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WOOL APPRAISEMENT NO. 59—6012 BALES

24 September 1943, The Charleville Times (Brisbane, Qld. : 1896 - 1954), page 1

…Cyril Barden later became a grazier of sheep and bullocks, owner of “Wonga” outside Boggabilla, and was a supporter of horse racing in Goondiwindi. The Barden’s were described as one of best known racing families in Australia in 1938 , and it seems Cyril had a winning horse known as Lough Allen in 1938. However their involvement in horse racing dated back decades earlier. After WWI, Cyril Bernard Barden spent a number of years in the Tweed area, reputedly as a professional punter until the money ran out –  he did have  4 to 5 years of wages from his WWI to collect. It would appear that it was…

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Poor Reward For Turf Supporters At Goondiwindi

29 November 1938, The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), page 13

…Cyril Barden later became a grazier of sheep and bullocks, owner of “Wonga” outside Boggabilla, and was a supporter of horse racing in Goondiwindi. The Barden’s were described as one of best known racing families in Australia in 1938 , and it seems Cyril had a winning horse known as Lough Allen in 1938. However their involvement in horse racing dated back decades earlier. After WWI, Cyril Bernard Barden spent a number of years in the Tweed area, reputedly as a professional punter until the money ran out –  he did have  4 to 5 years of wages from his WWI to collect. It would appear that it was during this period that he met Mary Ethel May Adams and they had a son Cyril Ross Adams. However following the untimely death of Mary’s mother when a horse bolted, overturning…

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COMPLETED THE DOUBLE Beau Cheval At Goondiwindi

8 August 1938, The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), page 7

…Cyril Barden later became a grazier of sheep and bullocks, owner of “Wonga” outside Boggabilla, and was a supporter of horse racing in Goondiwindi. The Barden’s were described as one of best known racing families in Australia in 1938 , and it seems Cyril had a winning horse known as Lough Allen in 1938. However their involvement in horse racing dated back decades earlier. After WWI, Cyril Bernard Barden spent a number of years in the Tweed area, reputedly as a professional punter until the money ran out –  he did have  4 to 5 years of wages from his WWI to collect. It would appear that it was during this period that he met Mary Ethel May Adams and they had a son Cyril Ross Adams. However following the untimely death of Mary’s mother when a horse bolted, overturning her sulky and breaking her back, that Mary was summoned to Boggabilla…

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HEAVY LIST OF WAR CASUALTIES

5 June 1953, The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), page 3

…own life and future for the good of her family. Cyril Barden was to eventually marry another, Ruby Ellen McNamara of Warialda, in 1927.  Ruby McNamara is greatly loved by her grandchildren to this day. Ruby and Cyril would have seven children : three sons – including Patrick Joseph and John Bernard; and four daughters – including Betty  ”Topsy” and Mary Helen. However it seems that none of his three sons by Ruby McNamara bore the name “Cyril” although one, John,  had “Bernard” as a middle name. John Bernard had been a private in the Korean War, and was injured in  1953 . And, in one of life’s coincidences,  Cyril Barden’s daughter, Mary Helen Barden would marry Kevin Ross Maunder, connected through marriage to Ross Adams via Ross’s mother Mary – viz a cousin, Alice Maunder,  daughter of Jane Brasen nee Waters. In fact the Maunders are thus not only connected to Ross Adams’s daughter Kerrie, but also to her husband David, via the 1st Fleet Sailor and later Commander of the HMS Norfolk, Peter Hibbs. Some members of the Barden family have traced our family tree back to 1705 in the UK – see  Peter Noones website. Cyril Barden’s father, Charles William…

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COUNTRY SOCIAL NOTES.

22 April 1937, The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), page 24

…able to travel as unassisted immigrants – of course many of Australia’s pioneers arrived as assisted immigrants or in the earlier years as convicts. Sadly William’s father Charles appears to have drowned at sea off Sydney Heads around 1851. His widow Harriett remarried in 1853, and lived around Camden until her death in 1904. Cyril Bernard Barden’s father, Charles William Barden had nine children with first wife, Mary Jane McCosker who died in 1913 – William Thomas (born in Queensland; Charles Patrick; Percival James; Ivy Ann; Cyril Bernard; Lyla Jane, Bertha Rose, Leonard Hilton; Beryl (who was elected to the Coonamble CWA Younger Set Advisory Committee  in 1937) . Charles William Barden remarried on being widowed, however there were no children of the second marriage. Later he moved to Banka Banka Warwick, where he died on August 4 1933 – See Brisbane Courier  Obituary August 12 1933 . Charles William Barden had been a community leader, in the times when Boggabilla appeared destined for a rosier future – and he had clearly advanced well beyond his family’s humble origins as Assisted Immigrants in the 1830’s. Cyril Bernard’ s mother Mary Jane McCosker was descended from the pioneering McCosker’s – Mary Jane was the daughter of Thomas McCosker and…

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Mr. C. W. Barden.

12 August 1933, The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), page 15

…remarried in 1853, and lived around Camden until her death in 1904. Cyril Bernard Barden’s father, Charles William Barden had nine children with first wife, Mary Jane McCosker who died in 1913 – William Thomas (born in Queensland; Charles Patrick; Percival James; Ivy Ann; Cyril Bernard; Lyla Jane, Bertha Rose, Leonard Hilton; Beryl (who was elected to the Coonamble CWA Younger Set Advisory Committee  in 1937) . Charles William Barden remarried on being widowed, however there were no children of the second marriage. Later he moved to Banka Banka Warwick, where he died on August 4 1933 – See Brisbane Courier  Obituary August 12 1933 . Charles William Barden had been a community leader, in the times when Boggabilla appeared destined for a rosier future – and he had clearly advanced well beyond his family’s humble origins as Assisted Immigrants in the 1830’s. Cyril Bernard’ s mother Mary Jane McCosker was descended from the pioneering McCosker’s – Mary Jane was the daughter of Thomas McCosker and his wife Sarah Power. Thomas’s parents, Bernard McCosker and wife Ellen McIllina had arrived as Bounty Immigrants from Ireland in 1838. Sarah’s father  Thomas Power had been a convict and her mother Jane Byrnes had also come to Australia as…

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GOONDIWINDI AND THE McINTYRE DISTRICT.

12 May 1896, Warwick Argus (Qld. : 1879 - 1901), page 2

…as Assisted Immigrants in the 1830’s. Cyril Bernard’ s mother Mary Jane McCosker was descended from the pioneering McCosker’s – Mary Jane was the daughter of Thomas McCosker and his wife Sarah Power. Thomas’s parents, Bernard McCosker and wife Ellen McIllina had arrived as Bounty Immigrants from Ireland in 1838. Sarah’s father  Thomas Power had been a convict and her mother Jane Byrnes had also come to Australia as a Bounty Immigrant. The McCoskers and the Barden’s, in particular Charles William Barden, had been keen to support Boggabilla in its late 19th Century and early 20th Century years. They had  donated land and funds to build the Sacred Heart Catholic Church  in Boggabilla in the 1890′s. They also operated the pub in Boggabilla, now known as the Wobbly Boot Hotel, about which John Williamson later recorded a song. In the wider Barden Family – Cyril Bernard Barden’s uncle was James W B Barden, a well known Eastern States Horse Trainer at Randwick. James Barden had also been a jockey who dominated horse racing in the late 1800′s . In 1901, he was considered one of the three best riders from Central Queensland , and was famed for pioneering the crouched riding style – see Wikipedia article . James Barden rode horses placed…

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Tales Of Early Rockhampton Racing Riding Record of W. H. Smith

21 February 1946, Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1954), page 8

…had been keen to support Boggabilla in its late 19th Century and early 20th Century years. They had  donated land and funds to build the Sacred Heart Catholic Church  in Boggabilla in the 1890′s. They also operated the pub in Boggabilla, now known as the Wobbly Boot Hotel, about which John Williamson later recorded a song. In the wider Barden Family – Cyril Bernard Barden’s uncle was James W B Barden, a well known Eastern States Horse Trainer at Randwick. James Barden had also been a jockey who dominated horse racing in the late 1800′s . In 1901, he was considered one of the three best riders from Central Queensland , and was famed for pioneering the crouched riding style – see Wikipedia article . James Barden rode horses placed 2nd and 3rd in the Melbourne Cup in 1904 (on Lord Cardigan) and 1905 (on Tartan) respectively. There were claims that Barden had ridden Lord Cardigan too aggressively in the 1904 race, and the horse was put down days later. Even in New Zealand, James Barden was described, in 1902, as the  Champion Jockey of Australia . James Barden’s passing in 1931, made the headlines in newspapers all around Australia often simply as “ Barden Dead “  – see  1931 Obituary…

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DEATH OF JAMES BARDEN Notable Jockey and Trainer

30 August 1931, Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1902 - 1954), page 5

…Central Queensland , and was famed for pioneering the crouched riding style – see Wikipedia article . James Barden rode horses placed 2nd and 3rd in the Melbourne Cup in 1904 (on Lord Cardigan) and 1905 (on Tartan) respectively. There were claims that Barden had ridden Lord Cardigan too aggressively in the 1904 race, and the horse was put down days later. Even in New Zealand, James Barden was described, in 1902, as the  Champion Jockey of Australia . James Barden’s passing in 1931, made the headlines in newspapers all around Australia often simply as “ Barden Dead “  – see  1931 Obituary  in Perth Sunday Times. Though there seems to have been some problems with the will, when one son who was left out,  contested i t. The racing seems to have continued with James great grandson  Trent Watson . a director of the Gold Coast Turf Club. Another Barden relative, Charles Patrick Barden, had been a jockey before he also became a horse trainer, living in Western Australia but also operating in the eastern states – see Charles’  1938 obituary . And yet another relative,  Percival  also seems to have been a jockey around 1918, after being in the  7th Light Horse…

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CLAIM OF EX-JOCKEY AGAINST FATHER'S ESTATE COURT MAKES ORDER Sydney, Tuesday.

5 April 1932, Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW : 1888 - 1954), page 3

…3rd in the Melbourne Cup in 1904 (on Lord Cardigan) and 1905 (on Tartan) respectively. There were claims that Barden had ridden Lord Cardigan too aggressively in the 1904 race, and the horse was put down days later. Even in New Zealand, James Barden was described, in 1902, as the  Champion Jockey of Australia . James Barden’s passing in 1931, made the headlines in newspapers all around Australia often simply as “ Barden Dead “  – see  1931 Obituary  in Perth Sunday Times. Though there seems to have been some problems with the will, when one son who was left out,  contested i t. The racing seems to have continued with James great grandson  Trent Watson . a director of the Gold Coast Turf Club. Another Barden relative, Charles Patrick Barden, had been a jockey before he also became a horse trainer, living in Western Australia but also operating in the eastern states – see Charles’  1938 obituary . And yet another relative,  Percival  also seems to have been a jockey around 1918, after being in the  7th Light Horse in WWI .…

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TO CORRESPONDENTS.

22 June 1918, Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954), page 15

…the headlines in newspapers all around Australia often simply as “ Barden Dead “  – see  1931 Obituary  in Perth Sunday Times. Though there seems to have been some problems with the will, when one son who was left out,  contested i t. The racing seems to have continued with James great grandson  Trent Watson . a director of the Gold Coast Turf Club. Another Barden relative, Charles Patrick Barden, had been a jockey before he also became a horse trainer, living in Western Australia but also operating in the eastern states – see Charles’  1938 obituary . And yet another relative,  Percival  also seems to have been a jockey around 1918, after being in the  7th Light Horse in WWI .…