- Turner, Austin T
[E] Turner, Austin T., organist, composer,
and conductor, born at Bristol, 1823. Was a
chorister there, and for some time a vicar
choral at Lincoln Cathedral. In 1854 he went
to Australia, and settled at Ballarat, which
has since been his home. As singing master
to the Government School, and conductor of
the Philharmonic Society, he did much to
promote the study of music. He conducted
the Harmonic Society, formed in 1864, and
apparently the successor to the Philharmonic,
which in some seasons gave as many as six
concerts. At the last concert vi'e find any
record of, Good Friday, 1875, he conducted a
performance of his cantata, " Adoration," pro-
duced at Melbourne, in November, 1874.
His compositions include two Masses (per-
formed in Melbourne) ; two Marches for
orchestra (Ballarat, 1868) ; choral pieces, etc.
He has held the office of organist at Christ
Church, Ballarat, for many years.entry id: 419-R-58
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