Cross in St Thomas Rest Park, Sydney, Australia commemorating Commodore James Graham Goodenough RN d. 1875
Location
St Thomas Rest Park, Sydney, Australia, Rest of the World
Transcript
'HERE SLEEPS / JAMES GRAHAM GOODENOUGH / ROYAL NAVY C.B., C.M.G. / CAPTAIN AND COMMODORE 2ND CLASS / COMMANDING THE AUSTRALIAN STATION. / BORN 3RD DECEMBER 1830 / AT GUILDFORD, SURREY / DIED 20TH AUGUST 1875 / AT SEA / ON BOARD HER MAJESTY'S SHIP "PEARL" / FROM ARROW WOUNDS / RECEIVED ON 12TH AUGUST OF THE SAME YEAR / AT CARLISLE BAY IN THE ISLAND OF / SANTA CRUZ / WHICH HE WAS VISITING / FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING FRIENDLY RELATIONS / WITH THE NATIVES / WHO NOT KNOWING WHAT THEY DID, KILLED / THEIR TRUEST FRIEND . / HE SAILED AWAY TO DIE / REFUSING TO ALLOW A SINGLE LIFE O BE TAKEN IN RETALIATION. / IN HIS LAST DAYS / GOD WAS ABUNDANTLY GLORIFIED / HAVING REVEALED HIMSELF TO HIS SERVANT IN GREAT LOVE, / HIS DEATH WAS A TRIUMPHANT VICTORY / ON EITHER SIDE OF HIS / RESTS / A / SEAMAN / WHO DIED IN THE SAME MANNER. / ERECTED BY / HIS WIFE / AND / THE OFFICES AND CREW OF / H.M.S. "PEARL".'
Details
Type: Cross
Materials: Stone
Artists: Patten Bros, Sydney
Vessel: HMS Pearl
People
Age: 44
Date of Death: 20/8/1875
Cause of Death: Killed by indigenous people
Rank / Occupation: Commodore RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Small, Frederick
Age: 18
Date of Death: 21/8/1875
Cause of Death: Killed by indigenous people
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Raynor, Edmund
Age: 18
Date of Death: 19/8/1875
Cause of Death: Killed by indigenous people
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: Jane Samson 'Hero, fool or martyr? The many deaths of Commodore Goodenough', 'Journal of Maritime Research' (February, 2008).