Individual Details
Felix KNIGHT
(15 Jul 1851 - 15 Jan 1932)
Events
| Birth | 15 Jul 1851 | Jamberoo, New South Wales, Australia |  | ||
| Marriage | 6 Jan 1881 | Balmain, New South Wales, Australian Colonies - Elizabeth "Lizzie" ROSS | | ||
| Note | Jun 1881 | Teacher's Report Jun 1881: "Awarded Classification of III.B". Training for his teaching qualification was completed | | ||
| Note | 8 Jul 1881 | Teacher's Report 8 Jul 1881: "Instructed to act as teacher of Red Head Pub. School". The book "Tales out of School" by Alex McAndrew documents the following details of his taking up his appointment - "Mr. Felix Knight ... had a very interesting itinerary from Sydney. First he and his wife took the steamer to Ulladulla (3/3/-), then coach to Milton (5/-). After lodging and breakfasting at Milton (7/6) they then took another coach from Milton to Murray's Hotel in Conjola (5/-). Next they took a boat down the creek (10/-) and finally boarded Goodlet's schooner which brought them to their destination (2/10/-) | | ||
| Note | 25 Aug 1883 | Teacher's Report 25 Aug 1883: "Instructed to act as teacher at Red Head & Burrill Pub. Schools" | | ||
| Note | 30 Jun 1884 | Teacher's Report 30 Jun 1884: Felix was disciplined as follows - "Owing to his failure to attend examination in June 1884 Mr Knight was reminded of his liability to removal to a less important position" | | ||
| Note | 12 Dec 1884 | Teacher's Report 12 Dec 1884: "The Governor with the advice of the Ex. Council removed Mr Knight from the Public Service in consequence of his having falsified the records of the school under his charge" | | ||
| Note | 12 Jan 1886 | Teacher's Report 12 Jan 1886: Felix must have kept some pressure on the get his job back because we find the following - "Minister decided to regard Mr Knight as eligible for employt if in accordance with Minister's minute Mr Knight was informed that such employment must be taken as his last chance & that should he again be guilty of falsifying records he will be at once dismissed" | | ||
| Note | 4 Feb 1886 | Teacher's Report 4 Feb 1886: "Instructed to take tempy charge of Charleville & Mulgoa" school | | ||
| Note | Aft 1 Oct 1886 | Teacher's Report 13 ??? 1886: "Failed to obtain promotion at examinations of 13 ??? 1886" | | ||
| Note | 1887 | Teacher's Report 12 ??? 1887: "Failed to obtain promotion at examinations of 12 ??? 1887" | | ||
| Note | 1 Jul 1888 | Teacher's Report 1 Jul 1888: "Will be awarded Class III B from 1.7.88 when he passed examination" and "Ex 17.12.88 Passed in Freehand Drawing & Music. Grade III awarded" | | ||
| News Pub (ind) | 14 May 1889 | Teacher's Report 14 May 1889: "Removed from Charleville to (one-room school) Duramana" | | ||
| Note | 10 Jul 1890 | Teacher's Report 10 Jul 1890: "To act as Teacher of Duramana & Mt Rankin" | | ||
| Note | 14 Apr 1897 | Teacher's Report 14 Apr 1897: "To act as teacher of Arcadia Pub. IX 155 pounds" | | ||
| Note | 16 Jun 1897 | Teacher's Report 16 Jun 1897: "Informed that his explanation of defects at Inspection is not satisfactory, that his action in putting pupils of Mt Rankin back in the reading books prescribed for second and third classes is unjustifiable and that the low proficiency of pupils at Duramana and the general management of the two schools recently under his charge reflect seriously upon his skill and usefulness" | | ||
| Note | 5 Jul 1898 | Teacher's Report 5 Jul 1898: "Instructed to act as teacher of Mt Hunter (near Camden) Pub VIII" | | ||
| Note | 31 May 1904 | Teacher's Report 31 May 1904: "Applied to be retired without gratuity from 31 May 1904" which he duly did | | ||
| Living | Aft 31 May 1904 | "Eureka", Kiama, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Death-shared | 3 Aug 1905 | (Mary ANDERSON) "Rosemont" Wardell Road, Dulwich Hill, New South Wales, Australia | | ||
| News Pub (ind) | 29 Mar 1913 | the following article appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald with the by-line "Kiama": "Mr and Mrs Felix Knight and family have removed to Penshurst. The family were entertained at a farewell social in the Methodist School Hall, at which presentations were made to Mr and Miss Knight by the members of the Orange Lodges, and Misses A. and S. Knight received presentations from the Methodist Church choir" | | ||
| News Pub (ind) | 30 Jun 1916 | a dispute over the Knight land at Sherbrooke reached the courts as the following report in the Sydney Morning Herald attests: "IN EQUITY. Before the Chief Judge, Mr. Justice Simpson.) ATTORNEY-GENERAL V WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGE BOARD. The suit stands part heard. (Before Mr. Justice Harvey.) KNIGHT V WILLIAMS. In this case the plaintiffs are owners of three conditional purchases in the Wollongong land district, taken up in the years 1845 and 1866. They applied to convert one holding into a mining conditional purchase in the year 1875. In 1880 a proclamation of the catchment area of the metropolitan water supply was publlshed in the Gazette, and the Government maintains that this proclamation extended over the conditional purchases. In November, 1902, the owners applied to oonvert the remaining two conditional purchases into mining purchases, but the followlng February the Crown resumed the land in connection with the Sydney water supply. The plaintiffs maintain that the resumption extended only to the surface, and did not affect their right to obtain a grant for the minerais underlying the surface. They entered into an agreement with Kirton and Eamshaw, Ltd, for the lease of a certain seam of coal under the land, but were unable to give a valid lease until a grant of the coal and minerals had been obtained. They are bringing the present suit in order to have their rights determined, and a declaration made that they are entitled to the rights of minerals underlying the surface. The defence is that the land is within the catchment area, and the plalntlffs are not entltled to the grant. The plaintiffs are John Knight, Thomas Knight, Franklin Knight, Felix Knight, Edwin Knight, David Knight, Harriett Knight, and Mary Jane Knight. James Leslie Williams is nominal defendant on behalf of the Government, the other defendants being Kirton and Earnshaw, Ltd. Mr. R. K. Manning and Mr. Pike, instructed by Messrs. Wilson and Harriott, appeared for the plaintiffs; Mr. Canaway, K.C., and Mr. Hanbury Davies, instructed by Mr. D'Arcy Irvine (Crown Solicitor's Office), for the Go- vernment; and Mr. S. A. Thompson, instructed by Mr. T. Green, for Kirton and Earnshaw, Ltd. The case stands part heard." | | ||
| News Pub (ind) | 29 Aug 1917 | the dispute over the Knight land reached State Parliament with a select committee being appointed to determine the matter, according to the Sydney morning Herald | | ||
| Living | 5 Oct 1923 | with George & Mabel King who had by then sold "Illme" Park Road, Hurstville - Kiama, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Death | 15 Jan 1932 | of mitral regurgitation (effectively a form of heart disease) - Barroul St, Kiama, New South Wales, Australia | | ||
| Burial | 16 Jan 1932 | (Anglican A80) - Kiama General Cemetery, Kiama, New South Wales, Australia | | ||
| News Pub (ind) | 20 Jan 1932 | the following obituary appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald: "MR. FELIX KNIGHT. The death has occurred of Mr Felix Knight, aged 80, at the home of his son-in-law Mr. Geo King, Kiama. Born at Jamberoo, Mr. Knight was engaged in botanical research, and in 1876 visited New Guinea with Dr Macleay and Mr Macarthur-Onslow obtaining tropical plants and taking the first lemons and limes to that country. He was obliged to return through illness, and soon after Dr Macleay was killed by natives. Mr Knight taught at various schools, his last being in the Camden district. He then returned to Eureka House, Kiama, where he lived for some time. He married Miss Elizabeth Ross and had six daughters. The Rev A H Johnstone officiated at the funeral in the Methodist cemetery Kiama" | |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth "Lizzie" ROSS (1850 - 1931) |
| Child | Ivy Lillian KNIGHT (1882 - 1926) |
| Child | Lizzie Adelene "Addie" KNIGHT (1883 - 1945) |
| Child | Alice Maud KNIGHT (1885 - 1886) |
| Child | Elsie Isabel KNIGHT (1888 - 1960) |
| Child | Stella Lucretia Ross KNIGHT (1891 - 1977) |
| Child | Lora Mabel (Mib) KNIGHT (1893 - 1979) |
| Father | George KNIGHT (1806 - 1881) |
| Mother | Rebecca DEARLING (1819 - 1863) |
| Sibling | John KNIGHT (1844 - 1919) |
| Sibling | Thomas KNIGHT (1846 - 1925) |
| Sibling | Alfred KNIGHT (1848 - 1903) |
| Sibling | Franklin KNIGHT (1849 - 1922) |
| Sibling | Edwin KNIGHT (1853 - 1933) |
| Sibling | Walter KNIGHT (1855 - 1903) |
| Sibling | Rhoda KNIGHT (1857 - 1892) |
| Sibling | Lydia KNIGHT (1859 - 1931) |
| Sibling | David KNIGHT (1861 - 1951) |
Endnotes
1. NSW BMD Index: V18511906 37A/1851
2. ancestry.com, Harnett Family Tree contains an extract of George Knight's Family Bible in which this is documented, Hereinafter cited as ancestry.com
3. NSW Marriage Record: 44/1881
4. NSW Teachers Report
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20. NSW Death Certificate: 9526/1905
21. The Sydney Morning Herald, 29 March 1913
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23. The Sydney Morning Herald
24. NSW Death Certificate: 3561/1932
25. Knight Family Bible (George)
26. The Sydney Morning Herald, Funeral Notice 16 Jan 1932
27. Personal knowledge of Visit to Kiama Cemetery by Robert Smith 22 Aug 2016 + photo.
28. The Sydney Morning Herald