Death has been busy lately. The most recent achievement of the grim monster took place on the second instant, when he took unto himself "Old John Turnbull," a native of the Hawkesbury, and one of our earliest pioneers. " Seventy-eight summers have passed and gone since our old friend first saw light."
'Turnbull, John (1804–1881)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/turnbull-john-17208/text29284, accessed 26 February 2021.
1804
Ebenezer, New South Wales, Australia
2 July 1881
Colo, New South Wales, Australia