GARLING

Sgt Gerald Garling 10412

Howitzer BTY. A.I.F. 1915

Gerald Garling was the son of Clarence William Henry Garling and Mary Katherine Gardiner, born in Queanbeyan. According to descendants, Gerald was a bank teller at the Bank of NSW in Coonamble from about 1906. He grew up in Camden but his father retired from the Bank of NSW in 1900 and the family moved to Mosman.

1906 - A GULGONG SEND-OFF.

Says the " Mudgee Post":— At Mrs Brigden's Prince of Wales' Hotel, Gulgong, last Wednesday night, Mr Gerald Garling, ledgerkeeper at the Bank of New South Wales for the past two years, was entertained at a, farewell dinner on the eve of his departure for Orange, whither he has been promoted. The chair was occupied by Mr A. P. Lambert, who proposed Mr Garling's health, the toast being supported by Dr McCreadie, Ven. Archdeacon Geer, Messrs J. D. Parker, P. J. Wade, H. C. Rouse, C. J. Rudder, O. Cooper, C. E, Hilton, and T. H. West. 

Various speakers paid high eulogy to Mr Garling for the active interest he had taken in the various institutions of the town, notably the Football Club, the Hospital, the Dramatic Club, and the School of Arts. Mr Garling left for Orange on Thursday.

Source: Leader (Orange, NSW : 1899 - 1945) Thu 11 Jan 1906 Page 2

Springfield Homestead c 1963

Painting of "Springfield" by Max Steinmann, 1967

Source: Petrina McFarlane

Arthur Crawford Garling, was a selector who owned 'Springfield' Gulgong. Arthur married Annie Rushby at McDonald's Creek, Mudgee in 1860. 

Annie Rushby was the daughter of Michael Rushby, grazier and Elizabeth Holmes. Annie was born at McDonald's Creek, Mudgee in about 1841.

Arthur and Annie's children included:

• Arthur F - born 1861
• Annie - born 1863
• Blanche - born 1865
• Charles C - born 1868
• Alfred Ernest - born 1871
• Percival Stuart - born 1873
• Albert Edward Hawkshaw - born 1875
• Edgar Lancelot - born 1878
• Septimus William - born 1880 (died aged 7 weeks)
• Adelaide Ethel - born 1881
• Lucy Victoria - born 1884

1908 - Farming Property for Sale.

In another column tenders are invited for the purchase of Mr. A. C. Garling's well-known, farming property, Springfield, four miles from Gulgoug Railway Site. This being one of the
pick farms of the district it should be keenly competed for. Tenders close on Monday June 8th.

Source: Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative (NSW : 1890 - 1954) Mon 25 May 1908 Page 2

1908 newspaper
Source: Libby Sills

1909 - DEATH OF MRS. GARLING.

General and deep was the regret which was felt throughout this district on Tuesday morning when it became known that Mrs. Garling, wife of Mr. A. C. Garling, of Springfield, Gulgong, had passed away at midnight on Monday. Deceased, who generally enjoyed the best of health, was taken suddenly ill on Friday last. She then was seized with an intense pain in the side, and medical advice and attendance was at once sought. The patient, however, continued to get worse, and her sons and daughters were summoned to her bedside. On Monday morning it was seen by her afflicted husband, loving and distressed family, and sorrowing friends, that the beginning of the end had been reached. Dissolution was fast approaching, but the Christian sufferer, regarded the certainty of death with a quiet and natural composure, which it was consolatory to her family to contemplate. Hers was a true, unhesitating faith, and she was willing to lay down the burden of a now weary life, in the certain hope of a blessed immortality. She expired peacefully just at the hour of midnight.

Mrs. Garling, who was 67 years of age, had resided at Springfield for many years. There everyone was her friend, and the majority her close and loving friends. Deceased was one of those who would weep with her friends in their distress, reprove them to their face for actions which others would ridicule or censure them behind their backs; she would stand forth in the defence of her friends when detraction was secretly aiming deadly weapons at their backs. When sickness overtook them, she would minister the balm of consolation to them, and when death had burst asunder the ties which bound her to them, she would shed tears of sorrow on their graves.

She reared a large family, all of whom have inherited her good qualities, and by their intelligence and perseverance have, in no small measure, contributed to the happiness and gentle calm of her last years To these the loss of such a mother must indeed be a severe blow, and to them and the bereaved husband we tender our deepest sympathy. All the members of the family were present at the funeral, which took place on Tuesday afternoon, and was very largely attended, the Ven. Archdeacon Geer officiating at the graveside.

Those left to mourn their loss are Mr. A. C. Garling (husband), Mrs. J. Huxley, Mrs. T. H. Wood, Mrs. Rudder, and Miss L. Garling (daughers), Messrs. A. F. Garling (Gilgandra), Edgar Garling (Gilgandra), Hawkshaw Garling (Tooraweenah), Alf Garling (Dapper), Percy S. Garling (Mudgee), and Clarence Garling (sons of deceased).

Source: Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative (NSW : 1890 - 1954) Thu 27 May 1909 Page 15

1914 - MR. A. C. GARLING.

Last week a very old and well-known resident of the district, in the person of Mr. Arthur Crawford Garling, died in Sydney. Deceased was born on 16 May, 1838, in Macquarie-street, Sydney, and was married to Annie Rushby at Mudgee by the Rev. Mr. McEwan on 7th March, 1860. His wife died on 24th May, 1909. She was a native of Broombee (near Mudgee.) The following children survive: Arthur Frederick (Gilgandra), (Annie Elizabeth (widow of the late Mr. John Hurley, Haberfield, Sydney), Mrs.T. Wood (Yamble), Charles Clarence (Tooraweenah), Alfred Ernest (Dunedoo), Percival Stuart (late of "Mudgee Western Post" and Orange "Leader," now of Haberfield, Sydney), Albert Edward Hawthorne (Gilgandra), Mrs. Rudder, Bondi, Sydney), Lucy Victoria (who lived with her father at the time of his death at Bondi. 

The late Mr. Garling was one of the pioneers of Springfield, being the second selector in the district. He came to Springfield, near Gulgong, about 1846 — acquiring a small selection under the Sir John Robertson Act. He was a justice of the peace, and occupied a position on the School Board before the advent of the truant inspectors. He used to teach the children in spare time. Soon after the death of his wife in 1909 he sold his farm at Springfield and lived privately for about three years in Gulgong. He then removed, and lived for about two years at Bondi, where he died. His remains were brought to Gulgong and buried beside those of his late wife. 

Deceased lived a sober, industrious and exemplary life. In his early days he was in the Bank of New South Wales, but let that institution to go mining. However, he had no success, and so turned to farming.

Source: Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative (NSW : 1890 - 1954) Mon 21 Dec 1914 Page 2

 

Gulgong Cemetery

Source: austcemindex

Alfred Ernest Garling

Alfred Ernest Garling, son of Arthur Crawford (and cousin of Gerald Garling) was a resident of Gulgong and a member of the football club. Alfred married Catherine M Whale of Goolma in 1896.

In 1905 he donated a piece of his land at Dapper to a new football club being formed for Gollansville. He seemed to hold positions in the football club wherever he worked included Gilgandra, Mudgee and Dunedoo. 

OBITUARY - MR. ALBERT [sic Alfred] ERNEST GARLING

The death occurred at his residence, Orange, on Thursday afternoon at 2.30 of Mr. Albert [Alfred] Ernest Garling, after several months' illness. Death was due to heart failure. Born at Gulgong in 1871, the late Mr. Garling's youth was spent in an apprenticeship with Messrs. Christie and Young, storekeepers, in his home town. After completing his training, Mr Garling, who had shown a distinct leaning to the merchandise trade, was appointed Dunedoo manager for Loneragan's, the noted Mudgee merchants. After several years in the managerial position he commenced business on his own account. At one time he was associated with his brother, the late A. F. Garling, in a storekeeping business in Gilgandra, the store at that time being located where the Commercial Bank now stands. The next avenue exploited by Mr. Garling was the land, he successfully conducting a farm at Sandy Creek. Three years on the land and then Mr. Garling purchased the hotel at Dunedoo, where he became deservedly popular relinquishing that business to take over the wine saloon in Summer Street. Orange, in 1922. 

During his 15 years residence in Orange, Mr. Garling interested himself in many charitable organisations, being a past president of St. Vincent de Paul Society, and an active member of the M.U.I.O.O.F. Lodge. Mr. Garling is survived by a widow, formerly Miss Mary Whale, of Goolma, two sons, Leslie (Cootamundra) and Keith (Sydney University), and one daughter, Ida (Mrs. H. A. Watts, of Sydney). Four brothers, Edgar (Coonamble), Percy (Longueville), Clarrie and A. E. H., (Tooraweenah), and four sisters, Mesdames A. Hurley (Sydney), A. J. Rudder (Bondi), S. Brock (Sydney), and T. H. Wood (Gulgong) survive. One brother, Frederick, predeceased him several years ago.

The funeral left Mr. P. J. McGowan's funeral parlors at 2.30 on Friday afternoon for St. Joseph's Church, and thence to the Catholic portion of the Orange cemetery.

Brethren of the M.U.I.O.O.F. marched in the funeral cortege. Mr. Darby Garling, of Gilgandra, nephew, made the trip to Orange on Friday for the funeral.

Source: Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh (NSW : 1929 - 1942) Thu 7 Oct 1937 Page 5

Percival Stuart Garling,  another son of Arthur Crawford Garling, was the editor and part proprietor of the Western Post Mudgee then sold it and bought the Orange Leader in 1909.

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 Gulgong Rugby Team, 1903

Source: Lorraine Bertram

__?__ Garling with the Gulgong Rugby Team, 1903

This man is labelled in a Brigden family photo of the Gulgong Rugby Team 1903 as "Gerald Garling". Gerald would only have been 19 at the time, and descendants think it is more likely that this is Alfred Ernert Garling (aged 31). Gerald was a member of the team in 1905 so it seems unlikely he would be out of uniform as a manager or coach in this picture.