Maud Bowling
mother Elizabeth Bowling
father Roger Bowling
b
d
married 26 July 1900 Walter Buckley
KING ISLAND NEWS. (1900, August 11). Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), p. 9 (DAILY). Retrieved November 27, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article35366770
THE FIRST WEDDING.
KING ISLAND, July 27.
(From a Correspondent.)
During the past fortnight the Bishop
of Tasmania has been in our midst pay-
ing his usual visits to the scattered
households on his spiritual mission.
Unfortunately the weather has been ex-
tremely boisterous, which has pre-
vented any very large congregations
from attending the services at Currie.
Harbour.
On Thursday, the 26th inst., a large
gathering assembled by invitation at
the Public Hall to witness the marriage
of Miss Maud Bowling and Mr. Walter
Buckley, both residents of this island.
Additional interest was manifested in
the event, as apart from the couple be-
ing very popular, this marriage was
the first ever celebrated on King Island.
Accordingly everyone tried to make it
an unqualified success. Mr. George P.
Huxley undertook to drive the bride
and her attendants in a buggy and four-
in-hand, with the customary favours,
etc., whilst the rest of the party, brides-
maids, etc., were conveyed in ten other
buggies and saddled horses by the
dozen. Miss Gertrude Robinson and
Miss Maggie Bowling acted as brides-
maids, whilst Mr. Hugh Bowling was
groomsman for Mr. Walter Buckley.
On arrival at the Town Hall the strains
of the "Wedding March" were heard,
and about 80 of our folks witnessed the
pleasing ceremony. The responses were
fully choral, and would not have dis-
graced any church on the mainland,
although in our present embryo state,
Kling Island does not possess a church
or pastor. The ceremony being over,
the Bishop proposed the health of the
bride and bridegroom, which was re-
sponded to by Mr. Buckley. The healths
of the bridesmaids was proposed by Mr.
W. Hickmott, and responded to on their
behalf by Mr. Hugh Bowling. Mr.
James Robinson then, in a very
felicitous speech, proposed the health of
Mrs. Bowling, of Surprise Bay, mother
of the bride, alluding to the universal
respect she is held in by the residents,
and her family also ; further, he re-
ferred to the fact of having been a
neighbour and friend of the family in
England for many years, where the
same opinion was formed. This toast
was received with acclamation. The
breakfast then followed, a very
"recherche" affair, which, being com-
pleted, the young couple drove off to
Surprise Bay in their buggy amidst a
shower of rice, shoes, and to the ac-
companiment of hearty cheers.
In the evening Mrs. Bowling received
and entertained a large number of
guests in the hall, and dancing was kept
up till the small hours of the morning.
mother Elizabeth Bowling
father Roger Bowling
b
d
married 26 July 1900 Walter Buckley
KING ISLAND NEWS. (1900, August 11). Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), p. 9 (DAILY). Retrieved November 27, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article35366770
THE FIRST WEDDING.
KING ISLAND, July 27.
(From a Correspondent.)
During the past fortnight the Bishop
of Tasmania has been in our midst pay-
ing his usual visits to the scattered
households on his spiritual mission.
Unfortunately the weather has been ex-
tremely boisterous, which has pre-
vented any very large congregations
from attending the services at Currie.
Harbour.
On Thursday, the 26th inst., a large
gathering assembled by invitation at
the Public Hall to witness the marriage
of Miss Maud Bowling and Mr. Walter
Buckley, both residents of this island.
Additional interest was manifested in
the event, as apart from the couple be-
ing very popular, this marriage was
the first ever celebrated on King Island.
Accordingly everyone tried to make it
an unqualified success. Mr. George P.
Huxley undertook to drive the bride
and her attendants in a buggy and four-
in-hand, with the customary favours,
etc., whilst the rest of the party, brides-
maids, etc., were conveyed in ten other
buggies and saddled horses by the
dozen. Miss Gertrude Robinson and
Miss Maggie Bowling acted as brides-
maids, whilst Mr. Hugh Bowling was
groomsman for Mr. Walter Buckley.
On arrival at the Town Hall the strains
of the "Wedding March" were heard,
and about 80 of our folks witnessed the
pleasing ceremony. The responses were
fully choral, and would not have dis-
graced any church on the mainland,
although in our present embryo state,
Kling Island does not possess a church
or pastor. The ceremony being over,
the Bishop proposed the health of the
bride and bridegroom, which was re-
sponded to by Mr. Buckley. The healths
of the bridesmaids was proposed by Mr.
W. Hickmott, and responded to on their
behalf by Mr. Hugh Bowling. Mr.
James Robinson then, in a very
felicitous speech, proposed the health of
Mrs. Bowling, of Surprise Bay, mother
of the bride, alluding to the universal
respect she is held in by the residents,
and her family also ; further, he re-
ferred to the fact of having been a
neighbour and friend of the family in
England for many years, where the
same opinion was formed. This toast
was received with acclamation. The
breakfast then followed, a very
"recherche" affair, which, being com-
pleted, the young couple drove off to
Surprise Bay in their buggy amidst a
shower of rice, shoes, and to the ac-
companiment of hearty cheers.
In the evening Mrs. Bowling received
and entertained a large number of
guests in the hall, and dancing was kept
up till the small hours of the morning.
