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George FURBER,
murdered Tinana Creek 3 Dec 1855 aged 45 years;
Joseph Thomas WILMSHURST,
son-in-law of George FURBER,
murdered Tinana Creek 3 Dec 1855 aged 28 years;
Mrs W. FURBER,
died 21 Aug 1850 aged 63 years,
leaving husband & family;
murdered Tinana Creek 3 Dec 1855 aged 45 years;
Pioneer Cemetery, Maryborough
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George FURBER,
murdered Tinana Creek 3 Dec 1855 aged 45 years;
Joseph Thomas WILMSHURST,
son-in-law of George FURBER,
murdered Tinana Creek 3 Dec 1855 aged 28 years;
Mrs W. FURBER,
died 21 Aug 1850 aged 63 years,
leaving husband & family;
murdered Tinana Creek 3 Dec 1855 aged 45 years;
Pioneer Cemetery, Maryborough
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George FURBER,
murdered Tinana Creek 3 Dec 1855 aged 45 years;
Joseph Thomas WILMSHURST,
son-in-law of George FURBER,
murdered Tinana Creek 3 Dec 1855 aged 28 years;
Mrs W. FURBER,
died 21 Aug 1850 aged 63 years,
leaving husband & family;
murdered Tinana Creek 3 Dec 1855 aged 45 years;
Pioneer Cemetery, Maryborough
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George FURBER,
murdered Tinana Creek 3 Dec 1855 aged 45 years;
Joseph Thomas WILMSHURST,
son-in-law of George FURBER,
murdered Tinana Creek 3 Dec 1855 aged 28 years;
Mrs W. FURBER,
died 21 Aug 1850 aged 63 years,
leaving husband & family;
murdered Tinana Creek 3 Dec 1855 aged 45 years;
Pioneer Cemetery, Maryborough
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Joseph WILMHURST was married to George FURBER's
daughter Georgina;
At the time of their deaths, George and Joseph
were building the Wilmhurst's house on the site
now occupied by the slipway at Granville;
The Wilmhurst's child was born shortly after
Joseph's death;
Pioneer Cemetery, Maryborough
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Original Maryborough site;
The region's 1st settler was Martin JOLLIFFE
in 1842; In 1848 George FURBER, son of convict
William, built wharves and an inn near here -
the birth of Maryborough; His wife Honoraria
is buried in this grave but there is no record
of the Mrs W. FURBER who is named on the headstone;
Pioneer Cemetery, Maryborough
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Heritage site; this site is part of the original
Maryborough settlement of the 1840s;
several pioneers lie here including George FURBER
the area's first settler;
Pioneer Cemetery, Maryborough
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Pioneer Cemetery, Maryborough
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Sarah Bridget SHEA,
died 5? Dec 1851 aged 22 years;
Ann Teressa MCADAM,
sister,
died 3? Feb 1850 aged 22 years;
erected by John SHEA;
Phelip Agustin MCADAM,
drowned at sea 1852 aged 18 years;
Susanah Mary MCADAM,
drowned at sea 1852 aged 20 years;
Pioneer Cemetery, Maryborough
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Sarah Bridget SHEA,
died 5? Dec 1851 aged 22 years;
Ann Teressa MCADAM,
sister,
died 3? Feb 1850 aged 22 years;
erected by John SHEA;
Phelip Agustin MCADAM,
drowned at sea 1852 aged 18 years;
Susanah Mary MCADAM,
drowned at sea 1852 aged 20 years;
Pioneer Cemetery, Maryborough
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Sarah Bridget SHEA,
died 5? Dec 1851 aged 22 years;
Ann Teressa MCADAM,
sister,
died 3? Feb 1850 aged 22 years;
erected by John SHEA;
Phelip Agustin MCADAM,
drowned at sea 1852 aged 18 years;
Susanah Mary MCADAM,
drowned at sea 1852 aged 20 years;
Pioneer Cemetery, Maryborough
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Sarah Bridget SHEA,
died 5? Dec 1851 aged 22 years;
Ann Teressa MCADAM,
sister,
died 3? Feb 1850 aged 22 years;
erected by John SHEA;
Phelip Agustin MCADAM,
drowned at sea 1852 aged 18 years;
Susanah Mary MCADAM,
drowned at sea 1852 aged 20 years;
Pioneer Cemetery, Maryborough
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Sarah Bridget SHEA,
died 5? Dec 1851 aged 22 years;
Ann Teressa MCADAM,
sister,
died 3? Feb 1850 aged 22 years;
erected by John SHEA;
Phelip Agustin MCADAM,
drowned at sea 1852 aged 18 years;
Susanah Mary MCADAM,
drowned at sea 1852 aged 20 years;
Pioneer Cemetery, Maryborough
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Sarah Bridget SHEA,
died 5? Dec 1851 aged 22 years;
Ann Teressa MCADAM,
sister,
died 3? Feb 1850 aged 22 years;
erected by John SHEA;
Phelip Agustin MCADAM,
drowned at sea 1852 aged 18 years;
Susanah Mary MCADAM,
drowned at sea 1852 aged 20 years;
Pioneer Cemetery, Maryborough
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Sarah Bridget SHEA,
died 5? Dec 1851 aged 22 years;
Ann Teressa MCADAM,
sister,
died 3? Feb 1850 aged 22 years;
erected by John SHEA;
Phelip Agustin MCADAM,
drowned at sea 1852 aged 18 years;
Susanah Mary MCADAM,
drowned at sea 1852 aged 20 years;
Pioneer Cemetery, Maryborough
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William MCADAM,
first chief constable Maryborough,
died 9 March 1864 aged 70? years;
Rosehannah MCADAM,
died 10 March aged 7? years;
Catherine? DEIGAN,
died 23 Dec 1860 aged 24 years;
Pioneer Cemetery, Maryborough
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William MCADAM,
first chief constable Maryborough,
died 9 March 1864 aged 70? years;
Rosehannah MCADAM,
died 10 March aged 7? years;
Catherine? DEIGAN,
died 23 Dec 1860 aged 24 years;
Pioneer Cemetery, Maryborough
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William MCADAM,
first chief constable Maryborough,
died 9 March 1864 aged 70? years;
Rosehannah MCADAM,
died 10 March aged 7? years;
Catherine? DEIGAN,
died 23 Dec 1860 aged 24 years;
Pioneer Cemetery, Maryborough
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William MCADAM,
first chief constable Maryborough,
died 9 March 1864 aged 70? years;
Rosehannah MCADAM,
died 10 March aged 7? years;
Catherine? DEIGAN,
died 23 Dec 1860 aged 24 years;
Pioneer Cemetery, Maryborough
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William MCADAM,
first chief constable Maryborough,
died 9 March 1864 aged 70? years;
Rosehannah MCADAM,
died 10 March aged 7? years;
Catherine? DEIGAN,
died 23 Dec 1860 aged 24 years;
Pioneer Cemetery, Maryborough
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William MCADAM,
first chief constable Maryborough,
died 9 March 1864 aged 70? years;
Rosehannah MCADAM,
died 10 March aged 7? years;
Catherine? DEIGAN,
died 23 Dec 1860 aged 24 years;
Pioneer Cemetery, Maryborough
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Original Maryborough site;
Maryborough's first official policeman was
William MCADAM who took up duty on
New Years's Day 1850; McAdam's house
in George Street also served as the police
station until the 1860's; Two of McAdam's
children including son Phelip, a constable,
were drown in a shipwreck near Sydney;
Pioneer Cemetery, Maryborough
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