 (per Europa, from London, 23 October 1856)
Active NSW, until 1885 or later
? Active SA, until 1893 or later

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Andrew+Smith+Flintoff+b1816 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FLINTOFF-Andrew-Smith (shareable link to this entry)

Documentation:

Baptisms, Scotch church, Pottergate-street, Alnwick, Northumberland, 1816; UK National Archives, RG4/3212

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/1599888:2972 (PAYWALL)

No. 397 / Andrew Smith Son of John Flintoff Dancing master and Margaret his wife in Green Batt Alnwick, Parish of Alnwick and county of Northumberland was bon 29 May and baptized 25 August 1816

1844, marriage solemnized at All Souls Church in the parish of St. Marylebone in the county of Middlesex; register 1843-45, page 63; London Metropolitan Archives, P89/ALS/059

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/1878637:1623 (PAYWALL)

No. 126 / 27 April 1844 / Andrew Smith Flintoff / 25 / Bachelor / Foreign Warehouseman / All Souls District / [son of] John Flintoff / Gent. (deceased)
Maria Churchill / 21 / Spinster / - / Christ Church district (St. Marylebone) / [daughter of] George Churchill / Wine merchant (deceased) . . .

Trial, Charles Wiggins McGuire, 5 July 1847, theft; Old Bailey online

https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/record/t18470705-1604 

604. CHARLES WIGGINS McGUIRE was indicted for stealing 3 sovereigns and 1 half-sovereign, the monies of Andrew Smith Flintoff, his master; to which he pleaded
GUILTY. Aged 15. - Confined Four Months.

"POLICE INTELLIGENCE . . . HAMMERSMITH. COMMITTAL OF TWO DARING ROBERIES", Shipping and Mercantile Gazette [London, England] (25 January 1848), 4

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001702/18480125/051/0004 (PAYWALL)

David Cook and William Stone, two men well known to the police, and who have been both before convicted, were finally examined on Monday on the charge of having been concerned in several daring burglaries which have been, during the past three or four months, committed in Hammersmith. - The first case gone into was against the prisoner David Cook alone. - From the depositions taken, it appeared that on the night of the 28th of Oct. last, the premises of Mr. Andrew Flintoff, bookseller, &c., King-street, Hammersmith, was burglariously broken open by cutting out a panel of a cellar flap, up an avenue at the side of the house, and removing a wooden bar. The thieves has also forced open the cellar door, and cut out a hole in the wine cellar dooer large enough to admit a man's body. All the property taken was a fur great coat, from the passage, and a dozen of sherry, half a dozen of port, five or six bottles of champagne, several bottles of Irish and Scotch whiskey, and three bottles of gin. - The prisoner was fully committed to Newgate . . .

England census, 30 March 1851, St. Paul, Hammersmith, Middlesex; UK National Archives, HO107/1470/146/3

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/2136757:8860 (PAYWALL)

King Street / Andrew S. Flintoff / Head / Mar./ 31 / Music Seller / [born] North'd Alnwick
Maria / Wife / 26 / [born] Midd'x London //
Churchill / Son / 6 // Elizabeth / Dar./ 4 // [both born Midd'x Hammerssmith]
William [Flintoff] / Brother / 30 / Ward in Chancery / [born] Hoo Suffolk . . .

"BUCKS EASTER SESSION . . . WEDNESDAY [9 April]", Bucks Herald [Aylesbury, England] (12 April 1851), 3

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000270/18510412/001/0003 (PAYWALL)

Charles Shaw, labourer, was charged with having on the 12th day of March last, the parish of Burnham, feloniously stolen one cape, value three pounds, and two pairs of leather gloves, value one shilling and sixpence, the property of the said Andrew Smith Flintoff. Mr. Power defended the prisoner. In this case the circumstances took place the Slough Steeple Chases, but the evidence totally failed connecting the prisoner with the theft. Verdict - Not Guilty.

Register of admissions, Workhouse, St. Marylebone, 1852; London Metropolitan Archives, P89/Mry1/639

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/55791:60391 (PAYWALL)

29 April 1852 / [no.] 7 / Flintoff Andrew Smith / 73 G't Titchfield Street / [age] 33 / Insane . . .

"MISCELLANEOUS NEWS", The examiner [London, England] (12 June 1852), 380

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=yy_kpZc_fqYC&pg=PA380 (DIGITISED)

A commission of lunacy sat on Saturday at Colney Hatch, to inquire into the state of mind of Mr. Andrew Smith Flintoff, a gentleman of fortune, lately residing at Hammersmith, but now an inmate of Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum. The jury found that Mr. Flintoff had been insane since the 7th of April last.

"SHIPPING. ARRIVALS", The Sydney Morning Herald [NSW] (6 February 1857), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12991930 

February 5. - Europa, Bremen ship, 1000 tons, Captain Arianns, from London 23rd October. Passengers - Mr. and Mrs. A. Emanuel and family (6) . . . Flintoff . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Abraham Emanuel (musician) and family;
see also, [Letter], "CAPTAIN ARIAANS, Ship Europa", Empire (12 February 1857), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60273030 

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (3 June 1857), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12996384 

NOTICE. If Mr. FLINTOFF does not call and pay for his board and lodging within fourteen days from this date, the property left in my care will be sold to defray expenses.
J. H. FROST, 63, William-street. June 2.

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (30 September 1858), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28631333 

MR. FLINTOFF is requested to call at the Music Shop, 59, Liverpool-street.

ASSOCIATIONS: Robert Bishop Theobald (musicseller)

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (28 February 1859), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13017103 

SELECT AMATEUR HARMONIC MEETING,
THIS EVENING, at MASON'S, Albion Inn, corner of Park and Elizabeth streets.
Violinist, Mr. Flintoff, with piano accompaniment. Admission, free. Liquor at bar prices.

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (29 October 1859), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13032421 

CONCERT HALL, BULL and MOUTH, TO-NIGHT. The only efficient company in Sydney.
Engagement of the celebrated Comic and Characteristic Vocalist, FRANK SHORT,
who will appear every evening in conjunction with Messrs. Ben Baker, Campbell,
Hayward, Hammersly, Barton, and Flintoff. Refreshments, bar prices.

ASSOCIATIONS: Frank Short (vocalist); Ben Baker (vocalist)

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (11 February 1861), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13052456 

TOOGOOD SALOON. - Engagement of the Sacramento Minstrels. Lots of fun every evening. Admission free.
TOOGOOD'S SALOON, - Engagement of Miss Lacey as Pianist, and Herr Flintoff as Violinist. Admission free.
TOOGOOD'S SALOON. - Charley Williams as Lucy Long, in character, every evening. Admission free . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Charley Williams (minstrel); Sacramento Minstrels (troupe); Toogood's Saloon (Sydney venue)

[Advertisement], Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal [NSW] (8 March 1862), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article62721584 

Concert, Concert, Concert.
OPEN Every evening admission Free, at Mr. Small's First Nugget Inn, commencing this evening
SATURDAY March 8th, when Messrs. Webb, Flintoff and Walley,
will open their budget of Sentimental and Comic Songs, Choruses &c.
with Violin, Banjo and Flute accompaniments.
Amateurs are respectfully invited to attend.
Refreshments at Bar prices.
Commence at 8 o'clock.

"Bathurst Police Court . . . MONDAY, MARCH 24TH", Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal (26 March 1862), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article62721181 

Smith Flintoff charged with drunkenness was remanded until Tuesday.

"YETMAN, McINTYRE RIVER (From an occasional correspondent)", The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (24 January 1867), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18731076 

. . . Improvements in the way of buildings are still going on, Mr. Rainbow (late of Goondiwindi) having erected and opened a second public house. A grand ball and supper was given on the opening night, which passed off to the satisfaction of all present. Herr Flintoff, the violinist, was engaged for the event, and during the evening performed some excellent solos from the best masters . . .

"Apprehensions", New South Wales Police gazette (31 January 1877), 38

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article252089691

Andrew Smith Flintoff, charged with stabbing Richard Taafe, at Moree, on the 20th instant, has been arrested by Senior-constable Brennan and Constable Gwynne, Moree Police. Remanded.

"NARRABRI QUARTER SESSIONS", The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser [NSW] (20 March 1877), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18816769 

This court was held before Mr. District Court Judge Meymott on the 15th and 16th March . . . Andrew Smith Flintoff, charged with maliciously stabbing at Moree, was acquitted . . .

"WALGETT", The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (12 July 1879), 14

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18929231 

Mons. Ponte, of Tamworth, has paid a professional visit here. On the 30th instant a musical melange, conducted by this talented gentleman, was given in the Victoria Hall. The splendid execution of Herr Flintoff and Monsieur Ponte in the violin solos and duets has never been equalled in Walgett; and the after performance of these brilliant artists in operatic music, in which Hen Flintoff acted as violinist and Monsieur Ponte as pianist, was superb.

"Local and General News", Warwick Examiner and Times [QLD] (19 January 1881), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article82108943 

Andrew Flintoff was charged at the Police Court on Saturday last, with drunkenness. He pleaded not guilty, and the evidence of Constable Kelly to substantiate the charge, after which the delinquent was fined 10s, or in default, 24 hours' imprisonment.

Description book, Grafton Gaol, 1885; State Records Authority of NSW

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/857255:1783 (PAYWALL)

No. 2678 / Andrew Flintoff / [arrived per] European / 1857 / [born] England / C. of E. / Musician / [age] 68 / 5 ft 2 in / Slight . . .

? "LAW AND CRIMINAL COURTS. POLICE COURTS. Adelaide: Friday, December 29", South Australian Register [Adelaide, SA] (30 December 1893), 7

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article53626055 

Annie Taylor, Adelaide Gason, Andrew Flintoff, James Dargan, John Davey, and Charles Lindholm were each fined 10s. for drunkenness. Flintoff had to pay an additional £1 for improper behaviour . . .

FLOOD, William Haydn (William Haydon FLOOD [sic]; W. H. FLOOD; W. Haydn FLOOD)

Musician, professor of music, teacher of the pianoforte, composer

Born England, 1829; baptised Honiton, Devon, 14 October 1829, son of Joseph FLOOD and Mary HOARE
Married (1) Mary Ann TURNER, St. Paul, Bedminster, Bristol, England, 12 May 1856
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, by December 1862
Departed Melbourne, VIC, October 1863 (per Edina for New Zealand)
Married (2) Anne Catherine Juliette GROUBE, NZ, 5 September 1865
Died Wellington, NZ, 17 July 1908, aged "78 years"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=William+Haydn+Flood+1829-1908 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Haydn_Flood (Wikipedia)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FLOOD-William-Haydn (shareable link to this entry)

THIS ENTRY IS A STUB ON PERSONNEL FIRST ACTIVE IN AUSTRALIA AFTER 1860

ASSOCIATIONS: He was a younger brother of Edwin Flood (1824-1848), organist at St Paul's Church, Honiton, Devon, who died aged only 24 on 29 April 1848, having nevertheless already seen through the press the early volumes of a huge sacred anthology, Psalmodia Britannica: a collection of psalms, anthems, chants, &c., in 12 books for the voice and piano-forte or organ, the later parts of which appeared posthumously.

Documentation:

"LITERATURE . . . FOR REVIEW", Exeter and Plymouth Gazette [Devon, England] (20 January 1849), 6

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000267/18490120/029/0006 (PAYWALL)

The Combe Polka. London: D'Almaine.
This is not only a pleading composition, the time in which is well marked for dancing, but it has a local interest. The composer is Mr. W. Haydn Flood, the talented organist Honiton Church; and the work is dedicated by permission to Mrs. Kenyon, whose father resides on the Combe Estate, near Honiton, from which the name of the piece is derived. It will no doubt become popular.

"THE SAPPHO'S THIRD CONCERT", Exeter Flying Post [Devon, England] (3 May 1849), 6

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000103/18490503/030/0008 (PAYWALL)

The third concert of this favourite and gifted songstress took place an Monday evening, in the theatre of the Athenaeum . . . the performances of herself, her father, and that prodigy, her little brother, Mozart Vinning, gave great delight . . . In the songs . . . that commencing "Right merrily boundeth the ocean wave," called forth a warm encore; as also that the audience were interested in hearing from Mr. Vinning, that this is by Mr. Haydn Flood, of Honiton, brother of the lamented Mr. Edwin Flood, who was so rapidly winning his way to high musical popularity and public favour, when his course was arrested by death. Mr. Vinning likewise mentioned, and evidently with friendly feeling and pride, that Mr. Haydn Flood already gives proof of possessing much of the musical talent of his late brother, and announced that the song is shortly to be published by Cocks and Co. . . .

"NEW MUSIC", Exeter and Plymouth Gazette [Devon, England] (30 November 1850), 6

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000267/18501130/024/0006 (PAYWALL)

The Standard of Venice. London: Tolkien.
A beautiful new song, the words by Stuart Farquharson, Esq., and the music by Mr. W. Haydn Flood, of Honiton, whose reputation is an ample guarantee for its high character. It cannot fail to be generally admired, it has been by all who have heard it.

"MARRIAGES", Bristol Mercury [England] (17 May 1856), 8

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000034/18560517/021/0008 (PAYWALL)

May 12, at St. Paul's church, Bedminster, by the Rev. F. R. Marillier, Mr. William Haydn Flood, organist of St. Mary Redcliff, 5th son of Mr. Joseph Flood, Honiton, to Mary Ann, 2nd daughter of Mr. William Turner, of this city.

"ST. GEORGE'S, GLOUCESTER", The musical times and singing class circular [London, England] (1 April 1860), 252

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=SG4PAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA252 (DIGITISED)

On the 6th of March, the members of the Choir gave a miscellaneous concert in the large School-room, which was filled to overflowing. Mr. W. Haydn Flood conducted, and performed some pleasing pieces on the pianoforte. The programme consisted of glees, songs, and duets, which were well received, especially those sung by Mrs. Smith, Miss Sanderson, and Mr. Williams.

Melbourne, VIC (1862-63):

[Advertisement], The Argus [Melbourne, VIC] (6 December 1862), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article6481667

MR. W. HAYDN FLOOD, PROFESSOR of MUSIC, No. 2 Prince's-terrace, Prince's-street, Fitzroy.

[Advertisement], The Argus (24 February 1863), 7

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article6483618

JUST PUBLISHED, LE BOUQUET DE VICTORIA QUADRILLES, most respectfully dedicated to the Ladies of Victoria,
by W. HAYDN FLOOD, professor of music, teacher of the pianoforte, singing, &c.
Price, 3s. Entered Stationers' Hall. To be had at the author's, 103 Albert-street East Melbourne and all musicsellers.

[News], The Argus (4 March 1863), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article6483860

We have received a very agreeable set of quadrilles, called Le Bouquet de Victoria, "composed for and most respectfully dedicated to the ladies of Victoria," by W. Haydn Flood, and published by the author, 108 Albert street, East Melbourne. They cannot fail to become favourites in the drawing-room.

[Advertisement], The Argus (4 March 1863), 7

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article6483849

MR. W. HAYDN FLOOD, TEACHER PIANOFORTE, &c., 108 Albert-street, Author of Le Bouquet de Victoria Quadrilles.

New Zealand (by late 1863):

"OTAGO (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT) Dunedin, Monday, Nov. 9", Lyttelton Times [NZ] (12 November 1863), 5

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18631112.2.15 

. . . A Philharmonic Society has been established in Dunedin under the most favorable auspices. Mr. W. Haydn Flood, a very talented musician, has been appointed musical director . . .

"BIRTH", Daily Southern Cross [Auckland, NZ] (20 July 1866), 4

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DSC18660720.2.7

On July 14. the wife of Mr. W. Haydn Flood, of a daughter.

"PERSONAL", Wanganui Chronicle [NZ] (21 July 1908), 4

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19080721.2.15

Mr. William Haydn Flood, who died in the Ohiro Home on Saturday, says the "Times" at the age of 78 years, was an old Maori war veteran, having served in the Wanganui Cavalry. The deceased, who was an able musician, practised as a music teacher in Napier many years ago. He was a First Life Guardsman and witnessed the funeral of the Duke of Wellington. In 1867 he was appointed conductor of the Wanganui Choral Society, and was also for a time organist of Christ Church, Wanganui.

Musical publications (extant in red bold; non-extant in black bold):

Britain:

Original compositions and arrangements (below), in Keller's collection of anthems, church services, chants, psalms, hymns, &c., in six books, arranged for the voice & piano forte or organ by Albert Keller (London: Leoni Lee & Coxhead, [1851])

Bath Abbey (7. 8.) (hymn tune)

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=XPf11lgJ43gC&pg=PA148 (DIGITISED)

Magnificat and Nunc dimittis (chants)

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=XPf11lgJ43gC&pg=PA166 (DIGITISED)

Twyford (hymn tune, "Whitaker, arr'd W. Haydn Flood")

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=XPf11lgJ43gC&pg=PA171 (DIGITISED)

Welcome Christmas ever dear ("Christmas hymn, Dr. Nares, arr'd by W. Haydn Flood")

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=XPf11lgJ43gC&pg=PA181 (DIGITISED)

Sanctus

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=XPf11lgJ43gC&pg=PA183 (DIGITISED)

Lamentation (hymn tune, "Haydn, adapted by W. Haydn Flood")

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=XPf11lgJ43gC&pg=PA185 (DIGITISED)

My son shall be of merry and judgment ("anthem, composed by Kent, adapted by W. Haydn Flood")

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=XPf11lgJ43gC&pg=PA201 (DIGITISED)

O let me have (anthem, "composed by Kent, adapted by W. Haydn Flood")

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=XPf11lgJ43gC&pg=PA205 (DIGITISED)

Rose cottage (C. M.) (hymn tune)

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=XPf11lgJ43gC&pg=PA221 (DIGITISED)

Double chant in G

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=XPf11lgJ43gC&pg=PA234 (DIGITISED)

Melbourne, VIC:

Le Bouquet de Victoria quadrilles (1863)

NO COPY IDENTIFIED (for documentation, see February and March 1863 above)

New Zealand:

The Clifton waltz (1871)

The Clifton waltz for the piano forte, composed for and dedicated to his pupil Miss Baker by W. Haydn Flood (Wellington: W. Flood, [1871])

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22097039 

The Canterbury Volunteer galop (1875)

The Canterbury Volunteer galop for the piano forte, composed for & dedicated to the officers & members of the Canterbury volunteers, by W. Haydn Flood (Christchurch: W. Flood, [1875])

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22096715 

The Akaroa waltz (1886)

The Akaroa waltz, for the pianoforte, composed and dedicated by permission to Mrs. Carwood (Green Point, Akaroa) by W. Haydn Flood (Lyttelton: Lyttelton Times Co. Ltd. Lith., [1886])

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/14612370 

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2991073208 (DIGITISED)

"AKAROA WALTZ", Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser [NZ] (28 April 1886), 2

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18860428.2.4 

We have received a copy of the "Akaroa Waltz" from the author, Mr. Flood. It has been dedicated to Mrs. Carwood, and is a most melodious composition. It has been very nicely lithographed at the "Times" office on good paper.

FLORENCE, J. (J. FLORENCE; Mr. FLORENCE)

Musician, vocalist, tenor vocalist, minstrel serenader

Active Sydney, NSW, by January 1858
Active Melbourne and regional VIC, February to June 1858
Active Sydney, NSW, from June 1858 to March 1861

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=J+Florence+serenader (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FLORENCE-J (shareable link to this entry)

Documentation:

"LYCEUM THEATRE. THE SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS", The Sydney Morning Herald [NSW] (2 January 1858), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13004636 

The amusements provided by this troupe of serenaders have consisted of a succession of novelties, musical, terpsichorean, and pantomimic. The dancing of Messrs. Demerest and Burbank is nightly encored, and the vocal parts of the entertainments are well supported by Messrs. Boley, Foans, Florence, Burbank, and Leslie . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: George Washington Demerest (minstrel); Otto Burbank (minstrel); Dorrel Fair Boley (minstrel); James Milton Foans (minstrel); ? Harry Leslie (minstrel); San Francisco Minstrels (troupe); Lyceum Theatre (Sydney venue)

"ARRIVED", The Argus [Melbourne, VIC] (4 February 1858), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7146061 

February 3. - London, A.S.N. s.s., 500 tons, W. Cottier, from Sydney 31st ult.
Passengers - cabin . . . Cittenden [sic], Florence . . . Burbank, Carson, Boley . . . and 33 in the steerage. W. P. White and Co., agents.

ASSOCIATIONS: George Chittenden junior (minstrel); Dave Carson (minstrel)

"THE SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS", The Tasmanian Daily News [Hobart Town, TAS] (10 March 1858), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article199791650 

These very amusing performers gave their second entertainment last evening, at the Theatre Royal . . . And here it is only right to mention that Messrs. Boley and Florence sang that beautiful song "What are the wild waves saying" very well indeed. Every body present seemed highly delighted . . .

MUSIC: What are the wild waves saying (Glover)

[Advertisement], The Star [Ballarat, VIC] (19 April 1858), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66047630 

CHARLIE NAPIER THEATRE.
PROPRIETOR, MR. JOHN GIBBS. STAGE MANAGER MR. J. P. HYDES.
MONDAY EVENING. The proprietor has great pleasure in announcing to the public of Ballarat, that he has succeeded in engaging at a great expense the celebrated Burbank and Demerest San Francisco Minstrels, For five nights only, commencing this evening and ending on Friday . . .
This Evening . . . their first appearance, Grand overture by the company of Minstrels.
PROGRAMME. PART I . . . Willie, we have missed you - J. Florence . . .
PART II . . . Favorite Ballad - J. Florence . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: John Gibbs (proprietor); John Proctor Hydes (actor, manager); Charlie Napier Theatre (Ballarat venue);

MUSIC: Willie we have missed you (Foster)

[Advertisement], The Star (21 April 1858), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66047664 

CHARLIE NAPIER THEATRE . . .
Third appearance of the Burbank and Demerest San Francisco Minstrels . . .
PROGRAMME. PART I . . . Stop that Knocking - J. Florence . . .
PART II . . . Vocal Duet - Boley & Florence . . .

[Advertisement], The Star (23 April 1858), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66047705 

CHARLIE NAPIER THEATRE . . .
Last night of Burbank and Demerest's San Francisco Minstrels . . .
. . . All delighted with Florence's Ballads . . .
PROGRAMME. PART I . . . Ballad - Rosa May - J. Florence . . .
PART II . . . Ballad - J. W. Florence . . .

"THE SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS", Bendigo Advertiser [VIC] (28 May 1858), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87980701 

Last night this clever company of six minstrels made their first appearance at the Shamrock Concert Hall . . . Their style of singing solos, duets and glees, is most perfect. Their combined voices in the latter kind of singing, chord together most harmoniously. There is an entire absence of what might be termed vocal vaunting, which is so often exhibited by negro minstrels, who often imagine that as long as they are all singing together and in something like the same time, even if they are all singing in the same note, that is sufficient to produce a glee. The present company includes a most magnificent bass voice (Mr. Boley), and a very excellent tenor (Mr. Florence). Indeed, the vocal performances of the entire company well merited the encore which was loudly called for at the conclusion of each song, whether comic or sentimental . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Shamrock Concert Hall (Bendigo venue);
see also "THE SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS", Bendigo Advertiser (29 May 1858), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87980720 

[Advertisement], The Star [Ballarat, VIC] (7 June 1858), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66048515 

MONTEZUMA THEATRE . . .
BURBANK & DEMEREST SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS.
MESSRS. BURBANK, DEMEREST, BOLEY, CHTTTENDEN, FLORENCE, AND CARSON,
FOR FIVE NIGHTS ONLY. Commencing on TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 8, 1858 . . .
T. P. BROWER, Agent.

ASSOCIATIONS: Thomas Palmer Brower (agent); Montezuma Theatre (Ballarat venue)

Names and descriptions of passengers per London, from Sydney, for Melbourne, 30 June 1858; Public Record Office Victoria

https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/75F67D25-FA01-11E9-AE98-5386D825F609?image=38 (DIGITISED)

. . . G. Chittenden / 30 // J. Florence / 40 // W. Leslie / 30 // . . .

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald [NSW] (17 July 1858), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13014612 

CONCERT. - The musical attraction at the BULL and MOUTH, surpasses anything hitherto attempted in Sydney;
among others engaged are Madame Ivimy, Messrs. Ryall, Thompson, Florence, and Matz.

ASSOCIATIONS: Mrs. Ivemay (vocalist, pianist); John James Ryall junior (vocalist, pianist); Henry Osborn Thompson (vocalist)

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (6 August 1859), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13028885 

TOOGOOD'S SALOON. - "A hit, a hit, a palpable hit."
The actual "queen of comedy and song" Madame JACKSON, late of the Eagle Saloon -
to be seen nightly, in her characteristic songs and scenas, at Toogood's Concert Hall,
in connection with the old established favourites, Mr. and Mrs. EASTWICK,
and the new distinguished tenor, Mr. FLORENCE.

ASSOCIATIONS: Madame Jackson (vocalist); Henry and Wilhelmina Eastwick (vocalists, pianist); Toogood's Saloon (Sydney venue)

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (13 August 1859), 16

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13029168 

TOOGOOD'S SALOON. - Immense success of the Company. -
Come and hear Eastwick in his burlesques of "Rycharde ye Thyrde," "Shylock," and his celebrated song of "Punch;"
likewise Mrs. Eastwick, Madam Jackson, and J. Florence, the tenor singer.
N.B. - Upwards of One Thousand persons have visited Toogood's during the week. Admission Free.

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (3 September 1859), 12

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13030262 

TOOGOOD'S SALOON . . . Pleasing ballads by Mr. FLORENCE . . . Come early. Manager, H. EASTWICK.

"MUSIC AND DRAMA", The Sydney Morning Herald (21 August 1860), 9

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13044688 

. . . the two principal events in the theatrical world have been the successful production of a Grand Historical Play, and the unequivocal success of the San Francisco minstrels, who are still playing nightly to overflowing houses at the Prince of Wales Theatre . . . These consist of Mr. Dave Carson, Mr. Demaretz [sic], Mr. Burbank, Mr. Boley, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Brower, Mr. Chittenden, Mr. Florence, and Mr. Walsh - all of whom vie with each other in contributing their respective shares to the stock of inexhaustible amusement which they freely afford to their numerous patrons. It appears to be more than probable that they will continue to draw good houses for some weeks to come.

ASSOCIATIONS: John Ottis Pierce (serenader); Charles Walsh (serenader); Prince of Wales Theatre (Sydney venue)

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (19 March 1861), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13054301 

TOLANO'S SALOON, Pitt-street . . .
Mr. S. FLORENCE, the popular Tenor, late of the San Francisco Minstrels, nightly.

FLOWER, Ellen Mary (Ellen Mary FLOWER; Miss E. M. FLOWER; Mrs. Duncan CARTER)

Musician, pianist, teacher of the pianoforte and singing

Born London, England, 23 February 1838; baptised St. Giles, Cripplegate, 29th April 1838; daughter of John FLOWER (c. 1803-1862) and Martha Pearce CANNEE (c. 1809-1884)
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, 9 October 1858 (per Copenhagen, from London, 28 June and 2 July)
Married Duncan CARTER (d. 1896), VIC, 1870
Died Elsternwick, VIC, 1922, aged "86" [sic]

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Ellen+Mary+Flower+Carter+1838-1922 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FLOWER-Ellen-Mary-Carter (shareable link to this entry)

ASSOCIATIONS: Sarah Eliza Rebecca Flower (amateur musician, sister-in-law)

Documentation:

Baptisms solemnized in the parish of St. Giles, without Cripplegate, in the City of London, in the year [1838]; register, 1833-51, page 268; London Metropolitan Archives, P69/Gis/A/01/Ms 6423/4

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/8491188:1558 (PAYWALL)

No. 112 / 29 April [1838] bn. 23 February / Ellen Mary / [daughter of] John and Martha Pearce / Flower / Fore Street / Grocer /

England census, 30 March 1851, St. Andrew, Hertford, Hertfordshire; UK National Archives, HO107/1711/357/11

https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/8860/images/HRTHO107_1711_1712-0316 (PAYWALL)

St. Andrew Street / Rebecca J. Wadsworth / Head / [Unmarried / 29 / School Proprietress . . .
[among 5 scholars] . . . Emily Flower / 15 // Ellen [Flower] / 13 // Alice [Flower] 8 . . . [all born London Middlesex] . . .

Names and descriptions of passengers per Copenhagen, for Port Phillip, London, 23 June 1858; Public Record Office Victoria

https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/1635/images/30796_125453__152-00573 (PAYWALL)

[from] London / John Flower / 55 / Grocer // Martha Pearce Flower / 49 // Jessie Elizabeth Flower / 24 //
Emily Sophia Flower / 21 // Ellen Mary Flower / 19 // Alice Frances Flower / 16 // Augusta Harriet / 14 // Mary Jane / 11 / Effila Pye / 8 . . .

[Advertisement], The Argus [Melbourne, VIC] (12 December 1860), 7

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5694891 

LESSONS on PIANOFORTE. Miss E. M. FLOWER, (late of Woodford House, Brighton,) 23 Gore-street, Victoria-parade. Schools attended.

[Advertisement], The Argus (21 January 1862), 7

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5708793 

MISS E. M. FLOWER continues to give LESSONS on the PIANOFORTE, 23 Gore-street, Victoria parade.

[Advertisement], The Argus (23 January 1863), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article6482899 

LESSONS on the PIANOFORTE and SINGING, by Miss E. M, Flower, 23 Gore-street. Schools attended.

[Advertisement], The Argus (20 January 1869), 7

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5827500

PIANOFORTE and SINGING. - Miss E. M. Flower (pupil of Sterndale Bennett, Esq.) gives LESSONS in PIANOFORTE and SINGING. Schools attended. Emswill-house, Wellington-parade.

ASSOCIATIONS: William Sterndale Bennett (English musician, pianist, composer)

[Advertisement], The Argus (21 January 1870), 2 supplement

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5810321 

LESSONS PIANOFORTE and SINGING. Miss E. M. Flower (pupil of Sterndale Bennett), Emswell house, Wellington-parade.

"NEW INSOLVENTS", The Argus (10 January 1877), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5913367 

Duncan Carter, of East Melbourne, draughtsman. Causes of insolvency - Losses in mining, and paying exorbitant rates of interest for money borrowed. Liabilities, £718 0s. 6d.; assets, £81; deficiency, £637 0s. 6d. Mr. Jacomb, assignee.

ASSOCIATIONS: Duncan Carter was also witness to the dissolution in 1859 of the partnership between Franz Kohler (musician) and Adam Plock (musician)

FLOWER, Sara (Madame Sara FLOWER; Mrs. Sam HOWARD) - see main page Sara FLOWER

FLOWER, Sarah Eliza Rebecca (Sarah Eliza Rebecca ELLIOT; Mrs. Charles John FLOWER; Mrs. C. J. FLOWER; Mrs. FLOWER)

Amateur musician, pianist, organist, harmonium player, music teacher

Born London, England, 4 April 1829; baptised St. Giles Cripplegate, 3 May 1829; daughter of William Richard ELLIOTT and Sarah JACKSON
Married Charles John FLOWER (1830-1893), St. Mary's church, St. Marylebone, London, England, 25 January 1854
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, 20 August 1857 (per Suffolk, from Gravesend, 21 May)
Died Beechworth, VIC, 12 April 1896, aged "67"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Sarah+Eliza+Rebecca+Elliott+Flower+1829-1896 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FLOWER-Sarah-Eliza-Rebecca (shareable link to this entry)

ASSOCIATIONS: Ellen Mary Flower (musician, sister-in-law)

Documentation:

Baptisms solemnized in the parish of St. Giles, without Cripplegate, in the city of London, in the year 1829; register 1825-33, page 290; London Metropolitan Archives, P69/Gis/A/01/Ms 6423/3

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/933920:1558 (PAYWALL)

No. 2426 / [1829 May] 3 / B. 4 April / Sarah Eliza Rebecca [daughter of] / Wm. & Sarah / Elliott / Beech St. / Hat Presser . . .

1854, marriage solemnized at St. Mary's church in the parish of St. Marylebone in the county of Middlesex; register 1852-56, page 214; London Metropolitan Archives, P89/MRY2/067

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/7049296:1623 (PAYWALL)

No. 428 / January 25 [1854] Charles John Flower / 23 / Bachelor / Grocer / Of the parish of St. Giles Without / [son of] John Flower / Grocer
Sarah Eliza Rebecca Elliott / 24 / Spinster / - / 34 Upper Seymour Street / [daughter of] William Richard Elliott / Gentleman . . .

Names and descriptions of passengers per Suffolk, from Gravesend, 21 May 1857, for Melbourne, 20 August 1857; Public Record Office Victoria

https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3B05F129-F96C-11E9-AE98-27F6998F8082?image=167 (DIGITISED)

. . . Flower / Charles / 27 // Flower / Sarah / 28 / Wife // Flower / Martha / 2 . . .

"THREE MILE PUBLIC SCHOOL", Ovens and Murray Advertiser [Beechworth, VIC] (11 May 1865), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article112911782 

On Tuesday evening a public meeting was held in the School Room at the Upper Three Mile. Previous to the meeting a very creditable tea was provided by several ladies, resident in the immediate neighbourhood, to which ample justice was done; about one hundred ladies and gentlemen having assembled to partake of the same. After the tea, the tables were removed and the room was re-arranged for the public meeting, when about one hundred and thirty assembled, amongst whom were several from a considerable distance, including Beechworth, Bowman's Forest, &c. The Choir of the Beechworth Congregational Church contributed very much to the pleasure of the evening. A very strong feeling of regard was evidenced by those present towards Mrs. Flower, for her kindness in attending to play the harmonium on this occasion, by which the singing of the various hymns, and the general routine of the meeting was so greatly assisted. It may be mentioned here that Mrs. Flower renders the same service gratuitously to the Congregational Church in Beechworth . . . The Choir here gave, in good musical taste, well supported by the harmonium the anthem - "Now to Him, who can uphold us." The company audibly made known their satisfaction at the manner in which this piece of sacred music was rendered . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Music in Congregational churches (general)

MUSIC: Now to him who can uphold us (R. A. Smith)

"CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, BEECHWORTH", Ovens and Murray Advertiser (8 June 1865), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article112912143 

The annual tea meeting in connection with the above Church was held on Tuesday evening. About 180 persons sat down to tea, several of whom had come from a considerable distance from Beechworth. After tea, the tables were removed, and the PUBLIC MEETING was opened by singing, after which the Rev. Mr. Stoker, of Rutherglen, offered prayer. The Rev. Mark W. Bradney, the Minister of the Church, occupied the chair, and the choir, during the evening, performed several anthems in the most creditable manner, and received the applause of those assembled, Mrs. Flower presiding at the harmonium. The School room was crowded in every part, several being compelled to leave from want of room. The choir having sung the anthem - "Now to Him who can uphold us," . . .

[Advertisement], Ovens and Murray Advertiser (26 September 1865), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article112913511 

BOWMAN'S FOREST. AN OPENING TEA MEETING Will be held in the
NEW SCHOOLROOM, On Tuesday Evening, October 3rd.
The Ministers of the different denominations have kindly promised to attend.
A Choir from Beechworth will sing several anthems during the evening.
Mrs. Flower will preside at the Harmonium.

"PRESBYTERIAN SOIREE, WANGRATTA [sic, Wangaratta]", Ovens and Murray Advertiser (30 December 1865), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article112907383 

The second annual soiree in connection with St. Paul's Church came off on Tuesday evening last, and notwithstanding the counter attraction of Burton's Circus, was attended by over 100 persons. Tea was served at 7 p.m. in an enclosure at the back of the Church. The Rev. J. Robertson presided. Fifteen members of the choir of the Beechworth Independent Church, under the leadership of Mr. James Cunningham, had very kindly come down to assist, and Mrs. Flower, of Beechworth, presided at the harmonium. Proceedings were opened by the congregation singing the 100th Psalm . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: James Cunningham (choir leader); Burton's Circus (troupe)

[Advertisement], Ovens and Murray Advertiser (1 October 1870), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196415740 

ADVERTISEMENT. To the Editor of The Ovens and Murray Advertiser.
SIR, - In justice to myself, will you please to insert the following. Last evening I received from Mr. Harris the subjoined note.
Mrs. Stillard, - Madam, - It has been frequently mentioned to me during the week that you have been canvassing the parents of my pupils, who are taught the piano at my school, for pupils. I herewith send you a copy of the advertisement which I intend inserting in the Spectator and Ovens and Murray in their next issues.
Yours, &c.,
EDW. HARRIS.
Beechworth Schools, Sept. 29th, 1870.
Beechworth Schools, No. 61.
As Mrs. Stillard has been canvassing the parents of those pupils, attending the above schools, who are taught the piano. This is to give notice to the above, parties that the piano lessons will still be continued in the above schools under a thoroughly competent master. Terms, 15s per quarter.
EDW. HARRIS, Head Teacher.
September 29th, 1870.
In reply, I beg to say, that I, in company with Mrs. Flower, called on two, and only two, ladies, with whom she has long been acquainted, merely to say that should they not be satisfied with the music teachers appointed by Mr. Harris, Mrs. Flower would be happy to undertake the musical education of their children.
I remain, yours &c.,
M. STILLARD.
Finch-street, September 30th, 1870.

"DEATH", Ovens and Murray Advertiser (18 April 1896), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article199696776 

Flower. - On the 12th inst., at the residence of her daughter (Mrs. A. H. Stewart), Beechworth, Sarah Eliza Rebecca Flower, widow of the late Charles John Flower, of Beechworth, aged 67 years.

"DEATH OF MRS. C. J. FLOWER", Ovens and Murray Advertiser [Beechworth, VIC] (18 April 1896), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article199696804 

By the death of Mrs. Sarah Eliza Rebecca Flower, relict of the late Mr. C. J. Flower, Beechworth has lost a resident who for a period of 30 years, has most worthily filled her allotted place in the community. Mrs. Flower sustained a paralytic stroke at her residence, Church-street, about half-past nine, on Saturday night. As may be assumed, the event gave rise to much anxiety amongst her friends, and all that could be done was done; but, although Mrs. Flower had the advantage of being attended to by three medical men, there was no recovery, death taking place about half-past nine o'clock on last Sunday evening. Mrs. Flower came to the colony with her husband in 1857, and some nine years afterwards they removed from Collingwood to Beechworth, where Mr. Flower was subsequently appointed to the secretaryship of the Ovens District Hospital - a position which he retained till his death, somewhat over two years ago. Mrs. Flower took an active part in all the benevolent movements of the town. An accomplished musician, she acted for a number of years as honorary organist at the Independent Church, and was always most ready to assist in concerts designed to benefit the charitable and other public institutions of the town; whilst in private life there are many who will be prepared to bear willing testimony to her kindness of heart and willingness to assist every case of genuine distress. The funeral of the deceased lady will take place this afternoon, the arrangements having been placed in the hands of Messrs. A. and J. Kyle. The service at the grave will be conducted by the Rev. A. Rivett.

FLOWERS, Thomas (Thomas FLOWERS; T. FLOWERS; Mr. FLOWERS)

Musician, engraver, shoemaker, artist, scene painter, decorator, (un)licensed victualler, convict, emancipist

Born Spitalfields, London, England, 1802
Convicted Brighton, Sussex, England, 26 March 1827 (transportation for life, aged "25")
Arrived Hobart Town, VDL (TAS), 1828 (convict per Marmion, from England, 7 November 1827)
Married Louisa DICKENSON (1824-1906), St. David's church, Hobart, VDL (TAS), 11 October 1841 (aged "33")
Died Beaufort, VIC, 4 April 1888, aged "87" (BDM VIC)

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Thomas+Flowers+1802-1888 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FLOWERS-Thomas (shareable link to this entry)

Documentation:

"BENCH OF MAGISTRATES . . . MONDAY, JAN. 8, 1827 . . . CAPTURE, ESCAPE, AND RE-CAPTURE, OF TWO HOUSEBREAKERS", Brighton Gazette [Sussex, England] (11 January 1827), 3

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000938/18270111/029/0003 (PAYWALL)

An unusual degree of interest was excited this day, it being known that two men were to be examined who, there is every reason believe, have been guilty of breaking open several houses and shops. The examination was very long, there being no less than six several charges of felony against them . . .
The prisoner Flowers was also examined on the charge of feloniously stealing two portfolios, a desk, music, &c. belonging to Mrs. Orderson . . .
James Piery, house painter, stated that he became acquainted with prisoner at the Artichoke public-house. The prisoner, a few days afterwards went with him to his lodgings, where seeing some of the witness's paintings, he said he would lend him some of his own drawings, and accordingly brought one of the portfolios now produced, and left it with him. But as soon a he heard the prisoner was in custody, he took it to the Police-officers. The prisoners offered nothing in their defence, and they were fully committed for trial. Flowers is a dark man, a shoemaker, and is 25 years of age . . .

"CROWN COURT", Brighton Gazette (29 March 1827), 3

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000938/18270329/031/0003 (PAYWALL)

Thomas Flowers, 25, shoemaker, charged with stealing at Brighthehmston, two watches, value £5, the property of Geo. Stoner; charged also with burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Luke Butcher, of Brighthelmston, and stealing therefrom 16 watches and other articles, value £2O; also charged with burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Wm. Neale, at Brighthelmston, and stealing therefrom three time pieces and other articles, value £5; likewise charged with burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of F. Amati, Esq. at Brighthelmston, and stealing therefrom divers articles of plate; also charged with stealing at Brighthelmston, two writing desks, and other articles, the property of Isaac Williamson Orderson. - Guilty - Transportation for life. - There were as many as five bills preferred to the Grand Jury against Flowers, one of which was ignored. Thomas Reynolds, 23, shoemaker, charged with having been concerned in the said burglary and robbery, at the dwellinghouse of Luke Butcher, at Brighthelmston. - Guilty. - Transportation for life. -
Flowers and Reynolds are the two persons who were concerned in so many robberies at Brighton, and broke out the Black-hole, after they had been committed for trial, but were re-taken, of which a full account appeared the time in the Brighton Gazette.

Convict record, Thomas Flowers, per Marmion, 1828; Tasmanian names index; NAME_INDEXES:1392720

https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Record/NamesIndex/1392720 

https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON18-1-15/CON18-1-15P77 (DIGITISED)

Thomas Flowers / Engraver, Musician, French Horn, Flute, & Violin /
5ft 5 in / Age 26 / Complexion Ruddy . . . / Hair Brown / . . .

https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON31-1-13/CON31-1-13P117 (DIGITISED)

327 / Flowers Tho's / Marmion 1828 / Sussex 26 Mar 1827 = Life / . . .

https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON32-1-1/CON32-1-1P272 (DIGITISED)

327 / Flowers Tho's / Marmion 1828 Life / . . . [continuation of conduct record above]

[Advertisement], The Hobart Town Courier [VDL (TAS)] (14 April 1832), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4199629 

ABSCONDED . . . 327. Thomas Flowers, 5 ft. 6, brown hair, grey eyes, age 30,
an engraver and Musician tried at Sussex in March 1827, sentence life per Marmion, native of Spitalfields, scar left side neck under ear, absconded from prisoner's barracks, Launceston, April 1832. - Reward L2.

"DOMESTIC", Launceston Advertiser [VDL (TAS)] (9 May 1832), 149

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84775267 

When the ship PRINCESS AUGUSTA was searched previous to being cleared at the Custom House, three crown prisoners were found "stowed away" very comfortably among the bales of wool. Two of the men held tickets of leave; and the third (Thomas Flowers, a noted delinquent,) had been on board 5 weeks. This man had upon him a valuable flute, the property of Mr. Nairne, and a ring belonging to the boatswain of the vessel. For stealing the flute he has been committed for trial . . .

"Law Intelligence. SUPREME COURT . . . TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23", The Tasmanian [Hobart Town, VDL (TAS)] (26 October 1832), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article233613112 

Thomas Flowers, a prisoner of the crown, was placed at the bar, charged with stealing a flute, value £10, the property of Mr. Charles Rossnairne, of Launceston, out of the dwelling house of J. Bradley, of said place, on the 7th of April last. It appeared that Bradley is a constable at the penitentiary in Launceston, and that he borrowed the flute from Mr. Rossnairne in March last. Prisoner was a painter and glazier at the barracks, and in the habit of calling at witness's house, and playing occasionally on this flute; that on the 7th of April last he missed the flute; that prisoner having absconded, and being at his house in the course of that day, induced him to suppose he had taken it;
Mr. Thomson, chief constable of Launceston, proved to having captured the prisoner, in company with three more, on board the Princess Augusta, previous to her sailing from Launceston to England, stowed away among some wool, four of the bales of which they had cut to effect concealment; that having taken their bundles to the gaol the following morning, the prisoner recognised his; that on opening it, the flute now produced (and which Mr. Rossnairne proved to be his property) appeared, and prisoner claimed it as his own. - Guilty, of stealing a flute value £6.

SUPREME COUT. SATURDAY [27 October], The Tasmanian (2 November 1832), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article233613140 

On the opening of the Court this day, the following prisoners received sentence: - . . . Thomas Flowers, stealing in a dwelling-house; to be "transported for life."

"GAZETTE", Colonial Times [Hobart, VDL (TAS)] (20 July 1841), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8751901 

Tickets-of-Leave have been granted to the following Convicts, viz. . . . Thomas Flowers, Marmion . . .

1841, marriages in the district of Hobart; Tasmanian names index; NAME_INDEXES:828096; RGD37/1/2 no 1095

https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Record/NamesIndex/828096 

https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-2/RGD37-1-2P176 (DIGITISED)

No. 1095 / 11th October [1841] / Thomas Flowers / 33 / Painter / . . . Bachelor //
Lousia Dickenson / 17 / Spinster . . . Married in the Parish Church . . .

[Advertisement], Launceston Examiner [VDL (TAS)] (9 July 1842), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36249201 

NOTICE. To the patrons of the Victoria Theatre.
WE, the undersigned members of Mr. Cameron's company of comedians, conjointly with the members of the orchestra of his theatre, having read an article in the Advertiser newspaper of Thursday last, stating that "the Victoria Theatre was on the eve of dissolution," &c., hereby beg to express our abhorence at such a calumnious statement; and further beg to observe, that had there been the slightest truth in the assertion, we would each of us have lowered our salaries; and, if that had not been sufficient, would have performed every night for nothing - so much truth do we attach to the said malicious article.
John Hambleton - W. Hoyle - J. Searle - John Jones -
J. Elmar - J. Morris - J. L. Jacobs - Thomas Williams -
G. L. Gooch - T. Whitbread - James Kenny - Daniel Hollingsworth -
J. Thomas - Thomas Flowers - A. Wilson - Thomas Whitehouse -
John Hitchens (carpenter) - Thomas Thompson.

ASSOCIATIONS: Samson Cameron (actor, manager); John Hambleton (actor); J. Searle (actor); John Adam Elmer (actor); John Lewis Jacobs (actor); George Lonsdale Gooch (actor); James Kenney (actor); Royal Victoria Theatre (Launceston venue)

POLICE REPORT . . . Thursday, August 31", Launceston Examiner (6 September 1843), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36234613 

Thomas Flowers, free [sic], and James Kenny, ticket-of-leave, were brought up on a charge of felony. It appears that upwards of twelve months since a quantity of jewellery and watchmaking implements left at one of the banks to be forwarded to Hobart Town, was abstracted from the box without exciting suspicion, until the arrival of the latter at its place of destination. Suspicion had latterly attached to the two prisoners, some of the property being found in the possession of Flowers: he now stated that he had bought it of Kenny, whose receipt he produced; he had no suspicion at the time of its having been surreptitiously obtained. He was in consequence discharged, but Kenny, who denied all knowledge of the transaction, was remanded for further examination.

"SCOTTISH CHIEF", Launceston Advertiser [VDL (TAS)] (28 September 1843), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84767106 

Our correspondent is mistaken; Mr. Opie did not paint the sign lately placed over the door of the Scottish Chief public house, Wellington-street, nor do we consider it a likeness of the person alluded to in his communication. The costume may be correct, but we confess, we are not sufficiently acquainted with the Scotch Plaid to give our opinion on that subject; however, it is not our intention or wish to deteriorate any merit due to Mr. Flowers, who, we understand was the designer and painter.

ASSOCIATIONS: Edward Andrew Opie (scene painter)

"CONVICT DEPARTMENT", The Courier [Hobart, VDL (TAS)] (9 August 1844), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2950709 

Comptroller-General's Office, 31st July, 1844. It is hereby notified to the under-mentioned individuals, that it is the Lieutenant-Governor's intention to recommend Her Majesty the Queen to grant them Conditional Pardons.
. . . Thomas Flowers, Marmion . . .

[Advertisement], The Cornwall Chronicle [Launceston, VDL (TAS)] (23 May 1846), 394

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65943549 

OLYMPIC THEATRE. FIRST NIGHT OF A NEW PANTOMIME.
In honour of the QUEEN'S BIRTH DAY, the Theatre will be brilliantly illuminated,
and a splendid transparency painted for the occasion by Mr. T. FLOWERS, will be erected on the exterior of the Theatre.
On MONDAY and FRIDAY evenings, the 25th and 29th MAY, the performances will commence with an entirely new Pantomime, entitled
HARLEQUIN & THE FAIRY OF THE CORAL CAVE, OR, THE MAGIC PANCAKE . . .
UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. NEWSON . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Frederick Newson (actor, manager); Olympic Theatre (Launceston venue)

"QUARTER SESSIONS, LAUNCESTON. Monday, April 6 . . . MUSIC AND DANCING LICENSES", Launceston Advertiser [VDL (TAS)] (9 April 1846), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84773008 

There were applications from Mr. Johnstone of the St. John's Tavern, Mr. Thomas Turner, Mr. P. Monaghan, Mr. George Meredith, St. John-street, Mr. Thomas Flowers, Cameron-street, Mr. William Peck, Evandale, all of whom were refused; the magistrates appearing determined (and very properly so, after the recent experiments in Launceston) to reject every such application.

ASSOCIATIONS: Music on licensed premises (general);
see also "QUARTER SESSIONS", Launceston Examiner (8 April 1846), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36244371 

"OLYMPIC THEATRE", The Cornwall Chronicle (27 May 1846), 400

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65943357 

The most crowded house of the season was on Monday night, when curiosity was aroused to the highest pitch, to witness the production of the much talked of new Pantomime, in honor of the Queen's Birthday . . . In the getting up of the Pantomime (called "Harlequin and the Fairy of the Coral Cave"), a great deal of expense had been incurred, with a view to render it acceptable to the audience. The scenery (by Mr. Flowers), is effective; particularly the painting of those well-known establishments - Benjamin's Emporium, Duchene's, in Charles-street, &c. The opening scene of the Coral Cave, or the Magic Lake, was well managed . . . Monsieur Risley will make a good Harlequin; Clown and Pantaloon did their best to create merriment, and their clever tricks kept the house in a continual roar. A couple of spatters set too in good style on the stage, but one of them overdid the thing by pitching his antagonist into the orchestra. We have not beard whether Messrs. Howson and Co's. cat-gut was damaged; but the fallen fisty-cuffer sustained no injury . . . But the "juveniles" will never forget Mr. Osborne's "Billy Barlow" on a live donkey, a novel, if not a classical performance, which was rapturously encored . . . The favorable reception of the Pantomime, induced Mr. Osborne to announce its repetition for this Evening and Friday.

ASSOCIATIONS: John Risley (acrobat, dancer); Francis Howson (musician); Robert James Osborne (actor, manager); Olympic Theatre (Launceston venue)

"POLICE. THURSDAY [2 July]", The Cornwall Chronicle [Launceston, VDL (TAS)] (8 July 1846), 519

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65944092 

. . . Mr. Thomas Flowers of "Terpsichorean celebrity" was fined twenty-fire pounds and costs for sly grog selling - he has since very prudently "Amputated his Timber."

"ROYAL ALBERT THEATRE", Colonial Times [Hobart, VDL (TAS)] (23 May 1848), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8762868 

We visited this neat little place of amusement, and were astonished at the attractions of the house, as well as the performance. The first piece last night was Douglas Jerrold's Painter of Ghent, in which Mr. Osborne, as Roderick, played the part admirably. Mr. Towns, as Father Francis, was also very perfect . . . The musical department has been considerably augmented, and the orchestra played several fashionable pieces, amongst which was the Railroad Overture, which was received with great applause. We may add, the scenery has be re-painted by Mr. Flowers, in a very neat manner. The house was well attended, and the audience very respectable . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Edwin Towns (actor); Albert Theatre (Hobart venue)

[Advertisement], Colonial Times (22 September 1848), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8763559 

ALBERT THEATRE. THE public are respectfully informed, that the above Theatre will
RE-OPEN on Monday next, the 25th instant, when will be presented a Grand Romantic Drama, entitled
THE BANDIT MERCHANT; OR, THE MAID OF GENOA.
After which, the celebrated [REDACTED] Melodies -
"Massa Coon" - Mr. Holloway. "Ginger Blue" - Mr. Meadows . . .
The above Performances will be repeated on Tuesday Evening, the 26th instant.
Leader of the Orchestra, Mr. Smith.
Machinist, Mr. Rheuben.
Scene Painter, Mr. Flowers.
Select Boxes, 2s. 6d. Boxes, 1s. 6d. Pit, 6d.
Vivat Regina. September 22, 1848.

ASSOCIATIONS: Edmund Holloway (actor, vocalist); George Meadows (actor, vocalist); Mr. Smith (musician); Albert Theatre (Hobart venue)

[Advertisement], Hobarton Guardian, or, True Friend of Tasmania [VDL (TAS)] (7 October 1848), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article163503109 

Immense Success! CIRCUS ROYAL OF TASMANIA. Corner of Elizabeth & Bathurst streets.
The public is respectfully informed that on Monday, October 9th,
The performances will commence with an act of horsemanship by THE YOUNG AUSTRALIAN, (His first appearance).
After which, Rob Roy McGreggor, BY MR. ASHTON . . .
Song, Solomon Lobb, By Mr. Riley, from the London Concerts, his first appearance . . .
Ring Master - Mr. CHAPPELL.
Clown to the Circus - Mr. BRAGG, from the Victoria Theatre;
Second Clown, Mr. Riley;
Scene Painter and Leader of the Orchestra, Mr. Flowers.
Machinist, Mr. Henry . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: James Ashton (circus performer); John Riley (vocalist, clown); Philip George Bragg (clown); Oliver's Circus (troupe)

[Advertisement], Hobarton Guardian, or, True Friend of Tasmania (18 November 1848), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article163503359 

Circus Royal of Tasmania (Unprecedented attraction for this Night only,)
On Tuesday November 21st, FOR THE BENEFIT OF MESSRS. ASHTON and CHAPPELL . . .
Leader of the Orchestra, Mr. Flowers . . .

[Advertisement], Hobarton Guardian, or, True Friend of Tasmania (16 February 1850), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article173056909 

ROYAL ALBERT THEATRE. Monday Evening, February 18,
FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. MEADOWS . . .
Leader of the Orchestra, Mr. SMITH. Scene Painter. Mr. FLOWERS . . .

[News], The Ballarat Courier [VIC] (15 February 1886), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article273737212 

An excellent entertainment was given in the Beaufort Societies' Hall last Friday night by a number of local lady and gentlemen amateurs styling themselves "The All Gold Company." The drama of "The Soldier's Last Duty" was performed in manner highly creditable to the performers . . . The proceedings closed with the comedy of "Box and Cox" . . . The new scenery was painted by Mr. Thomas Flowers, an octogenarian, and was in itself a great attraction. The performance was in aid of the fife and drum band, whose progress is watched over by Mr. Denman Mason, secretary, who deserves great praise for the successful evening's amusement.

[News], The Ballarat Star [VIC] (16 June 1886), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article204433205 

At the Beaufort Police Court yesterday, before Messrs. J. Prentice and J. Wotherspoon, J's.P., Robert Henry Ballantyne, a lad just turned 12 years of age, was charged with the larceny of a purse containing 10s in silver, a silver key of a flute, a silver ring, and a silver ferrule, the property of Thomas Flowers, his grandfather. The accused admitted having stolen the purse out of his grandfather's trousers pocket on the morning of the 6th instant, while his grandfather was in bed. When his grandmother charged him with the theft of the purse he returned it, minus the money, which he said he had spent. The prisoner (writes our local correspondent) is an incorrigible youth, and every effort to reclaim him appears to have been futile. The bench sentenced him to three days' imprisonment in the Ballarat Gaol, and at the expiration of that term to be detained in the Ballarat Reformatory for four years.

"OBITUARY", The Ballarat Star (23 June 1906), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article210677498 

Mrs. Louisa Flowers, relict of Mr. Thomas Flowers, and old and respected resident of Beaufort, and a colonist of 66 years' standing, died on Thursday, from senile decay and heart failure, at the ripe age of 84 years. Deceased, who was married in Launceston, Tasmania, leaves a growing family to mourn their loss . . . The remains of deceased were interred in the Beaufort Cemetery yesterday afternoon, a large number attending the funeral . . .

Bibliography and resources:

Thomas Flowers, Find a grave

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/240636504/thomas_appleby-flowers 

FLOYD, Ricardo (Ricardo J. FLOYD; Ricardo FLOYD; R. FLOYD; R. J. FLOYD)

Musician, pianoforte maker, tuner, and repairer, teacher of music

Active Deniliquin, NSW, by June 1859
Died Sydney, NSW, (? September) 1866 (BDM NSW)

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Ricardo+Floyd+d1866 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FLOYD-Ricardo (shareable link to this entry)

FLOYD, Mrs. (Mrs. Ricardo FLOYD; Mrs. FLOYD)

Musician, teacher of music

Active Deniliquin, NSW, 1861

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FLOYD-Mrs-Ricardo (shareable link to this entry)

Documentation:

? "PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED", Globe [London, England] (16 November 1853), 1

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001652/18531116/011/0001 (PAYWALL)

. . . Samuel Hodges and Richard Floyd, Egremont-place, New-road, pianoforte manufacturers . . .

"PIANO-FORTES", Western Times [Devon, England] (27 January 1855), 5

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000265/18550127/024/0005 (PAYWALL)

Mr. Floyd, piano-forte tuner, is now visiting Torquay and other towns South of Devon. The testimonials his skill and ability in his profession are numerous and respectable, among them being one from the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe.

[Advertisement] Southern Times and Dorset County Herald [England] (30 January 1858), 16

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002181/18580130/103/0016 (PAYWALL)

PIANO-FORTE RESTORATION. MR. FLOYD respectfully acquaints the Public he is now
VISITING the COUNTY of DORSET, for the purpose of RESTORING the Tone, Touch, and Actions of PIANO-FORTES, at a small outlay . . .
He submits to inspection a few of the numerous Testimonials presented him by Families of distinction and others, for whom he has restored dilapidated and worn instruments . . .
From Lord Auckland, Bishop of Bath and Wells.
The Palace.
Mr. Floyd has renovated a Piano-forte at the Palace, and has greatly improved the tone and touch of the instrument.
- AUCKLAND, Bath and Wells, August 10th, 1857 . . .
Mr. R. J. Floyd, Piano Maker.
From Mrs. Bond, Belfield Terrace, Weymouth, December 21st, 1857.
Mrs. Bond has pleasure in stating that Mr. Floyd has restored her Pianoforte to its original tone and action . . .

[Advertisement], Swansea and Glamorgan Herald [Wales] (12 May 1858), 1

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002977/18580512/070/0001 (PAYWALL)

OLD PIANOFORTES MADE EQUAL TO NEW . . .
BY MR. FLOYD'S Highly successful system of Restoring Piano-Fortes.
Mr. FLOYD, Manufacturer, Practical Repairer, Regulator, and Restorer of Piano-fortes, from London,
is now Visiting SWANSEA and NEATH, and their vicinities, accompanied by able assistants from the first Manufactories . . .
Mr. Floyd has several Piano-fortes of his manufacture with him as samples, in Walnut cases, nearly 7 octaves in compass, with metalic plate, and all the latest improvements, for sale at moderate prices . . .
LONDON MANUFACTORY: 15, HOLYWELL ROW, FINSBURY SQUARE . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: The London address given was one of two elsewhere advertised as belonging to W. S. Avill, pianoforte manufacturer

[Advertisement], Monmouthshire Beacon [Wales] (8 January 1859), 5

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001272/18590108/063/0005 (PAYWALL)

NEW ACTIONS TO WORN PIANOFORTES AT A SMALL COST.
MR. FLOYD, PIANOFORTE MANUFACTURER, FROM LONDON, WILL visit Monmouth and neighbourhood at early period
for the purpose of restoring worn Pianos and placing new actions to Pianofortes . . .

Regional NSW (by June 1859):

[Advertisement], The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph [Deniliquin, NSW] (16 June 1859), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article271091240 

Pianofortes. MR. FLOYD, Pianoforte Manufacturer, from London,
respectfully announces his arrival in the colony, and intends locating in this district, for the purpose of Tuning and Restoring Pianofortes.
Mr. Floyd will give Lessons on the Pianoforte, also in Singing and Harmony.
Ladies taught the art of Tuning. Adults taught by an easy System.
For further particulars apply to Mr. Floyd, Red Bank Hotel near Deniliquin.
Testimonials forwarded on application.
Pianofortes taken in exchange, for which a liberal allowance will be given.
June 8, 1859.

"DENILIQUIN TABLE TALK", The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph (1 June 1860), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article271093810 

Mr. and Mrs. Floyd have, as we are informed, abandoned the idea of keeping school, as they find it to their advantage to confine their attention to teaching music, which is more within their legitimate sphere. Mr. Floyd as a pianoforte tuner is not to be excelled in these parts.

Regarding the school, see, [Advertisement], The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph (9 March 1860), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article271088551 

"THE POLICE MAGISTRATE", The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph (11 January 1861), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article271089581 

. . . Mr. R. Floyd, a teacher of music residing in the town, who was about to leave Deniliquin, was summoned by three tradespeople for debt, and a verdict, with immediate execution, was given in each case; after which Mr. Floyd handed to the Police Magistrate a written statement, which he asked Mr. Kelly to read, explanatory of the reasons why he (Floyd) could not pay his debts; to this Mr. Kelly assented, without having first read it - at all events, he did not peruse it on the bench. The paper had Floyd's signature, and was a statement of the following reasons why he could not pay his debts: -
That he had been asked to establish a boarding school at Deniliquin by the proprietor of this journal, who had represented that he could get Floyd and his wife six pupils - that the Floyds failed; that he then took to teaching music and tuning pianofortes; that Mr. D. G. Jones had let them a dwellinghouse, the "Old Bank," at £100 a year rent; that they continued in the house until the 16th August, having paid no rent for six months; that the landlord then reduced the rent to £60 per annum, and went to board with Floyd in the latter end of August, and continued to do so until the close of the year; that Floyd, finding himself unable to pay his debts, and that his character had been assailed by some one in Deniliquin, had determined to go to Sydney to vindicate it; that, he had offered the few goods which he owned in the dwellinghouse for sale to his landlord, who had agreed to purchase them for £40, but who ultimately refused to take them; and as the landlord wished to place his board against the rent, he (Floyd) could not pay his debts.
This is a mere outline of the paper, the allegations of which were stated by Mr. Jones in Court to be untrue; and he further added that he had not asked Mr. Floyd and his wife to come to Deniliquin, but that they sought his assistance and obtained it, but having failed in their speculation, they now wished to throw their liabilities on him. The paper signed by Floyd, and read by the Police Magistrate, was libellous or verging on it, and after it was read by the Police Magistrate, Mr. Jones told him in court that he was guilty of publishing a libel from the Bench, and that that was as actionable as though it had been published in the Pastoral Times; whereupon an altercation ensued between the parties, the Police Magistrate and Mr. Jones . . .

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald [NSW] (5 February 1861), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13052169 

£1 REWARD. - The above reward will be paid to any person giving information of the whereabouts of one
RICARDO FLOYD, who, with hie wife, absconded from Deniliquin, on SUNDAY, 13th January, leaving several creditors unpaid.
Three executions for debt being then in force against the estate of the said RICARDO FLOYD, the absconder, was driven away by a Government official from Deniliquin on Sunday Evening.
Address JOHN TAYLOR, Royal Hotel, Deniliquin. January 28th.

[Advertisement], The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph (26 July 1861), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article270651394 

STATEMENT - Read by Mr. M. A. McKenna, Registrar of the Court of Requests, at the Police Court, on the 15th instant, on the occasion of the Police Magistrate Holding an Inquiry into the Truth of Certain Charges brought against him by Mr. W. Gane . . .
. . . When I arrived here last May twelvemonths I took up my abode at the house of a Mr. Floyd, who was then engaged in teaching music, and about to open a school if possible. In December last, Mr. Floyd was made aware of certain slanderous reports reflecting upon the character of his wife, having been circulated through the neighborhood by an individual here, and he made up his mind to proceed to Sydney to enter an action against the slanderer. He made no secret of his intention in this respect . . .

"EPITOME OF NEWS", The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser [NSW] (7 September 1861), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article192531214 

An extraordinary cause was tried in Sydney, on Tuesday week, before Mr. Justice Wise and a jury of four. It appears, from the report in the "Herald," that Mr. and Mrs. Floyd, who are teachers of music, lived for a short time at the Royal Hotel, Deniliquin - a house kept by defendant, a person named Taylor. Floyd having contracted some debts, was sued upon them, after he had left the inn, and whilst residing with his wife at a place called Old Bank. It was sworn that Taylor had said that his hotel bill had been discharged by Mrs. Floyd's want of chastity, and that she had been guilty of similar conduct with other men. Floyd spoke to Taylor about these statements, when the latter denied he had made them, and promised to advertise to that effect, but did not do so. Floyd, being again assured that Taylor had slandered his wife, left for Sydney, to institute proceedings against him. Taylor then had an advertisement published in the "S. M. Herald," offering £1 reward to:

"any person giving information of the whereabouts of one Ricardo Floyd, who, with his wife, absconded from Deniliquin on Sunday, 13th January, leaving several creditors unpaid, and three executions for debt being then in force against the estate of the said Ricardo Floyd. The absconder was driven away by a Government official on Sunday evening."

Floyd at once published his address, and prevented the other advertisement from re-appearing. In addition to Floyd being examined, his wife swore that she had been guilty of no improper conduct either with Taylor, McKenna, or Beattie. The two latter were equally positive in denying the alleged intercourse. Mrs. Floyd and her husband also denied that she had been addicted to drunkenness -

For the defence, Taylor swore to an adulterous intercourse in which he and Mrs. Floyd were concerned, and likewise that he had seen Beattie taking improper liberties with Mrs. F. He also deposed that he had given the female plaintiff money on this account. The only evidence in support of these statements was that of a horse-breaker in Taylor's employ, who swore that he had witnessed intercourse between his employer and Mrs. F., and that Taylor had given him £2 to hold his tongue about it. But it was elicited that this man had been a shipmate of Taylor's when both were being sent to this colony. Defendant denied the authorship of the published libel, to which his name was appended, but it was proved that he had shown the paper containing the advertisement to parties in his public room.

As the damages were laid at £500, the Jury, after a retirement of 10 minutes, asked if they could award the full amount for the slander and an extra amount for the libel? His Honor replied that the damages must be assessed separately, and not exceed collectively the amount named in the declaration. If they chose they could give a farthing for the libel, and the remainder of the £500 for the slander. The Jury returned with a verdict of £499 19s. 11 3/4 d. for the slander, and a farthing for the libel. His Honor made some very severe remarks on the abominable conduct of the defendant, and ordered execution to issue in two days.

See trial report, "SUPREME COURT. TUESDAY [27 August]", Empire [Sydney, NSW] (28 August 1861), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60485594 

And, "LATEST NEWS. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. SYDNEY. THURSDAY NIGHT. FLOYD AND WIFE v. TAYLOR. - SLANDER", The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph (30 August 1861), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article270652010 

"APPOINTMENTS", The Sydney Morning Herald [NSW] (17 October 1861), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28625436 

. . . Electric Telegraph Department - . . . Mr. Ricardo Floyd, to be station master and line inspector at Glen Innes . . .

"COUNTRY NEWS. GLEN INNES (From our Correspondent)", The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser [NSW] (19 December 1863), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article188134730 

. . . The Rev. Mr. Johnson held divine service in the school-house on Sunday afternoon. Having been detained, there was no morning service, but in the afternoon there was a large congregation, though there had only been time for a few minutes' notice. I was glad to see the harmonium, and the congregation had to thank Mr. Floyd for being kind enough to officiate on the occasion, as no doubt the singers found the advantage of the performance of so able a musician . . .

"NEW INSOLVENTS", Empire [Sydney, NSW] (15 September 1864), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60553949 

Ricardo Floyd, of Glen Innes, telegraph station master. Liabilities, £234 8s. 9d. Assets, £101 12s. Deficiency. £132 16s 9d. Official assignee, Mr. Sempill.

"MR. RICARDO FLOYD", The Pastoral Times [South Deniliquin, NSW] (20 October 1866), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article267850352 

Mr. Floyd, who formerly lived at Deniliquin, died about a month ago, at Sydney. After leaving Deniliquin he secured an appointment as telegraph station-master at Glen Innes, a small township in New England, but having imprudently taken an active part in the elections there, and having called a meeting of the electors at the Court-house, he was dismissed by the Government, and died at Sydney.

[Advertisement], Wellington Journal [Shrewsbury, England] (4 March 1876), 4

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000405/18760304/039/0004 (PAYWALL)

CLAREMONT COTTAGE, KING STREET, WELLINGTON.
TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY MR. T. W. JONES, On Wednesday next, March 8th,1876, on the above premises,
in the occupation of Mrs. Turner, who is changing her residence,
Portion of the HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE . . .
fine-toned cottage pianoforte (by Ricardo Floyd) . . .

FLY, John (John FLY; J. FLY; Mr. FLY)

Musical amateur, amateur musician, vocalist, choir singer, builder

Born Herne, Kent, England, 1834; baptised Herne, 2 December 1834; son of John Moys FLY (1803-1857) and Mary HEWITT (1806-1871)
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, 22 October 1853 (with parents, per Recruit, from England, 12 July)
Married Ann KEY (c. 1829-1916), All Saints' church, Bendigo, VIC, 21 May 1857
Died Bendigo, VIC, 6 April 1926

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=John+Fly+1834-1926 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

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FLY, Charles (Charles FLY; C. FLY; Mr. FLY)

Musical amateur, amateur musician, vocalist, choir singer, builder

Born Herne, Kent, England, 1836; baptised Herne, 24 April 1836; son of John Moys FLY (1803-1857) and Mary HEWITT (1806-1871)
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, 22 October 1853 (with parents, per Recruit, from England, 12 July)
Died Bendigo, VIC, 30 June 1925, aged "89/90"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Charles+Fly+1836-1925 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

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FLY, William (William FLY; W. FLY; Mr. FLY)

Musical amateur, amateur musician, vocalist, choir singer, builder

Born Bermondsey, Surrey, England, 27 July 1837; baptised St. Mary Magdalene, Bermondsey, 20 August 1837; son of John Moys FLY (1803-1857) and Mary HEWITT (1806-1871)
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, 22 October 1853 (with parents, per Recruit, from England, 12 July)
Married Rosa CATLIN (1839-1883), VIC, 1858
Died Armadale, VIC, 19 May 1922, aged "84"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=William+Fly+1837-1922 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

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Documentation:

Baptisms, Herne, Kent, 1834; England, Select births and christenings

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/145606222:9841 (PAYWALL)

2 December 1834 / John son of / John Moys and Mary / Fly

Baptisms, Herne, Kent, 1836; England, Select births and christenings

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/45565880:9841 (PAYWALL)

24 April 1836 / Charles son of / John Moys and Mary / Fly

Baptisms, St. Mary Magdalene, Bermondsey, Southwark; register 1836-61; London Metropolitan Archives, P71/Mmg/050

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/4718452:1558 (PAYWALL)

[Born] July 27 [1837] / [baptised] 20 [August 1837] / William [son of] / John Moyes [and] Mary / Fly / Great George Street / Builder

Names and descriptions of passengers per Recruit, from London, 12 July 1853, for Melbourne, October 1853; Public Record Office Victoria

https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3404E19C-F96C-11E9-AE98-FBBBD63BD0BC?image=674 (DIGITISED)

. . . Fly John / 35 [sic] / Farmer // Mary / 31 / Wife
John / 19 / Farmer // Charles / 17 / [Farmer] // William / 16 / [Farmer] // Elizabeth / 13 . . .

"LOLA MONTES (To the Editor of the . . .)", Bendigo Advertiser (15 May 1886), 2 supplement

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88542757 

Sir, - Would it be asking too much for you to give in the pages of your paper a short statement of the career of the celebrated Lola Montes. It is to settle a dispute, I having stated that she was on Bendigo some 25 years ago, and was laughed at as a romancer. My disputant avers she lived some 150 or 200 years ago. - Yours, etc.,
JOHN FLY. 12th May . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Lola Montez (dancer, actor; visited Bendigo in 1856)

"MARRIAGE", Bendigo Advertiser (21 May 1907), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article89727156 

FLY - KEY (Golden Wedding). - On the 21st of May, 1857, at All Saints' Church (Sandhurst), Bendigo, by the Rev. James Brennan, John Fly, of London, to Ann Key, of Cumberland, England. At home to all old friends and acquaintances.

"PERSONAL", Bendigo Advertiser (22 May 1907), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article89727259 

Yesterday many congratulations were received by Mr. and Mrs. John Fly, of Barnard-street, on the occasion of the celebration of their golden wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Fly were married at All Saints' Church, Bendigo, on 21st May, 1857. Last evening a family reunion was held, when several relatives and friends presented Mrs. Fly with tokens of their esteem. Amongst the assemblage were 12 grand-children. Ever since their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Fly have lived, in Barnard-street. Their first home - a two-roomed tenement - stood on the spot now occupied by their dining room. "Ah, there have been many changes since then," said Mr. Fly yesterday afternoon. "We were first surrounded by bush, trees, and diggers' tents. Out there was crowded, with forest," and he pointed from the door of his grocery establishment towards Barnard-street as an electric tram passed along. Mr. Fly is 73 years of age, and a native of London. Mrs. Fly is 76 years old, and a native of Cumberland. Both are blessed with excellent health.

"BENDIGO CHURCH CHOIRS. (To the Editor of . . .)", Bendigo Advertiser (2 December 1908), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article89423553 

Sir, After reading Mr. Faul's letter re All Saints' Choir in Monday's issue, I beg to state that I can go back further. Several of the persons I shall name later on sat under the Rev. Mr. Gregory, when he held the church services in the tent, and also under the Rev. James Brennan, the short time he preached in a tent during the time the new schoolroom was building. The latter-named gentleman, whilst holding service one Sunday, inquired if there were any young people in the congregation who had belonged to church choirs, and if so, would they like to form a choir and sing in the new building when finished. In the event of their doing so he would be glad to meet them on the following Wednesday evening. My two brothers, Charles and William, myself and a Mr. Hopkins, who, like ourselves, was gold-digging at the time, and who from boyhood sang in the choirs of our parish churches, and knew all the old chant and psalm tunes by heart, made up our minds to meet the rev. gentleman, and with several others attended and formed the choir. That was, I think, the first one constituted on Bendigo. We practised for several weeks until the schoolhouse was finished.
The first members were Mrs. Barker (mother to Mr. Fred. Barker, the sharebroker), who had come to Bendigo as mistress for the new school, with Miss Rosa Catlin as her assistant. Mrs. Barker, the lady spoken of so kindly by Mr. Faul, was all that he described, and her memory is ever green to my mind. The other members were the two Misses Howson, whose father built Peckham Villa, in Forest-street, which stood where Mr. Magnus Cohn's house now stands; Mr. Pellett, a young brewer, whose place was in what is now Howard Place; Mr. Sam Trant; Charlie Bridges, a young lad with a sweet voice; Mr. Hopkins, and my two brothers, Charles and William, and myself, and I was almost forgetting Mr. Joseph Barwick, a saddler and barber in Pall Mall, and who sang alto and brother of Mr. Tom Barwick, spoken of by Mr. Faul, but who did not come out till several years after. When leaving Melbourne for Bendigo some two or three years before, we left behind with our parents our Sunday clothes, so we had only our digger outfits, and consequently were somewhat put about. Although we had sent for the clothes, they had not arrived, so we set to on Saturday afternoon to wash our moleskin pants and blue shirts, which were yellow with the clay, and to make the shirts look the better we tried to smooth the fronts with a bottle filled with hot water, but could make nothing of it. So on the following morning, being the auspicious day, so duly dressed, my costume being as follows: - Moleskin pants, Scotch blue twill shirt, green plaid Garibaldi jumper, open front, white cowboy felt hat (no feather). The other chaps were similarly attired. We entered the church somewhat shame-faced, and took our seats in the corner that had been partitioned off, being about breast high. The girls told us after the service we looked very nice indeed. The service went off very well, and when the rev. gentleman found out that Mr. Hopkins was a musician, he said he would send for a harmonium to Melbourne, which he did shortly after. Subsequently Mr. Gilbert, a draper, and Miss Haines, whose father was a lock and whitesmith, joined us. It was not long before the church was finished, and we took up our work there. It might be interesting to know that several found their wives through being members. Mr. Pellett married Miss Howson, Mr. Gilbert Miss Haines, Mr. W. Fly married Miss Rosa Catlin (assistant to Mrs. Barker in the school), and I married Miss Ann Key, living with Mrs. Brennan, and who, by the blessing of God, is still with us.
Yours, etc., JOHN FLY. Bendigo, 1st December

ASSOCIATIONS: John William Faul (correspondent); Caroline Weeks Barker (member); Thomas Barwick (musician); Mr. Hopkins (member); Charles Isaac Bridges (member); Music in Anglican churches (general); the Misses Howson were daughters of Benjamin Howson, not related to the Howson family of musicians; the earlier letter referred to, "BENDIGO CHURCH CHOIRS (To the Editor of . . .)", Bendigo Advertiser (30 November 1908), 7

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article89423309 

"PIONEERS AND ALL. THE FLY BROTHERS", The Bendigo Independent (25 July 1913), 7 (with photo portraits)

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226782403 

Amongst the most interesting of our old identities are John and Charles Fly, for so many years past located in Barnard Street. The elder one, John, was born at Herne Bay, Kent, in 1834, so that he is now in his 79th year. Other children were also born there, but when they were quite young the family shifted to London. Herne Bay had been expected to come forward as a popular summer visiting resort, and Mr. Fly, senior, had acquired some property there in anticipation. But the beach was too flat and shallow for the purposes of a marine resort, and expectations were disappointed. At the age of 13, John started to learn the joinery trade, the other brothers in turn starting work as soon as they about reached the same age. But the father was not in the best of health, and the golden stories from Australia were turning the minds of young and old in the old country. So in 1853 the family embarked for Melbourne. It consisted of Mr. and Mrs. Fly, their three sons, John, Charles and William, one daughter, and an aunt (a younger sister of Mrs. Fly) . . . Mr. Fly, senior, died in 1858. But several years before this he had been working with his sons in Bendigo. The two eldest of the sons first saw Bendigo in 1853. They were digging for about 18 months, but with no great luck . . . Thinking of their trade of carpentry, and then deciding that as there were fewer ups and downs in contracting than in sinking and climbing diggers' holes, they started as builders. One of their first jobs was the first Masonic Hall erected in Bendigo. It was in Myers street . . . After their father's death in 1858, the brothers undertook the interior work of All Saints' Church, at the corner of Forest and McKenzie streets, then just built. They made the pulpit, the altar rails, the communion rails, etc. . . . Mr. John Fly was married at All Saints' in 1857 by the Rev. James Brennan, and the wife of his youth is still with him, happy amongst their numerous relatives in Bendigo, and every now and then gladdened by visits from others who are living further away . . .
In their earliest days in Bendigo the three brothers took steps to form a choir for All Saints' Church. They had been used to choir work at home. There were many difficulties in the way, including the fact that in those very early days of the goldfield Sunday clothes were at a very high premium. They had nothing but their diggers clothes and the story of their efforts to appear as "respectable" as possible, when assisting in the worship on Sundays, has its humorous side. On one occasion they tried, but without much effect, to iron their colored working shirts and the cuffs with a bottle filled with hot water. The Flys were originally a Quaker family, and resided on the Thames at Greenwich. But their father returned to the Church of England, and in that faith they grew up . . .

"BENDIGO'S FIRST CHURCH CHOIR (To the Editor of the 'Advertiser')", Bendigo Advertiser (17 February 1915), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article89929530 

Sir. - In your issue of yesterday, in the personal column, your reporter makes me to say that I was a member of the first church choir formed in Bendigo, viz., All Saints', in 1859. What I did say was that I was a member of the first, church choir formed in Bendigo upwards of 59 years ago, viz. All Saints. When I thus spoke I was thinking I was speaking in 1914 instead of 1915. It was in the latter part of 1854 the choir was formed, when the church was a tent, thus making it upwards of 60 years ago. The schoolhouse was built shortly after, the services being held in it, and continued up until the present church was completed in 1855. We were closely followed by the Roman Catholics and the Methodists. I might mention that my two brothers, Charles and William, all living, were also members, the latter living now in Malvern. He was choirmaster of St. John's, Ballarat, many years ago when Canon Watson was minister. I believe there is one more of the first members still living, viz., one of the Misses Howson, who were also members. -
YOURS, etc.
JOHN FLY.
Bendigo, 16/2/15.

"DEATHS", The Argus [Melbourne, VIC] (22 May 1922), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4642798 

FLY. - On the 19 May, at Sutherland road, Armadale, William Fly, aged 84 years.

"DEATHS", The Argus (19 June 1925), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2128057 

FLY. - On the 13th June at the residence of his brother, John Fly, 224 Barnard street, Bendigo, Charles . . . in his 90th year.

"DEATHS", The Argus (10 April 1926), 13

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3744667 

FLY. - On the 6th April, at his residence, 224 Barnard street, Bendigo, John, beloved father of John Moys (deceased), Annie (Mrs. E. Blackham, South Yarra), Mary (Mrs. H. Newman, Bendigo) Elizabeth (Mrs. J. D. Kahland, Bendigo), Charles James (East Prahran), James Bevan (Moonee Ponds), in his 92nd year. A colonist of 73 years.

Bibliography and resources:

All Saints' Pro-Cathedral, Bendigo, Diocese of Bendigo, diamond jubilee, 1852-1912, a souvenir ([Bendigo: Anglican diocese of Bendigo, 1912])

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/19853441 

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-17858551 (DIGITISED)

FOANS, James Milton (James Milton FOANS; J. M. FOANS; Mr. FOANS)

Musician, minstrel, serenader, vocalist, black-face performer, delineator, impersonator, burlesque dancer and falsetto vocalist, publican

Born ? USA, ? c. 1816 / c. 1824 / c. 1829
Arrived Sydney, NSW, 19 September 1852 (per Speed, from San Francisco, 28 July)
Married Margaret HENSHAW (STOK) (c. 1828-1870), Sydney, NSW, 27 July 1853
Active Toowoomba, QLD, until July 1876

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=James+M+Foans+serenader (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FOANS-James-Milton (shareable link to this entry)

Summary:

Foans was probably born in the USA, though given that there is no record of his British naturalisation in Australia, the possibility that he was British-born should not perhaps be entirely discounted. From various Australian records of his age, he was born either c. 1816 (masonic membership, 1853, age 37), c. 1824 (shipping list, 1854, age 30), or c. 1829 (shipping list, 1855, age 26). There is no record of his death.

James Milton Foans arrived in Sydney from California in September 1852 as a member of John Cragin Rainer's minstrel company, which toured the colonies for the next 3 years as Rainer's Serenaders.

While in Sydney with the serenaders in July 1853, Foans married Margaret Henshaw, a widow from Tasmania (at her first marriage to Thomas Henshaw in Hobart in 1849, her surname was recorded as Stok [sic]).

The "original" Rainer troupe finally disbanded after touring regional NSW and giving their last performances at the Prince of Wales Theatre in Sydney in early September 1855. That same month, Foans took over the publican's license for the Shakespere Tavern, on the site of the old Clown Hotel, as rebuilt by William Knight in 1847, conveniently opposite the Royal Victoria Theatre, in Pitt-street.

From this base he also continued to perform and travel occasionally in several high profile minstrel-serenader combinations, notably in Sydney with the Backus Minstrels in November 1855; the so-called Ethiopian Serenaders in June 1856; the San Francisco Minstrels in December 1857; and in Sydney and Brisbane in July and August 1857 with the re-formed New Orleans Serenaders.

In November 1858 he was declared insolvent, and from that point onwards he lived, toured, and worked mainly in country areas in NSW, VIC, SA, and QLD. For instance, in April 1860 he was running a dance hall at the Kiandra diggings in the Snowy Mountains.

His wife, Margaret, died while they were living at Young, in South West NSW, in 1870.

Foans was in Queensland by mid 1872, and was documented for the very last time on 29 July 1876, about to give a concert at Toowoomba.

Documentation:

[Advertisement], Sacramento Transcript [CA, USA] (8 February 1851), 2

https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=ST18510208.2.13.1 

THE SABLE HARMONISTS respectfully announce to the public of Sacramento that they will give another Concert
on Saturday Evening, February 8, 1851, At Lee's Exchange. The company consists of the most talented performers that have visited this country, viz: H. MESTAYER, R. MOORE, H. DONNELLY, T. KING, E. VAN RENSSELAER, J. M. FOANS.
On which occasion they will produce all the latest Songs, Glees, Choruses and Dances of the day.
Prices of Admission First Tier, $1; Boxes, $1.50.
The room will be well lighted. jan24

"THE CONCERT OF THE SABLE BROTHERS", San Joaquin Republican [CA, USA] (14 January 1852), 2

https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SRP18520114.2.8 

The Concert of the Sable Brothers, last evening, was well attended. They gave us some of the sweetest music we ever heard. Mr. Morey, we think, is the best violinist we ever heard. Mr. Morgan, as a banjo player, is unsurpassable. Mr. J. M. Foans, as a Negro delineator and vocalist, we are sure has not an equal in this country, and all who have heard him are in raptures . . .

"Shipping Intelligence", The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator [Sydney, NSW] (25 September 1852), 14

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article251531375 

September 10. - Speed, barque, 365 tons, Cannell, from San Francisco the 28th July, in ballast. Passengers . . . Messrs. J. C. Rainer, J. P. Brower, M. W. White, N. Bryant, G. M. Jones [sic], F. Moran . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: John Cragin Rainer (minstrel); Thomas Palmer Brower (minstrel); M. W. (Bill) White (minstrel); Neil Bryant (minstrel); Frank Moran (minstrel); Rainer's Serenaders (troupe)

[Advertisement], Empire [Sydney, NSW] (22 September 1852), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60136808 

ROYAL HOTEL. FIRST GRAND CONCERT OF RAINER'S ORIGINAL ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS.
Messrs. Rainer, White, Bower, Bryant, Foans, and Moran.
TO-MORROW EVENING, Thursday, Sept. 23, At the Saloon of the Royal Hotel.
THIS Company, (the first to harmonize Negro Melodies, and originators of the present popular style of Ethiopian Entertainments, and whose success during the past ten years in the United States is without precedent in the annals of public amusements, and who, on their visit to England, had the distinguished honour of appearing before her Majesty Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, and the Court,) respectfully announce to the musical public of Sydney, that they will commence a series of their inimitable entertainments as above . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Royal Hotel (Sydney venue)

[Advertisement], The Argus [Melbourne, VIC] (4 December 1852), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4788361 

MECHANICS' INSTITUTION, First Grand Concert of Rainer's Original Ethiopian Serenaders,
composed of Messrs. Rainer, White, Brown, Bryant, Foans, Moran. Monday Evening, Dec. 6th . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Mechanics' Institution (Melbourne venue)

"MARRIED" [27 July 1853], The Argus (17 January 1854), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4802057 

On the 27th July, 1853, at Sydney, by the Rev. Francis Inchfield, by special license, J. M. Foans, of Rainer's Serenaders, to Margaret, widow of the late Thomas Henshaw, of Hobart Town.

Membership register, Australian Lodge of Harmony, Sydney, NSW, 17 August 1853; United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership Registers

https://www.ancestry.com.au/interactive/60620/43970_ugl%5Ecf%5Eh%5E1837-00101 (PAYWALL)

Aug 17 / Aug 24 / Sept. 2 / Foans / James Milton / 37 / Sydney / Musician / . . .

"SYDNEY", The Courier [Hobart, TAS] (30 January 1854), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2238775 

We perceive that Lucy Long (Mr. J. M. Foans), of Rainer's Serenaders, has married a Mrs. Henshaw, a widow from Hobart Town.

"ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Lucy Long's Benefit", The Courier [Hobart, TAS] (17 August 1854), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2238244 

To-Morrow evening the amalgamated claims of the fascinating and world-renowned Lucy Long, the pretty Dinah Rose, Lubly Rosa Teil, and their inseparable companion, Mr. J. M. Foans, the prince of tambos come before the music-loving, mirth-enjoying, and therefore sensible, portion of the community, in the shape of a benefit night for this most united little family of drollery and charms . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Royal Victoria Theatre (Hobart venue)

"VICTORIA THEATRE", South Australian Register [Adelaide, SA] (24 February 1855), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49302076 

In our notice of the last very successful performance in this favourite place of amusement, we omitted to state that it was announced that Monday evening next was fixed for the benefit of Mr. J. M. Foans, that most amusing "actor of all work," the veritable "Caleb Quotem" of the company. Foans is, in truth, deservedly a great favourite; his singing forms no inconsiderable portion of the general attractions of the company, and whether as the propounder of puzzling conundrums, as the fluent but unintelligible [REDACTED] conversationalist, the burlesque lecturer on mesmerism, or when he simulates - not the fair, but - the softer sex, and trips it "on the light fantastic toe," he is inimitable. Although not the leader, he takes a leading part in every performance, and may, of course, be expected to come out pretty particularly strong for his own benefit. The published programme presents a most tempting treat to all who love good music, cultivated singing, and graceful dancing. One feature in it is deserving of special commendation; we mean the introduction of the favourite plaintive air, "Mary Blane," a melody that has now become identified with our popular national music. With these professional claims, and with such an attractive programme, we think Foans is as certain to have a good house as he certainly deserves it.

ASSOCIATIONS: Royal Victoria Theatre (Adelaide venue)

"LICENSING SESSION . . . TRANSFERS GRANTED", The Sydney Morning Herald [NSW] (5 September 1855), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12978588 

. . . Shakespere Tavern, Pitt-street, from H. Faris to J. M. Foanes . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Joseph Henry Faris (d. 1859)

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (26 November 1855), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12975197 

"ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING. NOVEMBER 28.
THE entertainments will commence with the performances of the BACKUS MINSTRELS.
To conclude with the musical Burletta, entitled THE VIRGINIA CUPIDS.
Sam Johnson, T. P. Brower; Boss, J. M. Foans; Cuff, C. Backus; Pete Williams, Jerry Bryant; Dusty Bob, A. Morgan; Jim Brown, Barker; Julio, Burbank.
J. G. GRIFFITHS, manager.

ASSOCIATIONS: Charles Backus (minstrel); Jerry Bryant (minstrel); Otto N. Burbank (minstrel); Thomas P. Brower (minstrel); John Gordon Griffiths (actor, manager); Royal Victoria Theatre (Sydney venue)

"QUARTERLY LICENSING COURT . . . SPECIAL APPLICATIONS", Empire (10 March 1856), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60174856 

Permission for music has been granted to James Foanes, Shakespeare Tavern, Pitt-street . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Music on licensed premises (general)

Certificate of publican's license, 23 April 1856; State Records Authority of NSW

https://www.ancestry.com.au/interactive/1792/32076_223522-00053?pid=14697 (PAYWALL)

At the Annual Licensing Meeting . . . at Sydney . . . on the 23rd day of April [1856] . . . to James Milton Foanes [sic] . . . for the House known by the Sign Shakspeare Tavern . . . in Pitt-street . . . sureties Thomas Martin of Church Hill, Sydney, and Joseph Faris of Woolloomooloo, Sydney . . .

"ANNUAL LICENSING MEETING, 1856 . . . GRANTED", Empire (15 May 1856), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60247963 

. . . James Milton Foans, Shakspeare Tavern, Pitt-street . . .

"PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE", The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator (7 June 1856), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article251545321 

The Ethiopian Serenaders; Messrs. D. F. Boley and W. A. Porter (late of the Backus Minstrels), Messrs. J. M. Foans, T. P. Brower, and Niel Bryant (late of Rainers Serenaders), and Mr. J. E. Kitts, (late of the New York Serenaders) have taken this Theatre for four evenings, the present being the last of the arrangement. This is to be regretted; for in the present dearth of musical talent in Sydney, an evening with this extremely talented corps vocale and musicale, is a very agreeable affair. On Wednesday, they were, on their reappearance, welcomed with much cordiality by a crowded audience; and the exceedingly well-rendering of the selections of songs, duets, choruses, burlesques, dances, &c. gave the highest satisfaction . . . This talented Company will take their Farewell Benefit this evening . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Dorrel Fair Boley (minstrel); James Edward Kitts (minstrel); Thomas Palmer Brower (minstrel); Neil Bryant (minstrel); William Alonzo Porter (minstrel); Prince of Wales Theatre (Sydney venue)

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (16 June 1857), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12997068 

SHAKESPERE TAVERN, Pitt-street, opposite the Victoria Theatre. -
Novelty Extraordinary!! - Mr. J. M. FOANS, late ef RAINERS SERENADERS,
has great pleasure in announcing to his friends, and the public in general, that he has secured, at a great expense,
FOR TWELVE NIGHTS ONLY, the services of that deservedly popular comedian, humourist, comic delineator, &c.,
Mr. R. J. OSBORNE, who has lately arrived in the colony, and will appear every evening in the capacious saloon of the Shakespere Tavern.

ASSOCIATIONS: Robert James Osborne (actor)

"THE NEW ORLEANS SERENADERS", The Moreton Bay Courier [Brisbane, NSW (QLD)] (8 August 1857), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3723960 

On Wednesday evening the Serenades gave the first of a series of performances in the Mechanics' Institute . . . The company play the banjo, tambourine, bones, and fiddle, and the perfect harmony of the voices could only have been attained by long practice together. It would be almost invidious to make comparisons where all gave so much satisfaction, but the ballad "Lilly Bell" of Brower was decidedly the gem of the first part of the performance. The comic songs were admirably sung by Foans and Carson, and the Tyrolean imitations of Bowley were received with applause. The second part of the performance received the greatest share of favor. The beautiful duet "Robin Ruff" was effectively rendered by Brewer and Bowley, and received an encore; the ballad "We met by Chance" was also sung with much taste. Dave Carson's "Blue Tail Fly" and the Lecture on "Women's Rights" were much applauded. The instrumental performances were equally well received, a banjo solo, and a banjo trio, (introducing Foans' Madagascar Fiddle, which must be heard to be fully appreciated), were encored. The performances terminated with the song and dance of "Lucy Long." The charming Lucy was creditably portrayed by Foans; and he received a large share of the applause of the evening. The performances were continued on Thursday and Friday evening, and will be repeated this evening, being the last night but one of their entertainments.

ASSOCIATIONS: Dave Carson (minstrel); Dorrel Fair Boley (minstrel); Thomas Palmer Brower (minstrel); New Orleans Serenaders (troupe)

"SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS, ROYAL HOTEL", The Sydney Morning Herald [NSW] (1 December 1857), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28633668 

This troupe of serenaders commenced their novel entertainment on Wednesday evening, to a tolerably numerous audience. Their performances were successful, and drew forth loud applause. In the first division of the programme, (consisting of three parts), the song "We are coming, Mary," by D. F. Boley, and a sentimental composition, entitled "Lilly Bell," formed a pleasing contrast to the ludicrous melodies so characteristically given by Messrs. O. N. Burbank, J. M. Foans, and Carson. This latter gentleman received the first encore of the evening, in a new [REDACTED] song called "Wasn't that a pull back." The novelty of the entertainment was in the second part of the programme, which introduced Mr. G. W. Demerest, whose imitation of Fanny Elsler forms an important feature in the terpsichorean divertisement. Although a burlesque, it is replete with interest. Mr. Burbank, late of the Bacchus [Backus] Minstrels, gave his well-known Rattlesnake Jig, and with Mr. Demerest danced the Drum Polka. In the comic song of "The Blue Tail Fly," Mr. Dave Carson is worthy of notice for his clever imitation of the teasing insect, with its bold humming sound. The melange terminated with a scene depicting a plantation festival. The minstrels have taken the Lyceum, in York street.

ASSOCIATIONS: George Washington Demerest (minstrel); San Francisco Minstrels (troupe)

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (29 May 1858), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28631780 

AMERICAN AMPHITHEATRE, Prince of Wales Theatre. -
Complimentary BENEFIT to JAMES M. FOANS,
under the special patronage of Captain O. S. Lovell, of the Royal Artillery, who has kindly conceded, for this night only, the services of his celebrated band.
The present appeal to the Sydney public originates from the numerous kindly feelings manifested towards Mr. Foans by a large circle of friends and admirers, amongst whom he is proud to state Messrs. Rowe and Marshall stand prominently forward; they having, upon hearing the circumstances attending Mr. Foam's loss of license, proffered, in the most handsome manner, the use of their noted troupe and stud for a FREE BENEFIT on his behalf.
Mr. Foans engages that his "bill of fare" shall satisfy the greatest of theatrical gourmands, the most hypercritical of judges, and the laughter-loving, mirth-seeking community at large; and when, in corroboration of the above, it be told that the Incomparable and world-famed Hernandez, the classic Raphael, the astounding De Vere on the corde volant, the Gymnasts in their feats of strength, the Shakespearian Clowns in their "motley garbs," with their "quips, and cranks, and merrie gibes," - and the best vocal and Instrumental performers in Sydney, including the Artillery Band, - will be in the programme for that evening's entertainment, together with Mrs. Oates, the pleasing soprano, who will sing with Mr. Foans the favourite duett of "What are the Wild Waves saying!" and Mr. F. himself, in his much admired ballad, "We met by chance," as well as in the characteristic dance and chorus of "Lucy Long."
The beneficiaire feels assured that a numerous and discriminating auditory will not be wanting on this occasion to show their estimation of him as one of the original Rainer's Serenaders, a general caterer for their amusements, and also aa a respectable member of the corps dramatique. N.B. - Further particulars in future advertisements.

ASSOCIATIONS: Adelaide Oates (vocalist); Band of the Royal Artillery (military)

MUSIC: What are the wild waves saying (Glover)

"PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE", Empire (3 June 1858), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60429688 

The performances at this establishment still continue to attract considerable attention. On Monday [31 May], Mr. J. M. Foans took his benefit, when, if the numerous attendance thereby occasional be a test of the esteem in which Mr. Foans is held by the Sydney public, the actor had his best reward. Besides the usual equestrian and other entertainments, in which Hernandez and the other artistes whom we have before spoken highly of, Mrs. Oates made her first appearance, and sung very effectively a pleasing air, and a duet with Mr. Foans, who has an excellent tenor voice. The Artillery Band added to the amusements of the evening, but their overtures were too lengthy for such an occasion, and quite tired the audience out of temper, although much ability was displayed. On Saturday, the performances are under the immediate patronage of his Excellency the Governor-General.

ASSOCIATIONS: William Denison (governor)

"INSOLVENCY COURT. MONDAY . . . SURRENDERS", The Sydney Morning Herald (16 November 1858), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13014834 

James Milton Foans, of Woolloomooloo-street, Sydney, gentleman. Liabilities, £175 2s. 3d. Assets - value of personal property, £10. Deficit, £165 2s. 3d. - Mr. Perry, official assignee.

"CONCERT - THE SABLE BROTHERS", The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser [NSW] (1 February 1859), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18643594 

By an advertisement in another column it will be seen that our old friends, Messrs. R. F. Baker and J. M. Foans, the former of the New York and the latter of Rainer's serenaders, intend giving a concert in the School of Arts, West Maitland, to-morrow, Wednesday evening . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Benjamin F. Baker (minstrel)

"ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS", The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser [NSW] (17 December 1859), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118247541 

Mr. Foans, who has twice before visited Goulburn, and whose abilities are well-known, has once more arrived in town. He is accompanied by Mr. Porter, formerly of the Backus minstrels, and Mr. Radcliff, a violinist of whose performances we have heard a high character. They performed for the first time last night at Mr. Cohen's.

ASSOCIATIONS: William Alonzo Porter (minstrel); Mr. Radcliff (violin)

"KIANDRA . . . (From our own Correspondent)", Goulburn Herald (4 April 1860), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article103399730 

. . . New rushes were taking place every day; the last one is thirty miles this side from Russell's, at Ucumbene, to which place about two hundred have gone, but I cannot yet state with what success . . . the population, as a whole, are very orderly, and where there is one rowdy there are twenty ready to keep order. There are about 600 tents and 4000 people there now. Jones's circus and Foans' serenading company were performing to well-filled houses, boxing tents were crowded every night, and two or three prize fights were taking place every week . . .

"THE SNOWY RIVER [FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT] . . . Kiandra, 9th April, 1860", Empire [Sydney, NSW] (2 May 1860), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60409639 

. . . There can be no doubt the shanty system has been allowed to assume gigantic proportions, but the gradual establishment of licensed houses, and the risk of seizures will soon render the continuance unprofitable, and as the diggers are likely to be supplied with varied amusements, they will no longer be resorted to. Mr. Foans, of Ethiopian celebrity, has opened the Criterion Music Saloon, floored to the length of 50 feet for dancing, which amusement will be varied by the very popular performance of the serenaders. As Mr. F. meets with a fair amount of encouragement, no doubt his efforts will be redoubled in the spring, and that his enterprise will meet with due reward. A circus is also now here, but leaves today, the spread of canvass being rather roughly treated in the late tempestuous weather. A few stray fiddlers and German singers complete the recreations, with the exception of prize fighting, which, however, appears to be much on the decline. There is little risk or danger now in traversing the township or diggings even after nightfall . . .

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (21 January 1862), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13062203 

CHARLES WALSH'S SERENADERS, including the celebrated Mr. J. M. FOANS and his extraordinary pupil, HARRY RICE, will shortly appear.

ASSOCIATIONS: Charles Walsh (minstrel); Harry Rice (pupil, unidentified)

"BAND OF HOPE", The Burrangong Argus [NSW] (18 June 1870), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article247267185 

On Thursday evening last, the long looked for magic lantern was exhibited in the Congregational Chapel before a large audience. This lantern shows a disc of 10 feet in diameter, and has two chromatrope slides; also, sixteen others of the best description, some of which are comical, and amused both young and old. The entertainment was accompanied with music and singing by Mr. Foans. In his usual style he sung "Father, Come Home," "Mother, I've Come Home to Die," &c. . . .

"DIED", The Burrangong Argus (9 July 1870), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article247267235 

ON 7th inst., at her residence, Main-street, Young, after a protracted illness, MARGARET, the beloved wife of Mr. J. M. FOANS; aged 42 years. Sydney and Melbourne papers please copy.

"NEWS OF THE WEEK", The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser [NSW] (16 July 1870), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123547978 

We perceive that the wife of Mr. J. M. Foans, the celebrated Ethiopian delineator, has expired at Young, after a protracted illness.

"ENTERTAINMENT", The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser [NSW] (24 December 1870), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article113958062 

On Monday and Thursday evenings last Mr. J. M. Foans gave an entertainment to a Cooma audience, a complimentary benefit being tendered him on Thursday evening. His performances are very good, and were well appreciated by the audience. We regret to add the attendance was not large.

"CHARLEVILLE [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT]", Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser [QLD] (13 June 1872), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123621258

About ten days ago Charleville was favoured by a great musical treat. Mr. Foans, the unrivalled [REDACTED] delineator, accompanied by Mr. McGuinness, pianist and violinist, and Mr. Williams, comedian, gave a series of entertainments, at Bradley's hotel, to very good audiences, considering the small extent of population and the absence of strangers during the stay of the company. Mr. Foans's delineations were in the highest degree excellent; his performance on "the bones" perfection. His imitation of the awful bagpipes - an instrument of unparalleled atrocity and barbarism - must be heard to be appreciated. Mr. Foan's singing was superior to anything I have heard since leaving the town of Ipswich, and it was also most gentlemanly. Mr. McGuinness possesses great fluency of execution on the piano, and on the violin he is splendid. He was especially requested to play an imitation of the cuckoo, which always commanded an encore, as did his "Home, sweet Home" with variations. Mr. Williams, also, as a comic singer and comedian created roars of laughter. I wish the company all success in Roma.

ASSOCIATIONS: Charles Williams (vocalist)

[News], The Darling Downs Gazette and General Advertiser [Toowoomba, QLD] (29 July 1876), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article76921024 

A complimentary benefit will be given to Mr. J. M. Foans at the Royal Assembly Rooms on Monday evening next. Mr. Dent Bosco, the renowned ventriloquist, has kindly consented to assist in the entertainment, and Messrs. R. Burton and H. Thurston have volunteered their services . . .

Musical concordances:

The popular song Miss Lucy Long, adapted to the pianoforte by T. Carr (Philadelphia: Osborne, [1842])

https://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/collection/020/047 (DIGITISED)

Lucy Long, the celebrated [REDACTED] song, as sung by Mr. Sweeny, arranged with new symphonies and an accompaniment for the piano forte (London: T. E. Purday, [c. 1842-44]) [illustrated sheet music cover only]

https://content.libraries.wsu.edu/digital/collection/rcbutler/id/1109 (DIGITISED)

ASSOCIATIONS: See also Miss Lucy Long (Wikipedia)

Bibliography and resources:

Lois M. Foster, Annals of the San Francisco stage, 1850-1880, volume 1 (San Francisco: Federal Theatre Projects, 1936), 82

https://archive.org/stream/annalsofsanfranc01fost#page/n191/mode/2up (DIGITISED)

On January 15 [1851] the "Sable Harmonists" made their first appearance at the Jenny Lind. McCabe lists members of this company as follows: R. Moore, H. Mestayer, C. Fisher, H. Donelly, T. King, J. M. Foans, E. Van Ranselaer. The troupe played here until the 19th, returning in February for a run which began in the Parker House saloon and ended in the theatre upstairs, February 22 to 28. This troupe, with some changes, appeared two years later under the same name at the Adelphi and did its part to further the momentum of minstrelsy in the west.

FOLEY, Bartholomew (Bartholomew FOLEY)

Amateur vocalist, hymn singer, psalm singer, executed convict

Born England, c. 1786
Convicted Old Bailey, London, 4 December 1799 (age "13", sentenced, death; commuted, life transportation)
Arrived Sydney, NSW, 12 June 1801 (convict per Earl Cornwallis, from England, 18 November 1800)
Died (executed) Sydney, NSW, 14 July 1814

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Bartholomew+Foley+c1786-1814 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FOLEY-Bartholomew (shareable link to this entry)

Documentation:

Trial of Bartholomew Foley, 4 December 1799, Old Bailey online

https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/record/t17991204-12 

12. BARTHOLOMEW FOLEY was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 31st of October, two guineas, the property of Isaac Pretty , in his dwelling-house . . . The prisoner did not say any thing in his defence. GUILTY Death. (Aged 13.) The prisoner was recommended to mercy by the Jury, on account of his youth. Tried by the first Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Justice GROSE.

https://www.digitalpanopticon.org/life?id=obpt17991204-12-defend141 

"LONDON GAZETTE . . . DEC. 7, 1799", Hereford Journal [England] (11 December 1799), 2

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000398/17991211/002/0002 (PAYWALL)

Yesterday the Old Baily Sessions commenced, when 20 prisoners were tried, two of whom were capitally convicted, viz. Thomas Scott, for assaulting and robbing Major-Gen. William John Arabin, on the 31st of December, 1798; and Bartholomew Foley, for robbing the dwelling house of Isaac Pritty, of two guineas: eleven were convicted of felonies; seven were acquitted.

[News], Kentish Gazette [England] (4 February 1800), 4

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000235/18000204/012/0004 (PAYWALL)

The Recorder of London, attended on Friday [31 January] the Council, with his report on the prisoners capitally convicted in December Sessions, viz. Bartholomew Foley, Tho. Scott, John Worrall, and John Russel, who received his Majesty's clemency, all of them being reprieved during the royal pleasure.

"EXECUTIONS", The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser [NSW] (16 July 1814), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article628950

On Thursday Bartholomew Foley, condemned for sheep stealing at Port Dalrymple, was also executed. He came a prisoner to this Colony about 13 years ago, a boy not exceeding 12 or 13 years of age; but depravity had grounded in his youthful principles, and he very soon exhibited occasions for pitying the miseries to which a propensity to error had doomed him in his youth. He was for the entire space of four or five years employed in the gaol gang; for as he approached to manhood he seemed only desirous of confirming himself in obdurate and determined vice. His crimes were very numerous, and his punishments frequent, till at length he unhappily became no further useful in society, than by a melancholy example to warn others against prosecuting a line of conduct so terrible as his had been. From the moment of his condemnation, however, he became the repentant sinner - the prodigal restored to hope. His temporal destiny he acknowledged to be just, and hoped forgiveness of his crimes in Heaven, as his penitence was sincere and full. At the place of execution he appeared with that firmness which the hope of mercy can alone bestow upon a suffering criminal. He sung two hymns, loudly, distinctly, and with such animated fervour as to give peculiar melody to his accents; and when about to be launched into eternity addressed the spectators in a speech, in which he reviewed his past life, declaring that from the age of infancy his crimes had involved him in pain and suffering; for that Providence had constantly persecuted him for his offences, and left him no shelter from the penalties of his iniquities. To the Rev. Mr. Cowper, who attended him with the kindest attention from the time of his condemnation, he behaved with the most reverential respect, and declared that to his pious attention he was indebted for the peace of mind which he then felt. About nine o'clock he was launched into eternity leaving the world in the firm hope of an eternal life and mercy in the world to come.

ASSOCIATIONS: William Cowper (chaplain)

Bibliography and resources:

Colonial Secretary Index, 1788-1825; State Records Authority of NSW

http://colsec.records.nsw.gov.au/f/F20c_fli-fy-03.htm 

FOLEY, Bartholomew. Per "Earl Cornwallis", 1801
1800 Oct 13 - On list of convicts on board the "Earl Cornwallis" (Reel 6028; 2/8283 p.27)
1810 Feb 3 - Petition for mitigation of sentence (Fiche 3164; 4/1846 p.85)
1812 Jul 18 - Escaped from "Lady Nelson" bound for Port Dalrymple (Reel 6003; 4/3492 pp.145-6)
1812 Jul 26 - Recaptured and re-embarked on "Lady Nelson" (Reel 6003; 4/3492 p.148)
1813 Apr 30 - Escaped from Port Dalrymple (Reel 6003; 4/3492 p.217)
1814 May 14 - Had absconded from lawful employment in Van Diemen's Land.
Proclamation requiring surrender of before 1 Dec or he would be deemed an outlaw & dealt with accordingly (Reel 6038; SZ1044 pp.214-7)

FOLEY, William Henry (William Henry FOLEY; W. H. FOLEY)

Circus and equestrian performer, proprietor, comic vocalist

Born Washington, DC, USA, c. 1826
Married (1) Catherine HUGGINS (Mrs. CAPARN), Sacramento, CA, USA, 17 June 1851
Arrived Brisbane, NSW (QLD), 16 February 1854 (per Pau, from Honolulu, via Rotumah)
Married (? common law) Martha O'NEIL, ? Maitland, NSW, by c. 1859
Died Brisbane, QLD, 21 July 1885, aged "60"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=William+Henry+Foley+c1826-1885 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FOLEY-William-Henry (shareable link to this entry)

FOLEY, Catherine (Catherine HUGGINS; [1] Mrs. Daniel CAPARN; [2] Mrs. William Henry FOLEY; Mrs. FOLEY; [3] Mrs. Lowten LOWTEN)

Actor, vocalist, dancer, milliner, dressmaker

Born Louth, Lincolnshire, England, c. 1822; daughter of Benjamin HUGGINS
Married (1) Daniel CAPARN (1812-1851), St. Pancras's church, London, England, 17 September 1845
Married (2) William Henry FOLEY, Sacramento, CA, USA, 17 June 1851
Married (3) Lowten LOWTEN (d. NZ, 1891), Liverpool, England, 11 May 1882 (aged "56")
Died Napier, Hawkes Bay, NZ, 4 March 1887, aged "65"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Catherine+Huggins+Caparn+Foley+Lowten+c1822-1887 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FOLEY-Catherine-Caparn (shareable link to this entry)

FOLEY, Martha (Martha O'NEIL; Martha FOLEY; "Mrs. FOLEY")

Circus and equestrian performer

Born c. 1840; daughter of William O'NEIL and Mary ?
Married (? common law) William Henry FOLEY, ? Maitland, NSW, by c. 1859
Died Sydney, NSW, 7 April 1871, aged "31"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Martha+O'Neil+Foley+c1840-1871 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FOLEY-Martha (shareable link to this entry)

Documentation:

1845, marriage solemnized at St. Pancras Church in the parish of St. Pancras in the county of Middlesex; register 1845-47, page 162; London Metropolitan Archives, P90/PAN1/087

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/2310217:1623 (PAYWALL)

323 / [1845] Sep'r 17 / Daniel Caparn / full age / Bachelor / Broker / St. Pancras / [son of] John Caparn / Dead
Catherine Huggins / Full age / Spinster / - / St. Pancras / [daughter of] Benjamin Huggins / Gent. . . .

Hobart Town, VDL (TAS) (mid 1840s):

[Advertisement], The Courier [Hobart, VDL (TAS)] (5 August 1848), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2968444 

MRS. CAPARN, MILLINER and DRESS MAKER,
has REMOVED to No. 6, Liverpool-street, opposite C. T. Smith's, Esq., near the Domain Gate.
The fashions of London and Paris received monthly. Wanted an Improver and an Apprentice. August 2.

[Advertisement], The Courier (22 November 1848), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2967529 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that I will not be liable for any debts my wife Catherine Caparn may contract after this notice.
DANIEL CAPARN. Hobart Town, November 20, 1846.

"Shipping Intelligence. HOBART TOWN", The Britannia and Trades' Advocate (28 June 1849), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226536920 

26 - Sailed the brigantine John Bull, Robinson, for New Zealand and San Francisco. Passengers . . . Mrs. Caparn . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Daniel Caparn (1812-1851) sailed from Launceston for San Francisco on the David Malcolm on 12 September 1849, and was at Trinidad in April 1850; see "DEPARTURES", Launceston Examiner (12 September 1849), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36258382 

"DEATH", The Courier [Hobart, TAS] (19 July 1851), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2960555 

On the 6th of February, at the French Hotel, Honolulu, DANIEL CAPARN, aged about 40 years; the deceased was an Englishman. The wife of Mr. Caparn resides at San Francisco.

"DIED", The Cornwall Chronicle [Launceston, TAS] (19 July 1851), 452

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65575640 

On the 6th Feb., at Honolulu, Mr. Daniel Caparn. Mr. W. Jones, Watchmaker, has taken the orphan child of deceased.

ASSOCIATIONS: Charles Pearce Huggins, son of Catherine Huggins (no father registered), was baptised at St. Botolph's, Boston, Lincolnshire, England, on 15 June 1843; under his new guardian, he adopted the name Edward William Jones

California, USA (by 1850-51):

"Olympic Theatre - Farewell Benefit", Daily Alta California [San Francisco, CA, USA] (18 March 1850), 2

https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DAC18500318.2.5 

We would call the most particular attention of all who take the slightest interest in theatrical or equestrian entertainments, to the announcement of Mr. Rowe's farewell benefit. This event takes place this evening at the Olympic Amphitheatre, the building which Mr. Rowe himself established. Arriving at an unlucky season, when the rain king was in the ascendant, Mr. R. has had many difficulties to contend against. In the condition in which the city then was, people were delighted at the idea of there being any place of amusement opened and held out every encouragement to him. The houses were nightly filled and success seemed to be certain. The continuous rainy weather, however, effected an alteration, the houses fell off, but still the profits were sufficient to warrant him in renewing his exertions to please. A theatre was loudly called for, the people and the press favored the idea that a theatre was needed and would meet with the very best support. Mr. Rowe and his partner Mr. Long, determined, with the true American spirit, to be the first in the field and seize upon the very first available talent to meet the desires of the public. They closed their circus, built a stage, employed artisans of all kinds, engaged all the theatrical talent which was to be had and opened the theatre. Their first house was crammed and fortune seemed to smile. Sickness, disunion and many contretemps operated against them and their audiences fell off to such a degree that they were compelled to abandon the enterprise, after having spent a very large amount of money in the attempt. They have now determined to leave the city, and this week terminates their career in San Francisco. This evening Mr. Rowe makes his last appeal to his friends and the public, and offers his name for a farewell benefit. He offers all the equestrian attractions to be had. He appears himself in several of his most pleasing acts, and his graceful wife will also lend her aid . . . By way of a climax we would remark that Foley, the former clown of the Olympic has volunteered his services for this night and will appear as of old. As he was a great favorite while connected with the company we presume all the old habitues will be "a-round" . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Joseph Andrew Rowe (circus proprietor)

[Advertisement], Daily Alta California (30 April 1850), 3

https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DAC18500430.2.11.3

OLYMPIC AMPHITHEATRE REVIVED! A CARD. -
The subscriber having purchased the above well known establishment, and procured the best stud of California horses to be found in the country, which he flatters himself he has in perfect training, together with a new company, of male and female equestrians, all under his immediate direction, takes this opportunity of announcing to his friends, and the public in general, that this establishment will be re-opened, for the first time, on Saturday, 4th May, when he hopes to meet his old friends and patrons, whose former approbation he feels proud of and shall always endeavor to merit.
W. H. FOLEY, Manager and Proprietor.
[manicule] Musicians wanted - apply at the circus.

[Advertisement], Daily Alta California (6 November 1850), 3

https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DAC18501106.2.15.2 

FOLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE, [PORTSMOUTH SQUARE.]
W. H. FOLEY begs leave to inform the public that this Amphitheatre will be closed for fifteen days, in order to roof the building, when he will re-open with a Dramatic Company.
Actors may find an opportunity for a winter's engagement by applying as above.

"MARRIED", Sacramento Daily Union [CA, USA] (21 June 1851), 2

https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SDU18510621.2.8.1 

On Tuesday afternoon, June 17th. by Rev. J. A. Benton, Mr. W. H. FOLEY to Mrs. CATHARINE CAPARN, all of this city.

See also, "MARRIED", The Cornwall Chronicle [Launceston, TAS] (10 September 1851), 572

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65575532 

[Advertisement], Sacramento Daily Union (26 June 1851), 3

https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SDU18510626.2.10.1 

LEE'S EXCHANGE. GREAT NOVELTY: - Mr. WM. H. FOLEY
has the honor of announcing to the citizens of Sacramento City, that he has engaged and refitted the above saloon, for the purpose of exhibiting Mr. C. H. Thorne's great American Panorama of New York City, which was brought to this country at an enormous expense by C. R. Thorne, Esq., which will be exhibited in this city for four nights only, commencing on MONDAY EVENING, June 23d. as a previous engagement at San Francisco compels him to leave at that time.
Together with the above splendid Paintings, there will also be presented Songs, &c.
For particulars see bills of the day.

"THORNE'S PANORAMA OF NEW YORK CITY", Sacramento Daily Union (26 June 1851), 2

https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SDU18510626.2.3 

Quite a large and respectable audience attended the exhibition of this grand painting at Lee's Exchange, last evening. In addition to the Panorama, there was an exceedingly interesting entertainment got up in the way of singing and dancing. Mrs. Foley seemed to come in for a share of applause, and nearly all their efforts were encored. The company leave to-day, we understand, for Benicia. We hope they may be prospered with success, for Mr. and Mrs. Foley have passed through some very severe reverses in this country.

[Advertisement], San Joaquin Republican [CA, USA] (21 July 1852), 3

https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SRP18520721.2.9 

PHILADELPHIA CIRCUS. MR. WM. STONE'S
New and Splendid Philadelphia Circus will exhibit at Stockton for three days, commencing on Tuesday, July 20th, 1852 . . .
T he company consists of FORTY MEN AND HORSES and the performers, perfect masters of the equestrian profession, consist of the following gentlemen, whose artistic talent is unsurpassed -
W. NOBLES, MONS. DEGANGO, R. ROSSETTER, SEN. GONZALES, L. WILLIS, W. STONE, MASTER ST. CHARLES, GEO. DUNBAR,
W. H. FOLEY, J. BREWER, J. GARDNER, R. JONES. Mrs. W. H. FOLEY.
To give a good effect to the entertainment, a part of the PHILADELPHIA BRASS BAND have been engaged, and will play a great variety of the latest Airs, Overtures, &c. . . .
N. B. In connection with the above, the Sable Harmonists, consisting of the most talented Artists, will perform.
W. H. FOLEY, Manager.

"From the Sandwich Islands", Sacramento Daily Union (24 February 1853), 3

https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SDU18530224.2.13.1 

On the evening of Jan. 17th, a very neat banner was presented to the 1st Hawaiian Guard, by Mrs. Foley, of the Theater in Honolulu.

"Further News from the Sandwich Islands", Sacramento Daily Union (30 November 1853), 2

https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SDU18531130.2.14 

. . . Theatricals appear to be well patronised at Honolulu. Joe Downey, the comedian had a tine benefit on the night of the 24th ult., and was presented with a splendid gold watch. Mrs. Foley had a benefit on the 2d, and also received the present of a gold watch. Mrs. Fiddes, an English vocalist, gave a successful concert on the 2d inst. . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Joseph Tracy Downey (comedian); Harriet Fiddes (vocalist)

"SANDWICH ISLANDS", Empire [Sydney, NSW] (8 February 1854), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60149102 

We have received, by recent arrivals, a complete file of the Polynesian, extending to 22nd of November [1853] . . .
Foley's Varieties, also, has been constructed on King-street during the summer, and is a conspicuous object in that part of the town. It is now open for theatrical representations, and performances take place at present, three times a week . . .

Australia and New Zealand (from February 1854):

"SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE", The Moreton Bay Courier [Brisbane, NSW (QLD)] (11 February 1854), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3712361 

Feb. 16. Pau, schooner, 69 tons, Ottiwell, from Honolulu, via Rotumah. Passengers - Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Foley, Mr. C. Robinson and five children, Mrs. J. F. Downey, and three in the steerage.

"SHIPPING. ARRIVALS", The Sydney Morning Herald [NSW] (16 February 1854), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12952085 

FEBRUARY 15. - Souvenir, schooner, 69 tons, Captain Whitham, from Moreton Bay 8th instant. Passengers - Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Foley, Mrs. C. Robinson and 5 children, and Mr. Downey. Morris and Co., agents.

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (1 March 1854), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12955770 

MALCOM'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, York-street. - Immense attraction and crowded houses. -
Fourth appearance of Mr. W. H. FOLEY, and his celebrated mare Lucy.
Mr. Foley will on this occasion exhibit his feats of strength, and in the course of performance will lift 300 lbs. by the hair of his head - a feat never attempted in the colonies.
Grand Scenes of Equitation in the Arena, Concluding with the laughable burlesque of JACK THE GIANT KILLER.
Clown, Mr. Axtelle. JOHN MALCOM, Proprietor.

ASSOCIATIONS: Charles Axtelle (clown); John Malcom (proprietor); Malcom's Amphitheatre (Sydney venue)

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (17 March 1854), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12953778 

MALCOM'S ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AMPHITHEATRE, York-street . . .
St. Patrick's Night! St. Patrick's Night! Friday evening, March 17th, 1854, for the benefit of Miss Maria Louisa Fawcett.
Re-engagement of Mr. and Mrs. Foley, and the popular Yankee comedian, Joe Downey.
The evening's entertainment will commence with Miss M. L. Fawcett's evolutions on the tight rope; after which, Mr. W. H. Foley's celebrated trick mare Lucy, whose wonderful performance has been the theme of universal admiration . . .
Comic duet, Mr. and Mrs. Foley . . .
The whole to conclude with (for the first time at this theatre) the laughable farce of The New Footman . . .
Bobby, the new footman, Joe Downey; Miss Sourkroop, Miss M. L. Fawcett; Polly Picnic, Mrs. W. Foley.

ASSOCIATIONS: Maria Louisa Fawcett (circus performer, actor)

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (2 May 1854), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12959105 

MALCOM'S ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AMPHITHEATRE, York-street. -
Manager, Mr. W. H. Foley; Director, Mr. J. S. Noble; Clowns, Messrs. Downey and Axtelle.
On TUESDAY EVENING, 2nd May, 1854, the evening's entertainments will commence with a Grand Star and Waltz Entree,
by eight mounted cavaliers, concluding with a Hornpipe by the Mare Lucy . . .
Part II, will commence with a Medley Dance, Miss Howard. Duet, "I never told you when," Mr. and Mrs. Foley . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: John Sullivan Noble (circus proprietor)

"MALCOM'S AMPHITHEATRE", The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator [Sydney, NSW] (27 May 1854), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article251542322 

The performance of Mr. and Mrs. Foley, and the clever performers under their able management, continue to uphold the well-earned popularity which the Circus has obtained . . .

[Advertisement], The Hobarton Mercury [TAS] (6 September 1854), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3333868 

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. MR. F. B. WATSON, Lessee . . .
The Theatre will Open for the Season, on MONDAY EVENING, SEPT. 18, With entire New Scenery, Decorations, and Appointments . . .
The following Ladies and Gentlemen of well-known ability, have also been added to the many favourites of the old stock company:
MRS. FOLEY From the American Theatre, San Francisco . . .
Together with those old favourites MADAME CARANDINI AND MR. SEFTON PARRY,
Whose valuable services as Stage Manager and Actor he has permanently retained.
FULL PARTICULARS IN FUTURE ADVERTISEMENT.

ASSOCIATIONS: Feltham Bold Watson (manager); Maria Carandini (vocalist); Royal Victoria Theatre (Hobart venue); but there is no record of Catherine having actually performed in the season

"MISCELLANEOUS SHIPPING", The Hobart Town Advertiser [TAS] (7 November 1855), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article264635824 

. . . The steamer Zingari, Captain Millton, arrived in the Manukau, from the southward, on Sunday evening . . . The Zingari has brought a portion of a menagerie for exhibition; and an equestrian company, now performing at Nelson under the management of Mr. Foley, may, we are told, be speedily expected here. - New Zealander, Oct. 19.

"NEW ZEALAND (From the S. M. Herald Correspondent)", The Tasmanian Daily News [Hobart Town, TAS] (25 April 1856), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article202385262 

. . . The Otahuhu Race Meeting took place yesterday . . . A hack horse fell at the hurdle race, and broke its back. Its rider, who was Master Bird, of Foley's Circus, escaped unhurt . . . And the theatre, lately erected by Mr. Foley, after one or two eclipses, is again in full play. The building is large but badly arranged, although neat, airy, and presenting a very pretty appearance. The stage, and its appurtenances, is excellent, and with a little judgment and with small expenditure the house might be made commodious, convenient, and in every respect adequate to the dramatic requirements of Auckland. Mr. Foley, unfortunately, is not au fait in theatrical matters; and though in Mrs. Foley and Miss Glyndon he possesses actresses capable of imparting a lively interest to the general run of impersonations, he has neither the temper, the discrimination, or the judgment, to regulate a concern, which, in judicious hands would in all likelihood yield a profitable return.

ASSOCIATIONS: Emily Glyndon (actor);
see also a later report, "NEW ZEALAND", The Courier [Hobart, TAS] (6 September 1856), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2505591 

"MAITLAND . . . MR. FOLEY'S CIRCUS", Northern Times [Newcastle, NSW] (24 April 1858), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article128761400 

From Maitland proper during the week loud music has resounded, and at late hours there have been heard loud shouts of applause, which proceeded from a huge pavillion erected at the rear of the "Golden Fleece." On entering this pavillion on Thursday, we found an immense circus, some seventy feet in diameter, and some hundreds of people sitting around it, watching with interest the proceedings of the equestrians, dancers, contortionists, athletes, rope performers, and others who were exhibiting their agility, their grace, their strength, their nerve, and their general bodily accomplishments. Conspicuous amongst Mr. Foley's troupe stalked Mr. R. H. Osborne, the Clown of the circus . . . There are three ladies belonging to the circus - Madame Tournaire, who rides fearlessly and dances with graceful ease; Miss L. Gray, who executes a hornpipe most trippingly; and Mrs. Osborne, whose Highland fling charmed the Scotchmen present into ecstacies. Of the horses we need not speak; they are well trained, and the performances of Mr. Foley's mare "Lucy" are known over all the colonies. Attached to the circus is a numerous band under the guidance of M. Jullien, and they discourse most excellent music. During the week at Maitland the circus has been well attended, and on Tuesday evening next it will open in the paddock close to our office, when the inhabitants of the West can judge for themselves how worthy Mr. Foley and his companions are of public patronage.

ASSOCIATIONS: Robert James Osborne (comedian, clown); Mr. Julien (musician, leader)

[Advertisement], The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (8 July 1858), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18648355 

FOLEY'S AMERICAN AMPHITHEATRE, (Late American Circus), WEST MAITLAND.
THURSDAY, FRIDAY, AND SATURDAY EVENINGS . . .
First appearance of Mr. APPEL'S Celebrated BRASS BAND . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Conrad Appel (musician)

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald [NSW] (1 October 1859), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13031409 

VICTORIA THEATRE. - Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. SAMUEL COLVILLE . . .
will be thrown open ti the public for the season, commencing THIS EVENING, October 1 . . .
MR. AND MRS. CLARANTE HOLT HAVE BEEN ENGAGED FOR A FEW NIGHTS ONLY,
And will have the honor of appearing, supported by an efficient Corps Dramatique,
embraced in part by Mr. E. Holloway, Mr. R. Stewart, Mrs. Foley, her first appearance . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Samuel Colville (manager); Clarance and Marie Holt (actors); Edmund Holloway (actor); Richard Stewart (actor); Royal Victoria Theatre (Sydney venue)

"ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE", Empire [Sydney, NSW] (3 October 1859), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64090815 

. . . To-night, Mr. H. N. Warner, of whom report speaks highly, appears in "Hamlet;" supported by a Mrs. Foley as Ophelia . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Henry Neil Warner (actor)

"ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE", The Sydney Morning Herald (4 October 1859), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13031539 

. . . Yesterday evening, the celebrated Australian tragedian, Mr. Henry Neil Warner made a most successful appearance, in the last character of Hamlet and Mrs. Foley, a pleasing light comedy actress, made her debut in the Rough Diamond.

"NEW INSOLVENTS", The Age [Melbourne, VIC] (10 September 1861), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154899339 

William Henry Foley, of Raglan, equestrian performer. Debts, £117; assets, £10; deficiency, £107. Causes: From falling off in business from bad weather, and from pressure of creditors, one of whom has obtained a judgment against insolvent.

"CENTRAL POLICE COURT. THRUSDAY [17 November]", The Sydney Morning Herald (18 November 1870), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13208282 

Joel Foley, 9, was charged under the Industrial Schools Act, with having been found sleeping in the open air. The information on which the warrant issued was, this morning, made by his mother before Captain Scott. Constable Sprowle executed the warrant in the Police Office Building. Martha Foley deposed that the boy Joel is her son, that he is not yet nine years of age, and that she has no control over him, his father is a "professional", and is at Wagga Wagga; the boy runs from home, and remains out at night; on Sunday morning and again last night he was brought home by a constable, she can pay 2s. 6d. a week for his support. To be sent on board the Vernon.

ASSOCIATIONS: Joel Henry Foley, born Beaufort, VIC, 1861

"DEATHS", The Sydney Morning Herald (8 April 1871), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13210483 

On the 7th instant, at her residence, No. 2, Agnes-terrace, MARTHA FOLEY, equestrienne, aged 31.

"FUNERALS", The Sydney Morning Herald (8 April 1871), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13210490 

THE FRIENDS of Mr. EDWARD O'NEIL are respectfully invited to attend the Funeral of his deceased SISTER, Martha Foley; to move from her late residence, No. 2, Agnes-terrace, Victoria-street, Haymarket, on SUNDAY AFTERNOON, 9th instant, at a quarter-past 2 o'clock. THOMAS, Undertaker, 111, York-street.

1882, marriages solemnized at the Register Office in the parish of Liverpool in the county of Lancaster [England]; certified copy seen

No. 190 / [11 May 1882 / Lowten Lowten / 49 years / Bachelor / Ale and Porter Merchant / Glen Vale Fairfield / [son of] Thomas Lowten Lowten (deceased) / Gentleman
Lucy Catherine Foley / 56 years / Widow [sic] / - / Louth Lincoln / [daughter of] Benjamin Huggins (deceased) / Gentleman . . .

"ENTERTAINMENT", Waipawa Mail [NZ] (11 March 1884), 2

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAIPM18840311.2.6 

To-night Mr. and Mrs. Lowten Lowten, assisted by Mr. Murdoch, give an entertainment in the Oddfellows' Hall. Mr. and Mrs. Lowten Lowten appear in the comediettas "A Morning Call" and "A Pair of Pigeons," and in a scene from "The Hunchback." Recently these performers appeared at Napier, a local paper criticising them as follows: - "In all they did Mr. and Mrs. Lowten Lowten showed themselves clever comedians . . . Mrs. Lowten is a capable comedienne, with a light voice, good stage presence, and in each character her costumes were splendid specimens of elegant taste" . . .

"Brisbane Hospital", The Telegraph [Brisbane, QLD] (7 August 1885), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article174699225 

. . . W. H. Foley, aged 60 years, admitted 5th July, died 21st July, from apoplexy . . .

"DEATH", Daily Telegraph [Napier, NZ] (4 March 1887), 2

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DTN18870304.2.6 

LOWTEN. - On the 4th March, at her residence, Carlyle-street, Lucy Catherine (Kate) - the beloved wife of Lowten Lowten, aged 65 years. Liverpool (England) papers please copy . . .

"MUMMER MEMOIRS . . . (No. 144) (By 'Hayseed')", Sydney Sportsman [NSW] (7 December 1910), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166748823 

The veteran, Mr. Tom King, writes: - ". . .
"Mr. W. H. Foley in the Californian Circus was ringmaster. This Foley was the father of Kate and Johnny Foley, vaudeville performers. Mr. W. H. Foley died in Brisbane many years back . . ."

ASSOCIATIONS: Joseph Michael Forde ("Hayseed"); Thomas Lemon King (circus proprietor)

"OBITUARY. Mr. John D. Foley. WELL-KNOWN CHILDREN'S ENTERTAINER", Advocate [Burnie, TAS] (22 February 1934), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article68150601 

HOBART, Wednesday. - The death occurred suddenly at Hobart last evening of Mr. John D. Foley, well-known throughout Tasmania as an entertainer of young folks, whom he gladdened with the evergreen Punch-and-Judy show, songs at the piano, and humorous turns. He was an acrobat at the age of five, and was in the show business from circus to Shakespeare, all his life. He was one of the oldest Australian actors. His father, Mr. H. W. Foley, was the owner of Foley's Californian Circus, but at the age of seven the boy was put on the stage, appearing at the old Lyceum Theatre, Sydney, and he and his sister, as two child stars, travelled the whole of Australia and New Zealand with a supporting company, playing farce, comedy and drama . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: John William Driscoll Foley, the eldest surviving son of William and Martha Foley, was born at Raglan, near Beaufort, VIC, in 1860

Bibliography and resources:

William Henry Foley; Klee family history

http://genealogy.eproject.co.nz/foley_family_main/william_foley 

Notes that the earliest reference to Foley's career, was as a rider in La Forest's Equestrian Circus which visited Philadelphia in 1842 (Stuart Thayer, Annals of the American circus, vol. 2)

FOLLAND, Frank (Frank FOLLAND; stage name of Augustus Noel FOLLIN)

Actor, comedian, agent, manager

Born USA, 18 July 1827
Married Caroline A. REEDER, Cincinnati, 7 September 1847
Arrived Sydney, NSW, 16 August 1855 (per Fanny Major, from San Francisco, 6 June)
Departed Newcastle, NSW, 20 May 1856 (per Jane E. Falkenburg, for San Francisco
Died at sea (drowned), near Honolulu, 18 July 1856, aged "29" (on his birthday)

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Frank+Folland+1827-1856 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FOLLAND-Frank (shareable link to this entry)

Documentation:

"SHIPPING. ARRIVALS", The Sydney Morning Herald [NSW] (17 August 1855), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12973004 

August 16 - Fanny Major, American barque, 226 tons, Captain Hays, from San Francisco June 6, and Navigators Islands June 17. Passengers - Madame Lola Montez, Mrs. Fiddes, Misses Fiddes (2) . . . Messrs. Folland, James Simmonds, F. Jones, Napthali, Daniels, Hardinsank [sic] . . . and 8 in the steerage. Wilkinson, Brothers, and Co., agents.

ASSOCIATIONS: Lola Montez (dancer, actor); Harriet Fiddes (vocalist, actor); Josephine Fiddes (actor); James Simmonds (manager); George Washington Daniels (actor); Benjamin Napthali Jones (actor); Charles Eigenschenck (musical director);
and, concerning the company, see also Folland's letter,
"CORRESPONDENCE (To the Editor of the Age)", The Age [Melbourne, VIC] (17 September 1855), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154894552 

"SHIPPING", The Sydney Morning Herald [NSW] (23 September 1856), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28635636 

The Star King, Captain Turner, which arrived yesterday from San Francisco after a passage of only 40 days [reports that] . . . The Jane Ann Faulkenburg, hence, arrived on 25th July. It will be recollected that Madam Lola Montes left in this ship, and it appears that a few days before she arrived at San Francisco, her agent, Mr. Folland, jumped deliberately overboard, and was drowned. The cause had not transpired . . .

"NEWCASTLE [FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT] MAY 19TH, 1856", The Sydney Morning Herald (21 May 1856), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12980386 

Madame Lola Montes arrived here yesterday morning, in the Illalong steamer, from Sydney, and immediately proceeded on board the Jane E. Falkenburg, about to sail to-morrow morning for San Francisco. A thick fog had delayed the arrival of the steamer until about nine o'clock, about which time the sun also made his appearance. Lola came on shore in the afternoon, and under a strong escort of gentlemen Yankee skippers, and fellow passengers, ascended the hill near the landmark, which commands a prospect of many broad miles across the Pacific.

"MELANCHOLY CATASTROPHE", The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator [Sydney, NSW] (27 September 1856), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article251540994 

It will be in the recollection of our readers that a very excellent comedian, in the person of Mr. F. Folland, performed with Madame Lota Montez during her visits to this city. We regret much having now to record this gentleman's untimely death. Mr. Folland sailed from this colony with Madame Lola in the Jane Faulkenburg for San Francisco, and about the middle of July the vessel en route put into Honolulu for water. It appears that while at that port these visitors were invited to dinner on board a man of war lying there at that period, and it was after returning to his vessel that Folland slipped off the poop into the water, and was drowned. The vessel beating out of harbour at the time, and the night being dark, it was impossible to save him.

"MUSIC AND THE DRAMA IN AMERICA (Extracted from the Boston Satusrday Evening Gazette of Sept. 6) . . . LOLA MONTEZ", The Era [London, England] (28 September 1856), 12

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000053/18560928/031/0012 (PAYWALL)

Mr. Folland, an actor, who accompanied Lola Montes to Australia, was drowned on his birthday, the 18th of July last, one day's sail from Honolulu, on the return passage. The Golden Era says: "The admirers of the 'divine' Lola Montes will be pained to hear that the death of Folland, her agent, has nearly unsettled her reason. Ever since the sad event she has mourned and refused to be comforted. She says he was the first and only man she ever loved - which is quite complimentary to her two husbands - and will henceforth cast aside the foolish vanities of life and gather jewels, which rust not, and gold, which never perisheth. With this view she has disposed of the major part of her jewellery, and made extensive purchases of spiritual works. One of the best evidences that her anguish is real is that she no longer uses narcotics and stimulants. She has lost her taste for cigaritos and cobblers. - May she recover, and live to break a thousand hearts."

"MADAM LOLO MONTEZ", Sacramento Daily Union [CA, USA] (3 September 1856), 1

https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SDU18560903.2.3 

This strange, erratic woman, however much we may condemn her faults, has some noble traits, and if her tongue is sometimes too free with words out of place, yet all must admit that Lola's heart is big with noble instincts, and that her hand is not slow to its promptings. As an evidence of this, we learn, that she intends to dispose of her entire magnificent collection of diamonds, valued at from $15,000 to $20,000 by competent judges, for the benefit of the two orphan children, left by the sudden death of their father, Mr. Folland, who slipped from the side of the vessel into the sea, on the voyage from Australia to this port; Mr. F. was the agent of Lola, and was at the time of the unfortunate accident, accompanying her back from Australia. The sale will be made at auction, by Messrs. Duncan & Co., so as to afford all who may wish to do so, an opportunity to aid the helpless and the friendless.

[News], Nevada Journal [USA] (28 November 1856), 2

https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=NJNC18561128.2.16.5 

Lola Montez left on the steamer of the 20th for New York. The object if her visit East is to provide for the care and education of the orphan children of Mr. Folland, her former agent, drowned on the passage from Austraia to California.

Bibliography and resources:

Augustus Noel Follin (Frank Folland), Find a grave

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/260130076/augustus-noel-follin 

FOOTE, Mr. (M. FOOTE; Mr. FOOTE)

Musician, professor of the flute, flute player, flautist

Active Melbourne, VIC, 1856

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Mr+Foote+flute (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FOOTE-Mr (shareable link to this entry)

Documentation:

[Advertisement], The Argus [Melbourne, VIC] (13 February 1856), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4830658

M. FOOTE, Professor of the Flute, on Nicholson's principle, will give instructions on very moderate terms.
Reference to be made from nine to eleven and three to five (this week), to the Queen's Arcade Office.

ASSOCIATIONS: Charles Nicholson (English flute player)

[Advertisement], The Argus (29 March 1856), 10

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4834142

TILKES CITY HOTEL. Bourke street.
A GRAND SELECTION Of Vocal and Instrumental Music, (Solo and Concerted)
Will be given Every Evening in the New Splendid Music Saloon of the above Hotel by an efficient company.
The following artistes will have the honor of appearing -
VOCALISTS: Mr. J. W. Morgan, the eminent basso; Madame D. Butler, the celebrated soprano; Mr. Frank Martin, tenor.
INSTRUMENTALISTS - Violin, Mr. Clifford; Flute, Mr. Foote; Harp, Mr. J. Young; Concertina, Mr. George Clifford; Pianoforte, Mr. E. J. Piper.
Commence at Eight o'clock.

ASSOCIATIONS: J. W. Morgan (vocalist); Emily Butler (vocalist); Frank Martin (vocalist); Jacob Young (harp); George Clifford (concertina); Edward John Piper (pianist); Tilke's City Hotel (Melbourne venue)

[Advertisement], The Argus (4 April 1856), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4834659 

TILKES CITY HOTEL . . . Flute - Mr. Foote . . .

"THE LATE POISONING CASE", The Age (1 May 1856), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154863606 

We are informed upon good authority that Mr. Tilke, the proprietor of the Hotel and Dining Rooms which have been rendered so unhappily notorious during the last few days, intends shortly to give a grand vocal and instrumental Concert, for the benefit of the sufferers . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: William Tilke; see, "POISONOUS PEA-SOUP. EIGHT PERSONS POISONED", The Argus (26 April 1856), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4836459 

[Advertisement], The Age (7 May 1856), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154863362

CITY HOTEL, BOURKE STREET.
GRAND CONCERT, Under the Patronage of the Right Worshipful the Mayor.
A GRAND CONCERT will be held This evening, at Eight o'clock, at the City Hotel, on behalf of the necessitous sufferers by the late melancholy occurrence at that establishment.
The Committee are glad to announce that they have been promised the services of Mr. H. Johnson, and several members of the Band of the Fortieth Regiment.
PROGRAMME. Part 1st . . . Duett - Pianoforte and Flute - Messrs. Piper and Foote - Donizetti . . .
Part 2nd . . . Solo - Flute - Mr. Foote . . .

"CONCERT AT THE CITY HOTEL", The Age (8 May 1856), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154868247 

On Wednesday evening a concert which had been originated for the benefit of necessitous sufferers by the late unfortunate occurrence at this establishment, was held in the concert-hall of the hotel. The audience, which was numerous, and included a considerable number of ladies, certainly had the gratification of listening to one of the most pleasing concerts of miscellaneous music which have lately taken place in the city. The concert was got up by a committee of gentlemen, who took upon them the responsibility of providing a good entertainment, and of examining into the merits of such claims for assistance as might be preferred. The entertainment itself was the free offering of the artistes connected with the music-hall, and of several gentlemen, professional and amateur, who generously proffered their services . . . Mr. Foote's tasteful flute-playing, and Mr. Piper's pianoforte accompaniments, were also the theme of general admiration. An excellent band played at intervals throughout the evening . . .

FORD, Mr. (Mr. FORD)

Musician, pianist, manager

Active Sydney, NSW, 1856

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Mr+Ford+pianist (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FORD-Mr (shareable link to this entry)

Documentation:

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald [NSW] (27 September 1856), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12987300 

CROWN and KETTLE, York-street. - A Select CONCERT Every Evening, supported by Messrs. Smith, Braddon, and Campbell. Pianist, Mr. Ford, Admission free.

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (15 October 1856), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12987891 

CONCERT! CROWN and KETTLE, corner of Barrack and York streets. Admission free.
If you wish to spend a pleasant evening, drop in as above, and hear some of the best Comic and Sentimental Singers in Sydney.
Manager and pianist, Mr. Ford; assisted by Messrs. Smith, Braddon, Campbell, C. Johnson, Conran, &c., &c.

ASSOCIATIONS: Mr. Campbell (vocalist); Crown and Kettle (Sydney venue); Music on licensed premises (general); see also,
"OLD SYDNEY . . . 'Free and Easy' at the 'Crown and Kettle' . . . (BY 'OLD CHUM')", Truth [Perth, WA] (1 January 1910), 12

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207404431 

. . . Amongst the buyers in the neighborhood of York-street was Mr. J. K. Heydon, who built and extensive store on the corner of Barrack-street, opposite where stood the Crown and Kettle (in which, an old friend informs me, was a large concert-room, where "free and easy's" were carried on) . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Joseph Michael Forde ("Old Chun"); Free and easy (general)

FORD, A. F. (Mr. A. F. FORD; Mr. A. FORD; Mr. FORD)

Comic vocalist, agent

Active Sydney, NSW, 1853

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=A+F+Ford+agent (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

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Documentation:

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald [NSW] (2 September 1853), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12948579 

ROYAL HOTEL. MR. SINCLAIR has the honor to announce that he intends giving a
Vocal and Instrumental Concert, at the above Hotel,
on THURSDAY, September 8th, when he will be assisted by the following artistes:
Mrs. St. John Adcock, Miss Flora Harris, Mr. Roby, Mr. Ford, and Herr Hoffman.
A. F. FORD, Agent.

ASSOCIATIONS: Mr. Sinclair (vocalist); Flora Harris (vocalist); Mr. Roby (vocalist); Marianne Adcock (vocalist);
the concert was postponed to 12 September, and Adcock and Hoffman (otherwise unidentified) did not appear in the final advertisement

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (12 September 1853), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12948790 

ROYAL HOTEL. GRAND CONCERT. THIS EVENING, Monday, September 12th, 1853.
Miss Flora Harris, Mr. Sinclair (from the London and Provincial Theatres, his first appearance in this colony,)
Mr. John Howson, Mr. Roby, Mr. A. Ford, and Mr. Ferdinand Rosenstein, the celebrated Pianist.
MR. SINCLAIR begs to inform the public that his concert, which was postponed on Thursday Evening, in consequence of an accident in the family of Mrs. St. John Adcock, will positively take place THIS EVENING, when he hopes to meet with the same support so generously afforded him on that occasion.
Programme: - PART I:
Overture - Mr. Ferdinand Rosenstein
Ballad - The Voice that bids us Welcome
Home - Wrighton, - Mr. John Howson.
Ballad - In Happy Moments - Wallace - Mr. Roby
Ballad - There is a Flower that Bloometh - Wallace - Mr. Sinclair.
Ballad - Phoebe Morel - Miss Flora Harris.
Grand Scena - All is Lost Now - Bellini - Mr. John Howson.
Duet - Gently Sighs the Breeze - Miss Flora Harris and Mr. John Howson.
PART II.
Overture - Mr. Ferdinand Rosenstein.
Ballad - I Must Depart from Thee - Glover - Mr. Sinclair, first time in this colony.
Pestal - Mr. Roby.
Ballad - When we Recall the Happy Scenes - Balfe - Mr. John Howson.
Ballad - When I left my Norman Valleys - Meyerbeer - Miss Flora Harris.
Comic Song - Mr. Ford.
Recitative and Air - Death of Nelson - Braham - Mr. Sinclair.
Duet - What are the Wild Waves Saying - Miss Flora Harris and Mr. John Howson.
Tickets for front seats only, to be had at the Royal Hotel, and all principal music sellers. Admission - Front seats, 4s.; back seats, 3s. Commence at Eight o'clock precisely.

ASSOCIATIONS: Ferdinand Rosenstein (pianist); John Howson (vocalist)

FORD, Caroline (Caroline FORD; Miss FORD)

Amateur vocalist, chorus singer

Born Bristol, England, 1830; baptised SS. Philip and Jacob, Bristol, 17 January 1830; daughter of Thomas FORD (d. VIC, 1883) and Elizabeth CARRIER (d. VIC, 1878)
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, 17 July 1855 (per White Star, from Liverpool, 20 April)
Died Ivanhoe, VIC, 22 September 1900, aged "80/81"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Caroline+Ford+1830-1900 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

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FORD, Thomas (Thomas FORD; Mr. T. FORD; MR. FORD)

Musician, professor of music, tenor (alto) vocalist, pianist, organist, choral conductor, government singing master, singing class instructor

Born Bristol, England, 9 September 1831; baptised SS. Philip and Jacob, Bristol, 20 November 1831; son of Thomas FORD (d. VIC, 1883) and Elizabeth CARRIER (d. VIC, 1878)
Active Melbourne, VIC, by 1860
Died Ivanhoe, VIC, 19 June 1921, aged "89"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Thomas+Ford+1831-1921 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

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FORD, Alfred (Alfred FORD; Mr. A. FORD)

Amateur musician, tenor vocalist, notary public

Born Bristol, England, 1840; son of Thomas FORD (d. VIC, 1883) and Elizabeth CARRIER (d. VIC, 1878)
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, 17 July 1855 (per White Star, from Liverpool, 20 April)
Married Margaret Longmore Adam LAWRENCE (d. 1926), Melbourne, VIC, 7 January 1880
Died Ivanhoe, VIC, 31 August 1921, aged "80/81"

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Documentation:

Baptisms solemnized in the parish of Sts. Philip & Jacob in the county Bristol in the year 1830; bishop's transcripts, p. 110; Bristol Archives, Ep/V/4/42

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/2575131:61685 (PAYWALL)

No. 873 / 1830 17th of Jan'y / Caroline Daughter of / Thomas [and] Elisabeth [sic] / Ford / St. Philip / Porter . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Her parents Thomas Ford (d. VIC, 1883) and Elizabeth Carrier (d. VIC, 1878) had married at Temple church, Bristol, on 1 February 1829

Baptisms solemnized in the parish of Sts. Philip & Jacob in the county Bristol in the year 1831; bishop's transcripts, p. 100; Bristol Archives, Ep/V/4/42

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/2578013:61685 (PAYWALL)

No. 878 / 20th of Nov'r [1831] / Thomas son of / Thomas [and] Elizabeth / Ford / St. Philip's / Porter . . .

England census, 6 June 1841, St. Philip and St. Jacob, Bristol; UK National Archives, HO107/378/9/20/10/15

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/2229596:8978 (PAYWALL)

Mary Le-port place / Thomas Ford / 35 / Woolen Draper
Elizabeth / 36 // Caroline / 11 // Thomas / 9 // Lydia / 4 // Alfred / 8 months [all born in county]

ASSOCIATIONS: Lydia (mar. Thomas Morant, 1858; died VIC, 1916)

Names and descriptions of passengers per White Star, from Liverpool, 20 April 1855, for Melbourne, 17 July 1855; Public Record Office Victoria

https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3AFAF4A2-F96C-11E9-AE98-C1235E0566FF?image=214 (DIGITISED)

. . . Tho's Ford / 48 / Lab. // Elizabeth / 48 / Wife //
Caroline / 25 / Daur. // Lydia / 17 / Alfred / 13

[Advertisement], The Argus [Melbourne, VIC] (9 May 1860), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5682080 

MUSICAL UNION. "The CREATION."
Will be performed on THURSDAY NEXT At the George-street Chapel, Fitzroy.
Principal Vocalists: MISS OCTAVIA HAMILTON, Mr. Beaumont, Mr. S. Angus, Mr. Juniper.
Conductor - Mr. G. Pringle. Principal Violin - Mr. A. J. Leslie.
Reserved Seats, 3s.; Unreserved, 2s.; Gallery 1s.
MUSICAL UNION, Fitzroy. - GRAND CHORAL REHEARSAL THIS EVENING, in National Hall, King-William-street, Brunswick-street.
MUSICAL UNION. - FULL CHORAL REHEARSAL THIS EVENING, at 8 o'clock, in the National Hall, King-William-street, Brunswick-street, Fitzroy.
THOMAS FORD. Hon. Sec.

ASSOCIATIONS: Octavia Hamilton (vocalist); Armes Beaumont (vocalist); Silvanus Angus (vocalist); William Juniper (vocalist); George Robert Grant Pringle (conductor); Alexander J. Leslie (violin); Musical Union (association);
for a review of the concert, see "THE MUSICAL UNION", The Age (11 May 1860), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154844048 

[Advertisement], The Argus (30 May 1860), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5683369 

ORPHEUS UNION - REHEARSAL THIS EVENING, at 8 o'clock Thos. Ford, Hon Sec.

ASSOCIATIONS: Orpheus Union (association)

[Advertisement], The Argus (29 September 1860), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5690672 

MUSICAL UNION, A GRAND CONCERT, In AID of the FUNDS Of the INDUSTRIAL HOME,
In connection with the LADIES' BENEVOLENT SOCIETY,
Will be given in the EXHIBITION BUILDING On THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 4,1860 . . .
THOMAS FORD, Hon. Sec.

ASSOCIATIONS: Exhibition Building (Melbourne venue)

"THE MILITARY CONCERT ON SATURDAY NEXT. To the Editor of . . .", The Herald (18 January 1861), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article244310461 

. . . on Saturday next . . . a Military Concert is to be given in aid of the funds of the Benevolent Asylum, from three to six o'clock, in the Botanic Gardens . . .
THOS. FORD. Richmond, 16th January, 1861.

ASSOCIATIONS: Botanic Gardens (Melbourne venue)

[Advertisement], The Argus (13 February 1861), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5697568 

ORPHEUS UNION. - FULL REHEARSAL THIS EVENING, 8 o'clock precisely. THOS, FORD, Hon. Sec.

[News], The Argus (13 June 1861), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5701026 

The Orpheus Union, who have hitherto been content with taking part in occasional concerts in which they have, however, been most warmly appreciated, gave, last evening, the first of a series of musical entertainments, in the Mechanics' Institute. The hall was well filled, as the prices were fully equal to those charged for first-class concerts, the society may congratulate themselves on the interest displayed by public in their initiatory effort. The programme consisted almost entirely of part songs, from Mendelssohn, a couple of instrumental trios, a quartet and chorus from Beethoven, and hunting chorus from Weber's "Euryanthe" . . . Misses Griffiths, Mortley, and Beaumont, were quite successful in Henry Smart's pretty trio, "Rest thee on this mossy pillow" and Mrs. Fox, Master Cooke, and Messrs. A. Ford and Angus won equally so in Pohlenz's part song "The swallows" . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Mary Ann Griffiths (vocalist, later Mrs. Perraton); Sarah Mortley (vocalist); John James Cook (vocalist); Mechanics' Institution (Melbourne venue)

[Advertisement], The Argus (25 July 1861), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5702359 

MUSICAL UNION - REHEARSAL THIS EVENING. Band at 7, Mozart's Symphony in D. Chorus at 8, Mendelsohn's St. Paul. THOMAS FORD, Hon. Sec.

[Advertisement], The Argus (9 October 1861), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5704839

MUSICAL UNION.- The MESSIAH will be REHEARSED on Thursday, at 8 precisely, for concert to be given at the Theatre Royal, in connection with Lyster's Grand Opera Company.
Band at 7. Mozart's Symphony in D. THOMAS FORD. Hon. Sec.

ASSOCIATIONS: Lyster Opera Company (troupe); Theatre Royal (Melbourne venue)

[News], The Argus (12 September 1862), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5721984 

A grand concert is to take place this (Friday) evening, in St. Peter's school-room, Eastern-hill, at eight o'clock, when a selection of sacred music will be performed by the choir of the church; and, considering that the same is entirely new in Victoria, a great treat may be expected. The principal performers viill be Miss Octavia Hamilton, Miss Mortly, Miss Young, Mr. A. E. Beaumont, Mr. T. Ford, Mr. A. Ford, Master John Cook, Mr. S. Moxon, Mr. T. H. Davis, assisted by Mr. G. R. Pringle, the organist.

ASSOCIATIONS: Septimus Moxon (vocalist); Thomas Holme Davis (vocalist, see also October 1864 below); St. Peter's church (Melbourne)

[News], The Argus (18 September 1862), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5722260 

The members of the Orpheus Union gave the first concert of their second season at the Mechanics' Institution, Melbourne, last night, and it passed off with great eclat. The society was established for the purpose of cultivating a taste for part-singing, and the programme comprised a selection of part songs and madrigals by Mendelssohn, Hiller, Kücken, Hartel, and other composers. Though the strength of the performers was not numerically large, there being only about twenty, the voices were evenly balanced, and were quite sufficient for the dimensions of the room . . . Some of the selections were encored, including "The Wreath," a madrigal by Jules Benedict, and "Tears of Anguish," a canzonetta by Reichardt, which was one of the gems of the evening. The solo part in the canzonetta was taken by Mr. S. Angus, and in some of the other pieces solos were sustained by Miss Mortley, Mr. E. A. Beaumont, Mr. Ford, Mr. Amery, Mr. Adams, Mr. Davis, and Master Cook . . . We must not omit to mention that Mr. S. Kaye, to whom a large portion of the credit for the successful manner in which the vocalists acquitted themselves belongs, officiated as the conductor of the concert, and performed his onerous duties very satisfactorily.

ASSOCIATIONS: Edwin Amery (vocalist); Samuel Kaye (conductor)

"THE ORPHEUS UNION. SECOND CONCERT", The Herald (6 November 1862), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article244406131 

The members of the Orpheus Union gave their second concert of the season, last night, at the Town Hall, Prahran. The audience was numerous and fashionable . . . Beethoven's vesper hymn was meritoriously rendered by Miss Mortley, the Messrs. Ford and Mr. Angus, assisted by the choir, who sang with praiseworthy evenness . . . Kucken's famous part song, "The Young Musicians," was excellently rendered, Mr. Ford, whose voice has much improved since we last heard him, especially distinguishing himself in the tenor solo . . . A part song, "How can the birds help singing," and "A Soldier's Love," in which Mr. Ford was assisted by the chorus with a correctness, evidently the result of careful rehearsals and careful study . . . It is due to the conductor, Mr. S. Kaye, and the members of the Musical Union to add in conclusion, that there is a marked improvement observable in their performance last night compared with previous concerts given by that body . . . The proceeds of the concert will be devoted to the purchase of a harmonium for All Saints Church, Prahran.

ASSOCIATIONS: Prahran Town Hall (venue)

"TOWN TALK", The Herald (23 December 1862), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article244406058 

Last evening a conversazione and concert was given in the Trades' Hall, Sandridge, in aid of the funds of Trinity Church. There was a large and respectable attendance, T. Swallow, Esq., presiding. The musical portion of the entertainment comprised a selection of sacred and secular pieces, sustained by Miss Octavia Hamilton, Miss Liddle, Master A. Ford [sic] and Mr. Brown, Mr. P. C. Plaisted presiding at the pianoforte. In the sacred selections, the pieces most favourably received were the air from the "Elijah," "Rest in the Lord," by Mr. A. Ford, and the trio, "Lift thine eyes," from the same oratorio, by Miss Hamilton, Miss Liddle, and Mr. Ford. During the evening readings from "David Copperfield" were given by Mr. James Smith . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Philip Charles Plaisted (piano); Maggie Liddle (vocalist); James Smith (reader)

"NEWS OF THE DAY", The Age (7 April 1863), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154963536 

The Easter Soiree and Ball of the Musical Union, was held last night at Hockin's Assembly Rooms . . . The first part of the evening was occupied with musical selections, and a number of part songs and solos were very nicely sung. The ladies who distinguished themselves in the latter class, were Miss O. Hamilton, Miss Mortley, Miss Ford, and Miss James, Mr. G. R. G. Pringle wielded the baton, and some of the concerted pieces proved very effective . . . During the evening the company had an opportunity of examining a variety of specimens of the fine arts, most of which were lent by Mr. T. Ford for the purpose . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Marie James (vocalist); Hockin's Rooms (Melbourne venue)

"ELIJAH", The Age (4 April 1863), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154965098 

The performance of the oratorio of "Elijah," at the Theatre Royal last evening, attracted an overflowing house. Long before the doors were opened the entrance to the theatre was crowded, and, when admittance was given, the vacant seats were few and far between . . . After the announcements that have appeared it is hardly necessary to say that the performance was by the Musical Union, in conjunction with Mr. Farquharson, the band and chorus numbering between 150 and 200 performers. Mr. Farquharson, as might be expected, sang the music of Elijah, Miss Octavia Hamilton was soprano, Mr. A. Ford tenor, and Miss Mortley and Miss Beaumont took the other prominent parts. The first part of the performance noticeable was the air, by Mr. Ford, "If with all your hearts you truly seek me," which was very well rendered. This gentleman has a good and well trained voice for an amateur, although rather deficient in strength . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Robert Farquharson (vocalist); Mary Sophia Beaumont (vocalist, later Mrs. Schaw, as see below)

[News], The Argus (14 December 1863), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5740913 

An open-air concert was given on Saturday afternoon, in the Botanic Gardens, in aid of the Melbourne Orphan Asylum. The following artist kindly volunteered their services: - Vocalists - Madame Carandini, Miss Octavia Hamilton, Miss Mortley, Miss M. Liddle, Mr. Walter Sherwin, Mr. Alfred Ford, and Mr. Amery; solo oboe, Herr Schott; pianist and musical director, Mr. C. E. Horsley. The new military brass band recently organised by Mr. Siede was also engaged, and made its first public appearance . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Maria Carandini (vocalist); Walter Sherwin (vocalist); James Arthur Schott (oboe); Charles Edward Horsley (piano, director); Julius Siede (master); Head-Quarters Band (volunteer forces)

"IMPORTANT TO MUSICIANS", Leader (29 October 1864), 4

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A case of considerable importance to musical associations was decided by his Honor Judge Pohlman, in the county court, on Thursday. Mr. C. H. Compton, the well-known musician, and lately conductor of the Melbourne Orpheus Union, sued Mr. T. H. Davis, the secretary of that association, for the sum of £150, damages for wrongful dismissal from its service . . . Mr. Thomas Ford stated that he was the hon. secretary of the Orpheus Union at the date of the appointment of the plaintiff as conductor . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Charles Henry Compton (musician)

Teacher record, Thomas Ford, singing master, from 1 November 1864; Public Record Office Victoria

https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3AD4CF65-F7E4-11E9-AE98-6517940DFA17?image=192 (DIGITSED)

Ford, Thomas / Born 9 Sep. 1831 / Singing Master 23 Feb. '65
[1 November 1864] Singing Master II Class License
[2 April 1874] Certified Teacher of Singing . . .
Order in Council for the promotion of Thomas Ford to the position of Senior Teacher of Singing . . . from 1st July 1888 . . .

[Advertisement], Maryborough and Dunolly Advertiser [VIC] (5 July 1865), 3

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GREAT ATTRACTION. Positively for One Night only.
On Wednesday, the 6th July, MR. SCHOTT and Company will give
A MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT, AT THE GOLDEN AGE, MARYBOROUGH,
On which occasion the following celebrated Artistes will appear -
Miss Octavia Hamilton,
MR. J. H. SUTCLIFFE, The celebrated Baritone,
MR. ALFRED FORD, Principal Tenor to the Orpheus Society,
MR. THOMAS FORD, Principal Alto to the Orpheus Society,
INSTRUMENTALISTS: Mr. J. SCHOTT, Oboe and Pianoforte.
MR. ERNEST KING, Principal Violin, and Pupil of Herr Strebinger . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: John H. Sutcliffe (vocalist); Ernest King (violinist); Frederick Strebinger (violinist, teacher); Golden Age Concert Hall (Maryborough venue)

[News], Maryborough and Dunolly Advertiser (5 July 1865), 2

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A select but not very numerous audience assembled at the Golden Age Hall, on Wednesday evening, on the occasion of a vocal and instrumental concert by a very talented company, consisting of Miss Octavia Hamilton, and Messrs. Ford, King, Sutcliffe, and Schott. The concert opened with selections from Verdi's "Il Trovatore," admirably rendered by Mr. Schott and Mr. Ernest King, pianoforte and violin. Messrs. A. Ford and Sutcliffe sang a very pleasing duet, after which Miss Hamilton delighted the audience with Hatton's charming ballad, "Good-bye, Sweetheart, good-bye" . . . The "Frog Cantata" by the company, both musical and amusing, and was loudly applauded. The second part of the entertainment was of the same pleasing character; it included the song "Good Night Beloved," by Mr. A Ford, a sweet tenor, the "Gipsies Laughing Trio," and another extraordinary oboe performance by Mr. Schott. The concert was decidedly the best we have heard in Maryborough for a long time, and was worthy of a better attendance.

"THE EASTER HOLIDAYS. GOOD FRIDAY . . . THE ORPHEUS UNION CONCERT", The Australian News for Home Readers (25 April 1866), 10

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The second annual sacred concert of the Orpheus Union was given at the Theatre Royal in the evening. As might have been expected, the house was well filled in every part. The principal vocalists were Miss Watson, Mrs. Fox, Mrs. Perryman, Miss Liddle, Mr. A. Ford and Mr. Angus. Every justice was done to Mozart's grand mass, No. 12, which of itself formed the first part of the programme. A miscellaneous selection from the oratorios and sacred compositions of Handel, Haydn, Mendelssohn, and C. E. Horsley followed . . . The trio "How Amiable are thy Tabernacles" was very well sung by Miss Liddle, Miss Watson, and Mr. A. Ford . . . Mr. C. E. Horsley acted as conductor; and Mr. David Lee presided at the organ.

ASSOCIATIONS: Bertha Watson (vocalist); Sarah Hannah Fox (vocalist); David Lee (organ)

[News], The Argus (15 August 1866), 5

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A very successful concert, in aid of the fund for painting St. Mary's Schools, was given last night at Hotham, by the church choir, who were assisted by Mrs. Perraton and several other amateurs . . . Messrs. A. Ford, Beaumont, Lawrence, and Downes all rendered good service. Mr. T. Ford acted as pianist, and the duties of conductor were ably discharged by Mr. H. Hayward, the organist of St. Mary's.

ASSOCIATIONS: William Henry Hayward (organist)

[Advertisement], The Argus (25 March 1867), 8

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MR. THOMAS FORD, professor of music and teacher of singing,
having recovered from his late Illness, will RESUME TEACHING on and after Monday, 26th inst.
Professional communications to care of Mr. W. H. Glen, music seller, Collins-street, Melbourne.

"GENERAL NEWS", The Telegraph, St Kilda, Prahran and South Yarra Guardian (1 June 1867), 3

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Mr. Thomas Ford has been unanimously elected conductor of the Orpheus Union in the place of Mr. C. E. Horsley.

[Advertisement], The Argus (3 July 1867), 8

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MR. PRINGLE'S SINGING CLASSES, Mechanics' Institution.
Mr. THOMAS FORD, conductor of the Orpheus Union and professor of singing at Wesley College, having arranged with Mr. Pringle for continuing the above classes, respectfully invites the attendance of the members and other ladies and gentlemen desirous of joining, at the Mechanics' Institution, on Wednesday evening, at half past 7 o'clock, when Mr. Pringle will introduce Mr. Ford to the members.

[Advertisement], The Argus (7 October 1867), 8

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MR. THOMAS FORD'S SINGING CLASSES, Mechanics' Institution, Wednesday Evenings-Elementary, half-past 7; Advanced Class, half-past 8 o'clock.
A Concert, consisting of glees, songs, part songs, and madrigals, will be given by the members on Wednesday evening, October 9 . . .

"THE ORPHEUS UNION CONCERT", The Argus (15 October 1867), 7

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After a long and unexplained silence, the Orpheus Union gave last night the third concert of the season, leaving on the minds of the audience at its conclusion a sentiment of thankfulness that this excellent little society still remains intact. Were there a dissolution, it would be greatly missed, for it has a sphere of large usefulness to occupy, not only in nourishing a love of part-singing, which is apt to be too much neglected in favour of more pretentious displays, but in supplying a want only partially met by the "philharmonic" associations of the metropolis. We may then sincerely congratulate the Union upon its re-appearance, and hope that, under the able conductorship of Mr. T. Ford, its future career will increase its credit.

"RECEPTION OF THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH", The Argus (21 November 1867), 5

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. . . The children of the Emerald-hill schools, numbering upwards of two thousand, assembled on the magnificent platform prepared for them on Friday afternoon last, and rehearsed the National Anthem, under the conductorship of Mr. Thomas Ford. The children sang with much spirit and great precision of time. Mr. Ford has announced two other grand rehearsals for this afternoon and tomorrow, in order that every success may attend the demonstration . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Alfred (royal visitor)

"CARLTON HOUSE SCHOOL, ST. KILDA", The Age (20 December 1867), 5

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The examination of the pupils attending this school came off on Wednesday evening, and was a marked success . . . Songs, under the conductorship of Mr. Thomas Ford, the singing-master, diversified the proceedings . . .

[Advertisement], The Argus (13 January 1868), 8

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MR. THOMAS FORD'S SINGING CLASSES, Mechanics' Institution, Melbourne. -
Members are respectfully requested to attend on Wednesday evening next, January 15, 1868.
Elementary class, half-past 7; advanced class, half-past 8 o'clock precisely.

"THE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY'S CONCERT", The Argus (25 November 1868), 5

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Last night the Philharmonic Society gave their fourth subscription concert of the season in St. George's-hall . . . The subject of the concert was Handel's "Samson," a work which has not been performed, as far as we remember, by this society, since the year 1855; and then it was not given in its integrity . . . The band was small, and deficient in strings as usual; otherwise it was effective, under the leadership of Mr. E. King. Mr. Lee appeared to combine in himself the two offices of conductor and organist; for he not only accompanied such of the recitatives as were not intended for the orchestra, but he frequently employed the harmonium (conveniently placed before his rostrum) to some extent as a ripieno instrument in several of the airs and choruses. We say, to some extent, because he played with his left hand only, his right being occupied with the baton . . . Mr. Alfred Ford sustained the part of Samson exceedingly creditably. He wants power, however, and sometimes he is disposed to indulge in what may be called a "fusion" of notes; the very opposite of that articulation which is so necessary for the production of a good effect. His great song, "Total eclipse," was sung correctly, but entirely without feeling. His voice is too small for such an air as "Why does the God of Israel sleep?" The vocal exercise part, as one may call it, of this song was too much for him; but this may attributed to its having been taken too fast . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Edward King (leader, violin); Melbourne Philharmonic Society (association); St. George's Hall (Melbourne venue)

[Advertisement], The Herald (17 July 1869), 3

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WESLEYAN CHURCH EMERALD HILL. OPENING OF THE NEW ORGAN ON SUNDAY, 18th JULY . . .
On TUESDAY EVENING, 20th JULY . . . A PUBLIC MEETING Will be held in the Church . . .
A SELECTION OF SACRED MUSIC Will be performed by the following ladies and gentlemen: -
Mrs. Fox, Mrs. Trowell, Mrs. Schaw, Master King, Mr. Beaumont, Mr. Vines, Mr. Downes,
Miss Watson, Miss Cole, Miss Bassett, Mr. A. Ford, Mr. Madden, Mr. Trowell, Mr. King,
Miss Ford, Miss Budden, Miss King, Mr. Exon, Mr. Juniper, Mr. Raymemt, and Mr. Danks, assisted by the church choir.
Mr. G. R. G. Pringle will preside at the organ.
Conductor, Mr. Thomas Ford . . .

[News], The Argus (21 July 1869), 5

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A tea-meeting was held last evening on the occasion of the opening of the new organ, which has been built by Mr. Fincham, of Richmond, for the Emerald-hill Wesleyan congregation . . . After tea, a concert of sacred music was given in the church. The building, which has sittings for nearly a thousand persons, was well filled, and the admission fees, together with the collection made during the evening, must have afforded a handsome sum towards reducing the debt existing on the organ . . . Among the singers present were Mesdames Fox and Schaw, and Messrs. Exon, Madden, and A. Ford . . . The chorus, which was composed of the church choir, supplemented by a few extra voices, did the work allotted to it with praiseworthy vigour and unison, and showed that a great deal of preparatory training and rehearsal had been undertaken by its conductor, Mr. Thos. Ford.

ASSOCIATIONS: George Fincham (organ builder)

"THE WESLEYAN CHURCH, EMERALD HILL", Record [Emerald Hill, VIC] (22 July 1869), 3

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. . . At the close of the concert, a vote of thanks was accorded to . . . Mr. Pringle, Mr. Thos. Ford (the future organist of the church) and the various ladies and gentlemen who so kindly gave their valuable assistance on that occasion.

"HORSLEY AND KENDALL BENEFIT CONCERT", The Argus (29 August 1870), 7

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It is likely that the evening of Saturday, the 27th August, will be long remembered as the occasion on which the largest number of paying people ever assembled together in this city for the purpose of listening to a musical entertainment . . . On Mr. Horsley presenting himself at the conductor's desk he was greeted with great cheering. Previously to the commencement of the concert an interesting ceremony took place, in the presentation of a very elegant baton of silver, ornamented with gold leaves, on which were inscribed the names of the principal works of the composer, "Euterpe" being the last. As the presentation and reply were carried on in dumb-show-in consequence of the overpowering murmur of the audience we reproduce them here for the benefit of such readers as are interested. The address was read by Mr. Thomas Ford, a member of the committee . . .
The cantata "Euterpe," as a composition, was noticed by us at length on its first production, a few weeks since, so that we need on this occasion do little more than comment on the manner of its performance . . . The leading voices engaged in the production of the cantata were those of Madame Simonsen, Miss Lucy Chambers, Mr. Beaumont, Mr. A. Ford, and Mr. E. Amery. The No. 2 quartette and chorus, "When in her sacred fanes," was a failure, Mr. A. Ford omitting to put in an appearance in consequence, we were told, of being unable to extricate himself in time from the crowd by which he was surrounded, it was, however, performed in a manner . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Henry Kendall (librettist); Lucy Chambers (vocalist); Melbourne Town Hall (venue)

"THE TOWN HALL CONCERT", The Age (29 August 1870), 3

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. . . Mr. T. Ford, in the first place, came forward, and amid a good deal of uproar and some counter demonstrations from one particular part of the hall, read the address, which was as follows: -
Melbourne, 27th August, 1870. - To Charles Edward Horsley, Esq., &c, &c. -
Dear Sir, - We, the undersigned members of the committee appointed there for, have much pleasure in requesting your acceptance of the accompanying baton, subscribed for jointly by the ladies of the Melbourne Exhibition Chorus, in 1867, and by the choral members of the Horsley and Kendall grand complimentary concert . . . We are, dear sir, most faithfully yours,
Ellen King, Caroline Ford, Mary Hoskins, S. Jenny Fischer,
Alfred Ford, Thomas Ewart, E. V. Llewelyn, Jos. Brownhill, V. W. Wenborn, H. A. Henderson,
Thomas Ford (treasurer, &c.), Edward Wild (chairman), David Gaunson (hon. secretary) . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Jenny Fischer (member); Thomas Ewart (member)

"PUBLIC SCHOOLS UNITED SPEECH DAY", The Herald (19 December 1870), 3

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The new town-hall, at two o'clock this afternoon, presented a scene of the most animated description . . . the occasion of the brilliant gathering being the speech-day of the three following scholastic institutions, - the Scotch and Wesley Colleges and the Grammar School . . . The proceedings were commenced by the pupils singing a hymn to the tune "Nun Danket Alle Gott," and accompanied by the organ . . . Mr. H. King presided at the organ, and Mr. Ford, singing-master of the Scotch College, acted as conductor of the musical portion of the proceedings . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Henry John King senior (organ)

[News], The Argus (13 September 1872), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5838688

The opening of the new organ at the Wesleyan Church, Emerald-hill, took place on Wednesday night, before a numerous assemblage . . . There was a chorus of about 35 voices, mostly of a good stamp. Their contributions, together with various duets, trios, and quartetts by the leading voices, made up the rest of a very respectable concert of sacred music. Mr. Thomas Ford was the conductor.

"SINGING IN STATE SCHOOLS", The Age (12 April 1878), 3

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. . . There appears to be a general agreement that the tonic numeral system should be the system adopted in State schools, and the remarks made by Messrs. Bonwick, Allan, and Ford on this point are so forcible that we reproduce their report on that head, together with observations made by them regarding work done and mode of payment: -
There can be no doubt but that in our schools only one system of teaching vocal music should be tolerated. The importance of this was some years ago acknowledged, when it was ordered that the tonic numeral system only should be used. But of late a diversity of practice has gradually crept in, and the desired uniformity lost. And with respect to systems, there are in reality only two, that of Mr. Hullah being virtually abandoned by himself. These are the tonic sol-fa and the tonic numeral systems; and of these two we are decidedly of opinion that a far greater result can be produced in a given time with the numeral than with the sol-fa system. And the reason for this is self-evident. The sol-fa are mere arbitrary syllables, having no necessary or natural connection with what they are intended to represent . . . Now, with the numeral system some of these difficulties are altogether avoided, and others reduced to a minimum . . .
- WALTER BONWICK, J. H. ALLEN, THOS. FORD.

ASSOCIATIONS: Walter Bonwick (singing master); John Harward Allen (singing master); Tonic sol fa system (general)

[News], The Argus (8 May 1878), 5

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The members of the South Melbourne Glee and Madrigal Society, under their conductor, Mr. Thomas Ford, gave their third concert and social evening last night in the Masonic-hall, Ferrars-street, Emerald-hill . . .

"Marriages", The Argus (17 January 1880), 1

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FORD - LAWRENCE. - On the 7th inst., at the residence of the bride's parents, by the Rev. Adam Cairns, D.D., Alfred Ford, youngest son of Thomas Ford, Esq., of Albert-park, to Maggie Longmore Adam only daughter of James Lawrence, Esq., of Melbourne.

[Advertisement], The Argus (6 February 1880), 8

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INTERCOLONIAL JUVENILE INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION, Eastern Market, Bourke street.
Open Daily from 11 a.m. to 5.30, and from 7.30 to 10 p.m.
GRAND PART SONG CONCERTS, By the State School Scholars of the Emerald-hill, Sandridge, and South Yarra districts. 350 Voices.
Conductor, Mr. Thomas Ford.
FRIDAY, 6th FEBRUARY, 1880,
AFTERNOON CONCERT at 3 p.m.
EVENING CONCERT at 8 p.m.
PROGRAMME.
1. Part Song, "Winter School Song" - Hullah.
2. Part Song, "The Mill Wheel" - German.
3. Part Song, "Come to the Hills Away" - A. Hume.
4. Part Song, "The Lurly" - German.
5. Part Song, "Float Away" - German.
6. Part Song, "Farewell" - German.
7. Part Song, "The Village Chorister" - J. Moschelles.
Interval of Five Minutes
8. Chorus, "Victorian National Anthem" - J. Summers.
9. Part Song, "The Plough Boy" - Hullah.
10. Round, "The Clock" - Anon.
11. Part Song, "Christmas" - Murley.
12. Part Song, "Good Night" - Anon.
God Save the Queen . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Joseph Summers (composer)

"MELBOURNE NEWS", Mount Alexander Mail [Castlemaine, VIC] (28 June 1892), 3

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The following officers and teachers in the Education Department nave been notified that they must retire on June 30th, in consequence of having passed the statutory age [of 60 years] . . . Thos. Ford, singing master; Henri W. Rixton, singing master . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Henri W. Ruxton [sic] (singing master)

"DEATHS", The Age (24 September 1900), 1

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FORD. - On the 22nd September, at Darebin-road, Ivanhoe, Caroline, the beloved sister of Thomas and Alfred Ford, aged 71 years.

"SIDELIGHTS ON THE SIXTIES. By A. W. GREIG", The Argus (5 December 1916), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2092372

. . . Among those classes for whom these forms of amusement had no attraction we find at this time a widespread interest in the cultivation of vocal and instrumental music. The Philharmonic Society was already an institution of some years' standing; while in the late fifties various suburban singing classes and glee clubs had come into being. In 1860 a "Musical Union" which strove to foster the formation of a good amateur orchestra, and an "Orpheus Union", in which part-singing was to have its highest development, began their closely-associated career, Mr. Thomas Ford, who is still enjoying a green old age amongst us, being honorary secretary of both bodies. It is noteworthy that at the first public concert given by the Musical Union, on May 10, 1860, when the "Creation" was produced in a church in George street, Fitzroy, the tenor soloist was a young clerk of 17 or 18, named Edward Armes Beaumont, who shortly afterwards was to enter upon a career as an operatic singer, which terminated recently enough to make it a sort of connecting link between present and past generations of music-lovers . . . The Orpheus Union practised for about twelve months in private before venturing to invite public criticism. On February 27, 1861, they took part in a concert given in the Mechanics' Institute (now the Athenaeum), in Collins-street, before an audience consisting of the Governor (Sir Henry Barkly), Lady Barkly, and "nearly all the professional celebrities and well-known amateurs and musical connoisseurs in the city". Mr. Ford's recollections of this occasion are interesting. The first item, rendered by the part-song society, was Mendelssohn's "Song of the Night", and when its members, taking their cue from a softly-hummed keynote, rose to their feet and burst forth into harmony without any instrumental accompaniment, the audience sat spell-bound, under a new sensation. The close of the number was received in breathless silence, and as the singers resumed their seats a whisper went round among them that their initial effort had been a failure. But the rapturous applause which greeted them when they stood up to essay their second number soon re- moved the misapprehension; and the news-paper report of the concert admits that "the Orpheans established their right to high consideration" . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Alfred Wooley Greig (memoirist)

"Reunion of old Pupils", The Argus (19 November 1917), 8

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More than 150 former pupils of the Church of England Grammar School, North Melbourne, of which the late Percy Walker was principal, met in a reunion at the Francatelli Cafe on Saturday night. The "girls" were specially invited. Representatives of Essendon and the John Marshall associations were present, as were Captain J. Haughton, a former teacher, and the old singing master, Mr. Thomas Ford. The director of Education regretted his inability as an old boy to be present . . .

"DEATHS", The Argus (20 June 1921), 1

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FORD. - On the 19th June, at his residence, 130 Ford street, Ivanhoe, Thomas Ford, J.P., beloved brother of Alfred Ford, of Ivanhoe, aged 89 years. (No flowers.)

"DEATHS", The Herald (31 August 1921), 12

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FORD. - On the 31st inst., at his residence, "Inverlochey," Noel and Norman streets, Ivanhoe, Alfred Ford, Notary Public, of 456 Little Collins street, Melbourne, the beloved husband of Margaret L. A. Ford, in his 81st year.

[News], The Argus (19 September 1921), 12

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Under the conductorship of Mr. A. J Pallett, the fourth concert of the Heidelberg and District Musical Society will be held on Tuesday in the Ivanhoe Hall. The programme will include the cantata "Lay of the Bell" (Schiller, Romberg), and will commence with the part song "The Long Day Closes" (Sullivan) which will be sung as a tribute to the late Mr. Alfred Ford, who was president of the society.

Bibliography and resources:

"Thomas Ford", Residents of Upper Beaconsfield, Upper Beaconsfield One-Place-Study, Person Page 158

https://www.upperbeaconsfieldhistory.org.au/g0/p158.htm 

John Houghton Hinds . . . applied for a license to occupy his selection of 320 acres (amended to 319 acres 3r 38p) in the Parish of Gembrook on 7 May 1874 . . . On 2 June 1880 he transferred the leased property to Thomas Ford of St Vincent's Place, Albert Park, Professor of Music - Music Master. The transfer fee was 5/-. Ford applied to pay the difference between the total rent paid and the value of the property @ £1 per acre. Ford obtained freehold title to the land on 17 November 1881 when he paid the balance of the money for the land [Property Titles.; Public Records Office Victoria, C/T 1315-927 - Thomas Ford of Albert Park Music Master]

FORD, William (William FORD; W. FORD)

Bookseller, stationer, publisher, bookbinder, musicseller, music retailer, music publisher

Born London, England, 22 January 1816; baptised St. James, Clerkenwell, 21 February 1816, son of Robert FORD (d. 1830) and Margaret BROWN (1785-1853)
Active NSW, by August 1844 or earlier
Trading as W. Ford, Sydney, NSW, from August 1844 (to October 1847)
Married (1) Isabella Le MASURIER (d. at sea, 1854), Guernsey, September 1848
Trading and W. and F. Ford, Sydney, NSW, from October 1847 (to October 1853)
Married (2) Annie COX (1833-1919), Pimlico, London, England, 15 May 1855
Trading as Blundell and Ford, Melbourne, VIC, from January 1864 (to 1869)
Died St. Kilda, VIC, 31 July 1880, aged "64"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=William+Ford+1816-1880 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FORD-William (shareable link to this entry)

FORD, Frederick (Frederick FORD; F. FORD)

Bookseller, publisher, music publisher

Born London, England, 3 July 1817; baptised St. Mary, Islington, 30 July 1817, son of Robert FORD (d. 1830) and Margaret BROWN (1785-1853)
Arrived Sydney, NSW, 18 June 1847 (per Oliver Cromwell, from London and the Downs, 23 February)
Trading and W. and F. Ford, Sydney, NSW, from October 1847 (to October 1853)
Married Clarissa Clara JONES (1831-1911), Congregational church, Sydney, 3 April 1851
Died QLD, 21 January 1879, aged "61"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Frederick+Ford+1817-1879 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FORD-Frederick (shareable link to this entry)

And see also https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=W+and+F+Ford (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

Summary:

William Ford was probably only recently arrived in Sydney when in August 1844 he took over the business of Thomas Clarke, bookseller and stationer, at 554 George-street. Evidently keen to diversify early into publishing, he issued his first pamphlet, General education vindicated, a report of a select committee of the Legislative council, the following month.

His first musical publication, in January 1846, was The currency lasses by Isaac Nathan, the music typeset by Nathan himself, the printer unidentified. This was closely followed in May 1846 by Nathan's ode on Leichhardt's return (again typeset by Nathan), printed by Thomas Strode, who had recently returned to Sydney from Melbourne. In October 1846 he published the first (and only) instalment of Nathan's series of Lectures on music, printed by Statham and Forster.

He also imported and sold and range of new and popular music from London, as in his advertisement of January 1847.

In October 1847, William advertised that he had "admitted my brother, Mr. Frederick Ford, recently arrived from England, a partner."

That same month William advertised the Overture to Nathan's opera Don John of Austria, that last musical title to appear under his sole imprint. It was followed, probably late in 1847 and early 1848 by four vocal numbers from the same opera under the brothers' dual imprint, Canst thou bid the hand, I dare not say how much I love, I'll go to sleep, and The visions of youth

All five of these extracts were offprints from the print run of the earlier part of Nathan's magazine anthology, The southern Euphrosyne, first advertised in the same October 1847 advertisement as the Overture for forthcoming publication on 1 January 1848. The release of the anthology was apparently delayed, and in fact the Fords never went on the publish the title, though is it clear that the printing of most, if not all, of the early part was completed while they were still involved in the project. Nathan had probably parted ways with them by mid 1848, and the Euphrosyne was eventually completed, with Thomas Forster printing (according to Nathan) only the last four sheets, in Autumn 1849. It was not first advertised for sale until August 1850, by which time Kern and Mader were managing Nathan's publications locally.

The Fords' last advertised musical publication, in August 1850, was the first part of a projected series, The people's tune book, a collection of hymn and metrical psalm tunes, no copy of which has survived.

Meanwhile, in September 1848, Frederick had also become a business partner of the merchant, David Jones, and in April 1851 married Jones's daughter, Clarissa.

William probably largely managed the business thereafter, and in October 1853 announced its sale to James Waugh (d. 1867) and Joseph Cox (d. 1870). Shortly afterwards he sailed for England, from where, for the next three years he acted as buying agent for Waugh and Cox. While in London, in May 1855, he married Cox's niece, Annie Cox. They returned to Australia, and settled in Melbourne, where, from 1862 until 1869, William was in partnership with James John Blundell as Blundell and Ford.

Frederick died at Boonara, Burnett, QLD, in 1879, and William at St. Kilda, VIC, in 1880.

See list of music publications of W. Ford and W. and F. Ford:

https://www.sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/checklist-sheet-music-1834-c1850.php#FORD 

Documentation:

Baptisms solemnized in the parish of St. James Clerkenwell in the county of Middlesex in the year 1816; register 1813-16, page 235; London Metropolitan Archives, P76/Js1/012

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/4491420:1558 (PAYWALL)

No. 1876/ [baptised] 21 [February 1816] / William / [Son of] Robert & Margaret / Ford / Spencer Street / Packer / [born] 1816 Jan'y 22'd . . .

Baptisms solemnized in the parish of [St. Mary] Islington in the county of Middlesex in the year 1817; register 1813-20, page 187; London Metropolitan Archives, P83/Mry1/1171

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/5234807:1558 (PAYWALL)

No. 1494 / [born] July 3, 1817 / [baptised] July 30 [1817] / Frederick Son of Robert and Margaret / Ford / Nelson Terrace / Packer . . .

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (9 August 1844), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12413470 

IN THE ESTATE THOS. CLARKE, OF GEORGE-STREET, BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER.
ALL persons indebted to the above estate are requested forthwith to pay the amount of their respective debts to Mr. William Ford, on the premises as above, or to Mr. Robert Vance, who have respectively been appointed by the trustees to receive and give discharges for the same . . . August 7.

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (29 August 1844), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28651457 

ANNOUNCEMENT. THE undersigned having purchased the stock-in-trade and good-will of the business of Mr. Thomas Clarke, (formerly Evans), Bookseller and Stationer, George-street,
respectfully begs to apprize his friends and the public of Australia that he has just opened several cases shipped by the first houses in London, consisting of Books and Stationery of the best description . . .
WILLIAM FORD. 554, George-street, Opposite the Bank of Australasia.

"BOOKBINDING", The Sydney Morning Herald (26 July 1845), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12881131 

His Excellency the Governor has directed it to be notified, for the information of departments, that Mr. William Ford is the contractor for such bookbinding as may be required by Government during the present year.

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (4 February 1847), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12895369

NEW MUSIC, JUST LANDED, EX "SYDNEY."
W. FORD has just received from his correspondent in London a very choice collection of the newest and most fashionable music, selected with great care, and comprising LODER'S NEW and favourite opera THE NIGHT DANCERS, BENEDICT'S grand opera of THE CRUSADERS, WALLACE'S MARITANA.
Pianoforte music, arranged by DOEHLER, THALBERG, WALLACE, BEETHOVEN, CZERNY, GLOVER, &c., &c.
Quadrilles and Waltzes, German Songs, Italian Songs
Instruction Books for the Pianoforte, Flute, Violin, and Cornopean
Pianoforte Duets, New and Popular Songs
Music for the Flute, Violin, and Cornopean
ALSO, The Book of Beauty for the Queen's Boudoir - a splendid Illustrated Musical Annual, for 1847, containing one hundred and twenty pages of new poetry and music.
W. Ford begs leave to acquaint the ladies of Sydney, that he will receive regular supplies of all the NEWEST and most FASHIONABLE music.
For sale, one of Pask's French Cornopeans, with crooks, &c., complete, in case.
And a splendid toned Violin, by Cremona.
W. FORD, 554, George-street.

"SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS", The Sydney Morning Herald (19 June 1847), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12889731 

JUNE 18 - Oliver Cromwell, ship, 478 tons, Captain Alexander, from London, having left the Downs on the 23rd February. Passengers - Mr. H. Hayes, Mr. F. Ford, Mr. G. Ross, Mr. J. Ross, Mr. J. Nicol, Mr. W. Johnson, Mr. J. Davis, and Mr. J. Paul.

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (2 October 1847), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12896642

NOTICE. - I have this day admitted my brother, Mr. Frederick Ford, recently arrived from England, a partner.
My business will henceforth be carried on under the style or firm of W. and F. Ford.
WILLIAM FORD, Stationer and Bookseller, 554, George-street.

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (28 October 1847), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28649705 

W. AND F. FORD, GEORGE-STREET. PRICE THREE SHILLINGS.
OVERTURE TO NATHAN'S NEW OPERA DON JOHN OF AUSTRIA.
THE SOUTHERN EUPHROSYNE, AND LADY'S MAGAZINE, will be ready for circulation the 1st of January, 1848, to contain interesting oriental moral tales, chiefly from the Hebrew, Persian, Chaldee, and Arabic, with notes, anecdotes, illustrations, original poetry, music for voice and pianoforte, &c.
As a limited number only of this annual will be printed for this colony, those who desire to possess copies are solicited to make early application to the publishers, Messrs. W. and F. Ford, where names will be received until the 20th of December; the subscription list must then close.
From, royal quarto. Subscribers; £1; and to non-subscribers, £1 5s.

ASSOCIATIONS: Isaac Nathan (author, editor, composer); the anthology, The southern Euphrosyne did not appear on 1 January 1848 as advertised, and when it was completed the Fords were no longer Nathan's Sydney publishers; however, they did publish, in 1847-48, as offprints from the print run to date, the five musical excerpts from Nathan's opera Don John of Austria as listed below, and accordingly their name also remains attached to these items in the anthology as finally issued

"EXPORTS", The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List (18 March 1848), 71

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article161166655 

March 16. - Bermondsey, barque, 507 tons, Captain Banes, for London . . . 1 case music, 1 case books, 2 cases China goods, W. and F. Ford . . .

"MARRIED", Globe [London, England] (9 September 1848), 4

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001652/18480909/027/0004 (PAYWALL)

In Guernsey, Mr. William Ford, Sydney, N. S. Wales, to Isabella, daughter of Mr. W. Le Masurier.

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (30 September 1848), 1 supplement

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28648058 

BOOKBINDING. MESSRS. W. AND F. FORD having increased their facilities for Bookbinding, by a late importation of various new devices, and a large stock of very superior leathers, combined with employing the best workmen in the colony, are now prepared to execute any orders for Binding on the most advantageous terms.
Music and printed books bound in any style or pattern . . .
W. AND F. FORD, Account Book Manufacturers and Binders, 554, George-street.

"MARRIED", The Sydney Morning Herald (4 April 1851), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12926031

On the 3rd April, at the Congregational Church, Pitt-street, Mr. Frederick Ford, bookseller, George street, to Clarissa, second daughter of David Jones, Esq., of Hyde Park.

ASSOCIATIONS: David Jones (merchant)

[Advertisements], Empire (7 October 1853), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article61328501 

NOTICE OF REMOVAL.
JAMES W. WAUGH, in returning thanks to his friends and the public for past favours, begs to intimate that he has, in conjunction with Mr. Joseph Cox, with whom he has entered partnership, purchased the good-will and Stock-in-Trade of the Messrs. Ford, and that the business will in future be carried on under the name of
WAUGH AND COX, Booksellers, Stationers, &c., 554, George-street.

WILLIAM FORD begs to return thanks to his numerous friends and the public for the liberal support and encouragement he has received during the last ten years he has been engaged in the Bookselling and Stationery business. In retiring therefrom, he has the pleasure to recommend as his successors Messrs. James W. Waugh and Joseph Cox, and he trusts that the same patronage that has been bestowed upon him will also be continued to them.
554, George-street, October 1st, 1853.

ASSOCIATIONS: James William Waugh (bookseller)

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (15 May 1854), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12960062 

WAUGH AND COX, Wholesale and Retail Stationers, Booksellers, &c., beg respectfully to apprise their friends and the public that they have lately received a large addition to their already extensive stock, and are in daily expectation of a further supply from their agent, Mr. William Ford, whose thorough knowledge of the goods required for this market will place them on the most advantageous footing . . .

"MARRIAGES", Bell's Weekly Messenger [London, England] (19 May 1855), 7

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001286/18550519/058/0008 (PAYWALL)

FORD - COX. - May 15, at Camberwell, by the father of the bride, William Ford, Esq., of Berkhampstead, to Annie, second daughter of the Rev. John Cox, of Somerset terrace, St. George's road, Pimlico.

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (23 May 1856), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12980526 

WAUGH and COX, Wholesale and Retail Stationers, Booksellers, &c. . . . are in daily expectation of a further supply from their agent, Mr. William Ford, whose thorough knowledge of the goods required for this market place them on the most advantageous footing . . .

[Advertisement], The Age [Melbourne, VIC] (30 January 1862), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154847003 

NOTICE. - I have this day admitted as PARTNER in my Business Mr. WILLIAM FORD, formerly of Sydney.
The business will in future be carried on under the name and style of BLUNDELL and FORD.
JAMES J. BLUNDELL. 44 Collins street west, 29th January, 1862.

ASSOCIATIONS: James John Blundell (printer)

"Deaths", The Sydney Morning Herald (19 February 1879), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13429652 

FORD. - January 24, at Boonara, Queensland, Frederick Ford, aged 61.

"Deaths", The Argus [Melbourne, VIC] (2 August 1880), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5976473 

FORD. - On the 31st ult., at his residence, Punt-road, South Yarra, of apoplexy, Mr. William Ford, late of Blundell and Ford, stationers, Melbourne, aged 64 years.

Musical publications (works by Isaac Nathan) (extant in red bold; non-extant in black bold):

ASSOCIATIONS: Isaac Nathan (composer, music typesetter)

The currency lasses (1846)

The currency lasses; a song; inscribed with the utmost devotion and respect to the fair sex of Australia; words by *********** esq.; music composed by I. Nathan, esq. (Sydney: Published by W. Ford, 1846)

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/16497029

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-174920912 (DIGITISED)

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (17 January 1846), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12884742 

CURRENCY LASSES. ON MONDAY, the 26th instant, (being the 58th Anniversary of the Colony) will be published, price 2s., an Original Song, entitled
THE CURRENCY LASSES, Inscribed, with great devotion and respect, to THE FAIR SEX OF AUSTRALIA.
W. FORD, Bookseller and Stationer, 554, George-street.

Leichhardt's return (May 1846)

Thy greeting home again; a paean on Leichhardt's return from Port Essington; poet: A. K. Silvester, esq.; composer, I. Nathan, esq. (Sydney: Published by Wm. Ford, [1846]; "T. Strode, printer, Sydney"

Leichhardt's return

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/16497347/version/19363339 (DIGITISED)

ASSOCIATIONS: Ludwig Leichhardt (subject); Edward Kennedy Silvester [sic] (words); Thomas Strode (printer)

[Advertisement], The Australian (26 May 1846), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37157338 

LEICHHARDT'S RETURN.
ARRANGEMENTS having been entered into for the immediate publication of the Music set by Mr. Nathan to those beautiful Stanzas by E. K. S., on Dr. Leichhardt's return from Port Essington, Mr. Ford has the honour to make known to the public that the song is preparing for the press, and may shortly be obtained.
554, George-street.

Lectures on music (October 1846)

The first, second, and third of a series of lectures on the theory and practice of music, delivered at the Sydney College, New South Wales . . . . by I. Nathan, music historian and theorist . . . (Sydney: Published by W. Ford, 1846); "Sydney: Statham and Forster, printers"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/16495385

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-165990583 (DIGITISED)

https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKm3bZV0Mg (DIGITISED)

ASSOCIATIONS: Statham and Forster (printers)

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (10 October 1846), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12899412 

THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED,
BY W. FORD, 554, GEORGE-STREET,
Part I - Price, 5s., IN ROYAL QUARTO.
INSCRIBED BY PERMISSION TO LADY MARY FITZ ROY.
THE First, Second, and Third of a Series of Lectures on the
THEORY AND PRACTICE OF MUSIC, DELIVERED AT THE SYDNEY COLLEGE, NEW SOUTH WALES,
Giving an historical account of the origin, rise, and progress of the Science, from the earliest period up to the present time, with Progressive Exercises for improvement on the Pianoforte, Harmony, Modulation, and for the cultivation of the Human Voice, from the first rudiments to the most refined and elaborate details of a perfect mastery of the art: forming a work of instruction for the pupil, and a work of reference for the master.
BY I. NATHAN.

ASSOCIATIONS: Mary Fitzroy (dedicatee)

Overture to Don John of Austria (October 1847)

Overture to Don John of Austria, Nathan (Sydney: Published by W. Ford, [1848])

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/16497692

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-166021500 (DIGITISED)

Repaginated offprint from early print run of The southern Euphrosyne, pages 15-21

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-166023361/view?partId=nla.obj-166025905#page/n23/mode/1up (DIGITISED)

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (28 October 1847), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28649705 

W. AND F. FORD, GEORGE-STREET. PRICE THREE SHILLINGS.
OVERTURE TO NATHAN'S NEW OPERA DON JOHN OF AUSTRIA . . .
Messrs. W. and F. Ford . . .

The visions of youth (? 1848)

The visions of youth, in which is introduced as an obligato accompaniment, the celebrated air from Sweethearts and wives, Why are you wandering here, I pray, sung by Mr. F. Howson, at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, in the opera of Don John of Austria (the first opera ever written and produced in the colony of New South Wales), composed by I. Nathan; written by J. L. M., esq. (Sydney: Published by W. and F. Ford, [1848])

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/16497638

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-166018565 (DIGITISED)

Repaginated offprint from early print run of The southern Euphrosyne, pages 65-71

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-166023361/view?partId=nla.obj-166032068#page/n79/mode/1up (DIGITISED)

ASSOCIATIONS: Frank Howson (vocalist); Jacob Levi Montefiore (lyrics); Royal Victoria Theatre (Sydney venue)

I dare not say how much I love (? 1848)

I dare not say how much I love, sung by Mr. J. Howson, at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, in the opera of Don John of Austria (the first opera ever written and produced in the colony of New South Wales), composed by I. Nathan; written by J. L. M. esq. (Sydney: Published by W. and F. Ford, [1848])

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/15065616

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-166019352 (DIGITISED)

Repaginated offprint from early print run of The southern Euphrosyne, pages 73-79

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-166023361/view?partId=nla.obj-166032397#page/n82/mode/1up (DIGITISED)

ASSOCIATIONS: John Howson (vocalist)

Canst thou bid the hand (? 1848)

Canst thou bid the hand its cunning forget, sung by Mrs. Guerin at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, in the opera of Don John of Austria (the first opera ever written and produced in the colony of New South Wales), composed by I. Nathan; written by J. L. M., esq. (Sydney: Published by W. and F. Ford, [1848])

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/16497678

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-166020717 (DIGITISED)

Repaginated offprint from early print run of The southern Euphrosyne, pages 81-87

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-166023361/view?partId=nla.obj-166033271#page/n90/mode/1up (DIGITISED)

ASSOCIATIONS: Theodosia Guerin (vocalist)

I'll go to sleep (1848)

I'll go to sleep, sung by Mr. W. Griffiths, at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, in the opera of Don John of Austria (the first opera ever written and produced in the colony of New South Wales; composed by I. Nathan; written by J. L. M., esq. (Sydney: Published by W. and F. Ford, [1848])

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/16497664

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-166020148 (DIGITISED)

Repaginated offprint from early print run of The southern Euphrosyne, pages 89-93

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-166023361/view?partId=nla.obj-166034154#page/n98/mode/1up (DIGITISED)

ASSOCIATIONS: William Griffiths (vocalist)

Other musical publications (extant in red bold; non-extant in black bold):

The siege of Rochelle (libretto, 1848)

The siege of Rochelle, an original opera in two acts by E. Fitzball, music by M. W. Balfe, to which is added a description of the costume, cast of the characters, the whole of the stage business, situations, entrances, exits, properties and decorations, as performed at the London theatres, and at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney (Sydney: Published by W. and F. Ford, 1848)

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/31825126 

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (2 August 1848), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12909219 

THE SIEGE OF ROCHELLE.
ON MONDAY, the 7th instant, will be published the Libretto to the above celebrated Opera,
as performing at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney.
W. AND F. FORD, Booksellers and Stationers, 554, George-street.

The people's tune book (first number, 1850)

NO COPY IDENTIFIED

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (30 August 1850), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12920651 

JUST PUBLISHED. PART I., PRICE ONE SHILLING,
THE PEOPLE'S TUNE BOOK, a collection of OLD, NEW, AND ORIGINAL CHURCH MUSIC,
suited to all the varieties of METRICAL PSALMODY, and adapted as well for Social and Domestic Devotion as for Public Worship.
ARRANGED FOR FOUR VOICES, with an Accompaniment for the Organ or Pianoforte.
W. AND F. FORD,
Booksellers and Publishers,
554, George-street.

"CHURCH MUSIC", The Sydney Morning Herald (31 August 1850), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12920678 

We have received the first number of "The People's Tune Book," which contains sixteen of the tunes most commonly used in churches for the metrical psalms, and the price being only a shilling it ought to find an extensive body of purchasers among those who are anxious to enable themselves to join with propriety in that delightful portion of public worship - the singing of psalms and hymns.

Bibliography and resources:

Prue Neidorf, A guide to dating music published in Sydney and Melbourne, 1800-1899 (M.A. thesis, University of Wollongong, 1999), 169

http://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/2926

FORD, William Henry (William Henry FORD; W. H. FORD)

Theatrical manager, actor, comedian, dancer, vocalist, costumier, theatrical and musical historian and memoirist, "Father of the Australian stage"

Born Bermondsey, Surrey, England, 5 November 1830; son of Henry FORD (b. c. 1816) and Charlotte JENNINGS (b. c. 1816)
Arrived Sydney, NSW, 11 September 1848 (per Agricola, from London and the Downs, 25 May)
Married (1) Catherine GOLDEN (Mrs. SNELLING) (d. 1883), NSW, 1857
Married (2) Margaret McMAHON, VIC, 1896 (registered)
Married (3 ? common law) Eliza ABBOT
Died Fitzroy, VIC, 26 June 1916, aged "86/87"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=William+Henry+Ford+1830-1916 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FORD-William-Henry (shareable link to this entry)

FORD, Tom (Thomas Henry SNELLING; Thomas Henry Snelling FORD; Tom SNELLING-FORD; Tom FORD)

Entertainer

Born NSW, 1846; son of Henry SNELLING and Catherine GOLDEN; stepson of William Henry FORD
Married Phoebe SIMMONS (c. 1846-1892), VIC, 1883 (first child with her 1878)
Died Balmain, NSW, 1914

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FORD-Tom (shareable link to this entry)

Summary:

Ford's father Henry was a compositor on the London Morning Chronicle, and his mother Charlotte Jennings and grandmother were performers at Astley's Amphitheatre during the 1830s, where, by 1841, his grandmother also managed the refreshment saloon. As a child Ford himself performed at Astley's from as early as 1836 under the management of Andrew Ducrow.

His daughter, Maggie Ford (Margaret; Mrs. Allan Hamilton) was active professionally as an actor, dancer, and vocalist from around 1872. The singer Florrie Forde [sic] (born 16 August 1875, daughter of Francis Lott Flannagan and Phoebe Cahill; died London, 18 April 1940) was Tom Forde's stepdaughter.

Documentation:

England census, 6 June 1841, St. Mary Lambeth, Surrey;

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/10171845:8978 (PAYWALL)

Bridge Road / Henry Ford / 25 / Compositor / [not born in county]
Charlotte / 25 // W'm / 10 // Charlotte / 6 // Geo / 1 [all born in county]

ASSOCIATIONS: Two days after the census, according to Ford's reminiscences below, his father Henry, a night compositor at the Morning Chronicle, witnessed the fire walking home from work; the report in the Morning Chronicle also mentions the loss sustained by his grandmother, Mrs. Jennings, the saloon keeper;
see "TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF ASTLEY'S THEATRE BY FIRE, WITH LOSS OF LIFE", Morning Chronicle (9 June 1841), 6

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000082/18410609/021/0006 (PAYWALL)

This place of public entertainment was yesterday morning totally destroyed by fire . . .
[FROM A CORRESPONDENT] . . . By this dreadful calamity, not less than 300 persons will be deprived of employment, and among the many hard cases that may be mentioned none is more deserving than that of Mrs. Jennings, the saloon keeper, who, but one day before, had expended no less a sum than £40 in her department of the establishment . . .
[FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT] . . . Many members of the band, who were in the habit of leaving their instruments in the orchestra and music-room, have been serious losers. A double bass belonging to Mr. Hubert was worth £20, and the kettle-drums, the property of Mr. Elsden, £15 . . .

Australia (from 11 September 1848):

[Advertisement], The Moreton Bay Courier [Brisbane, NSW (QLD)] (19 July 1856), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3714833 

BRISBANE THEATRE. M. D. FINUCANE
MOST respectfully begs leave to inform his friends and the public of Brisbane and Ipswich that, if the weather permits, he will be enabled to open on MONDAY, August 5, with a series of very entertaining performances.
Having a large stage, with good scenery and dresses, great expense has been incurred, temporary as it may appear, but if M. D. F. finds sufficient inducement, he will have a good building by Christmas and a larger company.
The performance will commence with a drama, as played at the Royal Adelphi Theatre, London, entitled -
THE DUCHESS DE LA BALLIER, Supported by the company.
After which, a favourite DANCE by the Ballet Company.
After which, to conclude with a very laughable farce called - NOT TO BE DONE.
Doors open at half-past six, performance to commence at seven.
Front seats 3s., back 2s.
M. D. FINUCANE, Proprietor.
W. H. FORD, Stage Manager.

ASSOCIATIONS: Michael Finucane (proprietor); Brisbane Theatre (venue, company)

[Advertisement], The Moreton Bay Courier (16 August 1856), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3713168 

BRISBANE THEATRE, SECOND WEEK of the Melo-Drama, BLANCHE, Or the Brigand's Bride.
In which Mr. Ford and Mrs. Fitzwilliams will sing some delightful songs.
After which, a Scarf Dance, by Mr. W. H. Ford, Master Walter Hicks, Miss A. M. and Miss M. Finucane.
To be followed with the beautiful Farce of the Lady of the Cabinet.
After which, Mrs. Fitzwilliams will sing "Mary of Argyle."
To conclude with the very laughable farce of - The Wild Irishman.
Doors open at seven, performance to commence at half-past seven.

[Advertisement], The Moreton Bay Courier (30 August 1856), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3710179 

BRISBANE THEATRE. Thursday evening, Sept. 4,
FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. W. H. FORD, Stage Manager.
THE performance will commence with the beautiful drama
DON CAESAR DE BAZAN; OR Mauritana the Gypsey.
Splendid dresses from Sydney, and new scenery.
After which a Scarf Dance, by Mr. W. H. Ford, Master Walter Hicks, Miss A. M. and Miss M. Finucane.
After which Mrs. Fitzwilliams will sing "Minnie."
To be followed with the beautiful song, "I had a dream, a happy dream" by Mr. W. H. Ford.
After which the amusing Farce of The Day after the Fair.
In which Mr. Ford will sing "To the West, Sarah Pell," and "The Young Widow."
To be followed with the beautiful song "Little Nell," by Mrs. Fitzwilliams;
and Mr. Ford will sing "My Love and Cottage near Rochelle."
To conclude with the very laughable farce of The Wild Irishman.
Tickets to be had at Mr. John Jones, St. Patrick's Tavern.
Doors open at seven, performance to commence at half-past seven.
Boxes 3s., Pit 2s. Be in Time. - Be in Time.

MUSIC: When I beheld the anchor weighed (refrain: . . ."my love and cottage near Rochelle") (Balfe, romance from The siege of Rochelle)

[Advertisement], The Moreton Bay Courier (18 October 1856), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3711847 

TO THE PUBLIC OF BRISBANE. MR. W. H. FORD, Stage Manager of the Brisbane Theatre,
returns his sincere and humble thanks to his friends and the public of Brisbane, for their very liberal patronage on his Benefit last Thursday evening.
The house was crowded, under the patronage of W. A. Duncan, Esq., J. P.
Mr. Ford also returns his manifold thanks to the Amateur who personated Macbeth for the occasion, and the continued applause that was given at the gentleman's entry, is sufficient proof that he was esteemed and respected by all.
- W. H. FORD.
M. D. FINUCANE most respectfully begs leave to inform the inhabitants of Ipswich that he intends arriving with his Company in Ipswich next week.

ASSOCIATIONS: William Augustine Duncan (musical amateur)

? [Advertisement], Empire [Sydney, NSW] (26 January 1858), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60267345 

OUR LYCEUM. - Open for the Season. - Lessees, J. L. BYERS, and F. EDE. -
THIS EVENING, THE WILLOW COPSE, Singing and Dancing.
[REDACTED], by Dave Carson, - and BLACK EYED SUSAN.
J. L. Byers, F. Ede, Wright, Norton, Bruton, Fisher, Weston, Ford, and Hart,
Misses Hodson [sic, Hudson], McGowan, and Griffiths, Mrs. Crosby, and Twight.
Leader of the Band, Mr. Gibbs. Prices as usual.
Monthly tickets, to admit two persons, £1 1s. Stage Director, Mr. F. Ede.

ASSOCIATIONS: James Lucas Byers (actor, manager); Frederick Ede (actor, manager); Dave Carson (vocalist); John William Bruton (actor); Julia Hudson (actor); Miss McGowan (actor); Emelia Crosby (actor); Isabella Twight (actor); John Gibbs (leader, violin); Lyceum Theatre (Sydney venue)

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald [NSW] (17 March 1858), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13007700 

OUR PARRAMATTA THEATRE, Parramatta,
will open for the winter season on EASTER MONDAY EVENING. -
Wanted for the above establishment, Two Ladies as General Performers;
also, a Violinist, and a Bass Violinist.
Apply by letter to W. H. FORD, manager, Post Office, Sydney.

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (5 April 1858), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13008353 

OUR PARRAMATTA THEATRE, PARRAMATTA.
Come and see our little Theatre on Easter MONDAY EVENING.
The performances will commence with the splendid Drama of LUCREZIA BORGIA!!!
Gennaro, Mr. W. H. Ford; Lucrezia Borgia, Miss McGowan.
The whole to conclude with a laughable Farce. Front seats, 2s.; Back, 1s.

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (23 February 1860), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28628709 

ROYAL ALBERT THEATRE, corner of King and Sussex streets.
- Lessee and manager, Mr. W. H. Ford. -
Mr. FORD most respectfully begs leave to inform his friends and the public of Sydney that he intends opening-the above place for public amusement on SATURDAY EVENING next.
Having spared neither pains nor expense in decorating it for dramatic performances, he sincerely trusts that he will meet with public patronage. For particulars see bills.
The great Australian actress Miss BLANCHE GREY, with a talented company, is engaged.

ASSOCIATIONS: Royal Albert Theatre (Sydney venue)

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (3 March 1860), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28628757 

ROYAL ALBERT THEATRE, - TO-NIGHT the greatest talent in Sydney. Open every evening.
Pianist, Mrs. Gibbs; violinist, Mr. John Gibbs. Admission-stalls, 1s.; parquette, 6d.; back seats, 3d.
Manager, Mr. W. H. FORD.

ASSOCIATIONS: Eliza and John Gibbs (pianist and vocalist, violinist)

"SCHOOL OF ARTS", Northern Argus [Rockhampton, QLD] (27 January 1872), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article214283046 

Mr. Ford was welcomed on Wednesday night at the School of Arts with an excellent house, and the hearty applause he received proved that the audience were well pleased with the entertainment he provided for them . . . The Burlesque of Norma was greeted from beginning to end with hearty applause; Mr. Ford made a capital Norma, and was ridiculously tragic, and was made love to in the most approved style by Pollio (Miss Maggie Ford) who possessed more than sufficient attractions to tempt the priestess to forgot her sacred position, and to worship at the shrine of love, a fault which many priestesses before her time and after, committed without being found out . . . The songs and duets were given with due effect and the curtain dropped amidst the heartiest applause.

[News], Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser [Kent, England] (2 July 1909), 2

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001067/19090702/052/0002 (PAYWALL)

An old gentleman of eighty named W. H. Ford, now living in retirement a suburb of Melbourne, can put in a good claim to being father of the English stage. He was born in Bermondsey, his mother being an actress at Astley's Amphitheatre, where he himself began to play juvenile parts in his sixth year. Later on he was a member of the companies at the Surrey and Victoria Theatres. Half century ago he emigrated to Australia, where he built the first theatre in Brisbane. He played with Sir William Don, Charles Mathews, Barry Sullivan, Charles Kean, and other famous actors who toured Australia.

"DEATHS", The Daily Telegraph [Sydney, NSW] (13 July 1914), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article239067684 

SNELLING - FORD. - July 12th. 1914, at the residence, of his son, Mr. B. Ford, 102 Phillip Street, Balmain, Thomas Henry Snelling-Ford, aged 68 years. R.I.P.

"AT POVERTY POINT", The bulletin (6 August 1914), 9

https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/258040884 

Tom Ford, recently dead in Sydney, was for a long term an identity in Melbourne. His step-father, W. H. Ford, ran a theatrical costumier's business, and Tom was his right-hand man. Ford, sen., was dresser to G. V. Brooke, who was very partial to young Ford. The latter was a good vocalist and banjoist. A few years ago he returned to his native land, and there snuffed out. He had a sister, Maggie, well known on the stage, now resident in Sydney, and better known as Mrs. Allan Hamilton. W. H. Ford may be safely called the father of the stage, as some 80 years ago he was appearing in an act with his parents, who were members of Ducrow's famous equestrian company in London. He also strutted his hour or so upon the stage, running shows in N.S.W. and Queensland as far back as 60 years ago. He claims to have given Shiel Barry (Andy Donohue) his first start, and was costumier to Wm. Saurin Lyster through most of his operatic campaign. Although hurrying on to his 90th year W. H. F. still enjoys fair health.

Death certificate, William Henry Ford, 26 June 1916; BDM VIC

No. 2269 [No. 5883] / 26 June 1916 / 170 Brunswick Street . . . Fitzroy / William Henry Ford / Male 86 years
Chronic Gout / Morbus Cordis / Asthma / [son of] Henry Ford and Charlotte . . . maiden name unknown / . . .
[Born] Bermondsey England / Lived 67 years in Victoria [sic, arrived 1849] /
1st marriage Sydney New South Wales [at age] 25 years [to] Catherine Snelling /
2nd marriage Melbourne Victoria [at age] not known [to] Margarite McMahon /
3rd marriage Melbourne Victoria [at age] not known [to] Eliza Abbott
[Offspring] By 1st marriage - Charlotte Jane [aged] 56 years / Kate dead / Sarah dead
By 2nd marriage - George / Amy / Cyril [ages] not known
By 3rd marriage Elsie 35 years / Nellie 33 / Maud 31 / John Colville 29

"DEATHS", The Argus (27 June 1916), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2095174 

FORD. - On the 26th June, at 170 Brunswick street, Fitzroy, William Henry Ford, the beloved father of George, Jack, and Cyril Ford, Mrs. G. P. Carey, Mrs. G. Lister, Mrs. Allen Hamilton, Mrs. Phillips, and Mrs. MacDonald, in his 87th year. Requiescat in pace.

"FUNERALS", The Argus (28 June 1916), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2100703 

FORD. - The Friends of Mr. W. H. FORD (late theatrical costumier) are respectfully invited to follow his remains to the place of interment, Coburg Cemetery.
The funeral will leave 170 Brunswick street, Fitzroy, THIS DAY (Wednesday, 28th inst.), at 2 o'clock.
JOHN DALEY, Undertaker, Latrobe and Spring streets, Melbourne.

"THEATRICAL PERSONALITIES", Winner (28 June 1916), 10

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154551863 

Mr. W. H. Ford, known by the older generation of theatregoers as a prominent burlesque actor of the "sixties," died on Monday at 170 Brunswick street, Fitzroy, aged 87. Mr. Ford came to Victoria from England in 1848, and for many years was a contemporary of the late G. V. Brookes, the late Geo. Coppin, and more recently with Mr. Bland Holt, playing leading parts with many companies in the States. He retired from the stage in 1896, and acquired a business in Bourke street, but retired a few years ago. He leaves five daughters and four sons, one of whom is on active service.

"AT POVERTY POINT. T. O. I.", The bulletin (6 July 1916), 9

https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/258048186 

W. H. Ford, the reputed "Father of the Stage," died last week at Fitzroy (Vic.), in his 86th year. He had been an invalid for many years. Born in London, of theatrical parents, in 1830, he was on the stage at Astley's at seven years of age. In the late 'forties he came to Sydney and applied for employment at the Victoria, then open only three days a week. The caretaker advised him to look for some other job, as the stage meant starvation in Sydney. So he went on a station in what is now Queensland; and at Christmas he converted the woolshed into the Theatre Royal, Tarampa, for the amusement of the Cameron family and visitors. Several entertainments were given, and two cattle-buyers from Brisbane advised him to start shows in that township. On this suggestion he built the first theatre in Brisbane, and later another in Ipswich. Thus he drifted back to Poverty Point. When Johnson built the old Scandinavian Hall, Castlereagh-street (the Sydney Tivoli is now on the site), W. H. Ford became the manager. Prior to that he had been associated with G. V. Brooke, and later with Barry Sullivan, as costumier. He tried Maoriland with Clarence Holt in the early 'sixties, but the climate crippled him. He had numerous children well known in the profession, among them George, Jack and Cyril Ford, Mrs. G. P. Carey, Mrs. G. Lister and Mrs. Allan Hamilton.

Reminiscences (earlier career, to c. 1861):

Ford's formal and informal recollections of stage singers and other musicians are an important source for the history of theatre and music in Australia the middle decades of the colonial century. All of the original series of Ford's "Reminiscences" proper, which ran in Joseph Michael Forde's Mummer memoirs from April 1908 to September 1909, are tagged as follows:

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=W+H+Ford's+reminiscences (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

ASSOCIATIONS: Joseph Michael Forde ("Hayseed")

However, in addition, Ford regularly contributed many further occasional observations to Forde's columns, which often amplify and complement the content of the original series, beginning with this short summary of his career,
"MUMMER MEMOIRS . . . An Old Time Mummer's Letter . . . THIRD SERIES. - No. 1 (By 'Hayseed')", Sydney Sportsman (4 March 1908), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166750938 

. . . I am glad to say that another of the old-time mummers has written. His letter reads like ancient history, and will be interesting to old and new playgoers. Dating from Malvern-road, South Yarra, 17.2.08, Mr. W. H. Ford says: -
"Dear 'Hayseed.' - For a long time I have been interested in your very able account or history of our early actors and actresses. I am one of them, and date back to the beginning of 1851, at the old Victoria Theatre, in Pitt-street, Sydney. I remember the company playing there at the time . . . I remember Miss Griffiths (afterwards Mrs. Yeamans), and, later on her brother Willie. I made him a costume for the circus in 1859 in Sydney . . . I arrived In Sydney from London in 1848, and went to the Clarence River. I returned to Sydney in 1851. I remained at the old Victoria but a short while, then went to Moreton Bay (now Queensland). I went on a station owned by Cameron Brothers. I remained with them until 1856. Then, with the money I had saved, I got a partner, who also had some money, and we built a small theatre in Brisbane, and called it The Brisbane Theatre. It was on the 6th day of August, 1856, the opening night. I was the very first to give a dramatic performance in Brisbane and Ipswich. I returned to Sydney, married, and was from time to time engaged at the Sydney theatres as actor and costumier . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Joseph Michael Forde ("Hayseed")

[1] "MUMMER MEMOIRS . . . Mr. W. H. Ford's Reminiscences - A Life on the Boards. THIRD SERIES. No. 14 (By 'Hayseed')", Sydney Sportsman (8 April 1908), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166733744 

Mr. W. H. Ford's reminiscences commence as far back as 1836. He was born in Bermondsey (where the tanneries are), near London, on Guy Fawkes' Day, November 5, 1830, and, as in duty-bound, has kept close to fireworks and limelight ever since. Before his birth his mother was in the front row of the ballet, at Astley's Theatre - she had been taught dancing by Mr. Frampton, or Framson, a great teacher. The mother and grandmother of Mr. Ford were with the celebrated Ducrow at Astley's years before he (Mr. F.) was born, so that their family names have been before the public for one hundred years. Mr. Ford says: . . .

". . . I was always on the stage, whether I was wanted or not. Mr. Ducrow engaged children for nearly all his pieces. I was known by everybody engaged upon the premises as 'Little Billy' . . .
"In the Christmas of 1840 I was on at the Victoria Theatre (London). They had played a drama called 'The Yew Tree Ruins,' or The Smuggler, the Wreck, and the Miser.' They reproduced it after the pantomime, and I was in my glory . . .

On Saturday, June 5, was presented, 'The Wars of Oliver Cromwell,' or 'The Burning of Woodstock.' On Monday night, the second time only of its playing, something happened, and at 5 o'clock next morning (Tuesday, June 8, 1841), the most charming theatre in England was a heap of ruins . . . My father was a compositor at the 'Morning Chronicle' office, in the Strand. He worked all night, and slept all day. He came home over Waterloo Bridge up the York-road; the theatre in Westminster-road was facing him. He saw the flames in the distance, and as he approached saw that it was Astley's on fire . . .

. . . I was in my 18th year when I got a chance to come to Sydney in the good ship Agricola. So I bade London adieu and all belonging to me. I never saw any of them again. We were four months on the voyage. We left in May 1848. I was ill the whole of the time. We arrived at Sydney Heads at 8 o'clock in the morning, a lovely day. The harbor looked at its best, and I was very glad to get ashore. I put up at the old Emu Inn, on the conner of George and Bathurst streets, kept by William Aitkenhead, and lost no time in presenting myself at the old Victoria theatre in Pitt-street. How I fared I will tell you next week. (To be continued.)

ASSOCIATIONS: Andrew Ducrow (proprietor); Astley's Amphitheatre (London venue)

[2] "MUMMER MEMOIRS . . . THIRD SERIES. No. 15 (By 'Hayseed')", Sydney Sportsman (15 April 1908), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166757816 

[3] "MUMMER MEMOIRS . . . THIRD SERIES. No. 16 (By 'Hayseed')", Sydney Sportsman (22 April 1908), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166739656 

[4] "MUMMER MEMOIRS . . . THIRD SERIES. No. 17 (By 'Hayseed')", Sydney Sportsman (29 April 1908), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166745420 

. . . We resume Mr. W. H. Ford's "Reminiscences" (commenced in "Sportsman," 8. 4. '08): -
"Soon after my arrival in Sydney, January, 1851 [from Grafton, where, since arrival, he had been working as a shepherd], I found the Tornings, Andrew and Madame, were playing at the Victoria Theatre." (They were industrious people were the Tornings. While engaged in theatrical business Andrew Torning carried on the business of a painter, plumber, and glazier, and Madame Torning was a teacher, of dancing, both trade and profession being carried on in Macquarie Place. Mr. Torning's landlady being, I believe. Mrs. Mary Reibey of much historic fame, and the house that in which the Bank of New South Wales commenced business in 1817, if not the actual house, it was adjoining.) "I knew the Tornings in London, so felt quite at home in going to see them. They were glad to see me. The Victoria Theatre was then only opened three nights each week. I wished for employment on the stage, but there was no show of any importance. However, Mr. Torning got me on, just to make one of a crowd. I should to-day be called an extra-super. Of course, the pay was very small, but for three nights weekly, I could not expect more . . ."

"Mrs. Torning used to dance and play the comic lady parts. She was very good in her line. Mr. Torning used to paint scenery, and play heavy villains, also he was a very good stage clown. The opera "The Siege of Rochelle" was well produced. Frank Howson, the baritone, sang very ably the beautiful song "My Love and Cottage near Rochelle." I did not rest, until I got possession of that song, as it suited my voice grand. Many a night I sang it in the Brisbane Theatre years afterwards . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Andrew and Eliza Torning (theatrical performers, managers); Mary Reibey (landlady); Royal Victoria Theatre (Sydney venue)

[5] "MUMMER MEMOIRS . . . THIRD SERIES. No. 18 (By 'Hayseed')", Sydney Sportsman (6 May 1908), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166736488 

[6] "MUMMER MEMOIRS . . . THIRD SERIES. No. 19 (By 'Hayseed')", Sydney Sportsman (13 May 1908), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166743248 

[7] "MUMMER MEMOIRS . . . THIRD SERIES. No. 20 (By 'Hayseed')", Sydney Sportsman (20 May 1908), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166757112 

[8] "MUMMER MEMOIRS . . . THIRD SERIES. No. 21 (By 'Hayseed')", Sydney Sportsman (27 May 1908), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166750445 

[9] "MUMMER MEMOIRS . . . THIRD SERIES. No. 22 (By 'Hayseed')", Sydney Sportsman (3 June 1908), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166740497 

[10] "MUMMER MEMOIRS . . . THIRD SERIES. No. 23 (By 'Hayseed')", Sydney Sportsman (10 June 1908), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166748072 

[11] "MUMMER MEMOIRS . . . THIRD SERIES. No. 24 (By 'Hayseed')", Sydney Sportsman (17 June 1908), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166750655 

[12] "MUMMER MEMOIRS . . . THIRD SERIES. No. 26 (By 'Hayseed')", Sydney Sportsman (1 July 1908), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166752802 

. . . Last week, unfortunately, Mr. W. H. Ford's reminiscences were by accident omitted. This week the omission is supplied, and the old gentleman's narrative of the stirring and interesting theatrical events of the past half century, in which he had a prominent part, will be continued regularly until their conclusion. Resuming: - "Just prior to the Christmas of 1856 . . ."

[13] "MUMMER MEMOIRS . . . THIRD SERIES. No. 27 (By 'Hayseed')", Sydney Sportsman (8 July 1908), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166752019 

[14] "MUMMER MEMOIRS . . . THIRD SERIES. No. 28 (By 'Hayseed')", Sydney Sportsman (15 July 1908), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166749061 

[15] "MUMMER MEMOIRS . . . No. 29 (By 'Hayseed')", Sydney Sportsman (29 July 1908), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166745765 

[16] "MUMMER MEMOIRS . . . No. 30 (By 'Hayseed')", Sydney Sportsman (5 August 1908), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166740766 

[17] "MUMMER MEMOIRS . . . No. 31 (By 'Hayseed')", Sydney Sportsman (12 August 1908), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166741499 

[18] "MUMMER MEMOIRS . . . No. 31 [sic] (By 'Hayseed')", Sydney Sportsman (19 August 1908), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166736717

[19] "MUMMER MEMOIRS . . . THIRD SERIES. No. 32 (By 'Hayseed')", Sydney Sportsman (26 August 1908), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166748473 

[20] "MUMMER MEMOIRS . . . No. 33 (By 'Hayseed')", Sydney Sportsman (2 September 1908), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166756117 

[21] "MUMMER MEMOIRS . . . No. 35 (By 'Hayseed')", Sydney Sportsman (16 September 1908), 7

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166740377 

. . . After the sisters Nelson we had a season of drama, at which time we were getting ready for the opera of "Il Trovatore," the first time I believe that it was played in English here, and it was a big success. I made all the chorus dresses, and those of the guards and gypsies. I also sang in the chorus. Having a very good voice, I came in handy, as chorus people were not over plentiful in those days. The following was the cast: Count di Luna, John Gregg; Manrico, Walter Sherwin; Ferrando, Mr. Frank Howson; Ruiz, Mr. G. Johnson; Leonora, Madame Carandini; Inez, Miss Wilkinson; Azucena, Madame Sara Flower, the beautiful contralto; soldiers, guards, gypsies, warriors, nuns, etc. Conductor, Mr. Lavenu.

The opera brought splendid houses . . . The opera was taken off to fulfil an arrangement with Miss Emma Stanley, who appeared on July 4, 1859, in her entertainment entitled "Monopolylogue." She gave the whole evening's entertainment herself, with the assistance of the orchestra . . . . I was in front of the house every night, for the entertainment quite enchanted me. I remember watching with intense interest every change of dress, and every character she assumed. It conveyed a suggestion to my mind. Could I not venture with such an example before me to fix up a similar entertainment? Of course, not taking any of her characters, but new ones. I had a large store of comic yarns, songs, and dances. The difficulty was to make the dresses so as to change in an instant. I turned my attention to the matter and how I succeeded time will show. At Forbes I gave this class of entertainment on my return from the Weddin Diggings (Grenfell), where I played in conjunction with the Chambers Family, for the benefit of the Forbes Hospital.

Miss Stanley had a splendid season. After her departure the opera of "Il Trovatore" in English was reproduced with the same cast and did well, during which time the opera of "Ernani" was in full rehearsal. During Miss Stanley's season I had been hard at work making costumes for that opera. M. Lavenu was taken ill; he managed to come to rehearsal to the last, and I, not knowing how ill be was, worried him to come and see the new costumes, as he always took great interest in the dressing of the operas. Poor gentleman, he came upstairs to my work room, with difficulty; he being in great pain. He praised the work very much; the chorus in the first act are brigands; they change to noblemen in the second act. Two days after his inspection of the costumes Lavenu was dead! The opera of "Ernani" was announced, but had to be postponed for a few days. Of course, the whole company followed him to the grave. Teddy McLean, my step-son, and myself, occupied the same cab. He was buried in the Newtown Cemetery, where also lies N. C. Bochsa, the celebrated harpist, who came to Australia with Madame Anna Bishop. You will see that in that cemetery lie two clever musicians, and now I am told that the cemetery is to be closed, and the bodies or remains are to be removed for interment elsewhere. "Ernani" was produced, but everybody was sad, as M. Lavenu was a favorite with everyone; a nicer gentleman it was impossible to meet with. Although the opera was well put upon the stage, and the artistes all that could be desired, somehow the interest failed; the season came to a premature close, and drama and farce took the place of opera.

ASSOCIATIONS: Nelson family (troupe); John Gregg (vocalist); Walter Sherwin (vocalist); Frank Howson (vocalist); Maria Carandini (vocalist); Sara Flower (vocalist); Lewis Henry Lavenu (conductor); Emma Stanley (actor, vocalist); Chambers family (dancers); Teddy McLean (ballet dancer); Nicholas Charles Bochsa (musician); Anna Bishop (vocalist)

[22] "MUMMER MEMOIRS . . . No. 36 (By 'Hayseed')", Sydney Sportsman (23 September 1908), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166740007 

[23] "MUMMER MEMOIRS . . . No. 37 (By 'Hayseed')", Sydney Sportsman (30 September 1908), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166759130 

[24] "MUMMER MEMOIRS . . . No. 38 (By 'Hayseed')", Sydney Sportsman (7 October 1908), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166753243 

[25] "MUMMER MEMOIRS . . . No. 39 (By 'Hayseed')", Sydney Sportsman (14 October 1908), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166743717 

See also, "MUMMER MEMOIRS . . . AN ASIDE BY MR. W. H. FORD . . . No. 40 (By 'Hayseed')", Sydney Sportsman (21 October 1908), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166755941 

[26] "MUMMER MEMOIRS . . . No. 41 (By 'Hayseed')", Sydney Sportsman (28 October 1908), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166739378 

[27] "MUMMER MEMOIRS . . . No. 42 (By 'Hayseed')", Sydney Sportsman (11 November 1908), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166741249 

[28] "MUMMER MEMOIRS . . . No. 43 (By 'Hayseed')", Sydney Sportsman (16 December 1908), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166734082 

. . . I am not quite 80 years old, I am now in my 79th year . . . I came to Sydney in 1848, just 60 years ago. I did not play in Charles Kean's Company, as I was with Barry Sullivan the whole time the Keens were in Australia. They may intend McKean Buchanan; I was with him. I was not with Charles Mathews; I was travelling when he was here. Likely enough they mean Julia Mathews. I was for some years in the same company with her. That I did appear at 6 years of age is quite true, not that I did anything wonderful, but I admit I was a "hard case" when I was that age, and being my grandmother's "boy". I pretty well hard "the run of the ship." My grandmother was connected with Astley's years before I was born; she was a great favorite with every one in the theatre, and "Little Billy," meaning my self, was petted by the ladies of the company. I was a favorite with the stable hands; I loved to be among the horses. I was on the stage in nearly every piece, as Mr. Ducrow used to admire scenes that had youngsters in them. It is also correct that I was at both the Surrey and Victoria Theatres. I was nothing great, but I was useful. I did much better as a nipper at 6. I used to hear my grandmother speak of the Kings. The fourth George was a great patron of Astley's. On the tops of the bills were always the words, "Under the patronage of King George IV.", with the Royal arms. King George IV presented the theatre with a magnificent chandelier, as I mentioned previously. I may be the oldest living actor of the English stage, as it is 72 years since I commenced (in 1836). When Mr. George Coppin was alive, he was the "father" of the English stage; I know that I come next. However, it does not matter. I am very poor, and the honor of being "father" of the English stage will not bring grist to the mill. Mr. Coppin, Mr. R. Stewart, senr., dear Nellie, and Mr. Bland Holt, were all good to me. I would have been all right but for the financial crisis of 20 years ago, when I lost all my savings, some thousands, as did many other retired members of the profession. I have one "friend," however, that always sticks to me - the gout. I have him in both feet and both hands; it is a terrible affliction . . .

[28] "MUMMER MEMOIRS . . . No. 46 [sic, 44] (By 'Hayseed')", Sydney Sportsman (23 December 1908), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166751088 

[29] "MUMMER MEMOIRS . . . No. 45 (By 'Hayseed')", Sydney Sportsman (30 December 1908), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166758425 

[30] "MUMMER MEMOIRS . . . No. 53 (By 'Hayseed')", Sydney Sportsman (27 January 1908), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166751341 

The reminiscences were continued on most weeks through 1909, concluding:

[Conclusion] "MUMMER MEMOIRS . . . MR. W. H. FORD CONCLUDES HIS REMINISCENCES. No. 83 (By 'Hayseed')", Sydney Sportsman (15 September 1909), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166749690 

". . . And now I bid the kind public a fond adieu. But allow me the pleasure of taking you back to where I began, at Astley's Amphitheatre, Westminster-road, London, in the year 1836, and in the reign of King William . . . This glorious and magnificent theatre was burned down at daylight on June 8, 1841 . . . My family were ruined. Not a thing or creature was insured, the building alone excepted, in which, of course, the Ford family had no pecuniary interest.
"I remember the old faces well: Miss Woolford, the second Madame Ducrow, Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. Pope, Mddle. Lee, Miss Tissie Avery, Miss Henrietta Frampston, Mr. Ducrow, Mr. West, Le Petit Ducrow, the Great Barry (clown), Felix Carlo, Mr. Stickney, Mr. and Mrs. Hillier, Mr. Hicken, Mr. Gomersal, Mr. Cartledge, Mr. Widdicombe (ring-master), and many others. At the Surrey Theatre - I was there when Madame Vestris produced 'Beauty and the Beast' - I remember seasons of Shakespeare, with Macready and Miss Helen Faucit, whose husband, Sir Theodore Martin, has just died at 92 years of age. Also Miss Romer and Mr. Harrison, for operas, 'La Sonambula,' 'Bohemian Girl,' etc.; the celebrated Mrs. Honey, Mr. and Mrs. R. Honor, Mrs. Henry Vining, Miss Martin (the original Nancy Sykes), Mr. Billy Smith, Mr. James, Mr. N. T. Hicks, Mr. Sheppard, Mr. Henry Creswick, and many more.
"Also, when at the old Victoria Theatre in the New Cut, the celebrated Mrs. Vincent, Mrs. George Lee, Miss E. Terry (a relation, I fancy, of the present famous lady of the same name), Mr. Dale, Mr. E. E. Saville, Miss Montague, Mr. Searle, Mr. Osbaldiston, etc. I saw the original of 'The Green Bushes' at the Adelphi Theatre, Madame Celeste, Mr. and Mrs. Yates, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Wright, Mr. O. Smith, Miss Woolgar, and many others.
I well remember Mr. Rice (the original Jim Crow), Mr. Sweeney (the original banjoist), also Mr. and Mrs. Keeley, at the Lyceum Theatre, in Wellington-street, Strand; and so I might go on.
My first appearance at Astley's was in 1836, in the reign of William IV.
My first arrival in Sydney, was in 1848; my first engagement in Sydney 1851. I spent the intervening three years on the Clarence River. My first appearance in Melbourne was in 1850 [sic, ? 1856], when I was under engagement to Messrs. George Coppin and G. V. Brooke, at the Theatre Royal. I played Sir Richard Vernon to Mr. McKean Buchanan's Rob Roy. Miss Mortimer (Mrs. Harwood) was Diana Vernon. All these names are very dear to me.
I now close with sincere wishes for the welfare and success of every member of the theatrical profession of the present day. And if any of the old ones are living, I address them in the words of the good old song: -
'Farewell, scattered friends of my youth,
'Tis memory dims these old eyes,
May your thoughts, like your spire, point to truth,
And we'll talk of the past in the skies.

MUSIC: Lines from Where are my schoolmates gone (words: B. F. Woolf; music: Frederick Buckley)

Bibliography and resources:

Tony Martin-Jones, "Florrie Forde: her early life, in Australia" (2013-16)

http://www.apex.net.au/~tmj/florrie-forde.htm 

FORDE, Joseph Michael (Joseph FORD; Joseph Michael FORDE; J. M. FORDE; "Hayseed", "Old Chum")

Amateur actor, journalist, theatrical and musical historian and memoirist

Born Dublin, Ireland, 9 May 1840; son of John FORDE (1815-1882) and Mary LEONARD (c. 1815-1878)
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, 12 September 1857 (per General Windham, from Liverpool, 16 June, with father)
Married (1) Ellen CREEDEN (c. 1841-1918), VIC, 1862
Married (2) Anne Besley RIGNEY, Sydney, NSW, 1918
Died Hazelwood, NSW, 3 May 1929, aged "88"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Joseph+Michael+Forde+1840-1929 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=J+M+Forde+-+Old+Chum (TROVE tagged)

https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1002986 (NLA persistent identifier)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FORDE-Joseph-Michael (shareable link to this entry)

ASSOCIATIONS: William Henry Ford (informant, above)

Documentation:

"BIRTHS", Statesman and Dublin Christian Record [Ireland] (11 October 1844), 2

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000810/18441011/015/0002 (PAYWALL)

October 10, at Phibsborough-road, Mrs. John Forde, of a son.

Baptisms, October 1844, St. Michan's (RC), Dublin; register, page 75; National Library of Ireland

https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000633589#page/34/mode/1up (DIGITISED)

[October 1844] 14 / John of John Ford [and] Mary Leonard / [sponsor] Anne Leonard

ASSOCIATIONS: John Leonard Forde (younger brother)

"Police Intelligence. COLLEGE STREET OFFICE - FRIDAY, JULY 20. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY AT MESSRS. WATERHOUSE'S", Dublin Daily Express [Ireland] (21 July 1855), 4

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001384/18550721/045/0004 (PAYWALL)

John Forde, letter-carrier in the General Post Office, and Joseph Forde, his son, were placed at the bar, in custody of Ryan and Allen, of the Detective Force, on charge of being concerned in the robbery of quantity of jewellery, to the value of over £8O, from the establishment of Messrs. Waterhouse and Co., 26, Dame-street.
Mr. Samuel Swinburne Waterhouse deposed that from time to time, in the course of the last six or seven months, he had missed from the establishment four gold watches, two diamond rings, one sardonyx ring, three gold lockets, three gold chains, six gold brooches, four silver brooches, and one turquoise and diamond pin: all the articles being the property of himself and his partner, Mr. George Waterhouse. He identified in the police office the sardonyx ring, which he had bought about the 18th of January last; there was no entry in his books to show that he had since sold it, and he had no doubt that it was stolen. The prisoner, Joseph Forde, had been in his employment for about two years previous to the 19th instant, when he was arrested. Police-constable Daniel Ryan brought the ring into the shop yesterday evening, and having handed the ring to witness, he produced it to Joseph Forde, and asked him if he had ever seen it before, at the same time telling him to careful as to what said, as he knew what Ryan and Allen, the police constables, were. The prisoner replied that had never seen it before. He then told him to examine the ring, and ascertain if he could find witness's figures on it. Forde accordingly did so, and said that he did find figures upon it, but knew nothing about it. Witness told him that it had been traced to his father, who had sold it, and asked him if he had given it to his father, but replied that he had not, that his father might have sold it, but that he never gave it him. He was then given into custody. His father, John Forde, had been in witness's employment for a number of years, but was discharged last year. He believed that Joseph Forde stole the articles, and that John Forde received them, and was an accessary to the felony.
Patrick Keon, 61, Bolton-street, a clerk in the General Post Office, was then examined - He stated that knew the prisoner, John Forde, who is a letter-carrier, and has been likewise, he believed, a book-keeper in Messrs. Waterhouse's. During the last twelve months witness had been in the habit of buying jewellery from John Forde, and in January last bought, for £2, the ring produced and identified. Having had some conversation previously with Forde, he (witness) asked him had brought the rings; Forde said, "Go out into the yard and the boy will show you some rings." By "the boy," he meant his son, the other prisoner, who was in the habit of coming to the Post Office in the evening with his father. Witness accordingly went into the yard, and saw Joseph Forde, who showed him about a dozen rings, and out of them selected the one produced. In February he sent the ring with Patrick Farrell to have it pawned at Fennell's pawn office in Talbot-street. Farrell having proved the pawning of the ring the prisoners were remanded for further examination.

"COMMISSION OF OYER AND TERMINER [8 August] . . . THE LATE EXTENSIVE ROBBERY FROM THE MESSRS. WATERHOUSE'S", Dublin Daily Express (9 August 1855), 4

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001384/18550809/058/0004 (PAYWALL)

John Forde and Mary Forde, his wife, e\and their son, Joseph (an intelligent looking boy of about fifteen years of age), were placed the bar, and indicted for feloniously stealing gold watches, diamond rings, sardonyx ring, gold chains, pins, brooches, and various other articles of jewellery, the property of Mr. Samuel S. Waterhouse, jeweller, of Dame-street. A second count charged the prisoners with receiving and having in their possession the property, knowing it to stolen; and third count charged John Forde, the father, with inciting his son to steal the several articles of jewellery mentioned in the indictment. Mr. Curran, with Mr. Carleton, appeared for the prosecution. Mr. J. Sidney, with Mr. Charles Fitzgerald, jun., defended the prisoners.
Mr. Curran stated the case for the prosecution, and called following witnesses.
Mr. Samuel S. Waterhouse examined - I carry on the jewellery business at 25, Dame-street; I know all the prisoners at the bar; John Forde (the father) was in my employment for nine years; he ceased to be so about twelve months ago; the son, Joseph Forde, was two years in my employment, in the capacity of apprentice, but I considered him most useful as a salesman; he had access to the different articles of jewellery in my establishment; I took stock on the last day of December, or the 1st day of January last. (Stock book handed to witness.) In this book I have the entries of the articles in the establishment. (One ring handed to witness.) I see the entry this ring; it is sardonyx ring; my course of business is to enter each article in the book, numbered, with a short description attached; when an article is sold we enter the fact of the sale on the credit side of the book, so that at any time we can by comparison discover whether or not we have been robbed; that sardonyx ring was never sold in my establishment, and I can identify it being my property. [The witness here identified the various articles of stolen property, and stated positively that none of them had been sold in his establishment.] On the 1st of January I had all this property in stock; in July last I compared the stock in the book with what was in the establishment, and I found that a considerable quantity of jewellery was missing; that was on a Saturday; on the following Monday I discovered that one of the missing rings had been restored to the case, but in a soiled condition; I had four persons in my employment; I spoke to them all; I suspected the boy as little as any one of them the time; I called in the aid of a policeman, and introduced him to each of the four individuals; the boy was searched by his own consent; four days afterwards, in the presence of Sergeants Ryan and Allen, I called the boy up again: "Here," I said, "is a sardonyx ring. - now mind, careful of what you say, - did you ever see that ring before?" He said "I never did, to my knowledge." "Look at the inside of it," I said, "at the figures. - are they not mine?" - "I know them to be your figures," he said, "but I know no more about the matter." "This ring," I said, "has been traced to your father, who has sold it, - mind what you say." "I know nothing about it," was his reply. I then gave him into custody.
Mr. Sidney cross-examined the prosecutor as to the identity of the several articles, but the witness was positive that they were his property, and that they had been stolen from him.
Mr. William Moore, book-keeper in the Messrs. Waterhouse's establishment, stated that there was no entry in the books that any of the articles identified as having been stolen from the prosecutor's establishment had been sold in the ordinary course of business.
Mr. Robert Nelson, salesman to the Messrs. Waterhouse, deposed that had not sold any the articles produced; he was not certain as to one the brooches, but there was no entry as to its sale; he was positive that the remaining brooch had never been sold by him.
Mr. Edward Hayden, clerk in the pawn office of Mr. Fennell, Talbot-street, stated that the sardonyx ring in question had been pawned in the office of his employer, on the 13 February, 1855, in the name of "Farrell, 38, North Cumberland-street;" in the month of January last, the female prisoner pledged at the office a gold Geneva watch, for £4 10s.; the watch was numbered 3.032, and 21 183; she gave the name of "Duffy, Ballybough-bridge."
Mr. Waterhouse was then called and re-examined - He stated that he had had in his stock a watch corresponding to that described by the last witness as having been pawned by the female prisoner.
Patrick Farrell examined - I pledged this onyx ring [produced] in Talbot-street by direction of Mr. Patrick Keon, of the Post Office; such things are often done, my lord, by the young gentlemen (a laugh).
Mr. Patrick Keon examined - I am a clerk in the Post Office; I gave this onyx ring to Farrell to pledge for me; John Forde was a letter-carrier in the Post Office; he was in the habit of disposing of jewellery to the parties in the Post Office; he said he had a commission for doing so; I asked him bring some rings and I would purchase one from him; some time after Forde came to me and told me to go out into the yard to his son, who would show me some rings; I went out and saw the son; he showed me about a dozen rings; I selected one; I did not tell son how much I would give for it; I subsequently paid the father £2 for it.
Cross-examined by Mr. Sidney - I knew these things were from the Messrs. Waterhouse's; I had bought a diamond pin at their establishment before; I saw the boy there; I thought when he brought me the rings that he got the from his father; for the last eight or ten years the senior prisoner had been selling jewellery to the gentlemen in the Post Office.
Senior Prisoner - I was selling for Mosely, of London.
Witness - I never knew he was selling for Mosely.
Mr. Valentine, a clerk in Mr. Phair's pawn office, Fleet-street, deposed to the pawning, on the 3rd March last, by the female prisoner, in the name of "Thompson, Rathmines," of a cameo brooch, for £1 2s. 6d. He also deposed to the pawning of several other articles of jewellery identified as the property of the Messrs. Waterhouse, in the names of "M Mahon" and "Duffy," but was unable to state who pawned them.
Mr. Robert Phair and other parties also proved the pawning of many of the articles, but they could not state who the parties were that had pledged them.
Daniel Ryan, 1 G, deposed to arresting the prisoners.
Mr. Sydney addressed the jury for the prisoners in a very able speech.
Chief Justice Monahan then charged the jury.
After a few moments' deliberation, the jury handed in the verdict of "Guilty against the younger prisoner for stealing. They also convicted the father for inciting the son to commit the felony, and the mother for receiving the property, knowing it to have been stolen.
The foreman of the jury said that they had never come to a verdict with more regret than in this case, considering the position of the prisoners. They wished to recommend them to mercy.
Mr. Waterhouse said he joined most sincerely in the request. He felt exceedingly for the boy, than whom there was no better youth as regarded attention to business; and he held himself guilty of failing in duty in not pursuing a different course after the father had ceased to be in his employment.
Mr. Fitzpatrick, of Dame-street, who was very much affected, also joined with Mr. Waterhouse, and bore testimony to the good opinion entertained of the boy.
The Lord Chief Justice inquired if there was anybody to take charge of the boy when he should leave prison. He asked that question with a view to what might occur when the court came to pass sentence.
Mr. Sydney said that the boy's uncle was in court a few minutes previously, but had since left it.
Mr. Curran, for the prosecution, addressed the court in favour of the recommendation to mercy.
Mr. Sidney appealed to their lordships on behalf of the female prisoner, on the ground of her youthful family.
Chief Justice Monahan - We will respite sentence until the next Commission, when we will make an arrangement with the other judges, and come down and pass sentence ourselves. Meantime, as the prisoners are now convicted, the court orders that the boy shall be separated from his father and his mother.
Mr. Waterhouse said he felt it only just to Mr. Keon, of the Post Office, to mention that he found the diamond pin duly entered as being sold to him. He did not think there was the slightest imputation upon him.
A Juror - The jury are of the same opinion.
Chief Justice Monahan - Oh! of course there is not.
The prisoners were then removed, and the Commission as adjourned to the 25th of October.

"COMMISSION OF OYER AND TERMINER [27 October] . . . THE ROBBERY AT MR. WATERHOUSE'S", Dublin Daily Express [Ireland] (29 October 1855), 4

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001384/18551029/026/0004 (PAYWALL)

Chief Justice Monahan asked Mr. Waterhouse if he had any communication to make respecting the prisoners Ford, who had been convicted at the last Commission. A memorial on their behalf very numerously signed, had been presented to the judges. The case was very serious one, and could not lightly dealt with. His lordship inquired if Mr. Waterhouse had any way of recovering any portion of his property. Mr. Waterhouse stated that he had waited on the prisoner Ford in the prison, and there received such information from him as led to the recovery of a large portion of the property. He had found a valuable gold watch buried in his garden, and also thirty pawnbrokers' tickets. The prisoner also informed him about property which he had not missed, and therefore hoped the court would deal mercifully with the prisoner. Chief Justice Monahan then proceeded sentence the three prisoners, John Ford, Joseph Ford, and Mary Ford, and, after adverting to the facts of the case, said that, if the court had discharged its duty strictly when the prisoners were convicted, they would sentence them to penal servitude or transportation. The court, at the instance of Mr. Waterhouse, would not pass sentence, in order to give the prisoners an opportunity of giving such information as would enable him to receive portions of the property. That information had been given, and Mr. Waterhouse had appealed to the court to pass a more lenient sentence than otherwise would, and they had yielded the to application. The offence was of serious character, and must be visited by sever punishment. Each of them must and kept to hard labour for twelve months from the date of their committal.

ASSOCIATIONS: The "memorial on their behalf very numerously signed" perhaps included the signature of Charles Gavan Duffy; as Joseph later recalled, John Forde was a contributor to Duffy's Dublin journal, Nation; and around this time, Duffy himself was to leave Dublin to settle in Australia;
see "OLD SYDNEY (BY 'OLD CHUM'), Truth (30 November 1902), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article167902736 

. . . [Mitchel] joined the staff of the 'Nation,' under Charles Gavan Duffy. My father was on the staff of the 'Nation' at the time . . .
Quarrelling with Duffy he left the 'Nation' and established a paper, the 'United Irishman,' every line printed in which breathed animosity to England. For his especial behoof the Treason Felony Act was passed, Mitchell being the first offender tried under it, and [in 1848] being convicted was sentenced to 14 years' transportation . . . The Crown lawyers were determined upon a conviction, the jury had been carefully packed; in fact there was no secret about the packing. Samuel Swinburne Waterhouse, an Englishman, in trade in Dublin, and holding the appointment of jeweller, etc., to the Lord Lieutenant, was foreman of the jury . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Samuel Swinburne Waterhouse (1820-1905, employer); Charles Gavan Duffy (politician); John Mitchel (Irish political prisoner)

Australia (from 1857):

Names and descriptions of passengers per General Windham from Liverpool, 16 June 1857, for Melbourne; Public Record Office Victoria

https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3B05F129-F96C-11E9-AE98-27F6998F8082?image=298 (DIGITISED)

. . . John Ford / 40 / Farmer / Irish // Joseph [Ford] / 17 / [Farmer] / Irish . . .

"NEWS OF THE WEEK", The Melbourne Leader [VIC] (12 October 1861), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197520757 

The memorial to the late Miss Ellen Mortyn, for which an amateur dramatic performance was recently given at the Royal Princess Theatre, has been erected in the New Cemetery. The memorial consists of a tomb covering the entire grave, and is composed of Italian marble, on a Yorkshire landing, and bluestone base, about eight feet by four, and three and a half or four feet high, and bears the following inscription: -
"Here lieth the mortal remains of the once gifted Ellen Mortyn. This simple tribute to her worth as an actress was subscribed for by the inhabitants of Victoria at a public benefit in the Royal Princess Theatre, Melbourne, 30th August, 1861, under the auspices of the Amateur Benevolent Comedian Club. - J. M. Forde, Honorary Secretary."

ASSOCIATIONS: Ellen Mortyn (actor); Princess Theatre (Melbourne venue)

"FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY", Evening News [Sydney, NSW] (11 July 1871), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129968435 

The following donations have been received since September last: . . .
From Mr. J. M. Forde: Four numbers of the Hobart Town Gazette for 1825 . . .

"DEATHS", The Australasian [Melbourne, VIC] (29 June 1878), 27

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article143312664 

FORDE. - On the 21st inst., at 110 Perry-street, Hoddle-street north, Mrs. Mary Forde, daughter of the late Bernard Leonard, Esq., of 79 St. Stephen's Green south, Dublin, and dearly beloved mother of Mr. J. M. Forde, Sydney, and Mr. J. L. T. Forde, Melbourne, aged 65 years. R.I.P.

"DEATHS", The Herald [Melbourne, VIC] (27 July 1882), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article241179647 

FORD - On the 24th inst., at Fitzroy, Mr. John Forde, journalist, aged 67 years. R.I.P.

"EARLY MELBOURNE. BY OLD CHUM No. 203", Truth [Perth, WA] (20 September 1913), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207421743 

The shop of Mr. Edward Arnold was at 56 Elizabeth-street, one door from the nor-east corner of Collins-street. The house was built about the year 1845, and was demolished in December, 1910. I made a special trip to Melbourne to have a look at the old premises, hearing they were about to be demolished, but arrived in time to see the last old brick carted off the ground . . . I entered the employment of Mr. Arnold towards the end of 1858. He was an artist by profession, a good draftsman, but as "professional" men went at a discount in the first fifties he became a bookseller and stationer . . . In the early years of his trade, Arnold did well and built himself a country house, "Cloverdale," Toorak. Thus, when the gold fever had died out, he sold to Mr. John William Bogg, of J. H. Clough and Co., wool brokers . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Edward Arnold (employer, for c. 3 years 1859-61)

"A NORTON LETTER. JOHN NORTON WRITES ON LIFE To Historian, "Old-Chum" Forde", Truth (20 May 1917), 12

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article201549797 

Our esteemed contributor, Mr. J. M. Forde, who is better known to our readers as "Old Chum," was 77 years' of age last Wednesday. He writes as follows to us: - My 77th birthday will happen on Wednesday, May 9. On Sunday, May 13, I will expect to see, as you promised, our late Chief's letter to me on my 74th birthday. It will be but simple justice to Mr. Norton's memory, as there are many incidents in that letter which explain many things in Mr. Norton's career . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: John Norton (newspaper proprietor)

"EARLY MELBOURNE. John Pascoe Fawkner - "The Founder of Melbourne" - His Life, Death, and Funeral . . . (By "Old Chum") No. 434", Truth (23 March 1918), 7

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130176053 

It is with much regret that, I sit down to write the last chapter of my "Early Melbourne" reminiscences. During a residence of nearly sixty-one years in Australia, I feel I ought to know something about it, socially and politically, and I have endeavored, to the best of my ability, to use this knowledge in these columns . . .

"PERSONAL", Daily Telegraph [Launceston, TAS] (6 March 1923), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article153395437 

Mr. John Leonard Forde, who died at his residence, Eblana, Hill-street, Hawthorn, on February 26, was born in Dublin in 1844, and arrived in Melbourne in the early sixties. He was associated with journalism in Melbourne and Tasmania for many years . . .

"Old Sydney . . . TOLD BY OLD CHUM. No. 964", Truth (9 May 1926), 20

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article168719902 

. . . To-day, May 9, ushers In "Old Chum's" 87th year, for over 36 of which he has contributed to "Truth" under various pen-names, names used to fit the articles. This was originated by the late Mr. John Norton, the founder, practically, of the paper . . .

For police cases and court work generally "Bucket" was used. On articles of country travel, the result of "Old Chum's" business trips to various centres, "An Ex-Commercial' was used. On legal articles, "Mark Meddle" was used, being a character, "a pettifogging village attorney," in the comedy of "London Assurance." "Aminadab Sleek," a sanctimonious character in "The Serious Family" was adopted in various questionable church matters; "The Oldest Inhabitant" and "T.O.I." were used in old Australian items.

"Hayseed" was used in the "Sportsman" generally, racing items, sporting biographies and theatres. "The Man About Town" for city items. "Bush Lawyer," "Mickey Tree," "J.M.F.", and "T." were all used, and have now been laid aside, and "Old Chum" has taken their place.

I hope to be forgiven for this "blowing my own trumpet." What the late Mr. John Norton thought of my work will be found In his letter to me written in Melbourne on my 74th birthday. The letter will be found in "Truth" (Sydney) June 2, 1917, and it was copied into all the issues of "Truth" in Australia and New Zealand in the same month.

"OBITUARY . . . MR. J. M. FORDE", The Sydney Morning Herald (4 May 1929), 21

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16561847 

The death occurred at Hazelbrook, blue Mountains, last night of Mr. John Michael Forde [sic], whose writings under the nom de plume of "Old Boomerang" were widely known throughout the State. He would have celebrated his 89th birthday next week. Mr. Forde had a valuable collection of old Sydney records, etchings, and documents of great historical interest, and he wrote continuously during the last 10 years about old residents and places in and around Sydney. He is survived by Mrs. Forde and a family. The funeral will take place at Lawson Cemetery this afternoon.

See also "OLD CHUM. THE LATE MR. J. M. FORDE (BY J. E. C.)", The Sydney Morning Herald (8 May 1929), 16

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16566884 

"DEATHS", The Sydney Morning Herald (9 May 1929), 10

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2804720 

FORDE. - May 3, 1929, at Hazelbrook, Joseph Michiel Forde [sic], aged 88 years.

Theatrical and musical memoirs:

Mummer memoirs (from 1904, as Annals of the turf and other pastimes, from 1905 Mummer memoirs, to 1914):

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Mummer+memoirs (TROVE tagged by Australharmony and others)

Other sources:

Papers of Joseph Michael Ford, 1901-1929; National Library of Australia, MS 3487

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/20034103 

Papers of Joseph Michael Ford, 1836-1925; State Library of New South Wales

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/235988654 

The Wyndham journal [sic]; a scrapbook with printed copy of a journal produced weekly on board the General Windham on a voyage to Australia in 1857; hand annotations and letters inserted trace some passengers after arrival in the colony; National Library of Australia, MS 3420

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/34751187 

For another copy, see:

https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/57fee94ed0cdd122b03b96b5 

On which, see "EARLY MELBOURNE. When 'Old Chum' was a 'New Chum' (BY 'OLD CHUM') No. 187", Truth [Perth, WA] (24 May 1913), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20741920 

. . . Amongst her passengers were some who subsequently achieved some fame, if not full fortune, in Australia . . . Amongst them were . . . Mr. Andrew Orr, who became noted as a journalist on Ballarat; Mr. John Forde, a journalist, of Dublin, whose second son, John Leonard Forde, has just produced an interesting volume, "The Story of the Bar of Victoria," published by Whitcombe and Tombs, the result of nearly half a century's acquaintance as a journalist with the Victorian Law Courts . . . Mr. Joseph Wilding, of some editorial talent; and, pardon me for mentioning it, myself. A happier little company it would be difficult to find . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Andrew Orr (poet, journalist);
and see also "EARLY MELBOURNE, 'Old Chum' as a 'New Chum' (BY 'OLD CHUM') No. 189", Truth [Perth, WA] (7 June 1913), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207419454 

The first number of the Wyndham Journal" appeared on Monday, July 13, 1857. We had been just about four weeks at sea. The editor, in his introduction, said: - "We had entertained hopes of being long ere this in the weekly receipt of a journal throughout the vessel, which, whether comic or otherwise, might, at least, serve to help some of us through an idle hour or two; but, alas! the hope was blighted in the first shoot. One periodical has been born, breathed on, and buried in oblivion!"
A newspaper named "Illustrated Punch" made one appearance, and then dropped out. The second venture, less ambitions, perhaps, was more successful, and ran into nine numbers, the last being published on September 12, the day on which we sailed up Port Phillip and anchored in Hobson's Bay. The paper did not make its appearance with studied regularity, the winds and waves having, at times, interfered with its appearance. It was written on foolscap, after the manner of John Pascoe Fawkner's manuscript journal, "The Melbourne Advertiser," the difference being that Fawkner got paid for his advertisements and Wilding did not. The size of the weekly issue was regulated by the amount of "copy." The series was sent to Edinburgh by Mr. Wilding to be printed. They were sold at 2s. 6d. per copy, and eagerly purchased by such passengers as were in Melbourne, when the issue arrived. I was selected to read the journal on the day of issue to the passengers, as it would have been unwise to allow the paper to pass through so many hands.
The first number, in addition to the "log" of the ship and the establishment of a mutual improvement society, contained a poem by Andrew Orr, which I think, is not included in his book of verse: -
THE WANDERER OF THE WEST.
Our gallant ship, the outward bound.
Leans off from Bantry Bay;
The last sweet sight of Irish ground
Is seen through tear and spray . . .
The mutual improvement society was a success. The initial lecture was delivered by Dr. Slater - "Phrenotypics, or Artificial Memory" . . . Other lectures of the series were: - . . . "A History of the Post Office and Postal Arrangements" by Mr. Forde . . .
In addition to the mutual improvement society, there were two musical societies on board, so that each day had some attraction which helped pass the gloomy evenings, gloomy only for want of proper lighting, a little oversight in the arrangements of the agents or owners, who did not put a sufficient supply of lamp oil on board. We had instrumental as well as vocal music, one Mr. Wagner being a composer and violinist of some merit . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: John Wagner (musician); and see also, "EARLY MELBOURNE. 'Old Chum' as a 'New Chum' (BY 'OLD CHUM') No. 191", Truth (21 June 1913), 12

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207419878 

Also, "EARLY MELBOURNE . . . Voyage of the General Wyndham - Shipmates of 'Old Chum' ((By 'Old Chum') No. 367", Truth [Melbourne, VIC] (18 November 1916), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130163664 

. . . Another shipmate was . . . John Forde, who had been on the staff of several Dublin newspapers, amongst them the "Warder" and the "Nation", widely different in politics, who was also a passenger. Mr. Forde died in 1883; he has two sons in journalism in Australia . . .

Bibliography and resources:

Allan Rost, "Joseph Michael Forde 'Old Chum' (1840-1929)", Descent 34/1 (March 2004), 7-15

https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/IELAPA.200404403 (PAYWALL)

FORDER, Henry (Henry Thomas FORDER; Henry FORDER; Harry FORDER)

Musician, organist, blind musician

Born Ballarat, VIC, 1857; son of James FORDER and Bridget REIDY
Active Melbourne, VIC, by 1869
Married Kate (Catherine) NOONAN (1860-1946), VIC, 1882
Died Prahran, VIC, 1 March 1925, aged "67"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Henry+Thomas+Forder+1857-1925 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FORDER-Henry (shareable link to this entry)

Documentation:

[News], The Argus [Melbourne, VIC] (1 February 1869), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5826999

An interesting event took place on Saturday last, in the second annual meeting of those concerned in the Victorian Asylum and School for the Blind, held in the building, situated on the St. Kilda-road . . . The "business" of the meeting followed. The usual report - a very satisfactory one - was received, and resolutions were passed appointing the various honorary officers, and the committee of the institution, and thanking the paid officers, such as . . . Mr. S. Greenwood (the teacher of music), for having so admirably discharged their duties. During the proceedings the children performed several pieces of music with precision and effect. They sang and played on the piano and organ, and a boy named Henry Forder, only ten years of age, and so small that those in the room could scarcely see him perched on the organ stool, performed a voluntary on that instrument, the theme of which was Handel's Hailstone Chorus. He had only been a pupil for four or five months, and his instrumentation was surprising. The musical education of the children reflected great credit upon Mr. Greenwood's teaching, as did their general appearance upon the general management . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Samuel Greenwood (teacher)

"VICTORIAN ASYLUM AND SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND", The Argus (5 December 1873), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5876849

The annual concert in connexion with this institution was held in the Town-hall last night . . . About 4,000 persons were present, and the collection made during the evening amounted to only £116. There are now 95 inmates of the institution, of whom a small majority are males. Nearly all of them were present last night in the organ gallery . . . H. Forder, the well-known blind musician, who is an inmate of the asylum, played on the organ . . .

[News], The Argus (31 March 1882), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11536513

The managers of the asylum and School for the Blind commenced their concerts which have now become customary, last night in the refectory of the asylum . . . It has been mentioned to us that Henry Forder, a former pupil of the institution has lately been appointed organist at the Presbyterian Church, St. Kilda . . .

"A WORLD WITHOUT LIGHT", The McIvor Times (26 April 1883), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90142960

At the corner of St. Kilda road and Greville street, Prahran, is a little colony of one hundred persons who live in the perpetual night of total blindness . . . The Victorian Asylum for the blind contains, as stated, 100 inmates, in the proportion of about six males to four females. The ages range from five to about sixty, and 90 per cent. are Australian born . . . One of the inmates, Mr. Forder, is the well-known organist of the St. Kilda Presbyterian Church, and another, Mr. Edward Pascoe, who has been totally blind since birth, is the organist at St. James's Cathedral, Melbourne. A former inmate is now earning his living as a professor of music at Ballarat, whilst another - Miss Constance Heine - is prospering in America. This young lady was blind from birth, her father, the well-known violinist, being also blind . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Constance and Joseph Heine (daughter and father, violinist)

"BLIND MUSICIANS", Grey River Argus [NZ] (23 August 1898), 3

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA18980823.2.10

This talented Company will open for a season, commencing on Friday evening, at Bonnie's Hall. The Press all over the colony are loud in the praise of their musical ability, apart from the deserving nature of the company . . . Henry Forder, who was born blind, is the most talented blind instrumentalist in the colonies. He is a splendid performer on the organ, piano, violin and clarionette, and in addition has a thorough knowledge of all brass instruments, having been Band Master to the Blind Institution, Melbourne. For three years he was Organist to the Prahran Independent Church, and for thirteen years occupied a similar position to the St. Kilda Presbyterian Church. Piano tuning is also another of his numerous accomplishments. His imitations of the banjo and bagpipes are encored nightly . . .

"A SENSATIONAL BOLT", The Argus (12 December 1900), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9567363

A sensational bolt took place in High street, Armadale, yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock, which resulted in injuries to Mr. Henry Forder, a blind piano-forte tuner, living at 110 Newry street, North Carlton, and also to his wife, Kate.

"MELBOURNE GOSSIP (From our own Correspondent)", Examiner [Launceston, TAS] (18 January 1907), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article45797222

For a blind man to pose as a wife-beater seems a curious state of affairs, but nevertheless a man named Henry Forder, who has lost his sight, was charged with such an assault. It appears that they have been living apart for some time, and that on Friday last the accused was heard making a disturbance outside his wife's front door, and was seen to be flourishing a heavy walking-stick. When the front door was opened he rushed in, and commenced to strike his wife with the stick and his fist. Some gentlemen went to her rescue, and husband desisted. She afterwards gave him into custody. On being asked whether she had given him any provocation her reply that they had 11 children caused some hilarity. The accused was slightly drunk at the time of his arrest, and he stated that lne intended to give his wife and daughter a good thrashing because they had been saying something disrespectful about him and his friends. He bore a good character, and on account of this and of his physical disabilities, the bench imposed a small penalty of 20s, in default three days' imprisonment.

See also, "HARMONY AND DISCORD", The Argus (22 January 1907), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10610798

"DEATHS", The Age [Melbourne, VIC] (3 March 1925), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article155561627 

FORDER. - On the 1st March, at the Alfred Hospital, Harry, beloved husband of Katherine Forder . . . aged 67 years . . .

FORREST, Charles (Charles FORREST; Mr. C. FORREST)

Actor, comedian, theatrical manager

Born ? c. 1829
Active Hobart Town, TAS, ? by 1850; by 1852
Married Mary Ann MERCHANT (1837-1863), Launceston, TAS, 9 March 1853 (aged ? "24")
Active Melbourne, VIC, until mid 1859

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Charles+Forrest+comedian (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FORREST-Charles (shareable link to this entry)

Documentation:

? [Advertisement], Colonial Times [Hobart, TAS] (22 March 1850), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8766866 

ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, MURRAY STREET. -
The ladies and gentlemen of Hobart Town and its vicinity are respectfully informed that the above popular place of amusement will
RE-OPEN on MONDAY EVENING NEXT, the 25th instant, with an entirely New Company.
The Theatre has undergone a thorough repair, and every effort has been made to render the House worthy of the patronage of the public.
The best Dramatic and Equestrian talent available in the colony has been engaged for the ensuing season . . .
Stage Manager, Mr. Holloway; Acting Manager, Mr. Forrest . . .
Leader of the Orchestra, Mr. Irwin. March 22, 1850.

ASSOCIATIONS: Edmund Holloway (actor, manager); Mr. Irwin (leader, musician); Royal Amphitheatre (Hobart venue)

[Advertisement], Hobarton Guardian, or, True Friend of Tasmania (1 May 1852), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article173061778 

ROYAL ALBERT THEATRE. TREMENDOUS ATTRACTION.
Monday Evening, May 3rd. FAREWELL BENEFIT OF Mr. C. FORREST.
First appearance of MISS ROMER, From the Royal Liver Theatre, Liverpool.
Mr. C. FORREST, begs to intimate to the Ladies and Gentlemen of Hobart Town, and its vicinity, that his Benefit is fixed for the above mentioned evening; on which occasion (at a considerable expence) he has arranged a Night's Entertainments that will not fail to give satisfaction, when he trusts to meet with a share of that patronage, which throughout his theatrical career, has ever been his study to deserve.
The evening's entertainments will commence with a new Melo Drama, in 3 Acts, entitled
THE JUDGE OF BOHEMIA, OR THE DAUGHTER of CRIME.
Count Rhinealt, a judge who condemns his own child to death - Mr. C. FORREST.
Louisa, his daughter - Miss ROMER.
Other characters by the company.
To be followed by Song - Mr. Osborne. Song - Miss Romer.
To conclude with a laughable Farce entitled, The Tinker, Soldier, and the Sailor! Supported by the entire company . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Robert James Osborne (actor, vocalist); Miss Romer (otherwise unidentified); Royal Albert Theatre (Hobart venue)

[Advertisement], Hobarton Guardian, or, True Friend of Tasmania (13 November 1852), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article173062968 

Royal ALBERT Theatre, Liverpool Street.
On Monday Evening Next, Nov. 15 . . .
Van Diemen's Land IN THE DAYS OF BRADY.
BRADY, MR. FORREST . . .
N. B. - After next Wednesday this Theatre will be under the able and talented direction of Messrs. RUSSELL and ANDERSON, with Mr. C. FORREST as Manager . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: William Wilkins Russell (manager); Matthew Brady (convict, bushranger); this is the sole notice of this play based on Brady's career

"THE DRAMA", Hobarton Guardian, or, True Friend of Tasmania (20 November 1852), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article173063011 

"Master Humphrey's Clock," a Melo Drama of considerable interest, dramatized from Dickens' Celebrated Novel, will be performed on Monday evening next, at the Royal Victoria Theatre: Mr. C. Forrest is cast for the character of Hargrave Hartly, being his first appearance. More than usual labour has been employed in the production of this piece, and a good house is anticipated . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Royal Victoria Theatre (Hobart venue)

"Olympic Theatre", The Cornwall Chronicle [Launceston, TAS] (19 February 1853), 140

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65581189 

By advertisement it will be seen this little place of amusement opens on Monday evening, for a short season, with almost a new company. No doubt, if well managed, the season will prove a profitable one. During the race week four evenings' performances will take place, with entirely new pieces, farces, and other entertainments; in which Mr. Charles Forrester [sic], from Hobart Town, will appear in some of his favorite characters, and no doubt prove an attraction.

"Olympic Theatre", The Cornwall Chronicle (5 March 1853), 182

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65581316 

The performance at this little place of amusement has been very creditable during the week. For Monday evening there is a splendid bill-of-fare for the benefit of Mr. C. Forrest, who will appear as "William Tell," and from his well known ability, will, no doubt, draw a bumper house. Mrs. Moore will sustain the part of "Emma," and do justice to it. Mr. Kenney as "Michael" will acquit himself in his usual happy style - in fact, the piece will, without doubt, go off well, as all parts have been well studied. Singing and dancing compose the interlude, and a very good Farce finishes the evening's amusement. See advertisement.

[Advertisement], The Cornwall Chronicle (5 March 1853), 176

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65581314 

OLYMPIC THEATRE. MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 7.
GREAT NOVELTY AND ATTRACTION. FOE THE BENEFIT OF MR. CHARLES FORREST . . .
William Tell (the Patriot) - Mr. C. Forrest.
Albert Tell (his son) - Miss Merchant . . .
DANCE - MISS MERCHANT . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Mary Ann Merchant (dancer, actor)

1853, marriages in the district of Launceston; 9 March 1853; Tasmanian names index; NAME_INDEXES:849645; RGD37/1/12 no 1144

https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Record/NamesIndex/849645 

https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-12/RGD37-1-12P442 (DIGITISED)

No. 284 / 1144 / March 9th 1853 at the residence of Mrs. Charles Fields, Charles Street, Launceston /
Charles Forrest / 24 / Gentleman / . . . bachelor /
Mary Ann Merchant / 17 / - / . . . spinster / . . .

"ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE", The Courier [Hobart, TAS] (31 January 1854), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2244977 

If unremitting energy and perseverance in the cause of public gratification are deserving of encouragement the exertions of Mr. Watson must ultimately entitle him to that success, which recent and partial failures may have temporarily diminished . . . The debut of Mr. Forrest, which takes place to-morrow evening in the character of William Tell, will, we hope, be attended by such a welcome as the opinions we have heard concerning him may justify us in anticipating.

ASSOCIATIONS: Feltham Bold Watson (manager)

[News], The Courier (7 April 1854), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2241831 

Mr. Osborne has engaged Mr. Forrest, formerly of the Royal Victoria Theatre, at a liberal salary, and Mr. F. is about to depart for Sydney, to join the company at Malcom's Circus in that metropolis. As it would not be possible to obtain the theatre on that occasion, a retiring benefit will be given him at the Albert Theatre to-morrow evening.

ASSOCIATIONS: Malcom's Amphitheatre (Sydney venue)

"SHIPPING REPORT . . . CLEARED OUT", The Hobart Town Advertiser (12 April 1854), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article264635444 

April 11 - Brig Emma, 139 tons, T. T. Brown, for Sydney, with sundries; passengers . . . Mr. C. Forrest . . .

[Advertisement], The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator [Sydney, NSW] (29 April 1854), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article251543000 

ROYAL OLYMPIC ARENA, CASTLEREAGH-STREET, OPENS ON MONDAY, MAY 9th,
SOLE LESSEE - Mr. R. J. Osborne. THE following is a list of Mr. Osborne's Troupe: -
Mr. Forrest, the eminent Tragedian, late of the Melbourne and Geelong Theatres . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Olympic Circus (Sydney venue)

"SORELL PLOUGHING MATCH (From our own Correspondent)", The Courier [Hobart, TAS] (15 September 1854), 2-3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2248377 

THE Tenth Annual Ploughing Match came off on Thursday last, the 7th September . . . A band of music was in attendance, which played some very appropriate pieces . . . [3] . . . Plenty of amusement, apart from the labours of the day was afforded by Osborne's Troupe and the Dog Jonathan. Mr. C. Forrest, late of the Victoria Theatre gave a kind of theatrical monopologue, murdering the Queen's English to the delight of the audience, who were not sufficiently rustic to omit marking their appreciation of a representative of William Tell roaring out to the Swiss troop to "put the happel on is 'ed" . . .

[Advertisement], The Courier (2 February 1855), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2478780 

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. BENEFIT OF MR. C. FORREST. -
The oldest actor in the colony takes his Benefit on FRIDAY Evening, 2nd February,
when he trusts to meet with a share of public patronage and support.
The pieces selected for this occasion are THE CARPENTER OF ROUEN, with other entertainments.
To conclude with THE KING'S GARDENER.
Marceau (the carpenter), Mr. C. Forrest. Madelon (his daughter), Madame Carandini.
In the King's Gardener, Madame Carandini will sing some of her most popular songs.

ASSOCIATIONS: Maria Carandini (vocalist, actor)

"CITY POLICE COURT. Wednesday, 14th November, 1855 . . . A THEATRICAL LUNATIC", The Age [Melbourne, VIC] (15 November 1855), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154866177 

Charles Forrest, remanded from last week for attempting to cut his throat in going through some professional act, was discharged upon promising not to tipple again. He seemed desirous of taking the total abstinence pledge. Dr. Milton was sent for, and it was administered to him at once.

"BURGLARY", The Argus [Melbourne, VIC] (15 April 1856), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4835515 

At the District Court yesterday, Charles Forrest, a person, well-known amongst play-goers as a comedian, was brought up for examination on a charge of having been implicated in the Ivanhoe robbery, committed a short time back. The detectives not being fully prepared with their evidence, and prisoner's counsel also asking for a remand, the examination was postponed for a week, by which time both parties promised to be ready.

"MELBOURNE CRIMINAL SESSIONS. SATURDAY, JULY 16 . . . HIGHWAY ROBBERY, WITH VIOLENCE", The Argus (18 July 1859), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5684634 

Charles Forrest, Alexander Kennedy, John Keith, and Andrew Anderson, alias Conner, pleaded "Not Guilty" to an information which charged them with having feloniously assaulted John Boden, on the night of June 22nd last, and stolen from him a watch, a cap, and certain moneys, his property . . .
The prisoner Forrest then addressed the jury. His remarks in substance were that he was an actor at the Princess's Theatre, and had always earned an honest living . . . The prisoners were then remanded.

ASSOCIATIONS: Princess Theatre (Melbourne venue)

"MELBOURNE CRIMINAL SESSIONS. Yesterday . . . THE LITTLE BOURKE STREET OUTRAGE", The Age (22 July 1859), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154829506 

Charles Forrest, Alexander Kennedy, John Keefe, and Andrew Anderson, alias Connor, were once more placed upon their trial, charged with having committed a murderous assault upon one John Bowden in Little Bourke street on the morning of the 22nd June last. Prisoners pleaded Not Guilty . . .
His Honor, in passing sentence, said: Charles Forrest and John Keefe, you have, after a long and arduous trial, been convicted by a jury of your countrymen of a most heinous offence, for which your lives have been forfeited to the laws of your country. If there was evidence before me to show by whose hand the blow had been struck, I would have sentenced him to death, and I would have seen that the sentence should have been carried out. But as I do not desire to pass a sentence which I cannot afterwards see that it is carried out, I will only order sentence of death to be recorded against you. You have been convicted of a most violent assault upon a man whose life you life you have placed in danger, and whose health you have perhaps permanently injured. Let sentence of death be recorded against both the prisoners, and the Executive will say to what punishment the sentence will be commuted.

See also, "CRIMINAL SESSIONS", The Argus (22 July 1859), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5684908 

FORSTER, Thomas (Thomas FORSTER; T. FORSTER)

General and music printer, publisher, newspaper proprietor

Active Sydney, NSW, by c. 1835
Active as "Statham and Forster" (proprietors of The Australian), Sydney, January 1844 to March 1847
Active as "T. Forster", Sydney (at Pitt-street north address), NSW, July 1847 to ? October 1849, or May 1851

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Thomas+Forster+printer+and+publisher (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FORSTER-Thomas (shareable link to this entry)

Summary:

As of early 2022, I have been unable to positively identify Thomas Forster, printer and publisher of The Australian. George Burnett Barton, in Literature in New South Wales (1866), mentions William Forster (1818-1882) as a journalist, but makes no mention at all of Thomas. The printer was probably not the journalist William's father, Thomas Forster, a retired army surgeon, who died on his country property at Ryde on 6 February 1856, in his seventies. Nor was he the NSW convict, Thomas Forster, per Mangles, 1820, who was already active in Melbourne and Geelong in the 1840s as a commission agent, and who died at Ballarat in 1880.

Documentation:

[Advertisement], The Sydney Monitor [NSW] (9 August 1837), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32156920 

To Constables, Publicans, AND OTHERS.
AS MY ASSIGNED SERVANTS are in the habit of prowling about the streets after the prescribed hour, from my Office, and frequenting Public Houses, Constables are desired to take the same in charge, and lodge them in custody, unless they have a written pass bearing the signature of my Overseer Mr. Thomas Forster.
N.B. - Publicans are also cautioned against giving any kind of Liquor or Spirits to the same without a written order.
E. H. STATHAM. Monitor Office, August 2, 1837.

ASSOCIATIONS: Edwyn Henry Statham (printer, publisher)

"Court of Quarter Sessions. THURSDAY, AUGUST 19", Australasian Chronicle (21 August 1841), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31732657 

James Spring and John Spring were indicted for having, on the 3rd of July last, stolen £36 in bank notes, £5 in shillings, and £2 10s. in half crowns, the property of Mr. W. J. Row, of the government printing office. Mr. Cheeke and Mr. G. R. Nichols appeared for the prosecution; Mr. Foster appeared for John Spring, and Mr. Purefoy for James Spring . . .
Mr. Foster then called the following witnesses, who all gave the prisoner John Spring an excellent character, as an honest, upright, and trustworthy individual: - Mr. G. Moss, proprietor of the Australian; Mr. T. Forster, overseer of the Australian printing office; and Mr. G. G. O'Brien, proprietor of the Monitor. Each of these witnesses had known the prisoner John Spring for seven or eight years, and all gave him the most unexceptionable character. A written character was also put in and read from Mr. F. M. Stokes, late proprietor of the Sydney Herald . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Frederick Michael Stokes (newspaper proprietor)

"AUSTRALIAN PRESS", The Australian (22 July 1842), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37117585 

. . . Amongst the many novelties which have lately presented themselves to our attention . . . none perhaps is more worthy of honourable mention, than a Printing Press, lately manufactured by Mr. Crighton, for the "Australian" Office. This Press is of that description known as the Imperial Press, and is certainly a very creditable specimen of Australian workmanship, it being fully equal in its operation to any English Press. It was originally intended to introduce some rather important improvements in the mechanism, suggested by Mr. T. Forster of the "Australian," but although the principle of these improvements was approved of by the manufacturer, he did not in his first attempt, like to venture upon any material innovation of the old plan. He is, however, about to commence the manufacture of a second Press, in which he intends adopting Mr. Forster's suggestions, which appear to us to be valuable. We will hope that the same advancement in our social and political condition, which has led to this purveyance for the mechanical department of literature, will in due season be evinced in a similar measure, by those works of mind which have hitherto been so charily bestowed upon us . . .

[Advertisement], The Australian (15 July 1847), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37128087 

NOTICE OF REMOVAL. THE Proprietor of THE AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL begs to intimate . . . that the business office will, on and after Monday next [19 July 1847], be carried on in the premises adjoining Dr. Bland's, in Pitt-street . . .
THOMAS FORSTER, Proprietor. Sydney, July 14, 1847.

[Advertisement], The Australian (22 July 1847), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37130283 

NOTICE. THE Business of THE AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL and General Printing Office,
heretofore conducted at No. 575, Lower George-street, will henceforth be carried on at No. 334, Pitt-street, adjoining the residence of Dr. Bland . . .
THOMAS FORSTER, July 22, 1847.

[Advertisement], The Australian (22 October 1847), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37130283 

"Australian Journal" GENERAL PRINTING OFFICE [ESTABLISHED 22 YEARS.]
LETTER-PRESS and COPPER PLATE PRINTING, of every description performed with neatness and despatch, at reduced prices; and in a style not to be excelled in any Office in Sydney.
THOMAS FORSTER.

"POLICE OFFICE SKETCHES", Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer (8 September 1849), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59769434 

. . . The complainant had incurred a debt of £2 10s. with one Thomas Forster, proprietor of the late Australian newspaper. Application for payment was made by the defendant Nixon, who represented himself as Forster's agent in the transaction . . .

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (20 October 1849), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12904987 

PRINTING OFFICE. FOR SALE by Private Contract, complete, or in lots to suit purchasers, the
Whole of the PRESSES, TYPES, and Printing Materials of the late Australian Newspaper and Job Office.
For particulars apply to Mr. S. LYONS, Auctioneer, George-street; or at the Office, 334, Pitt-street, adjoining Dr. Bland's.
N.B. - There is sufficient type, &c., to bring out a paper the Herald's size,
and every necessary article ready to hand to proceed with at a moment's notice. October 19.

"ABSTRACT OF SALES BY AUCTION THIS DAY", The Sydney Morning Herald (6 May 1851), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12926849 

MR. S. LYONS. . . . at the office, adjoining Dr. Bland's, 334, Pitt-street North, at 12 o'clock, Printing Type and Material.

Musical publications:

Lectures on the theory and practice of music (1846)

The first, second, and third of a series of lectures on the theory and practice of music, delivered at the Sydney College, New South Wales, giving an historical account of the origin, rise, and progress of the science, from the earliest period up to the present time, with progressive exercises for improvement on the piano-forte, harmony, and modulation; and for the cultivation of the human voice, from the first rudiments to the most refined and elaborate details of a perfect mastery of the art: forming a work of instruction for the pupil, and a work of reference for the master, by I. Nathan, musical historian and theorist to his late reverend majesty, George IV., professor of singing and composer to her late royal highness, the princess Charlotte of Wales, author of the "Hebrew Melodies," the "Musurgia Vocalis," &c. (Sydney: W. Ford; London: Cramer, Addison & Beale, 1846); on verso of titlepage: "Sydney: STATHAM AND FORSTER, PRINTERS, 575, GEORGE-STREET."

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/16495385

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-165990583 (DIGITISED)

https://imslp.org/wiki/Special:ReverseLookup/238656 (DIGITISED)

ASSOCIATIONS: Isaac Nathan (composer, musician); William Ford (bookseller, publisher); Statham and Forster (firm)

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (12 October 1846), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12896712 

THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED, BY W. FORD, 554, GEORGE-STREET,
Part I - Price, 5s., in Royal Quarto.
INSCRIBED BY PERMISSION TO LADY MARY FITZ ROY.
THE First, Second, and Third of a Series of Lectures on the
THEORY AND PRACTICE OF MUSIC, DELIVERED AT THE SYDNEY COLLEGE, NEW SOUTH WALES,
Giving an historical account of the origin, rise, and, progress of the Science, from the earliest period up to the present time, with 'Progressive Exercises for improvement on the Pianoforte, Harmony, Modulation, and for the cultivation of the Human Voice, from the first rudiments to the most refined and elaborate details of a perfect mastery of the art: forming a work of instruction for the pupil, and a work of reference for the master.
BY I. NATHAN.

ASSOCIATIONS: Mary Fitzroy (dedicatee)

Merry freaks in troublous times (? 1849)

Merry freaks in troublous times, an historical operatic drama in two acts by Charles Nagel, esquire, the music composed by I. Nathan (Sydney: By the composer, [n.d.]); on verso of titlepage: "T. FORSTER, PRINTER, PITT-STREET NORTH, SYDNEY."

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/17739610

https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKZLJxpxll (DIGITISED)

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-179307943 (DIGITISED)

ASSOCIATIONS: Charles Nagel (libretto)

The southern Euphrosyne (? 1849)

The southern Euphrosyne and Australian miscellany, containing oriental moral tales, original anecdote, poetry and music, an historical sketch with examples of the native aboriginal melodies put into modern rhythm and harmonized as solos, quartettes &c., together with several other original local pieces, arranged to a piano-forte accompaniment by the editor and sole proprietor I. Nathan (Sydney: [W. and F. Ford for] I. Nathan; London: Whittaker & Co., [n.d.; c. early 1849]); [foot of page 168]: "SYDNEY: - FORSTER, PRINTER, 334, PITT-STREET, NORTH."

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/6685469

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-166023361 (DIGITISED)

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=ziwieom4lBQC&pg=PA168 (DIGITISED)

But see at foot of "ERRATA" page:

NOTE: The Editor desires it to be understood, in reference to the above Errata, that the Printer whose name is attached to this work, is not ammenable for these inaccuracies, inasmuch as only four sheets were printed by him.

ASSOCIATIONS: William and Frederick Ford (booksellers, publishers); the earlier parts of the anthology were probably printed late in 1847 and early 1848 while Nathan had a publishing arrangement with the Fords

Other resources:

Letters, Thomas Forster, 17 and 29 December 1847, 21 March 1848, 29 August 1849, 12 April 1850, to James Macarthur; James Macarthur papers relating to J. C. Pott and The Australian, 1842-1850; State Library of New South Wales

https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YzOg48d9/gD6PMk5dK8Gee 

ASSOCIATIONS: James Macarthur (correspondent)

Bibliography and resources:

"The Newspaper Press Of New South Wales. No. 4. THE EARLIER PAPERS" [The Australian], Table Talk [Melbourne, VIC] (27 October 1893), 11

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article145858500 

. . . the last number issued [of The Australian] would appear to have been on the last day of that year [1847]. By this time, the title of the paper had been altered to the Australian Journal. An the beginning of 1847, the office was at 575 Lower George-street, and the publishers were Messrs. Edwyn Henry Statham and Thomas Forster. Towards the end of January, however, the name of Mr. Statham disappeared from the imprint. Mr. E. S. Hall, who had been editor and proprietor of the Monitor, is now the editor of the Australian Journal. It is now described as "the oldest paper in the Australian Colonies, established 1824" . . . In 1847, the price was sixpence. When the last number appeared, the office of the paper was at 334 Pitt-street north . . .

Reprinted from The newspaper press in New South Wales (Sydney: Charles Potter [for the Chicago Exhibition], 1893)

https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMxNkK0pkO 

NOTE: As announced in the day's editorial, the last issue was correctly 28 September 1848, and the colophon (page 4 bottom of last column):

Printed and Published at . . . No. 334, Pitt-street North . . . by THOMAS FORSTER . . .

Robin Berwick Walker, The newspaper press in New South Wales, 1803-1920 (Sydney: Sydney University Pres, 1976), 34-35, 45

Prue Neidorf, A guide to dating music published in Sydney and Melbourne, 1800-1899 (M.A. thesis, University of Wollongong, 1999), 169

http://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/2926 (DIGITISED)

Rod Kirkpatrick, "Select chronology of significant Australian press events . . . 1850-50", Australian Newspaper History Group (NLA)

https://www.nla.gov.au/content/press-timeline-1802-1850 

1844 / 1 Jan / Sydney / Editor [sic ?] Thomas Forster and printer Edwyn Henry Statham buy the Australian; they make it a daily from 1 March; it remains a daily for 11 months and then becomes a tri-weekly and later a bi-weekly.

"The Australian (newspaper, 1824-48)", Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Australian_(1824_newspaper)

FORSYTHE, Sophia (Sophia Maria FORSYTHE; Miss FORSYTHE; FORSYTH [sic]; "the juvenile pianiste"; Mrs. Charles BATLEY)

Musician, juvenile pianist, vocalist, dancer

Born c. 1835; daughter of Margaret KIDD (Mrs. FORSYTHE)
Arrived Sydney, NSW, 11 July 1842 (assisted immigrant per Earl of Durham, from London, via Melbourne, June 18)
Departed Sydney, NSW, 16 July 1845 (per Meg Merrilies, for England)
Married Charles BATLEY, Paris, France, 24 July 1852

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Sophia+Maria+Forsythe (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FORSYTHE-Sophia (shareable link to this entry)

Summary:

Sophia Forsythe arrived in Sydney in July 1842 with her mother Margaret, widow of a Major Forsythe, apparently as assisted immigrants per the Earl of Durham, the same ship on which Maria Hinckesman came.

Sophia first appeared in public, billed as "a JUVENILE PIANST, from London (only eight years of age), pupil of Miss Hinckesmann" at her teacher's 12 October 1842 concert at the Royal Hotel. According to W. A. Duncan, she "played some variations on Rossini's Non più mesta exceedingly well . . . and a waltz of no very thin or juvenile construction" (the variations most likely some, if perhaps not all, of Henri Herz's famous op. 60 set).

Another concert was organised for Sophia's own benefit by leading local professionals (including the Band of the 80th Regiment) in January 1843, no doubt in response to her mother's financial plight (Margaret was declared insolvent later that month).

Having meanwhile taken vocal lesson with Madame Gautrot, she was advertised, as well as playing a piano solo, to sing a duet with Eliza Gibbs. Hinckesman, however, did not appear at the benefit (plausibly, as Sophia's teacher, she was one of Margaret's creditors).

The press documented nothing further of Sophia until January 1845 when a fancy ball was advertised, again for her benefit, at the Royal Victoria Theatre. A second benefit ball was held for Sophia in July, "previous to her departure for England", during which she introduced another new talent, dancing the "much admired Cachouca".

Sophia was not the first to dance the "much admired Cachouca" (perhaps to the castanet song Cachoucha by Charles Blondel) in the colonies. Rachel Lazar had done so in 1839 in Sydney and 1841 in Adelaide, and Mrs. Brock and Joseph Chambers had done so again in Sydney in March 1842. A import parcel of music sold by Jabez Heydon in June 1843 included print editions of "Quadrilles, waltzes, mezourkas, cachouchas, galops, contre dances, &c."

Documentation:

? Baptisms solemnized in the parish of St. Margaret Westminster in the county of Middlesex in the year 1839; register 1838-40, page 144; Westminster Abbey, St. Margaret's registers, MA/01/02/015

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/186755:62467 (PAYWALL)

No. 1149 / [1839] April 17 / Sophia Maria [daughter of] / William [and] Margaret / Forsythe / 5 Cavendish Square / Gentleman . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: If this was our Forysthe she must have been baptised very belatedly

"THE MUSICAL WORLD", The New South Wales Examiner [Sydney, NSW] (13 July 1842), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article228247335 

We are informed that by the Earl of Durham, the musical world has received a valuable addition by the arrival of Miss Hinckesmann, together with Mrs. and Miss Forsythe. Miss Hinckesmann, it is said, was pianist to her Majesty Queen Victoria, and will in the course of a few weeks give a concert in Sydney - the full particulars of which will be shortly announced.

ASSOCIATIONS: Maria Hinckesman (musician)

[Advertisement], The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (11 October 1842), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2557532 

GRAND CONCERT. AT THE ROYAL HOTEL, SYDNEY.
MISS HINCKESMANN begs to announce to the Gentry of Sydney and its vicinity, that her first
SOIREE MUSICALE will take place on WEDNESDAY, October 12th, to commence at Eight O'Clock precisely,
on which occasion the will he assisted by the following eminent talent . . .
and a juvenile Pianist from London, (only eight years of age), pupil of Miss Hinckesmann, will make her debut . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Royal Hotel (Sydney venue)

"MISS HINKESMANN'S CONCERT", Australasian Chronicle [Sydney, NSW] (13 October 1842), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31737527 

This concert took place last evening, and was on the whole of a rather brilliant character . . . Trumpeted forth as "Pianist (in ordinary or extraordinary) to the Queen," we went to listen to her with expectations that nothing short of a ne plus ultra performer could have fulfilled, and Miss Hinckesmann is anything but a Pythoness of this description. Accordingly we and every body else were disappointed. Not but that there is much, very much, to commend in her style of execution. In fact, her style, particularly in legato passages, may be characterised as decidedly good, and we have no doubt that she will prove a very eligible instructress, as indeed the debut of her young pupil proved. This very young lady played some variations on Rossini's "Non più mesta" exceedingly well, and on being encored, substituted with good taste a waltz of no very thin or juvenile construction. There was a fair attendance, though a much larger audience might have been expected if sufficient publicity had been given to the intended performance.

ASSOCIATIONS: William Augustine Duncan (reviewer, editor)

"Miss Hinckesmann's Concert", The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (15 October 1842), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2557569 

We were much pleased to see a good attendance at Miss Hinckesman's concert on Wednesday evening. The fair Beneficiare, though labouring under great nervous excitement, displayed talents as a pianiste, that decidedly qualify her as a teacher. Her juvenile pupil contributed at least as much as her own performance to justify her claim to the latter title . . .

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (5 January 1843), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12415237 

Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs' first appearance at at Concert in Sydney.
A GRAND EVENING CONCERT will be given at the Royal Hotel, on
Wednesday, January 11th, to commence at eight o'clock,
for the benefit of Miss Forsythe, the Juvenile Pianist,
who will appear as a Vocalist upon this occasion.
In addition, the following eminent professors have kindly promised their valuable assistance:-
Vocal Performers - Mrs. Bushelle, Madame Gautrot,
Mrs. Gibbs (who will sing a duet with Miss Forsythe, pupil of Miss Hinkesmann, and Madame Gautrot),
the Debutante (pupil of Mrs. Bushelle) who was to favourably received at Mrs. Bushelle's last concert; Mr. Griffiths, Mr. Robinson, and several gentlemen amateurs.
Instrumental Performers - Miss Hinkesmann, Miss Forsythe,
Mons. Gautrot, Mr. Walton (who will preside at the piano), and Mr. Gibbs, who will make his first appearance in this colony at a concert, and has kindly consented to play a solo.
Tickets, 7s. 6d. each, to be had of Mr. Ellard, and Mr. Aldis, George street; Mr. Rolfe, Pitt-street; Mr. Sparkes, at the Royal Hotel; and at Mr. Tegg's, bookseller.
N.B. - The splendid Band of the 80th Regiment will perform during the evening.

ASSOCIATIONS: John and Eliza Gibbs (violinist and vocalist); Eliza Bushelle (vocalist); Joseph and Madame Gautrot (violinist and vocalist); William Griffiths (vocalist); Humphrey Walton (piano); Francis Ellard (ticketseller); William Henry Aldis (ticketseller); Thomas Rolfe (ticketseller); John Sparke (ticketseller, landlord, Royal Hotel); Band of the 80th Regiment (military)

"CONCERT", The Australian (11 January 1843), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37117828

We have been requested to call the particular attention of the lovers of music, to the Concert to take place this evening, at the Royal Hotel, for the benefit of the Juvenile Pianist (Miss Forsythe). This young lady, (who we beg to remark is only eight years of age, and of whose talents as a performer on the Piano-forte, report speaks in no measured terms,) will receive the assistance of the principal vocal and instrumental professors of music in Sydney. We look forward, also, to considerable pleasure in the exercise of the talents of Mr. and Mrs. Gibbes, which we are given to understand, are far above mediocrity. It is believed that the entertainment will be well and most respectably attended.

"THE CONCERT", The Sydney Morning Herald (12 January 1843), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12426900 

Yesterday evening, the concert, for the benefit of the "Juvenile Pianist," came off at the Royal Hotel. So far as numbers went the concert was well attended. The young lady for whose benefit the concert took place, Mrs. Bushelle, Mrs. Gibbs, and Madame Gautrot, were the only ladies who came before the audience. The young lady was very kindly received, and Mrs. Bushelle's "Wanted - a Governess" was encored, as it well deserved. Mr. Gibbs' solo on the violin was well-executed, and M. Gautrot's solo on a single string surpassed the expectations of most. The programme as originally issued was not followed, and this led to some surprise, especially as Miss Hinckemann, "Pianist to the Queen," did not appear at all. When there is another concert, it would be as well that the serving men about the hotel should behave with something like decency and respect to the audience, as well as to the performers; and moreover, that no portion of the room should be turned into a larder.

[Notice], New South Wales Government Gazette (27 January 1843), 149

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230102804 

In the Insolvent Estate of Margaret Forsythe, of Castlereagh-street, Sydney, widow . . .

"INSOLVENT COURT . . . SCHEDULES REGISTERED JAN. 24", The Australian (27 January 1843), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37116856 

Margaret Forsyth of Castlereagh-street, Sydney widow: amount of debts, £120 1s.; assets. £89 15s.; deficiency, £31 6s.

"SCENE AT THE ROYAL HOTEL ON THE CONCERT NIGHT OF THE JUVENILE PIANIST", The Satirist and Sporting Chronicle (4 February 1843), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article228065288 

Enter Mrs. Sparks, Mrs. Forsyth, and Miss Hinckesman.
The Concert Room door is locked.
Mrs. F. - And won't you open the door.
Mrs. S. - No marm, not 'till the money for the room is paid.
Mrs. F. - And what is to become of all these Noble personages, Sir Maurice O'Connell and the young Hocafers? Must they stand there? Must they be treated thus?
The immovable Mrs. S. - - O - - - h yes.
Enter Landlord.
Miss H. - You are Mr. Sparkes, of the Royal Hotel, I believe.
Landlord. - Yes, I am Mr. Sparkes, of the Royal Hotel, and I have been Mr. Sparkes, of the Royal Hotel, a long time now, but I can't afford to lose my money in the room as I did on a former occasion.
Curtain drops.

ASSOCIATIONS: Maurice O'Connell (patron); Thomas Revell Johnson (editor, Satirist)

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (28 January 1845), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12876991

GRAND FANCY DRESS BALL. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MISS FORSYTHE, AT THE ROYAL HOTEL.
MISS FORSYTH respectfully announces her intention of giving a BALL in the Saloon of the Royal Hotel,
TOMORROW EVENING, the 29th instant, when she trusts she will be favoured with the patronage of those kind friends who encouraged her on a former occasion, and hopes her endeavours to please will meet with their approbation.
Miss Forsythe has engaged a professional lady, who will, in the course of the evening, dance two celebrated PAS SEULS; and Miss F., will, for the first time in this colony, have the honour of dancing the much-admired and far-famed
CACHOUCHA, and will also perform on the Pianoforte several pleasing airs for the amusement of her friends.
The Orchestra will be conducted by Mr. Gibbs.
Tickets, 3s. 6d., to be had at Mr. Ellard's Music Saloon, George-street; Mr. Moffit's, Bookseller, Pitt-street;
and of Miss Forsythe, from eleven to one, at the Royal Hotel.

ASSOCIATIONS: William Moffitt (ticketseller)

"FANCY BALL", The Australian (29 January 1845), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37154280

A Fancy Ball is to take place at the Royal Hotel this evening, for the benefit of Miss Forsythe, whose precocious musical accomplishments have obtained for her a name and celebrity in New South Wales. We hope that the young lady will be well supported, and from the preparations that have been made, we doubt not that a numerous assemblage of the young ladies will take place. Mr. Alderman Wilshire and other respectable citizens have, we are informed, signified their intention of patronising Miss Forsythe.

ASSOCIATIONS: James Robert Wilshire (patron)

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (7 July 1845), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28650110

A GRAND FAREWELL BALL for the benefit of MISS FORSYTHE, previous to her departure for England, at Mr. Clark's Assembly Rooms, King-street on WEDNESDAY, July 9, 1845.
In the course of the evening Miss Forsythe will play some favourite airs on the pianoforte; and will also dance the much admired Cachouca.

ASSOCIATIONS: John Clark (dancing master)

"SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. DEPARTURE", The Sydney Morning Herald (17 July 1845), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12880921 

July 16 - Meg Merrilies, barque, Captain Thompson, for London. Passengers . . . Mrs. Disney . . . Miss Forsythe . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: In Sydney in 1845 (BDM 3914/1845) Sophia's widowed mother Margaret (Kidd) married Henry Napier Disney (alias of Arthur Battersby), commission agent and former convict (bigamy, Old Bailey, 29 January 1838; to NSW, per Portsea, 1838; died Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square, London, 9 January 1861)

"MARRIED", Empire (7 January 1853), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60130500 

MARRIED, At the British Embassy, Paris, on the 24th July, 1852, Sophia Maria, only daughter of the late Major Forsythe, to Charles Batley, Esq., Maida Hill, London. Miss Forsythe gained much celebrity in Sydney, some few years back, as the Juvenile Pianiste.

FORTESCUE, Mr. (Mr. FORTESCUE)

Vocalist, comic vocalist, comic singer

Active Ballarat, VIC, c. 1857

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Mr+Fortescue+comic+singer (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FORTESCUE-Mr (shareable link to this entry)

Documentation:

"STAR CONCERT HALL", The Star [Ballarat, VIC] (27 July 1857), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66043388

On Saturday evening the above rooms, which, by the way, appeared to be conducted with the utmost order and propriety, were crowded with a numerous and respectable audience. The vocal talent recently enlisted by the spirited proprietor for public entertainment, is far above the standard which usually prevails at similar places of amusement. Miss Stewart appeared to be a great favorite, especially in her Scotch airs, which she gave in very good style and taste. Mr. Donald McDonald, a favorably known exponent of the musical genius of his ain countrie, was encored times without number; and Mr. Fortescue, a gentleman of considerable powers of humor and histrionic talent, gave his entertainments in a very happy manner.

ASSOCIATIONS: Eliza Stewart (vocalist); Donald McDonald (dancer); Star Concert Hall (Ballarat venue)

"STAR CONCERT HALL", The Star (18 August 1857), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66043805 

The engagement of Miss Stewart is a considerable addition to the attractions of these rooms. That lady appeared for the first time last night, and sang several of her best songs in her best manner. James McDonald's vocal, and Donald McDonald's Terpsichorean powers continue to be as highly appreciated as ever, while Mr. Fortescue, as a comic singer and reciter, is well able to command more encores than he appears disposed to act upon. Taken on the whole, the Star is quite deserving of the best favors of all who are inclined for an evening's relaxation.

ASSOCIATIONS: James McDonald (vocalist)

FORTUNE, Mary Helena (Mary Helena WILSON; Mrs. Joseph FORTUNE; "M. H. F."; Mrs. Percy Rollo BRETT)

Author, poet, songwriter

Born Belfast, Ireland, c. 1833
Married Joseph FORTUNE, Melbourne, Quebec, Canada, 25 March 1851
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, 3 October 1855 (per Briseis, from Glasgow, 24 June, aged "25")
Married Percy Rollo BRETT, VIC, 1858 (registered 1877)
Died Melbourne, VIC, 1911

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Mary+Helena+Fortune (TROVE tagged)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Fortune (Wikipedia)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FORTUNE-Mary-Helena (shareable link to this entry)

Documentation:

Marriages, Church of England, Melbourne, Quebec, 1851; Institut Drouin / Drouin Collection, Montreal

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/13422352:1091 (PAYWALL)

Joseph Fortune of the township of Shipton, bachelor, and Mary Wilson of the township of Melbourne, spinster, were married this [25 March 1851] . . .

Names and descriptions of passengers per Briseis, from Greenock, 25 June 1855, for Melbourne; Public Record Office Victoria

https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3AFC5433-F96C-11E9-AE98-217934D1FC21?image=151 (DIGITISED)

. . . Mrs. Fortune / 25 / Scotch . . .

"SONG OF THE GOLDIGGERS. By M. H. F.", Mount Alexander Mail [Castlemaine, VIC] (14 December 1855), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article202635208 

Hurrah for the free new land!
And hurrah for the diggers bold!
And hurrah for the strong unfettered right
To search in the hills for gold!
Turn up the sods, my strong free mates,
And dig with a fearless hand;
For there's not a castled lordling here,
ln all this glorious land . . .

[4 more verses] . . . Kangaroo, Dec. 10th, 1855.

FOSTER, Edward James (Edward James FOSTER; E. J. FOSTER; Mr. FOSTER)

Musical amateur, publican

Born London, England, 28 January 1916; baptised St. Margaret, Westminster, 19 February 1816; son of Edward Bunbury FOSTER (d. VIC, 1857) and Helen Jane TABER (d. 1824)
Arrived Sydney, NSW, 18 April 1829 (per Thompson, with father)
Married Caroline HORSLEY, St. James's church, Sydney, NSW, 9 March 1843
Died Albury, NSW, 1871 (NSW BDM 2540/1871)

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Edward+James+Foster+1816-1871 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FOSTER-Edward-James (shareable link to this entry)

FOSTER, Caroline (Caroline CROSS; Caroline HORSLEY; Mrs. Edward James FOSTER)

Amateur musician, vocalist

Born NSW, 10 October 1821; baptised St. Luke, Liverpool, 20 January 1823; daughter of John HORSLEY (d. 1834) and Jane CROSS
Married Edward James FOSTER, St. James's church, Sydney, NSW, 9 March 1843
Died Sydney, NSW, 13 December 1883

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Caroline+Horsley+Foster+1821-1883 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FOSTER-Caroline-Horsley (shareable link to this entry)

FOSTER, Edward John Horsley (Edward John Horsley FOSTER; E. J. H. FOSTER)

Musician, pianist, vocalist, pianoforte tuner

Born Parramatta, NSW, 17 December 1843; baptised St. John, Parramatta, 15 January 1844; son of Edward James FOSTER and Caroline HORSLEY
Married Matilda FLOOD (d. 1928), VIC, 1873
Died Kogarah, NSW, 29 July 1923

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FOSTER, Charles Bunbury (Charles Bunbury FOSTER; Master C. FOSTER; Charles FOSTER; C. B. FOSTER)

Musician, pianist, vocalist, composer

Born Williamstown, VIC, 1853; son of Edward James FOSTER and Caroline HORSLEY
Married Mary COOKE (c. 1860-1897), South Yarra, VIC, 20 March 1880 (divorced 1885)
Died Brisbane, QLD, 20 August 1894, aged "40/41"

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Documentation:

Baptisms solemnized in the parish of Saint Margaret Westminster in the county of Middlesex in the year 1816; register 1816-22, page 40; London Metropolitan Archives, Dl/T/092/010

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/6668118:1558 (PAYWALL)

No. 313 / 1816 19 Feb'y / Born 28 Jan'ry 1816 / Edward James Son of / Edward Bunbury & Helen Jane / Foster / Charles Street / Watchmaker . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Edward Bunbury Foster and Ellen Taber had married at St. James, Piccadilly, on 6 June 1813; Ellen died at Lambeth in July 1824

Baptisms, St. Luke, Liverpool, 1823; Anglican Diocese of Sydney Archives

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/231522:61177 (PAYWALL)

No. 157 / Caroline, Daughter of John Horsley & Jane Cross, Dist'ct of Liverpool, born Oct'r 10 1821 Baptized Jan'y 20th 1823 . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Her birth was registered in 1821 as Caroline Cross, mentioning only her mother Jane, who was John Horsley's housekeeper

Marriages, St. James, Sydney, 1843; Biographical database of Australia (BDA)

https://www.bda-online.org.au/mybda/search/biographical-report/30381090901 (PAYWALL)

9 March 1843 / Edward James Foster of this parish bachelor / Caroline Horsley of the parish of Parramatta spinster

Baptisms solemnized in the parish of St. John Parramatta in the county of Cumberland in the year 1843; register 1839-83, page 51; St. John's Anglican Church Parramatta, REG/BAP/4

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/25218:60622 (PAYWALL)

[1844] January 15 / [born] Dec'r 17 1843 / Edward John Horsley [son of] / Edward James & Caroline / Foster / Parramatta / Clerk . . .

"COMMERCIAL HOTEL", The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express [NSW] (19 September 1861), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article264145911 

After an interim of three months this hotel has been re-opened, under the management of Mr. E. J. Foster. Being a townsman well known and respected amongst us, we have no doubt the house will be so conducted as to secure for it the reputation of being one of the most respectable and orderly in the town.

[Advertisement], The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (16 November 1861), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article264149849 

Albury Philharmonic Society.
OPENING CONCERT, at the Large Room, Commercial Hotel,
On THURSDAY EVENING, November 21st inst.
PATRONS: CAPT. BROWNRIGG, REV. R. POTTER, and REV. D. H. BALLANTYNE.
TREASURER: J. WALKER JONES.
CONDUCTOR: Mr. W. N. M. EDMONDSON.
COMMITTEE: Messrs. J. K. BARNETT, M.D., H. S. ELLIOTT, E. J. FOSTER, W. OTTO, J. ANDERSON.
SECRETARY: Mr. T. STEADMAN MOORE.
LIBRARIAN: Mr. CHARLES KRAEGEN.
PROGRAMME. PART I.
"From Oberon in Fairyland" (Madrigal.)
"Those Distant Chimes" (Trio.)
"We yet may meet again" (Solo.)
"Il balen del suo sorrisso" (Pianoforte and Cornet.)
Boating Song (Glee.)
"Stars of the Summer Night" (Serenade.)
"O lovely Peace" (Duet.)
"The Minstrel Boy" (Chorus.)
(An intermission of Ten Minutes.)
PART II.
"In the Gipsy's Life" (Gipsy Chorus.)
"Beautiful Star" (Trio.)
"Dearest, then I'll love thee more" (Solo.)
"All among the Barley" (Glee.)
"Through the World wilt thou fly" (Trio.)
"Hail, Smiling Morn" (Glee.)
Haymakers' Song (Glee.)
National Anthem (Solo and Chorus.)
Concert to Commence at EIGHT o'Clock precisely.
Season Tickets, admitting Lady and Gentleman, £1 1s.
Visitors' Tickets, 3s each, to be had of the Conductor, or any member of the Committee.
A Programme of the verses may be obtained at the Concert, price 1s. each.
T. STEADMAN MOORE, Hon. Sec.

ASSOCIATIONS: William Newall Maxwell Edmondson (conductor); Charles Kraegen (member); Joseph Knight Barnett (member); Albury Philharmonic Society (association)

"THE PHILHARMONIC MEETING", The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express [NSW] (7 December 1861), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article264150034 

A meeting of members and subscribers was held, pursuant to notice on Thursday evening last, at Foster's Commercial Hotel, at eight o'clock. Dr. Barnett was moved into the chair, and commenced the business by stating the object the Committee had in calling the meeting - namely, the advisability of securing the services of a professional conductor. A lengthened conversation took place concerning the inducement that should be held out to prevail upon a professional to come to Albury. It seemed to be the general opinion of those present, that there is a good opening for a steady and energetic professor of music in Albury, but it could hardly be expected that one would come up without a bona fide guarantee for a certain number of pupils. The meeting did not think the society in a position to guarantee an ample amount of itself, so it was suggested that guarantees from other sources might be available. After some discussion, in which the Chairman, Messrs. Jones, Edmondson, Elliott, Foster, Moore, and others took part, Mr. J. W. Jones moved - "That a sub-committee, consisting of Dr. Barnett, Mr. Edmondson, and Mr. Foster be appointed to ascertain for what sum a professional gentleman would conduct the practices and concerts of the Society, and what would be his terms for lessons in instrumental and vocal music.

[Advertisement], The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (4 February 1865), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article264154767 

To the Congregation or St. Matthew's Church, Albury.
LADIES and GENTLEMEN, - As I have been subjected to repeated enquiries touching the cause of Mrs. Foster's sudden withdrawal from the Choir of St. Matthew's Church, I deem it a duty thus publicly to inform you on the subject by publishing the correspondence which has passed, in order that you may judge of the manner in which that lady has been treated, and at once to set the matter in its true light. Comment from me I think is needless, further than to remark that it seems strange that the singular organic defect mentioned by Mr. Edmondson should not have been discovered sooner. I am sorry it is not in my power to lay before you the Rev. Mr. Brownrigg's reply to my note, as he positively refused me any other than a verbal answer, in which all sanction to Mr. Edmundson's communication was denied. In conclusion, I must express regret that it should have fallen to my lot to lay Church matters publicly before you, but I am advised by my friends to adopt this course, in consequence of reports being in circulation directly opposed to truth.
I beg to remain, Ladies and Gentlemen, Yours very respectfully,
E. J. FOSTER. Albury, 3rd February, 1865.
[COPY,] Albury, January 16th, 1865.
MY DEAR MADAM, - An unpleasant duty has devolved on me - namely, that of requesting you to resign your seat in the Choir of St. Matthew's Church. In doing so, I beg to thank you on my own and on behalf of the members of the Choir for your unwearied diligence and regular attendance, but, owing to an unfortunate organic defect, your otherwise valuable services are rendered undesirable. I need scarcely mention that defect is the want of time, which was rendered painfully apparent last evening. Your son Edward does not seem to have inherited this imperfection, as he keeps excellently in time with the others, and I hope that he will not consider it necessary to discontinue his regular attendance in the Choir.
I am, my dear Madam, Yours very truly,
W. M. EDMONDSON, Mrs. E. J. Foster, Albury. Choir Master.
[COPY.] Albury, January 19th, 1865.
DEAR SIR, - Your note of the 16th instant I have received, and am pleased to be relieved from all further annoyance from the members of St. Matthew's Choir. I should like, however, as the oldest member of it, to know how it is my organic defect has not been painfully apparent years since. In resigning, I have only to wish that the Choir of St. Matthew's may reach perfection, and, when they do, I with my friends will come and hear them.
I am, dear Sir, yours truly,
CAROLINE FOSTER.
W. M. N. Edmondson, Albury . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Marcus Blake Brownrigg (cleric); Music in Anglican churches (general)

"MR. ALPEN'S CONCERT", The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (30 December 1865), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article264156691 

On Wednesday night Mr. Alpen gave one of his periodical concerts at the Mechanics' Institute, which drew a large audience. On this occasion he introduced some of his pupils, and he was also fortunate enough to obtain the assistance of Mrs. Foster, Mr. E. Foster, Mr. C. Murphy and son, and was promised the help of another gentleman, who however failed to put in an appearance, rather to the confusion of the concerted music in which he had promised to take certain parts . . . Master Charles Foster played two or three piano-forte duets with Mr. Alpen and did great credit to his master, and Mrs. Foster sang very nicely, exhibiting no trace of any organic defect in her voice. Her rich and full notes came in very beautifully in the concerted pieces, particularly in the ever pleasing "Come where my love lies dreaming," which was sung by the Foster family and was one of the good things of the night. Mrs. Foster sang "I'd be a Gipsy" well, but in answer to an unanimous encore made an unsuitable selection in the baritone song of "In happy moments" from Wallace's Maritana, it being the first time we ever heard it attempted by a lady. Mr. E. Foster sang also very nicely, and has all the material, with more confidence, for a good tenor . . . The juveniles, including the song and daughter of Mr. Arkins, of the Catholic School, Susan Helm, little Charley Foster and James Murphy came out in "Down in a green and shady bed," one of Hullah's exercise songs in sixths, and "I thank the goodness," another exercise in fourths, both of which they dragged fearfully and were never once in harmony; but with Mr. Alpen's instruction in time and tone, they will no doubt greatly improve . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Hugo Alpen (musician); John Hullah (English singing master)

"MR. ALPEN'S CONCERT", The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (24 November 1866), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article264158711 

The Annual benefit concert of Mr. Alpen took place at the Exchange Theatre last Monday evening, when there was a fair, if not large attendance. Mr. Alpen was assisted by several amateurs, and had the services of Mr. and Mrs. Foster and two sons . . . Little Charley Foster played a piece very nicety on the piano on the very modern air of "My Pretty Jane," and a young lady most enthusiastically rewarded him by throwing a bouquet at his feet when he had concluded. Whether or not she was Master Foster's "Pretty Jane" we will not tell; perhaps she wished to be. Mr. Edward Foster sang very sweetly the refrain song "Just before the Battle, Mother," and deservedly gained great applause . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Exchange Theatre (Albury venue)

"CONCERT", The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (29 February 1868), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article264161736 

Master Charles Foster's benefit concert on Monday evening at the Exchange Theatre was in every way a success. We confess that we were very disappointed at not seeing more lady singers, and it took us some time to recover our ill temper, but the ladies who did sing did their utmost to please, and were successful. The efforts of the Albury Amateur Minstrels to make the audience laugh were also successful, and "Electro-Biology in anew light" was most mirth provoking. Master Foster played some brilliant pieces on the piano, and was loudly applauded; but to our thinking the gem of the evening was the brilliant performances of Mr. Gladow on the violin. The skill of this gentleman is wonderful, and he would not be out of place even as first violinist in the orchestra of an opera house. Mr. Blair also gave two capital songs, each of which met an encore. As for Master Foster we predict that he will one day shine in his profession.

ASSOCIATIONS: Charles Gladow (violin)

[Advertisement], The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (20 August 1870), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article264161294 

Hospital Concert.
CHARLES B. FOSTER has the honour to announce that his
ANNUAL HOSPITAL CONCERT will take place at the
EXCHANGE THEATRE, On WEDNESDAY EVENING, 24TH INSTANT,
Kindly assisted by Mr. H. ALPEN, And all the available musical talent in the town.
(Under the Patronage of the Hospital Committee.)
PROGRAMME. PART I.
MARCH - (Dedicated to the Albury Amateurs - composed by Mr. H. Alpen - Full Orchestra.
Choeur Bohemien - Viadot - Amateurs.
Song (Tenor) - Gentleman Amateur.
Duet - "Twine the Lily with the Rose" - Lady and Gentleman Amateurs.
Song - "Warblings at Eve" - (Glover) - Lady Amateur.
Song (Buffo) - Amateur.
Trio - "This magic wove scarf" - (Barnett) - Mr. Alpen, Lady and Gentleman Amateur.
Scena, from "Der Freischutz" - Mrs. Clarke.
Tenor Solo and Chorus - "Peace to the mem'ry of the brave," from "Lurline" - (Wallace) - Company.
PART II.
Overture, "Tancredi" - Piano and Harmonium - Messrs. Alpen and Foster.
Solo & Chorus - "The May Queen" - (Dr. Sterndale Bennett)
Scene - "The Blind Girl to her Harp" - (Glover) - Lady Amateur.
Song - "The Slave" - (Glover) - Gentleman Amateur.
Duet - "Flow gently, Deva" - Mr. Alpen & Amateur.
Solo Piano - "La Cascade" - C. B. Foster.
Song (Buffo) - Mr. Alpen.
Song - "The Sailor's Grave" - Lady Amateur.
Trio - "Charity" - (Bennett) - Lady and Gentleman Amateurs.
PART III.
Solo Piano - "Murray Valley Waltzes," composed by C. B. Foster.
Glee - "On the March" - (Becker).
Song - "Friends of other days" - Lady Amateur.
Duet - "When rolling waves" - Lucia di Lammermoor.
Song - Gentleman Amateur.
Duet - "Flower Gatherer."
Song (Buffo) - Gentleman Amateur.
Conductor - Mr. H. ALPEN.
Door open at Half-Past Seven, to commence at Eight precisely.
Front Seats 3s.; Back Seats, 2s.

ASSOCIATIONS: ? Anne Remens Clarke (vocalist)

"CONCERT", The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (15 April 1871), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article264162785 

Mr. C. Foster will give his benefit concert at the Exchange Rooms, on Tuesday evening next, prior to his departure for Melbourne. As Mr. Foster and his relatives have been long and favorably know as willing assistants at entertainments of a public or charitable character, the public will doubtless show their appreciation of young Foster's gratuitous services by filling a bumper house on this occasion of his farewell benefit. But irrespectively of this inducement, we hear that the entertainment to be provided has been carefully prepared, and that it will be more than usually good. The programme, which will be found among the advertisements, is a capital one to suit all tastes.

"MR. C. FOSTER'S BENEFIT CONCERT . . .", The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (22 April 1871), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article264162820 

. . . on Tuesday evening was, on the whole, excellently prepared and performed. A good feature in the management was the promptitude with which the programme was played through, without the tedious intervals which generally occur at similar concerts. Considering the number of entertainments which have lately supplied the public with amusement, the audience Was a numerous one, and they were certainly lavish in their applause. Among the most successful performances, we may particularise the "Chough and the Crow," including three solos and chorus. The beautiful song, "Little Footsteps," was sung with much good taste by Mr. G. Mackay, who only gave place in popularity to the young lady debutante who obtained an enthusiastic encore for her singing of "The Blind Girl to her Harp." "By the sad sea waves," sung by another lady, also created a complimentary sensation, and so did the duet "Home to our Mountains," by Mrs. Foster and another lady. The grand harmonium and piano duet, "Semiramide," was another noticeably good performance, Mr. C. Foster being at the piano and Mr. Edmondson at the harmonium. Thalberg's difficult variations on Traviata were also skilfully played by Mr. Foster. The Gipsy Chorus," by the whole company, also deserved all the applause it secured. Before leaving Albury to complete his musical education in Melbourne, Mr. C. Foster will still further recommend himself to the good opinion of the townspeople by taking part in the concert to be given next Thursday in aid of the Hospital and Benevolent Asylum.

[Advertisement], The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (2 September 1871), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article257937856 

E. J. H. FOSTER, PIANOFORTE TUNER, &c., &c.,
(From Messrs. Lee & Kaye) 15 COLLINS STREET, MELBOURNE,
WILL remain in Albury for a short time only, and will then be prepared to attend to country orders.
Instructions left at the Banner Office, Albury, will meet with prompt attention.

ASSOCIATIONS: Lee and Kaye (Melbourne musicsellers)

"MARRIAGES", The Sydney Morning Herald (13 April 1880), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13457930 

FOSTER - COOKE. - March 29, at the residence of the bride's parents, South Yarra, by Mr. G. B. Moysey, Charles Bunbury, son of the late Edward James Foster, and grandson of the late Captain John Horsley, Royal Horse Guards (Blues), to Mary, only daughter of William Cooke, Britannia Ironworks, Melbourne. Sydney and Adelaide papers please copy. No cards.

"DEATHS", The Sydney Morning Herald (3 December 1883), 1

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FOSTER - November 28, 1883, at the Sydney Infirmary, Mrs. Caroline Foster, mother of E. J. H. and C. B. Foster, Professor of Music, and sister of Mrs. Kenyon and Mrs. Crook.

"LATEST SPECIAL TELEGRAMS [From Greville's Telegram Company] SYDNEY. Wednesday, received 3.10 afternoon", The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser [NSW] (13 November 1884), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18939903 

In the Divorce Court yesterday, Mrs. Foster obtained a decree nisi, returnable in six months, against her husband, C. B. Foster, the well-known music teacher, on the ground of adultery. Respondent did not appear.

"LAW REPORT. SUPREME COURT. MONDAY, MAY 18 . . . FORSTER v. FOSTER", The Sydney Morning Herald (19 May 1885), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28361924 

On the motion of Mr. Gibson, the decree nisi of the 11th November last for the dissolution of marriage of Mary Foster (petitioner) with Charles B. Foster was made absolute, with costs against respondent.

"BRISBANE HOSPITAL", The Brisbane Courier [QLD] (29 August 1894), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3586344 

. . . Charles Banbury Foster, aged 40, admitted 22nd March, died 20th August . . .

[News], The Port Augusta Dispatch, Newcastle and Flinders Chronicle [SA] (8 March 1895), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article209328969 

The engagement is announced of Mr. D. M. Charleston, M.L.C., of South Australia, to Madame M. Foster, the well-known Sydney vocalist, widow of the late Mr. C. B. Foster, pianist, of Melbourne, and daughter of the late Mr. William Cook, of the Britannia Ironworks, Melbourne.

[Funeral notice], The Sydney Morning Herald (31 July 1924), 7

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16084370 

FOSTER. - The Relatives and Friends of Mrs. MATILDA FOSTER and FAMILY are kindly invited to attend the funeral of her late dearly beloved HUSBAND and their FATHER, Edward John, which will take place at the C. of E. Cemetery, Woronora, upon arrival of the Funeral Train which leaves Central Station at 2.5 p.m. . . .

FOSTER, James (James FOSTER; also James FORSTER; J. FOSTER; Mr. FOSTER)

Musical amateur, member Sydney Amateur Concerts, legal clerk, convict, emancipist

Born c. 1789; ? son of Henry FOSTER
Convicted Old Bailey, London, England, 2 November 1810 (death; commuted to transporatation for life, aged "21")
Arrived Sydney, NSW, 18 January 1812 (convict per Guildford, from London, 3 September 1811)
Married Anne WALTERS (d. 1834), St. Philip's, Sydney, NSW, 15 January 1814
Departed Sydney, NSW, 23 February 1835 (per Roslyn Castle, for London)

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Documentation:

"POLICE . . . MANSION-HOUSE", Sun [London, England] (11 October 1810), 3

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0002194/18101011/016/0003 (PAYWALL)

A young man, named James Foster, was yesterday privately examined before the Lord Mayor, on a charge of forgery, with intent to defraud Messrs. Sykes, Smith, and Co., Bankers, of One Hundred Pounds. The prisoner had lodged for two days at the White Horse Inn, Fetter land, and on Tuesday evening, sent the porter of the Inn with a check, drawn on Sykes and co, for 100l. to get the cash. On the check being presented, however, it was at once discovered to be a forgery . . . The proofs of his guilt were yesterday palpable; but the Lord Mayor deemed it proper to give him another opportunity of explaining himself; he was therefore ordered to be brough up for a second examination on Thursday next. The prisoner is a young man of respectable appearance, and, we understand, is the song of a clergyman in Wales. In the month of June last, he was examined before Sir MATTHEW BLOXAM, at Guildhall, on a charge of forgery, at which time his guilt was but too evident. Owing, however, to the intercession of friends, and the humanity of his prosecutors, he was then discharged with a suitable lecture. Notwithstanding the imminency of his danger on that occasion, and the lenity with which he was then treated, he has again involved himself in a situation, from which little hopes can be entertained of a second escape. He was very much affected, and endeavoured to conceal his features from observation with his pocket handkerchief.

[News], General Evening Post [London] (16 October 1810), 2

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002593/18101016/011/0002 (PAYWALL)

James Foster, some days ago committed by the Lord-Mayor on a charge of forgery, has, it is said, ever since refused all kind of sustenance, and neither ate nor drank any thing.

"POLICE. MANSION HOUSE", Pilot [London] (16 October 1810), 4

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002775/18101016/015/0004 (PAYWALL)

Yesterday James Foster, who underwent an examination on Wednesday last, charged with forgery, was this day fully committed . . . The young man did not advance any thing in his defence; he appeared very much cast down, and scarcely raised his head during the examination.

James Forster [sic], 31 October 1810 [sic]; Old Bailey online

https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/record/t18101031-21 

793. JAMES FORSTER was indicted for feloniously forging, on the 9th of October, an order for the payment of 103 l. 12 s. with intention to defraud Westgurth Snaith, William Sikes, John Watson, and Henry Sikes.
SECOND COUNT, for feloniously uttering and publishing as true, a like orders, with the like intention.
And TWO OTHER COUNTS for like offence, only varying the manner of charging them . . .
The prisoner left his defence to his counsel.
GUILTY - DEATH , aged 21. Of uttering it, knowing it to be forged.
[The prisoner was recommended to His Majesty's mercy by the jury, on account of his family.]

"OLD BAILEY. FRIDAY, NOV. 2 . . . FORGERY", Morning Post [London] (3 November 1810), 3

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18101103/015/0003 (PAYWALL)

James Foster was indicted for uttering a forged draft . . . The Jury. found him Guilty. The Prisoner was quite a young man, only 21 years of age.

[News], The News [London] (4 November 1810), 5

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002257/18101104/015/0005 (PAYWALL)

At the Old Bailey on Friday, James Foster, a young man only 21 years of age, was sentenced to death for uttering a forged draft . . .

[News], National Register [London] (31 March 1811), 14

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002644/18110331/058/0014 (PAYWALL)

Thursday, the Recorder made a Report to the Prince Regent of the following capital convicts in Newgate: - Gustavus Lowe, James Foster, and Joseph Blair, for forgery; Lawrence Jotta and Josel Franco Cordosa, for cutting and maiming; when the three last were ordered for execution on Wednesday next.

Tickets of leave, 1812; State Records Authority of NSW, NRS 12208

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/43341:1689 (PAYWALL)

No. 9 / 513 / James Foster, Ship Guildford . . . 1812 /
[date of ticket] January 28 1812 / [residence . . . remarks] Sydney, Tried at Old Bailey

[Advertisement], The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser [NSW] (5 June 1813), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article628694 

JUDGE ADVOCATE'S OFFICE, SYDNEY, 5th JUNE, 1813 . . . James Foster, Principal Clerk.

ASSOCIATIONS: Ellis Bent (judge advocate)

An abstract of all licences for marriage, 1813-27; State Records Authority of NSW, NRS 1037;

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/14:8811 (PAYWALL)

No. 14 / 168 / [licence] January 13th 1814 / James Foster, of Sydney, Gent'n /
and Anne Walters of the same place, Spinster / Sydney / [married] 15th January 1814 / [by] Rev'd W. Cowper . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Anne Walter (not guilty, Old Bailey, 5 December 1810; guilty, Old Bailey, 5 December 1810, aged "25"); arrived Sydney, NSW, 1811; see also Historical records of Australia, vol. 7, 353 and 447-48

https://archive.org/details/historicalrecord00v7aust/page/353/mode/2up (DIGITISED)

"MARRIED", The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser [NSW] (22 January 1814), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article628847 

On Saturday last, by special License, at Sydney, Mr. James Foster, Principal Clerk to the Judge Advocate, to Miss Walters.

"THE SYDNEY AMATEUR CONCERT", The Australian [Sydney, NSW] (21 June 1826), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37073597 

The second Concert will be performed this evening at the Court-House, Castlereagh-street . . . Leader, Mr. Edwards.
Directors for the Evening, Mr. Pitman, Mr. Parker, Mr. Foster, Mr. Robertson . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: John Edwards (musician); Timothy Goodwin Pitman (steward); Sydney Amateur Concerts (association, series); Old Court House (Sydney venue)

[Advertisement], The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser [NSW] (8 November 1826), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2186870 

UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THEIR EXCELLENCIES THE GOVERNOR IN CHIEF AND MRS. DARLING
AMATEUR CONCERT, IN AID OF THE FUNDS OF THE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.
The GENTLEMEN, composing the COMMITTEE of the SYDNEY AMATEUR CONCERT, beg to inform the Public, that a
CONCERT will be held on Monday, the 4th Day of December next, at the Court-house, in Castlereagh-street.
Several Magistrates, and other Gentlemen of the Colony, having expressed their Wish to the Committee, that such should take Place, and having promised their Support on the Occasion, it is hoped, that the Public will give every Encouragement to promote and Attempt to relieve the above laudable Institution.
Tickets, 10s each. may be had, on Application to Messrs. JAMES FOSTER (at Mr. Norton's Office, Elizabeth-street),
EARLE, EDWARDS, FOXALL, GEORGE PAUL, John PAUL, jun. RAPSEY, ROBERTSON, B. LEVEY, and SIPPE, George-street.
A full Account of the Performance will be inserted in next Week's papers.

ASSOCIATIONS: Ralph and Elizabeth Darling (governor and wife); Augustus Earle (member); Frederick George Foxall (member); George Paul (member); Peter Hitt Rapsey (member); Barnett Levey (member); George Sippe (member); James Norton (solicitor); Sydney Amateur Concerts (association, series)

[Advertisement], The Australian (2 December 1826), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37073150 

AMATEUR CONCERT, IN AID OF THE FUNDS OF THE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.
THE GENTLEMEN COMPOSING THE Committee of the Sydney Amateur Concert beg to inform the Public,
that a Concert will be held on Monday the 4th day of December next, at the Court-house, in Castlereagh-street . . .
Tickets, 10s. each, may be had on application to Messrs. Jas. Foster (at Mr. Norton's office, Elizabeth-street),
Earle, Edwards, Foxall, George Paul, John Paul, jun., Rapsey, Robertson, B. Levey, and Sippe, George-street.

[Advertisement], The Sydney Monitor (10 April 1830), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32073464 

ALL CLAIMS against the late Mr. THOMAS BRUNTON, are requested to be presented to Mr. JAMES FOSTER at Mr. Norton's office, Elizabeth-street, for immediate adjustment. And all those indebted to him, are requested to come forward and settle their respective accounts without delay. March 17th, 1830.

ASSOCIATIONS: Thomas Brunton (dancing master, deceased)

"Death", The Sydney Herald (31 July 1834), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12850025 

On Monday last, Anne Maria, wife of James Foster, Esquire, Elswick, Parramatta-road, aged 48 years.

ASSOCIATIONS: Elswick (property purchased from Foster by James Norton, above);
see also "PARRAMATTA - Past and Present", Illustrated Sydney News (25 July 1889), 12

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63621847 

. . . Four and a-half miles out from Sydney is reached "Elswick," formerly the seat of Mr. James Foster . . .

[Advertisement], The Sydney Herald (13 October 1834), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12850675 

NOTICE. MR. JAMES FOSTER intending to leave the Colony in the month of December next, requests that all Claims upon him may be presented at the Office of Mr. Norton, in Elizabeth-street, Sydney. October 11, 1834.

"SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE . . . DEPARTURES", The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (24 February 1835), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2197410 

For same destination [London] yesterday, the ship Rosslyn Castle, Captain Richards, with Colonial produce. Passengers . . . James Foster, Esq. . . .

1844, marriage solemnized at Bebington in the parish of Bebington in the county of Chester; register 8, page 47; Cheshire Archives and Local Studies

https://search.findmypast.com.au/record/browse?id=GBPRS/CHS/4019005/00555 (PAYWALL)

No. 93 / [1844] May Second / James Foster / Full age / Widower / Gentleman / Bebington / [son of] Henry Foster / Clergyman
Margaret Webster / full / Spinster / - / Bebington / [daughter of] John Webster / Merchant . . . [witnesses include] Hugh Foster, Alice Foster

"MARRIED", The Sydney Morning Herald [NSW] (30 September 1844), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12425610 

On Thursday, 2nd May, at Bebington Church, Cheshire, near Liverpool, James Foster, Esq., eldest son of the Reverend Henry Foster, and formerly of this City, to Margaret, second daughter of the late John Webster, Esq., of Liverpool.

"LIBEL", The Sydney Morning Herald (20 February 1851), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12924950 

. . . Mr. James Norton, solicitor of the Supreme Court: . . . knew Mr. James Foster, formerly of Sydney; he was now dead . . .

"THE NORTONS . . . (By 'Old Chum')", Sydney Sportsman (21 June 1905), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article167208951 

. . . The fine house at Elswick, Leichhardt, which stood within some 40 acres, was built by one James Foster, connected with the law, and purchased by Mr. Norton in 1833 [sic] . . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Joseph Michael Forde ("Old Chum")

FOSTER, Joseph (Joseph FOSTER; Drum major FOSTER)

Musician, cornet player, music instructor, soldier, drum-major, 40th Regiment (second tour)

Born Birr, Kings County, Ireland, 1822; son of John FOSTER and Elizabeth ?
Enlisted (40th Regiment), 3 November 1836 (aged "14 years and 5 months")
Married Margaret GOSNELL (widow CLARKE), St. Peter's, Cork city, Cork, Ireland, 5 July 1852
Arrived [1] (with regiment) Melbourne, VIC, 5 November 1852 (per Vulcan, from Cork)
Departed (with regiment) Melbourne, VIC, 18 July 1860 (per City of Hobart, for New Zealand)
Arrived [2] Melbourne, VIC, c. 1864 (from NZ)
Died Hotham, VIC, 1 October 1872, aged "43/44", "46" [sic, 50]

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Joseph+Foster+d1872 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FOSTER-Joseph (shareable link to this entry)

ASSOCIATIONS: Band of the 40th Regiment (second tour)

Joseph Foster, c. mid 1860s (courtesy of descendent, Andrew McMullan, 2024)

Documentation:

1852, marriage solemnized at St. Peter's church in the Parish of St. Ann Shandon in the City of Cork; Ireland, Select marriages

No. 144 / July 5 1852 / Joseph Foster / Full age / Bachelor / Drum Major 40 Reg't of Foot / Cork Barracks / [son of] John Foster / Pensioner, 40th Reg't of Foot
and Margaret Clarke / Full Age / Widow / - / Barrackton / [daughter of] James Gosnell / Pensioner, 40th Reg't of Foot

[2 advertisements], The Argus [Melbourne, VIC] (12 March 1853), 12

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4790631 

CIRCUS, Top of Bourke-street, east.
WINTERBOTTOM'S BENEFIT, Monday Evening Next; March 14th.
M. WINTERBOTTOM begs to announce to his Friends and Patrons that it is his intention on this occasion, to give a
MONSTER CONCERT, For which he has engaged the whole of the Musical celebrities in the Colony,
and, through the kind permission of Col. Valiant, he has succeeded in making an arrangement for the entire
Band of the 40th Regiment, Conducted by Mr. Johnson.
PROGRAMME, Which will be strictly adhered to.
PART I . . . First time, GREAT EXHIBITION QUADRILLE, By Jullien,
Founded on the all absorbing question of that day, the Exhibition of 1851.
In the production of this Quadrille, M. Winterbottom has endeavored to bring together every possible element which could conduce to the interpretation or the characteristic music of the different nations therein introduced, and has made the following arrangements: The Grand Morceaux will be aided by
The ENTIRE BAND of the 40th Regiment, under the direction of Mr. Johnson, by the kind permission of Colonel Valiant;
The Drummers of the 40th Regiment, under the direction of the Drum Major, by the kind permission of Colonel Valiant; and
WINTERBOTTOM'S BAND.
INTRODUCTION. - Music of Northern nations.
No. 1. - The French "Pas Accelere," performed by the Drummers, including "La Chamade," "Le Chant d'Honour," and "Le Blanc."
The Grand "Pas Redouble," by the Military Band, and the "Roulement Serre."
Concluding with the grand "Chant Militaire."
No. 2. - The "Spanish Sapatieodo," with variations - clarionet, Mr. Johnson; flute and castanettes, M. Vailet.
No. 3. - The "Piedmontese Monferina," concluding with the "Neapolitan Tarantella." Castanettes, M. Vailet.
No. 4. - "Partant pour La Syrie," French air, taken from an old eastern melody, with variations for opheclide, Mr. Hartigan; cornet, Mr. Maffei.
No. 5. - March of all nations to London!
The morning of the Inauguration of the Grand Exhibition is supposed to have arrived.
The Great City which, for the first time, shelters such masses from all parts of the known world, is as yet tranquil, when at daybreak the Festival is ushered in by the sounding of the chimes of London, echoed far and near from each surrounding belfry. Soon the City is in movement, and the multitudes hasten towards the same goal, all eager to behold the most stupendous realisation of human industry recorded in the history of the globe. A tremendous shout bursts forth, and the welcomed Nations, one and all, join in the glorious cry -
God save the Queen!
PART II . . . Polka, Drum, with the entire force of the two bands, the drummers under the direction of the Drum-Major of the 40th Regiment - Jullien.
To commence at Eight o'clock precisely.
Doors open at Seven o'clock punctually.

PROMENADE CONCERTS, Circus, top of Bourke-street east.
In consequence of the Popular Excitement and Immense Success attending this series of Musical Soirees, they will be continued for ONE MONTH LONGER!
ON MONDAY-EVENING Will be presented a Magnificent Entertainment, which will display all the first Musical Talent in the Colony.
FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. J. WINTERBOTTOM.
For particulars, see separate advertisement, and small bills of the day
TUESDAY, And during the week, there will be a change of programme each evening . . .
THE GREAT EXHIBITION QUADRILLE, Embodying the Music of All Nations, composed and arranged by
MONS. JULLIEN, Which gained such extraordinary applause in London, will be performed Every Evening.
CONDUCTOR - MR. WINTERBOTTOM. Admission - One Shilling. Dress Circle - Half-a-crown.

ASSOCIATIONS: John Winterbottom (musician, conductor); Henry Johnson (master, 40th band); Mons. Vailet (musician); Joseph Hartigan (musician, 40th band); Joseph Maffei (musician); Noble's Circus (Melbourne venue)

MUSIC: Great Exhibition quadrille (Louis Jullien); see also Jullien's London advertisement (November 1850)

Pay-list of the 40th Regiment, 1 April to 30 June 1853; Australian Joint Copying Project, from UK National Archives, WO12/5364

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1592562320 (DIGITISED)

Drum Major as Serjeant / 1003 / Foster Joseph

[Advertisement], The Age (11 February 1856), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154866693 

TO-NIGHT.- The Opening Night of ALMACK'S SOIREES DANSANTE.
European Hotel, Fitzroy street, Collingwood. Open every evening. Admission, One Shilling.
The public are respectfully informed that this magnificent Hall, elegantly decorated and brilliantly lighted, will be opened for the season this evening, by Mr. JAMES ELLIS, of Cremorne Gardens, London; Adelaide Gallery; and Cremorne Gardens, Richmond.
The splendid Band, under the direction of Mr. Andrew Moore, will comprise the names of Mr. CREED ROYAL, Mr. Kinsella, Mr. Foster, Mr. Ryder, and others of the elite of the profession, and will once more call to mind the soul-stirring strains of Lanner, Labitzky, Strauss, D'Albert, Jullien, Bosisto [sic, Bosisio], and others of equal celebrity . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: James Ellis (proprietor); Andrew Moore (violinist, leader); Creed Royal (flautist); James Kinsella (clarinet player); George Hopwood Ryder (string player); European Hotel (Collingwood venue)

"POLICE", The Argus (14 May 1857), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7131689 

Margaret Barnett was charged by Drum Major Foster with drunkenness and abominable cruelty to a child . . .

"BAZAAR AT THE TEMPERANCE HALL, RUSSELL STREET", The Age (8 October 1857), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154835458 

Yesterday afternoon we strolled into the bazaar which has just been opened in the Temperance Hall, Russell street, for the purpose of aiding the fund for the liquidation of the debt upon the new building . . . In the gallery we were shown a remarkable example of the industry and taste of the Ceylonese, in the shape of an elaborately ornamented work-box, the lid of each compartment of which was formed of carved ivory, inlaid with silver. This tasteful piece of cabinet work, we understand, has been forwarded for exhibition by the Drum-major of the 40th Regiment, and is well worthy of inspection . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Temperance Hall (Melbourne venue)

Discharge, No. 1003, Drum Major Joseph Foster, 22 February 1864; UK National Archives, WO97/1514/161

https://search.findmypast.com.au/record/browse?id=GBM/WO97/1514/162/001 (PAYWALL)

Her Majesty's 40th Reg't of Foot . . . Queen's Redoubt 22 Feb'y 1864 . . .
Discharge of No. 1003, Drum Major Joseph Foster by trade a [blank] was Born in the Parish of Birr in the County of Kings
and was attested for the 40th Regiment of Foot at Dublin in the County of Dublin on the 3 November 1836 at the age of 14 years 5 months . . .
Service up to this day [full age] amounts to 23 years 249 days . . . served abroad 18 3/12 years
in India 6 8/12 years; in Australia 8 years; in New Zealand 3 7/12 years . . .
Discharge is proposed in consequence of his own request, Free with pension having completed 21 years service . . .
Detailed Statement of the Services of No. 1003 . . .
Private 3 November 1836 / Underage
Appointed Drummer 1 May 1839 / Underage
Drummer / 3 June 1840 / of age [18 years]
Resigned / Private / 15 June 1841
Confined 17 July 1846 / Tried and convicted by the Regimental Court Martial and sentenced Imprisonment
Imprisoned / 20 July 1845
Released / Private / 3 August 1846
Authorized to to receive 1d. per diem Good Conduct Pay / 27 October 1850
Forfeited ditto / 9 February 1851
Promoted Drum major / 8 June 1852
Drum Major / 1 July 1857 / [to] 22 Feb'y 1864 . . . Total /23 years 249 days
Further Service from the 23rd Feb'y to the 7th June 1864 when finally discharged / 106 days . . .
Final Description . . . [Feb. 1864] . . . Age 41 8/12 years [sic] . . . 5 ft 11 1/2 in / Hair brown / Eyes blue / Complexion fresh . . .
Intended place of residence Melbourne Victoria

[News], Advocate [Melbourne, VIC] (5 October 1872), 9

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article170157848 

THE remains of the late Drum-major Joseph Foster, who died on Tuesday, were interred on Thursday in the Melbourne General Cemetery with military honours. Deceased had been connected with the volunteer force since 1864. He was drum major of the 40th regiment for a long period, went through the Afghanistan campaign during 1839 and 1840, with General Nott; he also carried a medal and star for Candahar, Gusnee, and Cabul, as well as a star for Bunghapoor in 1843, and received lately a medal for the New Zealand campaign. Owing to his long illness he has left his family in anything but prosperous circumstances.

"DEATHS", The Argus (10 October 1872), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5840302 

FOSTER. - On the 1st inst at his residence, Cobden Street Hotham after a long and painful illness, Mr. Joseph Foster, formerly drum-major H.M. 40th Regiment, and late of the Victorian Volunteer Carlton Rifles, aged 46 years. Home papers please copy.

"DEATHS", Illustrated Australian News (25 November 1885), 206

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59979215 

FOSTER. - On the 14th November, at her late residence, 14 Capel-street, Hotham, Margaret, relict of the late Drum-major Joseph Foster, of the 40th Regiment, aged 54 years.

"THE WEST END. EARLY MELBOURNE MEMORIES. By EDWARD C. O. HOWARD", The Argus (3 April 1920), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1688138 

. . . In 1851 my father built a brick house in a newly formed street on the western slope of the Flagstaff Hill, called after Judge Jeffcott, the second resident judge of Port Phillip. It was about the first dwelling erected in that part. Only a short distance from this, at the west end of Latrobe street, the soldiers of the 40th Regiment pitched their tents, pending the completion of the corrugated iron barracks, then in course of election. These buildings extended from Latrobe street a considerable distance along Spencer street, and formed a square, the centre of the area being used as a drilling ground. The regiment Lieut.-Colonel Valiant in command, arrived by H.M. steamship Vulcan on October 19, 1852, and on the 22nd the soldiers came up the river from the bay in the small steamer Diamond and marched from the wharf to their camp, headed by their beautiful band, led by Drum-Major Foster, a splendid-looking man, over 6ft. in height. The officers were agreeably surprised at the comfortable appearance of their quarters, alluded to in my first article, as they had come prepared to live in tents which they brought with them. The soldiers, led by their band, generally attended the 3 o'clock service on Sundays at St. James's, occupying the south gallery, where the organ stood . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Edward Cussen Ormond Howard (1839-1934); St. James's church (Melbourne)

"FLAGSTAFF HILL. By EDWARD C. O. HOWARD", The Argus (24 March 1923), 9

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1885371 

. . . The arrival of the 40th Regiment, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Valiant by the Vulcan troopship on October 19, 1852, may be associated with the Flagstaff Hill as the men's camp, where I witnessed the tents being pitched was only a short distance from the western slope of it, the officers' quarters being in a large dwelling owned by Mr. Edmund Westby, which stood in Latrobe street, close by. It was demolished many years ago. The soldiers came up the river from the bay in the steamers Diamond and Maitland, upon the former of which I often travelled in the early days, and when nearing the wharf the band played the air from "Maritana," "In Happy Moments." After landing on November 5, the delay being caused by a supposed case of smallpox on board, the soldiers, headed by their band, led by Drum-major Foster, a splendidly built man, over six feet in height, with a commanding figure, marched to their canvas habitation at the west end of Latrobe street, pending the completion of the corrugated iron barracks in Spencer street. I was standing in the street that day when the soldiers passed. During the afternoon the Lieutenant-Governor and Captain Conran visited the camp . . .

"EARLY MELBOURNE. LATROBE STREET IN THE FIFTIES. By EDWARD C. O. HOWARD", The Argus (22 January 1927), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3833667 

. . . In 1851 I lived near the west end of Latrobe street close to the spot where the soldiers of the 40th Regiment were under canvas pending the completion of the iron barracks close by. The band of the regiment, under the conductorship of Mr. Johnston, whom I remember well, was exceptionally good. It played frequently at the officers' quarters in the evenings, and the music was much appreciated by neighbours. Drum-Major Foster was a fine looking man, more than 6ft. in height, and at the head of the regiment he was a commanding figure. He was a wonderfully good cornet player, and he gave lessons on that instrument. One could hear the bugles and kettle-drums in the early mornings on the slope of the hill leading down to the swamp . . .

Other sources:

Joseph Foster, account book and pensioner certificate; Royal Historical Society of Victoria

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/227766992 

Bibliography and resources:

Joseph John Foster, Find a grave

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196532892/joseph-john-foster 

FOTHERINGHAM, Mr. (Mr. FOTHERINGHAM)

Musician, violoncello player, cellist Royal Victoria Theatre (Hobart)

Active Hobart, TAS, 1853

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FOTHERINGHAM-Mr (shareable link to this entry)

Documentation:

[Advertisement], Hobarton Guardian, or, True Friend of Tasmania [TAS] (18 May 1853), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article172859854 

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE - MONDAY EVENING, May 23rd, 1853 . . .
THE LESSEES have the pleasure to announce that . . . it will open for the season, on the above evening . . .
Leader of the Orchestra, Mr. THOMPSON.
1st. Violin - Mr. MYERS.
2nd do - Mr. DIME.
Clarionet - Mr. GASCOYNE.
Violincello - Mr. FOTHERINGHAM.
Ophocleide [sic] - Mr. WOOD.
Horn - Mr. J. THOMSON.
Cornet-a-Piston - Mr. THOMSON.
Tympani - Mr. AITCHIE [sic] . . .
In the course of the evening the Orchestra will perform the
Overtures to "La Dame Blanche," "Caliph of Bagdad," and the "New Hauss Quadrilles" . . .
Acting Manager - Mr. F. B. Watson . . . LESSEES: Messrs. Davies and Watson.

ASSOCIATIONS: John Charles Thompson (leader, violoncellist); Edward Myers (violin); Feltham Bold Watson (actor, lessee, manager); John Davies (actor, lessee); Royal Victoria Theatre (Hobart venue)

[Advertisement], Hobarton Guardian, or, True Friend of Tasmania (21 May 1853), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article172859884 

. . . Leader of the Orchestra, Mr. THOMPSON.
1st, Violin - Mr. MYERS. 2nd do - Mr. DWYER.
Clarionet - Mr. GASCOYNE.
Violincello - Mr. FOTHERINGHAM.
Ophocleide - Mr. WOOD.
Horn - Mr. J. THOMSON.
Cornet-a Piston - Mr. THOMSON.
Tympani - Mr. RITCHIE . . .

FOUCART, Louis (Louis FOUCART; Dr. FOUCART)

Amateur musician, member Sydney Philharmonic Society, medical practitioner

Born London, England, 11 September 1818; baptised St. Patrick's, Soho, 20 September 1818; son of François FOUCART (d. 1863) and Lambertine LEVELLY (d. 1877)
Arrived Sydney, NSW, 6 January 1855 (surgeon per Ebba Brahe, from Plymouth, 14 October)
Married Harriet Patience BRYANT (d. 1875), Sydney, NSW, 7 February 1867
Departed Sydney, NSW, 16 April 1887 (per Salazie, for Europe)
Died Ripon, Yorkshire, England, 25 March 1899, aged "79/80"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Louis+Foucart+1818-1899 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FOUCART-Louis (shareable link to this entry)

ASSOCIATIONS: Sydney Philharmonic Society (association)

Documentation:

Baptisms, St. Patrick's, Soho Square, 1818; register 1818-1827, page 30; Westminster Archdiocesan Archives

https://search.findmypast.com.au/record/browse?id=S2/GBPRS/ROMCATH/WESTMINSTER/STPS_B_1818-1827/00021 (PAYWALL)

Foucart / Die 20 Septembris 1818 Baptizatus fuit Ludovicus Florentinus filius Francisci Foucart & Lambertine Cory / Natas fuit dies 11 Septembris 1818 . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: François Foucart and Lambertine Levelly had married at St. John the Evangelist (C of E), Westminster, on 26 July 1818 [sic], less than 2 months before his Louis's birth, and so his supposedly slightly later birth might have been a fiction to cover the abnormality; Louis gave his age as 31 in the 30 March 1851 census, when he was living in private hotel in Pall Mall

"THE LATE CORONER'S INQUIRY - HOW IT STRIKES A STRANGER. To the Editor of . . .", The Sydney Morning Herald [NSW] (1 December 1854), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12962941 

. . . On the occasion of the death of that prince of statesmen, Sir ROBERT PEEL . . . the first person who came to his assistance, and who never left Sir Robert till he breathed his last, was a Dr. Foucart, the son of one François Foucart, professor of fencing in a city of some note in the west of Scotland, and who, in early life, had been one of the "Old Imperial Guard" of Napoleon. This same gentleman, although a duly qualified medical practitioner in Scotland, was not entitled, by the rules of the profession in London, to practice the "art and mystery of healing" . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Robert Peel (British politician);
see also "DEATH OF SIR ROBERT PEEL [Condensed from the London Times of July 4th]", Hobarton Guardian, or, True Friend of Tasmania [TAS] (5 October 1850), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article173058160 

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (24 February 1855), 7

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12966072 

DR. FOUCART, Surgeon Superintendent of the Government emigrant ship Ebba Brahe (500 souls), medical attendant upon the late Sir Robert Peel, and physician to the governor and tutors of the Royal children, may be consulted professionally during his stay in Sydney, at 44, Kent-street North, corner of Gas-lane. Sydney, 24th February, 1855.

"THE SYDNEY PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY", Empire [Sydney, NSW] (27 July 1861), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60485724 

THE seventh annual meeting of this society was held at Mr. Aldis's, 376, George-street, last evening . . . The following resolutions wore carried unanimously . . . That the following gentlemen form the committee for the ensuing year, viz. - Messrs. Aldis, Black, Dyer, Ebsworth, Harbottle, Foucart, Mountcastle, Waller, Whittle, and MacDonnell . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: William Henry Aldis (member); Joseph Dyer (member); Octavius Ebsworth (member); William Harbottle (member); Benjamin Such Mountcastle (member); John Gough Waller (member); William Macdonnell (amateur); Sydney Philharmonic Society (association)

"SYDNEY PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY:, Empire (25 July 1862), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60478697 

THE annual meeting of the above Society took place last evening at St. James's School, Castlereagh-street. In consequence of the inability to attend of the Hon. J. H. Plunkett, president of the society, the chair was taken by F. L. S. Merewether, Esq., M.L.C. . . . Dr. FOUCART proposed that orchestral and vocal members, who gave regular attendance, should be admitted as members, on the payment of a subscription of one guinea instead of two guineas, as at present. Mr. COLLIER seconded the motion, which was carried . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: John Hubert Plunkett (amateur, president); Francis Merewether (amateur, member)

"DEATHS", The Sydney Morning Herald (23 August 1862), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13233269 

On the 26th June, at Glasgow, François Foucart, ex-officer of the old Imperial Guards, Knight of the Legion of Honor, veteran of the Russian Campaign of 1812, the original of Dumas' "Maitre d' Armes," and hero of James Sheridan Knowles' "Monsieur de l'Epice," for nearly half a century a highly respected citizen of Glasgow, father of Dr. Foucart, of Sydney.

"MARRIAGES", The Sydney Morning Herald (9 February 1867), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13143018 

On the 7th instant, at Nepean Towers, by the Rev. Mr. Martin, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Wilkinson, L. FOUCART, Esq., M.D., eldest son of the late Francois Foucart, Kt. of the Legion of Honour, to HARRIETTE PATIENCE, daughter of A. BRYANT, Esq., of Victoria.

"THE MUSICAL CONTROVERSY. To the Editor", The Sydney Morning Herald (15 March 1887), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13629482

. . . Twenty-five years ago - and for many years afterwards - we had a Philharmonic Society, whose committee and performing members numbered amongst their ranks many of our foremost men in the worlds of art, literature, and commerce. Need I mention other names than the Hon. J. Hubert Plunkett (Attorney-General), Leopold Rawack, W. MacDonnell, Dr. Foucart, J. J. M. Richardson (the vigorous septuagenarian flautist), Mr. W. Deane, the solicitor, and a dozen or two others, who with commendable regularity, scarcely to be found now-a-days, appeared on the platform at rehearsal and performance, and obeyed the directions of their conductor, as disciples follow the instruction of their Master. The conductor was Mr. John Deane, a thorough, zealous, and skilled musician, one who, like his compeers of that day, was content to practise (with veneration) the works of the great masters to the exclusion of his own pieces. Have there been in the various capitals in the world families like that of the Deanes - and the celebrated Gebrüder Müller, of Brunswick - whose famous quartet party was kept together in the family for generations? There are many still living, and residing here, who remember the delightful renderings of the great classical quartets given us at the Philharmonic concerts by the brothers John, William, Edward, and Henry Deane . . .
I am, &c., NUR EIN GEIGER . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Henry Neville Montagu ("Nur ein Geiger"); Leopold Rawack (amateur); John James Mallcott Richardson (amateur); William Deane (amateur); John Deane (violin, conductor); Edward Smith Deane (cellist); Henry Deane (amateur)

"Shipping", The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (23 April 1887), 880

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article163285974 

April 16. - Salazie (s.), Captain L. Boulard, for Marseilles via Melbourne and Adelaide. Passengers - For Marseilles: Dr. Foucart, Miss Foucart . . .

"OBITUARY", British medical journal [London, England] (6 May 1899), 1131

https://www.bmj.com/content/1/2001/1131.2 

DR. LOUIS FOUCART, who was for many years a resident in Sydney, New South Wales, died suddenly, in his 80th year, at Ripon, on March 25th. He was educated at the University of Glasgow, and graduated M.D. and M.S. in 1848. He became L.R.C.S.Edin. in 1849, and was elected F.R.C.S.Edin. in 1875. He was Resident Physician for many years to the Glasgow Fever Hospital, and Surgeon to the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow. He subsequently went to Sydney, where he was appointed Government Medical Officer of Health, and Quarantine Officer of Port Jackson. One incident in his long life is worthy of special mention. He was on a visit to London in June, 1850, and happened to be passing near Hyde Park Corner on the 29th day of that month at the very time when Sir Robert Peel fell from his horse. He was the first to raise the injured statesman from the ground. He accompanied him home, and was in constant attendance upon Sir Robert Peel until his death on July 2nd.

FOWELL, Newton (Newton Digby FOWELL; Newton FOWELL; Mr. FOWELL)

Amateur musician, guitarist, contact reporter, sailor, midshipman

Born South Brent, Devon, England, 30 July 1868
Arrived Botany Bay, NSW, 20 January 1788 (midshipman per Sirius, from Portsmouth, 13 May 1787)
Died at sea, 25 August 1790

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Newton+Fowell+1768-1790 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-923039 (NLA persistent identifier)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FOWELL-Newton (shareable link to this entry)

Summary:

Fowell was a junior officer on the Sirius on its voyage to Australia in 1787-88. Before leaving England, he added at the end of a letter to his parents dated 4 March 1787:

There is Music for Rosina set for the Guitar. Thank you to send it if the ship comes to Porstm[ou]th.

Presumably an edition of songs from William Shield's comic opera Rosina, if it did indeed arrive with him in Australia, it is the earliest identification of an actual copy of a piece of art European music to have been landed. If he also brought a guitar, it may have been, along with George Worgan's piano, one of the first European instruments imported. So, too, the fife Fowell mentioned in another letter (12 July 1788), reporting on events on his third day in the colony:

January 21 [1788]. The Governor accompanied by Capt. Hunter & some other officers went in Boats to examine Port Jackson . . . The next day [22nd] one of the Party took a fife on Shore played several tunes to the Natives who were highly delighted with it especially at seeing some of the Seamen dance.

See in chronicle:

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/chronicle1542-1800.php#1787-03-04-fowell-rosina 

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/chronicle1542-1800.php#1788-01-22-Worra-Worra 

Documentation:

Letter, Newton Fowell to his father, John Fowell, 4 March 1787; State Library of New South Wales, ML MSS 4895/1/7

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/235942516 

https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n5lVLGe9 (DIGITISED)

https://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2015/D33409/a608.html (TRANSCRIPT)

Hon'd Father, I rec'd your Letter Yesterday . . .
I am Hon'd Father, Your dutiful Son
Newton Fowell
There is the Music for Rosina set for the Guitar I thank you to send it if the Ship comes to Plymo'

Letter, Newton Fowell to his father, John Fowell, 12 July 1788; State Library of New South Wales, ML MSS 4895/1/18, page 5

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/235944118 

https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nX6OVBLY (DIGITISED)

https://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2015/D33428/a616.html (TRANSCRIPT)

Honoured Father, I shall first begin by saying I am very well . . . [Page 5] January 21. The Govenor accompanied by Capt Hunter & some other officers went in Boats to examine Port Jackson which lies 9 Miles to the Northward of B. Bay . . . The next day one of the Party took a fife on Shore, played several tunes to the Natives who were highly delighted with it espetially at seeing some of the Seamen dance . . .

Bibliography and resources:

Heather Clarke, "Sailor's hornpipe", posted 10 February 2011, Australian colonial dance

https://www.historicaldance.au/sailors-hornpipe

http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/133924/20121116-0932/www.colonialdance.com.au/sailors-hornpipe-3-59.html

"Newton Digby Fowell", Design & art Australia online (DAAO)

https://www.daao.org.au/bio/newton-digby-fowell 

FOWLE, A. (Andrew FOWLE; FOWL) = Andrew FAWL

Musician, clarionet / clarinet player Band of the 12th Regiment

FOWLER, Frank (Francis Edmund Town FOWLER; Frank FOWLER)

Journalist, playwright, author, occasional writer on music

Born Pimlico, London, England, 12 August 1833; son of Charles FOWLER and Jane ?
Arrived Sydney, NSW, 4 December 1855 (assisted immigrant per Kate, "22 / short hand reporter")
Married Rachel CLARKE, Sydney, NSW, 9 February 1856
Departed Melbourne, VIC, April 1858 (per Royal Charter, for Liverpool)
Died Kensington, London, England, 22 August 1863

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Frank+Fowler+1833-1863 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Frank+Fowler (TROVE tagged)

http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-562484 (NLA persistent identifier)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FOWLER-Frank (shareable link to this entry)

FOWLER, Rachel (Rachel CLARKE; Mrs. Frank FOWLER; Madame REILOFF) = Mrs. G. F. JACKSON

Musician, soprano vocalist, pianist, teacher of piano and singing

FOWLER, Frank Harry (Frank Harry FOWLER; Frank FOWLER junior)

Musician, teacher, composer

Born Sydney, NSW, 11 March 1857; son of Frank FOWLER and Rachel CLARKE
Departed Melbourne, VIC, April 1858 (per Royal Charter, for Liverpool, with parents)
Arrived Sydney, NSW, by May 1867 (with mother)
Married Fannie Adele ELLARD, NSW, 1885
Died Sydney, NSW, 10 December 1893, aged "36"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Frank+Harry+Fowler+1857-1893 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FOWLER-Frank-Harry (shareable link to this entry)

FOWLER, Fannie Adele (Mrs. Frank Harry FOWLER) = Fannie Adele ELLARD = Miss Ethel ADELE

Musician, pianist, actor

Summary:

Fowler wrote a characteristic preface for the deluxe musical collection, the Australian album 1857, published by Jacob Richard Clarke, who also, from July 1857, published Fowler's new literary journal, The month.

Fowler's Eva ("ostensibly based on Uncle Tom's Cabin") played at the Lyceum Theatre in Sydney in August 1856, with music by John Winterbottom.

Fowler also commented on Sydney and Melbourne music in his Southern lights and Shadows (esp. page 34 below), published after he returned to London. However, an editorial in the Sydney Empire in July 1860, on the subject of mendacious testimonies of returned Australian colonists, cited as bywords:

. . . the ridiculous falsehoods of FRANK FOWLER, or the inventions attributed to MISKA HAUSER.

Fowler's most interesting and substantial musical remain, however, is the bullocky song, transcribed in Southern lights, below.

In Sydney on 9 February 1856, Fowler married Rachel Clarke. Their eldest son was Frank Harry Fowler, musician and composer. After Fowler's death, Rachel performed in London under the stage name of Madame Reiloff, before she and her children returned to Australia. She remarried in Sydney, and was active as a singer and music teacher as Mrs. G. F. Jackson.

Frank Harry was a pupil of Charles Packer.

He and his mother, who had been a pupil of Bennett Gilbert in London, advertised jointly in Sydney as teachers of singing and piano in 1875.

In 1885, Frank junior married the pianist, and later actor, Fannie Adele Ellard (who appeared in public as Miss Ethel Adele), only daughter of the pianist and composer Frederick Ellard.

Documentation:

List of immigrants per ship [Kate] . . .; December 1855; State Records Authority of NSW

https://www.ancestry.com.au/interactive/1204/IMAUS1787_081429-0296/322731 (PAYWALL)

Fowler Frank / 22 / Short hand reporter / Pimlico Midd'x / Charles & Jane Mother at Pimlico Father dead / . . .

[Advertisement], Empire [Sydney, NSW] (25 December 1855), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60171495

PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. UNDER DISTINGUISHED PATRONAGE.
"THE WAR AND WHAT I KNOW OF IT." FRANK FOWLER, ESQ., Fellow of the Literary Institute of the British Empire, Member of the Parliamentary Corps of the House of Commons, and Reporter in the Sebastopol Committee, purposes to deliver his
FIRST ORATION; in the Large Hall of the SCHOOL OF ARTS, on FRIDAY EVENING next . . .

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (25 August 1856), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12986292

OUR LYCEUM THEATRE, under the management of Messrs. Craven and Stephens. -
UNCLE TOM'S CABIN TO-NIGHT. Miss A. M. QUINN, Mr. J. H. VINSON,
and the whole of the powerful company with numerous auxiliaries.
On MONDAY, August 25th, the performances will commence with (first time)
an entirely new dramatic story (founded on Mrs. H. B. Stowe's popular work),
and written expressly for Miss A. M. Quinn, with new plot, scenes, situations, and characters by Frank Fowler, Esq., Member of the Literary Institute of the British Empire, &c, of
EVA, or LEAVES FROM UNCLE TOM'S CABIN.
The overture and entire music composed and arranged by M. Winterbottom;
the new and appropriate scenery painted by Mr. Guy; the panorama of New Orleans by Mr. Thomas;
the [REDACTED] dances and serenades by the Ethiopian Minstrels engaged expressly to give effect to the delineation of slave life!

Leaf I - Kentucky.
George Harris (a Creole slave), Mr. H. T. Craven; Drover John (a Kentuckian), Mr. Lambert;
Uncle Tom, Mr. J. H. Vinson; Sam (a persistent [REDACTED]), Mr. W. H. Stephens;
Squibby, Mr. Reading; Sambo, Mr. German; Bingy, Mr. Brenny. Selby's house and plantation.
In the course of the piece - Chorus - "I'll throw myself away," Messrs. Brenny, Reading, German, &c.
Apartment in Mrs. Selby's house. Interior of Uncle Tom's cabin.
Another part of Selby's plantation. Barroom of a Kentucky tavern. Rocky pass and wood. The escape.

Leaf II - The Mississippi river.
Penetrate Partyside, Mr. W. H. Stephens; Eva, Miss A. M. Quinn.
Saloon dock of Mississippi steamer. Deck of steamer, and grand panoramic view of Mississippi river. (Thomas.)
Chorus - "Mississippi am a berry fine boat," with banjo and tamborine accompaniment, Messrs. Brenny, Reading, and Felix German.
Deck of steamer, and panoramic view of New Orleans. (Thomas.) Chorus - "Boatman's Chaunt," Messrs. Brenny, Reading, and German.

Leaf III - New Orleans.
Topsy, Mrs. H. T. Craven. Drawing-room in St. Clair's mansion - Aunt Vermont's bedchamber - Garden at St. Claire - St. Claire's death chamber.

Leaf IV - New Orleans and its vicinity.
Simon Legree (a slave owner), Mr. Drummond (from Theatre Royal, Melbourne, his first appearance).
Sale room of a slave warehouse - Chorus, "Old Folks at Home."
Scene 2. Apartment at St. Clair's - Court-yard and exterior of Simon Degree's house, with whippingpost - Apartment at St. Clair's - Fall of the last leaf - Chamber and death-bed of Eva! . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Henry and Eliza Craven (actors, manager); James Hetters Vinson (actor, manager); Anna Maria Quinn (actor); John Winterbottom (conductor, composer); Edmund Thomas (scenic artist); James Waln Guy (scenic artist); Joseph Charles Lambert (actor); William Henry Stephens (actor); James W. Reading (minstrel); J. W. Brenni (minstrel); Felix Garmone (minstrel); Lyceum Theatre (Sydney venue)

"OUR LYCEUM. EVA", Empire (26 August 1856), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64975307

The play of Eva, ostensibly founded on Uncle Tom's Cabin, but with new scenes, language, and situations, from the pen of Mr. Frank Fowler, was produced at the Lyceum for the first time last evening with unqualified success. The manner in which the piece was placed on the stage reflects great credit on the management, the details being well arranged with a view to scenic effect. The incidental songs and dances were entrusted to a band of Ethiopians - for once legitimately introduced upon the stage. Excepting an occasional "hitch," almost inseparable from the first appearance of a new play, - the performance of last night may be pronounced perfect.

A panorama of the Mississippi, painted by Mr. Turner [sic], appropriately illustrated the steamboat scene, and was much admired by those of the audience whose attention was not engrossed by what was passing in the foreground. The parts of the drama which have been added to the original tale were those which elicited the greatest applause from the audience; indeed, the principal male character of the piece, is a Yankee gentleman of the broadest possible humour, quite a distinct personage, from any mentioned in Mrs. Stowe's novel. The plot, too, is in a great measure original, Eva being carried through the four acts, and made the centre figure, round which all the other characters revolve. The language put into the mouth of the "little evangelist" is generally appropriate and beautiful, and as expressive of the exquisite ideal as the necessary limits of the play permitted. Her death scene, in the particulars of which there was considerable variation from the book, was extremely impressive. In the character of Uncle Tom, the outline of the story was vigorously filled up. The scenic arrangements of the piece were also designed hy Mr. Fowler, and many of them - especially the burning down of the whipping-post in front of Legree's house were curried out with great dramatic effect.

All the leading characters of the piece were ably rendered; the Eva of Miss Quinn calls for high commendation. It is, the first character indeed in which we have seen the infant artiste thoroughly appropriate to the juvenility of her years and genius. We learn that the piece was written with the expectation that she would be the heroine, and the selection has turned out a happy one, as the ideal is of so rare and delicate a nature as to be well portrayed only by one as young and unsophisticated. A child can best express the feelings and movements of a child; and in the present case the stage illusion is perhaps heightened by the impression that, in the impersonation of this exquisite character, the actress has little to learn - or rather to unlearn - in realising the pure-mindedness and diffusive affection which distinguish the Eva immortalized by Mrs. Stowe. The Uncle Tom of Mr. Vinson, the Partiside of Mr. Stephens, the St. Clair of Mr. Russell, and last-though not least the Drover John of Mr. Lambert, also call for honourable mention.

The overture and incidental music, conducted by Mr. Winterbottom, were appropriate and pleasing. At the conclusion of the piece (which will be repeated this evening) the author was loudly called for, and Mr. Fowler bowed his acknowledgments from the front of the stage.

"BIRTHS", The Sydney Morning Herald (12 March 1857), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12993097

On the 11th instant, at her residence, 161, Liverpool-street East, Mrs. Frank Fowler, of a son.

"REVIEW", The Sydney Morning Herald (6 July 1857), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12997712

The Month: A Literary and Critical Journal. Edited by FRANK FOWLER.
Published by J. R. Clarke, 205, George-street, Sydney; W. Kent and Co., Paternoster Row, London.

Such is the title page which, on the 1st of July, greets us on our literary table, with the glad tidings that another attempt has been made to establish monthly periodical literature in Sydney . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Jacob Richard Clarke (publisher)

"CLEARANCES. APRIL 3", Empire (5 April 1858), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60424563 

LONDON, steamer, 609 tons Cottier, for Melbourne . . . Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fowler . . .

[Editorial], Empire (17 July 1860), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60413421

THESE was once a time when the testimony of "a returned colonist from Australia" would have been viewed with great suspicion in the House of Commons, and denounced with indignant ridicule by the Times newspaper. There is just as much reason as ever for receiving their statements with caution; but Mr. MATTHEW HENRY MARSH has now come to be acknowledged as an authority, and his sayings are cheered in the House and quoted in the great journal just as if they proceeded from the fountain of truth itself. The fact is, however, that not all the ridiculous falsehoods of FRANK FOWLER, or the inventions attributed to MISKA HAUSER, can compete with the mendacious statements of Mr. MARSH. He is the very GULLIVER of Australian politics . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Matthew Henry Marsh (commentator); Miska Hauser (musician)

"DEATH OF MR. FRANK FOWLER", The Sydney Morning Herald (13 October 1863), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13092031

The literary world will hear with regret that Mr. Frank Fowler, the chief promoter and secretary of the Library Company, expired on Saturday last, at his residence, Oakley Cottage, Hammersmith. The deceased had only just passed over his thirtieth birthday when arrested in what promised to be an exceedingly brilliant and useful career. He was born on the 12th of August, 1833. When about eighteen years old, he delivered a series of public lectures in London on the American poets, which attracted attention in literary circles. He subsequently enlisted in the more arduous ranks of journalism. He obtained an engagement, while yet little more than a stripling, as a parliamentary reporter on the corps of an old-established metropolitan journal; he also contributed largely original articles on political and other subjects to newspapers and magazines. Having had his attention drawn to the Australian colonies he proceeded to New South Wales, and was not long in making a reputation in its capital He started a monthly magazine in Sydney - the first of the kind, we believe, in an Australian colony. The influence thus acquired by him may be imagined when it Is stated that he was invited to stand as a candidate for the representation of one of the electoral divisions of Sydney at the general election in 1857. He accepted that invitation, and at the poll obtained nearly 1800 plumpers, the largest number of votes, we are told, ever up to that moment recorded in favour of a single candidate. He did not, however, find the social or political state of the colony quite to his taste, and strong inducements to return to England were offered him, under which he quitted Australia for his native land in that ill-fated vessel the Royal Charter. Mr. Frank Fowler wrote "Southern Lights and shadows," which speedily ran through a large edition.

"SCOTTISH CONCERT", The Sydney Morning Herald (25 May 1875), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28404572

A concert, composed solely of Scotch music, was given last night in the Masonic Hall, in aid of the widow and children of the late corporal Spence, No. 1 Company D. B. Highlanders . . . Mr. Frank Fowler presided at the pianoforte . . .

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (7 September 1875), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13360183

MRS. G. F. JACKSON (pupil of Bennett Gilbert, London) in conjunction with her Son, Mr. FRANK FOWLER (pupil of Charles Packer), gives Lessons in Singing and Piano.

ASSOCIATIONS: Bennett Gilbert (English musician); Charles Sandys Packer (musician)

"Marriages", The Sydney Morning Herald (24 November 1885), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13604537

FOWLER - ELLARD. - October 26, at the Pro-Cathedral, Newcastle, by the Rev. C. Withey, Frank Harry, eldest son of the late Frank Fowler, to Fannie Adele, only daughter of the late Fred Ellard.

ASSOCIATIONS: Fannie Adele Ellard (musician); Frederick Ellard (musician)

"Deaths", The Sydney Morning Herald (11 December 1893), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13931543

FOWLER. - December 9 at Prince Alfred Hospital, Frank Harry, the dearly-beloved eldest son of the late Frank Fowler, aged 36 years. Home papers please copy.

[News], The Brisbane Courier (20 December 1893), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3571131

Mr. W. A. Caflisch, in a letter warmly appreciative of the late Mr. Frank Fowler, a well known Brisbane musician, who died very suddenly in Sydney a few days ago, makes an appeal which is likely to meet with hearty response. Mr. Fowler, he tells us, has left a widow and four children, the youngest only a few weeks old, almost if not quite unprovided for. The appeal is to Mr. Fowler's old friends, to his pupils, and to all musicians, both professional and amateur, that they will do something to help in their deep affliction the family of one who never allowed the suffering to appeal to him in vain.

"BRISBANE LIEDERTAFEL", The Brisbane Courier (23 May 1894), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3580325

"MARRIAGES", The Argus [Melbourne, VIC] (17 January 1914), 13

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7231333

FOWLER - ANDRADE. - On the 6th January, at Armadale, by the Rev. Charles Strong, Frank Harold Gordon Fowler, second son of Mrs. Fannie Fowler, of Wimmera Place, St. Kilda, and the late Frank Fowler, R.A.M.. to Florance Vera Andrade, youngest daughter of William Andrade, of Melbourne.

"FUNERALS", The Sydney Morning Herald (13 August 1928), 9

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16486083

FOWLER. - The Friends of Mrs. FANNIE ADELE - FOWLER are kindly notified that her remains were privately interred in the Church of England Cemetery, Northern Suburbs, on SATURDAY, the 11th instant . . .

See also obituary, "Miss Ethel Adele", The Brisbane Courier (20 August 1928), 12

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21318928 

Relevant published works:

Preface to Australian album 1857 (Sydney: J. R. Clarke, 1857)

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/12718234/version/15033339

http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-164686143/view?partId=nla.obj-164686926#page/n7/mode/1up

PLEASANT enough were the days of the Albums - when our sons had not grown too solemn for gilt-edged volumes, and our daughters preferred a little music at home to Professor Leydenjars' lectures and the Theory of Matter.

It was at this cheerful period of literature (Miss Martineau had not then written on Population) that "Annuals" flourished under the glass cases on old John Murray's counter, and were readily transplanted from thence to the drawing rooms of May Fair. There was, in fact, at this time, quite an Album mania; and this it was, if I recollect rightly, that our good friend Pendennis picked up his first five-pound note in the "Row."

But, alack and alas, these days have passed! and Christmas books of the good old times - bound in silk as red as holly berries, with pages brimful of love, as the pearls of the mistletoe - are no longer sought for. The fact is we have grown so wise in our generation that lovers give their mistresses nothing but vile sonnets, and fathers delude themselves into the belief that the most appropriate present to a family is a sixteen-shilling air pump!

The publisher of this book knows that Albums in the old sense will not pay. (A shrewd class these publishers!) At the same time, however, he sees in this community a healthy and growing taste for MUSIC, and, in taking advantage of thi, he does a wise thing for himself and a good thing for the public. The idea of a purely musical album - that is, a book filled with the original productions of our own artistes - is, I think, peculiarly happy, and one which the Australian public will readily appreciate. The value of such a work must be apparent to every one. For instance: Miska Hauser - may the shadow of his Cremona never grow less! - enraptured us all with that glorious bit of musical tessellation called the Bird on the Tree; and yet had not the publisher of this book obtained the composition from the Miska it must have been entirely lost and forgotten. The "blithe spirit" which had tripped it so gaily up and down the strings of that violin and sent its chirpings into the hearts of all of us would have hopped off with the maestro had we not trapped it in this Album as the Wizard of the South used to shut the swan in his portfolio. And so with other pieces in this volume. They are all new - all colonial. Here - in this city - they were played, printed, and published. True, some of the composers are foreigners; but still this book is as much an Australian production as a cluster of grapes from the German vineyards at Kissing Point. We can send the work home as a specimen of what we can do out here at Botany Bay - as an index of our education, refinement, art-feeling.

And it is fitting we should attest our social progress by some unusual publication of this character. Nothing else will do it so completely and so well. It vindicates our connexion with old-world genius and skill; and proves that we are not destitute of some of the haughty lineaments of European civilization.

- FRANK FOWLER, Liverpool Street, December 20th, 1856.

ASSOCIATIONS: Jacob Richard Clarke (publisher); Miska Hauser (musician)

Southern lights and shadows: being brief notes of three years' experience of social, literary, and political life in Australia by Frank Fowler (London: Sampson Low, Son, and Co., 1859)

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=EMMNAAAAQAAJ (DIGITISED)

Especially:

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=EMMNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA34 (DIGITISED)

[34] . . . The "Prince of Wales" was generally devoted to opera, and here I have heard Bellini, Meyerbeer, and even Verdi and Beethoven as carefully rendered as at any theatre in London, the two Italian opera houses only excepted. Madame Anna Bishop was generally first-lady, Miss Sarah Flower contralto; Messrs. Laglaise and Coulon - not quite unknown names - tenor and bass; and Messrs. Lavenu and Loder, men of some English reputation, leaders of the orchestra. At the "Prince of Wales" I heard a Miska Hauser fiddle. He plays Beethoven like Ernst, Paganini like Sivori . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Anna Bishop (vocalist); Sara Flower (vocalist); Jean-Baptiste Laglaise (vocalist); Emile Coulon (vocalist); Lewis Henry Lavenu (conductor); George Loder (conductor); Prince of Wales Theatre (Sydney venue)

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=EMMNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA108 (DIGITISED)

[108] . . .This bullock-driving cannot be a very pleasant life, although there is a certain smack of romance in camping out at night with a mob of oxen bellowing around, and the companion-drivers on watch attending to the fires - where the damper is cooking and the iron kettle boiling for to-morrow's breakfast - or only leaving their warm occupation for the warmer one of driving in "strays," with song and shout loud enough to make the deserters scamper. These bullock-songs are uncouth snatches generally improvised by the drivers themselves, but not destitute of a wild, runic poetry, as the following verses from one of them will show: -

Olle! heigh-ho!
Blow your horns, blow,
Blow the Southern Cross down if you will;
But on you must go
Where the fresh gullies flow,
And the thirsty crane wets his red bill.

Olle! heigh-ho!
Drink, boys, as we go,
Pass the brandy - let each take his fill:
On, "Strawberry," on,
Run, "Blossom," come run,
There is light enough left for us still.

Olle! heigh-ho!
"Blossom," gee-woh,
There is water spread out for us here,
Fill horns while you may,
There is no one to pay,
But Mine Host up above, for such cheer!

[Of course "any schoolboy" knows the Southern Cross is the great Constellation of Transpacifica.]

[109] Now, there may be some who object to that last line; but to me, when I heard it roared out by an olive-complexioned semi-ruffian tearing along after a mob of cattle with a brandy flask and revolver at his side, and the moon rising above a mass of "mackerel" clouds, and throwing long level lines of light upon a more advanced portion of the herd standing, some with their heads turning back, upon the summit of a wooded hill, in the distance, - I thought that same last line, rudely clothed as the idea involved in it may be, really orthodox and devotional. Strange that the boisterous fellow who, in these Australian solitudes, first thundered out the song after his loitering cattle, should have thought of Mine Host at all! . . .

Bibliography and resources:

S. B. Clark, "Fowler, Francis Edmund (Frank) (1833-1863)", Australian dictionary of biography 4 (1972)

http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/fowler-francis-edmund-frank-3562

FOWLER, George (George FOWLER; G. FOWLER; mr. FOWLER)

Musician, serpent player, bandsman, Band of the 99th Regiment, bandmaster (Hobart Artillery Band), ophicleide player, double bass player

Born Tottenham, Middlesex, 1822; son of John FOWLER (c. 1801-1879) and Anne BANASTER (c. 1798-1882)
Enlisted (99th Regiment), Tottenham, London, England, 17 August 1842
Arrived Sydney, NSW, 21 April 1843 (with regiment, per North Briton, from Dublin, 20 December 1843, via Hobart Town, 4 April 1843)
Married Sarah TUBBY (Mrs. William CASE) (1817-1895), Scots church, Sydney, NSW, 30 October 1847
Arrived with regiment, Hobart Town, VDL (TAS), 11 July 1848 (per Sir Edward Paget, from Sydney)
Purchased discharge from 99th Regiment, Hobart Town, TAS, 16 November 1850
Died Hobart, TAS, 14 August 1910

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=George+Fowler+1822-1910 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FOWLER-George (shareable link to this entry)

ASSOCIATIONS: Band of the 99th Regiment (military)

FOWLER, George William (George William FOWLER; G. W. FOWLER; W. FOWLER; FOWLER, jun.)

Musician, cornet player

Born Hobart, TAS, 5 January 1864; son of George FOWLER and Sarah TUBBY
Married Annie Benigna SUMNER (c. 1868-1952), St. Mary's cathedral, Hobart, 4 September 1884
Died Sydney, NSW, 5 August 1943, aged 79

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=George+William+Fowler+1864-1943 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FOWLER-George-William (shareable link to this entry)

THIS ENTRY IS A STUB ON PERSONNEL FIRST ACTIVE IN AUSTRALIA AFTER 1860

Summary:

According to regimental records, George Fowler was born in London (Tottenham, Middlesex), and was a tailor by trade. He enlisted in the 99th Regiment on 17 August 1842, and on 20 December sailed from Dublin with the regiment on the North Briton, arriving in Sydney, NSW, on 21 April 1843. Paylists of the 99th do not usually indicate bandsmen, but that fact that Fowler did not arrive with the headquarters on the Earl Grey probably indicates that he was not yet a member of the band.

Fowler purchased his discharge for £15 in Hobart on 9 November 1850. He became a public servant, working briefly on Maria Island in 1851, and joining the Lands Department as a an office keeper and messenger in 1852. He was band serjeant of the Hobart Volunteer Artillery Band in 1861, and performed regularly in concert and theatrical orchestras. He was closely associated with such other local musicians as Giacinto Gagliardi and Alfred Jackson Dentith, with the latter as managers of Dentith and Fowler's Band.

His younger son, George William performed as a professional soloist in Tasmania for several years, before leaving for Sydney in August 1888.

With thanks to family historian Rod Hill for sharing results of his research (February 2021)

Documentation:

England census, 6 June 1841, Tottenham, Middlesex; UK National Archives, HO107/654/23/8/15

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/6928435:8978 (DIGITISED)

High Road / John Fowler / 40 / Parish Beadle / [born in county]
Ann Fowler / 40 // Septimus Fowler / 20 / J[ourneyman] Tailor // George Fowler / 18 / [Journeyman Tailor]
Emma Fowler / 14 // Ellen Fowler / 12 / [all born in county]

Paylist of the detachment, 99th Regiment of Foot, from 1 October to 31 December 1842; Australian Joint Copying Project, from UK National Archives, WO12/9805

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1687669034 

PRIVATES . . . 1868 / Fowler George . . . N.S.W.

Sydney, NSW (1843-48)

Paylist of the 99th Regiment of Foot, 1 July to 39 September 1843; Australian Joint Copying Project, from UK National Archives, WO12/9806

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1687832659 (DIGITISED)

PRIVATES . . . 1868 / Fowler George . . .

"THE BAND OF THE 99TH", The Sydney Morning Herald [NSW] (4 September 1844), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28651200

We would recommend such of our readers who have not yet heard this Band no longer to defer that enjoyment, for we can sincerely assure them that this Band of the 99th is one of the most complete military Bands that has ever gratified the inhabitants of our city. The general observer may not be aware that this Band possesses several advantages over ordinary bands. For instance, the 99th have no less than eight beautifully toned C and Bb Clarionets, and one in Eb, which play together in perfect harmony. Their flutes are equally good, nor are they open to the rebuke ajustez vos flutes, for they keep together in excellent tone, forming as it were one unbroken chain of linked sweetness. Their trumpets again produce a clear martial intonation, free from those disagreeable shrill "cork cutting" sounds which set one's teeth on edge. Indeed, there is scarcely a performer in their masterly Band who is not competent to play a solo in a respectable style on his peculiar instrument. Their bass instruments are of the first description, for in addition to the Bassoons, the Serpent, and last though not least the Ophecleide, which from the full rich grave yet mellifluous tones it is capable of sending forth in the hands of a skilful performer, (and we have the authority of a professor of acknowledged judgment in all matters connected with music for saying it could not be in better hands than the present performer in the 99th) is a powerful auxiliary in any orchestra - they have also the Bombardone. As this latter instrument was hitherto unknown in this colony we need not apologise to our readers for introducing a brief account of it. The Bombardone appears to be an instrument of modern invention, of a deep intonation partaking of the bass qualities, both of the Bassoon and of the Ophecleide. Its compass extends three octaves from F two octaves below the bass clef to F above the baas staff. Some amateurs are of opinion that the Bombardone owes its origin from the ancient Bourdon, a kind of drone bass, a deep unchangeable sound, which formerly accompanied a melody or series of notes moving above it. In days gone by, the word Bourdon signified the drone of a bagpipe. We find also the term sometimes applied to the double diapason, or lowest stop, in French and German organs; but whatever may be the conjectures of amateurs on this point, it appears to us that the Bombardone is nothing more nor less than a magnificent improvement on the Bombardo, which was a wind instrument, much resembling the bassoon, formerly used as a bass to the hautboy. The Bombardone, therefore, although it cannot be considered the skeleton of the Bombardo, it may, from its extended compass and superior strength of tone, be justly termed the giant of the ancient race of Bombardoes.

[Advertisement], The Australian [Sydney, NSW] (29 November 1845), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37154101

UNDER VERY DISTINGUISHED PATRONAGE. GRAND CONCERT.
Mr. MARSH begs to announce that his Concert, will take place on
WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3RD, AT THE ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE . . .
with Chorus and Orchestra, which will be full and complete, consisting of the following instruments in two New Overtures: -
1st Violins - Messrs. Gibbs, Wallace, John Deane . . .
Flutes - Messrs. Wallace, A. Hill.
Oboes - Messrs. R. Martin, W. Cleary . . .
Serpents - Messrs. Fowler, Whittaker . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Stephen Hale Marsh (musician); John Gibbs (violin); Spencer Wellington Wallace (violin); John Deane (violin); the orchestral strings, headed by the three foregoing, consisted mainly of civilian musicians, while the woodwinds and brass, with the exception of Wallace (above) who also played flute, were from the 99th band, including Arthur Silvester Hill (flute, 99th band); Robert Martin (oboe, master, 99th band); William Cleary (oboe, band corporal, 99th band); Timothy Whittaker (serpent); Royal Victoria Theatre (Sydney venue)

Hobart, VDL (TAS) (from 1848):

Paylist, 99th Regiment, 1 October to 31 December 1850; Australian Joint Copying Project, from UK National Archives, WO12/9814

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1680733305 (DIGITISED)

PRIVATES . . . 1868 / Fowler George . . . Discharged 16 Nov'b'r 1850 on Payment of £15 0 0

[Advertisement], The Mercury [Hobart, TAS] (15 May 1861), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8798306 

Hobart Town Volunteer Artillery Band.
ALL Applications for the Artillery Band, to be made in future to the Band Serjeant,
Mr. George FOWLER, at the Survey Office.

1864, births in the district of Hobart Town; Tasmanian names index; NAME_INDEXES:968084; RGD33/1/8 no 6566

https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Record/NamesIndex/968084 

https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-8/RGD33-1-8-P400J2K (DIGITISED)

6566 / 5th January [1864] / George William [son of] / George Fowler / Sarah Fowler (formerly Tubby) / Messenger Survey Office / . . . Davey Street . . .

"BIRTHS", Launceston Examiner (9 January 1864), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38650014 

At Hobart Town, on 5th inst., the wife of Geo. Fowler, of a son.

"OPENING OF THE NEW TOWN HALL . . . THE MUSICAL FESTIVAL", The Mercury (25 October 1866), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8842328 

. . . Haydn's grand oratorio the "Creation" was selected and performed for the first time on Thursday, September 27th, with a band and chorus of nearly 200 performers. As all honor is due to these ladies and gentlemen for their services on the occasion, we record their names as follows:
. . . Orchestra - Violini, Messrs. W. Russell, A. J. Dentith, Mulhall, H. Pratt, Fryer, Evans, Doran, and Behrand;
Viola, Mr. G. Briant; Violoncelli, Messrs. J. Vautin and R. Johnson; Contra Bassi, Messrs. J. Briant and J. McGuinness;
Flauti, Signor Gagliardi and Mr. F. Abbott; Clarionetti, Messrs. J. Duffy, Lumb, and Gapin;
Cornet-a-Piston, Mr. Thomas; Tromboni, Messrs. J. Thomas and Paterson;
Ophicleide, Mr. G. Fowler; Fagotti, Messrs. J. Biggs and J. E. Pinker; Tympani, Mr. G. Thomas . . .
conductor, Mr. Frederick Packer . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: William Wilkins Russell (violin); Alfred Jackson Dentith (violin); James Vautin (cello); James Robertson Fryer (violin); Giacinto Gagliardi (flute); Jesse Biggs (bassoon); Frederick Augustus Packer (conductor)

[Advertisement], The Mercury (21 September 1869), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8861375 

TOWN HALL. PROMENADE CONCERTS. SUMMER SEASON.
SIGNOR GAGLIARDI . . . he has just completed the engagement of the following Orchestra - . . .
Leader of the Orchestra, Mr. W. Russell; Second Violins, Mr. L. Thomas and a Gentleman Amateur;
Viola, Mr. Brown; Violoncello, Mr. H. Roberts; Flutes, Signor Gagliardi and his pupil, Amateur, Mr. G. Smith;
Clarionet, Mr. W. Simpson; Cornet, Mr. G. Thomas; Oboe, Signor Gagliardi;
Contrabasso, Mr. Fowler, Ophicleide, Mr. Pattison, Batterie; Mr. Gabbott.

"THE MUSIC AT THE BALL. TO THE EDITOR OF . . .", The Tasmanian Tribune (13 September 1872), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article200374076 

SIR, - In your excellent report of the Manchester Unity Ball you state that some of the music was forwarded by Signor Gagliardi expressly for the occasion. This is a mistake. - The whole of the music belongs to me, and was lent by me to the band. By inserting this you will oblige, yours, etc..
GEORGE FOWLER.

"THE COLONISTS' BALL", The Tasmanian (31 May 1873), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article198913274 

. . . The band, under the leadership of Mr. George Fowler, was seated on the platform before the organ . . .

"LOCAL", The Tasmanian Tribune (1 December 1875), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article200370091 

The first of the series of Promenade Concerts under the direction and management of Messrs. Dentith, Fowler, and Russell was held at the Town Hall last evening and we are pleased to say proved a complete success, both, as regards the attendance, and the reception of the performers. These comprised the names of Messrs. Dentith and Russell as first violins; Mulcahy, second violin; J. Briant, tenor; Patterson and Fowler, double basses; cornet, Harwood; flute, Fowler, jun.; and clarionet, Simpson; piano, Walton; drum, Gabbett, and the programme of selections from the works of the most popular masters . . .

[Advertisement], The Mercury (28 December 1877), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8958277 

NOTICE. - LATE CITY BAND. -
I have received an Official Letter from the Colonial Secretary
to RETURN immediately the UNIFORM, INSTRUMENTS, and MUSIC belonging to the Government,
and I request that they be returned without delay.
GEORGE FOWLER, Office-keeper, Lands and Works Office, Hobart Town, December 27, 1877.

"MARRIAGES", The Mercury (20 September 1884), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9093431 

FOWLER - SUMNER. - On September 4, at St. Mary's Cathedral, by special license, by the Rev. T. O'Callaghan, George William, youngest son of Mr. George Fowler, to Annie Benigna, fourth daughter of Mr. John Sumner, both of Hobart.

"THE ORCHESTRAL UNION CONCERT", The Mercury (27 March 1886), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9119558 

There were, we find, four ex-members of the old Glee Club present at, and taking part in, the performance of The Lay of the Bell, on Thursday evening, who also look part in it 25 years ago, when it was last given in Hobart under Mr. Tapfield's baton. The name omitted in our notice was that of Mr. George Fowler, who then, as now, played the double bass in the Orchestra. Mr. H. L. Roberts, too, played the flute on the former occasion, and not the 'cello.

ASSOCIATIONS; Samuel Tapfield (musician)

"TELEGRAMS", Daily Telegraph (18 September 1888), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article150277324 

The Sydney Evening News says that at the opening of the University Palace Rink, Mr. G. W. Fowler, the well-known Tasmanian cornet player, gave some first-class selections. Mr. Fowler is the son of the caretaker of the Lands and Works Office.

"The 99th Regiment", The Mercury (12 October 1905), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12321896 

Mr. George F. Marsden, whose father was one of the notable 99th, writes that Mr. R. Shea, late signalman, was not quite the last member of the 99th Regiment in the Commonwealth. Mr. George Fowler, late head office-keeper of the Government, who is still living in Hobart, was also a member of that Regiment.

"DEATHS", The Mercury (15 August 1910), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10072100 

FOWLER. - On August 14, 1910, at his residence, Werona, 381 Argyle-street, North Hobart, George Fowler, in the 89th year of his age. For 38 years office-keeper Lands Department.
Funeral will arrive at the Mortuary Chapel, Queenborough Cemetery, on Tuesday Afternoon, the 16th inst., at 3 15.

"MEN AND WOMEN", Daily Post (15 August 1910), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article193269961 

One of the few survivors of the famous 99th Regiment, in the person of Mr. George Fowler, died yesterday. Mr. Fowler was born in Middlesex 89 years ago, and came out to Tasmania with the 99th Regiment in the early days of the island. He took part in many of the thrilling episodes which occurred when the island was known as Van Diemen's Land, and fought through the Maori war [sic]. After having retired from active military work, the deceased took the position of Office keeper of the Lands Department, and he held the position for 38 years, when ill-health compelled him to resign.

"Old Man Badly Hurt In Fall", The Sun (31 July 1943), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231739154 

George William Fowler, 79, of Richmond-road, Rose Bay, was seriously injured when he fell from a tram in New South Head-road, near Kent-road, Rose Bay, last night. After falling, he was struck by a tram coming from the opposite direction. He was later admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital, with fractured wrists and a probable fracture of the skull, while his left ear had been torn off.

"DEATHS", The Sydney Morning Herald (7 August 1943), 16

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17859382 

FOWLER - August 5, 1943, at St. Vincent's Hospital, George William (late of North Sydney) beloved husband of Annie and father of Annie (Mrs. Read), Myrtle, and George, aged 79 years.

"DEATHS", The Sydney Morning Herald (12 May 1952), 12

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18264498 

FOWLER Annie - May 10 1952 at hospital, Annie Fowler of Flat No 5. 238 Campbell Parade Bondi Beach (late of 57a Curlewis street Bondi) relict of the late George William Fowler and dearly loved mother of Annie Jack (deceased) Myrtle and George. Requiescat in pace.

Bibliography and resources:

Barrie and Margaret Chapman, "George Fowler, 99th Regiment", Australia's redcoat settlers (archived at NLA Pandora)

https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20200609042844/http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~garter1/history/fowlergeog.htm (DIGITISED)

FOWLER, John Alfred (John Alfred FOWLER; J. A. FOWLER; Mr. FOWLER)

Amateur vocalist, amateur actor, hairdresser

Active Bendigo, VIC, by 1859
Married Elizabeth Jane THOMAS (1846-1925), VIC, 1865
Died ? after 1899

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=John+Alfred+Fowler (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FOWLER-John-Alfred (shareable link to this entry)

Documentation:

"THE SANDHURST ATHENAEUM", Bendigo Advertiser [VIC] (21 September 1859), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87992299 

The inaugural promenade concert of this institution took place yesterday evening, in the Town Hall (the use of which had kindly been accorded by the Council), and was certainly a most decided success, it being most largely and respectably attended . . . The singing of Mr. Newton Clapham in that fine old ballad "The Death of Nelson," exhibited a powerful and well regulated voice, and was honored with an encore. Messrs. Deague, Fowler, Hopkins, and Fly, also severally appeared to advantage in glees and choruses, and Mr. Bridges in a comic song occasioned a great deal of laughter . . . Mr. Hid played a solo, and took part in some overture music with Messrs. Linden at the piano and "our own" Warden with the violoncello, with good effect . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Newton Clapham (vocalist); Henry Deague (vocalist); John Fly (vocalist); Charles Isaac Bridges (comic vocalist); Mr. Hid (violin); Otto Linden (piano); James Warden (cello)

"POLLARD'S SCHOOL REUNION", Bendigo Advertiser (3 February 1860), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87941464 

The sixth Choral Reunion Concert of Mr. Pollard's pupils look place last evening at the Presbyterian Schoolhouse. The attendance was very large, not less than three hundred persons being present. The entertainment, which was given in aid of the Royal Charter Relief Fund, was, taken as a whole, very successful, although in some instances a want of practice was evidently discernable. The principal feature in the programme was the Macbeth Music, which, though brought out under somewhat disadvantageous circumstances, (Mr. Watson who was to have taken Hecate's part being compelled through a domestic bereavement to absent himself, and Mr. Fowler having at very short notice volunteered his services,) was tolerably rendered . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Joseph Henry Pollard (musician); John Watson (amateur vocalist)

MUSIC: Locke's music in Macbeth (correctly by Richard Leveridge)

"THE PHILHARMONIC CONCERT", Bendigo Advertiser (7 March 1860), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87942206 

The second subscription concert of the Bendigo Philharmonic Society was held last evening, at the Presbyterian Schoolhouse. Neither the attendance nor the entertainment came up to that of the last concert . . . In bringing out Schiller's Lay of the Bell, set to Romberg's music, they evidently overrated their own powers . . . Mr. Fowler, who had the heaviest portion of the evening's work on his shoulders, sang the music allotted to the Master well, but his voice was somewhat wanting in tone and depth . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Bendigo Philharmonic Society (association)

"HAYMARKET THEATRE. THE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY'S CONCERT", Bendigo Advertiser (17 November 1860), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87948045 

The crowded state of the Haymarket Theatre last evening is sufficient evidence that when a first class musical entertainment is brought within the reach of the Bendigo public they know how to appreciate it, and it serves to show that the course hitherto adopted by the society in charging an exorbitantly high price for admission has been the real reason of the non-success of their efforts . . . It is a work of some labor for a body of vocalists, consisting of amateurs, with but one exception, that of Mrs. Ellis, to produce even respectably as heavy an oratorio as is "The Creation" and that the concert of last evening was more than respectable, none will deny . . . The bassos, Messrs. Von Ende, Fowler, and Nelson were not quite up to the mark, although for amateurs they acquitted themselves tolerably. The choruses were got through, in nearly every instance with spirit, that of "The marvellous work" being, perhaps, as well relished by the audience as any . . . Mr. Pollard conducted, and it is mainly to his exertions, together with those of Messrs. Fowler and Von Ende, that the unparalleled success of the present concert may be attributed. The Philharmonic Society may now be said to have gained a footing amongst us, and its future success or non-success must depend alone on the practising members. We think, however, that on the occasion of the next concert, a little secular music might be introduced into the programme with advantage.

ASSOCIATIONS: Eliza Ellis (vocalist); Charles William Von Ende (vocalist); Haymarket Theatre (Bendigo venue)

"LYCEUM THEATRE", Bendigo Advertiser (3 December 1863), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87940187 

The performances yesterday evening were for the benefit of Mr. J. G. Seymour, a meritorious and hard working member of the Lyceum Company. The character selected by him as the medium of displaying his abilities and ensuring the approbation of the public, was that of Miles na Coppaleen in the "Colleen Bawn" . . . Mr. W. F. Fearn sang two ballads, "Sweetheart, Good Bye" and "Constance," eliciting plaudits from the audience, and Mr. Fowler boldly faced the spectators a second time, and successfully, with an Irish comic, song, "Kill or Cure," after a faux pas between himself and the musicians, at the first attempt . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: John George Seymour (Spiller, actor); Francis Fearn (vocalist, scenic artist); Lyceum Theatre (Bendigo venue)

MUSIC: Kill or cure (Irish comic song)

"LYCEUM THEATRE", Bendigo Advertiser (2 February 1865), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87929799 

Madame Leon Naej's benefit last evening attracted a numerous and fashionable audience, and we have much pleasure in being able to say that both pieces selected went off with an eclat and smoothness rather unusual in amateur performances. The music incidental to "The Daughter of the Regiment" was sung with exceeding taste and feeling. The orchestra deserve creditable mention for their correct accompaniment of the difficult passages of the opera, at, we understand, a rather short notice. Mr. Fowler, who undertook the character of Sulpice, deserves especial mention for the care he had evidently taken to make himself master of the character, and the duett between Madame Naej and himself, at the termination of the first act, received the compliment of an enthusiastic encore . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Madame Leon Naej (vocalist)

"CALEDONIAN AMATEUR PERFORMANCE AT THE LYCEUM THEATRE", Bendigo Advertiser (11 February 1865), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87930004 

The Amateur performance which was given last night at the Lyceum Theatre for the joint benefit of the Hospital and Asylum, verified the old axiom that "practice makes perfect" . . . Last night the drama was followed by the time-honored burlesque of "Bombastes Furioso," with the cast as follows: Artaxomines (King of Utopia), Mr. J. A. Fowler . . . Distaffina (Betrothed to Bombastes and courted by the King), Mr. J. Booty . . . Mr. Fowler's and Mr. Booty's burlesque acting, singing, and dancing were admirable. Mr. Fowler appeared as completely at home on the stage as the oldest stager in the regular profession, and gave the song of "Umbrella Courtship" with so much humor that he was loudly encored, while a song by Mr. Booty, terminating in a comic pas de deux by himself and Mr. Fowler, was so excellent that they had to he repeated. Mr. Booty "made up" capitally for the part . . . We must pay a well-deserved compliment to Mr. Varley, who has been at great pains in rehearsing the amateurs, and in directing the getting up of the pieces. The house was inconveniently filled in every part.

ASSOCIATIONS: Frank Varley (actor, manager)

PIECE: Bombastes furioso (Rhodes)

"NEW INSOLVENT", The Argus [Melbourne, VIC] (18 September 1884), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article6057695 

John Alfred Fowler, of Sandhurst, hairdresser. Causes of insolvency - Losses in business as lessee of the City Baths, Sandhurst, owing to bad seasons, and by reason of unsuccessful tender for renewal of lease thereof and pressure of creditors. Liabilities, £250 14s 8d.; assets, £50; deficiency, £200 14s. 8d. Mr. J. Hasker, assignee.

FOWLER, Robert (Robert FOWLER)

"Professor of dancing", music and dancing venue proprietor, barber and hairdresser, convict, emancipist

Born Middlesex, England, c. 1803
Convicted Middlesex, England, 5 June 1823 (transportation, life)
Arrived Hobart Town, VDL (TAS), 1823 (convict per Sir Godfrey Webster, from London, 1 September, aged "20")
Married (1) Elizabeth MASON (d. 1849), St. David's, Hobart Town, VDL (TAS), 24 May 1842
Married (2) Elizabeth EMMETT, St. David's, Hobart Town, TAS, 8 November 1853

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Robert+Fowler+hairdresser (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FOWLER-Robert (shareable link to this entry)

Documentation:

Convict record, Robert Fowler, per Sir Godfrey Webster, 1823; Tasmanian names index; NAME_INDEXES:1393269

https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Record/NamesIndex/1393269 

https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON23-1-1/CON23-1-1-P138 (DIGITISED)

No. 231 / Fowler Robert / 5 ft 2 in / 20 / Hair dresser / [tried] Middlesex / 5 June 1823 / Life /
[transported by ship] Sir. G. Webster / December 1823 / [Native place] Middlesex

[Notice], The Hobart Town Courier and Van Diemen's Land Gazette [VDL (TAS)] (1 May 1840), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8748628 

GOVERNMENT NOTICE, No. 85, Colonial Secretary's Office, April 30.
Memoranda of Conditional Pardon have been issued for the following Convicts until Her Majesty's pleasure be known: - . . .
Robert Fowler, Sir Godfrey Webster . . .

1842, marriages in the district of Hobart; Tasmanian names index; NAME_INDEXES:828981; RGD37/1/2 no 1544

https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Record/NamesIndex/828981 

https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-2/RGD37-1-2P328 (DIGITISED)

1544 / St. David's Hobart Town / 24th May 1842 / Robert Fowler / 30 years [sic] / Hairdresser / . . . Bachelor
Elizabeth Mason/ 22 years / Spinster . . . [witnesses] John Mason, Wm. Holdship . . .

[Advertisement], The Courier [Hobart Town, VDL (TAS)] (5 May 1843), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2952764 

NOTICE. - ROBERT FOWLER, who for many years carried on business in Liverpool-street, Hobart Town, as a HAIR DRESSER, gratefully acknowledges the liberal support he has hitherto received from his friends and the public generally, and begs to inform them that he has REMOVED to those eligible premises, nearly opposite Mr. Biggins's public house, in Murray-street, where he solicits a continuance of their favours. April 28.

"DISORDERLY HOUSES", Colonial Times (31 July 1846), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8759028

We are pleased to find that some attention has been bestowed upon the prevention of a nuisance - to call it by the mildest term - which prevails to some extent in this city: we mean the existence of disorderly houses, unlicensed, and therefore illegal. On Wednesday, a case was brought forward at the Police-office, by the Senior District Constable, Mr. Symonds, against Robert Fowler, on an information charging him with keeping, on the 18th of July, a certain room for the purposes of public entertainment, to wit, dancing, &c., the same not being licensed according to law: for this offence the defendant had rendered himself liable to a penalty of £50 and costs. Mr. Symonds conducted the case for the prosecution, and Mr. Wynne appeared on behalf of Mr. Fowler . . . The first witness called was Mr. Donaldson, the landlord of the house adjoining, who stated that both before and since the 18th dancing and rioting had been carried on at Fowler's house every night; in fact, ever since the house had been opened by Mrs. Fowler, about a month ago. Fowler was the occupier of the house; he slept there, and was backwards and forwards during the day. Witness on several occasions had seen Fowler standing at the door, and had heard him invite the passers by to walk in and have a jig, the fiddle playing up stairs at the time. The fiddle was playing frequently till two o'clock in the morning, and people were dancing there till that hour, both male and female. The house, in fact, was conducted in the most disorderly manner, disturbing the peace of the respectable neighbours. Mr. Donaldson observed that he was compelled to close his door at ten o'clock, and it was hard upon him that the defendant could carry on his business till one or two o'clock in the morning. If this was permitted, either he or Mr. Fowler would be obliged to leave.
The defendant saucily expressed an opinion that he should live to see Mr. Donaldson out.
Mr. Mason immediately checked the defendant's interference; he had a counsel to defend him, and it was highly indecorous for him to interrupt the witness. Mr. Wynne coincided with his Worship, and rebuked the defendant, who thereafter kept his peace.
Other evidence was adduced to show the highly riotous and disreputable manner in which the house was conducted; and the Bench (Messrs. Mason and Carter) imposed the highest penalty of £50 and costs, with an intimation, as we understood, that it should be forthwith paid, or in default the defendant to go to gaol.

ASSOCIATIONS: Music on unlicensed premises (general)

"POLICE", The Courier (1 August 1846), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2945130

Robert Fowler was brought before the Bench on Wednesday, on an information preferred by Senior District Constable Symons, charging him with keeping a disorderly house. Mr. Wynne appeared for the defendant, and the case occupied a great part of the morning. It appeared in evidence that the wife of the defendant has recently advertised the opening of a Board and Lodging House, "in the London style," in Macquarie-street, the defendant carrying on his business of a barber, in Liverpool-street, but eating and sleeping at the new establishment. Over the stairs leading to the first floor, the defendant had caused to be painted, in conspicuous characters - "Dancing School!" - The large upper front room was cleared of every vestige in the shape of furniture, except two or three stools, upon one of which sat an aged man of the name of Barnard Hill, with a cracked fiddle, from which he produced, for the dancers, not notes "in liquid sweetness long drawn out," but the description of rude sounds which it is his wont to draw forth for the boisterous revellers alt wakes and weddings. It appeared that the persons who resorted to the school to take lessons of this antediluvian "professor" of the divine arts of music and graceful motion, were men and women of bad character; so much so, indeed, that several respectable residents of the neighbourhood have been afraid to leave their premises after night-fall, under an impression that their property would be insecure. Dancing, quarrelling, and fighting were kept up all night, to the scandal of public morals and the peace of the neighbourhood. Fowler's defence was, that he was not responsible, as the establishment belonged to his wife, and not to himself. It was proved, however, that he stood at the door of the "Dancing School" every night, and exacted an admission fee . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Barnard Hill (fiddler, violinist)

"Unlicensed Houses", The Britannia and Trades' Advocate (6 August 1846), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226530050 

Two of these pests having been put down on informations heard before the Police Magistrate during the week. In the one, Robert Fowler was defendant, who had permitted fiddling and dancing at his house of accommodation in Macquarie-street, at all hours of the night. The witnesses deposed to the riotous conduct of the "pupils," all of whom, (an occasional "dupe" excepted) were male and female adults of irregular habits and character . . . The defendant, Fowler, in default of payment, has been committed to prison . . .

Petition of R. Fowler for a remission of a fine imposed for conducting an unlicensed dance hall, 1846; Tasmanian names index; NAME_INDEXES:1786343; CSO20/1/34 file number 850

https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Record/NamesIndex/1786343 

1853, marriages in the district of Hobart; Tasmanian names index; NAME_INDEXES:846657; RGD37/1/12 no 215

https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Record/NamesIndex/846657 

https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-12/RGD37-1-12P95 (DIGITISED)

No. 229 / 215 / Cathedral Church of St. David Hobart Town / 8th Nov. 1853 / Robert Fowler / 35 [sic] / Hair dresser
Elizabeth Emmett / 21 / Spinster . . .

FOX, John (John FOX)

Bell-hanger, whitesmith

Active Sydney, NSW, by c. 1825-26

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=John+Fox+whitesmith+bell-hanger (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FOX-John (shareable link to this entry)

Documentation:

? [News], The Australian [Sydney, NSW] (31 March 1825), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37073188 

It is said that there is only one Bell Hanger in the Colony. This, if true, is a very remarkable fact, and proves that the gentry of this profession are either very good or very bad subjects - that they do not bring themselves within the law's way, or else that they get into the hands of the finisher of the law, and instead of being hangers get hanged.

[Advertisement], The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (18 March 1826), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2185476 

JOHN FOX, White-smith and Bell-hanger, George-street, Sydney, begs leave to return his sincere Thanks to his Friends and the Public, for the kind support he has hitherto experienced; and has to inform them, that having enlarged his work-shops, he is now enabled to perform every description of Work in his line, with correctness and despatch, having some of the first Mechanics in the Colony in his Employ.
J. F. begs leave also to state, that such description of Work as cannot, through want of ability, he performed elsewhere, by application at his Work shops as above-mentioned, the parties may have their Orders executed by himself, to the satisfaction of the Owners and on the shortest Notice.
N. B. - Steel Mills executed to Order.
JOHN FOX, White-smith and Bell-hanger, George-street, Sydney, requests that all Claims against him may be immediately presented for Liquidation, and that all those who may he indebted to him, will settle the same with as little delay as possible.

FOX, Matilda (Matilda Victoria BANNISTER; Miss M. BANNISTER; Miss BANNISTER; [1] Mrs. William Henry FOX; [2] Mrs. Arthur Thomas HODGSON)

Musician, contralto vocalist, pianist

Born Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, 4 January 1832; baptised Mill-street chapel, Bedford, 19 January 1832; daughter of Thomas BANNISTER (1806-1871) and Sarah HUMPHREYS
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, 16 November 1852 (per Delgany, from London, 24 July)
Married (1) William Henry FOX (d. 1862), VIC, 1853
Married (2) Arthur Thomas HODGSON, Castlemaine, VIC, 12 April 1863
Died Castlemaine, VIC, 1 April 1875

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Matilda+Bannister+Fox+Hodgson+1832-1875 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FOX-Matilda-Bannister-Hodgson (shareable link to this entry)

ASSOCIATIONS: Sara Bannister (sister, later Mrs. Gardner; later Mrs. Cooper, soprano vocalist)

DISAMBIGUATION: Sarah Hannah Fox (Mrs. Fox, contralto vocalist, below)

Documentation:

Births, Howard Chapel (Independent), Mill-street, Bedford, 1832; UK National Archives, RG4/271

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/616737:2972 (PAYWALL)

Matilda Victoria Bannister daughter of Thomas Bannister and Sarah his Wife,
of the Parish of St. Paul, Bedford in the County of Bedford
was born on the 4th Day of January 1832 and baptized January 19th 1832 . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Thomas Bannister (father)

England census, 6 June 1841, St. Paul, Bedford; UK National Archives, HO107/10/8/3/14/23

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/3840165:8978 (PAYWALL)

Tho's Bannister / 35 / Baker / [not born in county] // Sarah [Bannister] / 32 / [born in county]
Matilda [Bannister] / 9 // Sarah [Bannister] / 7 [both born in county]
Tho's / 5 // Louisa / 3 // Jane / 6 Mo [all born in county]

Names and descriptions of passengers per Delgany, from London, 24 July 1852, for Melbourne, 16 November 1852; Public Record Office Victoria

https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/33FE03C7-F96C-11E9-AE98-C7AC77C28B87?image=396 (DIGITISED)

. . . Banister Thomas / 41 [sic] / Labourer // Sarah / 31
Matilda / 13 [sic] // Sarah / 12 [sic] // Thomas / 9 // Louisa / 8 // Jane / 5 // Jno. Gleeson / 4 months

ASSOCIATIONS: Sara Bannister (sister, later Mrs. Gardner; later Mrs. Cooper)

"THE CONCERT", The Argus [Melbourne, VIC] (2 December 1852), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article255612775 

The following is the programme of the Concert for this evening: -
PART I. Overture - Coriolanus.
Duet - Non Piu Mesta, Miss Matilda and Miss Sarah Bannister, Lady Amateurs . . .
Concertina Solo - Grand Scena from Norma, Mr. Richardson.
Duet - Come be gay, Mrs. Testar and Mrs. Fiddes . . .
Song - Happy the maid whose heart is free, Miss Sarah Bannister . . .
PART II. Overture - Italiani in Algieri . . .
Ballad - Bonnie Dundee, Miss M. Bannister . . .
Finale - Solo, Duet, Chorus, National Anthem.

ASSOCIATIONS: Elizabeth Testar (vocalist); Harriet Fiddes (vocalist); Henry Richardson (concertina); Thursday concerts (series); Mechanics' Institution (Melbourne venue)

As Mrs. Fox (Castlemaine, VIC, 1853-63):

"THE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY'S CONCERT", Mount Alexander Mail [Castlemaine, VIC] (26 May 1858), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197085924 

We heartily congratulate the members of the Castlemaine Philharmonic Society on the unequivocal success of their first subscription concert . . . Ladies and gentlemen took part, Mr. Moss acting as conductor. It had been announced that Mr. Woodin would preside at the piano; but it was explained that that artist had refused to fulfil his promise, except under conditions with which the society could not comply. In these circumstances Mrs. Fox was called on, and we are sure no one regretted Mr. Woodin's contumacy . . . Mr. Bannister sang the recitative, "Comfort ye my people," with great accuracy and true expression, but his voice has hardly volume sufficient for the size of the hall, and those in its remotest parts could not but regret they did not hear it more fully . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Frederick Moss (conductor); Frederick Woodin (pianist); Castlemaine Philharmonic Society (association)

[Advertisement], Mount Alexander Mail (7 January 1859), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article199048969 

Theatre Royal. GRAND MUSICAL FESTIVAL.
ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 7th, The Opera Company will give
A GRAND SACRED CONCERT Consisting of selections from the Sublime ORATORIOS OF
THE MESSIAH, CREATION, ELIJAH, And Rossini's STABAT MATER.
To give greater effect to the Magnificent Choruses of Handel and Haydn:
MISS WILLIAMS, MRS. VINCENT, MRS. GARDNER, MRS. FOX, MISS MORGAN
And Messrs. THORBURN, LOUGHNAN, HASLER, BUTTERWORTH, BANNISTER, NAYLOR, MORGAN, HODGSON, DANKS, Etc., Etc.,
MEMBERS OF THE Castlemaine Philharmonic Society, With other Ladies and Gentlemen, have kindly offered their services . . .
Musical Director - Mr. Linly Norman . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Mrs. Vincent (vocalist); Sara Gardner (her sister, amateur vocalist); Henry Charles Thorburn (amateur vocalist); John Darby Hasler (amateur vocalist); Benjamin Butterworth (amateur vocalist); Arthur Thomas Hodgson (amateur vocalist, her future husband); William Smithers Danks (amateur vocalist); Linly Norman (musical director); English Opera Company (troupe); Julia Harland (principal vocalist); Walter Sherwin (principal vocalist); Theatre Royal (Castlemaine venue)

"CASTLEMAINE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY", Mount Alexander Mail (25 February 1859), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article199050292 

. . . The concert of the Society on Wednesday Evening [23 February] was really admirable, and when we bear in mind that they had not the assistance of professionals - astonishing . . . The trio, "Breath soft ye winds," was sweetly rendered, and the duet, "The depths of the ocean," by Mrs. Gardiner and Mrs. Fox, received the honor of the first encore . . . The great feature of the evening was Locke's music from Macbeth, which was most creditably rendered, reflecting the greatest honor upon the conductor, Mr. F. Moss . . .

"THE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY", Mount Alexander Mail (3 August 1859), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article199049386 

On Monday evening [1 August], this society gave a grand concert at the theatre, which was attended by a most respectable and attentive audience. The concert was conducted by Mr. Moss; Mrs. Fox presided at the piano; and Mr. Vincent played the harmonium. The first part of the programme consisted of Mozart's "Twelfth Mass" . . . The second portion of the concert, it being the Centenary of Handel, consisted of selections from the "Messiah," "Judas Maccabaeus," and "Theodora" . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: John Rimmer Vincent (musician)

"CONCERT AT THE THEATRE", Mount Alexander Mail (10 October 1859), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article199050530 

On Friday evening [7 October], the Castlemaine Philharmonic Society gave a concert at the theatre for the benefit of the funds of the hospital . . . The song of "Twas on a Bank" was rendered by Mrs. Fox with great taste, and a very fair amount of musical skill . . . The duet of the "Merry Maidens" was very well performed by Mrs. Gardner and Mrs. Fox, and drew down an encore . . . The duet of "O Lovely Sleep" by Mrs. Gardner and Mrs. Fox deserves to be mentioned, likewise the quartette "Thou preparest a table," composed by Mr. F. Moss, the conductor of the concert, which was led by Mr. Howson . . .

"THE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY", Mount Alexander Mail (16 March 1860), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article199602294 

The Soiree of the Mechanics' Institute came off oh Monday evening [12 March], and was well attended . . . The members of the Philharmonic Society, under the experienced generalship of Mr. Moss, during the evening ably performed a variety of glees, duetts, Mrs. Fox presiding at the pianoforte . . .

"THE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY", Mount Alexander Mail (1 October 1860), 2-3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article199607028 

On Thursday evening [27 September] the Philharmonic Society of Castlemaine, assisted by several members of the Sandhurst Society, gave another concert at the Theatre. The selections comprised the whole of Haydn's Third Mass, two choruses from Mendelssohn's "As the Hart pants," and the greater portion of Mozart's well-known Twelfth Mass . . . [3] . . . Mrs. Fox, we need hardly say, acquitted herself admirably in the contralto solos, and we regretted that they did not afford more scope for the display of a sweet and well cultivated voice . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Bendigo Philharmonic Society (Sandhurst association)

"THE PHILHARMONIC CONCERT", Mount Alexander Mail (6 May 1861), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article199601617 

Notwithstanding the unfavorable weather, the Concert on Thursday night [2 May] was so well attended that the Theatre was comfortably filled . . . Mesdames Fox and Gardiner followed with the lively duet, "Let Music and Song," and well merited the applause they received . . . The solo "O Had I Jubal's lyre," was very neatly sung by Mrs. Gardiner, and the duet, "Come ever Smiling Liberty," by the same lady, and Mrs. Fox, was repeated at the desire of the audience. The rather weak but pleasing contralto of Mrs. Fox was advantageously heard in the solo, "Return O God of Hosts." Kent's fine quartette, "Thine, O Lord," for soprano, alto, tenor, and bass, was warmly welcomed, and the unaccompanied trio from Elijah, by Mesdames Fatherly, Gardiner, and Fox, was so much appreciated that but for the lateness of the hour it would undoubted have gained an unanimous da capo . . .

"SHOCKING DEATH", Mount Alexander Mail (29 August 1862), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197092628 

At Talbot, on Tuesday night last, Mr. Henry Fox, son-in-law of Mr. Bannister, of the Bedford Hotel, in this town, was going home from a friend's house, when he accidentally fell into a mining shaft, 70 feet deep. He lay there all night. In the morning his groans attracted the notice of some persons, who lowered a rope to him. He fixed it, and they drew him up. On his arrival at the top, they were horrified to find that he had placed the rope under one arm-pit, and round his neck on the opposite side, and that he was nearly dead from strangulation. From fright or some other cause, they allowed the rope to slip, and the unfortunate man again fell to the bottom of the shaft. A person descended, and Mr. Fox was eventually landed, but he was so injured that he died in a few hours. The melancholy event has, of course, caused the greatest distress to his bereaved family.

"PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY'S CONCERT", Mount Alexander Mail (31 October 1862), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197099246 

The members of this Society gave a Concert last night at the theatre . . . There were only two compositions mentioned in the programme - one, Romberg's music to Schiller's "Lay of the Bell" and an original Mass in C, by Mr. Moss, the Conductor, and produced in its entirety before the public, for the first time . . . Mesdames Fox and Gardiner sung with their accustomed taste and skill, and Messrs. Balm, Cooper (of Maldon), Hasler, and other gentlemen, acquitted themselves well . . . In the Incarnatus and the Agnus Dei, particularly in the last, Mrs. Fox's alto part was rendered with much sweetness . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Thomas Balme (amateur vocalist)

"CONCERT", Mount Alexander Mail (2 December 1862), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197095654 

The Concert, given by the members of the Philharmonic Society, for the benefit of their talented conductor, Mr. F. Moss, took place last night, at the Theatre . . . The second part consisted of Mr. Moss's Mass in C, which we have previously noticed as an exceedingly creditable composition. Mr. Balme, Mr. B. Butterworth, and Mrs. Fox were entrusted with solo parts in the secular music, but it is simple justice to Mrs. Fox to say that her song, "Sweet spirit, hear my prayer," was the gem. The fair vocalist interpreted the music sweetly and naturally, and she received a well-merited encore . . .

"PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY'S CONCERT", Mount Alexander Mail (27 March 1863), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article200380479 

The Concert of the Philharmonic Society, last night, though far from the least attractive they have given, was worse attended than any of the preceding ones. This misfortune was due to the rival attractions of the Presbyterian Bazaar, and the Fire-Brigade dinner . . . Mrs. Gardner and Mrs. Fox dung Mendelssohn's beautiful duett for soprano and alto so well, that it was awarded an unanimous call for repetition. The fair Vocalists, on the conclusion of their effort, were even more enthusiastically cheered than at first . . . Mrs. Fox gave Glover's "Leaving the O1d Home," but it did not elicit many expressions of gratification . . .

"MARRIED", Mount Alexander Mail (13 April 1863), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article200381125 

At Castlemaine, on the 12th instant, by the Rev. James Smith, Mr. Arthur T. Hodgson, bookseller, to Matilla Victoria, eldest daughter of Mr. Thomas Bannister, late of Bedford.

As Mrs. Hodgson (Castlemaine, 1863-75) see documentation at Matilda Hodgson

"ITEMS OF NEWS", Mount Alexander Mail (2 April 1875), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197549866 

We deeply regret having to announce that Mrs. Hodgson, after what may be termed a long illness, breathed her last peacefully and without pain on the afternoon of yesterday. The last time she was seen out of doors was a fortnight ago when attending the bazaar, the fatigue connected with which was too severe for the then delicate state of her health. A month previously she was attacked with dysentry, from which she did not get cured, and this disease so reduced her strength, enfeebled for several years by rheumatism, that she succumbed under it. In the early days of Castlemaine she became a member of the old Philharmonic Society, and rising into public favour she was ever afterwards much sought after to give her services at concerts on behalf of charities or public institutions. Many a time when she could ill sustain the fatigue of travelling, she undertook journeys of miles that she might bear a part in a concert if a charitable object was to be served. On account of this amiable trait in her character, along with numerous good and kind qualities, she will be sorrowed over by many public and a large circle of private friends. By the congregation of St. Mary's Church she will be specially regretted, she having officiated at the organ for the last 12 years, and having taken great pains in training the choir that it might render the music of the masses with correctness.

"DEATHS", Mount Alexander Mail (19 April 1875), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197550775 

HODGSON. - On the 1st April, at the Bedford Hotel, the residence of her mother, Mrs. Matilda V. Hodgson, aged 43 years, wife of Mr. A. T. Hodgson.

FOX, Sarah Hannah (Sarah Hannah BEAUMONT; Mrs. John Henry FOX; Mrs. J. H. FOX; Mrs. FOX)

Musician, contralto, mezzo-soprano, soprano vocalist

Born Norfolk, England, 1838; baptised 16 December 1838, Ingham; daughter of Edward BEAUMONT (1807-1880) and Hannah LACK (1813-1889)
Arrived Melbourne, NSW (VIC), 18 August 1848 (with parents, immigrants per Cheapside, from London and Plymouth, 21 May)
Married John Henry FOX (1830-1903), Melbourne, VIC, 1856
Died North Melbourne, VIC, 17 June 1913, aged "74", "a colonist of 64 years"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Sarah+Hannah+Beaumont+Fox+1838-1913 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-F-2.php#FOX-Sarah-Hannah-Beaumont (shareable link to this entry)

Summary:

One of two active singer sisters of tenor Armes Beaumont, Sarah (Mrs. John Henry Fox, from 1856) was one of Melbourne's leading contralto vocalists for over 20 years, first as an oratorio soloist for the Melbourne Philharmonic Society in the late 1850s and 1860s, and later, following her brother's move to the dramatic stage, appearing in operatic roles in the early 1870s.

Usually billed simply as "Mrs. Fox" from her first public appearance in Melbourne in 1858, and during her two years in Adelaide (1861-83), from the later 1860s onwards she was usually identified as Mrs. J. H. Fox. Typically given contralto parts in concert and oratorio when younger, she later also sang soprano parts in opera. She first notably ventured into the upper range when she performed Handel's Let the bright seraphim in Adelaide as early as 1863.

DISAMBIGUATION: Matilda Fox (contralto vocalist and pianist, of Castlemaine, VIC, 1858-63)

Documentation:

Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Ingham in the County of Norfolk in the year 1838; register 1813-78, page 43; Norfolk Record Office, PD 310/2

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/699142:61042 (PAYWALL)

No. 343 / Dec'r 16th / Sarah Hannah / D'r of / Edward & Hannah / Beaumont / Ingham / Farrier . . .

England census, 6/7 June 1841, Ingham, Norfolk; UK National Archives, HO107/775/21/5/6/6

https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/8978/images/NFKHO107_775_776-0059?pId=8523995 (PAYWALL)

Edward Beaumont / 30 / Farrier // Hannah / 25 // Ann Elizabeth / 4 // Sarah / 2 // Edward / 5 months / [all born in county]

Nominal list of emigrants per the ship Cheapside, from Plymouth, 21 May 1848, for Port Phillip, 18 August 1848; Public Record Office Victoria

https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/E29F590B-F1B1-11E9-AE98-E747FB87C89B?image=49 (DIGITISED)

Beaumont Edward / Farrier / 40 // Hannah / Wife //
Anne / 12 // Hannah / 10 // Edward / 8 // Daniel / 6 // Sophia / 4 // Christina / Inf.

ASSOCIATIONS: Edward Beaumont (father); Hannah Lack (mother); Edward Armes Beaumont (brother, vocalist); Daniel Abraham Beaumont (brother, vocalist); Mary Sophia Beaumont (sister, vocalist)

Melbourne, NSW (VIC) (from 1848):

[Advertisement], The Argus [Melbourne, VIC] (23 December 1857), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7143880

MELBOURNE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY. Sixth Subscription Concert . . .
EXHIBITION BUILDING. Christmas Eve, 24th December 1857, MESSIAH.
Principal Vocalists: . . . Mrs. Fox . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Melbourne Philharmonic Society (association); Exhibition Building (venue)

"PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY'S CONCERT", The Argus [Melbourne, VIC] (26 December 1857), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7144015 

The performance of Handel's "Messiah," on Thursday night, may be pronounced at least as satisfactory in its general effect and results as any previous effort of the Philharmonic Society. The Exhibition Building was filled, both on the ground-floor and in the galleries, and the audience were evidently well pleased with the work and its execution. The principal solo performers were Miss Octavia Hamilton, Mrs. Hancock, Mrs. Fox, and Messrs. Ewart and Farquharson . . . Mrs. Fox sang the air "Thou didst not leave his soul in Hell," in a style which elicited marked approbation . . . The band and chorus were in good order, though some few portions of the music allotted to the latter were taken too slowly. We must again protest against the unpleasant practice which Mr. Russell occasionally falls into of too audibly marking the time with his baton . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Octavia Hamilton (vocalist); Mary Ellen Hancock (vocalist); Thomas Ewart (vocalist); Robert Farquharson (vocalist); John Russell (conductor)

"THE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY", The Age (7 January 1858), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154859584 

The Philharmonic Society gained new laurels on Tuesday evening by their admirable interpretation of Mendelssohn's grand oratorio "Elijah" . . . The only passage assigned to Mrs. Fox was the sweet air "O rest in the Lord," but this she sang in a manner so highly satisfactory that we could not help regret ting that the arrangements of the programme did not admit of our hearing her in another solo. She, however, took part in the beautiful unaccompanied trio "Lift their eyes," in which all the voices were most beautiful attuned . . .

"THE PHILHARMONIC SOIREE", The Age (30 December 1859), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154882108 

The soiree in connection with the Melbourne Philharmonic Society was held in the Exhibition Building last evening . . . We content ourselves with subjoining the programme without further remark: -
"The Chough and Crow," chorus; "The Sailor's Grave," Mr. E. Beaumont; "When the Silver Moon," Miss Bailey; "Mrs. Watkins's Party," Mr. Farquharson, and on being encored, "The Tight Little Island;" "A Dream of joy," Mrs. Batten; "The Syren and Friar," Miss Mortley and Mr. C. Blanchard;
"Truth in absence," Mrs. Fox . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Edward Armes Beaumont (vocalist, her brother); Amelia Bailey (vocalist); Mrs. Batten (vocalist); Sarah Mortley (vocalist); Charles Blanchard (vocalist)

MUSIC: Truth in absence (Harper)

[News], The Argus (13 June 1861), 5