Holland Richard
| Type of person | Individual |
|---|---|
| Date of death | 1881 |
Richard Holland, who died on 25 November
1881, was buried initially in a vault underneath
the stone stairs in the conservatory adjoining
the front part of Holland House at Turretfield.
According to The Bunyip of December 2,
1881, that was his long-held wish. The
interment took place in front of 150 people,
the funeral service being read by the
Reverend A. Sells of Lyndoch.
The deceased was encased in three coffins: a
cedar shell, a lead coffin and a highly polished
cedar coffin. When Richard Holland’s will was
read the trustees discovered that it required
everything to be sold. On 7 December 1881,
the body was removed from the vault and
reinterred in St George’s Cemetery.
This information was extracted from 'Gawler's Cemeteries' Historical Leaflet.
Researched and written by Anne Richards, Librarian, Reference and Research Services
Number 16 in a Series of Historical Pamphlets produced by Gawler Public Library
© 2008 Gawler Public Library
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George E. Loyau "The Gawler Handbook" [G.E.L.] pp166 and 167 "After McKinlay's death it was universally felt that something should be done to perpetuate his memory, and accordingly, meetings were held in Gawler and a Committee was formed to carry out the wish of the people - vis., that a suitable monument should be erected "to commemorate his personal worth and the services rendered by him to the colonies as an explorer." The site selected was at the terminal point of Murray-street, at its junction with Cowan-street, and adjacent to the old burial ground. The Committee chosen to carry out the matter, and who brought it to a successful issue, were as follows:- Chairman, W.F. Wincey, Esq., J.P., Mayor of Gawler; Treasurers, J. Thornley, Esq., J.P., Manager Bank of South Australia, Gawler, Richard Holland, Esq., J.P., Turretfield, near Gawler; Hon. Secretary, John Rudall, Esq., Gawler; Committee, A.H.F. Bartels, Esq., Mayor of Adelaide, E.M. Bagot, Esq., J.P., Charles Bonney, Esq., J.P., E.S. Burkett, Esq., J.P., W.R. Cave, Esq., John Chambers, Esq. ,J.P., Rev. Canon Coombs, Hon. J. Crozier, M.L.C., Walter Duffield, Esq., J.P., James Dawson, Esq., Samuel Davenport, Esq., J.P., James Fergusson, Esq., Robert Fotheringham, Esq., Thomas Fotheringham, Esq., Rev. James Gordon, Joseph Gilbert, Esq., J.P., F.A.Grant, Esq., J.P., E.L. Grundy, Esq., John Hope, Esq., Thomas Hogarth, Esq., J.P., G.W. Hawkes, Esq., S.M., J.H.Howe, Esq., Joseph Keynes, Esq., J.P., Hon. A.B. Murray, M.L.C., Rev. J.C. McMchael, James Martin, Esq., J.P., John Mitchell, Esq., J.P., H.T. Morris, Esq., J.P., W.F.H. Popham, Esq., M.D., Ross T. Reid, Esq., Henry Scott, Esq., J.P., Dr. Schomburgk, H.C. Swan, Esq., S.M., R.J. Turner, Esq., S.M., and George Warren, Esq., J.P.
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