Birdalane De Broite - b1873 in Surrey d1945 Queensland

[sparrett]

Birdalane died in Hospital in McKay
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/170668216?searchTerm=%22Birdalane%20%22

Sue

[KGarrad]

Findagrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199297429/birdalane-hollands

[Neale1961]

Birth registration:

Unnamed (M) Ah Fat

Birth date: 11/12/1897
Mother's name: Birdalene Debruit Hollands
Father/parent's name: Ah Fat
Registration details: 1897/C/7377

[AlanBoyd]

A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch, 1888 has this entry:

Birdalane or burdalane. A term of sorrowful endearment, applied to an only child, especially to a girl, to signify that she is without household comrades or companions.
^{And Newton Gordon, birdalane,
And Dalgetie both stout and keen.
—Scott's Minstrelsy.}

The poem quoted below appeared in several newspapers in 1835. In The Literary Souvenir, and Cabinet of Modern Art, published in the same year (accessed at archive.org) it is attributed to Miss E. L. Montagu.

BIRDALANE.*
Nae kin have I, nae hame, nae gear,
Nae loving sire, nee mither dear,
Nae brither in my sports to share,
Nae sister fond to braid my hair;—
Ever my tears pour down amain,
An' aye they ca' me Birdalane!

I had a hame fu' braw an' fair,
A sister ance to braid my hair,
A mither dear to soothe my wae,
A brither young wi' me to play;—
I had a sire, that now hae nane,
An' aye they ca' me Birdalane!'

Ae morn I stood the sea beside,
I saw a ship come ower the tide;
That morn I tined them ane an' a'.
I mourn'd, an' gar'd the tear down fa;—
But wha for me shall mak the mane?
Oh, wha shall weep for Birdalane!

*Birdalane or Burdalane—the last survivor of a race—one who has outlived all ties.

[maddys52]

Articles about the death of William HOLLAND aged 76 in 1896 at Mackay say that his wife died 9 years earlier in Mackay. Is this his first wife?
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/213435638

[Neale1961]

ManU is online, but is not answering any of the questions asked.

[Neale1961]

Ship Merkara arrived QLD Feb 1889
Birdalane Debroit
passenger to McKay
age 26
occupation DS
English Hidd?

She married William Hollands in 1890
She married Ah Fat in 1897.
I recommend getting a marriage certificate to find more information

[hanes teulu]

FindMyPast Queensland marriages

Birdalane Susannah Hollands married Robert Williamson, 17 Jul 1907, Queensland

[trish1120]

I could be a stage name as  she was a Circus Rider.