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142:(Neta) Hannah Stanley Oughton (c. 1872 – 13 June 1933) also spent her adult life in Western Australia. She married the "clever artist" (Fosse) Bolton Hackett (c. 1865 – 21 October 1891) on 27 February 1886 then prospector Patrick Robert Whalan (c. 1858 – 16 January 1909) in 1895. She married one more time, to the WA Labor politician 118:
Around December 1886 he resigned from the Militia Band, and left South Australia for New South Wales, where he was employed by their Public Service. He returned to Adelaide suffering ill health and paralysed in 1895, and lived bed-bound with his daughter and son-in-law in
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He was, as Lieutenant Oughton, bandmaster of Adelaide's Volunteer Militia/ Adelaide Military Band, which made its first public appearance with him as conductor, at the Town Hall in July 1878, and regularly played at the rotunda (still standing) in
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He founded the Adelaide Amateur Musical Union as an orchestra in 1872 and was its conductor until 1879, succeeded by W. R. Pybus. The group disbanded in 1881 when the Philharmonic Society was revived under Pybus.
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and sharebroker Edward D. Davies (c. 1821 – 20 April 1896) on 14 November 1894, lived at Flinders Street, Adelaide. She was 27; he was a 63 year old widower, killed himself at
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organ on 13 April 1877, nearly 20 years after the first sermon by the Rev. J. C. Woods in the new church. He remained with the church until 1881.
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In August 1870 he left New Zealand for Adelaide, South Australia, and was soon appointed organist and choirmaster at St. Paul's Church,
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George Oughton was married to Jane Amelia Oughton (c. 1843 – 22 August 1903), perhaps nÊe Dove. She was a niece of Judge Conroy.
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He served, in a voluntary capacity, in charge of the Town Hall organ as City Organist from 1879 to 1885, succeeded by
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in July 1875, and in December 1876 was appointed their organist while it was being constructed. He opened the new
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This was the only reference in the Adelaide press to the first use of such a major church building (opposite
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For much of the time in South Australia he was employed by the Public Service, perhaps as a
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He became associated with the Unitarian congregation at a social meeting at
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The value of this information is spoiled by getting his name wrong.
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For 20 years the congregation made do with a "powerful harmonium".
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Vol. XI, no. 2152. 7 July 1857. p. 2 614:British military personnel of the New Zealand Wars 67:, and entered into the musical life of that city. 570: 135:George Oughton ( – c. 28 April 1935) moved to 176: 149:Lavinia "Lavie" Oughton (c. 1867 – ) married 562:– via National Library of Australia. 534:– via National Library of Australia. 506:– via National Library of Australia. 478:– via National Library of Australia. 449:– via National Library of Australia. 396:– via National Library of Australia. 368:– via National Library of Australia. 331:– via National Library of Australia. 298:– via National Library of Australia. 270:– via National Library of Australia. 259:South Australian Chronicle and Weekly Mail 242:– via National Library of Australia. 214:– via National Library of Australia. 388:. 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Loyau (1885). 609:People from Auckland 523:Sunday Times (Perth) 35:Oughton was born in 27:'s first organist. 518:"The Ladies' Page" 254:"News of the Week" 25:Adelaide Town Hall 551:The Barrier Miner 231:Adelaide Observer 226:"The Week's News" 123:, where he died. 631: 564: 563: 561: 559: 542: 536: 535: 533: 531: 514: 508: 507: 505: 503: 490:"Family Notices" 486: 480: 479: 477: 475: 458: 452: 450: 448: 446: 433:"Family Notices" 429: 423: 421: 419: 417: 407: 398: 397: 395: 393: 376: 370: 369: 367: 365: 348: 342: 339:Wakefield Street 332: 330: 328: 311: 305: 299: 297: 295: 278: 272: 271: 269: 267: 250: 244: 243: 241: 239: 222: 216: 215: 213: 211: 194: 185: 184: 174: 639: 638: 634: 633: 632: 630: 629: 628: 569: 568: 567: 557: 555: 544: 543: 539: 529: 527: 516: 515: 511: 501: 499: 488: 487: 483: 473: 471: 467:Evening Journal 460: 459: 455: 444: 442: 431: 430: 426: 415: 413: 409: 408: 401: 391: 389: 378: 377: 373: 363: 361: 350: 349: 345: 326: 324: 313: 312: 308: 293: 291: 280: 279: 275: 265: 263: 252: 251: 247: 237: 235: 224: 223: 219: 209: 207: 196: 195: 188: 175: 168: 164: 129: 121:Flinders Street 33: 12: 11: 5: 637: 627: 626: 621: 616: 611: 606: 601: 596: 591: 586: 581: 566: 565: 537: 509: 481: 453: 438:The Advertiser 424: 399: 385:The Advertiser 371: 343: 320:Adelaide Times 306: 273: 245: 217: 186: 183:. p. 168. 165: 163: 160: 159: 158: 147: 140: 128: 125: 53:Ebenezer Prout 45:E. 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bandleader
Adelaide Town Hall
Jamaica
Samuel Oughton
E. Paxton Hood
Oundle
Ebenezer Prout
Melbourne
Maori Wars
Auckland
Pulteney Street, Adelaide
Kapunda
White's Rooms
Wolff
Elder Park
T. H. Jones
statistician
Flinders Street
Fremantle, Western Australia
George Taylor
ventriloquist
Esperance, Western Australia


Notable South Australians


"The Late Mr. George Oughton"
South Australian Register
"The Week's News"

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