▁has ▁been ▁almost ▁totally ▁forgotten ▁by ▁poster ity , ▁the ▁announ cement ▁of ▁Fe il berg ' s ▁death ▁triggered ▁a ▁quite ▁un pre ced ented ▁reaction ▁in ▁the ▁contemporary ▁press . ▁His ▁passing ▁thus ▁resulted ▁in ▁ob itu aries ▁and ▁mem orial ▁not ices ▁throughout ▁Queensland ▁and ▁in ▁all ▁leading ▁journ als ▁in ▁Australia , ▁hint ing ▁at ▁the ▁controvers ies ▁he ▁had ▁once ▁triggered ▁and ▁honour ing ▁his ▁comp ass ion ate ▁nature ▁in ▁g low ing ▁words ▁and ▁phr ases . ▁Indeed , ▁the ▁coverage ▁and ▁word ing ▁of ▁these ▁articles ▁by ▁far ▁exceed s ▁those ▁honour ing ▁the ▁passing ▁of ▁any ▁of ▁his ▁contemporary ▁and ▁in ▁many ▁cases ▁more ▁famous ▁colle agues . ▁His ▁fun eral ▁at ▁Br is b ane ' s ▁To ow ong ▁C emetery ▁was ▁similarly ▁attended ▁by ▁a ▁wide ▁range ▁of ▁friends , ▁journal ists ▁and ▁several ▁high - ran king ▁polit icians ▁from ▁both ▁sides ▁of ▁Queensland ▁politics ▁including ▁ ▁the ▁former ▁Premier , ▁Sir ▁Thomas ▁Mc Il w ra ith . ▁A ▁e ul ogy ▁was ▁author ed ▁by ▁poet ▁Francis ▁Adams . ▁ ▁Career ▁Fe il berg ▁comm enced ▁his ▁career ▁in ▁journal ism ▁as ▁the ▁owner - editor ▁of ▁the ▁W ide ▁Bay ▁and ▁Burn ett ▁News ▁from ▁November ▁ 1 8 7 0 ▁to ▁about ▁ 1 8 7 5 , ▁free - l ance ▁correspond ent ▁and ▁occas ional ▁editor ial ▁writer ▁for ▁the ▁Br is b ane ▁Cou rier ▁and ▁Queensland er ▁and ▁other ▁journ als ,