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John (Jack) Percy Kingston FALKINER (1868 - 1928)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Kate B (Kitty) FALKINER (1894 - ) Mary Kingston (Molly) FALKINER (1898 - ) Elisabeth (Betty) Hamilton FALKINER (1907 - 1989)	John (Jack) Percy Kingston FALKINER (1868 - 1928) + Maria (Mia) BLAIR (1868 - 1942)	Robert FALKINER (1843 - 1922)	John FALKINER (1816 - 1894)	Nathaniel FALKINER
				Penelope Winifred (MINCHEN) PINCH
			Margaret (Margaretta) HOBBS (1819 - 1906)	John HOBBS (1785 - 1847)
				Margaret (Bridged Bridget Biddie )BALLARD (1795 - 1879)
		Elizabeth Anne KINGSTON (1846 - 1928)	William KINGSTON (1809 - 1880)	John Paul KINGSTON
				Elizabeth (KINGSTON)
			Mary Ann MOYNAN (1818 - 1890)

b. 13 Nov 1868 at Queensland, Australia

m. 1894 Maria (Mia) BLAIR (1868 - 1942) at West Maitland, NSW, Australia

d. 12 Apr 1928 at Gosford, NSW, Australia aged 59

Near Relatives of John (Jack) Percy Kingston FALKINER (1868 - 1928)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	John FALKINER	1816	Terryglass, Tipperary, Ireland	02 Jul 1894	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	78
Grandmother	Margaret (Margaretta) HOBBS	abt 1819	Ireland	04 Feb 1906	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	87
Grandfather	William KINGSTON	1809	Bantry, Co. Cork, Ireland	22 Mar 1880	Singleton, NSW, Australia	71
Grandmother	Mary Ann MOYNAN	abt 1818	Kings County, Ireland	1890	Singleton, NSW, Australia	72
Father in Law	Robert BLAIR
Mother in Law	Catherine P WEBSTER
Father	Robert FALKINER	1843	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	27 Jun 1922	Queensland, Australia	79
Mother	Elizabeth Anne KINGSTON	1846	New South Wales, Australia	1928	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	82
Self	John (Jack) Percy Kingston FALKINER	13 Nov 1868	Queensland, Australia	12 Apr 1928	Gosford, NSW, Australia	59
Wife	Maria (Mia) BLAIR	1868	Maitland, NSW, Australia	08 Oct 1942	Quirindi, NSW, Australia	74
Daughter	Kate B (Kitty) FALKINER	1894	Singleton, NSW, Australia
Daughter	Mary Kingston (Molly) FALKINER	1898	Singleton, NSW, Australia
Daughter	Elisabeth (Betty) Hamilton FALKINER	1907	Singleton, NSW, Australia	1989	New South Wales, Australia	82
Sister	Bessie Frances FALKINER			1958	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Sister	Mary Ellen FALKINER	04 Dec 1872	Queensland, Australia	1940	Queensland, Australia	68
Sister	Unnamed FALKINER	20 May 1874	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Brother	Robert Davenport FALKINER	1876	Queensland, Australia	11 Nov 1895	Cleveland, Queensland, Australia	19
Brother	Kingston Sydney FALKINER	1878	Queensland, Australia	1935	Wynnum, Queensland, Australia	57
Sister	Margaret (Daisy) Hobbs FALKINER	09 Oct 1880	Queensland, Australia	1918	Queensland, Australia	38
Son in Law	John H LITTLE
Son in Law	Roy Daylesford GELLING	1890	St. Peters, NSW, Australia	1970	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	80
Son in Law	Reginald Errol MAFFEY	1906	Singleton, NSW, Australia	1988	New South Wales, Australia	82
Aunt	Infant FALKINER	abt 1842
Aunt	Jane FALKINER	10 Apr 1845	Maitland, NSW, Australia	07 Apr 1914	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	68
Uncle	John ROURKE	1838	NSW, Australia	1916	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	78
Aunt	Rebecca FALKINER	05 Sep 1846	Maitland, NSW, Australia	16 Jul 1921	Maitland, NSW, Australia	74
Uncle	William BONE			aft 1921
Aunt	Mary Anne FALKINER	10 May 1848	NSW, Australia	16 Jan 1917	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia	68
Uncle	John Campbell MACDOUGALL	21 Jan 1846	Longbottom, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia	Sep 1889	Balmain, NSW, Australia	43
Aunt	Margaret Hobbs FALKINER	13 Feb 1850	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	14 Aug 1888	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	38
Uncle	John HOWARTH	23 Oct 1849	Paddington, Sydney, NSW, Australia	06 Mar 1924	Lismore, NSW, Australia	74
Uncle	John Hobbs FALKINER	18 Jan 1851	Maitland, NSW, Australia	12 Dec 1862	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	11
Uncle	Samuel FALKINER	1853	Maitland, NSW, Australia	19 Oct 1854	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1
Uncle	Frederick Nathaniel FALKINER	06 Jul 1855	Maitland, NSW, Australia	28 Sep 1894	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	39
Aunt	Maud Therese BITHREY
Aunt	Female FALKINER	1857	Maitland, NSW, Australia
Aunt	Fanny Maria FALKINER	21 Sep 1857	Maitland, NSW, Australia	17 Apr 1932	Neutral Bay, NSW, Australia	74
Uncle	James Henry BRUNKER	1855		1916	Newcastle, NSW, Australia	61
Uncle	Benjamin Ralph FALKINER	1860	Maitland, NSW, Australia	12 Apr 1896	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	36
Aunt	Frances (Fanny) PILGRIM	1859	Paterson, NSW, Australia	31 Aug 1945	Mayfield, NSW, Australia	86
Aunt	Ellen FALKINER	1862	Maitland, NSW, Australia	1892	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	30
Cousin	Emma ROURKE	1865	Maitland, NSW, Australia	1866	Maitland, NSW, Australia	1
Cousin	George ROURKE	02 Aug 1866	Maitland, NSW, Australia	1943	Mosman, NSW, Australia	77
Cousin	Alice ROURKE	1867	Maitland, NSW, Australia	1942	Paterson, NSW, Australia	75
Cousin	Jane ROURKE	1869	Maitland, NSW, Australia	08 Aug 1869	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	0
Cousin	Benjamin ROURKE	20 Jul 1870	Maitland, NSW, Australia	20 Jul 1924	Burwood, Newcastle, NSW, Australia	54
Cousin	Harry (Henry) Marshall ROURKE	03 Jul 1872	Maitland, NSW, Australia	02 Apr 1953	Maitland, NSW, Australia	80
Cousin	John Falkiner ROURKE	1874	Maitland, NSW, Australia	1950	Newcastle, NSW, Australia	76
Cousin	Emma (Emily) ROURKE	1876		26 Sep 1927	Sydney, NSW, Australia	51
Cousin	Unnamed ROURKE	1876	Maitland, NSW, Australia
Cousin	Edith ROURKE	25 Nov 1878	Maitland, NSW, Australia	1956	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	78
Cousin	Margaret ROURKE	1879	Maitland, NSW, Australia	31 May 1957	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	78
Cousin	Jemima May ROURKE	1881	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	08 Aug 1968	Raymond Terrace, NSW, Australia	87
Cousin	Isabel ROURKE	24 Nov 1883	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1968	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	85
Cousin	Arthur G ROURKE	1885	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1885	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	0
Cousin	Ruth Campbell MACDOUGALL
Cousin	Mary Campbell MACDOUGALL	1875	Richmond, Victoria, Australia
Cousin	Robert MACDOUGALL
Cousin	Archibald Falkiner MACDOUGALL	1877	Maitland, NSW, Australia
Cousin	Eric Campbell MACDOUGALL	1885	Duno, Victoria, Australia	1954	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	69
Cousin	Florence Mary HOWARTH	19 Sep 1872	Maitland, NSW, Australia	26 Feb 1920	Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia	47
Cousin	Margaretta H Falkiner HOWARTH	19 Sep 1872	Maitland, NSW, Australia	Aug 1909	Granville, NSW, Australia	36
Cousin	John Shepherd Falkiner HOWARTH	1874	Buninyong, Victoria, Australia	05 May 1915	Gallipoli, Turkey	41
Cousin	Robert Henry St Patrick HOWARTH	17 Mar 1877	Break O'Day, Vic, Australia	13 Aug 1956	Lakemba, NSW, Australia	79
Cousin	Horace Maitland StAlbans HOWARTH	10 Oct 1879	Mooroopna, Vic, Australia	22 Apr 1950	Concord, Sydney, NSW, Australia	70
Cousin	Harold Frederick Benjamin Samuel HOWARTH	17 Oct 1882	Elmore, Victoria, Australia	29 Apr 1932	Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia	49
Cousin	Ruby Sybil Falkiner HOWARTH	1884	Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia
Cousin	Ethel May HOWARTH	13 May 1886	Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia	27 May 1886	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	0
Cousin	Cyril Reginald Falkiner HOWARTH	1887	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	20 Mar 1961	Homebush, NSW, Australia	74
Cousin	Darcy Frederick FALKINER	08 Jan 1891	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1935	Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia	44
Cousin	John Hobbs FALKINER	1892	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	06 Oct 1961	Queensland, Australia	69
Cousin	Margaret Maud FALKINER	27 Jan 1893	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	21 May 1893	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	0
Cousin	Frederick (Fred) FALKINER	1894	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1917	Ypres, Belgium	23
Cousin	Dermott FALKINER	1897	Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Cousin	Elsie May BRUNKER	1879	Maitland, NSW, Australia	1956	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	77
Cousin	Herbert James Nixon BRUNKER	1882	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	12 Oct 1917	Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium	35
Cousin	Arthur F BRUNKER	14 Feb 1885	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1935	Ryde, Sydney, NSW, Australia	50
Cousin	Irene Weiss BRUNKER	25 Nov 1887	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1947		60
Cousin	Bessie Hewlett BRUNKER	1889	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1956	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	67
Cousin	Royden Falkiner BRUNKER	1891	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1914	Mungindi, New South Wales, Australia	23
Cousin	Keith Eugene BRUNKER	1893	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1969	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	76
Cousin	Joyce Marguerite BRUNKER	1894	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	21 Sep 1978	Dubbo, NSW, Australia	84
Cousin	Zita Neila Nesbit BRUNKER	1897	West Maitland, NSW, Australia
Cousin	Frederick FALKINER	21 Nov 1881	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	20 May 1945	Mayfield, NSW, Australia	63
Cousin	John Hobbs FALKINER	20 May 1883	East Maitland, NSW, Australia	1957	Maitland, NSW, Australia	74
Cousin	Margaret R FALKINER	03 Feb 1885	East Maitland, NSW, Australia	03 Feb 1885	East Maitland, NSW, Australia	0
Cousin	Benjamin R FALKINER	21 Oct 1887	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	13 Nov 1902	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	15
Cousin	George R FALKINER	1889	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1889	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	0
Cousin	Jeanie May FALKINER	1890	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1963	Rockdale, Sydney, NSW, Australia	73
Cousin	Nellie Pilgrim FALKINER	1892	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1980	NSW, Australia	88
Niece	Mary FALKINER
Niece	Margaret Elizabeth FALKINER	09 Apr 1911	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Nephew	John (Jack) William Kingston BYRNE	1907	Bowenville, Queensland, Australia	1987	Queensland, Australia	80
Nephew	Kingston Ouseley BYRNE	1910	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	09 Feb 1940	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	30
Sister in Law	Lucy Ethel DUN			1955	Queensland, Australia
Brother in Law	John Ouseley BYRNE			1974	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia

Events in John (Jack) Percy Kingston FALKINER (1868 - 1928)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
13 Nov 1868		John (Jack) Percy Kingston FALKINER was born	Queensland, Australia	Note 1	18, 60
1894	26	Birth of daughter Kate B (Kitty) FALKINER	Singleton, NSW, Australia	Reg No 30889/1894	17
1894	26	Married Maria (Mia) BLAIR (aged 26)	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	Note 2	17
1898	30	Birth of daughter Mary Kingston (Molly) FALKINER	Singleton, NSW, Australia	Reg No 25661/1898	17
1907	39	Birth of daughter Elisabeth (Betty) Hamilton FALKINER	Singleton, NSW, Australia	Reg No 18293/1907	17
27 Jun 1922	53	Death of father Robert FALKINER (aged 79)	Queensland, Australia	Note 3	18, 60
1928	60	Death of mother Elizabeth Anne KINGSTON (aged 82)	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Note 4	18, 60
12 Apr 1928	59	John (Jack) Percy Kingston FALKINER died	Gosford, NSW, Australia	Note 5	52, 60

Note 1: reg no 1868/828 http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/13175953?searchTerm=Margaret%20Falkiner%20#pstart1464601 Sydney Morning Herald 21 Nov 1868 BIRTHS On the 13th instant, at her residence, Toowoomba, Queensland, Mrs. ROBERT FALKINER, of a son.

Note 2: Reg No 4687/1894 Falkiner John P K and Blair Maria - West Maitland

Note 3: reg no 1922/37405 Brisbane Courier 28/6/1922 Death of Mr. Robert Falkiner. A wide circle of-friends, especially at Wynnum and Manly, and on the Darling Downs, will regret to learn of the death yesterday of Mr. Robert Falkiner at Wynnum. The late Mr. Falkiner, who was born in West Maitland in 1843, had been a resident of Wynnum for the past 30 years. Prior to that he owned Mt. Irvine pastoral property, on the Darling Downs, and still earlier in the seventies was manager of the Joint Stock Branch in Toowoomba. He was about 20 years of age when he came to Queensland. He leaves a widow, two sons, and two daughters, the two latter residing in Brisbane, one son at Bowenville, and the other at Singleton (N.S.W.). The funeral, which will be of a private nature, will take place this morning at the Toowong Cemetery.

Note 4: Reg No 1928/B4906 - parents William Kingston and Mary Ann Moynan http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/21301876?searchTerm=Robert%20Falkiner%20NSW The Brisbane Courier 29 June 1928 Falkiner.-The Funeral of the late Elizabeth Anne Falkiner, Relict of the late Robert Falkiner (Wynnum South), will leave her residence, Ryan-street, Hill End, This (Friday) Morning, at 10.30 o'clock, for the Toowong Cemetery. Private Interment, JOHN HISLOP & SONS, Funeral Directors.

Note 5: Reg No 1928/8528 - Gosford, NSW - Robert and Elizabeth A http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/21283131?searchTerm=Falkiner#pstart1651187 The Brisbane Courier 3 May 1928 DEATHS. FALKINER.-At Tuggerah, Jack Falkiner, eldest son of the late R. Falkiner, Wynnum South, and Mrs. E. A. Falkiner, Ryan-street, Hill End, Brisbane. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/16456828?searchTerm=Falkiner The Sydney Morning Herald 13 April 1928 DEATH _ FALKINER - April 12, at The Entrance, John Falkiner, of Roslyn Avenue, Roseville and Singleton, beloved husband of Mia, aged 59 years. The Brisbane Courier Tuesday 17 April 1928 Page 15 The death of Mr. John (Jack) Falkiner, late of Singleton, New South Wales took place ,at Tuggerah. Lakes on Thursday last. Until recently Mr. Falkiner was actively interested in business pursuits in Singleton, and was managing director of the firm of Grainger and Falkiner, Ltd. Recently failing health compelled him to relinquish his active interests in business life, and he removed to Roseville, Sydney, occasionally visiting Singleton, and making pilgrimage to Tuggerah Lakes' fishing grounds. His Brisbane friends will re- member his prowess with the rod when he came up on several occasions to fish the waters of Moreton Bay after mackerel and other big fish. Of a genial disposition, he made friends wherever he went. The Sydney Morning Herald Wednesday 18 April 1928 Page 20 MR. JOHN FALKINER. The late Mr. John Falkiner, of Roslyn avenue. Roseville, and Singleton, who died last Thursday at The Entrance, was for many years managing director of Grainger and Falkiner, Ltd., Singleton. Many important pastoral and farming properties in the Hunter and other northern districts passed through his bands. He was also well known through- out New South Wales and Queensland as a successful livestock salesman. He was a popular member of several anglers' clubs, and was one of the first Australian amateur fishermen to visit the now famous deep-sea fishing grounds at Cape Brett, New Zealand He is survived by Mrs. Falkiner and three daughters, Mrs. H. Little, Mrs. R. Gelling, and Miss Betty Falkiner The Sydney Morning Herald < Saturday 9 June 1928 Page 19 LATE MR. JOHN FALKINER. Probate has been granted of the will of the late Mr. John Falkiner, auctioneer, of Singleton who died on April 12 last, aged 59 years, leaving an estate of the net value of £30,788. Testator bequeathed £50 to the Dangar Cottage Hospital, £200 to the Singleton Methodist Sunday School, £100 and £50, respectively to two employees, and, subject to these and certain other bequests, he left his estate to his widow, children, mother and sisters.

Personal Notes:

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/19818455?searchTerm=Falkiner The Queenslander 9 Nov 1889 The Founding of a City - Turallin: A Government Land Sale in the Bush. BY OUR AGRICULTURAL REPORTER. A dead-level country, heavily timbered with the useless gray-box eucalypt, interspersed with casuarinæ, gray gums, wattles, and occasional ironbarks; a soil of sandy-loam characteristic,sparsely covered with a grass and herbal vege- tation which looks sadly inferior compared with the luxuriant and thick growth on the grand Darling Downs only a few miles off; a view circumscribed by the gray fringe of gray-barked trees, relieved only at one point by the pretty homestead of Pine Creek station. Such is the site chosen for the town of Turallin, which possibly in the far (very far, I am afraid) future may develop into a great city, but who can venture to predict the fate of a new born Australian town? This was the scene I viewed on the evening of Wednesday, the 30th October, but on the morning of the following day a great change took place. By 10 a.m. horsemen could be detected wending their way between the gray-boled trees from this direc- tion and from that, and making towards a bough-shed erected in the very centre of the future "city." Then half a dozen buggies trotted up and discharged their cargoes of passengers, including the Messrs. FALKINER (sen. and jun.) from Toowoomba, the well-known auctioneers, a bank manager, a clergyman, two or three merchants, and others. Next up trooped on foot a bevy of bush ladies, with children and without, till finally a gather ing of 150 souls was congregated on the box tree level. The centre of attraction was the bough-shed, with its roughly made seats, its long pine-board tables, sundry boxes of cakes, sandwiches, fruit, &c, cups, saucers, plates, and the adjacent fire against a box-tree log, at which could be seen two old oil-drums and one old kerosine tin filled with boiling tea. From the strong horizontal limb of a tall box-tree de- pended a long double rope formed into the shape of, and to be used as, a swing. In this a fine bouncing cherry-cheeked young lady was being swung sky-high by a male friend, and before an admiring crowd. Near by, in an extemporised hurdle yard, were several hundred old ewes; adjacent to this was a sapling yard with an entire horse tied up; a few hundred yards away was a mob of two dozen good bullocks in charge of a drover. The scene was a strange one, and beyond the comprehension of the local cattle, which came walking quietly up and stopped and stared at this extraordinary invasion of their domain, until they were rudely dispersed by the excite- ment aroused by a group of half a dozen horsemen arriving helter-skelter, full racing gallop, on to the ground. Among the crowd the two FALKINERS could be seen distributing large sheets of paper, on whioh sundry lines and squares denoted allotments, and these were being studied by a few of the elder of the visitors, but this proceeding was voted too slow for the majority, so a cry arose for a race! And sure enough a new bridle was produced from somewhere, and five competitors immediately declared their intention of racing for it. Reader, I am not describing a country race meeting, but a Government land sale in the bush, the founding of a future city! A most successful sale, too, for eventually every town lot was sold at a good advance on upset price. But not to anticipate. "Where is the best course?" was asked by young Mr. FALKINER, the auctioneer acting for the Government, through the unfortunate illness of Mr. Ken- nard, of Toowoomba. "Oh! the main street will do. It is all cleared." And down the main street trooped the five horsemen and their starter, whose red neckerchief tied to a stick did duty for a flag. Half a mile or thereabouts was traversed: then the cry, "They're off!" " They're off !" arose; and in two minutes the Maiden Plate of Turallin, in the shape of a bridle worth 12s. 6d., was pulled off by "Paddy Joyce's brown." "Now, gentlemen, let us get to business," shouted Mr. JOHN FALKINER, who had jumped on to the top of a box stump. The Maiden Plate excitement had put all in a good humour, so the crowd left the "course" and surrounded the auctioneer. The first lot of 2 roods, a corner one, was put up at £6, and speedily run up by 10s. bids to £10, when it was knocked down amid cheers to Mr. J. Maloney as the first purchaser of a town lot in the new town. The next lot, not being a corner one, fell for £7 10s. to a Pittsworth and Toowoomba mercantile firm; then came one for £6 10s.; then one at £8, bought for the church. The next offered was lot 5, a corner of the main road and the main cross street. Several buyers wanted this, for on it could be built perhaps the leading hotel, so the bids were quick till £13 was reached, and the Q.N. Bank declared the purchaser. The opposite corner, however, was as good a site, and its turn oame next, but the bank manager again topped the bids at £13 10s. Things went briskly on now. No thoughts of horse-racing, all were wanting an allotment, and £8, £9, £10, and £12 10s. were the prices at which the hammer fell, till the lots had worked back to another corner of the main and cross street adjoining the bank. For this there was smart competition up to £15, when the inexorable bank manager nodded another 10s. and "got it," having secured two acres in the very centre of the new town for £55 10s. Some day the Queensland National Bank will possibly sell for £500 10s. or more; that is, when a gold mine or a coal mine, an artesian well or a railway, crops up in the district. In all forty lots of half an acre eaoh were disposed of in the rapid and effficient way Mr. FALKINER, jun., possesses as an auctioneer, for he was not one whit nervous although this was his maiden effort as a Government land auctioneer, and the result was that there were no withdrawals, but every lot realised on the average nearly 50 per cent over upset price. Certainly the sale was successful, and it ended with three cheers for the young auctioneer. But the day's work was by no means over, for now lunch was announced, and the ladies sat down on the sapling seats, the sandwiches, cakes, and fruit were handed round, the two oil-drums and the old kerosine tin filled with tea were brought in, and everyone dipped in his or her pannikin or cup, drank, ate, and made merry, though not one drop of intoxi- cating liquor was obtainable. After lunch Mr. J. FALKINER again jumped on his stump and offered for sale a 1200-acre block, the property of a settler in the neighbourhood, but no offer was made. Then he moved to the yards and sold the old ewes and the other stock. Business being now ended the rest of the afternoon was given up to pleasure, and horse race after horse race was run, till the drooping of the sun warned those who had a long way to go that it was time to leave. Now for an explanation of this strange, this unique, Government land sale. Let me state that this township of Turallin owes its birth to the energy of F. Strüver, Esq., the hos- pitable and popular owner of Pine Creek station. Recognising the want of a township in the district - for there was none nearer than Pittsworth, thirty-five miles away - he made representations to the Government to get this land surveyed, assuring them that it would all be sold. The Government, nothing loth to obtain money, fell in with his wishes, and the result has justified Mr. Striiyer's assertion that the township was required. But in order to make it a success Mr. Strüver left no stone unturned. He interested the residents in the neighbourhood in the matter and got them to make a gala day of the occasion, and also to initiate stock sales. Thus it was that the adjacent station owners gave their shearers a holiday, and, all shearers being owners of good horses, a race meeting resulted; the wives and the daughters of settlers came to see and to talk, and to be seen and be talked to; the swing was erected for the young folks' amusement; and the bough-shed, the tea, sandwiches, cakes, and fruit were provided by the two nearest residents to the new township, Mr. F. Strüver and Mrs. Bacon. In short Mr. Strüver showed the Government how to run a land sale, and the result was, I must reiterate, all lots sold at 50 per cent above upset price. The future of the new town I will not ven- ture to predict except to say that for a long time it will be in the germ stage of growth unless accident develop it. There is talk in the neighbourhood of a railway to it. If that happens it will of course get a help up. At any rate when the ugly box forest is cut down, it will not be at all a bad place, for the soil is a sandy loam, and does not stick to boots, wheels, and everything as is the case in townships on black-soil flats. Also, though the box forest appears level, there is an undulation of surface, and the township is on the crown of it, and the ground slopes to the banks of Pine Creek, which contains a fairish sort of waterhole for town requirements, and which only wants a small dam to turn it into a miniature lake. Turallin is reached by coach from Pittsworth,which leaves Mr. Bowden's comfortable hotel twice a week. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/19811453?searchTerm=Falkiner%20#pstart2272014 The Queenslander 16 Feb 1889 On Feb 13th a somewhat serious accident happened as Mr. Falkiner, auctioneer, was driving home from the Clifton land sale yesterday. His horses became unmanageable and bolted, smashing up the buggy while attempting to jump a dry watercourse two miles from Clifton. Mr. Falkiner, his SON, and Mr. Snell were thrown out, but the other occu pants of the buggy escaped with a few bruises. Mr. Falkiner's leg was very seriously injured. The shaft of the buggy broke, and a splinter from it lacerated the limb from the knee downwards; his back was also injured by one of the horses trampling on him. He was conveyed in a buggy to Allora, and came down to Toowoomba, arriving by the train at midnight. Medical aid was procured, but Mr. Falkiner could not be moved to his home. A large piece of flesh was found on the buggy pole. The Sydney Morning Herald 13 April 1928 SINGLETON RESIDENT'S DEATH. SINGLETON, Thursday. Mr. John Falkiner, of the firm of Grainger and Falkiner Singleton, died this morning at The Entrance, Tuggerah. He had been in ill health for several months. Deceased, who was about 60 years of age, was a resident of Singleton for many years. He was prominently identified with all public bodies and movements. During the war he did magnificent work in connection with various patriotic movements. He is survived by Mrs. Falkiner and three daughters. The Brisbane Courier Tuesday 17 April 1928 Page 15 The death of Mr. John (Jack) Falkiner, late of Singleton, New South Wales took place ,at Tuggerah. Lakes on Thursday last. Until recently Mr. Falkiner was actively interested in business pursuits in Singleton, and was managing direotor of the firm of Grainger and Falkiner, Ltd. Recently failing health compelled him to relinquish his active interests in business life, and he removed to Rosevill, Sydney, occasionally visiting Singleton, and making pilglmagee to Tuggerah Lakes' fishing grounds. His Brisbane friends will re- member his prowess with the rod when he came up on several occasions to fish the waters of Moreton Bay after mackerel and other big fish. Of a genial disposition, he made friends wherever he wçnt. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/16457834?searchTerm=John%20Falkiner The Sydney Morning Herald 18th April 1928 MR. JOHN FALKINER - OBITUARY The late Mr. John Falkiner, of Roslyn avenue Roseville, and Singleton, who died last Thursday at The Entrance, was for many years managing director of Grainger and Falkiner, Ltd., Singleton. Many important pastoral and farming properties in the Hunter and other northern districts passed through his hands. He was also well known through out New South Wales and Queensland as a successful livestock salesman. He was a popular member of several anglers' clubs, and was one of the first Australian amateur fishermen to visit the now famous deep-sea fishing grounds at Cape Brett, New Zealand He is survived by Mrs. Falkiner and three daughters, Mrs. H. Little, Mrs. R. Gelling, and Miss Betty Falkiner. The Sydney Morning Herald 9 June 1928 LATE MR. JOHN FALKINER. I Probate has been granted of the will of the late Mr. John Falkiner, auctioneer, of Singleton who died on April 12 last, aged 59 years, leaving an estate of the net value of £30,788. Testator bequeathed £50 to the Dangar Cottage Hospital, £200 to the Singleton Methodist Sunday School, £100 and £50, respectively to two employees, and, subject to these and certain other bequests, he left his estate to his widow, children, mother and sisters. Sydney Morning Herald 29 Sept 1933 SINGLETON-Additions costing £800 have been made to the Methodist Sunday School hall. Bequests of £200 each to the fund were made by the late Mrs M A Stevenson and Mr John Falkiner The opening of the new hall was performed by Mrs Errol Maffey, a daughter of the late Mr Falkiner

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17. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: NSW bdm register, Title: NSW bdm register

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Reg No 4687/1894 Falkiner John P K and Blair Maria - West Maitland

18. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Queensland bdm index, Title: Queensland bdm index

- Reference = (Birth)

- Notes: reg no 1868/828

52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: Reg No 1928/8528 - Gosford, NSW - Robert and Elizabeth A

60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: The Brisbane Courier 3 May 1928 DEATHS. FALKINER.-At Tuggerah, Jack Falkiner, eldest son of the late R. Falkiner, Wynnum South, and Mrs. E. A. Falkiner, Ryan-street, Hill End, Brisbane. The Sydney Morning Herald 13 April 1928 DEATH _ FALKINER - April 12, at The Entrance, John Falkiner, of Roslyn Avenue, Roseville and Singleton, beloved husband of Mia, aged 59 years.

- Reference = (Birth)

- Notes: Sydney Morning Herald 21 Nov 1868 BIRTHS On the 13th instant, at her residence, Toowoomba, Queensland, Mrs. ROBERT FALKINER, of a son.

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