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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.

A major upgrade of the contents of this page was completed in May 2022, 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.

WACKELDINE, Conrad (Conrad BLUME; Conrad BLUMME; BLUM; alias Conrad WACKELDINE; WACKELDIENE; WAKELDINE; WACKELDEIN; WACKLEDEIN; WACKLEDINE; WACKELDENE; WACKELDEINE; WHACKELDINE)

Musician, professor of music, band-master, clarinettist, composer, publican

Born Hanover (Germany), c. 1832
Married (1) Margaret ?, 1852
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, by July 1855
Married (2) Jane MEREDITH, Launceston, TAS, 8 June 1859, aged "28"
Died Ararat, VIC, September 1877, aged "45"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Conrad+Wackeldine+1832-1877 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-W-1.php#WACKELDINE-Conrad (shareable link to this entry)

Summary:

According to his death record, Conrad Whackeldine [sic], was born in Hanover, and (in September 1877) was aged 45, which roughly agrees with Conrad Blumme's [sic] age, of 28, at his marriage in June 1859.

It is not clear whether Conrad was related in any way to other band musician(s) named Blume active in Victoria from 1853. However, it appears he was probably married to Margaret Wackeldine, who appeared in the District Court in Melbourne in August 1857, and again in the police court on a charge of petty theft in July 1858.

One family history identified Frederick Blume of Beechworth, also born in Hanover, died 1915 aged 73 (therefore born c. 1842), and 53 years in Victoria (therefore arrived c. 1862), as Conrad's younger brother. This Frederick was almost certainly the (Frederick) Conrad Blume first reported as a miner at Beechworth in 1864. And if they were brothers, their parents' forenames (according to Frederick's death record) were Christian and Cath[erine].

Of the many reported spellings of the musician Conrad's adopted surname, Wackeldine is somewhat more common than any of the several others, including the next most common - Wackeldiene - and so is preferred here.

Documentation:

Victoria (by July 1855 to early 1857):

"THE BALL IN AID OF THE PATRIOTIC FUND", The Age [Melbourne, VIC] (13 July 1855), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154895002 

The grand ball given by the Victoria Volunteer Rifle Corps in aid of the Patriotic Fund was attended by the most numerous and fashionable assembly that we have ever seen gathered together upon any previous occasion. About 2000 persons were present. Carriages containing visitors continued to arrive at the doors in unbroken succession till nearly eleven o'clock. By this time the scene within the Exhibition Building was truly imposing: the galleries were decorated with a brilliant and varied collection of flags of all nations excepting one. From the roof depended drapery of varied colors. The numerous chandeliers threw a splendid light upon the whole. The company were too much crowded to be all dancing together, but waited for the turn afforded them with good humored patience. Of the music provided on this occasion we must speak in terms of the highest commendation. It was very good indeed, how could it be otherwise, when the bunds of the 12th and 40th Regiments were both present, besides that of the Volunteer Rifle Corps. The last named consisted of nine wind instruments, mostly brass; the different parts were excellently well balanced and beautifully mellowed in tone. Herr Wackeldine conducted very skilfully. Our old friends, Messrs. McCalla [Callan] and Johnson, wielded the baton for their respective orchestras, with that uniform spirit and good judgment which imp obtained for them universal approval. Besides being a first-rate military band the gentlemen forming the corps musicale of the Volunteers displayed their versatile ability by taking in band instruments of another kind, thereby forming a most excellent stringed orchestra. The bands all played by turns . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Band of the 12th Regiment (military band), George Douglas Callen (master); Band of the 40th Regiment (military band), Henry Johnson (master); for another ball at which the same three bands played, see "THE FRENCH BALL", The Argus (18 August 1855), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4815638 

[Advertisement], Mount Alexander Mail [Castlemaine, VIC] (22 April 1856), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article202636065 

BAND OF MUSIC.
HERR WACKELDIENE begs leave to return his best thanks to the inhabitants of Castlemaine and the surrounding districts, for the liberal favors he has already received at their hands, and to inform them that his Quadrille Band is open to engagement.
Application to be made at the Criterion Hotel, Castlemaine.

[Advertisement], Bendigo Advertiser (2 May 1856), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88049799 

COLEMAN'S CRITERION BAND. CRITERION THEATRE.
H. COLEMAN begs to intimate to his patrons that the
CELEBRATED BRASS BAND For which he has been long in treaty, having just arrived, Will appear every Evening at the
CRITERION THEATRE, And play some of their admired National Airs and other favorite music.
Conductor - Conrad Wackeldiene.

COLEMAN'S CRITERION THEATRE. FRIDAY, MAY 2nd, 1856.
WILL be presented Bulwer's modern Play of LADY OF LYONS.
Claude Melnotte ... Mr. Clarance Holt.
Pauline - Mrs. Clarance Holt.
Grand Pas des Nations - Mrs. R. Macgowan.
To conclude with the favorite farce of TO PARIS AND BACK FOR £5. Prices of Admission Dress Circle and Stalls 6s., Pit, 4s.

COLEMAN'S CELEBRATED CRITERION BRASS BAND
will perform on Saturday next, the 3rd inst., in front, of the Criterion Hotel, at three o'clock in the afternoon,
when a selection of the most popular music of the day will be given.

ASSOCIATIONS: Henry Coleman (actor, theatrical manager); Clarance and Marie Holt (actors); Fanny Griffiths McGowan (dancer)

[Advertisement], Mount Alexander Mail (15 December 1856), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article202632397 

OPENING BALL. RED HILL MUSIC HALL.
Red Hill Hotel, Forest Creek, Monday, December 22nd, 1856.
W. LOW begs to inform the inhabitants of Forest Creek, and the public generally, that for the better accommodation of public entertainments, &c., he has erected the abovenamed spacious hall, which will be opened on the above date with a PUBLIC BALL . . .
Tickets - £1 5s. including supper . . . Dancing to commence at 10 o'clock . . .
Mr. Wackeldien's Band is engaged for the occasion.
Harvey - Violinist.
Quelch - Harpist.

ASSOCIATIONS: Mr. Harvey (violinist); Thomas Quelch (harpist)

"THE EIGHT HOURS' SYSTEM", Mount Alexander Mail (26 December 1856), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article202635556 

On Wednesday evening last (Christmas Eve), a public dinner (rather supper) took place at the Criterion Hotel, in honour of the introduction of the eight hours' system into Castlemaine. About 100 guests were present, among whom were several well-known employers of labour in this neighbourhood. T. Andrews. Esq., occupied the chair, and Mr. Jones, of Forest Creek, officiated as vice. The affair was got up very well, and reflected great credit on Messrs. Dorman and Dawes, the caterers and providers of the supper. The wines were good, the company in excellent humour (as befitting Christmas Eve), and everything passed off in the most orderly and pleasant manner. Mr. Wackeldiene's band were in attendance, and added much to the enjoyment of the evening.
After the cloth was removed, The Chairman rose . . . he therefore proposed as the first toast, "The Queen." This was received with all the honors. Band - "God Save the Queen!" . . .
After this, he called upon Mr. Christophers to propose the next toast . . . of "The Eight Hours' System." Drank enthusiastically. Band - " Cheer, boys, cheer" . . .
The Chairman then gave, " The H-od [sic] men of Castlemaine." The toast was received with laughter and cheers, and the band struck up "St. Patrick's Day in the Morning" . . .
The health of the Chairman, and other toasts, followed, and Christmas Eve had merged into Christmas Day ere the company broke up.

"A GRETNA GREEN MATCH", The Courier [Hobart, TAS] (14 August 1857), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2460421 

We stated sometime since that a case which excited some interest would shortly be heard at the District Court, in which a female sought to obtain an order for maintenance from her husband, the documentary evidence upon which she relied to prove her claim to support being a certificate granted by the celebrated blacksmith who rivets couples for life at Gretna Green. On Saturday the parties appeared before the District Court, Mr. Tufton Smith espousing the cause of the lady, Mrs. Margaret Wackendein [sic], and Mr. F. Stephen, that of the husband, Considine [sic]. Mr. Smith stated that the parties had been married in Gretna in 1852, and produced the certificate already referred to. About twelve months since they arrived in this colony, when the husband became the leader of an itinerant German band, and the wife followed the dress-making business, by which she earned from three to four pounds per week. They had for some time past occupied a two-room cottage in Little Lonsdale-street, and here the whole of the members of the band, fourteen or fifteen in number, were boarded and lodged; the husband insisting upon his wife's earnings being handed to him, for the purpose of meeting house expenses. She had long remonstrated against so many men being permitted to remain in the house, and these remonstrances at length had the effect of inducing her husband about a fortnight ago to turn her out of doors. In cross-examination by Mr. F. Stephen, who attempted to make it appear that the complainant was in the habit of getting tipsy, an assertion certainly not borne out by appearances or evidence, she stated that the defendant was her third husband, and that at the time of her marriage with him she was not aware whether her second husband was dead or not, but she had not once heard of him for seven years and four months. The Bench held that the marriage was a perfectly valid one, the 'lex loci' ruling the law of marriages. The defendant said he was ready to receive his wife if she would return home, and she consented to do so if he would discharge his legion of musicians; but as he declined to do so, the Bench ordered him to pay ten shillings per week towards the support of his better half. - Melbourne Herald.

ASSOCIATIONS: "Gretna Green weddings"; from 1754, when it became illegal to marry if underaged without parental consent, English couples obtained legal marriages ("anvil weddings") at a blacksmith's shop in the Scottish town of Gretna Green; also became a term for underage marriages generally

Tasmania (by May 1858 to early 1869):

[Advertisement], The Hobart Town Mercury (20 May 1858), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3248258

NOTICE. A GERMAN QUADRILLE BAND HAS been engaged to PLAY in the NEW MARKET every SATURDAY EVENING, from seven to nine o'clock. C. WACKELDIENE.

[Advertisement], The Hobart Town Daily Mercury (9 June 1858), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3248675 

Notice. A SELECT QUADRILLE PARTY will take place at the Amphitheatre, Murray-street, on WEDNESDAY EVENING NEXT, the 9th instant, at 7 o'clock precisely, which will be conducted by C. Wackeldiene.
Admission, Two Shillings. Ladies free.

[Advertisement], Launceston Examiner (28 October 1858), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38993766 

HORTICULTURAL GARDENS, LAUNCESTON.
GRAND FETE CHAMPETRE! GREAT GALA!
PROFESSOR ANDERSON At an expense of 150l.
MONDAY, the 1st November, 1858, To commence at 2 o'clock . . .
DANCING ON THE LAWN, And AL FRESCO DELIGHT . . .
A SUPERB BAND Will be in attendance throughout the day,
Professor Anderson having engaged HERR WACKELDIENE for the occasion.
The fete to conclude at dusk with ELABORATE DISPLAY OF COLOURED FIRES . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: John Henry Anderson (magician, entertainer)

[Advertisement], The Cornwall Chronicle [Launceston, TAS] (6 November 1858), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65731012 

NOTICE. QUADRILLE BAND.
HERR WACKELDINE, formerly Leader or the Hungarian Band, begs leave to inform the inhabitants of Launceston and the country, that he is prepared to attend Balls, Pleasure Parties, and Excursion Trips, with either string or wind instruments.
Terms liberal, and may be made known upon application to Herr Wackeldine, Dolphin Inn, Patterson-street, Launceston.

[Advertisement], The Cornwall Chronicle (18 December 1858), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65728601 

STEAM EXCURSION TO GEORGE TOWN.
THE Brethren of the INDEPENDENT Order of Rechabites respectfully inform the friends of the Order, and the public, that the DALHOUSIE BATHS, towed by steam, will leave the Wharf, on MONDAY Morning, the 27th December, at half past six o'clock, and proceed to George Town on a PLEASURE EXCURSION,
Returning to Town about eight o'clock in the evening . . .
Herr Wackeldine's Band will be in attendance.
By order of the Committee, ROBERT H. PRICE, Secretary.

"TOWN TALK AND TABLE CHAT", The Cornwall Chronicle (12 January 1859), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65731155 

Herr Wackeldine's excellent band is gaining extreme proficiency in their art. The members, several very respectable young men, all zealous musicians. It is in the intention of Herr Wackeldine so soon as the moon becomes strong to proceed with the band some evening to the Cataract, in a boat, to try the effect of the water and rocks upon the sound. We believe the music from that spot will be heard in delicious strains all over the town.

"TOWN TALK AND TABLE CHAT", The Cornwall Chronicle (15 January 1859), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65726728 

The excellent little Band of the Cornwall Lodge, Odd Fellows, under the leadership of Herr Wackeldein purposes making a water excursion to the Cataract, on Monday evening, at 8 o'clock, from the Bridge, proceeding in a boat - lent them for the occasion - past all the shipping and over the Bar playing the whole distance. The Band will remain at the Cataract about an hour, and then return to the Wharf. On Wednesday evening the Band will play at the Church Green, commencing at seven o'clock. The young men of this Band deserve every encouragement for the exertions they have made to arrive at musical proficiency.

1859, marriages in the district of Launceston; Tasmanian names index; NAME_INDEXES:859995; RGD37/1/18 no 515

https://stors.tas.gov.au/NI/859995 

https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD37-1-18$init=RGD37-1-18P260 (DIGITISED)

[No.] 492 / 515 / June 8 1859 in the Dwelling House of Mrs. Coventry Balfour in Launceston / Conrad Blumme / 28 / Musician /
Jane Meredith / 19 / . . . [officiant] Henry Dowling . . .

"ST. JOHN-SQUARE", Launceston Examiner (8 November 1859), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38998016

The Municipal Council have decided that this delightful promenade shall be opened to the citizens to-morrow (Wednesday), the day on which H.R.H. the Prince of Wales attains his majority. The gates will be opened from six in the morning until dusk, and it is to be hoped that the citizens will assist the authorities in endeavoring to preserve the shrubs and flowers with which the square is ornamented. Herr Wackeldiene's band will perform at 4 o'clock.

"THE NORTHERN VOLUNTEER RIFLE CORPS", The Cornwall Chronicle (9 May 1860), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65988725 

The Committee appointed on Wednesday evening to revise the rules and regulations of the Corps met on Saturday evening, at the Criterion Hotel . . . Mr. Robins on behalf of Herr Wackeldine's band said he was empowered to offer the services of the band (nine in number) to the Corps, on condition that the latter supplied them with uniforms, they supplying their own instruments and giving their services gratis. Mr. Nelson said he believed there would be no difficulty in supplying the band with uniforms, as his list of subscriptions for purchasing uniforms already amounted to about £40. Mr. Murray said that about £60 at least had been subscribed for purchasing uniforms to be supplied gratis to certain members of the Corps . . .

"[FIRE BRIGADES]. THE DINNER", Launceston Examiner (17 May 1860), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39000532 

In accordance with the usual practice the Brigades were entertained at dinner in the evening, by the directors, secretaries, and agents of the insurance companies . . . Herr Wackeldine's band, which includes some members of the brigades, performed during dinner.
The chairman commenced the speech making . . . He would ask them to drink the first of all toasts - "The Queen" . . . Band, Anthem.
The Chairman in one toast coupled the healths of prince Albert and the Prince of Wales . . . Band - "Prince Albert's March."
The Chairman again rose to propose . . . the health of . . . His Excellency Sir Henry Young . . . Band "Old English Gentleman."
The Chairman said the next toast was . . . "The army and navy." Great cheering. Band - "Britsh Grenadiers" . . .
He called upon the visitors to drink "Success to the United Fire Brigades." Drank with loud cheering. Band, "Red, White, and Blue" . . .
The vice-chairman (Mr. Aikenhead) proposed the "health of the Mayor and Aldermen" . . . Band - "Auld Lang Syne" . . .
Mr. Aikenhead said, the next toast he had to propose was . . . "Prosperity to the land we live in" . . . Band, "We have lived and loved together" . . .
The Vice-Chairman (Mr. Alderman Cohen) proposed "The Press." Band, "Brave Old Oak" . . .
Mr. Cohen then gave "the Ladies," . . . Band, "Here's a Health to all good Lasses" . . .
Mr. Foreman Whiting . . . begged to propose the health of the actuaries and agents of the various Insurance Companies, to whom they wished health, wealth, and prosperity . . . Band "For they are all jolly good fellows" . . .

"TOWN TALK AND TABLE CHAT", The Cornwall Chronicle (6 June 1860), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65991683 

We are glad to say that the public of Launceston will in the course of a fortnight be regaled with the best music they have yet had from a local instrumental band. The bands of Herr Wackeldine and Mr. Somerville have coalesced and joined the Launceston Volunteer Rifle Corps. As soon as the uniforms are completed, which will be in all probability by next week, the L. V. Corps band will play in the Church Square during one or two afternoons of each succeeding week. We are sure this movement of the L. V. Corps will be universally appreciated.

"EDITOR OF THE . . .", Launceston Examiner (9 June 1860), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39000771 

SIR, - A paragraph appeared in last Wednesday's Chronicle stating that Mr. Wackeldine's and Mr. Somerville's bands had both joined, making one full band. The statement made in the Chronicle is quite a mistake, for Mr. Somerville or his band has no connection whatever with Mr. Wackeldine. And, on the other hand, the Tasmanian Band could not think of playing for No. 1 Rifle Corps, as they have promised to play for the Launceston Volunteer Artillery Company.
Yours, &c.,
TASMANIAN BAND.
June 8.

ASSOCIATIONS: Mr. Somerville (musician, band leader); Tasmanian Band (amateur band)

"LAUNCESTON VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY CORPS", Launceston Examiner (23 June 1860), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39000978 

The cadets of the Launceston Volunteer Artillery Company met on Thursday evening at the Launceston Hotel, for the purpose of receiving the report of the Board of Management . . .
That the dress of the band be as follows - Blue cloth jacket with red cord round the collar and cuffs and up the back seam, and slashed with red braid across the breast, and red shoulder-knots, blue cloth trousers, red cord down the outside seams, caps, red cloth, with blue bugle in front; band master, silver shoulder-knot, silver bugle, and three silver stripes on the arm - he ranking as sergeant . . .
On the subject of the band the Board have report that two offers have of service have been received, one from Mr. Somerville, and another from Herr Wackeldine. The Board cannot recommend the acceptance of the offer of Mr. Somerville, as it would necessitate a large outlay for instruments; the other, from Herr Wackeldine, was accepted (as far as the Board could do so), on condition that he and the members of his band enrol themselves in the corps and engage to serve for a stated period. In reply to a letter containing these conditions, an answer was received signed by eleven members of the band, expressing their willingness to accede to them.
In the meantime, however, a communication was received by the Board from the commanding officer of the L. V. R. Corps, stating that Herr Wackeldine's band could not honorably engage to play for the Artillery Corps, as they were under written agreement, to play for the Rifle Corps. On receipt of this letter the secretary of Herr Wackeldine's band was written to by the secretary of this corps, and asked if these statements were correct. His reply denied that any such agreement had been signed by the band. On the faith of this letter the Board recommended that Herr Wackeldine's band be engaged . . .

"BIRTHS", Launceston Examiner (10 July 1860), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39001189 

On the 7th instant, at her residence, Cameron-street, Mrs. Wackeldine, of a son.

Baptisms in the parish of St. John's Launceston in the county of Cornwall in the year 1860; Tasmanian names index; NAME_INDEXES:1092414; RGD32/1/4 no 5568

https://stors.tas.gov.au/NI/1092414 

https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD32-1-4$init=RGD32-1-4P14 (DIGITISED)

No. 2196 / [baptised] 15th August 1860 / [born] 7th July 1860 / Albert William / [son of] Conrad and Jane Matilda / Wackeldine / Launceston / Musician . . .

"LOCAL. ATTEMPTED HIGHWAY ROBBERY", The Hobart Town Advertiser (14 July 1860), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article264660391 

Herr Wackeldine states that a few evenings since, as he was riding from Cressy to Longford, a man came out of a lane and saying "Stop German" sprang forward and attempted to catch the bridle. The horse, however, moved rapidly on, and Herr Wackeldine escaped; but when at some distance the horse put his foot into a hole and stumbled; Herr Wackeldine was thrown over the animal's head and his arm much bruised. - Examiner.

"TOWN TALK AND TABLE CHAT", The Cornwall Chronicle (8 August 1860), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65991546 

Launceston is rapidly acquiring the air of a garrison town . . . On Thursday evening last the Launceston Artillery Corps preceded by Herr Wackeldine's band, matched from their place of drill in the Commissariat Store near the Wharf, up St. John street, round St. John's Square, down Charles-street, and halted opposite the residence of Mr. James Robinson, where they gave three cheers and were then dispersed. The Launceston Rifle Corps with Somerville's excellent band had marched through the principal streets of the town to dinner at the "Star Hotel" on the previous Monday numbering upwards of forty members, with rifles and accoutrements, and also dressed in dark clothing . . . The Corps was marched out again on Monday evening. Nearly all the officers and men were present. Mr. Somerville's band played several spirit-stirring marches, to which the Corps marched from their parade ground at the Military Barracks up Cameron street into Charles-street, up Brisbane-street, down George-street, into Patterson-street, again into Charles-street, down Elizabeth to Wellington-street, up Frederick-street into St. John Square, down Charles-street, and were dismissed opposite the Star Inn . . .

[Advertisement], Launceston Examiner (25 September 1860), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39002225 

[ADVERTISEMENT.]
Launceston, 25th Sept., 1860.
I HAVE noticed a paragraph in the Cornwall Chronicle of Saturday, stating that the gentlemen composing the Evandale Band require the services of an efficient bandmaster in consequence of the shameful treatment they have received from Herr Wackeldine, they having determined to have no more to do with him. It is a great pity that Captain Murray has not got the good sense belonging to him before he tries to injure any man's character. Hear both sides of the question. The following letter from the majority of the gentlemen comprising the Evandale Band, will show the public that the junior editor of the Cornwall Chronicle is neither ashamed nor afraid to injure any man through the columns of his press.
C. WACKELDINE.

Evandale, 22nd Sept., 1860
We the undersigned, members of Herr Wackeldine's band, are perfectly satisfied with him for his management in conducting the Evandale Band during the last twelve months, and we have no fault to find with him.
Thomas Hanney
James Twist
William Hanney
J. Tare
Thomas Terry
T. Stretten.

"OUR MONTHLY SUMMARY . . . DANCING", Launceston Examiner (15 December 1860), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39003401 

Herr Wackeldine announces the formation of a quadrille club, to meet every Wednesday evening at the Cornwall.

"THE HUON REGATTA", The Mercury [Hobart, TAS] (6 February 1862), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8804176 

This Aquatic Festival was held yesterday at Shipwright's Point, Huon River, and the proceedings came off with great eclat. At seven in the morning the Culloden Steamer, full of passengers, left the Franklin Wharf, and was followed at eight o'clock by the steamer Monarch, which was also crowded with pleasure-seekers. His Excellency the Governor, with his aide de camp Captain Steward, arrived on board the Monarch, and was received with great respect, the Band playing the National Anthem. The weather was most delightful, a cool sea breeze tempering the heat the sun's rays. A band was on board each of the steamers, the decks furnished extempore ball-rooms, and, animated by the strains of music, many of the passengers joined in the mazy dance . . . Not the least attractive feature of the day was the Battalion Band, a portion of which was on board each of the steamers, that on the Monarch being led by Mr. Simpson, the master of the Band, whilst in the Culloden the leadership was taken by Herr Wackeldine, of the City Guards' band. Arrived on the ground the band united, and performed several overtures and concerted pieces, adding greatly to the hilarity and amusement of the proceedings . . . Shortly after 5 o'clock the Culloden left for Hobart Town, and was followed by the Monarch about half an hour afterwards. At Three Hut Point, the Monarch came up with the Culloden and passed her, the Band on board the Monarch playing, "The girl I left behind me," - the band of the Cullodon played "See the conquering hero comes" to which she was answered by "Rule Britannia" - the passengers onboard both steamers cheering lustily . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: William Simpson (band master)

"CAMBRIDGE PLOUGHING MATCH", The Mercury (14 October 1864), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8828908

The Cambridge ploughing match for the year 1864, came off yesterday, and notwithstanding the extremely threatening state of the weather, was a most successful affair, and attracted a large number of persons from town . . . A fine brass band was in attendance composed of musicians from town, under the leadership of Herr Conrad Wackeldiene of Sorell, and performed numerous pieces during the day . . .

"COUNTRY NEWS. FORCETT", The Mercury (22 November 1864), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8829620 

Another of those pleasant meetings so indicative of the good feeling existing among the inhabitants, and promoting the social intercourse between families, took place at Mr. Rolling's, Forcett, on Friday the 18th instant. The ball room as before was decorated in the most tasteful manner, with the choicest flowers from Mr. Rolling's garden, and the effect produced far surpassed the previous exertions made by the young ladies who superintended this part of the arrangements. The beautiful ferns had a most pleasing effect, interspersed as they were with roses, carnations, and other sweet smelling flowers, but the youth and beauty present produced an effect that far surpassed all floral decorations. The ball was conducted by Herr Conrad Wakeldine with the usual urbanity, and he must have felt much gratified by an unlooked for compliment lately paid to him for the skill he has shown in his profession, and the recognition of his service in teaching the rising generation those desirable accomplishments of music and dancing of which he is perfect master, as also to his moral worth, and the satisfaction expressed by those who have entrusted their children to his tuition. The music was by Mr. McGinnis from Hobart Town, assisted by several amateurs in the neighborhood and from Sorell. The pupils of Herr Conrad Wackeldine astonished all who heard them by their proficiency and the masterly manner in which they played. In pleasant re-unions like these it is not customary for "tables to groan under the weight of good things" but refreshments of the most choice description were provided in abundance, and ample use were made of them in the course of the evening. The company numbered about 120 and too much praise cannot be awarded to those who had undertaken the arrangement and management of the ball . . .

"RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF SORELL. FORCETT", Hobart Town Advertiser, Weekly Edition (3 December 1864), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article264704565 

On the night of the 18th inst. [Nov.], a grand ball, for which upwards of 150 invitations were issued, took place in a barn adjoining the residence of, and belonging to Mr. J. Rollings, Forcett. Upwards of 120 persons, comprising many of the principal residents of Sorell, Wattle Hill, Forcett, and neighboring localities, availed themselves of the opportunity of expressing their opinion of the merits of Mr. C. Wackeldine, as a teacher of music and dancing, the entertainment being given in compliment to him by several of his Forcett friends. Dancing commenced at an early hour, and with occasional intermission for the purpose of visiting the refreshment rooms, which were abundantly supplied with both liquids and solids, was kept up with great spirit until long after daylight, no less than 35 dances being danced . . .

"COUNTRY COURTS. SORELL GENERAL SESSIONS. SATURDAY, 3RD DECEMBER . . . COWLEY V. WACKELDINE", The Mercury (6 December 1864), 2

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A claim of £6, balance for sale of horse, sold in July last. Defence set up, had not sufficient notice. Plaintiff proved he had asked for the money some time back, and had a promise of payment. Verdict for amount, with costs. Mr. Wackeldine on application was allowed time to pay it in.

[Advertisement], The Mercury (8 April 1865), 1

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HERR CONRAD WACKELDINE having taken the well-known Hotel at Kangaroo Point known as the GOLDEN FLEECE, trusts that he will gain that support it will always be his study to deserve, and begs to assure his friends and the public generally that it will be his constant endeavor to supply them with the best articles procurable in his trade accompanied with the strictest civility . . .

"CLARENCE MUNICIPALITY . . . THE GOLDEN FLEECE", The Mercury (8 May 1865), 2

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The application of Herr Conrad Wackeldine for a transfer of the Golden Fleece from Robert Thorne. Mr. Graves appeared for the applicant, and Mr. D'Emden for Mr. Thorne, in opposition to the transfer. The lease and agreement between the parties having been put in by Mr. Graves, he submitted that these documents, and the surrounding circumstances showed consent on the part of Mr. Thorne. Mr. D'Emden opposed the transfer, on the ground that the arrangement by applicant had not been carried out, and he denied that he had that kind of possession which justified the inference that consent had been perfected. The Bench having consulted on the point, decided to grant the transfer.

[Advertisement], The Mercury (7 July 1865), 4

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MONDAY, July 10. Insolvent Estate of Conrad Wackeldine. MR. WORLEY Is instructed by John Milward, Esq., Assignee, to sell by auction, on the premises, Ship Tap, Elizabeth-street, MONDAY, July 16, at 11 o'clock, without reserve, REMAINDER OF STOCK-IN-TRADE and UTENSILS, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE . . .

"APPLICATION TO HOLD TO BAIL", The Advertiser [Hobart, TAS] (7 July 1865), 2-3

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At the Insolvent Court on Wednesday last, in the case of a foreigner named Conrad Wackeldine, Mr. Fletcher who appeared for a number of creditors, who had been duped by the Insolvent, applied to the Commissioner to hold the Insolvent to bail, on the grounds that they had strong reason to believe that he intended to leave the colony. The Commissioner on referring to the Insolvent Act, found that such a power was vested in him, but required the appli-[3]-cation be supported by the affidavit of a creditor to the extent of £20 and upwards, at the same time consenting to hear it in chambers. The creditors feel strongly as to the Insolvent's conduct, and intend to oppose his discharge; this application was made in order to secure his attendance at the adjourned meeting for discharge.

"ANOTHER ABSCONDING INSOLVENT", The Advertiser (27 July 1865), 3

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We mentioned some time since that a warrant had been issued for the apprehension of an insolvent named Conrad Wackeldine, and that after he was arrested by a creditor to whom the warrant was entrusted he managed to get out of his grasp, and by the aid of accomplices destroyed the warrant and got away. It was supposed the insolvent was not out of the colony, and his Honor at once granted a fresh warrant, but the insolvent had absconded in the meantime, and when the case was called on yesterday the insolvent was not in attendance. The warrant not having been executed the meeting was adjourned for a fortnight. This is the second insolvent who has absconded within the past one or two months.

"INSOLVENT COURT. WEDNESDAY, 16TH AUGUST, 1865 . . . In re CONRAD WACKELDINE", The Mercury (17 August 1865), 2

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Adjourned first meeting and for discharge. The Registrar informed the court that insolvent was arrested on the 11th instant, at a distance from Hobart Town, but as he had not sufficient money to pay his coach fare he would be compelled to walk. Mr. Graves, as an act of humanity, suggested that the official assignee be authorised to pay insolvent's coach fare. Mr. Fletcher, for creditors, objected. Mr. Graves would pay then the coach fare himself.

"INSOLVENT COURT. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23RD, 1865 . . . In re CONRAD WACKELDINE", The Mercury (24 August 1865), 3

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Adjourned 1st meeting. Insolvent was not present. The Commissioner said he had heard from the Inspector of Police at Launceston, that insolvent, who was in custody, was ill, and on a certificate of Dr. Miller to that effect, his Honor had directed the assignee to pay the expense of bringing insolvent down by coach. The meeting was therefore adjourned for a week.

"INSOLVENT COURT. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST, 30TH, 1865 . . . In re CONRAD WACKELDINE", The Mercury (31 August 1865), 2

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Adjourned 1st. meeting and on discharge. Insolvent was brought up in custody, and was not represented professionally. The Registrar informed the Commissioner that the insolvent had been apprehended on his Honor's warrant, for absconding. His Honor asked insolvent if he had any thing to say for not appearing at the proper time? Insolvent acknowledged that he was very foolish; the fact was he was frightened as he was told he would get two years' transportation, and he went to Launceston, where he got a glass of drink; but he gave himself up yesterday three weeks; he was coming to Hobart Town for the purpose, but he thought it better to do so to Mr. Propsting at Launceston.
The Commissioner: Well, it seems you are apprehended now; you were very foolish, for although you would not have got two years' transportation, this Court having no such power you have rendered yourself liable to two years' imprisonment with hard labor for the misdemeanour of absconding, should any creditor choose to prosecute you in the Supreme Court.
Insolvent: I did not know better.
The Registrar asked insolvent if he had advertised this meeting.
Insolvent: No, but Mrs. Wackeldine gave money to some one to do it, and I have not a shilling now.
The Assignee said he had £5 or £6 in hand belonging to the estate and should feel it his duty to pay the expense of advertising.
His Honor appointed Wednesday Sept. 13th for the adjourned meeting and on discharge, and insolvent was remanded in custody.

"INSOLVENT COURT. WEDNESDAY, 20TH AUGUST [sic, September], 1865 . . . IN RE CONRAD WACKELDINE", The Mercury (21 September 1865), 3

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This was a meeting for judgment on application for discharge. Insolvent was brought up in custody. In answer to the Commissioner, the official Assignee said there would not be one farthing of assets in this estate.
The Commissioner said the insolvent had got himself into difficulties by conduct which was most discreditable to him. He had been opposed by Mr. Taylor on the ground that he had contracted a debt by means of fraud and misrepresentation and it appeared by his own evidence that this charge was strictly true, for he admitted having given a bill of sale over horses, harness, &c., which never had any existence, and which certainly never belonged to him. He had besides after leaving Kangaroo Point contracted debts with other persons having no reasonable or probable expectation of being able to pay the same. Those creditors had all opposed the insolvent and he (the Commissioner) was bound to say that the charges had all been made out. Under those circumstances he could not grant the insolvent his discharge then. In measuring punishment, however, he would consider the fact that insolvent had already been in gaol for six weeks. He would now order his certificate of discharge to be suspended for two months and that he be imprisoned during that period. He might state that since the previous meeting he had received a letter from insolvent's wife on his behalf. It was very improper of Mrs. Wackeldine to write to him, but he was very sorry for her. The insolvent should, however, have considered his wife and children himself, and not have proceeded in the reckless manner which he seemed to have done. The court then rose.

"HOBART TOWN AND THE SOUTH", Launceston Examiner (26 September 1865), 4

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At the Hobart Town Insolvent Court, on Wednesday, Conrad Wackeldine's certificate of discharge was suspended for two months, during which time he is to be imprisoned, for having contracted a debt by means of fraud and misrepresentation. Insolvent has already been in gaol six weeks.

[Advertisement], The Cornwall Chronicle (22 November 1865), 10

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NEW DANCING ACADEMY, Cornwall Assembly Rooms.
HERR W. C. WACKELDINE, PROFESSOR OF MUSIC AND DANCING,
Will give an opening SOIREE, IN THE CORNWALL ASSEMBLY ROOMS,
ON TUESDAY EVENING NEXT, The 28th November,
When a variety of new Dances will be introduced to the notice of intending pupils.
A full Brass Band will be in attendance.
Admission - Double ticket, 2s. 6d.; single do, 1s. 6d.
TESTIMONIAL.
To Herr Conrad Wackeldine, Teacher of Music and Dancing, Sorell.
DEAR SIR . . .
Trusting that the same success that has marked your efforts among us may attend your future course, and with every kindly feeling to Mrs. Wackeldine and your children,
We are, dear Sir, Your faithful friends, (Signed)
R. Blyth, Warden, and family of six - Pupils.
G. Scotswood, Superintendent of Police, and family of four - Pupils.
Wm. Newett, and family of seven - Pupils.
E. Newett, and family of four - Pupils.
Alexander Denholm, and family of seven - Pupils.
Christ. Worladge and two sisters - Pupils.
Hunt, and family of four - Pupils.
B. Reardon, and family of five - Pupils.
J. Ward, and family of five - Pupils.
Diamond, and family of six - Pupils.
E. Reardon, and daughter - Pupil.
J. Stanton, W. C. F. Crowder, G. Philips, J. C. Dedgar, G. A. Allanby, J. G. Marshall, I. Marshall, J. Rollings, and W. F. Thorn - Pupils.
Massey, J. Cook, and J. Laing - Friends.

"TORQUAY (From our own Correspondent) 19th March . . . PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY", The Cornwall Chronicle (21 March 1866), 9

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The Philharmonic Society, at La trobe, held a meeting on Thursday evening last. This society is coming on very well for the short time it has been started; there are now nearly twenty members, under the tuition of Herr Wackeldine.

"NARROW ESCAPE FROM DROWNING", Launceston Examiner (18 August 1866), 3

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We have been informed by the master of one of the coasting crafts that Mr. Wackeldine and family, late of this town, narrowly escaped drowning at Emu Bay on Saturday morning last. Mr. Wackeldine had hired a small boat at Circular Head for the purpose of proceeding to the Mersey, and bringing his family up. On returning with Mrs. Wackeldine and four children, the wind, which had been rather stiff all the morning, increased to a gale, and for safety Mr. Wackeldine determined to run her into Emu Bay. In doing this, however, the situation became so perilous that he lost all command of the boat, and the force of the wind dashed her against the jetty. Her side was immediately stove in and she filled, and the whole of her occupants were thrown into the water. Luckily a number of persons close by observed the occurrence, and at once rushed forward and rescued the whole of the family. It is said to have been a very narrow escape indeed. A few articles of furniture in the boat at the time have been lost.

"CIRCULAR HEAD [From our own Correspondent]", Launceston Examiner (28 December 1866), 2

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On Tuesday night, 18th December, the Forest Band, under the leadership of Mr. Wackeldeine, assisted by several amateurs, gave its first public performance, as per programme, in the large barn kindly lent by Mr. William Deavine, of Monatru, Circular Head Forest. The barn was fitted up expressly for the occasion, having a raised platform for the performers, and in front, hanging from the rafters, a large transparency with the words in large letters " Welcome to the Forest Band," the kangaroo and emu in the corners, and V.R., - all very neatly executed, and with the lights showing from the back gave it a very pretty appearance. There were about 300 persons present, including children, a number having gone out from Stanley to witness the performances, and to welcome the Forest Band. The whole was gone through in a most creditable and pleasing manner, and certainly the young men connected with the band, considering the very short time they have been under Mr. Wackeldine, have done wonders, reflecting very great credit not only on themselves for their steady advancement in the beautiful science of music, but to Mr. Wackeldine, their instructor, for the manner in which he has brought them forward. There were some 10 or 17 performers in the band. The amateurs also acquitted themselves very well. Some very pretty songs were introduced between the pieces performed by the band, which was of considerable assistance to the concert, in dividing the instrumental from the vocal music performed during the evening.

PROGRAMME.
Forest trumpet march, full band; song, "Polly Perkins," in character, H. Pegg; Scots Polka, full band; song, F. Bridley and E. Medwin; waltz, Nymph of the Wave, by five instruments, band; song, "Johnny comes marching home," F. Bridley; song, F. Bridley and E. Medwin; May Flower Schottische, full band; Grammatic Alphabet, Thos. Medwin; quartette by four clarionets, C. Wackeldine, T. Carroll, T. Martin, and A. Smith; song, "Dublin Bay," A. Barnes; First Love Waltz, full band; song, "Under the willow she is sleeping," with chorus, C. Wackeldine; Love Not, by five instruments, band; song, "Just before the battle field," W. Edwards; Partant pour la Syrie, band; song, H. Pegg.

(Interval of fifteen minutes.) Cheer, boys, cheer, full band; song, "Be kind to thy father," F. Bridley; The Soldier's Return, band; song, comic, H. Pegg; polka, Helena, by four instruments; Old Folks at Home, full band; song, I am far from Home," W. Edwards; Rosalie the Prairie Flower, by seven instruments; song, "There's nothing like pride about me," H. Pegg; Ever of Thee, five instruments; song, "Barrel of Pork," F. Bridley; Massa's in de Cold Ground, full band; song, "Glencoe," Thos. Medwin; Leven Schottische, by eight instruments; song; song; the Forest Polka, full band; song, "What are you going to stand?" A. Barnes; Auld Lang Syne, full band; [REDACTED] farce by Uncle Sam, Sapper Squash, and Dandy Jim; God Save the Queen.

"Circular Head (From our own Correspondent) CONCERT", The Cornwall Chronicle (1 June 1867), 5

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On Monday evening the 13th May, the members of the Forest Union and the Independent Bands, gave a concert in the Forest for the benefit of their Band master - Mr. Wackaldiene. The building used for the occasion was a barn kindly lent by Mr. Tuthill, which we must say was not rendered so attractive as it might have been. The building is situated in perhaps the most botanical part of the forest, and a few fern leaves and flowers might have been artistically displayed to advantage, as on former occasions. There were about two hundred persons present all of whom expressed mingle delight and astonishment at the masterly way the young men acquitted themselves. There were thirty-two performers. The Forest Union Band has appeared before the public on a former occasion, but the members of the Independent Band now made their debut. It is only due to Professor Wackeldiene to say that his pupils are progressing satisfactorily, and it is evident he must have been most assiduous in his duties to have insured the progress they display in this refined art in so short a time. It would be more discreet perhaps to refrain from passing eulogy on the merits of any particular performer, but suffice it is to say they all did well; and it is as creditable to these young men as it must be pleasing to the public to see them so studious and orderly. Who knows but the zest perceptible in them for acquiring a knowledge of music may lead to a taste for study of a more useful and scientific character.
The following is the -
PROGRAMME.
PART 1.
Cheer Boys Cheer - Band
March - Warrior's Joy - Band
Song - Comic - Thomas Gray
Schottische - May Flower - Band
Sonnambula - A non Glunge - Band
Song - Sentimental - James Kay
Polka - Casina - Band
March - Napoleon's - Band
Song - My old Kentucky Home - A. Kay
Galop - Wilhemina - Band
Cavatina - Lucretia Borgia - Band
Song - Comic - Thomas Gray
Waltz - The First Love - Band
PART II.
March - Alice Gray - Band
Waltz - Nymph of the Wave - Band
Song - Sentimental - James Kay
Daughter of the Regiment - Band
The Forest Trumpet March - Band
Song - Comic - Thomas Gray
Cavatina - Sonnambula - Band
Schottische - Ararat - Band
Song - The Slave - Albert Kay
Polka - Ford's Look Out - Band
Song - Sentimental - James Kay
March - Katie Darling - Band
God Save the Queen - Band.

"TORQUAY REGATTA (From our own Correspondent)", Launceston Examiner (11 January 1868), 2-3

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The event of the year here - the Annual Regatta - came off on New Year's Day, with great success . . . [3] . . . Wackeldine's band from Circular Head has been performing at Lyons's Hotel here for several nights, but with what success I am not aware. They were engaged also to perform at the regatta up the river . . .

Victoria (from 1868/69):

"NEW INSOLVENTS", The Argus [Melbourne, VIC] (15 May 1869), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5828339

Conrad Wackeldiene, of Warrnambool, Villiers, professor of music.
Causes of insolvency: Want of sufficient employment for self and family, and inability to pay off debts incurred in consequence of losses sustained through the wreck of a boat called the Leisure Hour, off Tasmania, in 1867.
Liabilities, £89.15s.; assets, £23.5s.; deficiency, £66.10s.

[News], The Argus (24 July 1869), 5

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The "Rogue's March" police case, says the Hamilton Spectator, has excited some interest, the court being crowded with spectators. It was a charge of insulting behaviour preferred by Mr. Irving, the drill-instructor of the volunteers, against Mr. Wadley, the landlord of the Royal. It appears the Foresters, of which body Mr. Irving was a member, had resolved to remove their court from the Royal Hotel to the new Oddfellows'-hall. This is presumed to have given offence to the landlord of the Royal; but whether that be the case or not, the Foresters, on the conclusion of their meeting, were met in the passage by Wadley, playing the Rogue's March on the poker and shovel, the bandmaster playing the accompaniment on the clarinet. In his evidence, Irving said he had been in the army, and the Rogue's March was one of the worst symbols of disgrace a military man could be subjected to. C. Wackeldiene gave evidence that at the suggestion of somebody in the hotel that night he played a certain march, but he had always known that time by the name of the "Twopenny Post-man". With the kind permission of the Bench he would play the tune, so that it might be recognised. Amid roars of laughter, Mr. Wackeldiene pulled out his clarinet, and gave a few bars of the well-known "Rogue's March". The Bench inflicted a fine of 10s.

"BRASS BAND", Border Watch [Mount Ganbier, SA] (6 August 1870), 2

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Herr Wackeldiene, from Hamilton, is now here on a visit with the view of seeing what prospects there are of getting up a Brass Band. He has had large experience in the colonies in drilling such bands and we trust he will find sufficient scope here to induce him to settle down amongst us. In concert with Mr. Hedges he is to give a vocal and instrumental concert on an early day.

"ANNIVERSARY OF THE LOYAL MOUNT GAMBIER LODGE . . . THE PROCESSION", Border Watch (17 September 1870), 2

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The rendezvous was the Oddfellows' and Foresters' Hall, where the members of the various friendly societies were invited to meet the Oddfellows' at two o'clock, sharp . . . Under the banner were the present officers . . . Close behind them was the Mount Gambier Union Brass Band, consisting of Herr Wackeldiene, band master, with clarionette and Messrs. J. A. Watts, bass; J. Jobbling, baritone; S. Mitchell, tenor-horn; W. H. Hedges, first cornet; A. Mumme, first cornet; H. Rubenkonig, first cornet; Haines, second cornet; Byron, second cornet; C. Gust, clarionette; Holtzmann, piccolo-flute; Sladdin, bass drum; J. Gardiner, kettle drum; and C. Mumme, triangle. Some popular musical pieces were excellently played by the band during the procession, and also a new piece composed by Herr Wackeldiene himself, entitled "The Mount Gambier March." The efficiency of the band considering its recent formation and short training is deserving of special mention. Following the band were the Oddfellows, arrayed in regalia . . .

[2 advertisements], Portland Guardian (1 January 1872), 1s

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Conrad Wackeldiene, Professor of Music and Dancing, PALMER-STREET, PORTLAND.
TERMS: One Guinea per quarter for each; hours to suit pupils.

HERR BOTTGER, Professor of Music, OTWAY-STREET, PORTLAND.

"POLICE COURT. Saturday, 3rd February, 1872", Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (5 February 1872), 2

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The case of Wackeldine v. Ogilby for £2 2s musical tuition, part heard on Saturday last, and postponed for the evidence of Captain Trangmar as to the regulations under which band-boys were admitted. Capitain Trangmar deposed that boys under 17 years of age could only be admitted to the band under the Regulations by consent, and the rule was that they must serve in the Volunteer Band for two years. To the complaint Captain Trangmar said there was nothing to forbid the bandmaster from taking private pupils, but till sworn in such were not recognised as members of the band.

The defendant, Mr. L. Ogilby, who appeared in court to answer for his son under age, said he held it was not right for the bandmaster employed by the volunteers to make any money arrangement with a boy under 17 years without his father's consent. He was aware his son had joined the band of which he was virtually a member though not sworn in, but he was not aware of the pecuniary obligations in the agreement, which should not have been with his son but with himself. The bench held that the defendant was clearly liable and made as order for £2 2s and 4s costs.

"Items of News . . . OBITUARY", Hamilton Spectator (4 October 1877), 2

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Mr. Conrad Wackeldiene, who was at old time bandmaster at Hamilton and at other towns in the Western district, died at the Ararat hospital the other day.

? "DEATH AT THE THREE MILE", Ovens and Murray Advertiser [Beechworth, VIC] (28 August 1915), 2

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A very old and respected resident of the Three Mile (Baarmutha), in the person of Mr. Frederick Blume, died on Thursday last, aged 73 years. He was born at Hanover, and spent 53 years of his life in Victoria . . .

"MOUNT GAMBIER'S EARLY BRASS BANDS", Border Watch (27 July 1940), 4

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. . . Another matter that occupied the attention of the brethren at this period [late 1850s] was the mode of raising the salary of the leader of the band (Bro. Wackeldine), viz. £30 per annum. Some of the brethren endeavoured to have it paid from the management fund by a special levy but the illegality of doing so was pointed out by G. M. Stephens, and eventually a number of the members of the lodge guaranteed to pay the amount themselves. The band kept together for about three years, and what became of the instruments I cannot say, but they we're lodge property; the late P.G.C, Grant I believe, was a donor to the fund for purchasing instruments, of £20 . . .

"NARRACOORTE BAN", The Narracoorte Herald (12 June 1945), 2

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. . . Mr. Elsden, in giving some reminiscences, mentioned that Mr. Jas. Sharpley and himself discussed the formation of a band in 1870, and these two men and Messrs. S. Carne, E. Bacon, J. Lobban, and two or three others, commenced activities. They first got W. Marshall, a miller at the flour mill, to teach them music; then Herr Whackeldene came from Mount Gambier to teach them the instruments at £3 a week, when about 17 joined up, but this number was soon reduced to nine or ten. Mr. V. Elsden took charge as soon as Herr Wackeldene left, and continued as Bandmaster for many years . . .

WADDY, Lizzie Anne (Elizabeth Anne STACY; Lizzie Anne; Mrs. Richard Anderson WADDY; L. A. WADDY)

Amateur musician, composer

Born Port Macquarie, NSW, 29 July 1844; baptised St. Thomas, Port Macquarie, 8 January 1845; daughter of John Edward STACY (1799-1881) and Jane WEST (1805-1854)
Married Richard Anderson WADDY (1844-1918), St. Jude's, Randwick, NSW, 14 September 1870
Died Killara, NSW, 31 May 1920, aged 75

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Elizabeth+Ann+Stacy+Waddy+1844-1920 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-W-1.php#WADDY-Lizzie-Anne (shareable link to this entry)

ASSOCIATIONS: Richard Waddy (1814-1881; 50th regiment) was her father-in-law; he married in Sydney in 1840 while first serving in NSW; he passed through Australia again in 1863, en route to New Zealand, and was again in Sydney in 1866; the pianist-composer Alfred Anderson dedicated his The Queen's Own galop to him in 1867.

Documentation:

"MARRIAGE", The Sydney Morning Herald (20 September 1870), 1

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On the 14th instant, at St. Jude's Church, Randwick, by the Rev. Thomas Wilson, RICHARD ANDERSON, eldest son of Major-General WADDY, C.B., to ELIZABETH ANNE, youngest daughter of J. E. STACY, Esq., F.R.C.S.L.

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (4 January 1878), 2

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JUST PUBLISHED The POONAH WALTZ, for the pianoforte, composed and dedicated to her father, J. E. Stacy, Esq., F.R.C.S.L., by L. A. WADDY. Price, 2s 6d net, ELVY and CO., 321, George-street.

"NEW MUSIC", Evening News (5 January 1878), 4

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We have received a copy of the Poonah waltz, composed by L. A. Waddy, and dedicated to her father, J. E. Stacy, Esq., F.R.C.S.L.. The composition is published by Elvy and Co., of George-street, in this city. It is very nicely printed, the melody is very pretty, and the harmonies are rich and full. The composer makes large use of dissonant sevenths in harmonising, but uses them with skill. As the composition is both beautiful, and easily played, it is likely to be a great favourite in the drawing room.

ASSOCIATIONS: Robert Hammond Elvy (music publisher)

"DEATHS", The Sydney Morning Herald (1 June 1920), 6

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WADDY. - May 31st, at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Norman Pockley, Lorne Avenue, Killara, Elizabeth Ann, relict of the late Colonel Richard Anderson Waddy, late of Morpeth, aged 75 years.

Musical work:

The Poonah waltz, for the pianoforte by L. A. Waddy . . . dedicated to her father J. E. Stacey, esquire, F.R.C.S.L. (Sydney: Elvy & Co., [1878])

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/31636584

https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK7RbaWNWX 

Bibliography and resources:

Jean Caswell Benson, "Stacy, John Edward (1799-1881)", Australian dictionary of biography 6 (1976)

http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/stacy-john-edward-4631

K. J. Cable, "Waddy, Percival Stacy (1875-1937)", Australian dictionary of biography 12 (1990)

http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/waddy-percival-stacy-8935

WADE, James (James WADE)

Musician, bandsman Band of the 40th Regiment

Arrived (with regiment) Sydney, NSW, 27 October 1824 (per Mangles, from Portsmouth, 13 July [? 14 June])
Died Sydney, NSW, July 1825

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=James+Wade+d1825 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-W-1.php#WADE-James (shareable link to this entry)

ASSOCIATIONS: Band of the 40th Regiment (military band); Joseph Reichenberg (master of the band)

Documentation:

Pay-list of the 40th Regiment, 1 March to 30 June 1824; Australian Joint Copying Project, from records of the UK War Office

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1591585101 (DIGITISED)

Wade James / [from] 25 March / . . . / [embarked, 3rd (June) muster] Mangles

"SERIOUS ACCIDENT", The Australian (28 July 1825), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37073894 

. . . A Coroner's Inquest was held at Hill's Tavern on Tuesday and Wednesday last, upon the body of James Wade, belonging to the band of the 40th. The man died after being removed to the General Hospital, after the accident. Verdict - accidental death.

"POLICE REPORT", The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (28 July 1825), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2184282 

On Monday morning last, as the Eclipse Coach was on its way to Parramatta, driving, down the Brickfield-hill, at the bottom of George Street, the horses suddenly took fright, and the coach was unfortunately overturned. There was a great number of outside passengers (nearly twenty, as we are informed), consisting for the most part of the Band of the 40th Regiment, who were proceeding to Parramatta for the purpose of assisting in the ceremony of laying the first stone of the New Mill, all of whom received some serious injury. One man, named Wade, died almost immediately, and several others were taken to the Hospital with severe fractures and bruises. The coachman states that the horses started at a team of bullocks drawing a cart, that happened to be passing at the time.

WADE, Richard (Richard WADE)

Steeple-keeper and bell-ringer (St. Philip's church, Sydney), convict, shoemaker

Convicted Old Bailey, London, 7 May 1788 (seven years transportation)
Arrived Sydney, NSW, 28 June 1790 (per Neptune, from London, December 1789)
Died Sydney, NSW, 3 December 1831 (buried 4 December), aged "67"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Richard+Wade+d1831 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-W-1.php#WADE-Richard (shareable link to this entry)

Documentation:

Trial of Richard Wade, theft, 7 May 1788; Old Bailey online

https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?div=t17880507-56 

385. RICHARD WADE was indicted for stealing, on the first of May, a pair of men's leather shoes, value 5s. the property of William Fletcher.
WILLIAM FLETCHER sworn. The shoes hung at my door; I followed the prisoner into the street, and caught him with the property upon him.
GUILTY. Transported for seven years. Tried by the second Middlesex Jury before Mr. Justice ASHURST.

[Government notices], The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (20 July 1811), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article628283 

. . . Richard Wade, Steeple Keeper - 2/10/0 . . .

[Government notices], The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (1 February 1812), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article628415

. . . Richard Wade as Steeple Keeper - 2/10/0 . . .

[Government notices], The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (25 July 1812), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article628515 

. . . Richard Wade, Steeple-keeper to the Church of St. Philip - 2/10/0 . . .

[Government notices], The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (24 November 1821), 1s

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2180623

. . . Thomas Tabor, Parish Clerk - 3/15/0
Richard Wade, Steeple-keeper - 2/10/0 . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Thomas Taber [sic] (1763-1842, parish clerk)

"DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. CORONER'S INQUESTS", The Sydney Herald (12 December 1831), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12843828

On Saturday [3 December] . . . an Inquest was convened at the Woodman, Prince-street, on the body of Richard Wade, an old man for many years bellringer to St. Philip's Church, who died suddenly that morning. The Jury returned a verdict of "Died by the visitation of God".

Bibliography and resources:

Michael Flynn, The Second Fleet: Britain's grim convict armada of 1790 (Sydney: Library of Australian History, 1993), 589

http://www.convictrecords.com.au/convicts/wade/richard/84558

WAGENER, August (August WAGENER)

Musician

Arrive Melbourne, VIC, 1854 (per Sophie, aged "14")

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-W-1.php#WAGENER-August (shareable link to this entry)

Documentation:

Verzeichniss de Personen welche mit dem Hamburger Schiffe Sophie nach Melbourne, [1854]; Public Record Office Victoria

https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3AF59D6E-F96C-11E9-AE98-F7100529A261?image=47 (DIGITISED)

. . . Andreas Wetter / Salzgitter / Hannover / Musiker / 30 // Wilhelmine [Wetter] / Salzgitter / Hannover / - / 21 //
August Wagener / Salzgitter / Hannover / Musiker / 14 . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Andreas Wetter (musician); see also, on previous page, several other German musicians on voyage

WAGGANER, Phillip (Phillip WAGGANER)

Musician, itinerant musician, German musician, violinist, violin and cornet player

Active Queanbeyan, NSW, 1860

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-W-1.php#WAGGANER-Phillip (shareable link to this entry)

Documentation:

"QUEANBEYAN", New South Wales reports of crime, etc., etc. for police information (16 January 1860), 2

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/1483502:1942 (PAYWALL)

A warrant has been issued for the apprehension of Phillip Wagganer, a German travelling musician, for having, on the 6th inst., failed to enter the hired service of Mr. George Harvey Buckingham, with whom he had engaged as cook. He is about 28 or 30 years of age, about 5 feet 6 or 7 inches in height, slender make, sandy hair, small eyes, fair complexion, plays on the violin and cornet. Supposed to have gone towards Goulburn. £1 reward.

ASSOCIATIONS: George Buckingham (employer)

WAGNER, John (John WAGNER)

Musician, violinist, composer

Arrived Melbourne, VIC, 12 September 1857 (per General Windham, from Liverpool, 16 June)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-W-1.php#WAGNER-John (shareable link to this entry)

Documentation:

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 Wagner / 25 / [Farmer] / English . . .

"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 . . .

WAINE, George (George WAINE; WAIN)

Piano repairer, musical thief, convict, carpenter

Born c. 1814
Tried (1) Lancaster Assizes, 9 April 1832 (sentenced 14 years transportation)
Arrived Hobart Town, VDL (TAS), 29 December 1832 (convict per York, from Plymouth, 1 September)
Tried (2) Hobart Town, VDL (TAS), August 1834
Married Sarah BOOTHROYDE, Green Ponds, VDL (TAS), 26 September 1842 (aged "28")

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-W-1.php#WAIN-George (shareable link to this entry)

Documentation:

Convict record, George Waine, 1832, per York; Tasmanian names index; NAME_INDEXES:1442605; CON31/1/46; CON34-1-3 Image 691

https://stors.tas.gov.au/NI/1442605 

https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-46$init=CON31-1-46P185 (DIGITISED)

1453 / Waine George / York (2) 29 Dec'r 1832 / Lancaster 9 April 1832 / 14 [years] . . .
July 23 1834 Post Office Mess'ger . . . presented piece of Music or Song, called the Death of Weber, the value of 3/s
and one printed Piece of Music or Song called the "Feather" of the value of 2/s
and other articles of the goods of James Wentworth Davis, committed for trial . . .

https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON34-1-3$init=CON34-1-3P691 (DIGITISED)

1452 [sic] / Waine George / Arrived 29 Dec'r 1832 / tried Lancaster 9 April 1832 / 14 [years]
[Tried] QS 4 Aug't 1834 / Trade: Carp't'r . . . / Age: 21 [? in 1832, or 1834] . . .

MUSIC: The death of Weber (song, words by Planche; adapted by John Braham from airs in Der Freischütz)

"QUARTER SESSIONS. Hobart Town . . . Monday, August 4", Colonial Times (12 August 1834), 7

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8647750

George Wain, was charged with stealing 230 sheets of printed music, the property of Mr. Davis, of the value of £12. It appeared from the evidence of Mrs. Davis, that the prisoner had been employed to repair a pianoforte, and took the opportunity to purloin more than 100 pieces of newly imported music, which he took round the town, and openly sold at the different seminaries, and to many most respectable persons, the music being of the most approved description, representing himself to be a free man, who had received it by late arrivals from England.
Verdict - Guilty. Sentenced to have his original term of transportation extended for three years, and recommended to be sent to Port Arthur.

ASSOCIATIONS: James and Sophia Davis (employers, music sellers)

Marriage permission, George Waine (per York), 31 August 1842; Tasmanian names index; NAME_INDEXES:1267979; CON52/1/2 Page 222

https://stors.tas.gov.au/NI/1267979 

https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON52-1-2$init=CON52-1-2P114 (DIGITISED)

"GOVERNMENT NOTICE. No. 83", The Courier (18 March 1842), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2954643 

Colonial Secretary's Office, 17th March, 1842.
The Lieutenant-Governor has been pleased to approve of the restoration of a Ticket-of-Leave to George Wain, per York (2,) as a reward for his having restored to the drawer a cheque for £60 which he had found in the street.
By His Excellency's command,
G. T. W. BOYES.

ASSOCIATIONS: George Boyes (musical amateur)

1842, marriages in the district of Brighton; Tasmanian names index; NAME_INDEXES:829235; RGD37/1/2 no 1671

https://stors.tas.gov.au/NI/829235 

https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD37-1-2$init=RGD37-1-2P371 (DIGITISED)

[No.] 1671 / Sept 26th Green Ponds / George Waine / 28 yrs / Carpenter T. [of] L. /
Sarah Boothroyde / 20 / Spinster . . . Married in the Parish Church . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Sarah Boothroyde (born Launceston, VDL, 7 March 1823; baptised Green Ponds, VDL, 19 September 1823); Sarah Waine married again, at Brighton, on 5 April 1852, reportedly then aged 28; George had presumably either died in the interim, or perhaps simply left the island

[Government notice], Launceston Examiner (28 April 1849), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36257287 

The period for which the undermentioned persons were transported having expired, certificates to that effect have been granted them accordingly: . . .
George Waine, York 2 . . .

WAINWRIGHT, Jordan (Jordan WAINWRIGHT; J. WAINWRIGHT; Mr. WAINWRIGHT)

Musical instrument maker, flute maker, clarinet maker

Born Liverpool, England, 12 December 1797; baptised Christ Church, Liverpool, 15 January 1798; son of William WAINWRIGHT and Elizabeth PEERS
Married Phoebe WYATT (c. 1805-1872), Christ Church Newgate with St. Leonard's, City of London, 2 July 1831
Arrived Sydney, NSW, 23 September 1853 (per Gypsy Queen, from London, 27 May)
Died Newtown, NSW, 10 August 1884, aged 86

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Jordan+Wainwright+1797-1884 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1519774 (NLA persistent identifier)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-W-1.php#WAINWRIGHT-Jordan (shareable link to this entry)

Summary:

A shortlived son, Jordan. and daughter, Emma, were born, respectively, in 1832 and 1835.

At the time of the 1851 census, the Wainwright's eldest surviving son, William Jordan Wainwright (1836-1881), was working in his father's business, and later, in Sydney in the 1860s, gave his trade as a "turner". Their second surviving son, George Peers Wainwright (1838-1920) was a hay and corn dealer in Newtown in the 1870s.

Documentation:

Register of baptisms, Christ Church, Liverpool, 1797-1812; Liverpool City Council

https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/2247/images/engl56170_283-chr-1-1_m_00014 (PAYWALL)

[Baptised] [Monday] Jan'y 15 1798 / Jordan Wainwright / [born] December 12 [1797] / [son of] William & Elizab. Wainwright / 1 Prices Street Ironmonger / St. Peter's Liverpool / [mother formerly] Elizabeth Peers

Marriages solemnized in the United Parishes of CHRIST CHURCH and ST. LEONARD, FOSTER LANE, in the CITY of LONDON in the Year 1831; register, 1831; London Metropolitan Archives

https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/1623/images/31281_a100840-00025 (PAYWALL)

No. 297 / Jordan Wainwright of this Parish of Christ Church Bachelor
and Phoebe Wyatt of the same parish spinster were married in this Church by Banns this [2 July 1831] . . .

Land tax assessments, precinct of St. Andrew in the Ward of Farringdon Without [1824]; London Metropolitan Archives

https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/2170/images/31364_625988_2092-00046 (PAYWALL)

Chaterhouse Street / 12/ Jordan Wainwright (w. 1 wrk[er]) / 2 / 8 / -

Register of householders in the parish of St. Sepulchre, Middlesex, 1 December 1832; London Metropolitan Archives

https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/1795/images/40020_605905_1427-00121 (PAYWALL)

Wainwright, Jordan / House / Greenhill's-rents

The post office London directory for 1841, 588

http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/27016/rec/1 

Wainwright Jordan, wind music. inst. ma. 27 Greenhills rents

England census, 6 June 1841, St. Sepulchre, Middlesex; UK National Archives, HO 107 / 669 / 2

https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/8978/images/MDXHO107_668_670-0231 (PAYWALL)

Greenhills Rents / Jordan Wainwright / 40 / Mus'l. Inst't Mk'r / [born in same county] No
Phoebe [Wainwright] / 35 / - / No
William [Wainwright] / 5 / - / Yes
George [Wainwright] / 3 / - / Yes
David Wyatt / 21 / Asst. to J. Wain't / Yes

England census, 30 March 1851, Saffron Hill, St. Sepulchre, Middlesex; UK National Archives, HO 107 / 1515

https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/8860/images/MDXHO107_1515_1515-0656 (PAYWALL)

[27 Greenhills Rents] / Jordan Wainwright / Head / Mar. / 53 / Flute Maker / [born] Liverpool
Phebe [Wainwright] / Wife / [Mar.] / 46 / - / [born] Stafford., Willenhall
William [Wainwright] / Son / - / 14 / Works at the business / [born] Middx. St. Sepulchre
George [Wainwright] / [born] / 13 / - / [Middx. St. Sepulchre]
Caroline [Wainwright] / 11 / - / [born] [Middx. St. Sepulchre]
George Armitage / Visitor / - / 21 / Flute Maker / [born] St. Marylebone

The post office London directory for 1852, 1042

http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/181218 

Wainwright Jordan, wind music. inst. ma. 26 [sic] Greenhills rents

Sydney, NSW (from 23 September 1853):

"ARRIVALS", Empire [Sydney, NSW] (24 September 1853), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article61328129

September 23. - Gipsy Queen, barque, 810 tons, Captain Charles Barras, from London 27th May, Passengers . . . J. Wainwright, wife, and two sons . . .

Baptisms solemnized in the parish of St. Andrew in the county of Cumberland, in the year 1855; register 1842-64, paged 84; St. Andrew's cathedral, Sydney

https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/61177/images/45578_cat%5Eba18421864-00086 (PAYWALL)

No. 747 / [baptised] 27 June [1855] / [born] 27 February 1838 [sic] / George Peers / [son of] Jordan & Phebe [sic] / Wainwright / Glebe / Gentleman . . .

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (30 November 1854), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12962905 

WANTED, a situation for a young man who has been employed in a country store for the last ten months; satisfactory references can be given. Apply to Mr. J. WAINWRIGHT, 550, George-street South.

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (8 December 1855), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12975697

FIVE POUNDS REWARD. - Whereas our indentured apprentice, WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT (son of Mr. Jordan Wainwright, of George-street) having absconded from his said apprenticeship, we hereby offer the above reward to any person or persons who will lodge him into safe custody . . .
Description - about nineteen years of age, stout, strong lad, complexion fair, straight light hair.
JOHN HILL, junior, and SON, 48, King-street.

"DONATIONS TO THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM DURING MAY, 1859", The Sydney Morning Herald (8 June 1859), 9

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13025943 

. . . An amphisbaena, or blind worm, Mr. Jordan Wainwright.

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (7 July 1859), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13027299

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. J. WAINWRIGHT, from London, manufacturer of flutes, clarionets, flageolets, &c.
Instruments repaired with new Joints, keys, and mountings;
various Instruments for sale, from one to thirteen keys, warranted;
a superior ebony B clarionet, thirteen sterling silver keys, by Key, Charing-cross, London;
a highly-finished (Rudall and Rose) flute, eight sterling silver keys and mountings;
a genuine (Nicholson) flute, eight sterling silver keys and mountings.
711, George-street South, opposite Christ Church.

ASSOCIATIONS: Thomas Key, clarinet maker, Charing Cross, London, see extant example; Rudall and Rose, flute makers, London, see extant example; Charles Nicholson, flautist and flute maker, London

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (1 September 1859), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13030189 

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. - J. WAINWRIGHT from London, Manufacturer of Flutes, Clarionets Flageolets, &c.
Various instruments, warranted, from one to thirteen keys, for SALE;
superior Cremona violins, Stradiurius [sic], Guarnerius, and Amati.
Newly invented Picco, or Sardinian Shepherd Pipe, with scale.
Instruments repaired with new joints, keys, and mountings.
711, George-street South, opposite Christ Church.

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (19 November 1859), 10

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13033427 

FLUTES, CLARIONETS, &c. - J. WAINWRIGHT, from London, is the only maker in the colony.
Repairs with new joints, keys, mountings, &c.
On SALE, in volumes, Sacred Music - Seraphim, Congregational, Ripon's, &c.
711, George-street South, opposite Christ Church.

"COMMERCIAL", Empire (2 May 1860), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60409636 

The Import entries passed at the Customs this day were as follow:
1 case musical instruments, J. Wainwright . . .

"COMMERCIAL", Empire (9 August 1860), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60414625 

. . . 1 case musical instruments, J. Wainwright . . .

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (18 August 1860), 10

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28625860 

FLUTES, CLARIONETS, &c., - J. WAINWRIGHT, maker.
Instruments repaired, new keys, joints, mountings, &c.
Various instruments, one to thirteen keys;
banjos, tambourines, triangles, violins, Dodds' and Tubbs' bows, &c.
711, George-street South.

"COMMERCIAL", Empire (12 December 1860), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60503223

. . . 1 case musical instruments, J. Wainwright . . .

"A NUISANCE", Empire (29 December 1860), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60504252

Jordan Wainwright, of Argyle-street, for emptying a privy on his premises, was fined 60s., with 5s. costs.

"COMMERCIAL", Empire (18 January 1861), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60505294 

. . . 1 case musical instruments, Jordan and Wainwright [sic] . . .

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (15 June 1861), 10

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13055740 

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS for Military Bands.
Improved 14-key ring, B flat, C, and E flat Clarionets; 4 and 1 key B flat Flutes; D, E flat, and F Piccolos.
WAINWRIGHT, manufacturer and repairer, 711, George street South.

[Advertisement], The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser [Maitland, NSW] (15 June 1861), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18682483 

. . . THE TREASURER IN ACCOUNT WITH VOLUNTEER BAND FUND, FROM JANUARY 30 to JUNE 6.
1861 . . . Paid Muelman [sic], from Jan. 24th . . .
Cr. Mar. 11. - Paid Johnson & Co., instruments - 23 16 6
May 13. - [Paid] Wainwright, 8 flutes - 2 0 0 . . .
GEO. VINDIN, Treasurer.

ASSOCIATIONS: Henry Meulman (bandmaster, Maitland Volunteer Band)

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (24 August 1861), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13068684 

SUPERIOR Saxhorns, Cornopeans, Rifle Bugles, Bass Drum, Turkish Cymbals, improved Clarionets, D E F Piccolos, and B Fifes, with four keys and patent slide.
WAINWRIGHT, 711 George-street South.

"COLONIAL PRODUCTIONS FOR THE GREAT EXHIBITION", The Sydney Morning Herald (4 October 1861), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13058095 

Among the various articles of colonial manufacture which are being prepared for the Great Exhibition, a flute, made of myall wood, deserves especial notice. This flute has eight keys of silver, and bears the name, as maker, of Mr. Wainwright, of 711, George-street. It was performed on by Mr. Vaughan, of the Victoria Theatre, who pronounces it perfect in tone. As a colonial production it reflects the highest credit on Mr. Wainwright's skill and enterprise. The wood of which it is composed (myall) is very hard, and emits a very pleasant odour, and is something like cocoanut in colour. It is enclosed in a plain cedar case, made by Messrs. John Hill and Sons, the grain in the lid being very beautiful. That it will attract attention there is little doubt, as few could pass it by and not be struck with its peculiar fragrance.

ASSOCIATIONS: Robert Vaughan (flautist); it was John Hill and Son to which Wainwright's son William was earlier apprenticed

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (12 October 1861), 12

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13067578 

BEST MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, Saxhorns, E and B flat Euphonium, Valve Cornets, improved Clarionets, B Fifes, E flat and F Piccolos, one and four keys; instruments repaired.
WAINWRIGHT, 711, George-street South.

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (15 February 1862), 10

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13224624 

DRUMS, &c. - Just received per Ganjam,
superior regulating and other side Drums, B flat Fifes, D, E flat, and G Piccolos, &c.
WAINWRIGHT, manufacturer and repairer, 711, George-street South.

"THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION", The Sydney Morning Herald (10 June 1862), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13079803 

THE distribution of medals awarded to exhibitors at the International Exhibition of 1862, took place yesterday day, in the hall of the Australian Library . . . XVI. Wainwright, for fine and beautifully made flute . . .

Catalogue of the natural and industrial products of New South Wales, forwarded to the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1867 (Sydney: T. Richards, 1867), 13, 27

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=c2HzAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA26 (DIGITISED)

[13] . . . 66. Collection of colonial-grown silk - Mr. Jordan Wainwright, Sydney . . .

[26] . . . 286. A flute, with 8 keys, made of N. S. Wales myall-wood, mounted in N. S. Wales Moruya silver, and enclosed in a N. S. Wales native rosewood case - Jordan Wainwright, George-street, Sydney . . .

Baptisms administered in the parish of St. Andrew in the county of [Cumberland], in the year 1867; register 1864-76, paged 52; St. Andrew's cathedral, Sydney

https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/61177/images/45578_cat%5Eba18641876-00055 (PAYWALL)

No. 662 / [baptised] July 21st / [born] 26th June 1867 / Emily Ada / [daughter of] William Jordan & Mary Ann / Wainwright / George Street / Turner . . .

"CUSTOMS IMPORT ENTRIES. - JULY 8", The Sydney Morning Herald (9 July 1869), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13191959 

. . . 1 case musical instruments, J. Wainwright . . .

"CUSTOMS IMPORT ENTRIES. - AUGUST 18", The Sydney Morning Herald (19 August 1871), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13243461 

. . . 1 case musical instruments, J. Wainwright . . .

"DEATHS", The Sydney Morning Herald (26 November 1872), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28412164 

On the 24th instant, at her residence, No. 721, George-street South, after a short illness, PHOEBE, the beloved wife of Mr. JORDAN WAINWRIGHT, aged 68 years.

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (11 May 1874), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13338494 

10S. REWARD. - LOST, on Saturday, 9th instant, in railway carriage, Redfern Station.
CLARIONET, in bag; also WALKING-STICK. Mr. WAINWRIGHT, opposite Christ Church.

"Burglaries, Stealing from the Premises, &c.", New South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime (26 May 1875), 153

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article252087914 

Stolen, between the hours of 6 and 7 p.m. the 20th instant, from the shop of Jordan Wainwright, music-seller, No. 721, George-street South, - A rosewood ornamented concertina, in a black case with brass handle; value, £1 12s. Identifiable.

"Apprehensions", New South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime (29 August 1877), 285

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article252090288 

Vide Police Gazette, 1877, page 246. Philip McNulty, William Harris, and Michael Reynolds, charged with stealing two concertinas (not recovered), the property of Jordan Wainwright, have been arrested by Constables Kelly, Keatinge, and Matthews, Sydney Police, each sentenced to fourteen days imprisonment . . .

"Deaths", The Sydney Morning Herald (11 August 1884), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28367923

WAINWRIGHT. - August 10, at his residence. No. 1, Don-terrace, off Station-street, Newtown, Mr. Jordan Wainwright, aged 87 years.

"Funerals", The Sydney Morning Herald (12 August 1884), 12

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13573406

"ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION", New South Wales Government Gazette (19 August 1884), 5668

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225587892 

In the will of Jordan Wainwright, late of Wells-street, Newtown, near Sydney, in the Colony of New South Wales, musical instrument maker, deceased. . . . that probate of the last will and testament of the above named . . . who died on or about the 10th day of August instant, may be granted to Mary Ann Wainwright, of Wells-street, Newtown aforesaid, spinster, the sole executrix in the said will named . . .

Extant instruments:

Flute in F, four keys, timber and metal, "WAINWRIGHT / SYDNEY"; Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences

https://ma.as/350260

Fife, single key, wood and brass, "WAINWRIGHT / SYDNEY"; Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences

https://ma.as/405583

Clarinet, 10 keys, "WAINWRIGHT / LONDON / SYDNEY"; from the collection of the late Thomas White (principal clarinet, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, c. 1940s-50s), images (above) reproduced by the kind permission of Dr. Margaret White, 2021

Flute, 8 keys, "WAINWRIGHT / LONDON"; sold privately, Europe, 2011

Flute, ivory, 8 keys, W. & J. Wainwright, c. 1828, private collection

http://www.oldflutes.com/english.htm 

WAKEFIELD, George (George WAKEFIELD; G. WAKEFIELD)

Pianoforte tuner, musical instrument tuner and repairer, piano tuner

Born England, 1832
Active Hobart, TAS, by November 1856
Married Bridget LLOYD (widow QUINTAN) (d. 1894), Trinity Church, Hobart, TAS, 24 April 1866 (aged "34")
Died Hobart, TAS, 14 May 1898, aged "66"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=George+Wakefield+c1832-1898 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

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WAKEFIELD, George Henry (George Henry WAKEFIELD; G. H. WAKEFIELD; Mr. WAKEFIELD, Jun.)

Musician, pianoforte tuner, piano tuner

Born Hobart, TAS, 22 February 1860; son of George WAKEFIELD and Bridget LLOYD

Documentation:

[Advertisement], The Courier (4 November 1856), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2506532 

PIANOFORTE TUNING.
HARMONIUMS, SERAPHINE, &c., REPAIRED.
THOSE parties wishing their Pianofortes tuned, or Musical Instruments repaired, will please leave all orders with Mr. Rolwegan, stationer, Collins-street.
G. WAKEFIELD. 4 November

ASSOCIATIONS: George Rolwegan (music retailer)

[Advertisement], The Courier (2 November 1857), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2461047 

PIANOFORTE TUNING.
THE Undersigned, having returned from business in the country, begs to intimate to his friends that Pianoforte Tuning and Repairing of Musical Instruments will be undertaken by him as heretofore.
All orders punctually attended to at Mr. Rolwegan's, Collins-street.
MR. G. WAKEFIELD.

Baptisms solemnized in the parish of the Holy Trinity in the county of Buckingham in the year 1858; Tasmanian names index; NAME_INDEXES:1092138; RGD32/1/3/ no 5293

https://stors.tas.gov.au/NI/1092138 

https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD32-1-3$init=RGD32-1-3-P741 (DIGITISED)

No. 2357 / 5293/ 1st September [1858] / [born] 3rd December 1827 / Selina Mary / [daughter of] George & Bridget / Wakefield / Patrick Street / Tuner . . .

[Advertisement], The Hobart Town Daily Mercury (26 April 1859), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3254605 

Musical - Pianoforte Tuning.
THE UNDERSIGNED having now obtained the necessary material, he is prepared to undertake the Tuning, and Repairing of Pianofortes, Harmoniums, Organs, Seraphines and Musical Boxes, with prompt attention.
All orders to be addressed to Mr. Rolwegan, Collins-street.
The Country Districts visited regularly.
G. WAKEFIELD.

1860, births in the district of Hobart; NAME_INDEXES:964767; RGD33/1/7 no 3249

https://stors.tas.gov.au/NI/964767 

https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-7$init=RGD33-1-7P289 (DIGITISED)

[No.] 3249 / February 22d / [no name given] / Male / [father] George Wakefield / [mother] Bridget Wakefield formerly Lloyd / Tuner . . . Campbell Street . . . Baptised Holy Trinity Church George Henry

1866, marriages in the district of Hobart; Tasmanian names index; NAME_INDEXES:868119; RGD37/1/25 no 138

https://stors.tas.gov.au/NI/868119 

https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD37-1-25$init=RGD37-1-25P84 (DIGITISED)

No. 209 / Church of the Holy Trinity / 24th April 1866 / George Wakefield / 34 / Musical Instrument Tuner / . . . Bachelor . . .
Bridget Quintan / 36 / . . . Widow . . .

"PIANOFORTE TUNING", Tasmanian News (2 February 1889), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article172863223 

Messrs. J. Walch and Sons announce in another column that their engagement with Mr. G. H. Wakefield terminated on the 31st ultimo, and that they have been fortunate enough to secure the services of Mr. E. F. Keith Redfern, a thorough competent tuner and repairer of pianofortes, organs, etc. All communications to be directed to the firm.

[Advertisement], The Mercury (5 August 1880), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8986327 

PIANOFORTE TUNING AND REGULATING. Mr. GEORGE WAKEFIELD & SON,
In soliciting a continuance of the liberal support afforded to them for a period of twenty four years and upwards, by the public of Tasmania, desire to call attention to the highest testimonials afforded, from the fact that in addition to tuning and regulating for Messrs. Walch and Sons, they have invariably been selected to tune for Lady Du Cane, Lady Weld, and Justice Dobson; Robert Heller, K.S.R.A.M., the great pianist; John Hill, K.S.R.A.M.; Mde. Ilma de Murska, Mde. Jenny Claus, G. B. Allen, Mus. Bac.; W. S. Lyster (Opera Company), Mr. F. A. Packer, Herr Schott, Mr. Steinbach, Mde. Tasca, Mdle. Duboin, Grand Piano (Town Hall), Orchestral Union.
Trusting that the above names mentioned will be sufficient guarantee of their ability in Tuning, etc.,
all orders to be addressed to Messrs. Walch and Sons; or, 25 Harrington-street.
GEORGE WAKEFIELD & SON.

ASSOCIATIONS: James Walch and brothers (music sellers); John Hill (pianist); Ilma De Murksa (vocalist); Jenny Claus (violinist); George Benjamin Allen (conductor); Lyster Opera Company (troupe); Frederick Augustus Packer (conductor); James Arthur Schott (conductor); Carlotta Tasca (vocalist)

[Advertisement], The Mercury (23 February 1882), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9006224 

G. WAKEFIELD & SON, PIANOFORTE TUNERS.
" Testimonial " - Hobart, February 18, 1882.
We take pleasure in testifying Mr. G. H. Wakefield, Jun., to be an excellent, and in every respect satisfactory TUNER of PIANOFORTES.
AUGUST WILHELMJ, MAXIMILIAN VOGRICH.
25, Harrington-street, or J. Walch & Son.

ASSOCIATIONS: August Wilhelmj (violinist); Max Vogrich (pianist)

"HOSPITAL ITEMS", The Mercury (27 July 1886), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9124966 

The following cases were treated at the General Hospital yesterday: G. H. Wakefield, piano-tuner, Harrington-street, for a crushed toe . . .

"Forgery and Uttering", Evening News [Sydney, NSW] (25 February 1891), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article114316807 

A piano tuner, named G. H. Wakefield, pleaded not guilty at Central Criminal Court, yesterday, to an indictment charging him with having on October 1, at Bowral, forged and uttered a receipt for £1 1s. On the date mentioned accused tuned a piano for Mrs. Montefiore, and received £1 1s. On being asked for a receipt he gave one, and signed Messrs. W. H. Paling and Co.'s name in conjunction with his own. The jury found him guilty, and he was sentenced to two years' imprisonment with hard labor in Darlinghurst Gaol.

1898, deaths in the district of Hobart; Tasmanian names index; NAME_INDEXES:1142554; RGD35/1/68 no 355

https://stors.tas.gov.au/NI/1142554 

https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD35-1-68$init=RGD35-1-68P356 (DIGITISED)

[No.] 355 / 14th May Forest Road / George Wakefield / Born England / Male / 66 years / Pianoforte Tuner / Aneurism of Aorta . . .

"Deaths", The Mercury (16 May 1898), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9422096 

WAKEFIELD.- On Saturday, May 14, 1898, at his daughter's residence, " Kensington," Forest-road, George Wakefield, pianoforte tuner, in the 66th year of his age.

WALCH FAMILY OF MUSIC SELLERS

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=WALCH-Family (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

WALCH, James (senior) (James William Henry WALCH; James WALCH; J. WALCH; Major WALCH)

Stationer, bookseller, musicseller, founder of firm

Born Birmingham, England, 16 October 1788; baptised Chatham, Kent, 8 February 1789; son of Solomon WALCH and Elizabeth ?
Married Eliza NASH (1803-1883), Rainham, Kent, England, 5 June 1823
Arrived Launceston, VDL (TAS), 26 November 1842 (per Royal Saxon, from London, 23 July)
Died Hobart, TAS, 24 March 1852

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=James+William+Henry+Walch+1788-1852 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-W-1.php#WALCH-James-senior (shareable link to this entry)

WALCH, James (James Henry Brett WALCH; James WALCH; J. WALCH)

Music seller, music publisher, music and musical instrument seller, senior partner

Born Cannanore, Kerala, India, 22 October 1828 (grave stone); son of James WALCH and Eliza NASH
Arrived Launceston, VDL (TAS), 26 November 1842 (per Royal Saxon, from London, 23 July)
Married (1) Eliza WATCHORN, St. David's cathedral, Hobart, TAS, 8 January 1852
Married (2) Jane CROSBY, Davey Street Congregational Church, Hobart, TAS, 15 December 1859
Died Hobart, TAS, 5 November 1897, in his 70th year

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=James+Henry+Brett+Walch+1828-1897 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-W-1.php#WALCH-James (shareable link to this entry)

WALCH, Charles Edward (Charles Edward WALCH; C. E. WALCH)

Music seller, buyer, partner

Born Cannanore, Kerala, India, 8 May 1830; son of James WALCH and Eliza NASH
Arrived Launceston, VDL (TAS), 26 November 1842 (per Royal Saxon, from London, 23 July)
Died Hobart, TAS, 25 March 1915

http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-560733 (NLA persistent identifier)

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WALCH, Garnet (Garnet WALCH)

Songwriter, lyricist, playwright, dramatist, journalist

Born Broadmarsh, VDL (TAS), 1 October 1843; son of James WALCH and Eliza NASH
Married Ada MULLEN, Sydney, NSW, 1867
Died Mont Albert, VIC, 3 January 1913

http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-545608 (NLA persistent identifier)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-W-1.php#WALCH-Garnet (shareable link to this entry)

Trading as Walch and Son (from December 1849) and from 1853 J. Walch and Sons:

http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-638130 (NLA persistent identifier)

Summary

Major James William Henry Walch, late of 54th Regiment, retired from the army and settled in Tasmania with his family in 1842. Walch senior took over Samuel Augustus Tegg's Hobart book business in January 1846, and from 1850, in partnership with his son James (involved in the business from the first), as Walch and Son. On the elder Walch's death in 1852, the business was continued by son James, and from c. 1853/54 in partnership with his brother Charles Walch as J. Walch and Sons.

As stationers, booksellers and publishers, their trade included some music retailing. Possibly the earliest of the firm's many musical publications was a song by Launceston composer John Adams, entitled Just a smile in the face of nature, circulated to the press and advertised for sale in February 1858 (no copy identified).

It was followed, between October 1859 and January 1861 by three sheet music editions printed for the Walches in Melbourne, by Clarson, Shallard and Co., using the only set of music type then available in Victoria, originally imported into the colony by fellow printer and musical amateur William Henry Williams. They were J. S. La Mont's "national song" Our own Tasmanian home, the song Floating away, by "A. T. A.", in April 1860, and John Adams's volunteer song, Riflemen, form!.

Later issues used local printers, notably The Tasmanian Yacht Club polka, by Mary Oldham, issued in June 1862, and lithographed and printed by John Alvarez, and The young recruit march, by Frederick Buck, lithographed by Major Lloyd Hood, undated, but probably no later than late 1865 or early 1866.

In August 1866, the publication of Frederick Augustus Packer's composition, Curacoa valse, printed by R. Harris, music printer of Launceston (but probably again typeset in Melbourne), marked the beginning of a lasting association between composer and publisher, Packer becoming virtually the Walch house composer for the remainder of the century.

Documentation:

England census, 6 June 1841, Heavitree, Devon; UK National Archives, HO107/263/12/1/6/7

https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/8978/images/DEVHO107_263_265-0030 (PAYWALL)

[Baring Crescent] No. 7 James W. H. Walch / 52 / Major Infantry / [not born in county]
Eliza [Walch] / 38 / - / [not born in county]
Arthur Guber [Walch] / 14 / - / [not born in county]
James H. B. [Walch] / 13 / - / [not born in county]
Charles Edward [Walch] / 11 / - / [not born in county]
Elizabeth Litchfield [Walch] / 6 / - / [not born in county]
Jane Smart / 5 // George Turner / 3 // Catherine M. / 2 / [all born in county]

[Advertisement], The Courier (31 December 1845), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2946502

JAMES WALCH, having purchased the business lately carried on by Mr. S. A. Tegg, begs to announce that he will commence on Monday, the 5th January, 1846; and solicits a continuance of the favours shown to his predecessor.
Mr. Tegg having undertaken the agency in England of the concern, the advantage of a constant and regular supply will thereby be ensured.
The subscribers to the Reading Room and Library are assured that every means will be adopted to render them worthy their continued support . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Samuel Augustus Tegg (bookseller)

[Advertisement], Hobarton Guardian, or, True Friend of Tasmania (30 January 1850), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article173056820 

NOTICE. THE Undersigned having taken his son James Henry Brett Walch into partnership - the business of Bookseller and Stationer, at Wellington Bridge, Elizabeth-street, Hobart Town, will be henceforth carried on under the style or firm of "WALCH AND SON."
I. W. H. WALCH. Dec. 11, 1849.

[Advertisement], The Hobart Town Advertiser (19 February 1850), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article264606087 

Walch and Son . . . Oldest Established Book and Stationery Warehouse, next Wellington Bridge.
MUSIC. WALCH and SON having entered into arrangements with Mr. J. Russell, of Her Majesty's Royal Italian Opera House, to forward Monthly supplies of MUSIC, have now the honor to inform the LADIES OF TASMANIA, that they have received parcels ex Adelaide, and Anglia, which consist of New Songs, Polkas, and choice Piano-forte pieces, Studies, &c. &c. &c.
THE PRICES are the same as in London, with a liberal Discount to the Profession end Schools. Feb. 8.

[Advertisement], Colonial Times (5 July 1850), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8767474 

EIGHT CASES NEW BOOKS, NEW MUSIC, SCHOOL BOOKS, FANCY AND GENERAL STATIONERY,
Ex "MAY QUEEN," ARE NOW BEING OPENED BY J. WALCH AND SON. July 5, 1850.

[Advertisement], Colonial Times (7 March 1851), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8768868 

A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF NEW MUSIC HAS JUST BEEN RECEIVED BY
J. WALCH AND SON, CONSISTING OF SONGS, Duets, Quadrilles, Waltzes, Polkas.
Easy and brilliant pianoforte pieces, and several theoretical and practical standard musical works.
The whole of this music will be sold at the London Marked Prices, with a liberal discount to schools and the profession.
Wellington Bridge, March 7, 1851.

"MARRIAGE", The Courier (10 January 1852), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2959638 

On the 8th instant, by special licence, at St. David's Cathedral, by the Rev. G. Medland, JAMES HENRY BRETT, second son of Major Walch, to ELIZA, sixth daughter of W. Watchorn, Esq.

"DIED", Colonial Times (26 March 1852), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8771124

On Wednesday, the 24th instant, at his residence, Elizabeth-street, Hobart Town, Major JAMES WILLIAM HENRY WALCH, formerly of H. M. 54th Foot.

"MAJOR WALCH", Colonial Times (26 March 1852), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8771109 

It is with deep regret that we announce the decease of this gentleman, who was highly esteemed by all who knew him. We have seldom observed a more general sign of sorrow; as on this mournful occasion nearly all the shop windows in Elizabeth-street were half-closed. The remains of the deceased will be deposited tomorrow in the family vault, in the Independent Chapel, at New Town.

"SHIPPING NEWS . . . IMPORTS", The Courier (31 March 1852), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2959279 

Per Emma, from Sydney . . . 10 bales paper, 1 box stationery, 1 package music, Walch and Son . . .

[Advertisement], Colonial Times (6 April 1852), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8771160 

New Music. CATALOGUES of MUSIC,
on Sale at Messrs. MARSH and Co.'s Ware-rooms, Sydney, may be seen at their Agents,
Messrs. J. Walch and Son, Hobart Town, who will receive and forward orders. An assortment of New Songs, Ethiopian Melodies, and a choice selection of Musique Dansante; amongst which are a few copies of the favourite Sturm March Galop, just received by J. Walch and Son.
Liberal discounts to Schools and the Profession.
April 6, 1852.

ASSOCIATIONS: Henry Marsh (music seller and publisher, Sydney)

MUSIC: Sturm Marsch galop (Marsh's Sydney edition)

[Advertisement], The Courier (20 December 1856), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2507282 

NEW BOOKS AND NEW MUSIC.
MESSRS. J WALCH & SONS . . . Just received, a large supply of NEW MUSIC,
Amongst which is a choice assortment of Instrumental Duets.
All Music sold at London marked prices, with a discount to schools and the profession . . .

[Advertisement], Launceston Examiner (23 February 1858), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38990747

J. WALCH & SONS, BRISBANE-STREET, LAUNCESTON (And Wellington Bridge, Hobart Town),
BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS, AND PUBLISHERS . . .

"LITERATURE", The Hobart Town Daily Mercury (26 February 1858), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3246815

We have to acknowledge the receipt of a copy of the Launceston Chatelaine from Messrs. Walch and Sons, as also a song, "Just a smile in the face of Nature," the words by Gerald Massey, composed and dedicated to the ladies of the Mechanics' Institute Bazaar, Launceston, by John Adams.

ASSOCIATIONS: John Adams (composer; no surviving copy of the song identified)

"NEW SONG, The Courier (9 May 1859), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2470605 

We have received, through Messrs. Walch and Sons, from the authoress, Mrs. Postle, of Melbourne, a copy of her new national song, "Advance Australia," with an intimation that it will shortly be sung at the theatre. Upon that occasion we shall be happy to give an genius of its merits. It is set to music by Mr. S. Nelson.

ASSOCIATIONS: Eliza Postle (lyricist); Sidney Nelson (composer)

MUSIC: Advance Australia (Postle; Nelson)

"NATIONAL SONG", Launceston Examiner (22 October 1859), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38997848 

We have received from Messrs. Walch and Sons copy of a new song, dedicated by permission to Lady Young. The words, full of spirit and patriotism, are by Mrs. E. La Mont, and the music by Mr. J. S. La Mont. It is the best attempt at a national song that has yet appeared.

"NATIONAL SONG", The Hobart Town Daily Mercury (25 October 1859), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3258643

It is not often that we have the pleasure of chronicling any musical or literary composition of Tasmanian birth, and when we do meet with anything of the kind we welcome it with gladness, and with a hope that it is an earnest of more prolificness for the future. This remark is called forth by the publication of a National Song by Messrs. Walch and Sons, which has been composed and dedicated by permission to Lady Young. "Our own Tasmanian Home," is the title of the song, under which Mrs. E. La Mont has written some very pretty stanzas, which have been as prettily set to music by Mr. J. S. La Mont. This is not the first time that Mrs. La Mont has given evidence of her poetical ability, and we hope that her lyric talent aided by Mr. La Mont's musical genius will receive the appreciation it merits.

ASSOCIATIONS: J. S. La Mont (composer)

"MARRIED", The Hobart Town Daily Mercury (17 December 1859), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3259821 

On Thursday, 15th instant, at Davey Street Congregational Church, by the Rev. George Clarke, James Henry BRETT, eldest surviving son of the late Mr. J. W. H. Walch, H.M. 54th Regiment, to JANE, only daughter of William Crosby, Esq., Merchant, Hobart Town.

"FLOATING AWAY", Launceston Examiner (12 April 1860), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39000021

This is the title of a soft, sweet, and pensive air composed for and sold at the Mechanics' Institute's Bazaar now open. The words are founded on an incident related in Little Dorrit and the publication is dedicated by the composer to Charles Dickens. It is printed in a superior style by Clarson, Shallard, and Co., of Melbourne. Walch and Sons are the publishers.

[Advertisement], Launceston Examiner (16 February 1861), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38757828 

VOLUNTEER SONG: Riflemen Form; Music by John Adams, 2s. 6d.
National Song: Our own Tasmanian Home, Words and music by Mrs. and Miss Lamont, 2s. 6d.
Romberg's Lay of the Bell. Cheap edition, 2s.; red cloth, 4s.
J. WALCH & SONS, Brisbane-street, Launceston. February 16.

"RIFLEMEN FORM", Launceston Examiner (15 January 1861), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38757355 

We have to acknowledge the receipt of a "Volunteer song, Riflemen, form!" composed and dedicated to the officers and volunteers of Tasmania by John Adams. It is printed in Melbourne, and published by Messrs. Walch and Sons.

[Advertisement], The Mercury (18 January 1861), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8795742 

NOW READY. SUNG amidst enthusiastic applause by C. J. BRAMMALL, ESQ., at the GLEE CLUB CONCERT.
VOLUNTEER SONG RIFLEMEN FORM!
Composed and Dictated [dedicated] to the Officers and Volunteers of Tasmania,
BY JOHN ADAMS, ESQ., (LAUNCESTON.)
Price 2s. 6d.; freely post to any part of the Colony, 3s.
J. WALCH & SONS, Hobart Town and Launceston.

ASSOCIATIONS: John Adams (composer); Charles Joseph Brammell (vocalist)

"COLONIAL MUSIC", The Mercury (26 June 1862), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8808068

We have been favoured with a copy of "The Tasmanian Yacht Club Polka," composed and respectfully dedicated to the members of the Club by Miss Mary Oldham. It is published by J. Walch and Sons, and printed by J. Alvares and Co., of Hobart Town, in the style of the most finished perfection, quite equal, indeed, to any similar work published in mother country.

ASSOCIATIONS: Mary Oldham (composer); John Alvarez (printer)

"NEW MUSIC", The Mercury (22 August 1866), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8841189

A new waltz entitled the "Curacoa Valse," has just been published by Messrs. J. Walch & Sons. The valse is by Mr. F. A. Packer, and was composed expressly for the band of the Curacoa while that vessel was in harbour. It is a very pretty composition, and in regard to time is well marked. We understand that a copy (especially printed) is to be forwarded to the Intercolonial Exhibition.

ASSOCIATIONS: Frederick Augustus Packer (composer)

[News], Launceston Examiner (1 January 1867), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36640895 

As advertisement in to-day's issue announces that Messrs. J. Walch and Sons have admitted their late manager, Mr. A. W. Birchall, as a partner in their Launceston business. This is a very graceful recognition of Mr. Birchall's indefatigable exertions, and gratifying as it must be to himself and friends, we are sure it is no less so to the Messrs. Walch. The local firm will for the future be Walch Brothers and Birchall.

ASSOCIATIONS: Andrew William Birchall (business partner)

"DEATH OF MR. JAMES WALCH. AN OLD AND RESPECTED CITIZEN GONE", The Mercury (6 November 1897), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9408582

It is with unfeigned regret that we announce the death of Mr. James Henry Brett Walch, in his 70th year, the senior partner in the firm of Messrs. J. Walch & Sons, the old established and well-known firm of booksellers of this city, which took place early on Friday morning, November 5, 1897, at his residence, Holebrook Place, Hobart. Mr. Walch was one of the very oldest business men of Hobart, and ranked among the oldest citizens of Tasmania. In business matters he was a man of high integrity - one of those of whom it is said "his word is his bond." Mr. Walch was a remarkable citizen. From his well-known "corner" at the intersection of Liverpool and Elizabeth streets, he saw, with his own eyes, the growth and development of Hobart for an entire half-century. On January 1, 1896, the firm of J. Walch & Sons completed the fiftieth year of its existence. Mr. S. A. Tegg, a son of Mr. Thomas Tegg, the famous publisher of Cheapside, London, opened a bookseller's shop in Elizabeth-street, opposite Cumming's, where he stayed but a short period, removing to the corner of Elizabeth and Liverpool streets. So that "Walch's Corner" has been a bookseller's shop for nearly 60 years. It celebrated its golden jubilee and its sixty years' "reign" with Her Majesty's, and no one can dare speculate when "Walch's Corner" will cease to disseminate literature over this island.

Mr. James Henry Brett Walch was born in India, and has been in the business carried on at the corner of Liverpool-street and Elizabeth-street for close on 52 years. He was a son of Major J. W. H. Walch, of Her Majesty's 54th Regiment, who, having relinquished his position in the Army, returned to England, thence to Tasmania, to take up land, but owing to the great depression here be availed himself of the opportunity of purchasing the business of Mr. Tegg in 1846. The Major had five sons - Arthur, a Lieutenant in H.M's. Army, joining in India, where he died; James who is the subject of this memoir; Charles, George, and Garnet, who are named in the order of their seniority as to age. After a few years, Mr. James Walch was taken into partnership with his father. Major Walch died so far back as 1852 - just six years after he had founded the house bearing his name - and then Mr. James Walch was joined in business by his brother, Mr. Charles E. Walch, and the business was continued under the title of "J. Walch and Sons." Mr. George Walch became a surveyor and, after accepting an appointment in the Irrigation Department in the Madras Presidency, in which he rose to the highest position, and is now settled in India; Mr. Garnet Walch became a writer for the press and the stage, published some works of light literature, and has been residing for over a quarter of a century past in Melbourne, where, for some years, he was secretary to the Athenaeum, in Collins-street.

Mr. James Walch was twice married. His first wife was Miss Watchorn, by whom he had a son and a daughter. The former is a solicitor by profession, now practising in England. Mr. Walch was married secondly to Miss Crosby, daughter of the late Captain Crosby, and sister of the Hon. William Crosby, M.L.C. He has had a large family of eleven, eight sons and three daughters, by the second marriage - the sons being Arthur, the eldest, with Messrs. W. Crosby & Co.; William, of the firm of Bayley & Walch; Richard, in the Macquarie-street business; George, a settler on the N. W. Coast; Charles, following the medical profession; Horace, a solicitor; Percy, with his brother Richard; John, in the Australian Mutual Provident Society.

The bookselling house of "Walch" took, and still retains, a first place among the best Australasian houses in the trade . . .

It is to the labour and perseverance of Mr. James Walch that the public owe the invaluable "Red Book" or "Tasmanian Almanac," with which the name of the firm of J. Walch & Sons has been associated for 35 years past. Mr. Walch has edited that publication from the beginning of 1862 up to the present year of 1897 . . .

The business of J. Walch & Sons has expanded with the population of Hobart, and the history of the house may be said to be incidentally the history of the city for over half a century. In 1861 the firm found it necessary to extend their promises, and the fine store and workshop in Macquarie-street was opened. Twelve years later the store at the back in Davey-street which will be remembered by old citizens as "Downing's store," was purchased and added to the premises, so as to make direct communication between Macquarie-street and Davey-street. In 1876, when the firm had been in business in Elizabeth-street for 30 years, it was decided to pull down the old two-storey shop in which Mr. Tegg set up four decades before, and build the splendid three-storey building at the corner of Liverpool and Elizabeth streets. The plans for these new premises were prepared by the late Mr. Henry Hunter, a well-known architect of the period. By the erection of this fine corner house the Messrs. Walch contributed to the city a handsome specimen of street architecture, and, in addition, they bestowed upon the citizens a town clock, illuminated at night, whose value is apparent. In 1891 the Macquarie-street store was further enlarged. About 40 years ago the firm opened a branch in Launceston first in their own name and afterwards in that of Walch Bros. & Birchell, when Mr. Birchell was admitted a partner, and when in 1893 he died, his sons bought the business, which is now carried on under the title of A. W. Birchall & Sons.

For years past Messrs. J. Walch & Sons have had a London office, which is conducted by Mr. Charles M. Holworthy, whence are sent to Hobart all the newest publications. The house of J. Walch & Sons is unquestionably the oldest book-selling establishment in the Australasian colonies.

Mr. Walch was an old and active member of the Davey-street Congregational Church, and for many years a deacon. Thus has passed away, after a long and eminently useful life, one who has done much for the education and culture of the people among whom his lot was cast, and who will be long remembered with gratitude and esteem. The flag at the Town-hall, and others, were half-masted during Friday.

ASSOCIATIONS: Henry Hunter (architect, musical amateur)

"DEATH OF MR. GARNET WALCH", The Argus [Melbourne, VIC] (4 January 1913), 15

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10758289 

The announcement of the death of Mr. Garnet Walch, who, as an Australian dramatist and author, made a name for himself a generation ago, will be received with regret by his many friends. He died yesterday at his home in Mont Albert, aged 70 years. Mr. Walch was a native of Tasmania, and was the son of an Imperial officer, Major Walch, of the 54th Regiment, who had settled in Hobart, and purchased a bookselling and publishing business, which is still carried on by members of the family. He was educated in England, having been sent there to the care of a relative on the death of his father. Returning to Tasmania he, at the age of 17 year, began work, first as a junior clerk in a merchant's office, and then as an articled clerk to a solicitor. However, he soon drifted to journalism, and in 1865 he joined the staff of Sydney "Punch." In 1867 he established a paper at Parramatta, which he conducted for several years, and here he published his first independent literary venture - a collection of Christmas stories, entitled "The Fireflash." His first introduction to stage work was through Mr. George Darrell, through whose recommendation he was engaged to write an extravaganza. From this time Mr. Walch gained great preminence as a dramatic author, and farces, burlesques, extravaganzas, comedies, and Christmas annuals came rapidly from his pen, 40 in all being performed and published in the period between 1872 and 1883. Towards the close of 1883 he was engaged by the proprietors of "The Argus" to proceed as special correspondent to Madagascar, and contributed in that capacity a long series of articles, which met with general appreciation. Afterwards he produced a variety of tales, sketches, and dramatic works, among these being his dramatisation (in collaboration with the late Mr. Alfred Dampier) of Rolf Boldrewood's highly successful novel "Robbery Under Arms." For many years Mr. Walch had been living in retirement. The funeral will take place to-day, leaving "Rubra," Mont Albert, for the Box Hill Cemetery, at 3 p.m.

"FAMILIAR HOBART LANDMARK. Passing Of Wellington Bridge (By Our Travelling Correspondent)", The Mercury (21 March 1839), 12

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article25609885 

"Wellington Bridge, Walch's Corner." What memories are conjured in the minds of an older generation at the mention of these familiar names, names that will over be associated with the history of early Hobart, and recall the great pioneering work of an honoured family. On October 16, 1788, Major James William Henry Walch, 64th Regiment, was born at Birmingham, England, and had a distinguished military record, entering the Army at the age of eight years and seven months, on May 10, 1787, and retiring on May 13, 1837. After his retirement lie resided at Exeter, England, until June, 1842, when he went to London, where passages for himself and family had been taken, in the Royal Saxon, which left for Van Diemen's Land on July 23, 1842. On November 20, 1842, the ship entered the Tamar, and sailed up the river as far as Stephenson's Bend, where she anchored. Adverse weather prevented the Royal Saxon from reaching the Launceston wharf before the 26th. The family resided in a furnished house In Brisbane St., Launceston, where they did not stay long. Anxious to take up farming on his grant of 300 acres in the Westbury district, Major Walch consulted the Rev. Henry Dowling, of Launceston, who dissuaded him from his purpose. The land was subsequently sold to Mr. Alexander Clerk. Leaving Launceston, Major Walch rented Enfield, a homestead near the ford across the South Esk, on the main road from Launceston to Longford. A neighbour and old friend, Lieutenant Ball, was then the owner of the beautiful estate of Mountford. After a residence there of three months the family moved to Hythe, near Longford, the property of Mr. Weston (then in England), where they remained for six months. That was in 1843. Major Walch had brought with him from England special letters of commendation to Slr John Franklin, then Governor, who, before leaving for England on August 21, 1843, secured for him the position of commandant of the penal station at Broadmarsh, where many prisoners were employed in constructing the main road through the district.

On January 1, 1846, he took over Mr. S. A. Tegg's bookselling and stationery business at Wellington Bridge. Mr. Tegg, who was a son of Mr. Thomas Tegg, the well-known publisher of Cheapside, London, had bought the old building in 1836. Originally it was known as the White Horse Inn. In the transaction of business at the beginning, Major Walch was assisted by his son James, but on July 1, 1853, Charles, another son, was made a partner in the firm, which henceforth became known as J. Walch and Sons. Arthur, the other son, was granted a commission in the Army. Major Walch died in 1852. In 1861 Walch and Sons erected a stationery store and manufactory in Macquarie St., where they still conduct business . . .

"Walch Family To Celebrate Centenary In Tasmania", The Mercury (27 November 1942), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article25947155 

A CENTURY ago yesterday, the barque Royal Saxon, her passenger accommodation completely occupied by pioneer members of the Walch family, arrived at Launceston after a voyage from London lasting more than four months. The vessel entered the Tamar River on November 20, 1842, but adverse winds held her back for nearly a week from reaching her destination. The family party consisted of Major James William Henry Walch, of Her Majesty's 54th Regiment, his wife, and their seven children; Arthur, James, Charles, George, Jane, Eliza, and Catherine, also the major's sister, Catherine, widow of Capt. Peter Bruels Man, of the same regiment. Major Walch was given a grant of 300 acres in the Westbury district, but on presentation of letters of introduction to Sir John Franklin, then Governor of the colony, he was requested by him to become Commandant of the convict station at Broadmarsh. He accepted this in the year following his arrival and held the position until the station was abolished in 1845. He then acquired from Thomas Tegg and Co., London publishers, their branch business at Hobart and, with the assistance of his son James, on New Year Day, 1846, inaugurated the business then known as Walch and Son.

Prior to his settling in Tasmania Major Walch's life was full of adventure and military exploit. Appointed an Ensign in the Indian Army when scarcely nine [sic] years of age, on a voyage from Ceylon to England he was taken prisoner by the French and was incarcerated, but under tolerant conditions, at Brest, for four years. Following several years of education in England he returned to India and subsequently did garrison duty at Malta and Gibraltar. His military career was completed in India. He died at Hobart Town in 1852. After his death, Mrs. Walch gave her two younger sons and her three daughters the advantage of education in England and on the Continent. Returning with her daughters to Tasmania in 1857, she removed in 1879 to Melbourne, and for the rest of her life lived with her daughter Catherine (Mrs. Charles Crosby). She died in 1883 . . .

Musical editions (to 1866):

Our own Tasmanian home, national song, composed and dedicated by permission to Lady Young, by J. S. La Mont [words by E. La Mont] (Hobart Town & Launceston: J. Walch & Sons, [1859]); "Clarson, Shallard, and Co., music printers, Melbourne"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/9854380 

https://stors.tas.gov.au/ILS/SD_ILS-538550 (DIGITISED)

ASSOCIATIONS: J. S. La Mont (composer); William Clarson and Joseph Thomas Shallard (printers, Melbourne)

Floating away, from an incident related in Little Dorritt [sic], by A. T. A., dedicated by the composer to Charles Dickens (Launceston & Hobart Town: J. Walch & Sons, 1860); Clarson, Shallard, & Co., music printers, . . . Melbourne"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/19396035

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-165759594 (DIGITISED)

ASSOCIATIONS: "A. T. A." (composer)

Riflemen, form! volunteer song, composed, and dedicated to the officers and volunteers of Tasmania, by John Adams (Hobart Town and Launceston: J. Walch & Sons, [1861]); Clarson, Shallard, & Co., Printers, Melbourne

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/9855242

https://stors.tas.gov.au/ILS/SD_ILS-703988 (DIGITISED)

ASSOCIATIONS: John Adams (composer)

The Tasmanian Yacht Club polka, respectfully dedicated to the members of the Club, by Mary Oldham (Hobart Town: J. Walch & Sons, [1862]); J. Alvarez & Co., printers

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/9854765 

https://stors.tas.gov.au/ILS/SD_ILS-569045 (DIGITISED)

ASSOCIATIONS: Mary Oldham (composer); John Alvarez (printer)

The young recruit march, introducing Kücken's favorite air, for the piano forte, by Frederick Buck (Tasmania [Hobart and Launceston]: J. Walch and Sons, [n.d.]); "M. L. Hood, lith., Hobarton"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/9854516

https://stors.tas.gov.au/ILS/SD_ILS-538818 (DIGITISED)

ASSOCIATIONS: Frederick Buck (composer, arranger); Major Lloyd Hood (lithographer)

Curacoa valse par F. A. Packer (Hobart Town and Launceston: J. Walch & Sons, [1866]); "R. Harris, music printer, Launceston"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/22416986 

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-168551090 (DIGITISED)

ASSOCIATIONS: Frederick Augustus Packer (composer)

Other sources:

J. Walch and Sons, records, from 1846; Archives Office of Tasmania

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/34880172

https://stors.tas.gov.au/AI/NG67 

Bibliography and resources:

John Rickard, "Walch, Garnet (1843-1913)", Australian dictionary of biography 6 (1976)

https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/walch-garnet-1095 

Neil Smith, "Walch, Charles Edward (1830-1915)", Australian dictionary of biography 6 (1976)

https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/walch-charles-edward-4783

. . . J. Walch and Son had prospered and his brother offered him a partnership and position as buyer in London, where he worked in 1854-58. Growth of business in Tasmania led to his recall, but he returned to London in 1861 to buy stock and printing machinery and engage tradesmen. Walch's Literary Intelligencer, first produced in 1859 and edited by him for some fifty years . . .

Wallace Kirsop, "The Walches as sellers of music and their customers in 1840s", in Georgina Binns (ed.), Music printing and publishing in Australia

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/32393149

WALCOT, Thomas Beilby (Thomas Beilby WALCOT; T. B. WALCOT; also "Bielby", WALCOTT)

Amateur musician, vocalist, choirmaster

Born Bristol, England, 31 March 1827 (date on grave); baptised SS. Philip and Jacob, Bristol, 3 October 1830; son of John WALCOT and Elizabeth BEILBY (m. 1821)
Arrived Sydney, NSW, by 1856
Married Marion TWEEDIE (1840-1919), Sydney, NSW, 1856
Died Waverly, NSW, 31 January 1901, aged "73"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Thomas+Beilby+Walcot+1827-1901 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-W-1.php#WALCOT-Thomas (shareable link to this entry)

WALCOT, Robson Beilby (Robson Beilby WALCOT; R. B. WALCOT; also "Bielby", WALCOTT)

Musician, vocalist, choirmaster, conductor, actor

Born Bristol, England, c. 1832; son of John WALCOT and Elizabeth BEILBY (m. 1821)
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, 21 January 1853 (per Velore, from England)
Departed Sydney, NSW, 22 November 1857 (per Gil Blas, for Auckland and Otago, NZ)
Married Harriet Naomi GREEN (1833-1917), Christ Church, Nelson, NZ, 8 December 1859
Died Suva, Fiji, 6 May 1912, aged "78"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Robson+Beilby+Walcot+c1832-1912 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-W-1.php#WALCOT-Robson (shareable link to this entry)

Summary:

Robson Walcot, a loom weaver aged 19, was living with his father in Bristol at the time of the 1851 English census. He arrived in Melbourne in January 1853, and was appearing as a concert vocalist in Sydney in 1854-55, in association with James Boulton and James Churchill Fisher.

He was a member of Anna Bishop and Charles Sandys Packer's opera and concert company in Sydney in 1856, and of Lewis Henry Lavenu and Frank Howson's opera company in 1857.

He was at Bathurst theatre from July to October 1857, as vocalist and actor with Benjamin Jones's theatrical company, and with the same company sailed from Sydney the following month sailed for New Zealand.

Robson returned to live for periods in Sydney in the 1880s and 1890s, and died in Fiji in 1912.

His elder brother, Thomas Bielby Walcott, who had also settled in Sydney by 1856 or earlier, was choirmaster of St. Peter's church, Woolloomooloo.

Thomas's son, John Tweedie Walcot (1858-1930) was active as a vocalist in Sydney in the 1880s and 1890s.

Documentation:

Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of St. Philip & Jacob . . . Bristol in the year 1830; register 1829-33, page 224; Bristol Archives

https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/61685/images/engl0082d_p-st-pandj-r-2-9_m_00224 (PAYWALL)

No. 1791 / [1830] 3d of Oct'r / Thomas Son of / John & Elizabeth / Walcot / St. Augustine's / Lace Maker . . .

England census, 6 June 1841, St. Augustine, Bristol; UK National Archives, HO107/371/5/29

https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/8978/images/GLSHO107_371_372-0183 (PAYWALL)

St. Augustine's Back / John Walcot / 45 / Carriage & Lace Maker / [not born in county]
Eliza [Walcot] / 40 / - / [not born in county]
Maria / 15 // Thomas / 14 // Charles / 11 // Robson / 9 // John / 7 // Frederic / 2 // [all born in county]

England census, 30 March 1851, St. Luke, Old Street, Middlesex; UK National Archives, HO107/1521/323/23

https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/8860/images/MDXHO107_1521_1521-0190 (PAYWALL)

4 Johns Row / William Swale / Head / Un.M. / 23 / Chemist / [born] St. Luke's . . .
Thos. Walcot / Visitor / [Unmarried] / 25 / - / Bristol
Charles Walcot / Visitor / [Unmarried] / 20 / Silk Mercer / Bristol

England census, 30 March 1851, St. Augustine, Bristol; UK National Archives, HO107/1951/274/25

https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/8860/images/GLSHO107_1951_1951-0511 (PAYWALL)

23 St. Augustine's Pde. / John Walcot / Head / Widower / 55 / Coach, Lace & [? Fringe] Maker / [born] Birmingham
Robson [Walcot] / Son / Un. / 19 / Hand Loom Weaver / [born] Bristol
Frederick Walcot / Son / 11 / Scholar / [born] Bristol

[Advertisement], The Argus (29 January 1853), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4789340 

BARQUE VELORE, From England to Australia.
January 21st, 1853. WE, the undersigned Passengers, on board the above Ship, having nearly arrived off Port Phillip, take this opportunity of congratulating Captain Hicks on the near termination of a voyage . . .
[signed] . . . R. B. Walcot . . .

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (9 December 1854), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12963232 

SYDNEY MECHANICS' SCHOOL OF ARTS.
VOCAL ENTERTAINMENT. - The committee beg to announce to the members that a vocal entertainment will be given, under the direction of Mr. James Boulton, in the hall of the Institution, on
TUESDAY EVENING next, the 12th December instant, on which occasion he will be assisted by
Mr. George Wilkinson, Mr. Phyphers [sic], Mr. Wallcott, and Mr. Colley.
PROGRAMME.
PART FIRST.
Glee - The Two Roses - Werner.
Glee - Hark! above us on the Mountains - Kreutzer.
Song - Phoebe Morell (Mr. Wilkinson)
Glee - The Cloud-cap'd Towers - Stevens.
Quartett - The Miller's Daughter - Härtell.
Song - In this Old Chair my Father sat (Mr. Wilkinson).
Quartett - The Hunter's Farewell - Mendelssohn.
SECOND PART.
Glee - Spring's Delights - Muller.
Glee - Lovely Night - C. C. Chwatel
Song - The Wanderer (Mr. Wilkinson) - Schubert.
Quartett - The Sabbath Call - Kreutzer.
Glee - Evening - L. De Call.
Quartett - Vesper Hymn - Beethoven.
Chorale - Holiest, breathe an Evening Blessing.
Each member of the Institution has the privilege of introducing two ladies.
The doors will be open at half past seven o'clock, and the concert will commence at eight o'clock precisely.
S. W. MANSFIELD, secretary.

ASSOCIATIONS: James Boulton (singing class instructor); George Wilkinson (vocalist); James Phypers (vocalist); Edwin Colley (vocalist); Samuel Worthington Mansfield (1807-1881, secretary; brother of Ralph Mansfield (clergyman, journalist); Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts (organisation, venue)

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (18 December 1854), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12963512 

MECHANICS' SCHOOL OF ARTS. WEEKLY CONCERTS.
Mr. JAMES BOULTON has the honour to announce, that at the request of numerous subscribers to the institution, he purposes giving a series of Weekly Concerts at the above place.
The first to take place TO-MORROW (Tuesday) Evening, December 19th.
PRINCIPAL VOCALISTS. - Mr. GEORGE WILKINSON; Mr. COLLEY; Mr. WALCOTT; Mr. FISHER; Mr. PHYPERS.
PROGRAMME.
First Part.
Glee - Bright Sword of Liberty - Weber.
Quartett - Come, Boys, Drink and Merry be - Marschner.
Song - Molly Bawn (Mr. Wilkinson)
Glee - Hunting Chorus - Weber.
Glee - Oft when Night - L. de Call.
Song - Gipsey's Song (Mr. Wilkinson)
Glee - Come, thou Monarch of the Vine - Bishop.
An Interval of ten minutes.
Second Part.
Glee - Bacchanalian - Pohlenz.
Song - The Sailor's Grave (Mr. Wilkinson)
Glee - Ye Gentlemen of England - Calcott.
Quartett - Convivial Song - Molique.
Song - (Mr. Wilkinson)
Quartett - The 31st of May - Molique.
Quartett - Let us be Joyful Together - Schneider.
Admission, 2s. Members of the Institution will be admitted at half price, and have the privilege of introducing one lady.

ASSOCIATIONS: James Churchill Fisher (vocalist)

[Advertisement], Empire (2 January 1855), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60202121 

SYDNEY MECHANICS' SCHOOL OF ARTS. WEEKLY CONCERTS.
MR. BOULTON has the honour to announce, that the second of his series of concerts will be given on
TUESDAY evening next, the 2nd January.
Principal Vocalists, Miss FLORA HARRIS, Mr. WILKINSON, Mr. WALCOTT, Mr. COLLEY, Mr. FISHER.
Admission, 2s. 6d.
Members of the Institution will have the privilege of introducing one Lady.
PROGRAMME.
PART I.
Glee - "Soldier's Love" - (Kucken)
Duett - "A Voice from the Waves" - Miss Flora Harris and Mr. Wilkinson
Glee - "Delightful May" - (Molique)
Song - Miss F. Harris.
Trio - "Farewell to Lochaler" - (Calcott)
Song - "Madoline" - Mr. Fisher.
Song - "The Sailor's Grave" - Mr. G. Wilkinson.
Glee - Bacchanalian - (Pohlenz)
An interval of ten minutes.
PART II.
Glee - "What unites in distant countries" - (Mendelssohn)
Song - "Tell me my heart" - Miss F. Harris.
Trio - "O tarry gentle traveller" - (Calcott)
Song - "May Heaven defend the right" - Mr. Fisher.
Duett - Miss F. Harris and Mr. G. Boulton.
Song - "The White Squall" - Mr. G. Wilkinson.
Glee - "Hunter's Farewell" - (Mendelssohn)
Doors open at half-past 7, Concert to commence at 8 precisely.

ASSOCIATIONS: Flora Harris (vocalist)

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (16 January 1855), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12964402 

MECHANICS' SCHOOL OF ARTS. -
Mr. BOULTON has the honour to announce that the next of his series of Concerts will be given
THIS EVENING, the 16th instant.
The price of admission will be reduced to One Shilling.
PROGRAMME.
FIRST PART.
Glee - Spring's Delights - Muller.
Song - Thou art Gone from my Gaze, Mr. Wilkinson.
Glee - Lutzow's Wild Hunt - Weber.
Song - Kate Kearney, Mr. Walcot .
Trio - Winds gently whisper - Whitaker.
Song - Wilt thou Meet me there, love! - Mr. Fisher.
Glee - Soldier's Love - Kucken.
Song - Maids of Merry England, Mr. G. Wilkinson.
Quartette - The Miller's Daughter - Hartel.
(An Interval of ten minutes.)
SECOND PART.
Glee - The Three Huntsmen - Kreutzer. Scena - All is Lost now, Mr. Fisher - Bellini.
Canon - The Ladies - Eisenhofer.
Song - The Boatmen of the Downs, Mr. G. Wilkinson.
Glee - Come Boys, drink, and Merry be - Marschner.
Song - Simon the Cellarer, Mr. E. Colley.
Duett - Albion, on thy Fertile Plains, Mr. G. Wilkinson and Mr. J. C. Fisher.
Song - Rock'd in the cradle of the Deep - Mr. G. Wilkinson.
Glee - Soldier's Chorus - Werner . . .

MUSIC: Kate Kearney (arr. Alexander Lee)

"CLEARANCE", The Sydney Morning Herald (25 April 1855), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12968553 

April 24 - City of Sydney (s.), 700 tons, Captain R. T. Moodie, for Melbourne.
Passengers - . . . R. B. Walcot . . .

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (8 August 1855), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12972649 

MR. FISHER'S GRAND CONCERT. -
New Concert Hall, Royal Hotel. THIS EVENING, August 8th.
Principal Performers: Miss Flora Harris; Miss G. Harris (her second appearance),
Mrs. St. John Adcock (who will make her first appearance, as a Pianist, these two years);
and Messrs. Fisher, R. Walcot, T. Holme, and E. Colley;
assisted by an efficient and powerful Chorus.
Conductor Mr. Fisher; Pianoforte, Mr. Harwood.
PROGRAMME.
PART I.
1. Madrigal - "My Bonnie Lass, she smileth" - Morley
2. German Glee - "The Huntsman's Joy" - Pohlenz
3. Song - "Children of Earth, Farewell" - Rophino Lacy - Mrs. St. John Adcock
4. Trio - "This Magic-wove Scarf" (Mountain Sylph - John Barnett
Miss Flora Harris, Mr. Fisher, and Mr. E. Colley.
5. Scotch Ballad - "Jock o'Hazeldean" - Mr. T. Holme.
6. Serenade - "Fondest, Dearest!" - Franz Abt
7. Song - "Would I were, sweet bird, like thee" (Stradella) - Flotow - Miss Flora Harris.
8. The Tramp Chorus - (Knight of Snowdoun) - Sir H. R. Bishop
An interval of ten minutes.
PART II.
1. Glee - "Queen of the Valley" - Calcott
2. Duet - "All things are beautiful" - S. Glover - Miss Flora Harris and Mrs. St. John Adcock.
3. Quartette - "Lo! the early beam of Morning " - Balfe
4. Song - Scenes that are brightest," (Maritana) Wallace - Miss G. Harris.
5. Solo, Piano - Grand Fantasia on airs from "Lucrezia Borgia" - Beyer - Mrs. St. John Adcock.
6. Glee - "Lutzow's Wild Hunt" - C. M. von Weber
7. Song - "Zorindah, the Gipsy" - Paul Henrion - Miss Flora Harris
8. The Gipsy Chorus - (Bohemian Girl) - Balfe . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Gertrude Harris (vocalist); Marianne Adcock (vocalist, solo pianist); Thomas Davies Holme (vocalist); Charles William Harwood (pianist, accompanist)

"MECHANICS' SCHOOL OF ARTS", The Sydney Morning Herald (24 December 1855), 2-3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12973915 

We noticed, in our issue of Friday, that a conversazione took place on Thursday evening last, in the new Hall of the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts, and we now proceed to enter somewhat more into details. The numerous attendance was evidence sufficient of the progress of an institution which aims at objects truly noble, and which has, within the last twelve months, burst as it were into new life, and gathered around it many hundreds of additional subscribers . . . [3] . . . During the evening several glees were sung - most of them German. All were well received, but there was a strong partiality shown to the "Model British glee" - "by Celia's Arbour" - the singers being Messrs. Colley, Fisher, Walcott, and J. Bolton. The vocal efforts of Mrs. St. John Adcock were greeted with plaudits they deservedly won. Mons. Paling was enchored in his performance on the violin, A song considerable merit, composed by him (Mons. Paling) for the occasion, and sung by Mr. Dyer, was heartily applauded . . . We must say that the general arrangements . . . reflected great credit upon the secretary, Mr. Dyer.

ASSOCIATIONS: William Henry Paling (violinist, composer); Joseph Dyer (vocalist, secretary)

[Advertisement], Empire (29 August 1856), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64975504 

ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. Under the management and musical direction of Mr. PACKER.
LAST APPEARANCE OF Madame ANNA BISHOP . . . .
THIS EVENING, Friday, August 20th, 1856. GRAND ORATORIO AND MUSICAL FESTIVAL . . .
PROGRAMME. PART I. SELECTION FROM THE CREATION . . .
PART II. Grand Chorus - "Gloria in Excelsis," - Mozart . . .
Chorale - "To God on high" (St. Paul, Mendelssohn) - Mrs. Guerin, Mrs. Gibbs, Mr. Walcot, Mr. Griffiths, and Chorus . . .
Chorale - "Blessed are the Dead" (Last Judgment) . . .
Grand Chorus - "Hallelujah" (Messiah) - Handel . . .
Conductor, Mr. PACKER, who will preside at the Organ . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Anna Bishop (vocalist); Charles Sandys Packer (vocalist); Theodosia Guerin (vocalist); Eliza Gibbs (vocalist); William Griffiths (vocalist); English Opera House = Prince of Wales Theatre (Sydney venue)

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (2 September 1856), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12986577 

ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. - Concert for the Million.
Dress Circle 2s. 6d.; Upper Circle and Pit 1s. THIS EVENING (Tuesday), 2nd September.
The programme will consist of a variety of favourite Songs, Glees, Duetts, &c.,
by Miss Flora Harris, Mrs. Guerin, Mrs. Gibbs, Messrs. Banks, Stewart, Griffiths, Fisher, and Walcot.
Conductor, Mr. C. S. PACKER, who will preside at the organ.

ASSOCIATIONS: Thomas Banks (vocalist); Richard Stewart (vocalist)

[Advertisement], Empire (4 September 1856), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64975871 

ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. - SACRED CONCERT . . .
Under the management and musical direction of Mr. Packer.
CONCERT FOR THE MILLION. THIS EVENING, Thursday, September 4th, 1850.
PROGRAMME. PART FIRST . . . SELECTION (By desire) FROM CREATION . . .
Recit. and Air - "In native worth," Haydn - Mr. Walcot . . .
Grand Chorus - "The heavens are telling," Haydn - Soli Parts by Mrs. Guerin, Mr. Walcot, and Mr. Griffiths . . .
PART SECOND. Trio - "Et incarnatus est," Cherubini - Miss Flora Harris, Mr. Walcot, and Mr. Banks . . .

"To the Editor", The Sydney Morning Herald (13 September 1856), 10

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28635454 

SIR, . . . last night I took myself at the English Opera House . . . on looking round me, [I] saw only about twenty persons in the boxes, and fifty or sixty in the pit, I confess I felt grieved, saddened, and disappointed . . . Mr. Walcot acquitted himself very creditably in "Comfort ye," and "Every valley shall be exalted," though the latter is almost too difficult of execution for any but an artist of the very first class in power and practice; and the "Hallelujah" was of course magnificent, and as it ever must be, not to be equalled by anything under heaven.
Z.
Sydney, September 12 . . .

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (13 September 1856), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28635432 

ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. - SATURDAY EVENING, September 13th, 1856,
Will be produced Wallace's grand Opera, in three Acts, entitled MARITANA.
Charles II, King of Spain, Mr. Walcot; Don Cesar de Bazan. Mr. J. Howson;
Don Jose de Santarem, Mr. Stewart; Marquis de Montefiore, Mr. Fisher; Alende, Mr. Jones;
Lazarillo, Miss Warde; Captain of Guards, Mr. Griffiths; Maritana, a Gitana, Mrs. Guerin;
Marchioness de Montefiore, Mrs. Gibbs. Scene, Madrid.
Conductor, Mr. C. Packer; Leader of the Orchestra, Mr. John Gibbs.

ASSOCIATIONS: John Howson (vocalist); Kate Warde (vocalist); John Gibbs (leader, violinist)

"ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE", The Sydney Morning Herald (16 September 1856), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12987056 

This establishment, true to its name, continues to be devoted to musical entertainment. Wallace's delightful opera of "Maritana," produced under the direction of Mr. C. Packer, was brought out on the evening of Saturday last with a success rather artistic than pecuniary . . . The subordinate characters of the opera received justice from Mrs. Gibbs and Messrs. Walcot and Fisher . . .

[Advertisement], Empire (18 September 1856), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64976728 

ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. - LAST NIGHT OF THE SEASON. -
THIS EVENING, Thursday, 18th September, 1856, a GRAND CONCERT OF SACRED MUSIC,
on which occasion Miss Flora Harris, Mrs. Guerin, Mrs. Gibbs, Miss Bassman, John Howson, Stewart, Banks, Fisher, Walcot, and Griffiths, will appear.
Mr. PACKER will preside at the Organ.

[Advertisement], Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer (17 January 1857), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59865817 

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.
THIS Evening, January 17, the performances will commence with the Comedy of
THE COUNTRY SQUIRE! Squire Broadlands - Mr. G. H. Rogers
SONG (Let Me Like a Soldier Fall) - Mr. Walcot
DANCE - Miss Lincoln. SONG - Mr. Stewart . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: George Herbert Rogers (actor); Royal Victoria Theatre (Sydney venue)

MUSIC: Yes! Let me like a soldier fall (Wallace, from Maritana)

"SHAKSPEIAN ENTERTAINMENT", Empire (26 March 1857), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60277846 

We direct attention to an advertisement in another column of a Musical and Poetical Entertainment confined exclusively to the performance of songs, ballads, and glees from the works of Shakspeare. The artistes engaged are Mrs. Andrews, Madame Lamont, M. Walcot, Mr. Howson, and Mr. Wheeler. Such an entertainment has not, we believe, been before attempted in Sydney, and the character of the pieces as well as the vocal abilities of the artistes promises a musical treat; and we hope the attendance will be encouraging. We may add, the entertainment is projected by Mr. A. J. Mason, a gentleman who enjoyed considerable reputation in England for his lectures on the art of wood engraving . . .

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (26 March 1857), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12993403 

SHAKSPERIAN ENTERTAINMENT. On THURSDAY, March 26th, 1857 . . .
The vocal portion by the following talented artistes; Mrs. Andrews, Madame Lamont, Mr. Walcot, Mr. Howson, and Mr. Wheeler.
Musical Conductor, Mons. Roeckel.
PROGRAMME. PART I.
Introduction.
Glee - "Hark the Lark."
Ballad - "Under the Greenwood Tree," Mr. Howson.
Song - "When Daisies Pied," Mrs. Andrews.
Glee - "What shall he have that killed the deer."
Glee - "Come unto these Yellow Sands."
Duet - "As it fell upon a Day," Madame Lamont and Mrs. Andrews.
Glee - "Full Fathom Five."
Solo and Chorus - "Speak, Sister, Speak," &c.
(Interval of ten minutes.)
PART II.
Trio - "When shall we three meet again."
Ballad - "Bid me Discourse," Mrs. Andrews.
Song - "Blow, Blow, thou Wintry Wind," Mr. Howson.
Glee - "Ye Spotted Snakes."
Ballad - "Where the Bee Sucks," Madame Lamont.
Glee - "Sigh no more, Ladies."
Duet - "Tell me where is Fancy Bred," Mrs. Andrews and Madame Lamont.
Solo and Chorus - "Hecate, Hecate, come away," &c. . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Abraham John Mason (engraver); Armand Roeckel (conductor, piano accompanist); Mrs. Frank Andrews (vocalist); Maria Augusta Lamont (vocalist); Frank Howson (vocalist); Stephen Thomas Wheeler (vocalist)

[Advertisement], Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer (11 April 1857), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59866336 

ROYAL PRINCE OF WALES Opera House, CASTLEREAGH STREET.
Solo Lessee and Manager - Mr. F. HOWSON . . . SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1857.
THE performances will commence with Donnizetti's Grand Opera of
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR! Lucy Ashton - Mdme C. CAILLY (for the first time in Sydney.)
Colonel Ashton - Mr. F. Howson. Edgar Ravenswood - Mons. LAGLAISE.
Arthur - Mr. Fisher. Norman - Mr. Turner.
Raymond - Mr. Walcott. Alice - Mrs. Rogers.
Conductor and Musical Director, M. L. LAVENU . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Clarisse Cailly (vocalist); Jean-Baptiste Laglaise (vocalist); John Turner (vocalist); Emma Rogers (vocalist); Lewis Henry Lavenu (conductor)

"ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE - THE OPERA", The Sydney Morning Herald (11 June 1857), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12996862 

Care and attention do not generally characterise performances belonging to benefit nights . . . an exception was observable in the amusements provided by Mr. Lavenu on the evening of Tuesday last, for although the "Beggar's Opera" was placed upon the stage in a careless and unsatisfactory manner, the grand lyric production of "Lucrezia Borgia", was not only produced in its entirety, but with an amount of cautiousness and liberality highly creditable to Mr. Lavenu, and the corps mustered in general. Since every part of the theatre was crowded, it will be perceived that the trouble and expense incurred on the occasion were not allowed by our public to go unrewarded; and we may remark that while so numerous an attendance was but a just tribute of respect and a public testimonial of approbation to Mr. Lavenu, it is satisfactory to find his recent losses somewhat diminished by the pecuniary results derived from the processes the evening . . . due allowance will be made for those impediments which necessarily attend all colonial representations of opera. Of the material at his disposal Mr. Lavenu has made the most. Lacking a tenor he gave the role of Gennaro to Madame Carandini; and in the absence of a contralto, Mrs. Guerin was entrusted with Orsini. These difficulties mastered, the cast was well filled with Madame Clarisse Cailly as Lucrezia Borgia; Mr. F. Howson as Gubetta; Mons. Emile Coulon as Don Alphonso; and Astolfo and Rustigello to Messrs. Stewart and Walcot . . . Messrs. Howson and Stewart were evidently suffering from the prevailing epidemic and Mr. Walcot, as Rustigello, gave evidence of rapid improvement in his profession. In the course of the evening Mr. Kohler introduced a new polka, and his great talents met a hearty response from many admirers. The present operatic company have now closed their performances, and several of their principal members leave on Saturday next for Victoria.

ASSOCIATIONS: Maria Carandini (vocalist); Emile Coulon (vocalist); Richard Wildblood Kohler (cornet player)

[Advertisement], Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal (15 July 1857), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article62047333 

PRINCE OF WALES' THEATRE, GRAND OPENING NIGHT.
THE Management beg to informs the public that the WARDROBE having arrived, it is their intention to open the above theatre on
THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 16TH, with Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton's celebrated Play, in 5 acts, entitled
THE LADY OF LYONS; OR LOVE AND PRIDE. with the following powerful cast.
Beauscant - Mr. H. Field
Glavia (his friend) - Mr. J. Bruton . . .
M. Deschappelles - Mr. Walcott . . .
Claude Melnotte - Mr. B. N. Jones . . .
Mdme. Deschappelles - Miss Julia Clifford . . .
Widow Melnotte - Mrs. E. Jackson
Marian - Miss A. Batwell
To be followed by
Song - (in character) - Mrs. E. Jackson.
Overture - Orchestra.
The whole to conclude with the screaming farce of
SLASHER AND CRASHER . . . Brown - Mr. Walcott . . .
Prices of admission - Boxes, 5s.; Pit, 2s. 6d. . . .
Nights of performance - MONDAYS, THURSDAYS, and SATURDAYS . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: John W. Brutone (actor, vocalist); Benjamin Napthali Jones (actor); Julia Clifford (actor, vocalist); Prince of Wales Theatre (Bathurst venue)

"THE DRAMA", Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal (22 July 1857), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article62048914 

The new company at the Royal Prince of Wales Theatre purpose taking no secondary status in the Thespian Art; aspiring as they do to nothing less than the legitimate drama. On Saturday night the Lady of Lyons was put on the stage with considerable effect, Mr. Jones, the Manager impersonating Claude Melnotte . . . Miss Julia Clifford doing the dignity and hysterics of Madame Deschapelles. Several of Russell's sell's favorite songs were delivered with almost electrical effect by Mrs. Jackson; who valiently fired off a pistol by way of accompaniment, and produced considerable sensation. This part of the performance, as indeed many others was received with loud demonstration's of approval. On Monday evening Mr. Griffin made his first appearance in Bathurst as Othello and Mrs. Pritchett as Desdemona, in Shakespeare's celebrated tragedy of Othello. The audience was a crowded one; and marked their approval of the performance by repeated and uproarious plaudits. Mr. Walcott sung several songs with good taste and respectable execution and was much applauded. From the bill of fare we perceive that Othello will be reproduced on Thursday night, followed by the Spectre Bridegroom as an after-piece.

[Advertisement], Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal (29 July 1857), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article62047990 

GREAT HIT OF THE NEW COMPANY . . .
THURSDAY evening, July 30th, the performance will commence, with, for the second time, the Drama in 3 acts, entitled
DON CAESAR DE BAZAN. Charles II, King of Spain - Mr. Walcot . . .
After which Favorite Ballad - Mr. Walcot
Medly Dance - Mrs. S. A. Pritchett
Comic Song - Mr. BRUTON
The whole to conclude with (the first time here) with the screaming Irish farce called
THE LIMERICK BOY . . . Harry Coates (his son) - Mr. Walcot . . .

[Advertisement], Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal (2 September 1857), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article62049137 

CLAPHAM'S FAMILY HOTEL, VILLAGE OF PEEL.
THE Management of the Prince of Wales Theatre, Bathurst,
beg respectfully to inform the inhabitants of the Village of Peel and the surrounding districts that their second Dramatic Entertainment will be given at the above Hotel on
Thursday Evening, September 3, When they solicit your patronage and support . . .
The Performances will commence with the roaring Farce of FAMILY JARS. After which,
Favorite Ballad - Mr. Walcott
Violin Solo - Mr. I. Davis
Comic Song - Mr. Bruton
Favorite Ballad - Miss Julia Clifford . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Isaac Henry Davis (violin, leader of the orchestra)

[Advertisement], Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal (5 September 1857), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article62047379 

PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE.
Solo Lessees - Messrs. Jones and Bruton.
Stage Manager - Mr. B. JONES.
Treasurer - Mr. R. B. WALCOT.
Leader of the Orchestra - Mr. I. DAVIS.
RE-OPENING NIGHT!!! MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th . . . first night of the Sessions!!! . . .
Song - "Let me like a Soldier Fall (Maritana) - Mr. Walcot
Comic Song - Mr. Daniel
Violin Solo - Mr. I. Davis . . .
To be followed by the admired Vaudeville of the
Gentleman's Search after a Silent Woman . . . Vivian - Mr. Walcot . . .

[Advertisement], Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal (28 October 1857), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article62049217 

PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE . . .
THEY ARE GOING AT LAST. LAST NIGHT OF THE SEASON.
FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. R. B. WALCOT . . . THURSDAY EVENING October 29th . . .
Favourite Ballad - Mr. Walcot
Highland Fling - Miss A. Batwell
Comic Song - Mr. Bruton.
Favorite Ballad - Miss Julia Clifford . . .

"PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE", Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal (31 October 1857), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article62048848 

Mr. Walcot took his benefit at this theatre on Thursday last, when we were glad to find that, in spite of the very inclement weather which has prevailed during the early part of the day, a very tolerable house had assembled to greet him. The entertainment comprised the amusing drama of "Rory O'More," in which Mr. Jones found full scope for the exercise of his power, which was followed by a variety of singing and dancing, including two songs very effectually rendered by Miss Julia Clifford, and uproariously encored by the audience . . . The season will, we understand, positively conclude on Monday next, when Mr. Jones will take a second and Complimentary Benefit, and the same Entertainment will be given us on Saturday - we trust, with equal success.

"Shipping Intelligence. PORT OF AUCKLAND. ENTERED INWARD", Daily Southern Cross [NZ] (4 December 1857), 2

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DSC18571204.2.3 

December 2 - Gil Blas, brig, 174 tons, Nicoll, from Sydney. Passengers - Mr. and Mrs. W. Hill and child, Mr. and Mrs. Bellair and child, Miss James, Miss Batwell, Messrs. Varley, Jones, Davis, Walcot, Campbell, Fulton, Mr. and Mrs. Finnie and child, and 2 in steerage.- Henderson & Macfarlane, agents.

"LOCAL. THEATRICALS", Colonist [Nelson, NZ] (1 March 1859), 2

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC18590301.2.4 

By the Prince Alfred yesterday we received a fresh importation of ladies and gentlemen connected with this branch of the public amusement . . . The names are Mr. and Mrs. Jones, late conductor of the Auckland theatre; Mr. R. B. Walcot, of the same; and Mr. and Mrs. Clinton . . .

"MARRIED", Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle (10 December 1859), 2

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NENZC18591210.2.6 

December 8, by special license, at Christ Church, Nelson, by the Lord Bishop of the Diocese, Robson, third son of Mr. John Walcot, of Bristol, England, to Harriett, only daughter of Mrs. Green, Trafalgar-street, Nelson.

"SACRED CONCERT", Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle (24 December 1859), 2

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NENZC18591224.2.6 

We direct attention to an advertisement announcing that a sacred concert is to be given on Thursday evening next under the direction of Mr. R. B. Walcot. The musical attainments of this gentleman are already favourably known to the Nelson public; and we understand that much pains has been bestowed in the getting up of this concert, which is the first of the kind ever attempted in the province. The programme consists of selections from the Oratorios of "The Creation" and "The Messiah"; the band and chorus will number about thirty performers.

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (1 April 1869), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13182814 

ST. PETER'S, WOOLLOOMOOLOO.- Choir Practice, FRIDAY EVENING, 7.30. T. B. WALCOT, C.M.

"Presentations at St.Peter's Church", Evening News (13 February 1884), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article109875395 

On Monday evening Mr. T. B. Walcot was welcomed back from England at St. Peter's schoolroom, Woolloomooloo, by the parishioners. There was a numerous attendance, and the Rev. T. B. Tress presided, among those present being the Rev. Canon Moreton, founder of St. Peter's. Mr. Walcot was presented with a handsome office writing desk, together with an engrossed address from the parishioners. Mr. Walcot, who is retiring from the offices of churchwarden and choirmaster, was also presented by the choir with an illustrated album and address. The valuable services Mr. Walcot had rendered St. Peter's during the past 17 years, and the loss the parish would sustain by his retirement from active service, were cordially and warmly acknowledged, and the recipient made a feeling and appropriate response. Some pleasing musical selections were rendered during the evening by the choir.

[Musical news], The Daily Telegraph (2 December 1893), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article236125500 

A concert in aid of the funds of St. John's Church of England, Allison Point, was given at the North Sydney School of Arts last evening, when there was a large attendance . . . the contributors being Miss Colbourne Baber, Miss Adamson, Mrs. Usher, Messrs. L. A. Baker, J. White, and J. T. Walcot, and Herr Schmellitscheck. Several choruses were rendered by the church choir, under the conductorship of Mr. R. B. Walcot, the accompanists being Miss M. H. White and Mr. C. Huenerbein.

ASSOCIATIONS: Felix Schmellitscheck (violinist); Charles Huenerbein (pianist, accompanist)

"THE CHURCHES", The Daily Telegraph (6 August 1896), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article238605105 

The first part of Mendelssohn's oratorio, "St. Paul," was rendered at St. Thomas's. C.E., North Sydney, on the 28th ult., with a full orchestra and a chorus of 60 voices. Messrs. E. Jefferson Jackson and E. Abseil took the tenor solos, Mr. J. Elliott the bass, Miss Marian Llewellyn the soprano, and Miss Clara Llewellyn the contralto, Mr. R. B. Walcot was conductor, and Mr. Joseph Massey presided at the organ.

ASSOCIATIONS: Joseph Massey (organist)

"Deaths", The Sydney Morning Herald (1 February 1901), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14368834 

WALCOT. - At Westbury, Evans Street, Waverley, Thomas Beilby Walcot, aged 73 years.

"DEATHS", The Daily Telegraph (25 May 1912), 12

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article238754933 

At Suva, on May 6, Robson Bielby Walcot [sic], of Bristol, England, late of North Sydney and Waverley, aged 78. (By cable).

Bibliography and resources:

Daniel Edward Bandmann, An actor's tour, or, Seventy thousand miles with Shakespeare (Boston: Cupples, Upham and Company, 1885), 45

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=xtULAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA45 (DIGITISED)

[1881] . . . My company and I left fair, beautiful, and charming Dunedin on the next day for Timaru. Timaru is a small, thriving town of about fifteen thousand inhabitants, located on the sea-coast in Canterbury, South Island. It is easily reached from Dunedin, as the railroad from the Bluff to Christchurch passes through Timaru. I gave a series of dramatic readings in the public schoolroom, at which Mr. R. B. Walcot, the chairman of the school committee, presided; and we played four nights to crowded houses, at double prices, amid the most intense enthusiasm, and then passed on to Christchurch, also in Canterbury, where we opened the first week in March . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Daniel Edward Bandmann (actor)

"Walcot", The Acklands of Fiji website

https://sites.google.com/site/theacklandsoffijisite/walcot 

WALDRON, John (John WALDRON)

Concert room (hotel) proprietor, licensed victualler, baker, convict

Born England, c. 1801
Convicted Old Bailey, London, England, 24 October 1821 (transportation for life, aged "18")
Arrived VDL (TAS), 23 July 1822 (per Prince of Orange, from Portsmouth, 1 April)
Married Elizabeth BELLORD, St. John's, Launceston, VDL (TAS), 4 November 1835
Died Launceston, TAS, 17 January 1860, aged "59"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=John+Waldron+c1801-1860 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-W-1.php#WALDRON-John (shareable link to this entry)

Documentation:

Trial, John Waldron, 24 October 1821; Old Bailey online

https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?div=t18211024-8 (DIGITISED)

1280. JOHN WALDRON was indicted for stealing, on the 17th of October, one handkerchief, value 3s., the goods of Thomas Glandfield, from his person.
The prisoner pleaded GUILTY. Aged 18 [sic] Transported for Life. Before Mr. Common Sergeant.

Convict records, John Waldron, per Prince of Orange; Tasmanian names index; NAME_INDEXES:1442702

https://stors.tas.gov.au/NI/1442702 

https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-45$init=CON31-1-45P139 (DIGITISED)

415 / Waldron John / Prince of Orange / 24 Oct 1821 Life / . . .
Conditional Pardon 947 22nd August 1836 / Free Pardon Noi. 698 12th April 1841

Marriages solemnized in the parish of St. John Launceston . . . in the year 1835; Tasmanian names index; NAME_INDEXES:821977; RGD36/1/2 no 2978

https://stors.tas.gov.au/NI/821977 

https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD36-1-2$init=RGD36-1-2P206 (DIGITISED)

No. 329 / John Waldron T. of Leave in the Parish of St. John Launceston.
Elizabeth Bellord Free in the Parish of St. John Launceston.
were married in this Church by Banns with consent of the Government this [4 November 1835] . . .

[Advertisement], The Cornwall Chronicle (15 July 1848), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65978707

THE ALBION HARMONIC ROOMS.
THE Sons of Harmony ere respectfully invited to attend on
THURSDAY EVENINGS, at the ALBION INN, Corner of George and York-streets, where they will find that dull care is banished by the cheerful song, the 'merrie tyes of olden time,' and the glass which cheers but not inebriates.
John Waldron begs most respectfully to intimate to his friends and the public generally, that his Vocal Concert will take place every Thursday evening, till further notice; the company of those who choose to honor him with their attendance will be esteemed a favour.
The chair to be taken on Thursday evening, the 20th instant, at 7 o'clock precisely.

PROGRAMME.

SOLOS - Pretty Star of the Night.
Isle of Beauty
My Native Land Good Night
I have pluck'd the fairest Flower
Dolly Groves
Alice Gray
Pilgrim of Love
My Pretty Jane.

DUETS - Canadian Boat Song
All's Well
Minute Gun at Sea.

GLEES - Who won the Coat and Badge
The Fishermen
A Bleak and Frosty Morning.

July 15.

"LOCAL", The Cornwall Chronicle (19 July 1848), 3

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Vocal and convivial meetings are held every Thursday evening, at Mr. Waldron's, the 'Albion,' in York-street, commencing at seven o'clock.

"LOCAL", The Cornwall Chronicle (30 December 1848), 267

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65980730 

The Amusements at Mr. Waldron's, the 'Albion Hotel,' went off in first-rate style and respectable order; the men contested for the bonnet and ribbons, instead of the ladies - a sufficient number not being in attendance. The second day's amusements surpassed all expectation; the performance on the piano-forte, accompanied with a splendid double-toned flute, and the vocal abilities of the two gentlemen gave the utmost satisfaction. We perceive, by advertisement, that these rooms will be open on New Year's Day, for the amusement of 'auld acquaintance.' - Communicated.

"LAUNCESTON RACES . . . FIRST DAY . . . Town Plate", The Cornwall Chronicle (3 March 1849), 410

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. . . At the conclusion of this race, the course became thinned, and the majority of visitors retraced their way to town to mix in the realities of Launceston life, or to wind up the amusements of the day at the concert of Mr. Waldron, or some other of the numerous gatherings for mirth, jollity, and money-spending, characteristic of the times.

[Advertisement], The Cornwall Chronicle (23 May 1849), 600

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The Albion Harmonic Rooms.
THE SONS OF HARMONY are respectfully invited to attend on TUESDAY EVENING NEXT, the twenty second inst., at the Albion Inn, corner of George and York streets, where they will find that dull care is banished by the cheerful song, the merrie ties of olden times, and the glass which cheers but not inebriates.
JOHN WALDRON begs most respectfully to intimate to his friends and the public generally, that his Vocal Concerts will take place every Tuesday evening till further notice.
The company of those who choose to honor him with their attendance, will be esteemed a favor.
The chair to be taken at 7 o'clock precisely.
May 16.

[Advertisement], The Cornwall Chronicle (24 December 1850), 933

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CHRISTMAS JOLLITIES. - JOHN WALDRON,
THE Host has a rich treat for Christmas week, and invites the attendance of the lovers of
GOOD FUN AND SEASONABLE HARMONY ON BOXING DAY.
Prize 1 - A splendid Violin, worthy the Instrumentation of a Paganini.
Prize 2 - A superfine Beaver Hat, that of the richest and most downy manufacture . . .
The sports will be of the most varied and amusing character . . .

[Advertisement], The Cornwall Chronicle (12 February 1859), 7

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Household furniture, &c., &c.
MR. F. J. HOUGHTON is instructed by Mr. Waldron, who is retiring from business, to sell on his premises, the Albion Hotel, corner of York and George-streets, on Monday, the 21st of February, at 11 o'clock, without reserve . . .
One superior piano, by Rolfe & Co. . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: On Rolfe and Sons, of London, see Thomas Rolfe (musicseller)

1860, deaths in the district of Launceston; Tasmanian names index; NAME_INDEXES:1201128; RGD35/1/29 no 12

https://stors.tas.gov.au/NI/1201128 

https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD35-1-29$init=RGD35-1-29P1 (DIGITISED)

No. 1055 / 17 January / John Waldron / Male / 59 years / Gentleman / Gout in the Stomach . . .

"DEATHS", Launceston Examiner (19 January 1860), 2

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On Tuesday, 17th January, at his residence, Lyttleton-street, Launceston, Mr. John Waldron, aged 59 years.
The funeral will leave his late residence, Lyttleton-street, on Friday, 20th instant, at 3 o'clock p.m., when friends are invited to attend. JOHN SIMPSON, Undertaker.

"TOWN TALK AND TABLE CHAT", The Cornwall Chronicle (21 January 1860), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65992199 

There has been an extraordinary number of sudden deaths lately. On one day during the present week there were no less than five of the heads of families laying dead in their houses, awaiting interment, viz., Capt. Bentley, Mr. Isaac Noake, Mr. Gould, Mr. John Waldron, and Mr. John Robinson. Truly these awful lessons teach us that "In the midst of life we are in death" . . .
Dr. Hansom in order to show that there was no necessity for holding an inquest upon the body of the late Mr. Waldron, who died rather suddenly, certified to the police authorities that he had attended Mr. Waldron to his last illness, and that the immediate cause of death was choleraic diarrhoea.

Will of John Waldron, 1860; Tasmanian names index; NAME_INDEXES:1674705; AD960-1-5 Will Number 822

https://stors.tas.gov.au/NI/1674705 

https://stors.tas.gov.au/AD960-1-5-822$init=AD960-1-5-822_1 (DIGITISED)

Bibliography and resources:

John Waldron, Convict records

https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/waldron/john/101187 

WALGROVE, S. (S. WALGROVE; Mr. WALGROVE)

Serenader, musician, vocalist, minstrel, tambourine player

Active NSW, VIC, TAS, QLD, 1850

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

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-W-1.php#WALGROVE-S (shareable link to this entry)

WALGROVE, Master (Master WALGROVE; perhaps unrelated to the above)

Vocalist

Active Launceston, TAS, 1851

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Master+Walgrove+melodist (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-W-1.php#WALGROVE-Master (shareable link to this entry)

Documentation:

"DEPARTURES", The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List (6 July 1850), 182

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article161033299 

July 6. - Shamrock, Steamer, 200 tons, Captain Gilmore, for Melbourne via Twofold Bay.
Passengers . . . Mr. George Howard, Mr. Charles Howard, Mr. Charles Upson, Mr. Holmes . . . Mr. Waterland, Mr. Reading, Mr. West, Mr. Walgrove . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Blythe Waterland, alias of Henry Burton (serenader); James W. Reading (serenader); Lavater West (serenader); Waterland Serenaders (troupe)

ASSOCIATIONS (Howard's Serenaders): George and Charles Mason, alias Howard (serenaders); Charles A. Upson (serenader); Samuel T. Holmes (serenader); Howard's Serenaders (troupe)

"Shipping Intelligence . . . CLEARED OUT", The Argus [Melbourne, VIC] (27 July 1850), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4771670 

July 26 - Martha and Elizabeth, schooner, 81 tons, J. Whise, master, for Hobart town. Passengers, Messrs. B. Waterland, J. Reading, L. West, S. Walgrove.

"THE ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS", Hobarton Guardian, or, True Friend of Tasmania (17 August 1850), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article173057891 

This evening Messrs. Waterland and Reading's band will give another of their fashionable and popular Ethiopian entertainments at the Royal Victoria Theatre. This talented company consists of Messrs. Waterland, Reading, Walgrove, and West. They attracted full houses and enthusiastic applause in Sydney, and have come over to this colony to amuse the inhabitants of Tasmania. The admission to the vocal and instrumental performances commence at 8, and are over at 10; so late hours can be no plea for stopping away. Reserved seats are 4s; and general admission 2s. If the public of Hobart Town neglect to encourage talent, they cannot expect t that talent long to remain amongst us. We have seen the company perform, and speaking the candid truth, we must say that, we seldom, if ever, enjoyed a more agreeable or reasonable evening. They certainly deserve every success, and we trust they will be supported according to then attractive merits.

"THE SERENADERS", Colonial Times (27 August 1850), 2

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These artistes seem to increase in the estimation of the public. On Friday night last they drew a numerous and respectable audience. The Theatre was opened under the patronage of His Excellency the Governor, but owing to the inclemency of the weather neither Sir William Denison nor his lady were in attendance. The dress boxes were mostly occupied by the elite of Hobart Town, and every one appeared pleased with the evening's amusement. During the evening Messrs. Waterland, Reading, West, and Walgrove, were frequently encored, particularly in the songs "Old Dan Tucker," "The pretty little dark-eyed Maid," &c., though to our taste the plaintive melody "Carry me back to Old Virginny" was worth all the rest. The pathetic song of "Lucy Neal" instead of inspiring the audience with pity for the unfortunate fate of her despairing lover, created a perfect furor of delight the more BONES cried . . .

"ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS", The Britannia and Trades' Advocate (29 August 1850), 3

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Mr. Blythe Waterland took his benefit at the Victoria Theatre, on Tuesday night, when Messrs. Waterland, West, Reading, and Walgrove, in character as our brethren of the dark skin, sang and played on the various instruments, to the amusement of one of the most crowded audiences we have seen in the Victoria Theatre . . . The great attraction of the evening was a prize silver cup of the value of 10l. 10s., given by Mr. Waterland to the author of the best conundrum. A great many were read during the evening by Mr. Waterland and Mr. West, the answers to which by "Mr. Bones," and Mr. Walgrove, the "tambourine [REDACTED]," created much laughter . . .

"SERENADE CONCERT AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE", The Hobart Town Advertiser (6 September 1850), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article264607794 

On Monday evening last a Serenade Concert was given at Government House, the principal performers at which were the well known Ethiopian Serenaders, and where most of the elite of Hobart Town were present. The entertainment took place in the new Ball-room, where the Serenaders were at first placed on the platform fronting the entrance. The first part consisted of the following pieces: -

PART I.
Song & Chorus, Buffalo Gal - J. W. Reading
Lament, Mary Blane - L. West
Song & Chorus, Black-eyed Susyanna - B. Waterland
Solo, Flutina - J. W. Reading
Lament, Carry me back to Ole Virginny - L. West
Song & Chorus, Come Day, Go Day - J. W. Reading
Refrain, Jenny Get your Hoe Cake Done - B. Waterland

The echo, being too great, interfered much with the effect, and the performers in the glees which formed the interlude, were placed under the orchestra. Here, too, the same defect was perceptible, though the following glees were given with beautiful effect by four of the band of the 99th regiment: -

The Fairy Glee
Glee - The Chough and Crow
Glee - Merrily Goes the Bark

In the second part of the Serenaders' Concert they were placed at the end of the Ball-room and here the effect was excellent. It consisted of the following pieces: -

PART II.
Solo, Banjo, Imitation of Bells - J. W. Reading
Operatic Burlesque, - Stop dat Knocking - L. West
Song, The Pretty little dark-eyed Maid - B. Waterland
Song & Chorus, Oh! Susannah - J. W. Reading
Chant, Old Dan Tucker - S. Walgrove
Serenade, My Canoe is on the Ohio - L. West
Song & Chorus, my Buful Bessy Bone - B. Waterland
De Railway Gallop.

"Dandy Jim from Caroline," "Sitting on a Rail," were added; and, by the particular request of the ladies, "Carry me back to ole Virginny," was repeated. The whole was highly applauded by the company, and His Excellency expressed to Mr. Waterland in very high terms his approval of the performance, and his gratification at the pleasure they had afforded himself and his guests. The visitors then retired to the supper room, and during the repast the men of the 99th sung the following glees with excellent effect: -

Glee - Sleep Gentle Lady
Glee - The Forresters
Glee - The Last Rose of Summer

A little after one the company separated, highly delighted with the entertainment.

"THE ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS", Launceston Examiner (11 September 1850), 6

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The four gentlemen who have appeared before the public of Launceston have certainly enlivened the spirits of the community, and will have no cause to repent their visit. When Apollonius interrogated Canus, the Rhodian musician, he replied that by means of his pipe "he could make a melancholy man merry; a merry man, mad; a lover, more enamored; and a religious man more devout." Waterland is, perhaps, the most talented; West, the most skilful in execution; but the palm of attraction must be divided between Reading and Walgrove. The latter looked all the negro. There was a blunder committed by Reading in whitening his nasal organ by excessive grief. It might excite a laugh in those who imagined it was a mistake, but it destroyed the illusion. The serenaders are worthy of the houses they draw and the success that attends their performances. They were largely taxed on Tuesday night, for almost every song was encored.

[Advertisement], Port Phillip Gazette and Settler's Journal [Melbourne, VIC] (21 September 1850), 3

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ROYAL HOTEL, MELBOURNE. FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY.
THE ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS. MESSRS. WATERLAND, READING, WEST & WALGROVE, having returned per Shamrock 'en route' for Sydney, beg most respectfully to announce to their former supporters and the public in general, that they purpose giving
A FASHIONABLE SERENADE Concert, In the Ball Room of the ROYAL HOTEL,
THIS EVENING, 21st SEPTEMBER, Previous to their departure for the North . . .

"THE ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS", The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator [Sydney, NSW] (5 October 1850), 13

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article251538764 

Mr. B. Waterland's company of Ethiopian Serenaders having returned from Van Diemen's Land, will give a concert, at the Royal Hotel this evening . . .

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (17 October 1850), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12921821 

BLYTHE WATERLAND'S COMPANY of ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS
GIVE A FASHIONABLE CONCERT, by bespeak, and under the immediate patronage of his Excellency Sir Charles A. Fitz Roy, in Mr. Curran's "Odd Fellows' Hall," Parramatta, this present
THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 17,
When the following choice selection of Melodies, &c., will be sung and performed.
PROGRAMME. PART 1 . . . Chant, "Ole Joe" - S. Walgrove . . .
PART 2 . . . Chant, "Ole Dan Tucker" - S. Walgrove . . .
NOTICE. - No. 1 of "Songs of the Serenaders," containing 12 Ethiopian Melodies,
just published by Messrs. Waterland and Reading, and may be had at the door, price 1s.

"SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE", The Moreton Bay Courier [Brisbane, QLD] (18 November 1850), 1 supplement

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3713620 

[Nov.] 17. Eagle, steamer, 170 tons, Allen, from Sydney 12th, and Newcastle 13th inst. Passengers . . . Mr. Hydes, Mr. Reading, Mr. West, Mr. Walgrove, and fifteen in the steerage.

ASSOCIATIONS: John Proctor Hydes (musician, vocalist, actor, manager)

[Advertisement], The Moreton Bay Courier (23 November 1850), 4

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READING AND HYDES' ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS!
MR. J. W. READING and MR. J. P. HYDES respectfully to inform the inhabitants of IPSWICH and its vicinity, that they will give their
ETHIOPIAN ENTERTAINMENTS on SATURDAY, MONDAY, and TUESDAY Evenings, November 23, 25, and 26, 1850.
PROGRAMME - PART I . . . CHAUNT - Walk Jaw Bone - S. Walgrove . . .
CHAUNT - Ole Joe - S. Walgrove . . .
PART II . . . EXTRAVAGANZA - Ole Dan Tucker - S. Walgrove . . .

[Advertisement], The Moreton Bay Courier (30 November 1850), 4

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ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS. FAREWELL CONCERTS!!
MESSRS. READING & HYDES in returning thanks for the very liberal patronage bestowed upon them on their first visit, beg to inform the inhabitants of BRISBANE and its vicinity that they will give their
FAREWELL CONCERTS in the COURT HOUSE, on SATURDAY and MONDAY Evenings, November 30, and December 2, 1850,
and trust their exertions will meet with the approbation it has ever been their study to deserve.
PROGRAMME - PART 1.
MEDLEY OVERTURE - Cinderella, Full Band
MEDLEY QUARTETT - (From the Opera of Bone Squash Diavolo) - Company . . .
SONG and CHORUS - Galley Fire - S. Walgrove . . .
CHAUNT - Jenny come along - S. Walgrove . . .
PART II . . . EXTRAVAGANZA - [REDACTED] ob de understanding - S. Walgrove . . .
The whole to conclude wid de RAILWAY GALOP . . .

"SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE . . . DEPARTURES", The Moreton Bay Courier (7 December 1850), 2

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Dec. 4 - Eagle, steamer, 170 tons, Allen, for Sydney, Passengers- Mr. Hydes, Mr. Reading, Mr. West, Mr. Walgrove . . . and twenty five in the steerage.

"GOVERNMENT HOUSE", Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer (4 January 1851), 2

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On Tuesday evening [31 December] the Hon. Mrs. Keith Stewart entertained a distinguished party at Government House, on which occasion the Company of Serenaders, consisting of Messrs. Hydes, Reading, West, and Walgrove, had the honor of appearing in some of their choicest pieces by command of His Excellency.

[Advertisement], The Cornwall Chronicle [Launceston, TAS] (15 March 1851), 165

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ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. ELIZABETH STREET.
First appearance of Master Walgrove the celebrated Negro Melodist in this Colony.
On Monday evening, March 17, being for the BENEFIT of MR. J. ASHTON . . .
Master Walgrove the celebrated Negro Melodist, will make his first appearance in this colony, and will sing the favorite negro melody of "Dandy Jim from Caroline" . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: James Ashton (circus performer, manager); Ashton's Circus (troupe)

MUSIC: Dandy Jim from Caroline (song); see also another edition

[Advertisement], The Cornwall Chronicle (26 March 1851), 189

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ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, ELIZABETH STREET.
Second Appearance of Master Walgrove the celebrated Negro Melodist . . .
For the BENEFIT of Messrs. RISLEY & FELIX . . .
THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 27th . . .
Master Walgrove, who was received with such unbounded applause at Mr. J. Ashton's Benefit,
will make his second appearance, and sing a popular Negro Melody . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: John Risley (circus performer); Henry Felix (clown)

WALKER, Mr. (perhaps = John WALKER, or James WALKER, below)

Musician, violoncello player

Active Sydney, NSW, 1843, 1845

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-W-1.php#WALKER-Mr (shareable link to this entry)

Documentation:

"ROYAL CITY THEATRE, MARKET-STREET", The Sydney Morning Herald (17 May 1843), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12424212 

ROYAL CITY THEATRE, MARKET-STREET. PROPRIETORS, MESSRS. SIMMONS AND BELMORE.
The Public is most respectfully informed, that every arrangement connected with this establishment being completed, the Proprietors have the honour to announce their OPENING NIGHT for SATURDAY, the 20th May . . .

The Orchestral Selection for the evening which will be performed previous to the several Pieces, and between the Acts, include Haydn's Symphony, No. 2; Mozart's Overture to L'Irato; Rossini's Overture to Il Barbiere di Seviglia, and Brilliant Arrangements of Strauss Valses.

The Band comprises the following instrumental Performers -
Mr. S. Wallace, Mr. Leggatt, Mr. Walton, Mr. Wallace, senior; Mr. Portbury, Mr. Walker, Mr. Adams, Mr. Wright, Monsieur Gautrot, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Strong, and Mr. Andrews.

ASSOCIATIONS: Joseph Simmons (actor, manager); James Belmore (manager, machinist); Spencer Wellington Wallace (violin); Thomas Leggatt (oboe); Humphrey Walton (musician); Spencer Wallace (senior) (musician); Benjamin Portbury (musician); Robert Adam (musician); Mr. Wright (musician); Joseph Gautrot (violin); George Strong (violin); Mr. Andrews (musician); City Theatre (Sydney venue)

[Advertisement], The Australian (29 November 1845), 1

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Mr. MARSH Begs to announce that his Concert will take place on
WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3RD, AT THE ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE . . .
1st Violins - Messrs. Gibbs, Wallace, John Deane . . .
Violoncello - Messrs. E. Deane, Walker; Double Bass - Mr. W. Deane . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Stephen Hale Marsh (pianist, harpist, composer); John Gibbs (leader); John Deane (violin); Edward Smith Deane (cello); William Deane (double bass)

WALKER, George Washington (George Washington WALKER; G. W. WALKER)

Indigenous culture and song reporter

Born London, England, 19 March 1800; son of John WALKER (1726-1821) and Elizabeth RIDLEY
Arrived Hobart Town, VDL (TAS), 7 February 1832 (on Science, from London, 9 September 1831)
Married Sarah Benson MATHER, Hobart Town, VDL (TAS), 15 December 1840
Died Hobart, TAS, 1 February 1859

http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-623906 (NLA persistent identifier)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-W-1.php#WALKER-George-Washington (shareable link to this entry)

WALKER, James Backhouse (James Backhouse WALKER; J. B. WALKER)

Indigenous culture and song reporter

Born Hobart Town, VDL (TAS), 14 October 1841; son of George Washington WALKER and Sarah Benson MATHER
Died Hobart, TAS, 4 November 1899

http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-540923 (NLA persistent identifier)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-W-1.php#WALKER-James-Backhouse (shareable link to this entry)

Documentation:

"SHIP NEWS", Colonial Times (8 February 1832), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8646298

FEB. 7. - Arrived the ship Science, William Saunders, Commander, from London, 9th Sept., with a general cargo. Passengers - Mr. Hall, Mr. Backhouse, Mr. Walker, Mr. Gale; and 55 steerage passengers, consisting of pensioners, with their wives and families.

"DEATH", The Courier (1 February 1859), 2

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This afternoon, at a quarter-past 2 o'clock, GEORGE WASHINGTON WALKER, aged 59 years.
The funeral will leave his late residence, Savings' Bank, Macquarie street, on the 4th instant, at half past 2 pm. 1st of 2nd mo. (Feb'y) 1859.

"DEATH OF MR. GEORGE WASHINGTON WALKER", The Courier (1 February 1859), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2466578

It is our melancholy duty to chronicle the death of Mr. George Washington Walker, an old colonist, of many years standing, and whose Christian example has conciliated, during his residence amongst us, the esteem and respect of every person in the community. The deceased gentleman was a member of the Society of Friends, and was an early coadjutor with Mr. Backhouse in the missionary cause in this colony. In every movement having for its object the cause of religion and charity Mr. Walker took an active part, and his works will live to posterity as a monument to his virtue. Mr. Walker was the founder of the Hobart Town Bank for Savings, and an influential member of the various literary and benevolent institutions of the city. His illness was severe, and not of a lengthened duration, but it was not until yesterday, when paralysis of one side of the body supervened, that his medical advisers (Drs. Bedford and Agnew) gave up all hopes of recovery. Mr. Walker lingered until half-past two o'clock this afternoon, when death put a period to his existence.

See also "GEORGE WASHINGTON WALKER, ESQ.", The Hobart Town Daily Mercury (2 February 1859), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3252923

"OBITUARY", The Mercury (6 November 1899), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12763309

. . . The deceased was the eldest son of the late Mr. George Washington Walker, and was born in Hobart in 1841. He received his education at the High School here, and the Friends' School, York, England. He was admitted as a barrister in Tasmania in 1876, and was one of the original members of the Council of the University of Tasmania. In 1888 he was elected a member of the Council of the Royal Society of Tasmania, and was a constant contributor to the society's journal. Mr. Walker was recognised as the leading authority on the history of early Tasmania. At the meeting of the Fellows of the Royal Society held last month he read a most interesting paper on the aborigines of Tasmania . . .

Relevant works:

"Notes on the Aborigines of Tasmania, extracted from the manuscript journals of George Washington Walker, with an introduction by James B. Walker, F.R.G.S.", Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania (1897), 145-175

https://archive.org/stream/papersproceeding1897roya#page/144/mode/2up (DIGITISED)

Original notes date from Backhouse and Walker's visit to Flinders Island in September-October 1832; includes descriptions of songs and dances (158-60), and 2 song texts:
[1] Song sung by the Women in chorus . . . Nikkeh ningeh tibreh (171-72)
[2] A popular song among all the aboriginal tribes . . . Poppyla-renung . . . (172-73) = Popela (as transcribed 1830s) and Popela (as recorded 1899-1903)

[Reprinted] (Hobart: William Grahame, Jun., Govt. Printer, 1898)

https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/22822907 

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-744544956 (DIGITISED)

https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM0Q5Zeq3g (DIGITISED)

http://eprints.utas.edu.au/16183 (DIGITISED)

[Reprinted] in Early Tasmania: papers read before the Royal Society of Tasmania during the years 1888 to 1899 by James Backhouse Walker, R.R.S.G. (Tasmania: John Vail, Government Printer, 1902), 233-62

https://archive.org/details/earlytasmaniapap00walk/page/233/mode/2up (DIGITISED)

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=eSwXAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA233 (DIGITISED)

Bibliography and resources:

Extracts from the Letters of James Backhouse: now engaged in a religious visit to Van Dieman's Land, and New South Wales, accompanied by George Washington Walker (London: Printed by W. Eade, 1834)

https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/25945533 

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=dOANAAAAQAAJ (DIGITISED)

See also third edition Backhouse 1838

James Backhouse and Charles Tylor, The life and labours of George Washington Walker, of Hobart Town, Tasmania (London: A. W. Bennett; York: Thomas Brady, 1862)

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/18641913 

https://archive.org/details/lifelaboursofgeo00backiala (DIGITISED)

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=j3ErAAAAYAAJ (DIGITISED)

"REVIEW", Launceston Examiner (19 February 1863), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41458999 

Mary Bartram Trott, "Walker, George Washington (1800-1859)", Australian dictionary of biography 2 (1967)

https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/walker-george-washington-2764 

Neil Smith, "Walker, James Backhouse (1841-1899)", Australian dictionary of biography 6 (1976)

https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/walker-james-backhouse-4786 

WALKER, George William (George William WALKER; G. W. WALKER)

Musician, professor of Music, clarinet and piccolo player, composer, arranger, bandmaster Tasmanian Band, blacksmith, engineer

Born Somerset, England, 1827; baptised Nether Stowey church, 4 March 1827; son of John WALKER (1789-1864) and Kitty WEBB (1795-1880)
Arrived Adelaide, SA, 8 December 1852 (per Sea Park, from Plymouth, 23 August, "blacksmith")
Arrived Launceston, TAS, by January 1854
Married Maria Matilda MORRISH, VIC, 1867
Died Kew, VIC, 4 November 1880, aged "53/54"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=George+William+Walker+d1880 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-W-1.php#WALKER-George-William (shareable link to this entry)

WALKER, William (William WALKER; W. WALKER)

Musician, cornet player, bandmaster, bellringer, blacksmith

Born Somerset, England, 1832; baptised Nether Stowey church, 1 April 1832; son of John WALKER (1789-1864) and Kitty WEBB (1795-1880)
Arrived Hobart, TAS, 25 March 1855 (per Ocean Chief, from Liverpool, 11 January)
Married Jane MOTTON, Westbury church, TAS, 8 October 1857
Died Northwood, Deloraine, TAS, 1 June 1920

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=William+Walker+1832-1920 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

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ASSOCIATIONS: William Walker (1860-1939); John George Walker (1864-1944) (son); George William Walker (1867-1948) (son)

See also Walker family of bellringers (1880s):

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Walker+family+of+bellringers (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

Documentation:

Baptisms solemnized in the parish of Nether Stowey in the county of Somerset in the year 1827; register 1813-50, page 44; Somerset Archives

https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/60857/images/engl78030_d-p-n-sty-2-1-5_m_00045 (PAYWALL)

No. 347 / [1827] March 4 / George William Son of / John [and] Kitty / Walker / Nether Stowey / Labourer . . .

Baptisms solemnized in the parish of Nether Stowey in the county of Somerset in the year 1832; register 1813-50, page 58; Somerset Archives

https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/60857/images/engl78030_d-p-n-sty-2-1-5_m_00059 (PAYWALL)

No. 463 / [1832] April 1st / William Son of / John & Kitty / Walker / Nether Stowey / Laborer . . .

England census, 30 March 1851, Nether Stowey, Somerset; UK National Archives, HO107/1924/41/10

https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/8860/images/SOMHO107_1924_1924-0083 (PAYWALL)

Castle St. / John Walker Venn [sic] / Head / Mar. / 61 / Pensioner from Greenwich / [all family born Nether Stowey]
Kitty / Wife / 56 / Midwife // George / Son / 24 / Blacksmith // Marrie / Daur. / 21 / Dressmaker // William / Son / 17 / Blacksmith . . .

[Advertisement], The Cornwall Chronicle [Launceston, TAS] (1 February 1854), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65715296

VAUXHALL GALA.
MR. CHAS. KNIGHT has the honor of announcing that he intends giving a
GALA in the Horticultural Gardens, on MONDAY EVENING NEXT, February 6th, 1854, on which occasion the
Tasmanian Band will be in attendance, and play some of their
NEW AND POPULAR, AIRS, under the direction and management of
Mr. G. W. Walker, recently arrived from England.
[manicule] For further particulars, see bills. February 1, 1854.

"TASMANIAN BAND", The Cornwall Chronicle (4 February 1854), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65712102 

This band played some beautiful new music on the Church square, on Tuesday evening last, under the direction of Mr. G. W. Walker, when between three and four hundred persons were present, and it was remarked that they are progressing very favorably under the present management.

"TASMANIAN BAND", The Cornwall Chronicle (25 February 1854), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65714088

It will be observed by advertisement, that the Tasmanian Band under the management of Mr. G. W. Walker, intend to take a benefit in the Horticultural Gardens, on Thursday evening next, on which occasion a grand exhibition of fireworks will be given, under the direction of Mr. Knight, the pyrotechnic artist of Wellington-street.

"GALA AT THE HORTICULTURAL GARDENS", The Cornwall Chronicle (1 March 1854), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65713469

We call attention to advertisement, announcing a grand exhibition of fireworks, at these gardens, to-morrow evening, under the direction of Mr. C. Knight. The display will be for the benefit of the Tasmanian Band, who will perform on the occasion some very choice pieces, as seen by the programme. We would specify in particular, Ben Bolt with symphonies, the latter composed by the bandmaster, (Mr. G. W. Walker,) and the Supply Mill Polka, also his composition, both of which ore spoken very highly of. Those who have an ear for sweet sounds, and an eye for the beautiful in art, will do well to spend a leisure hour, and a spare half-crown, to-morrow evening, and we feel sure no effort will be wanting to secure them a rich treat.

"EXHIBITION OF FIREWORKS", The Cornwall Chronicle (4 March 1854), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65715597

The exhibition of fireworks, for the benefit of the Tasmanian Band, took place in the Horticultural Gardens, on Thursday evening last. The symphonies in "Ben Bolt," arranged by Mr. G. W. Walker, were much admired, and his execution on the piccolo and clarionet were highly spoken off. Mr. H. Evans played exceedingly well on the cornet a piston. Under the superintendence of Mr. Walker, the Tasmanian Band must improve.

ASSOCIATIONS: H. Evans (cornet)

"PUBLIC MEETING AT THE TEMPERANCE HALL", The Cornwall Chronicle (25 March 1854), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65714510

The Rev. Charles Price delivered an interesting address at the Temperance Hall, on Tuesday evening last. The subject was the "Maine Liquor Law." The inclement state of the weather accounted for the thin attendance. The Tasmanian Band, under the supervision of Mr. Walker, played some select airs of his arrangement. Mr. T. R. Girle's performance on the Sax-Contra Bass, was not only creditable to himself, but to Mr. Walker, who has introduced the differently constructed sax-horns into the band.

ASSOCIATIONS: Charles Price (lecturer); Thomas Rosewell Girle (musician)

[Advertisement], The Cornwall Chronicle (29 March 1854), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65712376 

Music!!! Music!!! Music!!!
MR. G. W. WALKER, PROFESSOR OF MUSIC, INTIMATES to his numerous applicants, and the public generally, that he is now prepared to give lessons on wind instruments at his residence, St. John-street, next door to Mr. Hurst's, Confectioner.
[manicule] Gentlemen can be waited on at their residences if required. March 25.

"MUSIC", The Cornwall Chronicle (1 April 1854), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65713368

It will be seen by advertisement that Mr. G. W. Walker, professor of music, is now prepared to give lessons on wind instruments, at his residence, St John-street.

"TEMPERANCE", The Cornwall Chronicle (22 April 1854), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65713273

The hall was well attended on Tuesday evening; the president, the Rev. C. Price, occupied the chair, and intimated that drunkenness was increasing to a fearful extent in this town, but he trusted before long that the abominable vice would be entirely discontinued. The audience was addressed by Messrs. Chick, Lowe, (of Newnham,) Wittaker, (town missionary,) Rev. H. Dowling, and Mr. J. Sherwin, president of the society upwards of nine years ago. The Tasmanian Band played the "Rechabite Quick Step," composed by Mr. G. W. Walker, and dedicated to the Star of Tasmania Tent, in most excellent style, and are favourably progressing under the present management . . .

"TASMANIAN BAND", The Cornwall Chronicle (28 June 1854), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65713502 

Owing to the indisposition of Mr. Walker, the Tasmanian Band did not perform at the teetotal meeting on Tuesday evening last.

"TASMANIAN BAND", The Cornwall Chronicle (23 August 1854), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65714341

Since under the management of Mr. G. W. Walker, this band has progressed favorably, being considerably augmented of late, by persons of acknowledged talent, and has afforded to such of the public as have attended the meetings of the Tasmanian Teetotal Society the gratification which music always affords. It is their intention to appear in uniform as soon as practicable, and they contemplate soliciting the public to bear a portion of the expense incurred in procuring the uniform. One gentleman in this town, proverbial for his liberality, made the band a present of the handsome donation of £10, and doubtless the public at large will be equally liberal, according to the means at their command, in promoting the work, when called upon to do so.

"TASMANIAN TEETOTAL SOCIETY", Launceston Examiner (3 February 1855), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36291553 

The annual meeting of this society was held in the Temperance Hall on Tuesday evening last, when the report was read by the Secretary. which stated that the society had received an addition of 357 names during the year, and the total number on the registrars books was 4330 members since the commencement. The meetings are held every fortnight, and the Tasmanian band, under the management of Mr. G. W. Walker, contributes greatly to enliven them: they have been in most cases well attended . . . A resolution was proposed at the close, that the thanks of the meeting be given to Mr. G. W. Walker and the members of the band, who have kindly given their services on all occasions when required by the society . . .

Arrivals, per Ocean Chief, 25 March 1855; Tasmanian names index; NAME_INDEXES:1594426; CB7/12/1/3 Bk8 p336

https://stors.tas.gov.au/NI/1594426 

https://stors.tas.gov.au/CB7-12-1-3$init=CB7-12-1-3P138 (DIGITISED)

[No.] 1119 / Walker William / 23 / [C. of E.] / [Read and write] Somersetshire / Blacksmith / [Names of person of whose application sent out] George Walker . . .

[Advertisement], Launceston Examiner (21 April 1855), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36292380

[ADVERTISEMENT.] TO THE EDITOR OF THE LAUNCESTON EXAMINER.
SIR, - Allow me, through the medium of your Journal, to make a few statements concerning the Tasmanian Band and the flower show previous to the last. Also, to give a reply to the balderdash signed G. W. Walker, which appeared in your contemporary the Chronicle this morning. In G. W. Walker's morceau, he apprises the community that I have set before them falsehoods, as he and the members of the band term them, and which they have the audacity to deny. In his letter he remarks that the band gave in their amount as £10, and not £8, as I on a former occasion made known to the public; but it is it tissue of falsehoods, as they were only offered £8, and the reason was that these would-be musicians did not condescend to accept the £8 was on account of their not being able to pay themselves for their time, which they would lose in going to the show. The leader (Walker) out of the money would require £2 for his valuable services, and four or five of what they term themselves first performers, would not leave their work without receiving twenty or twenty five shillings each, as they said it would not pay them. And now, Mr. Editor, what were the other five or six young men to receive for their time, when those few disturbers of the peace received their exorbitant charge; and this is the Tasmanian band, that have been supported by the inhabitants of Launceston liberally, for the last twenty months, and would not play for a society for £8, as it would not pay them, - when, if they had gone and have played for the same amount as the quadrille band received, they would have done no more than what they ought to do, considering the money that they have received from the inhabitants for doing nothing. This man of music, who hath many musical charms, begs the committee, should there be anything false, to contradict it, and states that I have nothing whatever to do with them. How can these calumniators presume to infer that I had no connexion with them at the time? It is a well known fact, and which I can prove, that I was one of the strongest supporters the band had, and was a member of the same before Walker took the band, and was with them at the last election. And now the public will be able to judge whether Walker has spoke the truth. I now conclude by trusting that these remarks will close their lips from issuing forth any more base untruths.
Farewell Tasmanian band.
From yours, &c.,
J. E. MATHEWS,
George-street, Launceston.

ASSOCIATIONS: J. E. Mathews (former member)

[Advertisement], Launceston Examiner (19 June 1855), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36293096

QUADRILLE BAND.
G. W. WALKER begs to Inform the inhabitants of Launceston and its vicinity, that he has organised a "Quadrille Band," and has been very particular in obtaining music by the best composers.
Terms moderate. Orders to be left at Mr. A. Duthie's, Stationer, or at MR. G. W. WALKER's, George-street. June 10.

[Advertisement], Mount Alexander Mail [Castlemaine, VIC] (10 January 1859), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article199051467 

THE ANGLO-VICTORIAN BAND, six performers, is prepared to attend Balls, Pic-nics, &c., at reasonable charges.
Address, Assembly room, Kangaroo Flat.
G. W. WALKER, Leader.

"CURRENT TOPICS", Geelong Advertiser (16 March 1861), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148697017 

The first of a series of musical performances in the Botanical Gardens takes place to-day from 4 to 6 o'clock. The following is the programme; it comprises an original quadrille, "The Geelong," composed by Mr. G. W. Walker. Mr. Thomas Wilton is the leader . . .

[Advertisement], Geelong Advertiser [VIC] (18 March 1861), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148697067 

BAZAAR in aid of the Funds of the
GEELONG and WESTERN DISTRICT FEMALE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.
Will be opened in The HALL of the MECHANICS' INSTITUTE,
On TUESDAY next, the 19th inst. at 2 o'clock p.m.
During the afternoon the following selections of
CHOICE MUSIC Will be performed by WILTON'S BAND, who have kindly given their services on the occasion.
PROGRAMME:
PART I.
Overture - "Crown Diamonds" - Auber
Selections from Verdi's Grand Opera - Attila
Valse - Du orentatea - Labitzki
"Il Balen" (the tempest of the heart), from Verdi's favorite Opera Il Trovatore
"Garibaldi Galop" - D'Albert
PART II.
Overture - "Anna Bolena" - Pacini
Scotch Selection, arranged by G. W. Walker
Waltz - "Nellie Gray" - D'Albert
Selection from "The Bohemian Girl" - Balfe
Geelong Polka - G. W. Walker
Leader, Mr. T. Wilton . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Thomas Wilton (band leader)

"CURRENT TOPICS", Geelong Advertiser (23 March 1861), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148697233 

A second Musical Entertainment will be given in the Botanical Gardens this afternoon, from four to six o'clock, by the Theatre Royal band, under the direction of Mr. Thos. Wilton. The following is the programme.
PART I.
Serpentine Quadrille - Burchardt
Grand Cavatina from 'The Stranger' - Bellini
Annie Valse - Marriott
Garibaldi Galop - D'Albert
PART II.
Overture, 'Il Barbiere de Siviglia' - Rossini
Lucia Quadrille - Farmer
Selection 'Bohemian Girl' - Balfe
Geelong Polka - G. W. Walker
FINALE.

"CURRENT TOPICS", Geelong Advertiser (20 April 1861), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148697907 

This afternoon, between the hours of three and five o'clock the band of the Theatre Royal, led by Mr. Thomas Wilton, will perform in the Botanical Gardens. The following is the programme.
PART I.
Quadrille - La Chavalresque - Bohlman
Waltzer Gabrielen - Strauss
Medley Overture - Lalla Rookh - G. W. Walker
Polka - Zerline, cornet obligato - Ettling
PART II.
Overture - Anna Bolena - Pacini
Quadrille - The Campbell Minstrels - D'Albert
Waltzer - Esmeralda - Bosisio
Selection from Attila - Verdi.

"CURRENT TOPICS", Geelong Advertiser (6 November 1861), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article149721150 

In addition to the Wednesdays' Concerts in the market-square, which commences next week, we notice that the Band of the Rifles are to play in the Botanical Gardens every Saturday during the summer. This will afford a great treat to the inhabitants, as the band under the able tuition of Mr. G. W. Walker, have attained to a considerable degree of excellence. We also notice that subscriptions are to be sought from the inhabitants of the town towards paying the expenses of the band and Regiment, and we hope that the town will afford the requisite support. We believe that the members of the regiment have been put to considerable expense in getting up this band and providing instruments, and the services of a competent instructor, and seeing that they are desirous of giving the public at large the benefit of their exertions it is only fair that the public should pay their share of the current expenses.

"THE PROFESSIONAL TOWN BAND. To the Editor of the . . .", Geelong Advertiser (14 November 1861), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article149719416 

SIR, - a letter appeared in your issue of this day headed "The Rival Bands," wherein the writer, a Mr. G. W. Walker, asserts that he was the instigator of the movement for musical performances in the Botanical Gardens. Although I did not form one of the number who performed there last year, I can positively state that Mr. Thos. Wilton was the originator of the movement, and as to the great expense and loss of time Mr. Walker speaks of in arranging music, &c, I do not consider him entitled to any credit on that score, inasmuch as he admits that it was his own "personal property," and, of course, written to suit his own purposes. The remarks of Mr. Walker with respect to certain members of the musical profession having trades, come with a very bad grace from one who is himself by trade a blacksmith; but not the "Harmonious Black-smith" of whom the immortal Handel wrote, otherwise he ought certainly to feel very proud it, and not endeavour to cast a slur on any professional man, simply because he has the good fortune to be able and willing to turn all his talents to the best account. I should not have troubled you, sir, with this letter, but that I believe Mr. Walker's remarks calculated to prove prejudicial to the interests of the professional band of the town of which I claim to be the oldest member.
I am, &c.,
W. STONEHAM, Professor of music and a tradesman.
Geelong, Nov. 12, 1861.

"THE BANDS. To the Editor of the . . .", Geelong Advertiser (15 November 1861), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article149718754 

SIR, - I should feel deeply obliged if you would (for the last time) allow me a small space in your columns to reply to Mr. Stoneham's letter in to-day's issue. In the first, place, I beg distinctly to reiterate that I originally proposed the band performances in the Botanical Gardens, although out of deference to Mr. Wilton as leader of the Theatre (not the Town) Bands, I allowed the formal request for the trustees' permission to emanate from him. I leave the public to form their own opinion what credit is due to me for the arrangements, &c., of the whole of the music performed last season in the Gardens. Music was required, I supplied it, being the only member of the Band able to orchestrize music, and therefore although it still remains my "personal prosperity," it is plainly to be seen that it was written to suit any but "my own purposes." With reference to Mr. Stoneham's remark about my being a tradesman, I beg to state I have always admitted it publicly, and only regret that severe rheumatic affliction prevents me following a much more remunerative calling than the profession of music; but having been two years unable to walk without crutches, and only enabled to dispense with a stick through the healthy locality of Geelong, I have been obliged to relinquish my trade and embrace music. I admit in the latter profession I have worked hard, especially in fostering the "divine science" among the amateurs here, which I shrewdly suspect to be the real cause of the enmity and the bile of my professional brethren.
I am, sir, yours, etc.,
G. W. WALKER,
Bandmaster G.V.R.B.
P.S. - I beg to draw your attention to the heading of my last letter, "Rival Bands," which was not mine, but an introduction of the press.
727 Gheringhap-street. Nov. 14, 1861.
[The heading was ours - not our correspondent's. ED.]

ASSOCIATIONS: William Stoneham (musician); Geelong Volunteer Rifles Band (citizen military, later Geelong Volunteer Artillery Band)

[Advertisement], Geelong Advertiser (5 November 1862), 4

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FLOWER SHOW!! MECHANICS' HALL, Friday, 7th November.
BY the kind permission of Lieut-Col. Rede, the full Band of the ROYAL VICTORIA VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY will perform during the evening the following selection of music: -
Overture to Anna Bolena - Pacini
Lurline Valse - D'Albert
Selection from "Ernani," - Verdi
Grand Selection of Irish Melodies - G. W. Walker.
PART 2.
Overture - La Part du Diable - Auber
Labyrinth Walzer - Lanner
Grand Selection from the opera "Stranger," Bellini
"Thistle" Quadrille - G. W. Walker.
"Patrick's Day," and "God Save the Queen."

"RIVAL BANDS. To the Editor of the . . .", Geelong Advertiser (14 February 1863), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148906089 

SIR, - I observe a statement in your columns of this morning that you considered the equity of the award at the last competition between the Volunteer Bands was on good grounds disputed by the Castlemaine Band. Now, this may be your opinion, Sir, and perhaps of the Castlemaine Band also, and as there does not appear to be any intention at the present Encampment to give any prizes for music, I am willing, though not a rich man, to compete against the Castlemaine Band with the Band of the 2nd Brigade Geelong R.V.V.A. for a sum of £10, and I hope to settle any dispute that may have existed. If the Castlemaine Band will accept this challenge I would have no objection to any other Band joining in the competition. I, for one, would be glad if a competition for prizes could be got up, feeling assured that the Band under my charge would still maintain their position.
- I am, Sir, &c.,
G. W. WALKER,
Band Master 2nd Brigade R.V.V.A.B.
Camp, Geelong 13th Feb, 1863.

[Advertisement], The Argus (17 March 1865), 1

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TO VOLUNTEER BANDS. - Open to ENGAGEMENT, G. W. Walker, late BANDMASTER of the Geelong Artillery. Address Marnock-vale, Geelong.

"PROMENADE CONCERTS IN THE BOTANICAL GARDENS. To the Editor of the . . .", Geelong Advertiser (6 October 1865), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article147564750 

SIR - In reply to your "Current Topic" of to day respecting the desirability of the Artillery Band performing in the Gardens during the summer months, I beg to state that it has been contemplated by the band to do so, providing sufficient, funds can be guaranteed to compensate the Band for the necessary loss of time, which of course depends upon the liberality or number of subscribers. At the next general practice the subject will again be brought forward, and I have no doubt some decisive step will be taken, I am &c.,
G. W. WALKER;
Myers street, October 5, 1865.

[News], The Argus (11 November 1865), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5782208

The opening show of the Horticultural Society of Victoria for the year 1865 was commenced yesterday, at the Botanical-garden . . . In addition to the attractions of the exhibition, the committee have provided a band of music, which will play the following programme in the course of the afternoon: -
Grand Overture, "Il Tancredi," Rossini; Quadrille, "La Traviata," D'Albert; Selection, "Lucrezia Borgia," Donizetti;
Scotch Quick March, G. W. Walker; Grand Waltz, "St. Cloud," Lyon; "Eclipse Polka," Koenig; Selection, "Norma," Bellini; Quadrille, "La Fete des Artillery;" Polka, "D'Amour," Farmer; Fra Poco, from "Lucia," Donizetti; Galop, "Duke of Cambridge," Schaller; "God save the Queen."

[Advertisement], Geelong Advertiser (23 December 1865), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article147562931 

COMUNN NA FEINNE. INSTITUTED 1856 . . . TENTH GRAND HIGHLAND GATHERING
AT THE SOCIETY'S GROUNDS, SOUTH GEELONG, ON MONDAY, JANUARY 1ST, 1866.
The Band of the Geelong Volunteer Artillery Regiment will be in attendance during the day, and perform some choice selections of music.
PROGRAMME AND TIME TABLE . . .
Band - Overture, "Guy Mannering" - H. R. Bishop . . .
Band - Valse, from Gounod's Opera, Faust - Coote . . .
Band - Grand Scotch March - G. W. Walker . . .
Band - Scotch Melodies, introducing the "Flowers of the Forest," "Scots wha hae," "Auld Robin Gray," "Jessie, the Flower of Dunblane," "The Keel Row," &c. - G. W. Walker . . .
Band - Overture, "The Fair Maid of Perth," - Waddell . . .
Band - "Bonnie Hills o'Scotland " and "Auld Lang Syne," arranged bv G. W. Walker . . .

[Advertisement], Geelong Advertiser (1 January 1868), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article147776258 

GRAND HIGHLAND GATHERING AT THE COMMUN NA FEINNE SOCIETY'S GROUNDS, SOUTH GEELONG, on WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1st, 1868 . . .
The Band of the 1st. Geelong Artillery Regiment; by the kind permission of Captain Heath, will be in attendance, and perform several choice selections of music.
PROGRAMME: "The Gathering of the Clans" - By the Piper . . .
Band - Overture," Fair Maid of Perth" . . .
Band - Royal Alfred Quadrille - Godfrey . . .
Band - Grand Scottish March - Walker . . .
Band - Valse "Corn Flower" - Coote . . .
Band - Grand Selection of Scottish Melodies, Introducing the "Flower of the Forest," "Scots wha ha'e," "Auld Robin Gray," "Jessie, the flower of Dunblane," "The Keel Row," &c. - G. W. Walker . . .
Band - Overture, "Bohemian Girl" (Balfe) . . .
Band - Grand Valse "Tour Round the World," (O'Meara) . . .

"THE GEELONG VOLUNTEERS", Geelong Advertiser (2 January 1871), 3

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A parade of volunteers was held on the night of the 7th December, in which the members of both corps took part. With their band, No. 1 corps mustered 83, and No. 2 corps 84 men, making a total of 167, Major Snee commanding. Major Heath, Captain Eashleigh, and Lieutenant Morkham were also present. After inspection, Major Snee complimented the men on the condition of their arms, accoutrements, and uniform. After parade and all other business was gone through, Trumpet-Major Kingsbury called forward Mr. Walker, the Bandmaster of the No. 1 corps, and presented him with an illuminated address, tastefully got up for the occasion, and also a gold watch. The Trumpet-Major said:

"Mr. Walker. - Sir, - I have been requested by the band to beg your acceptance of this testimonial and a gold watch, as a small token of their esteem and regard for you as their bandmaster. It was their wish and intention to have presented you with something of greater value had circumstances permitted, but they have contributed as far as their means will allow, and trust you will accept the will for the deed. I will now read you the address:

"To G. W. Walker, Esq, bandmaster of the 1st Geelong Artillery. -
Sir, - We, the members of the band of the 1st Geelong Artillery corps, having resolved on expressing our entire satisfaction with you for the untiring perseverance you have at all times displayed in teaching us the use of our respective instruments, and also to acknowledge your excellent method of tuition and worth as a musician, coupled with your gentlemanly patience and forbearance, it is with feelings of pleasure and gratitude we ask you to accept this testimonial of our unfeigned regard and esteem, at the same time begging your further acceptance of this gold watch. Trusting you may continue as our bandmaster, and that we may at all times work together in harmony, we wish you health and prosperity. -
Signed on behalf of the band, W. H. Kingsbury, Trumpet Major. . Dec. 7th, 1870."

Mr. Walker acknowledged the honour done him in a brief but appropriate reply. The address had been beautifully engrossed and illuminated on vellum by Mr. W. H. Kingsbury, and was quite a work of art. Above the address, which was almost enclosed by a laurel wreath, appeared on either side of the Victorian ensign the inevitable kangaroo and emeu, whilst under, in a small medallion were neatly inscribed the names of every member of the band, and at each corner appeared a laurel crown surrounding Mr. Walker's initials, G. W. W., the whole being enclosed in a gilt frame.

"TOWN TALK", Geelong Advertiser (18 February 1873), 2

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The Philharmonic Society give their second subscription concert in the Mechanics' Hall to-night, when they will submit one of the most attractive programmes yet offered by them. The selection comprises solos and duetts from the works of Donizetti, Meyerbeer, Verdi, Wallace, and G. B. Allen; the overtures to "Zampa" and "Fra Diavola" and a variety of choruses from the compositions of Herold, Gluck, Bishop, and Gounod, in addition to those formerly mentioned . . . A peculiar interest attaches to this concert, as the orchestral parts are all arranged by Mr. G. W. Walker, and the public will in supporting the society handsomely on this occasion pay a well merited compliment to Mr. Walker.

"TOWN TALK", Geelong Advertiser (9 August 1876), 2

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A complimentary ball was given last evening to Mr. G. W. Walker, bandmaster to the St. Patrick's Society. The compliment came from the members of the band under the auspices of the society, and the ball took place in the hall of the Public Library. There were about forty couples present and Mr. W. Dunden acted as M.C,; eight members of the band, led by Mr. Walker himself, furnished the music. The programme consisted of twenty dances . . .

[Advertisement], Geelong Advertiser (28 March 1877), 3

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PUBLIC NOTICE. ARTILLERY MOONLIGHT CONCERT.
THE Public are respectfully notified that, should the weather be favorable, the Concert will be held THIS EVENING.
It has been arranged that the Town Bellman will go round the town and announce the same,
and, in addition, two bombshells and rockets will be discharged consecutively, at 7 o'clock, from the Park.
G, W. WALKER, Bandmaster.

"DELORAINE (From a Correspondent)", Weekly Examiner [Launceston, TAS] (28 April 1877), 8

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We are likely to have a fund of cheap pleasure of a high order during the next few weeks. The demonstration at the opening of the new bridge (date not fixed), the oratorio of St. Paul on 1st May, concert by the St. Joseph's Band, and complimentary concert to Mr. W. Walker. There is a very general desire to compliment Mr. William Walker for his services as a musician for many years. Mr. Walker has not only taken a leading part in all public entertainments, but succeeded in evoking a taste or talent for instrumental music that is pleasant and beneficial. It is proposed to give him a complimentary concert on the evening of 24th May next, and a committee of the most influential residents in the district has been appointed to ensure its success. The St. Joseph's Band it appears lighted on the previous night for their entertainment. If the promoters of it had been aware of Mr. Walker's concert, the step looks very much like something too smart to be favorably appreciated, and which Mr. Walker or the committee do not deserve at the hands of the St. Joseph's Band. So far it has been regarded as neither wise nor creditable. April 20.

ASSOCIATIONS: St. Joseph's Band (Launceston)

"TOWN TALK", Geelong Advertiser (5 November 1880), 2

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The friends of Mr. G. W. Walker, the well-known musician, will regret to learn of his decease at Kew, which took place yesterday morning. The deceased, who was a native of Somersetshire, died at the age of 53 years. He arrived in Adelaide from England 28 years since, afterwards went to Tasmania, where he acted as bandmaster of one of the military companies stationed at the island, and then came to Geelong. His lengthy services as leader of the band of the Geelong Artillery Corps are well known to nearly every resident of this town.

"TOWN TALK", Geelong Advertiser (6 November 1880), 2

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The Geelong Artillery Corps will parade at the orderly room to-day, at 2.30 p.m., to follow the remains of the late bandmaster, Mr. G. W. Walker, to the place of interment.

The funeral of the late Mr. G. W. Walker, formerly band master of the Geelong Volunteer Artillery Corps, took place on Saturday afternoon. As the deceased gentleman had severed his connection with the corps about fifteen' months previous to his death, the funeral was not a military one, but by special permission of Colonel Anderson a number, of his former comrades followed his remains to the place of interment at the Eastern cemetery. At half-past two about 20 of the band and about 60 volunteers formed into line at the orderly room, McKillop-street, and marched to the railway station, where the body, which had been conveyed from Melbourne by the mid-day train, lay. The procession then went along Malop-street as far as Moorabool-street, into which it turned, and continued up to Ryrie-street. The band played the Dead March from the station to the hospital. At the cemetery gates the cortege was joined by the Rev. Canon Goodman and a large number of private friends. Owing to the reason given above, the body was borne privately from the gates to the grave, and there was no firing over the grave. The Rev. Canon Goodman read the burial service of the Church of England. The funeral arrange ments were under the supervision of Messrs. Jenkins and Bennett.

Probate, George W. Walker, bandmaster, died 4 November 1880; Public Record Office Victoria

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"AN OLD-TIME BANDMASTER", Tasmanian [Launceston, TAS] (3 August 1895), 28 (with photo above)

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Old Launcestonians will doubtless remember the late Mr. G. W. Walker, a portrait of whom is published. Mr. Walker, who was brother to the well-known Mr. William Walker, of Deloraine, was bandmaster of the Rechabite Band in this city from. 1850 to 1856. Subsequently he settled in Victoria, and was for eighteen years bandmaster of the Geelong Artillery Band. At one of the big Volunteer Encampments, held at Werribee some years since, this band carried off the honours as the most superior combination of its class on the scene of action.

"MR. WILLIAM WALKER", Tasmanian [Launceston, TAS] (3 August 1895), 28 (with photo above)

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article198897542 

Mr. William Walker is a well known figure, not alone in Deloraine, near which town he resides, but throughout Northern Tasmania. He is not alone an experienced bandmaster, but a keen politician, as the excellent work he carried out in connection with the last Deloraine Parliamentary election testified. Mr. Walker landed in Tasmania from England in 1855, and played in a procession in which the Rechabite Band of Launceston took part on May 24 of the same year. For some years he resided in the Longford and Cressy districts, and proceeded to Deloraine in 1864, where he has lived ever since. For a considerable time he took an active interest in band matters, and worked the Deloraine band up to a high standard of efficiency. At the head of the clever Walker Family of Bellringers he toured the Australian Colonies, performing in Melbourne and other important centres of population. Mr. William Walker still takes a great interest in matters musical, and is quite a power in his district when politics are to the front.

"AN OLD-TIME MUSICIAN. HALF A CENTURY'S EXPERIENCE", Examiner (29 December 1905), 6

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One of the regular daily visitors at Elphin this week is Mr. Wm. Walker, of Deloraine, who first played in a brass band in England at the age of eight years. He is keenly interested in the competitions, but between whiles yesterday he chatted with an "Examiner" reporter, to whom he gave some interesting particulars of band music here in the early days. He is one of very few now left who can relate any incidents of the bands that were of note half a century ago.

"I landed in Launceston," said Mr. Walker, "on March 25, 1855, and immediately joined what by old residents is now occasionally known as the "old teetotal band," of which my brother, the late G. W. Walker, was bandmaster. My brother George won the first contest at Werribee encampment, in Victoria, many years ago, at which Geordy Chapman was the judge of music.

"On May 24, 1855, I took charge of the Teetotal Band in a Rechabite procession, when we played through the streets to the Independent Church is Tamar-street, of which the Rev. Chas Price was the pastor.

"Ever since those days until a few years ago I have been actively connected with music, and I was instrumental in bringing out some of the best bands men.

"There are not many of the old ones left. Of those in the Teetotal Band I can at the present moment only recall Messrs. John Tevelein and James French as amongst the living ones. The late Mr. R. H. Price belonged to it also.

"I am the father of the Walker family of bellringers, who with considerable success toured Australia some years ago and played for a season of several nights in St. George's Hall, Melbourne. We also got a fine reception in the Mechanics' Institute at Launceston.

"St. Joseph's Band was in existence then, and had been many years before, but there was a break since, when they were disbanded for a time."

Has there been much advance made in band instruments since then?

"Yes, undoubtedly. The bass instrument called the serpent was then very much in vogue. Old Mr. Robins, who came out with the band of the 99th Regiment [sic, 96th Regiment], played one for years, and a Mr. Allen, who was a fellow-bandsman in the 99th [sic, 96th], also performed on the same instrument. The flat saxe bass now takes its place, and the valve trombone has come into existence, but it is not by any means the equal of the slide trombone.

"The old French horn has been knocked out by the E-flat tenor saxe bassoon, and is not now heard except on rare occasions in orchestras. I have a season's ticket for the competitions, and think a great deal of the septet performances of the Orphanage Band. I was rather surprised at the improvement in the Railway Band since last I heard it. Judging by the second class competition on Wednesday, I should say the award lies between the Ulverstone and Devonport bands. As to the quickstep to-day, I believe the Berringa played the best.

"Yes, I can safely say no one has done more in Tasmania to introduce brass bands than I have. The last time I played in a band was when we received news of Mafeking at Deloraine, when I mustered a band, and led it to rejoice at the victory gained."

ASSOCIATIONS: William Robins, formerly of the Band of the 96th Regiment (military); James Allen, formerly drum major of the 96th Regiment; evidently not John Tevelein (d. 1879), but more likely his son James Tevelein (musical amateur)

"ABOUT PEOPLE", Examiner (2 June 1920), 6

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Deep regret was expressed at Deloraine yesterday afternoon at the death of Mr. William Walker, a resident of that town for about 60 years. The deceased gentleman was well-known, not only in Deloraine, but also throughout the state, particularly in musical and sporting circles. He was a justice of the peace, a member of the local municipal council, and of the road trust. The late Mr. Walker will be remembered by many in connection with the "Walker Family of Bellringers," who toured the theatres of Australia some years ago. It is said that he was the oldest bandmaster in Tasmania, and introduced the first brass band to the town of Dunedin, New Zealand. He was also a regular attendant at the Launceston Cup and Deloraine races. Surviving him are his widow, one daughter, and seven sons, most of whom are still resident in Tasmania.

"DEATHS", Daily Telegraph [Launceston, TAS] (3 June 1920), 1

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WALKER. - On the 1st inst., at his late residence, Northwood, Deloraine, William, dearly beloved husband of Jane Walker, in his 89th year. (A patient sufferer gone to rest. No flowers, by request.)

"DELORAINE PIONEER'S PASSING MEMORIES OF OTHER DAYS", Advocate [Burnie, TAS] (4 June 1920), 2

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Mr. William Walker, who died at Deloraine this week in his 90th year, was born at Nether Stowey, England, in March, 1831 [sic, March 1832]. A very old resident, and widely known, he had always been in the front in public movements, and especially where music was in evidence. Coming from the mother country in 1852 [sic, 1855] aboard the sailing vessel Ocean Chief, at the age of 21 [sic, 23], the late Mr. Walker had among his fellow-passengers the late Mr. G. Clarke, Red Hills; the late Mr. H. Day, Sheffield; the late Mr. D. Griffiths, Deloraine; and the late Mr. and Mrs. W. Walker, of Parkham.

Mr. Walker was spoken of as the ship's musician; he was a first-class cornet player. On arrival in Tasmania he engaged in blacksmithing at Launceston, afterwards taking up farming in the Cressy district, where he was well known. From there deceased removed to Deloraine, living and carrying on blacksmithing where the Deloraine Pharmacy now stands. During this time the late Mr. Walker, with his large family of sons, all accomplished musicians, made a tour of Tasmania and the mainland with Walker's Band and Bellringers, the tour being most successful. Walker's Band will long be remembered by the older residents of Deloraine, who still talk of the friendly rivalry and contests with another local band - Hart's Band. On one occasion they played tune for tune, well on to midnight, on the Deloraine Green, and neither band giving in, both slept on the battlefield, and when morning came and the opposing men had to return to their duties, Walker's Band marched up the town playing "See, the Conquering Heroes Come!"

Buying the interest of the late Mr. W. Roberts, deceased set up sawmilling at "Allwood," and later removed to the present site and homestead at "Northwood," where sawmilling was carried on until about five years ago, when the business was sold out, and farming pursuits continued. "Northwood" had a wide reputation for its sawn timber, and for years the mill supplied extensive Government orders for bridge work, etc.

Deceased married a daughter of the late Mr. James Motton, of Hobart, the ceremony being performed by the Rev. Williams at Westbury in October 1857. He was an active member of the old Road Trust, and also a member of the Deloraine Municipal Council, a justice of the peace, and a Mason. Deceased leaves a widow, one daughter, and seven sons.

"NORTH-WESTERN NEWS. DELORAINE. The Late Mr. Walker", Advocate (7 June 1920), 2

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The funeral of the late Mr. William Walker, of "Northwood," took place on Friday, interment being made in the general cemetery. Deceased was a highly-respected resident of many, years' standing, and had taken a keen interest in the welfare and progress of the district. Six sons followed the remains, the seventh (Mr. R. Walker) residing in America. In recognition of the musical services of deceased and his family in the past, Bandmasters Edwards and Corrick, of Launceston, with the available members of the local band, played the "Dead March in Saul" at the graveside. The burial service was conducted by Rev. W. K. Douglas.

Bibliography and resources:

The cyclopedia of Tasmania . . . volume 2 (Hobart: Maitland and Krone, 1900), 233-34 (with photo)

https://stors.tas.gov.au/25841 (DIGITISED)

Mr. William Walker, Landed Proprietor, "Northwood", four miles from Deloraine, was born at Nether Stowey, Somersetshire, in 1842, and is the fourth son of the late Mr. John Walker, who served His Majesty George IV as a man-of-warsman in several active engagements, and was subsequently disabled and pensioned off. Mr. William Walker served his time as a blacksmith, and worked at his trade in England until 1854, when he migrated to Tasmania in the "Ocean Chief." On arrival in the colony he joined his brother at Launceston, and followed his trade for a few months, after which he opened business as a wheelwright and blacksmith at Cressy. Also, combining farming operations, in 1862 he went to New Zealand and engaged in mining. Not meeting with much success, he returned to Tasmania and settled in the Deloraine district, where he carried on business for about twenty five years, during which time he supplied most of the farmers with their implements, and took a lively interest in the Welfare of the community. Mr. Walker, retired from the Smithy business in 1884 and opened a sawmill on his present property, where he has been established for fifteen years, employing a large amount of labour. He goes in extensively for farming and has about 200 acres of first class agricultural land, with a splendid homestead of thirteen rooms, commanding a beautiful [234] view. Everything in connection with the sawmill plant is thoroughly up to date, and the logs are brought in over a tram line extending two miles and a half. Mr. Walker has always been energetic in public affairs, and at present time is a member of the Deloraine Municipal Council, and has been a member of the Deloraine Improvement Association. He was married in 1858 [sic, 1857] to Miss Jane Motton, daughter of the late Mr. James Motton, builder and contractor, of Hobart, and has a family of seven sons and two daughters. The Walker Family are well known throughout the colonies for their exceptional musical abilities. They have appeared at all the principal music halls in the colonies, and are adepts at bellringing.

George William Walker, Find a grave

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William Walker, Find a grave

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WALKER, James (James WALKER; ? = Mr. WALKER above)

Musician, orchestra member Prince of Wales Theatre

Born c. 1820
Died Sydney, NSW, 12 January 1865, aged "45"

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-W-1.php#WALKER-James-d1865 (shareable link to this entry)

Documentation:

Burials in the parish of Camperdown . . . in the year 1865; St. Stephen's, Newtown, register 1854-67; Sydney Diocesan Archives

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No. 12800 / James Walker / Burton St. / [died] Jan. 12 / [buried] Jan. 15 / 45 years / Musician . . .

"FUNERAL", The Sydney Morning Herald (14 January 1865), 10

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The Friends of Mr. JAMES WALKER (late musician at Prince of Wales Theatre), deceased, are respectfully invited to attend his funeral, to move from his late residence, 28, Burton-street, near Riley-street, Woolloomooloo, TO-MORROW (Sunday) MORNING, at a quarter before eight o'clock.
JOHN HILL and CO., undertakers, King and Riley streets.

WALKER, John (John WALKER; ? = Mr. WALKER above)

Musician, musicseller

Born Cork, Ireland, 1792; son of John WALKER and Jane EMERY (m. 1789)
Married Mary Elizabeth SHINE (1812-1848), Cork, Ireland, 1834
Arrived Sydney, NSW, 8 March 1842 (per Woodbridge, from Cork, 9 November)
Died Paddington, NSW, 20 August 1874, aged "82"

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WALKER, James (James WALKER)

Musician, flautist, ? violinist, saddler and harness maker

Born Cork, Ireland, 5 November 1836; son of John WALKER (d. 1874) and Mary Elizabeth SHINE (1812-1848)
Arrived Sydney, NSW, 8 March 1842 (per Woodbridge, from Cork, 9 November)
Married Catherine FLETCHER, Chippendale Chapel, Sydney, NSW, 18 May 1859
Died Maryborough, QLD, 27 March 1934, aged "97"

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Documentation:

"MARRIAGE", The Sydney Morning Herald (23 May 1859), 1

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May 18th, by the Rev J. Oram, at Chippendale Chapel, James Walker, second son of Mr. John Walker, Park-street, to Catherine, youngest daughter of Mrs. Robert Fletcher, Sydney.

[Advertisement], Empire (3 September 1859), 8

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UNITARIAN Book and Tract Depot. - Mrs. WALKER, 19, Park-street.

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (19 January 1861), 2

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FOR SALE, Grand PIANO, with check action, by J. H. R. Mott; price £20, cost £80. J. WALKER, 20, Park-street.

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (17 July 1861), 8

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VIOLIN STRINGS, received per Benares a superior assortment. WALKER, 20, Park-street

[Advertisement], Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser [QLD] (30 January 1862), 3

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JAMES WALKER, SADDLER AND HARNESS MAKER, (Next to Power's Hotel), CAPPER STREET, GAYNDAH . . .

"CUSTOMS IMPORT ENTRIES. - FEBRUARY 14", The Sydney Morning Herald (15 February 1865), 4

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. . . 1 case musical instruments, J. Walker . . .

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (15 July 1865), 10

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WANTED, to SELL a superior CORNOPEAN, upright bell. J. Walker, Park-street.

"CENTRAL POLICE COURT . . . TUESDAY", Sydney Mail (28 July 1866), 2

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Frederick Goodwin was summarily convicted of having stolen a violin and case, of the value of 40s., the property of John Walker, of Park-street, music-seller, and was sentenced to be imprisoned three months.

"CUSTOMS IMPORT ENTRIES. - SEPTEMBER 19", The Sydney Morning Herald (21 September 1868), 6

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. . . 1 case musical instruments, J. Walker . . .

"DEATHS", Australian Town and Country Journal (29 August 1874), 35

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On August 20, at his residence, Paddington, John Walker, music seller, aged 82 years.

"A GRAND OLD MUSICIAN", The Brisbane Courier (16 March 1926), 11

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Closely connected with the Eisteddfod movement at the present time is Mr. James Walker, in his 90th year. Mr. Walker still retains most of his faculties to a remarkable degree, and takes a great interest in everything connected with music in Maryborough. He himself was a grand old musician of other days, being considered a flautist of the first degree. He was born in South Ireland and came to Sydney when 4 years of age, with his parents. At the age of 7 he had learned the flute under the great French master, M. Longchamp [sic], and later he studied under another equally famous Frenchman, the violinist M. Guthrow [sic]. The latter had been Napoleon's first violinist. Mr. Walker played in opera in Sydney, and took a prominent place in his accompaniments under Mr. Vincent Wallace, the composer of Maritana [sic, recte S. W. Wallace]. He also played his flute in The Barber of Seville, Il Trovatore, and William Tell. Mr. Walker came to Gayndah about 1860, and to Maryborough in 1877. Since then he has been in great demand both in orchestral work and as a soloist. Necessarily, advancing years have taken him off the list of active musicians. He is still engaged in his saddlery business in Adelaide-street.

ASSOCIATIONS: Jean Francois Lonchamp (flautist, teacher); Joseph Gautrot (violinist, teacher); Spencer Wellington Wallace (violinist, flautist, leader); Il trovatore was first produced in Sydney in 1859, conducted by Lewis Henry Lavenu

"NINETY-SEVEN. MR. JAMES WALKER", Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser (6 November 1933), 4 (with photo)

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Yesterday, November 5, was the 97th birthday of Mr. James Walker, the well-known saddler of Adelaide-street, who had conducted his business in Maryborough for the last 56 years . . . Mr. Walker was born on November 5, 1836, in the city of Cork, Ireland. William IV. was then on the throne of England. Four years after his birth the family emigrated to Australia on the Woodbridge, arriving in Port Jackson on March 21, 1841 [sic]. There were on board 360 passengers of whom 50 were free girls from Ireland who were in the charge of Mr. Walker's father as constable. A sister was born at sea off the Cape of Good Hope . . .

"LIVED IN FOUR REIGNS. MARYBOROUGH, November 3", The Courier Mail (9 November 1933), 14

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Mr. James Walker, of Maryborough, celebrated his 97th birthday on Sunday. For the last 56 years Mr. Walker has conducted his business of saddler in this city, and despite his advanced age is hale and hearty. He is still working at his trade. Mr. Walker was born on November 5, 1836, in the city of Cork, Ireland. William IV was then on the throne of England. When Mr. Walker migrated to Sydney in 1841 the population of Australia was only 40,000.

"PERSONAL", Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette (1 December 1933), 6

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. . . He learned to play the flute exactly 90 years ago . . . Mr. Walker played flute parts for Mr. Vincent Wallace, the composer of "Maritana," [recte, S. W. Wallace] over 80 years ago, in Sydney . . .

"DEATHS . . . FUNERAL NOTICE", Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser (28 March 1934), 6

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WALKER. - On March 27, 1934, at the residence of his son, John Henry Walker, Kent-street, Maryborough, James, beloved father of John Henry, Mesdames W. Adam (Toowoomba), L. E. Gibson (Sydney) and J. W. Bates (Boompa); aged 97 years and 4 months. Peace Perfect Peace . . .
his funeral, to move from the residence of his son . . . THIS AFTERNOON at 3 O'CLOCK for the Maryborough Cemetery.

"MR. JAMES WALKER. A Grand Old Man. PIONEER CROSSES LAST FORD", Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser (28 March 1934), 6 (with photograph)

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article149272358 

DEATH yesterday brought to a close the life of Maryborough's oldest resident, Mr. James Walker. In recording his departure we could chronicle no better obituary than to reprint the following article which appeared in our issue of November 6, 1933. Mr. Walker remained at his work until the last few months and his faculties were so keen that his presence in his business was no mere matter of form. Representatives of the "Chronicle" who had had occasion to interview him in reference to early day happenings in the district frankly marvelled at his retentive memory and physical agility. He is survived by one son, John Henry, of Maryborough, and three daughters. One son and one daughter predeceased him. His wife died in 1915 . . . [reprints article 1933 above]

[Photo caption] THE LATE MR. JAS. WALKER who is here seen with his flute - his favourite musical instrument. In his prime Mr. Walker was recognised by experts as a brilliant flautist . . .

"Mr. James Walker", The Courier-Mail (31 March 1934), 11

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The death occurred on Tuesday night of Maryborough's oldest resident, Mr. James Walker. The late Mr. Walker, who was 97, remained at his work as a saddler until the last few months, walking two miles to work and two miles home daily. He was born in Cork, Ireland, and when he was four his family migrated to Australia on the Woodbridge, arriving at Port Jackson on March 21, 1841. A year after separation was effected in 1859 the cotton boom took place, and many people turned to the Wide Bay district. Mr. Walker was one of them, and at Gayndah he established a business. In 1877 he opened a business in Maryborough. For 81 years he stood at the saddler's bench, having signed his indenture on January 1, 1852. He took a prominent part in musical circles in Gayndah and in Maryborough, and as a flautist he had few equals in his day. He is survived by one son, Mr. John Henry Walker (Maryborough), and three daughters, Mesdames W. Adam (Toowoomba), L. E. Gibson (Sydney), and J. W. Bates (Boompa).

WALKER, John Curwen (John Curwen WALKER; J. Curwen WALKER; J. C. WALKER)

Musical amateur, amateur choral singer, member and secretary of the Hobart Town Choral Society

Born Cumberland, England, 1811; baptised St. Michael, Workington, 24 December 1811; son of Charles WALKER (d. 1847) and Bridget Christian CURWEN (d. 1859) (m. 1809)
Arrived Hobart Town, VDL (TAS), 25 October 1833 (per Lonach, from London, 19 June, "farmer")
Married Anne Louisa SHALLARD, Hobart Town, VDL (TAS), 5 February 1842
Died Brighton, VIC, 20 January 1878, aged "68"

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Documentation:

List of passengers, per Lonach, from London, for Hobart, 25 October 1833; Tasmanian names index; NAME_INDEXES:1594363; CUS30/1/1 p307

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. . . Walker John C. / Farmer . . .

"MARRIED", The Courier (11 February 1842), 2

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At Trinity Church, by special license, on Saturday, the 5th instant, by the Rev. Edward Freeman, Mr. J. Curwen Walker, Accountant of the Derwent Bank, to Miss Anne Louisa Stallard, of Brisbane-street.

"MECHANIC'S INSTITUTE", The Observer (5 August 1845), 1

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The announcement of a Lecture, by John Curwen Walker, Esq., on "The general principles and application of Mathematics," drew together on Friday Evening, 25th ult., much larger audience than the nature of the subject led us to anticipate . . .

[Advertisement], Colonial Times (2 February 1847), 4

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HOBART TOWN CHORAL SOCIETY.
THE Hobart Town Choral Society's Eleventh Oratorio will take place on Tuesday Evening, the 9th instant, at the Hall of the Mechanics' Institute.
J. C. WALKER, Secretary. February 2, 1847.

[2 advertisements], Colonial Times (15 June 1847), 2

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Mechanics' Institute.
ON FRIDAY EVENING NEXT, the 18th instant, John Curwen Walker, Esq , will deliver the first of two lectures "On the Advantages of Early Education."
To commence at half-past 7 o'clock precisely.
S. T. HARDINGE, Secretary. Committee Room, June 15,1847.

Hobart Town Choral Society.
THE Hobart Town Choral Society's Twelfth Oratorio will take place at the Hall of the Mechanics' Institute on Tuesday Evening, the 22nd instant, to commence at half-past 7 o'clock precisely.
PROGRAMME.
PART I.
Overture.
Recit. -This day a solemn feast.
Chorus. - Awake the trumpet's lofty sound.
Air. - Ye men of Gaza.
Chorus. - Awake the trumpet's lofty sound.
Organ.
Air. - The orphan's prayer.
Chorus. - O first created beams.
Air. - Honour and arms.
Quartetto & Chorus. - Then round about the starry throne.
Air. -
Chorus. - Fixed in his everlasting seat.
PART II.
Overture.
Chorus. - Sanctus Dominus.
Recit. - Rejoice my countrymen.
Air. - Thus saith the Lord.
Chorus. - Sing O ye heavens.
Air. - What though I trace each herb and flower.
Chorus. - When his loud voice.
Organ.
Chorus. - To long posterity we here record.
Air. - In native worth and honoured love.
Chorus. - May all the Host of Heaven.
Quartetto. - Lo my shepherd.
Chorus. - The great Jehovah.
J. C. WALKER, Hon. Sec.
June 15, 1847.

[Advertisement], The Courier (24 November 1847), 1

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HOBART TOWN CHORAL SOCIETY.
under the Patronage of His Excellency Sir W. Thomas Denison, Lieutenant-Governor of V.D. Land.
THE SECOND CONCERT of a series for liquidating the amount due for the purchase of music will take place on
TUESDAY EVENING, November 30, 1847, in the HALL of the MECHANICS' INSTITUTE, Melville-street.
JOHN C. WALKER, Hon. Secretary. November 19.

"CHORAL SOCIETY", The Courier (11 March 1848), 4

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The annual general meeting of the Hobart Town Choral Society was held on Friday week last, in the hall of the Mechanics' Institute. At half-past seven o'clock, Joseph Hone, Esq. was called to the chair, the report of the Committee was brought up, and read by the Secretary, J C. Walker, Esq. This document, before entering into the financial statement, congratulated the members upon the increased progress the society was making in public favour; and referred with satisfaction to the expressions of good-will which had been uttered by His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor upon the occasions he had been present at the performances. It appeared that the total receipts of the past year amounted to £137 19s. 2d., and the expenditure to £136 12s. 3d: thus there remains only the trifling balance of £1 6s. 11d. The subscription originated by the Rev. Dr. Bedford towards providing a case for the organ had not received much addition, and the Committee urged the desirability of raising the necessary funds, so as to complete the organ before the return of the Lord Bishop of Tasmania. The report was ordered to be printed, with the proceedings of the meeting, the treasurer's audited account, and a list of the members . . .

[Advertisement], The Courier (12 April 1848), 3

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Hobart Town Choral Society.
THE FIFTEENTH ORATORIO of the above Society will take place at the Hall of the
MECHANICS' INSTITUTE, Melville-street, on TUESDAY EVENING, April 18.
PART 1.
Overture - "Judas Maccabaeus" - Handel.
Chorus - "Mourn, ye afflicted people" - Handel.
Air - "O! liberty" - Handel.
Chorus - "O, Father! whose Almighty power" - Handel.
Air - "Arm! arm! ye brave" - Handel.
Chorus - "We come in bright array" - Handel.
Solo - Organ.
Chorus - "Hear us, O Lord" - Handel.
Air - "Come, ever smiling liberty" - Handel.
Trio & Chorus - "Disdainful of danger" - Handel.
Air - "Sound an alarm" - Handel.
Chorus - "We hear the dreadful sound" - Handel.
Duet - "O! lovely peace" - Handel.
Chorus - "Sing unto God" - Handel.
PART 2.
Quartette - Instrumental.
Song - "Hope."
Duet - "The Lord is a man of war" - Handel.
Chorus - "But as for his people" - Handel.
Ode - "The transient and the eternal" - Romburgh . . .
Subscribers are requested to present their tickets (and those who have not received them will please apply to the collector) at the doors on the evening of performance.
Tickets (for non-subscribers) can be obtained at Mr. John Johnston's, Hobart House, Liverpool-street; Mr. H. Cook, Elizabeth-street; and at the Courier, Advertiser, and Colonial Times offices.
Doors open at half-past seven, commence at eight o'clock precisely.
J. C. WALKER, Hon. Sec.

"CHORAL SOCIETY - REPORT", The Courier (2 August 1848), 2

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Although the Committee of the Hobart Town Choral Society, in rendering their report of the proceedings of the Society during the past year, (the fifth since its commencement), are unable to particularise a striking improvement in the state of its finances, they would express their belief that it is steadily progressing in public favour, which is obviously calculated to lead to advancement and permanent stability. Your committee advert with pleasure to the readiness with which the Lieutenant-Governor acceded to their request that he would become the Patron of the Institution, as well as to the interest His Excellency has ever since expressed for its success, and feel certain that the benefit thus conferred on the Society will be duly appreciated. Your committee have recently issued circulars to such persons as they consider likely to take an interest in the Society's welfare, soliciting them to assist by becoming members, and trust that, through this measure, sufficient funds will be raised to remove the present liabilities, and place the Society in a better position for future exertions. Three oratorios and two concerts have been given during the year, which have been most favourably attended: indeed, after one oratorio, His Excellency and Lady Denison requested your Vice-President, Mr. Hone, to express to the committee the gratification they had derived from the performance of the evening. The receipts for the past year have been £137 14s. 6d., and the expenditure £136 12s. 3d., as appears by the audited account of the treasurer. Your committee are happy to state that the cost of the organ has been very nearly liquidated. It is no doubt in your recollection, that in order to procure the cost of a case for this valuable instrument, a list of subscribers for that special purpose was long since opened by the Reverend Dr. Bedford; and as the necessity is very urgent, your committee hope they will be excused for entreating immediate individual attention to the subject. The objects of this Society - the introduction and cultivation of the study and science of Sacred Music are confessedly so excellent and beneficial to society, that your committee continue to look with confidence to increased public support.
J. CURWEN WALKER, Honorary Secretary, Hobart Town Choral Society, 3rd March, 1848.

ASSOCIATIONS: William Denison (governor); William Bedford (clergyman)

[2 advertisements], Colonial Times (29 August 1848), 3

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Hobart Town Choral Society. NOTICE TO PERFORMERS.
A Full Attendance of Performers is requested on Tuesday Evening Next, the 5th of September, at half past 7 o'clock precisely.
J. C. WALKER, Hon Sec. August 29, 1848.

Mechanics' Institution.
ON Friday Evening Next, the 1st of September, John Curwen Walker, Esq., will deliver a Lecture on "The Pursuit of Knowledge, compatible with Habits of Business."
To commence at half-past 7 o'clock precisely.
S. T. HARDINGE, Secretary, Committee Room, August 29, 1848.

[Advertisement], The Courier (4 November 1848), 1

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Hobart Town Choral Society.
THE SEVENTEENTH ORATORIO of the above Society will take place at the Hall of the Mechanics' Institute, Melville-street, on TUESDAY EVENING, the 14th November.
J. C. Walker, Hon. Sec.

"DEATHS", The Age [Melbourne, VIC] (21 January 1878), 2

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WALKER. - On the 20th January, at his residence, The Priory, Brighton, J. Curwen Walker, aged sixty-eight years. Home papers please copy.

"THE LATE MR. CURWEN WALKER", The Mercury (25 January 1878), 2

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We have been informed of the death of Mr. Curwen Walker, which took place at his late residence, Brighton. Mr. Walker, who was 68 years of age, was the eldest son of the late Mr. Charles Walker, of Ashford Court, and grandson of Christian Curwen, of Workington Hall, Cumberland. He came out to Tasmania about the year 1831 [sic] to learn colonial experience, and subsequently was accountant of the Derwent Bank, having resided for a number of years at Derwent Park, New Town.

Probate, John C. Walker, died 20 January 1878; Public Record Office Victoria

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WALKER, Kate (Catherine WALKER; Miss Kate WALKER)

Vocalist

Born ? England, c. 1835
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, 22 December 1852 (per City of Lincoln, from Liverpool, 18 August)
Died Collingwood, VIC, 13 July 1853, aged "18"

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Documentation:

"CONCERT", The Argus (5 May 1853), 9

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4792275 

The following is the programme for this evening: -
PART I. Overture - Fra Diavolo - Full Band.
Song - Mr. Bancroft.
Violin Solo - Andantino et Rondo Russe - Herr Strebinger.
Sorg - Sweetly o'er my Senses Stealing - Mrs. Testar. (Band accompaniment)
Quadrille - Exposition - Full Band.
Scena - At length I'm Thine, Mrs. Testar.
PART II.
Overture - Der Freischutz - Full Band.
Song - I'm the genius of the Spring - Mrs. Testar.
Piano Solo - Sur Lucia (by desire) - Mr. Buddee.
Song - By the Sad Sea Waves - Miss Kate Walker.
Gallop - Sturm Marsch - Full Band.
Scotch Ballad - Annie Laurie (by desire) - Mrs. Testar.
Finale - God save the Queen.

ASSOCIATIONS: Richard Bancroft (vocalist); Frederick Strebinger (violin); Elizabeth Testar (vocalist); Julius Buddee (pianist, accompanist); Thursday Concerts (series); Mechancis' Institution (Melbourne venue)

MUSIC: By the sad sea waves (Benedict)

"THE WEEKLY CONCERT", The Argus (12 May 1853), 7

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A most capital programme is presented for this evening, the vocal strength comprising Mrs. Testar, Mrs. Hancork, and Miss Walker, the young lady who made her debut last week; and the instrumental portion of the bill of fare containing Overtures, Waltzes, Polkas, and solos on the Clarionet and Ophicleide.
PART I.
Ovevture - Sargino - (Full Band)
Glee - See the chariot at hand, Mrs. Hancock, Mrs. Testar, Messrs. Hancock and Bancroft.
Solo, Clarionette - All is Lost, (Opera Sonnambula) - Mr. Johnson.
Song - Sweet Bird, (Flute Obligato, Mr. Cooze,) Mrs. Tetstar.
Waltz - Summer Flowers, (first time,) Full Band.
Cavatina - Dove Sono, Mrs. Hancock.
Solo, Ophleleide - Mr. Hartigan.
PART II.
Overture - Nino, or Nebucodonozor - (Full Band.)
Ballad - I saw him on the mountain, Miss Kate Walker.
Duet - As it fell upon a day, Mrs. Hancock and Mrs. Testar.
Quartette - Lo! the early beam of morning, Mrs. Hancock, Mrs. Testar, Messrs. Hancock and Bancroft.
Irish melody - She is far from the land, Mrs. Testar.
Polka - Trumpet - (Full Band.)
German Song - Trab, trab, Mrs. Hancock.
Finale. - God Save the Queen.

ASSOCIATIONS: Mary Ellen and Edward Hancock (vocalists); Henry Johnson (clarinet, master of the 40th band); William Joseph Cooze (flute); Joseph Hartigan (ophicleide, 40th band); Band of the 40th Regiment (military)

MUSIC: I saw him on the mountain (poerty by James Bird; music by John Barnett, c. 1834)

"DIED", The Argus (14 July 1853), 4

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On the 13th inst., at Collingwood, aged eighteen years, Miss Kate Walker, passenger per City of Lincoln, from Liverpool.

WALKER, William (William WALKER)

Musical amateur, flute player, singer, songwriter, memoirist, lawyer, politician

Born Glasgow, Scotland, 26 February 1828; son of George WALKER (1796-1883) and Elizabeth FERGUSON (1800-1876)
Arrived Sydney, NSW, 3 December 1837 (per Portland, from Greenock, 24 July)
Married (1) Mary Cover HASSELL (1829-1858), South Creek, NSW, 29 March 1853
Married (2) Henrietta Medora COOPER, Paddington, NSW, 24 August 1859
Married (3) Jessy WOOD, Windsor, NSW, 20 April 1876
Died Windsor, NSW, 12 June 1908

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Documentation:

Passengers per Portland, Sydney, NSW, from Scotland, 3 December 1837; State Records Authority of NSW

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George Walker / 38 / Teacher // Elizabeth / 36 / His wife //
William / 9 // William [sic] / 3 // George / Infant // Elizabeth / Infant // Helen Ferguson / 19 / servant / [all from Glasgow]

ASSOCIATIONS: Cabin passengers included John Dunmore Lang (Presbyterian cleric), who recruited George Walker to emigrate; the Walkers were among the 310 steerage passengers

"Men We Know. No. 2 - The Hon. W. Walker, M.L.C.", Windsor and Richmond Gazette (14 June 1890), 2

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. . . William Walker was born in Glasgow on 26th February [sic], 1828. He is the son of the late Mr. George Walker, who being educated at Glasgow University and intended for the Presbyterian ministry, decided however to adopt teaching as a profession, and was one of those induced by the late Dr. Lang to accompany him to New South Wales. He arrived with his family in 1837, his son being then nine years of age. They settled at Windsor, where Mr. Walker, sen., opened an academy, and conducted it with signal success for twenty-one years. The subject of this article was educated by his father, and afterwards by the late Reverend Mathew Adam. On the completion of a careful scholastic course he was articled to Mr. Francis Beddick, solicitor, of Windsor, and was subsequently and in due course admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales in August, 1852. He has continued the practice of his profession at Windsor since that time . . .

. . . He was the principal founder of the Windsor School of Arts, and was first President of that institution, for seventeen years being re-elected every year. For eleven years he acted as Hon. Secretary to the Hawkesbury Benevolent Society, and in 1856 wrote and published an historical account of its proceedings and work. It may be noted here that Mr. Walker has also published a volume of poems written in youth, and that he has always taken an interest in colonial and native literature. Amongst his published miscellanies, there is a lecture containing some interesting details about the beginning of literature in the colony, which have a peculiar interest at this distance of time. He has also contributed to the metropolitan press, as well as to the local papers, to a considerable extent. Another of his brochures is entitled "Traditions and Reminiscences of the Hawkesbury District," containing much interesting information about the early history of this district.

"OBITUARY", Windsor and Richmond Gazette (20 June 1908), 12

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One of Windsor's pioneers, the Hon. William Walker, passed away at his residence, The Terrace, Windsor, on Friday morning, 12th inst., at the age of 80 years . . .

Published lectures:

Australian literature: a lecture delivered at the Windsor School of Arts on the evening of Wednesday, the 20th of July, 1864 by William Walker (Sydney: Reading and Wellbank, 1864)

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"Reminiscences - Personal and Political of a 50 Years' Residence at Windsor, on the Hawkesbury", Windsor and Richmond Gazette (13 September 1890), 1

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A LECTURE, Delivered at the Windsor School of Arts, 22nd August, 1890, by WILLIAM WALKER, M.L.C.
I. - PERSONAL AND SOCIAL. (Continued.)

The second regatta took place about Christmas of the following year. In my 17th year at the time, I was placed on the committee, and made my first public speech at one of the meetings. This regatta, which was an improvement on the first, was wound up with a capital ball and supper at Freeman's Australian Hotel, in Fitzgerald-street; the Master of the Ceremonies being the late Mr. William Clark. I had the happiness of being present at the affair, which went off very pleasantly . . .

. . . Speaking of shows, we used sometimes to have those of a diverting character. Circuses were the most frequent - one in particular, Burton's, was very good in that kind of thing. The programme generally wound up with "Dick Turpin's Ride to York" on Bonny Black Bess - her death being the final scene. Then we had tight-rope dancers and mountebanks. One much admired was mastered by Signor Della Casa and some young females, which was held in what is now the yard of the present Bank of New South Wales. There was no School of Arts or other public hall in those days. All public meetings, concerts, and indoor amusements were, by permission of the authorities, held in the Court House. And some very entertaining and amusing affairs took place - though some of them looked like impostures. A fellow calling himself Ali Ben Su Ali, with a small company, gave a concert, and played himself some novel stringed instrument. There did not appear to be anything very wonderful in it, but he was dressed in Turkish fashion, and his costume seemed to attract more notice than his music. He posed as a Mahommedan, but the current belief was that under the cognomen of Ali Ben Su Ali, his real name was Ben Sullivan, and that he was an Irishman. Another concert we had was a really fine one, by the celebrated Hungarian Violinist, Miska Hausa. His performance on the violin was wonderful. I have never forgotten his playing of one piece, "The Bird on the Tree," in which he imitated the chirping of the feathered creatures marvellously . . .

In the days of my early man-hood there were a number of amiable and hospitable families about Windsor - possessed of ample means, which they used with great generosity. I don't see many like them now-a-days. In particular, there were three which I would like to mention. There were the Scarvells, of Killarney, the Hales, of Clifton, and afterwards of Fairfield, and the Fitzgeralds of Windsor. When I was attaining to man's estate I was a frequently-invited guest to parties and social-reunions. My acquaintance with the Scarvells arose from the three eldest sons being my school-fellows at my father's school. They were weekly boarders, going home on Saturdays, returning on Monday mornings, and I was often taken with them to their happy paternal mansion. Mrs. Scarvell was a charming lady and the whole family most agreeable. The little homely parties which we used to have then can never be effaced from my memory. All the boys played the flute and I was an amateur at it myself, and we used to take it in turns to play the quadrilles, waltzes and polkas. Poor fellows they have all gone, and followed their respected parents to early graves. The Hales' were, if anything, more jolly, but it was chiefly whist-playing and music that prevailed at Clifton and Fairfield. Miss Hale was an accomplished pianist and singer. Her future husband, Mr. Wm. McQuade, and myself, used often to join her at the piano with songs. One we used to sing was the "Canadian Boat Song," seldom now heard. It occurred to me whilst riding home one night with Mr. McQuade and hearing St. Matthew's church-bell toll 11 o'clock, that I might make a parody upon it, which I did and we sang it as follow:

Sweetly as tolls St. Matthew's chime,
So sweet we pass our evening time;
Melodious music rings around,
The fields we charm with dulcet sound.
Ride, brothers ride - the hours fly fast,
The road is drear - the moonlight's past.

Soon as our horses pass the hill
The breeze is bushed; and all is still;
We sing our weary homeward song,
And echo tills the vales along.
Ride, brothers ride, &c.

We leave glad scenes and faces dear,
To brave the night, so dark and drear;
The stars alone upon us shine,
And thus we pass our evening time.
Ride, brothers ride, &c.

Mr. and Mrs. Hale were the most hospitable people I ever knew. They made a practice of inviting all the friends that they met at the Windsor races - on a race meeting - to dine with them at Clifton or Fairfield. They also had a good lunch or pic-nic on the ground during the day. I was always welcome to these, and, full of youthful spirits, I enjoyed them greatly, and at them I met with many gentlemen of social and political position whose acquaintance I found of value in after life. The Fitzgeralds were more formal. They gave several grand balls, and at one of these I met the young lady whom I made my first partner in life, so that I had occasion to remember with gratitude their attentions to me. It was after one of these delightful gatherings that I was inspired to write the following lines which were afterwards set to music by the late Isaac Nathan, the composer of Byron's Hebrew Melodies, and an opera called "Don John of Austria":

'Tis sad to leave those scenes of joy
Where mirth and music's glee
Pervade each heart and smiling face
And all is melody.
'Tis sad to think of by-gone hours
When happy we have been,
But which in time's unwearied flight
Will never more be seen.

'Tis sad to say farewell to those
Dear friends whose converse sweet
Has brightened gloomy nights' long hours
And welcomed us to meet;
But sadder far, it is to part
From those we dearest love,
Oh I such a rending of the heart
Ascends to heaven above.

ASSOCIATIONS: William Clark (dancing master); Henry Burton (circus proprietor, 1850s); Luigi Dalle Case (circus proprietor, early 1840s); Ali-Ben Sou-Alle (musician); Miska Hauser (violinist); Scarvell brothers (flute players); Amelia Ann Hale (Mrs. William McQuade); St. Matthew's church (Windsor); Isaac Nathan (composer)

MUSICAL CONCORDANCE: A Canadian boat song [Faintly as tolls the evening chime] (arr. Thomas Moore)

Reminiscences (personal, social and political) of a fifty years' residence at Windsor, on the Hawkesbury: a lecture . . . by William Walker (Sydney: Turner and Henderson, 1890)

http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-88039387 (DIGITISED)

[9]. . . But we had at the same time a pleasant establishment in town, namely one of Her Majesty's regiments of the line - the gallant 80th, or Staffordshire. They were a splendid set of men, finely officered, from the colonel downwards, and they had a magnificent band. The bandmaster was the late Samuel Edgerton, a gentleman who eventually left the regiment, and spent the remainder of his life in Windsor, becoming Captain of the Windsor Volunteers, and dying at an advanced age universally respected . . . The band was the finest military one that ever came to the colony. The bandmaster led with the clarionet, and a very stately fellow played the cornet to perfection. My young patriotic blood used to warm up when I heard them play in grand style when marching through George-street that favourite air "The Blue Bells of Scotland." There were a good many blacks down the Hawkesbury then, and I remember the officers on one occasion getting up a corroboree in Thompson's Square . . . I never saw a corroboree before, and have never seen one since. I will not attempt to describe it - such a thing could not be conceived in the present day. The 80th left Windsor after a year or two, and were succeeded by another regiment, but I never could fancy it, after the former. They departed from Windsor one moonlight night, having to walk all the way to Parramatta. They marched out of town over the South Creek Bridge towards McGrath's Hill playing that exhilarating and lively tune, "The Girl I Left Behind Me," - the echoes of which still haunt me. There were many wet eyes that night amongst "the girls," and I can only say for myself, young as I was, that I felt the departure of these fine fellows from amongst us very much. When the regiment left the colony, Mr. Edgerton, the bandmaster, took up his abode in the old Peninsula Farm Cottage, overlooking the Peninsula Estate, where the reviews of the troops had occasionally taken place before the General, Sir Maurice O'Connell . . .

[10] . . . The Wesleyans also had a temporary place until they built a suitable chapel in Macquarie-street. The minister was the late Rev. John Schofield. I used frequently to attend the missionary meetings held annually. There were no American organs in those days, and the music was led by a clarionet player and a bass viol, the latter being played by the late Mr. Samuel Marsden, of Macquarie-street . . . In the Church of England for some years prior to and after we came to Windsor, the music was led by a portion of the military band. The Presbyterians, to whom our family belonged, only held service then in the afternoon at the Court House, kindly lent by the Police Magistrate, but my father generally sent me to the Church of England in the forenoon. The soldiers and band marched to and from the church. I thought it was grand to hear some of the splendid band of the 80th play in the church - in particular, I admired that fine old lyric, the Morning Hymn, regularly gone through at the commencement of the service:

Awake my soul, and with the sun
Thy daily stage of duty run;
Shake off dull sloth, and joyful rise
To pay thy morning sacrifice,

the whole congregation standing, and joining in the sweet melody. I recollect the present organ being afterwards erected, and which has for so many years [11] well sustained the musical portion of the services. The Presbyterians had no church for a number of years after our arrival in Windsor . . . There was no instrument used, and my father led the singing at Windsor for a length of time . . .

"PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED", The Sydney Morning Herald (20 December 1890), 10

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13776588 

Reminiscences (Personal, Social, and Political) . . . is the title of a pamphlet reprinting a lecture delivered at the Windsor School of Arts in August last by William Walker, M.L.C. . . .

See also, "HISTORIC HAWKESBURY", The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (14 December 1910), 42

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article164288831 

ASSOCIATIONS: Samuel Edgerton (musician); Band of the 80th Regiment (military); Samuel Marsden (amateur musician)

Other sources:

William Walker, papers, 1851-1902; State Library of New South Wales

https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/94RxoaK1 

Bibliography and resources:

Vernon Crew, "Walker, William (1828-1908)", Australian dictionary of biography 6 (1976)

https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/walker-william-4790 

William Walker, Find a grave

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167671286/william-walker 

WALKER, Christopher (Christopher WALKER)

Musician, bandsman, band sergeant, Band of the 4th Regiment

Born Ripon, Yorkshire, England, 1785; baptised Ripon cathedral, 24 April 1785; son of Christopher WALKER
Enlisted (4th Regiment), Harwich, Essex, England, 7 May 1810 (aged "25")
Married Sophia ?, by 1827
Arrived Sydney, NSW, 27 August 1832 (per Clyde, from Deptford, 14 April, Portsmouth, 9 May)
Departed Sydney, NSW, after December 1835
Discharged England, 11 October 1836
Died Ripon, Yorkshire, England, 1 June 1855, aged "70"

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-W-1.php#WALKER-Christopher-4th-regiment (shareable link to this entry)

ASSOCIATIONS: Band of the 4th Regiment (military)

WALKER, William (William WALKER)

Drum major, drummer, 4th Regiment

Born Ripon, Yorkshire, England, c. 1789 ( ? brother or cousin of the above)
Enlisted Stilton, Hungingtonshire, England, 3 April 1809 (aged "20")
Arrived Sydney, NSW, 16 November 1832 (guard per convict transport Parmelia, from England, 29 July)
Departed Sydney, NSW, after May 1837
Discharged England, 11 October 1837

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-W-1.php#WALKER-William-4th-regiment (shareable link to this entry)

Documentation:

Baptisms, Ripon Cathedral, 1785; register 1759-98, page 159; North Riding Record Office, Scarborough, Yorkshire, PR/RI 1/10

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/1933562:62228 (PAYWALL)

[1785] April / 24 / Christopher Son of Chist'r Walker - Ripon

Pay-list of the 4th or King's Own Regiment of foot, from 1 April to 30 June 1833; Australian Joint Copying Project, from UK National Archives, WO12/2215

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1642471806 (DIGITISED)

Drum Major as Serjeant / 15 / Walker Wm. / . . .

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1642471488 (DIGITISED)

Serjeants . . . 20 / Walker Chris. / Band

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1642469570 (DIGITISED)

Privates . . . 969 / Coleman Geo / Band Master . . .

Pay-list of the 4th or King's Own Regiment of foot, from 1 January to 31 March 1834; Australian Joint Copying Project, from UK National Archives, WO12/2215

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1642424211 (DIGITISED)

Serjeants . . . 969 / Coleman Geo / Band Master / from Private 30th Nov'r 1833 . . .
20 / Walker Christ'r / Band / To private 29th November 1833 . . .

NOTE: It had been an anomaly that George Coleman was already acting as bandmaster while still a private; this was rectified when Walker was nominally reduced to private on 29 November 1833, and Coleman promoted to sergeant on 30 November

Pay-list of the 4th or King's Own Regiment of foot, from 1 April to 30 June 1834; Australian Joint Copying Project, from UK National Archives, WO12/2215

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1642403862 (DIGITISED)

Serjeants . . . 969 / Coleman Geo / Band Master / . . .

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1642403533 (DIGITISED)

Serjeants . . . 20 / Walker Christ'r . . .

Pay-list of the 4th or King's Own Regiment of foot, from 1 July to 30 September 1834; Australian Joint Copying Project, from UK National Archives, WO12/2215

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1642382455 (DIGITISED)

Serjeants . . . 20 / Walker Christ'r . . . Band

Discharge, 4th Regiment, sergeant Christopher Walker, 1835; UK National Archives, WO97/267/16

https://search.findmypast.com.au/record/browse?id=GBM/WO97/0267/016/001 (PAYWALL)

4th or King's Own Reg't / . . . No. 20, Christopher Walker
BORN in the Parish of Ripon . . . in the County of York, by Trade a Labourer
ATTESTED for the 4th Regiment of Foot at Harwich in the County of Essex on the 7th May 1810 at the age of Twenty Five . . .
4th Foot / Private / 7th May 1810
Private / 1st January 1829
Promoted Corporal / 25th Novem'r 1830
Serjeant / 11th Decem'r 1830 / [to] 31st Decem'r 1835 . . .
INDIES West - 5th April 1819 to 16th March 1826 . . .
Total Service up to 31st December 1835 / 31 years 47 days . . .
Further Service from 1st Jan'y 1836 until 11 Oct. 1836 when finally discharged - 285 days . . .
SERVED 4 Years in the Penisular, One Year in South America, 3 years in France, 6 years 346 days in the West Indies, 7 months in Portugal and 3 years and 4 months in New South Wales, and was present at the Battles of Bajadoz, Salamancas, Vittoria, Saint Sebastian, Villa Muriel, Nive, Bladensburg, New Orleans, and Waterloo.
DISBAILITY . . . contracted in and by the service . . .
CHARACTER . . . very good soldier and bears an excellent character . . .
[N.B. Signed by Walker with his mark]

Discharge, 4th Regiment, sergeant William Walker, 1837; UK National Archives, WO97/267/20

https://search.findmypast.com.au/record/browse?id=GBM/WO97/0267/020/001 (PAYWALL)

4th or King's Own Reg't / . . . No. 15, William Walker, Drum Major
BORN in the Parish of Ripon . . . in the County of York, by Trade a Labourer
ATTESTED for the 4th Regiment of Foot at Stilton in the County of Huntington on the 3rd April 1809, at the age of twenty . . .
4th Foot / Drummer / 3rd April 1809
Private / 25th Nov'r 1819
Drummer / 14th May 1820
Drummer / 1st July 1829
Drum Major as Serjeant / 20th Sept'r 1831 / [to] 31st May 1837 . . .
INDIES West / 5th April 1819 / 16 March 1826 . . .
Total Service up to the 31st May 1837 / 33 years 232 days . . .
Further service from 1st June 1837 to the 11 Oct'r 1837 when finally discharged - 133 days . . .
DISABILITY . . . I certify that Drum Major William Walker of the 4th Regiment has been laboring under Chronic Nephritis, and general debility from long service in warm climates . . .
CHARACTER . . . good & efficient soldier . . .
[N.B. Signed by Walker with his mark]

England census, 6 June 1841, Ripon, Yorkshire; UK National Archives, HO107/1352/5/5/6/4

https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/8978/images/WRYHO107_1350_1352-0514?pId=14992179 (PAYWALL)

St. Mary's Gate / Christopher Walker / 50 / Army R[etired] / [born in county]
Sophia [Walker] / 45 / [born in France]
Ann [Walker] / 14 / [not born in county]

England census, 30 March 1851, Ripon, Yorkshire; UK National Archives, HO107/2281/258/5

https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/8860/images/YRKHO107_2281_2281-0497?pId=13840930 (PAYWALL)

St. Mary Gate / Christopher Walker / Head / Mar. / 66 / Labourer / [born] Ripon Yorks
Sophia Walker / Wife / Mar. / 58 / - / [born] France British Subject
Thomas Goodman / Son in Law / Mar. / 21 / Labourer // Ann Goodman / Daur. / Mar. / 24 / - / [born] Cumberland Fort
Mary Sophia Goodman / G. Daur. / 2 months . . .

England census, 30 March 1851, Leeds, Yorkshire; UK National Archives, HO107/2319/385/34

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/12414424:8860 (PAYWALL)

6 Kendale Building / William Walker / Head / Mar. / Pensioner from the 4th Reg't Foot / [born] [Yorkshire] Ripon . . . [and 2 lodgers but wife not listed]

"MILITARY FUNERAL", York Herald (9 June 1855), 6

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000499/18550609/036/0006 (PAYWALL)

The remains of Christopher Walker, a member of the Yorkshire Hussar band, who died the 1st inst., aged 70, were buried, with military honours, at Ripon Cathedral, on Tuesday last. The Ripon squadron of Yorkshire Hussar Yeomanry, with the band, attended on the occasion, together with all the pensioners in Ripon and the vicinity. The deceased entered, at early age, into the 3rd West York Militia, then stationed at Doncaster, from which, after having served some time, he volunteered into the 4th Regiment of Foot (King's Own), and for many years held the rank of sergeant, and was present at the following battles and sieges, viz., Nive, St. Sebastian, Vittoria, Salamanca, and Badajoz, and was presented with medals for the same, afterwards a medal for Waterloo, also another for long service and good conduct, when he was discharged with pension for 32 years' servitude. During the past sixteen years he served in the military band of the Yorkshire Hussars, and was much respected for his soldier-like conduct and the efficient manner in which he performed his duties. It is calculated there were from 3,000 to 4,000 present at the funeral.

WALLACE FAMILY

WALLACE, Spencer (senior) see main entry Spencer WALLACE

WALLACE, William Vincent see main entry William Vincent WALLACE

WALLACE, Eliza (Mrs. John BUSHELLE) see main entry Eliza BUSHELLE

WALLACE, Spencer Wellington see main entry Spencer Wellington WALLACE

WALLACE, Isabella (Isabella KELLY; Mrs. William Vincent WALLACE) see main entry Isabella WALLACE

WALLACE, Caroline (Caroline GREEN; Mrs. S. W. WALLACE; "Mrs. Richard BATTERS") see main entry Caroline WALLACE

WALLACE, Billy (Billy WALLACE the fiddler)

Musician, violinist, fiddler

Active Ovens and Buckland valleys, VIC, 1858

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Billy+Wallace+the+fiddler (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-W-1.php#WALLACE-Billy (shareable link to this entry)

Documentation:

"AN ACCIDENT . . .", Ovens and Murray Advertiser [Beechworth, VIC] (28 January 1858), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article113236437 

An Accident that might have been of a more serious nature even than it was, occurred yesterday afternoon at the Buckland, crossing over the Ovens, where a man commonly known as "Billy Wallace, the fiddler," was thrown from his horse and received two fractures of the collar bone.

WALLACE, John Altson (John Alston WALLACE; J. A. WALLACE)

Entrepreneur, theatre and concert room proprietor, hotel owner, politician

Born Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland, 15 December 1824; son of James WALLACE and Jean MILLER
Married (1) Jane STEEL (d. 9 July 1851), Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland, 24 February 1851
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, 1852 (per Southampton)
Married (2) Theresa MONAHAN (d. 1882), VIC, 1865
Married (3) Ada Rona REID, VIC, 11 September 1895
Died Elsternwick, VIC, 17 October 1901

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=John+Alston+Wallace+1824-1901 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1463201 (NLA persistent identifier)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-W-1.php#WALLACE-John-Alston (shareable link to this entry)

Documentation:

[Advertisement], Ovens and Murray Advertiser [Beechworth, VIC] (23 February 1858), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article113236807 

"LOCAL INTELLIGENCE . . . THE BUCKINGHAM FAMILY", Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser [NSW] (5 March 1859), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105997504 

This family returned to this town on Tuesday last, after a very successful tour in Australia. We are told they were under the banners of the enterprising Mr. Wallace, who has the Star Theatre, Beechworth, a large Concert Room at the Indigo, and another at a town called the Nine Mile, where their services were required . . . Since their departure from this town they have added to their company, two artists of talent, Mr. A. J. King [sic], Pianist, and Mr. J. B Coleman, brother of the celebrated author of "Masks and Faces." This latter gentleman appears to be a very talented young man . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: George Buckingham and family (musicians, performers); Barned Jullien Coleman (actor); Alfred Edward King (pianist)

"SUCCESSFUL COLONISTS. JOHN ALSTON WALLACE. FROM THE MELBOURNE WEEKLY LEADER", Ovens and Murray Advertiser [Beechworth, VIC] (16 April 1872), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196857928 

. . . In 1855 he purchased Neuber's hotel, at that time known as the Beechworth Hotel, at Beechworth, and the assembly-room adjoining, and at a cost of £7000 built large additions. The premises were subsequently known as the Star Hotel and the Star Theatre, and were afterwards sold to Messrs. Robertson and Quirk for £9000 . . .

"SUCCESSFUL COLONISTS. JOHN ALSTON WALLACE", Ovens and Murray Advertiser (20 April 1872), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196857348 

. . . In 1855, Mr. Wallace extended his operations, by purchasing the Beechworth Hotel from Mr. Neuber. Scarcely was the purchase completed, ere he commenced to build and enlarge, the building ultimately developing itself into the Star Hotel and Theatre - places which occupy a memorable position in the annals of Beechworth. What with the amount paid to Mr. Neuber, and the cost of making the requisite alterations and improvements, Mr. Wallace laid out considerably over £7000 in his new venture; but the trade done was something tremendous - a "modest quencher" being charged for at the rate of 1s 6d. Two years afterwards, in 1857, Mr. Wallace disposed of the Star Hotel and Theatre for the sum of £9000; the house, however, did not long remain in the possession of these parties, but speedily returned into Mr. Wallace's hands . . .

WALLACE, Maria (? Maria FITZGERALD; Maria WALLACE; in Melbourne, Miss FITZGERALD; in Adelaide, Mrs. WALLACE)

Soprano, mezzo-soprano vocalist

Born c. 1825
Active Adelaide, SA, by April 1855
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, April 1855 (per White Swan, from Adelaide, 11 April, aged "30")
Active Adelaide, SA, until c. 1866
? Died Adelaide, SA, 22 July 1893, aged "68"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Maria+Wallace+vocalist (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-W-1.php#WALLACE-Maria (shareable link to this entry)

Documentation:

[Advertisement], Adelaide Times (6 April 1855), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207023421 

AMUSEMENTS. MRS. MITCHELL'S CONCERT . . .
at the Theatre Royal, MONDAY EVENING, 9th April.
PROGRAMME. PART I . . . Song - "Mary of the Vale," Mrs. Wallace, pupil of Mrs. Mitchell . . .
PART II . . . Song - "Up to the Forest hie," Mrs. Wallace . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Madeline Forbes Mitchell (vocalist)

MUSIC: Sweet Mary of the vale (E. Ransford), ? words only; Up to the forest hie (John Barnett), words only

"MRS. MITCHELL'S CONCERT", South Australian Register (10 April 1855), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49306003

There was a full and fashionable attendance in the dress circle at the theatre last evening, and the performances realized the most sanguine expectations of the admirers of Mrs. Mitchell. Unlike the former occasion, that lady was, if not in good health, at least in good voice . . . Mrs. Wallace, a pupil of Mrs. Mitchell's, was also well received; she possesses a sweet voice, and a charming manner, and well deserved the applause and encores with which her efforts were rewarded . . .

"VICTORIA THEATRE", Adelaide Times (10 April 1855), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207026098 

A somewhat large and highly-respectable audience assembled yesterday evening, in anticipation of the musical entertainment which had been advertised to take place in the shape of a concert, under the direction, and including the performance, of Mrs. Mitchell, whose previous concerts had given much satisfaction to the public . . . Mrs. Wallace, a pupil of Mrs. Mitchell's, acquitted herself admirably in the song "Up to the Forest Hie" . . .

Melbourne, VIC (April 1855 to April 1856):

List of passengers, per White Swan, from Adelaide, 11 April 1855, for Melbourne; Public Record Office Victoria

https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/6D097BC5-FA01-11E9-AE98-CFBD95B25D20?image=23 (DIGITISED)

. . . Maria Wallace / 30 . . .

"THEATRE ROYAL", The Argus (16 April 1855), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4806788 

The concert room of the embryo Theatre Royal was crowded on Saturday night. The orchestra at this establishment is very efficient . . . Mrs. D'Alton was the only vocalist on the occasion . . . Miss Louisa Swannell, a great favorite here, is expected to make her reappearance this evening. A Miss Fitzgerald, of whom we at present know nothing, is also spoken of as likely to appear at this establishment.

ASSOCIATIONS: Mrs. D'Alton (vocalist); Louisa Swannell (vocalist); Theatre Royal (Melbourne venue, then still under construction)

[Advertisement], The Argus (21 April 1855), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4807048 

CONCERT HALL, THEATRE ROYAL. PROMENADE CONCERT. Miss Fitzgerald is engaged, and will make her first appearance this evening,
Miss Swannell and Mrs. D'Alton are also engaged. Conductor, Mr. Callen.
Part I . . . Song - Up to the Hills; Miss Fitzgerald - Barnett . . .
Part 2 . . . Ballad - Sweet Mary of the Vale, Miss Fitzgerald - Ransford . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: George Douglas Callen (conductor, musical director)

"CONCERT HALL", The Argus [Melbourne, VIC] (23 April 1855), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4807117 

Herr Veit Rahm, the popular performer on the Zither, has been engaged at this establishment. A Miss Fitzgerald made her debut on Saturday, and met with a favorable reception, although evidently suffering from extreme nervousness. Terms have been offered to M. Coulon, but it is doubtful whether he will accept them. Mrs. D'Alton and Miss Louisa Swannell are pursuing a most successful career, both ladies being nightly encored. Mr. Callen's new quadrille, "Le Jardin Botanique," is a sparkling composition, and has been arranged in a musician-like manner.

ASSOCIATIONS: Veit Rahm (musician, vocalist); Emile Coulon (voalist)

[Advertisement], The Argus (14 July 1855), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4812084 

KILMORE. - Grand Concert given by Herr Veit Rahm, the Celebrated Tyrolese Singer, Miss Fitzgerald, Mr. G. Hamilton, on Saturday, the 21st, and Monday, the 23rd July.

[Advertisement], The Argus (9 August 1855), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4814680 

SATURDAY EVENING GRAND CONCERTS. By Special Permission of his Excellency the Governor,
JAMES ELLIS, Late of Cremorne Gardens . . . begs to announce that . . . he will open
ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE, On Saturday Evening next, For a short series of GRAND WEEKLY CONCERTS, On the same scale of splendor and completeness
as the celebrated Wednesday Evening Concerts of Exeter Hall, London.
Grand Band of Thirty Performers, Conductor: Mr. Callen.
Vocalists: Mrs. Testar; Mrs. Creed Royal; Mrs. Rickards; Miss A. Fitzgerald [sic]; Mons. Barre; AND Mr. Johnson . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Elizabeth Testar (vocalist); Mary Sayer Royal (vocalist); Anthony Barre (vocalist); James Ellis (proprietor); Astley's Amphitheatre (Melbourne venue)

"MOUNT BLACKWOOD (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT) 22nd October, 1855", The Age (25 October 1855), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154868261 

We have plenty of amusements now at Blackwood. I may mention the splendid Concert Room belonging to the Golden Point Hotel, where Miss Fitzgerald, and Mr. Sawkins, a very clever composer of national songs, nightly delight the public of Blackwood.

[Advertisement], The Argus (11 February 1856), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4830415 

MISS FITZGERALD, the charming vocalist, will Sing at Williams's Benefit to-night. Be in time.
DON'T Forget Charley Williams's Benefit, at the Queen's Arms, Emerald Hill, tonight.

ASSOCIATIONS: Charley Williams (entertainer)

[Advertisement], The Argus (4 March 1856), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4832275 

IMMENSE ATTRACTION, National Hotel, Bourke-street. Engagement of Mr. J. W. Morgan, the celebrated Basso.
NATIONAL MUSIC HALL, Bourke-street. - Engagement of Miss Fitzgerald, the admired Soprano, with a Talented Company.

ASSOCIATIONS: J. W. Morgan (vocalist)

[Advertisement], The Argus (15 March 1856), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4833150 

NATIONAL MUSIC HALL, Bourke-street. Grand Concert Every Evening in the above well-known and splendid Saloon. The following artistes will appear: - Miss Fitzgerald and Messrs. Bardini, Macdonald, Morgan, and Cassidy; Pianist, Mr. Piper. Proprietor, Mr. Hutchinson.

ASSOCIATIONS: Edward John Piper (pianist); William Hutchinson (proprietor)

"UNGALANT BEHAVIOUR", The Age (29 March 1856), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154860287 

Miss [sic] Maria Wallace, a professional vocalist, appeared at the City Court on Friday, to substantiate a charge against a hackney-carriage driver for misconduct. The prosecutrix, it appeared, was about to proceed by the Burra Burra, steamer, for Adelaide, in order to fulfil a professional engagement. Having very little time to spare she was anxious to get away from Melbourne with her luggage, and was tempted by an offer from a hackney-carriage driver named Seabrook, who undertook to drive her at once to the pier, and thus save her the trouble and expense of porterage. On arriving at the railway station he pulled up and refused to proceed further, and on her remonstrating with him, he addressed her in very improper terms. Thus dishonorably left in the lurch, the unfortunate lady was obliged to hire a dray to bring her luggage back to Melbourne, she having lost her passage by the unmanly conduct of the cab-driver. The Mayor, who happened to be presiding magistrate, strongly reprobated the conduct of Seabrook, who by his selfish behaviour had not only lost the lady her passage, but jeopardized her engagement in Adelaide, and subjected her to very considerable annoyance and expense. He adjudged him to pay one shilling fine for misconduct, and five pounds costs.

ASSOCIATIONS: John Thomas Smith (mayor of Melbourne)

"CAUTION TO HACKNEY CARRIAGE DRIVERS", The Argus [Melbourne, VIC] (1 April 1856), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4834444 

A man named Seabrook, the driver of a light conveyance, was summoned at the City Court on Friday to answer the complaint of Maria Wallace for misconduct as a licensed driver. The complainant stated that she was a professional singer, and had made a special engagement to go to Adelaide by the Burra Burra steamer on her last trip. She engaged the defendant's vehicle to convey her to Sandridge. He specially agreed to take her and her luggage to the Railway Pier. Instead of doing this, the defendant wished to drop her at the sand short of the platform, where she could get no person to take her luggage over. The defendant became very abusive, and by his neglect she had lost her passage by the steamer, and consequently could not keep her engagement. The defendant pleaded that he went as near as he could to the platform, but the Bench found him guilty of misconduct as a driver of a licensed vehicle, and inflicted a penalty of 1s., with £5 costs; the costs to go to the complainant as a recompense for her loss of time.

Adelaide, SA (April to November 1856):

"SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVED", Adelaide Observer (5 April 1856), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article161257944 

Tuesday, April 2 - The steamer Havilah, 337 tons, Lowrie, master, from Melbourne March 30 . . . Passengers - Mrs. Wallace . . . in the cabin, and 35 in the steerage.

[Advertisement], South Australian Register (8 April 1856), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49750445 

NOTICE - PANTHEON ASSEMBLY ROOMS. - TO-NIGHT. -
First Appearance of Mrs. WALLACE, the celebrated Vocalist, since her return from Melbourne and the neighbouring colonies.
A VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT, supported by several of the leading Instrumentalists in the colony, who have kindly proffered their valuable services on this occasion. Front seats, 2s.; back, 1s.

"PANTHEON ASSEMBLY ROOMS", South Australian Register (9 April 1856), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49752331 

Mr. Watts has for several weeks past been giving, at the Pantheon, a series of musical entertainments, which appear to be increasing in public estimation. Yesterday evening Mrs. Wallace made her first appearance, and was extremely well received, every song allotted to her in the programme being warmly encored. Miss Gould also was honoured with frequent and well-deserved plaudits. The evening's entertainments were varied by the introduction of several comic songs by gentlemen amateurs. Mr. Chapman's effective band was also in attendance. Those who have a few shillings to spare and a few hours of leisure will find much to amuse, and nothing to offend the most fastidious, at this place of public entertainment.

ASSOCIATIONS: James Watts (musician, manager); Anna Gould (vocalist); William Chapman (musician); James Watts (proprietor)

"PANTHEON", Adelaide Times (9 April 1856), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207091029 

Another of Mr. Watts's periodical concerts came off yesterday evening, on which occasion a full band was in attendance, varying the interval from the several songs by vigorous and combined performances. Mrs. Wallace sang there for the first time, with much success, as she received two encores. Miss Gould was not in good voice, yet met with a fair share of applause. Messrs. Rice, Latimer, and Jones contributed, in their respective departments, to the amusement of the evening.

[Advertisement], South Australian Register (11 April 1856), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49753174 

PANTHEON ASSEMBLY ROOMS. -
GRAND VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT, THIS EVENING, Friday, the 19th instant.
Second Appearance of Mrs. WALLACE, supported by the following talented artistes:
Miss GOULD, and Messrs. RICE, LATIMORE, and BASTARD . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Thomas Bastard (vocalist)

[Advertisement], South Australian Register (14 April 1856), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49752250 

PANTHEON ASSEMBLY ROOMS. - CONCERTS on Tuesday and Thursday next. Re-engagement of Mrs. Wallace . . .

[Advertisement], Adelaide Times (24 April 1856), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207091454 

PANTHEON ASSEMBLY ROOMS. A VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT, THIS EVENING, on which occasion MRS. WALLACE will sing some of her celebrated Songs in character . . .

"PORT THEATRE", Adelaide Times (2 May 1856), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207091666 

This place of amusement was on Wednesday evening graced by a respectable audience, who had assembled to enjoy a musical treat advertised by Mr. Watts, and which proved rather an agreeable change from the usual monotony of the Port evenings. It would be needless to recapitulate the programme, which was tolerably well selected, although Mr. Bastard exhibited very bad taste in one or two songs on being encored, and it is to be hoped he will employ a little more discretion in future. Mrs. Wallace and Miss Gould sung well, and were deservedly encored on several occasions. Mr. Lattimore would certainly appear much better in a comic song than in "The Standard of England," as his gestures were very closely bordering on the ridiculous. The duetto by Messrs. Chapman and McCullagh on the cornets-a-piston was very good, and, from the applause it received, was duly appreciated. Mr. Watts deserves credit and patronage for his endeavours to cater for the Port, and there is no doubt but what one or two such entertainments every month would meet with support. An improvement has been made by Mr. Cave, the lessee, on the previous arrangements, by having a refreshment room allotted to ladies on a level with the boxes, which he is determined to keep as select as possible.

ASSOCIATIONS: Robert McCullagh (cornet)

[Advertisement], South Australian Register (27 June 1856), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49751403 

PUBLIC OPENING of WHITE'S CONCERT and ASSEMBLY ROOMS, King William-street.
MADAME. C. CAILLY Has the honour to announce to her friends and the public at large, that she will give a
GRAND VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT, On MONDAY EVENING, June 30th, 1856,
Under the patronage of the Deputy Provincial Grand Master and the various Lodges of Freemasons . . .
The CHORAL SOCIETY have kindly offered their efficient assistance, including the Vocal and Instrumental departments.
MR. DANIEL, HERR LINGER, MISS ROWE, MISS CHALKER,
MRS. WALLACE, and HERR KUNZE have kindly volunteered their services.
Admission 5s.; reserved seats, 7s. 6d.; children under 12, half price.

ASSOCIATIONS: Clarisse Cailly (vocalist); Josiah Wyke Daniel (vocalist); Carl Linger (pianist); Louisa Jane Rowe (vocalist, pianist); Marie Chalker (vocalist); Carl Julius Kunze (pianist); Adelaide Choral Society (organisation)

"VICTORIA THEATRE", South Australian Register (28 August 1856), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49761127 

"Rob Roy" is universally acknowledged to be a most difficult play for any manager to bring out; and it is no small feather in the cap of Mr. Poole to have produced it so successfully as he did last evening. He had the advantage of his wife's acting in Helen Macgregor - a part which, though rather brief, affords ample scope for talent. It is hardly necessary to say that this character was well performed. Mrs. Wallace made a pleasing Diana Vernon, and Miss Vincent (a novice) a most pretty Mattie. Warner acted Rob Roy with spirit and judgment. The great man of the evening was Mungall, who played Nicol Jarvie with the ease and truth which appertain only to a perfect artist . . . The music and dancing were managed very creditably . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Charles and Amelia Poole (actors, manager); John Mungall (comedian)

"ADELAIDE CHORAL SOCIETY", South Australian Register (3 October 1856), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49758941

. . . With such a conductor as Herr Linger, and such a leader as Mr. Chapman, the Society can scarcely fail to secure extensive patronage . . . at the concert given last evening at Neales's Exchange . . . The principal solo singers were Madame Cranz, Mrs. Wallace, and Miss Petman . . . Mrs. Wallace was evidently nervous in her first song, "On the banks of Guadalquivir;" but she made full amends by the very pleasing and spirited manner in which she gave "Dermot Asthore." Her rendering of this sterling composition elicited an enthusiastic encore. On her reappearance she gave the cheerful ballad, "I breathe my native air again," which was also warmly applauded . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Mathilde Cranz (vocalist); Mary Ann Pettman (vocalist)

MUSIC: On the banks of Guadalquiver (by Lewis Henry Lavenu, from Loretta); Dermot Astore (Crouch)

"VICTORIA THEATRE", South Australian Register (24 October 1856), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49754854

Mungall, that favourite of Momus, took his benefit on Thursday evening, when the house was crowded from pit to ceiling . . . The performance on Thursday evening commenced with the second and third acts of that sterling English opera "Guy Mannering" . . . The portion of the opera selected was exceedingly well played, and the music well and tastefully executed. Mungall's Dandie Dinmont was what every one expected - not merely a clever, but a truthful impersonation of the study Scot. Mrs. Poole's Meg Merilies was quite np to her most effective performances, and Mr. Warner earned and gained fresh histrionic laurels for capital conception, make up, and representation of Dominie Sampson . . . Mrs. Wallace gave great satisfaction in her song, "Slumber, my darling," and was pleasing, although not quite so effective, in "Auld Robin Gray" . . .

MUSIC: Oh! slumber my darling (Hewitt) from Guy Mannering; Auld Robin Gray (traditional)

Melbourne, VIC (November 1856 to 1857):

[Advertisement], The Age (7 November 1856), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154871147 

NATIONAL MUSIC HALL, Bourke-street east. Engagement of Mrs. Wallace (late Miss Fitzgerald) the much admired Soprano.

[Advertisement], The Argus (18 November 1856), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7140178 

NATIONAL HOTEL MUSIC HALL . . .
Open Every Evening, supported by the following favourite artists:
MRS. WALLACE, (Late Miss Fitzgerald), Mr. POWER, MR. BENJAMIN, Mr. FELIX RAMEAUY,
MR. PIPER Pianist and Musical Director.

ASSOCIATIONS: William Pierce Power (vocalist)

"MUSIC AND THE DRAMA", The Age (29 December 1856), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154869749 

. . . It is gratifying to be able to state that the evening concert, held at the National and City Hotels, in Bourke street, are unexceptionably conducted, and at the present moment possess vocal and instrumental talent of high order. At the former place the proprietor has engaged the services of Mrs. Wallace, an exceedingly pleasing soprano, Mr. Ellis an excellent comic singer, and Messrs. Benjamin and Kitts, whose fine tenor and bass voices render them a great acquisition . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: George Ellis (vocalist); James Edward Kitts (vocalist)

[Advertisement], The Argus (30 April 1857), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7148826 

GEELONG MUSIC HALL, Sir Charles Hotham Hotel. - Miss FITZGERALD, the celebrated Irish Ballad Singer, will appear nightly.
. . . Mr. NEWMAN, the unrivalled Comic Singer, will open his Budget of Comicalities.
. . . Miss SUNDERLAND in some of her favourite sentimental songs . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: George Newman (vocalist)

[Advertisements], The Argus (25 April 1857), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7148556 

GEELONG MUSIC HALL, Sir Charles Hotham Hotel. -
Miss FITZGERALD, the celebrated Irish Ballad Singer, will appear nightly . . .
Mr. NEWMAN, the unrivalled Comic Singer . . . Miss SUNDERLAND In favourite sentimental songs . . . Mr. WILLIAMS . . . in his Shakspearian comicalities . . . Mons. Greno, Violinist. Master Bush, the Colonial Wonder, Pianist . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Giovanni Grenno (violinist); James Bush (pianist)

[Advertisement], The Age (15 May 1857), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154821719 

NATIONAL HOTEL MUSIC HALL, Bourke street, east. - Miss Fitzgerald, the, admired vocalist, will appear every evening.
. . . Mr. Houston, the unrivalled comic vocalist, every evening.
. . . Mr. Taylor, the admired tenor, every evening.

ASSOCIATIONS: James Houston (vocalist); John Taylor (vocalist)

Adelaide, SA (by 1858 to 1866):

"MRS. PAINE'S CONCERT", Adelaide Times (19 February 1858), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207159458 

This concert commenced under most inauspicious circumstances, inasmuch that the storm was quite a double dose of the previous evening. We noticed the early arrival of Lady Macdonnell, and then followed such an influx of visitors that the few collected were taken by surprise . . . Mrs. Paine was rapturously encored in that beautiful ballad "Kathleen Mavourneen" . . . Mrs. Paine's exertions must have been indefatigable for all pieces to give so much satisfaction. Mrs. Wallace, a lady well known on previous occasions, was also well received . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Fanny Rooke Paine (musician, vocalist)

[Advertisement], South Australian Register (28 April 1858), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49775779 

WHITE'S ASSEMBLY ROOMS. - On WEDNESDAY EVENING, April 28.
MADAME CARANDINI, MONS. LAGLAISE, SIGNOR GROSSI, MR. LAVENU,
Will give Bellini's Grand Opera, in Three Acts, entitled
LA SONNAMBULA; Or, The Village Phantom.
Amina - Mdme. Carandini
Lisa - Mrs. Wallace.
Elvino - Mons. Laglaise.
Count Rodolpho - Signor Grossi . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Maria Carandini (vocalist); Jean-Baptiste Laglaise (vocalist); Enrico Grossi (vocalist); Lewis Henry Lavenu (musical director); White's Rooms (Adelaide venue)

"SIGNOR CUTOLO'S CONCERT AT GLENELG", South Australian Register (11 March 1859), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49902464

On Thursday evening Signor Cutolo gave the first of his series of farewell concerts at the Town Hall, Glenelg, in presence of a very large and fashionable company. The Signor was assisted by Mrs. Wallace, and the concert went off with the most perfect success . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Cesare Cutolo (pianist)

[News], The South Australian Advertiser (1 November 1864), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31843135 

Mr. H. J. Hall, the polyphonist, took his benefit at White's Rooms on Monday evening, October 31, united by Mrs. Wallace, who sang some favourite songs, and Mr. Schrader, who played a brilliant solo on the cornet . . . Probably on account of the sultry evening and the thinness of the audience, the evening's entertainments did not go off very spiritedly. However, many parts of it were applauded, and Mrs. Wallace's song, "O steer my bark to Erin's Isle," was encored.

ASSOCIATIONS: H. J. Hall = Barned Jullien Coleman (polyphonist)

[Advertisement], South Australian Register (18 November 1864), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39131516 

. . . Mrs. Wallace, the favourite Vocalist, Pupil of Signor Cutolo . . .

"MONDAY EVENING'S CONCERT", South Australian Register (22 November 1864), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39116857 

. . . The pleasing strains of Mrs. Wishart, the gushing melodies of Mrs. Wallace, and the artless warblings of Miss Bastard were each in their turn fully appreciated and heartily applauded by the audience. The performances, however, of Mr. Linly Norman and Mr. R. B. White, as well as those of Herr Schrader and his associates, were in several instances brilliant and masterly for their execution . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Susannah Wishart (vocalist); Richard Baxter White (pianist, violinist); Linly Norman (pianist); Heinrich Schrader (musician)

"SACRED CONCERT AT THE TOWN HALL", South Australian Register (11 July 1866), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41029613 

. . . In the first of the selections from the production "Paradise" that followed, Mr. Proctor had an excellent opportunity for exhibiting his complete mastery over the flute. In the air, "Bright Blissful State," belonging to the same pieces Mrs. Wallace manifested some slight trepidation, otherwise, with more confidence, she would have created a more favourable impression, as her voice, though not high, has many good qualities . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Nicholas Proctor (flautist)

WALLACK, Henry John (Henry John WALLACK; H. J. WALLACK; also William Henry WALLACK; W. H. WALLACK)

Actor, vocalist, theatrical manager

Born England, 22 October 1792; baptised Newcastle Upon Tyne, 25 November 1792; son of William WALLACK and Elizabeth
Married (1) Frances JONES (d. 1836), St. Mary's, Lambeth, Surrey, England, 20 November 1814
Married (2) Maria TURPIN (1807-1860), St. Paul's, Covent Garden, London, England, 7 July 1836
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, 2 January 1861 (per Black Swan, from London, 28 September)
Departed Melbourne, VIC, 29 May 1861 (per Great Britain, for Liverpool)
Died New York, USA, 30 August 1870

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Henry+John+Wallack+1792-1870 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_John_Wallack (Wikipedia)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-W-1.php#WALLACK-Henry-John (shareable link to this entry)

WALLACK, Julia (Miss Julia WALLACK; Mrs. William HOSKINS) = Julia HARLAND (stage name)

Musician, vocalist, actor (c. 1819-1872, daughter of the above)

Documentation:

Baptisms, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, 1792; England, Select births and christenings

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/95802800:60525 (PAYWALL)

25 November 1792 / born 22 October 1792 / Henry John / son of William and Elizabeth / Wallack

Marriages solemnized in the parish of Lambeth in the county of Surrey in the year 1814; register 1810-17, page 299; London Metropolitan Archives, P85/MRY1/398

https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/1623/images/31280_195088-00396?pId=2375611 (PAYWALL)

No. 896 / William Henry Wallack a bachelor of this parish and Frances Jones a spinster of this parish were married in this church by banns this [20 November 1814] . . .

Marriages solemnized in the parish of St. Paul Covent Garden in the county of Middlesex in the year 1836; register 1813-37, page 245; City of Westminster Archives Centre, STP/PR/3/9

https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/61867/images/61865_314054001181_18276-00263?pId=2173175 (PAYWALL)

No. 733 / Henry John Wallack of this Parish a widower and Maria Turpin of the parish of Saint Ann Westminster a spinster were married in this church by licence this [7 July 1836] in the presence of J. W. Wallack, Julia Wallack . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: John William Wallack (actor, younger brother); Julia Wallack (Henry's daughter by his first marriage)

"SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. HOBSON'S BAY", The Herald [Melbourne, VIC] (3 January 1861), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article244309032 

Arrived - January 2. Black Swan, ship. 968 tons, James Brinsden, from London 28th September. Passengers cabin: . . . H. J. Wallack; and thirty-one in the steerage . . .

"NEWS AND NOTES", The Star [Ballarat, VIC] (8 January 1861), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66336718 

Mr. H. J. Wallack, the well-known English actor, and former manager of the Princess' Theatre, London, arrived in this colony on Thursday last by the Black Swan. He will appear on Ballarat, at the Theatre Royal, on Friday next, when the performance will be for the benefit of Mr. Hoskins, who is about to give up his connection with that theatre.

ASSOCIATIONS: William Hoskins (actor, manager, Henry's son-in-law); Theatre Royal (Ballarat venue)

[Advertisement], The Star (26 February 1861), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66337616 

THEATRE ROYAL. Engagement for Five Nights only of
MR. HENRY WALLACK, Together with MR. HOSKINS.
THIS EVENING, TUESDAY, Will be presented the old English play of THE COUNTRY SQUIRE,
Squire Broadlands - Mr H. J. Wallack With the song - "The Old English Gentleman" . . .

MUSIC: The fine old English gentleman (song); as introduced in The county squire (by Charles Dance)

[Advertisement], The Age [Melbourne, VIC] (22 March 1861), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154889210 

THEATRE ROYAL. Grand VOLUNTARY COMPIMENT to LADY DON.
SATURDAY, 23rd MARCH, Being the Last night of the Engagement,
on which occasion Mr G. V. BROOKE, Sir WM. DON, Baronet, The Hon. GEORGE COPPIN, M.L.C., Mr W. H. WALLACK,
(From the Theatres Royal, Covent Garden, Drury Lane,) His First Appearance in Australia;
Mr. RICHARD YOUNGE, and Mrs. ALFRED PHILLIPS,
Will form the cast for the Comedy of THE RIVALS . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Emily and William Don (actors); Gustavus Vaughan Brooke (actor); George Coppin (actor, manager); Richard Younge (actor); Elizabeth Phillips (actor); Theatre Royal (Melbourne venue)

"SOCIAL", The Star [Ballarat, VIC] (23 March 1861), 2 supplement

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66338108 

. . . Mr. Wallack, who was lately playing here, is now fulfilling an engagement at the Royal, Melbourne . . .

"DEATHS", The Star (18 April 1861), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66338643 

On the 9th and 19th of February last, in London, of pulmonary consumption, in their twentieth and nineteenth year, William, and Augustus, sons of Henry John Wallack, and half brothers of Mrs. William Hoskins.

"NEWS AND NOTES", The Star (20 April 1861), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66338704 

There was a good house last night at the Royal on the occasion of Madame Carandini's benefit. Mr. Wallack and Mr. Hoskins, who had been cast for the "Rivals," did not appear, owing to domestic affliction . . .

Names and descriptions of passengers per Great Britain from Melbourne, 29 May 1861, for Liverpool; Public Record Office Victoria

https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/238FF803-F7F0-11E9-AE98-F3FD07F091BE?image=78 (DIGITISED)

. . . H. J. Wallack / 67 [sic] . . .

"THEATRICAL DEPARTURES", Mount Alexander Mail [Castlemaine, VIC] (3 June 1861), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article199603178 

The Great Britain and Suffolk bear away from these shores a large number of the members of the dramatic and musical professions. In addition to Mr G. V. Brooke, Mr. R. Younge, and Miss Jones, to whose impending departure we have several times referred, we lose, Mr H. J. Wallack. Mr. and Mrs. Hancock, and the Misses Clifford. - Herald.

ASSOCIATIONS: Avonia Jones (actor); Edward and Mary Hancock (vocalists); Florence and Minnie Clifford (vocalist, actor)

"DEATHS", The Argus [Melbourne, VIC] (14 December 1870), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5839396 

WALLACK. - On the 30th of August, at New York, Henry John Wallack, Esq., of the principal London and American Theatres, in the 77th year of his age.

"ENTERTAINMENTS", The Australasian [Melbourne, VIC] (17 December 1870), 18-19

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138068743 

The papers, and especially theatrical [19] papers, have announced the death, at New York, on the 30th of August last, of Mr. Henry Wallack, brother of the perhaps better known James Wallack. Mr. Henry Wallack commenced his stage career in London, his native place, at the age of 13, in that home of melodrama, the Surrey Theatre. This was in 1805. In 1819 he went to America, and commenced his transatlantic experiences at the Holiday-street Theatre, Baltimore. Thence he went to Philadelphia, and joined the well-known Chestnut-street Company. On May 25, 1824, he appeared in New York as Reuben Glenroy in "Town and Country." In 1825 he became manager of the Chatham-street Company. In 1829 he returned to England, and on the 26th of October of that year he played Julius Caesar at Drury Lane. In 1832 he made a hit as Silver Jack in Douglas Jerrold's "Rent Day." In 1834 [sic, 1836], he married his second wife, a Miss Turpin, daughter of Mrs. Turpin, a great favourite on the Scotch stage. With her, he joined Osbaldiston's company at Covent-garden in 1836, where he was afterwards stage manager. In 1838 and 1839 he was again at Drury Lane. In 1841 he appeared at the Haymarket as Silver Jack. He then went to the Princess's, and on December 26 delivered the opening address for Mr. Maddox, the manager. In October, 1843, he became the lessee of Covent-garden Theatre, and opened with Boucicault's comedy of "Woman," but the season came to a premature end at the expiration of a week. In 1845 he returned to the Princess's, and, in 1847, he went to Manchester and became manager for Mr. Knowles of the Theatre Royal. His last appearance in London was in 1853, at Drury Lane, under Mr. E. T. Smith's management as Robinson in Charles Reade's drama of "Gold." Mr. Henry Wallack was an excellent representative of the thoroughly well-trained good old school, and he enjoyed the genuine respect of every member of his profession. He was the father of Mrs. Hoskins, perhaps better known in Victoria by her stage name of Julia Harland; and about 10 years ago, on the occasion of a short visit to this colony, he played Sir Antony Absolute at the Theatre Royal. He returned to Europe by the Great Britain in company with Mr. G. V. Brooke, and Mrs. and Miss Jones.

See also on his eldest son, "DEATH OF MR. JAMES WILLIAM WALLACK", The Australasian (13 September 1873), 19

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137582379 

Bibliography and resources:

Henry John Wallack, Find a grave

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57218615/henry-john-wallack 

WALLER, Daniel Wilmarth (Daniel Lafayette WILMARTH; Daniel Wilmarth WALLER)

Actor, manager

Born New York, NY, USA, c. 1824
Married Emma WEEDEN (FULLERTON), St. Mark, Old Street, Shoreditch, 29 April 1851
Arrived Sydney, NSW, 22 May 1854 (per Matchless, from San Francisco, 17 March and Honolulu, 17 April)
Departed Melbourne, VIC, 25 November 1855 (per James Baines, for Liverpool)
Died USA, 1882

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Daniel+Wilmarth+Waller+d1882 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-W-1.php#WALLER-Daniel-Wilmarth (shareable link to this entry)

WALLER, Emma (Emma WEEDEN; Miss EARDLEY; Mrs. Daniel WALLER; Mrs. Emma WALLER)

Musician, vocalist, pianist, guitarist, harpist, actor

Born London, England, 1814 (? 1819); ? baptised St. George, Hanover Square, 3 January 1815; daughter of William WEEDEN (d. 1858) and Sarah EARDLEY (d. 1864)
Married (1) Robert FULLERTON, Brighton, Sussex, 1839 (4th quarter)
Married (2) Daniel Lafayette WILMARTH (WALLER) (1824-1882), St. Mark, Old Street, Shoreditch, 29 April 1851
Arrived Sydney, NSW, 22 May 1854 (per Matchless, from San Francisco, 17 March and Honolulu, 17 April)
Departed Melbourne, VIC, 25 November 1855 (per James Baines, for Liverpool)
Died New York, 28 February 1899, aged "80"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Emma+Waller+d1899 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

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

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-W-1.php#WALLER-Emma (shareable link to this entry)

Comic sketch of Mrs. Waller as Ophelia; Walter G. Mason (engraver); (Sydney: J. R. Clarke, 1855; Australian picture pleasure book, 1857)

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/20049261 

http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-138439287 (DIGITISED)

ASSOCIATIONS: Walter George Mason (engraver)

Summary:

Actors Emma and Daniel Waller, "from the principal Theatres of London, Dublin, and the United States" toured Australia in 1854-55, opening in Sydney in June 1854 playing Ophelia and Hamlet. She was also an accomplished singer, and was regularly billed for songs, as in the farce Loan of a lover later in the month, when she sang several solos and a duet with Frank Howson. Emma's last Ophelia was in Melbourne, to Gustavus Vaughan Brooke as Hamlet, in November 1855, whereafter they cut short their intended stay and returned to Europe. Shortly after their departure, W. J. Johnson in Sydney published John Winterbottom's composition, The bird song (as "Sung by Mrs. Emma Waller") (copy at Historic Houses Trust NSW Library).

Documentation:

Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of St. George Hanover Square in the County of Middlesex in the year 1815; bishop's transcript, 1815, page 1; London Metropolitan Archives

https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/1558/images/31547_212685-00249 (PAYWALL)

No. 8 / [1815 January 3] / Emma / [daughter of] William & Sarah / Weeden / Chapel St. / Serv't . . .

England census, 6 June 1841, Palace, Brigthelmstone, Sussex; UK National Archives, HO107/1122/8/13/15/23

https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/8978/images/SSXHO107_1121_1122-0401 (PAYWALL)

William Weeden / 55 / Coach Proprietor // Sarah / 50 // William / 15 // Emma Fullerton / 20 [sic] / [all born outside county]

"THE THEATRE", Berkshire Chronicle [Reading, Berkshire] (24 November 1849), 2

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000358/18491124/008/0002 (PAYWALL)

The veteran Barnett has again opened this place of amusement, but has received very middling support throughout the week. The company consists talented performers, amongst whom observed the amusing Fry, and other favourites. An admirable addition is worthy of notice in the pleasing and unaffected performance of Miss Eardley, and of whose singing we cannot speak too highly . . . The orchestra is under the leadership of clever young performer, Mr. C. Ridgway, of her Majesty's Theatre, and whose ability as a violinist is much upheld. Mrs. Barnett and Miss Clare are amongst the company.

"LYCEUM THEATRE", Sun [London, England] (21 May 1850), 3

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002194/18500521/035/0003 (PAYWALL)

"An exceedingly premature but thoroughly apropos Revue" (we quote from the playbill, and for once the playbill speaks truth) entitled "Novelty Fair! or, Hints for 1851," was produced here last evening, with the most complete and most deserved success. It is in every respect a brilliant and sparkling affair . . . Mr. Charles Mathews . . . acts as a sort of chorus to the drama and showman to the exposition, singing a series of "patter" songs as he only can sing them, and which (to the credit of Mr. Albert Smith, the author of this extravaganza, be it recorded, are as witty as they are voluble), full of hits at all the extravagances and follies of the day. The National Gallery, the Trafalgar fountains, the filthy Thames, the Panorama "rage," Almacks, the Casino, all are personified, and all "shown up" most humourously by the "Great Showman," 1851. We have Britannia (Miss Julia St. George) acting as money-taker to the exhibition, and the British Lion (Mr. Frank Matthews) admirably made up as a something between a lion and a Bumble, with a most facetiously wagging tail, acting as Beadle. France (admirably represented by Miss Eardley, a new engagement here, and who promises to be a great acquisition to the establishment), arrives, and notwithstanding the slight diplomatic fracas, friendly relations are preserved between her and Britannia by Peace (Miss M. Oliver). Then we have a series of tableaux of the Industry of the various Nations. The Industry of France is fighting behind a barricade, and, on the conclusion of the fight, the combatants, on the appearance of La Folie, join in a merry dance, and we have a pas des Debardeurs beautifully executed by the ladies of the corps de ballet . . .

England census, 30 March 1851, St. Luke Old Street, Middlesex; UK National Archives, HO107/1520/248/24

https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/8860/images/MDXHO107_1520_1521-0016 (PAYWALL)

No. 2 Haymarket Terr. / Daniel W. Waller / Head / 26 / Actor / [born] New York America
Emma [Waller] / Wife / 28 [sic] / Actress / [born] Middlesex Mayfair

1851, marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of St. Mark, Old Street, in the county of Middlesex; register, 1848-72, page 65; London Metropolitan Archives

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/3373505:1623?tid=53877267 (PAYWALL)

No. 130 / April 29th / Daniel Lafayette Wilmarth / Full Age / Bachelor / Actor / This Parish / [father] Wm. Wilmarth / Merchant
Emma Fullerton / Full Age / Widow / - / [This parish] / [father] Wm. Weeden / Coach Proprietor . . . [witness] Henry Tuthill . . .

Passengers arrived San Francisco, 13 April 1852, per Invincible from New York, via Rio de Janeiro; ed. in Louis J. Rasmussen, San Francisco ship passenger lists . . . vol. 3 (Chicago: 1967; 2003), 146, 244 (notes)

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=PfVE3hhzI1oC&pg=PA146 (PREVIEW)

. . . Wilmarth Waller / Henry Tuthill / Miss Eardley . . .

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=PfVE3hhzI1oC&pg=PA244 (PREVIEW)

"THEATRICAL. JENNY LIND THEATRE", Daily Alta California [San Francisco] (1 May 1852), 2

https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DAC18520501.2.5 

. . . This evening is set apart for the benefit of Mr. Wilmarth Waller . . . Mrs. Emma Waller, the wife of Mr. Wilmarth Waller, having recovered from a severe indisposition, occasioned by a long sea voyage, will shortly have the pleasure of favoring our community with some of the most popular arias, ballads and scenas of the day. Mrs. Waller appeared at the Queen's concerts, in London, with great success, and comes amongst us enjoying a high reputation. She will make her appearance at the Jenny Lind Theatre in a few days.

"San Francisco Correspondence. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 30th, 1853", Sacramento Daily Union (2 December 1853), 2

https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SDU18531202.2.11 

. . . Mrs. Emma Waller's musical concert was well attended by a fashionable audience last evening, at Meigg's large Hall, and the multitude was delighted. Mrs. W. is without doubt the sweetest ballad singer in California, and has but few superiors anywhere . . .

Australia (1854-55):

"SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS", Empire (23 May 1854), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60197244

May 22. - Matchless, schooner, 151 tons, Captain Webster, front San Francisco March 17, Honolulu April 17. Passengers - Mr. and Mrs. Waller . . . Messrs. Waller, Tuthill . . .

"MORE AMERICAN STARS", Bell's Life in Sydney (27 May 1854), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59758709

Amongst the list of passengers from Honolulu by the "Matchless" schooner, arrived on Monday last, appear the names of Mr. and Mrs. Waller, formerly of the Broadway Theatre, New York; and whose subsequent engagement at Saddler's Wells, and the Theatre Royal Dublin, were highly eulogised by the press of the years 1849-53. The Sun of Sept. 5th, 1850, speaking of Mr. Waller, says: - "Since the days of Charles Kemble we have had no good juvenile tragedian . . . but in Mr. Waller we have combined the power of the artist with the polish of the gentleman". This is no light praise coming from so high an authority; and, thus recommended we shall look forward with considerable interest to this gentleman's debut on the Sydney boards. Mrs. Waller's vocal acquirements are highly spoken of by the New York press; and we trust these artistes are but the advance guard of a corps dramatique, worthy of the increasing prosperity and requirements of our noble city.

"ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE", The Sydney Morning Herald (9 June 1854), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12960808

MR. and MRS. WALLER, from the principal theatres of London, Dublin and the United States, are engaged for Twelve Nights and will have the honour of making their
FIRST APPEARANCE ON MONDAY EVENING, June 12, In Shakspeare's Great Tragedy of
HAMLET, THE PRINCE OF DENMARK. Hamlet - Mr. WALLER. Ophelia - Mrs. WALLER.

ASSOCIATIONS: Royal Victoria Theatre (Sydney venue)

"ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE", The Sydney Morning Herald (22 June 1854), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12959820

THIS EVENING, JUNE 22 . . . To conclude with the laughable Farce of the LOAN OF A LOVER. Peter Spyk, Mr. F. Howson; Swivel, Mr. Tuthill; Gertrude, Mrs. Waller, in which she will sing -
Duet, Mrs. Waller and Mr. Howson, "To-Morrow will be Market day;" song, "I don't think I am ugly;" song, "I've no money;" song, "Oh, they marched through the town;" finale, "He's mine."

ASSOCIATIONS: Frank Howson (vocalist, actor)

PIECE: The loan of a lover (Planche); songs on pages 4, 6, 10

"ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Mr. and Mrs. Waller's Farewell", The Courier [Hobart, TAS] (1 December 1854), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2246249 

Never has a theatre been the scene of more enthusiasm than was the Royal Victoria last night . . . A musical melange followed the play, Mrs. Waller singing in her own exquisite style some of her favorite ballads. Mr. Jackson also came forward and at once established his reputation as a comic singer. His Lord Lovell was irresistible. He was loudly encored in all his songs. Thus terminated one of the most brilliant entertainments we ever remember to have witnessed . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Harry Jackson (vocalist); Royal Victoria Theatre (Hobart venue)

"ARRIVALS", The Argus [Melbourne, VIC] (9 May 1855), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4807880 

We hear that among the passengers by the steamer Telegraph, from Sydney, are the celebrated violinist, Miska Hauser, and Mr. and Mrs. Waller, the new lessees of the Queen's Theatre.

ASSOCIATIONS: Miska Hauser (violinist); Queen's Theatre (Melbourne venue)

[Advertisement], The Age [Melbourne, VIC] (25 May 1855), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154890934 

QUEEN'S THEATRE. D. W. Waller, Sole Lessee.
The Lessee in announcing to the inhabitants of Melbourne and its Vicinity, that he has leased the above popular place of amusement, for the purpose of giving Legitimate Dramatic Representations, begs leave to state that it will open for the season on
MONDAY, MAY 28, 1855, with an entire new company, comprising the most talented artistes who have ever yet been assembled within the walls of any theatre in these colonies.
The Company will consist of the following ladies and gentlemen: -
Mr[s]. A. Moore, from Theatres Adelaide and Geelong.
Mrs. Thom, an old and valued favorite.
Mrs. Chester, from, Victoria Theatre, Sydney . . .
Mr. Tuthill, from Theatre Royal, Dublin . . .
Mr. C. Walsh, from Theatre Royal, Geelong . . .
Mr. W. Howson, late of the Queen's . . .
A full and efficient Orchestra, under the well-known and universally appreciated leadership of Mr. THOM . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Rachel and Andrew Moore (actor and musician); Eliza and Bream Thom (actor and musician); Marian Maria Chester (actor); Charles Walsh (actor, vocalist); Walter Howson (vocalist and musician);

PIECE: Midas, an English burletta (Kane O'Hara), with songs

"QUEEN'S THEATRE", The Age (13 June 1855), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154897260 

The comedietta of the 'Wonderful Woman" was presented on Monday evening as the first piece, and the extravaganza of Midas followed . . . The great affair of the evening, however, was the burlesque of Midas, the completeness of the getting up of which deserves high commendation; and knowing, as we now do, that the season has prematurely closed, we all the more deplore that so much expense should have been incurred, and so much time occupied in the perfecting of a piece which "has died ere yet it scarcely breathed." The reception with which it met augmented the regret that its earlier production had not been accomplished, as there is much reason to believe that this circumstance would have averted the consummation of what would appear to be an inevitable necessity. Be praise, however, where praise is merited, and hence we say that the Apollo of Mrs. Waller was a morceau of the humorous, the poetic, and the melodious, and confirmed the claims she has upon the conviction that her versatility is unsurpassed on the Victorian stage. Her voice is one of the most flexible we have ever heard, and the sweetness of her intonation is more than excellent. She gave the old favorite of "Believe me if all those Endearing Young Charms" with melting sweetness, and the other incidental songs were each and all of them uttered with a like grace, as the audience vehemently asserted. Mrs. Chester's Mysis was given with such evidences of natural capability, and with genuine raciness as made us regret exceedingly that she appeared for the first and last time, and we cannot refrain from hoping that some arrangement may result in keeping open the theatre so as to give us further opportunity of seeing this lady in her old woman's parts, which we have satisfactory assurance she plays so admirably . . .

"THE QUEEN'S THEATRE", The Age (13 June 1855), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154897312 

We are sorry to find this place of amusement suddenly brought to a close. Since the establishment of the theatre it never was conducted with better management and greater skill than during the lesseeship of Mr. Waller. The performances, taken as a whole, were of a much superior description than any that have ever been presented to the public, and the failure of the speculation we can only interpret as a sign of the present depreciation of the purses of the Melbourne public. Look out, professionals!

"ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE", The Courier [Hobart, TAS] (24 August 1855), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2489190 

His Excellency the Governor and Lady Young will honour the Theatre with their presence This Evening.
The Adieu to Tasmania of that gifted actress, Mrs. Emma Waller, who, with Mr. Waller and Mr. Tuthill, will embark on Saturday in the steamer Tasmania, and by unanimous request will appear once more, THIS EVENING, August 24 . . .
The performances will conclude with the elegant Musical Comedietta PERFECTION; or The Cork Leg. Kate O'Brien, Mrs. E. Waller. In the course of the piece she will sing "Thou art Gone from my Gaze," accompanied by herself on the pianoforte; "Strike the Harp Gently," accompanied by herself on the harp; "The Last Rose of Summer," accompanied by herself on the guitar; and the celebrated Waltzing Song. Charles Paragon, Mr. Waller . . .

MUSIC: Thou art gone from my gaze (Linley); Strike the harp gently (Woodbury)

"ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE", The Sydney Morning Herald (19 October 1855), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12983077 

THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 19 . . .
THE DUCHESS OF MALFI . . . Marina, Duchess of Malfi, Mrs. Waller . . .
To conclude with the Musical Comedietta of the DIXIE BELLE . . .
Eliza, Mrs. Emma Waller, in which she will sing "Il segretto," and the Ballad "When crowned with summer roses," accompanied by herself on the pianoforte . . .

MUSIC: Il segreto [Let us be happy together] (Donizetti, arr. Charles Jefferys); When crowned with summer roses (Blewitt)

[Advertisement], Empire [Sydney, NSW] (20 October 1855), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60167242 

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. GRAND COMPLIMENTARY BENEFIT TO Mr. A. TORNING,
MONDAY AND TUESDAY NEXT, October 22 and 23, as a mark of the high sense entertained for the zeal, urbanity, and spirit manifested in his management; for which occasion
Mrs. EMMA WALLER, Mr. WALLER, Mr. TUTHILL, (being positively their last appearance, as they proceed to Melbourne on Wednesday) . . .
The Performances on MONDAY will commence with the celebrated Operatic Burletta of
MIDAS, with all the Music and Scenery.
Mrs. EMMA WALLER in her celebrated character of Apollo, in which she will sing the following Songs, Duets, &c:
Song - "Be by your friends advised."
Duet - "Since you moan to hire for service."
Air - "Pray, Goody, please to moderate."
Song - "Believe me, if all those endearing young charms."
Song - "I'll roam the dewy bowers."
Song - "Dunce, I did but sham."
After which, Mr. Winterbottom will perform one of his celebrated Solos on the Bassoon, as performed by him in Jullien's Concerts, upwards of 200 Nights . . .
On TUESDAY EVENING the Performances will commence with the Operetta of the DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT, embracing a most powerful caste . . .
To be followed by the elegant Comedietta of PERFECTION, OR THE LADY OF MUNSTER.
Charles Paragon - Mr. Waller. Kate O'Brien - Mrs. Emma Waller, in-which she will sing -
"Meet Me by Moonlight," accompanying herself on the Harp presented to her in Hobart Town.
"The Bird Song," written expressly for Mrs. Waller, by Mr. J. H. Wilton; the Music by Mr. Winterbottom, and published by Johnson, Pitt-street.
"The Last Rose of Summer," accompanying herself on the Guitar.
The celebrated "Waltzing Song," Orchestral accompaniment . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Andrew Torning (actor, manager); John Winterbottom (musician); John Hall Wilton (theatrical agent, lyricist)

[Advertisement], The Argus (5 November 1855), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4822579

COPPIN'S OLYMPIC. This Evening, Monday, HAMLET . . .
Hamlet - Mr. G. V. Brooke. Ophelia - Mrs. Waller.
To conclude with the SWISS COTTAGE, In which Mrs. Waller, Mr. Coppin, and Mr. R. Younge will appear.

ASSOCIATIONS: George Coppin (actor, manager); Gustavus Vaughan Brooke (actor); Richard Younge (actor)

"MELBOURNE", The Sydney Morning Herald (20 November 1855), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12975906

Mr. Coppin has parted with Mr. and Mrs. Waller at the end of half their engagement. Mr. Brooke is performing a farewell series of his principal characters previous to a visit to Tasmania . . .

[Advertisement], Empire (26 November 1855), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60170259

THE BIRD SONG. - M. WINTERBOTTOM. - Sung by Mrs. Emma Waller, now ready. 2s. 6d. JOHNSON AND CO.

Names and descriptions of passengers per James Baines, from Melbourne, 25 November 1855, for Liverpool; Public Record Office Victoria

https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/23671325-F7F0-11E9-AE98-0BAC758C5792?image=317 (DIGITISED)

. . . Mr. D. W. Waller / 30 // Mrs. [Waller] / 30 [sic] // & Child / 4 . . .

After Australia:

"THEATRICAL AND MUSICAL", The Argus (24 December 1855), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4826439 

. . . Among the recent departures for England of ladies and gentlemen who have been connected with theatricals in these colonies we may mention Mrs. Waller, who is under engagement to appear at Drury Lane, next year; and Mr. and Mrs. Thom, who leave by the Blackwall, which is expected to sail this week. The first-named lady will, if we mistake not, create a sensation in London, as there is a freshness and piquancy about her style which, we fancy, will render her a favorite in those parts which, since the death of Mrs. Yates, has found no competent representative.

"THE AUSTRALIAN AND AMERICAN MAILS", Sun [London] (5 March 1856), 7

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002194/18560305/177/0007 (PAYWALL)

Amongst the passengers from Australia to England by the James Baines is the celebrated Miss Emma Waller, an actress whom the press of California and the Australian colonies pronounce to be one of the most accomplished actresses the stage has had for many years. During a severe gale which the James Baines encountered this lady fell, and dislocated her right shoulder. She is, we believe, to appear here at an early date.

"THE AUSTRALIAN STAR", The Courier [Hobart, TAS] (6 January 1857), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2457288 

THE friends of the drama in Tasmania who so heartily approved of, and watched with much anxiety for, Mrs. EMMA WALLER'S debut in the Metropolis of Great Britain, must have been gratified to see, by the accounts already published, that she has done justice to their critical apprehension, and even though some of the journals have charily withheld their praise from various motives, has achieved a great sensation in England. The following extracts from papers recently received will be read with interest . . .

"AMERICAN DRAMATIC NEWS", The Daily Telegraph [Sydney, NSW] (22 April 1899), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article236777199 

Mrs. Emma Waller, who visited Australia with her husband, Daniel Wlllmarth Waller, in 1853, died on February 28 in New York. Mr. Waller died in 1882, and since then Mrs. Waller has retired from the stage, devoting her time to teaching. Among her pupils have been Mrs. Langtry, Margaret Mather, and Mrs. Dion Boucicault.

Associated musical editions:

The bird song, from the new comedy "A new way to reclaim a thoughtless husband", as sung by Mrs. Emma Waller, the music composed by M. Winterbottom [written by J. H. Wilton] (Sydney: W. J. Johnson & Co., [1855])

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/191096820 

https://archive.org/details/BirdSong39684 (DIGITISED)

Emma Waller (Jeremiah Gurney, New York)

ASSOCIATIONS: Jeremiah Gurney (photographer)

Bibliography and resources:

William Winter, The wallet of time: containing personal, biographical, and critical reminiscence of the American theatre, volume 1 (New York: Moffat, Yard and Company, 1913), 194-97

https://archive.org/details/walletoftimecont00wintuoft/page/194/mode/2up (DIGITISED)

"Emma Waller", Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Waller

WALLER, James (1819-1871) - see main entry James WALLER

Musician, bass vocalist, pianist, songwriter, composer, builder and developer, publican and entrepreneur (Sir Joseph Banks Hotel, Botany)

DISAMBIGUATION: John Gough Waller (amateur vocalist)

WALLER, John Gough (John Gough WALLER; Mr. J. G. WALLER)

Musical amateur, amateur vocalist, member of the Sydney Philharmonic Society, merchant

Born Cawnpore (Kanpur), Bengal (Uttar Pradesh), India, 3 January 1820; baptised Cawnpore, 28 February 1820; son of Edward WALLER (d. 1826) and Anna Maria (d. 1824)
Arrived Launceston, VDL (TAS), by 1841
Married (1) Ann Agar HANSARD (1824-1871), Sydney, NSW, 10 September 1842
Married (2) Ella Maria EDMED, Sydney, NSW, 15 January 1873
Died Sydney, NSW, 10 July 1903

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=John+Gough+Waller+1820-1903 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

DISAMBIGUATION: James Waller (bass vocalist)

Documentation:

"MARRIAGES", The Sydney Morning Herald (13 September 1842), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12408557 

By special license, at his own residence, on Saturday last, 10th instant, by the Rev. Dr. J. McGarvie, John Gough Waller, to Anne Agar Hansard, eldest daughter of Mr. N. Hansard, of Bathurst.

"INSOLVENCY PROCEEDINGS. TUESDAY . . . SEQUESTRATION", The Sydney Morning Herald (28 November 1844), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12412523 

The estate of John Greig Waller [sic], of Crown street, Surry Hills, Commission Agent, was sequestered on petition and affidavit. The following schedule was also filed. Debts, £355 5s. 10 1/2d. Assets - personal property, £13; outstanding debts, £4 12s. Balance deficiency, £337 13s. 10 1/2d. - John Morris, official assignee

INSOLVENCY PROCEEDINGS. FRIDAY . . . PROOF OF CLAIMS", The Sydney Morning Herald (14 December 1844), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12422259 

In the estate of John Gough Waller, a single meeting: Kemp and Fairfax, £19 17s. 11d.; W. G. Moore, £70 14s.; M. Murphy, £2 5s. The insolvent was allowed to retain his furniture and wearing apparel.

"INSOLVENT COURT. LAUNCESTON", Launceston Advertiser [TAS] (20 December 1844), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84767484 

. . . I knew Mr. Kilner Waller, he arrived from England in the same ship with Mr. Jolly, indented to Perkins, Bennet, & Co. . . . Mr. Henry Dowling, my son, left this Colony for England, about three months after the arrival of Mr. Waller . . .

. . . Mr. Kilner Waller called and examined by Mr. Walford. - Was residing in Launceston in 1842 carrying on business as Waller, Brothers and Company, the partners were Mr. B. C. Jolly, Mr. J. G. Waller and myself . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Henry Dowling (witness); Henry Dowling junior (went to England, 1841); Kilner Waller (1816-1857, brother); Benard Charles Jolly (printer, publisher, partner)

"ARRIVAL OF GOLD", Empire (14 September 1852), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60132026 

The armed escort from the Western Diggings, which was due on Friday last, arrived yesterday, and deposited the following consignments of gold at the Treasury . . .
MUDGEE . . . J. G. Waller - 8 13 0 . . .

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (16 October 1854), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12956602 

TESTIMONIAL to MISS CATHARINE HAYES. At a meeting of gentlemen, held at the Fine Arts Exhibition Rooms, Lyons' Corner, George-street, on Friday last, to consider the propriety of presenting Miss Catharine Hayes with a testimonial or admiration of her talents, and respect for her many very estimable qualities; Mr. Justice Therry in the chair; It was unanimously resolved, on the motion of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, seconded by J. DOBIE, Esq., M.L.C., "That the following gentlemen be appointed a committee to receive subscriptions towards a suitable testimonial to be presented to Miss Hayes, (such subscription to be limited to one guinea), and to carry out the object of the meeting,
His Honor Mr. Justice Therry | F. W. Meymott, Esq.
Hon. J. H. Plunkett | J. V. Gorman, Esq.
G. Gammie, Esq. | J. G. Waller, Esq.
T. S. Mort. Esq. | Robert Johnson, Esq.
Daniel Cooper, Esq. | Jno. Arkins Esq.
Alexander Campbell, Esq. | J. Macnamara, Esq.
J. G. Cohen, Esq."
Carried unanimously.
"That the following inscription, to be engraved on the testimonial, be approved and adopted by this meeting, -
Presented to Catharine Hayes, by the Ladies and Gentlemen of Sydney, as a Souvenir by which she may be enabled sometimes to recal its inhabitants to her recollection, and as a token of the personal respect entertained for her by them, and the admiration which her extraordinary vocal powers, and unsurpassed histrionic talents have inspired."
That a sub-committee be appointed to select a suitable testimonial, to be approved of by the general committee."
"That Mr. J. R. Clarke be appointed Honorary Secretary and Treasurer."
A vote of thanks having been awarded to His Honor the Chairman, the meeting adjourned until Monday (this day), at 4 o'clock.
J. R. CLARKE, Hon. Sec. and Treasurer.

ASSOCIATIONS: Catherine Hayes (vocalist); Roger Therry (member); John Hubert Plunkett (member); Frederick William Meymott (member); Robert Johnson (member); Thomas Sutcliffe Mort (member); Daniel Cooper (member)

"SYDNEY PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY", The Sydney Morning Herald (18 April 1857), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12994343 

THE annual meeting of the above Society was held on Thursday evening last, at the Society's practice rooms, in Jamison-street. The hon. J. H. Plunkett President of the Society, took the chair . . . The business of the meeting concluded by the election of the following gentlemen: President, the Hon. J. H. Plunkett; Vice-President, the Hon. E. Deas Thomson, C.B., &c., &c.; Hon. Treasurer, H. Spyer, Esq.; Auditors, Messrs. Black and Beit; Committee - Messrs. J. G. Waller, W. H. Aldis, Bickham, Boesen, McDonell, Richardson, Mountcastle, E. Deane, Younger, and Blanchard. Secretary, Mr. John Deane . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Henry Spyer (treasurer); William Henry Aldis (member); Theodor Boesen (member); William Macdonnell (member); John James Mallcott Richardson (member); Benjamin Such Mountcastle (member); Edward Smith Deane (member); Charles Younger (member); John Deane (secretary); Sydney Philharmonic Society (organisation)

"FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE Shipwreck at the Heads", The Sydney Morning Herald (22 August 1857), 1 supplement

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12999671 

The hopes we entertained last night that the wreck would not be the Dunbar, have proved fallacious. That unfortunate vessel must have struck between the Gap and the Lighthouse, and have instantly been dashed into a thousand pieces, and not a single soul is saved to tell the sad and melancholy story . . . Mr. Kilner Waller, was a brother of Mr. J. G. Waller, of this city. Mr. Kilner Waller was the author of several interesting and valuable letters respecting emigration, which have lately appeared in this journal . . .

"SYDNEY PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY", The Sydney Morning Herald (29 April 1858), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13009381 

THE Fourth Annual Meeting of this Society was held at the Practice Room, Jamison-street, on Monday evening last, the Hon. J. H. Plunkett, Esq., the President, in the chair . . . The election of officers for the year was the next business, and the following was the result: . . . president, Hon. J. H. Plunkett; vice-president Hon. E. Deas Thomson, C.B.; honorary treasurer, Mr. W. H. Aldis ; secretary pro tem., Mr. Deane; conductor, Mr. John Deane; and the following gentlemen, the committee of management, Hon. F. L. S. Merewether, Esq.; Mr. E. Deane; Mr. Richardson; Mr. G. R. Hirst; Mr. W. H. Aldis; Mr. Boesen; Mr. C. Younger; Mr. Macdonell; Mr. Faucett; Mr. J. G. Waller and Mr. G. Rowley . . .

[Advertisement], Empire (4 July 1859), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60402011 

SYDNEY UNIVERSITY MUSICAL FESTIVAL.
On TUESDAY, July 19th, and THREE FOLLOWING DAYS, a series of
GRAND MUSICAL PERFORMANCES Will be held to celebrate the opening of the HALL of the Sydney University in which the performances will take place.
The following gentlemen form the General Committee of direction: - . . .
J. G. Waller, Esq., Committee of the Philharmonic Society . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Sydney University Musical Festival (1859 event)

"SYDNEY PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY", The Sydney Morning Herald (29 July 1861), 4

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At the annual meeting of the above society, held at the committee rooms (Mr. Aldis'), on Friday evening . . . Resolutions were subsequently adopted, appointing the following gentlemen as officers of the society for the ensuing year - President, the Hon J. H. Plunkett, M.L.C., Vice President, the Hon. F. L. S. Merewether, M.L.C.; committee, Messrs. Black, Dyer, O. B. Ebsworth, Mountcastle, J. G. Waller, Aldis, MacDonnell, Harbottle, Dr. Foucart, and Dr. Whittell, hon. treasurer, Mr. Aldis; auditors, Messrs. Henry Spyer and W. S. Paul. Mr. Douglas Callen was re elected instrumental conductor, and Mr. Cordner, vocal conductor and accompanytst to the society for the ensuing year. Mr. MacDonnell was requested and consented to act as honorary secretary pro tem . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Douglas Callen (conductor)

"PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY", Empire (3 September 1863), 8

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THE tenth annual general meeting of the members and subscribers of the Philharmonic Society was held at St. James' School-room, Castlereagh-street, on Monday, 31st August. The Honorable J. H. PLUNKETT, Esq., M.L.C., occupied the chair . . . The report and balance sheet having been adopted, the Honorable J, H. Plunkett, M.L.C., was re-elected president; W. . H. Aldis, Esq., was elected vice-president, and Messrs. J. Black, Dr. Bowman, J. Bushell, A. Cubitt, J. Dyer, O. B. Ebsworth, B. Mountcastle, J. F. Josephson, T. J. Southern, Dr. Whittell, W. Wilkins, and J. G. Waller, were elected members of committee . . .

"MUNICIPAL ELECTION", Daily Telegraph [Launceston, TAS] (29 November 1884), 2

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We were misinformed when we stated in yesterday's issue that Mr. J. G. Waller had declined to be placed in nomination as a candidate for election to the Municipal Council . . . Mr. John Gough Waller was a resident of Launceston in his youth, and since then was a leading merchant in Sydney, a member of its Legislative Council, and in 1859 had the honor of conducting the first elections under the new Constitution there, and the first under vote by ballot. Mr. Waller is now District Superintendent of the Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society, and he has taken an active part in furthering the interests of our local musical societies and other social movements for the benefit of his fellow-townsmen. A requisition, numerously signed, was presented to Mr. G. T. Matthews yesterday, stating that - "From his experience in matters useful to the town, and ability to express and enforce his views, the requisitionists feel he will have a large measure of support from the electors" . . .

"A MUSICAL FESTIVAL. TO THE EDITOR OF . . .", The Sydney Morning Herald (3 January 1890), 6

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Sir. - Will you kindly permit me to add to my letter of yesterday the following information respecting the Musical Festival of 1859. In addition to the large and influential general committee a working sub-committee was formed, consisting as nearly as I can remember of the following gentlemen - The Hon. F. L. S. Merewether, Professor Woolley, and the Rev. H. J. Hose, representing the University; Mr. Charles Nathan, F.R.C.S., and Messrs. W. J. Johnson and James Waller, representing the Vocal Harmonic Society; and Messrs J. G. Waller, W. McDonnell, and L. Rawack (or W. H. Aldis), on behalf of the Philharmonic Society. Messrs. Lavenu, J. Deane, and W. J. Cordner, were ex officio musical advising members of this sub-committee, without a vote.
I am, &c.
NUR EIN GEIGER.

ASSOCIATIONS: Charles Nathan (member); William Jonathan Johnson (member); James Waller (member); Sydney Vocal Harmonic Society (organisation); Leopold Rawack (member); Lewis Henry Lavenu (conductor); William John Cordner (chorus master)

"DEATHS", The Sydney Morning Herald (11 July 1903), 8

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WALLER. - July 10, at St. Vincent's Hospital, John Gough Waller, aged 84 years.

WALLERSTEIN, Henri (Henri WALLERSTEIN; Henry WALLERSTEIN; also WALLENSTEIN [sic])

Musician, professor of music, pianist, composer, band leader, ? trumpet player

Active Kyneton and Bendigo, VIC, 1857-59; ? Melbourne, VIC, 1861

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Henri+Wallerstein+musician+1857-59 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-W-1.php#WALLERSTEIN-Henri (shareable link to this entry)

Summary:

Wallerstein (or Wallenstein) was first documented at Campbell's Creek, near Castlemaine, in March 1857, advertising that his "Theatre Band is always ready to attend Balls, Quadrille parties, and Reunions of every kind, on the shortest notice."

In Kyneton in July 1857, he formed a performing partnership with a vocalist, the pair billing themselves respectively as Frederick Woodin, "composer, vocalist, and humorist", and Henri Wallerstein, the "eminent pianist". Having the surnames of two musicians then popular in Britain - Anton Wallerstein (1813-1892), the dance composer, and William Samuel Woodin (1825-1888), a vocal delineator and entertainer - they also included in their first advertisement spurious reviews of supposed former performances in Dublin's Rotunda and London's Hanover Square Rooms.

Frederick Woodin was in fact an alias of Alfred Hugh Havell, who had arrived in Melbourne from England only a month earlier.

While it also might seem possible that Wallerstein was not the pianist's real name, the birth of a child (also Henry) to Henry Wallerstein and his wife Edith Herbert was registered at Kyneton in 1859.

Documentation:

[Advertisement], Mount Alexander Mail [Castlemaine, VIC] (20 March 1857), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197089009 

MUSIC. MUSIC.
HERR WALLENSTEIN, Campbell's Creek, near Sheriff's bridge, begs to inform the inhabitants of Castlemaine and district that his favorite Theatre Band is always ready to attend Balls, Quadrille parties, and Reunions of every kind, on the shortest notice.
Terms moderate, and satisfaction guaranteed.

[Advertisement], The Kyneton Observer (21 August 1857), 3

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KYNETON.
Mr. Frederick Woodin, The celebrated Composer, Vocalist, and Humorist, assisted by
Mr. HENRI WALLERSTEIN, The eminent Pianist,
will shortly give his highly successful Entertainment, entitled
OLIO OF ODDITIES, Or MUSICAL REMINISCENCES,
Comprising Musical and Characteristic Sketches and Illustrations, Scenes, Comical and Sentimental, Life and Character, Past and Present, Songs, &c., &c.,
allowed to be the most beautiful Entertainment ever offered in Australia.
For particulars see Bills.
ADMISSION - 3s. Doors open at half-past 7, to commence at 8 o'clock precisely, terminate at 10.
Mr. Woodin will be happy to tune or repair any pianofortes in the neighborhood, if notice to that effect be left at the Kyneton Hotel.
Messrs. Woodin and Wallerstein's Entertainment at the Rotunda. -
The entertainment rendered last evening by the above talented gentlemen was a decided hit. The programme comprised comic sketches, songs, piano and harmonium duets, &c.; all of which was highly relished by the audience, which was large and select. The encores were numerous, and the whole affair passed off to the entire satisfaction of all present.
- Dublin Journal.
Hanover-square Rooms. -
A most varied and attractive programme was given by the above artistes last evening, when Mr. Woodin gave several characteristics of life and character, which created much merriment and laughter throughout; his changes were expertly managed. We may venture to particularise sketches of an English party, which was highly amusing; in the course of which a very beautiful composition by Messrs. Woodin and Wallerstein for pianoforte and harmonium, was magnificently performed, and enthusiastically encored. Many novelties were introduced during the entertainments, which gave unqualified satisfaction to a crowded audience.
- London Times.

"CONCERT", The Kyneton Observer (4 September 1857), 2

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Messrs. Woodin and Wallenstein gave another of their grand musical performances on Tuesday evening in the saloon of the Royal Hotel, to a numerous and highly respectable assembly. We have seldom passed a more pleasant evening. Mr. Woodin is one of those vocalists who is qualified to sound any key, at one time dissolving his audience to tears, and at another keeping them in constant roars of laughter. The real secret of this power lies in a thorough knowledge of the original sentiment which dictated the song. "Mother, be proud of your boy in blue," by Eliza Cook, was sung with great taste and feeling, appealing to the hearts of all who heard it: and "The Little Fat Man" was a chef d'oeuvre of humour which we have seldom heard excelled. Mr. Wallenstein, in his solo on the piano-forte, surpassed any musician we ever heard in this colony. His wonderful powers of execution, combined with the most exquisite finish and taste, created quite a furor. The piece he performed was a Caprice of his own composition, from "Massaniello." He was loudly and deservedly encored.

"Theatre Royal", Mount Alexander Mail (14 October 1857), 3

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Messrs. Woodin and Wallerstein announce a grand concert for this evening in which they will make their farewell appearance before a Castlemaine audience. They will be assisted by Mr. Martin, and by Mr. Rainer, who has very kindly placed his services at their disposal for this evening. We understand that a large number of ladies and gentlemen have intimated their intention of being present this evening, and that a brilliant assemblage and an excellent entertainment may be expected.

ASSOCIATIONS: John Cragin Rainer (vocalist, entertainer); George Martin (tenor)

"SOIREE AT THE MECHANICS' INSTITUTE, CASTLEMAINE", Bendigo Advertiser (26 October 1857), 2

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A very successful soiree was given in the hall of the Institute on Thursday evening . . . When tea was over, Dr. Preshaw, who presided, called upon Mr. Woodin to make a few remarks with reference to the art in which he so much excelled. Mr. Woodin proceeded to expatiate con amore on the merits and advantages of his favorite science music. After an enthusiastic address, Mr. Woodin gave one of his favorite songs . . . The proceedings terminated by the performance of the National Anthem, by Messrs. Woodin and Wallerstein, who, as has already been intimated, contributed much to the evening's enjoyment by a combination of vocal with instrumental music. The soiree was on the whole a most successful affair, and great credit is due to the gentlemen who got it up.
- Abridged from the Miner's Right.

[Advertisement], Bendigo Advertiser (8 December 1857), 3

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MR. HENRI WALLERSTEIN, the Celebrated Pianist, is open to an Engagement, Belvidere Hotel, Bendigo, Dec 7th.

"GRAND CONCERT", & [Advertisement], Bendigo Advertiser (4 February 1858), 3

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A concert, which, judging from the published programme, promises to be one of the best for some time given in Sandhurst, will take place this evening at the Shamrock Concert Hall, under the superintendence of the celebrated pianist, M. Wallerstein. The list of performers includes, we observe, the names of the most talented and favorite singers on Bendigo, in addition to which, we understand, there will be an appearance, for the first time, of several persons of high musical attainments. There can be little doubt, we think, of a crowded house.

SHAMROCK CONCERT HALL.
PROGRAMME OF HENRI WALLERSTEIN'S GRAND EVENING CONCERT.
This Night (Thursday, Feb. 4th, 1858), to commence at 8 o'clock.
PART 1.
Glee.
Song, Characteristic, "Our National Defences" - Mr. Lindsay.
Song, Buffo, Mr. Small.
Air, National, "Partant Pour La Syrie" - Miss Graham.
Solo, Pianoforte, " Caprice Brilliante (Masaniello") - Mr. Henri Wallerstein.
Song, "Why do I Weep for Thee" - Miss Louisa Swannell.
Ballad, "Sweet Ellen Bayne" (first time on Bendigo) - Mr. White.
Song, Comic - Mr. Hammond.
Ballad, Mr. Dixon.
Part 2.
Song, "The Hazel Dell" (first time on Bendigo) - Mr. White.
Comic Song - Mr. Small.
Solo, Pianoforte, " Nocturne'' (Lucrezia Borgia) - Mr. Wallerstein.
Ballad, "Little Nell" - Miss Graham.
Scena, "Death of Nelson" - Mr. Lindsay.
Comic Song, Mr. Hammond.
Ballad, Mr. Dixon.
Duet, "The Cousins" - Miss Swannell and Miss Graham.
PART 3.
Trio.
Ballad, "Lilly Bell" (first time on Bendigo) - Mr. White.
Song, "In Memory of Thee" - Miss Swannell.
Solo, Pianoforte, "Galop di Bravura" - Mr. Wallerstein.
Ballad - Mr. Dixon.
Song, Comic - Mr. Small.
Ballad Scotch - Miss Graham.
Scena, "The Slave Ship" - Mr. Lindsay.
Comic Song - Mr. Hammond.
Finale, "God Save the Queen" - By the Company.
Conductor - Mr. Edward Salamon.
Mr. Wilkie has kindly given the use of his splendid grand Pianoforte for this occasion, the first prize in his distribution.

ASSOCIATIONS: Miss Graham (Amelia Silverlock) (vocalist); Joe Small (vocalist); Louisa Swannell (vocalist); W. H. Hammond (vocalist); Edward Salamon (pianist, accompanist); Shamrock Concert Hall (Bendigo venue)

"MUNICIPAL POLICE COURT. Monday, 8th February, 1858 . . . WAGES", Bendigo Advertiser (9 February 1858), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87978619

Henri Wallerstein was summoned by Messrs. Nathan and Lobo. Neither party appeared, and the case was struck out.

ASSOCIATIONS: Abraham Lobo (bill-poster) and Barnett Moses Nathan (bill-poster)

"A CURIOUS REFLECTION", Bendigo Advertiser (14 May 1858), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87980406

On Tuesday last a case came before Mr. Judge Skinner in the County Court - that of Wallerstein v. Mackay and Co. - which suggests one or two considerations. We take the following extract from the report which appeared in our issue of Wednesday: - His Honor said, that after reading the plaint, he was of opinion that it would be useless going into the case at all, as the action could not be sustained. He said it appeared that the plaintiff had been taken into custody on a judgment warrant obtained against him in an action in the Small Debts Court; that when the verdict was given, the plaintiff had agreed to pay the debt (£6) by weekly instalments, and the judgment warrant was obtained in order to keep him to the terms of his agreement. The execution of the warrant had taken place through some mistake at the Police Court, and contrary to the wishes of the defendants; but although this had been done, there could be no action for false imprisonment, as the warrant could have been legally put in force at any time after the judgment was obtained, while any of the amount remained unpaid . . .

"MR. WALLERSTEIN'S BENEFIT", The Kyneton Observer (30 October 1858), 2

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The benefit given last evening by the ladies of Kyneton to Mr. Wallerstein was, as might be expected, attended by a large audience. The newly opened hall of the Athenaeum was graced by the presence of a number of ladies, and the entertainment reflected much credit upon the amateurs who took part in the proceedings. The Misses Merchant are specially deserving of being mentioned, as having contributed much towards the pleasure of the evening. Mr. Wallerstein played the Athenaeum Polka, a fantasia, the beautiful piece known as "The Reverie," and other delightful selections. Mr. Pizey's singing was highly creditable, and Mr. Watmore displayed great powers as a vocalist, and was duly complimented with several hearty encores. At the conclusion, the audience rose, and joined with much spirit in singing the National Anthem.

[Advertisement], The Kyneton Observer (8 February 1859), 4

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GRAND BALL/ KYNETON ATHENAEUM.
MR. WALLERSTEIN'S GRAND BALL is fixed for THURSDAY, the 10th of February, 1859, at the above Hall . . . Harvey's celebrated quadrille Band will perform during the night, conducted by Mr. Wallerstein.
The following new and admired dances will be introduced for the first time in Kyneton. -
Polka (The Belle of Kyneton), Wallerstein's Laughing Polka, Varsoviana (The Rose), Waltzes (The Rainbow and Sunset), Quadrilles (Ball, Masque, Sydenham Palace), &c., &c. . . .

"MEW INSOLVENTS", The Age (26 February 1859), 6

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Henri Wallenstein, of Kyneton, professor of music. Mr. Shaw, official assignee.
Causes of insolvency: Professional losses, pressure of a judgment creditor, and execution for rent.
Debts, £151 6s 6d; assets, £63 4s; deficiency, £105 2s 6d.-

"CERTIFICATES", The Argus (6 September 1859), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5687554

Certificates were granted to the following insolvents, there being no opposition to their applications: - Henry Wallerstein . . .

? [Advertisement], The Argus (22 May 1861), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5700414

MUSICAL UNION. GRAND CONCERT . . .
EXHIBITION BUILDING, THIS EVENING, MAY 22
Programme will consist of Overture - "Ruy Blas" - Mendelssohn.
Mendelssohn's FIRST WALPURGIS NIGHT, and Mr. Henry Leslie's JUDITH.
Principal Violin - Mr. A. J. LESLIE.
Conductor - Mr. G. R. G. PRINGLE.
LIST OF ORCHESTRA . . .
Trumpets, Messrs. Richardson, Wallerstein . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Alexander J. Leslie (violinist); George R. G. Pringle (conductor); James William Richardson (trumpet, cornet); Musical Union (organisation)

Disambiguation:

German composer of dance music Anton Wallerstein (1813-1892); London-based composer Ferdinand Wallerstein; see "ART AND LITERARY GOSSIP", Empire (8 April 1863), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63130071

WALLIS, James (James WALLIS)

Amateur musician, soldier, army officer (46th Regiment), flautist, flute player, visual artist, Indigenous culture reporter

Born Cork, Ireland, c. 1785; son of James WALLIS and Lucinda HEWSON
Arrived Sydney, NSW, 7 February 1814 (captain of the regiment, per convict transport General Hewitt)
Departed Sydney, NSW, 3 March 1819 (with regiment, per Tottenham, for India)
Died Prestbury, Gloucestershire, England, 12 July 1858

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=James+Wallis+c1785-1858 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-619320 (NLA persistent identifier)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-W-1.php#WALLIS-James (shareable link to this entry)

ASSOCIATIONS: Band of the 46th Regiment (Wallis, an officer, was not a member of the band, but rather one of its superiors and employers, and as such he would not usually, if ever, have played with it; nevertheless, it is reasonable to assume that, in Australia, he was proud to be associated with it)

Summary:

https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9NaApvWY/Oq7WKJKBbk5A3 (MAIN IMAGE)

James Wallis served as captain of the 46th Regiment in Australia. While commandant at Newcastle, he made one of the earliest known drawings of a large scale corroboree, a scene also worked up in a painting attributed to his convict protege Joseph Lycett.

Wallis, by his own account, also played the flute, and depicted his instrument and a piece of his music, together with his regiment's drum, in a memorial sketch he made in 1835. The double page of music in the picture, of a single vocal line with underlaid text, though tiny, is legible enough to be identified, and it is clear that he carefully chose the song segment in question:

Let Fate do her worst, there are relics of joy,
Bright dreams of the past, which she cannot destroy . . .

These words, with the proper tune above, are the opening lines of the third verse of the song "Farewell, but whenever you welcome the hour", published in 1813 in the fifth number Thomas Moore and John Stevenson's Irish melodies.

A selection of Irish melodies, with symphonies and accompaniments by Sir John Stevenson Mus.Doc. and characteristic words by Thomas Moore esq. [no. 5] (London: J. Power, [1813])

https://archive.org/details/MooreIrishMelodies17/page/n391 (DIGITISED)

NOTE: With thanks to historian Robin Walsh (2019) for kindly bringing this image to my attention.

Sources:

James Wallis - pictorial material and manuscripts; State Library of New South Wales

https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nX6OBvEY 

https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9NaApvWY (VOLUME 1 DIGITISED)

https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9NaApvWY/Oq7WKJKBbk5A3 (MAIN IMAGE)

Wallis signed his colour sketch on the central text panel of the main image, "James Wallis - Cove [of Cork], July 17th, 1835"

An attached card insert, revealed by lifting the lid of the urn, has another inscription in which Wallis explained the symbolism of the artwork:

https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9NaApvWY/0rKdNVOrmN32m (INSERT IMAGE)

remembrances of past Life.
The Cape of Good [Hope] which I twice visited – the fine mountains of South America,
my dog and parrot all copied from nature, my flute and music,
the colours of my Regiment which I so often bore surmount the large drum I followed for so many years,
the musquet and sword worn as a private and an officer,
the grenadier and light infantry cap denote I served on both flanks,
my charger now food for the crows shew I was a field Officer,
the hour glass in the foreground has like my life, nearly ran its course,
on the pedestal the statue of the immortal William show the principles I have lived
& will die professing, the arms of my native city Cork and the corporate badge that I served the office of Sheriff
on the Urn the badge and motto of friendly brotherhood are depicted to say I am an old member of that fine order.

Album of original drawings by Captain James Wallis and Joseph Lycett, ca. 1817-1818, bound with An historical account of the Colony of New South Wales (London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1821); State Library of New South Wales

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

https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YRlZGLPn/wab5Zq0zJmKBk (CORROBOREE)

Bibliography and resources:

T. W. Blunden, "Wallis, James (1785-1858)", Australian dictionary of biography 2 (1967)

https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/wallis-james-2770 

James Wallis, Design & art Australia online (DAAO)

https://www.daao.org.au/bio/james-wallis 

WALSH, Charles (Charles WALSH; "Charley WALSHE"; Charles Walsh PUGH; alias of Charles Edward PUGH)

Baritone vocalist, actor, operatic and theatrical manager, publican

Born Hampstead, London, England, 25 December 1823; baptised St. John, Hampstead, 18 January 1824; son of Edward PUGH and Martha MONNINGTON
Married (1) Elizabeth STEPHENS, St. Leonard, Shoreditch, England, 30 November 1843
Arrived Adelaide, SA, 26 March 1850 (per Samuel Boddington, from London, 6 December, and Plymouth, 31 December 1849)
Married (2) Ellen Laura St. CLAIR, Ballarat, VIC, 1857
Married (3) Isabel Lucy PARDOE (1835-1908), Maitland, NSW, 1862
Active UK, c. 1867-81
Died Fitzroy, VIC, 12 May 1902, aged "76" [sic]

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Charles+Walsh+Pugh+1823-1902 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

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Summary:

Charles Walsh (alias of Charles Edward Pugh) had probably arrived in Victoria, from England, by early in 1850. He was in Adelaide June that year, and in December joined the company for the opening season of Coppin and Lazar's Royal Victoria Theatre. He also appeared regularly in Adelaide as a public and concert singer, notably introducing a new local song, The old colonist's song (to the tune of The fine old English Gentleman), at a public dinner in March 1851. He left permanently for Melbourne in January 1852, though paid a return visit to Adelaide with a theatrical company in the spring of 1855, billed than as being "of the Theatre Royal, Melbourne". He also spent time during the 1850s performing in theatre and concerts in Ballarat and Bendigo.

An outline of his later career can be gleaned from the extracts below.

Documentation:

Baptisms solemnized in the parish of St. John Hampstead in the county of Middlesex in the year 1824; register 1813-40, page 203; London Metropolitan Archives

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/1118661:1558?tid=171071559 (PAYWALL)

No. 1618 / [1824] Janu'ry 18 / [born] Dec'r 25 / Charles Edward / [son of] Edward & Martha / Pugh / [Hampstead] / Victuraller

1853, marriage solemnized in the parish church in the parish of St. Leonard Shoreditch in the county of Middlesex; London Metropolitan Archives

https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/1623/images/31281_a101890-00123 (PAYWALL)

No. 479 / 1843 Nov. 30 St. Andrew's Day / Charles Edward Pugh / Of full age [sic] / Bachelor / Merchant's Clerk / 38 New North St / [father] Edward Pugh / Licensed Victualer
Elizabeth Stephen / Of full age / Spinster / Dressmaker / 40 Clifton St. / [father] Richard Stephens / Cattle Salesman . . .

"SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE", Adelaide Times [SA] (27 March 1850), 2

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[Tuesday, 26th March] . . . Same day - The barque Samuel Boddington, 765 tons, Hurst, master, from London, the 6th December, and Plymouth the 31st of December . . . Passengers: . . . For Port Phillip: . . . Charles Walsh . . .

"GRAND HUNT AND DINNER AT KOORINGA", South Australian Gazette and Mining Journal (6 June 1850), 3

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On Tuesday the 28th May a party of the lovers of this honoured old English sport met by appointment at the Miners' Arms . . . On Thursday evening the gentlemen of both hunting parties and their friends met to dine at the Miners' Arms, Kooringa . . . The cloth being removed, The Chairman called on all to fill a bumper . . . His Royal Highness Prince Albert was next given, and the usual loyal toasts followed, all of which were cheerfully responded to.
Song - "King of the Forest Glade," sung in admirable style by Mr. Charles Walsh . . .
Song - "Oh! My Eye, what a Row," by Mr. Walsh . . .
Several more good songs followed by Mr. Chas. Walsh and others . . .

"BURRA BURRA", South Australian Gazette and Mining Journal (15 June 1850), 4

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A Concert took place at the Burra Burra Hotel, on Thursday evening last week, for the benefit of Mr. Charles Walsh, on which occasion he was rewarded with a bumper, numbers being compelled to return home on account of not being able to obtain admission. Mr. Walsh was ably supported by Mr. Allen and Mr. Ross. At the request of several influential friends, Mr. Walsh promises another vocal treat in a fortnight.

[Advertisement], South Australian Register (29 October 1850), 2

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Mr. A. Moore's GRAND PROMENADE CONCERTS . . .
the SECOND PROMENADE CONCERT of the series will take place This Evening . . .
A. Moore is happy to state that he has engaged the services of Mr. S. W. Wallace, who will lead the Orchestra.
The following is the PROGRAMME: - PART I.
1. Overture, "Le Cheval de Bronze," Auber - Orchestra.
2. Song, "The Standard Bearer," Lindpainter - Mr. Walsh . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Andrew Moore (violin); Spencer Wellington Wallace (violin, leader)

MUSIC: The standard bearer [Die Fahnenwacht] (Lindpainter)

"HOPE LODGE OF ODD FELLOWS", South Australian (31 October 1850), 2

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The anniversary of the foundation of this Lodge was celebrated by a dinner at the Freemason's Tavern . . . "God save the Queen" (with accompaniment), well sung by Mr. Walsh, a new arrival . . .
Song -"My Skiff is on the Shore," Mr. Walsh . . .

"ANNUAL DINNER OF THE HOPE LODGE OF ODD FELLOWS", Adelaide Times (31 October 1850), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206987334 

. . . The toast having been drunk, the National Anthem was beautifully sung by Messrs. Mitchell, Harwood, and Charles Walsh, accompanied, on the piano by Mr. Bennett, with cornet-a-piston obligate by Messrs. Harwood, Jun. and McCullagh . . .
Song - "Tubal Cain," Mr. Walsh, encored . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Thomas and William Harward (vocalist, musician); George Bennett (piano); Robert McCullagh (musician)

[Advertisement], South Australian (25 November 1850), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71627705 

QUEEN'S THEATRE. MR. J. LAZAR'S FAREWELL BENEFIT.
And positively the last performance at this Theatre.
THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 25th. MR. G. COPPIN, IN two of his most favorite characters.
Herr Huenerbein, Herr Mater, Mr. P. Lee, Mr. C. Walsh, Mr. Wallace, Herr Cranz, and Mr. Opie . . .
GRAND MUSICAL MELANGE . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: John Lazar (actor, manager); George Coppin (actor, manager, vocalist); August Huenerbein (musician); Charles Mater (musician); Philip Lee (violin); August Cranz (musician); Edward Opie (scenic artist, actor); Queen's Theatre (Adelaide venue)

"OPENING OF THE NEW VICTORIA THEATRE", Adelaide Times (28 December 1850), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206988689 

Last night commenced a new era for theatricals in South Australia, by the opening of the new Victoria Theatre . . . The entertainments commenced with the band, led by Mr. Moore, playing the national anthem . . . A [REDACTED] song by Mr. Squash, and a sentimental one by Mr. C. Walsh, the latter gentleman a great acquisition to the establishment, were succeeded by the musical farce of "Love laughs at locksmiths" . . . Coppin playing his favourite role of Risk . . .

"THE NEW THEATRE", South Australian Register (3 January 1851), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38444868 

. . . As an interlude between this and the concluding piece, Mr. Walsh sang "The Bay of Biscay," in character. We were much pleased to hear this gentlemen sing a good standard song, having always entertained a high opinion of his powers, which he too often throws away on compositions unworthy of him. His rendering of this most popular song was strikingly good, and would not suffer in comparison with the achievements of some of the best English vocalists; it was deservedly much applauded . . .

"ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE", Adelaide Times (3 January 1851), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207066155 

. . . Mr. C. W. Walsh's song of the "Standard bearer" was sung to some new tune, which nobody had ever heard before, but a few ragamuffins in the pit and gallery had the bad taste to encore the wretched tap-room doggrel, which was afterwards sung even worse, if possible, than before. Mr. Walsh is no singer, and it shows a great deal of assurance in him to open his mouth before a public audience. Let him watch those who encore him, and see if they are apparently good judges of vocal or instrumental music! . . .

"MADAME F. ALLEN'S CONCERT", Adelaide Times (14 March 1851), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207067708 

. . . We must compliment Mr. Walsh on his improvement since we heard him at the Theatre. His voice is an excellent one, and with study he ought to turn out a capital singer; we have seldom heard Wallace's song "In happy moments" rendered better . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Francesca Allen (vocalist)

"OLD COLONISTS' FESTIVAL", Adelaide Times (28 March 1851), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207068058 

Yesterday will be long remembered as the first occasion upon which the Old Colonists as a body assembled to commemorate the successful issue of the experiment which was commenced in earnest 14 years ago by the sale of the land upon which this city stands . . . Mr. Walsh sung, in fine style, the following piece, composed expressly for the occasion by Mr. George Bennett: -
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN ANTHEM.
Let all our cares and griefs be drowned!
With joy let every bosom bound!
Voices and instruments resound!
It is our festal day! . . .
Mr. Walsh was rapturously encored, and the Anthem was again sung, the intrinsic merit of the music exciting very general admiration . . .
The toast was received with full honours, and followed by the song written for the occasion, and set to the tune of the "Fine Old English Gentleman." The execution of Mr. Walsh did full justice to it, and the chorus was given once more . . .

"MRS. JUPP'S EVENING CONCERT", Adelaide Observer (12 April 1851), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article165042867 

. . . Mr. Walsh and Mr. Daniel need no special praise, being so generally appreciated. They have both of them magnificent voices, and the critic has no right to look for that nice cultivation of tone and expression which he demands from a professional singer . . . Song - "My Skiff is on the shore," Mr. Walsh . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Catherine Jupp (vocalist); Josiah Wyke Daniel (vocalist)

"KOORINGA CONCERTS", Adelaide Observer (3 May 1851), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article165043270 

Mr. George Bennett's concert on Friday the 25th instant, at the Barra Hotel, Kooringa, was well attended. The programme was judiciously selected, including the favourite "Old Colonists' Song," "Adelaide Polka," and Jetty Treff's celebrated song, "Trab, Trab, Trab," as well as many other charming songs, duets, and an overture, all of which gave the utmost satisfaction to the auditory . . . The "Old Colonists' Song," by Mr. C. Walsh, was exceedingly well sung; it elicited much applause, and was encored. Mr. Walsh's improved voice and better management of it since his sojourn in Adelaide are sufficiently obvious. We were better pleased with his singing on this than on any former occasions . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Jetty Treffz (Austrian vocalist)

[Advertisement], South Australian Register (17 May 1851), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38448203 

TAKE NOTE!!! EVANS'S COAL HOLE, LUMBER TROOP HALL, CYDER CELLARS, GARRICK'S HEAD, BOW STREET.
CLUB-HOUSE HOTEL, Hindley-street. - This spacious and commodious Tavern being now complete in every department, the Proprietor begs to inform the Public of Adelaide and Country Settlers visiting the City, that every attention will be paid to those parties who will honour him with their patronage.
In order to conduce to the comfort of Gentlemen residing in the City, a permanent engagement has been entered into with Mr. Charles Walsh to conduct the Evening's Amusement in the Large Hall in the style of the London Cyder Cellars . . .

"BENCH OF MAGISTRATES", South Australian Register (9 September 1851), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38449674 

The following Transfers of General licences were granted from . . . Edward Hales Taylor to Charles Edward Walsh, The Billy Barlow in Currie-street . . .

"BENCH OF MAGISTRATES", South Australian Register (9 December 1851), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38440609 

The following Transfers of General Licences were granted: From . . . Charles Walsh to John White, the Billy Barlow, Light-square . . .

[Advertisement], South Australian Register (13 January 1852), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38455141 

. . . MR. WILLIAMS acquaints his friends that several of "THE RIGHT SORT," who are just "OFF TO THE DIGGINGS," will MEET THIS EVENING at his House for a PARTING JOLLIFICATION . . .
Mr. C. WALSH will sing in character "Billy Barlow's Farewell on Going to the Diggings" (written expressly for the occasion), accompanied by OLD JOE on the piano forte . . .

"CLEARED OUT", Adelaide Observer (24 January 1852), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article160108144 

Wednesday, January 21 . . . Same day - The schooner Margaret and Agnes, 105 tons, Ling, master, for Melbourne. Passengers . . . C. Walsh . . .

Melbourne and VIC (January 1852 to August 1855):

"THE CONCERT", The Argus [Melbourne, VIC] (25 March 1852), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article255611313 

The following is the Programme of the Concert for this evening -
PART I . . . Melody - Maid of Llangollen, Mr. Chas Walsh . . .
PART II . . . Song - The Exile's Farewell, Mr. Chas. Walsh . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Thursday Concerts (series); probably Julius Buddee (accompanist)

"THE CONCERT", The Argus (1 April 1852), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4784131 

The following is the programme of the Concert to be held in the Mechanics' Institution this evening:
PART I . . . Song - Marina, (by particular desire,) Mr. Charles Walsh.
PART II . . . Song - Roy's Wife of Aldivalloch, Mr. Walsh . . .

"THURSDAY'S CONCERT", The Argus (7 April 1852), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4784216 

The following is the programme of tomorrow's performance:
PART I . . . Song -The toast be dear woman, Mr. Walsh . . .
PART II . . . Song - The Maids of Merry England, Mr. Walsh . . .

[Playbill] 19 November 1853, Rowe's American Circus, Melbourne; National Library of Australia

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/7919387 

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-52754490 (DIGITISED)

THE SECOND GRAND PROMENADE CONCERT, Will take place on
SATURDAY EVENING, NOV. 19, Under the direction of MR. ALFRED OAKEY . . .
PROGRAMME. PART I . . . SONG, "The death of Nelson." - MR. WALSH. With Orhcestral accompaniments . . .
PART II . . . COMIC SONG, "The Angels Whisper." - MR. WALSH . . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Alfred Oakey (conductor); Rowe's American Circus (Melbourne venue)

"BENDIGO (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT) Sandhurst, January 18th, 1854 . . . THEATRE ROYAL", The Argus (23 January 1854), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4802312 

Our pretty little theatre, which was opened so auspiciously, has gone on in a very favorable and satisfactory manner . . . Mr. Walsh performs excellently in comic characters, singing a capital comic song, and represents bluff, hearty fellows first-rate. His Mr. Fact in Time tries All, was really excellent . . . Mr. Gregg is a gentlemanly actor . . . I must not omit noticing Mr. Thatcher's songs respecting the diggings - composed and sung by himself . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: John Gregg (vocalist, actor); Charles Thatcher (vocalist, songwriter)

[Advertisement], The Age (18 January 1856), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154859897 

QUEEN'S THEATRE. This Evening. For the Benefit of Mr. Charles Walsh.
THE INCHCAPE BELL. To be followed by an interlude in which Billy Barlow will give his opinions.
To conclude with the Grand Pantomime out of DON JUAN, in which the talented Chambers Family will appear.

ASSOCIATIONS: Joseph Chambers and family (dancers)

Adelaide, SA (26 August to September 1855):

"SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE", Adelaide Times (27 August 1855), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207073049 

Sunday, August 26 - The steamer White Swan, 332 tons, McEwan, from Melbourne the 22nd August, and from Portland the 23rd August. Kirkwood, agent. Passengers - . . . Mrs. Downey, Mrs. Quin, Miss Anna Maria Quinn. and Messrs. J. H. Vinson, . . . Downey, C. H. Walsh . . . and Griffin, in the cabin . . .

[Advertisement], Adelaide Times (27 August 1855), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207073038 

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. N. L. GRIFFIN, sole lessee and manager.
Stage Manager - Mr. CHARLES WALSH.
Leader of the Orchestra - Mr. CHAPMAN.
THE MANAGER . . . having leased the above Theatre, will OPEN it for a Dramatic Season on
WEDNESDAY EVENING, 29th August, 1855 . . .
MR. CHARLES WALSH, of the Theatre Royal Melbourne, his first appearance here these four years.
An engagement has been entered into with the celebrated Juvenile Artiste - MISS ANNA MARIA QUIN . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Nathaniel Lewis Griffin (actor, manager); William Chapman (leader); Anna Maria Quinn (actor, vocalist)

[2 articles] South Australian Register (6 September 1855), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49300883 

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE . . . The indisposition of Mr. Vinson, it was announced, rendered an alteration of the cast necessary, go that Mr. C. Walsh, set down in the bills for the Baron Steinforth had to undertake at short notice the Polonius-like character of Old Solomon, and acquitted himself (so long as he adhered to the text) capitally. He has, however acquired a habit of indulging in what the players call a "gag," which he would do well to reform altogether . . .

PORT ADELAIDE THEATRE . . .
To suit the taste of nautical visitors Mr. C. Walsh (the celebrated baritone) will sing Dibdin's song, "Will Watch" . . .

"ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE", Adelaide Observer (8 September 1855), 4 supplement

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article158105389 

. . . Mr. Charles Walsh was encored in his interlude song of "The First Cannon Shot" . . .

[Advertisement], Adelaide Times (25 September 1855), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207073715 

NAPOLEON HOTEL. MR. RAMSAY'S, KING WILLIAM-STREET, ADELAIDE.
THIS EVENING, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25.
COMPLIMENTARY BENEFIT TO MR. CHARLES WALSH.
TT being the intention of our old favourite Mr. CHARLES WALSH to return to Melbourne to procure an Equestrian Company for this City, a number of old colonists anxious to testify their regard to him intend giving him a
COMPLIMENTARY BENEFIT at the above Splendid Hotel, this evening, Tuesday, September 25, 1855.
In the course of the evening Mr. C. W. will sing several of his popular and celebrated songs, including:
"Cheer! Boys Cheers!" "The First Cannon Shot," "The Death of Nelson," "The World is on the Move," and the Tragic History of the "Babes in the Wood."
Pianist and Conductor, Herr Ritchley. To commence at 8 o'clock.
Admission 3s. each. September 25, 1855.

1855-1869 (mainly based in Melbourne and Victoria, but toured widely):

"THINGS THEATRICAL", The Hobarton Mercury (24 March 1856), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3337857 

THE City of Hobart will bring the "corps dramatique," engaged by Mr. Watson for his ensuing campaign at the Victoria. Amongst the arrivals will be Mr. and Mrs Poole, Mr. N. Warner, the celebrated American Tragedian Mr. Wolfe, Charley Walsh, a great favourite with our neighbours, both as an actor and a vocalist; Mr. and Mrs. Cox, and Miss Julia Matthews, of whom the critics speak of such high terms of eulogy . . .

"ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE", The Courier [Hobart, TAS] (9 April 1856), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2501726 

"THE MONTEZUMA", The Star [Ballarat, VIC] (29 June 1857), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66042913 

This theatre was re-opened last Monday evening under the management of Mr. J. P. Hydes . . . The evening's amusement was wound up with the musical farce of the Waterman, in which Mr. Walsh and Mrs. Dale distinguished themselves by their rendering of the various favorite songs which constitute the principal feature of the piece. The house was well attended, and the visitors appeared to be perfectly satisfied with their theatrical treat.

ASSOCIATIONS: John Proctor Hydes (manager); Elinor Dale (actor, vocalist); Montezuma Theatre (Ballarat venue)

PIECE: The waterman (Dibdin)

"CRITERION CONCERT HALL", The Star (28 March 1859), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66334833 

This magnificent room will open this evening as a concert hall under the management of Mr. C. Walsh. Among the list of vocalists engaged is Miss Chalker . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Marie Chalker (vocalist)

"PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE", Bell's Life in Victoria and Sporting Chronicle (22 September 1860), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article201377161 

Mr. Colville has become the lessee of this theatre, and he has initiated his reign with a bold stroke in favour of "black lyrics." The San Francisco Minstrels form a band of some seven or eight performers, and what they do is undoubtedly very clever. Mr. Walsh, who, since we saw him last, has adopted burnt cork - we trust to the advantage of his complexion - has a beautiful baritone, and sings in an unaffected, although not uncultivated, style. Mr. O. Burbank is an excellent dancer and a capital burlesque actor, and Mr. D. Carson, as a low comedian, need not fear comparison with any competitor of the same line. Mr. Demerest's utilities as a mock danseuse are well-known, and Mr. J. O. Pierce unites in himself many of the qualities of a good vocal and instrumental musician. The house has been exceedingly well attended.

ASSOCIATIONS: Samuel Colville (lessee, proprietor); Otto Burbank (minstrel); Dave Carson (minstrel); George Washington Demerest (minstrel); John Ottis Pierce (minstrel); San Francisco Minstrels (troupe)

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (21 January 1862), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13062203 

MR. CHARLES WALSH, the originator of the Company known as the Buckley Minstrels, respectfully announces that he and Mr. THOMAS WILSON have ceased to be members of the same.
CHARLES WALSH'S SERENADERS, including the celebrated Mr. J. M. FOANS and his extraordinary pupil, HARRY RICE, will shortly appear.

ASSOCIATIONS: James Milton Foans (minstrel, serenader); Buckley Minstrels (troupe)

England (c. 1867-81):

[Telegraphic news], Weekly Times [Melbourne, VIC] (27 November 1869), 10

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220404393 

. . . Charley Walsh, who has just concluded a two years' engagement at Birmingham, has transferred his services to the new East London Theatre . . .

"NOTES ON ENGLISH THEATRICALS", The Australasian (18 December 1869), 18

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138061981 

Mr. J. B. Howe, who announces his departure for Melbourne by the Great Britain on the 29th of March, 1870, has been playing a farewell London engagement at the East London Theatre, Whitechapel-road, at which establishment Mr. Charles Walsh, an old Melbourne actor, was also engaged . . .

Charley Walsh is at the East London Theatre. The manager, Mr. M. Abrahams, who has been playing the leading character there of Wykcedwulf, was recently taken suddenly ill in the middle of the performance. The piece, however, went on without any interruption; Charley Walsh taking the part with great ability at a moment's notice, and achieving such a success that he has continued it ever since.

"THE 'INIMITABLE' IN LONDON", Daily Southern Cross [NZ] (12 January 1872), 3

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DSC18720112.2.25 

We have received the following characteristic letter from Mr. C. R. Thatcher, which will be read with interest by his many friends in the colonies: -

. . . A short time since I bethought me of an old theatrical crony, Charley Walsh, with whom I sang in the first theatre that was opened on Bendigo in 1854, and hearing that he was playing at the Pavilion, in the Whitechapel Road, I went there, found him out before the play commenced, and he introduced me to the proprietor, an Israelite, and a smart business man, who generously presented me with a ticket to the boxes to see a four-act drama, entitled "£20,000 a-year." As my friend Charley was to appear in it, I resolved to sit it out reckless of consequences. Let me say that the Pavilion Theatre is one of the largest in London, about the same size as the Theatre Royal, Melbourne, but has not the same number of tiers. The piece de resistance I have already said was "£20,000 a-year," and we find that next to being in possession of that coveted sum, the best thing is to see and envy those who are. I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed it. Act 1st, shews us the heir, Gage Mortimer, just come into the possession of the estate with an enormous rent-roll, and an unjust steward, and my friend Charley Walsh dressed (as a virtuous fanner should be) in an antideluvian velveteen coat, a figured waistcoat a yard and a quarter long, a chapeau, (a cross between a cocked-hat and a wide-a-wake), and top boots that breathed integrity. The honest rustic complains to the squire that the steward has deprived him of his farm, and Gage Mortimer, the said squire, tells him he shall have it back, to the deafening cheers of the clodpoles around . . . The theatre "was crowded in all parts, and the greatest applause was manifest when any virtuous sentiments were expressed; and when my friend, the honest farmer, on being bribed by the unjust steward, says "One greater than the Squire has planted honor and honesty," putting his hand on his large-figured waist-coat, there was loud cheering. Such is the pabulum which an East End audience crowds to see. I must say that the acting was good, and the scenery, dresses, and appointments first-rate. As regards music halls you are everlastingly commanded to "give your orders." The men singers are mostly very good hornpipe dancers, and the females betraying more leg than is warranted by the cold weather. The music of the songs is very good, but the words trashy. The most enjoyable entertainment of late has been the Promenade Concerts at Drury Lane, with high tone singers, and a orchestra of 70 or 80, with Benedict conducting . . . But must conclude. -
Believe me, yours faithfully, CHARLES R. THATCHER. - London, 2nd November.

"Theatrical Items", The Herald (21 September 1875), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article244174972 

We (Bendigo Independent) make the following extract from a letter received from Mr. G. H. Leonard . . . Charley Walsh, an old colonial actor, has retired from the stage, and opened a refreshment-room at Wolverhampton; I met him in Birmingham during my engagement there . . .

Melbourne, VIC (1881-1902):

[Advertisement], The Age (27 October 1882), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article198564628 

CUP Day. - Up-country Visitors. - Good accommodation at Charley Walsh's, Prince of Wales, Otter-st., Collingwood.

"ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS", The Lorgnette (7 November 1888), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article212658710 

. . . Charles Walsh (Pugh) is living at Fitzroy. Exact address not known." For the information of yourself and that journal we may state that the above erstwhile popular actor - then known as Charley Walsh - was for many years landlord of an hotel in Wellington street, Collingwood, and at the present time is, as C. W. Pugh, the respected boniface of the Adam and Eve Hotel, Flinders street east.

"FIRST GOLDFIELDS DRAMATIC COMPANY IN AUSTRALIA (BY THE VETERAN AUSTRALIAN ACTOR, LACHLAN McGOWAN)", Bendigo Advertiser (14 January 1899), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article89456330 

. . . Mr. Charles Walsh (Pugh) was another excellent all round actor and vocalist. Good, jovial, cheery Charlie always laughing with that good-natured face of his. He could sing a good song. "Old Tubal Cain" and "The Flying Dutchman" were great favorites of his. He was an Englishman, and commenced his professional career at Adelaide (S.A.) Many years ago he visited the old country, making a long stay there. He returned to Melbourne some 10 or 12 years since and entered, upon hotel business, and for seven or eight years past the jovial host of a well-known hostelry in Little Flinders-street . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Lachlan McGowan (actor)

"DEATHS", The Age (14 May 1902), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article199389570 

PUGH - On the 12th May, at Melbourne, Charles Edward Walsh Pugh, of the Shepherds' Arms Hotel, Smith-street, Fitzroy, aged 78 years. Home papers please copy.

"DEATHS", The Argus (15 May 1902), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9078414 

PUGH. - On the 12th May, at Melbourne, Charles Edward Pugh (Charley Walsh), dearly loved husband of Isabel Lucy Pugh, aged 78. English papers please copy.

"CHARLES EDWARD PUGH. A STURDY TRADE CHAMPION", Sportsman (21 May 1902), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article227536629 

Licensed Victuallers throughout Victoria will regret to hear of the death of Mr. C. E. Pugh, an old Licensed Victualler, and always a sturdy champion of Trade interests. The sad event took place at the deceased gentleman's late residence, the Shepherd's Arms Hotel, Smith-street, Fitzroy, on the 12th inst. Born on Christmas Day, 1824 [sic, 1823], at the Royal Victory Hotel, Hampstead, London, Charley" Pugh was born and nursed in the Trade. No wonder then he was ever to be found fighting "fads" and fanatics. His first license was "Job's Castle," Holloway, which he conducted until the news of the gold diggings in Victoria and the gigantic fortunes made by lucky miners arrived in England. Mr. Pugh came to Victoria, and started life as a comedian under the nom de theatre of "Charley Walshe;" and it is a pathetic coincidence that the first and favorite song he sang on the boards was the last he sang in this world - viz., "Oft in the Stilly Night" - which he sang a few weeks before his death. As Charley Walshe be gained a high reputation as an all-round comedian and vocalist, and up to the end his voice maintained its melody and resonance. The writer remembers one evening at "Fred" Salmon's Hotel, Bendigo, in company with Jacob Cohn, the brewer, and a number of Old Bendigonians after a meeting in connection with the Golden Square local option poll. We were having a pleasant evening, and Mr. Pugh favored the company with a few songs, which he originally sang in the old Princess' Theatre, Bendigo, in 1852, then a canvas concern under the management of Wallack and Cohen.

"By the way," addressing Jacob Cohen, "what became of Cohn [sic], Wallack's partner? I could never find out what became of him." "Oh he is still in Bendigo," replied Mr. Cohn. "Well, I would like to see him," said Pugh. "Well, if you look at me you'll see him, for I am the person. And surely you must be Charley Walshe!" And thus was a friendship of over forty years renewed. Most of those present on that memorable evening when the incident was mentioned recognised in C. W. Pugh, the man who was then with them fighting the cause of the Trade, their old-time favorite of the Princess' Theatre.

After a successful tour of the diggings, Mr. Pugh went to Adelaide and opened the concert room in connection with the Black Swan Hotel, which he conducted for some time. He returned to England in 1869, and in 1881 came back to Melbourne and took the Prince of Wales Hotel, Otter-street, Collingwood, from another old-time disciple of the "sock and buskin," "Charley" Benson. 'Twas while mine host of the Prince of Wales that he had the memorable encounter with the Rev. Mr. Yelland at a public meeting held in Collingwood, ostensibly to discuss the liquor question, but really to advance the candidature of "Jimmy" Munro, who was opposing Dr. Beaney for the Legislative Council. The speaker referred to hotels as "hell traps," which brought Pugh on the platform with one bound, and, throwing his coat off, he soon had the dovecote fluttering considerably. Yelland banged one end of the table, and Pugh as vigorously thumped the other. The chairman was powerless, and the audience equally divided. The rev. gentleman, divested of his charity and manners, hurled anathema at the publican, and the publican, with sleeves tucked up, was ready to hurl his defamer into the middle of his admirers. Eventually order was restored, and the intrepid publican scored by getting a good hearing and dishing his opponent badly.

After leaving the Prince of Wales Mr. Pugh took the Hen and Chickens, in Flinders-lane, where, some seven years ago, he, unfortunately, lost his eyesight. The deceased gentleman was one of the sturdiest supporters of Trade interests, and was a most effective platform speaker. He was a member of the committee of Victorian United Licensed Victuallers' Association, and was for some time a vice-president. In company with Mr. P. Daly, then secretary of the association, he conducted the local option campaigns at Golden Square, Bendigo, and later at Eaglehawk, on both occasions defeating the Victorian Alliance and their satellites badly. He was in his 78th year, and had suffered severely for some time prior to his death.

The funeral took place on Thursday, and we deeply regret to say that of those who followed the remains of the old veteran to his long home, P. H. Reynolds (of the Cathedral Hotel, City), C. Jory (Universal Hotel, Fitzroy), A. McMaster (Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood), and P. Daly were the only representatives of a body who owed the deceased an extensive debt of gratitude. Two old members of the theatrical profession in the persons of "Josh" Hayward and T. B. Browning also put in an appearance. The Rev. Dr. Strong performed the last obsequies. "Vale, Old Friend."

"SOME RECOLLECTIONS OF PLAYS AND PLAYERS OF THE BALLARAT STAGE IN THE FIFTYS AND SIXTYS", Fitzroy City Press (8 June 1906), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65662320 

. . . I had almost forgotten Charlie Walsh, the singer and actor, famous here for singing "Will Watch, the Bold Smuggler," and cigars and cognac, and he was clown in the pantomime. I believe he is alive yet somewhere in Melbourne . . .

[Joseph Michael Forde], "MUMMER MEMOIRS", Sydney Sportsman (28 October 1908), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166739378 

. . . Mr. W. H. Ford, refers to that fine old-time actor, Mr. Charles Walsh Pugh. Mr. Ford has fallen into some errors as regards Mr. Pugh, and his family, with whom I am very friendly, have asked me to send you a correction. In the first place, Mr. Pugh arrived in 1851, not 1847. They also demur to his being called a "thin, small man" - as a matter of fact, up to a few months before his death, in May, 1902, he weighed close upon thirteen stone. No doubt Mr. Ford remembered him as very much heavier. Mr. Pugh went to England in the late sixties, and returned in 1881, when he became landlord of the Prince of Wales Hotel, Otter-street, Collingwood. Mr. Ford states that Mrs. Walsh was dead in 1898. She died in May, 1908 - 10 years after - at the Flinders Hotel, Flinder's-lane, where the family still carry on the business. Any interested person calling there will be shewn, for the asking, various stage daggers, spurs, and other articles presented to the late Mr. Pugh by G. V. Brooke, Barry Sullivan, and other tragedians. Mr. Walsh Pugh's last appearance on the stage was about 1882, as The Giant in "Jack, the Giant-killer." He had a splendid base voice, and made an excellent Hecate in "Macbeth." Mr. Pugh's family will be pleased if you will publish this . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Joseph Michael Forde (stage historian); William Henry Ford (stage historian)

WALSH, John Joseph (John Joseph WALSH; J. J. WALSH; usually J. J. WELSH; Johnny WELSH)

Actor, comedian

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=John+Joseph+Walsh+c1832-1901 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-W-1.php#WALSH-John-Joseph (shareable link to this entry)

Documentation:

"DEVONSHIRE-STREET CEMETERY", Truth [Sydney, NSW] (17 March 1901), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article168006808 

Bibliography and resources:

John Joseph Walsh, Find a grave

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87229413/john-joseph-walsh 

WALSH, William Horatio (William Horatio WALSH; the Rev. W. H. WALSH)

Musical amateur, president, Sydney Choral Society

http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-462278 (NLA persistent identifier)

WALSHE, William Sesnan (William Sesnan WALSHE)

Tenor vocalist, actor

Born Geelong, VIC, July 1857; son of John Sesnan WALSHE (d. 1870) and Maria PURCELL (d. 1873)
Died Harrogate, England, 5 August 1910

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-W-1.php#WALSHE-William-Sesnan (shareable link to this entry)

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

Documentation:

[News], The Argus (29 March 1880), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5980018

At St. Patrick's Cathedral yesterday, a cantata "Laudate Dominum de coelis" arranged for solo, duet and chorus, and written expressly for the Easter Sunday services was performed by the choir. The composer was Mr. C. A. Tracy the cathedral organist. Haydn's Imperial Mass was performed, the leading soprano being Madame Fanny Simonsen, contralto Mrs. Tracy, tenor Mr. Walshe, bass Mr. Rainford. An efficient chorus of about 50 voices assisted . . . The attendance at the Juvenile Exhibition on Saturday was again very large, numbering 2,800 . . . Mrs. Cutter, Mrs. Smythe, and Mrs. Perraton each sang some very pleasing songs, as did also Messrs. Walshe, Bergin and Moyle . . . The final quartette "The Blue Bells of Scotland" was rendered in a very pleasing manner by Mrs. Smythe, Mrs. Cutter, Mr. Walshe, and Mr. Bergin, and the concert generally reflected credit on the conductor, Mr. Summers.

ASSOCIATIONS: Charles and Maria Tracy (composer and organist, vocalist); Joseph Summers (conductor); Fanny Simonsen (vocalist); Thomas Harris Rainford (vocalist); Cassie Cutter (vocalist); Amelia Smythe (vocalist); Mary Ann Perraton (vocalist)

"ENTERTAINMENTS", The Australasian (22 September 1883), 18

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137592247

At the Princess's on Saturday night last, Mr. William Walshe, a gentleman with an excellent tenor voice, a good appearance, an intelligent manner, and who, moreover has enjoyed the good voice-training which is to be obtained by a course of study under that mistress of her art, Madame Lucy Chambers, made his first appearance. He was well received, and he deserved the reception. The part of the War Correspondent does not perhaps give a very abundant opportunity for display, but it enabled one to judge very fairly of the debutant; and so he may be congratulated upon the success he won.

ASSOCIATIONS: Lucy Chambers (vocalist, teacher)

"An Australian Tenor", Table Talk (14 December 1888), 16

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article146022891

Mr. William Walshe, the young Australian tenor was born in Geelong in July 1858 [sic, 1857], but has lived in Melbourne since he was two years old. In 1881, he began to be known as an excellent oratorio singer in such works as The Messiah, The Creation, The Seasons and The Redemption - in connection with the Philharmonic Society. Mr. Walshe was also a performing member of the Metropolitan Liedertafel for a couple of years. For a considerable time he held a good position in the Water Rates Department, but the operatic stage tempting him, Mr. Walshe accepted an engagement from Miss Emelie Melville, then performing at the old Princess, and made his first appearance in opera on September 15, 1883, in the character of Julian Hardy (Fatinitza), when all the cricketers in Melbourne thronged to see their confrere, and gave him a reception that lasted nearly ten minutes, for Walshe had been a prominent member of the East Melbourne and Carlton Cricket Clubs. In 1884 he went with the Melville Opera Troupe to India and the East, but the company disintegrating, he joined the section under Mr. Edward Farley's management, and travelled for about two years through India, China and Japan with that gentleman returning to Australia and appearing in Sydney, in 1886, after which he joined the Verdi opera company for a short time. During the last two years Mr. Walshe has been engaged at all the leading Sydney concerts, and altogether has had a pretty varied experience of the musical and theatrical professions, but has always been a favorite with the public and with the performers, while his old friends of the cricketing clubs to which he belonged are very proud of him. Mr. Walshe received all his instructions from Madame Lucy Chambers. Recently he has been singing very successfully at the Opera House in connection with Mr. Simonsen's company in the Bohemian Girl and Maritana. He is a son of Mr. J. S. Walshe, who was killed in 1870, endeavouring to save the life of the Hon. G. P. Smith. While on the eastern tour, and later, Mr. Walshe has played the leading tenor parts in Fatinitza, Royal Middy, Grand Duchesse, Belle Helene, Prince Methusalem, Les Cloches de Corneville, Olivette, La Fille de Madame Angot, La Mascotte, Trial by Jury, Pinafore, Pirates of Penzance, Patience, Girofle, Perichole, Mikado, Bohemian Girl, Maritana, Trovatore, Faust, Lily of Killarney, and Carmen.

"THE LATE WILLIAM WALSHE", Sunday Times (2 October 1910), 18

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123835058

In recording the death of William Sesan [sic] Walshe at the age of 60, the London "Era" of August 20 regretted the passing of "a talented actor, and accomplished musician." The Australian tenor had been in England since 1895 . . .

WALTERS, W. (W. WALTERS)

Musician, vocalist, concertina player

Active Bathurst, NSW, 1857; Beechworth, VIC, 1858

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-W-1.php#WALTERS-W (shareable link to this entry)

Documentation:

[Advertisement], Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal (30 May 1857), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article62047566 

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE, DURHAM STREET.
MESSRS. SOMERS, WALTERS, & RAMSAY beg to inform the inhabitants of Bathurst and its vicinity, that they intend giving a series of Vocal and Instrumental Concerts at the
Royal Victoria Theatre, when they will introduce some of the Popular English, Irish, and Scotch Songs Airs of the day.
Also, the unrivalled JOCKEY DANCE in character.
CONCERT ON SATURDAY Evening, May 30th.
PROGRAMME.
PART 1.
Come to the Old Oak Tree - (Glee) - Company.
Norah McShane - Mr. Walters
Shakespeare's Seven Ages - (Comic Song) - Mr. Somers
Cheer, Boys Cheer - Mr. Walters
Solo - Flute (from La Somnambula) - Mr. Ramsay
Doctor Brown - (Comic Song in character). - Mr. Somers
White Squall - Mr. Walters
Air - Violin, Oh Nanny wilt thou gang wi me - Mr. Ramsay
You may talk of America (Irish Comic Song) - Mr. Somers
An interval of 20. minutes.
PART 2.
Far, Far, upon the Sea - Mr. Walters
Ladies' Darling- (Irish Comic Song) - Mr. Somers
Barny Avourneen - Mr. Walters
Scotch Air - Violin, Auld Robin Gray - Mr. Ramsay
Who'd a thought of seeing you - (Comic). - Mr. Somers
Man the Life Boat - Mr. Walters
To conclude with JOCKEY DANCE (in character) - Mr. Somers
Doors open at 7 o'clock, to commence at half-past 7 o'clock.
Prices of Admission: - Boxes, 4s.; Pit, 2s.
Tickets can be had at Mr. Crawley's "Red Lion" Inn, adjoining the Royal Victoria Theatre.

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE, DURHAM STREET.
CONCERT ON MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 1. Entire change of Programme.
PROGRAMME.
PART 1.
What are the wild waves saying - duett - Messrs. Ramsay and Walters.
The Ladies' Man - comic song - Mr. Somers.
Shells of the Ocean - Mr. Walters.
Broth of a Boy - Irish comic song - Mr. Somers.
Solo, Flute - Mr. Ramsay.
Oh wilt thou be my Bride, Kathleen - Mr. Walters.
The Workhouse Boy - comic - Mr. Somers.
My Pretty Jane - Mr. Walters.
Irish Jig - Mr. Somers.
An interval of 20 Minutes. PART 2.
The Old Arm Chair - Mr. Walters.
St. Patrick was a Gentleman - Irish comic - Mr. Somers.
Bay of Biscay - Mr. Walters.
My Mother was a true born Irishman - comic - Mr. Somers.
Air, Flute - Last Rose of Summer - Mr. Ramsay.
Slave Chase - Mr. Walters.
To conclude with Medley Dance - Mr. Somers . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: W. Ramsay (violinist)

"ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE", Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal (3 June 1857), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article62049868 

A concert was held at this theatre on the night of Saturday and Monday last. A well selected programme was provided for both occasions, but we regret to say that owing to the inclemency of the weather the attendance on the former evening was but small. Notwithstanding this drawback, the spirits of both performers and audience seemed to undergo no feeling of dampness, for several of the pieces were loudly cheered. On Monday the house was well filled, a large number of ladies attending, whose smiling faces fully attested the pleasure the entertainment afforded them. To make mention of individual excellence would be invidious, where every effort was made to gratify the public ear; but, if the rendering of one piece more than another deserved the applause it procured, it was that of the "Work-house Boy," by Mr. Somers, whose comic style of delivery caused irresistible merriment throughout the house. Mr. Walter's "Barney Avourneen," and Mr. Somers' "Paddy Malone," were rapturously encored. The jig and the medley dance were universally admired. The public of Bathurst would do well to avail themselves of the opportunity now given them of pleasantly spending a winter's evening.

[Advertisement], Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal (6 June 1857), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article62053675 

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE, DURHAM STREET. CONCERT, on THURSDAY and SATURDAY, June 4th and 6th, on which occasion
Mr. DANIELS, of the Victoria Theatre, Sydney, will make his first appearance here in a COMIC DUET with Mr. Somers.
Irish Emigrant, &c., &c. - Mr. WALTERS.
Sailors Hornpipe, &c., &c. - Mr. SOMERS . . .

. . . CONCERT TO-NIGHT, SATURDAY.
PROGRAMME.
PART 1.
Cease your Clack (Comic Duet in Character) - Mr. Somers and Daniels
The Old Arm Chair - Mr. Walters
Tater Can (Comic Song) - Mr. Daniels
Widow Malone - Mr. Somers
Air - Flute - Mr. Ramsay
Slave Chase - Mr. Walters
Toddling off to Market (Comic) - Mr. Somers
Lord Lovel - Mr. Daniels
Irish Jig - Mr. Somers
An interval of 20 minutes.
PART 2.
The Thorn - Mr. Walters
Shocking Hard Times (Comic Song) - Mr. Daniels
Real Old Irish Gentleman - Mr. Somers
I'm Sitting on the Stile, Mary - Mr. Walters
Pat and the Barber - Mr. Daniels
To conclude with the
SAILOR'S HORNPIPE - Mr. Somers . . .

[Advertisement], Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal (15 July 1857), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article62047333 

FREE CONCERT - FREE CONCERT!! THREE NIGHTS PER WEEK.
TO NIGHT WEDNESDAY, FIRST NIGHT, FRIDAY, AND SATURDAY.
MR. D. CRAWLEY, BEGS to inform the inhabitants of Bathurst, that after great expense and trouble he is enabled to open the splendid Saloon, adjoining the bar, and trusts he may meet with the patronage of the public, having succeeded in securing the services of
MR. W. WALTERS, the favorite Vocalist and Concertina player.
Mr. H. H. DANIELS, whose comic celebrity and happy witticisms have called forth rapturous applause from a Bathurst audience &c.
And that talented Violinist MR. W. RAMSAY.
Doors open at 7 o'clock.

ASSOCIATIONS: H. H. Daniels (vocalist)

"TUENA CREEK (From a Correspondent)", The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser (2 December 1857), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118245379 

. . . Mr. James Bright, of the Travellers' Rest, opened his new Theatre of Arts, on Saturday, to a crowded audience. Indeed, had the Theatre been larger it would have been filled, as, besides the Theatre being fill, his house was crowded inside and out, and the performance went off in first-rate style. There cannot be too much credit given to Mr. H. H. Daniels for the superior manner in which the whole contrivance was worked, and the way in which he varied the entertainment with comic songs, after every one of which he was cheered and encored. He was kindly assisted by Messrs. Walters and Ramsay, our old friends, who, with their usual liberality, offered their valuable services on the occasion. The affair was conducted very well, as up to the time I left there had been no row or the least extra noise. In fact it was quite astonishing, where so many of us diggers were assembled together, to see so much good fellowship shown one to another. I may, in conclusion, say that it is one of the quietest diggings I have been on, and I have been on a few. - November 25th, 1857.

"TUENA CREEK [FROM A CORRESPONDENT]", Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal (5 December 1857), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article62048769 

Having been lately very dull on Tuena Creek in the shape of amusement, we anxiously looked forward for Saturday night as a treat. Mr. Bright on that night opened his new Theatre of Arts, and I am happy to say we were not disappointed. The scenery and performance were of a superior character; and great praise is due to Mr. Daniels for his management of the amusements, which were agreeably varied in his comic singing, which was excellent, and was loudly encored. It is to be hoped that he may long remain with us, to afford us many pleasant evenings I must also mention the very sweet and appropriate music played by our old friends Walters and Ramsay. In referring to Mr. Walters' attempt, as he called it, of the Ship on fire, I must certainly say that in my poor estimation it was a very respectable effort.

[Advertisement], Ovens and Murray Advertiser [Beechworth, VIC] (15 March 1858), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article113237110 

Concert. MESSRS. WRIGHT BROTHERS, Violinists, late of the Strand Theatre, London,
and Messrs. Walters and Daniels, of Sydney, have arrived in Beechworth, and will give their
VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL ENTERTAINMENTS, at Mooney's Concert Hall, Ford Street, on Monday, March 15th, and other evenings during the week.
Descriptive Scena, Songs, Ballads, Solos, (Violin,) Comic Songs, local and characteristic.
To commence at Eight o'clock. Admission, Front Seats, 2s.; Back Seats, 1s. Select Ball after Concert.

ASSOCIATIONS: Wright brothers (violinists)

WALTON, Mr. (Mr. WALTON)

Itinerant musician, singer, vocalist

Active Launceston, VDL (TAS), 1849

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-W-1.php#WALTON-Mr-VDL (shareable link to this entry)

Documentation:

"VAGRANTS", Launceston Examiner (17 November 1849), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36258934 

On Thursday two ticket-of-leave men named Dennant and Walton, were charged by Mr. district constable Vanderville with being suspected characters - always hanging about public houses, and having no visible means of support. In their defence the prisoners said they had not been brought up to hard work, and that they used to get their living by singing songs for which they solicited contributions from their auditors. The police magistrate did not approve of their profession, considering they only adopted that course a for the purpose of insinuating themselves into the company of the ungarded to see what could be picked up, and they were both sent to the tread-mill for two months.

ASSOCIATIONS: Mr. Dennant (itinerant musician)

WALTON, Humphrey William (Humphrey William WALTON; Mr. H. W. WALTON)

Musician, professor of music, viola (tenor) player, organist, ? blind organist, piano tuner and regulator

Born London, England, c. 1820-21; baptised St. Mary, Lambeth, 19 May 1824; son of Humphrey WALTON (1790-1835) and Sophia ROBINSON (c. 1784-1853)
Arrived Sydney, NSW, 24 February 1838 (per Upton Castle, from Plymouth, 16 October 1837, aged "19")
Died Redfern, Sydney, NSW, 16 June 1871, aged "49/50"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Humphrey+Walton+d1871 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

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Summary:

Humphrey William Walton was a son of Humphrey Walton, a pianoforte maker, and Sophia Robinson, who had married at St. George, Hanover Square, London, on 22 September 1818. His grandfather, also Humphrey, was also a keyboard maker, who in 1787 patented improvements to the pianoforte.

Humphrey's birth year is unknown. He was baptised in May 1824 on the same day as his younger brother (William Henry, died 1825, aged "1"), and therefore probably born at least a year earlier. Calculated by his reported age of 49 at death in 1871, Humphrey was no more than 16 years old on arrival in Sydney in February 1838 (therefore born c. 1822); however, he was listed then as a "Teacher [of] Music" aged "19" (therefore born c. 1819, which seems too early by at least a year). Curiously, however, his sister Sophia (m. Walter U. Harris, NSW, 1851; d. 1881), baptised at St. George in the East on 19 November 1819, was at the same time listed as aged "18". Nevertheless, Humphrey was most probably the younger sibling, and born c. 1820-21.

They had come to the colony with their widowed mother, Sophia, as steerage passengers on the Upton Castle, the ship that brought incoming governor and his wife, George and Eliza Gipps, to the colony. Another Walton, unrelated, among the cabin passengers, a merchant listed in the manifest as John, though referred to (correctly) as Henry by his fellow passenger Robert William Wrede, was joining his brother Charles in Sydney (as commission agents, Henry and Charles Walton, advertised seraphines and pianos for sale in 1838). However, Wrede in his voyage journal (19 October 1837), also mentioned that, having a piano with him on board, he "procured a Lad out of the Steerage who played exceedingly well", plausibly Humphrey.

In 1838, the minute book of the committee of the Princes Street and Macquarie Street Wesleyan chapels, Sydney, recorded that a seraphine was acquired for the Macquarie Street Chapel, for £20 from the commission agent and auctioneer Samuel Hebblewhite [sic], and a "Mr. Walton" was to be allowed £25 a year for playing it (Rushworth 1988, 37).

Walton was listed among the instrumentalists at Eliza Bushelle's concert in December 1839, and at Isaac Nathan's oratorio in Sydney in June 1841.

Walton was "principal tenor" (viola) player at the first of Nathan's Australian Philharmonic Concerts in May 1844. With Spencer Wellington Wallace as leader of the band, "Mr. Walton" was "conductor" (piano accompanist) at Maria Hinckesman's concert in October 1846.

He was organist of St. Mary's cathedral, perhaps c. 1848-54.

According to a single later report by Flora Harris, who sang at St. Mary's from 1854, Walton was by then blind.

Documentation:

Baptisms solemnized in the parish of St. Mary Lambeth in the county of Surrey in the year 1824; register 1820-27, page 113; London Metropolitan Archives

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/1913194:1558 (PAYWALL)

No. 903 / May 19 / William Henry Son of / Humphrey & Sophia / Walton / Doris Street / Piano Forte Maker . . .
No. 904 / May 19 / Humphrey William Son of / Humphrey & Sophia / Walton / Doris Street / Piano Forte Maker . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: William Henry was buried at St. Mary Lambeth on 1 May 1825, aged "1"

Journal, Robert William Wrede, extracts, London, 12 October 1837, to Sydney, 23 February 1838; National Library of Australia, MS 9929

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-547211304/view?partId=nla.obj-550098215#page/n10/mode/1up (DIGITISED)

Thursday 19th October 1837 . . . In the Evening I did my best on the Piano Forte and Seraphine, and deeply regretted that it was no better as I had the whole of the Cabin Passengers & Officers, as an audience; afterwards procured a Lad out of the Steerage who played exceedingly well . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Robert William Wrede (piano tuner, musical instrument importer)

List of passengers on board the Upton Castle, Thomas Williams, Commander, arrived Sydney, February 1838; State Records Authority of NSW

https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/1210/images/imaus1787_081198-0056 (PAYWALL)

Cabin - Sir Geo. Gipps, Lady Gipps . . .
Rev'd Jno. Brady, [Rev'd] Ja's Gould . . . John Walton [sic], Mr. Wrede . . .
Steerage . . . Mrs. Walton, Seamstress / 53
Sophia Walton / Governess / 18
Mr. Humphrey [Walton] / Teacher [of] Music / 19 . . .
George Boulton / [Tailor] / 21 . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: George and Eliza Gipps (incoming governor and wife); James Alipius Goold (clergyman); Henry Walton (commission agent); Robert William Wrede (musical instrument importer); George Boulton (tailor, musical amateur)

"SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE", The Sydney Herald (26 February 1838), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12860694

From Plymouth via the Cape of Good Hope, on Saturday last, having sailed from the former place October 16, and the latter the 1st January, 1838, the ship Upton Castle, 596 tons, Captain Thomas Williams, with merchandise. Passengers, His Excellency Sir George Gipps, Lady Gipps, and Master Gipps . . . John Walton [sic], and John Wredy [sic] . . . Mrs. Walton (sempstress), Sophia Walton (governess), W. Humphrey Walton (musician) . . .

[Advertisement], The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (17 December 1839), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2544755

Royal Victoria Theatre.
MRS. BUSHELLE BEGS TO INFORM HER FRIENDS AND THE PUBLIC, THAT HER
CONCERT Of Vocal and Instrumental Music, on the same extensive scale as her last one, will take place
AT THE THEARE ROYAL, On WEDNESDAY the 18th Dec.,
SHE will be assisted, by Madame Gautrot; Miss Deane; Mr. Bushelle and Amateurs;
Monsieur Gautrot; Mr. S. W. Wallace; Mr. Leggatt; Mr. Deane; Mr. Worgan; Masters J. and E. Deane;
Mr. Wallace, sen.; Mr. Sippe; Mr. Curtis; Mr. Walton; several Amateurs; all the Theatrical Band;
and by Permission of COLONEL WODEHOUSE, THE BAND OF THE 50th REGIMENT.
PROGRAMME. PART I. Symphony - Beethoven - Full Orchestra . . .
2. - "Grand Air from the Pre aux Clercs," with Violin Obligato by Mons. Gautrot, with full Orchestral accompaniments - Mad. Gautrot . . .
PART II. Overture of The Marriage of Figaro - Mozart - Full Orchestra
1. - The celebrated Pollacca, from "I Puritani," Solo and Quartette (full Orchestral accompaniments) - - Mrs. Bushelle, Mr. Leggatt, Mr. Worgan and Mr. Bushelle . . .
6 . - "The Soldier Tir'd," (with new Orchestral accompaniments by Monsieur Gautrot) - Mad. Gautrot . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Eliza and John Bushelle (vocalists); Joseph and Madame Gautrot (vocalist, violinist); John Philip Deane and family (musicians); Spencer Wellington Wallace (musician); Spencer Wallace senior (musician); Thomas Leggatt (musician, vocalist); George William Worgan (vocalist); George Sippe (musician); Richard Curtis (musician); Band of the 50th Regiment (military band); Royal Victoria Theatre (Sydney venue)

[Advertisement], The Australian (26 May 1840), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36862497 

CONCERT . . . MRS. BUSHELLE has the honor to announce that her
Concert will take place on TUESDAY, the 26th instant, at the THEATRE ROYAL;
she will be assisted by Miss Deane, Mr. Worgan, Mr. Deane and Sons, Mr. Leggatt,
Mr. Sippe, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Walton, Mr. Parbury all the Members of the Theatrical Orchestra,
Mr. Wallace, Mr. W. Wallace, and Mr. Bushelle.
Several Amateurs have also kindly offered their assistance.
PROGRAMME. - PART I. Overture - Full Orchestra
1. - Duet - Suoni la Tromba, from I Puritani (Cornetto Obligato Mr. Leggatt) Full Orchestral Accompaniments - Mrs. & Mr. Bushelle . . .
3. - Song - When time hath bereft thee - Orchestral Accompaniment - Auber - Mr. Bushelle . . .
6. - Aria - Sento destarmi inseno (as sung by Signor Tamburini, in the Schiava in Bagdad [Pacini]) Full Orchestral Accompaniments - Mr. Bushelle
7. - Bravura - To Norma's Arms - Full Orchestral Accompaniments - Bellini - Mrs. Bushelle . . .
PART II. Overture - Full Orchestra . . .
8. - Lo! the Factotum of this gay place (by desire) - Rossini - Mr. Bushelle . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Benjamin Portbury (musician)

[Advertisement], The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser (8 July 1840), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32183809 

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. GRAND CONCERT . . .
MR. DEANE begs to inform his Friends . . . his Concert of Vocal and Instrumental Music, will take place at the
THEATRE ROYAL on WEDNESDAY, July 8th, 1840,
He will he assisted by MRS. BUSHELLE, MADAME GAUTROT, MISS DEANE, MRS. CLANCY,
MR. BUSHELLE, MONSIEUR GAUTROT, MR. WORGAN, MR. WALLACE, MR. E. DEANE, MR. SIPPE, MR. CURTIS.
WR. WALTON, MR. PARBURY, MR. J. DEANE, of Parramatta,
All the Members of the Theatrical Orchestra, and several Amateurs who have kindly proferred their assistance.
Leader of the Orchestra, Mr. Wallace.
Conductor, Mr. Leggatt.
PART I. Overture - BAND . . .
2. Song - My Boyhood's home with Orchestral Accompaniments - Rooke - MRS. BUSHELLE . . .
PART II. Overture - Bronze Horse [Auber] - BAND . . .
5. Song - King Death With Orchestral Accompaniments - MR. BUSHELLE . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Elizabeth Clancy (vocalist)

[Advertisement], Australasian Chronicle (23 March 1841), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31731242 

GRAND CONCERT . . . MRS. J. S. PROUT, PIANIST, begs to announce that her
CONCERT of Vocal and Instrumental Music will take place at the
Royal Victoria Theatre, Tomorrow, March 24.
She will be assisted by Mrs. Bushelle, Mr. Bushelle, Mr. Worgan, several vocal amateurs,
Mr. S. W. Wallace, Mr. T. Leggatt, Mr. Wallace, Mr. Deane, Mr. E. Deane, Mr. Sippe,
Mr. Walton, Mr. O'Flaherty, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Portbury, Mr. Pappin, Mr. Downes, and the other members of the theatrical orchestra.
Colonel French has also kindly allowed the use of the excellent Band of the 28th Regiment.
Leader, Mr. S. W. Wallace; Conductor, Mr. Leggatt.
A book containing the Italian Songs, with a correct translation, may be had at the doors of the Theatre.
PROGRAMME. PART I. Overture to Don Giovanni, Mozart, full orchestra.
Opening Scena and Pastorale, "Notte e Giorno" and Giovanette, from Mozart's celebrated Opera "Don Giovanni," full orchestral accompaniments, Mr. and Mrs. Bushelle, Mr. Leggatt, Mr. Worgan, and Mr. Griffiths . . .
Song, "La Tremenda Ultrice Spada," from Bellini's Romeo, orchestral accompaniments, Mrs. Bushelle
Song, "As I view these Scenes so charming," from the Somnambula, orchestral accompaniments, Mr. Bushelle . . .
Song, "Auld Robin Gray," with quintett accompaniments, and oboe obligato, Mr. Leggatt and Mrs. Bushelle.
Song, "Largo all Factotum," with full orchestral accomplishments, Mr. Bushelle.
PART II. Overture to Ludovic, Herold, full orchestra.
Solo, "Joy's bright Fountain;" Chorus, "Hail to the Queen!" full orchestral accompaniments, Mrs. Bushelle and all the Vocalists.
Song, "When Time hath bereft thee," (by desire) full orchestral accompaniments, Auber, Mr. Bushelle . . .
The Buffo Duet, "All'Idea," with full orchestral accompaniments, Rossini, Mr. and Mrs. Bushelle . . .
The favourite Polacca in the Puritani, Solo and Quartett, with orchestral accompaniments, Mrs. Bushelle, Mr. Bushelle, Mr. Worgan, and Mr. Leggatt . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Maria Prout (pianist, harpist); William Griffiths (vocalist); Henry Charles O'Flaherty (musician); Stephen Pappin (musician); William Downs (musician); Band of the 28th Regiment (military band)

"The Oratorio", The Sydney Monitor (2 July 1841), 2

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This Festival, to which the musical portion of the community of the colony had been looking forward for so long a time with the greatest interest, took place in St. Mary's Cathedral, on Wednesday the 30th ultimo . . . Before we enter upon a description of the performance itself, we give a list of those artists by whom it was executed . . .
INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMERS. Mrs. Prout, Mr. Wallace, Mr. Leggatt, Mr. Deane, Mr. John Deane, Mr. Edward Deane,
Mr. William Deane, Mr. Wallace, sen., Mr. O'Flaherty, Mr. Portbury, Mr. Sippe, Mr. Meyer,
Mr. Strong, and Mr. Walton; with the kind assistance of the gentlemen amateurs from the Cecilian Society, and (by permission of Colonel French) of the Band of the 28th regiment.
Leader, Mr. Wallace; Conductor, Mr. Leggatt. The whole under the entire management of Mr. Nathan, who presided at the organ . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Isaac Nathan (conductor); George Strong (musician); Edward Myers (musician); Cecilian Society (organisation)

[Advertisement], Sydney Free Press (17 February 1842), 3

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Royal Victoria Theatre. First Night of the Season.
STAGE MANAGER, MR. SIMMONS. ACTING-MANAGER, MR. SIMES.
THE ORCHESTRAL DEPARTMENT Will consist of
MR. S. W. WALLACE, Leader, Mr. Deane, Master Deane, Mr. Leggatt, Mr. Wallace, sen.,
Mr. Walton, Mr. Portbury, Mr. Pappin, Mr. Sippe, Mr. Robertson, Master Strong, Mr. Boyle, &c. &c. . . .
ON MONDAY, FEB. 21, The Theatre will re-open . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Joseph Simmons (actor, manager); Thomas Simes (actor, manager); Mr. Robertson (musician); Mr. Boyle (musician)

[Advertisement], Sydney Free Press (22 February 1842), 3

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UNDER DISTINGUISHED PATRONAGE.
GRAND CONCERT, ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE, WEDNESDAY NEXT, FEBRUARY 23,
which day is also that appointed for the floral and horticultural exhibition.
MRS. BUSHELLE . . . will be assisted by Mrs. S. W. Wallace, Mr. Bushelle, and Amateurs, in the Vocal Department;
and Mrs. J S. Prout, Pianiste, Mr. S. W. Wallace, Leader, Mr. Leggatt, Conductor of the Concert,
Mr. Deane, Mr. Wallace, Senior, Mr. Sippe, Mr. Edward Deane,
Mr. Walton, Mr. Portbury, Mr. Pappin, and the rest of the Theatrical Orchestra, as Instrumental Performers.
Programme. PART I. Overture
1. Duet from Demetrio, with Orchestral Accompaniments, Mr. and Mrs. Bushelle . . .
3. The Popular Song, "Some love to roam." - Russell - with full Orchestral Accompaniments, Mr. Bushelle . . .
5. Cavatina - "I seek her on every shore." - Rodwell. - Orchestral Accompaniments, Mrs. Wallace.
PART II. Overture - Full Band.
1. Concerto - Clarionet, Mr. Leggatt.
2. "The Groves of Blarney," with Orchestral Accompaniments - with the Original Ullagoane, and the New Version, Mr. Bushelle . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Caroline Wallace (vocalist)

[Advertisement], Australasian Chronicle (10 September 1842), 3

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ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. GRAND CONCERT . . .
MR. DEANE begs to inform his friends and the public that . . .
his Concert of vocal and instrumental music, on a very extensive scale, will take place at the
Royal Victoria Theatre, on Wednesday, September 14, 1842.
INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMERS. Miss Deane, Mr. S. W. Wallace, Monsieur Gautrot, Mr. J. Deane, Mr. E. Deane, Mr. Portbury,
Mr. Walton, Mr. Wilson, Mr. O'Flaherty, and other gentlemen who have kindly offered their assistance.
Leader - Mr. Deane. Conductor - Mr. Leggatt.
By the kind permission of Colonel Baker and the Officers, the Band of the 80th regiment will attend.
PART I. Overture, "Gustavus the Third," Auber - Full Band . . .
PART II. Overture, "Acteon," Auber - Full Band . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Mr. Wilson (musician); Band of the 80th Regiment (military band)

"Theatricals", The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (17 September 1842), 2

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It is with much pleasure we avail ourselves of calling the attention of our readers to the advertisement in our columns of to-day, announcing the re-opening of the Victoria Theatre, on the evening of Thursday next [22 August], under the distinguished patronage of the Stewards of the Homebush Races, and the Members of the Jockey Club . . . We have no doubt but that the same laudable public spirit which characterised the exertions of the acting proprietor, (Mr. Knight) during last season, will be strenuously continued in the forthcoming one. The following are the members of . . .
The Orchestra: Mr. W. Wallace; Mr. Wallace, sen.; Mr. Leggatt; Mr. Deane; Messrs. Deane, Pontbery [sic, Portbury],
Walton, O'Flaherty, Pappin, Downes, and Weston; also Mr. Gibbs, from England, who is expected daily by the Trial.

ASSOCIATIONS: William Knight (proprietor); John Gibbs (incoming leader, violinist); Mr. Weston (musician)

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (23 November 1842), 3

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UNDER THE MOST DISTINGUISHED PATRONAGE.
A GRAND CONCERT IN THE SPLENDID SALOON OF THE ROYAL HOTEL, THIS EVENING, 23RD OF NOVEMBER.
MR. and MRS. BUSHELLE . . . their FAREWELL CONCERT . . .
INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMERS. Mr. S. Wallace, Monsieur Gautrot, Mr. Deane, Mr. E. Deane,
Mr. Walton, an efficient Orchestra, and by kind permission of Colonel Baker, the Band of the 80th Regiment,
Leader, Mr. Wallace; Pianist, Mr. Emanuel; Conductor, Monsieur Gautrot.
PART THE FIRST. Overture to the Flauto Magico, (Mozart.)
No. 1.- The Grand Trio, from Rossini's "Gazza Ladra" . . . with orchestral accompaniments - Mrs. Bushelle, the Gentleman Amateur, and Mr. Bushelle . . .
No. 5 - Song, "Farewell to the Mountain," with orchestral accompaniments (Barnett) - Mr. Bushelle . . .
No. 8. - The Grand Finale to Balfe's "Catherine Grey," Solo, "Joy's bright Fountain," and Chorus, "Hail to the Queen" - Mrs. Bushelle and all the vocalists.
PART THE SECOND. Overture to Masaniello, (Auber) . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Abraham Emanuel (pianist)

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (27 December 1842), 3

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Pianoforte Wanted. WANTED, a very superior Instrument.
Apply by letter, post paid, with the lowest cash price, to
Mr. Walton, Professor of Music, at Mr. Thompson's, Linendraper, York-street, near the Barrack Gate.

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (5 January 1843), 3

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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 . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Sophia Maria Forsythe (vocalist); Eliza Gibbs (vocalist); Maria Hinckesman (musician); Mr. Robinson (vocalist)

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (17 May 1843), 2

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ROYAL CITY THEATRE, MARKET-STREET. PROPRIETORS, MESSRS, SIMMONS AND BELMORE . . .
have the honour to announce their OPENING NIGHT for SATURDAY, the 20th May . . .
The Orchestral Selections for the evening which will be performed previous to the several Pieces, and between the Acts, include
Haydn's Symphony, No. 2, Mozart's Overture to L'Irato; Rossini's Overture to Il Barbiere di Seviglia; and Brilliant Arrangements of Strauss' Valses.
The Band comprises the following instrumental Performers: -
Mr. S. Wallace, Mr. Leggatt, Mr. Walton, Mr. Wallace, senior, Mr. Portbury,
Mr. Walker, Mr. Adams, Mr. Wright, Monsieur Gautrot, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Strong, and Mr. Andrews . . .
Leader of the Band, Mr. Wallace. Conductor, Mr. Leggatt . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: James Belmore (proprietor); Mr. Walker (musician); Mr. Wright (musician); Robert Adam (musician); Mr. Andrews (musician); Royal City Theatre (Sydney venue)

[Advertisement], The Australian (29 May 1844), 2

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AUSTRALIAN PHILHARMONIC CONCERTS,
THE FIRST PHILHARMONIC CONCERT In this colony,
will take place at the Royal Hotel, THIS EVENING, the 20th MAY . . .
assisted (by the kind permission of Colonel Baker and Officers) BY THE BAND OF THE 80th REGIMENT.
The whole under the management and direction of MR. NATHAN.
PART FIRST. Overture - "Euridice" - Gluck . . .
Finale - "Tho' storms and perils linger near us," from the Opera of "Merry Freaks in Troublous Times" - Nathan.
PART SECOND. Overture - "Griselda" - Cimmarosa . . .
Finale - "Now with grief no longer bending," from the Opera of Cinderella — Mrs. Bushelle - Rossini.
The Orchestra Parts to both Overtures, and to the whole of the Music, (with the exception of the single piece From "La Clemenza di Tito,") by Mr. Nathan . . .
Principal Violins and Leaders, Mr. S. W. Wallace and Mr. Gibbs; Principal Tenor, Mr. Walton;
Principal Flute, Mr. Wallace, Senr.; Principal Violincello, Mr. Thompson;
Double Bass, Mr. Portbury; Principal Second Violin, Mr. O'Flaherty.
Conductor, Mr. Nathan, who will preside at the Pianoforte . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: John Charles Thompson (cello); Australian Philharmonic Concerts (series)

[Advertisement], The Australian (11 June 1844), 1

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AUSTRALIAN PHILHARMONIC CONCERTS . . .
THE THIRD WEEKLY PHILHARMONIC CONCERT In this Colony, will take place at
THE ROYAL HOTEL, On Wednesday the 12th June, 1844 . . .
The whole under the management of Mr. Nathan.
PART I. Overture - "Sargino" - Paer . . .
Quartette - Messrs. S. W. Wallace, Gibbs, Walton, and Thompson - Haydn . . .
PART II. Overture - "Griselda" - Cimarosa . . .
Finale - "Tho' storms and perils," from the Opera of "Merry Freaks" composed in this colony - Nathan . . .

[Advertisement], The Australian (24 June 1844), 2

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AUSTRALIAN PHILHARMONIC CONCERTS . . .
THE FOURTH WEEKLY PHILHARMONIC CONCERT In this colony, will take place at
THE ROYAL HOTEL, On WEDNESDAY NEXT, JUNE 26TH 1844 . . .
The whole under the management and direction of Mr. Nathan.
PART I. Overture - Paer . . .
PART II. Overture - Cimarosa . . .
Leader, Mr. Edwards. First Violin, Mr. Wilson. Second Violins, Mr. O'Flaherty, Mr. Guerin, &c.
Principal Tenor, Mr. Walton, Principal Flute, Mr. Wallace, Senr.
Principal Violincello, Mr. Thompson; Oboe, Mr. Leggatt, Double Bass, Mr. Portbury.
Conductor, Mr. Nathan, who will preside at the Piano forte . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: John Edwards (violin); James Guerin (violin)

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (5 April 1845), 1

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SIMMONS'S SALOON, TAVISTOCK HOTEL.
MR. SIMMONS feels happy in announcing to his friends that his engagement at the Theatre has terminated, and he will always in future be found
AT HOME, at the Saloon of the Tavistock Hotel, on every
MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, and SATURDAY EVENING,
assisted by Messrs. Walton, Fisher, Jim Brown, Lyall, and several other professionals and amateurs.
No charge for admission, and a change of entertainments every evening.
The late disturbance at the Theatre will be a leading feature in the Budget to-night.
Commence at seven o'clock.

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (30 September 1846), 3

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SACRED CONCERT. TO BE HELD IN THE SCOTS KIRK,
PITT-STREET SOUTH, NEAR THE HAY MARKET, ON FRIDAY EVENING, 2ND OCTOBER, 1846.
Mr. Walton will preside at the organ, supported by an efficient choir of amateurs, who have kindly tendered their services for this occasion.
*** The proceeds will be appropriated in aid of the funds of the above church.
PROGRAMME.
PART I.
1. Pastoral Symphony (from the Messiah) - Handel.
2. Quartette - " Sanctus," Amateurs - T. Clark.
3. Chorus - "In Jewry is God known." - Dr. Clarke.
4. Duett - "The Lord is a man of War." - Mr. Griffiths and Amateur - Handel.
5. Chorus - "Sound the Loud Timbrel." - Avison.
6. Quartette - "The Lord's Prayer." - Mrs. Gibbs, Mr. Griffiths, and Amateur - T. Cooke.
7. Recitative - "And God said."
Aria - "Now Heaven, in fullest glory," (from the Creation). Amateur - Haydn.
8. Chorus - "The Heavens are telling." - Haydn.
PART II.
9. Solo and Chorus - "O! Thou that tellert good tidings." - Handel.
10. Solo - "Hagar's Lamentation." Mrs. Gibbs - G. H. Rodwell.
11. Duett and Chorus - "Hear my Prayer." Mrs. Gibbs, Master C. Tibbey, and Chorus - Kent.
12. Solo - "Thou art gone up on high," (from the Messiah.) Mr. Griffiths - Handel.
12. Quartette - " While the Evening's Sun's descending." Mrs. Gibbs and Amateurs - Mozart.
14. Duett - "O! Hold thou me up." Mrs. Gibbs and Master C. Tibbey - Marcello.
15. Chorus - "Hail Judea! happy land" (from Judas Maccabeus) - Handel.
16. Chorus - "Hallelujah." - Handel.
THE CONCERT WILL COMMENCE AT HALF-PAST SEVEN O'CLOCK PRECISELY.
*.* Single tickets, 3s. each; double tickets, 5s., may be obtained from Mr. S. Hebblewhite, 460, George-street; Mr. A. Benham, George-street; Mr. John Knox, saddler, George-street South; Mr. D. Cunningham, tailor, Hunter-street; Mr. Nicholas, artist, King-street; Mr. B. S. Mountcastle, 77, Market-street; Mr. Gibbs, Elizabeth-street; Mr. G. H. Hamilton, druggist, Liverpool-st.; and Mr. C. Tibbey, Market-street, where copies of the words can be had.

ASSOCIATIONS: Charles Tibbey (vocalist); Benjamin Such Mountcastle (hatter, musical amateur); William Nicholas (artist)

[Advertisement], The Australian (27 October 1846), 2

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ROYAL CITY THEATRE. UNDER DISTINGUISHED PATRONAGE.
MISS HINCKESMANN'S SOIREE MUSICALE WILL TAKE PLACE
TOMORROW EVENING, OCTOBER 23, 1846, At the City Theatre, Market-street.
VOCAL PERFORMERS: Mrs. Bushelle, Madame Gautrot, Mr. J. Howson, Mr. F. Howson,
Mr. Worgan, and several Amateurs, who have kindly volunteered their services.
INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMERS: Mr. S. W. Wallace (who will play a celebrated Solo on the Violin by De Beriot,) and Miss Hinckesmann.
The Splendid Band of H.M. 11th Regiment will perform several Military Pieces, and the much admired Railway Gallop.
LEADER - Mr. S. W. Wallace.
CONDUCTOR. - Mr. Walton.
Programme : - PART I.
Overture - Band
1. Duet - "The feeling heart," Messrs, F. and J. Howson - Balfe
2. "Nel cor piu," Variations arranged by Monsieur Gautrot - Madame Gautrot.
3. Ballad - "We may be happy yet," Mr. J. Howson - Balfe.
4. Air, Francais - "O vous par qui ma vie" Mrs. Bushelle - Auber.
5. Concertino, Violin, Mr. Wallace - De Beriot.
6. Ballad - "The Fairy Boy," Mr. Worgan - Lover.
7. Descriptive Song - "The Maniac," Mr. F. Howson - Russell
8. Paean, composed on the return of Dr. Leichhardt, from his perilous journey to Port Essington, by I. Nathan, Esq., Poetry by E. K. Sylyester, Esq., Mrs. Bushelle.
PART II. Overture.
1. Aria, Italienne - "Vivi tu," Flute Obligato by Mr. Wallace, Mrs. Bushelle - Donnizetti.
2. Solo, Piano-forte, A young Lady Amateur - Herz.
3. Song - "When the Moon is o'er the Waters," Mr. J. Howson - Montgomery.
4. Scena, Francaise - "Jours de mon enfance," Violin Obligato Mr. Wallace, Madame Gautrot - Herold.
5. Irish Ballad - "Rich and rare were the Gems she wore," Mrs. Bushelle.
6. "Povero Signora," Madame Gautrot.
7. Song - "The Newfoundland Dog." Mr. F. Howson - Russell.
Finale - "Rule Britannia," Solos by Mrs. Bushelle and Madame Gautrot.
The Concert will commence at Eight o'clock precisely.
TICKETS, 5s. each - to be had of Mr. Ellard, Music Saloon; Mr. Ford, Stationer; and Mr. Scott, Tobacconist, George-street.
PRIVATE BOXES, of Mr. Clancy, King-street, and Mrs. Green, "Cricketers' Arms," Pitt and Market streets.

ASSOCIATIONS: Frank Howson (vocalist); John Howson (vocalist); Band of the 11th Regiment (military band)

[Advertisement], The Moreton Bay Courier [Brisbane, QLD] (25 September 1852), 3

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A CARD. PIANO-FORTES tuned and regulated by H. W. WALTON, at MR. HARRIS'S South Brisbane.

[Advertisement], The Moreton Bay Courier (9 October 1852), 1

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A CARD. PIANO-FORTES tuned and regulated by Mr. H. W. WALTON, Professor of Music.
Communications addressed to Mr. Walton, care of Mr. J. HARRIS, South Brisbane.

ASSOCIATIONS: John Harris (Walton's sister Sophia's brother-in-law)

[Advertisement], Empire (11 June 1855), 1

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NOTICE OF REMOVAL. Mr. H. W. WALTON, Professor of Music and Pianoforte tuner, begs to notify that he has removed from Prince-street, to No. 42, Palmer-street, Woolloomooloo.

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (9 April 1857), 12

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MR. H. W. WALTON, Professor of Music. Pianofortes tuned and regulated.
72, Dowling-street, Woolloomooloo; or, at Mr. J. Webb's, 50, Market-street.

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (1 August 1863), 7

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MR. H. W. WALTON, Professor of Music, Redfern-street Redfern. Pianofortes tuned and regulated.

"DEATHS", Empire (20 June 1871), 1

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On the 17th June, at the residence of his brother-in-law, Mr. W. U. Harris, Redfern-street, Redfern, H. W. Walton, professor of music, of consumption, in the 50th year of his age.

"MUSICAL MEMORIES. Mrs. Sheridan Moore - Flora Harris . . . BY JAS. T. DONOVAN", Sunday Times (31 January 1909), 7 magazine

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. . . Towards the end of 1854 the English soprano was engaged as "professional leader" of St. Mary's Cathedral choir - a position which was held by her for five years. At the time there was a blind organist at St. Mary's - Mr. Walton. Mr. Banks, father of the late T. P. Banks, succeeded Mr. Walton, and then Mr. William John Cordner took charge of the choir . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: James Thomas Donovan (d. 1922); Flora Harris (vocalist); Thomas Banks senior (organist); William John Cordner (organist)

Bibliography and resources:

[English patents of inventions] A.D. 1787 - No. 1607. Pianofortes, &c. WALTON'S SPECIFICIATION" (London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1856)

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=O9YDQwJn8ZsC&pg=PT176 (DIGITISED)

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HUMPHREY Walton, of the Parish of Saint Pancras, in the County of Middlesex, Musical Instrument Maker, send greeting . . . my Invention of "CERTAIN NEW IMPROVEMENTS ON THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT CALLED THE PIANOFORTE AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS" . . .

Edward F. Rimbault, The pianoforte, its origin, progress, and construction (London: Rob. Cocks & Co., 1860), 150

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=KgtDAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA150 (DIGITISED)

. . . 1787 (May 25) HUMPHREY WALTON, of the parish of St. Pancras, musical instrument maker, for "his new improvements on the musical instrument called the piano forte, and other instruments, which he believes will render them more compleat and perfect than any now in use" . . .

Edgar Brinsmead, The history of the pianoforte (London: Novello, Ewer & Co., 1879), 155

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=LTsuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA155 (DIGITISED)

Henry Norbert Birt, Benedictine pioneers in Australia . . . volume 2 (London: Herbert & Daniel, 1911), 207-08

https://archive.org/stream/BenedictinePioneersInAustraliaV2#page/n201/mode/2up (DIGITISED)

. . . [Bishop Davis] introduced many effects not in the organ score, and rarely ever played it twice alike. His playing of the psalms at Vespers was really unsurpassable, and almost unapproachable. Every verse received a different treatment according to its meaning, and the pedal runs were often something marvellous. There was at the time a paid organist attached to the Cathedral. His name was Walton. He was a thorough organist of the strict English school. The dear Bishop used often to say that he would give a great deal to be able to play as well as Walton did. But the choir and the congregation preferred the Bishop's style. The music would always go with far more [208] spirit when the good Bishop was presiding at the organ . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: John Henry Curtis (memoirist); Charles Henry Davis (bishop, amateur musician)

Rosamond E. M. Harding, The piano-forte, its history traced to the Great Exhibition of 1851 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1933), 49

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=qRw9AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA49 (PREVIEW)

E. J. Lea-Scarlett, "Music, Choir and Organ", in Patrick O'Farrell (ed.), St. Mary's Cathedral Sydney, 1821-1971 ([Sydney]: Devonshire Press for St. Mary's Cathedral, 1971), 161

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10488026

Graeme D. Rushworth, Historic organs of New South Wales (Sydney: Hale & Iremonger, 1988), 37, 371

"St. Mary's Cathedral Choir, Sydney", Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary's_Cathedral_Choir,_Sydney

WALTON, James (James WALTON)

Bellman, town crier

Active Parramatta, NSW, 1844

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

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-W-1.php#WALTON-James (shareable link to this entry)

Documentation:

"Parramatta Police Intelligence. MONDAY. WATCH MOVEMENTS", The Star and Working Man's Guardian (13 July 1844), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article228132526 

James Barker was brought before the Bench on a warrant, charging him with having a stolen watch in his possession. About three months since the house of Walton, the bellman, was broken into and robbed of a watch. Walton being by his office, town crier, it was a matter of no great wonder, that he proclaimed his loss far and wide, and it was then discovered that the watch had, by right of purchase, come into the possession of the Hayden remanded until Monday. Serjeant-Major of the 99th Regiment, who having given a very clear and satisfactory account of his acquisition of the property from Barker, a warrant was issued for his apprehension, and that artisan was captured a few days since at Berrima. Walton deposed to the fast going of his "time o'day," and Grime bore testimony to his purchase. Barker endeavoured to beviz out of the affair by calling a brother pivet, named Pritchard, who, although rather lengthily cross-examined by the prisoner, proved himself a very bad repeater on his behalf, and struck anything but the right time towards procuring his acquittal. Barker was therefore directed to be cased in the Gaol until the next Court of Quarter Sessions shall decide whether he is a watch maker or a time keeper.

"FRAUD", Parramatta Chronicle and Cumberland General Advertiser (21 December 1844), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article228249262 

James Fullard (ticket-of-leave holder), musical instrument maker, of Church-street, was charged Avith making away with two watches entrusted to his care to repair. John Challon, a Bandsman of the 58th, had given him a silver watch to repair, but, after waiting three weeks, he found that no watch was forthcoming. Going into Fullard's shop one day, he saw the works of his watch lying there, and he immediately took possession of them. He afterwards found the case, together with a silver chain and seals, in the shop of Messrs. Stephenson and Co., where Fullard had sold it. James Walton had also given prisoner a gold watch to repair, but had never seen it since; he had discovered, however, that it had been sold to an auctioneer in Sydney, named Heydon. The above facts were detailed in evidence against the prisoner, on Thursday last, before the Police Bench, and he was remanded to Saturday next.

"Police Intelligence. SATURDAY. Night Auctioneering alias Pawnbrokeing", Parramatta Chronicle and Cumberland General Advertiser (28 December 1844), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article228249753 

James H. Fullard, the investigation of whose abilities in the transmutation of watches into current coin was remanded from Thursday until to day, in order to procure the attendance from Sydney of some witnesses, was further gone into.
Previous to any evidence being entered on Mr. Carrington besought the permission of the Bench to allow him to appear for the prisoner, who, being a ticket-of-leave holder, could only avail him self of his (Mr. C's) services by their favour. The request was at once accceded.
Mr. F. Rich deposed: I am clerk to Mr. Heydon, the auctioneer of King-street, Sydney; Fullard brought a gold watch, since sworn by Walton, the bell-man, as his property, on the 6th of the month, to me, and told me he wanted an advance upon it, in order to procure articles for his trade; I advanced him £1 13s.; the receipt produced (procured by Walton from the prisoner's wife) is for £1 16s., the three shillings being for commission; the watch, by the receipt, was not to be sold until the 3rd of January; it is now in Mr. Heydon's possession; on the day after the advance had been got Fullard came back, and I heard him tell Mr. Heydon he did not wish the watch sold, and that he would take it back again; but he wanted a further advance, and I perceive by the receipt, that Mr. Heydon gave him 3s. more.
Cross examined by Mr. Carrington: during which the Bench had more than once to put the curb and snaffle on the hard driving the learned counsel was bestowing on his witness, and finally to intimate that there was an "outside" to the Court House, where he might presently find himself, if his impetuosity was not confined within Court-like bounds. The substance of the cross-examination, was that neither Heydon or the witness were licensed pawnbrokers; that the watch was left for sale, and that such sale was not to be made for four weeks; that witness was subpoened to produce the watch, but as it had been left with Heydon, it was impossible for him to do so, it not being in his (the witness') possession; Heydon, who did not wish him to bring the watch, told him the value of the article was about three guineas. About a quarter of an hour was spent in the endeavouring to prove that the 3s. was interest, but the witness stuck to the text that it was merely "commission."
James Shanaghan examined: I am Bandmaster to the 58th Regiment; about the 10th of November I gave Fullard a cornopean to take dinge out of it . . . last Thursday, Mr. Cohen, of George-street, Sydney, admitted to me that he had purchased an instrument answering in description the one in question, for 50s . . . it is the property of Ensign Maine, of the 58th, and I never authorised Fullard to sell it or to procure an advance on it. Mr. Cohen not being in attendance, the case was again remanded until Tuesday.

ASSOCIATIONS: Robert Maine (58th Regiment); James Shanaghan (master) and John Challon (bandsman) in the Band of the 58th Regiment (military band); James Henry Fullard (musical instrument maker)

WALTON, Thomas Henry (Thomas Henry WALTON; Thomas WALTON; T. H. WALTON)

Musician, organist, chemist and druggist

Born Derby, England, 17 December 1828; son of Thomas Wedgwood WALTON (c. 1790-1875) and Elizabeth Ann SANDS (c. 1797-1856)
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, 17 March 1850 (per Statesman, from Gravesend, 1 November, and Plymouth, 19 November 1849, via Adelaide 12 February)
Died Fitzroy, VIC, 23 July 1909

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Thomas+Henry+Walton+1828-1909 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

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Documentation:

Register of births, Derbyshire, Monthly Meeting (Quaker); UK National Archives, RG6/390

https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/7097/images/41815_b0152707-00037 (PAYWALL)

[Born] 17th of 12th month 1828 / Derby Parish called St. Werburgh / Thomas Henry / Son [of] / Thomas Wedgwood Walton [and] Elizabeth Ann Walton / Derby / Druggist Not a Member

"SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE . . . ADELAIDE SHIPPING", The Melbourne Daily News (25 February 1850), 2

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Tuesday, February 12. - The ship Statesman 874 tons, J. W. Lane, master, from Gravesend 1st November, and Plymouth 19th November. Passengers for Adelaide . . . Thomas Walton . . .

"Shipping Intelligence. ARRIVED", The Argus (18 March 1850), 2

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March 17 - "Statesman," ship, 874 tons, John H. Lane, commander, from Adelaide 11th inst. Passengers . . . from Adelaide . . . T. Walton . . .

? [Advertisement], The Argus (30 May 1850), 3

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MECHANICS' INSTITUTION AMATEUR MUSIC CLASS . . .
THE Members of the Class beg to announce their first Concert, (under the direction of Mr. Reed), for
THIS EVENING, (THURSDAY) the 30th instant, to commence at 8 o'clock precisely.
Vocal Performers: Mr. Young, Mr. Troy Knight, and other Amateur Members of the Class . . .
PROGRAMME . . . PART II . . . Ballad - (Mr. Walton) . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Thomas Reed (musician); Charles Young (vocalist, actor); Troy Knight (vocalist); Mechanics' Insitution music class (Melbourne group); Thursday Concerts (Melbourne series)

"CONCERTS. To the Editor of the . . . ", Geelong Advertiser (25 July 1851), 2

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SIR, - My attention was drawn, yesterday, by one of your establishment, to a letter inserted in your paper of the 14th instant, signed "Musicus," reflecting rather sweepingly, and drawing rather untimed comparisons between the Geelong Harmonic Amateur Society, and one of a similar nature in Melbourne . . . There is one thing Mr. Edtitor I am surprised at, and that is, there are in Geelong about the same number of amateur singers as there are of us instrumentalists, that is 10, now I wonder they do not unite and make up a madrigal glee and catch club, they can at all times have an assistance in performance or the loan of music on their nights of practice: there are the Kaweravss [sic], Walton, Spinster, Boyle of Kildare, Hunt of Kildare, Donohue of New Town, and some of our own party, these might make a very good little society, or they can hitch themselves on to us if they like, it would be very much to their credit to do so. If they want advice and assistance they have only to call on G. T. L. Malop-street, or meet our officers at his house, which is at all times open for such purposes; three of the above named persons have no fear from their foreign accent; if they are correct in their Sol Fa, and follow the others, there is no fear, choosing their music from the Scores of the old masters, and keeping strictly to the old English catch and glee, the public would be sure to appreciate their motives in their true sense, when before them. I cannot promise Musicus any more of my time, nor further explanations yet awhile, but beg of him to bide his time; a thing well done, is twice done;
subscribing myself his and your
Obedient servant,
W. H. ESTALL,
Secretary to the Geelong Amateur Harmonic Society.

ASSOCIATIONS: William Henry Estall (amateur); Theodore and Frederick Kawerau (amateurs); George Thomas Lloyd (amateur); Geelong Harmonic Society (group)

? "BURGLARY", The Melbourne Daily News (26 July 1851), 3

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James McDonald, Andrew Carr, and Julia Carr who had been remanded on Wednesday on a charge of robbing the house of the Rev. W Ryde of Swanston street, were again brought before the police bench yesterday . . . Mr. Searle of Collingwood also identified several article as his property, the produce of a robbery perpetrated at his house on Tuesday night week and Thomas Walton identified a large key, as having been stolen with other articles from his house on the same evening. It was the key of the door of St. James Church, which had ben placed under his charge. Andrew and Julia Carr were committed to stand their trial and McDonald was discharged.

[Advertisement], Geelong Advertiser (4 February 1852), 3

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VICTORIA DISPENSARY, Union-street, Market-square, Geelong.
THOMAS WALTON, (From Messrs. Coulter & Co., late Cade, and Organist of Christ Church, Geelong,)
CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST, BEGS to inform his friends and the public in general, that he vas commenced business in the above branch, and hopes by a strict attention to all orders committed to his charge, to merit a share of their patronage and support . . .

"THE CONCERT", The Argus [Melbourne, VIC] (10 June 1852), 4

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The following is the programme for this evening:
PART I. Overture - Cenerentola . . .
Song - In happy Moments, Mr. Walsh . . .
Song - Should he Upbraid, Mrs. Testar.
Song - Oh! Steer my Bark to Erin's Isle, Mr. Walton . . .
PART II. Overture - Der Freyschutz.
Scena - Casta Diva, Mrs. Testar.
Song - Bay of Biscay, Mr. Walton . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Charles Walsh (vocalist); Elizabeth Testar (vocalist)

"WEEKLY CONCERTS", The Argus (15 June 1852), 3

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Some little unpleasantness occurred at the Concert of last Thursday evening, in consequence of one or two omissions in the programme; and things seemed likely to have taken a disagreeable shape if Mr. Wheeler and Mr. Hamilton had not very good temperedly rushed to the rescue. One of the gentlemen advertised to have taken a part, but who was not forthcoming, writes as as follows: -

MECHANICS INSTITUTE MUSIC CLASS. To the Editor of the Argus.
Sir, - Having partly made arrangement to take a part in the performances of Thursday's concert at the Institute, I was advertised to appear, but owing to the delivery of a letter which was posted by the worthy Secretary in due time for me to receive to have been in Melbourne, and taken my part according to arrangement, being neglected until this (Friday) morning, of course I could not appear; but its such has unfortunately happened I will most positively be in Melbourne on Wednesday next and render my humble assistance in the same parts as were allotted me yesterday evening, except instead of "Oh! Steer my Bark to Erin's Isle," I will sing "Sweet Mary Acushla Machree," by A. Lee. I sincerely hope you will kindly find a corner for this letter in the columns of your valuable paper, as I am anxious to clear myself, and also to inform the public that neither the Secretary or Committee or myself are to blame in this matter, but solely the neglect of the Post Office.
I remain, Sir,
Yours obediently,
THOMAS WALTON,
Union-street, Geelong.

ASSOCIATIONS: Stephen Thomas Wheeler (vocalist); Mr. St. George Hamilton (vocalist)

"THE WEEKLY CONCERTS", The Argus (17 June 1852), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4785816 

The following is the programme for the concert of this evening:
PART I. Overture - Tancredi.
Song - Sweet Mary a-cush-la-macree, Mr. Walton.
Violin Solo - Airs, with variations, Mr. Snelling.
Song - In happy moments, Mr. Cogdon.
Song - Italy, Madame Enzer.
PART II. Overture - Men of Prometheus . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Madame Enzer (vocalist); Mr. Cogdon (vocalist); James Morris Snelling (violinist)

MUSIC: Sweet Mary a cush la ma cree [Oh! Mary, dear Mary, a cushla machree] (Alexander Lee)

[Advertisement], The Argus (27 August 1852), 3

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THEATRE ROYAL, GEELONG.
HERR MATER'S' GRAND CONCERT, ON SATURDAY next, AUGUST 28,
ON which occasion he will be assisted by the choicest talent in Victoria.
PRINCIPAL PERFORMERS, Mrs. Testar, Mrs. Pellatt, Messrs. Wilkinson, Walton and Coppin,
Herr Huenerbein, Messrs. Harwood, Howson and Monthegarni.
PROGRAMME. PART I. Overture - Il nozze de Figaro - Mozart
Song - "The Maids of Merrie England, Mr. Wilkinson - Perring
Song - Softly Sight, Mrs. Testar - Weber
Glee - Blow Gentle Gales, Mrs. Testar, and Messrs. Wilkinson and Walton - Cooke
Solo, Violin - Herr Mater (seventh air) - De Beriot
Song - Then you'll Remember Me, Mr. Walton - Balfe.
Song - Bid Me Discourse, Mrs. Testar
(with Orchestral Accompts) - Bishop
Buffo Song - Mr. Coppin.
PART II. Overture - Norma, Band - Bellini . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Charles Mater (musician); Isabella Pellatt (vocalist); Mr. Wilkinson (vocalist); August Christian Huenerbein (musician); William Harward (musician); Henry Howson (musician); Alfred Mantegani (musician); George Coppin (vocalist, actor, theatre manager); Theatre Royal (Geelong venue)

[Advertisement], Geelong Advertiser and Intelligencer (3 February 1853), 2

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. . . care of Mr. Walton, chemist and druggist, Saffron-street, Chilwell.

"THE ST. PAUL'S TEA MEETING. To the Editor of the . . .", Geelong Advertiser and Intelligencer (2 June 1855), 2

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SIR, - I have never had occasion to thrust myself before the public through the columns of a newspaper (except by advertisement), but I would beg to inform "A Churchman" that I am quite as able to accompany an efficient choir as Mr. Walton, the late organist of Christ church, - at least I think so.
I am, Sir, yours respectfully,
H. PLUMSTEAD,
Professor of Music, Organist of St Paul's,
June 1st, 1855. Geelong.

ASSOCIATIONS: Henry Plumstead (musician)

"ST. PAUL'S SCHOOLS", Geelong Advertiser and Intelligencer (4 February, 1856) 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91870992 

Last Thursday evening Mr. Mellish gave his second Lecture on Nineveh, at the St. Paul's new-school room, Latrobe Terrace. The lecture was well put together, and the diagrams illustrative of Ninevitish Art were fairly executed. The audience was small. Next Thursday evening, instead of the usual lecture, a musical entertainment will be given by Mr. Thomas Walton, the organist of St. Paul's church, assisted by Mr. Swift, on the piano, and by other gentlemen who have volunteered their aid for the occasion.

ASSOCIATIONS: Mr. Swift (pianist)

[Advertisement], Geelong Advertiser and Intelligencer (7 February 1856), 3

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A MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT will be given in St. Paul's School Room, this evening, by Mr. Thomas Walton, Organist of St Paul's, assisted by two gentlemen amateurs. The entertainment will consist of the most popular ballads, glees, &c., accompanied by Mr. Swift on the pianoforte. Admission 1s. N.B. - The proceeds to be devoted to the liquidation of the debt on the School.
Thursday, 7th February, 1850.

"MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT", Geelong Advertiser and Intelligencer (7 February 1856), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91866340 

This evening a grand musical entertainment is announced to be given at the St. Paul's New School Room, in La Trobe Terrace, under the special patronage of the Venerable, the Archdeacon. Mr. Swift will preside at the piano, and Mr. Thomas Walton will give a short sketch of the History of Music, which he will enliven by numerous songs - amongst them, the "Death of Nelson," "Maids of Merry England," "Let's have a dance upon the heath" (Lock), "Beggar Girl," "Ah, how Sophia" (Catch), "The Spider and the Fly," "Alderman's Thumb" (glee) &c. Mr. Walton will be aided by numerous gentlemen amateurs, who, after singing various pieces, will all join in the performance of the British National Anthem, God Save the Queen, at the conclusion of the entertainments. Mr. Waters, whose extraordinary soprano voice has on many occasions elicited the admiration and excited the astonishment of the listeners, has kindly volunteered to sing on this occasion, "Why do I Weep for thee," and "Merry, laughing girl," are the songs which he is said to have chosen for the display of his powers this evening. The charge for admission is stated at 1s; reserved seats, 2s. The whole of the proceeds to go towards the liquidation of the debt on the building.

"MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT", Geelong Advertiser and Intelligencer (12 February 1856), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91866051

The musical entertainment given by Mr. Walton, the organist of St. Paul's Church, assisted by Mr. Swift on the piano, and by several gentlemen amateurs, went off last evening with great eclat. The attendance was very numerous, notwithstanding the lowering sky and drops of threatening rain, but for which the St. Paul's School-room would probably have been more than comfortably full. The audience were in thorough good humour, and encored most of the performances; especial applause having been obtained for the song of the "Spider and the Fly," sung by Mr. Walton, and the Scotch song, "Allister McAllister," by Mr. Laurie. The extraordinary soprano voice of Mr. Waters caused some astonishment, and the "Merry Laughing Girl," and "Why do I weep for thee," sung by that gentleman, were loudly encored. The "Alderman's Thumb," sung by Messrs. Rogers, Walters [sic], and Laurie raised the usual degree of amusement; and the first verse of "God Save the Queen" was the finale to the entertainment. Mr. H. B. Cotton called for an expression of the thanks of the meeting towards the gentlemen who had thus gratuitously contributed to their amusement; and he stated at the same time that the whole of the proceeds of the entertainment were to go towards defraying the debt on the new school room in which they were assembled . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: John Rogers (amateur vocalist); Mr. Waters (sopranist)

"MR. WALTON'S MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT", Geelong Advertiser and Intelligencer (28 March 1856), 2

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The entertainment given by Mr. Walton on Tuesday evening last, in the St. Paul's School room, in aid of the Building Fund of the School, was pretty fairly attended. Mr. Walton was assisted by other gentlemen amateurs. Mr. Swift presided at the pianoforte. Mr. Waters, whose soprano has rendered him somewhat celebrated as an amateur vocalist in this town, took part in the performances, and the audience learned with regret that it was the last time he intended appearing in public as an amateur vocalist. But for the rather remote position of St. Paul's, there would no doubt have been a much larger attendance.

[Advertisement], The Argus [Melbourne, VIC] (5 February 1857), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7144135 

[Advertisement], Geelong Advertiser (18 July 1859), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article146567073 

GEELONG RECREATIVE SOCIETY.
Patron - His Excellency the Governor.
WEEKLY GRAND CONCERT FOR THE PEOPLE
At the MECHANICS' INSTITUTE, On Monday Evening, July 18, 1859.
PROGRAMME.
PART I.
Overture - "Italiani In Algieri" - Band. - Rossini
Song - "Kathleen Mavourneen" - Mrs. Goodliffe.
Song - "Man the Life Boat." - Mr. Meakin. - Russell
Solo - (Pianoforte) "La Cascade" - Mr. Pringle
Song - "The Three Ages of Love" - Mr. Badnall - Loder
Comic Song - Mr. J. Buckland
Song - "Only in Jest" - Mrs. Goodliffe. - Mendelssohn
Quadrille - "Court of St James"- Band
AN INTERVAL OF TEN MINUTES.
PART II.
Valse - "Martha" - Band. - D'Albert.
Song - "Happy Birds" - Mrs. Goodliffe - Paravicini
Trio (Flute, Pianoforte, and Violincello) - Messrs. Stoneham, Plumstead and Wyvill
Song - "A Life on the Ocean Wave" - Mr. Boyce
Quadrille - (Ireland) - Band
Comic Song - Mr. J. Buckland
Glee - "Hail Smiling Morn" - Messrs. Walton, Badnall and Meakin
"God Save the Queen."
Admission - One Shilling. Children and Schools Half-price. Reserved seals - Two Shillings.
Doors open at Seven o'clock; To commence at half-past Seven.
W. STITT JENKINS, Hon. Secretary.

ASSOCIATIONS: George Pringle (pianist); Anne Goodliffe (vocalist); Charles Henry Badnall (vocalist); Henry Meakin (vocalist); William Stoneham (musician); William Stitt Jenkins (secretary); Geelong Recreative Society (organisation)

"NEWS AND NOTES", The Star [Ballarat, VIC] (13 December 1862), 2

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Our Clunes correspondent writes - "On Wednesday evening the celebration of the first anniversary of the founding of the Presbyterian Church at Clunes took place . . . During the evening the Church of England choir sang some fine pieces of music, and Mr. Walton performed on the harmonium most excellently . . .

"NEWS AND NOTES", The Ballarat Star (17 April 1865), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article112886060 

The anniversary of the Wesleyan Sunday School, Coghill's Creek, was celebrated in the Wesleyan Church, on Good Friday, in a very pleasing manner . . . The Clunes choir was in attendance, and in conjunction with Mr. Walton at the harmion [sic, harmonium], executed several pieces of music in a most agreeable manner . . .

"SUPREME COURT CRIMINAL SITTINGS. MONDAY, SEPT. 16 . . . LARCENY", The Argus (17 September 1867), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5778148 

John Kruse and Ingleburn Huesker were charged with feloniously receiving a mortar, worth between £8 and, £9, and a copper boiler, stolen from the premises of Mr. Thomas H. Walton, chemist, of Fitzroy. Mr. Aspinall appeared for the defence. The prisoners kept a marine store in Little Lonsdale-street, and it appeared from the evidence adduced for the Crown that they had purchased the articles mentioned in the indictment for 15s., from four boys of twelve or fourteen years of age, who had removed them from Mr. Walton's yard in a truck lent by the prisoners . . .

[Advertisement], The Argus (26 November 1868), 3

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DISSOLUTION of PARTNERSHIP. - The PARTNERSHIP hitherto existing between THOMAS HENRY WALTON and JAMES WILLIAM WALTON, trading as Druggists, in Gertrude-street, Fitzroy, and Sturt-street, Ballarat, under the style of "Walton Brothers," is this day DISSOLVED, by mutual consent.
JAS. WM. WALTON, T. H. WALTON. Witness - Frederick Hemmons.

ASSOCIATIONS: James William Walton (1830-1876, younger brother)

THE PARTNERSHIP BUSINESS of chemists and druggists carried on by Thomas Henry Walton and Margaret Walton as "Walton and Walton," at Gertrude-street, Fitzroy, was DISSOLVED on the first of May last by the death of the said Margaret Walton. The said Thomas Henry Walton has retired from the business which will be continued under the same style by E. A. F. Walton, by and to whom all accounts will be paid and received. Dated this ninth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.
T. H. WALTON. E. A. F. WALTON, Admor., &c. Witness - W. E. Bolger, solicitor, Melbourne.

ASSOCIATIONS: Margaret Walton (d. 1890) and Ernest Walton (his late brother James's widow and eldest son)

"DEATHS", The Age (26 July 1909), 1

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WALTON. - On the 23rd July, at his residence, 51 Delbridge-street, North Fitzroy, Thomas Henry, pharmaceutical chemist, late of Gertrude-street, Fitzroy. Interned privately 24th inst.

Probate, Thomas H. Walton, 1909; Public Record Office Victoria

https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/EB750CA2-F221-11E9-AE98-E5F1D2058AE4?image=1 (DIGITISED)

https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/7D874501-F1F1-11E9-AE98-B775F1A8C88F?image=1 (DIGITISED)

https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/9A319D3D-F542-11E9-AE98-614AB488E61E?image=1 (DIGITISED)

Bibliography and resources:

Enid N. Matthews, Colonial organs and organbuilders (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1969), 172

[GEELONG] ST. PAUL'S CHURCH . . . Organists: 1857, T. Walton; 1861, Mr. Meeson . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: John Meeson (organist)

WANGENHEIM, Gustavus (Gustavus WANGENHEIM; Gustav; Augustus; Gus WANGENHEIM)

Amateur vocalist, publican, musical venue proprietor (Masonic Hall hotel and saloon)

Born Hannover, Germany, c. 1826; son of Israel WANGENHEIM and Bella ?
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, by March 1853
Arrived Sydney, NSW, 24 July 1853 (per Argo, from Melbourne)
Married Elizabeth SIMMONS (1834-1925), Sydney, NSW, 31 January 1855
Died Sydney, NSW, 3 August 1882, aged "57"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Gustavus+Wangenheim+d1882 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-W-1.php#WANGENHEIM-Gustavus (shareable link to this entry)

WANGENHEIM, Emma (Agnes Emma WANGENHEIM; Emma WANGEHEIM; Mrs. Joseph Austin CARROLL)

Vocalist

Born Sydney, NSW, 12 March 1858; daughter of Gustavus WANGENHEIM and Elizabeth SIMMONS
Married (1) Wilson Le COUTEUR, Sydney, NSW, 1876
Married (2) Joseph Austin CARROLL, Sydney, NSW, 1890
Died Sydney, NSW, 4 January 1921

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Emma+Wangenheim+1858-1921 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

Documentation:

[Advertisement], The Argus [Melbourne, VIC] (25 June 1853), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4793784 

MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. GRAND EVENING CONCERT For the Benefit of HERR STREBINGER, On Tuesday Next, 28th June. 1853.
HERR STREBINGER, (late first violin of the Opera Comique, Paris,) begs to inform his friends and the public that his Benefit and Farewell Concert will take place on the above evening, when he will be supported by all the vocal and instrumental talent in the Colony, and by some amateurs who have kindly volunteered their services for him on this occasion.
Vocalists: Mrs. Testar, Mrs. Hancock, and Herr Wagenheim (who have kindly offered their services).
Principal Solo Performers: Herr Strebinger - Violin. Herr Bohler - Flute.
THE BAND, which will be considerably increased, will consist of the available talent in the colony and several of the
Band of the 40th Regiment (by the kind permission of Col. Valiant.)
Conductor and Pianist - M. Buddee.
PROGRAMME: PART I.
Overture - "Oberon," Full band - Weber . . .
Waltz - "Dew Drop," Full band - D'Albert . . . Solo - Flute, "Air Varie," Herr Bohler - Boehm
Quadrille - "The Nightingale," Full band - Linter.
Part II.
Overture - "Der Freischutz," Full band - Weber . . .
Waltz - "The Crystal Palace," Full band - D'Albert . . .
Quadrille - "Clara de Rosenbergh," Full band - Bossisio.
Finale - God save the Queen . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Frederick Strebinger (violin); Elizabeth Testar (vocalist); Mary Ellen Hancock (vocalist); Julius Buddee (pianist); Henry Boehler (flute); members of the Band of the 40th Regiment (military)

"SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS", Empire [Sydney, NSW] (25 July 1853), 2

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July 24. - Argo, G.S.S.S. Co.'s steam-ship, 1850 tons, 300 horsepower, Captain George Hyde, from Melbourne 21st, instant. Passengers . . . From Melbourne . . . G. Wangenheim . . .

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (6 July 1854), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12955657 

MASONIC HALL. - Mr. G. WANGENHEIM'S Musical Soirées, Fencing and Single Stick, &c., &c., every evening. G. W. gives amateurs a first-rate opportunity to make themselves acquainted with the art of self-defence. Russians may be expected daily; Judge and Jury every Saturday, Admission Free.

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (3 August 1854), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60195203 

MASONIC HALL HOTEL. TONIGHT and every night, MUSICAL SOIREES - Glees, Comic Songs, Ballads, &c. . . . G. WANGENHEIM AND CO.

"MARRIAGES", The Sydney Morning Herald (2 February 1855), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12965101 

On the 31st January, at 6, Woolloomooloo-street, by the Rev. Jacob Isaacs, Gustave Wangenheim, Esq , to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the late James Simmons, Esq.

"BIRTH", The Sydney Morning Herald (15 March 1858), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13007550

On Saturday, the 12th of March, at her residence, in Wooloomoooloo-street, Mrs. G. Wangenheim, of a daughter.

"THE OPERA", Freeman's Journal (22 May 1875), 12

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115477384

The large attendance at the Victoria Theatre on Saturday night showed that Signor Baldassari's humorous presentation of Crispino, in Celli's opera buffo, "Crispino e la Comara," had not been forgotten. But for the Sydney public there was double attraction in the first appearance on the stage of a new Australian singer, a native of Sydney, Miss Emma Wangenheim, who appeared in this opera in the vole of Annetta. Miss Wangenheim received a rapturous reception, and sustained her part very creditably. Her acting was spirited and graceful, and her singing was on the whole satisfactory. Miss Wangenheim's voice is sweet rather than of great compass, but perhaps the nervousness incident to a first appearance robbed it of its full power. During the performance a number of rich bouquets were offered as a tribute to this talented debutante.

"Death of Mr. Gus Wangenheim", Evening News (4 August 1882), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article108209229 

"MISS WANGENHEIM'S OPERA COMPANY. GIROFLE-GIROFLA", Morning Bulletin (8 August 1890), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52335203

"DEATHS", The Sydney Morning Herald (5 January 1921), 10

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28089840

CARROLL.-January 4, at St Vincent's private hospital, Emma Carroll (Wangenheim), dearly loved daughter of the late Gustavus Wangenheim, and Mrs. Eliz. Wangenheim, of 203 Victoria-street, North Darlinghurst, and Katoomba.

Bibliography and resources:

Mick Roberts, "Green Park Hotel, Darlinghurst", Time gents (Australian pub project), posted 10 July 2017

https://timegents.com/2017/07/10/green-park-hotel-darlinghurst 

WANLESS, Charles (Charles WANLESS)

Musician, "blind" musician, street organ player, ? street musician, labourer

Born Scotland, c. 1828; ? Glenisla, Angus, 3 February 1826; son of John WANLESS and Margaret MELVILLE
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, by c. 1854; Portland, VIC, 9 November 1852 (per John Davies, from Liverpool, 22 July)
Died Melbourne, VIC, 7 February 1864, aged "36"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Charles+Wanless+d1864 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-W-1.php#WANLESS-Charles (shareable link to this entry)

Documentation:

Scottish census, 1841, Anchenleish

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/1648162:1004 (PAYWALL)

Charles Wanless / 15 / [born] Angus, Scotland, Glenisla / Shoemaker's appprentice
Margaret Melville / 45 // Charles Melville / 40 . . .

? Assisted immigrants per John Davies, from Liverpool, 22 July 1852, arrived Portland, VIC, 9 November 1852; Public Record Office Victoria

https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/E2A76F60-F1B1-11E9-AE98-4D90E7BDD15D?image=106 (DIGITISED)

Wanless Charles / Ag'l Laborer / [Scotland] Forfarsh [Forfar] / 26
[Wanless] Isabel / 39 // Cecilia / 11 // John / 9

? "NEWS AND NOTES", The Star [Ballarat, VIC] (15 April 1862), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66323335 

A few nights ago a man named Charles Wanless, who resides at Mount Sturgeon, was robbed of £7 in notes in a hotel in Ballarat East.

[News], The Argus [Melbourne, VIC] (11 February 1864), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5744002 

The body of a man was discovered yesterday morning, by Police-sergeant Perry, floating in the basin near the Gas Works. It was at once recovered, and removed to the morgue at Batman's-hill. Later in the day, it was recognized by Mr. Glen, as the body of a man who came into his music establishment, in Swanston-street, on Saturday last, and made a purchase of a street-organ. The deceased paid for the organ the sum of £10, promising to call for it on Monday or Tuesday. He never returned. He got a receipt for the money, giving the name of Charles Wanless. On this occasion he was accompanied by a person whom he called his mate. Both of them were nearly blind, and they told Mr. Glen they had travelled all over the colony, as they had tried all remedies for their failing sight, and had at last been recommended change of air. They now wanted each to get a musical instrument, the deceased the organ, and his male a tambourine. The person spoken of as deceased's mate has not yet been found, and nothing is known of either of them further than that given above. Whether from the effect of their blindness the same fate accidentally befell them both, or if not, how the absence of the mate is to be accounted for, cannot at present be explained. It seemed that the deceased was not short of money when he was at Mr. Glen's shop, but when found his pockets only contained 7s. 6d. The deceased is described as about thirty-eight years of age, 5ft. 8in. in height, of very stout build, with brown hair, worn rather long. He was dressed in a light striped frock-coat with horn buttons tweed trousers, and blue coarse Crimean shirt. The mate was only about 5ft. 4in in height and wore a long-tailed brown coat. An inquest will be held on the body on Friday, at eleven o'clock.

"ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES", The Farmer's Journal and Gardener's Chronicle (12 February 1864), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article179479377 

The dead body of a man was found Wednesday morning, by Sergeant Perry, floating in the Yarra, near the Melbourne gasworks. It has since been identified as that of a man who called at Mr. Glen's music establishment, Swanston street, on Saturday afternoon, and bought a street organ for which he paid £10. The man appeared to see very badly, and was accompanied by a mate who seemed even worse, being almost blind. Wanless was the name deceased gave, and he stated that he and his friend had been nearly all over the colony trying to got their eyes cured, but had not succeeded. As change of air had been recommended, he said that he and his friend had agreed to travel the country together, and to gain a living, the one by playing an organ and the other a tambourine. After some further conversation the men left, promising to call again for the organ on Monday, but they did not do so. The mate of Wanless is not forthcoming, which seems rather suspicious; but, as the body presents no marks of violence, and as the sum of 7s 6d was found in deceased's pocket, there exists hardly any assignable motive for foul play being suspected.

"CORONER'S INQUEST", The Argus (15 February 1864), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5744209

An inquest was held on Saturday by the city coroner, at the morgue, upon the body of the blind man Wanless, who was found drowned on last Wednesday morning, in the basin near the gas-works. The man, William Bates, also blind, who was a mate to the deceased some time prior to his death, was present at the inquiry, in custody of the police. The following is the evidence adduced: -

James S. Greig, clerk at the Immigrants' Home, identified the deceased. His name was Charles Wanless, and he was aged thirty-six years. He was a single man, and had been in the colony about ten years. He had been for some time an inmate of the home, which he left on the 3rd inst . . .

Harcourt Lee, assistant to Mr. Glen, music-seller, Swanston-street, deposed to having seen the deceased at the shop on Saturday, the 6th inst., in company with Bates. Wanless bought an organ piano, paying £10 for it. He was to have called into the shop for the instrument on Monday or Tuesday, but never returned. He paid in ten £1-notes, taking the money from his own pocket. Witness had not seen Bates since, but had heard of his calling at the shop on Thursday last . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: William Henderson Glen (musicseller); Harcourt Lee (musicseller's assistant)

"INQUEST . . . SUSPECTED MURDER", The Herald (15 February 1864), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article247591387 

. . . Henry Ferry, sergeant of police, deposed that on Wednesday morning he was informed that there was the body of a man floating in the dock close to the gasworks. Witness got it out, and on removing it to the morgue found a few shillings, two half-crowns, some coppers, and a receipt for an organ . . .

"MYSTERIOUS DROWNING", The Age (15 February 1864), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article155024066 

"THE ADJOURNED INQUEST AT THE MORGUE", The Argus (17 February 1864), 7

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5744296 

. . . Wanless asking about a street organ, witness recommended him to go to Glen's. Wanless spoke something about buying an instrument for his mate. Wanless returned afterwards, and said he had bought an organ at Glen's . . .

"INQUESTS. MYSTERIOUS CASE", The Herald (17 February 1864), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article247588195 

. . . This being all the evidence that could be procured up to the present time, the jury retired, and after about an hour's deliberation, the following verdict - through the foreman - informed the Coroner that nine out of the sixteen empanelled were for finding the prisoner guilty of wilful murder - that the deceased, Charles Wanless, was found drowned floating in the Gas-house dock, on the 10th instant, and there is no evidence to show how he came into the water. The prisoner Bates was then removed in custody on a charge of vagrancy.

Grant of administration, Charles Wanless, 1864; Public Record Office Victoria

https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/76FA819E-F1D4-11E9-AE98-596765EA0F5D?image=1 (DIGITISED)

https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3914476A-F1DC-11E9-AE98-7DB6AD981215?image=1 (DIGITISED)

Other references:

Michael T. Bass, Street music in the metropolis, correspondence and observations on the existing law, and proposed amendments (London: John Murray, 1864)

https://archive.org/details/streetmusicinme00unkngoog (DIGITISED)

WARD, Emma (Emma WARD; Emma WARDE)

Contralto vocalist

Active Ballarat, VIC, 1859-60

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Emma+Ward+contralto (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-W-1.php#WARD-Emma (shareable link to this entry)

Documentation:

? [Advertisement], The Argus [Melbourne, VIC] (18 March 1856), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4833399 

AT the European To-Night the following Talent will appear: -
Mrs. Williamson, Miss Ward, Mr. Leveson, Mr. Field, Mr. Benham, Mr. Benjamin,
Mr. Tallerman's Dissolving Views, and Mr. George Williamson, the best Comic Vocalist in Victoria.
Commence at eight o'clock. Admission, one shilling.

ASSOCIATIONS: George Williamson and wife (vocalists); John Leveson (vocalist); Henry Benham (vocalist)

? Names and descriptions of passengers per Carntyne, from London, 29 January, arrived Melbourne, 21 May 1856; Public Record Office Victoria

https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3AFE01E4-F96C-11E9-AE98-F70ABC3BAF48?image=318 (DIGITISED)

Cabin . . . Miss Emma Ward / 30 . . .

? "SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVED (HOBSON'S BAY)", The Argus (23 May 1856), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4838570 

May 21. - Carntyne, ship, 940 tons, W. J. Sparke, from London on 3rd February. Passengers - cabin . . . Miss. E. Ward . . . and three hundred and nineteen in the steerage. Mr. J. Oswald, surgeon. Cleve Brothers and Co. agents.

"PROVINCIAL. ARARAT", Bell's Life in Victoria and Sporting Chronicle (6 August 1859), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article201375536 

On Monday last, at the Bull and Mouth Concert Hall, Thatcher made his last appearance on the occasion of his benefit. During the week Miss Chalker, Miss Emma Ward, Mr. Dan. Golding, and Professor Risley and Son have been the order of the evening. At the Shamrock the San Francisco Minstrels are engaged.

[Advertisement], The Star [Ballarat, VIC] (12 September 1859), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66055248

Grand Re-opening, OF THE CRITERION CONCERT HALL,
THE above room is now open to the public, with a company not to be surpassed in the colony.
The following artistes are now engaged:
MISS MARIA CHALKER, Soprano.
MISS EMMA WARD, Contralto.
MR. E. HACKETT, Baritone, (his first appearance on Ballarat.)
MR. DAN. GOLDING, the old favorite, in his delineations of Irish songs.
A. R. OWEN, [sic] Pianist.

ASSOCIATIONS: Marie Chalker (vocalist); Edward Hackett (vocalist); Daniel Golding (vocalist); Richard Owen (pianist); John William Emery (proprietor); Criterion Concert Hall (Ballarat venue, Criterion Hotel)

"CRITERION CONCERT HALL", The Star (19 September 1859), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66055355

This popular place of amusement has recently been opened under the most favorable auspices, and with an excellent company of first rate artistes, who have been vary favorably received in the principal towns on the gold fields. The interior of the concert hall is very tastefully fitted up, and on Saturday night it was well filled by a respectable audience. The personal respectability of the talent engaged is such as to offer a guarantee that nothing bordering on the indelicate, either in word or deed, should be heard or seen; and everything is conducted with be coming neatness . . . Miss Chalker and Miss Ward - the former a soprano and the latter a contralto voice - are artistes not unknown to fame, and as professionals rank high in public estimation . . . Mr. A. R. Owen presides at the pianoforte; and the present company is one that shows the discriminating taste of Mr. Emery in catering for the public.

"News and Notes", The Star (26 September 1859), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66055511 

On Saturday night the Criterion, under the judicious management of Mr. Owen, was again well filled by a numerous audience. The programme was varied and attractive, and if we are to judge from the plaudits of the audience, Miss Chalker and Mr. Hackett are decidedly popular favorites. Indeed, the flattering enthusiasm which greets the company generally is the best proof of the estimation in which they are held by the public. As professionals Miss Chalker and Mr. Hackett evince much feeling and considerable pathos. Miss Ward is in excellent voice, and her style and finish bespeak careful study. Dan Golding is a genuine son of Momus. Versatility of character is his fate and he is never so happy as when making others so. The songs and glees were admirably rendered, and an evening may be spent very pleasantly at the Criterion.

[Advertisement], The Star (24 November 1860), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66335943 

CHARLIE NAPIER THEATRE.
Proprietor, Mr. D. Symons. Stage Manager, Mr. T. Wilson.
THIS EVENING, SATURDAY, And during the week
GRAND MISCELLANEOUS ENTERTAINMENT, BY MR. T. WILSON
And the celebrated CRESCENT CITY MINSTRELS,
Together with the much admired ballad singer, Miss Emma Warde.
Negro Melodies, Breakdowns, Banjo Solos, and Ethiopian Burlesques.
Hibernian Delineations by our old favorite, MR. T. WILSON.
Miss Emma Ward in entire, new songs nightly.
Change of Performance nightly.
Pit, 1s; boxes, 2s; dress circle, 3s.

ASSOCIATIONS: Charlie Napier Theatre (Ballarat venue)

[Joseph Michael Forde] "MUMMER MEMOIRS", Sydney Sportsman (6 March 1907), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166743933 

The Australian stage has been favored with the presence of no less than four prominent performers of the name of Ward - the first Miss Emma Ward, a singer who appeared early in the fifties and brought with her a reputation from the music-halls, and who succeeded fairly well in a like capacity in Victoria when music halls flourished in Melbourne and the chief inland towns, and money was plentiful and nuggets as common as "coppers" are to-day. Then there was Miss Kate Warde, a captivating actress . . .

Also "MISS ADA WARD. THE STAGE AND THE 'ARMY', A Romantic History", NZ Truth (11 May 1907), 7

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19070511.2.41

ASSOCIATIONS: Joseph Michael Forde (memoirist); Kate Warde (vocalist, actor)

[Joseph Michael Forde], "MUMMER MEMOIRS", Sydney Sportsman (27 July 1910), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166758079 

. . . Sandridge and Emerald Hill, in the mid-fifties, had their music halls - at The Chequers Inn, Sandridge, and at the Napoleon III. on Emerald Hill. At the latter, Sarah Saqui was a favorite vocalist, as was Miss Emma Ward, who afterwards descended to an oyster shop at Bendigo. She was a Londoner, and no connection with the other Wards who trod the legitimate stage; but she and Sarah Saqui made money at these public house music halls in the roaring fifties . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Sarah Saqui (vocalist)

[Joseph Michael Forde], "EARLY MELBOURNE", Truth [Perth, WA] (23 March 1912), 12

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article208700893 

. . . At Sandridge and Emerald Hill, now known as Port Melbourne and South Melbourne respectively, were music halls attached to the hotels, and at which appeared some very fair singers who had had some London experience, Miss Sarah Saqui and Miss Emma Ward being of the number. These intercepted the seafaring people on the tramp to Melbourne, and in the midfifties Sandridge and the Sandridge-road . . .

WARD, Seth Frank (Seth Frank WARD; Mr. S. F. WARD)

Musician, choirmaster, schoolmaster, headmaster (Christ Church school, Sydney), Anglican lay leader

Born England, 15 January 1826; baptised Longbridge Deverill, Wiltshire, 25 November 1829; son of George Ridout WARD (d. 1846) and Ann BURGES
Arrived Sydney, NSW, by March 1853
Died Sydney, NSW, 7 March 1894, aged "68/69th"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Seth+Frank+Ward+1826-1894 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-W-1.php#WARD-Seth-Frank (shareable link to this entry)

ASSOCIATIONS: Probably named after the 17th-century Anglican churchman Seth Ward (bishop of Exeter and Salisbury)

Documentation:

Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Longbridge Deverill, in the County of Wilts in the Year 1829; register 1813-76, page 81; Wiltshire Council

https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/61188/images/45582_263021009500_2056-00094 (PAYWALL)

No. 644 / Nov'r 25th 1829 / Seth Frank born 15th Jan'y 1826 / [son of] George and Anne / Ward / Crockerton / Silk Throwster
No. 645 / Nov'r 25th 1829 / Edward Burger born Dec'r 1st 1822 / [son of] George and Anne / Ward / Crockerton / Silk Throwster
[marginal note] These children were committed into the congregation this day having been previously privately baptized.

England census, 6 June 1841, King Edward VI School, Bruton, Somerset; UK National Archives, HO107/934/3/53/1

https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/8978/images/SOMHO107_932_935-0287 (PAYWALL)

Rev'd J. H. Abrahall / Headmaster . . .
Seth Frank Ward / 15 / [Scholar] / . . .

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (29 March 1853), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12944744 

THE ST. JAMES' GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
UNDER the Patronage and direction of the Lord Bishop of Sydney.
The Rev. Thomas Druitt - Head Master
Mr. C. H. Rich - Second Master
Mr. S. F. Ward - Assistant Master
French Professor - Auguste Boquet
Singing, &c. - Mr. Johnson
Gymnastic Drill - Sergeant Major Baynes, (H. M. XI. Regt.)
This school will re-open after the Easter Holidays, on Monday, the 4th April.

ASSOCIATIONS: Thomas Druitt (headmaster); James Johnson (singing master)

"SYDNEY CHORAL SOCIETY", The Sydney Morning Herald (9 June 1857), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12996677 

The annual general meeting of the members of this Society was held last evening, at St. James' Infant School-room, Castlereagh-street. Mr. James Johnson occupied the chair . . . . Mr. Hemming moved "That the following gentlemen do constitute the committee for the current year: President, Rev. W. H. Walsh; honorary secretary, Mr. James Johnson; honorary treasurer, Mr. S. S. Ussher; librarian, Mr. S. F. Ward; Mr. Colley, Mr. Hemming, Mr. Hurford, Mr. W. J. Johnson, Mr. J. V. Lavers, Mr. Woolford." Mr. Harrison seconded the resolution, which was put and carried . . . . A vote of thanks was then returned to the chairman, Mr. Hurford remarking in conveying them, the great interest which had been taken, and trouble and time expended in endeavouring to bring this Society to perfection, not only by him, but also by his brother, Mr. W. J. Johnson . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Edwin Colley (member); Henry or Lewis Hurford (members); William Jonathan Johnson (member); Sydney Choral Society (organisation)

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (1 April 1862), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28623099

SAINT PAUL'S COLLEGE CHAPEL CHORAL UNION. Sydney, Eve of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, 1st February, 1862. To WILLIAM J. JOHNSON, ESQ. - We, the undersigned, who either are, or have been members of the St. Paul's College Chapel Choral Union beg leave to express our regret that you have withdrawn from us your valuable services as Organist and Choir Master.
In parting, we all feel that we ought not to do so without tendering our best thanks for the very kind manner in which you have presided over us during our connection together for the purpose of celebrating the Choral Service of our Church, according to the custom followed in the Cathedral Churches and Collegiate Chapels in our native country, and hitherto unpractised in this colony; and for the willing information, assistance, and co-operation we have always received from you, even at the sacrifice of personal convenience and pecuniary cost. The value of those services we cannot repay, but we can, and do trust, that the example you have set will stir up the spirit of many others to set forth the praises of our Creator and Redeemer, to the best of their means and ability, and we cannot refrain from expressing our desire, that we may have the pleasure of seeing you performing a like office in the Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew, in this city.
We earnestly hope, that health, happiness, and prosperity may be your future lot and that of your family, and that your work of love may be accepted of Him whose approbation we all desire.
Henry J. Hose, M.A., Warden of St. Paul's College and President of the Choral Union
W. Tonson, E. Haviland, Librarian, and Secretary to the Choral Union.
James Morey, Robert Johnson, Fellow of St. Paul's, and Vice-President of the Choral Union,
Richard Johnson, Fellow of St. Paul's, and Treasurer to the Choral Union,
W. A. Paul, George Arthur Vaughan,
Seth F. Ward, Joseph Cook, Montagu R. Younger, H. K. Smith,
H. Stephen, James Phypers, W. Hemming, G. Spanswick, A. J. Gastan, G. Best, A. E. Gaston,
Frank Smith, James William Johnson, M.A., Sydney, J. William Brookes, John Morris,
J. T. Read, George R. Hirst, R. Peel Raymond.
REPLY. To the Rev. Henry J. Hose, M.A., and the other members of St. Paul's College Chapel Choral Union.
Gentlemen, - In reply to your kind and generous expression of my services in connexion with St. Paul's College Choral Union, I beg to assure you that it has given me sincere pleasure and gratification to find that my very humble ability has been so favourably esteemed by those whose approbation I so much value.
Church music has always been my primary object in musical matters, and if I have been in the smallest degree the means of enlivening the devotion of any, I am heartily thankful to Him, from whom alone come all good gifts.
Sincerely thanking you for your kind wishes towards myself and family, and trusting that a devout love for the Choral Service of our Church may daily increase,
I remain, dear Sirs, yours faithfully,
W. J. JOHNSON.

ASSOCIATIONS: Montague Younger (member); James Phyphers (member)

"CHRIST CHURCH MUSICAL AND LITERARY INSTITUTE", The Sydney Morning Herald (22 November 1866), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13142800

A miscellaneous entertainment was given last evening in Christ Church Schoolroom, Pitt-street, in connection with Christ Church Musical and Literary Institute. The schoolroom was well filled. The programme consisted of choruses, songs, and recitations, some of which were given in a tasteful manner, and appeared to give great satisfaction. In addition to the above, the Christ Church Handbell Society played several airs in a masterly style, and during the interval between the first and second parts the drum and fife band, under the leadership of Mr. Wilson, performed several pieces of music. A number of the choristers connected with the church assisted in the choruses, and altogether the entertainment was a very pleasing one. The musical portion of the affair was conducted by Mr. Ward.

[Advertising], The Sydney Morning Herald (6 March 1868), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28609453

LAYING OF FOUNDATION STONE OF ST. JOHN'S, BISHOPTHORPE. -
The gentlemen of the Choirs of St. James's, Christ Church, St. Mark's, and St. Paul's, who are to take part in the ceremony of the laying of the foundation stone of the above church by H. R. H. the Duke of Edinburgh, are requested to meet at Christ Church, on SATURDAY EVENING, at half past 7 precisely.
JAMES FURLEY, Organist.
S. T. WARD, Hon, Choir-master.

ASSOCIATIONS: James Furley (organist); Alfred (duke of Edinburgh)

"ST. JOHN'S, BISHOPTHORPE", The Sydney Morning Herald (9 March 1868), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13155494

On Saturday evening, at half past 7 o'clock, the gentlemen of the choir of St. James's, Christ Church, St Mark's, and St Paul's - who are to take part in the ceremonies at the laying of the foundation stone of St. John's, Bishopthorpe, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, on Monday, the 16th instant - assembled at Christ Church Schoolroom for practice. Mr. S. T. Ward of Christ Church, acted as choirmaster, and Mr. James Furley, the organist at St. James, presided at the harmonium. The Rev. Mr. Kemmis, of St. Mark's, and the Rev. E. M. Saliniere (the parish clergyman of St. John's) were present, both taking an active interest in the proceedings. The number of the four united choirs was twenty-one men and twenty-four boys, all, it is needless to say, practically acquainted with the principles of music, and good vocalists. It was a very pleasing, and animated scene to witness the earnestness and precision with which they executed several pieces of Anglican music, and especially the deservedly popular Te Deum, of Jackson, with which all churchmen are so familiar. In spite of an occasional variation of accent, or time (arising, doubtless, out of some difference in parochial use), a uniform and most effective rendering was given to the grand old hymn of St. Ambrose, a like success being more easily attained in the processional hymn, "Jerusalem, the Golden," allowed to be one of the most beautiful hymns in the English language. The choirs are to meet again for further practice at the same place and hour on Tuesday and Saturday next. Several gentlemen of the highest musical attainments belong to these choirs, the union of which cannot fail of being productive of a great musical success . . .

MUSIC: Te Deum in F (William Jackson)

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (12 August 1869), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13179357 

WANTED, for a large town in the Western district, an ORGANIST and CHOIR MASTER.
For particulars apply to Mr. S. F. Ward, Christ Church School.

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (16 December 1874), 12

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13337754 

CHRIST CHURCH SCHOOLROOM.
GRAND CONCERT of VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC,
THIS EVENING, 16th December, 1874.
PROGRAMME. - PART I.
1. Grand Duo, piano and harmonium (from Meyerbeer's "Prophete") - Engel - Mr. STANLEY and GENTLEMEN AMATEUR.
2. Chorus - "From our home " (I Lombardi) - Verdi
3. Song, bass - "England's Heart" - Blockley
4. Quartette (brass instruments) - "Vivi Tu"
5. Duet (tenor and bass) - "Excelsior" - Balfe
6. Sestette (male voices) - "To the Forest" - Sir H. Bishop
7. Song (bass) - "The Prairie on fire" - W. Knowles
8. Chorus - "Lake and Waterfall" - Thorne.
Intermission of five minutes.
PART II.
1. Duet (piano and harmonium) - "Gounod's Grand March Romaine" - Nava
2. Chorus - "The Cuckoo" - Macfarren
3. Song (bass) - "A Freshening Breeze" - Randegger
4. Quintette (brass instruments) - "Come where my love"
5. Duet (tenor and bass) - "Army and Navy" - Braham
6. Glee - "Marjory Miller" - R. A. Smith
7. Song (bass) - "Down by the deep sad sea"
8. Chorus - "Russian National Anthem" - arranged by Barnby
God save the Queen.
Tickets, 1s 6d each.
Conductor - Mr. S. F. WARD.
Accompanist - Mr. W. STANLEY.

ASSOCIATIONS: William Stanley (accompanist)

[News], The Sydney Morning Herald (17 December 1874), 6

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13345457 

Last evening there was given in Christ Church School-room a grand concert of vocal and instrumental music. There were present about 200 persons. The entertainment proved on the whole to be an excellent one. The choruses were especially worthy of notice. They were rendered very skilfully by the combined choirs of Christ Church and its Sunday-School. Among these choruses were "From our home" (I Lombardi) and the Russian "National Anthem" arranged by Barnby. Several songs, duets, and glees were spiritedly given by gentlemen amateurs. Two duets on the pianoforte and harmonium were deservedly applauded, as was also a quartette "Vivi Tu" on brass instruments. The programme was brought to a close with the "National Anthem." Mr. S. F. Ward acted as conductor, and Mr. W. Stanley as accompanist.

"Miscellaneous Items", Australian Town and Country Journal (15 October 1881), 15

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70961215 

On Friday afternoon the pupil teachers and scholars attending the Christ Church school presented Mr. S. F. Ward with a very handsome illuminated address and gold pencil case, on the eve of his departure, and in token of the high esteem in which he is held by all those with whom he has been associated. Mr. Ward, who has been connected with the school for upwards of 28 years, made a suitable reply, warmly thanking his young friends for their kindly expression of regard towards him.

Teachers roll, Seth Ward (C.[of]E.); State Records Authority of NSW, NRS 4073 (1991)

https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/8084:4889 (PAYWALL)

Assistant Teacher (First) Christ Church C.E. (not classified)
Appointed (conditionally) Teacher of Christ Church (C.E.) £84 / November 1870
Placed in Class III Section B / August 1873
Removed from position of Teacher to that of Temp. Asst. Christ Church C.E. / 1 September 1880
Resignation as Temp. Ass't T'cher Christ Ch. (C.E.) accepted / 30 September 1881

"Deaths", The Sydney Morning Herald (8 March 1894), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13943244

WARD. - On the 7th instant, Seth Frank Ward, in the 68th year of his age, for many years head master of Christ Church Day and Sunday Schools. Funeral Service at Christ Church at 8 a.m., Friday, 9th instant. Interment at Campbelltown, leaving Sydney by 9.30 a.m. train.

"MEMORIAL WINDOW AT CHRIST CHURCH", The Daily Telegraph (24 December 1894), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article236117550 

On Saturday afternoon the Primate (Dr. Saumarez Smith) unveiled a very fine stained glass window, presented to Christ Church in memory of the late Mr. Seth Frank Ward, who, for something like 20 years, was intimately connected with that place of worship. In the old days of denominational education Mr. Ward was head, and afterwards second, master of the parochial school, and also choirmaster at the church. About 10 years ago failing health compelled him to give up all but the latter office, he, however, continued almost to the last his labors in the interests of the parish, and he is held in loving remembrance by all connected with the church. The window was subscribed for by some of his old pupils and more intimate friends, it is a work of art in all respects, highly creditable to Messrs. Lyon and Cottier, who designed and carried it out. The subjects represented are "Christ blessing the little children," "The Good Samaritan," "The conversion of the Ethiopian," and "David, the Psalmist," which very appropriately commemorate the interest the deceased gentleman took in the Sunday-school, the charities of the parish, the foreign missions, and the choir services. After unveiling the window, the Primate delivered a short but touching address from Hebrews xiii., v. 7, "Whoso faith follow, considering the end of their conversation." The service was the shortened form of evensong. Appropriate hymns were sung, and special psalms and collects said.

"OLD CHRIST CHURCH SCHOOLS", The Sydney Morning Herald (27 December 1905), 8

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14734976 

. . . In 1870, Mr. Samuel H. Turton, who had been headmaster for 23 years, entered into his rest. Mr. Seth Ward, for many years his assistant, was appointed to the vacant position, and ably upheld the traditions of the school for its high scholastic standard. Mr. Ward came to New South Wales in 1853, and went on the staff of the Sydney Grammar School, under the Rev. T. Druitt, at that time headmaster. A year later he resigned that position to become assistant master at Christ Church schools. After becoming headmaster, he carried on the work with the same untiring energy which his predecessor had displayed. His death occurred in 1894, and a year afterwards Mr. William Warner's services were secured . . .

Bibliography and resources:

"CCSL The forgotten headmasters", in Samuel Hopkinson Turton, Geni.com

https://www.geni.com/people/Samuel-Turton/6000000151314408725 

Born in 1825 in Crockerton, Seth Frank Ward was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, Bruton, Somerset. Having spent six years teaching at private schools he came to New South Wales in 1853 and first taught at St James Grammar School, Phillip Street under Rev T Druitt. He became an assistant to Samuel Turton at the Christ Church School in 1854 and continued in that position until Turton's death in 1870.

Laura Allen, A history of Christ Church S. Laurence, Sydney (Sydney: Finn Bros, 1939)

. . . from 1854 till his death in 1894, Mr. Ward was the life and soul of most of the parish activities of Christ Church, for besides his teaching he was keenly interested in music, being choirmaster for some years; guilds and missions also owed much to his keen enthusiasm and self-sacrifice. "Daddy Four Eyes" his over-exuberant scholars called him, for, said they: "He has eyes at the back of his head as well; even if he's writing at the blackboard he knows what a chap's doing behind him!" " Seth Ward remained a close friend of the Turton family, following the death of Samuel in 1870. He certainly replaced Samuel as head of the school but did he also replace him as head of the family? The three children married at Christ Church before 1870 had their father as a formal witness while those married in 1873 and 1876 both show Seth as a witness, apparently in place of their deceased father. Seth Ward retired from the school in 1884, but by no means from involvement in the parish, continuing with good works for the church and Sunday school. He died at his residence in Arthur Street, Surry Hills, on 7 March 1894 at the age of 69, and was buried at St Peter's Cemetery, Campbelltown . . .

Seth Frank Ward, Find a grave

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186895833/seth-frank-ward 

WARDE, Cornelius (Cornelius COUGLAN; "Con. WARDE")

Actor

Born Bermuda, c. 1830; son of Francis COUGHLAN alias WARDE and Catherine O'BRIEN/CALLAGHAN
Arrived Adelaide, SA, by 1850
Married Margaret LOFTUS, VIC, 1850
Died Fitzroy, VIC, 15 December 1874, aged "45"

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Con+Warde+Cornelius+Coughlan+d1874 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-W-1.php#WARDE-Cornelius (shareable link to this entry)

WARDE, Kate (Katherine Theresa COUGHLAN, alias WARDE; Catherine Therese; Kate WARDE; Mrs. James H. VINSON)

Actor, vocalist

Born Enniscorthy, Ireland, c. 1837; daughter of Francis COUGHLAN alias WARDE and Catherine O'BRIEN/CALLAGHAN
Active Sydney, NSW, by October 1852
Married James Hetters VINSON, Castlemaine, VIC, 1857
Died Fitzroy, VIC, 20 June 1872, aged 35

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?l-publictag=Kate+Warde+d1872 (TROVE tagged by Australharmony)

https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-W-1.php#WARDE-Kate (shareable link to this entry)

ASSOCIATIONS: Kate Vinson (daughter)

Summary:

According to her death record, Kate Warde was born in Enniscorthy, Ireland, about 1837, a daughter of Francis Coughlan and Catherine Callaghan (although her elder brother Cornelius's death record gives their mother's surname as O'Brien).

Kate Warde was first billed to appear at the Queen's Theatre, Melbourne, in March 1851, and at the Royal Victoria Theatre in Sydney in October 1852. She appeared in Melbourne with Octavia Hamilton as Astley's Amphitheatre in October and November 1854. In July 1856 at Andrew Torning's newly renamed English Opera House (Prince of Wales Theatre), she sang Blockley's Hearts and homes and Barker's I'm leaving thee in sorrow, Annie in a concert, and also appeared as Lisa in La sonnambula.

The actor Kate Vinson was her daughter.

Documentation:

[Advertisement], The Argus [Melbourne, VIC] (8 March 1851), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4776596 

QUEEN'S THEATRE.
SATURDAY NIGHT. NOVELTY EXTRAORDINARY.
Grand Musical Melange and BALLET DIVERTISEMENT.
The Evening's Entertainments will commence with a Splendid Serious Ballet, entitled,
THE MOUNTAIN SYLPH. Eola, the Mountain Sylph, Mrs. YOUNG.
Comic Dance - Mr. Evans. Highland Reel by the Characters.
To be followed by Comic Duet - Mr. and Mrs. EVANS,
Song, I'm Ninety-Five - Miss WARD.
AFTER WHICH That eccentric character "BILLY BARLOW," will appear and give his opinion of things in general.
Comic Song - Mr. WARD . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: William and Evadne Evans (actors, vocalists); Jane Young (dancer); Queen's Theatre (Melbourne venue)

[Advertisement], The Melbourne Daily News (27 November 1851), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226912616 

QUEEN'S THEATRE. FRIDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 29th, 1851.
SONG - "I'm Ninety five," MISS WARD. A COMIC SONG - MR. EVANS . . .

"THEATRICALS", The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator [Sydney, NSW] (16 October 1852), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article251531607 

A tolerably good house witnessed the performance of the popular play of Rob Roy Macgregor last Monday night, when the role of that notorious highland cateran was sustained by Mr. Warde with considerable spirit . . . and on Friday Rob Roy was again repeated, followed by a new farce under the curious title of Jack in the Green, in which a Miss Warde, from the Queen's Theatre, Melbourne, made her debut . . .

[Advertisement], The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator [Sydney, NSW] (23 October 1852), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article251530824 

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING, Saturday, Oct. 23, 1852 . . .
the Interlude of BOB SHORT. Mr. Dipwick - Mr. Montague; Bob Short - Mr. Willis;
Mr. Tot - Mr. F. Howson; Esther - Madame Carandini; Betty - Miss Warde . . .
J. G. Griffiths, Manager.

ASSOCIATIONS: Maria Carandini (actor, vocalist); Frank Howson (actor, vocalist); John Gordon Griffiths (actor, manager); Royal Victoria Theatre (Sydney venue)

[Advertisement], The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator (28 January 1854), 14

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article251544270 

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.
MONDAY, JANUARY 30th, 1854, For the BENEFIT OF MR. WARDE . . .
THE LEAR OF PRIVATE LIFE. Fitzarden, Father of Agnes, the Lear of Private Life - Mr. Warde
Emily Goodall - Miss Warde . . .
Song - The Smuggler King - Mr. Turner
New Ballad - I'm Leaving thee Annie - Miss Warde
Solo on the Concertina - Mr. Richardson.
Comic Song - Mr. Rogers.
Irish Schoolmaster - Mr. Warde . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: John Turner (vocalist); Henry Richardson (concertina); George Herbert Rogers (actor, vocalist)

[Advertisement], The Sydney Morning Herald (31 May 1854), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article30940428 

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE . . .
MISS WARDE begs most respectfully to intimate to her friends and the public generally,
that her farewell benefit is fixed for Wednesday, the 31st of May, on which occasion she solicits a share of public patronage . . .
THE evening's entertainments will commence with the celebrated Drama, in three nets, entitled EUGENE ARAM: or, ST. ROBERTS' CAVE. Medley Dance, Miss Hart.
Song (first time), "Mariette, the Soubrette," Miss Warde.
Garland Dance, Miss Collins. Song (by desire), "The Meeting of the Waters," Mrs. Guerin.
To conclude with the laughable Farce entitled SKETCHES IN INDIA.
Boxes may be secured at the Box Office; and from Miss WARDE, at her residence, 6, Palmer-street, Woolloomooloo.

ASSOCIATIONS: Theodosia Guerin (vocalist, actor); Louisa Collins (dancer)

"MISS O. HAMILTON'S BENEFIT", The Argus [Melbourne, VIC] (12 October 1854), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4798847 

Although the boisterous state of the weather last evening was sufficient to deter the less enthusiastic admirers of music and musicians from venturing abroad, yet we are glad to my that notwithstanding the absence of many who, had the night been finer, would have paid Astley's a visit, the immense building was well filled . . . Miss Warde's vocalization of "Trab Trab" was neat and musician-like, and the singer was loudly applauded . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Octavia Hamilton (vocalist); Astley's Amphitheatre (Melbourne venue)

"ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE", The Argus (19 October 1854), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4799156 

This deservedly popular place of amusement was well filled on Tuesday night, notwithstanding the repeated heavy showers, which to a considerable extent lessened the effect of the different songs, Miss O. Hamilton and Miss Warde were enthusiastically applauded. Mr. Barlow was in full force, and his performances were appreciated even more highly than usual . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Robert Barlow (vocalist, musician)

"ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE", The Argus (30 October 1854), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4799597 

. . . Miss Warde appears to be an especial favourite with the frequenters of the amphitheatre, and Miss Octavia Hamilton seemed to be quite at home in the house. Mr. Barlow is a host in himself . . .

"ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE", The Age (12 December 1854), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154851422 

We paid a passing visit to this popular place of amusement on Saturday evening and found a "beggarly account of empty boxes" in every division of the house. The truth is that last Saturday night was one of those unfortunate occasions in which failure was anticipated, and most decidedly accomplished. The whole performances were made up of songs, without any new features; the stars had all withdrawn for the night, and the public knew it, and staid away. We would suggest to Mr. Lewis the propriety of closing the theatre altogether rather than suffer the damage to the reputation of his house by providing only for a disappointment. The performances were of the average order, so far as they went. Of Miss Hamilton we will say nothing, the public have assigned her a niche, and we bow to their decision, reluctantly, however. The singing of Miss Stewart was very unaffected, and chaste. Miss Warde has improved much, by the care she has manifested since her debut, but if she would study "deportment" and try to be a little less formal and stiff, she would soon eclipse her more, dashing rival, as her voice is decidedly more sweet, and her appreciation more correct. Miss Warde would do well to conclude her performances without striving for a finishing effect which to often assumes the form of a scream, in which there is little music, and less taste. A Mr. Benham sung some takes-off of new chums in a comic style, but, unfortunately for him, he succeeded to the boards which Barlow has only just left, and before his fame has died out. Another gentleman who sung lusty bass, competed the role of performers for the night.

ASSOCIATIONS: Eliza Stewart (vocalist); Henry Benham (vocalist)

"DRAMATIC CRITICISM (To the Editors of the . . .)", Freeman's Journal [Sydney, NSW] (8 December 1855), 9-10

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115555521 

GENTLEMEN, - I am an ardent lover of Theatrical Entertainments - a firm believer in their Educational efficacy, both in a moral and in an aesthetic point of view . . . Will you suffer me to make a few remarks . . . ? . . . We are fortunate enough to possess a few really good performers - excellent in their respective lines - rich in talent and ripe through experience. In speaking of such artistes as Mr. and Mrs. Craven, Mr. Stephens, Mr. Lambert, Mr. Frank Howson, and Mr. Mungall, the critic, of course has merely to echo the plaudits that nightly greet them. We have others - at the head of whom stands that gifted, graceful little actress, Miss Kate Warde - full of promise - a "half-prankt with Spring, with Summer half-embrowned." The pruning-knife occasionally and delicately employed, and the sunlight of encouragement plentifully shed, will soon convert the prophecy of histrionic fame into history for these . . .
- A CONSTANT PLAYGOER. December 4th.

ASSOCIATIONS: Henry and Eliza Craven (actors, vocalist); William Henry Stephens (actor); Joseph Charles Lambert (actor); Frank Howson (actor, vocalist); John Mungall (actor)

"PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE", Empire [Sydney, NSW] (21 February 1856), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60174116 

PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE. THIS EVENING.
Thursday, February 21st, will be produced Flotow's romantic and comic Opera, in 4 Acts, called MARTHA; or, the RICHMOND MARKET.
Characters by Madame ANNA BISHOP, Mrs. Guerin, Mrs. Gibbs, Miss Warde, Mrs. Hart; Messrs. J. Howson, F. Howson, Stewart, Turner, Bruton, Kitts, Churchill.

ASSOCIATIONS: Anna Bishop (vocalist); Eliza Gibbs (vocalist); Augusta Hart (vocalist, actor); John Howson (vocalist); Richard Stewart (vocalist); James Edward Kitts (vocalist); Prince of Wales Theatre (Sydney venue)

[Advertisement], Empire (7 July 1856), 1

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60250280

ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE (late Prince of Wales Theatre). - Under the direction and management of Mr. A. Torning. -
GRAND HOLIDAY FESTIVAL! In celebration of Peace. THIS DAY, (Monday) EVENING, 7th July.
PROGRAMME - PART 1ST . . . Song - "Hearts and Homes," Blockley - Miss Kate Warde . . .
PART SECOND . . . Song - "I'm leaving thee in sorrow, Annie," Barker - Miss Kate Warde . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Andrew Torning (manager)

"THE THEATRES", Empire (8 July 1856), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60250324 

The holiday book of fare at the Prince of Wales Theatre was of a musical nature. A Concert, in which Miss Flora Harris, Miss Kate Warde, Madame Carandini, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Fisher, and Mr. John Howson took part, was given under the leadership of Mr. Packer. Some very pretty ballads were sung, and at the end of the First Part, the National air of "Hail Australia," was given by the full band, and at the conclusion, "God Save the Queen." The attendance was very small.

ASSOCIATIONS: James Churchill Fisher (vocalist); Charles Sandys Packer (conductor, pianist)

"ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE", The Sydney Morning Herald (8 July 1856), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12984588

Last evening this spacious building, better known as the Prince of Wales Theatre threw open its doors for the first time since its change of name. The entertainments were wholly musical, consisting of a concert, the programme of which was well selected and attractive. The vocalists were Miss Flora Harris, Madame Cramer, Miss Kate Warde, Mr. John Howson, and Mr. Steward [sic, Stewart]. This evening the new company commence their operatic season with Bellini's opera of La Sonnambula. Mr. Walter Sherwin is the first tenor, Miss Julia Harland sustains the role of Amina, the Count Rodolpho is Mr. Farquharson, and the port of Liza is entrusted to Miss Warde. Mrs. Gibbs and Mr. Fisher are also included in the cast.

ASSOCIATIONS: Flora Harris (vocalist); Margaretha Kramer (Haimberger) (vocalist); Julia Harland (vocalist); Walter Sherwin (vocalist); Robert Farquharson (vocalist); English Opera Company (troupe)

"ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. LA SONNAMBULA", Empire (14 July 1856), 5

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60250623

. . . Miss Warde played Lisa in a very charming and natural manner, and is deserving of commendation for her painstaking endeavour to make the most of the character . . .

"THE DRAMA. ROYAL VICTORIA", Bell's Life in Sydney (24 January 1857), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59865862

Thin houses and meagre "benefits" constitute the summary of the week. Mrs. Guerin's "benefit" on Monday, and Miss Kate Warde's on Thursday, were exceedingly equivocal tributes to the acknowledged talents of those ladies, and can only be attributed to the pressure of the times which enforces the relinquishment of luxuries on the part of the bees of the public hive.

"BALLARAT", Bell's Life in Victoria and Sporting Chronicle [Melbourne, VIC] (7 March 1857), 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article201376567 

. . . Miss Kate Ward has made her appearance at the Charlie Napier, and has evidently succeeded in making a strong impression. Her singing of the Yankee song, "Bobbing round," has created a perfect furore in her favour . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Charlie Napier Theatre (Ballarat venue)

"THE HAYMARKET THEATRE", Bendigo Advertiser [VIC] (28 September 1857), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88002049 

There was a good house on Saturday night, and the performances, which were for the benefit of Miss Kate Warde, went off in the most satisfactory manner. The "Pet of the Public" is one of those light amusing pieces in which the present company, and the fair beneficiare particularly, excel. They have already performed it several times, but it loses nothing in interest by repetition. That extraordinary song of "Bobbing around," sung so inimitably by Miss Warde, was received with no less applause than on the first night of the production of the piece in which it occurs. Of Vinson and Daniels, in their respective characters . . . we need only observe that they were quite as good as on any former occasion . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: James Hetters Vinson (actor); George Washington Daniels (actor); Haymarket Theatre (Bendigo venue)

"BIRTHS", Mount Alexander Mail [Castlemaine, VIC] (30 July 1858), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197084446 

At the Red Hill Hotel, Forest Creek, on the 24th inst., the wife of J. H. Vinson, Esq., of a son.

1862, births in the district of Hobart Town; Tasmanian names index; NAME_INDEXES:966910; RGD33/1/8 no 5390

https://stors.tas.gov.au/NI/966910 

https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-8$init=RGD33-1-8-P262J2K (DIGITISED)

No. 5390 / June 3rd / Catherine Josephine Harriett / [father] James Hetters Vinson / [mother] / Catherine Theresa Vinson (formerly Ward [sic]) / Comedian / . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Kate Vinson (daughter)

"DEATHS", Sydney Mail (21 October 1865), 9

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166660474 

VINSON - October 16th, at No. 11, Jamison-street, James Hetters, son of Mr. James Hetters Vinson, aged 5 years and 5 months.

"LYCEUM THEATRE", Bendigo Advertiser (3 May 1869), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87919051 

. . . Miss Kate Warde sang a new song, composed for her by the gentleman who has localised "Ixion," called "Up in the ball-room," and ephemeral as the subject is, this lady sang the song in a manner which sent the audience into extasies. In the refrain of this song the best notes of Miss Warde's very pleasing voice were heard to the greatest advantage; an enthusiastic encore took place . . .

"MISS KATE WARDE AT THE TOWN HALL", The Cornwall Chronicle [Launceston, TAS] (15 April 1870), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article67276467

Miss Kate Warde is to appear at the Town Hall for three nights only, commencing on Easter Monday, in her popular dramatic and musical entertainments. Miss Kate Warde is accompanied by the eminent pianist, Mrs. Fatherly, associate of Royal Academy of Music, London, and ex-member of the Society of British Musicians. Miss Kate Warde has been lessee and manager of the Theatre Royal Hobart Town since Jan., and during the visit of the Flying Squadron to Hobart Town, and since; Miss Warde and her talented company re-produced, effectively, many of the latest sensational dramatic pieces, which have had the longest run in London, sustaining the leading female character in each piece herself. Miss Warde is an accomplished dramatic reader, and her entertainment ought to be more attractive here than the readings of the petted and partially spoiled Mr. Montgomery.

ASSOCIATIONS: Charlotte Crofton Fatherley (pianist, accompanist)

"DEATHS", The Argus (21 June 1872), 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5863720

VINSON. - On the 20th inst., at her residence 122 Gore-street, Fitzroy, Katherine Teresa, wife of Mr. James Vinson (nee Miss Kate Warde), aged 35 years.

"THE NEWS OF THE DAY", The Age (21 June 1872), 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197448801 

Yesterday morning Mrs. James Vinson, better known in theatrical circles as Kate Warde, breathed her last. The deceased lady will be remembered best as a member of the Fanny Young quartette, consisting of James Vinson, G. W. Daniels, Fanny Young, and Kate Warde. Both the ladies were married in Castlemaine, and as far as we know the only survivor now left is Mr. James Vinson, who at last advices was in San Francisco. It is no secret that he deserted his late wife in a shameless manner. The lady was thirty-five years of age, and was always of a delicate constitution. She will be also recollected as playing in Melbourne a leading part in one of Mr. Akhurst's burlesques at the Royal when Mr. Lyster had that establishment for a Christmas season. She was of moderate size, had very pleasing features, and was, fifteen years ago, one of the prettiest actresses Australia has ever seen. Disease and grief however did their work. Mrs. Vinson lost her children at Sandhurst years since. She afterwards was forsaken by her husband. Always of a consumptive temperament, the deceased lady seemed to give way after this so rapidly as to give her friends alarm, and her death at so early an age, although deeply regretted, has been fully expected. As a burlesque actress of the refined school, we have had no rival to Miss Warde in the colony; and those who have seen her play in comedy will remember with the utmost delight her impersonation of such characters as Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing. Her private character was estimable. Kate Warde will, for her virtues, be long remembered by a host of friends.

ASSOCIATIONS: Fanny Young (actor, dancer); William Mower Akhurst (dramatist); William Saurin Lyster (manager)

"DEATH OF MISS KATE WARDE", Weekly Times (22 June 1872), 9

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article219360895 

By the death of Miss Kate Warde, which took place on Thursday at her residence, 122 Gore street, the theatrical profession lost a talented member, and at the same time one who was calculated to relieve it of some of those unwarranted stigmas which ignorance or prejudice is liable to attach to it. Though the deceased lady was comparatively unknown to the present race of Melbourne patrons of the drama, it was her misfortune, and not the fault of her abilities, that she has not of late years held the position she did during her earlier connection with the stage, when she was more popular, perhaps, than any actress of the same age who ever appeared on the colonial stage. For reasons of circumstances which would be immaterial to the present notice were it possible to give them, she almost disappeared from the Melbourne stage for several years; but her return to it for a brief period some eighteen months or two years ago was sufficient to justify the expectation that more would have been seen of her than was done by the public. Having, however, taken the part of the heroine in the "Lancashire Lass" with an ability which caused us then to bestow upon it special praise, and having soon afterwards made the minor character of Lord Eden a feature in the objectionable play of "Formosa," Miss Warde again left the Melbourne stage, as it has proved never to return to it. Shortly after her last appearance in Melbourne, her health began to fail, and the plain symptoms of the disease which has carried her off were apparent to her friends. She was always a great favourite with the Sandhurst public, and not long since the esteem in which she was held by them was evinced by a complimentary benefit, given to her after her health had rendered it impossible for her to follow the ordinary duties of her profession, when the attendance was reported to have been as large as had on any previous occasion visited the theatre, and resulted in the Histrionic Club of that city being able to present Miss Warde with a purse of £101. Soon after that she performed with the same club in a performance for the benefit of the Sandhurst Hospital, that being her last appearance on the stage. Since then her health has rapidly failed, and we are informed that fpr the last ten weeks she has been almost entirely confined to her bed, suffering from the slow, but surely fatal disease - consumption, which, as we have already stated, resulted in her death yesterday. Among the members of her profession and in the circle of her friends, Miss Warde was esteemed for the many estimable qualities which composed her character, and it may safely be said that those who knew her best will lament her most. Though known only to the public as Miss Kate Warde, the deceased lady was married, about fifteen years since to Mr. James Vinson, who left Australia for California several years ago, leaving her to battle her way in the world as best she could, and we understand that she has not heard from him for several years. Though, as we have said, she was little known of late years in Melbourne, her popularity in other places proved her to be possessed of exceptional talents, and there was, perhaps, no lady on the stage her equal as what, for want of a better term, may be called an actress of all work, as her reputation in the provinces and other colonies went to prove that she could perform in anything, from burlesque to Shakspeare, and did everything well. Her last illness was a painful one, but she bore it with patience, and as her life had been exemplary, her death was peaceful, and take her for all in all the theatrical profession is not likely soon to have her like again.

"Funeral Notices", The Argus (22 June 1872), 8

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"THE STAGE", Weekly Times (19 December 1874), 9

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We regret having to announce the death of Mr. Cornelius (more familiarly known as "Con.") Warde, an old and clever actor, who has more than once made a hit in different parts of Australia. He had been ailing for some time past, and he expired rather unexpectedly on Tuesday night, leaving a widow and eight children to mourn his loss. Mr. Warde was a brother to the late gifted actress, Miss Kate Warde, and he was much respected by the members of his profession.

"ENTERTAINMENTS", The Australasian [Melbourne, VIC] (19 December 1874), 19

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Poor Con. Warde is dead. He was a worthy, honest fellow, and a most painstaking actor. I do not doubt that in his youth he had his ambitions, as which of us had not! Perhaps his opportunities were not proportionate to his deserts; and yet, in his younger time, he was, in his way, a celebrity. He was born in Bermuda, and he came to these latitudes when a boy. He made his first appearance in Adelaide, and then he came to Melbourne and joined the company at the old Queen's, then in the commencing splendour of its prosperity. Thence he went to Sydney, and was a star of magnitude under the management of Gordon Griffiths, himself an excellent actor, now but little remembered. To Melbourne again he came, and rejoined his former managers, Messrs. Young and Hydes, whom, after a while, he left for a tour through the diggings, which in those days patronised the drama liberally. His next visit to Sydney was for the purpose of supporting Mr. and Mrs. Waller, who had opened the Prince of Wales Theatre, and with whom, on their first night, he played Sir Thomas Clifford in "The Hunchback." Here he continued for two years the recognised leading man. He migrated southward once more, and played a long engagement with his sister, the late Mrs. Vinson (Kate Warde), at Ballarat, under the management of Mr. Greville. From hence he made a tour to all the gold-fields, and wherever he went he was liked both on and off the stage. When Mr. Hoskins be came manager of the Theatre Royal, Melbourne, Mr. Warde joined that company, and, up to about seven months ago, through the reigns of several managers, he was one of the best known actors in that establishment. Latterly fortune has not been altogether kind to him. His last engagement was at Ballarat, under the Rosa Cooper management, since when he has been out of health, out of spirits, and, I regret to hear, out of funds. I know of no actor who took a more conscientious view of his duties than he did . . .

ASSOCIATIONS: Charles Young (actor, manager); John Proctor Hydes (actor, manager); Emma and Daniel Waller (actors, vocalist); William Hoskins (actor, manager)

"MISS KATE VINSON'S BENEFIT", Bendigo Advertiser (28 August 1878), 3

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. . . Miss Vinson is the daughter of the late Kate Warde, who was one of the many charming actresses with which the early Sandhurst stage was familiar. There were fewer actresses who attained a wider popularity in this city than Kate Warde, or whose talents more deservedly entitled her to the applause and appreciation always accorded her. And it should also be mentioned that whenever her services were asked in aid of a worthy charitable performance they were always kindly and gratuitously given. We feel sure the public will not forget this, and pay a graceful tribute to the memory of the deceased lady, by overcrowding the theatre on the evening of the complimentary benefit to be given to her daughter.

"SUNDRY SHOWS", The bulletin (7 December 1889), 7

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A certain rich Charlie Napier died at Maryborough, Vic., the other day. It is a question whether the old Charlie Napier Theatre, Ballarat, where Brooke acted, was called after him or Sir Charles Napier, commander of the Baltic Fleet. The old-time Ballarat play-houses were the Napier, Montezuma, and Tontine; the favourite stars, Kate O'Reilly and Kate Warde. Con Warde was the leading man, Bob Dale, the comedian. Favourite plays, "Jane Shore," "Flowers of the Forest," "Green Bushes," "Never too Late to Mend." . . .

[Joseph Michael Forde] "MUMMER MEMOIRS", Sydney Sportsman (6 March 1907), 3

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The Australian stage has been favored with the presence of no less than four prominent performers of the name of Ward - the first Miss Emma Ward, a singer who appeared early in the fifties and brought with her a reputation from the music-halls, and who succeeded fairly well in a like capacity in Victoria when music halls flourished in Melbourne and the chief inland towns, and money was plentiful and nuggets as common as "coppers" are to-day. Then there was Miss Kate Warde, a captivating actress, wife of Mr. Vinson, of whom I have made frequent mention in the course of these articles. Mrs. Vinson, unfortunately for the stage, died young . . .

Also "MISS ADA WARD. THE STAGE AND THE 'ARMY', A Romantic History", NZ Truth (11 May 1907), 7

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19070511.2.41

ASSOCIATIONS: Joseph Michael Forde (memoirist); Emma Ward (vocalist)

Bibliography and resources:

Catherine Therese Vinson, Find a grave

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191206033/catherine-therese-vinson 

WARDEN, James (James WARDEN; Jamie WARDEN; Jemmy WARDEN; Mr. J. WARDEN; Mr. WARDEN)

Musician, violinist, violoncellist, Scotch vocalist, composer, actor, Violin maker, musical instrument maker, tuner, and repairer, mechanic, gunsmith

Born Cupar, Fifeshire, Scotland, c. 1805/09; son of John WARDEN and Elizabeth CAIRNS
Married Isabella CLARK (c. 1800-1880), Glasgow, Scotland, c. early 1840s
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, 6 June 1853 (per Roderick Dhu, from Glasgow, 26 Febuary, aged "45")
Active Bendigo, VIC, 1854
Died Bendigo, VIC, 16 August 1870, aged "65" ("father of Miss Geraldine Warden")

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WARDEN, Agnes (Agnes Florence WARDEN; Mrs. Sigismond WEKEY)

Contralto vocalist, amateur actor

Born Glasgow, Scotland, c. 1845; daughter of James WARDEN and Isabella CLARK
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, 10 June 1857 (per Castilian, from Liverpool, 11 March, with mother)
Married Sigismond WEKEY, VIC, 1861
Departed VIC, by c. 1880 (for England)

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WARDEN, Geraldine (Elspit WARDEN; Elsie WARDEN; Geraldine Elsie WARDEN; Geraldine WARDEN; Mrs. John RANKIN)

Musician, soprano vocalist, pianist

Born Glasgow, Scotland, c. 1847-50; daughter of James WARDEN and Isabella CLARK
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, 10 June 1857 (per Castilian, from Liverpool, 11 March, with mother)
Active Bendigo, VIC, by 1859; Melbourne, by 1863
Departed Sydney, NSW, 28 August 1868 (per Alexander Duthie, for San Francisco, with Lyster's opera company)
Married John RANKIN, Hutchesontown, Glasgow, Scotland, 14 January 1873
Died Garnethill, Glasgow, Scotland, 11 September 1891, aged "40"

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WARDEN, Isabella (Isabella WARDEN)

Vocalist

Born Glasgow, Scotland, c. 1850/51; daughter of James WARDEN and Isabella CLARK
Arrived Melbourne, VIC, 10 June 1857 (per Castilian, from Liverpool, 11 March, with mother)
Died VIC, 1879, aged "28"

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Documentation:

Scotland census, 30 March 1851, St. David, Glasgow; General Register Office for Scotland

https://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1076&h=3220707 (PAYWALL)

272 Buchanan Street Back Land / James Warden / Head / 42 / Teacher of Music / [born] Cupar Fifeshire
Isabella Warden / Wife / 40 / - / [born] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Elspit Clark / Wife's mother / 78 / - / [born] Banff, Banffshire
Helen Clark / Sister-in-law / 43 / Farmer's daughter / [born] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Agnes Warden / Daughter / 6 / - / [born] Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Elspit Warden / Daughter / 4 / - / [born] Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Isabella Warden / Daughter / 1 / [born] Glasgow, Lanarkshire