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Martin Gibson
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Obituaries | Jun 20th 2011
Magnetic Islanders and his many friends throughout the world will be greatly saddened at the news, just to hand, that Mr Martin Gibson of Nelly Bay, a retired logistics engineer, has died.
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Obituaries | Mar 11th 2010
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Rex had a favourite spot at Cockle Bay
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In the last few weeks two much loved Magnetic Islanders and former residents of Picnic Bay, Roy Spottiswood and Rex Millett have passed away.
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Obituaries | Oct 20th 2009
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Les Carpenter Snr
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Les Carpenter Snr 4/3/1929-15/10/2009 passed away peacefully in the Pallative Care Unit at Townsville Hospital. This date was 7 years and 1 day after his beloved wife Isabelle passed away suddenly.
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Obituaries | Jun 27th 2009
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James Edward Bell
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On 14 June 2009, James Edward Bell “Jim” beloved husband to Danielle and father of beautiful daughters, Stefanie, Bianca, Luisa and Renata, passed away in the palliative care unit of the Mayo Clinic hospital in Phoenix, Arizona, after a courageous four month battle against an ugly strain of cancer.
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Obituaries | Jun 20th 2009
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Noel OBrien
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On Sunday 28 June at 3pm a memorial service will be held on Geoffrey Bay beach to remember Noel O'Brien who died on 17 May 2009. He was 66. In the following article we trace some of Noel's achievements as related to us by his partner of thirty years, Patricia McQueen.
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Obituaries | Feb 22nd 2008
Following is a short reflection on Brad Morris who died on Magnetic Island in 2004 by his mother Lindsay Wright.
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Obituaries | Apr 5th 2006
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Hilary Freeman
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News has filtered back to Magnetic Island of the sad passing of Hilary Freeman, formerly of Horseshoe Bay, who died in Mackay on Wednesday March 22.
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Obituaries | Dec 15th 2005
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Sylvia at 15 in mourning for her father
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On November 20, aged 105, Mabel Sylvia Clarke, the neice of Nelly Bay's first permanent European settler, William Bright, passed away at her home in Bristol England. Following is Islander Charlie McColl's obituary to Sylvia which shows that although she lived so far away her heart was always close to Magnetic Island.
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Obituaries | Jul 21st 2005
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Graham Hicks
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Magnetic Islanders who knew the flamboyant if ailing, former lawyer, Graham Hicks will be saddened to learn that Graham passed away last Wednesday (13 July) at Townsville Hospital.
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Obituaries | Jul 31st 2004
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Brian Robinson demonstrates an eclipse
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Magnetic Times received the sad news recently that a great friend of Magnetic Island, a man who lived on the Island with his wife Jill in the winter months of the 1990s, had passed away last week. He was Brian Robinson and, as you will read, he was an exceptional Australian whose astonishing contribution to science cannot be over estimated. In 2000 Magnetic Times produced a Community Close-Up story about Brain and his extraordinary life. In memory of Brian we have reproduced that story.
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Isabelle Carpenter (1926 - 2002)
Isabelle Carpenter passed away unexpectedly on October 14 and is lovingly remembered by the many far flung Carpenters who have come together on Magnetic Island in her memory over the past week [ read more ] |
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