Lady Julia Parkes (1872–1919)
Lady [Julia] Parkes, widow of the late Sir Henry Parkes, died yesterday morning at the Lewisham private hospital, after an illness extending over two months. After the death of Sir Henry Parkes in 1896 she devoted herself to the task of bringing up a family of young step-children, and it is well known how faithfully she discharged her trust. During her widowhood she lived quietly, latterly in Randwick. For a long time she had been in indifferent health. Three stepsons, Mr. Henry Parkes, Mr. Sydney Parkes, and Lieut. Cobden Parkes, survive her. The lastnamed has been on active service in Europe, and is now returning to Australia by the S.S. Themistocles. A requiem mass will be held at St. Mary's Cathedral at 8 o'clock this morning, and the burial will take place at Rookwood.
Original publication
Additional Resources and Scholarship
- marries Henry Parkes, Evening News (Sydney), 24 October 1895, p 5
- Henry Parkes's family are disgusted by the marriage, Daily News (Perth), 25 October 1895, p 3
- she was the family's housemaid for the last four years, Bathurst Free Press (NSW), 25 October 1895, p 2
- profile, Australian Town and Country Journal, 2 November 1895, p 35
- profile, Western Champion (Barcaldine, Qld), 5 November 1895, p 5
- is given a small allowance from the government following her husband's death, Clarence and Richmond Examiner (Grafton, NSW), 4 December 1900, p 4
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Parkes, Henry (husband)
- Parkes, Clarinda Martha (stepdaughter)
- Thom, Clarinda Sarah (stepdaughter)
- Parkes, Mary (stepdaughter)
- Murray, Mary Edith (stepdaughter)
- Parkes, Lily Maria (stepdaughter)
- Parkes, Annie Thomasine (stepdaughter)
- Hiscox, Gertrude Amelia (stepdaughter)
- Parkes, Lily Faulconbridge (stepdaughter)
- Evans, Aurora (stepdaughter)
- Parkes, Thomas Campbell (stepson)
- Parkes, Robert Sydney (stepson)
- Parkes, Milton (stepson)
- Parkes, Varney (stepson)
- Parkes, Sydney (stepson)
- Parkes, Kenilworth (stepson)
- Parkes, Henry Charles (stepson)
- Parkes, Cobden (stepson)
- Parkes, Maria (aunt by marriage)
Citation details
'Parkes, Lady Julia (1872–1919)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/parkes-lady-julia-16606/text28513, accessed 21 November 2024.
Julia Parkes, 1890s
National Library of Australia, 23351539
Life Summary [details]
Alternative Names
- Lynch, Julia
Birth
Death
11 July,
1919
(aged ~ 47)
Lewisham, Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
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