74:(died 1883), organist to the York Street Wesleyan Church. That organ was the third instrument sent out to the church: the first was purchased "off the floor" at the International Exhibition in London, the manufacture of Jones of Fulham, and despatched to the colonies aboard the ship
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19:(c. 1850 – 21 April 1929) was an organist and music teacher in Sydney, Australia. He achieved a reputation as organ architect, creating tables of specifications by which many of Sydney's pipe organs were built.
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Claude Ronald Morley (7 September 1889 – ), analytical chemist w/CSIRO, enlisted 1st AIF 1915; awarded
Military Cross October 1918.
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Burwood Wesleyan Ladies' College 1887–1891, also took private fee-paying students from each of his various addresses.
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Winship Morley (20 September 1876 – 7 December 1959), studied in Vienna 1898–1901, pianist and teacher.
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This article gives extensive specifications of the instrument
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85:He succeeded Charles Packer as organist at the
625:The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser
620:"The New Organ at the Y.M.C. Association Hall"
256:"Bassingbourne", 334 Victoria street 1889–1904
104:Following a campaign by their, then, organist
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