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Unique IDPE-002550SurnameJoyceGiven namesThomasBiographical abstractDates of employment: 1886-1898Biographical noteBiographical details:
1889 News articles: INFANTICIDE. The death of a fully-developed male infant, which had been found in a siltpit, in Premier- lane, Woolloomooloo, on Tuesday, formed the subject of an inquiry before the City Coroner yesterday afternoon. the discovery had been made by two corporation laborers named Thomas Joyce and James Bourke, who re- ported the matter. A piece of red flannel and twill cloth was wrapped around the corpse, which was conveyed by Constable M'Lean to the morgue at South Sydney. Dr. Sinclair certified that death had been occasioned by hemorrhage consequent upon laceration of the umbilical chord. A verdict of wilful murder against some person or persons unknown was returned. [ref: The Daily Telegraph 22 August 1889 p3]; [ref:The Sydney Morning Herald 22 August 1889 p 3]; [ref: Evening News 22 August 1889 p 6]
Details from contemporary sources:
1886 Increase granted - March - 6d increase to 8/6 per day [ref: 26/211/605]
1889 Found body of male child in gully shaft - August [ref: 26/236/1304]
1895 Report on Salaries of Employees - List of Officers & Servants -February - 8/- per day [ref: 22/48/22½ (j)]
1898 7/6 per day - Return of Officers and Servants, January 1898, by the Town Clerk [ref: 22/55/1]GenderMaleSource system IDTPER-002228
1889 News articles: INFANTICIDE. The death of a fully-developed male infant, which had been found in a siltpit, in Premier- lane, Woolloomooloo, on Tuesday, formed the subject of an inquiry before the City Coroner yesterday afternoon. the discovery had been made by two corporation laborers named Thomas Joyce and James Bourke, who re- ported the matter. A piece of red flannel and twill cloth was wrapped around the corpse, which was conveyed by Constable M'Lean to the morgue at South Sydney. Dr. Sinclair certified that death had been occasioned by hemorrhage consequent upon laceration of the umbilical chord. A verdict of wilful murder against some person or persons unknown was returned. [ref: The Daily Telegraph 22 August 1889 p3]; [ref:The Sydney Morning Herald 22 August 1889 p 3]; [ref: Evening News 22 August 1889 p 6]
Details from contemporary sources:
1886 Increase granted - March - 6d increase to 8/6 per day [ref: 26/211/605]
1889 Found body of male child in gully shaft - August [ref: 26/236/1304]
1895 Report on Salaries of Employees - List of Officers & Servants -February - 8/- per day [ref: 22/48/22½ (j)]
1898 7/6 per day - Return of Officers and Servants, January 1898, by the Town Clerk [ref: 22/55/1]GenderMaleSource system IDTPER-002228
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CollectionPeople and PositionsOrganisationSydney City CouncilPositionGully Labourer [City Cleansing Department I]Gully Flusher [multiple departments]Labourer [Inspector of Nuisances]Related itemsMemorandum: Thomas Joyce requesting an increase in salary for gully shaft cleaners26/236/1304Report of the Committee appointed to Inquire into and report upon staff salaries and wages, 1895Finance Committee Report - Re adoption of Report of Committee of Inquiry (re fraud)
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Joyce, Thomas [PE-002550]. City of Sydney Archives, accessed 15 Jul 2025, https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/1871920