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Robert FALKINER (1843 - 1922)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Bessie Frances FALKINER ( - 1958) John (Jack) Percy Kingston FALKINER (1868 - 1928) Mary Ellen FALKINER (1872 - 1940) Unnamed FALKINER (1874 - ) Robert Davenport FALKINER (1876 - 1895) Kingston Sydney FALKINER (1878 - 1935) Margaret (Daisy) Hobbs FALKINER (1880 - 1918)	Robert FALKINER (1843 - 1922) + Elizabeth Anne KINGSTON (1846 - 1928)	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)	Possibly John BALLARD (1750 - 1800)
				Possibly Moira CARROL

b. 1843 at West Maitland, NSW, Australia

m. 03 Oct 1867 Elizabeth Anne KINGSTON (1846 - 1928) at Singleton, NSW, Australia

d. 27 Jun 1922 at Queensland, Australia aged 79

Near Relatives of Robert FALKINER (1843 - 1922)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Nathaniel FALKINER
Grandmother	Penelope Winifred (MINCHEN) PINCH
Grandfather	John HOBBS	abt 1785	Terryglass, Tipperary, Ireland	abt 1847	Co Tipperary, Ireland	62
Grandmother	Margaret (Bridged Bridget Biddie )BALLARD	1795	Tipperary, Ireland	1879	Grenville, Ontario, Canada	84
Father in Law	William KINGSTON	1809	Bantry, Co. Cork, Ireland	22 Mar 1880	Singleton, NSW, Australia	71
Mother in Law	Mary Ann MOYNAN	abt 1818	Kings County, Ireland	1890	Singleton, NSW, Australia	72
Father	John FALKINER	1816	Terryglass, Tipperary, Ireland	02 Jul 1894	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	78
Mother	Margaret (Margaretta) HOBBS	abt 1819	Ireland	04 Feb 1906	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	87
Self	Robert FALKINER	1843	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	27 Jun 1922	Queensland, Australia	79
Wife	Elizabeth Anne KINGSTON	1846	New South Wales, Australia	1928	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	82
Daughter	Bessie Frances FALKINER			1958	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Son	John (Jack) Percy Kingston FALKINER	13 Nov 1868	Queensland, Australia	12 Apr 1928	Gosford, NSW, Australia	59
Daughter	Mary Ellen FALKINER	04 Dec 1872	Queensland, Australia	1940	Queensland, Australia	68
Daughter	Unnamed FALKINER	20 May 1874	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Son	Robert Davenport FALKINER	1876	Queensland, Australia	11 Nov 1895	Cleveland, Queensland, Australia	19
Son	Kingston Sydney FALKINER	1878	Queensland, Australia	1935	Wynnum, Queensland, Australia	57
Daughter	Margaret (Daisy) Hobbs FALKINER	09 Oct 1880	Queensland, Australia	1918	Queensland, Australia	38
Sister	Infant FALKINER	abt 1842
Sister	Jane FALKINER	10 Apr 1845	Maitland, NSW, Australia	07 Apr 1914	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	68
Sister	Rebecca FALKINER	05 Sep 1846	Maitland, NSW, Australia	16 Jul 1921	Maitland, NSW, Australia	74
Sister	Mary Anne FALKINER	10 May 1848	NSW, Australia	16 Jan 1917	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia	68
Sister	Margaret Hobbs FALKINER	13 Feb 1850	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	14 Aug 1888	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	38
Brother	John Hobbs FALKINER	18 Jan 1851	Maitland, NSW, Australia	12 Dec 1862	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	11
Brother	Samuel FALKINER	1853	Maitland, NSW, Australia	19 Oct 1854	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1
Brother	Frederick Nathaniel FALKINER	06 Jul 1855	Maitland, NSW, Australia	28 Sep 1894	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	39
Sister	Female FALKINER	1857	Maitland, NSW, Australia
Sister	Fanny Maria FALKINER	21 Sep 1857	Maitland, NSW, Australia	17 Apr 1932	Neutral Bay, NSW, Australia	74
Brother	Benjamin Ralph FALKINER	1860	Maitland, NSW, Australia	12 Apr 1896	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	36
Sister	Ellen FALKINER	1862	Maitland, NSW, Australia	1892	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	30
Daughter in Law	Maria (Mia) BLAIR	1868	Maitland, NSW, Australia	08 Oct 1942	Quirindi, NSW, Australia	74
Daughter in Law	Lucy Ethel DUN			1955	Queensland, Australia
Son in Law	John Ouseley BYRNE			1974	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia
Granddaughter	Kate B (Kitty) FALKINER	1894	Singleton, NSW, Australia
Granddaughter	Mary Kingston (Molly) FALKINER	1898	Singleton, NSW, Australia
Granddaughter	Elisabeth (Betty) Hamilton FALKINER	1907	Singleton, NSW, Australia	1989	New South Wales, Australia	82
Granddaughter	Mary FALKINER
Granddaughter	Margaret Elizabeth FALKINER	09 Apr 1911	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Grandson	John (Jack) William Kingston BYRNE	1907	Bowenville, Queensland, Australia	1987	Queensland, Australia	80
Grandson	Kingston Ouseley BYRNE	1910	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	09 Feb 1940	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	30
Aunt	Jane (Australia) HOBBS	abt 1822	Ireland	17 Mar 1917	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	95
Uncle	Andrew HODGINS	abt 1819	Inniskillen, Fermanagh, Ireland	10 Mar 1874	Farley, Maitland, NSW, Australia	55
Uncle	Robert Jnr HOBBS	10 Sep 1822	Co Tipperary, Ireland	05 Aug 1908	Goulbourn, Carleton, Ontario, Canada	85
Aunt	Mary Jane (Jane )COYLES	abt 1837	Ireland	1923	Ashton, Goulburn, Carleton, Ontario, Canada	86
Aunt	???????Jane (Canada)HOBBS	24 Sep 1825	Ireland	08 Jun 1907	Canada	81
Uncle	William Alexander HOBBS	15 Aug 1832	Ireland	09 Feb 1918	Leeds, Ontario, Canada	85
Aunt	Mary Ann HOBBS	1835	Ure, Co. Tipperary, Ireland	09 May 1873	Canada	38
Uncle	Nelson CORBITT	1830	Nepean, Canada	1897	Carleton, Ontario, Canada	67
Cousin	Thomas HODGINS	08 May 1846	Co Tipperary, Ireland	24 Nov 1921	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	75
Cousin	John HODGINS	17 Jun 1848	Ireland	21 Dec 1923	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	75
Cousin	Eliza HODGINS	1850	Co Tipperary, Ireland	19 Sep 1885	Anvil Creek, Greta, NSW, Australia	35
Cousin	William HODGINS	1853	Co Tipperary, Ireland	29 Jun 1911	Uralla, NSW, Australia	58
Cousin	James HODGINS	1855	NSW, Australia	06 May 1857	Maitland, NSW, Australia	2
Cousin	Margaret HODGINS	05 Dec 1858	Maitland, NSW, Australia	02 Sep 1908	Kurri Kurri, NSW, Australia	49
Cousin	Robert HODGINS	07 Dec 1861	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	16 Nov 1919	Wallsend, Newcastle, NSW, Australia	57
Cousin	Frederick Andrew HODGINS	1864	Maitland, NSW, Australia	1943	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	79
Cousin	Ina HODGINS	abt 1865
Cousin	John Edward HOBBS	abt 1859	Chelsea, Quebec, Canada	19 May 1913	Ashton, Goulburn, Carleton, Ontario, Canada	54
Cousin	Isabella HOBBS	abt 1861	Goulbourn, Carleton, Ontario, Canada	1939	Carleton, Ontario, Canada	78
Cousin	Robert James HOBBS	abt 1863	Goulbourn, Carleton, Ontario, Canada	1927	Goulbourn, Carleton, Ontario, Canada	64
Cousin	William Alexander HOBBS	abt 1865	Ontario, Canada	1878	Carleton, Ontario, Canada	13
Cousin	Angus Coyles HOBBS	abt 1868	Goulbourn, Ontario, Canada	1965	Carleton, Ontario, Canada	97
Cousin	Nelson Albert HOBBS	1870	Goulbourn, Carleton, Ontario, Canada	1962	Ontario, Canada	92
Cousin	Arthur Ralph HOBBS	1873	Ontario, Canada	1927	Carleton, Ontario, Canada	54
Cousin	Thomas Henry HOBBS	abt 1877	Ontario, Canada	1879		2
Cousin	William CORBITT	1857	Sittsville, Ontario, Canada	1933	Carleton, Ontario, Canada	76
Cousin	Eliza Jane CORBITT	1858	Ontario, Canada	1921	York, Ontario, Canada	63
Cousin	Sarah Ellen CORBITT	1861		1891		30
Cousin	Margaret Ann CORBITT	1863
Cousin	Nelson Alexander CORBITT	1867
Cousin	John Edward CORBITT	1868
Cousin	Robert Silas CORBITT	1870
Cousin	Crawford CORBITT	1872	Carleton, Goulbourn, Ontario, Canada
Cousin	Spearman CORBITT	1872	Carleton, Goulbourn, Ontario, Canada
Niece	Emma ROURKE	1865	Maitland, NSW, Australia	1866	Maitland, NSW, Australia	1
Nephew	George ROURKE	02 Aug 1866	Maitland, NSW, Australia	1943	Mosman, NSW, Australia	77
Niece	Alice ROURKE	1867	Maitland, NSW, Australia	1942	Paterson, NSW, Australia	75
Niece	Jane ROURKE	1869	Maitland, NSW, Australia	08 Aug 1869	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	0
Nephew	Benjamin ROURKE	20 Jul 1870	Maitland, NSW, Australia	20 Jul 1924	Burwood, Newcastle, NSW, Australia	54
Nephew	Harry (Henry) Marshall ROURKE	03 Jul 1872	Maitland, NSW, Australia	02 Apr 1953	Maitland, NSW, Australia	80
Nephew	John Falkiner ROURKE	1874	Maitland, NSW, Australia	1950	Newcastle, NSW, Australia	76
Niece	Emma (Emily) ROURKE	1876		26 Sep 1927	Sydney, NSW, Australia	51
Niece	Unnamed ROURKE	1876	Maitland, NSW, Australia
Niece	Edith ROURKE	25 Nov 1878	Maitland, NSW, Australia	1956	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	78
Niece	Margaret ROURKE	1879	Maitland, NSW, Australia	31 May 1957	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	78
Niece	Jemima May ROURKE	1881	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	08 Aug 1968	Raymond Terrace, NSW, Australia	87
Niece	Isabel ROURKE	24 Nov 1883	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1968	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	85
Nephew	Arthur G ROURKE	1885	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1885	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	0
Niece	Ruth Campbell MACDOUGALL
Niece	Mary Campbell MACDOUGALL	1875	Richmond, Victoria, Australia
Nephew	Robert MACDOUGALL
Nephew	Archibald Falkiner MACDOUGALL	1877	Maitland, NSW, Australia
Nephew	Eric Campbell MACDOUGALL	1885	Duno, Victoria, Australia	1954	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	69
Niece	Florence Mary HOWARTH	19 Sep 1872	Maitland, NSW, Australia	26 Feb 1920	Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia	47
Niece	Margaretta H Falkiner HOWARTH	19 Sep 1872	Maitland, NSW, Australia	Aug 1909	Granville, NSW, Australia	36
Nephew	John Shepherd Falkiner HOWARTH	1874	Buninyong, Victoria, Australia	05 May 1915	Gallipoli, Turkey	41
Nephew	Robert Henry St Patrick HOWARTH	17 Mar 1877	Break O'Day, Vic, Australia	13 Aug 1956	Lakemba, NSW, Australia	79
Nephew	Horace Maitland StAlbans HOWARTH	10 Oct 1879	Mooroopna, Vic, Australia	22 Apr 1950	Concord, Sydney, NSW, Australia	70
Nephew	Harold Frederick Benjamin Samuel HOWARTH	17 Oct 1882	Elmore, Victoria, Australia	29 Apr 1932	Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia	49
Niece	Ruby Sybil Falkiner HOWARTH	1884	Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia
Niece	Ethel May HOWARTH	13 May 1886	Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia	27 May 1886	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	0
Nephew	Cyril Reginald Falkiner HOWARTH	1887	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	20 Mar 1961	Homebush, NSW, Australia	74
Nephew	Darcy Frederick FALKINER	08 Jan 1891	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1935	Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia	44
Nephew	John Hobbs FALKINER	1892	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	06 Oct 1961	Queensland, Australia	69
Niece	Margaret Maud FALKINER	27 Jan 1893	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	21 May 1893	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	0
Nephew	Frederick (Fred) FALKINER	1894	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1917	Ypres, Belgium	23
Niece	Elsie May BRUNKER	1879	Maitland, NSW, Australia	1956	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	77
Nephew	Herbert James Nixon BRUNKER	1882	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	12 Oct 1917	Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium	35
Nephew	Arthur F BRUNKER	14 Feb 1885	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1935	Ryde, Sydney, NSW, Australia	50
Niece	Irene Weiss BRUNKER	25 Nov 1887	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1947		60
Niece	Bessie Hewlett BRUNKER	1889	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1956	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	67
Nephew	Royden Falkiner BRUNKER	1891	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1914	Mungindi, New South Wales, Australia	23
Nephew	Keith Eugene BRUNKER	1893	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1969	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	76
Niece	Joyce Marguerite BRUNKER	1894	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	21 Sep 1978	Dubbo, NSW, Australia	84
Niece	Zita Neila Nesbit BRUNKER	1897	West Maitland, NSW, Australia
Nephew	Frederick FALKINER	21 Nov 1881	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	20 May 1945	Mayfield, NSW, Australia	63
Nephew	John Hobbs FALKINER	20 May 1883	East Maitland, NSW, Australia	1957	Maitland, NSW, Australia	74
Niece	Margaret R FALKINER	03 Feb 1885	East Maitland, NSW, Australia	03 Feb 1885	East Maitland, NSW, Australia	0
Nephew	Benjamin R FALKINER	21 Oct 1887	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	13 Nov 1902	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	15
Nephew	George R FALKINER	1889	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1889	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	0
Niece	Jeanie May FALKINER	1890	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1963	Rockdale, Sydney, NSW, Australia	73
Niece	Nellie Pilgrim FALKINER	1892	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1980	NSW, Australia	88
Brother in Law	John ROURKE	1838	NSW, Australia	1916	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	78
Brother in Law	William BONE			aft 1921
Brother in Law	John Campbell MACDOUGALL	21 Jan 1846	Longbottom, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia	Sep 1889	Balmain, NSW, Australia	43
Brother in Law	John HOWARTH	23 Oct 1849	Paddington, Sydney, NSW, Australia	06 Mar 1924	Lismore, NSW, Australia	74
Sister in Law	Maud Therese BITHREY
Brother in Law	James Henry BRUNKER	1855		1916	Newcastle, NSW, Australia	61
Sister in Law	Frances (Fanny) PILGRIM	1859	Paterson, NSW, Australia	31 Aug 1945	Mayfield, NSW, Australia	86

Events in Robert FALKINER (1843 - 1922)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1843		Robert FALKINER was born	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	Note 1	17
1867	24	Residence	Hay, NSW, Australia	Note 2
03 Oct 1867	24	Married Elizabeth Anne KINGSTON (aged 21)	Singleton, NSW, Australia	Note 3	17, 60
13 Nov 1868	25	Birth of son John (Jack) Percy Kingston FALKINER	Queensland, Australia	Note 4	18, 60
04 Dec 1872	29	Birth of daughter Mary Ellen FALKINER	Queensland, Australia	reg no 18722/3013	18
20 May 1874	31	Birth of daughter Unnamed FALKINER	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia	Note 5	18, 60
1876	33	Birth of son Robert Davenport FALKINER	Queensland, Australia	reg no 1876/1486	18
1878	35	Birth of son Kingston Sydney FALKINER	Queensland, Australia	reg no 1878/1762	18
09 Oct 1880	37	Birth of daughter Margaret (Daisy) Hobbs FALKINER	Queensland, Australia	Note 6	18, 52
02 Jul 1894	51	Death of father John FALKINER (aged 78)	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	Note 7	17, 60
11 Nov 1895	52	Death of son Robert Davenport FALKINER (aged 19)	Cleveland, Queensland, Australia	Note 8	60
1903	60	Electoral roll	Charlotte St, Wynnum, Qld, Australia	Note 9	37
04 Feb 1906	63	Death of mother Margaret (Margaretta) HOBBS (aged 87)	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	Note 10	52
1908	65	Electoral roll	Charlotte St, Wynnum, Qld, Australia	Note 11	37
1913	70	Electoral roll	Charlotte St, Wynnum, Qld, Australia	Note 12	37
1918	75	Death of daughter Margaret (Daisy) Hobbs FALKINER (aged 38)	Queensland, Australia	Note 13	18, 60
1919	76	Electoral roll	Charlotte St, Wynnum, Qld, Australia	Note 14	37
27 Jun 1922	79	Robert FALKINER died	Queensland, Australia	Note 15	18, 60
28 Jun 1922	79	Burial	Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, Australia	Note 16	53

Note 1: Reg No V184394 155/1843 West Maitland - from his death notice - see notes

Note 2: from marriage notice - see notes

Note 3: reg no 2842/1867 - Patricks Plain http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/5781386?searchTerm=Robert%20Falkiner%20NSW#pstart219881 The Argus (Melbourne) 23 Oct 1867 FALKINER - KINGSTON - On the 3rd inst, at All Saints' Church, Singleton, NSW, by the Rev James Blackwood, BA., Robert Falkiner, Esq , manager Australian Joint Stock Bank, Hay, to Elizabeth Ann, eldest daughter of William Kingston, Esq , Singleton, New South Wales

Note 4: 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 5: reg no 1874/4053 IS this possibly Bessie Frances?? http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/18330959?searchTerm=Falkiner The Queenslander - 23 May 1874 BIRTHS Falkiner - On the 20th May, at Mort Estate, Toowoomba, the wife of Robert Falkiner, Lode Creek, of a daughter

Note 6: reg no 1880/2055 - Robert Falkiner and Elizabeth Ann Kingston

Note 7: see notes for newspaper articles The IGI has a John Falkiner born 18 May 1816 in Terryglass, married 1939 Terryglass, died 1906 NSW, Australia. (I can't find this death record in the NSW bdm) - wife Margarete died 1906 The NSW bdm reg no 7952/1894 FALKINER JOHN NATHANIEL PINIFRED WEST MAITLAND From a Rootsweb personal page: Bev Edmonds inherited a shed full of old newspapers that she transcribed interesting bits from: Taken from the Queenslander, Brisbane, Saturday, October 6, 1894 FALKINER, on the 28th September, at Coral COTTAGE, West Maitland, Frederick Nathaniel FALKINER, aged 38 years, second son John FALKINER, and brother of R. FALKINER, Wynnum. The Queenslander 6 Oct 1894 FALKINER--On the 2nd. July, at his residence, Coral Cottage, West Maitland, John FALKINER, son of the late Nathaniel FALKINER, county Tipperary, aged 80 years. The Methodist (Sydney) 28 July 1894 IN MEMORIAM. MR. JOHN FALKINER. On the 2nd July, John Falkiner finished his course with joy, and entered the rest of God. He was born in Ireland on the 30th September, 1814, and had, therefore, reached his 80th year. He came to this colony in 1842, and was converted to God in the year 1840, in the old country. With the exception of a few weeks spent in Sydney, all his colonial life has been associated with the Hunter River District. By his death, one of the old landmarks of Methodism has been removed from the West Maitland Circuit. And although his days of active service had ceased for some time, his loss is most keenly felt by all classes of the Community. For over 50 years Mr. Falkiner had been identified with Methodism in this Circuit. He was a co-worker with Jonathan Innis, the first minister appointed and his first work was the starting of a Sabbath-school on the verandah of the mission-house. During this long course of years he filled with credit to himself aud great satisfaction to others, every office in the Church that a laymen could fill — from Sabbath school superintendent to a representative in Conference. A very clear insight into Mr. Falkiner's character is obtained from a document which had been carefully preserved. It is in the form of a covenant engagement made with God in the year 1840. This covenant engagement was re-signed in 1847, and 1853, and, with further additions, in 1885. The united testimony of all that knew him is that he kept this covenant. He walked with God in the deepest humility of spirit — while his life was entirely devoted to His service. His own workmen, together with the widow, the fatherless, and the distressed, rise up with one accord to tell to-day what was not known before, of the good he had done and the help he had rendered to them in their day of need. In the consecration of his life to God, verily he had kept his covenant. A memorial service was conducted in the West Maitland Church on July 8th, by the Rev. C. Jones, and a large congregation was present to testify their respect and esteem for their departed friend. [The Editors desire to add a few words to the above. The late John Falkiner was known to both of them for the past 26 years. He was a man of unblemished character, of striking physique, of kindly disposition, and of rare and unwavering fidelity to Methodism. By his personal character, his liberal support, and his services both in and out of office, he did much to build up our Church on the Hunter River. He was ever a friend to ministers and a lover of good men. ' The memory of the just is blessed.'] The Maitland Weekly Mercury 7 July 1894 LOCAL NEWS. Lamented Death of Mr. John Falkiner. — A venerable townsman went to his rest at midday on Monday. Mr. John Falkiner, who was within a few months of completing his eightieth year, died at his residence between one and two o'clock, from bronchitis accclerated by influenza and weak ness of the heart's action. The connection of the deceased gentleman with west Mait land dates back to the thirties, but we have not ascertained the exact year of Mr Falkiner's advent — we believe it was 1837 or 1838. He was by trade a boot and shoemaker, and worked at his bench for many years, till by in dustry and frugality he enlarged his means and his way of business. And eventually he abandoned the boot and shoe trade for that of a baker and con fectioner, which he was carrying on at the time of his death, assisted mainly by his wife. Mr. Falkiner was senior trustee and Circuit steward in the Wes leyan Church, with which he had been con nected almost since its establishment in West Maitland, and he has in turn held all the offices in the church. He was an alderman of the Borough for one term, but was not otherwise pro minent in general public life. No religious move ment, however, lacked his countenance and his earnest help. He leaves a widow and three sons and four daughters surviving, one of his daughters being married to Mr. John Rourke and the other to Mr. J. H. Brunker. — The late Mr. Falkiner was a sincerely religious man, a pattern to all around him. He was a leader in the church of God — a pillar of the edifice. An able expounder of the truth as he saw it, he walked in the way in which he would have others walk; and he was zealous, painstaking, unsparing of effort, and perse vering. His extended experience made him a valu able counsellor alike in religious and in worldly matters; his probity and uprightness in every re lation of life won him the trust and confidence of everybody, and in his death the town suffers an ir reparable loss. Fervent in spirit, he was also dili gent in business, and he succeeded in acquiring a decent competency by virtue of exemplary conduct of his affairs. Death has been busy of late, but has taken none whose absence will be so severely missed in some circles.

Note 8: Not confirmed GR - Lois Curtain tree - Robert drowned when his boat capsized in Moreton Bay. She has date of 1895. - further work rqd - can't see a death reg for that date. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/24471863?searchTerm=Falkiner The Queenslander 20 Nov 1897 In Memoriam FALKINER. —In loving memory of Robert Davenport, second son of~R. and E. A. Falkiner, Wynnum, drowned In Moreton Bay,. 11th November, 1895. At rest. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/21638475?searchTerm=Falkiner The Queenslander - 30 Nov 1895 Death Notice FALKINER.—On the 11th November, drowned off Cleveland, Moreton Bay, Robert Davenport, second son of R. and E. A. Falkiner, of Wynnum (late of Toowoomba), aged 19 years and 6 months. Brisbane Courier Mail 23 Nov 1895 DEATHS FALKINER.-On the 11th November, drowned off Cleveland, Moreton Bay, Robert Davenport, second son of R. and E. A. Falkiner, of Wynnum (late of Toowoomba), aged 19 years and 6 months

Note 9: Elizabeth Ann, Kingston Sydney(station hand), Margaret Hobbs, Mary Ellen and Robert (agent), Charlotte St, Wynnum, Qld

Note 10: From boat records Margaret was born c 1819 Head stone in Campbell Hill Cemetery, Maitland - died 4 Feb 1906 aged 90 years Death cert - Bob and Lois Curtain - has Margaret Hobbs (Falkiner) mother as Margaret Ballard Australia Death Index, 1787-1985 about Margaret Falkiner Name: Margaret Falkiner Death Date: 1906 Death Place: New South Wales Father's Name: John Mother's Name: Margaret Registration Year: 1906 Registration Place: Maitland West, New South Wales Registration Number: 1941

Note 11: Elizabeth Ann (home duties), Mary Ellen (home duties), Robert (agent) - Charlotte St, Wynnum, Qld

Note 12: Elizabeth Ann and Mary Ellen (both homes duties) living at Esk, Qld Elizabeth Ann (home duties) and Robert (agent), Charlotte St, Wynnum, Qld

Note 13: reg no 1918/27235 http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/20535999?searchTerm=Falkiner The Brisbane Courier 24 May 1922 BYRNE - In loving memory of Daisy, beloved wife of Ousley Byrne, Dalby, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. Falkiner, Wynnum South, May 24th 1918

Note 14: Robert (agent) Charlotte St, Wynnum South, Qld

Note 15: 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 16: Falkiner Robert 28/06 /1922 Unknown Falkiner Mary Ellen 05/12/1940 69 years Falkiner Elizabeth Anne 29/06/1928 82 years Falkiner Kingston Sydney 26/06/1935 56 years Cemetery: Toowong Cemetery Street Address: Cnr Frederick St and Mt Cootha Rd, Toowong Portion Section Grave Number 20 37 25/26

Personal Notes:

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/20551904?searchTerm=Robert%20Falkiner%20NSW#pstart1613491 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. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/19386251?searchTerm=Margaret%20Falkiner The Brisbane Courier 4 Nov 1907 Supreme Court - Civil Sittings Without a jury: Robert Falkiner v the Council of the Shire of Wynnum, claim for the repayment of certain sums improperly levied and 1000 pounds damages http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/3641098?searchTerm=Margaret%20Falkiner The Brisbane Courier 9 Dec 1896 DISTRICT COURT - CIVIL JURISDICTION Falkiner v Queensland National Bank - This was an action for the recovery of 146 pounds 5 shillings for the commission at the reate of 2 and a half percent on the sale of Tamworth station. The defence was that the bank had never employed Mr. Falkiner as agent in the matter. See full article at above web address. (Bank won the case) http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/18339176?searchTerm=Falkiner%20#pstart2244305 The Queenslander 20 Nov 1875 TOOWOOMBA LAND COURT. At the Land Court sitting held at Toowoomba, before Mr. Commissioner Hume, on November 12, the following applications to select Crown lands were accepted: — Robert Falkiner, 640 acres, East Prairie; Frederick Falkiner, 640 acres, East Prairie; John Falkiner, 640 acres, East Prairie ; Rebecca Falkiner, 640 acres, East Prairie; Fanny Falkiner, 640 acres, * East Prairie; http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/19825523?searchTerm=Falkiner%20#pstart2460012 The Queenslander - 16 July 1892 Married Woman's Property Act. His Honour Judge Paul delivered judgment in the District Court yesterday week in the case of W. Pocock v. R. Falkiner and Elizabeth A. Falkiner. The case was an important one, as it involved the construction of the clause in the Married Woman's Property Act passed last session which deals with the property of women married before the passing of the Act. It may be briefly stated that Pocock had recovered judgment against Robert Falkiner, and seized furniture in the house occupied by him and his wife. The wife claimed that she purchased the furniture out of moneys left to her by her father's will eight years ago. It was argued on behalf of the execution creditor that as the property had come to the wife before 1891, tho date upon which the Married Woman's Property Act came into force, the money accruing from the pro perty was, by the operation of the law, the husband's; and that consequently the goods purchased with that money also belonged to the husband. His Honour delivered an ex haustive judgment. He pointed out that the whole case rested upon the construction of one word. In the 4th section of the Queensland Act it is provided that after the passing of the Act a woman married after the Act came into force is entitled to all property which shall "devolve" upon her after marriage. The 7th section, dealing with women who were married before the Act came into operation, provides that a married woman is entitled to property which shall " accrue" to her after the passing of the Act. His Honour stated that if the word "devolve" had been used in the 7th section instead of " accrue" as in the 4th section, the property which Mrs. Falkiner claimed would legally have been hers; but as it was he had to state, somewhat reluctantly, that the property was her husband's, and as such could be seized by the execution creditor. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/20330868?searchTerm=Falkiner The Queenslander - 24 January 1880 EXPORTS. Spirit of the South, barque, for London: 19 bales wool, Queensland National Bank; 157 bales wool, Bell and Sons; 138 bales wool, George Harris and Co., as agents for G.H. Davenport; 603 bales wool, Scottish Australian Investment Company ; 66 bales wool, T. W. Brown and Co.; 81 bales wool, R. Lewin ; 12 bales wool, George Harris and Co., as agents for R. FALKINER ; 187 bale* wool, O. Sandeman ; 204 bales wool, W. D. Clarke ;36 bales wool, Qeorge King; 41 bales wool, Thomas Tilley ; 44 bales wool, and 3 bales sheepskins, Thomas Walker ; 116 bales wool, Sir Francis Murphy and Sons ; 109 bales wool, Qeorge Harris and Co., as agents for R. L. Jenkins ; 104 bales wool, Whittingham Bros.; 46 bales wool, Ivory Bros.; 72 bales wool, W. Sloane and Co.; 47 bales wool, Wienholt Bros.; 78 bales wool, Bright Bros, and Co.; 46 bales wool, B. D. Morehead and Co.; 49 bales w http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/19789351?searchTerm=Falkiner The Queenslander 10 Feb 1883 EXPORTS. Sepia, barque, for London: 56 bales wool, R. Falkiner; 12 bales wool http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/20337398/2247005?searchTerm=Falkiner#pstart2247005 The Queenslander - 25 December 1880 Mount Irving Farm. (BY OUR AGRICULTURAL REPORTER.) As a sample of what can be done and what can be grown on land in the neighborhood of the Westbrook Homestead Area, I purpose giving a short account of my visit to the above farm. This estate comprises 4200 acres, distant nine miles from Jondaryan railway station, and it is part of those plains which embrace Westbrook, Jondaryan, Cecil Plains, and other well-known stations. The homestead is situated at the foot of a basaltic hill of some 200 ft. in height The land is a rich black with chocolate tinge, and is amazingly fertile. Naturally there was no water upon the estate, and it is just one of that sort of places which are spoken of by the pastoral tenant as "capital country but useless for selection because there is no water." Mr. Falkiner, the proprietor, was not to be deterred by this, but, after getting his land, sank a well and got an abundance of fresh water at a depth of 40ft. This experience stimulated neighboring selectors, aud, with the exception of one farm, on all those upon which wells have been sunk good water has been struck. Mr. Falkiner is a believer in labor-saving machinery, and over his well has erected a Halli day windmill which pumps the water into troughs and into a reservoir. Night and day does this mill work, turning with the slightest wind, reefing itself in a gale, and giving every satisfaction. Near the house I saw another of these mills being put together on temporary posts prior to being permanently erected over a second well which is being Bunk nearer the foot of the mount, and the water from which is to be used for irrigating lucerne paddocks on a lower level. The proprietor had this last season some forty acres under wheat, the greater part of which was sown early and has done well; the little that was sown late was rusted and has been cut for hay. On some eighteen acres which was ploughed up about Christmas time last year and so left exposed to the summer's sun, then harrowed, and the seed wheat sown and not harrowed in but trodden in with sheep, the yield was estimated by all who saw it—the actual test of thrashing not having yet been applied—to be from forty to forty five bushels per acre, and certainly from the size of the ears which I pulled out of the well-con structed stacks I should judge the yield will be most excellent. In my opinion the com bination of grazing with tillage will be found to be absolutely necessary to the Queensland farmer. The growth of weeds on the stubbles is so great that to keep them clear as a fallow in volves great labor, whereas a flock of sheep could be used for this purpose with profit to themselves and with advantage to the succeeding crops. On Mount Irving farm there are 5000 sheep, and the proprietor has chosen the huge Shropshire Downs as the ones he intends to devote himself to per fecting. With such excellent land, a few more wells sunk, and the cultivation and lucerne pad docks extended as rapidly as they are being done, it will not be many years before ten times as many sheep can be carried. Lucerne does well, the paddocks presenting a most pleasant sight. Maim, Maize, with the roughest of treatment, yields 60 to 70 bushels. Sorghum and imphee are a dense mass of 10ft high fodder. English potatoes are a capital crop; I could not get particulars as to the yield, but I was struck with the strong healthy look of the haulm, the number of sound marketable sized potatoes to each root, and the absence of small ones, which latter is sure sign of a heavy yield. Mangold also does exceed ingly well, and pumpkins and melons of course are as weeds in their luxuriance. The whole of this estate is enclosed and subdivided with well erected wire fences, and the homestead, with its fine house, barn, woolshed, and outbuildings, would put to shame more than one-half of our squatters' head-stations. I was particularly im pressed with the healthy appearance of the orange trees in the garden ; they are but young —I should guess about three years old—but they all—for I examined every one—had that look of perfect health which shows at once when a plant i.i suitable to its soil and locality ; there were no shoots that had died back so commonly seen among these trees, and which are the result of deficient drainage ; and there was not a sign of scale or black fungus on any of them. Although frosts are severe here the trees show no signs of being nipped by them. There are many similar situations taken up by selectors in the neighbor* hood, and I would counsel them to follow the excellent example of the proprietor of Mount Irving who is knowing them what will grow and Mount Irving Farm. (BY OUR AGRICULTURAL REPORTER.) As a sample of what can be done and what can be grown on land in the neighborhood of the Westbrook Homestead Area, I purpose giving a short account of my visit to the above farm. This estate comprises 4200 acres, distant nine miles from Jondaryan railway station, and it is part of those plains which embrace Westbrook, Jondaryan, Cecil Plains, and other well-known stations. The homestead is situated at the foot of a basaltic hill of some 200 ft. in height The land is a rich black with chocolate tinge, and is amazingly fertile. Naturally there was no water upon the estate, and it is just one of that sort of places which are spoken of by the pastoral tenant as "capital country but useless for selection because there is no water." Mr. Falkiner, the proprietor, was not to be deterred by this, but, after getting his land, sank a well and got an abundance of fresh water at a depth of 40ft. This experience stimulated neighboring selectors, aud, with the exception of one farm, on all those upon which wells have been sunk good water has been struck. Mr. Falkiner is a believer in labor-saving machinery, and over his well has erected a Halli day windmill which pumps the water into troughs and into a reservoir. Night and day does this mill work, turning with the slightest wind, reefing itself in a gale, and giving every satisfaction. Near the house I saw another of these mills being put together on temporary posts prior to being permanently erected over a second well which is being Bunk nearer the foot of the mount, and the water from which is to be used for irrigating lucerne paddocks on a lower level. The proprietor had this last season some forty acres under wheat, the greater part of which was sown early and has done well; the little that was sown late was rusted and has been cut for hay. On some eighteen acres which was ploughed up about Christmas time last year and so left exposed to the summer's sun, then harrowed, and the seed wheat sown and not harrowed in but trodden in with sheep, the yield was estimated by all who saw it—the actual test of thrashing not having yet been applied—to be from forty to forty five bushels per acre, and certainly from the size of the ears which I pulled out of the well-con structed stacks I should judge the yield will be most excellent. In my opinion the com bination of grazing with tillage will be found to be absolutely necessary to the Queensland farmer. The growth of weeds on the stubbles is so great that to keep them clear as a fallow in volves great labor, whereas a flock of sheep could be used for this purpose with profit to themselves and with advantage to the succeeding crops. On Mount Irving farm there are 5000 sheep, and the proprietor has chosen the huge Shropshire Downs as the ones he intends to devote himself to per fecting. With such excellent land, a few more wells sunk, and the cultivation and lucerne pad docks extended as rapidly as they are being done, it will not be many years before ten times as many sheep can be carried. Lucerne does well, the paddocks presenting a most pleasant sight. Maim, Maize, with the roughest of treatment, yields 60 to 70 bushels. Sorghum and imphee are a dense mass of 10ft high fodder. English potatoes are a capital crop; I could not get particulars as to the yield, but I was struck with the strong healthy look of the haulm, the number of sound marketable sized potatoes to each root, and the absence of small ones, which latter is sure sign of a heavy yield. Mangold also does exceed ingly well, and pumpkins and melons of course are as weeds in their luxuriance. The whole of this estate is enclosed and subdivided with well erected wire fences, and the homestead, with its fine house, barn, woolshed, and outbuildings, would put to shame more than one-half of our squatters' head-stations. I was particularly im pressed with the healthy appearance of the orange trees in the garden ; they are but young —I should guess about three years old—but they all—for I examined every one—had that look of perfect health which shows at once when a plant i.i suitable to its soil and locality ; there were no shoots that had died back so commonly seen among these trees, and which are the result of deficient drainage ; and there was not a sign of scale or black fungus on any of them. Although frosts are severe here the trees show no signs of being nipped by them. There are many similar situations taken up by selectors in the neighbor* hood, and I would counsel them to follow the excellent example of the proprietor of Mount Irving who is knowing them what will grow and how to grow it All suoh m have a well-drained ■haltered piece of land I recommend to plant an orange orchard; but on those selection* on the more clayey flats further from the basaltic hills this fruit would probably fail. From the top of Little Mount Irving the view at the present time is most grand to the eye of the graiier, presenting as it does a vast ocean of waving green gnus. This season has certainly been a good one in the diatriot, and the late drought is well compensated for. The most prominent object in the foreground of this fine view is the homestead of Mr. Falkiner with its white»roofed buildings and green maize and lucerne paddocks. Scattered at intervals of from a quarter to half a mile apart are the homesteads of the various selectors of the celebrated home stead area of Westbrook. The less said about these the better, for in general there is but a bare hut, without outhouse, barn, cultivation, or even the vestige of a garden. As I look over this scene with the eye of an agriculturist I sigh, for I know that the reason of this terribly hard struggle of the selector is want of sufficient capital. Poverty and toil will for years be the lot of these men, yet I firmly believe that three* fourths of them will eventually pull through if they perseveringly stick to it. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/19817158?searchTerm=Falkiner%20#pstart2270920 The Queenslander 14 Sept 1889 The Saturday's Auction Sale of the Darling Downs Farmers' Association. BY OUR AGRICULTURAL REPORTER. The Darling Downs Farmers' Association, of which Mr. W. Crawford is president, was formed some eighteen months ago. Its main object is to bring the producer and consumerinto closer relationship. In order to more effeotually accomplish this it waa determined to hold in Toowoomba weekly sales by auction for cash of produce in small as well as large lots. These sales are held every Saturday at noon, in the room of Messrs. FALKINER & Co., Ruthven street, and the salesman and agent of the association is Mr. JOHN FALKINER. The terms of membership are very simple; only an annual subscription of 5s.; but the sales are not con fined to the produce of members. The com mission charged to members is 5 per cent; to non-members a trifle more. Last year sales to the amount of over £5000 were effected, and this, too, during a year of unparalleled drought. Being in Toowoomba last Saturday I made it my business to attend the sale and take notes for the benefit of the farming readers of the Queenslander. The proceedings were most in teresting, and I strongly counsel growers in every district to follow this example set by the farmers of the Toowoomba neighbourhood. The one great throwback tho Queensland farmer and gardener has to contend against is that in no town has provision been made by the Government for a public retail market-place. One reason of the rapid advance Victoria has made in the cultivation of its soil is that from the very first inception of its towns the Satur day's " Paddy's market" has been provided for. The Toowoomba farmers have adopted the only means possible for them to introduce this weekly market system, and they have succeeded. To their Saturday sale anything grown by the farmer, gardener, or grazier, or anything that is of use to him in his operations, can be, and is, sent, and a motley collection there some days is to be seen in the room. The grand advan tage to the farmer is that he can thus easily dispose, for cash, of any odd and small lots, in place of spending the day wearily hawking them round the town as is done in Brisbane. The proceedings are now a recognised institu tion among the townspeople, and many of the principal hotelkeepers buy all their table supplies there. So also do shopkeepers and private householders. At noon sharp on Saturday YOUNG MR FALKINER jumped up on to a pile of orange cases to commence business. There were around him a congregation of about 100 people, all there on business as intending buyers or sellers ; and it very often happens that he who goes to sell comes away also a buyer, having gone to the very place to get the very thing wanted on the farm. There were well-dressed town residents and roughly-dressed country residents. There were hotelkeepers who wanted turkeys, fowls, and eggs by the dozen; storekeepers wanting hay, maize, and potatoes ; farmers requiring seed potatoes; housekeepers looking for nice joints of dairy fed pork or farm-grown beef and mutton. Women from the country, too, were there; neatly-dressed invariably ; whose ownership of the various lots of butter and eggs could be de tected by the anxiety on their countenances as bid after bid was made, and who did not hesi tate to withdraw the lot if in their opinion it was being " sacrificed ;" an assumption pro bably hastily based on the fact that neighbour Mrs. Jones's butter had just been knocked down at Id. per lb. more, and of course friendlyrivalry can never stand that. I was told the sale only lasted an hour, and I wondered greatly how such a multitude of small lots could pos sibly be disposed of in that time. However, immediately Mr. John Falkiner began to sell this wonder ceased, for this young man is a born auctioneer, and will certainly gravitate to the wool-sale rostrum, where the highest de velopment of the "hammer-knight's" skill is required. Some sides of mutton were first offered ; they were said to be farmer's sheep; if so I wouldn't care to own the farm, for they were poor stuff at best. They were sold in single sides. The first, started at Id., was knocked down half a minute after at 2£d.; the rest of the sides, all in single lots, followed in rapid succession, and five minutes saw all the mutton sold. There was no unnecessary talk, no expatiating on the quality; buyers could "judge for themselves, and everyone meant busi ness; the auctioneer's sharp eye caught the nods in quick succession and down fell the hammer. The auctioneer who persistently dwells on the merits of his wares simply wastes his own time and that of his cus tomers. I should state that, prior to the sale, buyers have an opportunity of in specting the goods, all of which were accurately numbered. Pork, fresh, was next announced, and real good dairy-fed pork it was, and all cut up into joints of loins, legs, shoulders, &c, varying in weight from 7lb. up 21lb. The joints were sold singly; the de mand was brisk, housekeepers competing against hotelkeepers, and in another five minutes the pork was all disposed of at prices ranging from 3d. to 4(3/4)d. Then came a dozen pieces of the flank of beef, nicely tied up, neat and tempting; these sold singly at 2(3/4)d. Hams, country dressed, brought 6d. and 7d.; bacon in lots of 5lb. to 25lb., 6d. Butter was next announced, and a glance into the little "cool chamber" showed that the proceedings would be a field day for purchasers but not for sellers, the lots being too numerous for high prices. Prior to tho sale I had tested several of the lots, and am pleased to record the excellence of the quality; there was a remarkable uniformity of flavour which surprised me, considering the number of makers represented ; a few of the lots were decidedly below par. The demand was good considering the quantity; a 41b. or 61b. lump would be brought out by the storeman, the white muslin un rolled disclosing the golden colour and firm texture, and immediately knocked down; then a dish of butter in lib. prints, not less than 4lb. to be taken, would as quickly follow suit; then buckets and tubs, full or half-full, perhaps 141b. to 251b. were dragged out, sold, and dragged back. There were but few with drawn lots, although the prices ranged only between 6d. and 8d. per lb.; one large lot of inferior going as low as 3(1/2)d. Eggs were plentiful and sold at from 6d. to 7d. per dozen; fowls, scarce, 2s. 9d. to 35.; turkeys, only three pair, 10s. and 11s. per pair; ducks, three pair, at 55.; pigs, 13s. and 12s. It is needless to particularise the proceedings further, except to point out that no lot of pro duce is refused entrance, no matter how small it may be; for instance, a live hare was sold for 2s. 6d.; a basket of green peas (the only lot in) for Is.; a bag of cabbage for l_d. per head ; a few single tins of honey at 6d.; three guinea pigs, belonging to a farmer's boy, for Is. each; a small lot of wire netting, a few drain pipes, &o. This enables the farmer to easily turn into cash any odd garden lot he may have, and the farmers' wives to add their quota to the household returns by the sale of a multitude of little things. Larger lots, suoh as hay, chaff, maize, and general farm produce are also disposed of, sometimes by auction in single bales and bags to suit the keepers of horses in towns, or privately to merchants and dealers. The one thing that surprised me was the absence of vegetables, for with the exception of the bag of cabbage and the 101b. of peas there were none, and this, too, in a climate pre-eminently suited to the growth of peas, beans, cabbages, cauliflowers, lettuce, &0., &o. I think I have written sufficient to show your farming readers in other localities that it is pos sible by associating together to make a market for their produce. One thing they must re member, and that is that the success of the venture entirely depends upon their agent salesman. He must not only be smart as an auctioneer, but he must have systematic busi ness habits, for it requires no mean exactness to receive, number, sell, and deliver such a numerous and varied collection of small lots of perishable produce as are sold weekly at Too woomba and make no mistakes. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/19935687?searchTerm=Falkiner%20#pstart2267633 The Queenslander 22 Sept 1888 Protection for Farmers. [BY TELEGRAPH FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.] TOOWOOMBA, September 15. At the auction sales of the Darling Downs Farmers' Association to-day, which were attended by a large number of members of the committee and leading agriculturists of the district, Mr. Falkiner, the salesman, addressed the assemblage, the rooms being quite crowded. He referred to the tariff proposals of the Go vernment so far as they affected the agricul tural interests, and explained the views of him self and several prominent members of the committee as to the duties on malt and barley. He described the proposals of the Government as being calculated to operate unfavourably on the farmers of the Darling Downs. In regard to the free entry of flour ho said the presence of flour-mills of the most improved type should influence the Government to levy a duty on imported flour, so that even if wheat were not grown here it could be imported and gristed at these mills. He read over the amend ments to be proposed in the Legislative Assembly by Mr. Groom, and urged all farmers to give the warmest support to that gentlemen in his present efforts to secure a proper protective tariff for the farmers, and at the same time to make the other portions of the general tariff more equitable. His remarks were heartily received, and he intimated that a general meeting of the association would be called on Wednesday next immediately after the auction sales on that day, to pass resolutions in support of Mr. Groom's proposals. There was a large company at the usual weekly stock sales of Messrs. T. G. Bobinson and Co. to-day, when considerable discussion was carried on regarding tho protective pro posals of Mr. Groom. They have very general support, and it is hoped that with the assistance of the other protectionist members of the Assembly, he will press them most forcibly on the Government. The opinion in their favour is not confined to one party, but both parties recognise the necessity for expressing confidence in his present efforts. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/19761368?searchTerm=Falkiner The Queenslander 1 Sept 1877 Sheep show at the Exhibition (August) Mr. Falkiner, of Mount Irving, showed some very fine pure South Downs, which we recognised as those reoently imported from Dapto, New South Wales. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/25502599?searchTerm=Falkiner The Queenslander - 10 January 1914 Two old Australians who accidentally met in Boston, U.S.A., on October 3, 1911. after having parted in Australia 46 years before—Mr. R. Falkiner, of Bowenville, Darling Downs, and the late Mr. Alfred Tennyson Dickens, who died while on a lecturing tour In the State* v three months afterwards. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/27269985?searchTerm=Falkiner%20#pstart2534265 The Queenslander 9 March 1872 LAND WANTED ON THE DARLING DOWNS. On Monday, February 26 (says the Chro-<*> nicle), the day appointed for receiving applica tions for the purchase of a piece of land, under the Crown Lands Alienation Act of 1868, situate at the head of Spring Greek, near Pilton Station, containing 2052 acres, which had been forfeited by Mr. J. C. S. Hegarty, there was a considerable concourse of people assembled at the Crown Lands-office, Russell street. Thirty two applications were sent in, either for the whole or part of the land alluded to, and £1905, in cash lodged in the Land-office with the said applications.' There were several other persons in attendance after the hour stated (10 o'clock), who were informed they were too late, that their applications could not be received. The follow ing were the names of those who applied, as they appear in the application book :— William Fox, Toowoomba, 300 acres. Eugene Gallagher, Allora, 640 acres. Henry Saal, Spring Greek, Allora, 2062 acres. Andrew Purcell, Toowoomba, 300 acres. Francis Kates, Allora, 2052 acres. Louis Phillips, Toowoomba, 2052 acres. Frederick Charles Easton, Spring Greek, Clifton, 2052 acres. Henry Black, Allora, 2052 acres. Samuel Gordon, Allora, 640 acres. Alexander Cameroc, Allora, 640 acres. Jeremiah Allman, Warwick, 640 acres. William Daltin, Spring Creek, Allora, 640 acres. Patrick O'Neil, Spring Creek, Allora, 640 acres. Patrick Dalton, Spring Creek, Allora, 640 acres. Laurence Cranitch, Spring Creek, Allora, 640 acres. John Cranitch, Spring Creek, Allora, 640 acres. James Meara, Toowoomba, 2052 acres. John Meara, Toowoomba, 2052 acres. Patrick Fox, Toowoomba, 300 acres. John Wallace Barnett, Brisbane, 2052 aorea. Joseph Sharp Bl'lntyre, Toowoomba, 2052 acres. ROBERT FALKINER, Toowoomba, 2052 acres. Simon Collins, Toowoomba, 2052 acres. John Collins, Toowoomba, 2052 acres. Hugh Collins, Toowoomba, 2052 acres. Martin Collins, Toowoomba, 2053 acres. Henry Layfield, Toowoomba, 160 acres. Henry Layfield, Toowoomba, 200 acres. Robert EllestOn, Toowoomba, 160 acres. Thomas Brown, Toowoomba, 160 acres. John Brown, Toowoomba, 160 acres. Henry Layfield, Toowoomba, 160 acres. I It has been asserted again and again by those who feel an interest in the matter, that Tery little land is obtainable on the Darling Downs of such a character as will induce people to settle thereon, which statements hare been as often denied by others. No better proof could be obtained of the fact that a much larger num ber of people would become permanent settlers if they saw an opportunity of doing so with advantage to themselves, than that afforded by the large number of applications in this in* stance for a piece of land that has been acci dentally thrown on the market. We hope that the Minister for Lands will not allow such a case to pass over without its due influence on him in the future management of the public estate, and that, provide the measures he brings forward in the House are such ac the nature of the case appears to warrant, that honorable members will cordially support him in carrying them into operation. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/19761365?searchTerm=Falkiner%20#pstart2241903 The Queenslander 1 Sept 1877 Wool prize at the exhibition Mr. Robert Falkiner, of Mount Irving, showed a very fair specimen of Lincoln-cum-Merino wool, for which he was awarded a silver medal.

Source References:

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

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: reg no 2842/1867 - Patricks Plain

- Reference = (Birth)

- Notes: Reg No V184394 155/1843

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

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: reg no 1922/37405

37. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Australian electoral rolls, Title: Australian Electoral Rolls, Auth: Australian government

- Reference = (Other Event)

- Notes: Elizabeth Ann and Mary Ellen (both homes duties) living at Esk, Qld Elizabeth Ann (home duties) and Robert (agent), Charlotte St, Wynnum, Qld

- Reference = (Other Event)

- Notes: Elizabeth Ann (home duties), Mary Ellen (home duties), Robert (agent) - Charlotte St, Wynnum, Qld

- Reference = (Other Event)

- Notes: Elizabeth Ann, Kingston Sydney(station hand), Margaret Hobbs, Mary Ellen and Robert (agent), Charlotte St, Wynnum, Qld

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- Notes: Robert (agent) Charlotte St, Wynnum South, Qld

53. Type: Australia Cemetery Index 1808-2007

- Reference = (Burial)

- Notes: Falkiner Robert 28/06 /1922 Unknown Falkiner Mary Ellen 05/12/1940 69 years Falkiner Elizabeth Anne 29/06/1928 82 years Falkiner Kingston Sydney 26/06/1935 56 years Cemetery: Toowong Cemetery Street Address: Cnr Frederick St and Mt Cootha Rd, Toowong Portion Section Grave Number 20 37 25/26

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

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: The Argus (Melbourne) 23 Oct 1867 FALKINER - KINGSTON - On the 3rd inst, at All Saints' Church, Singleton, NSW, by the Rev James Blackwood, BA., Robert Falkiner, Esq , manager Australian Joint Stock Bank, Hay, to Elizabeth Ann, eldest daughter of William Kingston, Esq , Singleton, New South Wales

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: 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.

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