James Celestin Lawler

1880 - 1928  (47 years)

• Name	James Celestin Lawler
  Born	2 Oct 1880	Broulee, New South Wales, Australia
  	11423/1880 LAWLER JAMES CELESTIN JAMES ROSE ANN BROULEE (New South Wales Birth Index 1788-1914) Marriage 7232/1911 LAWLER JAMES C ALLWELL ANNE E M TINGHA Son Sir Peter James LAWLER OBE Peter James Lawler was born in Sydney, New South Wales, on 23 March 1921. He was educated at Marist Brothers and Christian Brothers schools and the St Stanislaus College, Bathurst. He gained a Bachelor of Economics degree from the University of Sydney. (National Archives) Young Folks A Bush Fire (By Peter Lawler, Cobargo) When the brave old pioneers first started to select land in the country, life the bush was so dense that it was hard to get through it. Well one day near Xmas when months of drought had parched all the western creeks, a great bush fire started, and with a terrific northerly it travelled south for weeks. It leapt all the streams which had not yet been dried up through the few weeks of drought. The creatures of the bush fled in terror before this cruel, stinging object that roared, crackled, and consumed up everything that got its way. that hissed and sizzled along on its career. Poor pioneer's homes were burnt to cinders. All the poor pioneers about were Irving to keep this terrific fire in check, day after day the fight against this destroyer continued once it was nearly beaten, but, alas it got going again, falling trees by the hundreds. The stock and kangaroos fled with all their might, The bees fell stifled in the smoke and perished in their hives, birds of all descriptions and sizes were smoked and burnt unmercifully while snakes, lizards, beatles and goanna's scurried over the leaves and grass for their lives. I am glad testify that this terrible murderer was after s long fight extinguished. The Cobargo Chronicle, NSW, Friday, 25 August 1933 Master Peter Lawler, who left Wandella School just prior to last years Primary Final and who excelled himself in competition with pupils of Bega High School has been awarded a bursary and will continue his studies at St. Joseph's Hunter's Hill. The Cobargo Chronicle, NSW, Friday, 2 March 1934 Lawler Ann Elizabeth, April 16, 1967 at Tamworth and late of Rosedale, Warral via Tamworth. Relict of the late James Lawler, Beloved mother of Peter and mother-in-law of Doreen (Canberra) and fond grandmother of Geraldine, Anthony, Mary, Peter, John, Michael and Christopher. RIP. DEATH LAWLER.-November 30, 1957, at St. Margaret's Private Hospital, Darlinghurst, N. S. W. Patricia Margaret Lawler, beloved wife of Peter James Lawler and loving mother of Geraldine, Anthony, Mary, Peter and John. Requiscat in Pace. The Canberra Times, ACT, Monday, 2 December 1957 Marriage Notice LAWLER-THORNTON-November 4, 1944 at the Church of St Therese, Mascot, Patricia Margaret, younger daughter of Mr and Mrs J. Thornton of Mascot to Peter James of Canberra only child of the late I Ç Lawler of Wandella South Coast and Mrs A Lawler of Tamworth. The Sydney Morning Herald, NSW, Saturday, 2 December 1944 Marriage Registration 25217/1944 LAWLER PETER JAMES THORNTON PATRICIA MARGARET REDFERN (New South Wales Marriage Index 1788-1964) BIRTH LAWLER (nee Thornton)-At Canberra Community Hospital, on February 11, to Peter and Pat a daughter (Geraldine Ann) The Canberra Times, Thursday, 19 February 1948 Engagement Notice LAWLER.-Mr and Mrs Peter Lawler of Forrest announce with much pleasure the engagement of their daughter Geraldine Ann to Philip Rajkantha, son of Major General Anton Muttukumaru, former High Commissioner for Ceylon in Australia, and Mrs Muttukumaru. The Canberra Times, Saturday, 12 February 1972 Birth Notices LAWLER.-On July 2, at the King George v. Hospital, Sydney to Pat and Peter, a son (Anthony James). Both well. The Canberra Times, Tuesday, 3 July 1951 LAWLER (nee Pat Thornton).-February 13, London, to Mr and Mrs. Peter Lawler, of Canberra, a daughter (Mary Catherine). The Canberra Times, ACT, Wednesday, 18 February 1953 LAWLER.-On April 11 at St. Margaret's Private Hospital, Sydney, to Peter and Pat-a son (Peter Francis). The Canberra Times, Tuesday, 13 April 1954 LAWLER.-February 2, at St. Margaret's Hospital, Sydney, to Pat and Peter, a son. The Canberra Times, Saturday, 4 February 1956 Death 745/1958 LAWLER PATRICIA MARGARET JAMES and MARY ELLEN SYDNEY (New South Wales Death Index 1788-1984) LAWLER Patricia Margaret Death notice 30 NOV 1957 Death age 33, at Sydney, late of Forrest Canberra Sydney Morning Herald 02 DEC 1957 (The Ryerson Index Online Database) Two children Michael Joseph and Christopher Gerard LAWLER (nee Robinson).- March 28, to Doreen and Peter, a son, Michael Joseph. D.G The Canberra Times, Thursday, 30 March 1961 LAWLER.-On June 14. To Doreen and Peter a son, Christopher Gerard. D.G. The Canberra Times, ACT, Saturday, 15 June 1963 Death MUTTUKUMARU, Michelle Louise.-Beloved granddaughter of Peter and Doreen Lawler, and Anton and Peggy Muttukumaru (Sri Lanka). The Canberra Times, ACT, Wednesday, 4 November 1981 LAWLER-STOTT.-Don and Rose Stott of Aranda have pleasure in announcing he engagement of their daughter Sonya to Michael son or Peter and Doreen Lawler of Forrest. The Canberra Times, ACT, Saturday, 24 July 1982 LAWLER-LO BLANCO. Mr and Mrs Joseph Lo Blanco of Dover Heights, Sydney are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Bernadette to Brian, son of Mr and Mrs Peter Lawler of O'Connor. The Canberra Times, ACT, Saturday, 7 August 1982 APOLOGY TO DETECTIVE SERGEANT JOHN LAWLER It was about Detective Sergeant Peter, not John, Lawler that allegations were made in the ACT Magistrates Court last Monday and reported on Tuesday. The allegations, made by David Harold Eastman, in support of an application to have a case struck out as an abuse of process (which the magistrate refused to do) involved an alleged conversation between Mr Eastman and Sergeant Peter Lawler. This was a reporter's error. The Canberra Times acknowledges that Detective Sergeant John Lawler is a police officer of the highest standing and apologises to him for any embarrassment caused. The Canberra Times,ACT, Wednesday, 4 March 1992 John Lawler helping his parents, Sir Peter and Lady. Doreen Lawler, fight the fire which. LAWLER, Lady Mary (nee Robinson)Passed away peacefully in Canberra, July 8, 2013. Aged 84, beloved wife of Sir Peter. Loving mother for Geraldine, Anthony, Mary, Peter, John, Michael, and Christopher. Loved mother-in-law, grand-mother and great-grandmother. Much loved sister of Kevin (dec), Brian and Peter. Requiescat In Pace Requiem Mass for the repose of the soul of MARY will be celebrated in St Christopher's Cathedral, Canberra Avenue, Forrest, ACT on Thursday (July 11, 2013) commencing at 10.30 am followed by a burial at Woden Cemetery. WILLIAM COLE FUNERALS Canberra 02 6253 3655 Published in The Sydney Morning Herald on July 9, 2013 LAWLER Mary Doreen Probate notice 06 SEP 2013 Publication Canberra Times 06 SEP 2013 (The Ryerson Index Online Database ) Sir Peter James Lawler OBE (born 23 March 1921) is a retired Australian senior public servant and diplomat. He served in senior roles under Prime Ministers Menzies, Holt, McEwen, Gorton, McMahon, Whitlam, Fraser and Hawke, and ended his career as Ambassador to Ireland and the Holy SeePeter Lawler was born on 23 March 1921.[1] He was educated at Marist Brothers, St Stanislaus College, Bathurst, and the University of Sydney,[2] graduating in economics.[3] He joined the Department of Postwar Reconstruction in 1944, then the Prime Minister's Department in 1950.[2] In 1951, along with Kenneth Herde, he was seconded to the UK Cabinet Office in London to do research on the workings of government, with a view to bringing back ideas that could be applied within the Australian context. He remained there until 1953,[4] and also undertook postgraduate training in several European cities.[3] Lawler's and Herde's recommendations led to Robert Menzies' decision to establish a Cabinet Office in Canberra as a separate and discrete part of the Prime Minister's Department.[5][6] He became a Deputy Secretary of the Prime Minister's Department in 1964.[2] He wrote the 1966 Cabinet decision that led to the abolition of the White Australia policy.[7] In October 1967, as Acting Secretary, he was involved in the VIP Aircraft affair that threatened the premiership of Menzies' successor Harold Holt, but used his experience and shrewdness to protect himself and escape the odium that was visited on Sir John Bunting.[2] In 1968, Prime Minister John Gorton made the Cabinet Office a department in its own right (generally believed to be his way of sidelining Sir John Bunting), and Lawler joined it as Deputy Secretary to Bunting,[4] remaining there until March 1971 when the new prime minister William McMahon merged it with the Prime Minister's Department to create the new Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.[2] From 1972 to 1975 Peter Lawler was Secretary of the Department of the Special Minister of State,[3] serving the Whitlam Government, then Secretary of the Department of Administrative Services from 1975 to 1983, serving the Fraser Government.[2] After Sir Robert Mark's report on the organisation of protective services in the wake of the February 1978 Sydney Hilton bombing, the Fraser Government set up a small taskforce, headed by Peter Lawler, to implement the recommended creation of the Australian Federal Police.[8][9] In March 1983 the incoming Hawke Government appointed Lawler Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland and Ambassador to the Holy See, serving until his retirement in 1986.[2] He was resident in Ireland, except for four months prior to Pope John Paul II's visit to Australia.[10] Lawler lobbied to have the post of Ambassador to the Holy See permanently resident in Rome,[11] but this did not occur until Tim Fischer's appointment in 2008. He was a Member of the Council of the Australian Academy of Forensic Sciences for many years.[4] Personal life[edit] Sir Peter Lawler is a prominent Catholic with open Australian Labor Party affiliations.[2] Sir Peter Lawler became a patron of the Australian Family Association in 2008.[12] He and his wife were named Australian Family of the Year by the Association.[13] Sir Peter Lawler is also a Cooperator of the Prelature of the Holy Cross & Opus Dei. His family home was destroyed in the 2003 Canberra bushfires Honours[edit] Peter Lawler was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1965 New Year's Honours.[15] He was knighted in the 1981 Queen's Birthday Honours.[16] In 1986 he received the papal honour of Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Pius IX.[3] He was awarded the Centenary Medal on 1 January 2001.[17] (Wikipedia)
  Gender	Male
  Died	6 Aug 1928	Wendella (Cobargo District), New South Wales, Australia
  	Death Regiatration 12458/1928 LAWLER JAMES C JAMES and ROSE A BEGA (New South Wales Death Index 1788-1984) LAWLER James Celestine Death notice 06 AUG 1928 Death, age 68, late of Wendella, Cobargo District, formerly of Howell and Emmaville Sydney Morning Herald 14 AUG 1928 (The Ryerson Index Online Database) Probate James Celestine Lawler - Date of Death 06/08/1928, Granted On 03/10/1928 (New south Wales State Records)
  Death Notice	14 Aug 1928	The Sydney Morning Herald, NSW
  	LAWLER.-August 6, 1928, at his residence, Wendella (Cobargo district), James Celestine Lawler, dearly beloved husband of Anne Lawler, and father of Peter Lawler (late of Howell and Emmaville),aged 48 years 48 years. The Sydney Morning Herald, NSW, Tuesday, 14 August 1928
  Buried	Cobargo Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia
  	James Celestine Lawler. Cemetery: Cobargo Cemetery Birth: 31 March 1880 Death: 6 August 1928 (Billion Graves) Name James Celestine Lawler Event Type Burial Event Place Cobargo, New South Wales, Australia Cemetery Cobargo Cemetery Birth Date 31 Mar 1880 Death Date 06 Aug 1928 (LDS Family Search from Billion Graves)
  Person ID	I3368	Hickey, List, Bundesen, Thomsen, Jensen, Jessen
  Last Modified	9 Apr 2016

  
  

  Father	James Lawler,   b. Abt 1849, Dapto New South Wales, Australia, ,   d. 27 Jul 1931, Mourya Hospital, New South Wales, Australia  (Age ~ 82 years)
  Mother	Rose Ann/Rosanna Connolly,   b. Abt 1855,   d. 26 Aug 1947, Bodalla, New South Wales, Australia  (Age ~ 92 years)
  Married	1876	Broulee, New South Wakes, Australia
  	2212/1876 LAWLER JAMES CONNOLLY ROSE ANNE BROULEE (New South Wales Marriage Index 1788-1964)
  Family ID	F1024	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Anne Elizabeth Maud Allwell,   b. 4 Sep 1885, Inverell, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 16 May 1967, Tamworth. New South Wales, Australia  (Age 81 years)
  Married	1911	Tingha, New South Wales, Australia
  	7232/1911 LAWLER JAMES C ALLWELL ANNE E M TINGHA New South Wales Marriage Index 1788-1964)
  Last Modified	12 Mar 2016
  Family ID	F1062	Group Sheet