Flemington Racecourse Fatalities

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I am using the Family (classified) Notices in the Melbourne (Australia)-based press to list anyone (principally jockeys) who was killed at Flemington Racecourse.

Charles James FOX

Date of death: 4 Mar 1890

News items: The Argus (5 Mar) ^[1], Hamilton Spectator (6 Mar) ^[2], Bendigo Advertiser (6 Mar) ^[3]

Death notice in The Age (8 Mar) ^[4], The Argus (8 Mar) ^[5], The Australasian (15 Mar) ^[6]. Leader (15 Mar) ^[7], Weekly Times (15 Mar) ^[8]

Charles William EASTHAM

Date of death: 31 Dec 1891

Death notices in The Argus (2 Jan 1892) ^[9], The Herald (2 Jan 1892) ^[10], The Australasian (9 Jan 1892) ^[11], Leader (9 Jan 1892) ^[12]

In Memoriam notice in The Australasian (31 Dec) ^[13]

VicBDM Death Reg # 2786/1892 as "Charles Eastham"
Parents: Charles W. Eastham and an unknown mother (possibly his son)
Place of death: East Melbourne Hospital
Age at death: 27y

Jonathan BROWN

Date of death: 15 Nov 1892

Ranger of the Victoria Racing Club (VRC)

Funeral notice in The Argus (16 Nov) ^[14]

In Memoriam notice in The Age (14 Nov 1896) ^[15]

Mr. P. McGOWAN

Date of death: 6 Mar 1894

"In Memoriam" article in the The Ballarat Star (9 Mar) ^[16]

VicBDM Death Reg # 2905/1894 as "Pat McGowan"
Parents; Arthur McGowan and an unknown mother
Place of death: East Melbourne
Age at death: 30y

Martin BURKE

Date of death: 18 Oct 1894

In Memoriam notices in The Age (18 Oct 1895) as "Martin Bourke" ^[17], The Argus (19 Oct 1896) ^[18], The Australasian (24 Oct 1896) ^[19]

VicBDM Death Reg # 14007/1894
Parents: John Burke and Mary (nee Cavanagh) Burke
Place of death: East Melbourne Hospital
Age at death: 39y

Edward KENNEDY

Date of death: 26 Jul 1902

Death notices in The Age (28 Jul) ^[20], The Argus (28 Jul) ^[21], The Australian (2 Aug) ^[22]

VicBDM Death Reg # 10539/1902
Parents: James Kennedy and Mary Ann Quinn.
Place of death: East Melbourne
Age at death: 25y

James BARBOUR

Date of death: 17 Jun 1909

News articles (some containing an Obituary) in The Herald (17 Jun) ^[23], The Ballarat Star (18 Jun) ^[24], Bendigo Advertiser (18 Jun) ^[25], Geelong Advertiser (18 Jul) ^[26] Hamilton Spectator (18 Jun) ^[27], The Argus (18 Jun) ^[28]

Photo in The Herald (18 Jun) ^[29]

Death notice in The Argus (18 Jun) ^[30]

Funeral notice in The Argus (18 Jun) ^[30]

VicBDM Death Reg # 6106/1909
Parents: William Barbour and Marian Harper
Place of death: Melbourne Hospital, East Melbourne
Age at death: 43y

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1. ↑ 1890 'SUDDEN DEATH AT THE RACECOURSE.', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 5 March, p. 4. , viewed 31 Jul 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8592535
2. ↑ 1890 'AUSTRALIAN PRESS AGENCY.', Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), 6 March, p. 3. , viewed 31 Jul 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225765712
3. ↑ 1890 'THE BENDIGO ADVERTISER', Bendigo Advertiser (Vic. : 1855 - 1918), 6 March, p. 2. , viewed 31 Jul 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88981557
4. ↑ 1890 'Family Notices', The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), 8 March, p. 5. , viewed 28 Jul 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197015106
5. ↑ 1890 'Family Notices', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 8 March, p. 1. , viewed 31 Jul 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8593339
6. ↑ 1890 'Family Notices', The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), 15 March, p. 47. , viewed 31 Jul 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139148173
7. ↑ 1890 'Family Notices', Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 - 1918, 1935), 15 March, p. 43. , viewed 31 Jul 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article198092222
8. ↑ 1890 'Family Notices', Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), 15 March, p. 11. , viewed 31 Jul 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221095502
9. ↑ 1892 'Family Notices', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 2 January, p. 1. , viewed 14 Jul 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8392497
10. ↑ 1892 'Family Notices', The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), 2 January, p. 2. , viewed 14 Jul 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article241564443
11. ↑ 1892 'Family Notices', The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), 9 January, p. 45. , viewed 14 Jul 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138622181
12. ↑ 1892 'Family Notices', Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 - 1918, 1935), 9 January, p. 46. , viewed 14 Jul 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197977146
13. ↑ 1898 'Family Notices', The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), 31 December, p. 56. , viewed 14 Jul 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138670343
14. ↑ 1892 'Family Notices', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 16 November, p. 1. , viewed 14 Jul 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8482314
15. ↑ 1896 'Family Notices', The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), 14 November, p. 5. , viewed 14 Jul 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article193446560
16. ↑ 1894 'Family Notices', The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924), 9 March, p. 4. , viewed 14 Jul 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206497428
17. ↑ 1895 'Family Notices', The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), 18 October, p. 1. , viewed 14 Jul 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197197308
18. ↑ 1896 'Family Notices', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 19 October, p. 1. , viewed 14 Jul 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9173402
19. ↑ 1896 'Family Notices', The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), 24 October, p. 51. , viewed 14 Jul 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139732597
20. ↑ 1902 'Family Notices', The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), 28 July, p. 1. , viewed 14 Jul 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article199396061
21. ↑ 1902 'Family Notices', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 28 July, p. 1. , viewed 15 Jul 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9060897
22. ↑ 1902 'Family Notices', The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), 2 August, p. 59. , viewed 15 Jul 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139128744
23. ↑ 1909 'JAMES BARBOUR DEAD.', The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), 17 June, p. 2. , viewed 15 Jul 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article242059961
24. ↑ 1909 'DEATH OF A WELL-KNOWN JOCKEY.', The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924), 18 June, p. 6. , viewed 15 Jul 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article218781977
25. ↑ 1909 'SPORTING.', Bendigo Advertiser (Vic. : 1855 - 1918), 18 June, p. 6. , viewed 15 Jul 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article100517006
26. ↑ 1909 'DEATH OF A JOCKEY.', Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1859 - 1929), 18 June, p. 3. , viewed 15 Jul 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article150845642
27. ↑ 1909 'SPORTING NOTES.', Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), 18 June, p. 3. , viewed 15 Jul 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225045701
28. ↑ 1909 'A NOTED STEEPLECHASE RIDER.', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 18 June, p. 10. , viewed 15 Jul 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10700547
29. ↑ 1909 'POPULAR JOCKEY.', The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), 18 June, p. 8. , viewed 15 Jul 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article242048546
30. ↑ ^{30.0 30.1} 1909 'Family Notices', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 18 June, p. 1. , viewed 15 Jul 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10700475