Deaths in the 1870s

Edward Wilson

1813–1878 (age 65)

Melbourne General Cemetery

J. B. Thompson

1829–1877 (age 48)

Melbourne General Cemetery

John Smith

1816–1879 (age 63)

Melbourne General Cemetery

John Brady

1800–1871 (age 71)

St Mary's Cathedral, Perth

Richard Wardill

1840–1873 (age 33)

Melbourne General Cemetery

Thomas Wray

1827–1877 (age 50)

Melbourne General Cemetery

Edward Hayes

1810–1870 (age 60)

Melbourne General Cemetery

Benjamin Francis Kane

1834–1872 (age 38)

Melbourne General Cemetery

Samuel Bennett

1815–1878 (age 63)

Waverley Cemetery

Samuel Bennett was a newspaper editor who contributed significantly to colonial journalism during the nineteenth century...

James Campbell

1820–1879 (age 59)

Waverley Cemetery

Julie Vieusseux

1820–1878 (age 58)

Melbourne General Cemetery

Julie Vieusseux was a teacher who dedicated her career to education in colonial Melbourne.

Henry Amsinck

1799–1878 (age 79)

Melbourne General Cemetery

Francis Marion Bates

1835–1879 (age 44)

Melbourne General Cemetery

Francis Marion Bates was a stage actor who performed in colonial theatres during the nineteenth century.

Adam Lindsay Gordon

1833–1870 (age 37)

Brighton Cemetery

Daniel Baddeley Pritchard

1827–1872 (age 45)

Rookwood Necropolis

Daniel Baddeley Pritchard was a civil engineer who contributed to colonial infrastructure development.

John Fairfax

1804–1877 (age 73)

Rookwood Necropolis

Edward Nucella Emmett

1817–1874 (age 57)

Rookwood Necropolis

Edward Nucella Emmett was a banker who contributed to colonial financial development.

Adam Thomson

1813–1874 (age 61)

Rookwood Necropolis

Robert Lord

1844–1878 (age 34)

Gympie Cemetery

Robert Lord was a politician who served in colonial government during the nineteenth century.

John Septimus Roe

1797–1878 (age 81)

East Perth Cemeteries

Archibald Burt

1810–1879 (age 69)

East Perth Cemeteries

Archibald Burt was a barrister who contributed to colonial legal development.

Matilda Leay Bennett

1804–1870 (age 66)

East Perth Cemeteries

Henry Hastings Hall

1812–1870 (age 58)

East Perth Cemeteries

Henry Hastings Hall was a figure in colonial society during the nineteenth century.

Laetitia Hester (née Hall)

1823–1877 (age 54)

East Perth Cemeteries

Edward Newman

1832–1872 (age 40)

Fremantle Cemetery

Edward Newman was a politician who served in colonial government.

John Wald

1851–1871 (age 20)

Alberton

Henry Maxwell Lefroy

1818–1879 (age 61)

Karrakatta Cemetery

Henry Maxwell Lefroy was an explorer whose expeditions contributed to colonial geographical knowledge.

Charles Thomas Hewett

1793–1871 (age 78)

McLaren Vale

Thomas Blacket Stephens

1819–1877 (age 58)

South Brisbane Cemetery

Thomas Blacket Stephens was a colonial Queensland politician who served during the region's formative years.

Charles Blakeney

1802–1876 (age 74)

South Brisbane Cemetery

Henry Scott Harden

1834–1879 (age 45)

Toowong Cemetery

Henry Scott Harden was a colonial Queensland politician who served in parliament during the 1870s.

Adolph Bartels

1819–1878 (age 59)

West Terrace Cemetery

Emanuel Solomon

1800–1873 (age 73)

West Terrace Cemetery

Emanuel Solomon was a colonial Australian businessman whose commercial ventures contributed to the region's economic gro...

James Hurtle Fisher

1790–1875 (age 85)

West Terrace Cemetery

Randolph Isham Stow

1828–1878 (age 50)

West Terrace Cemetery

Randolph Isham Stow was a colonial judge who served in Queensland's legal system during the nineteenth century.

Thomas Gilbert

1789–1873 (age 84)

West Terrace Cemetery

William Hanson

1809–1875 (age 66)

West Terrace Cemetery

William Hanson was a colonial architect whose designs contributed to the development of Queensland's built environment.

Edward Grundy

1795–1875 (age 80)

West Terrace Cemetery

John Primrose

1803–1876 (age 73)

West Terrace Cemetery

John Primrose was a colonial figure who lived during Queensland's early settlement period.

Samuel Blackall

1809–1871 (age 62)

Toowong Cemetery

Maurice Charles O'Connell

1812–1879 (age 67)

Toowong Cemetery

Maurice Charles O'Connell was a colonial Queensland politician who served in parliament during the 1870s.

Anne Orpen

1799–1877 (age 78)

St Thomas Rest Park

Morris Birkbeck Pell

1827–1879 (age 52)

Balmain Cemetery

Morris Birkbeck Pell was a nineteenth-century mathematician whose scholarly work contributed to scientific knowledge.

Robert Towns

1794–1873 (age 79)

Balmain Cemetery

Gilbert Eliott

1796–1871 (age 75)

Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery

Gilbert Eliott was a colonial Queensland politician who served during the colony's early political development.

William Tooth

1823–1876 (age 53)

Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery

Thomas Austin

1815–1871 (age 56)

Geelong Eastern Cemetery

Thomas Austin was a colonial figure who lived during the nineteenth century in Australia.

John Geddie

1815–1872 (age 57)

Geelong Eastern Cemetery

St. George Richard Gore

1812–1871 (age 59)

Warwick General Cemetery

Henricus Leonardus van den Houten

1801–1879 (age 78)

St Kilda Cemetery