Qld Death Cert No. 1951/C2842 states that the death of Laura Jane BOWLES (nee Jones) was registered in Queensland, in 1951. Her father's name was James JONES and her mother's name was Elizabeth JONES (nee Butt).
The Courier-Mail (Brisb. Qld) - Wednesday 26 September 1951 - Deaths... "BOWLES.—On 20th September, 1951, peacefully, at her home at Yandina, Laura Jane Bowles, aged 88 years." Yandina, Qld is just north of Nambour in the hinterland of the Sunshine Coast.
The Courier-Mail (Bris.Qld) - Friday 21 September 1951 - Funeral Notices... "BOWLES.— The cremation service of Laura Jane Bowles, late of Yandina, will take place at Mt. Thompson Crematorium, on Saturday, 22nd September, 1951, at 10.30 a.m. Private cremation. E. C. THOMAS, Funeral Director, Nambour. " Mt. Thompson Crematorium is in South Brisbane, Qld
General Notes
"Laura Jane Jones, arrived in Cooktown on the 'Nowshera' with her sister Emily in 1883. She married Gibson Stewart and had a son who died soon after birth then a daughter, Beatrice. Stewart tried to kill Laura and was eventually jailed for bigamy.
Laura moved to Bushley to live with her sister Emily and her brother-in-law. There she took a job as housekeeper for Adolf Halberstaedter. She had two daughters to Adolf, Edith and Gwendoline. Adolf had four children previously - Maurice, Louis, Annie and Leah.
After Adolf died, Laura met and married Richard Bowles. They had three sons, Henry, Fred and Charles."