The Balmoral Cemetery Project

Inscription for Anne Jamieson on the Jamieson Family memorial, Balmoral Cemetery. Anne Stuart Jamieson  was aged 16 when she died after falling from a horse on her parents farm in Bulimba on the 16th of September 1865. Death Notice for Anne Jamieson published in the Brisbane Courier, Friday 22nd September, 1865. Anne Jamieson's Her burial record does not appear in the online grave search tool administered by the Brisbane City Council however there is a reference to Annes burial in the catalogue description for the Bulimba Cemetery held the the Queensland State Archives. The description refers to a note on the back page of the earliest volume of registers. The earliest volume (Item 1) has a list of five Sextons with their years of service on the inside cover. There is an index at the front, alphabetically arranged by name of the deceased. Each page of the index has been divided in two columns, each with a date range written at the top. The app...

Born in 1894, after attending the State School in Brisbane  Jim Case was employed by The Worker Newspaper as a machine room assistant at the age of 14. The Worker was a labour union newspaper originally published as a monthly journal and later became a weekly. One of Cases tasks was taking the the line drawings from chief illustrator Monte Scott to the etchers to prepare etching plates for printing. Case showed early talent in drawing and was encouraged in his artistic endeavours by workmates and without  doubt, considering his style, was a protege of Monte Scott. Whilst still in his teens he left the newspaper to take up a career as a painter and decorator but continued with his drawing and in 1908 at the age of 24  had his first illustration published on the cover of The Worker newspaper, a line drawing diorama of May Day celebrations held in Brisbane. 1908 'MAY DAY IN BRISBANE 1908.', Worker (Brisbane, Qld. : 1890 - 1955) , 9 May, p. 1. , viewed 30 Apr 201...