There are more people in Manly Cemetery than we thought. Examination of the funeral notices in the Sydney Morning Herald, now available online via the National Library of Australia’s newspaper digitisation project, reveals quite a number of 19th century individuals whose burials took place at Manly cemetery, whose names were not recorded on the Burial Registers, and who were consequently not known to be there! Among the names so far unearthed are: Charles Artlett, George Evans, Father Keane, James Nasmith, Thomas Penny, Robert Selby, William Smart, John Swadling and Crawford Whealey. in some cases additional information is available in the funeral notices. Charles Artlett, for example, was the licensee of the Aquarium Hotel on the Corso, and John Swadling was the Past Provincial Grand Master of the Loyal Rose of Australia Lodge. This all helps to build up our picture of Manly before Federation.
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