Rev John Murphy

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Sydney St Benedict'sDec1862Sydney Morning Herald, 20 December 1862
Sydney GraftonDec1862Sydney Morning Herald, 20 December 1862; NSW Police Gazette, 1 April 1863
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Biographical Notes

Shipping Intelligence. Arrival, Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser, Grafton, 9 December 1862, p 2, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article61892482:

December 8. — Grafton (s.), 240 tons, Captain Creer, from Sydney 6th instant. Passengers—[...] Rev. Mr. Murphy, [...]

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Religious Memoranda. Roman Catholic, Sydney Morning Herald, 20 December 1862, p 6, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13071334:

The Rev Father Murphy, for some time officiating at St. Benedict's, Sydney, has been appointed by Archbishop Polding to the Grafton mission.

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Religious, Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser, Grafton, 27 January 1863, p 2, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article61892631:

The Rev. Mr. Murphy, (R.C.P.), is now on his way from Grafton, via the Richmond, to visit Tenterfield, and may be expected in the course of a week.—Tenterfield Chronicle.

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Property Stolen or Lost, New South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime, Sydney, 1 April 1863, p 95, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article252047379:

Stolen at Grafton, on the 1st ultimo, the property of the Rev. Father Murphy, a gold lever watch, compensation balance, engine-turned case, enamelled back with wreath of shamrock outside, and ornamented with Irish emblems and insignia; made by John Dunnegan, Dame-street, Dublin. Suspicion attached to a man named McGrath, a publican, lately a shepherd at Ates Flat, in the Grafton District; he is a dark complexioned man, middle aged. Warrant issued.

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T.W. Campbell, The Priests of the Diocese of Armidale: A Necrology, Braddon ACT, 2005:
Murphy, John J

Personal details about him are unknown. It is understood he was sent to the north coast region by Archbishop Polding late in 1862 not long after his arrival in New South Wales at the instigation of Timothy McCarthy. A notice in the Clarence and Richmond Examiner of 12 December 1862 notes 'The Rev John J Murphy, Roman Catholic clergyman, begs to inform the Roman Catholics of Grafton and its vicinity that, on Sunday next, the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass will be celebrated at South Grafton at 11 am, in the old Royal Hotel'. Indications are that his mission district extended from Coffs Harbour to Tweed Heads, inland to Tenterfield. Grafton was his headquarters. It appears he only survived in the region until March 1863 when he left, and returned to Ireland. He was replaced in August 1863 by William Xavier Johnson. Date and place of death unknown. Place of burial unknown.
(Sources: Farrell, Kelly, FJ 29 Apr 1937 p 20).

(Reproduced by permission of Tom Campbell.)