To mark the anniversary of Toowong Cemetery's first year of operation, there was a Heritage Day on Sunday, 24th of July 2011 featuring a re-enactment of the burial of Governor Blackall. A speech was made by Her Excellency Ms Penelope Wensley AC.
+Watch the Governor's funeral re-enacted in Brisbane on ABC News (Australia)
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+A book, Colonel Samuel Wensley Blackall : 1809-1871 was published to celebrate the 140th anniversary of the first year of operation of the Brisbane General Cemetery, now known as the Toowong Cemetery, and the internment of the first person buried there, Governor Samuel Wensley Blackall.
+The Friends of Toowong Cemetery received a Silver Award in the 2012 National Trust of Queensland Heritage Awards for Volunteer Projects for the 140th Anniversary Commemoration of the cemetery.
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The event was filmed and a DVD has been produced featuring footage of the re-enactment and segments outlining the history of the cemetery and stories of some people buried there. The DVD is available for purchase for $25 (including GST and postage within Australia).
+Buy the Toowong Cemetery: 140th Anniversary Commemoration DVD
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Some stories about people interred at Toowong Cemetery
+Edited by Hilda MacLean
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Drawing of Toowong Cemetery Gates â Jeff Turner.
+A web version of the book
+This is web version of Extraordinary Stories of Ordinary People, ISBN 0-646-37317-X, available at Brisbane City Council Libraries.
+Some corrections have been made. Images may differ from those in the book. Minor formatting changes.
+Old cemeteries reflect aspects of our social, religious, cultural, architectural and literary history not found in such a combination in any other place. Toowong Cemetery is the largest in Queensland and is an important record of the history of Brisbane and Queensland.
+At the end of the convict period the main cemetery was near the northern end of the present William Jolly Bridge. In 1844 the Paddington Cemetery (on the site of the current Suncorp Stadium at Lang Park) came into use. This cemetery quickly became overcrowded. As early as 1853 a petition requesting a new general cemetery was sent to the Government of New South Wales, of which Queensland was then a part.
+In June 1866 a site of 203 acres at the base of One Tree Hill (now Mt Cootâtha) about 6 kilometres from the centre of Brisbane was surveyed for a cemetery reserve. This was extended to 257 acres in October 1870.
+Queensland's second Governor, Colonel Samuel Blackall, was ill and this prompted him to choose a plot the highest in the cemetery - for his grave. He died in January 1871 and was the first to be buried in the new cemetery. His impressive memorial continues to dominate the hill.
+Trustees were appointed to administer the cemetery in October 1871. The inhabitants of Brisbane were reluctant to use the new cemetery because of the lack of public transport and resultant higher funeral costs. In 1875 the railway was extended through to Toowong and the cemetery was officially opened on the 5th of July 1875.
+Although Governor Blackall was the first person buried in Toowong Cemetery, several memorials predate his grave. In 1881 the bodies of three children who died in the early 1830s (their fathers were guards in the convict settlement) were exhumed from a North Quay site and, with the original headstones, transferred to Toowong Cemetery. Around 1911 a small number of remains and memorials from the Paddington Cemetery were also removed to Toowong Cemetery.
+In 1915 a parcel of 132 acres was transferred to the Toowong Town Council to provide parkland and the proceeds used for the erection of a cemetery wall, iron railing and gates. In 1930 the administration of the cemetery was handed over by the trustees to the newly formed Brisbane City Council.
+By April 1975 almost all available plots in Toowong Cemetery had been sold but burials still take place in family graves. More new graves were made available in January 1999.
+It is estimated that around 116,000 are buried in Toowong Cemetery. While there is a large amount of information available on a small number of very notable individuals, little is known about the majority of the people buried at Toowong. These are the 'ordinary people'. Every one has an 'extraordinary story'. All contributed in some way to the fabric of our early Queensland society.
+Members of the public, including descendants, have provided these stories with the aim of letting the contributions of these individuals be known.
+While every care has been taken in checking the accuracy of the contributions, many are stories passed down through the generations, and are unable to be substantiated. In any case, the stories are fascinating reading.
+Photographs have been supplied by the contributors. Sources are acknowledged where known.
+The Friends of Toowong Cemetery Association Inc. would like to sincerely thank all of the contributors for sharing their 'Extraordinary Stories'.
+This publication is the first of a series. Further volumes will be published progressively as contributions are received.
+The cover drawing is one of a series by Jeff Turner, funded by a Brisbane City Council Cultural Grant.
+Publication of this book was made possible through a Brisbane City Council Local History Grant.
+Hilda Maclean
+Honorary Secretary
+Friends of Toowong Cemetery
+April 1999
Susannah Agnes Kable, as she was christened, was the grand-daughter of First Fleet convicts Henry Kable and Susannah Holmes and Second Fleet marine William Charlton and convict Mary Gittos. Born in Bathurst, Susannah was the eldest of six children. Susannah's father, William Nathaniel Kable, died when she was eleven. Her mother, Elizabeth, remarried and with her new husband, Matthew Smith Finley, had another five children.
+When Susannah was about six and living in Bathurst, her mother Elizabeth went one night to investigate an intruder in their house. An escaped convict was hiding in the bedroom. Taking the only weapon at hand, a small cobbler's hammer, Elizabeth levelled it at the intruder as if it was a pistol, saying "If you move, I'll fire." While covering the man with the hammer, she managed to attract the attention of a household servant. When the escapee found that he had been taken by a woman with a hammer, he vowed vengeance. The family lived in fear of his escaping again until he was sent to Cockatoo Island for a lengthy sentence.
+When Susannah was 19, she married John Shand Maclean, the son of a Equity Court judge in Jamaica. John had arrived in Australia seven years earlier in 1838. The first of Susannah's ten children was born in 1847. Susannah followed her husband around as he pursued his various interests. John attempted farming and for a time taught at a gentlemen's academy in the Richmond area of New South she gave Wales.
+Susannah was in Bathurst in 1853, where she gave birth to her third son. By 1856, where the ever-growing family had settled in the Burnett region of Queensland. Susannah's final four children were born on various cattle properties in the Burnett region.
+Susannah struggled to raise her growing family with only the occasional help of indifferent servants. She was often left alone in the unlined slab house. At times Susannah would see eyes peering at her through the cracks. To ward them off, she would take a firearm from the rack and handle it as if she was about to use it. Her ruse appeared to have worked.
+Tragedy struck in November 1862 when John fell off a horse and died on Gyandrah Station near Cracow, Queensland. Susannah was left with ten children under the age of fifteen and a cattle property to manage. She suffered another setback in the 1870s when a fire swept through Gyandrah, destroying all her photographs and heirlooms.
+Susannah brought up her large family with the assistance of her brother and sister-in-law on a nearby property. The children learnt to swim in the Dawson River and reputedly all became expert riders.
+In 1884 Susannah's youngest child, Eric, married sixteen-year-old Elizabeth Penhallurick at her residence at Westwood, via Rockhampton. From about this time, Mrs Agnes Maclean, as she became known, developed a reputation as a midwife, delivering many children in district, including a number of her own grandchildren. In October 1893, Agnes delivered Elizabeth's second son at Westwood. While Eric and Elizabeth had moved north to Bowen by 1895, it seems that Agnes moved south.
+Agnes claimed the right to vote in 1905, her 80th year. She was registered on the electoral rolls as living with her youngest daughter, Elvina, and her schoolmaster husband, Charles Marshall, at the Nerang State School.
+Agnes died of nephritis at the Nerang Hospital on the 20th of January 1911. She was buried at Toowong Cemetery next to her sister-in-law, Mary Ann Kable.
+The grave of Agnes Susan Maclean was restored in 1998 with funds provided by the Kable family.
+This story was contributed by Wendy O'Brien.
+The ninth and youngest child of James Hall-Scott and Sarah Ross, Jessie was born at Ross Hall, Bowen on the 5th of March 1874. +Jessie, and her five sisters and her brother were taken to Scotland in 1875 by their mother. Sarah intended to educate the children in Scotland and on the Continent. For a time, the family stayed with the Ross family on the farm Kinnahaird, near Contin in Ross-shire.
+Jessie and her family left Scotland as a consequence of the premature death of her father, James Hall-Scott, in 1880. The family did not manage to return to Bowen until 1882, only to find that their property had been completely destroyed by a cyclone. They were forced to live several weeks under canvas while a dwelling was built for them. Jessie stayed in the Bowen area at least until 1888, helping her widowed mother to run the small farm they had. Jessie went to Toowoomba in 1892 but had returned to Bowen by May 1893.
+On the 15th of March 1897 at the Holy Trinity Church, Bowen, Jessie married Glenville Massy, sixth son of Charles Alphonse Massy of Stoneville, Gundaroo, New South Wales. Jessie's eldest sister Annie had married Glenville's younger brother, John Eyre Massy, seven years earlier. Now the families were doubly connected.
+Jessie gave birth to two children, Marie Stuart in December 1897 and Glenville in March 1901.
+Within a year of her marriage Jessie had moved to Thursday Island, where her husband had an interest in a meat-freezing works. She was still on Thursday Island in September 1909.
+Shortly afterwards, in prosperous circumstances, the family moved to Brisbane. They built a house called Glenville, which stood on the corner of Hobbs Street and Milton Road, Auchenflower, Brisbane. Jessie was an expert wood carver and made many pieces for her home.
+Jessie also travelled extensively. She brought back many souvenirs from Japan, which are still in the family. When she made a trip in 1904, Japan was not often visited by Westerners and the war between Japan and Russia had just ended.
+Jessie suffered many sorrows during her life. Her sisters Annie, Marion and Ada died within eight years of each other, Annie of a stomach tumor and the others of tuberculosis. None was over the age of forty. Jessie herself died on the 27th of May 1923 aged 49. She is buried at Toowong Cemetery with her husband, Glenville, and daughter, Marie.
+ + +Matthew J. Fox wrote this about Jessie in his book The History of in Queensland: its people and industries, published 1921.
+++Mrs Massy shared with her husband the many privations and sacrifies of life in the Never-Never, gladly separating herself from the accustomed luxuries of civilisation in order to uphold him in the uphill struggle by that cheerful and loving support which may only be accorded by loyal womanhood.
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This story was contributed by Hilda Maclean.
+Catherine Ryan was born about 1853 in Dublin, Ireland to Patrick and Mary Ann Ryan. Her parents died in a railway accident when she was about two years of age. Catherine and her sister Mary Ann were adopted by the Dovey Family and emigrated to Australia with them. They lived in Melbourne and Catherine was confirmed at St Mary's Roman Catholic Church at the age of ten.
+Catherine moved to Queensland and married Martin Walsh on the 8th of January 1877 at Maryborough. This was Martin's second marriage; he had two children from his previous marriage. Catherine and Martin had five children of their own and they reared the seven children together until Martin died on the 26th July 1886 at Tinana. He was buried at Maryborough.
+Catherine remarried when she was 44. She and her husband, John Greasley, had a son. After John died on the 23rd of September 1903, Catherine ran a boarding house at Spring Hill. Her daughter, Evangeline Mary Walsh, was a waitress there when she married Joseph Campbell. Evangeline and Joseph Campbell had six children, three girls and three boys. On the 11th of December 1923 Joseph died at their home at Mott Street, Enoggera. Three days later one of their daughters, Esther, also died. Evangeline died on the 14th of October 1924. Joseph, Esther and Evangeline are buried in the same grave in Toowong Cemetery.
+After Evangeline's death Catherine took over the raising of Joseph and Evangeline's children, her own grandchildren. Catherine was about 71 at this time. She was a good organiser and grew her own flowers, vegetables and particularly herbs, from which she concocted her own medicines and ointments. She kept the family on ten shillings a week, which she supplemented by making jams and lollies and by crocheting and tatting for Brisbane City shops such as Allan and Stark, and Edwards and Lamb. She made all of her family's clothes.
+The family lived in a big old Queenslander. There was no electricity. They used hurricane lamps hanging from the ceiling. The water was heated in a copper before being carried up stairs for baths taken in a big two handled galvanised tub. Soap was cut up for washing and the clothes were scrubbed on a board before they were put in a copper boiler and kerosene tins to boil. Ironing was done with 'Mrs Potts' irons heated on a wooded stove. All the cooking was done in iron saucepans.
+On the 9th of February 1929 Jean Millicent Campbell died and was buried in Toowong Cemetery. With her death only one of Catherine's three granddaughters was now alive.
+Catherine Greasley died on the 26th of August 1935 and was buried in the same grave as Jean. Catherine Greasley was a remarkable woman who raised not only her stepchildren and her own children from two marriages but also her grandchildren.
+This story was contributed by Ian Campbell.
+Died 21 May 1927
+Emily was born Emily Sophia Leader on the 4th of July 1857 in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, where her father Richard Leader owned the Sun Inn. Emily was married to Henry Tom Pickett on the 12th of March 1878 at St Peters and St Pauls, Marlborough and left for Australia soon after. Henry must have been to Australia before as he is listed as hotelkeeper of the Steam Packet Hotel, Cairns in 1870. The account of the marriage in the Marlborough Times describes "Tom" as "being late of Leichhardt Hotel, Cairns."
+Their first child, Emily Margaret, was born on the 8th of March 1879 at the Kelly Building in Elizabeth Street, Brisbane. Tom and Emily had five other children. Eleanor Sarah was born on the 26th of November 1880 at the Union Club in Charlotte Street. Another daughter, Evelyn Ann, was also born at the Union Club on the 20th of January 1882. Evelyn died on the 13th of April 1882 and is buried with her mother at Toowong. Emily Sophia went back to England about 1883 because her father died that year.
+The next child, Dorothy Kemp Pickett, was born on the 12th of March 1897 at the Post Office Hotel. Frank Burgess Pickett was also born there on the 17th of November 1898. Henry Tom Pickett was proprietor of the Post Office Hotel, which was in Queen Street opposite Eagle Lane, from the 8th of September 1885 to 1900. They had water up to the ground-floor ceiling during the great 1893 flood. The hotel was in Queen Street, Brisbane opposite Eagle Lane. Tom moved to the Metropole Hotel, 78 Edward Street, as proprietor in 1901-1902. +Marjorie Leader Pickett was born at Fairview Guesthouse in Sandgate on the 17th of May 1901. The family story goes that Emily Sophia Pickett travelled down to Sandgate every Friday and stayed the weekend. The 1903 Post Office Directory listed the family at Savernake, Kedron Park Road, Lutwyche. The house was so named because Tom Pickett was born near this area in Wiltshire.
+Emily Sophia ran boarding houses in her later years. The first was the Strathmore on North Quay. Then, in 1915, she took over and refurbished the Fairview at Sandgate.
+Emily Sophia died on the 19th of December 1923 at Kent Road, Wooloowin. Henry Tom was admitted to Dunwich Asylum in early November 1925 and died there on the 21st of May 1927, his body being taken by launch to Cleveland. He is buried at Toowong with his brother Frank.
+Redael the name of the family home in Kent Road Wooloowin, is 'Leader' (Emily's maiden name) spelt backwards.
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This advertisement appeared in The Queensland Figaro on the 20th of April 1889.
+This story was contributed by Pamela Webster.
+Walter Jenner was born on the 8th of March 1836 in Godalming, Surrey, England. In 1854 he joined the Navy, retiring from it in 1865. He tried various jobs and at age 29 settled in Brighton and started to paint. He became quite well known, exhibiting at the English and Scottish Academies, the Royal Pavilion Gallery, Brighton and the Crystal Palace, London.
+On the 31st of July 1883, aged 47, he left with his family for Queensland on the RMS Roma. They first lived at Dornoch Terrace, Highgate Hill and later in Montrose Street, Taringa. In 1884, only a year after arriving in Brisbane, he exhibited at the Queensland National Association. Subsequently he won prizes and medals interstate and at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition in London. Soon after his arrival in Brisbane, Walter initiated meetings to discuss the founding of a Queensland Art Society. The QAS was then formally inaugurated at the School of Arts, Ann Street, on the 4th of August 1887.
+Walter then proposed the founding of a public art gallery in Queensland and led a deputation to the Premier to that end. After much lobbying the Queensland National Art Gallery (as it was then known) was established by the Government in March 1895. Jenner continued to paint and exhibit until ill health prevented him from working. He died on the 1st of March 1902.
+The prominent part Jenner played in art matters is recognised in the catalogue of the Gallery Collection of 1908 and again in the Gallery's 1982 Commemorative Catalogue. A retrospective exhibition of Jenner's work was held late in 1994. The exhibition drew heavily on works owned by Jenner's great-granddaughter and works from the collection of the Queensland Art Gallery.
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Noted Queensland artist Isaac Walter Jenner â State Library of Queensland.
+This story was contributed by Frances Pavlu.
+Glenville Massy J.P. was born on the 13th of May 1863. He was the third surviving son of Charles Alphonse Massy, who had four sons and two daughters, all of whom were born at Gundaroo, New South Wales.
+Glenville was educated at the Collegiate School, Glebe Point, Sydney, where he studied until he turned seventeen. Owing to an indifferent state of health he did not immediately engage in any particular occupation.
+A year later, in 1881, he came to Queensland to join his brothers, Charles and Oscar, at Sonoma, a cattle property owned by them near Bowen. He remained on Sonoma for about a year, when, with Charles, he started with a 1000 head of breeders with the view of taking up land on the Lynd, a river which junctions with the Mitchell. On their arrival, however, they learned that the country had already been selected. Their next thought was to obtain pasture for their herd during the advancing wet season.
+Glenville stayed with the cattle while Charles inspected down the Mitchell and Palmer Rivers and over the Straaten River Valley, becoming familiar with the the country and potential for grazing. When the roads were again traversable, the brothers mustered their stock and continued their journey to the far north, eventually arriving at the Stuart River, where they took up country 1200 kilometres from where they had started. This land was now known as Silver Plains. Its ownership passed to the Queensland Government after the Massys abandoned it when they acquired better country to the west-north-west and moved their stock there. To this property, Rokeby, they devoted many strenuous years. Living 160 kilometres from their nearest neighbour, lacking postal and telegraphic facilities, their only means of procuring stores was by packhorse from Cooktown, a distance of 360 kilometres, at a cost of ÂŁ35 per ton. They sturdily faced floods and droughts and the many indescribable hardships accompanying such events. There was practically no market for their stock and for several years it was impossible to obtain credit from financial institutions.
+The Aboriginals constantly killed and harassed the stock and menaced the lives of the settlers. In the efforts of the brothers to halt the attacks by dispersing the Aboriginals, Charles was wounded by a barbed spear which entered his back and became embedded. Glenville helped his older brother to travel over 190 kilometres, but shortly after reaching medical aid Charles died of exhaustion.
+Oscar joined Glenville at Rokeby. To make it cheaper and quicker to bring in supplies, the Massy brothers pushed a road through to the mouth of the Stuart River. Stores were then transported by sea from Cooktown and then by pack horse at the much reduced rate of ÂŁ10 per ton. The Queensland Government also used the road for forwarding supplies when building the overland telegraph line to Cape York.
+When by 1895 it was imperative to find a market for their increasing herd, Glenville moved to Thursday Island and established a butchering business, which he conducted on his own for the following 14 years as a means of absorbing the Rokeby stock. Then the butchering business was floated into a limited company with the title of "The Torres Straits Fresh Food and Ice Company", in which Glenville retained an interest for several years.
+In the meantime the firm acquired Emu Plains, a run adjoining the original Sonoma property. The Massy brothers mutually decided to dissolve the partnership in 1910, Glenville becoming the sole owner of Rokeby and Emu Plains while retaining an interest in Sonoma, which was then administered by Oscar.
+That year Glenville Massy retired from North Queensland and took up residence at Glenville, on the corner of Milton Road and Hobbs Street, Auchenflower. The house, described as one of the most fashionable of its time, is no longer standing. Glenville spent his days amid comforts which vividly contrast with the frequent privations - such as scarcity of water and lack of food for days at a time - and the many other hardships incidental to a life in the Peninsula.
+He married Jessie, daughter of James Hall-Scott, a pioneer of the Bowen district in 1897. Jessie's story is told elsewhere in this book. Glenville died on the 25th of March 1939 at his beloved Auchenflower home.
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5657 Panorama of a large Queenslander house on the corner of Milton Road and Hobbs Street, Auchenflower. ca. 1920. Part of a motorcar can be seen at the far right of the photo and tram lines and a tram are shown at far left. The house is timber, with a brick and timber fence. The house, named 'Glenville' was the residence of pastoralist Glenville Massy and his family. The house was demolished in the 1960s. â State Library of Queensland.
+ + +This story was contributed by Hilda Maclean.
+Michel Fryar Shield was born in England. He came to Australia with his parents and siblings from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne on the ship Stamboul in 1854. They settled in Moggill and were very early colonists there. He moved to Brookfield and married his first cousin, Mary Ann Makepeace. They raised twelve children. He never remarried after Mary Ann's death in 1905 aged 53. Michel died on the 5th of August 1935 aged 84 years.
+Mary Ann's parents, Thomas Tindale Makepeace and his wife Hannah Fryar, migrated from Gosforth, Newcastle, England and arrived in Australia in 1857. After settling initially in Newcastle, the family moved to Moggill, where her father work in the Redbank Mines. A serious accident resulting in the amputation of a leg forced Thomas to take up farming at Moggill. Thomas was a foundation member of the Moggill Methodist Church (now the Wesleyan Church).
+Albert Shield was the son of Michel and Mary Ann Shield. He was a surveyor and a teacher and taught at the old Normal School in Brisbane. He was the first teacher at the Kuala Lumpur Survey School. He became the Administrator of the Malay States. He had 12 servants but he was single. He became very ill with malaria when he was there and returned to Australia a very sick man. Albert died on the 15th of January 1936 aged 41 years.
+This story was contributed by M. Kelly.
+Mary Cochrane was the third daughter of Thomas Cochrane, a ploughman, who married Agatha Butter in Edinburgh in 1844. Seven children were born to the family in Dundee. On the 12th of January 1856 Mary arrived with her family in Queensland. Her father, Thomas, ran a grocery store in Fortescue Street, Spring Hill. Five more children were born in Brisbane.
+Mary Cochrane married merchant Robert Jackson Craig in 1865. He and his bothers-in-law Samuel and William Cochrane and their families travelled north to the new port of Cairns. By March 1877, the men had established themselves as merchants at Smithfield.
+On Boxing Day 1877, Robert was tragically murdered by the owner of the Bee Hive Hotel, William Smith, who then took his own life. Smith's hotel was opposite Robert's store. Robert had asked Bill Smith to settle his outstanding account and refused him further credit until the debt was paid. About 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Bill Smith called Robert Craig over to 'settle' his account. Afterwards gunshots were heard and Robert ran into the street clutching his chest shouting "Murder! Murder!" William Cochrane was working behind the counter of their store and ran outside when he heard the shots fired. He saw Bill Smith standing on the verandah of his hotel with the revolver still in his hand. William towards Bill who quickly turned the revolver on himself. Robert Craig died in his brother-in-law's arms. He was just 34 years old. Robert was the first burial in the Cairns Cemetery on the Esplanade.
+The loss of two well-respected citizens stunned the whole community of Smithfield. Robert and Bill Smith had always been the best of friends. The town of Smithfield had been named after Bill Smith, who had hacked a track through the jungle to the Hodgkinson Goldfields in 1876.
+Mary was in Brisbane at the time of Robert's tragic death, expecting their sixth child. A son was born the following July, but only lived two months. Two more of their sons had also died in infancy. She did not remarry until nine years later. Although Robert's life insurance payments had lapsed, the Australian Mutual Provident Society made a gift of ÂŁ400 to Mary so she was secure financially.
+Life was not uneventful, however. Her son Fred was only four when his father died and would have had little memory of him, but perhaps family stories of Cairns stirred his curiosity. An item in the Cairns Courier on the 13th of May 1881 reports that Fred ran away, boarded the Leichhardt on route to Cairns, was apprehended by the police at Rockhampton and returned to Brisbane. This happened just before his eighth birthday.
+In 1886 Mary married Paul Cole Atkinson, a widower with five children. By this time Mary's three surviving children were teenagers. She had two more children, Pauline and Ruby, making a total of seven children for her to care for. However, fate was not kind to Mary. All she had been through obviously affected her health and she died just seven years later in October 1893 at the early age of 45. Ruby was just five years old. A series of housekeepers raised Mary's children until Paul Atkinson married for the third time in 1898 to Eliza Hendren. Mary is buried in the Atkinson family grave.
+This story was contributed by June Vickers.
+Silvester Diggles and his family migrated from Liverpool, England to Sydney. Eventually, the family settled in Brisbane in 1854. Silvester was a man of many and varied talents. He was a piano tuner, musician and artist. He also was Brisbane's first known photographer in 1855. Silvester also distinguished himself as an ornithologist, entomologist and astronomer, just to name a few more of his interests.
+Silvester was selected by the government of the day to proceed to Cape Sidmouth in 1871 as a member of the Eclipse Expedition, his chief recommendation being his skills as an artist and naturalist. He also was one of the most earnest advocates for the establishment of a museum in Queensland. During his lifetime, Silvester published Ornithology of Australia, the first volume of what was meant to be a multi-volume set. He died before the second volume was completed.
+As well as being an esteemed member of the Queensland Philosophical Society for many years, Silvester was a member of the order of Freemasons, and for some time filled the position of organist to St Patrick's Lodge.
+Silvester Diggles died on the 21st of March 1880 aged 63 years and 2 months, leaving behind a widow, two sons and two daughters. As was the custom of the day, the funeral cortege left the family home at Kangaroo Point, proceeding via the Victoria Bridge to Toowong Cemetery for the funeral.
+This story was contributed by Dr Rod Fisher.
+Note the headstone has been removed.
+John T. S. Bird was born on the 10th of May 1842 in Buckland Brewer, Devon. He was entered in the birth register as Zephenneh Theopilus Symons Bird and was known as Jephunneh for some time. In Australia he was always known as John or 'J. T. S.' Bird.
+John began working with the Rockhampton Morning Bulletin newspaper on the day after his arrival in June 1863. He was one of the 457 English and Irish migrants to arrive in Rockhampton aboard the ship Beejapore. Although a qualified printer, he spent some years seeking gold, mostly in central Queensland. He was the co-discoverer, with Arthur Hoskings, of the Ridgelands alluvial goldfields near Rockhampton in 1867. A year later he married Kezia Seymour. By 1870, with his wife and daughter Ella, he was invited back onto the Morning Bulletin staff and served in various capacities during his long career.
+Kezia gained some fame by providing the first clue in the arrest of Commissioner Griffin for the murder of Troopers Power and Bird during a gold shipment robbery in 1869.
+Originally on the mechanical printing staff, John was appointed foreman in 1875 and later became overseer. By 1876 he was writing very popular sporting articles under the name 'Veno', and because of his practical mining experience he became the mining reporter. The newspaper was the first to describe Queensland's famous Mount Morgan mine. He was Rockhampton's first historian, and his articles on the early days and notable people were collected and published by the Morning Bulletin in 1904 as The Early History of Rockhampton by J. T. S. Bird. This is now a rare volume and is accepted as being one of the best of its genre.
+Two of John's sons, Robert and John, followed their father into the newspaper business. At one stage the entire family was on the staff, and they claimed that, if necessary, they could produce the whole paper.
+In 1909 he was appointed sub-editor of the Capricornian and continued on the literary staff of these newspapers until his wife's death in 1918, when he moved to Brisbane. Even from there he wrote freelance articles for the Rockhampton Bulletin until about six months before his death on the 7th of May 1932, just three days short of his 90th birthday. Rockhampton honoured him by naming a street, Bird Court and a park after him.
+John and Kezia had a total of eight children, some of whom are buried at Toowong Cemetery. His eldest child, Ella, who looked after John until her death in 1928, is buried in the family plot along with her brother John T. H. Bird who became the chief Hansard reporter for the Queensland Parliament. J. T. S. Bird's sixth child, Beatrice Kezia, is buried alongside her husband, James T. Wiley, who was tragically killed in an Ascot house fire in 1952. Beatrice raised the orphaned children of her sister Violet. Violet had died prematurely in 1918 and her husband, Ernest Moulday, succumbed to influenza during the great epidemic of 1919.
+This story was contributed by Dottie Kemp.
+4 November 1838 - 13 September 1925
+March 1845 - 20 July 1935
+James Campbell was born on the 4th of November 1838 at Newtown, Cooks River, Sydney, New South Wales. He was baptised on the 22nd of December 1838 at Scots Church of St Andrew, Sydney. James was the fifth child and fourth son of Hugh and Ellen Campbell.
+James left Sydney with his brothers Charles and William to make their home in Toowoomba. He was first connected with Eton Vale. In 1867 he went into business for himself, later taking his two brothers into partnership in the butchery and wool scouring business of J. C. and W. Campbell, situated on the corner of Ruthven and Russell Streets, Toowoomba.
+James was interested in politics like his father Hugh and his brother Charles. He became Alderman of Toowoomba, Mayor in 1882, and finally MLA for Aubigny from March 1884 to April 1893, elected unopposed after the election of the 6th of March 1883 was declared null and void. He was also a member of the Toowoomba Caledonian Building Society and foundation member of the Southern Cross Masonic Lodge.
+He owned a grazing property, Dulacca West, near Yeulba in 1899. He was said to be an accomplished cattleman. He retired to his home Portland at Toowoomba and his other home also called Portland in Brisbane in 1915.
+It was James Campbell's proud boast that he had been a subscriber of the Brisbane Courier for 55 years.
+James married Sarah Ann Lovell on the 17th of April 1866 at Toowoomba. Sarah hailed from Bristol, where she was born in March 1845. She came to Australia with her parents on the Blenheim in 1858. The Lovell family first settled in Ipswich then later moved to Toowoomba. Sarah's father, Richard Lovell, was a wheelwright and prominent citizen of Toowoomba. Her mother, Ann, was a member of the Gregory family.
+James died on the 13th of September 1925 at his Brisbane home of jaw cancer. Sarah died almost ten years later on the 20th of July 1935 at their Toowoomba home. They are buried together at Toowong Cemetery.
+James and Sarah had twelve children, four sons, seven daughters and a baby who died unnamed. At the time of his death in 1925, James had 33 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
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James Campbell â State Library of Queensland.
+This story was contributed by Ian Campbell.
+Mary was a school teacher before and after four her marriage to Samuel Kennedy. Together they had four children, three daughters and a son they named Andrew. Mary was widowed when Andrew was only eight months old. She was living and working at the Drumbie School near Armagh, Ireland. The family emigrated to Brisbane in 1865 and moved into a property in Isaac Street, Spring Hill. Mary died aged 65 on the 5th of August 1885.
+Andrew also became a teacher, starting as a pupil-teacher in 1870 and retiring as the Acting Under Secretary of the Department of Public Instruction in 1922. He married Anna Katherine Gripp in 1880 and the couple had ten children. The family lived at Kingsholm at New Farm where Andrew died on the 22nd of February 1930 aged 72.
+Teaching was in the Kennedy family blood. Andrew and Anna's youngest child, Doris Vivian, was born at Kingsholm in 1899. Doris graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Arts in 1920. She taught at Brisbane Girls Grammar School for 42 years. Doris died on the 28th of September 1979 aged 80.
+This story was contributed by Ian Kennedy.
+Florence Griffiths Buchanan was born on the 16th of September 1861 at Barton Fields, Canterbury, England, the youngest of the six children of Captain Neil Griffiths Buchanan of the 93rd Highlanders. In 1882 she came out to join her brother in Bundaberg. She became interested in the missionary work done among the South Sea Islanders. She returned to England in the following year, but, finding the weather too cold, lived in Malta and then Egypt. Florence returned to Bundaberg in 1877 and at once resumed her work among the Islanders on her brother's plantation and elsewhere. Florence suffered a horrific riding accident which left her crippled and subject to terrible pain and headaches for the rest of her life.
+Florence left Bundaberg after the great flood of 1893, where she had to be rescued from her submerged cottage. She arrived on Thursday Island where she started worked for the church. This would be her vocation for 19 years until her death in 1913.
+On the 5th of January 1908, Florence was ordained Deaconess by the Anglican Bishop of Carpentaria and later that year was in charge of the newly established mission in Moa during the Bishop's absence. Florence worked as a teacher as well as carrying out her duties as superintendent for three years. Despite her physical difficulties, Florence would walk great distances to assist those in need.
+Fearing that to the this was getting of too much for her as her, the Bishop lent to the Diocese of Singapore as a temporary helper. On her return to Darwin, Florence again worked as a teacher.
+A very modest woman, Florence always dressed in the plainest of uniforms. She was noted for her self sacrifice, a cup of tea and a slice of toast being her usual meal. Florence was much loved by the children she taught and the parishioners of the North.
+Florence was in Brisbane attending the Church Congress when she became ill for the last time. She died aged 53 after a terribly painful lingering illness. The inscription on her headstone reads
+++Well Done Good and Faithful Servant.
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This story was contributed by Patrica Ramsay.
+Anders Peter Petersen-Neilsen and his wife, Emma Christina, were both born in 1842 in Tjorn, about 45 kilometres north of Goteborg in Sweden. They both came from farming families and are believed to have married in Goteborg on the 7th of January 1870. A son, Carl, was born to them in Sweden later that year.
+The 1870s were a time of acute distress in Sweden as the result of overpopulation and poor farm production and during that period almost one million people emigrated. Most went to the USA but quite a number came to Australia.
+In October 1872, Anders, Emma and toddler Carl departed from Sweden and sailed for Queensland in the ship Lammershagen.
+The Lammershagen was a German immigrant ship which sailed from Hamburg with a migrant complement of 112 married adults, 116 single males, 76 single females and 67 children. The passengers were principally Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and German farming people, most of whom were assisted migrants whose fares were either subsidised or fully paid for by the Queensland Colonial Government.
+The voyage to Australia was a long and bitter experience. In line with the practice of the times, each passenger was allowed a ration of very basic food daily and it was a requirement that each bring several changes of clothing as laundering was permitted only at ports of call during the trip. Thirteen passengers died and 17 children were born during the voyage. Young Carl was one of those who died. He was buried at sea.
+On arrival in Australian waters, an outbreak of typhoid occurred among the passengers and crew, which resulted in the ship being placed in quarantine at Peel Island, Moreton Bay on the 9th of January, 1873. It was during the quarantine period that a second child, Anna Caroline, was born on the 21st of January 1873. The ship was finally allowed to berth in the Port of Brisbane on the 12th of February 1873 and the migrant passengers were placed in a hostel at Kangaroo Point, where the family stayed for several weeks.
+Anders first worked for wages on a farm at Bald Hills and then went to a farm owned by a Mr Robinson on the South Pine River. It was on this farm that the Aboriginals helped them strip bark from trees to roof their house and cow bails. Quite often the Aboriginals came to the house for tobacco and flour. Later Anders leased a small farm in an area bounded by Albany Creek Road,wherehe ran the first cattle he owned. In 1889 he leased a further 37 acres situated on the South Pine River at Cash's Crossing.
+In those times, about once per month the family harnessed the sulky or their wagon and drove into the city of Brisbane with dressed pigs and calves for sale to an Adelaide Street butcher and produce which was sold at the markets which then stood in Roma Street.
+Anders purchased a farm at Samford in October 1893. The area consisted of approximately 120 hectares. He borrowed about a third of the purchase price. By now, eleven children had been born to the family of whom nine survived infancy. The family initially lived in a slab hut but in 1900 a new house was built, financed by the sale of some of the land.
+While the farm was only 24 kilometres from Brisbane, trips to town by sulky or wagon were somewhat of an expedition, entailing a 3am start and a return late at night. Occasionally an overnight stay at a city boarding house was necessary.
+Anders and Emma were pillars of the local Methodist church, subscribing to have a new church built about 100 metres from their home. The church was known as the Cedar Creek Methodist Church. The parson would drive his sulky there from Enoggera. The parson would stay the weekend with the Petersen-Neilsens while he conducted services in the church and visited the local parishioners. After Anders and Emma retired to Brisbane, the farm passed into the hands of their son. The weekend visits of the parson to the farm did not thrill the younger members of the family to the same extent and eventually Frederick gave rather generously to have the church removed to Samford township.
+When Anders sold the farm to Frederick on the 4th of May 1915, he and Emma were 72. They moved to Paddington, next door to their daughter Emily. Emma died at the age of 82 years on the 27th of January 1925 and Anders died on the 10th of May 1928 aged 85.
+This story was contributed by Gordon Neilson.
+Joseph Needham Scrope Shrapnel migrated from England in 1870 on the ship Beaumaris Castle with a lady whom family members long believed to be his wife. Esther Voyce was in fact his housekeeper. Joseph left a wife and four children in England and presumably left for the colonies with the love of his life, seeking a fresh start. With Esther, Joseph had three more children, two of whom are buried with him.
+Joseph was a surgeon who had two practices, one at Sandgate and the other in Tank Street in Brisbane City. While riding to the Sandgate Station, Joseph fell from his horse, breaking his leg. He subsequently contracted pneumonia and died aged 47. Esther, his 'wife' was eventually buried beside him.
+Joseph Shrapnel bore a famous name. He was the grandson of Lieutenant General Henry Shrapnel of Bradford-on-Avon in Wiltshire, who invented the shrapnel shell which was named after him. The General sold the family estate and spent all the money perfecting his invention.
+This story was contributed by Catriana Stark.
+John Boyne Mclennan died on the 21st of November 1908 at the ripe old age of 81 years at his residence in Kent Street, Teneriffe. He was resident in Queensland for over fifty years, and during the whole of that time he had been closely connected with racing.
+His first occupation in Queensland, at that time a part of New South Wales, was that of studmaster at Canning Downs, near Warwick, but in 1863 he came to Brisbane, and for some years conducted the Sovereign Horse Bazaar in Elizabeth Street. John Mclennan was an amateur rider of some note, but he is remembered as being mainly instrumental with John Little and Mr D.T. Seymour in forming the Queensland Turf Club. He also took an active part in the formation of Tattersall's Club and was for a number of years President. After acting as a committee member on the Q.T.C. for a number of years, John Mclennan occupied the position of judge at the club's meetings, but during his last ten years he lived in retirement.
+John Mclennan was born at Aberdeen, Scotland in 1827. At the age of 19, he migrated to Victoria, where he stayed for only a short time before moving north. He married Miss Georgina Wilson of Warwick in 1863 and they had six children. Besides his racing interests, John Mclennan was an office bearer at the Ann Street Presbyterian Church, where he had been a member of the congregation for many years.
+The funeral took place at Toowong Cemetery, and the respect in which John was held was shown by the large attendance at the graveside and the names of the senders of the many beautiful wreathes, which were recorded in a report of the funeral printed in the Daily Telegraph.
+This story was contributed by Pamela Webster.
+Although the early history of the Affleck family is Scottish, George Affleck, father of William James, was born at +Newcastle-on-Tyne in northern England in 1842. In 1857 George arrived in Moreton Bay with his parents and sister, older siblings having migrated two years earlier. Their religion was Presbyterian but evidently they were not teetotallers for George was a winemaker and his brother John, who settled at Killarney, south-east Queensland, made wine and had a brandy distillery.
+The George Affleck family settled at Toolburra, eleven kilometres north-west of Warwick, where they built a homestead they named Riverside on the banks of the CondamineRiver, a small stream at this point. The old home was moved some years ago so that today's only visible connection is nearby Affleck Bridge. The Afflecks were listed as graziers but as well as running sheep they also grew grain crops and had a herd of dairy cattle, and as a family we recounted among the pioneers of the district. The Affleck clan became the largest landholders in the district, going on to be involved in state politics.
+In 1867 George Affleck married Alice Moffat Skeldon, who was born in Edinburgh in 1845, arriving in Australia aged nine. Alice went to the Warwick district in 1866 and was probably distantly related to the Afflecks. George and Alice had nine children, the eldest being William James Affleck, born on the 22nd of June 1868. When he was six he was enrolled at the local Sandy Creek school, which had opened in 1872. When his primary schooling was completed, William, who was said to an excellent pupil, was sent to Brisbane to attend the Normal School. On completion of his schooling in 1885 William, aged seventeen, obtained a job as a junior clerk with the life insurance company The National Mutual Life Association of Australasia Limited, which had opened its Brisbane branch in 1881. His pay was $90 per annum.
+On the 13th of July 1893 William James Affleck married Maud Voller Lade. They had three children, two daughters and a son.
+From his humble beginning with The National Mutual in Queensland William James Affleck worked his way to the top after administrative postings in Bowen and Townsville, and then back in Brisbane. He became manager for Queensland in 1919, retaining this position with distinction until his death while on sick leave in 1932 at the age of 64. Other Afflecks had died at an even earlier age suffering from heart disease, the cause of William James Affleck's death.
+Throughout his life Affleck had retained his links with the land by interesting himself in community affairs and being actively involved with the Royal National Agricultural and Industrial Society, the RNA, when he returned to Brisbane in 1902, from his Townsville posting. He loved horses and in his early working life he rode long distances while on insurance business. In Townsville he had been active in the local agricultural show as well as horse shows.
+When the family returned to Brisbane in 1902 they rented a house for a short time before settling at 19 Vulture Street, West End, the land running back to Ashington Street. The roomy house stood on one block and the garden and outbuildings occupied three other blocks. Here on the back boundary there were stables where the horses and buggies were kept. The elder daughter Vera learned to ride when quite young, a Shetland pony having been bought for her. Vera rode to school, leaving her horse at the livery stables near where today's City Hall stands. Her father drove his horse and buggy to his city office, one of the clerks then taking the outfit to the same stables.
+After holding various honorary positions in the RNA in Brisbane, W.J. Affleck became president of this association and was also president of the Stockbreeders' Association of Queensland, the Jersey Cattle Society of Queensland and the Ayrshire Society. Such was Affleck's interest in cattle he was also treasurer of the Hereford Society. He judged cattle and established herd books and half a dozen Herd Book Societies. A building at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground was called Affleck House in his honour.
+W. J. Affleck was a tall man who held himself erect. He had a commanding presence and a soft heart with a reputation for giving hand-outs to men in need during the Great Depression. He always wore a button-hole and carried a walking stick whether in city circles or in the countryside he loved.
+As well as Affleck's interest in agricultural matters he was a justice of the peace, a founding Rotarian in Brisbane, and a member and office bearer of the Auchenflower Bowling Club. When Affleck died, it was noted in the newspaper obituaries that he was one of Queensland's most public spirited men.
+This story was contributed by Shirley Lahey.
+Maud Voller Lade was born on the 2nd of June 1874 in Brisbane, the third of the eight children of Joseph John Lade and Mary nee Bridges, both English-born. Joseph's parents, Thomas Lade and his wife Harriet left the farms that he had managed in Kent and sailed with their three children to Moreton Bay in 1851. Their passage to Sydney on the sailing ship Windsor cost $120 in today's money. The Lades settled at Upper Kedron Brook on land Thomas bought for $124 in the suburb now known as Enoggera. They called their new farm and homestead Surrenden after the property they had lived on in Kent.
+The hard-working Lades prospered as farmers and fruitgrowers and Thomas Lade won prizes in the first Moreton Bay Horticultural Society's show in 1853. He, with the assistance of his son Joseph, were to distinguish themselves by becoming Queensland's first commercial wine producers and in 1862 Thomas Lade won a medal and certificate of honourable mention at the London International Exhibition. The Lades were considered to be the best authorities on wine culture in the colony.
+The Lades were devout Baptists. They had been closely involved with their church in Kent and in Brisbane they were foundation members of the Wharf Street Baptist Church.
+ + +When Joseph married in 1869 he and his wife Mary moved further out on Sanford Road to a farm they called Glen Retreat. Joseph Lade late in life wrote that his family had bought this land in 1851 when Surrenden was purchased but there is evidence to support this date of purchase. Here Joseph planted fruit trees and grapevines while Mary managed a boot and shoe shop on the corner of George and Queen Streets. Mary appears to have been the one with the business head while Joseph was somewhat of a dreamer. As well as managing the city shop Mary bought houses, did them up and sold them.
+In the year or two before Joseph and Mary Lade's third child was born in 1874, Joseph wanted to increase the number of his citrus trees so he purchased and then planted seeds of oranges and mandarins. One of the latter seedlings had a distinct foliage and went on to produce a high quality fruit that became known as the Beauty of Glen Retreat mandarin, later shortened to Glen Retreat mandarin. However, its commercial success did not come until Lade had sold the Glen Retreat farm to a Mr W. H. Parker around the turn of the century. Parker actively marketed the fruit and by 1927 this mandarin had world-wide distribution.
+Little is known of Maud's childhood but she did attend the Normal School in Brisbane. She had a lively intelligence and was quick witted and humorous. Six weeks after her nineteenth birthday Maud married William James Affleck on the 13th of July 1893. Some of the manchester in her trousseau she bought at reduced prices as it was flood damaged. This was an aftermath of the great flood that had occurred earlier that year.
+William and Maud had three children, two daughters Alice Vera and Marjory, and a son Kenneth George, and four grandchildren. The marriage was a happy one.
+William died in 1932. He had been manager for Queensland of the National Mutual Life Association of Australia, but these were the days before life insurance offices paid generous pensions to the widows of staff officers. Maud endured some financial difficulties during her 33 years of widowhood.
+She lived in the large house called Ayethorne at Vulture Street, West End from the time the family returned to Brisbane from Townsville in 1902 until her death more than 60 years later. In her widowhood she let the downstairs area as a self-contained flat, and upstairs took in two paying guests to supplement her income.
+Maud professed to know little of her forebears, though the Lades had lived in Kent for many centuries. Some of the family had lived at Eyethorne, Kent, the name of the West End house apparently being a mis-spelling of the Kentish village. Like her husband, Maud lived her whole life in Queensland always retaining her love of the countryside and interest in rural matters.
+Maud and William are buried side by side in Toowong Cemetery.
+This story was contributed by Shirley Lahey.
+The contributor, grand-daughter Shirley Lahey, wishes to acknowledge her debt to John Moran, whose book In the Grip of the Grape gives details of the Lade family's wine growing.
+John Wood Rendall was born in Upper Inkster, Orkney Islands, Scotland, to Peter Rendall and Jane Wood, who were small farmers.
+In 1846 he left for the Portuguese colony of Azores, where he was employed as tutor of languages, to the Governor's children. There he met Letitia Amelia Hewitt, a ward of the Governor. Letitia Amelia's mother and the Governor's wife were friends and Amelia (as she was later known) had been sent for health reasons from her home in Worcester, England, arriving the same year as John. She was born in 1829 to Joseph Hewitt and Mary Harris.
+John Rendall and Amelia Hewitt were married by the Chaplain of the British Protestant Church, City of Ponta Delgarda, Island of St. Michael, on the 13th of June 1849.
+One year later, also in Ponto Delgarda, Amelia's mother married for the second time to a Portuguese, Emmanuel Inez Rodrigues. When she was widowed again, Mary emigrated to join her daughter, who by this time was in Brisbane. Mary arrived on the 7th of January 1877. She had been there only seven years when she died in 1883. As well as Amelia, she had a surviving son, Joseph, and a deceased girl from each of her marriages.
+Meanwhile, back in the Azores, John and Amelia had two sons, Joseph Hewitt, born on the 24th of April 1859 and Henry Hewitt, born on the 15th of September 1851. (All their children were given the name 'Hewitt'.)
+Eight years after their arrival in the Azores, they returned to England, to embark on the Calphumia which sailed for Australia on the 5th May 1853. Amelia was pregnant with their third child, Mary Jane Hewitt, who was born on board the ship in Melbourne Harbour on the 19th of August 1853. They continued on to Sydney, where John's first teaching post was Campsie, now Trevellyn in the Hunter Valley. He opened the school there in October. He was well regarded; an Inspector recorded that "his teaching was very superior." Their fourth child, John Hewitt, was born at nearby Paterson on the 11th of September 1855.
+John was transferred to Drayton, near Toowoomba, in August 1856. They were at Drayton for three years until Queensland separated from New South Wales in 1859. Ellen Hewitt was born there on the 20th of October 1858. A son, Nugent, had been born and died the year before.
+The high standard of John's teaching was recognised at this school also. Before he left, a public testimonial described him as "as one of the most able teachers in Queensland."
+Following Separation John was appointed the first headmaster of the newly built Normal School, making him the first Headmaster of the first State School in the new state of Queensland. It opened on the 2nd of April 1860 and John remained there till his death on 27th of November 1873, aged 45 years of age.
+Amelia was left with ten children, five more being born at Moorlands Villa, on the site of what is now the Wesley Hospital. They were Letitia Amelia Hewitt, October 1860, Frank Hewitt, August 1862, Anne Hewitt, July 1864, Florence Hewitt, January 1866 and Charles Hewitt, December 1868.
+Throughout his career John attracted official praise for his teaching, discipline and approachability, and he made an indelible mark on Queensland's educational history. The pupil-teacher training system was inaugurated under his direction.
+In March 1872 "after 14 years unremitting mental labour which severely taxed his constitution," he became Acting Inspector of the Northern Districts examining all the primary schools north of Brisbane as far as Cardwell.
+He returned to the Normal School in September of that year and shortly afterwards was presented with a beautiful timepiece, as a testimony to his worth and ability. The inscription on a silver plate attached to the front of the clock reads: "Presented to John Rendall, Esq. By the teachers and pupils of the Normal School, Brisbane 1873". It is now in the possession of John's great-grandson.
+John took leave of absence and after an illness of two weeks, the last five days of which he was in severe pain, he died at his home Moorlands Villa on the 27th of November, 1873. The school was closed for the rest of the week as a mark of respect and teachers and pupils alike "were cast into gloom".
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Normal School, Brisbane, ca. 1885 â State Library of Queensland.
+Students from the Normal School, Brisbane, ca. 1872 â State Library of Queensland.
A monument to his memory was erected over his grave by pupils and friends connected with the public schools in Brisbane.
+He was buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery at Paddington, Brisbane. After it was closed it fell into disrepair. In 1911 an Act of Parliament enabled the resumption of such cemeteries and allowed them to be redesignated for public use. Relatives had twelve months to arrange for re-interment. John was re-interred in Toowong Cemetery on the 16th of May 1913.
+A plaque enclosed in three stones from the old Normal School is incorporated in the wall of Anzac Square Building, Edward Street, Brisbane, commemorating the school and John Rendall's association with it.
+John and Amelia were caring persons, sympathetic to the needs of those worse off than themselves. During the financial crash of 1866 when government funds were cut off, they fed many people who came to them for help with milk from their cow and a bowl of potatoes on their front lawn, although being almost as impoverished themselves.
+John, with another teacher, Randall MacDonnell, intervened with the Government on behalf of such starving people to get them some relief. He was also a guiding force in the effort to establish a Teachers Union. John was very tolerant in regard to religion.
+Following John's death, Amelia and her family supported themselves by operating a series of boarding houses, one of which, Cadarga, was in Milton. Following this she had premises in Gregory Terrace, Holyrood, later owned by the Country Women's Association.
+Amelia lived to the ripe old age of 93, spry to the last, and living to see the birth of the first of her great-grandchildren.
+This story was contributed by Ruth Inglis.
+Alfred Roberts was born in 1837 in Putney, London, +England and he arrived in Queensland about 1860. In 1872 he began a horse-drawn omnibus line which operated between Eagle Street in the city and the present site of the Taringa shopping centre. The business was lost when the stables burned down about 1893, and Roberts returned to farming at Moggill. He died on the 10th of May 1920.
+What have sailing and managing a pub in common? Plenty, if the pub is the Regatta Hotel on the banks of the Brisbane River. James Klaassen owned and was managing the Regatta Hotel, Coronation Drive, Toowong at the time of his death. He won the A.F. Reid Trophy for sailing in Iris, 1916-17. His four sons were enthusiastic and successful participants in the rowing regattas raced on the stretch of Brisbane River in front of his hotel.
+James had previously owned a hotel on the site of the present day Mater Mothers' Hospital. He sold this to the Mater and then purchased the famous wrought-iron river landmark, the Regatta Hotel. He also owned a cattle property at Goondiwindi and had his own racing colours.
+With an Irish mother and a Danish father, Brisbane-born James Klaassen was associated with the Queensland Irish Association. He was married to Margaret Booker, the eldest daughter of Maryborough pioneer pastoralist, Charles Edward Sydney Booker. James Klaassen died suddenly of heart failure at his home, Ellerslie, Gray Road, Hill End, Brisbane on the 13th of March 1925 leaving a widow and four sons.
+This story was contributed by Margaret Klaassen.
+Robert Arthur Johnstone was born at Richmond, Van Diemen's Land in 1843. He was a grandson of George Johnston. He was educated in Scotland, then returned to work with stock in Queensland in 1865. In 1868 he became manager of the first sugar plantation at Bellenden Plains, north of Cardwell. He was appointed sub-inspector of native police for Cardwell in 1871 and his patrols took him into unexplored areas, investigating reports of shipwrecks, murders and massacres. His response to Aboriginal hostilities was sometimes considered extreme. In 1873 he accompanied G. E. Dalrymple to explore the northern coastline to Cooktown. The Johnstone River was named after him, as were a freshwater crocodile and a species of freshwater turtle. In 1876 he named the Barron River. His exploration led to the establishment of Cairns and Innisfail.
+In 1881 he became the first police magistrate at Winton. He also served at Bundaberg, Howard, Maryborough and +Beenleigh before moving to Toowong, where he died in 1905. He had nine children, of whom three sons and four daughters survived him.
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Robert Arthur Johnstone in The Queenslander, 28 January 1905, p. 32, Public Domain.
+This story was contributed by Dr Bill Kitson.
+Elizabeth Eldridge was born about 1829. She first married Richard Sheppard Smith, a master mariner. They had three children, Edward, William and Elizabeth.
+Edward Eldridge Smith married Margaret Jane Petrie. Margaret was a member of the Petrie family, some of whom are buried at Toowong Cemetery.
+William Charles Smith married Catherine Mary Kingsford. They had seven children, Richard, Winifred, Wilfrid, Elsie, Leofric, Eric and Charles. All the children were given the middle name of Kingsford.
+Charles became the famous aviator, Sir Charles Kingsford Smith.
+After Richard died Elizabeth married his younger brother William, who was also a master mariner. Elizabeth and William had five children, Sydney, Caroline, Albert, Frederick and Louise.
+Such marriages were not uncommon during the Victorian period. With little social welfare available and employment opportunities for women few, many remarried, often to men connected with their late husband.
+Elizabeth died on the 6th of May 1901, aged 72 years. Elizabeth's second husband, William, and their children +Caroline, Albert and Louise are buried in the family grave at Toowong Cemetery.
+This story was contributed by Keith Bowerman.
+John Melville was born at Boreham Wood, Hertfordshire, England on the 10th of September 1834. In 1848 he came with his parents under the sponsorship of Dr John Dunmore Lang, to Queensland. They left England in the ship Fortitude on the 4th of September arriving in Moreton Bay during January 1849. In 1851 when the gold rush started in Victoria, John went to try his luck but returned to Brisbane at Christmas 1854 to visit his family. He then met Sir (then Mr) A. C. Gregory and was asked to join his Great Northern exploration party for the purpose of exploring the Victoria and Albert Rivers, an invitation which he accepted.
+The party consisted of 18 members, including Augustus C. Gregory as Commander, his brother, H.C. Gregory as Assistant Commander and Ferdinand von Muller, who was a botanist.
+They left Brisbane on the 12th of August 1855 in two vessels, The Monarch and the Tom Tough, and the experiences related by John were always a source of pleasure to his friends who were privileged to hear them. He was the last surviving member of this expedition. After returning from the expedition John was engaged in survey work until 1871, when he acted as chainman to Mr George Phillips, who had been engaged to survey part of the present cemetery at Toowong. In 1873 John was appointed overseer of the cemetery by the Trustees, the position he held for 38 years. During which time he endeared himself to all by his kindness and courtesy. He passed away at the age of 77 years and was survived by his widow, two sons and three daughters.
+His grand-daughter, Mrs Joyce Glassop, remembers the house where John Melville and his family lived. It was later demolished when the Toowong Bus Depot was built.
+This story was contributed by Joyce Glassop.
+The Chapman family tragedy unfolded over a number of years. The first death in the family was that of David Chapman, who died on the 20th of October 1923, aged 17. Less than two years later, on the 12th of February 1925, his brother, Percival, died aged 15. Almost a year later, yet another brother, Eric, died on the 11th of January 1926 aged 14. No more children died for ten years, until their sister, Margaret, died on the 1st of July 1936 aged 23.
+What could have caused this tragic string of deaths? According to a family member, they all died of lead poisoning. After the rain, the children would lick the water off the railings because it tasted sweet. In those days, paint containing lead was widely used. The family was oblivious to the danger for years.
+This story was contributed by Ron Gibson.
+Robert Wightman was born on the 3rd of February 1853 at Tradeston, Scotland. He was an architect and a member of the Plantation U. F. Church for forty years and held all of the offices of the congregation during that time.
+Robert married Jeanie Greenlees Dunsmore on the 12th June of 1883. Her father was Henry Dunsmore and her mother was Agnes Carruth. Jeanie was born on the 15th of July 1856 in Glasgow, Scotland.
+Robert entered the Town Council of Govan, Scotland in 1893 as a representative of the sixth ward, and continued as such for sixteen years. Shortly after his election he was promoted convener of the Watching and Lighting Committee, and in this capacity initiated the movement which resulted in the Council deciding to manufacture electricity for the use of the burgh. His wife, Jeanie, was said to have turned on the first electric light in Govan.
+Robert also served terms representing the Govan Council on the Combination Hospital Board for two terms, while he filled the Magistrates chair for three years very successfully.
+Robert and Jeanie with two of their sons, Henry and Robert, and their daughter Jeanie migrated to Australia on the S.S. Omrah in 1911. Their eldest son Thomas was already a resident here. The family resided at Ascog Terrace, Toowong. Robert became a member of the committee for the management of Toowong Presbyterian Church. Robert Anderson Wightman died on Christmas Day 1921 at his home at Toowong.
+Jeanie Greenlees Wightman died on the 10th of October 1936 at the age of 80 years. She was knocked down by a truck one Saturday morning while shopping in Toowong. She was buried in the same grave as her husband.
+This story was contributed by Dorothy Collyer.
+Emma Miller is greatly honoured in Brisbane. The parkland located between the Roma Street Station and Albert Street Uniting Church carries the name Emma Miller Place and is noted for public oratory. There is a statue of her in King George Square, a white marble bust in the Trades Hall in Peel Street, South Brisbane, and a memorial headstone in Toowong Cemetery.
+A feature of some of these marks of honour is the inscription: "The world is my country, to do good is my religion". This was the motto of Emma Miller. She was a women whose tremendous moral courage enabled her to endure the contempt and ridicule of the privileged in her lifelong drive to counter poverty and oppression wherever she encountered it.
+This story was contributed by Noni Malone.
+William Ernest Schleusener was born in Brisbane in 1881. His musical education began in earnest at the age of eleven, when he joined a church choir as an alto. In 1897 he became a member of the Queensland Railway Orchestra, playing the flute and piccolo. Always eager to learn more, William then took lessons on the contra bass. He became the contra bassist for Brisbane's three principal orchestras of the time. In 1906 William was appointed solo bass singer of the Albert Street Church choir and was elected Deputy Conductor.
+William had the honour of singing before royalty, the Duke and Duchess of York, at Government House in 1904.
+In November the same year, William took a quartet to Toowoomba, where they won first prize in a competition. This was the first of many competition wins. He even received a perfect score of 100 from one adjudicator.
+At Easter 1909, William travelled to Sydney where he won the Grand Champion Baritone Solo at the Commonwealth Eisteddfod. He received a citation from the Queensland Railway Commissioner's Office to commemorate this feat. Up to this point, William had never been defeated in any solo vocal competition.
+William died at the age of 43 and was buried at Toowong Cemetery on the 29th of November 1924.
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This story was contributed by Bill Schleusener.
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The Federation Pavilion commemorates the contribution of the delegates who attended the 1891 Australian Federation Convention that are buried at the Toowong Cemetery. It was officially opened on 3 March 2001.
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++This Pavilion honours
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+Samuel Walker Griffith
+John Donaldson
+Thomas MacDonaldâPaterson
+and Arthur Rutledge
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+Queensland delegates to the 1891
+Australian Federation Convention
+
+Who are interred nearby
++This Pavilion commemorates
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+Four men who were among the seven Queensland delegates to the 1891 National Australasian Convention which led to the federation of the Australian States in 1901. +
+Under the leadership of Griffith the Australian Constitution was drafted at this convention.
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+They are buried in Toowong Cemetery.
++Sir Samuel Walker Griffith (1845-1920) was born in Wales and migrated to Australia as a child. He was a brilliant student and at the age of 18 unsuccessfully applied for the position of Ipswich Grammar School Headmaster, having graduated from Sydney University with Honours in maths and classics.
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+He was elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1872, and was Attorney General and twice Premier of Queensland. He was Vice President of the National Australasian Convention and Chairman of the Drafting Committee. His political career included both rivalry with the conservative Premier Sir Thomas McIlwrath (1835-1907) and a period of government in coalition with him, in 1893.
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+He left government to become Chief Justice of Queensland and from 1903 to 1919 was the first Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia.
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+His literary achievements include the translation of Danteâs Divine Comedy ('in the hendacasyllabic measure of the original Italian') published in 1911 by Oxford University.
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+Grave No. 12-11-6/7
++John Donaldson (1841-1896) was a Queensland pastoralist and a member of the Council of United Pastoralists' Association during the Great Strikes. He served as Colonial Treasurer from 1889-1890 during turbulent times in Queensland.
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+Grave No. 12-47-13
++Thomas MacdonaldâPaterson (1844-1906) arrived from Scotland in 1861. He was a Butcher, Solicitor, Investor, Mayor of Rockhampton, MLA 1878-1885 and 1896-1901, MLC from 1885 to 1896 and the first Federal Member of Brisbane of the Australian House of Representatives from 1901 to 1903. He was a supporter of the Separation for North Queensland.
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+Grave No. 12â53-10
++Sir Arthur Rutledge (1843-1917) came to Queensland as a Wesleyan Minister. He was an MLA from 1878 to 1893 and 1899 to 1904. A Barrister and later a Judge of the District Courts. He opposed separation, was a Liberal, supporter of Griffith, and Attorney General from 1883 to 1888.
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+Grave No. 13â49â15
++This Pavilion was erected by the Friends of Toowong Cemetery Association Inc. with the support from the Commonwealth Government.
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+Opened on the Third of March 2001 by
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+Hon. Arch Bevis MP, Federal Minister for Brisbane
+and
+Judy Magub, Councillor for Toowong
+
+With thanks also to the Brisbane City Council for assistance and the Queensland Community Assistance Program of Centenary of Federation for a grant to restore the four graves
Friends of Toowong Cemetery is a volunteer group that discover and share the history and stories of Toowong Cemetery.
+
The Friends of Toowong Cemetery:
+The Friends of Toowong Cemetery have:
+
Federation Pavilion
+Currently we are:
+Friends of Toowong Cemetery meet at Mt Cootâtha Botanical Gardens Auditorium on the last Wednesday of the month (except December) from 6pm to 7pm.
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Contact Us if you'd like to apply to join. Applications are subject Management Committee approval.
+ +The Friends of Toowong Cemetery Association Inc. is a:
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Our Bank details are:
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+
Shops along High Street, Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland, ca. 1890 - State Library of Queensland.
+There are 52 information signs beside memorials and graves of notable people remembered in Toowong Cemetery.
+ + +The table below lists people described in the information signs, their location, and any known damage.
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help locate the information signs.
+| Sign Title | +Location | +Damage | +
|---|---|---|
| War Memorial | +Canon Garland Place | ++ |
| Edward McGregor | +4-16-17/18 | ++ |
| Caskey Memorial | +4-17-18 | ++ |
| 'A' Battery Memorial | +4-36-1 | ++ |
| Ann and Walter Hill | +6-21-9 | ++ |
| Anne Devoy | +7-7-34 | ++ |
| John Burke | +7-19-1 | ++ |
| Peter Gaffney | +7-19-23 | +Sign missing, Post in place. Potential wording for replacement sign | +
| Randal MacDonnell | +7-20-10 | ++ |
| Joseph Darragh | +7-27-11 | ++ |
| James Thomas Mooney | +7-45-10 | ++ |
| William Grene Power | +7-45-18 | ++ |
| Thomas Joseph Byrnes | +7-47-5 | ++ |
| Andrew Purcell | +7-50-1 | +Sign missing, Post in place. Potential wording for replacement sign | +
| John Ahern | +7-51-4 | ++ |
| William Augustine O'Carroll | +7-54-9 | +Sign missing, Post in place. Potential wording for replacement sign | +
| John McDermott | +7-56-3 | +Sign missing, Post in place. Potential wording for replacement sign | +
| Kevin Izod O'Doherty | +7-58-27 | ++ |
| Thomas Joseph Ryan | +7A-3A-1 | ++ |
| John Leahy | +7A-4-3 | ++ |
| John Melville | +9-10-14 | +post removed from ground | +
| Mary Douglas | +9-34-5 | ++ |
| Robert Cribb | +9-37-6 | +post removed from ground | +
| George Prentice | +9-41-4 | +Sign unreadable, Post in place. Potential wording for replacement sign | +
| Florence Griffiths Buchanan | +11-33-4 | ++ |
| Sir Samuel Walker Griffith | +12-11-6/7 | ++ |
| Sir Charles Lilley | +12-15-15 | ++ |
| Elizabeth Jane Kingsbury | +12-42-12/13 | ++ |
| John Donaldson | +12-47-13 | ++ |
| Thomas Macdonald-Paterson | +12-53-10 | ++ |
| Infant Graves | +13-3-12 | +Sign unreadable, Post in place. | +
| Petrie Family | +13-5-3 | ++ |
| Thomas Welsby | +13-9-1 | ++ |
| Pioneer Children | +13-10-4 | ++ |
| Charles Patterson | +13-30-10 | ++ |
| George Rilatt | +13-33-12 | ++ |
| Bancroft Family | +13-35-3 | ++ |
| Sir Arthur Rutledge | +13-49-15 | +post removed from ground | +
| Robert Russell Smellie | +13-60-5/10 | ++ |
| James William Wassell | +13-65-10 | +Sign unreadable, Post in place. Potential wording for replacement sign | +
| Trooper John Cobb | +13-68-16 | ++ |
| John Turner | +13-70-8 | ++ |
| Carl Adolf Feilberg | +13-71-15 | +Sign missing, Post in place. Potential wording for replacement sign | +
| Raff Bothers | +13-79-1/2 | ++ |
| Finney and Isles | +13-81-5/6 | +post damaged but still in place. | +
| Kenneth Hutchison | +13-82-6 | +Sign missing, Post in place. Draft replacement sign. Hi-res photo. | +
| Dorothy Hawthorn | +13-83-1/2 | +post removed from ground | +
| Sir Maurice O'Connell | +13-83-9/10 | ++ |
| Bell Family | +13-84-8/9 | ++ |
| Sir Arthur Palmer | +13-88-7 | ++ |
| Governor Blackall | +Mount Blackall | ++ |
| Sir Anthony Musgrave | +14-23-7/15 | ++ |
Volunteer - report a damaged sign
+Unfortunately signs are often vandalised in the cemetery. Contact us if you find a damaged sign.
+The signs are 25cm high by 35cm wide and are printed on 2mm Stainless Steel.
+
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+ +Excel interprets some grave locations as dates
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+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Friends of Toowong Cemetery have published the following resources:
+Colonel Samuel Wensley Blackall: 1809-1871, published in 2011, celebrates the 140th anniversary of the first year of operation of the Brisbane General Cemetery, now known as the Toowong Cemetery, and the internment of the first person buried there, Governor Samuel Wensley Blackall.
+Extraordinary Stories of Ordinary People, published in 1999, is a compilation of stories, submitted by the public, about people buried at Toowong Cemetery. It is available in print at Brisbane City Council Libraries.
+ + +To mark the anniversary of Toowong Cemetery's first year of operation, there was a Heritage Day on Sunday, 24 July 2011 featuring a re-enactment of the burial of Governor Blackall.
+The Toowong Cemetery 140th Anniversary Commemoration DVD is available for purchase.
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Some Toowong Cemetery road signs need replacement or repair:
+New signs could be added to make wayfinding in the cemetery easier.
+The table below is our prioritised recommendations for road sign improvements in Toowong Cemetery.
+| Intersection | +Current Sign | +Recommendation | +Priority | +
|---|---|---|---|
| Richer St & 9th | +Boundary Road | +Replace with Dr. Lilian Cooper Drive sign | +1 | +
| Richer St & 9th | +9th Avenue | +Replace with new format sign | +6 | +
| Richer St & 9th | ++ | Add Dr. Lilian Cooper Drive sign pointing towards Federation Ave. | +5 | +
| Pat Hill & Pride of Erin | +Dr. Lilian Cooper Drive | ++ | n/a | +
| Pat Hill & Pride of Erin | +Pat Hill Drive | ++ | n/a | +
| Pat Hill & Pride of Erin | +Pride of Erin Drive | ++ | n/a | +
| Walter Ralston & Pride of Erin | +Pride of Erin Drive | ++ | n/a | +
| Walter Ralston & Pride of Erin | +Walter Ralston Avenue | ++ | n/a | +
| Walter Ralston & Francis Forde | +Francis Forde Avenue | ++ | n/a | +
| Francis Forde & 2nd | +Boundary Road | +Replace with Francis Forde Avenue sign | +1 | +
| Francis Forde & 2nd | +2nd Avenue | +Replace unreadable sign | +2 | +
| Francis Forde & 5th | +Francis Forde Avenue | ++ | n/a | +
| Francis Forde & 5th | ++ | Add 5th Avenue sign | +5 | +
| 5th & Steele Rudd | +5th Avenue | +Replace damaged sign | +2 | +
| 5th & Steele Rudd | +4th Avenue | +Replace with Steele Rudd Avenue sign | +1 | +
| Steel Rudd & Peter Jackson | +Steel Rudd Avenue | ++ | n/a | +
| Steel Rudd & Peter Jackson | +Peter Jackson Parade | ++ | n/a | +
| Steel Rudd & 6th | +Steel Rudd Avenue | +Straighten sign | +3 | +
| Steel Rudd & 6th | +6th Avenue | +? | +n/a | +
| 6th & 3rd | +6th Avenue | +Replace with taller pole and new format sign | +6 | +
| 6th & 3rd | +3rd Avenue | +Replace with taller pole and new format sign | +6 | +
| 3rd & Peter Jackson | +3rd Avenue | +Replace unreadable sign | +2 | +
| Peter Jackson & 2nd | +2nd Avenue | +Replace unreadable sign | +2 | +
| Peter Jackson & 2nd | +Boundary Road | +Replace with Peter Jackson Parade sign | +4 | +
| Peter Jackson & 1st | +1st Avenue | +Replace unreadable sign | +2 | +
| Peter Jackson & 1st | ++ | Add Peter Jackson Parade sign | +4 | +
| Garland & 1st | +Garland Avenue | ++ | n/a | +
| 1st & 2nd | +2nd Avenue | +Replace unreadable sign | +2 | +
| 1st & 2nd | +1st Avenue | +Replace unreadable sign | +2 | +
| 2nd & Elizabeth Dale | ++ | Add Elizabeth Dale Walk sign | +4 | +
| 2nd & 3rd | ++ | Add 3rd Avenue sign | +4 | +
| 2nd & 3rd | +2nd Avenue | +Replace unreadable sign | +2 | +
| 2nd & Walter Ralston | ++ | Add Walter Ralston Avenue sign | +4 | +
| Second & Walter Ralston | ++ | Add 2nd Avenue sign | +4 | +
| Elizabeth Dale & O'Doherty | +O'Doherty Avenue | ++ | n/a | +
| O'Doherty & 10th | ++ | Add 10th Avenue sign | +5 | +
| O'Doherty & 10th | ++ | Add O'Doherty Avenue sign | +5 | +
| 10th & Pat Hill | +10th Avenue | +Replace unreadable sign | +2 | +
| 10th & Pat Hill | +8th Avenue | +Replace with Pat Hill Drive sign | +1 | +
| 9th & Pat Hill | ++ | Add 9th Avenue sign | +5 | +
| O'Doherty & Pat Hill | +O'Doherty Avenue | ++ | n/a | +
| Pat Hill & Charles Heaphy | +Pat Hill Drive | ++ | n/a | +
| Pat Hill & Charles Heaphy | +Charles Heaphy Drive | ++ | n/a | +
| Charles Heaphy & Elizabeth Dale | +Elizabeth Dale Walk | ++ | n/a | +
| Charles Heaphy & Emma Miller | +Charles Heaphy Drive | ++ | n/a | +
| Charles Heaphy & Emma Miller | +Emma Miller Avenue | +Add Emma Miller Avenue sign | +5 | +
| Emma Miller & Walter Brown | +Walter Brown Avenue | ++ | n/a | +
| Emma Miller & Walter Hill | +Emma Miller Avenue | ++ | n/a | +
| Emma Miller & Walter Hill | +Walter Hill Drive | ++ | n/a | +
| Walter Hill & Lilian Cooper | +Walter Hill Drive | ++ | n/a | +
| Walter Hill & Lilian Cooper | +Dr. Lilian Cooper Drive | ++ | n/a | +
| Federation & Walter Brown | +Walter Brown Avenue | ++ | n/a | +
| Federation & Walter Brown | +Federation Avenue | ++ | n/a | +
| Entrance & Soldiers Parade | +Soldiers Parade | ++ | n/a | +
Priorities:
+As there is only one 10th Avenue sign and it is unreadable, there is an opportunity to rename the road after someone notable buried nearby. Candidates include:
+We should avoid road names that already exist in Toowong or nearby suburbs.
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Hi đ great to see you here. We'd love to help.
+We use forms to help you:
+You can contact us via:
+You can send a letter to:
+Friends of Toowong Cemetery Association Inc.
+PO Box 808
+Toowong QLD 4066
+
Telephonists working at the, Brisbane Central telephone exchange, Brisbane, 1910 â State Library of Queensland.
+Friends of Toowong Cemetery run 11 different guided walking tours each year.
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Guided tours are free but donations are appreciated to help us continue our work.
+Tours are on the first Sunday of each month (February to December) from 10:30am to 12:00.
+There's no need to book, just meet under the flagpole in Canon Garland Place at the Toowong Cemetery. There is plenty of parking available inside the cemetery.
+
The Flagpole in Canon Garland Place
+Our next tour is on Sunday 2 June 2024 and is titled Sheriffs and Police Magistrates. The tour is limited to 20 people.
+What to bring
+Wear enclosed shoes and a hat, and bring a water bottle.
+The Museum is open in conjunction with our guided tours.
+
The Toowong Cemetery Museum is the former Sexton's office.
+The Museum has an extensive display of photographs and artefacts.
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If you can't join our guided tour, consider taking a Toowong Cemetery self-guided heritage walk or the visiting the headstone symbolism display.
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Friends of Toowong Cemetery, in conjunction with The University of Queensland School of Social Science, have been searching for buried headstones in the cemetery grounds since 2006. The annual archaeology dig is a chance to unearth Brisbane's history.
+ + +Our 2023 Archaeological Dig uncovered more of Brisbane's history finding headstones from the North Brisbane Burial Grounds.
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The headstones discovered in Toowong Cemetery Archaeological digs are believed to come from two sources:
+Archaeologist Dr. Jon Prangell from The University of Queensland, and member of Friends of Toowong Cemetery, explains to Radio Station 4BC how the cityâs forgotten headstones are being rediscovered.
+ + + + +Mr. Mowbray was a prominent police magistrate in Brisbane. His headstone was removed as part of the 'Beautification Scheme', and discovered in 2011 as part of the Toowong Cemetery Archaeological digs. The headstone was reinstated in its original location.
+
In cemeteries, people are often commemorated with a headstone or a plaque on a columbarium. Headstones can reflect a person's beliefs or values, their cultural identity, and their relationships to other people, organisations, or events.
+ + +Toowong Cemetery contains:
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Pioneer Children's Graves (13-10-4), Queensland's oldest surviving headstones from the 1830's
+Headstones can contain many hidden messages.
+
Friends of Toowong Cemetery and the University of Queensland Archaeology Department, have been searching for buried headstones in the cemetery grounds since 2006.
+Headstones uncovered in the archaeological digs are believed to come from two sources:
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Individual graves and headstones are owned by private families. Whilst the Brisbane City Council maintains the cemetery, maintenance of graves is the families responsibility. With the average age of graves being ~80 years old, it is often difficult to find family members to notify them that the historic headstones of their family are at risk of falling down.
+Friends of Toowong Cemetery President, Darcy Maddock, explains to Radio Station 4BC the dilemma of maintaining graves in Toowong Cemetery .
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +By 1914, headstones from the closed Paddington Cemetery that hadn't been relocated to other cemeteries were placed in a reserved area beside Christ Church Milton.
+In the 1930's these headstones disappeared. Some of the headstones have been found buried in Toowong Cemetery.
+
Paddington Cemetery ca. 1900's â Brisbane City Council. Cropped. This photo is captioned 'Memorials standing in the reserved area' in Volume 2 of the 1914 Parliamentary papers.
+The table below lists Paddington Cemetery headstones that were placed in the reserved area.
+| Headstone | +Given Names | +Last Name | +Honorific Prefix | +Note | +Denomination | +
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | +John | +Aitchison | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 2 | +John | +Allen | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 2 | +John | +Allen | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 2 | +W. J. | +Allen | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 3 | +J. | +Allen | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 4 | +John | +Amy | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 5 | +William Grovenor | +Armstrong | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 6 | +John | +Ashworth | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 7 | +J. F. | +Atkinson | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 8 | +Percy | +Backhouse | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 9 | +C. J. | +Baker | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 10 | +William | +Baker | +Reverend | ++ | Episcopalian | +
| 11 | +James | +Balfour | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 12 | +C. A. | +Barham | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 13 | +C. H. | +Barlee | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 13 | +A. W. | +Barlee | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 13 | +E. H. | +Barlee | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 13 | +E. L. | +Barlee | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 14 | +Henry Robert | +Barlthrop | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 15 | +Wille J. | +Barnes | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 16 | +J. W. | +Barnett | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 17 | +John E. | +Barney | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 18 | +S. M. | +Barrington | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 18 | +F. A. | +Barrington | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 19 | +M. E. | +Barron | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 20 | +P. P. | +Baskerville | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 21 | +Elizabeth | +Bateman | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 22 | +F. G. | +Bennett | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 22 | +A. W. | +Bennett | ++ | and infant | +Episcopalian | +
| 23 | +Arthur S. | +Bernays | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 24 | +William | +Betz | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 25 | +B. E. | +P. | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 26 | +E. J. | +Black | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 26 | +Thomas | +Black | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 27 | +C. J. | +Blakeney | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 28 | +G. D. | +Blanche | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 29 | +William B. | +Blunt | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 30 | +T. H. | +Bothamley | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 31 | +Richard | +Bower | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 32 | +Elizabeth | +Bowers | ++ | same as W. J. and R. H. Sparkes: 226 | +Episcopalian | +
| 33 | +J. | +Brackenridge | +Reverend | ++ | Episcopalian | +
| 34 | +Amos | +Braysher | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 35 | +J. W. | +Brown | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 36 | +William A. | +Brown | ++ | same as T. Seymour: 217. 'William Anthony' on the headstone. | +Episcopalian | +
| 37 | +Paul L. | +Burke | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 38 | +Eliza | +Burley | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 38 | +James | +Burley | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 39 | +Ernest A. | +Cairncross | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 40 | +James F. | +Calcott | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 41 | +Peter | +Callon | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 42 | +James C. | +Campbell | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 42 | +J. C. | +Campbell | ++ | same as C. Obsbourn: 182 | +Episcopalian | +
| 42 | +J. | +Robinson | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 42 | +D. C. | +Campbell | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 43 | +Agnes | +Carby | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 43 | +F. M. | +Carby | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 44 | +M. A. | +Carter | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 45 | +J. W. | +Cayzer | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 46 | +John G. | +Chapman | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 47 | +A. L. | +Clarke | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 48 | +R. | +Clarke | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 49 | +C. R. | +Clay | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 50 | +David | +Clifford | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 51 | +S. J. | +Cockerill | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 51 | +S. J. | +Cockerill | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 51 | +E. R. | +Cockerill | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 51 | +C. C. | +Cockerill | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 52 | +Agatha K. | +Cockle | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 53 | +H. S. G. | +Colfoys | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 54 | +Alfred | +Compigne | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 55 | +Jessie | +Compigne | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 56 | +M. | +Connan | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 56 | +C. L. | +Connan | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 57 | +M. A. E. | +Cooper | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 58 | +J. B. | +Copeland | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 59 | +Samual | +Copperwaite | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 60 | +H. A. | +Court | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 60 | +E. M. | +Court | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 61 | +A.D. | +Cox | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 61 | +E. M. | +Cox | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 62 | +William | +Crack | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 63 | +F. C. | +Cracknell | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 64 | +Ernest Elphinstone | +Dalrymple | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 65 | +J. | +Daly | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 65 | +E. | +Daly | ++ | same as E. Newton: 173. | +Episcopalian | +
| 66 | +William | +Davey | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 67 | ++ | Davidson | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 68 | +J. W. | +Deedes | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 69 | +Frank | +Deighton | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 70 | +Charles | +Denyer | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 71 | +Ann | +De Villers | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 72 | +T. S. | +Dexter | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 72 | +S. C. | +Dexter | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 73 | +V. H. A. | +Dickins | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 74 | ++ | Dora | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 75 | +M. J. | +Dowall | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 76 | +W. H. | +Downey | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 76 | +Duncan | +Downey | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 77 | +L. E. S. | +Drewry | ++ | same as G. Hely: 113. | +Episcopalian | +
| 78 | +Jane | +Drewry | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 79 | +Emily | +Dring | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 80 | +Vokes S. | +Dudgeon | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 81 | +Kate | +Duesbury | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 82 | ++ | Edwards | ++ | child of J. C. Edwards | +Episcopalian | +
| 83 | +H. A. | +Eliotte | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 84 | +H. E. | +Ellice | +Captain | ++ | Episcopalian | +
| 85 | +H. T. | +Evans | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 86 | +M. L. | +Fairlie | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 87 | +Richard Charles | +Faunce | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 88 | +I. T. D. | +Ferguson | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 89 | +J. J. | +Fitzgerald | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 90 | +C. J. M. J. | +Foot | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 91 | +C. L. | +Franklin | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 91 | +E. | +Franklin | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 92 | +C. M. | +Fyson | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 93 | +A. H. | +Garbutt | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 93 | +J. | +Garbutt | ++ | same as T. B. and C. Temple: 234. | +Episcopalian | +
| 94 | +A. | +Garby | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 94 | +F. M. | +Garby | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 95 | +H. M. | +Garner | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 96 | +G. C. | +N. | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 97 | +William H. | +Geary | +Captain | ++ | Episcopalian | +
| 97 | +Susan | +Geary | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 98 | +Joshua | +Gillson | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 99 | +F. | +Greenslade | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 100 | +Charlotte | +Greenwood | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 101 | +Thomas | +Grenier | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 102 | +Edward | +Hacking | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 103 | +George | +Hall | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 104 | +M. A. | +Hamilton | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 105 | +K. M. | +Harris | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 105 | +S. E. | +Harris | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 106 | +G. L. | +Hart | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 107 | +E. | +Hartnoll | ++ | 'Eliza' on the headstone | +Episcopalian | +
| 108 | +Thomas William | +Hatton | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 109 | +H. | +Haydon | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 109 | +A. S. | +Haydon | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 110 | +Thomas | +Haynes | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 111 | ++ | + | + | Headstone (no name) | +Episcopalian | +
| 112 | +John | +Heap | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 113 | +Abigeil | +Helmore | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 113 | +Georginia | +Hely | ++ | same as L. E. S. Drew: 77 | +Episcopalian | +
| 114 | +H. A. | +Herbert | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 115 | +H. A. | +Higgins | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 116 | +M. B. | +Hinxman | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 116 | +H. J. | +Hinxman | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 117 | +M. B. L. | +Hitchers | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 118 | +S. | +Hodge | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 118 | +A. | +Hodge | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 119 | +William | +Holbrook | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 120 | +Thomas | +Hole | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 121 | +T. A. | +Hooper | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 122 | +C. A. | +Hopkins | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 123 | +R. B. | +Horrocks | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 123 | +A. L. | +Horrocks | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 123 | +G. G. M. | +Horrocks | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 124 | +Charlotte | +Howell | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 125 | +Elizabeth | +Huggins | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 126 | +William Henry | +Hunt | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 127 | +J. E. | +Hunter | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 127 | +J. A. | +Hunter | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 127 | +A. M. | +Hunter | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 128 | +George | +Hutchinson | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 129 | +F. N. | +Isaac | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 130 | +John Lister | +Isaac | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 131 | +Mary | +Jewell | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 132 | +Ida M. | +Johnson | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 133 | +A. R. | +Jones | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 134 | +Robert | +Jones | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 135 | ++ | Kelly | ++ | obliterated | +Episcopalian | +
| 136 | +A. | +Kent | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 137 | +William | +Key | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 138 | +E. C. | +Kilgour | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 139 | +Julius | +Kopp | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 140 | +E. C. | +Lamb | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 140 | +H. E. | +Lamb | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 141 | +Matthew | +Langtree | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 142 | +R. C. J. | +Lansdown | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 142 | +M. L. | +Lansdown | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 143 | +C. W. | +Lavender | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 144 | +William | +Lewis | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 145 | +E. | +Lewthwaite | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 146 | +J. M. | +Lewthwaite | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 147 | +Medora A. | +Little | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 148 | +E. M. | +Lockyer | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 149 | +Long Sing Gong | ++ | + | + | Episcopalian | +
| 150 | +C. E. I. | +Longheath | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 151 | +William J. | +Louden | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 152 | +R. F. | +Lovett | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 153 | +Julius | +Lynde | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 154 | +John | +Mace | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 155 | +A. | +Marshall | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 156 | +E. | +Mallicot | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 157 | +William | +Marchant | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 158 | +B. M. | +Mather | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 158 | +M. | +Mather | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 159 | +George W. | +Mating | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 160 | +J. | +Matthews | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 161 | +C. | +McKand | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 162 | +C. | +McLaren | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 163 | +Selina | +McLeod | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 164 | +A. G. | +Milne | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 165 | +Mary | +Miller | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 166 | +Thomas P. | +Mitchinson | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 167 | +T. H. | +Morgan | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 168 | +H. G. | +Morris | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 169 | +William | +Morriss | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 170 | +R. S. | +Morse | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 171 | +Michael J. | +Murphy | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 172 | +Unity E. E. | +Naylor | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 173 | +L. G. | +Newman | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 173 | +E. M. | +Newman | ++ | same as J. and E. Daly: 65 | +Episcopalian | +
| 174 | +H. H. | +Nicol | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 175 | +Emily | +Nind | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 176 | +Emily | +Nott | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 177 | +Thomas | +Nott | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 178 | +E. H. | +Nutall | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 179 | +R. | +Oliver | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 180 | +J. M. | +Ommannery | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 181 | +Margaret | +Orr | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 181 | +Mary | +Orr | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 182 | +A. W. | +Osbourne | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 182 | +Charles | +Osbourn | ++ | same as D. C. Campbell: 42. | +Episcopalian | +
| 183 | +William | +Page | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 184 | +P. | +Paish | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 185 | +John | +Parker | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 186 | +G. A. | +Parlett | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 187 | +Isaac | +Pashen | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 188 | +M. | +Passmore | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 189 | +J. J. | +Patrick | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 190 | +A. M. O. | +Patrick | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 191 | +A. J. | +Peake | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 191 | +H. F. | +Peake | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 191 | +J. P. | +Peake | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 192 | +M. A. | +Pears | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 192 | +E. E. | +Pears | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 192 | +A. E. | +Pears | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 193 | +Henry | +Pearce | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 194 | +John | +Peel | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 195 | +M. L. | +Perry | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 196 | +Daniel | +Peterson | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 197 | +F. M. C. | +Pickering | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 197 | +W. | +Pickering | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 198 | +Jemina | +Platt | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 199 | +J. W. | +Polwarth | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 199 | +A. | +Polwarth | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 200 | +H. | +Porter | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 200 | +E. | +Porter | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 201 | +T. W. | +Poulden | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 202 | +Sarah Ann | +Pratten | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 203 | +John | +Proud | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 204 | +John | +Radley | ++ | same as Sarah Williams: 268 | +Episcopalian | +
| 205 | +S. | +Ralls | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 205 | +G. | +Ralls | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 206 | +George | +Rawlings | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 207 | +Henry Charles | +Rawnsley | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 208 | +E. J. | +Ritchie | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 208 | +T. | +Ritchie | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 209 | +H. E. | +Roberts | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 209 | +E. C. | +Roberts | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 209 | +L. E. | +Roberts | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 210 | +Agusta | +Robinson | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 210 | +Jeremiah | +Robinson | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 210 | +J. | +Robinson | ++ | same as C. Osbourn: 42 | +Episcopalian | +
| 211 | +William Frederick | +Robinson | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 212 | +H. | +Rosetta | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 212 | +C. G. | +Rosetta | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 213 | +Frederich | +Rowe | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 214 | +A. H. | +Ryland | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 215 | +J. W. | +Saville | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 216 | +A. W. | +Scarr | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 216 | +L. H. | +Scarr | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 217 | +John | +Sewell | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 217 | +Thomas | +Seymour | ++ | same as W. A. Brown: 36 | +Episcopalian | +
| 218 | +F. R. C. | +Sharpe | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 219 | +E. K. | +Shaw | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 220 | +John Edward | +Shaw | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 221 | +J. | +Shepherd | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 222 | +M.A | +Sheppherd | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 222 | +A. H. C. | +Sheppherd | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 223 | +H. D. | +Shepperson | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 223 | +F. | +Shepperson | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 224 | +C. M. | +Sissons | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 225 | +Ann | +Smith | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 226 | +W. B. | +Smith | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 226 | +M. A. | +Smith | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 226 | +W. J. | +Sparkes | ++ | same as Elizabeth Bowers: 32 | +Episcopalian | +
| 226 | +Rose Hannan | +Sparkes | ++ | same as Elizabeth Bowers: 32 | +Episcopalian | +
| 227 | +John | +Stevens | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 228 | +S. A. | +Storch | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 229 | +James Barrow | +Storey | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 230 | +M. | +Strahan | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 230 | +E. M. | +Strahan | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 231 | +Albert | +Stubbs | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 232 | +Walter H. | +Surr | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 233 | +B. H. | +Tayler | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 234 | +James | +Teevans | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 234 | +T. B. | +Temple | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 234 | +C. B. | +Temple | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 234 | +J. | +Temple | ++ | same as A. H. Garbutt: 93 | +Episcopalian | +
| 235 | +H. J. | +Thomas | +Captain | ++ | Episcopalian | +
| 236 | +John | +Thomas | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 237 | +E. R. | +Thomas | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 238 | +J. H. | +Thompson | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 238 | +E. M. | +Thompson | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 238 | +J. E. | +Thompson | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 239 | +George | +Thompson | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 240 | +Joseph | +Thompson | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 241 | +F. E. | +Thurman | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 242 | +J. H. | +Timpson | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 243 | +Jessie | +Traill | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 244 | +L. | +Tully | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 244 | +L. B. | +Tully | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 245 | +John B. | +Turner | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 246 | +Joseph B. | +Twopenny | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 247 | +Edmund B. | +Uhr | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 248 | +H. B. | +Unwin | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 249 | +C. S. C. | +Vallack | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 250 | +E. | +Verner | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 250 | +E. J. | +Verner | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 251 | ++ | Verner | ++ | child | +Episcopalian | +
| 252 | +Robert | +Walsh | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 252 | +H. J. | +Walsh | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 253 | +Annie | +Ward | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 254 | +C. F. | +Warren | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 255 | +Henry | +Watson | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 255 | +T. W. | +Watson | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 255 | +G. A. | +Watson | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 256 | +R. H. | +Watson | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 257 | +M. E. | +Waugh | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 257 | +A. N. | +Waugh | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 258 | +A. | +Webb | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 258 | +G. D. | +Webb | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 259 | +J. W. | +Webster | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 259 | +J. A. | +Webster | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 260 | +Daniel | +Weinholt | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 261 | +Henry | +Wells | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 262 | +I. F. A. | +Wettenhall | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 262 | +A. R | +Wettenhall | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 262 | +S. H. | +Wettenhall | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 263 | +John | +Wilcox | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 264 | +Alice Catherine | +Wilkes | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 265 | +John | +Williams | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 266 | +David | +Williams | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 266 | +William | +Williams | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 267 | +E. V. | +Williams | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 268 | +Henry | +Williams | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 268 | +Sarah | +Williams | ++ | same as J. Radley: 204 | +Episcopalian | +
| 269 | +John James | +Wilson | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 270 | +John | +Wilson | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 271 | +Robert George | +Wonderley | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 272 | +N. | +Woodgate | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 273 | +John | +Woodward | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 274 | +M. A. | +Wool | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 275 | +J. L. | +Wyborn | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 276 | +Jane | +Wyville | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 277 | +D. F. | +Yaldwyn | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 278 | +T. B. | +Yeowell | ++ | + | Episcopalian | +
| 301 | +Mary Louisa | +Albert | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 301 | +Jospeh Lino | +Albert | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 302 | +Elizabeth | +Baines | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 303 | +Patrick | +Behan | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 304 | +Valentine | +Brennan | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 305 | +John | +Brown | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 306 | +Margaret | +Brown | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 307 | +John | +Burke | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 308 | +James Henry | +Burke | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 308 | +W. J. | +Burke | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 309 | +Michael | +Burney | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 310 | +Thomas | +Clune | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 311 | +Sybella | +Clune | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 312 | +Martin | +Collins | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 313 | +Hannah | +Conroy | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 314 | +William | +Costelloe | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 315 | +Elizabeth M. | +Coyne | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 316 | +Thomas | +Dalton | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 316 | +Thomas | +Dalton | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 317 | +M. A. | +Darragh | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 317 | +John | +Darragh | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 318 | +Joseph | +Darragh | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 318 | +Ann | +Darragh | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 319 | +Ann | +Denyer | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 320 | +Hugh | +Donnelly | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 321 | +P. J. | +Donovan | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 322 | +William | +Donohue | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 323 | +Robert | +Eaton | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 323 | +Mary Ann | +Eaton | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 324 | +John | +Ede | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 325 | +Martin | +Fenney | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 326 | +Eliza | +Finn | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 327 | +James | +Fitxgerald | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 328 | +Anna Eva | +Funker | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 329 | +Catherine | +Graham | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 330 | +Mary | +Hennessy | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 331 | +Kate Agnes | +Hickey | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 332 | +Alice | +Higham | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 333 | +M. J. | +Howden | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 333 | +S. J. | +Howden | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 333 | +M. A. | +Howden | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 334 | +Sarah Jane | +Hurley | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 334 | +Mary Jane | +Hurley | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 335 | +James | +Hyland | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 336 | +C. | +Jageurs | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 336 | +B. | +Jageurs | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 337 | +Sarah | +Jones | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 338 | +Margaret | +Kennedy | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 339 | +Walsh | +Kinsela | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 339 | +Thomas | +Kinsela | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 339 | +Jane | +Kinsela | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 340 | +F. W. | +Klewitz | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 341 | +Daniel Michael | +Leen | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 342 | +Ellen | +Lonergan | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 343 | +Daniel | +Lyons | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 344 | +Patrick | +Maher | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 345 | +Patrick | +Mayne | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 345 | +Mary | +Mayne | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 345 | +Evelina Selina | +Mayne | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 346 | +T. M. L. | +Meyers | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 346 | +E. J. L. | +Meyers | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 347 | +John | +Meillon | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 348 | +Michael | +Moran | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 349 | +John | +Moran | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 350 | +Jcs. | +Mooney | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 351 | +Bernhard | +McCann | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 352 | +John | +McCabe | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 353 | +Margaret | +McKee | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 354 | +Janet | +Murphy | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 355 | +Thomas | +O'Brien | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 356 | +Fanny | +O'Brien | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 356 | +Timothy Frederick | +O'Brien | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 357 | +Eva N. | +O'Doherty | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 358 | +Mary B. | +O'Moore | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 359 | +Frank | +Pfeiffer | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 360 | +Elizabeth | +Quinn | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 361 | +F. M. | +Raban | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 362 | ++ | Raleigh | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 363 | +John | +Reilly | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 364 | +Ellen | +Reilly | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 365 | +Clara | +Reinhardt | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 366 | +J.T. | +Robertson | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 367 | +Elizabeth | +Roy | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 368 | +Louis | +Schneider | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 369 | +Ellen | +Sheehan | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 369 | +Jane | +Sheehan | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 369 | +Jane Ann | +Sheehan | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 369 | +William | +Sheehan | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 370 | +Ellen | +Slevin | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 371 | +Patrick | +Slevin | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 371 | +Patrick | +Sloane | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 372 | +Catherine | +Sneyd | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 373 | +James | +Smith | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 373 | +Ann | +Smith | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 374 | +D. | +Stewart | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 375 | +Thomas | +Stewart | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 376 | +E. W. J. | +Taylor | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 377 | +Catherine | +Tracey | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 377 | +Daniel | +Tracey | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 377 | +Catherine | +Tracey | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 377 | +Ann | +Tracey | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 378 | +Christopher | +Weir | ++ | + | Roman Catholic | +
| 401 | +William | +Anderson | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 402 | +J. C. | +Binney | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 403 | +Ralph | +Black | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 404 | +Ann | +Boyd | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 405 | +J. E. | +Brimace | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 406 | +J. D. L. | +Brodie | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 407 | +John | +Brown | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 408 | +Margaret E. B. | +Brown | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 409 | +David | +Boyd | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 410 | +Jannet M. | +Burns | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 411 | +M. A. | +Buxton | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 411 | +A. M. | +Buxton | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 411 | +M. | +Buxton | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 412 | +William | +Campbell | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 413 | +P. A. | +Campbell | ++ | almost illegible | +Presbyterian | +
| 414 | +Jane | +Campbell | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 415 | +M. F. | +Campbell | ++ | same as J. Lamont: 38 | +Presbyterian | +
| 416 | +George | +Christie | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 416 | +S. C. | +Christie | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 416 | +R. | +Christie | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 417 | +James Home | +Connor | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 418 | +Donald | +Coutts | ++ | same as A. M. Thompson: 73 | +Presbyterian | +
| 419 | +C. S. | +Craies | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 419 | +F. E. A. | +Craies | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 420 | +J. D. | +Davies | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 421 | +William | +Dawson | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 422 | +Catherine | +Don | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 423 | +Hannah | +Drake | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 423 | +William B. | +Drake | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 424 | +James | +Fenwick | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 425 | +Kate | +Finney | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 426 | +C. I. | +Fraser | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 427 | +William | +Gowans | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 428 | +Jessie B. K. | +Guthrie | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 428 | +M. I. | +Guthrie | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 428 | +F. D. | +Guthrie | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 429 | +Fanny | +Hamilton | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 430 | +Jeremiah | +Hannett | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 431 | +R. G. | +Henry | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 431 | +A. S. | +Henry | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 432 | +Alice | +Hervey | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 433 | +E. | +Hill | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 434 | +Charles | +Hirche | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 434 | +A. W. | +Hirche | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 435 | +John | +Howie | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 436 | +C. T. | +Hutchinson | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 436 | +A. | +Hutchinson | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 437 | ++ | + | + | Illegible headstone | +Presbyterian | +
| 438 | +M. | +Laing | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 438 | +H. McK. | +Laing | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 438 | +A. W. | +Laing | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 438 | +E. | +Laing | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 438 | +Jessie | +Lamont | ++ | same as M. F. Chapman: 15 | +Presbyterian | +
| 440 | +William | +Livingstone | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 441 | +James | +Low | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 441 | +Isabella | +Low | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 441 | +John | +Low | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 441 | +Catherine | +Low | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 441 | +Anthony Gowan | +Low | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 441 | +Annie | +Low | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 442 | +J. C. | +Mackellar | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 443 | +H. P. | +Macknight | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 444 | +Robert | +Manley | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 445 | +Angus | +Matheson | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 446 | +J. F. | +Mercer | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 447 | +Alex. | +Mowat | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 448 | +J. | +Muir | ++ | and infant | +Presbyterian | +
| 449 | +Simon | +Munro | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 450 | +George Young | +Munro | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 451 | +John | +Murray | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 451 | +William | +Murray | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 452 | +J. | +McIntyre | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 453 | +Archibald | +McMillian | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 454 | +John | +McIntosh | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 455 | +Ann | +McIvor | ++ | same as D. B., J., and M. Sang: 55 | +Presbyterian | +
| 456 | +L. W. | +McLean | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 457 | +Mary | +McQuaker | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 458 | +George | +Noble | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 459 | +William | +Phillips | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 460 | +J. S. | +Porter | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 461 | +James | +Powers | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 462 | +A. | +Purdie | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 463 | +Charles Rowatt | +Raeside | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 464 | +Ramlah | ++ | + | + | Presbyterian | +
| 465 | +Ann | +Rankin | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 466 | +Jane | +Rankin | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 467 | +T. S. | +Rutherford | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 467 | +D. B. | +Sang | ++ | same as A. McIver: 55 | +Presbyterian | +
| 467 | +J. | +Sang | ++ | same as A. McIver: 55 | +Presbyterian | +
| 467 | +M. | +Sang | ++ | same as A. McIver: 55 | +Presbyterian | +
| 468 | +Alex. | +Scott | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 469 | +Elizabeth | +Scott | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 470 | +Mary | +Scott | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 470 | +William | +Scott | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 471 | +A. P. E. | +Sinclair | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 472 | +John | +Souter | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 473 | +Margaret | +Stewart | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 473 | +H. | +Stewart | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 473 | +A. M. | +Thompson | ++ | same as D. Coutts: 18 | +Presbyterian | +
| 474 | +M. S. S. | +Turner | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 475 | +Margaret | +Wallace | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 476 | +P. N. | +Wallace | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 477 | +Hellen | +Walls | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 478 | +Mary | +Warburton | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 479 | +Jessie | +Wilson | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 480 | +Mary B. | +Wilson | ++ | + | Presbyterian | +
| 501 | +Elizabeth | +Allen | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 502 | +Mary Grace | +Brown | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 503 | +C. M. | +Burdoff | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 504 | +Augustus John | +Bush | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 505 | +James John | +Cairns | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 506 | +James | +Champion | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 507 | +Salina | +Chapman | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 507 | +Thomas W. | +Chapman | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 508 | +Arthur John | +Denny | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 508 | +Algernon | +Denny | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 509 | +John | +Derbyshire | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 510 | +Robert Doulas | +Finlay | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 510 | +Frederick | +Finlay | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 511 | +William Alfred | +Finney | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 512 | +Jane | +Franklin | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 513 | +F. W. | +Gender | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 514 | +Florence Gertrude | +Harley | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 515 | +Henry | +Hawkins | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 515 | +Emma | +Hawkins | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 516 | +George | +Heal | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 516 | +M. A. | +Heal | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 516 | +George | +Heal | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 517 | +S. S. | +Kingston | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 518 | +Kasper | +Kasper | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 519 | +M. A. | +Markwell | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 520 | +Thomas | +Markwell | ++ | same as Pyne: 527 | +Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 521 | +H. J. I. | +Markwell | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 522 | +Alex. | +Malcolm | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 523 | +Theophillus J. | +Millard | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 524 | +William | +Miskin | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 525 | +Sarah | +Perry | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 526 | +Thomas Alfred | +Pethebridge | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 526 | +W. G. W. | +Pethebridge | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 527 | +Annie Thompson | +Pugh | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 527 | +Albert C. | +Pyne | ++ | same as T. Markwell: 520 | +Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 527 | +Anne | +Pyne | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 527 | +F. W. | +Pyne | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 528 | +A. L. | +Pyne | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 528 | +L. A. | +Pyne | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 529 | +Letitia | +Raymond | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 529 | +L. F. | +Raymond | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 530 | +Caroline | +Rhodes | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 530 | +Margaret | +Rhodes | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 531 | +William | +Rose | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 532 | +Fanny | +Sexton | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 533 | +Richard B. | +Silcock | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 534 | +James | +Stevens | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 535 | +George G. | +Stokes | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 536 | +Eleanor H. | +Thomas | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 537 | +Robert J. | +Thompson | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 538 | +James | +Wakefield | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 538 | +Hannah | +Wakefield | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 538 | +Ephraim | +Wakefield | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 539 | +John B. | +Waldron | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 540 | +Ann | +Wallace | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 541 | +William H. F. | +Welsh | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 541 | +Walter S. | +Welsh | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 542 | +Amy Josephine | +White | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 542 | +W. T. L. | +White | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 543 | +Ellen Marie | +Wilson | ++ | + | Wesleyan-Methodist / Congregational | +
| 601 | +E. B. | +Aitkins | ++ | + | Baptist | +
| 602 | +Ben William | +Baker | ++ | same as A. Helfrich: 612 | +Baptist | +
| 603 | +John | +Bale | ++ | + | Baptist | +
| 604 | +James | +Birt | ++ | same as E. Slater: 620 | +Baptist | +
| 605 | +Agnes | +Brown | ++ | + | Baptist | +
| 606 | +William | +Bryant | ++ | + | Baptist | +
| 607 | +Jane | +Bulgin | ++ | + | Baptist | +
| 608 | +J. | +Chappell | ++ | + | Baptist | +
| 609 | +M. H. | +Clissold | ++ | + | Baptist | +
| 610 | +E. | +Copeland | ++ | + | Baptist | +
| 611 | +Emma Paulina | +Gerler | ++ | + | Baptist | +
| 612 | +Eli | +Hallett | ++ | + | Baptist | +
| 612 | +Agustus | +Helfich | ++ | same as B. W. Baker: 602 | +Baptist | +
| 613 | +J. | +Henderson | ++ | + | Baptist | +
| 613 | +J. | +Henderson | ++ | + | Baptist | +
| 614 | +Sarah | +Jones | ++ | + | Baptist | +
| 615 | +E. M. | +Knight | ++ | + | Baptist | +
| 616 | +M. E. | +Lloyd | ++ | + | Baptist | +
| 617 | +Jane | +Orr | ++ | + | Baptist | +
| 617 | +M. L. | +Orr | ++ | + | Baptist | +
| 618 | +Charles | +Roberts | ++ | + | Baptist | +
| 619 | +Alex. | +Ross | ++ | + | Baptist | +
| 620 | +Catherine | +Sherry | ++ | + | Baptist | +
| 620 | +Emma | +Slater | ++ | same as J. Birt: 604 | +Baptist | +
| 621 | +R. | +Taylor | ++ | + | Baptist | +
| 622 | +John | +Tinckay | ++ | + | Baptist | +
| 623 | +H. M. | +Watson | ++ | + | Baptist | +
| 624 | +David | +Webster | ++ | + | Baptist | +
| 625 | +John | +Williams | ++ | + | Baptist | +
| 626 | +A. E. | +Young | ++ | + | Baptist | +
Abbreviations used in the source document have been expanded using the following mappings:
+| Abbreviation | +Name or Honorific Prefix | +
|---|---|
| Alf. | +Alfred | +
| Capt. | +Captain | +
| Chas. | +Charles | +
| Ed. | +Edward | +
| Eliz. | +Elizabeth | +
| Fdk. | +Frederick | +
| Fredk. | +Frederick | +
| Geo. | +George | +
| Hy. | +Henry | +
| Jos. | +Joseph | +
| Margt. | +Margaret | +
| Rev. | +Reverend | +
| Rich. | +Richard | +
| Robt. | +Robert | +
| Thos. | +Thomas | +
| Theop. | +Theophillus | +
| Wm. | +William | +
Where additional information has been discovered, it has been added to the table. For example, Headstone 107 recorded 'E. Hartnoll' has the inscription 'Eliza' on the headstone.
+
Eliza Hartnoll's headstone discovered in a Toowong Cemetery Archaeological Dig.
+The Paddington Cemetery Reserved Area Headstones by Friends of Toowong Cemetery Association Inc., is licensed under CC BY 4.0. You must provide attribution if you reuse this work.
+Download the Paddington Cemetery Reserved Area Headstones as a Comma Separated Value file (.csv)
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +The North Brisbane Burial Grounds were also known as 'Paddington Cemetery' or 'Milton Cemetery'. The burial grounds opened in 1844 and closed in 1875.
+The burial grounds had seven distinct denominational sections: Episcopalian (Anglican), Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, Jewish, Wesleyan Methodist, Congregational, and Baptist.
+By 1907 there were calls to turn the neglected burial grounds into a park and sports field. In 1911 the Queensland Government passed the Paddington Cemetery Act allowing them to move the bodies to another location.
+
View of the Brisbane suburb of Milton, ca. 1870 Photograph taken in the vicinity of Caxton Street, Petrie Terrace, looking due west across the intersection of Judge and Hale Streets and across the Milton Cemetery. The mortuary chapel visible in the centre of the photograph was converted to a church in 1873, and was demolished when Christ Church (Milton) was constructed in 1874-76 â State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
+
Paddington Cemeteries Plans from Appendix 8 in Volume 2 of the 1914 Parliamentary papers.
+
Paddington Memorial, Portion 17 Section 1, on the corner of Emma Miller and William Brown Avenues.
+The Paddington Memorial commemorates people originally buried in the North Brisbane Burial Grounds, now interred at Toowong Cemetery. The Paddington Memorial plaque reads:
+++The North Brisbane Burial Grounds at Paddington were opened by 1844 and became the final resting place for thousands of Brisbane's inhabitants over the ensuing decades. Following the opening of the Brisbane General Cemetery of Toowong in 1875, the seven sectarian cemeteries were gradually abandoned. By the end of the 19th century, the site had fallen into a state of disrepair. A decision was made in 1911 to have the Paddington Cemetery converted to public parklands. The memorials were subsequently removed and the opportunity was provided to relatives to relocate the remains and or memorials to other cemeteries including Toowong. Only a few hundred bodies were removed leaving several thousand on the site that became known as Lang Park. +
+Lang Park evolved into an iconic inner-city sports ground, with a major redevelopment of the stadium from 2001 to 2003. This resulted in the necessary excavation of sections of the former burial grounds that would be disturbed by construction. A methodical archaeological investigation was undertaken, and the fragmentary remains of 394 unidentified individuals were exhumed from the Episopalian (Anglican), Roman Catholic, and Presbyterian cemeteries. The remains were interred in this memorial in July 2003.
+
The table below lists the 139 human remains and 1061 headstones that were moved from Paddington Cemetery to Toowong Cemetery.
+| Person | +Given Names | +Last Name | +Remains moved from | +Remains moved to | +Headstone | +Headstone moved from | +Headstone moved to | +
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | +Paul | +Barton | +Episcopalian | +n/a | ++ | + | + |
| 2 | +Frederick James | +Barton | +Episcopalian | +1-38-3 | +1 | +Episcopalian | +1-38-3 | +
| 3 | +Elizabeth Ella | +Barton | +Episcopalian | +1-38-3 | +2 | +Episcopalian | +1-38-3 | +
| 4 | +Albert | +Barton | +Episcopalian | +1-38-3 | +3 | +Episcopalian | +1-38-3 | +
| 5 | +Stuart Leslie | +Board | ++ | + | 4 | +Episcopalian | +n/a | +
| 6 | +Ellen Victoria | +Board | ++ | + | 4 | +Episcopalian | +n/a | +
| 7 | +Ann Ellen | +Boyce | ++ | + | 5 | +Episcopalian | +n/a | +
| 8 | +Susan | +Boyce | ++ | + | 6 | +Episcopalian | +n/a | +
| 9 | +Lionel Halford | +Burne | +Episcopalian | +6-3-10 | +7 | +Episcopalian | +6-3-10 | +
| 10 | +Bernhart J. F. | +Buising | +Episcopalian | +1-43-8/9 | ++ | + | + |
| 11 | +Richard James | +Coley | +Episcopalian | +10-19-2 | +8 | +Episcopalian | +10-19-2 | +
| 12 | +Lucy | +Coley | +Episcopalian | +10-19-2 | +8 | +Episcopalian | +10-19-2 | +
| 13 | +Clara | +Coley | +Episcopalian | +10-19-2 | +8 | +Episcopalian | +10-19-2 | +
| 14 | +Emma Amelia | +Collins | +Episcopalian | +n/a | +9 | +Episcopalian | +n/a | +
| 15 | +William H. | +Collins | +Episcopalian | +13-69-22 | +9 | +Episcopalian | +13-69-22 | +
| 16 | +Mary | +Collins | +Episcopalian | +13-69-22 | +9 | +Episcopalian | +13-69-22 | +
| 17 | +Roxina (Rosina) | +Cox | +Episcopalian | +1-34-5 | +10 | +Episcopalian | +1-34-5 | +
| 18 | +George | +Diggins | +Episcopalian | +5-17-26 | +11 | +Episcopalian | +5-17-26 | +
| 19 | +John Stephen | +Ferriter | +Episcopalian | +14-24-13 | +12 | +Episcopalian | +14-24-13 | +
| 20 | +Jane | +Gatfield | +Episcopalian | +1-6-21/22 | +13 | +Episcopalian | +1-6-21/22 | +
| 21 | +Eliza | +Gatfield | +Episcopalian | +1-6-21/22 | +13 | +Episcopalian | +1-6-21/22 | +
| 22 | +Gilbert Elliot | +Gore | +Episcopalian | +9-33-6 | +14 | +Episcopalian | +9-33-6 | +
| 23 | +Charles F. | +Gorton | +Episcopalian | +6-26-11 | +15 | +Episcopalian | +6-26-11 | +
| 24 | +Emily | +Gorton | +Episcopalian | +6-26-11 | +15 | +Episcopalian | +6-26-11 | +
| 25 | +John Edmund | +Hardgrave | ++ | + | 16 | +Episcopalian | +n/a | +
| 26 | +William Alexander | +Hardgrave | ++ | + | 16 | +Episcopalian | +n/a | +
| 27 | +Josephine M. | +Hardren | +Episcopalian | +n/a | +17 | +Episcopalian | +n/a | +
| 28 | +Sarah Ann | +Hipwood | +Episcopalian | +1-19-10 | +18 | +Episcopalian | +1-19-10 | +
| 29 | +Ellen | +Hymes | +Episcopalian | +12-39-4/5 | ++ | + | + |
| 30 | +Sarah | +Jeays | +Episcopalian | +13-62-13 | +19 | +Episcopalian | +13-62-13 | +
| 31 | +Elfrie Thomas Kerr | +Jones | +Episcopalian | +6-3-8/9 | +20 | +Episcopalian | +6-3-8/9 | +
| 32 | +Louisa Ruth | +Jones | +Episcopalian | +6-3-8/9 | +20 | +Episcopalian | +6-3-8/9 | +
| 33 | +Delia Charlotte | +Labbett | +Episcopalian | +9-30-13 | +21 | +Episcopalian | +9-30-13 | +
| 34 | +Mary | +Lackey | +Episcopalian | +1-60-23 | ++ | + | + |
| 35 | +John Joseph | +Lovekin | +Episcopalian | +12-12-19 | +22 | +Episcopalian | +12-12-19 | +
| 36 | +William Thomas | +Lowis | ++ | + | 23 | +Episcopalian | +n/a | +
| 37 | +Rose Alice | +Martin | +Episcopalian | +13-24-21 | +24 | +Episcopalian | +13-24-21 | +
| 38 | +Thomas | +McCarthy | ++ | + | 25 | +Episcopalian | +n/a | +
| 39 | +Mary A. | +O'Connell | +Episcopalian | +6-3-8/9 | +20 | +Episcopalian | +6-3-8/9 | +
| 40 | +Thomas | +Palmer | +Episcopalian | +10-27-6 | +26 | +Episcopalian | +10-27-6 | +
| 41 | +Louisa | +Powell | +Episcopalian | +1-6-16 | ++ | + | + |
| 42 | +Francis | +Pym | +Episcopalian | +6-26-27 | +27 | +Episcopalian | +6-26-27 | +
| 43 | +Eliza (Elizabeth) | +Pym | +Episcopalian | +6-26-27 | +27 | +Episcopalian | +6-26-27 | +
| 44 | +Ellen Lavinia | +Skyring | ++ | + | 28 | +Episcopalian | ++ |
| 45 | +Arthur Richard | +Smith | +Episcopalian | +10-19-1 | +29 | +Episcopalian | +10-19-1 | +
| 46 | +Emily Gertrude | +Smith | +Episcopalian | +1-87-10 | +30 | +Episcopalian | +1-87-10 | +
| 47 | +Helen Charlotte | +Stanley | ++ | + | 31 | +Episcopalian | +n/a | +
| 48 | +Francis Montague | +Stanley | ++ | + | 31 | +Episcopalian | +n/a | +
| 49 | +Harold Greville Henry | +Stanley | ++ | + | 32 | +Episcopalian | +n/a | +
| 50 | +William | +Stokes | +Episcopalian | +n/a | +33 | +Episcopalian | +n/a | +
| 51 | +Elizabeth | +Street | ++ | + | 34 | +Episcopalian | +n/a | +
| 52 | +Ann | +Tombs | +Episcopalian | +1-11-3 | +35 | +Episcopalian | +1-11-3 | +
| 53 | +William James | +Tombs | +Episcopalian | +1-11-3 | +35 | +Episcopalian | +1-11-3 | +
| 54 | +George Herbert | +Vaughan | +Episcopalian | +6-26-12 | +15 | +Episcopalian | +6-26-12 | +
| 55 | +Ida Caroline | +Vaughan | +Episcopalian | +6-26-12 | +15 | +Episcopalian | +6-26-12 | +
| 56 | +Charles Samways | +Warry | +Episcopalian | +1-38-3 | +36 | +Episcopalian | +1-38-3 | +
| 57 | +Thomas Symes | +Warry | +Episcopalian | +1-38-3 | +37 | +Episcopalian | +1-38-3 | +
| 58 | +Thomas | +Warry | +Episcopalian | +1-38-3 | +37 | +Episcopalian | +1-38-3 | +
| 59 | +Sarah Ann | +Warman | +Episcopalian | +6-26-13 | +38 | +Episcopalian | +6-26-13 | +
| 60 | +William | +Wharton | +Episcopalian | +9-31-8 | +17 | +Episcopalian | +9-31-8 | +
| 61 | +George Frederick Fry | +Wilson | ++ | + | 39 | +Episcopalian | +n/a | +
| 62 | +John | +Wood | +Episcopalian | +n/a | +40 | +Episcopalian | +n/a | +
| 63 | +Gilbert | +Wright | +Episcopalian | +5-36-9 | +41 | +Episcopalian | +5-36-9 | +
| 64 | +Timothy | +Ahern | +Roman Catholic | +7A-16-3 | +42 | +Roman Catholic | +7A-16-3 | +
| 65 | +Michael | +Ahern | +Roman Catholic | +7A-16-3 | +42 | +Roman Catholic | +7A-16-3 | +
| 66 | +Timothy | +Ahern | +Roman Catholic | +7A-16-3 | +42 | +Roman Catholic | +7A-16-3 | +
| 67 | +Patrick | +Ahern | +Roman Catholic | +7A-16-3 | +43 | +Roman Catholic | +7A-16-3 | +
| 68 | +John | +Ahern | +Roman Catholic | +7A-16-3 | +43 | +Roman Catholic | +7A-16-3 | +
| 69 | +Timothy Patrick | +Ahern | +Roman Catholic | +7A-16-3 | +43 | +Roman Catholic | +7A-16-3 | +
| 70 | +Patrick | +Ahern | +Roman Catholic | +7A-16-3 | +43 | +Roman Catholic | +7A-16-3 | +
| 71 | +Denis | +Ahern | ++ | + | 44 | +Roman Catholic | +n/a | +
| 72 | +Jessie | +Armstrong | +Roman Catholic | +7-6-15 | +45 | +Roman Catholic | +7-6-15 | +
| 73 | +Richard | +Belford | +Roman Catholic | +15-11-6 | +46 | +Roman Catholic | +15-11-6 | +
| 74 | +Elizabeth | +Bradley | ++ | + | 47 | +Roman Catholic | +n/a | +
| 75 | +Michael John | +Bride | +Roman Catholic | +7-25-22 | +48 | +Roman Catholic | +7-25-22 | +
| 76 | +Hannah Mary | +Cain | ++ | + | 49 | +Roman Catholic | +n/a | +
| 77 | +Johanna | +Considine | +Roman Catholic | +7-13-7 | +50 | +Roman Catholic | +7-13-7 | +
| 78 | +Catherine | +Dawson | +Roman Catholic | +7-81-18/19 | +51 | +Roman Catholic | +7-81-18/19 | +
| 79 | +Landrick | +Donovan | +Roman Catholic | +7-45-1 | +52 | +Roman Catholic | +7-45-1 | +
| 80 | +Mary Ann Lavinia | +Dunlop | +Roman Catholic | +7A-113-26 | +53 | +Roman Catholic | +7A-113-26 | +
| 81 | +Margaret | +Gallagher | +Roman Catholic | +7-23-12 | +54 | +Roman Catholic | +7-23-12 | +
| 82 | +John | +Gilfoyle | +Roman Catholic | ++ | 55 | +Roman Catholic | ++ |
| 83 | +John | +Gilfoyle | +Roman Catholic | ++ | 55 | +Roman Catholic | ++ |
| 84 | +Honora | +Gilfoyle | +Roman Catholic | +7-25-22 | +48 | +Roman Catholic | ++ |
| 85 | +John | +Gilfoyle | +Roman Catholic | +7-25-22 | +48 | +Roman Catholic | +7-25-22 | +
| 86 | +Mary Ann | +Gorman | +Roman Catholic | +7-81-6 | +56 | +Roman Catholic | +7-81-6 | +
| 87 | +William | +Hickey | +Roman Catholic | +7-45-1 | +57 | +Roman Catholic | +7-45-1 | +
| 88 | +Philip | +Lynch | +Roman Catholic | +7A-117-7 | ++ | + | + |
| 89 | +John | +McGrath | ++ | + | 58 | +Roman Catholic | +7A-60-8 | +
| 90 | +Catherine | +McSweeney | +Roman Catholic | +7A-87-16 | +59 | +Roman Catholic | +7A-87-16 | +
| 91 | +Michael | +McSweeney | +Roman Catholic | +7A-87-16 | +59 | +Roman Catholic | +7A-87-16 | +
| 92 | +James | +McGowan | +Roman Catholic | +7-41-3 | +60 | +Roman Catholic | +7-41-3 | +
| 93 | +Nicholas | +Mitchell | +Roman Catholic | +7-81-18/19 | +51 | +Roman Catholic | +7-81-18/19 | +
| 94 | +Patrick | +Mooney | ++ | + | 61 | +Roman Catholic | +n/a | +
| 95 | +James | +Mooney | ++ | + | 61 | +Roman Catholic | +n/a | +
| 96 | +Mrs. Catherine | +Murphy | +Roman Catholic | +7-13-7 | +62 | +Roman Catholic | +7-13-7 | +
| 97 | +Catherine | +Murphy | +Roman Catholic | +7-13-7 | +62 | +Roman Catholic | +7-13-7 | +
| 98 | +Annie | +O'Brien | ++ | + | 63 | +Roman Catholic | +n/a | +
| 99 | +Cornelius | +O'Brien | ++ | + | 63 | +Roman Catholic | +n/a | +
| 100 | +Patrick | +Pacey | ++ | + | 58 | +Roman Catholic | +n/a | +
| 101 | +Annie | +Pacey | ++ | + | 58 | +Roman Catholic | +n/a | +
| 102 | +Ellen | +Pacey | ++ | + | 58 | +Roman Catholic | +n/a | +
| 103 | +Catherine | +Queely | +Roman Catholic | +7A-157-14 | +64 | +Roman Catholic | +7A-157-14 | +
| 104 | +Mary | +Scanlan | ++ | + | 61 | +Roman Catholic | +n/a | +
| 105 | +Jane | +Windmill | ++ | + | 65 | +Roman Catholic | +n/a | +
| 106 | +Jeremiah William | +Windmill | ++ | + | 66 | +Roman Catholic | +n/a | +
| 107 | +Arundel | +Barker | ++ | + | 67 | +Presbyterian | +n/a | +
| 108 | +William John | +Cahill | +Presbyterian | +12-48-30/31 | +68 | +Presbyterian | +12-48-30/31 | +
| 109 | +John Clarke | +Caldwell | +Presbyterian | +13-48-22 | +69 | +Presbyterian | +13-48-22 | +
| 110 | +Mary Ann | +Caldwell | +Presbyterian | +13-48-22 | +69 | +Presbyterian | +13-48-22 | +
| 111 | +Adam | +Cumming | +Presbyterian | +6-23-20 | +70 | +Presbyterian | +6-23-20 | +
| 112 | +Alexander Gordon | +Cumming | ++ | + | 71 | +Presbyterian | +n/a | +
| 113 | +Andrew S. | +Ferguson | +Presbyterian | +10-19-19 | +72 | +Presbyterian | +10-19-19 | +
| 114 | +Elizabeth | +Foote | +Presbyterian | +9-37-3 | +73 | +Presbyterian | +9-37-3 | +
| 115 | +Mary | +Jeffcoat | +Presbyterian | +5-70-20 | +74 | +Presbyterian | +5-70-20 | +
| 116 | +Julia | +Jeffcoat | +Presbyterian | +5-70-20 | +74 | +Presbyterian | +5-70-20 | +
| 117 | +John | +MacRae | +Presbyterian | +n/a | +75 | +Presbyterian | +n/a | +
| 118 | +Jane | +MacRae | +Presbyterian | +n/a | +75 | +Presbyterian | +n/a | +
| 119 | +Marion | +MacRae | +Presbyterian | +n/a | +75 | +Presbyterian | +n/a | +
| 120 | +Ann | +MacRae | +Presbyterian | +n/a | +75 | +Presbyterian | +n/a | +
| 121 | +Jessie M. | +Manwaring | +Presbyterian | +10-19-19 | +72 | +Presbyterian | +10-19-19 | +
| 122 | +Elizabeth | +McCann | ++ | + | 76 | +Presbyterian | +n/a | +
| 123 | +Alexander | +McDonald | +Presbyterian | +13-75-12 | +77 | +Presbyterian | +13-75-12 | +
| 124 | +Mary Lucy | +McDonald | +Presbyterian | +13-75-12 | +77 | +Presbyterian | +13-75-12 | +
| 125 | +William | +McKenzie | +Presbyterian | +7A-106-8 | +78 | +Presbyterian | +7A-106-8 | +
| 126 | +Agatha | +Mellor | +Presbyterian | +9-17-10 | +79 | +Presbyterian | +9-17-10 | +
| 127 | +John Foran | +Mellor | +Presbyterian | +9-17-10 | +79 | +Presbyterian | +9-17-10 | +
| 128 | +Mary Foran | +Mellor | +Presbyterian | +9-17-10 | +79 | +Presbyterian | +9-17-10 | +
| 129 | +Francis William | +Mayer | +Presbyterian | +9-44-8 | ++ | + | + |
| 130 | +John | +Moffat | +Presbyterian | +12-48-30/31 | +68 | +Presbyterian | +12-48-30/31 | +
| 131 | +Margaret | +Moffat | +Presbyterian | +12-48-30/31 | +68 | +Presbyterian | +12-48-30/31 | +
| 131 | +Donald | +Murray | +Presbyterian | +18-76-13 | +80 | +Presbyterian | +18-76-13 | +
| 132 | +Mary A. | +Murray | +Presbyterian | +18-76-13 | +80 | +Presbyterian | +18-76-13 | +
| 133 | +John Wood | +Rendall | +Presbyterian | +1-51-2 | +81 | +Presbyterian | +1-51-2 | +
| 134 | +John Charles | +Russell | +Presbyterian | +13-16-22 | ++ | + | + |
| 135 | +James | +Swan | +Presbyterian | +6-26-25 | +82 | +Presbyterian | +6-26-25 | +
| 136 | +William | +Tulloch | +Presbyterian | +18-75-2 | +83 | +Presbyterian | +18-75-2 | +
| 137 | +Frances | +Betts | +Weslyan Methodist and Congregational | +13-53-10 | +84 | +Weslyan Methodist and Congregational | +13-53-10 | +
| 138 | +Thomas | +Costin | +Weslyan Methodist and Congregational | +13-38-22 | +85 | +Weslyan Methodist and Congregational | +13-38-22 | +
| 139 | +Mary Ann Elizabeth | +Costin | +Weslyan Methodist and Congregational | +13-38-22 | +85 | +Weslyan Methodist and Congregational | +13-38-22 | +
| 140 | +Harry Thomas | +Costin | +Weslyan Methodist and Congregational | +13-38-22 | +85 | +Weslyan Methodist and Congregational | +13-38-22 | +
| 141 | +Emma | +Costin | +Weslyan Methodist and Congregational | +13-38-22 | +85 | +Weslyan Methodist and Congregational | +13-38-22 | +
| 142 | +Martha Betts | +Faulkner | ++ | + | 86 | +Weslyan Methodist and Congregational | +n/a | +
| 143 | +Mary Ann | +Markwell | +Weslyan Methodist and Congregational | +1-35-5 | +87 | +Weslyan Methodist and Congregational | +1-35-5 | +
| 144 | +Sarah Catherine | +Munce | ++ | + | 88 | +Weslyan Methodist and Congregational | +n/a | +
| 145 | +Godfrey B. | +Munce | ++ | + | 88 | +Weslyan Methodist and Congregational | +n/a | +
| 146 | +Naomi | +Murfin | +Weslyan Methodist and Congregational | +13-25-10 | +89 | +Weslyan Methodist and Congregational | +13-25-10 | +
| 147 | +Harriett | +Paten | +Weslyan Methodist and Congregational | +13-70-3 | +90 | +Weslyan Methodist and Congregational | +13-70-3 | +
| 148 | +Annie | +Piddington | +Weslyan Methodist and Congregational | +6-23-18 | +91 | +Weslyan Methodist and Congregational | +6-23-18 | +
| 149 | +Hugh | +Piddington | +Weslyan Methodist and Congregational | +6-23-18 | +91 | +Weslyan Methodist and Congregational | +6-23-18 | +
| 150 | +George Frederick | +Poole | +Weslyan Methodist and Congregational | +9-12-5 | +92 | +Weslyan Methodist and Congregational | +9-12-5 | +
| 151 | +infant | +Poole | +Weslyan Methodist and Congregational | +n/a | +92 | +Weslyan Methodist and Congregational | +n/a | +
| 152 | +Henry E. | +Tom | +Weslyan Methodist and Congregational | +6-26-24 | +93 | +Weslyan Methodist and Congregational | +6-26-24 | +
| 153 | +Mary Ann | +Walpole | ++ | + | 86 | +Weslyan Methodist and Congregational | +n/a | +
| 154 | +Charles | +White | +Weslyan Methodist and Congregational | +n/a | +94 | +Weslyan Methodist and Congregational | +n/a | +
| 155 | +Benjamin | +Badger | +Baptist | +6-2-9 | +95 | +Baptist | +6-2-9 | +
| 156 | +Eleanor | +Badger | +Baptist | +6-2-9 | +95 | +Baptist | +6-2-9 | +
| 157 | +Joseph | +Badger | +Baptist | +6-2-9 | +95 | +Baptist | +6-2-9 | +
| 158 | +Elizabeth | +Goldsmith | +Baptist | +18-72-5 | +96 | +Baptist | +18-72-5 | +
| 159 | +Robert John | +Goldsmith | +Baptist | +n/a | +96 | +Baptist | +n/a | +
| 160 | +Florence T. | +Gregory | +Baptist | +4-11-16 | +97 | +Baptist | +4-11-16 | +
| 161 | +Margaret Jane | +Gregory | +Baptist | +4-11-16 | +97 | +Baptist | +4-11-16 | +
| 162 | +John S. | +Kingsford | ++ | + | 98 | +Baptist | +n/a | +
| 163 | +Edith M. | +Knight | +Baptist | +13-69-11 | +99 | +Baptist | +13-69-11 | +
| 164 | +Robert | +Loague | +Baptist | +18-72-5 | +96 | +Baptist | +18-72-5 | +
| 165 | +Ann | +Loague | +Baptist | +18-72-5 | +96 | +Baptist | +18-72-5 | +
| 166 | +Mary | +Loague | +Baptist | +18-72-5 | +96 | +Baptist | +18-72-5 | +
| 167 | +Bowen | +McFarlane | +Baptist | +13-64-20 | ++ | + | + |
| 168 | +child | +McFarlane | +Baptist | +13-64-20 | ++ | + | + |
| 169 | +Maria | +Pike | +Baptist | +4-8-10 | +100 | +Baptist | +4-8-10 | +
| 170 | +Kate | +Spilsbury | +Baptist | +13-23-2 | +101 | +Baptist | +13-23-2 | +
| 171 | +Mary | +Ward | ++ | + | 102 | +Baptist | +n/a | +
| 172 | +Edith May | +Warry | +Baptist | +n/a | +103 | +Baptist | +n/a | +
| 173 | +Susan Elizabeth | +Warry | +Baptist | +6-26-23 | +103 | +Baptist | +6-26-23 | +
| 174 | +David L. | +Levy | +Jewish | +3-9-1 | +104 | +Jewish | +3-9-1 | +
| 175 | +Herbert Michael | +Levy | +Jewish | +3-9-2 | +105 | +Jewish | +3-9-2 | +
| 176 | +Osias | +Loewe | +Jewish | +3-9-3 | +106 | +Jewish | +3-9-3 | +
Abbreviations used in the source document have been expanded using the following mappings:
+| Abbreviation | +Name or Honorific Prefix | +
|---|---|
| Alex. | +Alexander | +
| Chas. | +Charles | +
| Eliz. | +Elizabeth | +
| Fdk. | +Frederick | +
| Geo. | +George | +
| Hy. | +Henry | +
| Patk. | +Patrick | +
| Robt. | +Robert | +
| Tim. | +Timothy | +
| Thos. | +Thomas | +
| Wm. | +William | +
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+Download the Paddington Cemetery Reserved Area Headstones as a Comma Separated Value file (.csv)
+ + + +Excel interprets some grave locations as dates
+If you open the .csv file using Microsoft Excel, be aware that it changes some grave locations into dates. This behaviour cannot be prevented. We suggest you consider using another tool.
+Appendix 3 in Volume 2 of the 1914 Parliamentary papers states 105 headstones were moved, Wm. Stokes' headstone wasn't counted as it was 'Removed at the applicants expense'. ↩
+The oldest grave in Toowong Cemetery is of Governor Samuel Blackall who was buried on 3 January 1871.
+The oldest surviving headstone in Queensland is from 15 November 1831 and can be found in Toowong Cemetery.
+
Pioneer Children's Graves (13-10-4), Queensland's oldest surviving headstones from the 1830's
+Three children, William Henry Roberts, Peter McCauley, and Jane Pittard were originally interred on the banks of the Brisbane River. They were reâinterred at Toowong Cemetery in October 1881.
+
Map of Brisbane, 1844 Map of Brisbane drawn by C. F. Gerler. This basic map has a numbered list of 48 locations in the bottom right corner. Number 48 is "The First Tombstone (two graves)" â State Library of Queensland.
+
Pioneer Children's Graves (Riverbank). Approximately at the location on the Riverbank in-between Herschell and Tank Streets. Source unknown.
+Esther Roberts, mother of William Henry Roberts, was the first teacher of girls in the Moreton Bay settlement. His father, Charles Roberts was transferred to Dunwich to take charge of the government store in August 1828. William was born on 15 September 1828 and died of illness on 15 November 1831.
+The tomb lid originally had a bible verse inscribed on it based on Matthew 19:14:
+++Suffer the little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such belongeth the Kingdom of God.
+
It has since been lost to weathering. After the death of their son, the Roberts family returned to Sydney in 1834.
+Peter McCauley was born in Sydney on 17 April 1826, the son of Private Peter McCauley, a member of the 17th Regiment. His monther, Mary, was appointed as matron of the Brisbane Town Female Factory in June 1831. On 5 January 1832, young Peter wandered away from his brothers on an outing and drowned in the Brisbane River near the present Botanical Gardens. The family returned to Sydney in 1832.
+Jane Pittard was the infant daughter of John Pittard, late Color Sergeant of the 57th Regiment. He had drowned in Van Diemen's Land on 23 July 1831, shortly before his daughter's birth. Jane's mother, Margaret, remarried and came to Moreton Bay with Color Sergeant David Collins in August 1832. On 23 January 1833, Jane died and her family returned to Sydney the following year.
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Freed from the restrictions of parish churchyards, municipal cemeteries provided an outlet for expression of individualism which reached its zenith in the mid to late Victorian Era. The headstone reflected the deceased's cultural identity by its inscription, material, shape, symbol, or sign. These headstones are a reminder of how varied Brisbane society was from the late 1870s to the outbreak of World War One. Many signs on headstones represent the Friendly Society, Masonic Order or Trade Guild a person was part of.
+Friendly societies were mutual aid organisations designed to help predominately working-class people insure themselves against destitution caused by death and illness. Many operated funeral clubs which for a few pence a month protected the contributors from the perceived disgrace of a pauper's grave.
+
Members of the Ancient Order of Forester, Court Brunswick, Brisbane, 1922, State Library of Queensland
+Australian Natives' Association's allegorial display, Brisbane, 1901, State Library of Queensland
St. Patrick's Day procession, Queen Street, Brisbane, 1903 â State Library of Queensland. Note the 'HACBS' (Hibernian Australia Catholic Benefit Society) shown on the banner.
+Independent Order of Rechabites, Brisbane, ca. 1933 â State Library of Queensland.
Most organisations had rules, ranks and rites and developed a symbolic language which identified its members either by acronym or sign. Members were expected to turn out at funerals of the brethren or close relatives.
+Most cemetery visitors are familiar with the compass and square, the working tools of the Masonic orders. The "G" in the centre may be interpreted as "God" by speculative Masons, and as "Geometry" by operative Masons. Variations in the design (for example, the number of dots on the square), or the inscription may inform the knowledgable passer-by of the rank held by the deceased in the organisation.
+
+
++Her beloved Husband +and our loving Father
+
+Andrew Norman +Davidson V.W.
+Free Accepted Masons
+Scottish Constitution
+U.G.L.Q.
+Born Longreach. Q
+2nd March 1898ă» Died 12th July 1979
+Brothers we shall meet again
The "V.W." after Andrew Norman Davidson's name may indicate he held the rank of Very Worshipful Brother. The rank is usually indicated as a "VW Bro." prefix before the person's name. Freemason ranks ascend through a hierarchy:
+"U.G.L.Q." stands for the "United Grand Lodge Queensland" which was formed through the amalgamation of several governing Masonic bodies in Queensland in 1921. Different Grand Lodges practiced slightly different versions of the Masonic rituals. When U.G.L.Q. formed, they did so with the proviso that Lodges could continue practicing their ritual's if they wished, or change to a recently revised U.G.L.Q. ritual. Most of the Scottish Lodges retained their original rituals, giving rise to the idea of "Scottish Constitution" lodges.1
+The Odd Fellows were so named because they were originally drawn together from an odd variety of trades with insufficient numbers to form their own trade guilds. Their three-link chain stands for Friendship, Love and Truth. A variation is a monogram consisting of the letters F, C and B for friendship, charity and benevolence. Charity is also represented by a hand holding a heart and is most often associated with the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Odd Fellows (MUIOOF).
+
Wooden Hand - Heart in Hand â Museums Victoria
+Manchester Unity Independent Order of Odd Fellows, ca. 1910 â State Library of Queensland
These signs, names or acronyms can be found on headstones in Toowong Cemetery.
+Learn more about finding graves at Toowong Cemetery.
+| Acronym | +Name | +Organisation Type | +Location | +
|---|---|---|---|
| AHCG | +Australasian Holy Catholic Guild | +Friendly Society | +pp-ss-gg | +
| ANA | +Australian Natives Association | +Friendly Society | +pp-ss-gg | +
| AOF | +Ancient Order of Foresters | +Friendly Society | +1-29-8 | +
| AOOF | +Ancient Order of Odd Fellows | +Friendly Society | +pp-ss-gg | +
| EC | +English Constitution | +Freemasonry | +pp-ss-gg | +
| GUOOF | +Grand United Order of Odd Fellows | +Friendly Society | +pp-ss-gg | +
| HACBS | +Hibernian Australia Catholic Benefit Society | +Friendly Society | +pp-ss-gg | +
| IC | +Irish Constitution | +Freemasonry | +13-83-9/10 | +
| INF | +Irish National Foresters | +Friendly Society | +pp-ss-gg | +
| IOGT | +Independent Order of Good Templars | +Temperance | +pp-ss-gg | +
| IOOF | +Independent Order of Odd Fellows | +Friendly Society | +pp-ss-gg | +
| IOR | +Independent Order of Rechabites | +Temperance | +pp-ss-gg | +
| LOI | +Loyal Orange Institute | ++ | pp-ss-gg | +
| MUIOOF | +Manchester Unity Independent Order of Odd Fellows | +Friendly Society | +9-16-9 | +
| NIOOF | +National Independent Order of Odd Fellows | +Friendly Society | +pp-ss-gg | +
| ODT | +Order of the Daughters of Temperance | +Temperance | +pp-ss-gg | +
| OES | +Order of the Eastern Star | +Friendly Society | +1-147-26 | +
| OST | +Order of the Sons of Temperance | +Temperance | +pp-ss-gg | +
| PAFS | +Protestant Alliance Friendly Society | +Friendly Society | +pp-ss-gg | +
| RA | +Royal Arch | +Friendly Society | +pp-ss-gg | +
| RAOB | +Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes | +Friendly Society | +pp-ss-gg | +
| RBP | +Royal Black Preceptory 2 | ++ | pp-ss-gg | +
| SC | +Scottish Constitution | +Freemasonry | +25-46-17 | +
| UAOD | +United Ancient Order of Druids | +Friendly Society | +pp-ss-gg | +
| UOSMS | +United Operative Stonemasons Society of Queensland | +Friendly Society | +pp-ss-gg | +
| UGL | +United Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted | +Freemasonry | +25-46-17 | +
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+Have you found the location of a Friendly Society Sign? Contact us with the details.
+
Unlike the Clasped Hands symbol showing a man and women holding hands (based on the cuffs), on some Friendly Society official's headstones you'll find two men shaking hands.
+
The image on the right is from the headstone of Richard Silas Bowden - Past Grand Master of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Odd Fellows (20â20â35/36)
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John Campbell's headstone shows the Order of the Eastern Star sign within the Freemason's compass and square. The Order of the Eastern Star is a Masonic appendant body open to both men and women. (1â147â26)
+Maurice O'Connell's memorial in the shows he played an important role in the Queensland Freemasons and followed the Irish Constitution. (13-83-9/10)
+Some of these organisations have evolved to become financial services companies, such as:
+You can find signs of Friendly Societies in the local area such as:
+The Toowong Cemetery is a Brisbane icon and was once the city's main cemetery. Toowong Cemetery officially opened in July 1875, however burials took place from 1871 (most notably Queensland's second governor, Colonel Samuel Blackall in 1871).
+Toowong Cemetery opened during Queen Victoria's life (1819 - 1901) and you'll see the traditions and symbols from her reign throughout the cemetery.
+In Portion 2 of the cemetery, at the intersection of Soldiers Parade and Garland Avenue, you'll find a display of symbols on headstones. Some headstones are from the old Paddington cemetery which closed in 1914.
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Headstones within the Cemetery come in many shapes and contain mysterious signs. Throughout the first half of the 19th Century headstones featuring bust of heads and shoulders were very popular. However by the 1880's angels, messengers of God and pillars had become fashionable. Most of these were placed on a three-tiered base, to represent faith, hope and charity.
+The cross comes in a variety of shapes. The Celtic cross (with its arms enclosed in a circle) was used mostly by those of Irish origin prior to the end of the 19th Century before they became a popular choice (regardless to national heritage). The unadorned cross was known as the Calvary cross, representing Christ's crucification. The Orthodox cross with three bars symbolises the cross Christ was crucified on, with the title board (top bar), the bar on which the Lord's hands were nailed (middle bar) and the footrest (bottom bar).
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Columns are indicative of heaven and their height implies the social status of the person buried. A broken column represents the break between life on earth and in heaven, and also a life cut short. Columns were also used to represent the loss of the head of family.
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A crown was often used to represent the "sovereignty of the Lord".
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A harp or lyre symbolises hope, joy and music. It was the symbol of St. Cecila, the Patron Saint of Musicians, and is often associated with worship in heaven. This can be seen on the grave of Joseph Phillips (10-8-12).
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A ship's anchor was commonly used to commemorate the life of a sailor or someone with a maritime career.
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An obelisk is defined as a thin, four-sided tapering monument ending in a pyramid at the top. The height of the obelisk also indicates the importance of the deceased.
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Clasped hands symbolise the belief Victorians held that they would be reunited with their loved ones after death. If you look carefully at the cuffs of those shaking hands, you can often see that they are male and female. This can be seen are the grave of Herman Wuiski and his wife Emily (1-50A-10).
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Plants can represent a person's birthplace (such as thistles from Scotland) and also reflect religious meanings. See the grave of Michael McCormack and his wife Elizabeth (1-20-9) where ivy symbolises hope and mortality. Roses are another symbol that has multiple interpretations (including beauty, hope and love) and they are often associated with the Virgin Mary. The age of the deceased can also be revealed by the size of the flower or plant - a bud represents a child, and a full flower represents an adult.
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Urns are a Greek symbol of mourning and represent the process of death, where the body becomes dust while the spirit rests with God. When the urn is draped it becomes a symbol of the house mourning.
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Animals symbolise the character of the deceased. Lambs were often used as a symbol of innocence and found on the graves of children, while lions were used as a symbol of courage. Visit the grave of heavyweight boxing champion Peter Jackson (5-28-1) which is adorned with a lion.
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The IHS Emblem is from the Greek alphabet, (I) Iota, (H) Eta, and (ÎŁ) Sigma and represents the first Greek word for Jesus or Christ.
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Books often symbolise the Bible and the faith of its reader. An open book has also been associated with the human heart.
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In Steele Rudd Avenue you'll find a collection of broken headstones. Where did they come from? Why are they here? What is planned?
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Gillon, E. (1972). Victorian Cemetery Art. New York: Dover Publications
+ + +Toowong Cemetery Symbolism, © Brisbane City Council 2016, used under CC BY 4.0. Minor formatting changes applied. The Lost and Found section, photos and links have been added.
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Prior to 1875, the flat area where the entrance of Toowong Cemetery now stands was an Aboriginal Corroboree Ground. "Toowong" is a corruption of "Tu-wong", purportedly the aboriginal name for the river bend near the Indooroopilly Bridge, named for a local bird (probably the Koel).
+ + +The land for the cemetery was first reserved in 1866. The reserve of 250 acres 1 rood, and an extension of 53 acres were gazetted, and the first Cemetery Trustees were appointed on 7 October 1870.
+Toowong Cemetery: Resting place of Governor Samuel Blackall (One Minute Archive) â Queensland State Archives
+ + +Colonel Samuel Wensley Blackall, the second Governor of Queensland, was the first person buried in Toowong Cemetery on 3 January 1871.
+The Toowong Cemetery was officially opened on 5 July 1875 and was originally called the Brisbane General Cemetery. Toowong Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Queensland at 44 Hectares and is an important record of the history of Brisbane and Queensland. Over 119,000 people are buried in Toowong Cemetery in approximately 46,000 graves.
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Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, ca. 1890, â State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
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Brisbane General Cemetery (Toowong) - General Plan, 8 July 1909 â Queensland State Archives.
+Series 46 Film BCC2 Frame 34691, 31 May 1946 â Brisbane City Council, via QImagery. Frederick St is the straight road on the right, running top to bottom.
The oldest surviving headstone in Queensland is from 15 November 1831. Three children originally interred on the banks of the Brisbane River, were reâinterred at Toowong Cemetery in October 1881.
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Pioneer Children's Graves (13-10-4).
+The North Brisbane Burial Grounds (also known as Paddington Cemetery) were opened in 1844 and closed in 1875. By 1907 there were calls to turn the neglected into a park and sports field.
+In 1911 the Queensland Government passed the Paddington Cemetery Act allowing them to move the bodies to another location. Some Paddington Cemetery remains and headstones were moved to Toowong Cemetery
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Paddington Cemetery 1910 â Queensland State Archives.
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Paddington Memorial, Portion 17 Section 1, on the corner of Emma Miller and William Brown Avenues.
+The Paddington Memorial commemorates people originally buried in the North Brisbane Burial Grounds, now interred at Toowong Cemetery. The Paddington Memorial plaque reads:
+++The North Brisbane Burial Grounds at Paddington were opened by 1844 and became the final resting place for thousands of Brisbane's inhabitants over the ensuing decades. Following the opening of the Brisbane General Cemetery of Toowong in 1875, the seven sectarian cemeteries were gradually abandoned. By the end of the 19th century, the site had fallen into a state of disrepair. A decision was made in 1911 to have the Paddington Cemetery converted to public parklands. The memorials were subsequently removed and the opportunity was provided to relatives to relocate the remains and or memorials to other cemeteries including Toowong. Only a few hundred bodies were removed leaving several thousand on the site that became known as Lang Park.
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++Lang Park evolved into an iconic inner-city sports ground, with a major redevelopment of the stadium from 2001 to 2003. This resulted in the necessary excavation of sections of the former burial grounds that would be disturbed by construction. A methodical archaeological investigation was undertaken, and the fragmentary remains of 394 unidentified individuals were exhumed from the Episopalian (Anglican), Roman Catholic, and Presbyterian cemeteries. The remains were interred in this memorial in July 2003.
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Allotments on Heussler Terrace (renamed Birdwood Terrace) on the North boundary of the cemetery were sold by auction in 1921. "Convenient to the Toowong Tram Line" was a selling point. The Toowong Tram stopped near the main cemetery gates.
+(Scroll back to the 1946 aerial photo to see how few allotments were built on 25 years later.)
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Chermside Park, second section : Auchenflower, 1921 â State Library of Queensland. Note in the Inset how the tram stopped at the Toowong Cemetery gates. Third Avenue was renamed Couldrey St in 1939 after a Queensland Miner.
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Tram passing the Toowong Cemetery with Mt Cootâtha in the distance, Queensland, 1921 â State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
+With Australia and New Zealand at war with the German Empire, in 1915 David Garland was tasked with providing and coordinating chaplaincy and welfare services at Enoggera Army Base to thousands of fresh recruits.
+In the wake of climbing casualty lists and community grief, he urged legislators to establish a framework to enable the nation to publicly honour the service and sacrifice of Australian and New Zealand troops killed in the Gallipoli Peninsula landings of 25 April 1915. This movement culminated in a public meeting on 10 January 1916 at Brisbane's Exhibition Hall which voted to establish the Anzac Day Commemoration Committee of Queensland, with chaplain Lieutenant-Colonel Garland its secretary.
+Garland's contribution to Anzac Day tradition was to devise ecumenical or secular rituals for public commemoration of those who died in battle and and to comfort the bereaved. Because his format was non-denominational, everyone could participate, regardless of their faith tradition. The minute's silence provided a space for all Australian's and New Zealanders to demonstrate respect for The Fallen of the Great War.
+In 1916 Garland initiated a trust to receive money raised from the sale of silk, lavender-coloured badges embossed with gold leaf with the lion of St Mark and the motto "Their Name Liveth for Evermore". These became the first Anzac Day badges, initially earmarked to pay for the upkeep of soldiers' graves at home and abroad. The appeal eventually helped fund soldier respite hostels and memorials to be established.
+On the morning of Anzac Day 1920, the first since his return from war service, Garland visited "Soldiers' Corner" at Toowong Cemetery and found friends and families of the deceased paying their respects. Noting people of all religions were present, he asked all to observe a minutes' silence rather than offer up prayers during an impromptu commemoration service.
+Under the guidance of Garland the Anzac Day service at Toowong Cemetery grew in size and significance as did the badge-selling campaign which supported the Lady Mayoress's committee. The campaign's success helped fund the establishment of the "Cross of Sacrifice" and "The Stone of Rememberance" which were erected and unveiled in 1924 near the entrance to Toowong Cemetery immediately adjacent to Canon Garland Place. Anzac Day commemorations in Brisbane where held here until the Anzac Memorial - Shrine of Rememberance - in Anzac Square, was completed in 1930.
+Garland, aged 75, died at Red Hill on 11 October 1939. His grave is located at Portion 1, Section 50A, Grave 9, overlooking "Soldiers' Corner".
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Official unveiling of the Cross of Sacrifice on Anzac Day at Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, 1924 â State Library of Queensland.
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Small children looking at wreaths laid at the memorial on Anzac Day, Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, 1924 â State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
+Thirty Four Trustees served the Brisbane General Cemetery Trust between 7 October 1870 and 1 August 1930, when the Brisbane City Council took over management of all cemeteries within the municipality.
+Trams in Brisbane changed over time. In 1962 the Paddington Tram Depot was destroyed by fire and 65 trams were lost. The Rainworth and Toowong tram services were withdrawn and replaced with buses.
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Tramcar 494 in Milton Road - Toowong, 2 December 1948. Outside Toowong Cemetery â Brisbane City Council
Paddington Tram Depot - Destroyed by Fire, 28 September 1962 â Brisbane City Council
The heritage-listed Paddington Tramways Substation can still be found at 150 Enoggera Terrace, Paddington. Trammies Corner Park can be visited at 74 Prince Street, Paddington.
+By April 1975 the Cemetery was full with all plots sold. The Brisbane City Council Health Dept was ordered by the then Mayor to start a project to remove hundreds of family owned headstones and grave surrounds in Toowong, Lutwyche, South Brisbane, Balmoral, and God's Acre Pioneer cemetery. Headstones (most of which just needing weeding) were removed from these cemeteries with the aim to make open parklands.
+Mayors, soldiers, politicians all fell victim to the clearance. At Toowong Cemetery, headstones were demolished and buried in the canal. The Toowong Cemetery heritage listing suggests, "approximately 1,000 memorials were removed from Toowong". Intervention in 1979 saw an end to the organised vandalism. The Cemetery reopened in 1998 with approximately 450 plots for sale.
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Toowong Cemetery - Dilapidated and Unsightly Graves, 3 July 1974 â Brisbane City Council
+In 1978 construction started on the Toowong Cemetery Roundabout which, when completed, made entry via the main gates difficult.
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Toowong Cemetery Roundabout Construction, 8 March 1978. Intersection of Mt Cootâtha Road, Frederick Street, Milton Road and Miskin Street â Brisbane City Council
+In 1988 the first season of Mission: Impossible was filmed in Queensland. Some scenes where filmed in Toowong Cemetery.
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Mission Impossible Television Series being Filmed at Toowong Cemetery, 21 September 1988 â Brisbane City Council
+The Toowong Cemetery Museum, located over the open drain, was formerly the Sexton's office and was built at the turn of the century. It is a single storey, single skin timber framed building with terracotta tile roof. The two room structure is located above the floor of an earlier structure identified as the flower shed which was associated with the cultivation and selling of flowers from Portion 10. The internal partition wall was reconstructed, windows replaced and an adjoining store room was demolished as part of the museum conversion project carried out by the Brisbane City Council Heritage Unit in 1991.1
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You can visit the Museum as part of our Toowong Cemetery Guided Tours
+Cr. Judy Magub was the first President of the Friends of Toowong Cemetery. Judy was the councillor for the Toowong ward since it was formed in 1994 until she retired in 2007.
+Learn more about Friends of Toowong Cemetery - what we do, what we've done, and how to join in.
+The Federation Pavilion commemorates the contribution of the delegates who attended the 1891 Federation that are buried at the Toowong Cemetery. It was officially opened on 3 March 2001.
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Take the Federation self-guided walk to visit the Federation Pavilion and learn how four Queenslanders shaped Australia's Constitution.
+In 2006, in conjunction with the University of Queensland Archaeology Department, Friends of Toowong Cemetery started searching for demolished headstones buried in the cemetery grounds.
+In 2011, while staff prepared a new grave, the headstone of a John Peel was discovered. Brisbane City Council had no record of John Peel and asked Friends of Toowong Cemetery for help. It was discovered that the headstone was one of 505 missing headstones from the North Brisbane Burial Grounds (also known as the Paddington Cemetery).
+In 1913 the headstones had been stored in good order behind Christ Church in Paddington. In 1930 they suddenly disappeared. The Authorities claimed it was rubble, unreadable and used for road-base. This was not entirely true as many headstones have been found our archaeological digs since 2011.
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Paddington Cemetery ca. 1900's â Brisbane City Council. Cropped.
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Toowong Cemetery Archaeological dig finds
+In 2009, over 80 gravestones were damaged at Toowong Cemetery. Following a police investigation, four people were charged with wilful damage however at the defendantsâ committal hearing in April 2010, the charges were dismissed due to a "loop-hole" in the law. Friends of Toowong Cemetery successfully partitioned for changes to be made to the law.
+On 24 July 2011, 140 years after Governor Blackall was buried, a re-enactment of the funeral was performed.
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Today, the Friends of Toowong Cemetery and the Brisbane City Council work together to maintain and improve Toowong Cemetery. Together we have delivered improvements including:
+Toowong Cemetery is enjoyed by those who come to remember loved ones, exercise, walk their dog, or discover the history and stories inside.
+From Toowong Cemetery © The State of Queensland, used under a CC BY 4.0 licence. ↩
+Friends of Toowong Cemetery is a volunteer group that discover and share the history and stories of Toowong Cemetery.
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Heritageâlisted Toowong Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Queensland. The first burial was of Governor Samuel Blackall on 3 January 1871. Read his and hundreds of other stories about the people who shaped Brisbane, Queensland, and Australia's history.
+On this site you'll find information about:
+The cemetery is maintained by the Brisbane City Council.
+At Toowong Cemetery you can:
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Toowong Cemetery Headstone Symbolism Display
+Toowong Cemetery is open everyday from 6am-6pm. Check the Brisbane City Council for Office opening hours.
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The Toowong Cemetery Main Entrance was designed by the Colonial Architect F.D.G. Stanley and erected in 1873-1874
+Toowong Cemetery has two entrances:
+Parking is available inside the cemetery.
+If you're walking to Toowong Cemetery, in addition to the entries above, you can enter via:
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Toowong Cemetery Pedestrian Entrance off Mt Cootâtha Road. Bus stop 17, Mt Cootâtha Rd is nearby.
+If you're using public transport to get here, use the TransLink Journey Planner to plan your trip. Be aware some results tell you to walk across the road at the Toowong roundabout - this is not safe and you may need to walk a long way to find a safe place to cross Milton Road or the Western Freeway. Options are:
+If you enter the main entrance, you'll find:
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The Stone of Remembrance, Cross of Sacrifice, and Flagpole in Canon Garland Place
+If you enter via the Richer Street back gate, to get to Canon Garland Place:
+There are 34 Portions in Toowong Cemetery, numbered 1 to 30 and also 2A, 7A, 15A, 29A. Portions contain many sectons. Each section can contain up to 80 graves. The graves in a section are usually in two rows. Taps are located at the Shelter Sheds if you need water for flowers or cleaning headstones.
+Print the Toowong Cemetery Map
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Toowong Cemetery Map showing Portions, Sections and key features. Toowong Cemetery Area Map © Brisbane City Council 2022, used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Licence. Corrected on 4 March 2023 in consultation with Toowong Cemetery: Portion 10 Section, 85 and 83 swapped. Portion 7A, Sections 233a and 233b renamed to 234 and 235 respectively. Road name labels added and spelling corrected.
+Cemetery Road Warnings
+Some cemetery road names have recently been changed to the names of notable people buried nearby. Not all maps and signs in the cemetery have been updated to reflect these changes:
+| New Road Name | +Old Road Name | +Notes | +
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| Walter Hill Drive | +Boundary Road | +running parallel to Mt Cootâtha Road | +
| Dr Lilian Cooper Drive | +Boundary Road | +running parallel to Richer Street | +
| Pride of Erin Drive | +Boundary Road | +running parallel to Birdwood Terrace | +
| Francis Forde Avenue | +Boundary Road | +running parallel to Birdwood Terrace closest to Frederick Street |
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| Peter Jackson Parade | +Boundary Road | +running parallel to Frederick Street furthest from the main entrance |
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| Soldiers Parade | +Boundary Road | +running parallel to Frederick Street closest to the main entrance |
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| Steele Rudd Avenue | +4th Avenue | ++ |
| Walter Ralston Avenue | +7th Avenue | ++ |
| Emma Miller Avenue | +8th Avenue | +behind Canon Garland Place | +
| Charles Heaphy Drive | +8th Avenue | +from the Shelter Shed to Emma Miller Avenue | +
| Pat Hill Drive | +8th Avenue | +from the Richer Street end to the Shelter Shed | +
| O'Doherty Avenue | +11th Avenue | ++ |
| Elizabeth Dale Walk | +12th Avenue | ++ |
| Garland Avenue | +13th Avenue | ++ |
| William Brown Avenue | +14th Avenue | ++ |
| Federation Avenue | +15th Avenue | ++ |
Combine your visit to Toowong Cemetery with a visit to other nearby attractions:
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Their Royal Highnesses, the Duke and Duchess of York enjoy a morning at Mt. Coot-tha, April 1927 - State Library of Queensland. The Duke of York was later King George VI, and the Duchess of York was later Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
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1905 â 8 October 1990
+A former Bardon resident, Nell worked with the St Lukes Nursing Service. She was born in Mullumbimby, NSW in 1905 to William and Agnes Bassett. She married Victor Storie in Brisbane on 16 December 1930 and had three children. Nell died on 8 October 1990.
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++In loving memory of
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+Agnes Helen (Nell) Storie
+Born 1. 1. 1905 Mullumbimby N.S.W.
+Died 8. 10. 1990 Brisbane Qld.
+A Great Lady : A Great Mother
+She closed her eyes and stood in
+peace before a smiling God
1874 â 7 June 1956
+Agnes Isambert was born in 1874. She trained at the Brisbane General Hospital between 1897 and 1899 and became a member of the ATNA in 1904 and a councillor of the Association between 1912 and 1919. Agnes was engaged in private nursing at the Walmer Nursing Home and the Colmslie Plague Hospital until 1913 when she returned to the Brisbane General Hospital to obtain her midwifery certificate. She then became Matron of the St Maryâs Hospital in Ipswich. From 1904 to 1914, Agnes was a member of the Australian Army Nursing Service Reserve. During World War One she sailed aboard the Kyarra and was eventually appointed to the No. 1 Australian General Hospital in Heliopolis in 1916. A former resident of Red Hill, she died on 7 June 1956 aged 83. She was the daughter of John and Margaret Isambert.
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30894 Agnes Kathrine Isambert papers 1902-1916 â State Library of Queensland.
+7 June 1826 â 20 January 1911
+Susannah Agnes Kable, as she was christened, was the grand-daughter of First Fleet convicts Henry Kable and Susannah Holmes and Second Fleet marine William Charlton and convict Mary Gittos. Born in Bathurst, Susannah was the eldest of six children. Susannah's father, William Nathaniel Kable, died when she was eleven. Her mother, Elizabeth, remarried and with her new husband, Matthew Smith Finley, had another five children.
+When Susannah was about six and living in Bathurst, her mother Elizabeth went one night to investigate an intruder in their house. An escaped convict was hiding in the bedroom. Taking the only weapon at hand, a small cobbler's hammer, Elizabeth levelled it at the intruder as if it was a pistol, saying "If you move, I'll fire." While covering the man with the hammer, she managed to attract the attention of a household servant. When the escapee found that he had been taken by a woman with a hammer, he vowed vengeance. The family lived in fear of his escaping again until he was sent to Cockatoo Island for a lengthy sentence.
+When Susannah was 19, she married John Shand Maclean, the son of a Equity Court judge in Jamaica. John had arrived in Australia seven years earlier in 1838. The first of Susannah's ten children was born in 1847. Susannah followed her husband around as he pursued his various interests. John attempted farming and for a time taught at a gentlemen's academy in the Richmond area of New South she gave Wales.
+Susannah was in Bathurst in 1853, where she gave birth to her third son. By 1856, where the ever-growing family had settled in the Burnett region of Queensland. Susannah's final four children were born on various cattle properties in the Burnett region.
+Susannah struggled to raise her growing family with only the occasional help of indifferent servants. She was often left alone in the unlined slab house. At times Susannah would see eyes peering at her through the cracks. To ward them off, she would take a firearm from the rack and handle it as if she was about to use it. Her ruse appeared to have worked.
+Tragedy struck in November 1862 when John fell off a horse and died on Gyandrah Station near Cracow, Queensland. Susannah was left with ten children under the age of fifteen and a cattle property to manage. She suffered another setback in the 1870s when a fire swept through Gyandrah, destroying all her photographs and heirlooms.
+Susannah brought up her large family with the assistance of her brother and sister-in-law on a nearby property. The children learnt to swim in the Dawson River and reputedly all became expert riders.
+In 1884 Susannah's youngest child, Eric, married sixteen-year-old Elizabeth Penhallurick at her residence at Westwood, via Rockhampton. From about this time, Mrs Agnes Maclean, as she became known, developed a reputation as a midwife, delivering many children in district, including a number of her own grandchildren. In October 1893, Agnes delivered Elizabeth's second son at Westwood. While Eric and Elizabeth had moved north to Bowen by 1895, it seems that Agnes moved south.
+Agnes claimed the right to vote in 1905, her 80th year. She was registered on the electoral rolls as living with her youngest daughter, Elvina, and her schoolmaster husband, Charles Marshall, at the Nerang State School.
+Agnes died of nephritis at the Nerang Hospital on the 20th of January 1911. She was buried at Toowong Cemetery next to her sister-in-law, Mary Ann Kable.
+The grave of Agnes Susan Maclean was restored in 1998 with funds provided by the Kable family.
+This story was contributed by Wendy O'Brien.
+He was climbing the face of Mt Tibrogargan with two other University climbers. They were ascending without safety ropes. He fell to his death and the Jewish Community was deeply shocked at the loss of this fine young man.
+8 December 1892 â 29 January 1925
+Albert "Bert" Cox born 8 December 1892, joined the Australian Imperial Force in May 1916, holding the rank of 2nd Lieutenant at the end of World War One. Prior to the war he was an electrical engineer. In August 1918 he received a gunshot wound to his left cheek and was sent to hospital in England for treatment. By the time he left hospital, the war was over. His wound required further treatment and he did not leave England until October 1919 and was not discharged from the Australian Imperial Force until March 1921.
+He then joined the City Electric Light Co as an electrical engineer. On 29 January 1925 he was erecting new wires at the Company's substation in Ipswich Road when he touched a live wire. Death was instantaneous.
+1877 â 29 January 1924
+Whitford was born in 1877 in Woolwich, England, son of Charles Whitford and Dora Kelly. He married Ethel Scott in Sydney and had two sons and two daughters. Arriving in Queensland in 1910, he worked as a tailor in Childers. Whitford was the MLA for Burrum from March 1918 to October 1920. He was murdered in Albert Square on 29 January 1924 by returned serviceman, James William Laydon.
+5 December 1872 â 5 May 1950
+Albert, his wife Clara and family arrived in Brisbane in June 1912. Albert, whose trade was house painter, was born in Birmingham on 5 December 1872 to John Robert Ensor and Emma Jane (née Robbins). In May 1917, at the age of 44years and 5 months, he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force and trained as a machine gunner before eventually being deployed to France in August 1918. He stayed on in France after the Armistice to assist with the repatriation of soldiers.
+On his return to Brisbane, he resumed his previous occupation of house painter. Family lore has it that he was involved in doing interior plaster work and painting in the Regent Theatre in Queen Street which opened in 1919. Albert died on 5 May 1950 at the age of 77.
+ + +Born 1892
+3rd Depot Battalion
+Born in Newcastle 1892, enlisted Gin Gin Queensland at 23 year of age. Records say he was a labourer. Next of Kin was his Mother, Sarah Elizebeth Gyler née Holden.
+19 October 1861 â 2 May 1919
+Alexander Gow was born in Fife, Scotland, on 19 October 1861 son of James Gow and Christian Philp. In 1865, he arrived in Brisbane where his father operated a grocery store. Alex Gow trained as a compositor and worked in the printing trade. On 24 March 1884 at her parentsâ home in New Farm, he married Mary Inglis Mathewson. There were seven children from the marriage.
+In 1908 he purchased the interest of George Sillett in the undertaking firm Sillett and Barrett. Within two years, Alex Gow had total control of the firm and had started conducting funerals under his own name. He died on 2 May 1919 of gastric carcinoma. In keeping with the tradition of undertaking firms not conducting funerals for members of their own family, his funeral was arranged by John Hislop and Sons, which operated from two doors down from Alex Gowâs premises in Queen Street.
+Alex Gow Funerals, now operated by the fourth generation of the family, moved to its current site in Newstead in 1963 when the traffic in Queen Street made it too difficult to conduct funerals and assemble corteges from the old site.
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Alex Gow Undertaker's premises at 550 Queen Street, Brisbane, Queensland. Men from left to right: Alexander Gow, Robert Alexander (Bert) Gow; Thomas Learoyd. The business was first owned by Alistair Gow - John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
+Born 1838
+Born to William Gruer and Magdaline White âboth Scotsâ in 1838 in Devon where his father was stationed in the Royal Navy and they moved back to Scotland in 1841. He began his training on the H.M.S. Victory. He arrived in Brisbane in 1858. He married Hannah Connor 14 November 1867. Hannah died in 22 March 1897 and he married Isabella Morris who is buried in Lutwyche Cemetery.
+10 February 1898 â 15 September 1936
+Mountford was born in North Leith, Scotland on 10 February 1898. After a long career in the British Navy, he was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in 1927. In May 1934 he was appointed instructor in wireless telegraphy at Brisbane. He died in Rosemount Repatriation Hospital on 15 September 1936 following a short illness.
+July 1820 â 26 January 1914
+Alexander Raff was born in Forres, Elginshire, Scotland in July 1820, the third son of James and Margaret Raff. Alexander arrived in New South Wales in 1845, following his eldest brother, George who had arrived in 1841. After first settling in Victoria pursuing pastoral interests, Alexander arrived in Brisbane, aboard the schooner Souvenir on 9 April 1851.
+Alexander was an active member of various organisations and societies, including the School of Arts, the Queensland Horticultural and Agricultural Society and the Queensland Philosophical Society. Raff was the first president of the Young Men's Christian Association in Queensland and, later, the men's steering committee for the Children's Hospital established in 1878. Alexander continued his pastoral interests in Queensland, on his property, Logie Plains on the Darling Downs. For many years from the 1880s Alexander Raff was a partner of Smellie and Co. In August 1884 Alexander Raff was appointed as a Member of the Legislative Council, a position he held until his resignation in June, 1910.
+Raff married Elizabeth Millar Patterson, the elder daughter of a prominent Scottish medical family, in Sydney on 5 June 1862. The newly weds arrived in Brisbane aboard the Balclutha on 13 June 1862. Alexander and Elizabeth Raff had seven children, six of whom survived to adulthood. Raff was an elder in the Presbyterian Church. He died on 26 January 1914.
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Alex Raff â State Library of Queensland.
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9 July 1885 â 2 May 1939
+Service number: 3680. Australian Imperial Force
+He was born in Aberdeen 9th July 1885 to Alexander Robert Morrison and Margaret Gordon. His service papers show he was a carter and +joined up 2 June 1917, intended to be with the 10th reinforcements for the 47th Battalion and the War Office decided the 25th could do with him and finally they gave him to the 9th Battalion. Next of Kin was his wife of 9 years Emily Elizabeth Morrison nee Lake Merivale St. South Brisbane.
+He was 31 years and 10 months old and stood 5' and 7œ". Weight was 125lbs, chest 32" with medium complexion blue eyes and brown hair and Church of England. No children are recorded up to the end of 1914. He embarked on HMAT Miltiades on 2 August 1917 and returned 25 January 1919 on the Ceramic. SS Ceramic was an 18,400-ton ocean-liner of the White Star Line launched in 1913, and later sold to the Shaw, Savill & Albion Line. In 1942 German submarine U-515 sunk the Ceramic, leaving only one survivor from the 656 on board.
+Alexander died on 2 May 1939.
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Ceramic (ship) - State Library of Queensland.
+ca. 1876 â 13 July 1941
+Service number: 4484. Australian Imperial Force
+He was born in Turriff in Aberdeenshire ca. 1876 to Alexander MacDonald and ____ Duncan. He served 3œ years in the 92nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders in the 1st Boer War. He served a further 2œ years in the Kings regiment in the 2nd Boer War. His service papers show he was a labourer on joining up on 26 January 1916 in Townsville. His address was the Mourilyan Harbour Line Innisfail so probably was working on the railways. He was 40œ years old when he joined up in the 11th reinforcements for the 26th Battalion. Next of Kin was Annie Ray MacDonald his wife. He is described as being 5' 4œ inches 9 st 13 lbs, 39 inches in the chest, dark complexion. Hazel eyes and brown hair and a Presbyterian. He embarked 30 March 1916 on HMAT The Star of Victoria and returned to Australia 19 October 1917 on HMAT Port Lyttelton. Alexander died on 13 July 1941.
+
Star of Victoria (ship) - State Library of Queensland.
+Port Lyttelton (ship) - State Library of Queensland.
ca. 1844 â 11 September 1915
+Cannon and Cripps was formed in 1887 by Alfred Cannon and his brother-in-law Joseph Cripps.
+Joseph Cripps was born in Waddeson near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire in 1849. He arrived in Queensland aboard the Ramsey in June 1873. Initially he lived in Ipswich before moving to Brisbane. After nine years in various businesses, he became an undertaker. He died after thirty one years in the profession aged 69 on 15 January 1918 after an illness of six weeks. The funeral, conducted by John Hislops and Sons, left his late residence Iona, Heussler Terrace, Milton and he was buried with the rites of the Methodist Church of which he had been a trustee for many years. He was also a prominent member of the Protestant Alliance Friendly Society of Australia and sympathised with the ideals of the Loyal Orange Lodge. Joseph Cripps had outlived his partner Alfred Cannon by three years and had gone into business with his nephew William Cannon.
+Alfred Cannon died on 11 September 1915 aged 71 at his home Airlie, Edmondstone, South Brisbane. He shared the same political affiliations and lodge memberships as his brother-in- law. Alfred had married Josephâs sister Sarah Cripps on Christmas Eve 1862 in Waddeson, the same village they had both been born and the couple joined Joseph on his voyage to Queensland.
+
Flyer for Cannon and Cripps, Undertakers in Brisbane, Queensland, 1902 - State Library of Queensland.
+1 February 1856 â 14 October 1935
+Alfred was born in Clifton, Bristol son of Henry George Raymond and Mary Ann Hewland. Alfred, like his father, was a carpenter. Alfred was a deeply devout man throughout his life and an active lay worker in the Congregational Church. In 1878, Alfred married Elizabeth Paul and they had two sons. In 1885â86, Alfred was a carpenter and living on Stanley Street, South Brisbane beside the river. Shortly after their arrival in Brisbane, their baby son Leslie died on 4 April 1884 and then exactly two years later Elizabeth died. They are buried nearby.
+On 20 June 1888, Alfred remarried, to Jessie Catherine Shearer, in the Congregational Church in Wharf Street. In the 1890s, the Raymond family lived in Kangaroo Point. It was while living there that Alfred became interested in politics and in 1894 he was elected as Alderman for the ward of Kangaroo Point. Although South Brisbane was then a separate town to Brisbane, Kangaroo Point was still a ward of Brisbane. Alfred represented Kangaroo Point from 1894 to 1899 when resigned from politics. However, he returned as Alderman for Kangaroo Point again from 1902 to 1903 and then from 1911 to 1924. He was Mayor of Brisbane in 1912.
+
Alderman Alfred John Raymond â State Library of Queensland.
+Wharf Street Congregational Church, Brisbane, ca. 1909. The church was erected in 1860 on the corner of Wharf and Adelaide Streets. It was enlarged in 1872 and renovated in 1883 when a new schoolroom was added. The building was demolished in 1928. â State Library of Queensland.
ca. 1864 â 20 November 1884
+Alfred Joseph Duggan was an assistant to Mr. Trouton, a chemist. The Chemist shop was on the corner of George and Queen street, Brisbane, and was a "Direct Importer of Pure Drugs and Chemicals".
+
Queen Street, looking north from George Street, Brisbane, ca. 1900 - State Library of Queensland
+On Thursday, 13 November 1884, Alfred was riding his Penny Farthing bicycle along North Quay when he fell and injured the middle finger of his right hand. He was admitted to Brisbane Hospital with a Tetanus infection on Wednesday, 19 November 1884. Doctors agreed the finger needed to be amputated, Dr. Thomson performing the operation. Alfred did not recover and died in hospital on the night of Thursday, 20 November 1884. His death was reported in The Queenslander on Saturday, 29 November 1884, noting the cause of death as, "a wound of finger, tetanus, asphyxia".
+
++Erected
+
+By his sorrowing mother
+To the memory of
+Joseph Alfred Duggan
+Who died Nov 20th 1884
+In the 20th year of his age
+By a fall from his bicycle
+May he rest in PeaceAlso his Mother
+
+Ellen Duggan
+Died May 17th 1915 Aged 76 years
Most sources and official registers use the name, "Alfred Joseph Duggan", so it is unclear why the headstone is inscribed, "Joseph Alfred Duggan".
+ + +Alfred died intestate and "all the land, goods, chattels, credits, and effects" of under ÂŁ35 were given to his spinster sister, Miss Frances Lilian Duggan. Ironically, the two newspaper reports also mixed his sister's first and middle names.
+
Bicycle racing at Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland, ca. 1885. Bicycle racing on a circular track at the Toowong Sportsground, around 1885. Photograph is taken from R. L. Drew's house, 15 Union Street, Taringa (now the site of the Brisbane Boys' College) - State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
+Cyclist posing with a penny farthing bicycle, Queensland. Possibly G. Stombuco (who was came second in the Half-mile bicycle race without using
+handles in the first Brisbane Amateur Cycling Club race) - State Library of Queensland
Bicycles and Tricycles in the The Queenslander, 8 September 1883, mentions electric bicycles, and argues that the "art of cycling was essential to the national wealth."
+Amateur Cycling Club in The Brisbane Courier, 23 July 1884, describes plans for the first race meeting of the Brisbane Amateur Cycling Club. "It was proposed to have an Umbrella Race (without handles)" but nearly every rider declined to enter. According to The rise and fall of Richmond's cycling empire, each rider in the umbrella race had to âride the hundred yards, and then raise his umbrella and return with it over his head."
+Brisbane Amateur Cycling Club in The Telegraph, 28 July 1884, describes the results of the first race meeting of the Brisbane Amateur Cycling Club at the Toowong Sports Ground. Some of the prize winners from the first Brisbane Amateur Cycling Club race are buried in Toowong Cemetery:
+
1837 â ca. 10 May 1920
+Alfred was born in 1837 in Putney, London and arrived in Queensland in 1860. In 1872 he began a horseâdrawn omnibus line which operated between Eagle Street in the city and the present site of the Taringa Shopping Centre, where the Robertsâ home was. The fare to the city was one shilling or one shilling and sixpence return. Alfred would announce his arrival with a bugle call. The business was lost when the stables burned down in 1893. The Roberts family took up farming in Moggill.
+ + +1896 â 8 November 1916
+Service Number: 4435. 25th Battalion
+Algernon was born in Cunnamulla to Christopher Francis and Emilie Jane Everett in 1896. He enlisted 30 November 1915 and embarked 31 March 1916 from Sydney on HMAT Star of Victoria A16. He arrived in France 27 July 1916 and was killed in action 18 November 1916 aged 20 years and 11 months. He is buried in Warlencourt British Cemetery portion 3, row F, grave 6.
+Died 25 September 1886
+Alice Le Bas, daughter of Frederick and Mary Le Bas, was a nurse at the Brisbane Hospital. She died on the 25 September 1886.
+1856 â 4 May 1891
+Alma Adlington was born in Rotherhithe, near London in 1856, the son of a boat builder. He described himself as a cabinet maker at the time of his marriage to Mary Gascoyne at Bromley, Kent in January 1883. With their infant son, the Adlingtons arrived in Brisbane in December 1884. Two more children followed. Alma worked as a cabinet maker and upholster, his projects including the hangings behind the high altar of St Stephenâs Cathedral. He also patented in 1890, a combined horse-drawn carriage and hearse in which the coffin was stowed under the floor.
+In early 1891, he went into business with established undertaker George Sillett. The partnership was short lived as Alma died on 4 May 1891 aged 36. George Sillett buried his partner and two weeks later he buried Mary Adlington, who had died of a âbroken heartâ at the loss of her husband. The three orphaned children were cared for by their aunt.
+1878 â 1931
+Alois Wilhelm "Bill" Leitner was born in 1878 in the town of Lichtenstadt in Bohemia, now known as part of the Czech Republic. Leitner attained the degree of Master Brewer in 1902, emigrated to Australia and spent the next 18 years working in breweries across Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia.
+In 1910, the Castlemaine XXXX Brewery famously set out to develop a beer they believed would be better suited to the Queensland climate than those currently being sold which were modelled on the Victorian styles of the late 1880s. The XXXX Sparkling Ale, while receiving an enthusiastic reception by the Queensland public, was plagued with production problems. And so it was that Leitner was recruited to Castlemaine XXXX in 1920. Almost immediately he introduced new strains of yeast from Europe, ultimately resulting in the final release of XXXX Bitter Ale in 1924 to great acclaim and which remains today.
+At the same time, XXXX introduced "Mr Fourex". The symbol, still recognised today, was that of a sharply dressed, yellow boater hatâwearing gentleman.
+Leitner remained with Castlemaine as their Head Brewer throughout the 1920s continuing to improve all aspects of production. Despite his sudden death in 1931, his creation still remains one of the best known brands in Queensland. Leitner was survived by his wife Alma, their three daughters and a son.
+
Fourex beer advertisement by Castlemaine Perkins Ltd., 1920 - State Library of Queensland.
+Staff and vehicles of Castlemaine Perkins Limited outside the brewery in Milton Road, Brisbane, ca. 1929 - State Library of Queensland.
1910 â 10 August 1933
+A future champion jockey whose career ended much too soon but his saddle lived on to travel the world and win the Irish Derby 39 years later.
+16 July 1863 â 20 July 1910
+Dawson was born on 16 July 1863 in Rockhampton, the son of miner, Anderson Dawson and Jean Smith. He was a miner by profession. He married Caroline Quin in 1887 and together they had two sons and two daughters. Dawson was president of the Minersâ Union and a provincial councillor for the Australian Labor Federation. He entered parliament as MLA for Charters Towers in May 1883 and held the seat until September 1901 when he was elected a senator, serving until 1906. Dawson lead the worldâs first Labor Government when he was Premier and Chief Secretary for Queensland from 1 - 7 December 1899. He died in Brisbane on 20 Jul 1910.
+1831 â 10 April 1899
+After free settlement began in 1842, Ipswich developed as an important regional centre because of its location at the head of navigation of the Brisbane and Bremer Rivers and at the junction of routes to the Brisbane Valley and the Darling Downs.
+Irish-born 'Andy' Fullerton was appointed 'wharfinger' or wharf manager for the Australasian Navigation Company at Ipswich when the river steamers including Brisbane, Ipswich and Emu played a vital role in the river trade between Brisbane and Ipswich in 1875. Andrew became a driver of steam trains. He died on 10 April 1899 aged 68 years.
+
Emu (ship) â State Library of Queensland.
+25 June 1854 â 1 April 1928
+Named after his grandfather, Andrew Lang Petrie was the eldest son of John Petrie. He was born 25 June 1854 in his fatherâs house at Petrie Bight. He was one of the first students enrolled at the Brisbane Normal School.
+
+
Sketch of Andrew Lang Petrie â State Library of Queensland.
+
+
Andrew Petrie's house at the corner of Queen and Wharf Streets, Brisbane, ca. 1859 â State Library of Queensland. Andrew Petrie was the father of John Petrie and grandfather of Andrew Lang Petrie.
+In 1882 Andrew Lang Petrie became a partner in, and took over management of, his fatherâs reconstructed firm, John Petrie & Son. By then the business focused on cabinet making and joinery, brick and tile making and monumental masonry.
+
+
Premises of John Petrie & Son, Brisbane, ca. 1882 â State Library of Queensland.
+The firm went bankrupt in the depression of 1894 but was later revived as monumental masons only. The Monumental Works was located opposite the main Toowong Cemetery gates. Andrew was a member of the Brisbane General Cemetery Board.
+
+
Advertisement and etching for John Petrie & Sons, stonemasons in Brisbane, 1889 â State Library of Queensland.
+He was elected a member of the Toombul Divisional Board and held the position for about five years until 1890 when the Hamilton Division split from Toombul. He went on to become the first chairman of the Hamilton board until the end of 1892. The following year he contested the Toombul seat in the Queensland Legislative Assembly and was elected with a large majority. He continued to represent this seat until his retirement in 1926.
+Andrew Lang Petrie died on 1 April 1928 after being ill for the previous 12 months. His residence, Mooloomburram became part of St Margaretâs Anglican Girlsâ School at Albion.
+
+
Photograph of Andrew Lang Petrie in the Telegraph, 2 April 1928. Photo lightened.
+1811 â 1888
+Born 1811 at Drumcliff, Ennis, Co. Clare, Purcell was the son of Thomas Purcell and Mary Flannery. This wellâtoâdo grazier arrived in Brisbane 19 June 1853 with wife and 4 children on the John Fielden. He married Bridget Scanlan (1827â1913) and had 10 children. His son Thomas, a grazier of Rockhampton, was partner in the Rockhampton Newspaper The Daily Record with the Hon. T. J. Ryan in 1912. Purcell, a man of independent means, was buried by Hislops in March 1888 with Fr. Canali officiating.
+1822 â 5 August 1907
+Ann was born in 1822 at Ashton, in Devon England, daughter of John Cornish, a yeoman farmer and his wife Sarah Smalridge. On 21 December 1848 Ann married Richard Langler Drew at St James Church, Exeter.
+Ann and Richard migrated to Victoria in about 1858 and three years later they moved to Queensland where Richard was appointed shipping master and secretary to the Marine Board. Over the next four decades, particularly after her husbandâs death in 1869, Ann was deeply involved in the administration of a number of welfare institutions, including the Lady Bowen Hospital, Female Refuge and Infants' Home, Lady Musgrave Lodge and the Social Purity Society. Ann also took part in agitation to repeal the Queensland Contagious Diseases Act of 1868. Ann died at Sandgate, near Brisbane, on 5 August 1907.
+
+
Female Refuge & Infants' Home, Brisbane, ca. 1885. â State Library of Queensland.
+25 April 1850 â 1 November 1871
+Ann Hill (1850â1871) was the second person buried in Toowong Cemetery, after Governor Blackall. Walter Hill, her father, was appointed first Superintendent of the Brisbane Botanic Gardens in 1855. As a tribute to Walter Hill, the Walter Hill fountain was erected in the City Botanic Gardens in 1867.
+
++Forget her not
+
+She has gone to her grave when our
+hopes were the Strongest
+For the sun of her beauty shed
+light o'er the scene
+Oh we mourn not the blossoms
+that linger the longest
+Like thise that decay while their
+branches are green +
1817 â 1908
+Born 1817 at Donadea near Hodgetown Co. Kildare, Devoy was the daughter of James and Honor Reilly. Her mother was the daughter of the Countess de Farnton, who escaped the guillotine in the French Revolution, and fled to Ireland to take up refuge with her friend, the Earl of Kildare at Castle Kilkea.
+Anne married Patrick Devoy and with the union came the âcurse of the Devoysâ. This had been placed on a Devoy of Huguenot stock who turned in a Catholic priest to Cromwellâs men. As he was taken away, the priest blessed all the Devoy women and cursed the men so that no male Devoy would live to see his son in manhood.
+The Devoys arrived in Queensland in 1864 on the Landsborough after selling their land in Ireland to the Ursuline nuns. They brought a young family with them; John (later Managing Director of Castlemaine Perkins), Marguerite and Annie. In the tradition of the curse Pat was killed the same year by a landslide while selecting land near Toowoomba. Anne died in 1908.
+
Devoy residence in Ashgrove, Brisbane, ca. 1908. The Devoy residence was in Three Mile Scrub Road (now Ashgrove Avenue), off Waterworks Road. John Devoy was the manager of Castlemaine Perkins. â State Library of Queensland.
+Died July 1943
+Annie and her friend, Mary Weedon, shared a house called Garton in Terrace Street, Toowong for many years. They were members of the congregation of St Thomas Anglican Church. They died within eighteen months of each other; Mary in March 1942 and Annie in July 1943. Annie and Mary are buried in the same grave.
+ca. 1882 â 11 October 1964
+Annie McGarrigal was better known as Matron Cox. She trained at the Brisbane Childrenâs Hospital in 1922 and was on the ANTA Register in 1923. Annie died on 11 October 1964 aged 82.
+
5 September 1834 â 12 May 1917
+Annie Perry was the daughter of William Harcourt, a brass founder and his wife, Elizabeth Mills. She was born on 5 September 1834 in Edgbaston, a suburb of Birmingham in England. Annie arrived in Sydney with her parents and sister on the ship La Hogue on 26 October 1860. On 27 February 1862 she was married in St Philipsâ Church in Sydney by the Anglican Dean of Sydney to William Perry, one of Brisbaneâs early businessmen and later a member of the Qld Legislative Council.
+At the time of her death, Annie was one of the longest serving members of the committees of the Childrenâs and Lady Bowen Hospitals. She also took a great interest in the Creche and Kindergarten Association after its formation in 1907, the Queensland Society for the Prevention of Cruelty and all movements that had as their aim the betterment of the conditions for women, children and animals. Annie +passed away at the age of 82 years on 12 May 1917.
+
+
Lady Bowen Lying-in Hospital on Wickham Terrace, Brisbane, 1912 â State Library of Queensland.
+1909 â 1961
+The grave of husband and wife, Anthony and Catherine Fatseas is highlighted during this walk for his burial in what looks like a small Greek Mausoleum, the same shape and colour of the chapels found in the Greek Islands. While it looks like a mausoleum, those buried here are underground rather than within the mausoleum walls.
+Anthony Fatseas was born in Smyrna in Turkey in 1909. He finished elementary school in Turkey and moved to Athens, Greece with his parents and studied at the French School there. He completed his compulsory military service translating French and became an accountant, later moving to Egypt. He arrived in Australia in 1947 and worked for a year on the editorial staff of an ethnic newspaper and then worked in cafes and as a clerk. Finally, he became a partner in a delicatessen business.
+ + +17 November 1828 â 9 October 1888
+Governor â 6 November 1883 to 9 October 1888
+Musgrave was born on 17 November 1828 at Antigua, West Indies, son of Dr Anthony Musgrave and his wife Mary, nĂ©e Sheriff. Educated in the West Indies, he became private secretary at 21 to the Governor of the Leeward Islands. In 1851 he was admitted to the Inner Temple, London, but returned to Antigua where he served as Colonial Secretary from 1854â60. In 1853 he had married Christiana Elizabeth Byam who died in 1858. Musgrave was Administrator of Nevis from October 1860 to April 1861, then of St Vincent and in May 1862 became Lieutenantâgovernor. In 1864â69 he governed Newfoundland. At San Francisco en route to a new post in British Columbia he married Jeannie Lucinda Field by whom he had three sons. He was transferred to Natal in 1872.
+On 6 March 1873 Musgrave became Governor of South Australia suffering a personal tragedy when his young daughter died of burns shortly afterwards. In 1877 he was appointed Governor of Jamaica. After six years, he became governor of Queensland on 21 July 1883. He visited England in 1886 and planned to retire but in June 1888 Sir Thomas McIlwraith, whom he detested, became premier. The two soon clashed over the governor's right to exercise of the prerogative of mercy. Musgrave appealed to the Colonial Office, McIlwraith defied him. A few weeks later Musgrave died on 9 October 1888.
+
Funeral of Sir Anthony Musgrave, Brisbane, 1888 - State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
+ca. 1922 â 4 March 1942
+On the 4th of March 1942, the auxiliary minesweeper HMAS Tambar was fired on by the Examination Battery at Fort Cowan Cowan on Moreton Island. There was a mix up in the identification code signal of the ship and the battery was ordered to fire across the bow of the unidentified vessel. The 6âinch shell struck the shipâs forecastle killing Able Seaman Archibald Bartsch, a member of the anchor party, instantly. The shell skidded across the deck into the Captainâs cabin killing Steward Eric Harrison. It then passed through the radio room critically injuring Warrant Officer Henry Theeman. Both of his legs were severed and his succumbed to his injuries soon after. Other crew received injuries to various degrees.
+Londonâborn Theeman was aged 47. He had spent most of his life at sea. After three years in Moller Line ships travelling between Japan and China he left the line in August 1941 to join the RAN. Bartsch, son of 3rd Light horseman William Henry Bartsch, was an employee if the Australasian United Paint Company of Port Augusta, South Australia prior to his enlistment in the navy. He was aged 20. Western Australianâborn Harrison was the son of William Ross and Rebecca Harrison. He was aged 33 and a resident of Melbourne.
+The military covered up the incident so as not to affect morale. The newspapers widely reported the incident as an âaccident at seaâ. The Tambarâs crew was dispersed throughout the RAN immediately after the menâs joint funeral two days later. The ship was temporarily paid off and the Captain given another command. The District Naval Officer (Commander E. C. Rhodes), other naval officers, and military representatives were present. The service was conducted by the Rev. H. H. Trigge of the Methodist Church and the Church of Englandâs Rev. F. R. C. Birch. Cannon and Cripps made the arrangements for the funeral and the cortege of Naval ratings from the Alice Street Depot marched from their funeral parlour.
+22 October 1874 â 25 February 1941
+Archibald was the Chairman of the Toowong Fire Brigade, which had built a fire station in Jephson Street in 1919. He was the last Mayor of the town of Toowong in 1925 and went on to serve as an Alderman on the Brisbane City Council between 1926 and 1931. He was Deputy Mayor from 1926 to 1931 and Lord Mayor from February to May 1931. He died on 25 February 1941 aged 67.
+
Alderman Archibald Watson â Brisbane City Council.
+Page 27 of the Queenslander Pictorial, supplement to The Queenslander, 6 September, 1919. The Toowong Fire Brigade with their new motor reel â State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
1873 â 3 November 1929
+Englishâborn Arthur was a tenor who was a regular fixture on the Melbourne stage. Arthur was 57 when he died on 3 November 1929 in a motor accident together with variety artist Kyrle Sylvaney who was aged 33. Their headstone was erected as a token of affection by their friends and admirers.
+He was born in 1873 in Walsall, Staffordshire. He was a saddlemaker and the story goes that his workmates heard him singing and said that if they could sing like that then they would never work again. He decided to try his fame and fortune by going to London and performing at the music halls The Pavilion and The Palace.
+He was discovered by William Morris who suggested he go with him to New York. His wife did not want to go, but he went regardless! He sang ShubertâBrady revivals on Broadway where he played many leading roles until 1915. He was with J. C. Williamsonâs company and toured Australia. He came to Australia with Nell Flemming and played in The Follies.
+The National Library of Australia has a collection of sheet music dedicated to him.
+9 May 1890 â ca. May 1919
+Service number: 5990. 9th Battalion.
+Arthur was born to Henry Bann and Sarah Jane Percival in Blackburn, Lancashire 9 May 1890. Prior to enlisting he was a motor mechanic. Whilst on furlough he married Annie Monton 7 July 1917 in Cheshire.
+23 November 1869 â 13 January 1945
+Dr Arthur Halford was born on 23 November 1869. When he was an Honorary Assistant Physician at the Brisbane Hospital in 1908, he treated burns and scalds in what was considered a new method by the Hospital. He punctured the blisters and cut away as much skin as possible, a method employed until the 1960s. In addition to his hospital duties, he was the ViceâPresident of the ATNA, Queensland Branch, between 1904 to 1910 and 1912 to 1937 and President between 1910 to 1912. He was also ViceâPresident of the Nursesâ Rest Home Committee from 1931 to 1932. Dr Halford died on 13 January 1945 and is buried with his infant daughter, Grace.
+14 November 1868 â 11 October 1935
+Arthur Hoey Davis, born at Drayton near Toowoomba in 1868, was one of Queensland's literary greats and arguably the best remembered and best loved of the Queensland writers of yesteryear. He adopted the pseudonym 'Steele Rudd'. In 1895 The Bulletin published his âStarting the Selectionâ, a short story based on his father's experience, in which Rudd introduces the characters in his legendary family, and sets the pattern for further adventures.
+Davis became a regular and popular contributor and in 1899 the Bulletin published an illustrated collection of the sketches in book form under the title On Our Selection. He lay in an unmarked grave after his death in 1935 until an appeal for public subscriptions by the Queensland Authors and Artists' Association resulted in the erection of a headstone in 1956.
+
+
Steele Rudd Memorial, Drayton, c 1958 â Queensland State Archives.
+
+
Arthur Hoey Davis - Steele Rudd, Charles Lilley and Emma Miller statues located in King George Square in Brisbane, Australia. Artist: Artbusters Materials: Bronze Installation date: 1993 by Kgbo, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
+
++Arthur Hoey
+
+Davis
+"Steele Rudd"
+Born Drayton, Queensland.
+14th November 1868
+Died Brisbane 11th October 1935
+"The Interpreter of Life on the Land"
+Erected by Australian Citizens
+Under the auspices of
+Queensland Authors and Artists' Association
+1956
28 December 1819 â 20 March 1898
+Administrator:
+Lieutenant Governor - 15 Nov. 1895 to 9 April 1896
+Palmer was born on 28 December 1819 in Armagh, Ireland, son of Arthur Palmer, naval lieutenant, and his wife Emily, née Hunter. Educated in Dublin, Palmer arrived in Sydney in 1838. In 1840 became manager pastoral holdings of Henry Dangar leaving after fifteen years to set up on his own. Once established, Palmer took an active part in local politics. He married, on 8 June 1865 in Sydney, Cecilia Mosman.
+In 1866 Palmer was elected for Port Curtis to the Legislative Assembly. After the Macalister government fell in 1867, Palmer became Colonial Secretary and Secretary for Public Works under Mackenzie. The ministry fell in November 1868 and Palmer joined the Opposition. When Lilley's ministry fell in May 1870 Governor Blackall appointed Palmer as Colonial Secretary and Premier, holding office until January 1874 when he became leader of the Opposition. In 1878 he retired as leader of the Opposition in favour of McIlwraith and was elected for North Brisbane.
+In January 1879 Palmer was appointed Colonial Secretary and president of the Executive Council. For a time in 1879â80 Palmer acted as Premier while McIlwraith was in England. Palmer was appointed K.C.M.G. In December he resigned from the assembly and was called to the Legislative Council. From 2 May to 6 November 1883 and from 9 October 1888 to 1 May 1889 he acted as Administrator of the colony in the absence of the governor and from 15 November 1895 to 9 April 1896 was the first LieutenantâGovernor of the colony.
+In 1885 his wife had died, leaving three sons and two of their four daughters. Palmer died on 20 March 1898 at his home at Toowong.
+
Sir Arthur Hunter Palmer as the Colonial Secretary - State Library of Queensland
+11 May 1894 â ca. 1919
+Service number: 7437. 42nd Battalion. Australian Imperial Force
+Born to Joseph Middleton and Sarah Jane Read in Ipswich 11 May 1894. He served in 11th Inft. Citizen Forces and in Instructional Staff as a Staff Sergeant Major and Sergeant in the Australian Imperial Force. He was a bootmaker by trade. He enlisted 1 March 1917 at just under 23 of years age.
+11 August 1864 â 20 October 1896
+Born to George Lowe and Elizabeth Hale 11 August 1864 in St Pancras, Middlesex. He joined up aged 16 and was posted to the H.M.S Impregnable and H.M.S. Invincible. He married Janet Rabig on 14 March 1890 in Brisbane. Died in a fall from police horse in Oxley.
+
++In Loving Memory of
+
+Arthur Lowe
+Accidentally killed at Oxley
+October 20th 1896, Aged 32 YearsFarewell dear heart, you've left a blank,
+
+that never can be filled;
+We never will forget the day,
+you were so cruelly killed.
1852 â 8 July 1943
+Arthur Midson was born in London in the last quarter of 1852 to James Midson and and Eliza (née Donnelly). Bridget Malynn married Arthur in St Stephen's, Brisbane on 17 April 1876. Arthur was a founder and became president of the Brisbane Master Builder's Association. Arthur died at his home, Alexandra Road, Ascot on 8 July 1943.
+19 September 1856 â 20 December 1916
+Sir Arthur Morgan was born on 19 September 1856 at Rosenthal station, Warwick, Queensland, son of James Morgan and his wife Kate (née Barton), both Irish born. Arthur Morgan entered politics in 1885 when elected to the Warwick Municipal Council, serving as mayor in 1886-90 and 1898.
+On July 1887 he was first elected to the Legislative Assembly for Warwick. He regained Warwick on 2 October 1898. In 1903 he became Premier under the Morgan-Browne coalition ministry. Morgan made good on a promise that he would introduce an electoral reform Bill to give women the vote and abolish plural voting. This was introduced to the Legislative Assembly in September 1904 but it was not until 25 January 1905 that the Election Act Amendment Act received Royal Assent.
+Morgan died at his residence at Upper Paddington, on 20 December 1916 after a long illness; he was buried in Toowong Cemetery following a state funeral and service at St John's Anglican Cathedral.
+
Sir Arthur Morgan 1903 â State Library of Queensland.
+Modern Romeo : suffragette movement in Queensland On 5 January 1905, two years after the formation of the Queensland Women's Electoral League, the Electoral Franchise Bill was introduced into the Legislative Assembly to give the women of Queensland the right to vote. The Elections Acts Amendment Bill, provide the necessary machinery, was introduced at the same time. Despite some misgivings about abolishing the plural vote, and difficulty with postal voting, these issues were overcome and the legislation giving the women of Queensland the right to vote was finally passed. It was assented to by the LieutenantâGovernor on 26 January 1905 â State Library of Queensland.
Sergeant First Class Arthur Neden collapsed and died from a heart attack whilst escorting a man he had just arrested to the lock-up at Redbank. Sergeant Neden was buried at Toowong Cemetery with Police Honours.
+Story contributed by Kym Hyson. Used with permission.
+29 August 1843 â 8 February 1917
+
Portrait of Sir Arthur Rutledge, 1883 - State Library of Queensland
+Arthur Rutledge was born in New South Wales and came to Queensland as a Wesleyan Minister. From 1878 to 1893 and 1899 to 1904 he was a member of the Legislative Assembly. He served five years as Queenslandâs Attorney General from 1883. Rutledge was admitted as a barrister in 1878 and became a QC in 1899 and later a district court judge. He was also the chairman of the Land Appeal Court. He was knighted in 1902. At the convention he was a member of the Judiciary Committee. He was a supporter of Griffith and the liberal franchise. Rutledge was also a strong supporter of the federation of the colonies and an opponent of the Northern Separatist movement.
+7 September 1854 â 18 February 1909
+Arthur Tewdyr Davies Berrington was born in Belgravia, Middlesex on 7 September 1854. He held a number of positions in the British Colonial Service. Justice Berrington died on 18 February 1909 in Brisbane.
+1 August 1819 â 25 June 1905
+The wellâknown explorer Gregory became the first President of the Toowong Shire Council in 1881. With his brother, Francis, Augustus was attached to the survey department of Western Australia and later joined the Survey Department in Queensland rising to the position of Surveyor General in 1859.
+
Sir Augustus Charles Gregory lying in state, Brisbane, 1905 - State Library of Queensland
+Sir Augustus Gregory - State Library of Queensland
15 April 1845 â 31 December 1920
+Hon Colonel Charles Evans CMG was born in Taunton, Somerset on 15 April 1845, the son of John Evans, a railway porter and his wife, Mary Ann née Acland. Charles Evans rose from humble railway porter to Commissioner for Railways in Queensland from 1911 to 1918. In 1867 he married Mary Ann Thompson who is also buried in this grave as well as two of their children. He died in Brisbane on 31 December 1920.
+
Colonel Charles Evans - State Library of Queensland
+About 1875 he carried a "Sepher Torah" (i.e. a Scroll of the Old Testament) on horseâback up the mountain range â the Toll Bar Road â to Toowoomba in order to install Jewish Religious services there. The Toowoomba Synagogue was actually consecrated some years before the Brisbane Synagogue, though the Brisbane Hebrew Congregation was formed in 1865. Mr Levin was an official of both Congregations.
+2 October 1836 â 19 February 1905
+Benjamin was born on the Isle of Wight where he became an apprentice ship's smith in White's Shipyard at Cowee at the age of 14. White's docks, with its steam sawmills and engine shops, provided work for around 500 craftsmen. After completing his apprenticeship, Benjamin and hs bride Elizabeth sailed for Moreton Bay arriving in January 1857. He set up a business as a ship and general smith in Elizabeth Street near Raff's Wharf. By 1880 he had established a rolling stock workshop in Hope Street, South Brisbane. He was the first successful tenderer for the manufacture of railway goods wagons for the Queensland Government. He was mayor of Brisbane in 1885-86. Benjamin died on 19 February 1905 aged 68.
+Died 1897
+"Sali" was his nickname. His correct name was Bezalel Saul Mendelsohn. He died in 1897 and his sons had his name inscribed as
+++Sali Mendelsohn Bezalel Saul
+
Sali's wife was a woman of strong opinions and she preferred his nickname to his given names, so she had them neatly chiselled off the headstone, as can be seen.
+
Sali was Queensland's greatest bush balladeer and wrote many songs about the droving days, some of which are "Salt Junk" and the "New Chum's First Tour" but his most enduring ballad is "The Girls of Toowong" also variously known as "Augathella Station", "Overlanders" or "The Drover". It tells of parties of drovers who would set out from the cattle fattening yards which used to stretch from the foot of Mt Cootâtha to the Brisbane river. They would proceed in stages to the North West, where they would collect a vast herd of beef cattle and bring them here for spelling and fattening. Another name by which this ballad was known is "Brisbane Ladies". One version of the song suggested that these ladies camped in the drovers' rough huts in which they stayed between their trips to the cattle country, and provided "home comforts", including cooking, to the travelâweary stockmen.
+24 August 1843 â 30 October 1905
+Boyd Dunlop Morehead was Queensland Premier from 30 November 1888 to 12 August 1890. He was born in Sydney on 24 August 1843, son of Robert Archibald Alison Morehead and his wife Helen Buchanan (née Dunlop). Morehead was MLA for the Queensland electoral district of Mitchell from September 1871 to December 1880 and represented Balonne from October 1883 to April 1896. Morehead succeeded Sir Thomas McIlwraith as Premier in November 1888. Morehead was a significant opponent of women's suffrage. He died from a cerebral haemorrhage on Monday 30 October 1905 at the age of 62 years.
+
Boyd Dunlop Morehead ca. 1890 â State Library of Queensland.
+
1849 â 1896
+"Brickie", as he was known by all, was in the second half of the 1800s as well known in Australia as any of our top jockeys today. In a period when travel to Sydney and Melbourne was measured in weeks rather than day, he rode with success in all three states. He was 47 when he died of a heart attack in the Post Office Hotel, Queen Street here in Brisbane in 1896. He had only arrived back from Sydney the previous week. He is one of only three jockeys that have had poems written about them; others being Willie Stone and Fred Archer, who is buried down south.
+His funeral procession travelled from the Brisbane General Hospital into the city, down Queen Street and along Coronation Drive, then Sylvan Road, and finally to Toowong Cemetery. Every jockey in the Brisbane area attended in full silks and colours riding a race horse. There was also a large number of carriages. The procession stretched the entire length of Queen Street.
+
Funeral procession of the famous jockey, Brickwood Colley, in Brisbane, 1896 - State Library of Queensland
+
The Brisbane General Cemetery Trust commenced when the first Trustees were appointed on 7 October 1870. New Trustees were appointed as others retired or died. Successors were often members of the same family or community group.
+The Brisbane General Cemetery Trust ended on 1 August 1930, when the Brisbane City Council took over management of all cemeteries within the municipality.
+| Given Names | +Last Name | +Trustee Start Date | +Trustee End Date | +Reason | +Chairman Start Date | +Chairman End Date | +Successor | +
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | +Petrie | +1870-10-07 | +1892-12-08 | +Died | +1870 | +1892-12-08 | +Andrew Lang Petrie | +
| William | +Pettigrew | +1870-10-07 | +1904 | +Resigned | +1893 | +1904 | +James Stodart | +
| John | +Hardgrave | +1870-10-07 | +1906-11-08 | +Died | +1904 | +1906-11-08 | +J. W. Wassell | +
| Michael | +Quinlan | +1870-10-07 | +1878-07-02 | +Died | ++ | + | Thomas Bunton | +
| George | +Edmondstone | +1870-10-07 | +1883-02-23 | +Died | ++ | + | Richard George Petty | +
| William | +Perry | +1870-10-07 | +1891-06-11 | +Died | ++ | + | John George Cribb | +
| Samuel Walker | +Griffith | +1870-10-07 | +1893 | +Resigned | ++ | + | Frederick Shaw | +
| Nathaniel | +Lade | +1870-10-07 | +1895-07-17 | +Died | ++ | + | + |
| Alexander | +Raff | +1870-10-07 | +1904-04-11 | +Resigned | ++ | + | J. MacDonald | +
| James | +Cowlishaw | +1870-10-07 | +1929-07-13 | +Resigned | ++ | + | + |
| Coleman | +Davis | +1873 â | +After 1881-03-15, Before 1881-06-28 |
+ Resigned | ++ | + | George Myers | +
| Thomas | +Bunton | +1878-08-03 | +1907-10-12 | +Died | ++ | + | John Aloysius Hayes | +
| George | +Myers | +1881-07-30 | +1920-05-13 | +Died | +1906 | +1919-02-25 | +E. M. Myers | +
| Richard George | +Petty | +1883-04-20 | +1899-09-25 | +Died | ++ | + | William Douglas Grimes | +
| Andrew Lang | +Petrie | +1893-01-20 | +1928-04-01 Âż | +Died Âż | ++ | + | John George Petrie Âż | +
| John George | +Cribb | +1893-03-06 | +1905-06-10 | +Died | ++ | + | + |
| Frederick | +Shaw | +1893-12-09 | +1897 | +Resigned | ++ | + | William Thorne | +
| Moses | +Ward | +1895-09-25 | +1914-09-21 | +Died | ++ | + | Edwin Wesley Howard Fowles | +
| William | +Thorne | +1897-07-01 | +1916-10-11 | +Died | ++ | + | + |
| William Douglas | +Grimes | +1900-02-23 | +1930-08-01 | +Trust closed | +1922 | +1930-08-01 | ++ |
| John | +MacDonald | +1904-07-16 | +Before 1928-04-07 | +Died | ++ | + | Mure H. Robertson | +
| James | +Stodart | +1907-01-18 | +1922-06-20 | +Died | +1919-02-25 | +1922-06-20 | +Robert Mackay Stodart | +
| James William | +Wassell | +1907-01-18 | +After 1924-04-25, Before 1926-01-12 |
+ Died Âż | ++ | + | + |
| John Aloysius | +Hayes | +1907-11-16 | +1930-08-01 | +Trust closed | ++ | + | + |
| Edwin Wesley Howard | +Fowles | +1914-12-11 | +1930-08-01 | +Trust closed | ++ | + | + |
| Charles Henry | +Harley | +1915-12-10 | +1930-08-01 | +Trust closed | ++ | + | + |
| George Frederick | +Scott | +Before 1919-11-08 â | +1923-09-28 | +Died | ++ | + | W. R. Scott Âż | +
| Edward Myer | +Myers | +1920-07-09 | +1926-04-01 Âż | +Died Âż | ++ | + | E. R. Isaacs Âż | +
| Robert Mackay | +Stodart | +1922-07-08 | +1930-08-01 | +Trust closed | ++ | + | + |
| W. R. | +Scott | +1923-11-17 | +1930-08-01 | +Trust closed | ++ | + | + |
| E. R. | +Isaacs | +After 1922, Before 1927-07-25 â⥠|
+ 1930-08-01 | +Trust closed | ++ | + | + |
| John George | +Petrie | +After 1922, Before 1928-07-11 ââ |
+ 1930-08-01 | +Trust closed | ++ | + | + |
| J. G. | +Warren | +After 1922, Before 1928-07-11 â |
+ 1930-08-01 | +Trust closed | ++ | + | + |
| Mure H. | +Robertson | +1928-04-07 | +1930-08-01 | +Trust closed | ++ | + | + |
+â indicates that the original appointment announcement has not been found.
+Âż speculation
+⥠Edward Myer Myers died 1 April 1926 so it is likely that E. R. Isaacs was appointed after that. Coleman Davis and his successors, George Myers, Edward Myers, and E. R. Isaacs were all part of the Brisbane Jewish community.
+â Andrew Lang Petrie died 1 April 1928 so it is likely that John George Petrie, his son, was appointed after that.
+
+Brisbane General Cemetery Board of Trustees, ca. 1920 - 1922
+Top insets: James Cowlishaw, Andrew L. Petrie
+Standing: W. D. Grimes, John McDonald, Charles H. Harley, E. Griffith Oxley, Edward M. Myers
+Seated: James William Wassell, James Stodart, George Frederick Scott
+Bottom insets: J. A. Hayes, E. W. H. Fowles
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+Download the Brisbane General Cemetery Trustees as a Comma Separated Value file (.csv)
+ +ca. 1885 â 22 November 1899
+On 22 November 1899 Bruce Wallace and his two sisters were swimming off a small sandbank in the Brisbane River at West End. The girls got into difficulties and Bruce was able to save one of the girls but trying to save himself and his other sister proved too exhausting and they were both drowned. Bruce was fourteen years old and his sister Ina was ten. The children usually went swimming with their father at the same spot, but on this day, their father had business in the city, so the children went swimming without him, with tragic consequences. They were the children of Andrew Stephen and Eva Sarah Wallace.
+++Bruce
+
+His happy face is gone, his songs are hushed
+Here rests his head upon the lap of earth
+In youth to fortune and to fame unknown.
++Ina
+
+Thou who here see beautiful and fair
+That death should set in her glorious eyes.
21 August 1844 â 25 October 1887
+Carl was born in Copenhagen, Denmark on 21 August 1844. Following the early death of his parents, he was placed in foster care with Danish relatives who were living in Scotland. He received his formal education in Scotland and England finalising with a year at a college in France. Suffering from tuberculosis, he was advised to migrate to Australia, arriving in Sydney in 1867.
+His experiences gained while working on Queensland properties would influence his future work as a journalist, political commentator and author. Carl was arguably the most persistent human rights advocate and pioneer of compassion in the history of colonial Queensland. He found employment at the Brisbane Courier as a political commentator and editor of The Queenslander. A change of proprietorship in 1880 found his views at odds with the new owners. He left to work in Melbourne, where the tuberculosis which had remained dormant returned. He returned to Brisbane as editor-in-chief of the Brisbane Newspaper Company, until his death at only 43 years of age on 25 October 1887.
+
+
Carl Adolf Feilberg, ca. 1872 - State Library of Queensland.
+22 July 1814 â 8 October 1887
+Carl (Charles) Franz Alexander Schirmeister was born on 22 July 1814, near Eberswalde, Prussia and died on 8 October 1887. He was for 30 years the pastor of the âGerman Evangelical Lutheran congregation of North Brisbaneâ which came to be known as St Andreas after 1881.
+A talented musician, he was educated at Halle University and became a Pastor of the Prussian Union Church. He trained in the Gossner Mission Society in Berlin and in 1842 he, and others, were sent to the Chatham Islands and arrived there in 1843. When the mission came to an end, he worked as a tutor for the Hunt family on Pitt Island for 2 years. In poor health he went to New Zealand, then Sydney, arriving in Brisbane after the mission at German Station had closed.
+The first Lutheran service was held in the city in May 1857 where he secured Crown Grants of Land for the church. He was the first registered Lutheran minister in Queensland after separation. Fluent in English, he traveled far and wide to minister to people and conduct services. He became the first President of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Queensland.
+His wife, Alwine, nĂ©e Gehricke, (3 June 1818 - 30 November 1894) trained at the Elizabeth Deaconessesâ Home and Hospital in Berlin. With two other deaconesses she went to the Chatham Island in 1846 where she married. She became the first woman to be naturalised in Queensland on 21 June 1864. Alwine worked faithfully alongside of her husband. Her funeral service was conducted by Rev. E. O. Maier. Buried here is also their daughter Johanna Albertine Elizabeth Sachse. The headstone was erected by the congregation.
+3 June 1818 â 30 November 1894
+Carl (Charles) Franz Alexander Schirmeister was born on 22 July 1814, near Eberswalde, Prussia and died on 8 October 1887. He was for 30 years the pastor of the âGerman Evangelical Lutheran congregation of North Brisbaneâ which came to be known as St Andreas after 1881.
+A talented musician, he was educated at Halle University and became a Pastor of the Prussian Union Church. He trained in the Gossner Mission Society in Berlin and in 1842 he, and others, were sent to the Chatham Islands and arrived there in 1843. When the mission came to an end, he worked as a tutor for the Hunt family on Pitt Island for 2 years. In poor health he went to New Zealand, then Sydney, arriving in Brisbane after the mission at German Station had closed.
+The first Lutheran service was held in the city in May 1857 where he secured Crown Grants of Land for the church. He was the first registered Lutheran minister in Queensland after separation. Fluent in English, he traveled far and wide to minister to people and conduct services. He became the first President of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Queensland.
+His wife, Alwine, nĂ©e Gehricke, (3 June 1818 - 30 November 1894) trained at the Elizabeth Deaconessesâ Home and Hospital in Berlin. With two other deaconesses she went to the Chatham Island in 1846 where she married. She became the first woman to be naturalised in Queensland on 21 June 1864. Alwine worked faithfully alongside of her husband. Her funeral service was conducted by Rev. E. O. Maier. Buried here is also their daughter Johanna Albertine Elizabeth Sachse. The headstone was erected by the congregation.
+ca. 1868 â 23 January 1931
+Nora and Catherine were the daughters of Cornelius and Catherine Fitzgerald. They had emigrated from Ireland in the late 19th century. Nora received her Brisbane Hospital Certificate in 1894 and remained on the staff. Nora was a charge nurse from 1897 to 20 February 1899 when she left to marry Dr Arthur Halford (see above). Nora died on 9 August 1932 aged 63. She is buried with her sister Catherine Fitzgerald who was also trained nurse.
+Catherine received her Brisbane Hospital Certificate in 1896 and remained on staff as a ward nurse until 1898. Catherine was one of the first councillors of ATNA, Queensland Branch that was formed in 1904. She remained a councillor until 1918 when she became ViceâPresident (1918â1921). Catherine was Matron of the Alexandra Private Hospital, located in Wickham Terrace, from 1904, later becoming the owner. She was also a member of the ANTA Nursesâ Rest Home Committee. In her retirement Catherine lived at Craigston, Wickham Terrace, until her death. She died on 23 January 1931 aged 63.
+
Windmill and Craigston apartments, in Wickham Terrace ca. 1934 â State Library of Queensland.
+ca. 1853 â 26 August 1935
+Catherine Ryan was born about 1853 in Dublin, Ireland to Patrick and Mary Ann Ryan. Her parents died in a railway accident when she was about two years of age. Catherine and her sister Mary Ann were adopted by the Dovey Family and emigrated to Australia with them. They lived in Melbourne and Catherine was confirmed at St Mary's Roman Catholic Church at the age of ten.
+Catherine moved to Queensland and married Martin Walsh on the 8th of January 1877 at Maryborough. This was Martin's second marriage; he had two children from his previous marriage. Catherine and Martin had five children of their own and they reared the seven children together until Martin died on the 26th July 1886 at Tinana. He was buried at Maryborough.
+Catherine remarried when she was 44. She and her husband, John Greasley, had a son. After John died on the 23rd of September 1903, Catherine ran a boarding house at Spring Hill. Her daughter, Evangeline Mary Walsh, was a waitress there when she married Joseph Campbell. Evangeline and Joseph Campbell had six children, three girls and three boys. On the 11th of December 1923 Joseph died at their home at Mott Street, Enoggera. Three days later one of their daughters, Esther, also died. Evangeline died on the 14th of October 1924. Joseph, Esther and Evangeline are buried in the same grave in Toowong Cemetery.
+After Evangeline's death Catherine took over the raising of Joseph and Evangeline's children, her own grandchildren. Catherine was about 71 at this time. She was a good organiser and grew her own flowers, vegetables and particularly herbs, from which she concocted her own medicines and ointments. She kept the family on ten shillings a week, which she supplemented by making jams and lollies and by crocheting and tatting for Brisbane City shops such as Allan and Stark, and Edwards and Lamb. She made all of her family's clothes.
+The family lived in a big old Queenslander. There was no electricity. They used hurricane lamps hanging from the ceiling. The water was heated in a copper before being carried up stairs for baths taken in a big two handled galvanised tub. Soap was cut up for washing and the clothes were scrubbed on a board before they were put in a copper boiler and kerosene tins to boil. Ironing was done with 'Mrs Potts' irons heated on a wooded stove. All the cooking was done in iron saucepans.
+On the 9th of February 1929 Jean Millicent Campbell died and was buried in Toowong Cemetery. With her death only one of Catherine's three granddaughters was now alive.
+Catherine Greasley died on the 26th of August 1935 and was buried in the same grave as Jean. Catherine Greasley was a remarkable woman who raised not only her stepchildren and her own children from two marriages but also her grandchildren.
+This story was contributed by Ian Campbell.
+9 May 1883 â 11 April 1939
+Charles was the son of Thomas Chesworth Burgess and Jane (née Gilbert). He was born on 9 May 1883 at the family property, Foxley at Christmas Creek near the Qld/NSW border. Charles enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in June 1915, serving in Gallipoli, Egypt and France where he received a severe gunshot wound to his head in November 1916. After treatment in England, he returned to Australia in May 1917 and discharged three months later.
+Suffering from what was then termed 'shell shock', he was denied assistance in resettling and treatment. He retired to Glen Lamington in the Lamington National Park where he became known as the 'Hermit of Lamington'. Charles was an expert bushman and was brought into the limelight in February 1937 when he was involved in the rescue of the survivors of the Stinson plane disaster in the Macpherson Ranges. Just over two years later, on 11 April 1939, Charles died in the Brisbane General Hospital less than a month before his 56th birthday.
+1864 â 13 July 1926
+Charles Emanuel Foggitt, born in Yorkshire in 1864, was a director of the firm Foggitt Jones and Company Limited (Foggitt Jones Limited from 1921). Foggitt immigrated to Australia in 1886 at the age of 22, establishing himself in Brisbane. He married Sarah Ann Malins in 1889, and for many years was associated with food manufacturing firm, J. C. Hutton Propriety Limited, based in Zillmere and Oxley.
+Foggitt possessed exceptional business intelligence. In 1904 Foggitt left J. C. Hutton Propriety Limited and founded Foggitt, Jones and Company Limited with Thomas Llewellyn Jones in 1905, producing ham, bacon and smallgoods. They took over the Huttonâs factory in Oxley, which was in financial distress, and within five years the company was generating an annual turnover of ÂŁ1,000,000. The company gradually expanded into other states and their storage shed at 1 Boundary Street, South Brisbane, built circa 1917 in response to this growth, is now a local heritage place. Foggitt Jones Limited continued to grow throughout the early 20th Century and provisioned supplies to Australian troops during WWII.
+Foggitt lived with his family at Tarrangower, Chatsworth Road, Greenslopes. He died on 13 July 1926 after a short illness and was survived by his wife Sarah, three sons and a daughter.
+ + +1862 â 25 January 1938
+Born in Roma Qld in 1862, Charles Garland was apprenticed a printer's devil to the proprietor of the Western Star and Roma Advertiser. He later obtained a position on the composing staff of the Brisbane Courier where he served for 52 years.
+
Staff working at the Brisbane Courier, ca. 1902 - State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
+ca. 1822 â 3 August 1881
+Heaphy, born ca. 1822 in London, was an artist and surveyor who explored New Zealand in the 1840s. He landed in New Zealand in 1839 as a draughtsman for the New Zealand Company. He settled in Auckland in 1848 and later joined the local militia, the Auckland Rifle Volunteers. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for rescuing a wounded soldier under fire in the MÄori Wars on 11 February 1864 at the Mangapiko River. Heaphy himself was hit in three places by musket balls while assisting the wounded man, with whom he had stayed all day. He was the first soldier of an irregular unit to be awarded the Victoria Cross.
+After his army career, he had a lengthy career as a civil servant, chiefly concerned with surveying and became a Member of Parliament. He retired from public life in 1881 and sailed with his wife to Brisbane. He died in Ann Street, Brisbane on 3 August 1881 of tuberculosis.
+
Charles Heaphy. Ref: 1/2-003062-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22544487
+
Charles Heaphy's headstone
+++N.Z. Maori War Veteran
+
+Major Charles Heaphy, V.C.
+1821 - 1881
+He served New Zealand in peace
+and war as artist, explorer and,
+member of parliment. He was
+the first non-regular soldier
+to be awarded the Victoria Cross.
ca. 1835 â 30 November 1895
+Born in Hampstead ca. 1835, Charles Joseph Gall was a son of Thomas Gall. Elizabeth Long married Charles in Sydney in 1862. Their son, born in Sydney on 15 December 1862 died the same day. The couple had three daughters; Eva, Gertrude & Elizabeth (Lilly).
+The partnership of Gall & Inglis, with William Inglis, was dissolved by mutual consent on 25 January 1875. Charles was declared insolvent in 1878. Dess & Gall, drapers and general outfitters, run in partnership with Edward Dess, was dissolved by mutual consent on 5 May 1882.
+Charles entered into partnership with his son-in-law, Thomas William Johnson, to form Gall and Johnson, fancy goods sellers. +Charles, a resident of Lisson Grove, Wooloowin, died of heart disease at his Queen Street shop on 30 November 1895.
+1829 â 1905
+Charles le Brocq (1829-1905) was a native of Jersey in the Channel Islands. He arrived in Melbourne in 1853 and then spent some time in New Zealand. He moved to Brisbane in 1860 and opened the Metropolitan Floating Baths in Petrie Bight in 1866. The Baths were relocated to a site near the Edward Street ferry in 1875. He sold the Baths to another operator in 1886 and they came under council control in 1920.
+27 August 1827 â 20 August 1897
+Sir Charles Lilley, politician and judge was born on 27 August 1827 at Newcastle upon Tyn, son of Thomas Lilley and his wife Jane (née Shipley). He arrived in Sydney on 6 July 1856 and moved immediately to Brisbane where he was articled to Robert Little. Lilley became the first solicitor to be admitted to practice by the Supreme Court at Moreton Bay.
+In May 1860 he was elected to Queensland's first Legislative Assembly. From 25 November 1868 to 3 May 1870 he was Premier of Queensland. During a debate on electoral reform in Queensland Parliament in 1870, he put forward the idea of women's suffrage, the first to do so. His government fell the same year but he remained a staunch supporter of women's franchise until his death on 20 August 1897.
+
Sir Charles Lilley on his wedding day. He married Sarah Jane Jeays in 1858. â State Library of Queensland.
+Sarah Jane Jeays â State Library of Queensland.
18 August 1834 â 23 August 1894
+Charles was the printer of the very first issue of The Telegraph newspaper in Brisbane on 1 October 1872 and continued in that role for 22 years. He was born on 18 August 1834 in Longford, Ireland, the son of John Mills and Dorothea née Huggins. He arrived in Sydney as a teenager and, after serving his apprenticeship, he was employed on Sir Henry Parkes' Empire newspaper before moving to Brisbane in 1863 to take up a position as sub-overseer on the Queensland Daily Guardian until 1868. After a short period of employment at the Government Printing Office, Charles started a job printing office in 1870. He died on 23 August 1894.
+
River views across to the Brisbane Museum and Government Printing Office, 1887 - State Library of Queensland
+Died 4 January 1926
+Charles Patterson was the first Mayor of the Shire of Toowong. Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, Charles arrived in Queensland in 1871. He was a member of the Toowong Council until 1925, elected Mayor numerous times in this period. He proposed the construction of the median strip in High Street, now locally known as âPattersonâs Follyâ, as he envisaged a divided highway ultimately leading to Ipswich. His Bon Accord sawmill was one of the first industries in Toowong, opening on the site of the present Toowong Tower in 1881. The Patterson family lived at Kinellar, still standing on the corner of Sherwood Road and Little Maryvale Street. They were members of the Presbyterian Congregation. Charles died 4 January 1926.
+
High Street, Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland, ca. 1917 - State Library of Queensland
+Charles Patterson, ca. 1900 - State Library of Queensland
Finlayson Timber & Hardware digital story: Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame 2021 â State Library of Queensland.
+31 March 1871 â 3 July 1941
+The Siemon family, which included six children, lived at Ravensfield on Coronation Drive and ran a dairy farm, grazing their cows on land near the Regatta Hotel until the 1930s. In 1904, the Charles bought Milton House which they subsequently sold to the Presbyterian Church. Charles owned extensive warehouses, factories and businesses in Brisbane and was a Toowong Town Councillor.
+ + +ca. 1840 â 2 June 1883
+Charles Stewart Thow was the son of Alexander Thow and Elizabeth Smith. He died on the 2 June 1883 aged 43 and was buried on the same day.
+14 June 1841 â 30 June 1890
+Born in Maitland NSW on 14 June 1841 to John Stuart Mein and Mary Hall. Charles Mein was articled to Arthur Macalister in Brisbane prior to his admission as a solicitor of the Queensland Supreme Court in 1870. He was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council in 1876, serving two periods as postmaster-general. On 17 April 1885, he was the first solicitor to be appointed a Judge of the Queensland Supreme Court, succeeding Mr Justice Pring. He died in office while visiting Sydney on 30 June 1890.
+
+
Charles Stuart Mein - State Library of Queensland.
+Charles Stuart Mein's headstone was demolished in the 1970's as part of the Brisbane City Council's "Beautification Scheme". It was behind the grave of Sir Samuel Walker Griffin. The Federation Pavilion covers a small part of the grave.
+
++Sacred to the memory of
+
+Charles Stuart Mein
+A Judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland
+Who died on the 30th June 1890
+Aged 49
10 May 1865 â 28 February 1929
+Born Toowoomba, Queensland on 10 May 1865 to Charles Stumm and Isabella Streich. Formerly a schoolteacher, Charles Stumm commenced his legal training under articles at Browne & Ruthning Solicitors and was admitted as a solicitor of the Queensland Supreme Court in 1889. He was admitted as a barrister in 1894 and appointed King's Counsel in 1910. In 1929 he was appointed a Judge of the Queensland Supreme Court but died tragically three weeks later on 28 February 1929.
+
+
Judge Charles Stumm - State Library of Queensland.
+9 May 1829 â 30 April 1915
+Born in Birmingham England on 9 May 1829, Charles de Vis was a clergyman and then museum curator before immigrating to Queensland in 1870. He became curator of the Queensland Museum in 1882 and director of that institution in 1901 adding much to the extent of the collections, their classification and display. Due to the poor economic environment in 1904, de Vis was ordered to retire, but stayed on as a consulting scientist. Charles died aged 87 on 30 April 1915.
+ + +
+
Charles Walter de Vis (1829â1915) from Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, Vol. 5, 10 July 1916.
+
+
Exhibition Hall, Brisbane, ca. 1897. Originally built as an Exhibition Hall and Concert Hall, the building is located on the site of an earlier building which burned down in 1888. In the late 1890s the Exhibition Hall was converted to accommodate the Queensland Museum which transferred to the building in 1899. State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
+1830 â 28 February 1903
+Christian Wagner was born in Germany in 1830 and died on 28 February 1903. He was buried two days later with Lutheran rites. Also here is his wife Elizabeth who died on 27 June 1912 aged 82 and their daughter Bertha Barbara who died on 11 March 1930 aged 62. Christian served on the church committee of St Andreas (St Andrews) congregation, Wickham Terrace.
+ca. 1840 â 10 November 1915
+Sydneyâborn Francis entered public service in Queensland in 1872 after a career which included journalism. After serving in various capacities in several parts of the colony, he was appointed Police Magistrate at Cunnamulla in 1881. He afterwards went to Townsville and later to Rockhampton. Francis retired in 1910 while serving as Police Magistrate at Maryborough. He died just short of his 75th birthday at St Helenâs Hospital, South Brisbane on the 10th of November 1915 and was buried the next day.
+16 November 1889 â 16 May 1957
+Christy Kosmas Freeleagus was born Christos Frilingos on the island of Kythira, Greece. Inspired by stories of sailors, he moved with his older brother Peter to Sydney in 1901 before moving on to Brisbane where they established a small restaurant. Soon after they opened the Paris CafĂ© in Queen Street and the Astoria CafĂ© in Edward Street. Christyâs remaining eight brothers arrived over the next decade and in 1911 the family established Fresh Food and Ice Company Limited. Until his death, Freeleagus remained Managing Director of what became one of the state's biggest wholesale and retail food chains, providing the first employment over the years for hundreds of Greek migrants.
+Freeleagus was passionate about his homeland and worked continuously to make his Greek heritage better known and respected among Australians. As a result, Freeleagus was appointed Greek ConsulâGeneral, the first of that rank any country had appointed.
+Despite his involvement in the Greek Military and service during the GreekâTurkish War, Freeleagus continued to urge migration to Australia, and on 22 May 1922 delivered a lecture on Australia to the Athens Literary Society, a copy of which is held in the National Library of Greece. In Australia however, his patriotism for his country never ceased and after the Italian attack on Greece during World War II, he led a number of funding appeals, leading to the highly successful Greek Day on 19 November 1941. For this work he was awarded the Silver Cross of George I. He later received the Gold Cross in 1951. Freeleagus continued this type of fundraising for his community at home in Greece throughout his life and an appeal for victims of the 1953 earthquake in western Greece raised the largest amount of money ever sent from Australia for its time.
+Members of the Greek community continued to arrive in Queensland and with support and encouragement from Freeleagus began moving outside Brisbane. As a result, strong Greek communities were formed in Biloela and Home Hill during the 1920s and 1930s. A highâranking freemason, Freeleagus helped found the Royal Automobile Club of Queensland and became a leader of the Chamber of Commerce.
+When Freeleagus died of a heart attack on 16 May 1957, he had successfully founded the first Greek Association and his prominence in the religious and political life of the Greek community was evident through his communityâs large attendance at his funeral.
+
Christy Freeleagus, wearing the Greek army uniform, ca. 1922 - State Library of Queensland.
+ + +16 December 1872 â 4 July 1926
+Constance Campbell Petrie was born in Brisbane on 16 December 1872 to Thomas Petrie and Elizabeth (née Campbell). A series of reminiscences based on Tom Petrie's life first appeared in The Queenslander, followed by a book, first printed in 1904, called Tom Petrie's reminiscences of early Queensland.
+George Philip Stuart married Constance in Brisbane on 31 July 1918. Constance Stuart resided at Dundalli, Old Sandgate Road, Clayfield when she died on 4 July 1926.
+1858 â 1915
+Daniel Bloomfield (1858-1915) was, for many years, a well known bandmaster and popular cornet soloist in Brisbane. His in career in music began at the age of ten as a drummer in the Royal Marines in England. He settled in Brisbane in 1883 and soon became deeply involved in the local music scene as a performer and conducting various local bands, including the Naval Brigade Band, for many years.
+
D. G. Bloomfield â State Library of Queensland.
+ + +1812 â 1880
+Daniel Rowntree Somerset (1812-1880), his wife Dora (née Higginson), and children Anna Sophia (1824-1924), Ellen Maria 1846-1898) and Henry St John (1848-1819) arrived in South Australia from Northern Ireland in 1849 but in 1850 boarded the barque Jenny Lind for a voyage to London via Singapore. As the ship sailed off the North Queensland coast, they were shipwrecked on Kenn Reef. Daniel later became prominent in civic affairs and was appointed Chief Clerk of Customs and Shipping Master of the Port of Brisbane.
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Jenny Lind figurehead, shipwrecked 1850. Exhibits at Gladstone Maritime Museum, Central Queensland, Australia.
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Posting of the election results on the outside of the Courier building, 1907 - State Library of Queensland. Cropped
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +4 August 1860 â 25 February 1916
+Bowman was born on the 4 August 1860 in Bendigo, Victoria, son of miner, Archibald Bowman and Isabella. He arrived in Queensland in 1887 and established his own bootmaking business in New Farm. He married in 1885, Elizabeth Jane Smith, who bore him two sons and two daughters. He entered politics and held various seats in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1899 until his death on the 25 February 1916 at Brisbane. Bowman was an organiser for the Australian Workers Union and leader of the Queensland Labor Party from 1907 to 1912.
+ + +13 August 1830 â 6 October 1892
+David Jones was born in South Wales on 13 August 1830 and was educated at a private school in Clapham, near London. He was an expert shorthand writer who reported debates in the Press gallery of the House of Commons. David came to Australia in his twenties, spent several years on the Victorian gold diggings then commenced his career in journalism at the Melbourne Argus. In 1863 he joined the staff of the Courier, becoming editor. He left in 1867 to enter the Queensland Public Service. He became Principal Hansard Reporter in 1881, a position he held until his death on 6 October 1892.
+22 May 1893 â ca. February 1919
+Service number: 2492. 47th Battalion.
+David was born in Cooktown to Margaret Rattray, 22 May 1893. Her husband, his father according to David's service records had died in South Africa during the Boer War. Name not recorded.
+14 December 1840 â 1 September 1912
+David Hay Dalrymple was born on 14 December 1840 at Newbury, Berkshire, England, son of James Dalrymple and his wife Georgina (née Hay). Dalrymple reached Melbourne in 1862; He bought land in Mackay at the first sales, opened the town's first chemist shop and began pastoral investments. He was the town's first mayor in 1869-71, continuing to serve in local government until 1888 when he became a member for Mackay in the Legislative Assembly. In 1895-1903 Dalrymple served in ministries under Sir Hugh Nelson, T J Byrnes, Sir James Dickson and Sir Robert Philp, holding varied portfolios. He was one of the most strident masculinist voices in opposition to female suffrage. Dalrymple lost his seat in August 1904 and lived in retirement at Hamilton where he died on 1 September 1912.
+
David Hay Dalrymple 6 April, 1895 â State Library of Queensland.
+Effie Dalrymple, Christmas 1900 Married David Hay Dalrymple at Mackay on 23 December 1880. They had four children. â State Library of Queensland.
4 October 1864 â 11 October 1939
+Born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1864, David John Garland was a Church of England missionary and chaplain to Western Australia's Boer War contingent before coming to Queensland.
+Between 1902 and 1939 he was Archdeacon of North Queensland and rector at St Paul's Church, Charters Towers, then rector at Holy Trinity Church, Wooloongabba, and finally rector at St Barnabas' Church, Red Hill.
+His crusading efforts on behalf of the "Bible-in-State Schools League" in the west led him to be invited to organise a similar campaign in Queensland. He then energetically tried to replicate the movement in New Zealand.
+With Australia and New Zealand at war with the German Empire, Garland was recalled to Brisbane in 1915 and tasked with providing and coordinating chaplaincy and welfare services at Enoggera Army Base to thousands of fresh recruits.
+In the wake of climbing casualty lists and community grief, he urged legislators to establish a framework to enable the nation to publicly honour the service and sacrifice of Australian and New Zealand troops killed in the Gallipoli Peninsula landings of 25 April 1915. This movement culminated in a public meeting on 10 January 1916 at Brisbane's Exhibition Hall which voted to establish the Anzac Day Commemoration Committee of Queensland, with chaplain Lieutenant-Colonel Garland its secretary.
+Garland's contribution to Anzac Day tradition was to devise ecumenical or secular rituals for public commemoration of those who died in battle and and to comfort the bereaved. Because his format was non-denominational, everyone could participate, regardless of their faith tradition. The minute's silence provided a space for all Australian's and New Zealanders to demonstrate respect for The Fallen of the Great War.
+In 1916 Garland initiated a trust to receive money raised from the sale of silk, lavender-coloured badges embossed with gold leaf with the lion of St Mark and the motto "Their Name Liveth for Evermore". These became the first Anzac Day badges, initially earmarked to pay for the upkeep of soldiers' graves at home and abroad. The appeal eventually helped fund soldier respite hostels and memorials to be established.
+On the morning of Anzac Day 1920, the first since his return from war service, Garland visited "Soldiers' Corner" at Toowong Cemetery and found friends and families of the deceased paying their respects. Noting people of all religions were present, he asked all to observe a minutes' silence rather than offer up prayers during an impromptu commemoration service.
+Under the guidance of Garland the Anzac Day service at Toowong Cemetery grew in size and significance as did the badge-selling campaign which supported the Lady Mayoress's committee. The campaign's success helped fund the establishment of the "Cross of Sacrifice" and "The Stone of Remembrance" which were erected and unveiled in 1924 near the entrance to Toowong Cemetery immediately adjacent to Canon Garland Place. Anzac Day commemoration's in Brisbane where held here until the Anzac Memorial - Shrine of Remembrance - in Anzac Square, was completed in 1930.
+Garland officiated many funerals at Toowong Cemetery from 1910 onwards, including those for a significant number of returned servicemen of World War 1. Throughout his 23 year career on the Anzac Day Commemoration Committee of Queensland, he saw to the development of "Soldiers' Corner" in Portion 10 by the Brisbane General Cemetery Trustees.
+Garland, aged 75, died at Red Hill on 11 October 1939. His grave is located at Portion 1, Section 50A, Grave 9, overlooking "Soldiers' Corner".
+
Canon David John Garland - in uniform by Unknown author, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, Public Domain
+Anzac Day 1916 fundraising ribbon, Australian War Memorial, used under the CC BY-NC AU 3.0 licence
Born ca. 1824
+Three generations of David Muirs are buried in this grave. David was a shipwright born on Burnt Island near Edinburgh about 1824. He was the son of James Muir and Margaret Black. David married Margaret George in 1854. His son married Lucy Kornner in Brisbane in 1887. Sadly, their infant son David died in 1889.
+30 June 1890 â 2 September 1922
+Tom Newitt was born in Queensland on 30 June 1890. He was competing in a cycling race at the Brisbane Cricket Ground on 2 September 1922 when he collided with another competitor and fell onto the track fracturing his skull. He died later the same evening. He was one of the most respected and deeply admired members of the Hamilton Wheelers Club. The headstone over his grave was erected by his wife in conjunction with the Queensland Amateur Cyclists Union.
+1826 â 1897
+David Stewart (1826-1897) was a leader in the foundation of the City Volunteer Fire Brigade and succeeded Francis Beattie as Deputy Superintendent of the Brigade in 1870. On 3 April that year he was in charge when the Brigade attended a fire at the Queensland Club. A boot and shoemaker by trade, he arrived in Sydney in 1834 with his parents and first came to Brisbane in 1860.
+24 June 1899 â 10 October 1983
+ + +Dorothy Hawthorn's many achievements and contributions to the community and well documented on her grave. Also buried here are her father, Arthur George Hawthorn, a Federal Cabinet Minister, and her grandparents, Alexander and Ann Stewart, foundation members of the St. Andrews Church, Brisbane.
+Hawthorn made an outstanding contribution to the Girl Guide Association. As Deputy State Commissioner and Commissioner in Charge of Training she toured extensively throughout Queensland establinging Guide companies. In 1936 she learned how to fly at Archerfield. During World War Two, she served as a training officer in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, based in Malvern, Victoria. After the war, Hawthorn was appointed a Commonwealth rehabilitation officer with the resposibility of assisting service women re-enter civilian life. In the 1950s, Hawthorn was the President of the Women's Section of the Queensland Country party.
+
+
Girl Guides Deputy State Commissioner, Miss D. Hawthorn, 1930 - State Library of Queensland
+15 July 1878 â 18 May 1939
+Service number: 936. Australian Imperial Force
+He was born in Renfrewshire possibly 15 July 1878 to Donald and Ann McDougall. His service papers show him as a motorman which research suggests to be a tram driver and joined up on 19th of December 1915. He was earmarked for the 41st Battalion and was 34 years and 3 months old, 5' 8œ" 133lbs and a chest of 35œ" dark complexion, blue eyes and brown hair, 2 vaccination scars on left arm and mole on back and requires dental treatment and was a Presbyterian.
+He had previously served 2 years in the Queensland Imperial Bushmen Mounted infantry in the Boer War service number 186. He embarked on the Demosthenes on 18 May 1916 and returned on the Balmoral Castle on 1 February 1918, discharged 6 May 1918 medically unfit. Duncan died on 18 May 1939.
+12 July 1843 â 11 July 1929
+Born in Sandon, Hertfordshire on 12 July 1843, Ebenezer Chapman's parents were Thomas Field Chapman and Hephzibah (née Kent). Ebenezer arrived in Moreton Bay with his family aboard the Blenheim on 12 October 1857. Sarah Griffin married Ebenezer in Brisbane on 6 December 1871. Ebenezer died at his daughter's residence, Primrose Street, Sherwood on 11 July 1929, aged 85 years and 364 days.
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +2 April 1885 â 25 December 1930
+Staff Nurse Edith Rennie of the Australian Army Nursing Service died on Christmas Day, 1930, aged 45. She was the daughter of Charles and Lilias Rennie of Sydney. She had obtained her General Nursing Certificate from Hamilton Hospital, Waikato, New Zealand in May 1916 and her Obstetric Certificate from the Royal Hospital for Women in August 1921. She appears on the ATNA register of members in 1923.
+Died December 1922
+Edmund Curd was the first principal of the Toowong State School which opened in January 1880. He died in December 1922 aged 78.
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +1854 â 10 April 1937
+Edmund Barton was born in Chelsea England in 1854 and came to Queensland with his parents in 1862. In 1868 he entered the service of the Brisbane Newspaper Co Ltd as an apprentice compositor on both the Brisbane Courier and Queenslander but seven years later, shortly after completing his indenture, he transferred to the literary staff where his ability as a shorthand writer brought him speedy recognition. With Mr W J Morley, he was responsible for the Courier's Parliamentary reports.
+In April 1903 following the resignation of the editor-in-chief, Edmund was promoted to the Courier's editorial chair. He occupied that position until his resignation in May 1906. He continued his literary work for many years, editing, among other publications, the Queensland Sugar Journal for 26 years. He died on 10 April 1937 at the age of 83 years.
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Died 26 September 1872
+Captain Mellor, an early immigrant to Moreton Bay, arrived in the colony in January 1849 on the sailing ship Fortitude. In the days when the river trade was the 'lifeline' between Brisbane and Ipswich, he became owner of the river steamers Bremer and Settler. The Louisa, the first iron steamboat ever constructed in the colony of Queensland was built by R.R. Smellie & Co to the order of Captain Mellor. After Mellor's death on 26 September 1872 at the age of 59, the Louisa was used on the Logan-Brisbane run.
+
Louisa - Queensland's First Iron Steamboat - Queensland State Archives. Cropped.
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +ca. 1893 â 26 December 1912
+Edward Arthur Gordon, born around 1893, was a son of Charles Horsfall Bankart Gordon and Mary (née Clough). Edward worked as a finisher at Morris' Boot Factory and resided at Ross Street, Paddington. On Christmas Eve, Edward and some friends camped at Stanley Bridge, near Woodford. On Christmas Day 1912, at about 9am the friends started hunting wallabies. Shot, Edward was conveyed by buggy to Woodford then train to Caboolture. After attendance in Caboolture by their ambulance bearer, Edward was taken to the Brisbane General Hospital. +Edward died in hospital on 26 January 1913 from an accidental bullet wound to the right thigh, haemorrhage, sepsis and exhaustion.
+February 1838 â 30 March 1914
+In the early hours of 6 September 1864 Edward Forrest noticed a bright light in the home newly constructed for recent Scottish immigrant, Robert Smellie on Bowen Terrace. Mr Forrest raised the alarm, woke the Hingston family whose house was next door to the fire, and rescued two horses from the stable.
+Robert Smellie (1823-1898 was later a pioneer of Brisbane's engineering and iron foundry trade.
+Edward Forrest (1838-1914) was Queensland director of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company for many years. He was appointed vice-consul for France in 1872 and served in both Houses of Queensland Parliament.
+
+
Edward Barrow Forrest, 1907. â Wikimedia Commons.
+ca. 1862 â 4 January 1875
+Edward Hobbs was killed by falling tree at Redcliffe on 4 January 1875 aged 13 years and nine months. He was out shooting with a cousin when they sat down to watch some men felling a tree. The tree didnât fall in the direction which Edward anticipated and he was crushed. Edwardâs father was the wellâknown doctor, William Hobbs, who, being in Brisbane at the time of the accident, was unable to assist his son. Edward was interred at the old Milton cemetery and then when it closed, relocated to Toowong.
+++Green be the turf above thee
+
+Son of my happier days
+None knew thee but to love thee
+None knew thee but to praise
+While memory bids me to weep thoâ
+Nor thoughts nor word are free
+The grief is fixed too deeply
+That mourn a lad like thee.
Died 3 December 1939
+Edinburghâborn Edward McGregor worked in the Queensland Railways for twenty years before purchasing the Grosvenor Hotel. A few years later he built the Lyceum Theatre, George Street, in 1909 which he ran until his death in 1939. McGregor spoke several languages and toured the world twice. He was a keen music lover and was patron of the Brisbane Municipal and Excelsior bands and ViceâPatron of the Scottish and Curlew choirs.
+
Edward McGregor - The Telegraph, 4 Dec 1939. Edited.
The headstone of Edward McGregor and his wife, Mary Jane, shows Edward mourning the death of his wife who died 18 years before him.
+
+
Brisbane Municipal Concert Band marching in Brisbane, Queensland, 1909 - State Library of Queensland
+
+
Grosvenor Hotel, Brisbane, ca. 1929. The Grosvenor Hotel was built ca. 1882 for Alfred Alberton, on the western corner of George and Ann Streets, Brisbane. Previously a hotel existed on this site, which was known as the Volunteers Arms, and later as the Supreme Court. The Lyceum Theatre can be seen on the right of the photograph. - State Library of Queensland
+1 October 1887 â 15 January 1952
+Hanlon was born on 1 October 1887 in Brisbane, son of Michael and Mary Ann Byrne. He was educated Petrie Terrace State School and the Brisbane Technical College before joining the Queensland Railways in 1908. After 1912, he became a grocer and was active in the Shop Assistantsâ Union. Hanlon served in the 9th Battalion Australian Imperial Force from 1915 to 1919. Hanlon married Elizabeth Carver in 1922. He fathered a son and three daughters. He was an MLA for Ithaca from May 1926 until his death on 15 January 1952. Hanlon was Minister for Health from 1935 to 1944 and Premier and Chief Secretary from 1946 to 1952. His statue overlooks the old Royal Womenâs Hospital and the multi-level Ned Hanlon Building.
+
ca. 1807 â 28 August 1900
+Edward Mott was born in Gloucestershire, England. ca. 1807. He was convicted on the 18th of January 1828 at Gloucester City Assizes for stealing a gun and was sentenced seven years transportation. He arrived in New South Wales on 8 September 1828 aboard the Countess of Harcourt. Edward was sent to Moreton Bay in June 1832 and his ticketâofâleave was issued on 9th February 1844.
+Before 1859 he owned a large dairy on the land bounded by what is now George and Adelaide Streets. His cows watered at a big waterhole where City Hall now stands. After selling up, he moved to the sparsely settled Enoggera District. Late one August evening 1875, Edward was driving back from the city when he was dragged from his dray and his throat was slashed. He was left for dead and bore the scars for the rest of his life. No motive for the crime was ever discovered.
+Edward lived in Grovely for fortyâfive years and after he died on the 28th of August 1900, he was buried at St Matthew's Anglican churchyard in Grovely, but was moved to Toowong Cemetery in 1939. At the time of his death he was described as being in very comfortable circumstances.
+
+
Edward Mott and Canon Osborn - State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
+12 June 1851 â 16 October 1911
+Edward Pollock was born in Ireland on 12 June 1851. He was Fleet Paymaster and Secretary to the Naval Commandant of the Commonwealth Naval Force in Brisbane. Tragically, Fleet Paymaster Pollock died on 16 October 1911 from injuries he received through falling from a tram at East Brisbane.
+The funeral was marked by the naval honours due to Fleet Paymaster Pollock's rank. A monument over his grave erected by the members of the United Services Institute was officially unveiled on Sunday 19 May 1912 in front of a large gathering of officers and men of both services as well as civilians.
+ 
E. V. Pollock, Staff Paymaster - State Library of Queensland
+3 July 1895 â 19 July 1945
+Jeanettie Sheldon, was born on 24 May 1885 in Williamstown, Victoria, the eldest of five children of Englishâborn parents Edwin Arthur Sheldon and his second wife Phoebe Emily, nĂ©e Fisher. By 1890 the family had settled in Brisbane, where Edwin ran a jewellery business at Fortitude Valley. Vincent was born on 3 July 1895 in South Brisbane, the youngest of the five children.
+Jeanettie studied art at Brisbane Technical College. Between 1909 and 1919 she exhibited oils, sketches and painting on porcelain at shows held by the (Royal) National Agricultural and Industrial Association of Queensland. She opened the Sheldon Gallery in 1921. Elected to the (Royal) Queensland Art Society, she served as viceâpresident (1922), secretary (1923â31 and 1937â43) and a councilâmember (1932â36). From 1923 to 1960 she exhibited pottery, oils and watercolours at its shows.
+Vincent was educated by the Christian Brothers at St James's School, Brisbane. He studied commercial art in the United States of America (1920) and England (1924), and worked as a freelance cartoonist in Brisbane in 1924â26. He visited London in 1929 to learn drypoint under W. P. Robins at the Central School of Arts and Crafts, Holborn. The British Museum acquired three of his etchings, and the Victoria and Albert Museum two monotypes.
+Back in Brisbane, Vincent taught printmaking at his home at Clayfield. In 1931 he was elected a member of the Australian PainterâEtchers' Society. His drypoints of country scenes, and of Brisbane and its landmarks, were described in 1934 as being executed with 'rare skill' and 'joyous animation'. On 9 July 1934 at All Saints Church, Wickham Terrace, he married with Anglican rites Cynthia Ruth Sturtridge; they were childless.
+During World War II Vincent worked in a munitions factory until illness forced him to resign. Survived by his wife, he died of a coronary occlusion on 19 July 1945 at Boolarong, near Caboolture, and was buried with Catholic rites. A memorial exhibition of his work was held in Brisbane in 1948. In 1981 Sheldon's widow gave more than two hundred of his works to the Queensland Art Gallery.
+1859 â 1911
+Brisbane-born Edwyn Mitford Lilley KC (1859-1911) was the eldest son of Sir Charles Lilley and his wife, Sarah Jane (née Jeays). He was called to the Queensland Bar in 1882. He soon acquired a large and important practice, and during his long and eminent career was engaged in many of the prominent cases heard in the Queensland courts. In 1910 he was appointed a 'King's Counsel' by the Governor. Lilley was retained by the Shearers' Union for the legal defence of unionists. He died at the age of 52 following a seizure.
+
Portrait of E.M. Lilley - State Library of Queensland
+7 August 1841 â 3 June 1874
+
Eliza Hartnoll's headstone discovered in a Toowong Cemetery Archaeological Dig.
+++In loving memory of
+
+Eliza
+The dear wife of
+Henry Hartnoll
+Both of Tasmania
+Born 7th August 1841
+Died 3rd June 1874
+Gone to her little pal... (palace?)
+Even so them also which sleep
+in Jesus will God bring with him
The last sentence in the inscription may be from the King James Bible, Thessalonians 4:14:
+++For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
+
24 May 1885 â 30 July 1974
+Jeanettie Sheldon, was born on 24 May 1885 in Williamstown, Victoria, the eldest of five children of Englishâborn parents Edwin Arthur Sheldon and his second wife Phoebe Emily, nĂ©e Fisher. By 1890 the family had settled in Brisbane, where Edwin ran a jewellery business at Fortitude Valley. Vincent was born on 3 July 1895 in South Brisbane, the youngest of the five children.
+Jeanettie studied art at Brisbane Technical College. Between 1909 and 1919 she exhibited oils, sketches and painting on porcelain at shows held by the (Royal) National Agricultural and Industrial Association of Queensland. She opened the Sheldon Gallery in 1921. Elected to the (Royal) Queensland Art Society, she served as viceâpresident (1922), secretary (1923â31 and 1937â43) and a councilâmember (1932â36). From 1923 to 1960 she exhibited pottery, oils and watercolours at its shows.
+Vincent was educated by the Christian Brothers at St James's School, Brisbane. He studied commercial art in the United States of America (1920) and England (1924), and worked as a freelance cartoonist in Brisbane in 1924â26. He visited London in 1929 to learn drypoint under W. P. Robins at the Central School of Arts and Crafts, Holborn. The British Museum acquired three of his etchings, and the Victoria and Albert Museum two monotypes.
+Back in Brisbane, Vincent taught printmaking at his home at Clayfield. In 1931 he was elected a member of the Australian PainterâEtchers' Society. His drypoints of country scenes, and of Brisbane and its landmarks, were described in 1934 as being executed with 'rare skill' and 'joyous animation'. On 9 July 1934 at All Saints Church, Wickham Terrace, he married with Anglican rites Cynthia Ruth Sturtridge; they were childless.
+During World War II Vincent worked in a munitions factory until illness forced him to resign. Survived by his wife, he died of a coronary occlusion on 19 July 1945 at Boolarong, near Caboolture, and was buried with Catholic rites. A memorial exhibition of his work was held in Brisbane in 1948. In 1981 Sheldon's widow gave more than two hundred of his works to the Queensland Art Gallery.
+
Jeanette Sheldon - State Library of Queensland
+Jeanette Sheldon: Queensland Art Pioneer - The La Trobe Journal, No 37 Autumn 1986.
+1865 â 31 January 1905
+Prior to 1905, the creek which runs through the Cemetery had been dammed to provide water for flowers and grapes which were grown in Portion 10 and sold to Cemetery visitors. Taps were being installed but before the dam could be emptied it claimed the life of Elizabeth Dale.
+On 31 January 1905, on the anniversary of her husband's death, Elizabeth left her Rosalie home with the intention of going to Wynnum for a few days. On the way, she planned to visit her husband's and brother's graves. The next day she was found drowned in the Cemetery's dam.
+The inquest noted that Elizabeth was in delicate health, short-sighted and prone to fainting fits. The government analyst found a trace of morphine in her system, which was not surprising as Elizabeth was in the habit of taking Kay's Compound, the key ingredient of which was morphine1.
+ + +
++Elizabeth
+
+beloved wife of
+Thomas Dale
+died Feb. 1st 1905
+aged 40 years
+Thy will be done
This story is from Toowong Cemetery, by Hilda Maclean and Prue Firth, in Toowong: A community's history by West Toowong Community Association Inc.. Used with permission. Links added.
+Department of Justice, Inquest into the death of Elizabeth Dale 56/05 ↩
+11 May 1840 â 7 November 1914
+Elizabeth Munro Edwards (née Gibson) was born in Scotland on 11 May 1840 and came to Australia with her parents, Thomas Gibson and Christina Thompson in 1864. Three years later she married Richard Edwards who subsequently became the member for Oxley division in Federal Parliament.
+Elizabeth was the first president of The Queensland Women's Suffrage League which was formed at a meeting at her home on 4 February 1889. Elizabeth died early on Saturday 7 November 1914 and the funeral took place the same afternoon.
+ca. 1858 â 8 March 1919
+Mrs. John James Kingsbury was a Victorian, a daughter of Mr. David Ham. She was possessed of unusual gifts, a fine presence, a wide, clear outlook, and eloquence that gave her a great advantage in pleading the cause in which she was interested. She came by force of her gifts prominently when any movement especially concerning the welfare of women and children was involved. She had a keen sense of humour, and her speeches were characterised by humour and brilliance. She was in demand whenever a new project was started for the betterment of the State, and although her invariable answer was, âIâm working to the pin of my collar,â still there was always fitted in either another pin or an extra little stretch was given to the collar.
+Few women have left so clear a track successfully blazed in the history of Queensland. Mrs. Kingsbury was for years on the committee of the Sick Childrenâs Hospital. Then when the claims of a womanâs hospital were urged by Lady Lamington, Mrs. Kingsbury became one of the first members of the committee, relinquishing her guiding hand only when success had come to the institution. She became president of the Industrial Home for Women at Normanby Hill, and at a still later date the first president of the Queen Alexandra Home for orphans, neglected, or poor children, under the control of the Methodist Church.
+Still more presently, when war work was what mattered most in womenâs lives, Mrs. Kingsbury practically illustrated the doctrine of keeping the home fires burning by strengthening existing activities and at the same time, as president of the National Council of Women, she took an active part in âSix oâclock closing,â the establishment of a bureau for the registration and classification of women for national work, the foundation of the British Australian League for the encouragement of Australian goods first, and those of the Empire next. She was elected president of the Womenâs Mutual Service club, and, with her committee, brightened with kindly sympathy the many weary hours of sorrow and anxiety of soldiersâ relatives.
+Mrs. Kingsbury, for eight years, occupied the position of president of the National Council of Women, a federation of 44 societies, all interested in great national questions, especially in those affecting the welfare of women and children. On the occasion of the International Congress held in Rome in June, 1914, Mrs. Kingsbury represented the Queensland Council, and on her return familiarised the women of Brisbane with the representative women of other countries.3 Elizabeth was also an accomplished artist and wood carver. She died in 1919 aged 61.
+
Mrs J. J. Kingsbury - State Library of Queensland
+3: Condensed from the Brisbane Courier, 10 March 1919, Death of Mrs. J. J. Kingsbury.
+ca. 1899 â 1986
+Elizabeth Hulett completed her general training at the Royal Childrenâs Hospital, Brisbane in 1922, and her midwifery training at the Royal Womenâs Hospital in 1938 after the premature death of her husband, John Hulett. She was appointed to the staff of the Womenâs Hospital in December 1943 and was promoted to Senior Sister in 1946. After 18 years service she retired from the staff of the Womenâs Hospital in January 1961 to join the staff of the new Mater Mothersâ Hospital. She taught midwifery for many years, affectionately known to her students as âGranny Hulettâ. Sister Hulett died in 1986 aged 87.
+ca. 1870 â 14 August 1897
+Elizabeth or Bessie Powell (née Turnbull) was born in England around 1870. She was the licensee of the Montague Hotel in Montague Road South Brisbane for a few months in 1897 until her death on 14 August 1897.
+
Flood damage at the West End Brewery in Brisbane, Queensland, 1893. The West End Brewery was located on the corner of Montague Road and Merivale Streets, West End. The damaged Montague Hotel is in the background. - State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
+1829 â 6 May 1901
+Elizabeth Eldridge was born about 1829. She first married Richard Sheppard Smith, a master mariner. They had three children, Edward, William and Elizabeth.
+Edward Eldridge Smith married Margaret Jane Petrie. Margaret was a member of the Petrie family, some of whom are buried at Toowong Cemetery.
+William Charles Smith married Catherine Mary Kingsford. They had seven children, Richard, Winifred, Wilfrid, Elsie, Leofric, Eric and Charles. All the children were given the middle name of Kingsford.
+Charles became the famous aviator, Sir Charles Kingsford Smith.
+After Richard died Elizabeth married his younger brother William, who was also a master mariner. Elizabeth and William had five children, Sydney, Caroline, Albert, Frederick and Louise.
+Such marriages were not uncommon during the Victorian period. With little social welfare available and employment opportunities for women few, many remarried, often to men connected with their late husband.
+Elizabeth died on the 6th of May 1901, aged 72 years. Elizabeth's second husband, William, and their children +Caroline, Albert and Louise are buried in the family grave at Toowong Cemetery.
+This story was contributed by Keith Bowerman.
+ca. 1863 â 9 March 1923
+Irish immigrants, John and Ellen Forde were the parents of Francis Michael Forde better known as Frank Forde, the 15th Prime Minister of Australia.
+
Frank Forde pilots a train into Brisbane, 1930 - State Library of Queensland.
+ca. 1885 â 5 November 1944
+Sister Ellen Kavanagh died, unmarried, while nursing at the Rosemount Military Hospital, Lutwyche Road, on 5 November 1944 aged 59. She was attached to the 1st Australian Imperial Force (AIF). Her headstone was erected by the Hospitalâs patients.
+ca. 1889 â 17 May 1942
+Elsie Jones was known by her maiden name, Sister King, when she nursed for the Australian Imperial Force (AIF). She subsequently married and had a son and a daughter. She was awarded the Order of the British Empire - Member (Civil) in 1938. Elsie died on the 17 May 1942 aged 53.
+ + +1862 â 24 May 1885
+Emily Owen was an immensely popular and respected nurse at the Brisbane Hospital. She died, unmarried, aged only 23 of typhoid fever contracted doing her duties on 24 May 1885. Her headstone was erected by the nurses and employees of the hospital where she worked, grateful patients and bereaved friends
+
4 July 1857 â 19 December 1923
+Died 21 May 1927
+Emily was born Emily Sophia Leader on the 4th of July 1857 in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, where her father Richard Leader owned the Sun Inn. Emily was married to Henry Tom Pickett on the 12th of March 1878 at St Peters and St Pauls, Marlborough and left for Australia soon after. Henry must have been to Australia before as he is listed as hotelkeeper of the Steam Packet Hotel, Cairns in 1870. The account of the marriage in the Marlborough Times describes "Tom" as "being late of Leichhardt Hotel, Cairns."
+Their first child, Emily Margaret, was born on the 8th of March 1879 at the Kelly Building in Elizabeth Street, Brisbane. Tom and Emily had five other children. Eleanor Sarah was born on the 26th of November 1880 at the Union Club in Charlotte Street. Another daughter, Evelyn Ann, was also born at the Union Club on the 20th of January 1882. Evelyn died on the 13th of April 1882 and is buried with her mother at Toowong. Emily Sophia went back to England about 1883 because her father died that year.
+The next child, Dorothy Kemp Pickett, was born on the 12th of March 1897 at the Post Office Hotel. Frank Burgess Pickett was also born there on the 17th of November 1898. Henry Tom Pickett was proprietor of the Post Office Hotel, which was in Queen Street opposite Eagle Lane, from the 8th of September 1885 to 1900. They had water up to the ground-floor ceiling during the great 1893 flood. The hotel was in Queen Street, Brisbane opposite Eagle Lane. Tom moved to the Metropole Hotel, 78 Edward Street, as proprietor in 1901-1902. +Marjorie Leader Pickett was born at Fairview Guesthouse in Sandgate on the 17th of May 1901. The family story goes that Emily Sophia Pickett travelled down to Sandgate every Friday and stayed the weekend. The 1903 Post Office Directory listed the family at Savernake, Kedron Park Road, Lutwyche. The house was so named because Tom Pickett was born near this area in Wiltshire.
+Emily Sophia ran boarding houses in her later years. The first was the Strathmore on North Quay. Then, in 1915, she took over and refurbished the Fairview at Sandgate.
+Emily Sophia died on the 19th of December 1923 at Kent Road, Wooloowin. Henry Tom was admitted to Dunwich Asylum in early November 1925 and died there on the 21st of May 1927, his body being taken by launch to Cleveland. He is buried at Toowong with his brother Frank.
+Redael the name of the family home in Kent Road Wooloowin, is 'Leader' (Emily's maiden name) spelt backwards.
+
This advertisement appeared in The Queensland Figaro on the 20th of April 1889.
+This story was contributed by Pamela Webster.
+26 June 1839 â 22 January 1917
+Miller was born Emma Holmes in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, in June 1839.
+On 15 September 1857 at Chesterfield Register Office she married Jabez Mycroft Silcock, a bookkeeper with whom she had eloped. He died in 1870 leaving her with four small children to support.
+Emma was a gentlemenâs shirtmaker and she began to take in piecework, working twelve hours per day, six days per week.
+Emma remarried on 30 August 1874 at Salford, Lancashire, William Calderwood, a stonemason. They arrived in Brisbane in March 1879. He died just over a year later. Widowed again, Emma was forced to make her living by needlework.
+Emma was in the vanguard of the formation of womenâs unions, the womenâs suffrage movement, and the Labor Party.
+She actively supported strikers during the 1880s, and worked to alleviate the plight of the unemployed.
+Her third husband was Andrew Miller (d.1897), a widower whom she married at Brisbane Registry Office on 21 October 1886.
+She campaigned tirelessly for freedom from conscription. Through these activities, she was known and admired throughout the country, and given the affectionate title âMother of the Australian Labor Partyâ.
+On 'Black Friday' of the 1912 strike, Emma led a large contingent of women to Parliament House, braving the batons of foot and mounted police. She reputedly stuck a hatpin into the horse of Police Commissioner Cahill who was thrown and injured.
+Emma died in 1917. On 22 October 1922 a publicly funded marble bust of her was unveiled in the Trades Hall.
+
Portrait of Mrs. Emma Miller - State Library of Queensland.
+Marble Bust of Emma Miller held at Queensland Council of Unions by sculptor James Laurence Watts by Alphi123, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Arthur Hoey Davis - Steele Rudd, Charles Lilley and Emma Miller statues located in King George Square in Brisbane, Australia. Artist: Artbusters Materials: Bronze Installation date: 1993 by Kgbo, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
+ + +Black Friday: When Brisbane Police Beat and Suppressed Demonstrators - Queensland State Archives
+
Emma Miller's headstone
+++Emma Miller Memorial
+
+Emma Miller, (1839 - 1917) A foundation member for the Labor
+Party, one of the leaders of the women's sufferage movement, she
+was a tireless fighter for the union movement and anti-conscription
+campaigner. An ardent pacifist from childhood, she opposed all wars
+from Crimea to World War I. As President of the Women's Equal
+Franchise Association, she saw Australian women win the federal
+vote in 1902, the first women in the world to be able to vote in a
+federal election. Emma Miller's courage and energy were unmatched
+during the struggles for equal rights for women, earning her the title
+of "Mother Miller" and "the grand old labour woman of Queensland".
+
+Interred with:
+William Calderwood (Second Husband) 1842 - 1880
+Thomas Mycroft Silcock (Son) 1857 - 1890
+Emma Calderwood (Grand-daughter - daughter of George and Jean Calderwood) died before the age of one year in 1909
+Sarah Jean Calderwood (Daughter-in-law - wife of George) died 1939
+
+She fought hard, she gave it her best, she did
+what was right, and she made a difference.
Eric Mark Margulies was the only doctor in the western Queensland country town of Cunnamulla. A major fire destroyed the hotel and the good doctor distinguished himself in the rescue, as well as in the treatment of the survivors, some of whom were very badly injured. Later he was the Government Medical Officer on the Gold Coast.
+ca. 1909 â 4 March 1942
+On the 4th of March 1942, the auxiliary minesweeper HMAS Tambar was fired on by the Examination Battery at Fort Cowan Cowan on Moreton Island. There was a mix up in the identification code signal of the ship and the battery was ordered to fire across the bow of the unidentified vessel. The 6âinch shell struck the shipâs forecastle killing Able Seaman Archibald Bartsch, a member of the anchor party, instantly. The shell skidded across the deck into the Captainâs cabin killing Steward Eric Harrison. It then passed through the radio room critically injuring Warrant Officer Henry Theeman. Both of his legs were severed and his succumbed to his injuries soon after. Other crew received injuries to various degrees.
+Londonâborn Theeman was aged 47. He had spent most of his life at sea. After three years in Moller Line ships travelling between Japan and China he left the line in August 1941 to join the RAN. Bartsch, son of 3rd Light horseman William Henry Bartsch, was an employee if the Australasian United Paint Company of Port Augusta, South Australia prior to his enlistment in the navy. He was aged 20. Western Australianâborn Harrison was the son of William Ross and Rebecca Harrison. He was aged 33 and a resident of Melbourne.
+The military covered up the incident so as not to affect morale. The newspapers widely reported the incident as an âaccident at seaâ. The Tambarâs crew was dispersed throughout the RAN immediately after the menâs joint funeral two days later. The ship was temporarily paid off and the Captain given another command. The District Naval Officer (Commander E. C. Rhodes), other naval officers, and military representatives were present. The service was conducted by the Rev. H. H. Trigge of the Methodist Church and the Church of Englandâs Rev. F. R. C. Birch. Cannon and Cripps made the arrangements for the funeral and the cortege of Naval ratings from the Alice Street Depot marched from their funeral parlour.
+1848 â 1 October 1921
+The death of Ernest Eglinton, exâpolice magistrate, occurred on 1 October 1921. He was born in Berkshire, England in 1848 and came to Australia in 1870 with his father, the Rev. William Eglinton, who had charge of a number of Australian parishes. Eglinton became part owner of a station, and in the early 1870s, with the intention of forming another station; he set out with his younger brother from Mitchell Downs towards Cooper's Creek with a mob of cattle, travelling over unknown country for many months.
+Shortly afterwards he became a police officer obtaining the rank of Subâinspector Second Class in January 1878, and was eventually appointed the first resident police magistrate at Boulia in 1884. He was subsequently mineral warden and police magistrate at Charters Towers, Gympie, and Brisbane. His eventful and strenuous life had told on his health, and in his later years he had suffered from asthma and bronchitis. He succeeded in preparing a number of papers concerning his experiences in the early days.
+ca. 1902 â January 1931
+On August 6, 1930 Constable Ernest James Dawson was conducting traffic duty on the Yungaburra Road near Lake Barrine when he lost control of his motorcycle and careered off the road. The 29 year old constable was transported to the Atherton Hospital for an emergency operation to treat internal injuries. Although the operation was initially successful, Ernest developed pneumonia and further surgery, conducted in Brisbane in January 1931, resulted in the Constableâs death from a haemorrhage.
+On January 19, 1931 a large funeral procession commenced in Ann Street, Brisbane, with mounted police, uniformed officers and plain clothed detectives marching solemnly in front of and behind the Constableâs flower laden hearse whilst pedestrians watched on respectfully. Constable Dawson was laid to rest in the Toowong Cemetery with Police Honours.
+Story contributed by Kym Hyson. Used with permission.
+24 May 1850 â 18 March 1906
+Karl Ernst Eschenhagen was born on 24 May 1850 at CrossenâOder, Lower Silesia in Prussia (now Poland) and died on 18 March 1906. His wife, Pauline Emma nĂ©e Stegemann was born on 26 December 1869 and died on 4 July 1921. They lost a daughter, Agnes Pauline, in January 1899 aged 11 years. Before coming to Brisbane, Ernst spent some time in Fiji.
+He was a leader in St Andreas Congregation for many years and operated a renowned and fashionable CafĂ© Eschenhagen in Brisbane which was under the personal patronage of every Governor from 1889â1914 and catered for many Government House functions. Their first shop was in George St near Herschell St and later had to move to larger premises in Queen St which could seat 480 people. Branches were opened elsewhere.
+In 1895 Ernst wanted a German day school at St Andreas, where Englishâspeaking children were also admitted, which would be under the direction of a teacher who was fluent in both languages. He met his wife at St. Andreas and they married in 1886 producing six children.
+AntiâGerman feeling during WWI forced the business, which had been carried on by Mrs Eschenhagen, to be sold in November 1915.
+One of their sons, Oskar Wilhelm Eschenhagen (1889â1969), who changed his name to Oscar Edwards during WWI, operated a successful transport business in Sydney but is better remembered, with his wife, as being art collectors. In the early 1950s they met Picasso and Matisse. He was an accomplished artist himself and gave works to galleries, which included the Queensland Art Gallery.
+13 April 1853 â 15 March 1905
+Ernst Otto Maier was born on 13 April 1853 in Köngen, WĂŒrttemberg and died on 15 March 1905. He was the first of five Basel trained pastors to serve the âGerman Lutheran Church North Brisbaneâ (St Andreas) from 1888 until his death. This monument was erected by his family, friends and congregation. He is buried with his wife Regula Albertina Maier nĂ©e Bunzli who was born on 1 April 1853 in Zurich, Switzerland and died on 11 August 1935 at Ipswich.
+Also buried in the grave is Martha Maria Hiller nĂ©e Maier who was born on 26 August 1880 at German Station (Nundah) and died on 4 December 1915. She was the organist at St. Andreas in 1900 before she married the Rev. Eugen Hiller (1870â1958) who was the pastor there in 1905â06.
+Errol Solomon Meyers was Lieutenant Colonel in the Australian Army in the First World War, being a Regimental Medical Officer. A surgeon, anatomist and teacher; coâfounder of the Medical Faculty of the University of Queensland and was Dean of the faculty 1942â1954.
+ca. 1903 â 31 October 1927
+Nurse Ivy Amess received her training at the Bundaberg General Hospital where she was extremely popular with the staff and patients. After graduation she moved to Brisbane where she contracted a fatal illness. She died aged 24 on 31 October 1927.
+ + +Heritageâlisted Toowong Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Queensland. It can be difficult to find a grave as some graves are unmarked and some headstones have been destroyed.
+Use the Brisbane City Council Memorial search to look up a person's name and find their location in Toowong Cemetery.
+Note the plot location which will be 3 numbers in the format, Portion - Section/#/Grave.
+For example, Peter Jackson's grave is located at 5 - 28/#/1 or Portion 5, Section 28, Grave 1. We simplify this format to 5-28-1.
+
+
BCC Memorial search result for Peter Jackson
+Warning
+The new BCC Memorial search is new and has some data quality issues, especially with locations shown on the aerial map. Note the plot location number and use the map below. If you find data issues, please report them to BCC.
+Use the Toowong Cemetery Map to locate the Portion and Section where the person is buried.
+Print the Toowong Cemetery Map
+Can you locate Peter Jackson's grave (5-28-1) using the Portion and Section numbers in the map below?
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+
Toowong Cemetery Map showing Portions (the large numbers) and Sections (the numbers inside the light green rectangles). Toowong Cemetery Area Map © Brisbane City Council 2022, used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Licence. Corrected on 4 March 2023 in consultation with Toowong Cemetery: Portion 10 Section, 85 and 83 swapped. Portion 7A, Sections 233a and 233b renamed to 234 and 235 respectively. Road name labels added and spelling corrected.
+There are 34 Portions in the cemetery, numbered 1 to 30 and also 2A, 7A, 15A, 29A. Each Section can contain up to 80 graves and the graves are usually in two rows within the section.
+Portion numbers are shown on signs throughout the cemetery. Section numbers are painted on the road.
+Historic maps may help you find graves within a section. A current map of graves within sections has not been published by the Brisbane City Council.
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+
Portion 10 sign post.
+Plan your visit to Toowong Cemetery.
+ +Ask Friends of Toowong Cemetery for help:
+ + +Markers can be seen on, or embedded into, graves. A Marker represents a person buried in the grave. Historic Burial and Portion Registers link some people to markers and their grave. Unfortunately many markers are missing or have been moved.
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There are many unmarked graves in Toowong Cemetery. Take care when you walk across the grass as unmarked graves can leave hidden hollows that are a trip hazard.
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Unmarked graves can be clearly seen after rain.
+Find a story about a person remembered at Toowong Cemetery.
+The table below lists over 550 people mentioned in our Toowong Cemetery stories. Each person's individual story may contain extra information, a headstone photo and its inscription.
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+Contribute a Story and share your discoveries with us.
+| Given Names | +Last Name | +Born | +Died | + +Location | +
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Wensley | +Blackall | +1809-05-01 | +1871-01-02 | +Mount Blackall | +
| Ann | +Hill | +1850-04-25 | +1871-11-01 | +6-21-9 | +
| David John | +Garland | +1864-10-04 | +1939-10-11 | +1-5A-9 | +
| Arthur | +Rutledge | +1843-08-29 | +1917-02-08 | +13-49-15 | +
| Samuel Walker | +Griffith | +1845-06-21 | +1920-08-09 | +12-11-6/7 | +
| John | +Donaldson | +1841-06-15 | +1896-07-25 | +12-47-13 | +
| Thomas | +Macdonald-Paterson | +1844-05-09 | +1906-03-21 | +12-53-10 | +
| Emma | +Miller | +1839-06-dd | +1917-mm-dd | +13-6-5/6 | +
| Thomas | +Glassey | +1844-02-26 | +1936-09-28 | +11-22-1 | +
| William Henry | +Browne | +1846-09-13 | +1904-04-12 | +11-51-3 | +
| John Gordon | +Smith | +1863-mm-dd | +1921-06-21 | +11-53-5/6 | +
| Anderson | +Dawson | +1863-07-16 | +1910-07-20 | +11-56-1 | +
| David | +Bowman | +1860-08-04 | +1916-02-25 | +11-76-12/13 | +
| William | +Forgan-Smith | +1887-04-15 | +1953-09-25 | +8-25-20/21 | +
| William Neal | +Gillies | +1868-10-28 | +1928-02-09 | +18-106-20 | +
| Edward Michael | +Hanlon | +1887-10-01 | +1952-01-15 | +7A-38-19/21 | +
| John | +Hoolan | +1842-mm-dd | +1911-06-15 | +7A-34-2 | +
| Albert Edward Victor | +Whitford | +1877-mm-dd | +1924-01-29 | +15-6-40 | +
| Lilian Violet | +Cooper | +1861-08-11 | +1947-08-18 | +8-69-13/14 | +
| Walter | +Hill | +1819-12-21 | +1904-02-04 | +6-21-9 | +
| Peter | +Jackson | +1861-07-03 | +1901-07-13 | +5-28-1 | +
| Kevin Izod | +OâDoherty | +1823-mm-dd | +1905-mm-dd | +7-58-27 | +
| Elizabeth | +Dale | +1865-mm-dd | +1905-01-31 | +1-148-29 | +
| William Walter | +Brown | +1911-11-02 | +2004-01-31 | +18-25-47B | +
| Alfred Joseph | +Duggan | +1864-mm-dd | +1884-11-20 | +7-52-5 | +
| Edward | +McGregor | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1939-12-03 | +4-16-17/18 | +
| Sidney | +Cook | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1937-03-23 | +4-35-14 | +
| Samuel | +Keenan | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +2-48-7 | +
| Henry William | +Mobsby | +1860-08-17 | +1933-04-09 | +5-61-11 | +
| Karoly (Charles) | +Pulszky | +1854-11-10 | +1899-06-05 | +5-2-3 | +
| Thomas | +Macer | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1926-11-16 | +21-14-3 | +
| Arthur | +Aldridge | +1873-mm-dd | +1929-11-03 | +23-31-14 | +
| Kyrle Edward | +McAllister (Sylvaney) | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1929-11-03 | +23-31-15 | +
| George Barney | +Petrie | +1839-mm-dd | +1878-06-21 | +13-5-3 | +
| Alex | +Gow | +1861-10-19 | +1919-05-02 | +13-59-3/4 | +
| John | +Hislop | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1918-07-15 | +11-68-9 | +
| Alma | +Adlington | +1856-mm-dd | +1891-05-04 | +7-114-5 | +
| George | +Sillett | +1866-mm-dd | +1908-09-07 | +5-65-9 | +
| Walter | +Barrett | +1833-mm-dd | +1907-12-11 | +1-31-7/8 | +
| Kate Mary | +Smith | +1847-mm-dd | +1932-06-dd | +1-7-14 | +
| Alfred | +Cannon | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1915-09-11 | +4-1-21/22 | +
| Joseph | +Cripps | +1849-mm-dd | +1918-01-15 | +4-28-6 | +
| Le Fevre James | +Cranstone | +1822-mm-dd | +1893-06-22 | +2A-15-22 | +
| Isaac Walter | +Jenner | +1836-03-18 | +1902-03-01 | +5-43-16 | +
| Richard Godfrey | +Rivers | +1859-mm-dd | +1925-04-02 | +12-24-4 | +
| Eliza Jeanettie | +Sheldon | +1885-05-24 | +1974-07-30 | +7-95-13/14 | +
| Edwin Arthur Vincent | +Sheldon | +1895-07-03 | +1945-mm-dd | +7-95-13/14 | +
| Frank | +Goodwin | +1885-06-21 | +1919-mm-dd | +10-43-26 | +
| Arthur Leslie | +Middleton | +1894-05-11 | +1919-mm-dd | +10-43-12 | +
| John | +Crilly | +1871-11-30 | +1919-05-25 | +10-41-20 | +
| Joseph | +Leyton | +1875-mm-dd | +1919-06-dd | +10-41-18 | +
| Arthur | +Bann | +1890-05-09 | +1919-05-dd | +10-40-18 | +
| Frank Morgan | +Jones | +1872-mm-dd | +1919-05-dd | +10-40-17 | +
| Michael | +Dalton | +1894-10-22 | +1919-08-dd | +10-39-24 | +
| Frederick Nicholas | +Naughton | +1883-mm-dd | +1919-09-dd | +10-39-12 | +
| Frank Venton | +Rutherberg | +1888-09-19 | +yyyy-mm-dd | +10-39-11 | +
| David Gordon | +Rattray | +1893-05-22 | +1919-02-dd | +10-39-16 | +
| Thomas | +Morell | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +10-39-15 | +
| Richard | +Whitby | +1881-mm-dd | +1919-07-dd | +10-39-14 | +
| William James | +Sluce | +1832-03-25 | +1879-02-01 | +2-6-21 | +
| John | +Ogle | +1824-mm-dd | +1890-19-26 | +1-113-3/4 | +
| Mary Ann | +Ogle | +1823-mm-dd | +1907-08-24 | +1-113-3/4 | +
| George | +Loesch | +1829-05-12 | +1887-10-21 | +7-49-12 | +
| Frederick | +Losch | +1882-10-10 | +1929-02-03 | +7-49-12 | +
| Iris Elizabeth | +Carson | +1916-09-24 | +1918-03-25 | +15-31-9 | +
| James Porter | +Fry | +1880-03-10 | +1948-02-07 | +8-31-31/32 | +
| Constance | +Campbell | +1872-12-16 | +1926-07-04 | +8-19-16 | +
| Charles Joseph | +Gall | +1835-mm-dd | +1895-11-30 | +14-15-11/12/13 | +
| William Thomas | +Birkbeck | +1848-01-30 | +1909-03-19 | +9-16-8/9 | +
| William John | +Harrhy | +1893-mm-dd | +1924-04-18 | +4-16-4 | +
| Jessie Blanche | +Prentice | +1871-09-12 | +1890-02-28 | +9-41-1 | +
| Jessie Lacy | +Prentice | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1888-03-08 | +9-41-1 | +
| George | +Prentice | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1890-02-28 | +9-41-1 | +
| Henry Lander | +Pethebridge | +1835-mm-dd | +1910-06-13 | +13-4-7 | +
| George | +Davidson | +1841-04-13 | +1888-02-29 | +13-7-1 | +
| William | +Smith | +1822-mm-dd | +1872-12-16 | +13-6-21 | +
| Charles Stewart | +Thow | +1840-mm-dd | +1883-06-02 | +13-16-10 | +
| David | +Muir | +1824-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +13-16-12 | +
| Tom George | +Johnson | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1912-10-02 | +14-18-4 | +
| William | +Collin | +1834-08-30 | +1914-01-dd | +12-56-22 | +
| Archibald Edward | +Bartsch | +1922-mm-dd | +1942-03-04 | +10-44-20 | +
| Henry | +Theeman | +1895-mm-dd | +1942-03-04 | +10-41-21 | +
| Eric Ross | +Harrison | +1909-mm-dd | +1942-03-04 | +10-43-7 | +
| John | +Burke | +1842-mm-dd | +1919-06-03 | +7-19-1 | +
| John | +Petrie | +1822-01-15 | +1892-12-08 | +13-5-3 | +
| George | +Edmondstone | +1809-05-04 | +1883-02-23 | +13-20-5 | +
| Thomas | +Proe | +1852-mm-dd | +1922-12-17 | +13-35-9 | +
| John Daniel | +Heal | +1825-01-18 | +1908-08-18 | +13-40-9 | +
| John | +Sinclair | +1827-12-08 | +1906-05-05 | +9-40-5 | +
| Alfred John | +Raymond | +1856-02-01 | +1935-10-14 | +9-32-8 | +
| James | +Swan | +1811-mm-dd | +1891-05-26 | +9-39-8 | +
| Richard Symes | +Warry | +1829-mm-dd | +1891-03-12 | +13-49-22 | +
| Richard | +Southall | +1831-mm-dd | +1909-02-04 | +13-59-12 | +
| John | +Hardgrave | +1826-mm-dd | +1906-11-08 | +14-22-2/3 | +
| Joshua | +Jeays | +1812-mm-dd | +1881-03-11 | +13-62-13 | +
| William | +Pettigrew | +1825-08-26 | +1906-10-28 | +13-66-2 | +
| Archibald | +Watson | +1874-10-22 | +1941-02-25 | +12-13-2 | +
| William MacNaughton | +Galloway | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1895-01-12 | +7A-41-18 | +
| John | +Melville | +1834-09-10 | +1912-03-08 | +9-10-14 | +
| Alexander | +Raff | +1820-07-dd | +1914-01-26 | +13-79-1 | +
| James | +Cowlishaw | +1834-12-19 | +1929-07-25 | +11-41-7A | +
| Nathaniel | +Lade | +1835-03-30 | +1895-07-17 | +13-52-20/21 | +
| John | +Caskey | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1901-09-27 | +4-17-18 | +
| John Wyndon | +Lyon | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1934-04-21 | +10-65-30 | +
| John Jennings | +Imrie | +1813-06-01 | +1901-03-23 | +1-85-9 | +
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| George | +Vowles | +1846-mm-dd | +1928-11-28 | +2-49-35 | +
| Joseph Robert | +Abbott | +1899-05-30 | +1941-12-25 | +10-80-45 | +
| George | +Hansford | +1840-12-25 | +1925-10-13 | +10-17-30/31 | +
| Victor Cyril | +Button | +1924-01-01 | +1942-12-25 | +10-53-14 | +
| Joseph | +Cossart | +1843-11-14 | +1911-12-25 | +13-18-16 | +
| Edward Arthur | +Gordon | +1893-mm-dd | +1913-01-26 | +6-7-18 | +
| Joseph | +McNamara | +1916-05-23 | +1941-12-25 | +10-71-26A | +
| Albert Williams | +Gyler | +1892-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +2-41-65 | +
| James | +Sanford | +1888-09-09 | +yyyy-mm-dd | +2A-24-1/2 | +
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| Jack | +Bannister | +1895-mm-dd | +1964-10-06 | +2A-25A-18/19 | +
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| Anthony | +Musgrave | +1828-11-17 | +1888-10-09 | +14-23-7 | +
| Arthur Hunter | +Palmer | +1819-12-28 | +1898-03-20 | +13-88-7 | +
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| Edmund | +Mellor | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1872-09-26 | +9-38-4 | +
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| Henry Lewis | +Neighbour | +1857-mm-dd | +1942-08-04 | +2-44-19 | +
| Andrew | +Fullerton | +1831-mm-dd | +1899-04-10 | +2A-11-19 | +
| James | +Trackson | +1857-mm-dd | +1941-11-06 | +7-101-1/2 | +
| Leontine Mary Jane | +Cooper | +1837-04-22 | +1903-03-12 | +2A-29-11 | +
| Justin Fox Greenlaw | +Foxton | +1849-09-24 | +1916-06-23 | +1-114-7/8 | +
| Elizabeth | +Edwards | +1840-05-11 | +1914-11-07 | +14-23-14 | +
| Robert | +Philp | +1851-12-28 | +1922-06-17 | +14-23-10 | +
| Horace | +Tozer | +1844-04-23 | +1916-08-20 | +12-11-8 | +
| Charles | +Lilley | +1827-08-27 | +1897-08-20 | +12-15-15 | +
| Boyd Dunlop | +Morehead | +1843-08-24 | +1905-10-30 | +12-49-6 | +
| David Hay | +Dalrymple | +1840-12-14 | +1912-09-01 | +12-53-2 | +
| Arthur | +Morgan | +1856-09-19 | +1916-12-20 | +12-15-12 | +
| Andrew Lang | +Petrie | +1854-06-25 | +1928-04-01 | +13-10-7 | +
| George Harpur | +Jones | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +13-15-7 | +
| William John | +Munce | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1892-mm-dd | +9-43-11 | +
| Charles | +Patterson | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1926-01-04 | +13-30-10 | +
| Robert | +Cribb | +1805-mm-dd | +1893-04-16 | +9-37-6 | +
| Henry Howard | +Payne | +1821-mm-dd | +1903-02-18 | +9-11-15/16 | +
| Henry | +Sleath | +1828-mm-dd | +1918-05-21 | +13-43-18 | +
| James | +Valentine | +1853-mm-dd | +1904-01-17 | +13-59-16/17 | +
| Francis Drummond Grenville | +Stanley | +1839-01-01 | +1897-05-26 | +9-32-6 | +
| John | +Fewings | +1830-mm-dd | +1910-05-20 | +9-30-22/23 | +
| Thomas | +Finney | +1837-01-10 | +1903-12-16 | +13-81-6 | +
| William | +Richer | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1924-11-28 | +11-7-28 | +
| Charles | +Siemon | +1871-03-31 | +1941-07-03 | +12-21-5 | +
| Jessie | +Philp | +1856-mm-dd | +1890-11-21 | +14-23-10 | +
| Augustus Charles | +Gregory | +1819-08-01 | +1905-06-25 | +14-22-14 | +
| Alfred | +Roberts | +1837-mm-dd | +1920-05-10 | +13-1-2 | +
| Edmund | +Curd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1922-12-dd | +4-37-14 | +
| Victor | +McGregor-Lowndes | +1884-mm-dd | +1951-07-21 | +4-16-20/21 | +
| Jean | +McGregor-Lowndes | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1976-06-dd | +4-16-20/21 | +
| William | +Busby | +1857-05-dd | +1928-04-14 | +4-3-22 | +
| Bezalel Saul (Sali) | +Mendelsohn | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1897-mm-dd | +3-6-7 | +
| Harriet | +Johnson | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1914-mm-dd | +1-36-2 | +
| William | +Johnson | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1-36-2 | +
| William | +Webster | +1829-mm-dd | +1895-mm-dd | +1-37-6 | +
| Walter Horatio | +Wilson | +1840-mm-dd | +1902-02-dd | +1-84-22 | +
| Walter Frederick | +Wilson | +1863-mm-dd | +1911-mm-dd | +1-85-8 | +
| Richard Langler | +Drew | +1823-10-09 | +1869-10-08 | +5-43-22 | +
| Hercules | +Smith | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +5-40-9 | +
| Maria | +Johnstone | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1923-09-dd | +5-36-15/16 | +
| Letitia | +Jephson | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1908-mm-dd | +5-34-17 | +
| Samuel | +Kaye | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +2-42-26 | +
| Robert Harrison | +Smith | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1911-mm-dd | +5-31-10 | +
| Mary | +Douglas | +1828-mm-dd | +1876-11-dd | +9-34-5 | +
| Florence Griffiths | +Buchanan | +1861-09-16 | +1911-12-30 | +11-33-4 | +
| Elizabeth Jane | +Kingsbury | +1858-mm-dd | +1919-03-08 | +12-42-12/13 | +
| Elizabeth | +Moffat | +1858-03-03 | +1920-12-03 | +13-21-15 | +
| Honorah Mary Teresa | +Ross | +1858-12-06 | +1926-13-14 | +15-9-42 | +
| Ottilia | +Ufer | +1861-02-23 | +1935-01-13 | +7-103-32 | +
| Sarah | +Woulfe | +1863-mm-dd | +1931-12-18 | +7A-74-15/16 | +
| Elizabeth | +Phillips | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1931-02-25 | +18-103-23/24 | +
| Marie Theresa | +Lightolier | +1855-09-13 | +1924-09-09 | +11-77-1 | +
| Helen Dugald | +Street | +1858-mm-dd | +1907-10-07 | +12-39-24 | +
| Eliza | +Finney | +1805-mm-dd | +1898-07-22 | +13-81-6/13 | +
| Annie Watson | +Turner | +1868-10-16 | +1939-10-23 | +13-70-7/8 | +
| Charles Chesworth | +Burgess | +1883-05-09 | +1939-04-11 | +10-76-15 | +
| John Henry | +Griffin | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1893-07-01 | +2A-23-5 | +
| Molyneux Henry Dickinson | +Nepean | +1846-04-19 | +1889-09-30 | +1-158-5 | +
| Reginald Hebe | +Roe | +1850-08-03 | +1926-09-21 | +20-25-5A | +
| John | +Shirley | +1849-08-11 | +1922-04-05 | +20-25-6 | +
| Albert Charles | +Cox | +1892-12-08 | +1925-01-29 | +20-23-1/2 | +
| Samuel James | +Reilly | +1839-mm-dd | +1919-10-21 | +20-46-18 | +
| Albert | +Ensor | +1872-12-05 | +1950-05-05 | +20-48-5/6 | +
| Robert | +Toupein | +1886-mm-dd | +1949-07-12 | +5-96-24 | +
| Peter | +Morgan | +1916-mm-dd | +1953-mm-dd | +1-88-4 | +
| Amos Roy | +Goddard | +1910-mm-dd | +1933-08-10 | +7-77-26 | +
| William Cowley Goulbourne | +Stone | +1870-mm-dd | +1892-12-16 | +7-77-11 | +
| Frank | +Thorne | +1883-mm-dd | +1931-11-16 | +21-20-16 | +
| John (Jack) | +Dowridge | +1848-mm-dd | +1922-mm-dd | +5-28-14 | +
| Brickwood (Brickie) | +Colley | +1849-mm-dd | +1896-mm-dd | +2-51-2 | +
| William | +Paul | +1839-06-02 | +1909-12-10 | +5-32-8 | +
| Patrick | +Real | +1846-03-17 | +1928-06-10 | +7A-153-7 | +
| William Henry Abbot | +Hirst | +1837-02-21 | +1878-05-26 | +1-10-17 | +
| Ratcliffe | +Pring | +1825-10-17 | +1885-03-25 | +13-75-9 | +
| Charles Stuart | +Mein | +1841-06-14 | +1890-06-30 | +12-11-13 | +
| John Laskey | +Woolcock | +1861-11-07 | +1929-01-18 | +11-65-2 | +
| Charles | +Stumm | +1865-05-10 | +1929-02-28 | +18-111-2 | +
| Samuel Gill | +Mee | +1819-mm-dd | +1909-11-09 | +4-12-30 | +
| Thomas | +Wontner | +1826-mm-dd | +1894-08-11 | +13-26-21 | +
| Carl Adolf | +Feilberg | +1844-08-21 | +1887-10-25 | +13-71-15 | +
| Walter John | +Morley | +1852-mm-dd | +1937-12-24 | +12-13-13/14 | +
| David Frederick Tudor | +Jones | +1830-08-13 | +1892-10-06 | +12-16-26 | +
| George | +Woolnough | +1834-08-17 | +1929-06-19 | +11-16-16 | +
| George | +Cowlishaw | +1841-04-21 | +1913-01-06 | +11-14-7 | +
| John James | +Knight | +1863-06-07 | +1927-11-24 | +8-33-32 | +
| James George | +Drake | +1850-04-26 | +1941-08-01 | +18-136-3 | +
| Richard Sanderson | +Taylor | +1866-mm-dd | +1932-06-06 | +8-49-19 | +
| Robert | +Dunn | +1850-mm-dd | +1926-08-02 | +8-67-5/6 | +
| Martha (Pattie) | +Soutter | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1936-09-28 | +18-167-18 | +
| Edmund James Thomas | +Barton | +1854-mm-dd | +1937-04-10 | +11-24-16 | +
| William Francis | +Faine | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1899-08-28 | +13-12-1 | +
| William James | +Muldoon | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1924-09-23 | +2-26-25 | +
| Sidney Spencer | +Broomfield | +1847-mm-dd | +1933-10-24 | +18-20-11 | +
| Frederick | +Achilles | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1900-06-13 | +18-62-1 | +
| Thomas James | +Mattingley | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1924-05-22 | +18-173-45 | +
| John Wilson | +Weir | +1870-mm-dd | +1947-12-16 | +8-34-30 | +
| John Edward | +Maidens | +1874-02-30 | +1924-12-07 | +18-79-13 | +
| William Henley | +Rawlings | +1848-02-28 | +1906-07-05 | +11-51-1 | +
| Hugh | +Mosman | +1843-02-11 | +1909-11-15 | +13-88-3 | +
| William Chalmers | +Brown | +1841-mm-dd | +1909-04-15 | +9-31-7 | +
| Christopher | +Francis | +1840-mm-dd | +1915-11-10 | +2-37-31/32 | +
| Henry Bloomfield | +Gough | +1845-mm-dd | +1896-mm-dd | +2-44-21 | +
| Octavius | +Armstrong | +1833-mm-dd | +1917-01-23 | +2-45-16/17 | +
| Robert Arthur | +Johnstone | +1843-mm-dd | +1905-01-16 | +5-36-15/16 | +
| Ernest | +Eglinton | +1848-mm-dd | +1921-10-01 | +2A-31-22 | +
| William | +Maguire | +1861-mm-dd | +1917-04-25 | +5-105-14 | +
| Thomas | +Hinch | +1855-mm-dd | +1924-05-22 | +20-18-23 | +
| William Harold | +Ryan | +1873-mm-dd | +1954-07-16 | +7A-116-44 | +
| Henry Marjoribanks | +Chester | +1832-mm-dd | +1914-10-03 | +7-59-11 | +
| Patrick | +Clancy | +1837-mm-dd | +1899-01-12 | +7-53-20 | +
| Matthew | +Collopy | +1844-mm-dd | +1880-mm-dd | +7-5-3 | +
| Joseph | +Kelly | +1858-mm-dd | +1878-04-02 | +7-9-24 | +
| Thomas | +Slattery | +1824-mm-dd | +1878-02-05 | +7-9-4 | +
| William McCallum | +Park | +1836-mm-dd | +1934-09-06 | +13-19-15/16 | +
| William | +Macfarlane | +1832-05-30 | +1886-06-10 | +14-7-20/21 | +
| Henry | +Holmes | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1898-11-30 | +1-7-15/16/17 | +
| Thomas | +Dempster | +1867-03-23 | +1946-05-16 | +18-17-22/23 | +
| Arthur | +Midson | +1852-mm-dd | +1943-07-08 | +11-71-1 | +
| George John | +Ely | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1877-08-15 | +13-89-1 | +
| Ebenezer | +Chapman | +1843-07-12 | +1929-07-11 | +13-34-11 | +
| Ann Elizabeth | +Horsfall | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1863-09-02 | +13-3-12 | +
| Peter | +McCauley | +1826-04-17 | +1832-01-05 | +13-10-4 | +
| Agnes Elizabeth | +Hiron | +1864-mm-dd | +1875-09-dd | +13-20-9 | +
| George | +Hiron | +1886-mm-dd | +1901-12-dd | +13-20-9 | +
| Edward | +Hobbs | +1862-mm-dd | +1875-01-04 | +13-55-5 | +
| John Philip | +Gow | +1864-01-01 | +1864-11-14 | +13-64-19 | +
| Margaret Kirk | +Gow | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1865-08-dd | +13-64-19 | +
| Mary | +Gow | +1867-06-14 | +1868-06-dd | +13-64-19 | +
| James | +Gow | +1878-03-23 | +1878-05-19 | +13-64-19 | +
| James John | +Gow | +1880-03-19 | +1882-11-05 | +13-64-19 | +
| Bruce | +Wallace | +1885-mm-dd | +1899-11-22 | +9-46-9 | +
| Ina Euphemia | +Wallace | +1889-mm-dd | +1899-11-22 | +9-46-9 | +
| Hector | +Vasyli | +1907-mm-dd | +1918-06-09 | +10-38-24 | +
| Doris | +Gilbert | +1905-mm-dd | +1913-02-21 | +10-28-7 | +
| William Henry | +Roberts | +1828-09-15 | +1831-11-15 | +13-10-4 | +
| Jane | +Pittard | +1832-01-10 | +1833-01-27 | +13-10-4 | +
| Thomas | +Dowse | +1809-mm-dd | +1885-11-09 | +13-58-22 | +
| Agnes Susan | +Maclean | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1911-01-20 | +5-107-19 | +
| Edward | +Mott | +1807-mm-dd | +1900-08-28 | +7-44-22 | +
| James | +Davis (Duramboi) | +1808-mm-dd | +1889-05-07 | +7-5-15 | +
| Mary Elizabeth | +Weedon | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1942-03-dd | +4-3-20 | +
| Annie | +Griffiths | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1943-07-dd | +4-3-20 | +
| Edith Harriett | +Rennie | +1885-04-02 | +1930-12-25 | +10-62-22 | +
| Nina Robertson | +McDonald | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1934-05-11 | +10-68-31 | +
| Elsie Muriel | +Jones | +1889-mm-dd | +1942-05-17 | +10-45-24 | +
| Julia Harriett | +Blaycock | +1882-mm-dd | +1916-09-11 | +10-14-6 | +
| Alice Maud Mary | +Le Bas | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1886-09-25 | +1-39-14 | +
| Emily | +Owen | +1862-mm-dd | +1885-05-24 | +1-39-5 | +
| Mary Constance | +Crosse | +1862-mm-dd | +1890-10-28 | +1-39-15 | +
| James | +Gray | +1854-mm-dd | +1906-01-22 | +2-37-14 | +
| Florence | +Truelove | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1896-03-12 | +2-44-31 | +
| Rose Jane | +Walker | +1879-mm-dd | +1935-mm-dd | +5-25-1/2 | +
| Sarah Stevens | +Lygo | +1859-mm-dd | +1928-07-09 | +5-38-7 | +
| Arthur Charles Frederick | +Halford | +1869-11-23 | +1945-01-13 | +5-17-18 | +
| Vera Evelyn | +James | +1929-mm-dd | +1999-mm-dd | +2A-23-16 | +
| Mary Jane | +Brown | +1861-mm-dd | +1939-08-18 | +5-63-24 | +
| Nora | +Halford | +1869-mm-dd | +1932-08-09 | +7A-102-23A | +
| Catherine | +Fitzgerald | +1868-mm-dd | +1931-01-23 | +7A-102-23A | +
| Agnes Kathrine | +Isambert | +1874-mm-dd | +1956-06-07 | +7-59-5/6 | +
| Ellen Margaret | +Kavanagh | +1885-mm-dd | +1944-11-05 | +7A-29-14A | +
| Zita Stella | +Lyons | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +7A-164-18 | +
| Gertrude | +Daly | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1961-10-30 | +7A-171-1 | +
| Susannah Josephine | +McGann | +1879-mm-dd | +1925-06-10 | +15-31-16 | +
| Elizabeth Margaret | +Hulett | +1899-mm-dd | +1986-mm-dd | +15A-9-16 | +
| Ethel Ivy Ellen | +Amess | +1903-mm-dd | +1927-10-31 | +25-29-16 | +
| Katherine Glasson | +Taylor | +1894-mm-dd | +1998-05-14 | +8-71-37 | +
| Mary Josephine | +Bedford | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1955-mm-dd | +8-69-13/14 | +
| Lillian | +Leitch | +1887-mm-dd | +1967-07-09 | +8-40-30/31 | +
| Isabella Jane | +Mason | +1876-mm-dd | +1930-10-17 | +18-120-8 | +
| Lilian Gertrude | +Ramsay | +1891-mm-dd | +1960-06-05 | +11-71-2 | +
| Mary | +Hogan | +1924-mm-dd | +2002-05-dd | +22-16-18 | +
| Patricia Marion | +Hull | +1927-mm-dd | +1964-08-06 | +22-17-25 | +
| Annie | +McGarrigal | +1882-mm-dd | +1964-10-11 | +22-22-23 | +
| Helena Veronica | +Luton | +1896-11-22 | +1977-06-14 | +22-30-11 | +
| Agnes Helen (Nell) | +Storie | +1905-mm-dd | +1990-10-08 | +30-36-31 | +
| Anne | +Devoy | +1817-mm-dd | +1908-mm-dd | +7-7-34 | +
| Joseph | +Darragh | +1827-mm-dd | +1902-mm-dd | +7-27-11 | +
| William Grene | +Power | +1835-mm-dd | +1903-08-14 | +7-45-18 | +
| James Thomas | +Mooney | +1855-mm-dd | +1877-mm-dd | +7-45-10 | +
| Patrick | +Mayne | +1825-mm-dd | +1865-08-17 | +7-49-9 | +
| John | +Ahern | +1838-mm-dd | +1893-mm-dd | +7-51-4 | +
| Andrew | +Purcell | +1811-mm-dd | +1888-mm-dd | +7-50-1 | +
| Thomas Joseph | +Byrnes | +1860-mm-dd | +1898-09-dd | +7-47-5 | +
| John | +Leahy | +1854-mm-dd | +1909-mm-dd | +7A-4-3 | +
| Thomas Joseph | +Ryan | +1875-mm-dd | +1921-mm-dd | +7A-3A-1 | +
| Randal | +MacDonnell | +1830-mm-dd | +1877-mm-dd | +7-20-10 | +
| Peter | +Gaffney | +1839-mm-dd | +1879-mm-dd | +7-19-23 | +
| John | +McDermott | +1841-mm-dd | +1908-mm-dd | +7-56-3 | +
| William Augustine | +OâCarroll | +1831-mm-dd | +1885-05-16 | +7-54-9 | +
| Francis (Frank) | +McDonnell | +1863-mm-dd | +1928-mm-dd | +7A-17-23 | +
| Michael Joseph | +Devitt | +1859-mm-dd | +1917-mm-dd | +15-29-6 | +
| Sam | +Burmister | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +3-25-5 | +
| Isaac Hillel | +Hillman | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +3-9A-16 | +
| Jonas Myer | +Myers | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +3-4-17 | +
| Alan | +Taylor | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +3-13-1A | +
| Phyliss Mary | +Peixetto | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +3-ss-gg | +
| Henry Montague (Monty) | +Bloom | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +3-24-3 | +
| Myer | +Kangan | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +3-18-1A | +
| Louis Paul | +Fingereth | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +3-18-14 | +
| Lipman | +Abrahams | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +3-12-9 | +
| Percy | +Benjamin | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +3-12-7/8 | +
| Behr Raphael | +Lewin | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +3-8-10/11 | +
| Cornelia | +Harris | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +3-ss-gg | +
| Caroline | +Benjamin | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +3-ss-gg | +
| Arthur | +Hyam | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +3-ss-gg | +
| Louis Michael | +Boock | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +3-22-4 | +
| Errol Solomon | +Meyers | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +3-22-22 | +
| Eric Mark | +Margulies | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +3-21-8 | +
| Roy Mark | +Levy | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +3-10-14A | +
| Samuel Joseph | +Levy | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +3-8-20/21 | +
| Joseph | +Hearsch | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +3-1A-1/2 | +
| Hugh Vernon | +Brookes | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +10-71-8 | +
| Walter | +Staines | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +10-62-18 | +
| Henry | +Greer | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1918-08-18 | +10-63-25 | +
| Edward Sidney | +Webster | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +10-45-28 | +
| Charles | +Heaphy | +1822-mm-dd | +1881-08-03 | +1-5-34 | +
| Maurice | +Headford | +1898-02-23 | +1936-06-18 | +10-72-35 | +
| Arthur Kilminster | +Beaven | +1895-01-28 | +1921-06-09 | +10-52-9 | +
| Watkin Llewellyn | +Whitaker | +1885-07-dd | +1942-10-03 | +10-84-13 | +
| Matroos | +Boesidin | +1909-mm-dd | +1942-08-27 | +30-22-21 | +
| + | Samanuddin | +1906-mm-dd | +1943-07-16 | +29-9-11 | +
| Christian Thomas | +Wagner | +1830-mm-dd | +1903-02-28 | +4-32-1 | +
| Johannes | +Lather | +1825-02-16 | +1891-07-31 | +4-13-33 | +
| Johannes Christian | +BrĂŒnnich | +1861-09-11 | +1933-07-03 | +4-10-32 | +
| Theodore Oscar | +Unmack | +1835-11-21 | +1919-09-17 | +13-4-12 | +
| Ernst Otto | +Maier | +1853-04-13 | +1905-03-15 | +13-15-5 | +
| Regula Albertina | +Maier | +1853-04-01 | +1935-08-11 | +13-15-5 | +
| Friedericke Wilhelmine | +Gentner | +1864-07-16 | +1901-10-07 | +13-20-3 | +
| Johann Frederick | +Gentner | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1905-12-02 | +13-20-3 | +
| Carl Franz Alexander (Charles) | +Schirmeister | +1814-07-22 | +1887-10-08 | +13-25-6 | +
| Caroline Friedericke Alwine | +Schirmeister | +1818-06-03 | +1894-11-30 | +13-25-6 | +
| Karl Ernst | +Eschenhagen | +1850-05-24 | +1906-03-18 | +9-15-5 | +
| Pauline Emma | +Eschenhagen | +1869-12-26 | +1921-07-04 | +9-15-5 | +
| Johann Christian (John) | +Heussler | +1820-06-15 | +1907-10-26 | +13-64-11 | +
| Sophia Esther | +Heussler | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1914-06-05 | +13-64-11 | +
| Joseph | +Watters | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +10-65-29 | +
| James | +Kirk | +1838-07-14 | +yyyy-mm-dd | +13-59-8 | +
| Thomas Lodge | +Murray-Prior | +1819-11-13 | +yyyy-mm-dd | +13-72-15/16 | +
| John Stephen | +Ferriter | +1802-08-24 | +1865-10-21 | +14-24-13 | +
| William Leworthy Goode | +Drew | +1826-10-14 | +yyyy-mm-dd | +13-86-1 | +
| John Vivian | +Williams | +1836-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +12-27-5 | +
| John Forrest | +Haymen | +1902-06-29 | +yyyy-mm-dd | +12-49-3 | +
| Ian Chesborough Rose | +MacDonald | +1900-12-30 | +1937-12-15 | +11-52-12 | +
| Arthur | +Lowe | +1864-08-11 | +1896-10-20 | +11-15-16/17 | +
| John Cornish | +Pentecost | +1835-06-03 | +yyyy-mm-dd | +9-29-3 | +
| Alexander Hastings | +Gruer | +1838-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +9-40-8 | +
| Jonas | +Malouf | +1849-12-dd | +1940-01-11 | +5-26-2/3 | +
| Mary | +Malouf | +1869-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +5-26-2/3 | +
| Alfred | +Wall | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +5-27-16 | +
| Alfred George Curtis | +Wall | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +5-27-16 | +
| John Theophillus Symons | +Bird | +1842-05-10 | +1932-05-07 | +5-30-9A | +
| Angus | +McDonald | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1909-mm-dd | +5-30-1 | +
| Robert Alexander | +McDonald | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1913-mm-dd | +5-30-2 | +
| Stanley Angus | +McDonald | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1918-mm-dd | +5-30-1/2 | +
| John Lamacraft | +Richards | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1930-mm-dd | +5-24-13/14 | +
| Elizabeth | +Powell | +1870-mm-dd | +1897-08-14 | +5-24-2 | +
| Edmond Filmer | +Craven | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1910-08-04 | +5-32-7 | +
| Caroline | +Craven | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +5-32-7 | +
| George William | +Paul | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1909-12-10 | +5-32-8 | +
| Arthur Tewdyr Davies | +Berrington | +1854-09-07 | +1909-02-18 | +5-33-9 | +
| Samuel Frederick | +Lawrence | +1886-mm-dd | +1901-12-26 | +5-14-7 | +
| Susan | +Boyce | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +5-38-9 | +
| Ellen Victoria | +Board | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +5-38-9 | +
| Ann Ellen | +Boyce | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +5-38-9 | +
| Stuart Leslie | +Board | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +5-38-9 | +
| Alfred John | +Potier | +1842-10-16 | +1929-08-21 | +5-39-20 | +
| Reginald Alfred Maines | +Potier | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +5-39-20 | +
| Lewis William | +Potier | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +5-39-20 | +
| Joseph | +Hughes | +1843-mm-dd | +1920-07-27 | +5-40-19 | +
| Daniel George | +Bloomfield | +1858-mm-dd | +1915-mm-dd | +5-101-11 | +
| Hereward Humfry | +Henchman | +1874-11-29 | +1939-04-25 | +5-101-18/19 | +
| George Rogers | +Harding | +1868-mm-dd | +1940-mm-dd | +5-101-30 | +
| George Rogers | +Harding | +1905-mm-dd | +1937-mm-dd | +5-101-30 | +
| Walter Charles | +Harding | +1870-mm-dd | +1939-mm-dd | +5-101-30 | +
| Christopher Winter | +Harding | +1913-mm-dd | +1982-mm-dd | +5-101-30 | +
| Atwill Buxton | +Kenrick | +1863-mm-dd | +1922-mm-dd | +5-71-2 | +
| Adolph Frederick Milford | +Feez | +1858-mm-dd | +1944-mm-dd | +5-68-3 | +
| John Henry | +Flower | +1852-mm-dd | +1918-mm-dd | +5-69-2 | +
| John Arthur | +Macartney | +1834-mm-dd | +1917-mm-dd | +5-62-16 | +
| Richard William | +Curtis | +1840-mm-dd | +1905-mm-dd | +5-61-22 | +
| William | +Atwell | +1843-mm-dd | +1913-01-16 | +5-38-17 | +
| George | +Simpson | +1858-12-15 | +1938-01-22 | +24-13-16 | +
| Jane | +Simpson | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1945-05-19 | +24-13-16 | +
| John Robert | +Wilkinson | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +24-7-13/14 | +
| Emma | +Wilkinson | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +24-7-13/14 | +
| James Edward | +Halliday | +1852-mm-dd | +1930-04-23 | +24-1-8 | +
| Emily Jane | +Halliday | +1852-mm-dd | +1933-03-26 | +24-1-8 | +
| Thomas | +Jones | +1836-07-30 | +1918-08-14 | +6-3-8/9 | +
| Walter | +Thompson | +1863-mm-dd | +1952-01-08 | +6-3-11 | +
| Mary Lorna | +Thompson | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1931-11-01 | +6-3-11 | +
| Charles | +Highfield | +1840-06-06 | +1923-10-10 | +6-11-15/15A | +
| Harriott Eleanor | +Highfield | +1853-10-06 | +1937-12-16 | +6-11-15/15A | +
| Thomas | +McWatters | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1937-12-17 | +6-12-20/21 | +
| Fanny | +McWatters | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1913-mm-dd | +6-12-20/21 | +
| Jessie | +McWatters | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +6-12-20/21 | +
| William John | +Dunstan | +1873-10-13 | +1930-09-13 | +6-12-15 | +
| Theodore | +Osborne | +1837-mm-dd | +1940-11-18 | +6-27-17 | +
| Alexander | +Mountford | +1898-02-10 | +1936-09-15 | +16-18-30 | +
| Charles Walter | +de Vis | +1829-05-09 | +1915-04-30 | +16-22-18 | +
| Olive May | +Heathorn | +1890-mm-dd | +1936-06-07 | +16-24-14 | +
| Charles Frederick Augustus | +Garland | +1862-mm-dd | +1938-01-25 | +15-11-26/27 | +
| James Edwin | +Ramsbotham | +1856-11-04 | +1913-04-14 | +15-16-17 | +
| Jack | +Toppin | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +15-16-40/41 | +
| Leo | +Toppin | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +15-16-40/41 | +
| Madonna | +Toppin | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +15-16-40/41 | +
| Francis Malachy | +McKeon | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1925-11-17 | +15-17-7 | +
| John | +Forde | +1860-mm-dd | +1927-09-18 | +15-19-27/28 | +
| Ellen | +Forde | +1863-mm-dd | +1923-03-09 | +15-19-27/28 | +
| Hugh | +Glackin | +1844-03-18 | +1926-09-22 | +15-22-20/21 | +
| Frederick Augustus (Gus) | +Garland | +1845-mm-dd | +1933-06-05 | +15-24-22 | +
| John | +Galligan | +1857-mm-dd | +1925-01-27 | +15-26-12 | +
| Richard Oldfield | +White | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1926-10-22 | +10-57-1 | +
| William Henry | +Warman | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1912-10-31 | +2A-25-27/28 | +
| Sylvester | +Doig | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1884-09-25 | +1-22-9 | +
| Charles | +Mills | +1834-08-18 | +1894-08-23 | +1-21-4 | +
| James Charles | +Beal | +1833-mm-dd | +1904-08-24 | +7-41-18 | +
| Richard | +Belford | +1823-mm-dd | +1865-04-28 | +15-11-6 | +
| Septimus | +Price | +1837-mm-dd | +1902-12-28 | +9-33-3 | +
| Thomas Woodward | +Hill | +1816-12-16 | +1892-01-31 | +13-42-22 | +
| Agnes Caroline | +Hill (Hall; Rains) | +1819-07-05 | +1904-08-09 | +13-42-22 | +
| Robert | +Bulcock | +1832-05-21 | +1900-05-10 | +13-24-12 | +
| Thomas | +Illidge | +1823-mm-dd | +1896-06-07 | +13-24-1 | +
| Joseph | +Bancroft | +1836-02-21 | +1894-06-16 | +13-35-3 | +
| James | +Brayden | +1827-mm-dd | +1890-mm-dd | +13-38-11 | +
| Richard Henry | +Sholl | +1821-mm-dd | +1892-mm-dd | +9-24-1/2 | +
| Daniel Rowntree | +Somerset | +1812-mm-dd | +1880-mm-dd | +13-80-7 | +
| James | +Clark | +1857-10-02 | +1933-07-09 | +14-22-12 | +
| Charles | +le Brocq | +1829-mm-dd | +1905-mm-dd | +14-4-30/3 | +
| James Walker | +Cutten | +1852-mm-dd | +1935-mm-dd | +5-94-12 | +
| William | +Hamilton | +1858-mm-dd | +1920-mm-dd | +9-4-2 | +
| Kenneth | +Hutchison | +1850-mm-dd | +1902-05-29 | +13-82-6 | +
| Robert Archibald | +Ranking | +1843-mm-dd | +1912-mm-dd | +12-35-14 | +
| Edwyn Mitford | +Lilley | +1859-mm-dd | +1911-mm-dd | +12-15-7 | +
| Virgil | +Power | +1849-08-02 | +1914-06-02 | +7A-103-24 | +
| George Rogers | +Harding | +1838-12-03 | +1895-08-31 | +1-82-15 | +
| John | +Hanly | +1859-mm-dd | +1935-10-06 | +7A-104-27 | +
| Ernest James | +Dawson | +1902-mm-dd | +1931-01-dd | +7A-186-11 | +
| Kevin Spencer | +Mason | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1956-05-09 | +25-13-4A | +
| Arthur | +Neden | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +28-39-9A | +
| James Robb | +Ward | +yyyy-mm-dd | +yyyy-mm-dd | +15-7-17 | +
| Stephen Patrick | +Tierney | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1914-12-17 | +7A-111-9 | +
| Frederic Charles | +Urquhart | +1858-10-27 | +1935-12-02 | +25-31-8 | +
| William Harold | +Ryan | +1873-mm-dd | +1954-07-16 | +7A-116-44/1 | +
| Jessie | +Massey | +1874-03-05 | +1923-05-27 | +18-116-8 | +
| Catherine | +Greasley | +1853-mm-dd | +1935-08-26 | +7A-43-16 | +
| Emily Sophia | +Pickett | +1857-07-04 | +1857-12-19 | +21-1-55 | +
| Henry Tom | +Pickett | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1927-05-21 | +21-2-31 | +
| Glenville | +Massy | +1863-05-13 | +1939-03-25 | +18-116-8 | +
| Michael Fryar | +Shield | +1851-mm-dd | +1935-08-05 | +18-8-24 | +
| Mary Ann | +Shield | +1852-mm-dd | +1905-07-07 | +18-8-24 | +
| Albert | +Shield | +1852-mm-dd | +1905-07-07 | +29A-67-9 | +
| Mary Craig | +Atkinson | +1848-mm-dd | +1893-10-07 | +1-49-16 | +
| Silvester | +Diggles | +1817-mm-dd | +1880-03-21 | +13-6-10/11 | +
| Sarah Ann | +Campbell | +1845-03-dd | +1935-07-20 | +12-15-4 | +
| James | +Campbell | +1838-11-04 | +1925-09-13 | +12-15-4 | +
| Mary | +Kennedy | +1820-mm-dd | +1885-08-05 | +1-4-11/12 | +
| Andrew | +Kennedy | +1858-mm-dd | +1930-02-22 | +1-19-3 | +
| Doris Vivian | +Kennedy | +1899-mm-dd | +1979-09-28 | +1-50-11A | +
| Anders Peter | +Petersen-Neilsen | +1842-mm-dd | +1928-05-10 | +9-7-7 | +
| Emma Christina | +Petersen-Neilsen | +1842-mm-dd | +1925-01-27 | +9-7-7 | +
| Joseph Needham Scrope | +Shrapnel | +1838-mm-dd | +1885-07-25 | +1-68-14/15 | +
| John Boyne | +McLennan | +1827-mm-dd | +1908-11-21 | +13-58-3 | +
| William James | +Affleck | +1868-06-22 | +1932-09-16 | +8-49-14 | +
| Maud Voller | +Affleck | +1874-06-02 | +1965-09-26 | +8-49-14 | +
| Alexander William | +MacDonald | +1876-mm-dd | +1941-07-13 | +10-80-18 | +
| James | +Klaassen | +1873-mm-dd | +1925-03-13 | +7A-138-21/22 | +
| Elizabeth | +Smith | +1829-mm-dd | +1901-05-06 | +13-6-21 | +
| William Ernest | +Schleusener | +1881-mm-dd | +1924-11-dd | +18-192-2 | +
| Walter | +Tarte | +1893-10-dd | +1940-04-23 | +10-75-58 | +
| Alexander Robert | +Morrison | +1885-07-09 | +1939-05-02 | +10-76-16 | +
| Duncan | +McDougall | +1878-07-15 | +1939-05-18 | +10-76-48 | +
| Francis Ernest | +Delaney | +1929-mm-dd | +1947-05-05 | +10-83-17 | +
| Thomas | +Hale | +1844-mm-dd | +1910-04-13 | +18-23-12 | +
| Henry James | +Beatty | +1855-05-20 | +1901-06-16 | +12-12-22 | +
| William | +Weir | +1858-mm-dd | +1899-09-13 | +12-38-9 | +
| James Forsyth | +Thallon | +1847-mm-dd | +1911-03-24 | +11-71-14 | +
| George | +Orr | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1910-02-24 | +12-60-1/2 | +
| John | +Adamson | +1857-02-18 | +1922-05-02 | +18-111-1 | +
| Barnard Charles | +Evans | +1845-04-15 | +1920-12-31 | +20-20-13/14 | +
| Joseph Atkinson | +Holdsworth | +1845-mm-dd | +1916-06-02 | +1-136-33 | +
| George | +Prentice | +1841-02-08 | +1902-02-20 | +9-41-4 | +
| Francis | +Ramsay | +1836-mm-dd | +1879-06-10 | +13-50-6 | +
| John Ure | +McNaught | +1850-05-30 | +1924-09-24 | +13-55-6 | +
| John | +Tutty | +1844-mm-dd | +1879-mm-dd | +13-59-11 | +
| James | +Treleaven | +1838-mm-dd | +1884-03-30 | +13-65-1 | +
| John Anderson | +Kenion | +1840-mm-dd | +1896-02-29 | +13-71-10/11 | +
| James | +Isles | +1837-mm-dd | +1888-11-03 | +13-81-5 | +
| James | +Chapman | +yyyy-mm-dd | +1917-05-04 | +13-83-6/7 | +
| Richard George | +Petty | +1836-mm-dd | +1899-09-24 | +14-22-13 | +
| Henry | +Beesley | +1831-02-20 | +1894-02-05 | +13-26-3 | +
| Thomas | +Spilsbury | +1838-mm-dd | +1884-mm-dd | +13-23-2/3 | +
| James | +Martin | +1838-mm-dd | +1927-11-25 | +13-24-21 | +
| Edward Barrow | +Forrest | +1838-02-dd | +1914-03-30 | +9-37-1 | +
| Francis | +Beattie | +1829-08-29 | +1886-04-16 | +9-39-7 | +
| Nicholas Frederick | +Peut | +1856-mm-dd | +1892-12-05 | +13-44-13 | +
| David Thomas | +Stewart | +1826-mm-dd | +1897-mm-dd | +13-7-19 | +
| James | +Dunbar | +1837-mm-dd | +1920-11-22 | +1-8-14 | +
| Francis | +Murray | +1838-mm-dd | +1872-08-15 | +15-3-20 | +
| Martin | +Moffatt | +1843-mm-dd | +1905-mm-dd | +7A-74-14 | +
| Mary | +Mayne | +1826-mm-dd | +1889-mm-dd | +7-49-9 | +
| Annie | +Perry | +1834-09-05 | +1917-05-12 | +13-70-5 | +
| Mary Harriett | +Griffith | +1849-11-04 | +1930-07-27 | +13-77-12 | +
| Leila Elizabeth | +Perry | +1868-01-24 | +1920-03-17 | +11-45-4 | +
| Magdalene | +Dick | +1851-mm-dd | +1922-07-22 | +18-35-25 | +
| Kathleen Eileen | +Sheehy | +1892-11-04 | +1981-04-22 | +7A-135-12 | +
| Mary Anne | +OâDoherty | +1830-02-15 | +1910-05-19 | +7-58-27 | +
| Mary Emelia | +Mayne | +1858-12-31 | +1940-08-12 | +7-49-9 | +
| Ann | +Drew | +1822-mm-dd | +1907-08-05 | +5-43-22 | +
| Frank Martin | +Downes | +1848-mm-dd | +1918-08-26 | +13-4-8 | +
| William Edward | +Parsons | +1860-mm-dd | +1919-04-01 | +6-3-1 | +
| John | +Lowther | +1852-mm-dd | +1918-04-04 | +12-5-3/4 | +
| Henry | +Payne | +1860-mm-dd | +1944-01-18 | +18-102-5 | +
| John | +Simmonds | +1829-mm-dd | +1889-01-23 | +4-3-27 | +
| Dorothy | +Hawthorn | +1899-06-24 | +1983-10-10 | +13-83-1/2 | +
| John Sargent | +Turner | +1826-12-03 | +1900-07-29 | +13-70-8 | +
| James William | +Wassell | +1841-02-10 | +1926-01-12 | +13-65-10 | +
| George | +Rilatt | +1844-03-31 | +1924-06-14 | +13-33-12 | +
| Thomas | +Welsby | +1858-mm-dd | +1941-02-03 | +13-9-1 | +
| William | +Perry | +1835-08-09 | +1891-06-11 | +13-70-1 | +
| Arthur Hoey | +Davis | +1868-11-14 | +1935-10-11 | +1-136-33 | +
| Michael | +Quinlan | +1840-mm-dd | +1878-07-02 | ++ |
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+16 September 1861 â 30 December 1911
+A missionary and teacher, Florence was born on 16 September 1861 at Canterbury, Kent, daughter of Captain Neil Griffiths Buchanan of the 93rd Highlanders and his wife Elizabeth Jane, nĂ©e Griffiths. Orphaned when young, Florence became the ward of a relation at Torquay, Devon. Despite her extremely delicate constitution and nearâblindness, she devoted herself as a young woman to both practical charity and prayer. After a physical breakdown in 1887, she accompanied her two brothers to Bundaberg, Queensland, where they purchased Oakwood, a substantial caneâfarm. Seriously injured in a riding accident in 1888, she was left permanently crippled. After teaching her Melanesian servants English and Bible stories, she later assumed responsibility for the nonâdenominational South Seas Evangelical Mission (also known as the Queensland Kanaka Mission). In addition she served as Queensland secretary of both the International Scripture Union and the Young Women's Christian Association, and maintained at her own expense a hostel for English migrant girls.
+After Oakwood was destroyed in the 1893 floods, Florence Buchanan lived at Townsville and competently helped Bishop C. G. Barlow to administer his diocese. Two years later she worked among the multiâracial communities of divers on Thursday Island. Forced to go to London for surgery, on her return she met Kashiwagi Taira, an educated storekeeper who introduced her into the usually closed Japanese community. Though only modestly successful in proselytizing them, she was revered and respected by everybody on the island for her generous hospitality, friendliness, humour and compassion. In 1906 Miss Buchanan was engaged first as a teacher and later as acting headmistress of the famed Singapore Chinese Girls' School; she also taught the orphans at St Mary's Home in Singapore. In 1907 she again underwent major surgery in London and, upon recovery, returned to Thursday Island and was ordained a deaconess in January 1908. In May she went to Moa Island and conducted the Anglican mission, taught school, and tried to inculcate skills necessary for economic selfâsufficiency.
+Florence Buchanan resigned her charge of the mission in 1911 because of deteriorating health, but she stayed on as a teacher. September she performed her last public function when she spoke on 'The mission field as a vocation for women' at the annual congress of the Church of England in Brisbane. She died of tuberculosis in St Helen's Methodist Hospital on 30 December. She was profoundly mourned throughout the Torres Strait.2
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2: Saunders, K. Buchanan, Florence Griffiths (1861 - 1913), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 7, Melbourne University Press, 1979, p. 471.
+Died 12 March 1896
+Little is known of Florence Truelove other than that she had trained as a nurse and died on 12 March 1896. She was the daughter of John and Emma Truelove.
+29 August 1829 â 16 April 1886
+The fire alarm bell rang just after 4.30am on 21 December 1871. The Ann Street Presbyterian Church was ablaze. The City Volunteer Fire Brigade under Superintendent Francis Beattie (1829-1886) attended. Beattie was appointed Deputy-Superintendent of the City Volunteer Fire Brigade in 1868 and Superintendent of the Brigade in 1870 and continued in that role with the Brisbane Fire Brigade from 1878 until he retired in 1883. After settling in Brisbane in 1862, he opened a hat and cap shop. He served as an alderman for the Fortitude Valley Ward and two terms as MLA for the Fortitude Valley electorate.
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Alderman Francis Beattie, ca. 1870. â Brisbane City Council.
+1 January 1839 â 26 May 1897
+A noted colonial architect, F.D.G. Stanley designed many of Toowongâs grand houses, including Sidney House, demolished to make way for the ABC Studios, Ardencraig, which stood on Golding St and Easton Gray (1869) the residence of Sir Arthur Palmer. He also designed the heritage-listed St Thomas Anglican Church on High Street, Toowong.
+
St. Thomas' Church Toowong, looking from Burns Road, Brisbane, Queensland, ca. 1917 - State Library of Queensland
+Portrait of Colonial Architect Francis Drummond Greville Stanley - State Library of Queensland
+ + +
ca. 1929 â 5 May 1947
+18âyearâold Frank Delaney was born in Texas Queensland. He was a victim of one of Queensland's worst rail disasters. He died on 5 May 1947 and was buried with his father Lance Corporal Francis Patrick Delaney who had died in 1942 from service injuries. His mother, Beatrice was also laid to rest in this grave in 1985.
+
Crowd gathered at the Camp Mountain railway disaster, 1947 - State Library of Queensland
+Rescue workers remove a body from a railway carriage at Camp Mountain, 1947. A crowd of people observe as a body is carried on a stretcher from the wreckage by rescue workers. The picnic train organised by the Customs and Excise department's social club, left Brisbane with nearly 500 women and children at 8.55 am. - State Library of Queensland
25 October 1880 â 10 May 1915
+15th Battalion
+Born 25 October 1880 Mt Perry to Octavious Armstrong and Jessie Augusta Frances. Saw service in South Africa Boer War. 6 months in the Prince of Wales Light Horse and 7 months with the 3rd NSW Imperial Bushmen. Awarded the Queens Medal for that war. WWI enlisting details along with some other pages are missing from his NAA service records. Killed in action 10 May 1915 at Quinn's Post and laid to rest the same day at Quinn's Post Cemetery.
+Died 17 November 1925
+Francis McKeon was a member of the Brisbane team of railway staff who competed for, and won, the Queensland Railways Ambulance Challenge Shield in 1920. He died in the Mater Hospital on 17 November 1925 after a few days' illness.
+1863 â 1928
+McDonnell was born in 1863 at Ennis, Co. Clare to farmer James McDonnell and Elizabeth Bradish. His father died when he was seven and he went to work in a factory before being educated by the Christian Brothers at Ennis. In 1879, he was employed by Gallagher Bros. of Ballina, Sligo; a fellow employee being T. C. Beirne.
+McDonnell arrived in Brisbane in 1886 and married Mary Heffernan in 1890. He worked as a drapery assistant for Finney Isles & Co., and then with T. J. Geoghegan, and from 1889 to 1896 for Edwards and Lamb. In 1901 he established the firm of McDonnell and East with Hubert East from Roscommon. They were backed financially by publican Peter Murphy who alternated with them as director of the company.
+In 1888 McDonnell organised the Shop Assistants Early Closing Association with his former colleague T. C. Beirne. He represented Labor for Fortitude Valley in 1896 and introduced the Early Closing Bill which was successful in 1910. He was a member of the Labor Party executive 1898â1903 and Treasurer 1901â1903. He was appointed to the Legislative Council 1907â1922 and promoted Home Rule for Ireland. In 1910 he founded and was Director of the Hibernian newspaper. He was the first Trustee of Trades Hall and original member of The University of Queensland Senate 1910. Frank died in 1928.
+
Aerial view of George Street, Brisbane, 1923, Victoria Bridge can be seen crossing the Brisbane River on the right, and McDonnell and East Ltd. is prominent towards the bottom right of George Street â State Library of Queensland.
+Frank McDonnell â State Library of Queensland.
1838 â 15 August 1872
+A fire broke out on 27 July 1872 in the premises used as a workshop by Alderman Francis Murray (1838-1872) who was also an undertaker and cabinetmaker. Francis Murray died on 15 August 1872 at Maryborough Queensland aged 34 years His coffin was brought to Brisbane on the steamship Lady Bowen for the funeral at St. Stephens Cathedral on 18 August 1872.
+ca. 1836 â 10 June 1879
+Francis was born in Fermanagh, Ireland ca. 1836. He married Mary Blakely in Fermanagh on 12 May 1856 and the young couple arrived in Brisbane on 12 October 1856 per Lady McDonald from Southampton. Francis was a butcher before leaving Ireland and opened a shop in Refuge Row in Queen Street, moving to Leichhardt Street early in 1877. Francis died on 10 June 1879 from injuries sustained after being thrown from his horse the previous month.
+ + +21 June 1885 â ca. 1919
+Service number: 5832. 25th Australian Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force
+Born to Abraham Goodwin and Elizabeth Smith in Fremantle W.A. on 21 June 1885. He enlisted 20 June 1916 at the age of 23 years and 11 months. He was employed as an Engineers Machinist. Frank embarked on the A36 Boonah and arrived in Plymouth 10 January 1917. Couple of months off colour and in France April 1917. Severe case of Trench foot got him back to England and then home by December 1917.
+1848 â 26 August 1918
+Frank Martin Downes was born in 1848 to Henry Downes and his wife Mary Ann, nĂ©e Martin. Frank was apprenticed to John Petrieâs firm where Frank's father also worked. Caroline Ness married Frank in Queensland on 28 September 1869.
+Frank later became the manager at John Petrie & Son monumental works until the firm went bankrupt in 1894. The F.M. Downes monumental works started business in April 1894 in Wickham and Gotha Streets, Fortitude Valley.
+
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F.M. Downes Advertisement in Pugh's Queensland almanac and directory, 1901.
+One of the most beautifully carved monuments in Toowong Cemetery is that of Frederick Ness, the brother-in-law of F.M. Downes.
+
+
Frederick Ness headstone (13-4-8)
+On 26 August 1918, Frank was severly injuried in an accident at his monumental works when a crane jib broke and struck him, crushing his right knee, fracturing his left leg, and injuring his right ribs. Frank died in the General Hospital early that evening.
+ + +ca. 1872 â ca. May 1919
+Service number: 352 Australian Mining Corps
+Frank was born to William Morgan Jones and Catherine Kyle Keys sometime in 1872 in +Shropshire. He was married to Edith Mary Raynor. He is listed as a miner in his service sheets.
+ + +1883 â 1931
+Born at Gawler South Australia in 1883. He apprenticed as a Jockey, weighing at that time 6st 9lb. As a recreation Thorn used to indulge in sparring, and later learnt the leads and stops from ex-heavyweight champion Bill Doherty, and from the famous Frank Dooley. Subsequently Thorn drifted to Kalgoorlie, where he took to the boxing profession. His first contest was a bare knuckle, fight-to-a-finish affair with Alf. M'Coy in 1898, which he won in 32 rounds. He then had a remarkable run of success, winning some 35 bouts, including 25 through the agency of a knock-out, until he lost on points to Tom Dunn at Kalgoorlie.
+By 1905 Thorn was right in the front rank, and between then and 1909 won three Australian championships, feather, light, and welter. Among the men he defeated were such knights of the padded glove as Bob Greenshields, Hughie Michigan, Charlie Frost, Charlie Griffin, Hock Keys, Sid Sullivan. Kid M'Coy. Bob Turner. Dick Cullen, Arthur Douglas, and Budholf Unholz (welterweight champion).
+In 1912 Thorn came to Brisbane. He took part in many contests at the Brisbane Stadium, defeating among others, Joe Russell, George Taylor, Alf Morey, Marcel Denis, Joe Brooks, Jimmy Hill, Jack Clune, Wave Oelkle, Jack Humphries, Jerry Sullivan, and Jack Finney. After several years' retirement from the ring he attempted a "come-back" at the Stadium but was stopped by Herb Ackworth.
+Thorn's career was remarkable by the fact that, although only a featherweight, besides fighting In his own class, he fought the leading light-weights and welters, earning the title of "The Grand Old Man of the Ring". Thorn had conducted a physical culture and boxing academy in Brisbane for some years, teaching personally.
+
Born 19 September 1888
+Service number: 872. 11th Light Horse 14/15 Star
+Frank was born to Frank August Ruthenberg and Mary Annie Bennett in Charter's Towers, 19 September 1888. His service record shows him as a labourer his sister Vera Talbot as Next of Kin.
+Both parents were deceased by his time of enlistment. By his record he served only in the Middle East. Died accidentally.
+27 October 1858 â 2 December 1935
+Frederic Charles Urquhart, a Midshipman, Line Repairer, Police Commissioner and Administrator, was born on 27th October, 1858 at St. Leonardâs-on-Sea, Sussex, England, son of Frederic Day Urquhart, a Major with the Bengal Army and his wife Charlotte, nĂ©e Goldie. Urquhart was educated at the All Saints School in Bloxham, Oxfordshire, and Felsted Military School, Essex. Before Urquhart migrated to Queensland in 1875 to join his godfather, General Fielding, he was a midshipman on a sailing vessel called the âEssexâ which sailed between England and Australia. When he arrived in Queensland he first worked in the cattle and sugar industries for three years, before becoming a Telegraph Line Repairer with the Electric Telegraph Department in 1878 at Normanton. When Urquhart was faced with an automatic promotion in a clerical capacity he resigned and joined the police force.
+Urquhart joined the Queensland Native Mounted Police Force on 27th April, 1882 as a Cadet Sub-Inspector and was put in charge of the Native Mounted Police. During his seven years with the Native Mounted Police, Urquhart was wounded twice, having been speared in the groin and in the thigh by a tomahawk and had to travel 270 kilometres to receive medical treatment. He eventually transferred to the general police in 1889. During his time with the Queensland Police he was stationed in several places which included Carl Creek, Dunrobin, Cloncurry, Coreela, Maytown, Thursday Island and Brisbane and found himself involved in some interesting events.
+In 1890, Urquhart was the first on scene to search for survivors and the bodies from the wreck R.M.S.S. Quetta, a Royal Mail Steamer, en route from Australia to England. In 1901, during the visit of His Gracious Majesty the King, Urquhart was put in charge of the Royal trains and Government House. When Urquhart was promoted to Second Class Inspector in 1898, Urquhart was in charge of the Criminal Investigation Branch and was eventually at the centre of a controversy in 1899 involving the handling of the investigation into the famous Gatton triple murders. However, Urquhart survived the enquiry and was eventually promoted to Chief Inspector in 1905.
+Urquhart was Chief Inspector during Brisbaneâs most tumultuous times, when in 1912 Brisbane came to a standstill which was the result of unionists from the Brisbane Tramways Company going on strike. Urquhart and the then Commissioner Cahill were part of the 3000 police in force during the illegal march attended by thousands in Market Street, which finally collapsed and the strike ending due to the policeâs baton charge. He then went on to become our fourth Commissioner in 1917 on January 1st and was the first to rise to a commissioned rank from an officer to the top position.
+Apart from being the Commissioner of the Queensland Police, Urquhart was an accomplished writer of poetry that were published as books and some of his works were âCamp Canzonettesâ, âAn Ocean Ghostâ and âLegends of the Blacksâ. He was also noted for being an early explorer of Queensland having charted Albatross Bay, Emberley and Hay Rivers in Far North Queensland.
+Urquhart retired from the Police Force in 1921 and was appointed as an Administrator of Northern Territory by the Commonwealth Government and he held this position until 1925. He eventually settled in Clayfield, Brisbane and he died on 2nd December, 1935 at St. Helenâs Private Hospital, aged 77 and is buried at the Toowong Cemetery.
+
Queensland Police Force Commissioner and two officers, c 1905, Inspector 2/c Geraghty, Commissioner Cahill and Chief Inspector Urquhart at the Depot Ceremonial Arch; original photo believed to be taken ca. 1905 â Queensland State Archives
+
++To
+
+the memory of
+Annetta
+the beloved wife of
+Frederic Charles Urquhart
+Sometime Administrator of the
+Northern Territory of Australia
+Who passed to her rest 28th Feb 1932
+In her 67th year.
+âFor so he giveth his beloved sleep"
+and of her husband
+Frederic Charles Urquhart
+Died 3rd Dec. 1935.
+In his 78th year.
Story contributed by Kym Hyson. Used with permission.
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Frederick Ernest Achilles was a son of Frederick August Achilles and Annie (née Schutter). Fred was employed with Otto Nagel by the Maryborough Prospecting Company to thoroughly search the Burnett district for minerals.
+Mary Jane Holmes married Fred in Queensland on 6 March 1888. On 13 June 1900, recently resettled from Bathurst, Fred died of phosphorous poisoning in his residence on Hyde Terrace, South Brisbane.
+ca. 1845 â 5 June 1933
+Frederick Augustus (Gus) Garland was the second son of Charles Frederick Augustus and Sarah Jane Garland of New Farm. He was a public servant and prominent in Catholic choirs in Brisbane prior to his death at the age of 38 years.
+ca. 1860 â 3 February 1929
+George was born in Baden, Grand Duchy of Baden, to George Loesch on 12 May 1829. George married Maria Anna Eberhardt and worked as a cabman. George, who resided in Hartley Street, Spring Hill, died on 21 October 1887.
+Frederick was a son of George and Maria. Flora Murphy married Frederick on 10 October 1882 in St Stephen's Cathedral, Brisbane. Frederick resided with his daughter in Fortescue Street, Spring Hill, when he died on 3 February 1929 aged 69.
+George's surname is spelt:
+Frederick's surname is spelt "Losch" in his birth, marriage and death certificates.
+Maria's surname is spelt "Oberhard" on Frederick's death certificate.
+1883 â ca. September 1919
+Service number: 1205. 11th Light Horse 14/15 Star
+Frederick was born in Melbourne to William Jason Naughton and Susannah Theresa Boyd in 1883. A paper Ruler by trade. He enlisted 9 August 1915 at 32 years and 2 months.
+1839 â 21 June 1878
+George Barney Petrie was born in 1839 at the Moreton Bay settlement, the youngest son of Andrew Petrie and his wife Mary, née Cuthbertson. His family arrived in Sydney in 1831 and in 1837 his father was appointed clerk of works at Moreton Bay penal settlement. The family stayed on in the district after it closed.
+After learning the ropes in the family building and contracting business George assumed responsibility for the carpentry side of the business from his eldest brother John. Typical of the period, coffins were made in the carpentry workshop which expanded to encompass all aspects of the undertaking trade.
+The Petrie family had arranged burials since 1840 but it wasnât until 1864 that George Barney Petrie started to conduct funerals under his own name including that of Queenslandâs second Governor, Colonel Samuel Wensley Blackall on 3 January 1871. George died on 21 June 1878 of âfitsâ and was buried the same day.
+
Advertisement and etching for John Petrie & Sons, stonemasons in Brisbane, 1889 - State Library of Queensland
+21 April 1841 â 6 January 1913
+George was an architect. The old Telegraph building in Queen Street was drawn to his design. Although not on the original board of directors, George played a leading part with his brother James in the early and later control of the Telegraph Newspaper Co. George was managing director for twenty years from 1893 until his death on 6 January 1913 when James once again took over the chairmanship of the Telegraph Newspaper Co until November 1917.
+13 April 1841 â 29 February 1888
+George was, for many years, Superintendent Engineer of the Australasian Steam Navigation Company at Pyrmont in Sydney. In 1886 he moved to Brisbane to join the firm of J W Sutton & Co as manager. George was born in Glasgow on 13 April 1841 to Archibald Davidson, an engine fitter, and Janet (née Fyfe). He died on 29 February 1888 after suffering an apoplectic fit.
+
Sutton and Co. Foundry on Main Street, Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, ca. 1890 â State Library of Queensland.
+4 May 1809 â 23 February 1883
+George Edmondstone was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 4 May 1809 son of William Edmondstone and Alexandrina Farquhar. In 1832, he arrived in New South Wales and had businesses in Sydney and Maitland. On 10 July 1837 in Sydney he married Alexis Watson Tilleray. In 1840 he purchased Normanby Plains Station in Queensland. He sold this in 1842 and was one of the early free settlers in Brisbane, working as a butcher. He was an Alderman in Brisbane 1859â66 and the Mayor in 1863â64. In the Queensland Legislative Assembly he represented East Moreton in 1860â67, Brisbane in 1869â73 and Wickham in 1873â77. He retired from business because of a heart complaint and died at his home in Breakfast Creek on 23 February 1883.
+
Monument erected to the memory of George Edmondstone. Died 23 February 1883. His widow Mrs Alexa Edmondstone, who died in Brisbane in 1887, is also buried there. â State Library of Queensland.
+Alderman George Edmonstone â Brisbane City Council.
26 August 1858 â 27 October 1926
+George Edwards Rowe was born in Redruth, Cornwall on 26 August 1858. He trained for the ministry in the Wesleyan Theological College at Richmond in southwest London. He arrived in South Australia in 1881 where he won great popularity as a pastor and preacher and was an advocate for social and economic reform. He was appointed to the position of Superintendent of Wesley Church in Perth in the early 1890's, a position which carried with it chairmanship of the whole colony of W.A.
+In 1906 Rev George Rowe was transferred to Brisbane where he was instrumental in implementing social service programs and promoting the work of the Central Methodist Mission (now the Wesley Mission) based at the Albert Street Methodist Church. In Western Australia and in Queensland George Rowe was responsible for instituting the order of the Sisters of the People, to give help and relief to countless numbers of poor, starving and destitute people.
+After Dr Rowe's sudden death on 27 October 1926, a marble tablet was erected by his family in the Albert Street Methodist (now Uniting) Church in his memory.
+
Funeral procession of Rev. G. E. Rowe, Brisbane, 1926 - State Library of Queensland
+Died 23 September 1925
+The Brisbane Steam Laundry at South Brisbane first opened in January 1881 but was taken over by George Fish two years later. The laundry was situated in an alley extending from Stanley to Grey Street. The alley became known as Soda Water Lane. Despite hardships, the business expanded under his ownership. After repairs from damage during the 1893 floods, the laundry reopened with a new name, Fish Stream Laundry. George entered local government politics in 1894. Fish Stream Laundry moved to Ann Street, Fortitude Valley in 1902. Soda Water Lane was renamed Fish Lane in 1904. George died on 23 September 1925, aged 74.
+
Ironing department of the Fish Steam Laundry, Brisbane, 1902. Female employees working with large rollers in the ironing department of the Fish Steam Laundry â State Library of Queensland.
+25 December 1840 â 13 October 1925
+George was born on Christmas Day 1840 at St Helier, Jersey to John Hansford and Julia (née Goillon). He was baptised on 10 January 1841. Jane Blackmore Hue married George in St Saviours, Jersey on 18 August 1864.
+George and his extended family, boarded the Gauntlet, which sailed from London on 4 October 1874, arriving in Maryborough on January 01 1875.
+In April 1887 Hansford's Saddler was located at the corner of George and Ann Streets. By July 1889 he's listed as being in Roma Street and then the business is listed as next to the Market Gate, Ann Street from November 1910. George also operated a boarding-house in Ann Street.
+The saddlery business continued through his son, Reginald, in Makerston Street.
+George died on Tuesday 13 October 1925 at the residence of his daughter, Mrs Harrison, Cribb Street, Milton. Three sons, two daughters, 30 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren survived George. George was buried with his wife, who preâdeceased him by seven years.
+ + +
+
George Hansford, ca. 1900 standing in his saddlery shop at 34 Roma Street, Brisbane - State Library of Queensland*
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Hansford Saddlers on Roma Street in Brisbane, Queensland. ca. 1900 - State Library of Queensland
+George and family migrated from Croyde, Devon in 1880 and made their residence at Jonesville, Norwood St, Toowong. Formerly, George had been a sea captain, but supported his family by being a grave digger at Toowong Cemetery. He and his family were active members of the Brethren Church.
+1843 â January 1934
+George Harrap was born in Yorkshire, England in 1843 and trained as a teacher at the famous St Markâs College, Chelsea, London. He taught in England from 1857â1872, when he immigrated to Queensland under an engagement with the Queensland Education Department. He was appointed head teacher at the Bulimba State School for a year before being transferred first to North Ipswich and then Woolloongabba in 1884. He was appointed Inspector of Schools in January 1887 and served in this capacity throughout most of Queensland. He retired in 1914, and was recognised as pioneering education in Queenslandâs far north.
+Harrap married Elizabeth Brown in Lincolnshire, England in 1867 and had seven children. His son George was born on board the ship Royal Dane enroute to Australia.
+Harrap died in January 1934 at the age of 91 at his daughterâs residence in Ascog Terrace, Toowong. He was well known for his love of sports and was described in his obituary as a âman of striking physiqueâ who âretained his physique and stamina until a few months before his deathâ.
+ + +1859 â 1936
+Through his contact with relatives of the famed Doctor Livingstone, George Henderson developed an interest in Africa. After meeting with the Rebel Chief Cetewayo Zulu, he managed to influence railway construction there. Returning to the United Kingdom, then moving to Queensland, Henderson became heavily involved in Brisbaneâs development. Initially he worked to develop and construct storm water drainage in South Brisbane and Kangaroo Point, was responsible for ploughing and paving with wooden blocks both George and Queen streets, and contributed to the construction of railway lines between Cleveland, Charleville, Cloncurry, Chillagoe, parts of the north coastline, and Eagle Farm Meatworks.
+
Queensland Meat Export and Agency Company at Eagle Farm, Brisbane, ca. 1900 - State Library of Queensland.
+ + +1840 â 2 June 1915
+George Hiron, the son of a baker, came to Australia in 1856 at the age of 16 from his birthplace in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Within three year he was managing a general store on the goldfields near Tabulum in northern New South Wales. In 1862, in parternship with his brother-in-law, he opened the general store or Hiron & Wakefield at Smith's Flat on the Clarence River. On returning from a family trip to England, he set up in Brisbane, firstly as a baker, pastrycook and confectioner in Queen Street and, in 1871, commenced the manufacturer of biscuits in Albert Street. He later moved to Toowong where he opened a steam biscuit factory in parternship with his son John. George Hiron & Son won several awards, including the Queensland Jubilee Medal in 1909. George was also a councillor of the Taringa Shire. He died from a heart seizure in Adelaide on 2 June 1915.
+Died 15 August 1877
+George John Ely was a son of Thomas Ely & Maria (née Walker). G J arrived in Brisbane with his wife Christina (née Reid) and eldest son George Edward aboard the Queen of the South on 8 December 1865. G J, a resident at 7 Fortescue Street, Spring Hill, died on 15 August 1877. G J's funeral notice described him as late of Edinburgh & Nottingham.
+Died 12 July 1920
+Service Number: 27. 1st Light Horse Brigade
+Enlisted 20 August 1914 Brisbane Embarked 2417 September 1914 HMAT Omrah A5. Returned to Australia on the Kyarra and discharged on medical grounds 4 April 1915 and passed away 5.50AM on 12 July 1920 and laid to rest 13 July 1920 in family grave in Toowong cemetery.
+12 May 1829 â 21 October 1887
+George was born in Baden, Grand Duchy of Baden, to George Loesch on 12 May 1829. George married Maria Anna Eberhardt and worked as a cabman. George, who resided in Hartley Street, Spring Hill, died on 21 October 1887.
+Frederick was a son of George and Maria. Flora Murphy married Frederick on 10 October 1882 in St Stephen's Cathedral, Brisbane. Frederick resided with his daughter in Fortescue Street, Spring Hill, when he died on 3 February 1929 aged 69.
+George's surname is spelt:
+Frederick's surname is spelt "Losch" in his birth, marriage and death certificates.
+Maria's surname is spelt "Oberhard" on Frederick's death certificate.
+ca. 1842 â 24 February 1910
+George Orr and his wife, Isabella (née Nicholson) arrived in Queensland on the Dacca in August 1889 from Linlithgow Scotland. George previously worked for the railways in the United Kingdom and was a First Class Guard in the Railways Department in Queensland at the time of his death on 24 February 1910, aged 68. Isabella was also laid to rest in this grave after her death in 1920.
+8 February 1841 â 20 February 1902
+George Prentice Jnr was born on 8 February 1841 in Durham England where his father George Snr was a stonemason. In 1854 the family migrated to Victoria, settling in Geelong where they lived for some time before moving to Brisbane. George Jnr operated a sports and tobacconist store in Edward Street in 1877. His father who was in business as a stonemason in Roma Street and a teenage daughter of George drowned in the sinking of the S.S. Quetta in Torres Strait in 1890. George died at Sandgate on 20 February 1902 after a seizure.
+
+
George Prentice and family â State Library of Queensland.
+
+
View of Edward Street looking towards the Brisbane River, 1877 â State Library of Queensland.
+ca.1820 - 28 February 1890
+Jessie Blanche Prentice, the daughter of George (Junior) and Jessie Lacy Prentice, was lost with her grandfather, George Prentice, in the wreck S.S. Quetta in Torres Strait on 28 February 1890. The steamship struck an uncharted rock and sank in three minutes claiming 134 lives, mostly women and children. Many victims were prominent Queensland citizens, bound for London, including Toowong resident, Alexander Archer, manager of the Bank of New South Wales. There were 158 survivors.
+31 March 1844 - 14 June 1924
+ + +Born in 1844 in Lincolnshire, England, Rilatt came to Queensland aged twenty. He was the dedicated janitor of Brisbane Boys' Grammar School for 51 years from 1872 until his death in 1924, aged 80.
+He selected the present site of Brisbane Grammar, built in 1880. As well as performing typical janitor's duties, he ran the tuckshop from the front of his own cottage, conducted the orchestra, attended to the school's banking and was involoved ni many aspects of school life.
+The Old Boys' Association paid tribute to Rilatt's contribution to the school by erecting a memorial bell in the school grounds in his honour and a memorial headstone which was dedicated in November 1931.
+++ +... And though the music he so loved around him +Came stealing with no earth note in the strain, +He would be happiest if the new life found him +Among "his boys" again.
+
+
George Rilatt - The Brisbane Courier, 16 June 1924. Lightened.
+
++ + +George Rilatt
+
+Born 31st March 1844
+Died 14th June 1924
+For 51 years Janitor
+Brisbane Grammar School
+Erected by
+Old Boys of the School
+In memory of
+Loyal and devoted service
3 December 1838 â 31 August 1895
+George Rogers Harding (1838-1895) was born at Taunton, Somerset, England, the only son of George Rogers Harding, LL.B., vicar of Gittisham, Devon, and his wife Elizabeth, née Winter. He was called to the Bar in London in 1861. On arrival in Brisbane with his wife in 1866, he was immediately admitted to the Bar, the first equity counsel in the colony.
+In July 1879 he was appointed Senior Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland. He was sent to Rockhampton to preside over the trial of the unionists alleged to be leaders of the shearer's strike. He was almost certainly specially selected by the Queensland Government for the task of obtaining convictions against the unionists.
+
Justice George Rogers Harding, 1895 - State Library of Queensland
+1866 â 7 September 1908
+George Sillett was born in Durham in the north of England in 1866. He arrived in Brisbane in December 1885. A little under a year later he married Durham lass, Margaret Ann Gill at All Saintâs Church of England, Ann Street. At the time, George Sillett was managing Petrieâs Undertaking Establishment at 550 Queen Street.
+After the short lived partnership with Alma Adlington, George Sillett went into business with Walter Scott Barrett, the son of undertaker Walter Barrett. From 1893, the firm Sillett and Barrett traded from Petrie Bight with a branch office at Roma Street.
+Alexander Gow purchased an interest in the firm on the death of George Sillett, aged 42, from influenza exacerbated by heavy drinking on 7 September 1908. He had been a prominent member of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows which is symbolised on his headstone by the two male hands clasped.
+ + +ca. 1846 â 28 November 1928
+Vowles, born ca. 1846 in Ipswich, claimed to be the first Queenslandâborn soldier to serve overseas for the Empire. As a seventeen year old, he participated in the Invasion of Waikato which was a campaign during the middle stages of the New Zealand Wars, fought in the North Island from July 1863 to April 1864. The conflict was between the military forces of the Colonial Government and a federation of rebel MaÌori tribes known as the Kingitanga Movement.
+On his return he joined the Public Instruction Department in 1869, and spent six years as head master of the Allenstown School (in Rockhampton), six years at North Ipswich and nearly 29 years at Petrie Terrace Brisbane. He retired in 1917. He attained the highest possible rank in the teaching profession, being in class 1, division 1. He was the author of a small book of poems, Sunbeams in Queensland.
+In 1921, Vowles was elected the president of the Imperial Navy and Army Veterans' Association of Queensland. He died on the 28 November 1928 aged 82.
+Died 10 December 1909
+Judge George William Paul was born at Penrith, New South Wales. He was appointed to the District Court on 3 August 1874, a position which he held until his death on 10 December 1909.
+17 August 1834 â 19 June 1929
+George was born in Erriswell, Suffolk, England on 17 August 1834. He arrived in Tasmania in 1855. He took his BA and MA at Sydney University. In 1861 he married Maria, the eldest daughter of Thomas Cowlishaw and Maria Evans in Sydney. He became an ordained minister of the Methodist Church. In 1883 he retired from the ministry and joined with Henry Parkes (later Sir Henry), James Greenwood and others in advocating the establishment of free and secular education in State schools in New South Wales.
+George joined the staff of the Sydney Morning Herald as leader writer, a few years later moving to Brisbane and joining the staff of the Brisbane Telegraph. In 1900 the Telegraph newspaper, under his editorship, opposed Federation and fought almost singlehandedly for the rights of the individual States. George remained as editor of the Telegraph newspaper for 32 years. By then he was 83 years of age. Although retired, he still wrote articles which appeared in Brisbane newspapers until his death on 19 June 1929 aged 94 following a short illness.
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Reverend George Woolnough, 1875 - State Library of Queensland.
+Died 30 October 1961
+Miss Daly worked mainly as a âChildrenâs Nurseâ at the Hospital for Sick Children (HSC), Herston. She was appointed as a registered nurse at the HSC on 22 July 192?. While at the Brisbane Hospital in 1926 she was appointed a sister on 28 September 1926. In October 1926 she returned to the HSC and was appointed a senior sister there on 1 July 1928.
+In the 1930s Gertrude was in charge of the outpatientâs department at the HSC. In 1938 she was granted leave to undertake a fourâmonth course in child welfare training. She then became Matron of the Metropolitan Hospital for Infectious Diseases from the late 1940s to the early 1950s. On 1 January 1952 she was appointed Matron of the Brisbane Childrenâs Hospital. After a long illness she died while still in service on 30 October 1961.
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Nursing staff in the grounds of the Hospital for Sick Children, Brisbane â State Library of Queensland.
+13 May 1863 â 25 March 1939
+Glenville Massy J.P. was born on the 13th of May 1863. He was the third surviving son of Charles Alphonse Massy, who had four sons and two daughters, all of whom were born at Gundaroo, New South Wales.
+Glenville was educated at the Collegiate School, Glebe Point, Sydney, where he studied until he turned seventeen. Owing to an indifferent state of health he did not immediately engage in any particular occupation.
+A year later, in 1881, he came to Queensland to join his brothers, Charles and Oscar, at Sonoma, a cattle property owned by them near Bowen. He remained on Sonoma for about a year, when, with Charles, he started with a 1000 head of breeders with the view of taking up land on the Lynd, a river which junctions with the Mitchell. On their arrival, however, they learned that the country had already been selected. Their next thought was to obtain pasture for their herd during the advancing wet season.
+Glenville stayed with the cattle while Charles inspected down the Mitchell and Palmer Rivers and over the Straaten River Valley, becoming familiar with the the country and potential for grazing. When the roads were again traversable, the brothers mustered their stock and continued their journey to the far north, eventually arriving at the Stuart River, where they took up country 1200 kilometres from where they had started. This land was now known as Silver Plains. Its ownership passed to the Queensland Government after the Massys abandoned it when they acquired better country to the west-north-west and moved their stock there. To this property, Rokeby, they devoted many strenuous years. Living 160 kilometres from their nearest neighbour, lacking postal and telegraphic facilities, their only means of procuring stores was by packhorse from Cooktown, a distance of 360 kilometres, at a cost of ÂŁ35 per ton. They sturdily faced floods and droughts and the many indescribable hardships accompanying such events. There was practically no market for their stock and for several years it was impossible to obtain credit from financial institutions.
+The Aboriginals constantly killed and harassed the stock and menaced the lives of the settlers. In the efforts of the brothers to halt the attacks by dispersing the Aboriginals, Charles was wounded by a barbed spear which entered his back and became embedded. Glenville helped his older brother to travel over 190 kilometres, but shortly after reaching medical aid Charles died of exhaustion.
+Oscar joined Glenville at Rokeby. To make it cheaper and quicker to bring in supplies, the Massy brothers pushed a road through to the mouth of the Stuart River. Stores were then transported by sea from Cooktown and then by pack horse at the much reduced rate of ÂŁ10 per ton. The Queensland Government also used the road for forwarding supplies when building the overland telegraph line to Cape York.
+When by 1895 it was imperative to find a market for their increasing herd, Glenville moved to Thursday Island and established a butchering business, which he conducted on his own for the following 14 years as a means of absorbing the Rokeby stock. Then the butchering business was floated into a limited company with the title of "The Torres Straits Fresh Food and Ice Company", in which Glenville retained an interest for several years.
+In the meantime the firm acquired Emu Plains, a run adjoining the original Sonoma property. The Massy brothers mutually decided to dissolve the partnership in 1910, Glenville becoming the sole owner of Rokeby and Emu Plains while retaining an interest in Sonoma, which was then administered by Oscar.
+That year Glenville Massy retired from North Queensland and took up residence at Glenville, on the corner of Milton Road and Hobbs Street, Auchenflower. The house, described as one of the most fashionable of its time, is no longer standing. Glenville spent his days amid comforts which vividly contrast with the frequent privations - such as scarcity of water and lack of food for days at a time - and the many other hardships incidental to a life in the Peninsula.
+He married Jessie, daughter of James Hall-Scott, a pioneer of the Bowen district in 1897. Jessie's story is told elsewhere in this book. Glenville died on the 25th of March 1939 at his beloved Auchenflower home.
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5657 Panorama of a large Queenslander house on the corner of Milton Road and Hobbs Street, Auchenflower. ca. 1920. Part of a motorcar can be seen at the far right of the photo and tram lines and a tram are shown at far left. The house is timber, with a brick and timber fence. The house, named 'Glenville' was the residence of pastoralist Glenville Massy and his family. The house was demolished in the 1960s. â State Library of Queensland.
+ + +This story was contributed by Hilda Maclean.
+ca. 1907 â 9 June 1918
+On Sunday 9 June 1918 a procession of returned servicemen conveyed by motor vehicle left the military hospital at Kangaroo Point headed for Queen Street. About sixty cars made up the motorcade; they were provided and driven by local residents. Four or five young boys had gathered near the southern end of Victoria Bridge. One of these boys was eleven yearâold, Hector Vasyli. His family owned an oyster saloon on Melbourne Street, South Brisbane. Young Hector was very patriotic and known to save up his money to buy presents and throw them to the returned servicemen as they passed by on parade. On the day in question he was doing just that when the tragedy unfolded.
+W. J. Jackson, a local produce merchant was the driver of one of the cars. As vehicles ahead of him began to slow down he swerved to avoid a collision. His car went toward the side of the road and struck Hector. The Courier reported that he had "perfect control of the car" as he was able to pull it up swiftly after realising what he'd done. Jackson quickly picked up the boy and sped off to St. Helen's hospital. Medical assistance was not immediately obtainable so they left and headed to the Mater Misericordia Public Hospital. It was too late; Hector had succumbed to his injuries (which included a skull fracture, compound fracture to the right arm, and other minor injuries).
+The papers were quick to emancipate Jackson stating, "The tragic occurrence was quite unavoidable and Mr. Jackson did everything to avoid the fatal consequences."
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Hector Vasyli Memorial, Brisbane, 1918. Speakers at the unveiling of the tablet include Christy Freeleagus, President of the Hellenic Association, Lieut. Grant Hanlon, Alderman Peter Forrest (Mayor of South Brisbane), and Mr W. P. B. Miles of the Church of England Mission. - State Library of Queensland.
+Hector Vasyli - State Library of Queensland.
22 November 1896 â 14 June 1977
+Helena (known as Lena) Luton was with the Australian Army Nursing Service attached to the 1st Australian Imperial Force (AIF). She died on 14 June 1977 aged 81.
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20 February 1831 â 5 February 1894
+The Shirt and Collar Box, three doors down from the GPO, was the business of Henry Beesley, a draper who migrated to Queensland in 1870 on the Indus with his wife Elizabeth (née Gough). Henry was born on 20 February 1831 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire to George Beesley and Eliza (née Hawksley). He died on 5 February 1894 at his home, Twickenham Lodge, in West End.
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Advertisments in the The Telegraph, 14 December 1877 including Herny Beesley's Shirt and Collar Box, Edwards and Chapman, Clark and Treleaven, and Tutty and Finney - National Library of Australia.
+ca. 1845 â 29 January 1896
+Gough, who until the beginning of 1895 occupied the position of Police Magistrate at Warwick, died in the St. Clair private hospital, Brisbane, on 29 January 1896. Gough was an officer of the Native Police in the early days, and saw many years of active frontier life. Subsequently he was appointed Police Magistrate at Isisford, in the Barcoo country, and in that position did good service for the colony.
+About the beginning of 1892 he was transferred to Ingham where he spent a couple of years. The climate did not agree with him, and he was strong in the opinion that it was while he resided at Ingham he contracted the complaint which claimed his life. From Ingham he was promoted to Warwick. His health, already impaired, gradually declined, and in February 1895 he obtained leave of absence for six months and paid a visit to the hot springs in New Zealand. He derived no benefit from the change, however, and returning to Queensland, entered the private hospital in Brisbane where he died. Gough was 51 years of age.
+Died 30 November 1898
+Henry Holmes, a son of Francis Holmes and Margaret (née Madden), was born in County Armagh, Ireland. Henry, his wife, Louisa Mary Ann Elizabeth (née Frazer) and two sons arrived in Brisbane aboard the Cairngorm on 3 July 1863. Holmes' paddock, later known as Grove Estate, gave its name to Ashgrove. Henry died just after 6pm on 30 November 1898.
+ca. 1821 â 18 February 1903
+Henry landed in Brisbane aboard the Duchess of Northumberland on 4 February 1851. He farmed maize, lucerne and fruit on land stretching west from the Regatta Hotel. Henry was appointed to the first Toowong Shire Council in 1880. He died on 18 February 1903 aged 82.
+20 May 1855 â 16 June 1901
+Civil engineer Henry Beatty was born on 20 May 1855 in Kensington London. His father, James Beatty was chief engineer for construction of the Grand Crimean Central Railway during the Crimean War. Henry married Elizabeth Ann White in Queensland on 7 July 1887. He was engaged as engineer for the construction of many railway lines in Queensland. He died on 16 June 1901 from typhoid fever.
+ca. 1835 â 13 June 1910
+Henry Pethebridge, the son of William Pethebridge and Maria Lander, was the Inspector of Works of the Marine Department of Queensland. Born in Torquay, Devon about 1835, he died in Brisbane on 13 June 1910.
+1857 â 4 August 1942
+Henry was a native of Bethnal Green in London's East End, the son of a silk weaver. His family arrived in Brisbane on the Whirlwind in September 1862 when Henry was aged five. After finishing school, Henry entered the boot trade as a 'clicker' cutting the leather uppers and later became foreman at his brother's boot factory in Fortitude Valley. After the business closed, he joined the firm of Davey Halliday Company Ltd. boot manufacturers in Ann Street near the corner with Albert Street. Davey Halliday installed the most modern equipment, driven by a steam engine in their basement, and manufactured all classes of men's, women's children's and infant's footwear. Henry died on 4 August 1942.
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Clicker's department at Davey Halliday & Co, 1904 â State Library of Queensland.
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Davey Halliday Company Ltd. on Ann Street. Carriages outside the Davey Halliday Boot Co. The building was near the corner of Albert Street and Ann Street. This is presently the site of King George Square. Erected 1904 and later part of Albert House. (Information taken from The Queenslander, 14 May 1904) â State Library of Queensland.
+1832 â 3 October 1914
+Chester was born in London in 1832, where he was educated. He entered the service of the Indian navy in 1849, and remained an officer in it until its abolition in 1862 when he migrated to Queensland. He entered the public service in January 1866. At first in the Lands Department he was responsible for surveying the town sites of Charleville and Cunnamulla, and then became government land agent at Gladstone in 1867 and Gympie in 1868. In January 1869 he was appointed police magistrate at Somerset, on the northern tip of Cape York Peninsula, but resigned in August 1870 and left the service for five years. From 1875 to 1903 Chester served continually as a police magistrate. He was often appointed to remote and difficult communities in north Queensland.
+He returned to Somerset in September 1875 and on his advice the Queensland government transferred his headquarters in 1877 to a more central location at Thursday Island. There he kept order for eight years. He is probably best remembered for an incident in March 1883. Sir Thomas McIlwraith, put out by Britain's reluctance to annex a promising settlement in Papua, sent orders to Chester to go immediately to Port Moresby and take possession of the unoccupied eastern half of New Guinea. Sailing north in the Pearl, Chester planted the Union Jack at Port Moresby on 4 April 1883 and, as befitted an old naval officer, shelled a warlike party of Motu who were thought to threaten the security of the port. This act of occupation was later disowned by the British government.
+In April 1885 Chester was transferred to Cairns, where he promoted the formation of a Volunteer Defence Corps, one of several formed in Queensland through fear of the Russians, and served as lieutenant. But he was not popular with the local residents. In June 1887 the Griffith government was moved to transfer him to Cloncurry. Rather than accept demotion to such a remote post, Chester tendered his resignation, but in November the government appointed him police magistrate at the new Croydon goldfield. There he gave satisfaction and was transferred in 1891 to Cooktown and in 1898 to Clermont where he remained until transferred in 1902 to Gladstone. He retired in 1903 and died on 3 October 1914.
+Henry Montague "Monty" Bloom served in the AIF in World War 1, as an engineer. He was also a skilled entertainer and organised concert parties in both First and Second World Wars to entertain the troops. He was decorated for his good services. He continued entertaining the wounded long after the Second World War.
+ca. 1860 â 18 January 1944
+George Payne and Mary Ann (nĂ©e Hill)âs eldest son, Henry Payne was born ca. 1860 in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. Sarah McCracken married Henry in Bromsgrove, Worcester early in the 1884. The extended family sailed from London aboard the Duke of Buccleuch, arriving in Brisbane on 6 December 1887. In 1907 the family lived on Moggill Road, Taringa.
+After the "Parsons & Payne" partnership ended, Henry continued business on corner Turbot street and
+North Quay. When Henry died on 18 January 1944, his residence was âChestertonâ, Broomfield Street, Taringa.
1828 â 21 May 1918
+Henry was a musician and violin maker who established a music business in George Street in the City around 1866. The family lived in a residence above the shop. Nine children were born to Henry and Hannah there. Some time later, the family moved to Glen Road. Henry was elected to the Toowong Shire Council in February 1881. One of their sons, Alfred, carried on the business as H. Sleath and Son. Henry was buried on 22 May 1918. Sleath Street, near the Cemetery, off Frederick Street, was named after Henry.
+ca. 1895 â 4 March 1942
+On the 4th of March 1942, the auxiliary minesweeper HMAS Tambar was fired on by the Examination Battery at Fort Cowan Cowan on Moreton Island. There was a mix up in the identification code signal of the ship and the battery was ordered to fire across the bow of the unidentified vessel. The 6âinch shell struck the shipâs forecastle killing Able Seaman Archibald Bartsch, a member of the anchor party, instantly. The shell skidded across the deck into the Captainâs cabin killing Steward Eric Harrison. It then passed through the radio room critically injuring Warrant Officer Henry Theeman. Both of his legs were severed and his succumbed to his injuries soon after. Other crew received injuries to various degrees.
+Londonâborn Theeman was aged 47. He had spent most of his life at sea. After three years in Moller Line ships travelling between Japan and China he left the line in August 1941 to join the RAN. Bartsch, son of 3rd Light horseman William Henry Bartsch, was an employee if the Australasian United Paint Company of Port Augusta, South Australia prior to his enlistment in the navy. He was aged 20. Western Australianâborn Harrison was the son of William Ross and Rebecca Harrison. He was aged 33 and a resident of Melbourne.
+The military covered up the incident so as not to affect morale. The newspapers widely reported the incident as an âaccident at seaâ. The Tambarâs crew was dispersed throughout the RAN immediately after the menâs joint funeral two days later. The ship was temporarily paid off and the Captain given another command. The District Naval Officer (Commander E. C. Rhodes), other naval officers, and military representatives were present. The service was conducted by the Rev. H. H. Trigge of the Methodist Church and the Church of Englandâs Rev. F. R. C. Birch. Cannon and Cripps made the arrangements for the funeral and the cortege of Naval ratings from the Alice Street Depot marched from their funeral parlour.
+1895 â 31 July 1917
+Service Number: 783. 41st Australian Imperial Force
+Henry was born in Brisbane 1895 to Joseph Bakes Wilkins and Eleanor Fowdry Townsend. His father passed away 1907. He enlisted 20 September 1915 and embarked 18 May 1916 and killed in action on 31 July 1917 at 22 years of age. There is no known resting place but he is memorialised here on the family grave and on the Menin Gate, Belgium. One of the 6178 inscribed Australians who served in the Ypres campaign who have no known grave.
+17 August 1860 â 9 April 1933
+Mosby was an artist, photographer and motion picture pioneer. He was born on 17 August 1860 at Hove, Sussex, son of William Mobsby, watchman, and his wife Sarah, née Humphrys. Henry trained in art, design, chemistry and commercial practice at the School of Arts, Brighton, and in London. In 1883 he accompanied artist Isaac Jenner to Queensland. Mobsby married Jenner's eldest daughter Mary Ellen on 10 September 1884 in Brisbane, and for some years taught decorative art at Brisbane Technical College.
+By October 1899 Mobsby had produced some thirty, oneâminute films during various 'still' photography excursions around Queensland. Among the earliest was the arrival of Governor Lamington for the opening of parliament on 18 May 1899. Most of the films made by Mobsby were shot in the spring of 1899 and illustrated wheat harvesting on the Darling Downs, sugar harvesting at Nambour and aspects of stock management. These were the first Australian industrial documentary films and are among the world's earliest films of the type. Mobsby also filmed the Queensland cabinet boarding the government paddle steamer Lucinda for a ministerial banquet. Their last and most impressive films recorded Queensland troops bound for the South African War, the only known surviving footage of such departure shot in Brisbane between 28 and 31 October 1899.
+Mobsby became official artist and photographer for the Department of Agriculture in 1904 and remained until his retirement in 1930. He had scant direct involvement in subsequent Queensland government film production, preferring to commission others, such as the Salvation Armyâs former cameraman Sid Cook, to undertake the filmmaking. Mobsby's reputation stemmed from his scenic photography and exhibition design. A fellow of both the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Society of Artists, London, he regularly designed and organised Queensland's exhibits for the annual shows in southern capitals and at the Royal National Exhibition in Brisbane. His photography gained international distinction, and he officially represented Queensland at numerous exhibitions.
+In December 1905 Mobsby's 11âyearâold son Arthur Timewell drowned; each year thereafter, the Mobsby memorial medal was awarded to the Indooroopilly State School student who achieved the highest percentage in the year 8 scholarship public examination. A keen Freemason, Mobsby was a member of the Lodge, Indooroopilly, No.155, United Grand Lodge of Queensland. He died on 9 April 1933 at his home in Station Road, Indooroopilly, and was buried with his son.
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Photographer Henry William Mobsby, Barcaldine, ca. 1905 - State Library of Queensland
+Hercules was the second principal of the Toowong State School, a position he held for 27 years from January 1882 until retirement in March 1909.
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Anne and Hercules Smith, 1863 - State Library of Queensland
+29 November 1874 â 25 April 1939
+The Hon. H.H. Henchman (1874-1939), barrister and Judge, was the third son of William Henchman, a foundry proprietor and his wife Jane Mcllwraith (née Wallace). He arrived in Rockhampton with his family as a young child in 1878. He was the first judge of the Queensland Supreme Court to hold a university degree in law.
+ + +On this page you'll find historic maps of Toowong Cemetery that may help your research. To see the detail such as grave numbers within a section, you'll probably need to download the high resolution version of the map.
+There are 34 portions in Toowong Cemetery, numbered 1 to 30 and also 2A, 7A, 15A, 29A. Not all portions have a historic map:
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Brisbane General Cemetery - General Plan, 8 July 1909 â Queensland State Archives, Item ID ITM1624111. Download a high resolution version
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Brisbane General Cemetery Plan of Portion 1 - Church of England Burial Ground, 8 July 1909 â Queensland State Archives, Item ID ITM1432135. Download a high resolution version
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Brisbane General Cemetery - Portion 2 and 2A plan., 26 November 1909 â Queensland State Archives, Item ID ITM1624114. Download a high resolution version
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Brisbane General Cemetery - Plan of Portion 3 - Hebrews Burial Ground, 15 March 1910 â Queensland State Archives, Item ID ITM1432136. Download a high resolution version
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Brisbane General Cemetery - Plan of Portion 5 (Southern Part), 8 July 1909 â Queensland State Archives, Item ID ITM1250570. Download a high resolution version
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Brisbane General Cemetery - Plan of Portion 5 (Northern Part), 8 July 1909 â Queensland State Archives, Item ID ITM1432137. Download a high resolution version
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Brisbane General Cemetery - Plan of Portion 6, 18 March 1910 â Queensland State Archives, Item ID ITM1250571. Download a high resolution version
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Brisbane General Cemetery - Plan of Portion 7 - Roman Catholic Burial Ground, 8 July 1909 â Queensland State Archives, Item ID ITM1432140. Download a high resolution version
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Brisbane General Cemetery - Portion 7A (North-Western Part), ca. 1909 â Queensland State Archives, Item ID ITM1432141. Download a high resolution version
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Brisbane General Cemetery - Plan of Portion 8, 20 February 1911 â Queensland State Archives, Item ID ITM1432141. Download a high resolution version
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Brisbane General Cemetery - Plan of Portion 9, 28 October 1909 â Queensland State Archives, Item ID ITM1250572. Download a high resolution version
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Brisbane General Cemetery - Plan of Portion 9 (Annotated), 28 October 1909 â Queensland State Archives, Item ID ITM1432143. Download a high resolution version
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Brisbane General Cemetery - Portion 10, ca. 1909 â Queensland State Archives, Item ID ITM1624112. Download a high resolution version
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Brisbane General Cemetery - Shows area near Governor Blackall's Monument, ca. 1909 â Queensland State Archives, Item ID ITM1250575. Download a high resolution version
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Brisbane General Cemetery - Plan of Portion 12, 28 October 1909 â Queensland State Archives, Item ID ITM1432144. Download a high resolution version
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Brisbane General Cemetery - Plan of Portion 12 (Annotated), 28 October 1909 â Queensland State Archives, Item ID ITM1432144. Download a high resolution version
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Brisbane General Cemetery - Shows area near Governor Blackall's Monument, 28 October 1909 â Queensland State Archives, Item ID ITM1250576. Download a high resolution version
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Brisbane General Cemetery - Plan of Portion 13, 25 October 1909 â Queensland State Archives, Item ID ITM1250573. Download a high resolution version
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Brisbane General Cemetery - Plan of Portion 14, 25 October 1909 â Queensland State Archives, Item ID ITM1432145. Download a high resolution version
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Brisbane General Cemetery - Plan of Portion 15 - Roman Catholic Burial Ground, 5 December 1910 â Queensland State Archives, Item ID ITM1432146. Download a high resolution version
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Brisbane General Cemetery - Plan of Portion 15a, ca. 1909 â Queensland State Archives, Item ID ITM1432147. Download a high resolution version
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Brisbane General Cemetery - Plan of Portions 16 & 17, 27 May 1912 â Queensland State Archives, Item ID ITM1432148. Download a high resolution version
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Brisbane General Cemetery - Plan of Portion 18, ca. 1909 â Queensland State Archives, Item ID ITM1432149. Download a high resolution version
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Brisbane General Cemetery - Plan of Portion 24, ca. 1909 â Queensland State Archives, Item ID ITM1432151. Download a high resolution version
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Toowong Cemetery - Plan showing Allotments on Portion 30, 7 December 1938 â Queensland State Archives, Item ID ITM1432152. Download a high resolution version
+23 April 1844 â 20 August 1916
+Sir Horace Tozer was born on 23 April 1844 at Port Macquarie, New South Wales, son of Horatio Thomas Norris Tozer, chemist, and his wife Charlotte Winifred Amelia (née Croft). He was articled to James Malbon Thompson in Brisbane in 1862 and admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland on 7 December 1867.
+He was an alderman in the first Gympie Municipal Council and in 1888 was elected to the Legislative Assembly as the member for Wide Bay and held that seat until 1898. Tozer was totally against universal adult suffrage, not only opposing the women's vote but also manhood suffrage.
+He died on 20 August 1916 at his South Brisbane home and was buried in Toowong Cemetery where a private funeral was conducted at his request.
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Politician Sir Horace Tozer, Brisbane, 1890 â State Library of Queensland.
+18 March 1844 â 22 September 1926
+Hugh Glackin was born in Newtown Cunningham in County Donegal on 18 March 1844. After coming to Queensland, he joined the police force as a constable in 1870 and famously arrested Captain Starlight in April 1887.
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Hugh Glackin and familiy - The Daily Mail, 27 Sep 1924
+Frank Pearson (Captain Starlight) - State Archives of NSW
11 February 1843 â 15 November 1909
+Hugh Mosman was born on 11 February 1843 to Archibald Mosman and Harriet (née Farquharson). Hugh headed to Queensland in 1860, attracted by the pastoral boom. Hugh turned to prospecting in the Ravenswood area when the economy declined. Hugh's Aboriginal servant, young Jupiter Mosman, is credited with the gold discovery at the place Hugh subsequently named Charters Towers.
+Hugh was a member of Queensland's Legislative Council from 27 June 1891 until his resignation on 17 January 1905. Hugh, a brother-in-law to Sir Thomas Mcllwraith and Sir Arthur Palmer, died at his residence Eastern Gray, Toowong on 15 November 1909.
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Hugh Mosman - State Library of Queensland
+30 September 1900 â 15 December 1937
+Born to Alexander Chesborough Rose MacDonald and Nancy Armitage in Hamilton Brisbane. Married Gertrude Courtney Dix, St Georgeâs, Hanover Square, London April 1927. Midshipman on H.M.S. Agincourt 1917.
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Left: Flag Lieutenant Commander ICR Macdonald RAN - © Commonwealth of Australia - Department of Defence
+ca. 1889 â 22 November 1899
+On 22 November 1899 Bruce Wallace and his two sisters were swimming off a small sandbank in the Brisbane River at West End. The girls got into difficulties and Bruce was able to save one of the girls but trying to save himself and his other sister proved too exhausting and they were both drowned. Bruce was fourteen years old and his sister Ina was ten. The children usually went swimming with their father at the same spot, but on this day, their father had business in the city, so the children went swimming without him, with tragic consequences. They were the children of Andrew Stephen and Eva Sarah Wallace.
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+His happy face is gone, his songs are hushed
+Here rests his head upon the lap of earth
+In youth to fortune and to fame unknown.
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+Thou who here see beautiful and fair
+That death should set in her glorious eyes.
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24 September 1916 â 25 March 1918
+Iris Elizabeth Carson, a daughter of Robert James (Bob) Carson and Elizabeth Mary (née Real), was born in Brisbane on 24 September 1916. Iris resided at Ryecroft, Augustus Street, Toowong when she died on 25 March 1918.
+As a young man he came to Brisbane from his home in Latvia. He worked as a plumber until he could pay for his fiancée to join him. They married here and spent the rest of their lives in Townsville. He was a very pious man and made arrangements for his body to be buried in this Jewish Cemetery. He died aged 96.
+8 March 1836 â 1 March 1902
+Jenner was born on 18 March 1837 at Brighton, Sussex, son of Thomas Jenner, blacksmith, and his wife Harriet, nĂ©e Walter. Without known formal education, he worked on oyster boats and signed on for a voyage in Arctic waters. In March 1855 he joined the Royal Navy, serving during the Crimean War in the Black Sea. Discharged in 1865, he learned to paint and worked as a landscape and marine painter in 1873â79 at Brighton and at Hove in 1880â83. He exhibited at Brighton and once at the Royal Academy. He decided to migrate and reached Brisbane by R.M.S. Roma on 19 September 1883.
+Jenner made a living by selling paintings, holding art unions and teaching at Miss O'Connor's School, Oxley, and at the Brisbane Technical College in 1887â89. Although he travelled in New South Wales and New Zealand in 1889, he exhibited only in Brisbane and at the Centennial International Exhibition of 1888â89 in Melbourne. He had helped to found the Queensland Art Society in 1887. He moved his studio in 1890 to Montrose Road, Taringa, where he lived and worked for the rest of his life.
+A selfâtaught marine and landscape painter of considerable ability and technical skill, Jenner painted local scenery and continued all his life to paint English scenes from memory. His most popular subjects were the Sussex and Cornish coasts and large historical seascapes. In 1895 he gave one of his large seascapes, 'Cape Chudleigh, Labrador' (1890) to the Queensland National Gallery soon after its opening.
+He died at Taringa on 1 March 1902. He was survived by his wife Mary, née Jenkins, whom he had married on 23 May 1860 at Anthony, Cornwall, and by three sons and three daughters.
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Marine artist - Isaac Walter Jenner (1836 - 1902). Aussie~mobs.
+ + + + +ca. 1876 â 17 October 1930
+Nurse Isabella Mason, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Mason, died on 17 October 1930 aged 54.
+1895 â 6 October 1964
+Service Number: 3782. 49th Battalion
+Jack was born in Brisbane in 1895 to Walter William Bannister and Margaret Jane Henson. He married Annie Kelly in 1911 and had two children at the time of enlistment. He enlisted 7 September 1915 and after training embarked 31 January 1916 on A62 HMAT Wandilla.
+Jack embarked for Australia per SS Berrima on 2 January 1919 and landed in Melbourne 17 February 1919 and was discharged 18 April 1919 in Brisbane and was laid to rest here 6 October 1964 with his parents.
+18 October 1892 â 29 November 1918
+Service Number: 9. 41st Battalion
+Born in Brisbane to Henry Bennett and Euphemia Archibald 18 October 1892. He enlisted 22 November 1915 in Brisbane and embarked 18 May 1916 from Sydney on HMAT Demosthenes A64, arrived England 20 July 1916 and in France 24 November 1916. He died of "Broncho Pneumonia" on 29 November 1918 and laid to rest Abbeville Cemetery.
+1827 â 1890
+James Brayden (1827-1890), the first Superintendent of the Cape Moreton Lighthouse was born at Ramsay on the Isle of Man, the son of George Brayden and Mary (née Bell). The lighthouse was built by the NSW Government prior to Separation. James served at Cape Moreton for 31 years before retiring to New Farm in Brisbane. During his tenure at Cape Moreton he provided meteorological observations to the Government Meteorological Observer.
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Three young children playing in the shadows of Cape Moreton Lighthouse, Moreton Island, ca. 1912 - State Library of Queensland
+4 November 1838 â 13 September 1925
+4 November 1838 - 13 September 1925
+March 1845 - 20 July 1935
+James Campbell was born on the 4th of November 1838 at Newtown, Cooks River, Sydney, New South Wales. He was baptised on the 22nd of December 1838 at Scots Church of St Andrew, Sydney. James was the fifth child and fourth son of Hugh and Ellen Campbell.
+James left Sydney with his brothers Charles and William to make their home in Toowoomba. He was first connected with Eton Vale. In 1867 he went into business for himself, later taking his two brothers into partnership in the butchery and wool scouring business of J. C. and W. Campbell, situated on the corner of Ruthven and Russell Streets, Toowoomba.
+James was interested in politics like his father Hugh and his brother Charles. He became Alderman of Toowoomba, Mayor in 1882, and finally MLA for Aubigny from March 1884 to April 1893, elected unopposed after the election of the 6th of March 1883 was declared null and void. He was also a member of the Toowoomba Caledonian Building Society and foundation member of the Southern Cross Masonic Lodge.
+He owned a grazing property, Dulacca West, near Yeulba in 1899. He was said to be an accomplished cattleman. He retired to his home Portland at Toowoomba and his other home also called Portland in Brisbane in 1915.
+It was James Campbell's proud boast that he had been a subscriber of the Brisbane Courier for 55 years.
+James married Sarah Ann Lovell on the 17th of April 1866 at Toowoomba. Sarah hailed from Bristol, where she was born in March 1845. She came to Australia with her parents on the Blenheim in 1858. The Lovell family first settled in Ipswich then later moved to Toowoomba. Sarah's father, Richard Lovell, was a wheelwright and prominent citizen of Toowoomba. Her mother, Ann, was a member of the Gregory family.
+James died on the 13th of September 1925 at his Brisbane home of jaw cancer. Sarah died almost ten years later on the 20th of July 1935 at their Toowoomba home. They are buried together at Toowong Cemetery.
+James and Sarah had twelve children, four sons, seven daughters and a baby who died unnamed. At the time of his death in 1925, James had 33 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
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James Campbell â State Library of Queensland.
+This story was contributed by Ian Campbell.
+Died 4 May 1917
+Soft goods merchant, James Chapman was born in Perthshire, Scotland where he commenced his commercial career before migrating to Queensland arriving in August 1864 in the ship Earl Russell. With Richard Edwards, he was a partner in the firm of Edwards and Chapman. He died at his residence Kintullo Gregory Terrace on 4 May 1917.
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Queensland Drapery House opening full column advertisment in the The Telegraph, 21 March 1877 - National Library of Australia.
+1833 â 24 August 1904
+James Beal was born in 1833 in Sydney where he served his apprenticeship at the Sydney Morning Herald. He came to Brisbane in 1862 to take up the position of Superintendent at the Government Printing Office where he was promoted to the position of Government Printer in 1867 and held that position until his retirement at the end of 1893. Outdoor exercise was recommended for printers for health reasons and James was involved in various sporting circles. He died on 24 August 1904 following a bout of influenza.
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Queensland's first Government Printing Office, Brisbane, ca. 1869 - State Library of Queensland
+Government Printing Office, Brisbane, ca. 1883 - State Library of Queensland
2 October 1857 â 9 July 1933
+James Clark "The Pearl King" (1857-1933) was born on the Hunter River in NSW. When he was three, he came to Brisbane with his mother and siblings, following the death of his father Adam. After a rudimentary education, he began work as a plasterers' boy at James Campbell & Co.
+Some years later after gaining business experience, he went north to Cape York and entered into a business partnership with Frank Jardine in 1881 to try pearling. The business prospered and, by the time the partnership ended, they had built up a fleet of pearling vessels which was divided between them. James became a leader in the pearling industry and later a successful pastoralist.
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James Clark - The Brisbane Courier, 10 July 1933
+19 December 1834 â 25 July 1929
+James Cowlishawâs association with the Toowong Cemetery spanned 59 years from the inception of the trust. He was an architect, newspaper proprietor, director and politician. James was born on 19 December 1834 in Sydney, the eldest son of Thomas Cowlishaw, architect, and his wife Maria, nĂ©e Evans. Educated at St James's Grammar School, Sydney, he tried a number of jobs before studying architecture. About 1860 Cowlishaw came to Brisbane where designed the Commercial Bank of Sydney in Queen Street, the Boys' Grammar School as well as important houses, such as Bishopsbourne. He designed a store for Alexander Raff's brother's company, George Raff and Co. in 1862 and two years later, additions to Raff's Wharf.
+Cowlishaw was a director of the Brisbane Courier until 1873. He became managing director of the Brisbane Telegraph in 1878 and chairman of the Telegraph Newspaper Co. from December 1879 to May 1885. Cowlishaw was a member of the Legislative Council where he was member from 1878 to 1922. In the 1920s he was described as 'the last of the old Conservative Party'; he was implacably hostile to Federation, the Labor Party and 'anything that savoured of socialism'.
+A firm Methodist, he was a practical supporter of his local church for many years. He gave unobtrusively to charity and was a member of the Advisory Committee of the Hospital for Sick Children, of which his wife was president for many years. He was a justice of the peace and sat on the bench of the Brisbane Police Court. He also helped to start Brisbane's first cricket club. In his last years he lived at his home, Montpellier, Bowen Hills, which he had completed to his own design in the 1860s. He died there on 25 July 1929 of heart failure aged 94, survived by three daughters and three sons. His wife Charlotte, nĂ©e Owen, whom he had married at West Maitland about 1860, predeceased him, and has one of the cemeteryâs most spectacular monuments. He left an estate worth ÂŁ161,563.
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James Cowlishaw - The Telegraph, 11 July 1928
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ca. 1808 â 7 May 1889
+James Davis was born in Broomielaw, Scotland, and at 14 was apprenticed to his father as a blacksmith at Old Wynd, Glasgow. Convicted two years later for stealing 2s. 6d. from a church box in Surrey, he was sentenced to be transported for seven years, and in August 1825 arrived in New South Wales in the Norfolk. His next appearance in court was at Patrick's Plains, where in 1828 he was charged with robbery and sentenced to three years at Moreton Bay as a doubly convicted felon. He arrived there on 18 February 1829 and absconded six weeks later. The escapees soon met a party of Aboriginals whose chief, PambyâPamby, claimed Davis as his dead son returned to life as a white man. As Duramboi, Davis took easily to tribal life. An honoured guest, he was allowed to move freely from one tribe to another, his travels taking him hundreds of miles from Brisbane. He had learnt the languages and customs of many tribes before he was found at Wide Bay in 1842 by Andrew Petrie and with difficulty assured that he could return safely to Brisbane as the convict settlement had ended.
+He had to relearn the English language and accustom himself again to work and clothes. He was employed at first by Dr Stephen Simpson, the land commissioner in Moreton Bay; later he set up as a blacksmith at Kangaroo Point. In 1864 he opened a crockery shop in George Street, Brisbane, where he made money, although literate enough only to sign his name. He had married Annie Shea on 3 November 1846. After her death in 1882, he married on 28 July 1883 Irishâborn widow, Bridget Hayes. He died on 7 May 1889.
+His rehabilitation into acquisitive society included reform; from his accumulated estate the Brisbane General Hospital received ÂŁ750 in 1889 and another ÂŁ1100 in 1911. He guided settlers to good land in the Wide Bay area, and some public benefit came from his thirteen years with the Aboriginals. He was occasionally employed as a court interpreter, and in 1866 petitioned the governor to raise his salary to the ÂŁ20 paid to Chinese and German interpreters, but his request was refused.
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James Davis poses in front of his crockery store, George Street, Brisbane, ca. 1872 â State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
+1837 â 22 November 1920
+James Dunbar (ca. 1837-1920) was appointed station keeper at the Central Fire Station in Edward Street in 1867 and was the oldest known fireman in Brisbane when he died at the age of 83 on 22 November 1920. His service spanned the period from when hand drawn fire appliances were used to the introduction of motor fire trucks.
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Brisbane Fire Brigade Station, ca. 1899. Erected on the north east corner of Ann and Edward Street in 1890. â State Library of Queensland.
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Merryweather chemical fire engine ca. 1905. Brisbane's first motorised firefighting vehicle. â State Library of Queensland.
+4 November 1856 â 14 April 1913
+James Ramsbotham was born on 4 November 1856 in Ipswich Qld where his parents were well known residents. He entered the Posts & Telegraphs Service and was stationed at St Lawrence. Later he moved to Brisbane. In 1901 following Federation he was appointed to the position of telegraphist at Roma Street Railway Station.
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Wirth Brothers' elephants drawing the circus properties from Roma Street Railway Station, 1905 - State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
+1847 â 24 March 1911
+The son of a Scottish engineer, Robert Thallon and his wife, Jean née Forsayth, James Forsyth Thallon was the Queensland Commissioner for Railways from 1902 to 1911. He was born in Markinch, in Fifeshire, Scotland in 1847 and entered the railways in Edinburgh as a 15-year-old apprentice. He came to Queensland in 1882 to take up a management position in the Southern and Western Railways. After his death in 1911, subscriptions were collected from railways employees for the erection of a memorial over his grave. The Thallon Memorial Medal was awarded annually to the children of railway employees who received the highest marks in the Junior Examination.
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James F, Thallon, Queensland Railways Commissioner, at the interstate railway commissioners and general managers' conference Melbourne in May 1909 - State Library of Queensland
+State funeral for James Forsyth Thallon, Queensland Commissioner for Railways, Brisbane, Queensland, 27 March 1911, 1915 - State Library of Queensland
26 April 1850 â 1 August 1941
+James was born on 26 April 1850 in London. He arrived in Brisbane on 14 January 1874. He became a journalist working on regional newspapers as well as the Brisbane Telegraph and the Brisbane Courier and, briefly, the Melbourne Argus. A competent shorthand writer, later president of the Queensland Shorthand Writers' Association, James was on the parliamentary reporting staff from 1876-1882. He studied law in his spare time and was called to the bar in 1882. Long a radical, his objection to Asian immigration into Queensland led him into association with William Lane. He became a shareholder, writer and joint editor of Lane's weekly Boomerang in 1887.
+In 1888 James entered politics and at the end of 1899, he was appointed government leader in the Queensland Legislative Council and +Postmaster-General and Secretary for Public Instruction. He was an energetic supporter of Federation, writing frequently in newspapers, publishing the pamphlet Federation, Imperial or Democratic and running his own fortnightly paper Progress which espoused the cause.
+Upon Federation, he won election to the first Senate, and was chosen to be Postmaster-General in Edmund Barton's first ministry, following the death of Sir James Dickson. In early 1906 Drake ran a newspaper, Commonwealth in Brisbane to counteract State hostility to the Commonwealth. He died in Brisbane Hospital on 1 August 1941.
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Hon. James George Drake - State Library of Queensland.
+ca. 1854 â 22 January 1906
+Patient James Gray of Forest Hill, via Brisbane, died on 22 January 1906 aged 52. His headstone describes his death. His last days were spent in Brisbane Hospital and while there suffering from a painful and incurable disease, he bequeathed to that institution the savings of his lifetime in gratitude for its comforting ministrations.
+1837 â 3 November 1888
+James Isles of Finney Isles & Co was born in Scone, Scotland in 1837, the son of William and Isabella Isles and had been in business with Thomas Finney in Dublin before coming to Brisbane. James died from the effects of a stroke at his Clayfield residence on 3 November 1888 at the age of 51 without having seen Finney Isles & Co's new buildings on the corner of Adelaide & Edward Streets completed.
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Letterhead showing Finney, Isles & Co. building at the corner of Queen Adelaide and Edward Streets, Brisbane, 1890 â State Library of Queensland.
+Born 14 July 1838
+Born 14 July 1838 in Dunchalt, Fifeshire, Scotland. Various ships have him as Carpenter and others Petty Officer. While in station in Australia he was on the H.M.S. Asia and the H.M.S. Pearl.
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ca. 1873 â 13 March 1925
+What have sailing and managing a pub in common? Plenty, if the pub is the Regatta Hotel on the banks of the Brisbane River. James Klaassen owned and was managing the Regatta Hotel, Coronation Drive, Toowong at the time of his death. He won the A.F. Reid Trophy for sailing in Iris, 1916-17. His four sons were enthusiastic and successful participants in the rowing regattas raced on the stretch of Brisbane River in front of his hotel.
+James had previously owned a hotel on the site of the present day Mater Mothers' Hospital. He sold this to the Mater and then purchased the famous wrought-iron river landmark, the Regatta Hotel. He also owned a cattle property at Goondiwindi and had his own racing colours.
+With an Irish mother and a Danish father, Brisbane-born James Klaassen was associated with the Queensland Irish Association. He was married to Margaret Booker, the eldest daughter of Maryborough pioneer pastoralist, Charles Edward Sydney Booker. James Klaassen died suddenly of heart failure at his home, Ellerslie, Gray Road, Hill End, Brisbane on the 13th of March 1925 leaving a widow and four sons.
+This story was contributed by Margaret Klaassen.
+1838 â 25 November 1927
+The Civet Cat fancy goods and toy emporium stood in Queen Street where the Myer Centre is today. Its proprietor, James Martin was born in Worcestershire in 1838 to parents, Joseph Martin and Elizabeth (née Teague). He married Henrietta Bradshaw in Brisbane in 1869. James died at the age of 89 at his home Mascotte at New Farm on 25 November 1927
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James Martin and George Pretice were members of Brisbane's first fire brigade in 1868. From Page 22 of The Queenslander Pictorial, supplement to The Queenslander, 24 March 1917 â State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
+1878 â September 1919
+James McWhirter (junior), the only son of James and Agnes McWhirter (nĂ©e Cameron), played a significant part in developing the centre of Fortitude Valley, working with his father to build a premier shopping precinct, which is now a Queensland heritageâlisted place.
+James McWhirter (junior) was born in 1878 in Scotland. His father and mother immigrated to Australia that same year. He married Adelaide Mary Reid in January 1906, but she died tragically nine months later, giving birth to their son Duncan. He remarried in 1910 to Mary Millicent Atkins and had several children with her.
+Encouraged by the new styles of shopping in London, the McWhirters commissioned Brisbane architects Atkinson and McLay to design a substantial, fiveâstorey building. When completed in 1912 it became an immediate Fortitude Valley landmark, seen for miles around, and dominating the Valley corner. No expense had been spared and on its opening in October 1912, delivered the most modern and progressive of department stores. On the ground level, extensive street frontages displayed the latest in island windows and the five street entrances displayed mosaic tiling and lead lights in the main foyer. The interior was wellâventilated and wellâlit and completed with fittings of silky oak display tables which allowed customers to browse and inspect goods without being dependent on sales assistants.
+McWhirters was also one of the first department stores fitted with sprinkler systems for fire prevention and three electric elevators for the convenience of customers. The pneumatic cash tube system was also the largest in the state. The grand new store housed more than 50 departments, including manchester, fabric, haberdashery, jewellery, travel goods, and of course millinery and women's clothing as well as furniture, carpets, kitchenware and toys. For the convenience of customers, a tea room also overlooked the Brisbane River and suburbs.
+James McWhirter (junior) died in Sydney in September 1919 of pneumonia. Such was McWhirterâs popularity and standing in Brisbaneâs social elite that his funeral was held in Brisbane on 19 September 1919 at the Ann Street Presbyterian Church, with many wouldâbe attendees unable to be admitted into the church due to lack of space. He was survived by his father, James McWhirter Senior, his widow and children.
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McWhirter's department store in Fortitude Valley, 1913 - State Library of Queensland.
+ + +10 March 1880 â 7 February 1948
+James Porter Fry was born in West End, South Brisbane on 10 March 1880, to Charles Fry and Caroline (née Davies). James was educated at West End State School. James joined the Queensland Rifles in July 1897.
+On 3 September 1902 Sarah Chegwin married James in Brisbane. They had one son and one daughter. James was South Brisbane City Council's Chief Inspector when he volunteered for World War I on 1 October 1914, being assigned to the Naval and Military Forces' Special Tropical Forces. Repeat bouts of malarial fever brought James back to Australia.
+From 1918 James was registered as an optometrist, serving at times as President of the Australian Optometrist's Association and the Institute of Ophthalmic Opticians Inc., plus Chairman of the Queensland Board of Optical Registration.
+Running a campaign based on his military service, James became MLA for Kurilpa on 16 March 1918 and represented the seat until 11 June 1932. James served as Opposition Whip from 11 July 1923 until 9 April 1929.
+James resided at 96 Dornoch Terrace, Highgate Hill, but died at his weekend home in Griffiths Road, Queen's Beach, Redcliffe on 7 February 1948.
+Constable James Ward collapsed and died from a heart attack on his way to work at Woolloongabba. Constable Ward was buried with police honours at Toowong Cemetery.
+Story contributed by Kym Hyson. Used with permission.
+Born 9 September 1888
+Service Number: 5753. 9th Battalion
+James was born on 9 September 1888 nearby at Redhill to James and Emily Ann (née Andrews). He enlisted 10 February 1916 in Cairns and after training, embarked on HMAT SEANG CHOON (A49) on 4 May 1916.
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Troopship SEANG CHOON (A49) shortly after leaving Pinkenba Wharf, Brisbane, Queensland. ca. 1915. This ship was later torpedoed and sunk off the Irish coast, near Fastnet, on 10 July 1917. â Australian War Memorial - Public Domain
+1811 â 26 May 1891
+James Swan was born in 1811 in Glasgow, Scotland, the son of Daniel Swan and Jennet McLaren. He was apprenticed to the printing trade in Glasgow. In 1831, James married Christina Mackay. In 1837, James emigrated from Glasgow to Sydney with the Rev. Dr John Dunmore Lang and worked on his paper The Colonialist. In 1846, the Moreton Bay Courier was founded in Brisbane by Sidney Lyons, who persuaded James Swan to come to Brisbane and work on the newspaper. Sidney Lyons had money problems and about 18 months later, James Swan took over the newspaper. In 1859, James sold the Moreton Bay Courier to Thomas Blacket Stephens (Brisbaneâs second Mayor) who renamed it the Brisbane Courier.
+James Swan was an Alderman of the Brisbane Municipal Council from 1872 to 1875 and was Mayor from 1873 to 1875. James's wife Christina died aged 76 years at their home Burnside at Windsor on 27 January 1888 after a lingering illness and was buried here.
+James married again on 10 January 1889 to Christina Meikle. James Swan died on 26 May 1891 on board Jelunga while in the Mediterranean Sea bound for England. He was travelling with his wife for a 12âmonth visit. Aged 80 and in poor health when he commenced the trip, many doubted they would see him return. He was buried at sea off Port Said, Egypt but he was memorialised on his first wife's grave. James's second wife Christina died on 3 March 1929 aged 71 years.
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Alderman James Swan â Brisbane City Council.
+The Colonist, 1 January 1835 â via Wikipedia. Public Domain.
1855 â 1877
+Mooney was born in 1855 in New York, the son of Joseph and Rosa Mooney, natives of Co. Cavan. They arrived in Sydney 1857 on the FitzJames. Mooney was a volunteer fireman who was fatally burned in 1877 by an exploding cask of spirits during a fire at Hughesâ grocery store in Queen St. His mother was publican of the Royal Exchange Hotel in Albert Street from where his funeral procession left. His monument was financed by public subscription. His fatherâs sister was Mary, wife of James Mayne, hide merchant in Tyrone and brother of Patrick Mayne.
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Royal Exchange Hotel and Perry House on Elizabeth Street looking north, ca. 1924 â State Library of Queensland.
+1857 â 6 November 1941
+James, entrepreneur and adventurer, was a pioneer of Queensland motoring. In 1902 he imported a Locomobile steam car from the USA which was quoted in many sources as the first car in Queensland. He was born in Norwich, England in 1857. He graduated in science from the Polytecnic in London, specialising in electrical science. He arrived in Melbourne in 1883 and was brought to Brisbane in 1884 to assist in establishing a telephone exchange. He was engaged in the installation of the electric light system in Parliament House, Brisbane in 1886. Together with his brother William, he founded the business of Trackson Brothers. James died in Toowoomba on 6 November 1941 at the age of 84.
+1838 â 30 March 1884
+James Treleaven was a partner with James Clark in Clark & Treleaven, Drapers and Outfitters at 127 Queen Street from early 1874. James Treleaven was born in Launceston Cornwall in 1838, the son of Benjamin Treleaven, a grocer and his wife, Mary (née Harvey). He arrived in Brisbane in the early 1860s and married Emily Agnes Rains in 1867. He was 46 years of age when he died at his Kelvin Grove home on 30 March 1884.
+ca. 1853 â 17 January 1904
+James was elected to the Toowong Shire Council in 1885. He was described by contemporary J. B. Fewings as âan intelligent and shrewd man of businessâ. A street which runs off Milton Road is named after him. He died on 17 January 1904 aged 51.
+1852 â 1935
+The Cutten brothers took up land at the southern end of Bingil Bay in North Queensland in 1886. After clearing the land, they cultivated tropical plants, including tea and coffee and tropical fruits. Their orchards and plantations were battered by cyclone after cyclone. James Cutten (1852-1935) together with his parents and siblings had arrived in Brisbane in 1871 from London and settled firstly at Coopers Plains and then at Felton on the Darling Downs before going north. James was a licensed surveyor and returned to surveying after his marriage in 1907.
+10 February 1841 â 12 January 1926
+James William Wassell was the son of Joseph Wassell and Jane (née Chandler). His father was one of the inner pilots of Portsmouth Harbour. James was born on 10 February 1841 at Fareham, just outside of Portsmouth.
+James arrived in Brisbane on 29 January 1864 on the ship Light of Age and immediately joined the Water Police in Brisbane. For many years he was in charge of the prison hulk Proserpine and the boys Reformatory at Lytton. He assisted in founding the Boy's Home at Enoggera, the Hospital for Sick Children, the Lady Lamington Hospital, and the Institute of Social Service. Wassell was also a staunch supporter of the Creche and Kindergarten movements, and a Trustee of Toowong Cemetery.
+James died at his home in Teneriffe on 12 January 1926 and is buried with his wife Rebecca who died in 1898 and their infant son, Arthur who died in December 1875. Another of their sons, James Lake Wassell, a well-known Brisbane barrister was buried with them in 1938.
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J. W. Wassell - The Week, 15 January 1926
+10 January 1832 â 27 January 1833
+Jane Pittard was the daughter of the late Colour Sergeant John Pittard and his wife Mary. Jane was born in Sydney on the 10th of January 1832. John died in Tasmania in 1831 a little more than four months before Janeâs birth. Shortly after Margaret Pittard was remarried to David Collins of the 17th Regiment and they moved, with Margaretâs two daughters, to Moreton Bay. Jane died just five months later no cause of death is known.
+12 September 1871 - 28 February 1890
+Jessie Blanche Prentice, the daughter of George (Junior) and Jessie Lacy Prentice, was lost with her grandfather, George Prentice, in the wreck S.S. Quetta in Torres Strait on 28 February 1890. The steamship struck an uncharted rock and sank in three minutes claiming 134 lives, mostly women and children. Many victims were prominent Queensland citizens, bound for London, including Toowong resident, Alexander Archer, manager of the Bank of New South Wales. There were 158 survivors.
+5 March 1874 â 27 May 1923
+The ninth and youngest child of James Hall-Scott and Sarah Ross, Jessie was born at Ross Hall, Bowen on the 5th of March 1874. +Jessie, and her five sisters and her brother were taken to Scotland in 1875 by their mother. Sarah intended to educate the children in Scotland and on the Continent. For a time, the family stayed with the Ross family on the farm Kinnahaird, near Contin in Ross-shire.
+Jessie and her family left Scotland as a consequence of the premature death of her father, James Hall-Scott, in 1880. The family did not manage to return to Bowen until 1882, only to find that their property had been completely destroyed by a cyclone. They were forced to live several weeks under canvas while a dwelling was built for them. Jessie stayed in the Bowen area at least until 1888, helping her widowed mother to run the small farm they had. Jessie went to Toowoomba in 1892 but had returned to Bowen by May 1893.
+On the 15th of March 1897 at the Holy Trinity Church, Bowen, Jessie married Glenville Massy, sixth son of Charles Alphonse Massy of Stoneville, Gundaroo, New South Wales. Jessie's eldest sister Annie had married Glenville's younger brother, John Eyre Massy, seven years earlier. Now the families were doubly connected.
+Jessie gave birth to two children, Marie Stuart in December 1897 and Glenville in March 1901.
+Within a year of her marriage Jessie had moved to Thursday Island, where her husband had an interest in a meat-freezing works. She was still on Thursday Island in September 1909.
+Shortly afterwards, in prosperous circumstances, the family moved to Brisbane. They built a house called Glenville, which stood on the corner of Hobbs Street and Milton Road, Auchenflower, Brisbane. Jessie was an expert wood carver and made many pieces for her home.
+Jessie also travelled extensively. She brought back many souvenirs from Japan, which are still in the family. When she made a trip in 1904, Japan was not often visited by Westerners and the war between Japan and Russia had just ended.
+Jessie suffered many sorrows during her life. Her sisters Annie, Marion and Ada died within eight years of each other, Annie of a stomach tumor and the others of tuberculosis. None was over the age of forty. Jessie herself died on the 27th of May 1923 aged 49. She is buried at Toowong Cemetery with her husband, Glenville, and daughter, Marie.
+ + +Matthew J. Fox wrote this about Jessie in his book The History of in Queensland: its people and industries, published 1921.
+++Mrs Massy shared with her husband the many privations and sacrifies of life in the Never-Never, gladly separating herself from the accustomed luxuries of civilisation in order to uphold him in the uphill struggle by that cheerful and loving support which may only be accorded by loyal womanhood.
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This story was contributed by Hilda Maclean.
+ca. 1856 â 21 November 1890
+Jessie Bannister, the eldest daughter of James and Isabella Campbell, died on 21 November 1890 at Baroona. She was the 34âyearâold wife of politician Robert Philp (MLA for Townsville) and mother of seven surviving children. Jessie and Robert married at Ballymore in February 1878 before setting sail for Townsville, where most of her nine children were born. Her youngest child was just two weeks old when Jessie, weakened from recent childbirth, succumbed to the scarlet fever for which she was nursing two of her older children.4
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Portrait of Jessie Bannister Philp, ca. 1878 - State Library of Queensland
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4: Kindly provided by descendants.
+15 June 1820 - 26 October 1907
+John Heussler was born on 15 June 1820 at Bockenheim, Germany (near FrankfurtâamâMain) and arrived in Queensland in 1854. His background was as a wine merchant in London and Holland. He married Sophia Esther, daughter of John and Christian Westgarth of Edinburgh. She came to Queensland from Victoria with her mother, also buried here, and sister, shortly after their arrival in Australia. John and Sophia Heussler married in Brisbane on 10 March 1859. John Christian died on 26 October 1907 and his widow died on 5 June 1914. While âreligion was not to play a big role in his lifeâ, he was buried according to Lutheran rites from Nazareth Church, Hawthorne Street, Woolloongabba.
+He played a large role in immigration, particularly encouraging an estimated two thousand German Lutherans to come to Queensland. He built Fernberg, the current home of the Governor of Queensland but lost it to creditors in 1879. He was appointed a member of the Legislative Council in 1866, holding the position until his death. He became Honorary Consul for the German Empire and also for the Netherlands. In 1896 he opened the new school of the Nazareth Lutheran Church and presented a gift of 400 marks from the German Kaiser.
+11 September 1861 â 3 July 1933
+Johannes BruÌnnich was born on 11 September 1861 in Görz, AustriaâHungary (now Gorizia, Italy), the son of a Lutheran minister and mathematician. He studied chemistry in Switzerland, worked in Bohemia, Russia and Georgia. He migrated to Queensland in 1885. Rev. Schirmeister officiated at his marriage to Catherine (Kate) Terry on 22 April 1886, the daughter of a Brisbane watchmaker.
+After managing a sugarârefinery and maltings at Bulimba and working in Darwin, he joined the Colonial Sugar Refining Co. in 1897 as a chemist. He became the government agricultural chemist in the new Queensland Department of Agriculture and was lecturer in chemistry at the agricultural college at Gatton. He wrote more than 60 papers on applied chemistry, soils, plant and animal nutrition.
+He was the Captain commanding the Gatton Squadron of the Queensland Light Horse. He suffered government interference during WWI and in 1920 was still trying to secure his confiscated papers. He was foundation member and fellow of the (Royal) Australian Chemical Institute and fellow of the Royal Institute of Chemistry of Great Britain (now Royal Chemical Institute).
+He died on 3 July 1933 aged 71. His wife, Catherine, survived him for nearly twenty years, dying on 7 May 1951 aged 91. Also here are his son Harold Oscar BruÌnnich, who died on 17 August 1939 aged 48 and daughter Pauline BruÌnnich, who died 18 October 1965 aged 76.
+16 February 1825 â 31 July 1891
+The Lather family of New Farm was also members of the St. Andreas congregation from before WWI. Johannes Lather was one of the earliest Trustees. He was born in Germany on 16 February 1825 and died at the age of 66, on 31 July 1891. His wife Lissetta was born on 5 August 1821, the daughter of Johann Hermann Schmalenbach and Anna Catherine Elberghagen. She died aged 77, on 30 September 1898.
+18 February 1857 â 2 May 1922
+John Adamson, Primitive Methodist minister and later politician, was born on 18 February 1857 at Tudhoe, County Durham, England, the son of Robert Adamson, a shoemaker, and his wife, Dorothy, née English. He came to Queensland with his young wife, Caroline (née Jones) in 1884. In 1915 he became Secretary for Railways in the Ryan Government. He was elected to the Senate in 1919. He died at Hendra railway station on 2 May 1922.
+
John Adamson, 1915 - State Library of Queensland
+1840 â 1893
+Ahern was born at Donickmore, County Cork, Ireland in 1840, a son of Denis Ahern and Honoria OâMahoney. He was a farmer prior to joining the Queensland Police Force in September 1864. Ahern was sent to Springsure in October and promoted to Senior Constable/Acting Sergeant in July 1868. He became Inspector of Slaughterhouses in the Mitchell district in February 1870 and received the substantial reward of ÂŁ15 in September 1872 for âenergetic perseverance in suppressing cattleâstealers in the Barcoo and Walgett districtsâ.
+Ahern was promoted to Senior Sergeant in January 1874 and SubâInspector 2nd class in 1877. He served at Blackall in 1880 where he became SubâInspector 1st class. Ahern married in 1883 Mary, sister of Andrew Joseph Thynne from Clare. By 1890, he had been promoted to Inspector 1st class in charge of all brands throughout the colony. Ahern was a most respected and energetic policeman. John Ahern died in 1893.
+ + +
John Ahern - State Library of Queensland
+1840 â 29 February 1896
+The proprietor of Kenion & Co, the original Shilling Shop at 19 Queen Street was John Kenion who was born in 1840 in Rock House, Yeadon, Yorkshire where his father William was a wool-stapler. Prior to opening his own shop, John was manager of the Wesleyan Book Depot. He died at his residence Terraces in Wool Street, Toowong on 29 February 1896 at the age of 56.
+1834 â 1917
+John Arthur Macartney (1834-1917) was the eldest son of the Very Rev Hussey Burgh Macartney, the First Dean of Melbourne and his wife Jane (née Hardman). He studied law but resigned after 18 months to take up his first station property in Victoria. Over time he owned 25 stations and other properties in Qld and NT. He died at his home, Ormiston House near Cleveland.
+
Captain Louis Hope's residence, Ormiston House, Cleveland district, ca. 1871 â State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
+ + +1827 â 21 November 1908
+John Boyne Mclennan died on the 21st of November 1908 at the ripe old age of 81 years at his residence in Kent Street, Teneriffe. He was resident in Queensland for over fifty years, and during the whole of that time he had been closely connected with racing.
+His first occupation in Queensland, at that time a part of New South Wales, was that of studmaster at Canning Downs, near Warwick, but in 1863 he came to Brisbane, and for some years conducted the Sovereign Horse Bazaar in Elizabeth Street. John Mclennan was an amateur rider of some note, but he is remembered as being mainly instrumental with John Little and Mr D.T. Seymour in forming the Queensland Turf Club. He also took an active part in the formation of Tattersall's Club and was for a number of years President. After acting as a committee member on the Q.T.C. for a number of years, John Mclennan occupied the position of judge at the club's meetings, but during his last ten years he lived in retirement.
+John Mclennan was born at Aberdeen, Scotland in 1827. At the age of 19, he migrated to Victoria, where he stayed for only a short time before moving north. He married Miss Georgina Wilson of Warwick in 1863 and they had six children. Besides his racing interests, John Mclennan was an office bearer at the Ann Street Presbyterian Church, where he had been a member of the congregation for many years.
+The funeral took place at Toowong Cemetery, and the respect in which John was held was shown by the large attendance at the graveside and the names of the senders of the many beautiful wreathes, which were recorded in a report of the funeral printed in the Daily Telegraph.
+This story was contributed by Pamela Webster.
+1842 â 3 June 1919
+John was born at Kinsale, Cork the son of fisherman Denis Burke and his wife Ellen. He was a seaman on ships to the USA until the outbreak of the Civil War when he returned to Ireland and signed on with the crew of the Erin Go Bragh which arrived in Brisbane in August 1862. He deserted and worked as a pilot for the Australian Steam Navigation Company sailing the Queensland and the Telegraph. He married Elicia Swords from the Erin Go Bragh, and settled on the Logan River.
+He held a Masters Licence and worked on bay and river ships commanding the Fanny on the Albert and Logan rivers. He established the John Burke Shipping Line in 1887 and bought the Louisa and traded from Ipswich to Logan and later on Moreton Bay.
+By his death in 1919, he had nineteen ships, although he had retired in 1915 staying only as the Director. Captain Burke Park at Kangaroo Point is named in honour of him. His company was sold by his grandson in 1968.
+
Page 27 of the Queenslander Pictorial, supplement to The Queenslander, 14 June, 1919. - State Library of Queensland
+The Adonis (ship) was built in 1883 and was owned by Dath Henderson, Brisbane, who also owned a sawmill on the Noosa River at Tewantin. The Adonis was later sold to John Burke in Brisbane, Queensland. â State Library of Queensland.
Born 3 June 1835
+Born to John Pentecost and Susanna Cornish St Kevern, Cornwall on 3 June 1835. He served under his real name in the Royal Navy on H.M.S. Acteen and deserted from his ship in Rio de Janiero, Argentina. Taking a devious route he snuck back into England and boarded a ship that got him to America where he joined up to serve in the Northern navy in the American Civil War. One of seven men from that conflict buried in Toowong Cemetery.
+ + +30 November 1871 â 25 May 1919
+Service number: 5079. 1st Tunnel Company. Australian Imperial Force.
+Born to James Crilly and Margaret Gillespie in Dungannon, Ireland 30 November 1871. He had already served 3 years in the Australian Light Horse prior to joining the Tunnelling unit at 41 years of age He was a miner by trade. He married Margaret McMaster and had 3 children between 1897 and 1900 and married again Caroline Flamank and had 2 more children.
+18 January 1825 â 18 August 1908
+John Daniel Heal was born near BradfordâonâAvon, England on 18 January 1825. He was the son of Ambrose Heal, mason and Elizabeth Smith. He emigrated from England to Brisbane in mid 1856. He married at least twice and had at least eight children, many of whom died in childhood. In Brisbane, John Heal worked at his trade as a stone mason.
+In 1863, he leased the Prince Consort Hotel in Wickham Street, Fortitude Valley and became a publican. He bought the hotel in 1879 and by 1887 had acquired a number of adjoining properties. In 1887â1888, Heal tore down the old hotel and had a larger hotel erected, which was designed by Richard Gailey.
+He was very involved in community affairs and was a great advocate for the progress of Fortitude Valley. In 1870 he was elected to the Brisbane Council as an Alderman for the Fortitude Valley Ward. He served his electorate in this role from 1870 to 1873, losing in 1874. However, the following year, he won the ward of Fortitude Valley back and held it until 1894, after which he did not seek reâelection. He was Mayor in 1879. He died in Brisbane on 18 August 1908.
+
Mayor John Daniel Heal â Brisbane City Council.
+Prince Consort Hotel, Brisbane, 1936 â State Library of Queensland.
15 June 1841 â 25 July 1896
+
John Donaldson, Queensland Minister for Public Instruction, 1889 - State Library of Queensland
+Victorianâborn Donaldson became a pastoralist in Queensland. He was a manager and director of a mortgage agency and a bank. He was also President of the Queensland branch of the Australian Nativesâ Association. Donaldson was a member of the Legislative Assembly from 1883 to 1893 and served as Post Master General and Colonial Treasurer. At the convention he sought freeâtrade colonies conservative constitution.
+1848 â 1922
+Mr Jack Dowridge, one of the pioneers of boxing in Brisbane, and familiarly known as the "Black Diamond," He was born in Barbados Island in 1848, but at the age of 12 years he drifted to London. It was here that he first picked up the rudiments of boxing. The arena attracted him, and he secured employment with Nat Langham, the retired champion of England, who was then keeping the Mitre Tavern, in St. Martin's Lane. In the year 1862 this tavern was a rendezvous of all the great fistic exponents of that time, such as Joe Cross, Boie Brotties, Jim Mace, Tom King, Coburn, Bob Travers, Ned Donnelly, Professor Johns, Bat Mullins, Heenan, Jerry and Billy Ox. It was here that Jack Dowridge made the acquaintance of Tom Sayers, whom Langham first defeated, and in whose favour he subsequently retired. "Jack" became one of Langham's best pupils, and developed the straight style of the old school of boxing.
+In 1872 Dowridge came to Australia. He secured premises in Queen Street, known as the "Hole in the Wall," which had just been vacated by Larry Foley. He opened a tobacconist saloon and a small select boxing school, but he did not stay long. He returned to England, but the climate soon drove him back to Queensland. He secured premises opposite the Normal School, and after a few years he opened a restaurant and taught boxing at Petrie's Bight, where Quinlan Gray's warehouse later stood. He later removed to Roma Street and then to the corner of Turbot and George streets. His school was the resort of all the young sporting men of the day. Dowridge was one of the best promoters of that time, and under his care were Peter Jackson, Jack M'Gowan and innumerable others.
+When Peter Jackson died a public subscription was the means of providing the stone which was placed at the head of the grave, but it was Jack Dowridge who provided for the purchase of the land at Toowong cemetery and to pay the funeral expenses.
+
3 February 1874 â 7 December 1924
+John Edward Maidens was born in NSW on 3 February 1874 to Elijah Maidens and Sophia (née Medhurst). As a young man Jack was one of three who discovered the Kanowna Goldfield, Western Australia, in 1893. In 1898 Mabel Mary Lipton married John in St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne.
+Around 1910 they moved to Roma, where John became licensee of the Royal Hotel and served a term on the Roma Town Council. The Royal Hotel burnt down on Monday 10 May 1915 while Jack and Mabel were out of town. They moved to Brisbane before settling in Toowoomba in early 1916. Jack helped form Rockhampton's Jardine Racing Club in late 1918 and Toowoomba's Carrington Racing Club in 1919.
+Jack died at his residence in Temple Street, Coorparoo on Sunday 7 December 1924 aged 50 years 10 months. Mabel and their adult daughter survived John.
+ca. 1830 â 20 May 1910
+Fewingsâ memoirs Arcadian Simplicity, written in 1892, described life in Toowong from the 1860s. He lived at Karslake, on Sherwood Road, near Dovercourt. He was headmaster of the Petrie Terrace School for nearly 30 years before moving to the headship of the Fortitude Valley School, which he held until his retirement in 1903.
+ + +
Althea Fewings canoeing on Toowong Creek, Brisbane. Althea Theresa Karslake Fewings (later Mrs Frederick Munro Hull) canoeing on Toowong Creek at the bottom of *Karslake, residence of her parents Mr & Mrs J B Fewings. The Chinese market gardens are behind her, and today this area is in the grounds of Toowong College, (off Vera Street)- on the old basket ball courts. - State Library of Queensland *
+ca. 1860 â 18 September 1927
+Irish immigrants, John and Ellen Forde were the parents of Francis Michael Forde better known as Frank Forde, the 15th Prime Minister of Australia.
+
Frank Forde pilots a train into Brisbane, 1930 - State Library of Queensland.
+Born 29 June 1902
+Born 29 June 1902 to Marmaduke Granville Haymen and Florence Maud Lucretia Goertz in Indooroopilly, Brisbane. A very unusual service record. Sadly the Australian Naval records are very brief and very hard to read unlike the Australian Imperial Force records.
+1857 â 27 January 1925
+John Galligan was born in County Cavan, Ireland in 1857. He landed in Sydney in 1873 when he was 16 and later came to Queensland where he joined the police force in 1882. He escaped death a number of times during his police career during his postings in Brisbane and Bundaberg.
+1863 â 21 June 1921
+Smith was born in 1863 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, son William Smith and Christina Duncan. He married Annie Coles in Brisbane in 1884 and had a son and four daughters. In a varied career, he was a publican in Maryborough, and around 1900 operated a night coffee stall in Queen Street. Smith was known as the âDemocratic Piemanâ. He was also a grand master of the Ancient Order of Foresters and President of the British Associated Friendly Society Dispensaries. Smith was a Member of the Legislative Council from 1920 until his death in Brisbane on the 19 June 1921.
+ + +ca. 1859 â 6 October 1935
+Hanly was a member of the Royal Irish Constabulary for five years before joining the Queensland Police aged 25. After initial service in Brisbane and Ipswich, Hanly spent the rest of his career in northern and western Queensland. In February 1907, Senior Constable Hanly received a 10/6 reward for prompt action at a fire in Charters Towers. He was promoted to Sergeant within the year and superannuated in October 1913. He received Imperial Service Medal from the Lieutenant-Governor, Sir Arthur Morgan, in December 1914. Hanly died on the 6th of October 1935 aged 76.
+Story contributed by Kym Hyson. Used with permission.
+1826 â 8 November 1906
+John Hardgrave, a local politician and Mayor of Brisbane, was born in Wicklow, Ireland, in 1826. He arrived in Sydney in 1843 and moved to Brisbane in 1848. In 1860 he purchased 6 acres (2.4 hectares) of land in the Brisbane suburb of West End. Hardgrave Road is named after him.
+He was in the boot trade to 1862 and was involved in local government from 1867 to 1890. He was Mayor of Brisbane in 1868 and 1870, first chairman of the Woolloongabba Divisional Board, Alderman for South Brisbane from 1888 to 1890, and chairman of the Waterworks Board from 1893. He died in Brisbane on 8 November 1906 and was interred in the family grave.
+
John Hardgrave, early resident and mayor of Brisbane, 1868-1869 â State Library of Queensland.
+
Died 1 July 1893
+Irish-born, Dr Griffin was the son of John Griffin, a leading Dublin broker, and Florence (née McCooke). After qualifying in multiple fields of medicine in Brussels, London and Ireland, he arrived in Brisbane ca. 1889 and soon became well known for his professional skill and his general popularity.
+Soon after his arrival, he joined the Brisbane Hunt Club which had been started in 1888 by Adolph Feez. On 1 July 1893 he was killed during a hunt when his horse struck the top rail of a fence, throwing the 30-year-old doctor over the fence and landing heavily on his head. Death was instantaneous.
+Died 13 November 1902
+Higson went to the Boer War with the 4th Contingent. Prior to embarkation, he had been a school teacher at South Brisbane. While on service, Higson was shot through the head. After regaining consciousness, he was helped off the battlefield and eventually returned to Queensland little worse for wear. After recuperating, he returned to South Africa, intending to return to the conflict just as the contingent was ordered back. He returned to teaching and was active in musical and masonic activities.
+His death on the 13 November 1902 aged 38 was unexpected. He was afforded a military funeral. The coffin, covered by the Union Jack, left his residence at Taringa on a gun carriage. At the corner of Jephson Street and Sylvan Road, a military cortege consisting of soldiers, sailors, band and firing party from the South Brisbane State School joined in the procession to the cemetery.
+ca. 1844 â 15 July 1918
+John Hislop along with his brother James, were prize-winning furniture manufacturers and upholsterers with premises in Queen Street. They also conducted funerals together from the 1870s. This partnership was dissolved in 1889 with the funeral and furniture businesses being separated with the bulk of the funerary business being conducted from Peel Street, South Brisbane.
+John Hislop and Sons established another branch at 544 Queen Street in 1912 where he and his three sons, daughter and son-in-law conducted business until the 1950s when the Queen Street traffic forced them to consolidate the business at Peel Street.
+John Hislop died on 15 July 1918 aged 74 after a long and painful illness. His funeral left the same day from his residence Norman Villa at Norman Park. The funeral was conducted by Cannon and Cripps.
+
John Hislop Undertakers, Brisbane, ca. 1902, held by John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland
+
John Hislop Undertakers in a funeral procession in Brisbane, ca. 1892, held by John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. It is believed the procession is in Sylvan Road (previously Cemetery Road) on corner of Kate Street.
+1842 â 15 June 1911
+Hoolan was born in 1842 in Tipperary, son of James Hoolan and Margaret Kennedy. He married Ellen Lawler in 1871 in Kingâs County, Ireland and had two sons and two daughters. In a varied career, he was a carpenter in Bathurst, a miner in Charters Towers, a newspaper proprietor in Georgetown and leased a farm in North Queensland in 1896. Hoolan was the MLA for Burke from 1890 to 1894 and again from 1896 to 1899. He died in the Diamantina region on the 15 June 1911.
+
1897 â 1967
+Service Number: 2327. 49th Battalion
+John was born in Brisbane to James Bennett and Elizabeth Guilfoyle in 1897. He enlisted 28 May 1915 and embarked 20 August 1915 on A9 HMAT Shropshire. He returned to Australia per Margha arriving 8 February 1919 and passed away 1967 and was laid to rest by himself.
+7 June 1863 â 24 November 1927
+John was born on 7 June 1863 at Shelton, Staffordshire, England. He was taken to New Zealand as a young boy. He left school at age 11 to learn printing. He returned to England where, with two others, he started the Staffordshire Knot, a paper sympathetic to the interests of trades unionism. John migrated to Queensland in 1884 and found work with the Brisbane Newspaper Co Ltd as a printer. He soon became a reporter on the Brisbane Courier and became Chief Parliamentary Reporter in the 1890's. John played a considerable part in the policy of the Labour Party in Queensland.
+During the industrial turmoil of the 1890s he preferred to investigate local history. His works included In the Early Days (1895), Australian Pioneers and Reminiscences (1896) completed after the death of Nehemiah Bartley from Bartley's notes and diaries, and Brisbane: a Historical Sketch of the Capital of Queensland (1897). In 1906 John became editor of the Courier and in 1916 became managing director of the Brisbane Newspaper Co Ltd and subsequently combined that office with the position of chairman of directors. He died on 24 November 1927.
+
+
J. J. Knight - State Library of Queensland.
+1 June 1813 â 23 March 1901
+Imrie was born in Ayr, Scotland, on 1 June 1813, where he was educated at the local Academy, Braisemere College, Oxford, then Edinburgh Royal College of Surgeons but did not graduate. He received a commission in the army, and went out as medical officer with the 42nd Highlanders to India where he remained in active service for six years. He was severely wounded in India when taking the lead in a charge. With all the other officers were either killed or wounded, he led on and gained a victory, for which he may have been awarded a medal for bravery. His obituary published in the Brisbane Courier (25 May 1901) stated this was the Victoria Cross but his name does not appear on any lists of recipients. He was then invalided to England; afterwards sold his commission.
+He then emigrated to New Zealand was just at that time proclaimed a British colony with his family and settled in Nelson in 1842. Stories of Imrieâs dramatic escape from the Wairau Affray, in which 22 settlers were killed, are embroidered. Imrie and his family left in an orderly fashion aboard the Sisters for Hobart in September 1843. He then started practice of his profession in Hobart, and in January 1845 was appointed medical officer for the convicts at Maria Island, where he resided for many years with his family, until the settlement was wound down. Then he was transferred to the penal settlement at Ross, where he remained until transportation ceased. He farmed for a period, before moving to Queensland with his family in 1864, and shortly after joined the civil service where he remained until retiring in 1894. He died aged 88 on 23 March 1901.
+Died 1930
+John Lamacraft Richards was a native of Devon in England. He arrived in Brisbane on the ship Golden City on 6 January 1865. He was a member of the City Volunteer Fire Brigade from 1876 to 1882 and of the Brisbane Fire Brigade from 1882 to 1889. He was a foundation member of the Progressive Lodge (Odd Fellows) and also of the Brisbane Past Grand's Lodge.
+
First Brisbane Fire Stations, 1868-1882, presented on his retirement from his position as Head Teacher at the Milton State School, Brisbane from 1888 to 1916 - State Library of Queensland.
+7 November 1861 â 18 January 1929
+Born Cornwall, England on 7 November 1861 to Rev William Woolcock and Elizabeth White. Woolcock commenced his legal studies while reading in Griffith's chambers and was admitted as a barrister of Queensland Supreme Court in 1887. He was appointed a Judge of the Queensland Supreme Court in 1927 and died in office less than two years later on 18 January 1929.
+
+
Judge John Laskey Woolcock - State Library of Queensland.
+1854 â 1909
+Leahy was born in 1854 at Schull, Cork, the son of Patrick Leahy, a farmer, and Mary Coghlan. He arrived in Brisbane 1874 and was appointed Post Master at Windorah before settling at Thargomindah in 1883. Leahy married Annie Colbert in 1886. He was a member of the Bulloo Divisional Board 1889â1893. A successful grazier, Leahy was President of the Woolbrokersâ Association. He was part owner of the Thargomindah Herald established by his younger brother Patrick James Leahy, and proprietor of the Royal Hotel 1886-1889.
+Leahyâs political career as member for Bulloo 1893 to 1909 saw him as Secretary for the Railways and Public Works 1907â09. He held many directorships including the Queensland Meat Export Co., Estate and Mortgage Co., and the National Agricultural Association of Queensland. He was also a member of Brisbane Chamber of Commerce and on the executive of the Queensland Irish Association. Leahy died at his home in New Farm in 1909 and was buried after a state funeral.
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Funeral of the late Hon. John Leahy â The Brisbane Courier, 23 January 1909. Lightened.
+1852 â 4 April 1918
+John Lowther was born in Hull, Yorkshire in 1852. He married Christine (née Hillen) in 1876 July and they sailed aboard the Stirlingshire from Glasgow to Townsville, arriving on 7 November 1882.
+John Lowther ran the firm of "J Lowther" (1889-1902) and then "Lowther & Sons" on Ann Street, Brisbane. John and his wife lived at âHunberniaâ, Free street, Kelvin Grove, and had five children, Phillip, Ernest, Charles, Arthur and Lottie. John Lowther died 4 April 1918 aged 66.
+ + +The business continued after John's death, with his eldest son, Phillip J. Lowther, operating the firm "Phillip Lowther and Son" Monumental and Building Masons at 108 Lutwyche Road. Notable works include:
+Phillip's son, Leslie John Lowther, was the managing director of P. J. Lowther and Son, Pty., Ltd., masonry contractors, Bowen Bridge Road. Leslie is buried in Toowong Cemetery (8â71â26/27).
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+
Firm of Lowther & Sons on Ann Street, ca. 1907. The business of Lowther and Sons, monumental headstones was situated on Ann Street, between Boundary Street and Antrim Street - State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
+1841 â 1908
+Born 1841 in Tyrone, McDermott arrived in Brisbane in 1864 on the Earl Russell with his wife Martha. He was the publican of one of the Valleyâs most successful pubs, the Empire Hotel on the corner of Brunswick and Ann Streets. Originally a twoâstory wooden building in the 1870s it was rebuilt into three storys in the 1890s. McDermott died independently wealthy in 1908 and was interred by the Reverend Father John OâLeary.
+
Empire Hotel, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, ca. 1934 â State Library of Queensland.
+1834 â 8 March 1912
+John Melville, the first overseer, devoted most of his life to Toowong Cemetery. He was born in Hertfordshire in 1834 and in 1848 came to Queensland with his parents under the guidance of Dr John Dunmore Lang aboard the Fortitude. In 1851 when the gold diggings broke out in Victoria, Melville went, to try his luck but returned to Brisbane at Christmas 1854 to visit his family. He then met Augustus Gregory and was asked to join his Great Northern exploration party for the purpose of exploring the Victoria and Albert Rivers, an invitation which he accepted.
+After returning from the expedition Melville was engaged in survey work until 1871 when he acted as chainman to George Phillips, who had been engaged to survey part of the present cemetery at Toowong and in 1873 he was appointed overseer of the cemetery by the Trustees which position he held for 38 years. He was succeeded in his position by his son J. L. Melville.
+The Melvilles lived in a house, later demolished, on part of the cemetery reserve where the bus depot is now. John died aged 77 on 8 March 1912.
+
+
The Late Mr. John Melville - The Queenslander, 6 Apr 1912
+
++In loving memory
+
+of
+John Melville
+Died 8th March 1912
+Aged 77
+Last survivor Gregory's
+North Australian Expedition
+1855-6
+and for 32 years
+Overseer of this Cemetery
ca. 1824 â 26 October 1890
+John, a son of John Ogle and Isabella (née Swan), was born in Northumberland, England ca. 1824. Mary Ann Scott, a daughter of Robert Scott and Mary (née Frater), was born ca. 1823.
+Mary Ann and John, with their three daughters, arrived in Brisbane aboard the Montmorency on 16 October 1860.
+The Ogles were early settlers at Pullenvale, where John farmed. Part of their property (portions 222 & 229, county of Stanley, parish of Moggill, consisting of 173 acres) included the site of the Pullenvale Hall at the corner of Grandview and Pullenvale Roads, which became known as Ogle's Corner.
+John died on the 26 October 1890. Mary Ann died on the 24 August 1907.
+
Montmorency (ship) â State Library of Queensland.
+15 January 1822 â 8 December 1892
+John Petrie was born on 15 January 1822 at Edinburgh, eldest son of Andrew Petrie and his wife Mary, née Cuthbertson. He arrived in Sydney with his family in 1831 and was educated at Reverend John Dunmore Lang's school. In 1837, he arrived aboard the James Watt, the first steamer to enter Moreton Bay, where his father had been appointed clerk of works, and accompanied him on explorations to the Bunya Mountains and Maroochy River. The family stayed on in the Moreton Bay District after the penal settlement closed. After learning the ropes in the family building and contracting business John assumed responsibility for its management after his father's blindness in 1848 forced him to retire. John became sole proprietor and the firm was changed from Petrie & Son to John Petrie.
+On 5 September 1850 Petrie married Jane Keith, daughter of Daniel McNaught of Dunbarton, Scotland. The family grew to five sons and five daughters. John Petrie was publicâspirited and held many important offices. He topped the poll in Brisbane's first municipal election in 1859 and was mayor three times by 1862 and served as an Alderman until 1867. He was also an active member of the first Masonic lodge in Queensland. A staunch Presbyterian, he was an elder and worked on building St Paul's Church. John Petrie died on 8 December 1892.
+
Andrew and John Petrie â State Library of Queensland.
+The First Mayor and Aldermen of the Brisbane City Council - 1859 â Brisbane City Council.
3 December 1826 â 29 July 1900
+ + + + +John Sargert Turner was born in Wangaroa, New Zealand in 1826, to Reverend Nathaniel Turner (1793-1864), a Wesleyan Missionary, and Anne Turner, née Sargent. In 1852, John Turner migrated to Brisbane and opened the Brisbane Branch of the Union Bank. In 1871 he relinquished his management position to join the established firm of George Raff and Co. Turner retired from business when the company dissolved in 1882. He was the director of several businesses including Queensland Mercantile, the Australian Mutual Providence Society and the South Australian Land and Mortgage Company. On 18th April 1876, he entered the Legislative Council where he remained until his death. He is regarded as the founder of the Albert street Uniting Church.
+Turner was a trustee of the Lady Bowen Hospital. He was also a founding member of the Queensland Acclimatisation Society and was passionate about flowers and gardening. He died in July 1900 of heart failure.
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Front view of the Union Bank, Brisbane, ca. 1878 - State Library of Queensland
+11 August 1849 â 5 April 1922
+Also from Dorset was Dr John Shirley who was born in Dorchester on 11 August 1849 to Sergeant John Shirley of the Grenadier Guards and Una (née Turner). John Shirley graduated with a Bachelor of Science from London University then trained as a teacher.
+He arrived in Brisbane in 1878 and was immediately appointed headmaster of the school at Roma. The following year he was promoted to the position of Schools Inspector. He covered thousands of miles on horseback, visiting schools all over Queensland. This life gave him the opportunity to further study natural sciences, which had formed his final University course and he published many scientific papers. He was awarded the degree of D.Sc. at the age of 63.
+In 1914 Dr Shirley became the first principal of the newly established Teachers' Training College in Brisbane, a position he held until retirement in 1919. He died at his residence in Bowen Hills on 5 April 1922 following a seizure.
+ca. 1828 â 23 January 1889
+John Simmonds was born in Blandford, Dorset around 1828, the eldest son of John Simmonds, builder and stonemason and Ann (nĂ©e Pond). John sailed with his family from London aboard the Lady Eveline, arriving in Port Phillip in November 1852. Mary Jemima Coombs married John at Pelham Street, Melbourne on 17 December 1859. They had 10 children born in Victoria. John took over the familyâs stonemason business on the death of his father in 1860.
+John Simmonds founded a monumental masory business Brisbane in around 1880. His company created the beautiful momument to T.J. Byrnes and has family in Toowong Cemetery (7-47-5).
+
Monumental plans and headstone description - Thomas Joseph, Annie and Michael Vincent Byrnes ca. 1898 â Queensland State Archives, Item ID ITM1675894. Cropped and darkened.
+ + + + +John Simmonds took on his son, John Howard Simmonds (1862-1955), as an apprentice stonemason in 1880. He ran the business after his Father's death in 1889 until he retired in 1920.
+ + +J.H. Simmonds made a point of photographing the tombstones he worked on. He introduced photography to his wife, Rose Simmonds, who studied art with Godfrey Rivers at the Brisbane Technical College. A collection of Rose Simmonds' work is held by the Queensland Art Gallery. J.H. Simmonds was also a Naturalist who collected fossils and botanical specimens that are now held in the Queensland Museum and Queensland Herbarium.
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St Andrew's Presbyterian Church on Ann Street, Brisbane, with stonemason next door, ca. 1915 - State Library of Queensland. In March 1896 John Simmonds moved his business to Ann-street, near Creek-Street and the Central Station.
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8 December 1827 â 5 May 1906
+John Sinclair was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland on 8 December 1827, the son of John Sinclair and Jane Smith. He married Jane Kelman in Brisbane on 11 August 1857. They had six children four of whom died in infancy. His wife Jane died in Brisbane on 11 February 1872. On 14 January 1888 in Brisbane, John Sinclair remarried to Constance Isabel Georgina Geoghegan. However, Constance died at their home, Delholm, Kangaroo Point on 21 May 1893.
+Sinclair died at Kangaroo Point, on 5 May 1906 aged 79 years and was buried here, together with Constance and his two adult children Margaret and James. John Sinclair was an Alderman of the Brisbane Municipal Council for the ward of Kangaroo Point from 1871â1882 and 1886â1887. He was Mayor of the Brisbane Municipal Council in 1880 and 1881.
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John Sinclair â State Library of Queensland.
+View of the Kangaroo Point cliffs, Brisbane, ca. 1890 â State Library of Queensland.
24 August 1802 â 21 October 1865
+Born to Maurice Stephen Ferriter and Sophia Matilda Phillips in London 24 August 1802. By 1827 he is listed as a Purser in a Royal Navy ship. He married Elizabeth Jones in historic St James Church in NSW 21 May 1836 by Rev Samuel Marsden.
+ + +10 May 1842 â 7 May 1932
+John Theophilus Symons Bird was born in Torquay, Devonshire on 10 May 1842 and arrived in Rockhampton in 1863. He took an active part in the production of the Rockhampton Bulletin, having filled the position of printer, journalist, drama critic, overseer, mining editor and sporting editor. In February 1867 John Bird and his friend Arthur Hosking discovered gold in the granite and slate deposits in the Ridgelands area outside Rockhampton. John Bird died on 7 May 1932.
+1891 â 27 June 1969
+11th Light Horse
+Born in Blackall to John Thomas Moores and Mary Alice Robinson 1891. Enlisted 18 December 1916 in Rockhampton. He embarked 9 May 1917 on HMAT Port Sydney A15 from Sydney and arrived Suez 20 June 1917. He returned to Australia on the Morvada 28 August 1919. Despite illness he lived to 77 years of age and was laid to rest 27 June 1969.
+1844 â 1879
+Irish-born John Tutty (1844-1879) arrived in Brisbane around 1864. His parents were Edward Tutty and Frances Green. He married Alice Ross in 1872 in Brisbane. In 1873 in partnership with Robert Finney, Tutty and Finney took over the Fortitude Valley store of Finney Isles when that business moved to Queen Street. John was 35 when he died from a head injury from a fall at his home.
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Finney and Isles store, Fortitude Valley, ca. 1868 â State Library of Queensland.
+30 May 1850 â 24 September 1924
+Stationer, bookseller, bookbinder, account book manufacturer, publisher, and lithographer, John McNaught was born in Brisbane on 30 May 1850. His parents, Daniel and Barbara (née Ure) McNaught and his older brother Daniel had arrived in Moreton Bay in 1848 on the Artemisia from Scotland. John married Eliza Ann Bothamley on 18 Jun 1873 in Brisbane. He was a long-time Toowong resident and was living at Kalangur, Augustus Street Toowong at the time of his death on 24 September 1924.
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Street map of the city of Brisbane, Queensland, 1878 published by J.U. McNaught â State Library of Queensland.
+Born 1836
+Born to Octavius Williams and Susan Jennifer Ferris in 1836 in Truro, Cornwall. He married Fanny Frances Buzacott 9 April 1863 in Rockhampton. Again on Station in Sydney with the Royal Navy and stayed after discharge.
+ca. 1870 â 16 December 1947
+Born in Glasgow, Scotland, John Wilson Weir was a son of John Weir and Jane (née Kerr). The family immigrated to Townsville, arriving on 19 July 1882. In Townsville in March 1917, John enlisted in the 15 Australian Imperial Force. Driver Weir was discharged in June 1918 as overage. Frances Georgina Bain (née Backwell) married John in Queensland in October 1918. Frances died in 1927. John was residing in Beatty Road, Salisbury when he died on 16 December 1947 aged 77 years.
+1828 - 27 November 1873
+John Wood Rendall was born in Upper Inkster, Orkney Islands, Scotland, to Peter Rendall and Jane Wood, who were small farmers.
+In 1846 he left for the Portuguese colony of Azores, where he was employed as tutor of languages, to the Governor's children. There he met Letitia Amelia Hewitt, a ward of the Governor. Letitia Amelia's mother and the Governor's wife were friends and Amelia (as she was later known) had been sent for health reasons from her home in Worcester, England, arriving the same year as John. She was born in 1829 to Joseph Hewitt and Mary Harris.
+John Rendall and Amelia Hewitt were married by the Chaplain of the British Protestant Church, City of Ponta Delgarda, Island of St. Michael, on the 13th of June 1849.
+One year later, also in Ponto Delgarda, Amelia's mother married for the second time to a Portuguese, Emmanuel Inez Rodrigues. When she was widowed again, Mary emigrated to join her daughter, who by this time was in Brisbane. Mary arrived on the 7th of January 1877. She had been there only seven years when she died in 1883. As well as Amelia, she had a surviving son, Joseph, and a deceased girl from each of her marriages.
+Meanwhile, back in the Azores, John and Amelia had two sons, Joseph Hewitt, born on the 24th of April 1859 and Henry Hewitt, born on the 15th of September 1851. (All their children were given the name 'Hewitt'.)
+Eight years after their arrival in the Azores, they returned to England, to embark on the Calphumia which sailed for Australia on the 5th May 1853. Amelia was pregnant with their third child, Mary Jane Hewitt, who was born on board the ship in Melbourne Harbour on the 19th of August 1853. They continued on to Sydney, where John's first teaching post was Campsie, now Trevellyn in the Hunter Valley. He opened the school there in October. He was well regarded; an Inspector recorded that "his teaching was very superior." Their fourth child, John Hewitt, was born at nearby Paterson on the 11th of September 1855.
+John was transferred to Drayton, near Toowoomba, in August 1856. They were at Drayton for three years until Queensland separated from New South Wales in 1859. Ellen Hewitt was born there on the 20th of October 1858. A son, Nugent, had been born and died the year before.
+The high standard of John's teaching was recognised at this school also. Before he left, a public testimonial described him as "as one of the most able teachers in Queensland."
+Following Separation John was appointed the first headmaster of the newly built Normal School, making him the first Headmaster of the first State School in the new state of Queensland. It opened on the 2nd of April 1860 and John remained there till his death on 27th of November 1873, aged 45 years of age.
+Amelia was left with ten children, five more being born at Moorlands Villa, on the site of what is now the Wesley Hospital. They were Letitia Amelia Hewitt, October 1860, Frank Hewitt, August 1862, Anne Hewitt, July 1864, Florence Hewitt, January 1866 and Charles Hewitt, December 1868.
+Throughout his career John attracted official praise for his teaching, discipline and approachability, and he made an indelible mark on Queensland's educational history. The pupil-teacher training system was inaugurated under his direction.
+In March 1872 "after 14 years unremitting mental labour which severely taxed his constitution," he became Acting Inspector of the Northern Districts examining all the primary schools north of Brisbane as far as Cardwell.
+He returned to the Normal School in September of that year and shortly afterwards was presented with a beautiful timepiece, as a testimony to his worth and ability. The inscription on a silver plate attached to the front of the clock reads: "Presented to John Rendall, Esq. By the teachers and pupils of the Normal School, Brisbane 1873". It is now in the possession of John's great-grandson.
+John took leave of absence and after an illness of two weeks, the last five days of which he was in severe pain, he died at his home Moorlands Villa on the 27th of November, 1873. The school was closed for the rest of the week as a mark of respect and teachers and pupils alike "were cast into gloom".
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Normal School, Brisbane, ca. 1885 â State Library of Queensland.
+Students from the Normal School, Brisbane, ca. 1872 â State Library of Queensland.
A monument to his memory was erected over his grave by pupils and friends connected with the public schools in Brisbane.
+He was buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery at Paddington, Brisbane. After it was closed it fell into disrepair. In 1911 an Act of Parliament enabled the resumption of such cemeteries and allowed them to be redesignated for public use. Relatives had twelve months to arrange for re-interment. John was re-interred in Toowong Cemetery on the 16th of May 1913.
+A plaque enclosed in three stones from the old Normal School is incorporated in the wall of Anzac Square Building, Edward Street, Brisbane, commemorating the school and John Rendall's association with it.
+John and Amelia were caring persons, sympathetic to the needs of those worse off than themselves. During the financial crash of 1866 when government funds were cut off, they fed many people who came to them for help with milk from their cow and a bowl of potatoes on their front lawn, although being almost as impoverished themselves.
+John, with another teacher, Randall MacDonnell, intervened with the Government on behalf of such starving people to get them some relief. He was also a guiding force in the effort to establish a Teachers Union. John was very tolerant in regard to religion.
+Following John's death, Amelia and her family supported themselves by operating a series of boarding houses, one of which, Cadarga, was in Milton. Following this she had premises in Gregory Terrace, Holyrood, later owned by the Country Women's Association.
+Amelia lived to the ripe old age of 93, spry to the last, and living to see the birth of the first of her great-grandchildren.
+This story was contributed by Ruth Inglis.
+Died 21 April 1934
+Lyon was a member of the 2nd Battalion, Natal Contingent and saw action at the Battle of Isandhlwana, Rorke's Drift, Gingalore, the relief of Ekouso and was awarded South African Medal. On 22 January 1879, the 1st Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot was attacked by Zulus and decimated, with some 858 members killed. A few soldiers were able to escape to the mission station at Rorkeâs Drift. The Battle of Rorkeâs Drift was depicted in the 1964 movie Zulu. Eight officers and 135 men successfully defended the station. Eleven Victoria Crosses were later issued, the most in any British battle. Lyon died on 21 April 1934 aged 81.
+The good man was the Minister of the Brisbane Hebrew Congregation, serving here for 45 years and in Toowoomba and Adelaide for several years. He was, more than anyone else, responsible for the building of the Brisbane Synagogue in Margaret Street. It was started in 1885 and finished in 1886 and remains in full use. The Sepher Torah scroll, at the top of his monument, indicates that he was regarded as a particularly good person. It carries the words,
+++In everlasting memory
+
1845 â 2 June 1916
+Born in 1845 in Ripley in the West Riding of Yorkshire where his father William was a surgeon, Joseph Atkinson Holdsworth served with the Railways Department in Queensland for 50 years starting as stationmaster in Ipswich in 1867. At the time of his death at the age of 71 on 2 June 1916 he was a railway examiner and prosecutor.
+21 February 1836 â 16 June 1894
+Dr Joseph Bancroft (1836-1894) was a general practitioner, surgeon, medical researcher, inventor, parasitologist and canned meat manufacturer. He was the only child of Joseph Bancroft, farmer, of Stretford, Manchester, England, and his wife Ann, née Lane. Seeking a warmer climate for health reasons, he arrived in Brisbane in 1864 with his wife and children. In addition to carrying out his duties as a medical practitioner, he was keenly interested in the problems affecting stock and agriculture and experimented with plant varieties to establish those suitable for growing in Queensland's climate.
+After his death, his son Dr Thomas Lane Bancroft (1860-1933), a medical scientist and administrator, continued his father's work in agriculture and parasitology.
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Dr Joseph Bancroft - State Library of Queensland
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Home of Dr. Joseph Bancroft in Ann Street, Brisbane, ca. 1882 - State Library of Queensland
+14 November 1843 â 25 December 1911
+Joseph Cossart was born on 14 November 1843 (± 3 years) in County Antrim, Ireland to Henry Cossart and Mary (née Walker). The family sailed from London to Moreton Bay aboard the Flying Cloud, arriving on 19 February 1864. The family settled in the Perseverance Creek district.
+Annie Bidgood married Joseph in Pipe Clay, Perseverance near Crow's Nest, Queensland on 4 August 1874. They had nine children. +In 1890 Joseph moved his family to the Dugandan district near Boonah, where they lived until moving to Brisbane in 1899.
+In 1901, Joseph and Sydney, his second son, started a saw milling business in Gatton. Ultimately Joseph's other sons joined the business. +Joseph died at his residence, Babbiloora, Browne Street, New Farm on the evening of 25 December 1911 leaving his widow, four sons and four daughters.
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Log felled in the Gatton district, Queensland. Log labelled Jos Cossart & Son Sawmills, Gatton â State Library of Queensland.
+1849 â 15 January 1918
+Cannon and Cripps was formed in 1887 by Alfred Cannon and his brother-in-law Joseph Cripps.
+Joseph Cripps was born in Waddeson near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire in 1849. He arrived in Queensland aboard the Ramsey in June 1873. Initially he lived in Ipswich before moving to Brisbane. After nine years in various businesses, he became an undertaker. He died after thirty one years in the profession aged 69 on 15 January 1918 after an illness of six weeks. The funeral, conducted by John Hislops and Sons, left his late residence Iona, Heussler Terrace, Milton and he was buried with the rites of the Methodist Church of which he had been a trustee for many years. He was also a prominent member of the Protestant Alliance Friendly Society of Australia and sympathised with the ideals of the Loyal Orange Lodge. Joseph Cripps had outlived his partner Alfred Cannon by three years and had gone into business with his nephew William Cannon.
+Alfred Cannon died on 11 September 1915 aged 71 at his home Airlie, Edmondstone, South Brisbane. He shared the same political affiliations and lodge memberships as his brother-in-law. Alfred had married Josephâs sister Sarah Cripps on Christmas Eve 1862 in Waddeson, the same village they had both been born and the couple joined Joseph on his voyage to Queensland.
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Flyer for Cannon and Cripps, Undertakers in Brisbane, Queensland, 1902 - State Library of Queensland.
+1827 â 1902
+Born 1827 in Tyrone, the son of Joseph and Ann (1803â1883), Darragh arrived in Sydney on 29 April 1850 with his wife, Eliza Graham. They moved to Brisbane where he was a butcher at Kangaroo Point from 1853 to 1902. Darragh Street was named for the family before 1874, and when he died, Darragh was âof Independent Meansâ.
+Darraghâs brothers were also businessmen in Brisbane. James (1831â1905) was a publican of the Logan Hotel, Main St, Kangaroo Point and the Sportsmanâs Arms in Queen St, while Hugh (1839â1916) was also a butcher. Joseph died in 1902.
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Sportsman's Arms Hotel, Brisbane, ca. 1874 â State Library of Queensland.
+1887 â 2 May 1915
+Service Number: 1104. 9th Battalion
+Joseph was born in Brisbane to Thomas Barnes and Elizabeth Louisa Blacker in 1887. He enlisted 11 September 1914 at Enoggera and embarked from Melbourne 22 December 1914 per HMAT Themistocles A32. He was killed in action 2 May 1915 on the attack on Gaba Tepe and buried at Lone Pine Cemetery.
+1843 â 27 July 1920
+Joseph Hughes was born in Manchester England in 1843 and came to Queensland when he was 20. He entered the public service as sub-collector of Customs and police magistrate at Bundaberg, was later appointed Registrar General at Brisbane and held that position until 1902 when he was chosen as the first Income Tax Commissioner for Queensland. He passed away at his residence in Park Road Milton on 27 July 1920 at the age of 78.
+1858 â 2 April 1878
+Joseph Kelly was born in 1858. Constable Kelly was only twenty when he died of typhoid at the Brisbane Hospital on 2 April 1878. He had been admitted a month earlier and his family and fellow officers were hopeful of his recovery.
+1849 â 5 May 1910
+Joseph Phillips was born in St Agnes Cornwall in 1849. He was a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music in London. He migrated to Australia In 1904 with his teenage children. He conducted the Blackstone and Ipswich Cambrian Choir in 1904/05 leading this choir to victory in the 1905 Austral Festival in Toowoomba and also conducted the Brisbane Philharmonic Society's inaugural concert when they performed Faust in the Exhibition Concert Hall (the old Museum building on Gregory Terrace) in Brisbane.
+In 1908 Joseph Phillips was appointed conductor of the Brisbane Austral Choir which later amalgamated with the Brisbane Music Union to become the Queensland State and Municipal Choir, now the Queensland Choir.
+Joseph died on 5 May 1910 in South Brisbane. The Blackstone & Ipswich Cambrian Choir and the Brisbane Austral Choir combined in a choral concert to raise funds for a memorial over Joseph Phillips grave, with the remaining funds raised by public subscription. On 11 August 1912 the graceful draped shaft of brown Helidon freestone, resting on a base in which was carved a lyre was unveiled.
+ca. 1875 â ca. June 1919
+Service number: 3851. 49th Battalion.
+Born in Leeds Yorkshire ca. 1875. No records of family exist other than a Next of Kin, niece Miss Harriet Leeson living in Brudenall View, Hyde Park, Leeds. He was 38 on enlistment 13 September 1915. Former trade is a farmer.
+23 May 1916 â 25 December 1941
+Q875
+Joseph McNamara, a son of Roger and Jane (née Addison), was born in Sydney's Woollahra district on 23 May 1916. On 22 January 1941, Joseph, a labourer residing at 29 Prospect Terrace, Highgate Hill, enlisted at Lytton. Signalman McNamara was assigned to the Australian Citizen Military Forces, New Guinea Area Signals, Australian Corps of Signals.
+Joseph died in Brisbane on 25 December 1941 of injuries accidentally received, aged 25 years.
+ca. 1838 â 25 July 1885
+Joseph Needham Scrope Shrapnel migrated from England in 1870 on the ship Beaumaris Castle with a lady whom family members long believed to be his wife. Esther Voyce was in fact his housekeeper. Joseph left a wife and four children in England and presumably left for the colonies with the love of his life, seeking a fresh start. With Esther, Joseph had three more children, two of whom are buried with him.
+Joseph was a surgeon who had two practices, one at Sandgate and the other in Tank Street in Brisbane City. While riding to the Sandgate Station, Joseph fell from his horse, breaking his leg. He subsequently contracted pneumonia and died aged 47. Esther, his 'wife' was eventually buried beside him.
+Joseph Shrapnel bore a famous name. He was the grandson of Lieutenant General Henry Shrapnel of Bradford-on-Avon in Wiltshire, who invented the shrapnel shell which was named after him. The General sold the family estate and spent all the money perfecting his invention.
+This story was contributed by Catriana Stark.
+30 May 1899 â 25 December 1941
+5227 / Q54752
+A son of Joseph Abbott and Rose Ann (née Napier), Joseph was born on 30 May 1899 in Gympie. Joseph, a greaser, enlisted on 22 November 1917 and was assigned to the 31st Battalion Australian Imperial Force. Private Abbott was gassed in France on 30 September 1918 and was medically discharged in 1919.
+Ellen Mary Clegg married Joseph in Brisbane on 16 February 1921. In May 1928, J R Abbott was listed as a successful candidate of an locomotive and traction engine driver certificate in Mackay.
+Joseph enlisted in Mackay on 10 December 1940 and was assigned to the 15 Garrison Battalion. Private Abbott transferred to 1 Garrison Battalion at the end of August 1941 and was promoted on 22 November 1941. On duty in Landsborough at 4:14am on Christmas Day 1941, Lance Corporal Abbott was shot near his right eye. The shot killed Joseph within a few minutes. His body was transferred to Nambour for a post-mortem examination before his Boxing Day funeral.
+Born to James Watters and Mary Ellen Teague in Bowdon in Cheshire, England. Won the Abyssinian Medal for his part in Sir Robert Napierâs rescue of imprisoned British citizens in that country now known as Ethiopia from the clutches of Emperor Tewodros II.
+Died 21 February 1914
+Joseph, who established the shipbuilding firm J W Sutton & Co at Kangaroo Point , was recognised as one of the leading engineers of his day. Early vessels built by J W Sutton & Co include the iron steamer, Lady Musgrave, the iron paddle steamer, Maid of Sker, and the first ferry boat used on the Brisbane River, the Transit. The home of Joseph and his wife, Mary was one of the first private residences in Brisbane to be lit up by electricity. Joseph died on 21 February 1914.
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Ship 'Maid of Sker' anchored in the Brisbane River outside of the Customs House, Queensland. Cropped. â State Library of Queensland.
+1812 â 11 March 1881
+The third Mayor of Brisbane, Joshua Jeays died on the 11 March 1881 aged 69. He was born in Leicestershire, 1812. He married Sarah Edwyn in 1838 in Marylebone, Middlesex. They and their three children immigrated to Moreton Bay in 1853. His daughter Sarah Jane married in 1858 in Brisbane to Sir Charles Lilley, who became Premier of Queensland.
+In 1862, Joshua Jeays bought 39 acres at the corner of Cooper's Camp Road on which he built Bardon House. He is buried with his wife Sarah who predeceased him, dying on 26 July 1864 in Brisbane. Sarah was originally buried in Paddington Cemetery but reâinterred in here on 17 April 1913.
+Joshua built homes of prominent Brisbane residents such as John Petrie and the Cribb family. Joshua was an Alderman from 1859 to 1867 and was Mayor in 1864.
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Bardon House in Brisbane, ca. 1930 Bardon the suburb was named after this home built by Joshua Jeays, one of the first landowners in the district. The area was first surveyed in 1862. Jeays was the home owner and architect and a business partner of Andrew Petrie. â State Library of Queensland.
+Alderman Joshua Jeays â Brisbane City Council.
++In memory of
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+Joshua Jeays
+Late Mayor of Brisbane
+Who died 11th March, 1881
+Aged 69
+and of
+Sarah his wife
+Who died 26th July, 1861
+Aged 52
+She is buried at Milton
+Be just and fear not
19 January 1827 â 20 December 1881
+Administrator â 19 March 1880 to 22 November 1880
+Bell was born on 19 January 1827 in Kildare, Ireland, the eldest son of Thomas Bell and his wife Sarah, née Alexander. When aged about three, his parents migrated to Australia. He was educated in Sydney then entering the office of a Sydney solicitor. In 1843 his father took over the pastoral lease of Jimbour near Dalby which Bell took control aged 21.
+In 1859 was invited to stand for West Moreton. On 19 February 1861 at Ipswich he married Margaret Dorsey. In December 1862 he was returned with a large majority. In June 1863 after the dissolution of the first parliament he was returned for the same electorate. In December 1864 he became treasurer in the Herbert ministry. On Herbert's temporary retirement in 1865 Bell retained office in the Macalister ministry, being Treasurer when the financial crisis of 1866 struck the colony. In 1866 Bell became acting Minister for Lands and in 1867 acting Minister for Works.
+In 1868 he was returned for Northern Downs and held the seat until he was appointed President of the Legislative Council in 1879. From 19 March to 20 December 1880 he acted as Administrator of the colony when Governor Sir Arthur Kennedy was on leave. On 20 December 1881, while returning from a business appointment in a cab, he died unexpectedly.
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Sir Joshua Peter Bell - State Library of Queensland
+ + +ca. 1882 â 11 September 1916
+Julia Blaycock, daughter of Richard and Ann Hayward was a member of the ATNA. She died on the 11 September 1916 aged 34.
+24 September 1849 â 23 June 1916
+Justin Fox Greenlaw Foxton, was born on 24 September 1849 in Melbourne, son of Captain John Greenlaw Foxton and his wife Isabel Elizabeth, née Potts. In 1864 he moved to Queensland where he was articled to James Malbon Thompson in Ipswich and admitted to the Bar in 1871.
+Foxton held the Legislative Assembly seat of Carnarvon from 1883 until 1904 when he refused to support the Morgan coalition. As Home Secretary under the Philp government, Foxton introduced the Adult Suffrage Bill in 1901. Foxton died of cerebro-vascular disease at South Brisbane on 23 June 1916.
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Major Justin Fox Greenlaw Foxton of the Brisbane Field Artillery, 1888 â State Library of Queensland.
+10 November 1854 â 5 June 1899
+Charles was born in London on 10 November 1854, the son of politician and revolutionary Ferenc Pulsky, a member of a prominent Hungarian family. He was an urbane art collector who founded the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts. He married famous Ibsenâexponent, actress Emilia MĂĄrkus.
+Implicated in a politicallyâmotivated financial scandal, he went into a lonely exile after a trial in 1896. He shot himself at Myrltetown on 5 June 1899 having been in Queensland for about two months working as an AMP canvasser. In 1913, while on a tour to South America, the worldâfamous ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky impulsively married his daughter, Romola Pulsky, who had pursued him throughout Europe. The White Stag of Exile was written about his life by Thomas Shapcott in 1984.
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1847 â June 1932
+Kate Mary Smith, giving her name to the KM Smith Funerals, was a true pioneer in an era when women pursued domestic duties or worked in service or in factories. Born in Ireland in 1847 as Catherine Mary Farrell, she immigrated to Australia with her brother in the 1860s. Kate Farrell is believed to have worked for the Jardine family on Cape York. Certainly she was at Somerset on 27 January 1868 when she married Marine John Smith at the Registrarâs Office. Their marriage certificate shows John was 29, and a piano forte maker like his father; Kate was 21 and described herself as a servant.
+Kate Mary, a Catholic, and her Anglican husband John, arrived in Brisbane in 1874. Through their respective churches and his Freemasonry, they were able to make extensive social and business connections, despite living in poor circumstances themselves. John often applied his cabinet making and carpentry skills to produce coffins, subsequently becoming an undertaker. They lived in Peel Street, South Brisbane, and later at Manning Street, and bought the undertaking business of William Walsh in 1883. They operated for many years from George Street, just near the old Lands Department, and they competed for business with other undertakers such as Walter Barrett and the Hislops. Two years later John Smith was dealing with his solicitors about leasing land at the corner of Wickham and Gotha Streets, below the steep hill crowned by All Hallows.
+On 11 January 1886, the Smith family moved from South Brisbane to the Valley where they lived in the upper storey, above the business. Nearby were the very necessary stables, housing the hearses and the black horses that drew them. It was a many-faceted business, and they were on call day and night. But Kate Mary's husband was ill, suffering from consumption, and weakened by an attack on the Marines at Somerset in 1864 in which he had suffered two spear wounds, serious enough for him to have been sent to Sydney for some months. A few months later he died, at Wickham Street, aged 42, and was buried by a Church of England minister at Toowong on 20 May 1886. Kate Mary had run the business for some time already, assisted by her eldest son, John. She had learned how to embalm, a necessary skill to enable the transportation of bodies, but a rare one for a woman to master. This was especially remarkable as women of the time rarely attended funerals let alone work in the industry. She closely monitored all aspects of its operations and insisted on quality service.
+The company continued to develop as times changed, and was an early mover from horse drawn hearses to motor vehicles completing the process in 1932. Kate Mary was a generous supporter of the church and the Mater hospital. Strong and determined, she has been described as a feisty woman who did not suffer fools gladly. These qualities saw the company flourish, despite the hardships of World War One and the depression. Personal tragedy also continued to strike, by the time of her death in June 1932 aged 85, Kate Mary had buried four of her six children.
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Looking from Centenary Place across Gotha St, Fortitude Valley towards K.M. Smith Funeral Directors - State Library Queensland.
+ + +Kate Mary Smith digital story: 2010 Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame from State Library of Queensland on Vimeo.
+ca. 1894 â 14 May 1998
+Dying aged 104 on 14 May 1998, Sister Taylor had seen service at the 5th Australian General Hospital which was a Victoriaâbased unit.
+4 November 1892 â 22 April 1981
+Kathleen Eileen Sheehy was born on 4 November 1892 at Gympie, the second of six children of Irish-born parents. She was the sister of Sir Joseph Sheehy KBE who served as Senior Puisne Judge of the Queensland Supreme Court and Administrator of the State of Queensland for three months in 1969 and Sir Christopher Sheehy, dairy industry administrator and public servant.
+Kathleen joined the State teaching service in 1912. Following appointments at various schools throughout Queensland, Kathleen was appointed teacher-in-charge of the âbackwardâ classes at South Brisbane Boysâ School. In 1926 she recommended that these classes be referred to as âopportunityâ classes rather than âbackwardâ and her commendation was accepted by the Education Office in July that year. In 1935, the Dutton Park Opportunity School which catered for both boys and girls opened as the first of its type in this State with Kathleen Sheehy as teacher and three female assistants.
+Kathleen retired at the end of the 1958 school year. She died on 22 April 1981 and was buried with Catholic rites in the family grave in Toowong Cemetery.
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Kathleen Sheehy, first Head Teacher of the Dutton Park Opportunity School, in Female teachers 1860â1983, p30 â © The State of Queensland (Department of Education).
+1850 â 29 May 1902
+The son of a squatter, Peter Hutchison and his wife, Mary Ann (née Ronald), Kenneth Hutchison (ca. 1850-1902) was born in Victoria. When a young adult, he became a part owner with his brother and step-father in the historic Canning Downs pastoral property outside Warwick.
+He joined the Queensland Defence Force and rose through the ranks. In 1888 he started the Darling Downs Mounted Infantry of which he was given command and was appointed to the permanent Military Forces in 1890. In mid-March 1891, as the Adjutant of the 4th Queensland or Darling Downs Regiment of the Queensland Defence Force, he was sent to Charleville in Command of the Southern and Western Districts.
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Lieutenant Colonel Ken Hutchison - State Library of Queensland
+1823 â 1905
+OâDoherty was born in Dublin, son of solicitor William Dougherty and Anne McEvoy. He studied at the Catholic School of Medicine in 1844. He was convicted as a âYoung Irelanderâ and transported to Sydney in 1848 on the Mt Stewart Elphinstone and then on the Emma to Tasmania with fellow conspirators. After five years he was given a conditional pardon (not allowed to return to Ireland and went to Paris before marrying, in London, in 1855 writer Mary Eva Kelly of Galway (Eva of The Nation). Kevin and Mary are the subject of the book by Ross and Heather Patrick, Exiles Undaunted. In 1856 OâDoherty received a full pardon and went to Dublin to get his Medical Degree from 1857 to 1859.
+They then migrated to Victoria in 1860 and to Brisbane where he set up practice in the Forbes Building at Ipswich in 1862. By 1866 he was the leading medical practitioner in George Street, Brisbane, and personal physician to Bishop Quinn. He was also the first President of the Queensland Medical Board.
+He was an MLA in 1867 and MLC 1877â1885 and also returned to Ireland as the Nationalist Member for Meath 1885â1888. As a founding member of the Queensland Hibernian Society and the Queensland Irish Association, OâDoherty was well respected and presided over the St. Patrickâs Day Committee in the 1860s. The Queensland Irish Association raised this monument over his grave.
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Doctor Kevin Izod O'Doherty (1823-1905) â State Library of Queensland.
+St. Patrick's Day procession, Queen Street, Brisbane, 1903 â State Library of Queensland.
ca. 1919 â 9 May 1956
+Kevin Mason died on the 9th May 1956 as a result of head injuries sustained when he lost control of his police vehicle which left the roadway and hit a tree on Sandgate Road, Virginia, in Brisbane. Constable Mason was buried at Toowong Cemetery with Police Honours.
+++ + +In loving memory of my beloved husband and our father Kevin Spencer MASON died 9th May 1956 aged 37 years.
+
+In Godâs Care.
+In loving memory of our beloved mother Joan Patricia OST born 11 September 1922 died 20 July 2012 aged 89 years.
+Forever in our hearts.
Story contributed by Kym Hyson. Used with permission.
+ca. 1896 â 3 November 1929
+Englishâborn Arthur was a tenor who was a regular fixture on the Melbourne stage. Arthur was 57 when he died on 3 November 1929 in a motor accident together with variety artist Kyrle Sylvaney who was aged 33. Their headstone was erected as a token of affection by their friends and admirers.
+He was born in 1873 in Walsall, Staffordshire. He was a saddlemaker and the story goes that his workmates heard him singing and said that if they could sing like that then they would never work again. He decided to try his fame and fortune by going to London and performing at the music halls The Pavilion and The Palace.
+He was discovered by William Morris who suggested he go with him to New York. His wife did not want to go, but he went regardless! He sang ShubertâBrady revivals on Broadway where he played many leading roles until 1915. He was with J. C. Williamsonâs company and toured Australia. He came to Australia with Nell Flemming and played in The Follies.
+The National Library of Australia has a collection of sheet music dedicated to him.
+11 July 1871 â 7 April 1947
+Lachlan Chisholm Wilson was born on 11 July 1871 at Logan River, Queensland. With the exception of Victoria Cross recipient, Charles Heaphy (1820â1881, buried at Portion 1â5â34) he is the most decorated soldier in Toowong Cemetery.
+Educated at Brisbane Grammar School, Wilson began and ended his life as a lawyer, first admitted to the Queensland Bar in 1895. First practicing in Townsville, he later returned to Brisbane where he entered into a partnership with E. K. Tully to form one of Queensland's leading law firms. He later extended his business interests, becoming a director of the Australian Mutual Provident Society. During this time, he was also able to foster one of his personal interests, the welfare of exâservicemen and women, and cofounded Legacy.
+Aside from his work as a lawyer, Wilson also served his country, joining the Australian Imperial Force as a Major on 30 September 1914 and landing at Gallipoli in May. As the new commander, he mounted a successful raid against Bird Trenches near Gaba Tepe and seized positions now known as Wilson's Lookout. Taking part in almost all the major engagements between the Battle of Romani (3â5 August 1916) and the capture of Damascus (October 1918), Wilson was also instrumental in introducing the Queensland spearâpoint pump to obtain water in the desert. This portable device could raise water quickly and when combined with canvas troughs, simplified the watering of the horses.
+Wilson continued his military service through Jordan and Egypt and notably managed a rebellion which broke out against the British. For his management of this conflict, Wilson was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and the French Croix de Guerre. After a brief period on the unattached list, Australian Military Forces, Wilson became aideâdeâcamp to the GovernorâGeneral in 1923â1927 and commander of a number of other infantry and cavalry brigades.
+Wilson died at his New Farm home on 7 April 1947, survived by his wife, son and daughter.
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Brigadier-General Lachlan Chisholm Wilson presenting a field gun at Brisbane Grammar School Queensland 1921 - State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
+ + +1822 â 22 June 1893
+Cranstone was born in 1822 at Hemel Hempstead, England, the son of Quakers James and Maria Cranstone (nĂ©e Le Fevre). In September 1859, he began a nineâmonth journey through the east and midâwest of the USA. During this journey he prepared 296 watercolor sketches now at Indiana University. The purpose of his trip was to visit cousins who lived in Richmond, Indiana and Virginia. He arrived in Brisbane in the early 1880s with members of his family and created many sketches of early Brisbane including Toowong Cemetery. Le Fevre died on 22 June 1893 aged 71 years.
+24 January 1868 â 17 March 1920
+Leila was the daughter of John Markwell and his wife, Georgina Edmondstone and the granddaughter of Hon George Edmondstone, one of the early pioneers of Brisbane. John Markwell was one of John Dunmore Langâs immigrants who had arrived in Brisbane on the Chasely in 1850 and had involved himself in land speculation and several businesses in Brisbane. Leila was born on 24 January 1868 in Moorlands Villa on the property at Auchenflower where the Wesley Hospital now stands.
+On 29 September 1885, at St Andrewâs Church at Lutwyche Leila married into another prosperous merchant family, the Perrys. Her husband, William Herbert Francis Perry was the eldest son of William Perry and Annie Harcourt. Leila and her husband were frequently featured and cited in the social pages of the Brisbane newspapers. Leila died at her home Miegunyah, Jordan Terrace, Bowen Hills on 17 March 1920.
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On the verandah at Miegunyah, a residence in Brisbane, 1886 â State Library of Queensland.
+22 April 1837 â 12 March 1903
+Leontine Cooper was Queensland's most significant writer addressing the rights of white women during the women's suffrage movement in Queensland. Born in England in 1837, daughter of a French merchant father and English mother, she arrived in Brisbane with her husband in 1871. A schoolteacher during the 1870's, she was to become a prominent Brisbane literary figure over the next two decades.
+By the late 1880's she was one of the key activists for social justice and women's suffrage. Leontine Cooper died suddenly from bronchial pneumonia on 12 March 1903, at the age of 66, sadly before she was able to cast a vote in the 1903 federal election or to see the granting of the right to vote to Queensland women for which she had so passionately fought.
+ + +Died 1908
+Letitia was widowed and had lost two young sons while still in her early forties. She became a businesswoman managing boarding houses in the city and at Kangaroo Point. The Longreach Private Boarding House which she leased in 1879 was a highly successfully operation. Letitia bought Cabury on Kensington Terrace which she renamed Mallow after her birthplace in Ireland. In 1899 she sold Mallow to Sir Robert Philp. When Letitia died in 1908, she left a substantial estate including shares in banks and breweries. Church Street was renamed Jephson Street after her.
+11 August 1861 â 18 August 1947
+Lilian Violet Cooper was born on 11 August 1861 at Chatham, Kent, England. Her father, Henry was a captain in the Royal Marines who was married to Elizabeth. Lilian knew when she was young she wanted to be a doctor and began dedicating herself to medicine, entering the London School of Medicine for Women in 1886. After passing examinations at the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, and the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow, she received a licence to practice in 1890.
+Upon moving to Brisbane in May 1891, Cooper became the first female doctor registered in Queensland. She joined the Medical Society of Queensland in 1893 after two years of boycotting by her male counterparts for daring to leave a practice conducted by an alcoholic doctor. Later she became an Honorary in the Hospital for Sick Children and the Lady Lamington Hospital for Women. In 1905 she became associated with the Mater Hospital where she found her passion and so remained associated for the rest of her life.
+During her life, Cooper always sought to further her knowledge, and during time spent in America, went on to earn a Doctorate of Medicine from the University of Durham. Joining the Scottish Womenâs Hospitals in 1915 she performed 12 months of military service spending time in Macedonia where she was awarded the Serbian Order of St Sava, 4th Class.
+Returning to Brisbane after the war she bought a house called Old St Mary's in Main Street, Kangaroo Point in 1926. Clearly skilled with her hands as a surgeon, Lilian was also known for conducting most of her own house and early motor vehicle repairs and maintenance. In this home she settled into in semiâretirement, becoming a foundation fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1928 before finally retiring in 1941.
+Lilian died in her home on 18 August 1947. While she never married, her constant companion and friend, who first travelled with her from England, Miss Josephine Bedford ensured the home site was used for the development of the Mount Olivet Hospital of the Sisters of Charity. Part of this hospital has since been named the Lilian Cooper Nursing Home. Interestingly, a visit to St Mary's Church of England in Kangaroo Point will provide visitors with images of memorial windows and an altar at the front which displays embroidery of Dr Cooper's medal of St Sava.
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Two friends seated in a horsedrawn buggy, Brisbane, ca. 1900. Miss Josephine Bedford (left) and Dr. Lilian Cooper, the first registered female doctor in Queensland. Dr Cooper made house calls in a horse and sulky by day and a bicycle by night. Her surgery was in George Street, Brisbane. - State Library of Queensland
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1891 â 5 June 1960
+Lilian Ramsay was a staff nurse with the Australian Army Nursing Service having received a Brisbane General Hospital Certificate in 1914. She died on 5 June 1960 aged 69.
+ca. 1887 â 9 July 1967
+World War One army nurse, Sister Lillian Leitch was honoured with an OBE in 1965. She served at the No.3 Australian General Hospital in Egypt before being transferred to Lemos, a Greek Island in the Aegean Sea, arriving there on 5 August 1915. She died on 9 July 1967 aged 80.
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Died 3 August 1916
+Service Number: 1822. 25th Battalion
+Louis was a brother of Joseph and enlisted 25 February 1915 and embarked from Sydney on 20 August 1915 on HMAT Shropshire A9. He survived Gallipoli and arrived in France 19 March 1916 and was killed in action on 3 August 1916. No record exists of his burial.
+ca. 1851 â 22 July 1922
+Magdalene Dick was born in Brecon, Wales around 1851. She was the daughter of David Price, a plumber, glazier and painter and his wife, Mary William or Williams. Magdalene came to Australia as a young girl and the family settled in Ballarat where she later married William Heddel Dick, a journalist who wrote for major newspapers in Sydney, Hobart and Brisbane and who established a penny newspaper in Toowong. Magdalene was also a journalist and sister of Thomas Evan Price who was the social and drama critic of the Sydney Morning Herald.
+After Williamâs death Magdalene became superintendent of the first group of female switchboard operators at the Brisbane telephone exchange.
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Telephonists working at the, Brisbane Central telephone exchange, Brisbane, 1910 â State Library of Queensland.
+Died 28 September 1936
+Pattie Soutter was born in Hull, England and came to Queensland in 1882. She was a prolific writer of poems and letters to the editors of the Brisbane Courier and later the Courier Mail on a wide range of topics, contributing until 12 months before her death. Pattie was also instrumental in pushing for the establishment of a crematorium in Brisbane, indicating in a letter to the Brisbane Courier when she was 86 years of age that she wanted to be cremated when her time came. When she passed away on 28 September 1936, her wishes were carried out and her ashes placed in the grave of her husband who had predeceased her.
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Soutter family pictured in a garden setting, Brisbane, 1910. Pattie Soutter (seated) on the left - State Library of Queensland.
+1843 â 1905
+Martin Moffatt (ca. 1843-1905) was the station keeper of the Valley Fire Station in Ann Street. He attended many of the major fires in Brisbane during his 31 years of service, including one at Alfred Shaw & Co in 1891 when he was seriously injured. He was born in Antrim Ireland in 1842, the son of Luke Moffatt and Isabella McCormick. He married Mary McAlister in 1871 in Brisbane.
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Great fire in Queen Street, Brisbane 1864. â State Library of Queensland.
+ca. 1823 â 24 August 1907
+John, a son of John Ogle and Isabella (née Swan), was born in Northumberland, England ca. 1824. Mary Ann Scott, a daughter of Robert Scott and Mary (née Frater), was born ca. 1823.
+Mary Ann and John, with their three daughters, arrived in Brisbane aboard the Montmorency on 16 October 1860.
+The Ogles were early settlers at Pullenvale, where John farmed. Part of their property (portions 222 & 229, county of Stanley, parish of Moggill, consisting of 173 acres) included the site of the Pullenvale Hall at the corner of Grandview and Pullenvale Roads, which became known as Ogle's Corner.
+John died on the 26 October 1890. Mary Ann died on the 24 August 1907.
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Montmorency (ship) â State Library of Queensland.
+15 February 1830 â 19 May 1910
+Mary Anne Kelly (better known as âEva of The Nation') was born in Headford, County Galway, at the home of her maternal grandparents, on 15 February 1830, the daughter of a wealthy gentleman-farmer Edward Kelly of Killeen near Portumna who had nationalist sympathies. At the age of twelve, Mary Kelly sent her first verse to Charles Gavan Duffy, founder of The Nation newspaper when it started in Dublin in 1842. The poem expressed her feelings towards the British who governed the whole of Ireland at that time. Mary Kelly later adopted the pen name of âEvaâ.
+She became romantically involved with a young medical student Kevin OâDoherty who was one of the rising men in the Irish national movement. As a result of the Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848, Kevin OâDoherty was found guilty of sedition and sentenced to transportation to Van Diemanâs Land. âEvaâ continued to write prose and poetry with many lyrics mourning the absence of her then fiancĂ© as she waited for his release.
+Despite a conditional pardon which forbade residence in the United Kingdom, Kevin OâDoherty entered illegally into Ireland. A few days later, the couple married in a clandestine ceremony in London. After Dr OâDoherty completed further medical studies, the family with by then three sons migrated to Australia, and made their way to Ipswich and later to Brisbane.
+The family struck hard times later in life and, after Dr OâDohertyâs death, the Irish community conducted fund-raising activities to assist âEvaâ. Her poems were published in 1909 with the help of a priest. Eva died from influenza on 19 May 1910 at the age of 81.
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Portrait of Mary Eva O'Doherty â State Library of Queensland.
+1862 â 28 October 1890
+Mary Crosse, who graduated in 1888, died aged 28 on 28 October 1890, was also a nurse at the Brisbane Hospital. Fellow nurses and patients erected her headstone. She was the daughter of Thomas and Jane Crosse.
+ca. 1848 â 7 October 1893
+Mary Cochrane was the third daughter of Thomas Cochrane, a ploughman, who married Agatha Butter in Edinburgh in 1844. Seven children were born to the family in Dundee. On the 12th of January 1856 Mary arrived with her family in Queensland. Her father, Thomas, ran a grocery store in Fortescue Street, Spring Hill. Five more children were born in Brisbane.
+Mary Cochrane married merchant Robert Jackson Craig in 1865. He and his bothers-in-law Samuel and William Cochrane and their families travelled north to the new port of Cairns. By March 1877, the men had established themselves as merchants at Smithfield.
+On Boxing Day 1877, Robert was tragically murdered by the owner of the Bee Hive Hotel, William Smith, who then took his own life. Smith's hotel was opposite Robert's store. Robert had asked Bill Smith to settle his outstanding account and refused him further credit until the debt was paid. About 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Bill Smith called Robert Craig over to 'settle' his account. Afterwards gunshots were heard and Robert ran into the street clutching his chest shouting "Murder! Murder!" William Cochrane was working behind the counter of their store and ran outside when he heard the shots fired. He saw Bill Smith standing on the verandah of his hotel with the revolver still in his hand. William towards Bill who quickly turned the revolver on himself. Robert Craig died in his brother-in-law's arms. He was just 34 years old. Robert was the first burial in the Cairns Cemetery on the Esplanade.
+The loss of two well-respected citizens stunned the whole community of Smithfield. Robert and Bill Smith had always been the best of friends. The town of Smithfield had been named after Bill Smith, who had hacked a track through the jungle to the Hodgkinson Goldfields in 1876.
+Mary was in Brisbane at the time of Robert's tragic death, expecting their sixth child. A son was born the following July, but only lived two months. Two more of their sons had also died in infancy. She did not remarry until nine years later. Although Robert's life insurance payments had lapsed, the Australian Mutual Provident Society made a gift of ÂŁ400 to Mary so she was secure financially.
+Life was not uneventful, however. Her son Fred was only four when his father died and would have had little memory of him, but perhaps family stories of Cairns stirred his curiosity. An item in the Cairns Courier on the 13th of May 1881 reports that Fred ran away, boarded the Leichhardt on route to Cairns, was apprehended by the police at Rockhampton and returned to Brisbane. This happened just before his eighth birthday.
+In 1886 Mary married Paul Cole Atkinson, a widower with five children. By this time Mary's three surviving children were teenagers. She had two more children, Pauline and Ruby, making a total of seven children for her to care for. However, fate was not kind to Mary. All she had been through obviously affected her health and she died just seven years later in October 1893 at the early age of 45. Ruby was just five years old. A series of housekeepers raised Mary's children until Paul Atkinson married for the third time in 1898 to Eliza Hendren. Mary is buried in the Atkinson family grave.
+This story was contributed by June Vickers.
+ca. 1828 â November 1876
+Born Mary Ann Simpson, ca. 1828, she was the third daughter of the Reverend William West Simpson M.A., a Church of England minister, who immigrated to New South Wales in 1840. In November 1848, aged twentyâone she married Henry Callander, the eldest son of Randall W. Callander of Stirlingshire, Scotland. In 1852 Callander died aged 31 and Mary married William Howe and bore a daughter, Mary West Howe, in 1857. This second union ended with Howeâs death, and it was as twiceâwidowed in Sydney, that she met and married the distinguished bachelor, John Douglas, in 1861. Douglas was the nephew of the Marquis of Queensbury, a former pupil of Rugby School, and graduate of Durham University. He represented Camden, NSW at the time.
+Mary Douglas moved into the spotlight of Queensland public life when on June 22, 1865 the Hospital Committee noted that âa letter from Mrs Douglas relating to nursing of children. She was the leader of the ladiesâ committee, a reflection of the confidence and respect in which she was held by the Hospital committee. An offer of Mary Douglas and the ladiesâ committee was to be the beginning of institutional care for orphaned, destitute and neglected children in Queensland. By the end of 1865 the childârescue institution at the Fever Hospital had become a busy centre for the increasing number of children unable to be cared for in the southeast of the colony and it was fast becoming a place of placement of any destitute child. The Fever Hospital was not strictly speaking an orphanage: parents who could persuade the orphanage committee of their need stood a good chance of having their application accepted and their child admitted.
+In 1869 a marked change occurred in management when John and Mary Douglas departed for London where John took up the position of Queensland AgentâGeneral. Around this time Governor Blackall made a public presentation of a silver salver to Mary Douglas and the Ladiesâ Committee, in the presence of a veritable âWhoâs Whoâ of Brisbane society gathered at the Diamantina Orphanage. On her return Mary held a prominent and influential position in the childâsaving movement in Brisbane. However, in 1875 and 1876 during her endeavour to assert more direct managerial control over the orphan school â a model almost unheard of during this time.
+In November 1876, Mary Douglas was travelling in her ponyâdrawn gig from her home in Bonnie Avenue, Clayfield to Brisbane when she was involved in an accident close to Newstead House gates, Breakfast Creek. Her pony shied at an approaching dray and her vehicle ran up a steep bank and overturned throwing Mary out. She died twelve hours later from severe injuries.1
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Portrait of Mrs John Douglas - State Library of Queensland.
+1: Savage, A. Mary Douglas: Founder and Administrator of the Diamantina Orphan School, Brisbane between 1865 and 1876, Unpublished Essay.
+ca. 1868 â 26 June 1935
+In 1906 Sister Lily was the third Sister of the People appointed in Brisbane by Dr George Rowe. She was born in England about 1868 and was a nursing sister. She later nursed at Lyndhurst Private Hospital in Ipswich. After her death on 26 June 1935, her friends erected a memorial headstone headstone on her grave.
+Died March 1942
+Mary Weedon, who trained at Londonâs Charing Cross Hospital, was the first head nurse of the Brisbane Hospital, holding the position for five years from 1885. She was the ViceâPresident of the Australasian Trained Nursesâ Association (ATNA), Queensland Branch from 1904 to 1905 and a councillor from 1905 to 1906.
+Mary and her friend, Annie Griffiths, shared a house called Garton in Terrace Street, Toowong for many years. They were also members of the congregation of St Thomas Anglican Church. They died within eighteen months of each other; Mary in March 1942 and Annie in July 1943. Mary and Annie are buried in the same grave.
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Royal Brisbane Hospital, ca. 1885 â State Library of Queensland.
+31 December 1858 â 12 August 1940
+Mary McIntosh was born ca. 16 August 1826 at Kilkishen, near Ennis, County Clare, Ireland. She migrated to Sydney as a single woman in the Champion in February 1842. On 9 April 1849 in Brisbane she married Patrick Mayne.
+Mary and Patrick had six children, of whom three sons and two daughters reached adulthood. Patrick purchased a butchery in Queen Street Brisbane in 1849, built a substantial enterprise owning hotels, shops and houses, and speculated in land. He was on the first municipal council in Brisbane.
+A codicil to Patrickâs will appointed Mary as executrix of the Mayne estate. After his death on 17 August 1865, Mary largely controlled the management of the estate. In March 1876 she bought Moorlands Villa to become the family home and almost six hectares of land on which it stood at Auchenflower. Mary died of coronary heart disease at the age of 63 on 4 September 1889.
+Mary Emelia Mayne, born 31 December 1858, was the second youngest daughter of Mary and Patrick. She was a philanthropist along with her brother, James.
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Emelia Mayne. â State Library of Queensland.
+4 November 1849 â 27 July 1930
+Mary Harriett Griffith was born on 4 November 1849 at Portishead, Somerset, England. She was the older sister of Sir Samuel Walker Griffith who was Colonial Secretary, Queensland Premier from 1883 to 1888, Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia and a principal author of the Constitution of Australia.
+After the deaths of her parents Mary immersed herself in good works. She became founding secretary of the Brisbane Benevolent Society, honorary secretary of the Lady Musgrave Lodge, Queensland representative for the Travellersâ Aid Society, president of the YWCA in Brisbane, vice-president of the British (Australian) Red Cross Society during World War I and patroness in 1921 of St Davidâs Welsh Society as well as being involved in many other organisations. In 1911 Mary Griffith was created a Lady of Grace of the Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem. Mary passed away on 27 July 1930 in her 81st year.
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Mary Harriett Griffith, sister of Sir Samuel Walker Griffith â State Library of Queensland.
+ca. 1924 â May 2002
+Mary Hogan (née Wells) was born in 1923 in Euroa, Victoria and completed her education at Star of the Sea Convent, Melbourne before training as a nurse at Wangaratta Base Hospital. Mary next completed her midwifery training before marrying John Hogan in Brisbane in 1949 and having four children. She worked in various Brisbane hospitals including St. Helen's and Mt. Olivet, and then trained as a Maternal and Child Welfare Sister.
+As the result of an accident, Mary was widowed in 1962. She then worked full time as a clinic sister in the Inala, Darra, and Wacol areas while raising her 4 children alone. Her final working position as a nursing sister was at Canossa Hospital, where Mary herself died from multiple myeloma in May 2002, aged 78. After 40 years as a widow, Mary Hogan was buried in Toowong Cemetery alongside her beloved husband John in the grave she purchased in 1962. She was a mother, grandmother, nurse and friend to many.
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ca. 1861 â 18 August 1939
+Mary Jane Brown, born ca. 1861, was working as a nurse when she was widowed in 1916. She died on 18 August 1939 aged 78.
+1826 â 4 September 1889
+On 19 August 1871 a fire broke out in Mary Mayne's stables and spread to the adjoining Cobb & Co stables. The City Volunteer Fire Brigade under Francis Beattie was summoned. Mary Mayne (1826-1889) was the widow of Patrick Mayne and an astute businesswoman who took over management of Patrick's estate and later conducted her own business interests.
+ca. 1844 â 1880
+SubâInspector 1st Class Collopy, joined the Queensland Police Force in 1865 and received promotion for his services rendered at Gympie, Ravenswood, and other parts of the colony. In 1870, Collopy was awarded ÂŁ10 for the arrest of William Bond for highway robbery. He was in failing health for the last few months, and it was thought his transfer from Rockhampton to Brisbane would have a beneficial effect, but unfortunately it proved otherwise. The numerous friends of Collopy regretted hearing of his death aged just 36. The deceased left a widow and one child.
+2 June 1874 â 26 September 1965
+Maud Voller Lade was born on the 2nd of June 1874 in Brisbane, the third of the eight children of Joseph John Lade and Mary nee Bridges, both English-born. Joseph's parents, Thomas Lade and his wife Harriet left the farms that he had managed in Kent and sailed with their three children to Moreton Bay in 1851. Their passage to Sydney on the sailing ship Windsor cost $120 in today's money. The Lades settled at Upper Kedron Brook on land Thomas bought for $124 in the suburb now known as Enoggera. They called their new farm and homestead Surrenden after the property they had lived on in Kent.
+The hard-working Lades prospered as farmers and fruitgrowers and Thomas Lade won prizes in the first Moreton Bay Horticultural Society's show in 1853. He, with the assistance of his son Joseph, were to distinguish themselves by becoming Queensland's first commercial wine producers and in 1862 Thomas Lade won a medal and certificate of honourable mention at the London International Exhibition. The Lades were considered to be the best authorities on wine culture in the colony.
+The Lades were devout Baptists. They had been closely involved with their church in Kent and in Brisbane they were foundation members of the Wharf Street Baptist Church.
+ + +When Joseph married in 1869 he and his wife Mary moved further out on Sanford Road to a farm they called Glen Retreat. Joseph Lade late in life wrote that his family had bought this land in 1851 when Surrenden was purchased but there is evidence to support this date of purchase. Here Joseph planted fruit trees and grapevines while Mary managed a boot and shoe shop on the corner of George and Queen Streets. Mary appears to have been the one with the business head while Joseph was somewhat of a dreamer. As well as managing the city shop Mary bought houses, did them up and sold them.
+In the year or two before Joseph and Mary Lade's third child was born in 1874, Joseph wanted to increase the number of his citrus trees so he purchased and then planted seeds of oranges and mandarins. One of the latter seedlings had a distinct foliage and went on to produce a high quality fruit that became known as the Beauty of Glen Retreat mandarin, later shortened to Glen Retreat mandarin. However, its commercial success did not come until Lade had sold the Glen Retreat farm to a Mr W. H. Parker around the turn of the century. Parker actively marketed the fruit and by 1927 this mandarin had world-wide distribution.
+Little is known of Maud's childhood but she did attend the Normal School in Brisbane. She had a lively intelligence and was quick witted and humorous. Six weeks after her nineteenth birthday Maud married William James Affleck on the 13th of July 1893. Some of the manchester in her trousseau she bought at reduced prices as it was flood damaged. This was an aftermath of the great flood that had occurred earlier that year.
+William and Maud had three children, two daughters Alice Vera and Marjory, and a son Kenneth George, and four grandchildren. The marriage was a happy one.
+William died in 1932. He had been manager for Queensland of the National Mutual Life Association of Australia, but these were the days before life insurance offices paid generous pensions to the widows of staff officers. Maud endured some financial difficulties during her 33 years of widowhood.
+She lived in the large house called Ayethorne at Vulture Street, West End from the time the family returned to Brisbane from Townsville in 1902 until her death more than 60 years later. In her widowhood she let the downstairs area as a self-contained flat, and upstairs took in two paying guests to supplement her income.
+Maud professed to know little of her forebears, though the Lades had lived in Kent for many centuries. Some of the family had lived at Eyethorne, Kent, the name of the West End house apparently being a mis-spelling of the Kentish village. Like her husband, Maud lived her whole life in Queensland always retaining her love of the countryside and interest in rural matters.
+Maud and William are buried side by side in Toowong Cemetery.
+This story was contributed by Shirley Lahey.
+The contributor, grand-daughter Shirley Lahey, wishes to acknowledge her debt to John Moran, whose book In the Grip of the Grape gives details of the Lade family's wine growing.
+13 January 1812 â 23 March 1879
+Administrator:
+OâConnell was born on 13 January 1812 in Sydney, son of Maurice Charles Philip O'Connell and his wife Mary, daughter of Governor William Bligh. He left for Ceylon with his parents in 1814 and in 1819 was sent to Europe for schooling. In 1828 he joined the 73rd Regiment at Gibraltar but in 1835 raised and led a regiment of Irish volunteers in the Spanish Carlist wars, rising to general of brigade in the British Auxiliary Legion. Before embarking for Spain he married Eliza Emily le Geyt on Jersey. On disbandment, O'Connell returned to England and in June 1838 purchased a captaincy in the 28th Regiment. That year his father was appointed to command the troops in New South Wales. After the regiment sailed to India in 1842 he stayed in New South Wales and sold his commission in 1844.
+He represented Port Phillip from August 1845 to June 1848 and then became Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Burnett District. Early in 1854 O'Connell became government Resident at the new Port Curtis settlement where he acquired several squatting properties. In 1859 O'Connell was given command of the volunteers. He was also nominated to the Legislative Council and acted as Minister without portfolio in the first Herbert ministry. When Sir Charles Nicholson resigned in August 1860 O'Connell became President of the Council. He held the post until 1879 and acted ex officio as deputy to the governor four times. O'Connell was knighted in 1868. He died of cancer at Parliament House on 23 March 1879.
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Sir Maurice Charles O'Connell - State Library of Queensland
+22 October 1894 â ca. August 1919
+Service number: 5818. Oxley Regiment and 9th Battalion.
+Michael was born to Irishman Michael Dalton and Allora, born Elizabeth Jane Smyth 22 October 1894. He served to in the Oxley Regiment in Brisbane prior to the war.
+1859 â 26 December 1917
+Born 1859 at Ennistymon in County Clare the first born of a very large family. He, his parents Thomas and Bridget and most of his siblings migrated to Australia. Out of the 12 children one stayed in Ireland 2 died as babies, one went to Ohio in the USA and one to NSW and the remainder came to Queensland.
+The family left Ireland for London and boarded the RMS Dacca heading for Queensland. The trip took a little longer than expected. The ship left London 29th April 1890 and the trip was interrupted at 6.30AM on the 16th May when she hit the Daedulus Reef in the Red Sea. All passengers were able to climb down onto the rocks of the reef where they all stood in waist deep water until some were moved to the rocks surrounding the lighthouse. According to the London Illustrated News, May 20th, The passengers lost everything except the wet clothes they were standing in when the ship sank four hours later. No lives were lost.
+Michael and the rest of the family settled in Warwick and he practiced tailoring in partnership with his father in Fitzroy Street. He married Catherine Stokes in Warwick 1 June 1891. She was born in Moycarkey in Tipperary. He died in Brisbane on 26 December 1917 and was buried the next day. They had four children two of whom died very young. His son Francis Patrick Devitt (Sonny) joined the Australian Army and died 5 August 1915 six months before his 21st birthday and is buried in France. Devitt St beside Warwick racecourse is named for the Devitt family.
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Devitt family home in Warwick, Queensland, 1906, Ann Ruth Devitt with son Matthew Francis and James Devitt with son Kevin. Young James John Devitt is seated on the edge of the verandah. â State Library of Queensland.
+Michael Joseph Devitt 1892â1932 buried in the same grave was his son born 11 June 1892 and he was a horse trainer and show rider. He also joined up but a pleading emotional letter from his mother to the Army echelon begging them to discharge him and stating her need of his support saw him discharged after 8 weeks. He came down to the Brisbane National show to ride in the menâs event and met a young lady Zora Brenda Pitt who was the ladies champion rider that year. They married in 1917 in Brisbane and raised their family of a boy and a girl at various railway stations as he became the manager of railway refreshment rooms. Babinda, Roma St, Helidon and mainly Bundaberg When royalty visited Bundaberg the only place big enough to host the function was the refreshment rooms. He was well respected. He took ill in 1932 and was brought down to Brisbane and sadly died at the very young age of 39 on 24 March 1932 leaving Zorah to bring up two young children. She took up millinery and many were the fashionable ladies at the Brisbane races wearing her creations.
+Their son Francis Pitt Devitt served in WWII and was one of the brave Aussies who found themselves up against Japanese Imperial Marines in Bougainville. All specially chosen for being 6 feet plus tall and not a pair of glasses among them. He survived but was always troubled by what he had to do and is buried in Mt Gravatt in the military section. Their daughter Brenda Pitt Devitt, a top horsewoman, artist and photographer married a jockey who became Qldâs premier jockey 9 times and over 1800 wins and they travelled the world but mainly UK and France where he rode a further 850 winners and was privileged to ride for the Queen.
+John Devitt of Olympic fame and William Devitt who was John Wrenâs right hand man in Queensland are both descended from Thomas and Bridget.
+
John Devitt at the 1960 Olympics â CC0
+ca. 1840 â 2 July 1878
+Michael Quinlan was born in Sydney ca. 1840 to parents Michael and Elizabeth (née Hampbell). He arrived in Queensland soon after Separation, where he was a manager of the large mercantile business of George Raff and Co. Later he commenced business in partnership with Mr. Donelly and when Donelly retired from the firm, the business carried on under the name of Quinlan and Co.
+Following Michael Quinlan's death in July 1878, aged 38, his widow took control of the company and in August 1878 entered into partnership with George Wilkie Gray, the firm's principal manager, as Quinlan, Gray & Co. The Castlemaine Brewery and Quinlan, Gray & Co. Brisbane Ltd went on to manufacture Queensland's famous "XXXX" beer.
+ + + + +19 April 1846 â 30 September 1889
+Molyneux Nepean was born on 19 April 1846, a twin and fifth son of Rev Canon Evan Nepean, later Canon of Westminster and Private Chaplain to Queen Victoria. His mother, Ann Jenner-Fust was the daughter of Sir Herbert Jenner Fust, Dean of the Arches. His grandfather, Sir Evan Nepean, 1st Baronet, as Under-Secretary of State in the Home Office in Britain was involved in the arrangements for the dispatch of the First Fleet and administration of the newly established penal colony in NSW.
+After four years of military service, Lt Molyneux Nepean retired and joined the British Civil Service as a clerk before leaving London for Sydney with his new bride in 1872. He held various positions in the NSW Colonial Government, first as a clerk and later as an Assistant Land Agent for the sale of Crown Lands.
+He had a troubled life and died in Brisbane Hospital at the age of 43 on 30 September 1889, following a fall at a chemist shop in South Brisbane.
+Myer Kangan was decorated with the Order of Australia and made a member of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of his distinguished services to the Crown and to Industry. His headstone has the symbol of a Cohen, a descendant of the High Priest of the Temple in Biblical days.
+30 March 1835 â 17 July 1895
+Nathaniel Lade, a saddler by trade, was born in Hythe, Kent on 30 March 1835 and died on 17 July 1895 after a number of years of poor health. Together with his Cornishâborn wife Elizabeth Helen Bridges, he fathered at least fifteen children, six of whom died in childhood. He was an officeâbearer and Sunday School official at the Albert Street Wesleyan Church in its early days. Later he became an inaugural trustee the Coorparoo Methodist Church which opened in June 1886 on the corner Cavendish Road and York Street. The Sunday School opened a month later with Nathaniel Lade as Superintendent. By 1889, there were 139 attendees and fourteen teachers.
+In the editorial written at the time of his death, Nathaniel was described as being 'amongst the oldest business men in Brisbane, and he was always held in the highest respect by his fellow citizens'. Although very civicâminded, he never took an active part in politics. Lade Street in Coorparoo is named after him.
+
Wesleyan Church erected on the corner of Albert Street and Burnett Lane, in 1856 â State Library of Queensland.
+ + +1856 â 5 December 1892
+Nicholas Peut (1856-1892) was appointed to the Brisbane Fire Brigade as resident foreman of No 2 station located at Stanley Street, South Brisbane in 1883. He became Superintendent at South Brisbane in January 1888 and continued in that role with the inception of permanent Fire Brigades with full time staff in Brisbane in 1889. He was fatally injured on 5 December 1892.
+
+
South Brisbane Fire Station, ca. 1900. â State Library of Queensland.
+Died 11 May 1934
+Nina McDonald graduated from the Royal Brisbane Hospital in 1915. She became a Staff Nurse with the Australian Imperial Force (AIF). She died on the 11 May 1934, sadly missed by her mother, Catherine McDonald, brother and sister.
+ca. 1869 â 9 August 1932
+Nora and Catherine were the daughters of Cornelius and Catherine Fitzgerald. They had emigrated from Ireland in the late 19th century. Nora received her Brisbane Hospital Certificate in 1894 and remained on the staff. Nora was a charge nurse from 1897 to 20 February 1899 when she left to marry Dr Arthur Halford (see above). Nora died on 9 August 1932 aged 63. She is buried with her sister Catherine Fitzgerald who was also trained nurse.
+Catherine received her Brisbane Hospital Certificate in 1896 and remained on staff as a ward nurse until 1898. Catherine was one of the first councillors of ATNA, Queensland Branch that was formed in 1904. She remained a councillor until 1918 when she became ViceâPresident (1918â1921). Catherine was Matron of the Alexandra Private Hospital, located in Wickham Terrace, from 1904, later becoming the owner. She was also a member of the ANTA Nursesâ Rest Home Committee. In her retirement Catherine lived at Craigston, Wickham Terrace, until her death. She died on 23 January 1931 aged 63.
+
Windmill and Craigston apartments, in Wickham Terrace ca. 1934 â State Library of Queensland.
+Service Number: 4439. 2nd Division Signals Company
+Born in Fitzroy to John Henry Harvey and Henrietta Kinamond Fairbairn. Enlisted 23 November 1915. Embarked at Sydney on HMAT Nestor A71 on 9 April 1916 and coincidentally returned to Australia via the same ship 1 November 1919.
+1891 â 24 July 1916
+Service Number: 3051. 55th Australian Imperial Force
+Norman was born in Townsville to Walter Alfred Freeman and Emma Tomkins in 1891. He enlisted on 13 August 1915 at Warwick Farm NSW and embarked on 8 October 1915 on A69 HMAT Warilda and taken on strength Tel el Kebir 5 February 1916. Arrived France 29 June 1916, head wound and captured 20 July 1916 and died as a Prisoner of War 24 July 1916 and buried Haubourdin Cemetery. After the war exhumed and laid to rest plot 16 row C grave 8 Cabaret Rouge British Cemetery France.
+ca. 1834 â 23 January 1917
+Armstrong died at his home, Sorrento, South Brisbane, on 23 January 1917, aged 83. His wife, Jessie, predeceased him by only three days. Armstrong was born in Adare, County Limerick, Ireland in 1833. His first appointment to the public service was to the position of a looker in the Customs Department at Brisbane, in April 1873. A year later he was appointed police magistrate at Mount Perry, then known as Tenningering. He remained in that position until October 1880, when he was transferred to Goondiwindi. There he stayed until August 1890, when he was appointed a relieving police magistrate. On 30 June 1904, Armstrong retired from the service, but at various times thereafter he acted as a relieving police magistrate in the Brisbane district.
+1890 â 7 June 1936
+Olive was born in Great Malvern Worcester in 1890. During World War 1 she married 2nd Lieutenant George Douglas Heathorn of the Royal Flying Corp. After the war George and Olive became dairy farmers at Woolner's Arm outside of Casino in NSW. Olive died in a Brisbane hospital on 7 June 1936.
+1899 â 3 August 1958
+The Boxing ring memorial of Pat Hill is a recognisable feature within Toowong Cemetery. At the time âBrisbaneitesâ were known for their love of a good fight, and the Brisbane Stadium was considered the home of Brisbaneâs wrestling and boxing for many years. Here men of different statures and builds were pitched against each other and the man in the middle was usually a referee by the name of Pat Hill. He was a balding slender framed, wiry man, who for more than 25 years danced in the ring alongside some of Australiaâs best.
+Pat died in August 1958, and following his death, the stadium organised a fundraiser to erect the memorial for Pat you see in the cemetery today.
+
Brisbane Stadium, home of boxing in Brisbane, ca. 1925. Brisbane Stadium, situated on the corner of Albert and Elizabeth Streets, Brisbane - State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
+
+
Pat Hill, Boxing Referee. Source unknown.
+
Pat Hill's headstone
+++Prince of Sports
+
+Pat Hill
+Referee
+Brisbane Stadium
+Died 3rd August 1956
+Aged 59 years
+R.I.P
+Erected by his Friends
ca. 1927 â 1964
+Patricia Hullâs qualifications were recognised by the Nurses and Masseurs Registration Board of Queensland. She died aged 37 in 1964, leaving behind a husband and three children.
+
1837 â 12 January 1899
+A native of Limerick, Ireland, Clancy had a military career before being recommended by the first Commissioner of Police, David Thomas Seymour to join the force in May 1867. Stationed at the Police Depot in Brisbane, Clancy was involved in the instruction of sword drill and mounted exercise. Eventually promoted to Senior Constable in June 1882, he was then superannuated in March 1888 on medical grounds having suffered for many years from bronchitis. He was awarded a pension of ÂŁ94, 13 shillings and four pence. He died on 12 January 1899 aged 62.
+1825 â 17 August 1865
+Mayne was born in 1824 at Cookstown, Tyrone, the son of Isaac Mayne and Rose Mullin. He arrived in Brisbane in 1849 after marrying in Sydney, Mary McIntosh from Ennis, Co. Clare.
+ + +Mayne established his butcher business in Queen St where the present Brisbane Arcade stands. He was an Alderman of the Brisbane City Council 1853 to 1865, the year he died of a heart attack. The familyâs finances benefited many public institutions especially The University of Queensland.
+
Mayne Monument, Toowong Cemetery
+
Alderman Patrick Mayne, 1859 â Brisbane City Council.
+Headstone of Patrick Mayne, Hale Street Cemetery Reserve, Milton â Brisbane City Council.
++Sacred to the memory of
+
+Patrick Mayne
+Who departed this life 17th August 1865
+Aged 41 years
+leaving a wife and 5 children to lament their loss
+This stone is erected by his ??? widow
+Mary Mayne
+also
+In memory of Evelina Selina
+daughter of Patrick & Mary Mayne
+Aged 7? Months ? Days
Patrick and daughter Evelina were re-interred in Toowong Cemetery in 1889
+ca. 17 March 1846 â 10 June 1928
+Born Pallasgreen, near Limerick Ireland on 17 March 1846 or 1847 to James Real and Ellen Donegan. The family migrated to Moreton Bay on the typhus-plagued voyage of the Emigrant in 1850 with his father dying from the disease. Young Patrick left school at the age of 12 to commence a carpentry apprenticeship to support his family and was employed at the Ipswich railway workshops before leaving his trade at the age of 22 to study law. Following a distinguished career as a barrister, he was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland in 1890 and Senior Puisne Judge in 1903. He died at his home Eulalia at Norman Park on 10 June 1928.
+
+
Honorable Judge Patrick Real - State Library of Queensland.
+26 December 1869 â 4 July 1921
+Karl Ernst Eschenhagen was born on 24 May 1850 at CrossenâOder, Lower Silesia in Prussia (now Poland) and died on 18 March 1906. His wife, Pauline Emma nĂ©e Stegemann was born on 26 December 1869 and died on 4 July 1921. They lost a daughter, Agnes Pauline, in January 1899 aged 11 years. Before coming to Brisbane, Ernst spent some time in Fiji.
+He was a leader in St Andreas Congregation for many years and operated a renowned and fashionable CafĂ© Eschenhagen in Brisbane which was under the personal patronage of every Governor from 1889â1914 and catered for many Government House functions. Their first shop was in George St near Herschell St and later had to move to larger premises in Queen St which could seat 480 people. Branches were opened elsewhere.
+In 1895 Ernst wanted a German day school at St Andreas, where Englishâspeaking children were also admitted, which would be under the direction of a teacher who was fluent in both languages. He met his wife at St. Andreas and they married in 1886 producing six children.
+AntiâGerman feeling during WWI forced the business, which had been carried on by Mrs Eschenhagen, to be sold in November 1915.
+One of their sons, Oskar Wilhelm Eschenhagen (1889â1969), who changed his name to Oscar Edwards during WWI, operated a successful transport business in Sydney but is better remembered, with his wife, as being art collectors. In the early 1950s they met Picasso and Matisse. He was an accomplished artist himself and gave works to galleries, which included the Queensland Art Gallery.
+Percy Benjamin was a son of Sir Benjamin Benjamin and Lady Fanny Benjamin. Sir Benjamin owned a Melbourne Savings bank. About the turn of the century there was an unexplained 'rush on the banks', when people drew out their money in a great panic for no reason. Sir Benjamin put all his own funds into his bank in an effort to reassure the people, but it was to no avail. He lost everything and was bankrupted. Percy's monument was provided by his Brisbane employers, S. Hoffnung & Co.
+ca. 1865 â 3 March 1903
+Percy Benjamin was the Queensland manager for Messrs S Hoffnung & Co, general merchants, wholesalers and importers. Born in Fitzroy in Melbourne he was the third son of Sir Benjamin Benjamin, a former Mayor of Melbourne and Lady Benjamin. After Percy's death at the age of 38 years on 3 March 1903, the directors of S Hoffnung & Co erected a monument over his grave as a mark of their esteem.
+1839 â 1879
+Born in 1839 in Co. Cavan, Gaffney was the publican of the Dunmore Arms on the corner of George and Elizabeth Streets. He married Margaret Malynn in Brisbane in 1872 and together they had three children. Peter died of heart failure while bathing at Sandgate in 1879. His wife remained as publican until the licence expired in 1887.
+
Jaffrey, P. (1886) Dunmore Arms Hotel, George Street (now Treasury Hotel) â Jaffrey, P. (1886), Public Domain
+ + +3 July 1861 â 13 July 1901
+Peter Jackson was born on 3 July 1861 and was Australian Heavyweight Champion 1886-1888. One of the legendary Boxers and probably the most famous sportsperson buried in Brisbane. World Heavyweight Champion John L. Sullivan refused to fight Jackson because of his colour. Jackson fought a 61 round draw with James J Corbett in San Francisco on 21 May 1891. James (Gentleman Jim) Corbett later went on to beat John Sullivan for the Heavyweight Championship.
+Year later Corbett wrote that Peter Jackson was one of the greatest fighters he had even seen. Jackson defeated Australia's Frank Slavin in London on 30 May 1892 in what is still regarded as one of the greatest fights ever seen in England. Sadly Peter Jackson died in Roma on 13 July 1901 of Tuberculosis. Roma locals wanted to bury him there but it was proposed that it would be more befitting for him to be buried in Toowong Cemetery.
+John and Julia Dowridge were mainly responsible for Peter Jackson being bought down from Roma to Toowong Cemetery for burial. They all now rest peacefully together. John and Julia Dowridge are buried in front of Peter Jackson.
+Career 1882-1899. 103 Bouts. 42 Wins, 8 Draws, 50 No Decisions.
+Peter's headstone is one of a handful that have the deceased's face chiselled on it. It is unusual in that it is the biggest of this kind in the Cemetery. The headstone is an Altar Tomb style, with a Lion overseeing the grave (the only Lion in the cemetery).
+
Boxer Peter Jackson who came to live in Queensland from the West Indies, ca. 1880s - State Library of Queensland
+ + +++To the memory of
+
+Peter Jackson
+Died at Roma Q.
+13th July 1901
+Aged 40
++Sleep. Peter. Sleep. Brave Champion
+
+All hushed we gather round the ring
+while snow-white flowers moist-eyed we fling
+Within a grave... the fight is done.
+Sleep. Peter. Sleep the Hero's rest
+Be thine in Mother Earth's broad breast.
17 April 1826 â 5 January 1832
+Peter McCauley was born in Sydney on the 17th of April 1826, the son of Private Peter McCauley, a member of the 17th Regiment. His mother, Mary, was appointed as matron of the Brisbane Town Female Factory in June 1831. On the 5th of January 1832, young Peter wandered away from his brothers on an outing and drowned in the Brisbane River near the present Botanical Gardens. The family returned to Sydney in 1832.
+1916 â 23 February 1953
+Peter was an extremely capable rider. According to those who knew him he was as good as George Moore, Neville Sellwood, Russ Maddock and Digger McGrowdie. All Queenslanders like him. He was well regarded by all in the racing game. He had one failing though and that was his lack of confidence in himself. There were many occasions when he rode a horse trackwork and prepared it for a major race but declined to ride the horse in a major event for fear of making a mistake. He never faltered in minor events but would rather sit on the fence when it came to the big races. That is not to say he did not ride in some big races and with success.
+ + +
Two jockeys having a friendly chat, 1941. Left to right, jockeys Peter Morgan and Tom Spencer pose for the camera - State Library of Queensland. Tragically Peter Morgan drowned in Schultz Canal at Hendra/Toombul.
+(The "x" in Peixetto is pronounced "z".)
+She was a descendant of a man by that name, who led the entire Jewish Community of America. There is a wellâknown painting in the Library of the US Congress, showing him with a Jewish delegation which was congratulating George Washington on his victory over the colonial power and assuring him of their loyalty.
+12 May 1846 â 30 August 1923
+Deputy Governor for short periods in 1917 to 1919
+Cooper was born on 12 May 1846 at Lake George, New South Wales, son of Francis Cooper, a wealthy squatter, and his wife Sarah, nĂ©e Jenkins. After graduating from the University of Sydney in 1868, he went to London to study law and was called to the Bar on 6 June 1872. Cooper returned in 1874 and was admitted to the Queensland Bar. He became Crown Prosecutor in the northern district Supreme Court in 1878. After the death of Henry Beor, McIlwraith appointed Cooper his Attorneyâgeneral. The appointment was ratified on 24 January 1881 when he won Beor's Bowen seat. Cooper held his office and seat until 5 January 1883 when he was appointed to the northern bench of the Supreme Court. He was elevated in October 1895 to senior puisne judge in Brisbane.
+When Griffith became Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, the Morgan ministry appointed Cooper Chief Justice of Queensland on 21 October 1903. Cooper was knighted in 1904. Although Cooper had temporarily deputised for the Governor in 1906, when the need to appoint a Lieutenantâgovernor to succeed Sir Hugh Nelson arose in 1907, Lord Chelmsford could not ignore the objections of Premier William Kidston and he was passed over. Since Cooper had publicly censured the Ryan ministry in November 1915 and had publicly objected to its socialism, he was still regarded as unsatisfactory for the Lieutenantâgovernorship; but with no alternative, Governor Sir Hamilton GooldâAdams had to appoint him as Deputy for short periods in 1917â19.
+In November 1919, the Theodore ministry decided to appoint William Lennon as Lieutenantâgovernor to which Cooper objected bitterly. Early in January he appealed for support from the governorâgeneral, and refused to admit the validity of a commission for Lennon drafted locally on telegraphic instructions from London; he deputised himself from 27 January to 3 February 1920 until Lennon's commission as Lieutenantâgovernor arrived. That year while Lennon was on diplomatic sick leave in New South Wales, Cooper again became Lieutenantâgovernor under his dormant commission. When asked, he refused to sign the executive council minute appointing Lennon president of the Legislative Council; he argued that the council was already over strength. On his return, Lennon was forced to appoint himself to the Council and to its presidency. Cooper died at his Chelmer home on 30 August 1923.
+
Hon. Sir Pope Alexander Cooper, Chief Justice of Queensland, 1880 - State Library of Queensland
+1830 â 1877
+MacDonnell was born in 1830 in Dublin, son of Thomas MacDonnell, an army officer, and his wife Frances Corry. He arrived in Sydney 1853 on the Telegraph. He was a teacher at National Schools in Sydney before establishing his own school at Paddington, Sydney in 1854.
+He moved to Queensland in 1860 and was appointed Inspector of National Schools and General Inspector of Primary Schools. He served as Secretary of the Board of Education 1870â1876 and supported the separation of religious and secular education and advocated the Irish System. Randal married Mary Sheehan in 1861 and had four sons and a daughter. He died of consumption in 1877.
+17 October 1825 â 25 March 1885
+Born in Crediton Devon England on 17 October 1825 to Thomas Pring and Ann Dunne. Ratcliffe Pring studied law in England, being admitted as a barrister in London in 1849. With his wife, Frances he migrated to NSW in 1853. In 1857 he was appointed first Crown Prosecutor for the Supreme Court in Moreton Bay. Elected to Queensland's first Legislative Assembly in 1860, he became Attorney-General, a position which he held in successive governments. He was appointed QC in 1868. In 1875 he was appointed a Judge of the Central District Court but resigned and returned to private practice. He became a Judge of the Queensland Supreme Court in 1880. He died in office on 25 March 1885.
+
+
Ratcliffe Pring - State Library of Queensland.
+3 August 1850 â 21 September 1926
+Reginald was the first vice-chancellor of the University of Queensland, holding this position from 1910-1916. He was born on 3 August 1850 in Blandford Forum, Dorset, the youngest of 10 children to John Banister Roe Esq, a linen draper and button manufacturer turned wine merchant and Mary Ann née Allies, a school mistress at a school for young ladies. The family may hay fallen on hard times as Reginald was educated at Chris's Hospital, London, at that time a school for orphans and children of indigent gentleman. His father may have died in 1869 while Reginald was head boy at the school.
+After graduating from Oxford, Reginald was appointed headmaster of Brisbane Grammar School in 1876, the youngest headmaster in Australia at that time. He established cadet training and encouraged sport for his students. In July 1909 he was appointed Inspector-General of Schools for Queensland and Inspector of Grammar Schools in 1917. He died in St Martin's Hospital, Brisbane on 21 September 1926.
+1 April 1853 â 11 August 1935
+Ernst Otto Maier was born on 13 April 1853 in Köngen, WĂŒrttemberg and died on 15 March 1905. He was the first of five Basel trained pastors to serve the âGerman Lutheran Church North Brisbaneâ (St Andreas) from 1888 until his death. This monument was erected by his family, friends and congregation. He is buried with his wife Regula Albertina Maier nĂ©e Bunzli who was born on 1 April 1853 in Zurich, Switzerland and died on 11 August 1935 at Ipswich.
+Also buried in the grave is Martha Maria Hiller nĂ©e Maier who was born on 26 August 1880 at German Station (Nundah) and died on 4 December 1915. She was the organist at St. Andreas in 1900 before she married the Rev. Eugen Hiller (1870â1958) who was the pastor there in 1905â06.
+ca. Jan 1823 â 28 April 1865
+For many years Richard was connected with the colonial press in NSW, Victoria and Queensland. He was a native of Newtown, Limavady, in the county of Londonderry, Northern Ireland and came to NSW in 1838 with his parents, Richard (Snr) and Ann (née Linton).
+He was a partner in starting the Ballarat Star but after the partnership collapsed, moved to Brisbane and then to Ipswich where he took charge of the North Australian newspaper. Richard followed when that newspaper moved to Brisbane and died at the age of 42 from consumption on 28 April 1865. He was originally interred in the Roman Catholic burial ground at Milton but his remains and headstone were relocated to Toowong Cemetery in 1913.
+
View of the Brisbane suburb of Milton, ca. 1870 Photograph taken in the vicinity of Caxton Street, Petrie Terrace, looking due west across the intersection of Judge and Hale Streets and across the Milton Cemetery â State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
+
++Sacred to the memory of
+
+Richard Belford died May 1913.
+
+Richard born Jan 1824 â Londonderry Ireland
+Died 28 April 1865 Adelaide St Brisbane.
1836 â 24 September 1899
+Richard Petty, born in 1836, was a native of Yorkshire and came to Queensland in the ship Whirlwind in 1862. His parents were Richard Petty and Margaret (née Crier). He went into business with William Grimes in 1863 operating a Clothing and Drapery Store at the top end of Queen Street. By 1877 they had moved to larger premises further down Queen Street, between Albert & Edward Streets. Richard died on 24 September 1899 at his residence Coodra on Gregory Terrace.
+ + +ca. 1859 â 4 February 1925
+Rivers was born probably in 1859 at Plymouth, Devon, son of Richard Rivers, landed proprietor, and his wife Bertha, nĂ©e Harris. He studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College, London (1877â83) receiving the prize for landscape painting in 1883 and exhibiting at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1884. In 1889 he came to Australia. He taught at Katoomba College, NSW, and then was appointed second art master at Brisbane Technical College (1890â1910, partâtime 1910â15). He soon emerged as leader of Brisbane's artistic community and the first artist member of the Queensland Club in 1891.
+Rivers also taught at his studio, at the Brisbane High School for Girls and at Brisbane Girls' Grammar School. Rivers was president of the Queensland Art Society in 1892â1901 and 1904â08. Largely through his efforts the Queensland National Art Gallery ultimately opened in 1895.
+His course at the technical college embraced both art and craft. His extant work includes the decorative painting of angelic figures on the ceiling of the sanctuary in St Mary's Church, Kangaroo Point (1892), his design of the altar in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel, St John's Cathedral, Brisbane and other furniture in the cathedral. The Godfrey Rivers medal was established at the technical college in 1929 by his wife Selina Jane, née Bell, whom he had married in St John's Cathedral on 25 September 1901.
+Rivers died on 4 February 1925 of typhoid fever while on a visit to England and his ashes were interred here. His wife and daughter survived him. The Godfrey Rivers Trust, founded by his wife for the Queensland Art Gallery, established the Godfrey Rivers prize (acquisitive) and purchased art works. His most popular work, 'Under the Jacaranda' (1903), hangs in the Queensland Art Gallery and features his wife.
+
Godfrey Rivers, seated on a rock with binoculars. Unknown author - Daphne Mayo Collection, UQFL119, Fryer Library, The University of Queensland Library.
+1821 â 1892
+Richard Henry Sholl (1821-1892) was born in the London borough of Southwark. Following the death of his father Richard Sholl, his mother Elizabeth (née Motton) took her young family to Western Australia. Young Richard later became master of coastal vessels plying the trade routes in the Pacific region and across the Great Australian Bight during the great age of sail. Just prior to Separation in 1859, Captain Sholl was appointed pilot for Moreton Bay by the NSW Government and in January 1864 he was promoted to the position of senior sea pilot for this port, a position he held until 1881.
+9 October 1823 â 8 October 1869
+Described by contemporary J. B. Fewings as âthe father of Toowongâ, Richard bought large blocks of land bordering Toowong Creek in 1861. He ascertained from the local Aborigines that Toowong was a suitable name for the area and posted the first sign as such. He and his wife Anne were founding members of the Anglican Church. In 1866, he donated part of his land in Curlew Street to build the first St Thomas Anglican Church.
+
View of Burns Road, Toowong, Brisbane at the intersection of High Street ca 1910. The second St. Thomas' Anglican Church is in the background. It replaced an 1865 timber building on another site. - State Library of Queensland
+ca. 1899 â 22 October 1926
+Richard joined the Brisbane Newspaper Company as a cadet journalist in July 1915. On turning seventeen, he enlisted in WWI on 2 August 1916. During training after arriving in England on HMAT Marathon, he was hospitalised with mumps. After recovering, he was assigned to the 7/52nd Battalion and transferred to France where he saw service until March 1918 when he was sent back to England for treatment for trench foot. While there he was diagnosed with nephritis and invalided home to Australia. After his discharge from the Australian Imperial Force, he resumed his duties on the reporting staff of the Brisbane Courier until ill health forced him to enter Rosemount Repatriation Hospital where he died at the age of 27 on 22 October 1926.
+
R.O. White, one of the soldiers photographed in The Queenslander Pictorial, supplement to The Queenslander, 1916 - State Library of Queensland
+Marathon (ship). Built in 1904 and weighing 7, 827 tons, the 'Marathon' belonged to the Aberdeen Line - State Library of Queensland
1866 â 6 June 1932
+Richard Sanderson Taylor was born in Leeds, England in 1866 and came to Australia as a boy with his parents. He was educated in Sydney where his father was a Baptist Church minister. He began his journalistic career in the early 1880's on the Sydney Daily Telegraph. In 1888 he joined the Brisbane Courier and, with the exception of a short period spent on the Hansard staff, was a member of the Courier staff for the remainder of his life. Richard became principal law reporter and music and drama critic, a post that he held until he became principal leader writer. In June 1919 he became editor of the Courier until he suffered a paralytic stroke in April 1932 and passed away on 6 June of that year.
+
+
Editor's office at the Brisbane Courier, ca. 1922. Richard Sanderson Taylor, who was the editor at this time, is seated at his desk. - State Library of Queensland.
+1831 â 4 February 1909
+Contractor Richard Southall was Brisbaneâs twentyâsecond Mayor in 1888. He was nominated for the East Ward in 1885. Amongst his projects was the construction of the Albert Hall in Adelaide Street. He married Janet Banks Guild, at St Marylebone, London on 26 July 1852. He is buried with his wife, son, daughter and motherâinâlaw.
+
Albert Street Methodist Church and Albert Hall, Brisbane, ca. 1904 â State Library of Queensland.
+Richard Southall â Brisbane City Council.
1829 â 12 March 1891
+Richard Symes Warry was born about 1829 in England, son of Thomas Warry and Maria Symes. On 25 January 1851 in Brisbane, Richard Symes Warry married Mary Lydia Pratten. They had fourteen children, a number of whom died young. He died 12 March 1891 at his residence in Enoggera, aged 62 years.
+Richard Warry was a grocer and was one of the earliest of the Queen Street storekeepers, having had a shop for many years on the eastern side near the corner with Albert Street. Richard Warry was an Alderman of the Brisbane Municipal Council in 1862â1863 and 1865â1866. He was Mayor in 1866. He took a break from public life for a number of years and then returned as Alderman of the West Ward from 1883â1888 before finally retiring.
+
Richard Symes Warry â Brisbane City Council.
+ca. 1881 â ca. July 1919
+Service number: 2001, 1344, 7795, 630. 2nd Brabants, Natal Mounted Police, Australian Light Horse 9th Battalion
+He was born to Jean Lefebre Whitby and Emma Linby ca. 1881 in Johannesburg. He was an Engineer and apprenticed to Howard Farrar for 5 years. He enlisted into the 1st Light Horse 15 July 1915 and was discharged 17 March 1917 and re-enlisted 21 April 1917 and back overseas with the 9th Batt. and was returned June 1918 with Tuberculosis. He actually enlisted 3 times with a change of names.
+1840 â 1905
+Englishman Richard William Curtis (1840-1905) is one of six proven veterans of the American Civil War buried in Toowong Cemetery. He joined the Confederate States Navy and is recorded as being Assistant Paymaster on the CSS Georgia in 1863 and later Paymaster on CSS Stonewall. After the conclusion of the Civil War he came to Brisbane where he worked for the Government and in private enterprise.
+
1843 â 1912
+Robert Archibald Ranking (1843-1912) was born at Hastings, Sussex, England, fifth son of Robert Ranking, a surgeon, and his wife Isabella Eliza Hannah, née Spiers. In July 1864 he arrived in Brisbane and found work at Cressbrook Station, near Ipswich. He joined the Queensland civil service in 1874, and on being appointed police magistrate in 1879, he served at Beenleigh, Blackall, and Maryborough before being transferred to Rockhampton in 1889. He was still stationed there in 1891 when he was given the daunting task of attempting to negotiate a reconciliation between the shearers and pastoralists.
+
Robert Archibald Ranking - State Library of Queensland
+1843 â 10 January 1905
+Robert Arthur Johnstone was born at Richmond in 1843 in what was then called Van Dieman's Land. He came to Queensland in 1865 and later trained as a police cadet. He was appointed sub-inspector of the mounted native police in the Cardwell district where he patrolled widely with his force of aboriginal troopers. In the course of his patrols Johnstone explored the coastal area of northeast Queensland and discovered the Johnstone River which was later named after him. In 1881 he became the first police magistrate in Winton. He died on 10 January 1905.
+21 May 1832 â 10 May 1900
+Robert Bulcock (1832-1900) was born in Clitheroe, Lancashire to parents, Robert and Ann (née Wilkinson). In December 1855 he arrived in Moreton Bay where he became a successful fruiterer, seedsman and produce merchant in Queen Street, Brisbane. Robert later entered politics, firstly as the member for Enoggera in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1885-1888 and then served in the Queensland Legislative Council from 1894 until his death. His wife Elizabeth was laid to rest with her husband in 1908.
+ca. 1805 â 16 April 1893
+Robert came to the Colony of Queensland aboard the Fortitude in January 1849. He bought land in 1852 and built Lang Farm which stretched from the hilly part of Indooroopilly Road towards Jack Cook Park and down to the River. He cleared the pine trees and vines growing along Toowong Creek, growing oranges, cabbages, grapes, mulberries and olives. Lang Farm was bought by Richard Gailey, who built his mansion Glen Olive on the riverbank. Robert was appointed to the first Toowong Shire Council in 1880. He died on 16 April 1893 aged 88.
+
Robert Cribb State Library of Queensland
+Houses submerged in the 1893 flood waters at Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland - State Library of Queensland. Richard Gaileyâs Glen Olive can be seen in the distance.
Glen Olive Garden Estate on the river bank Toowong - State Library of Queensland. This shows the site of the Glen Olive house and grounds.
+ + + + +1850 â 2 August 1926
+Robert Dunn was born in Melbourne in 1850, served his time in the printing trade in that city and subsequently went to New Zealand for a number of years. He returned to Australia and resumed newspaper work in Melbourne prior to coming to Queensland. He worked for some time on the Gympie Times and, in 1884, became associated with the Brisbane Courier where he remained until the time of his death. He started with the Courier as a compositor but, for the last 20 years of his life he was chief of the proof-reading staff. Robert died on 2 August 1926 at his residence in Upper Clifton Terrace, Red Hill following a sudden seizure.
+Died 1911
+Robert was the Member of the Legislative Council for Bowen. When he retired, he took up property in the South Toowong area, dying at Mobolon in 1911.
+Robert Harrison Smith occupied a now heritage listed house at 180 Waterworks Road, Ashgrove, from 1894 to 1897.
+ca. 1853 â 28 May 1918
+The Daily Standard reported a "Seaman's fatal immersion" on Wednesday 29 May 1918.
+
++In Fond and Loving Memory +of
+
+Our Dear Father
+Robert James Simpson
+Who lost his life +through the capsizing of a Whale Boat
+Inbetween Double Island Point, and Noosa
+28th May 1918,
+Aged 65 years 11 monthsAlso of our Dear Mother
+
+Louisa Emma,
+Who died 14th August 1918,
+Aged 66 yearsAs the Ivy clings to the stone,
+
+So our memory will cling to theeAlso their Daughter
+
+Alice Cloherty
+Died 12th May 1938,
+Aged 51 yearsAt rest. +
+
See also:
+ca. 1860 â August 1929
+Orton served with the 9th Lancers for twelve years including service in the second Afghanistan War from 1878 to 1880. He resigned from the army in 1885 and worked briefly for Queensland railways before making his application to be a police constable in October that year. He was stationed at South Brisbane in October 1899 when he wrote a letter seeking permission to join A Company, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry. Some of the officers he had served under in Afghanistan were at the Boer War and he was keen to join them. He was granted six months leave without pay. So he was one of âthe first of the firstâ Queenslanders to go to the Boer War.
+When Orton returned to Brisbane after his Boer War service on the 19 November 1900, the police band was there to meet him at Central Station. He had been repatriated home as he was injured when a horse fell on him. He rejoined the police force however it was not easy for him and in January 1901 he is seeking 19 pounds from the force to top up an allowance he should have received to make up the difference between his soldiers pay and his police pay. He pointed out that he was the only married police officer to join the Boer War campaign. Orton died in August 1929 aged 69.
+28 December 1851 â 17 June 1922
+Sir Robert Philp was born on 28 December 1851 at Glasgow, Scotland, son of John Philp, lime kiln operator, and his wife Mary Ann (née Wylie). The family settled in Brisbane in 1862. After leaving school, young Robert joined the business of Sir James Burns at the northern goldfields port of Townsville in 1874, becoming a partner in the business in 1876. The Burns Philp partership flourished.
+Philp entered politics on 5 January 1876 by winning the seat of Musgrave, but transferred to the seat of Townsville on 12 May 1888 and held it until his defeat in 1915. On 7 December 1899, Philp became a reluctant Premier following the defeat of Anderson Dawson's short-lived Labor ministry. In 1901 the Philp Government presented an Adult Suffrage Bill, later shelved, that not only discriminated against women, it also discriminated against many males.
+Sir Robert died after an operation on 17 June 1922 in Holyrood Private Hospital, Brisbane, and was buried in Toowong Cemetery two days later.
+
Sir Robert Philp, 1901 â State Library of Queensland.
+Mary had a little lamb, from the Worker, 11 August 1900 â State Library of Queensland.
Burns, Philp and Company Limited - Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame, 14 September 2009. Robert Philp's great grand daughter, Prue Firth, gives a history of his life, from his birth in Scotland, his involvement in founding the shipping company Burns, Philp and Company Ltd, and his career in Queensland politics. State Library of Queensland.
+1886 â 12 July 1949
+'Bob' Toupein was born in 1886 in Gunnedah NSW where his father, Jean Toupein and later Bob himself were railway fettlers. He moved to Darwin in 1913 and opened a barber shop/billiards saloon. This was during a period of industrial and political unrest in the NT. One of the issues was lack of political representation in Federal Parliament for its residents. In 1917 Bob was elected to the Darwin Town Council and became Mayor of Darwin in 1919 but resigned in 1921. He was elected secretary of the North Australian Industrial Union and held that position until 1937 when he married and settled at Woody Point in Queensland. He died on 12 July 1949 at the age of 62, five years after suffering serious injuries in a workplace accident.
+1879 â 1935
+Rose Jane Langford was born in Devon, England and came to Queensland at the age of four. She undertook her nursing training at the Ipswich Hospital. Before the outbreak of World War One, Rose was the Matron at Mt Perry Hospital and later at Mt Morgan and Mackay. Between 1914 and 1917, she was a member of the Australian Army Nursing Service. Rose left on the hospital ship Kyarra for Egypt where she served in the No. 1 Australian General Hospital. She later transferred to Flanders. Rose was mentioned in despatches for her devotion to duty. After the war, Rose was on the staff of the Kangaroo Point Hospital and later matron of the Rosemount Repatriation Hospital. Rose married James Walker and lived in Brisbane until her death in 1935, aged 56 years.
+
Hospital ship Kyarra, leaving port in Brisbane, 1916 â State Library of Queensland.
+1890 â 21 October 1917
+Service Number: 4984. 49th Battalion
+Born to Charles Allen Brown and Louisa Coomber in 1890. One of 12 children. Enlisted 24 November 1915 Embarked 4 May 1916 HMAT Seang Choon A49. +Badly wounded 11 October 1917 GSW head and died of wounds 21 October 1917 at 27 years of age France. Laid to rest 22 October 1917 British Military Cemetery, Etaples, Nord Pas de Calais, France plot v.483
+He was a worldâclass heavyâweight wrestler. As a youth he trained to be a singer in a Synagogue in Rumania and had a rich baritone voice. He became a professional wrestler and won the World Jewish Wrestling Championship belt on several occasions.
+ca. 1886 â 26 December 1901
+Samuel Frederick Lawrence was a victim of the Roxana disaster which took place on Boxing Day 1901. He was 15 years of age.
+1819 â 9 November 1909
+Samuel was born in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire in 1819 where he learned his trade as a compositor. He arrived in Sydney in September 1852. He was seized with gold fever but soon found he was unsuited for life as a gold digger. He returned to the newspaper trade in Bathurst and Sydney, followed by a stint as a shepherd on a station property.
+Samuel then came to Brisbane where he obtained employment as a compositor with the Brisbane Newspaper Company in 1860 and remained for nearly fifty years until his death on 9 November 1909 aged 90 years. As well as being a compositor, many essays, poems and sketches from his pen were published in the Courier and Queenslander, including one published in the Brisbane Courier following the death of Governor Blackall.
+ca. 1839 â 21 October 1919
+Samuel Crouch, born in Middlesex, was the son of Stephen Crouch and Mary Ann (née Reeves). At the age of 19, he became an Able Seaman. He assumed the surname 'Riley' and later 'Reilly' when he went to sea. He first arrived in Sydney in 1864 as a crewman on a ship before settling in Queensland in 1869. In December 1875, he was appointed to the Queensland Lighthouse Service as coxswain of the pilot boat and Receiving Officer at Inskip Point. Samuel died on 21 October 1919 aged 80 while stationed at Comboyuro Point Lighthouse.
+
Lighthouse at Comboyuro Point, Moreton Island, 1906. The two gentlemen standing in front of the lighthouse are Samuel James Reilly and his son James Compton Reilly. (Description supplied with photograph) - State Library of Queensland
+Kayeâs Rocks at Toowong were named after Samuel. He was a government appointee to the Toowong Shire Council in 1880. A member of the Toowong Philharmonic Orchestra, Samuel operated a museum for musical instruments, importing pianos, organs and harmoniums. He taught music for many years from his home on the north side of the rocks which now bear his name.
+TOOWONG: a rich and vibrant history by Robert Dunne.
+New Yorkâborn Samuel Keenan, was an original member of the all AfricanâAmerican minstrel troupe who toured extensively throughout New Zealand, Australia with the Original Georgia Minstrels, beginning 1877 through to mid 1880s and were managed by Charles B. Hicks. The Georgia Minstrels performed to packed houses around the colonies (Victoria, NSW, South Australia, Tasmania and Queensland) in halls and in legitimate theatres including Gaiety, Tivoli, St Georges Hall and Theatre Royal. They always drew loud applause, laughter and calls for encores.
+Samâs name was familiar in all the principles theatres in Australia. He held a prominent place in numerous successful minstrel companies and in his particular line of entertainment he has probably never been equalled in Australia for the originality and humour of his portrayal of ânegro minstrelâ parts. Sam married a local girl Marian Collier and has an extremely proud extended family. Samuel Keenan died aged 40.
+
"Original Georgia Minstrels" composite image with founder Charles Hicks at center - State Library of Queensland
+29 August 1843 â 8 February 1917
+
Sir Samuel Walker Griffith, 1886 - State Library of Queensland
+Griffith was born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales and migrated to Australia as a child. He graduated from Sydney University in 1862 with Honours in maths and classics and commenced practising law in Brisbane. Griffith, considered by many a Liberal, was elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1872. He was Attorney General and twice premier of Queensland.
+Griffith was a delegate at the Intercolonial Convention 1883. Subsequently, Griffith was ViceâPresident of the National Australasian Convention of 1891 and Chairman of the Drafting Committee which prepared the draft constitution. Griffith was president of the Queensland Federation League from 1898. He was knighted in 1886.
+In 1893 Griffith left government to become Chief Justice of Queensland and from 1903 to 1919 was the first Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia. During this period he translated Danteâs Divine Comedy from Italian, which was published by Oxford University Press in 1911.
+He died on the 9th of August 1920 at his grand home Merthyr which gave its name to a locality in New Farm. The funeral cortege was described by the Daily Mail as the largest ever seen in Brisbane.
+
1 May 1809 â 2 January 1871
+Governor - 14 August 1868 to 2 January 1871
+Blackall was born on 1 May 1809 in Dublin, son of Major Robert Blackall of the East India Company Army, and his wife Catherine, nĂ©e Lewis. A member of a prosperous Irish family, he was educated by a private tutor and at fifteen went to Trinity College, Dublin, but did not graduate. After a military career, Blackall became Lieutenant-Governor of Dominica in 1851â57; Governor of Sierra Leone in 1862, and in 1865 became Governorâinâchief of the West African Settlements.
+In 1868 he was appointed Governor of Queensland. On arrival Blackall was met by a tremendous popular welcome, but at once was plunged into a constitutional crisis, which had been temporarily held in check by the Administrator, Sir Maurice O'Connell. After a deadlock in the Legislative Assembly the Liberals had been defeated in an election but were petitioning the Governor to dissolve the assembly on the ground that it did not properly represent the colony. Blackall pursued a strictly constitutional course and refused to intervene directly. Despite the bitterness of the constitutional battle Blackall made no personal enemies. Willing to assist any genuine public cause, he made frequent appearances at public events, often accompanied by Mrs Terry, the wife of his private secretary Lieutenant Frederick Terry.
+By October 1870 Blackall's health was deteriorating. He requested that his funeral be such âas could be attended by even the humblestâ. On 2 January 1871, he died and was buried the next day with as much pomp and ceremony as could be mustered at such short notice.
+
Colonel Blackall, Governor of Queensland, with his family - State Library of Queensland.
Blackall Monument, the oldest grave in Toowong Cemetery.
Read Colonel Samuel Wensley Blackall: 1809-1871, which celebrates the 140th anniversary of the first year of operation of the Brisbane General Cemetery, now known as the Toowong Cemetery, and the internment of the first person buried there, Governor Samuel Wensley Blackall.
+ca. 1859 â 9 July 1928
+Sarah Lygo was the fifth daughter of Richard and Martha Harriett Lygo of Kent, England. Her nursing qualifications were certified by the ATNA. She died aged 69 on 9 July 1928.
+ca. 1863 â 18 December 1931
+Sarah Mahoney, born in Ballybunion, Kerry, Ireland, ca. 1863, was a daughter of Michael Mahoney and Mary (née Wallace). Sarah trained as seamstress. Patrick Joseph Woulfe married Sarah on 13 January 1878. The family of four sailed from Glasgow To Brisbane between 27 June and 23 August 1884, aboard the Mount Lebanon.
+Six children were born in Queensland. Their five daughters and three sons were Honora (1879-1957), Michael Joseph (1882-1886), Mary Ellen (1885-1975), Patrick (1888-1948), Elizabeth (1890-1968), James (1893-1923), Sarah Teresa (1895-1974) and Mabel Jane Josephine (1898-1949).
+The family lived in Annie Street, Paddington when Patrick Joseph died in 1902. In 1910, Sarah and her son, Patrick, founded Woulfe and Son, tailors. Success by 1919 allowed Sarah to move to 42 Constitution Road, Windsor, which she named Efluow (Woulfe backwards). Sarah died suddenly at Efluow on Friday 18 December 1931. Woulfe and Son Pty Ltd wound up in 1972.
+ca. 1837 â 28 December 1902
+Septimus was born in Lambeth Surry ca. 1837. His occupation before immigrating to Queensland was clerk to a law stationer. In April 1862 he arrived in Moreton Bay on the Clifton and became a publishing assistant with the Queensland Daily Guardian. A short time after his arrival he married Louisa Kemp on 25 October 1862. After the closure of the Guardian, he joined the staff of the Government Printing Office as a publisher. Septimus died on 28 December 1902.
+ca. 1873 â 23 March 1937
+ExâSalvation Army Limelight cameraman, Sid Cook, worked extensively with Henry Mobsby. The Limelight Department formed Australia's first registered film production company producing commissioned work for external agencies. Sidney Cook, was the second camera operator. The Royal Visit to Australasia in midâ1901 included some of Sidney Cook's first camerawork, his coverage of the future King George the Fifth â laying the foundation stone of the Boer War monument in Ballarat on the 13th of May 1901. Sid Cook also filmed the Royal Couple's departure for Brisbane. They had been scheduled to go by sea, but an outbreak of bubonic plague in the Port of Brisbane changed their plans.
+Sid Cookâs family was growing and in July 1905 he made a move from the meagre salary of a Salvation Army officer to become a commercial film showman. Based in Queensland, Cook became the most prolific Australian filmmaker of the Edwardian era. He hired Brisbane's His Majesty's Theatre for the Christmas season in 1906 and the program included his startling films of Brisbaneâs main thoroughfares shot from a moving tram. In 1908 Cook took the film to London on behalf of the Queensland Government for screening at the FrancoâBritish Exhibition. Compiling it together with other Brisbane scenes, in 1911 Cook advertised it as part of his documentary Living Brisbane. With arrival of the âtalkiesâ at the end of the 1920s, Sidâs movie making career ended. He died on the 23 March 1937 aged 64.
+1847 â 24 October 1933
+Born in Hampshire, England in 1847, Sidney headed to east Africa in 1868 aged 21 years. Sidney wrote "Kachalola or The Mighty Hunter" from his diaries covering 1868 to 1876. It contains adventures from east Africa 1868-69 and 1872-74, south Asia and the Dutch East Indies 1874-75 and New Guinea 1875-76. The book was released in 1931 when he was 84 years of age.
+In February 1931 Sidney set off from Rushworth, Victoria, travelling for two years and seven months before reaching Darwin. Returning south, Sidney was taken to Brisbane's General Hospital suffering double pneumonia. Sidney succumbed two days later on the 24 October 1933 aged 86 years.
+ca. 1817 â 21 March 1880
+Silvester Diggles and his family migrated from Liverpool, England to Sydney. Eventually, the family settled in Brisbane in 1854. Silvester was a man of many and varied talents. He was a piano tuner, musician and artist. He also was Brisbane's first known photographer in 1855. Silvester also distinguished himself as an ornithologist, entomologist and astronomer, just to name a few more of his interests.
+Silvester was selected by the government of the day to proceed to Cape Sidmouth in 1871 as a member of the Eclipse Expedition, his chief recommendation being his skills as an artist and naturalist. He also was one of the most earnest advocates for the establishment of a museum in Queensland. During his lifetime, Silvester published Ornithology of Australia, the first volume of what was meant to be a multi-volume set. He died before the second volume was completed.
+As well as being an esteemed member of the Queensland Philosophical Society for many years, Silvester was a member of the order of Freemasons, and for some time filled the position of organist to St Patrick's Lodge.
+Silvester Diggles died on the 21st of March 1880 aged 63 years and 2 months, leaving behind a widow, two sons and two daughters. As was the custom of the day, the funeral cortege left the family home at Kangaroo Point, proceeding via the Victoria Bridge to Toowong Cemetery for the funeral.
+This story was contributed by Dr Rod Fisher.
+Note the headstone has been removed.
+Died 5 June 1914
+John Heussler was born on 15 June 1820 at Bockenheim, Germany (near FrankfurtâamâMain) and arrived in Queensland in 1854. His background was as a wine merchant in London and Holland. He married Sophia Esther, daughter of John and Christian Westgarth of Edinburgh. She came to Queensland from Victoria with her mother, also buried here, and sister, shortly after their arrival in Australia. John and Sophia Heussler married in Brisbane on 10 March 1859. John Christian died on 26 October 1907 and his widow died on 5 June 1914. While âreligion was not to play a big role in his lifeâ, he was buried according to Lutheran rites from Nazareth Church, Hawthorne Street, Woolloongabba.
+He played a large role in immigration, particularly encouraging an estimated two thousand German Lutherans to come to Queensland. He built Fernberg, the current home of the Governor of Queensland but lost it to creditors in 1879. He was appointed a member of the Legislative Council in 1866, holding the position until his death. He became Honorary Consul for the German Empire and also for the Netherlands. In 1896 he opened the new school of the Nazareth Lutheran Church and presented a gift of 400 marks from the German Kaiser.
+2 October 1879 â 12 February 1904
+"Lonnie" or "Lonzie" Spragg was born on 2 October 1879 at Redfern, Sydney. His elusiveness and goal-kicking prowess won him a place in Australia's first full international Rugby Union team against Great Britain in Sydney on 24 June 1899. In January 1900 he moved to Rockhampton and then to Brisbane where he settled in May 1900. He helped Queensland to five successive wins over NSW in Brisbane. In twenty-one international and interstate matches he scored 104 points. He was also prominent in rowing, cricket and table tennis.
+He died from peritonitis following an appendectomy in Brisbane General Hospital on 12 February 1904. On 24 July 1904 a monument over his grave was unveiled by the then-president of the Queensland Rugby Union.
+ + +Died 17 December 1914
+Stephen Patrick Tierney was seriously injured as a consequence of a bicycle incident at Gympie on the 15 December 1914. He was admitted to the Gympie Hospital where he died two days later. He was buried with police honours at the Toowong Cemetery.
+Story contributed by Kym Hyson. Used with permission.
+ca. 1879 â 10 June 1925
+Sister Susannah McGann, daughter of John and Susannah McGann, was a member of the New Zealand Army Nursing Service. She had trained in Maryborough, obtaining both General Nursing and Obstetric Certificates. Susannah was on the staff of the Diamantina Hospital in 1908 and was on the ANTA register in 1923. She died on 10 June 1925 aged 46.
+
Open air pavilions at Brisbane's Diamantina Hospital, 1920s â State Library of Queensland.
+Died 25 September 1884
+One of the early newspaper editors in Moreton Bay, Scottish-born Sylvester came to the colony soon after it was opened to free settlers in 1842. In 1853-54 he edited the Moreton Bay Free Press and took an active part in community life in the early years of the colony. He also wrote a column for the Sydney Morning Herald in which he dismissed the call for separation from NSW as 'ridiculously premature'. He died on 25 September 1884 while living in Leichhardt Street, Spring Hill. Unfortunately he destroyed most of his personal papers a couple of years before his death.
+
The Moreton Bay Courier (Brisbane, Qld. : 1846 - 1861) 1 January 1853 - National Library of Australia
+21 November 1835 â 17 September 1919
+Germanâborn Theodore Unmack (21 November 1835 â 17 September 1919) arrived in Brisbane in 1860. He chaired a meeting at St. Andreas Lutheran Church in 1865 during a difficult time in the congregation. His first wife was Robina Bryce the daughter of John Bryce Glassford and Margaret Forsyth. She died on 10 September 1874 aged 39. The coupleâs eldest son, Herbert Theodore died in Hamburg on 30 July 1869 aged 8 years and 8 months.
+Theodoreâs second wife of 42 years, Kathleen died on 12 August 1937 aged 86 and was cremated in Sydney. She was the mother of six of his children.
+Theodore traded with his partner J. C. Heussler as a wholesale merchant and was the MLA for Toowong from 1888â1893 and Secretary for the Railways. He was a prominent Freemason who was buried with Presbyterian rites.
+
Unmack, Theodore, 1889 - State Library of Queensland.
+23 March 1867 â 16 May 1946
+Thomas Dempster, a son of Robert Dempster, contractor and Anne (nĂ©e Dalzell) was born in Tradeston, Lanarkshire, Scotland on 23 March 1867. The Dempster family travelled aboard the Nurnberg to Australia in 1889. Thomas joined the United Operative Stonemasons Society of Queensland (UOSMS) on 21 August 1889. Thomas served at times as UOSMS President, ViceâPresident, Auditor, Secretary, Treasurer and delegate. Thomas settled in Paddington before relocating to Campbell Street, Toowong. On 16 May 1946, Thomas died at St Helen's Hospital, South Brisbane.
+ca. 1809 â 9 November 1885
+In September 1824 15-year-old Thomas was tried for theft at the Old Bailey and sentenced to death, later commuted to transportation for life. Initially incarcerated on the prison hulks Bellerophon and Euryalus, he embarked on the convict ship Florentia bringing him to Port Jackson arriving in January 1828. He served eight years before receiving a ticket of leave in 1836 and a conditional pardon in 1839.
+He came to Moreton Bay in 1842 when it was opened to free settlers and was the anonymous Brisbane correspondent to the Sydney Morning Herald. He was a prolific writer with columns in the Moreton Bay Courier, Brisbane Courier and The Queenslander written under the pseudonym 'Old Tom'.
+
Thomas Dowse Brisbane Town Clerk 1862-1868 â State Library of Queensland.
+10 January 1837 â 16 December 1903
+Thomas Finney and his family lived in Sidney House (on the site of the former ABC Studios in Toowong) from 1882, one of the grandest houses in Toowong, surrounded by gardens and an orchard. He is buried next to his business partner James Isles with whom he established Finney Isles & Co. in 1864.
+
Sidney House in Toowong, viewed from the street, March, 1890 - State Library of Queensland
+ + +1863 â 21 June 1921
+Glassey was born in 1844 at Market Hill, Co. Armagh, the son of weaver Willhelm Glassey and Sussannah. From the age of six, he worked as a linen mill weaver before moving to Scotland in 1852 to be a coal miner. Glassey was selfâeducated at Sunday school. He married Margaret White in 1864 in Bedlington, Newcastle, England and had a son. He came to Queensland in 1884 after a career as a political agitator in England. Glassey was the MLA for Bundamba from 1888 â 1893 before representing Burke 1894 â 1896 and Bundaberg 1896 â 1901. In 1892, Glassey was the chairman of the Queensland central executive of the Labor Party. After Federation, he switched to federal politics and was a senator from 1901 â 1903. He died on 28 September 1936 in Brisbane.
+
1844 â 13 April 1910
+Thomas Hale was born in the village of Castle Bytham in South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England in 1844 and worked in the railways in England before migrating to Queensland in 1882. He joined the Railways Department in Queensland becoming a member of the Railway Employees Association. He rose to the position of general secretary of that organisation. During his railway career he worked as a porter, shunter, guard and signalman. Thomas died on 13 April 1910 and a memorial on behalf of the Queensland Railway Employees Association was erected over his grave. Sadly this memorial was demolished in 1979.
+ + +1855 â 11 May 1924
+Born in Kiltegan, County Wicklow, Ireland, Hinch in 1855, Thomas served ten years in the Imperial Army before joining the Queensland Police on 1881. He served in various Brisbane stations reaching the rank of Sergeant in 1900. He was superannuated on the 1st of July 1903. He died aged 69, on 11 May 1924.
+1823 â 7 June 1896
+London-born Thomas Illidge (1823-1896) was the son of Thomas Illidge and Harriett (née Muckleton). For some years, he was the proprietor of a boot and shoe store in Sydney before bringing his wife, Ann and family to Brisbane where he recommenced his business in Queen Street in 1859. Ann died in 1882 and was the first burial in this plot. Thomas married again but was buried here with his first wife. Other family members were later interred in the same plot.
+Died 22 May 1924
+Thomas James Mattingley was a son of Thomas James Mattingley and Ruth (née Dale). Alice Bertha Waters married Thomas in Queensland in 1901. A Brookfield resident, Thomas prospected in the area and discovered an auriferous reef, starting the Eclipse and Surprise Mines. After 20 years prospecting experience in Queensland, Thomas died in a private hospital on Thursday 22 May 1924, aged 50 years, leaving a widow and family of two.
+1860 â September 1898
+Byrnes was born in Brisbane in 1860 the son of Patrick Byrnes and Anna Tighe from Sligo. The family had settled first in Bowen. Byrnes was educated at Brisbane Grammar and Melbourne University. Byrnes taught at Xavier College, Kew, Melbourne from 1882â83 before being admitted to the Victoria Bar in 1884. He established a legal firm in Brisbane 1885 and became a Supreme Court barrister in due course.
+He entered politics as an MLC and served as AttorneyâGeneral in 1893 and MLA from 1893â98. Byrnes was the Colonial Prime Minister (Premier) of Queensland in 1898 but his promising life was cut short at the early age of 38 in September 1898. His State Funeral was attended by all the government and was one of the largest Brisbane had ever seen. His funeral was officiated by Archbishop Dunne and to his memory are memorials in Centennial Park, Brisbane and in the main street of Warwick, his electorate.
+
Thomas Joseph Byrnes Memorial, Centenary Place, Brisbane, 2020 â Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
+1875 â 1921
+Ryan was born in 1875 at Boothapool near Port Fairy (also known as Belfast), the son of Timothy Joseph Ryan and Jane Cullen. The family arrived from Ireland in 1860. Ryan began his education at Melbourne University and studied law while teaching classics at Church Grammar, Launceston, Tasmania. He obtained his degree in 1899.
+Ryan was second master at Rockhampton Grammar 1901â1903 and was admitted to the Queensland Bar in December 1901. In 1903 he was President of the Rockhampton Branch of the Australian Natives Association. He joined the Labor Party in 1904 and won the seat of Barcoo in 1909. He owned the Rockhampton Daily Record newspaper from 1910. In July 1912 he became deputyâleader, and by December was leader of the Labor Party. Winning the elections in 1915, he became Premier of Queensland, Chief Secretary and Attorney General until 1919 when he entered Federal politics. With John Fihelly, he drafted the Workers Compensation Bill and created the State Government Insurance Office and set up the Public Curators Office and the Golden Casket Agency. In 1916 he visited the troops at the front and also defended Home Rule in Ireland, meeting with Eamonn de Valera in 1919 and chaired the Irish Race Convention in Melbourne called by Archbishop Mannix. He supported voting rights for 18 year olds and gave women the right to stand for Parliament. Entering Federal politics he won the seat of West Sydney in 1919 and was elected Deputy Leader of the House of Representatives.
+He suffered from ill health and a bout of influenza caught in England in 1919 later resulted in his death from pneumonia in 1921 at Barcaldine. Archbishops Duhig (Brisbane) and Mannix (Melbourne) both presided over his state funeral from St Stephenâs Cathedral. Ryan was survived by his wife Lily Virginia Cook and a son and daughter. A memorial bronze statue stands in Queens Park on the corner of William and Elizabeth Streets.
+
Unveiling a statue of Thomas Joseph Ryan at Queen's Park, Brisbane, 1925 â Contributor(s): Sydney Mail, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
+ + +Born 13 November 1819
+Born in Wells, Somerset, England 13 November 1819 to Thomas MurrayâPrior and Eliza Catherine Skinner. His father was in the 11th Hussars at Waterloo. He served in the H.M.S Donegal 1837â1838.
+9 May 1844 â 21 March 1906
+
Politician Thomas MacDonald Paterson, 1885 - State Library of Queensland
+MacdonaldâPaterson arrived in Rockhampton from Scotland in 1861. He worked at a butchery before moving to Brisbane, where he qualified as a solicitor. He was a member for the Queensland Central Separation League and National Association. MacdonaldâPaterson served as mayor of Rockhampton in 1870. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly from 1878 to 1885 and again from 1896 to 1901. He was a member of the Legislative Council from 1885 to 1896. He served in three tiers of government as he was the Brisbane Federal Member of the House of Representatives from 1901 to 1903. His main claims at the convention were for uniform financial legislation and the abolition of the right to appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
+ca. 1892 â 16 November 1926
+Thomas was an English music hall artist touring Australia when he died suddenly in Brisbane. Accompanied by his wife, he arrived in Sydney in 1924. He was buried 17 November 1926 aged 34 years.
+ + +Service number: 3980. 26th Battalion
+Thomas was born in Cork Ireland to Denis Morell and mother unknown. Service records have him enlisting both in Bundaberg and Brisbane on the same day. He never got further than Egypt and several hospitals in a period of 10 months before coming back because of various illnesses.
+1852 â 17 December 1922
+Publican Thomas Proe was Mayor of Brisbane in 1901 and 1905. He married Mary Strasburg in Brisbane in 1881 and fathered seven children. He died on 17 December 1922 aged 71. He is buried with his wife, motherâinâlaw, two of their children who died in childhood and two married daughters.
+
Mayor Thomas Proe 1901 and 1905 â Brisbane City Council.
+ca. 1824 â 5 February 1878
+Slattery was born at Ballaglass, County Tipperary, Ireland, ca. 1824. After emigrating, he served some seven years as a police officer in New Zealand and Victoria. In his first year on the Queensland force (1866), Constable Slattery was awarded ÂŁ5 for his zeal and ability in the apprehension of John Mulrooney. He was promoted to First Class Detective in 1867 and again promoted to the Inspector of Detectives in July 1876. His death, aged 54, on 5 February 1878 still came as a shock even though Slattery had been indisposed for some time with acute rheumatism. Over 80 police officers attended his burial and his headstone was erected through the contributions made by 136 members of the Police Force.
+1838 â 1884
+Thomas Spilsbury's confectionery shop stood at 28 Queen Street. Thomas was born in Bromsgrove Worcestershire to parents Richard (also a confectioner) and Hannah in 1838. He lived in Kiama NSW before coming to Brisbane ca. 1861-1862. He worked as a compositor before entering the confectionery business in 1876. After his death in 1884, the business passed to his son, Thomas.
+1858 â 3 February 1941
+Born in Ipswich in 1858 and educated at Ipswich Grammer School, Welsby joined the Bank of New South Wales in Brisbane in October 1874. Resigning as a ledger keeper in May 1879, he joined the Australian Joint Stock Bank in Brisbane. In July 1884 he left to practice as a public accountant, trustee and auditor; he became a member of the Brisbane Municipal Council accounts until 1893.
+A member of Booroodabin Divisional Board in 1893-1902 (chairman 1897-1900); Welsby was chairman of the New Farm State School committee and honorary treasurer of the Brisbane Chamber of Commerce. Instrumental in the formation of the Engineering Supply Co. of Australia in 1903, he was a director of the Royal Bank of Queensland. As chairman of directors of Queensland Brewery Ltd, Welsby stamped his commercial importance and made him one of Brisbane's elite.
+Welsby was elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1909 where he served until 1915. A 'club man' tall, well-built and amiable, Welsby loved history and sport. Foundation honorary tresurer (1913), president (1936-37) and vice-president (1917-36, 1937-41) of the Historical Society of Queensland, he advocated that the government subsidise the society to collect Queensland's early records. He bequeathed his large library to the society.
+Welsby died aged 83 on 3rd February 1941 at his now heritage-listed New Farm home, Amity.
+
+
Thomas Welsby - State Library of Queensland
+ca. 1826 â 11 August 1894
+Another notable compositor of the early days was Thomas Wontner. Thomas did his apprenticeship in a London office where high class reviews were printed. He arrived in Brisbane in the early 1860's and was first employed on the Guardian and Weekly Herald newspapers, being foreman in charge of the latter. When those journals closed down he went to work at the Courier as a compositor. Thomas was later appointed head reader, a position he held until his death on 11 August 1894 at the age of 68 years.
+31 December 1816 â 31 January 1892
+Thomas Woodward Hill, born in Bedford, England on 31 December 1816 to Joseph Hill (printer) & Susanna (née Woodward), was already a compositor when he embarked for Australia aboard the Mary in 1839. He worked on newspapers in Sydney, Melbourne and Nelson, New Zealand, before arriving in Queensland on 23 December 1859. Thomas became father to three children when he married widow Agnes Caroline Rains in the Wharf Street Baptist Church, Brisbane on 29 November 1861.
+In 1867 Thomas became the official printer and publisher of The Brisbane Courier and The Queenslander. In 1884 Thomas was charged with libelling members of the Legislative Assembly. He won this landmark court case for freedom of the press. Ill health caused Thomasâ retirement on his 74th birthday. He died in his Petrie Terrace home on 31 January 1892.
+
Thomas Woodward Hill and Agnes Caroline Rains' headstone - © Cameron Davidson. Used with permission.
+Thomas and Agnes Hill - Used with the permission of Tom Kirkby and Robina Laughlin Rains. Tom is a great grandson of Agnes Caroline Rains.
++To the memory of
+
+Thomas Woodward Hill
+Born at Bedford 31st December 1816
+Died 31st January 1892
+It is not exile rest on high
+It is not sadness peace from strife
+To fall asleep is not to die
+To dwell with Christ is better life
+
+Also his wife
+Agnes Caroline Hill
+Died 9th August 1904
+Aged 86 years
Information provided by Jenny Davidson, Thomas Woodward Hill's wife's great-great-granddaughter.
+Died 2 October 1912
+Tom, the son of John Johnson and Mary Huet, died on 2 October 1912. He was the first General Secretary of the Australian Institute of Marine Engineers. In August 1880, he was authorised to form a branch of the AIME in New Zealand. He was instrumental in instituting minimum qualifications, wages and working conditions for Marine Engineers. Until the year of his death, Tom was the Brisbane District Secretary of the AIME, a position he had held since 1883.
+ca. 1929 â 1999
+As Sister Pfingst, Vera James was a trained nurse and ward sister at the Brisbane General Hospital having graduated in 1951. She was the last President of the Nurses Rest Home and Benevolent Fund. This incorporated organisation ceased to exist in 1993. The Nursesâ Rest Home, located at 17 Mallon Street, Bowen Hills, was administered by this organisation. It closed in 1992 following the sale of the building. The Nursesâ Rest Home was used as a residence for nurses for over sixty years. Vera died in 1999 aged 70.
+
Australian Trained Nurses Association (ATNA) Women's Rest Home, Brisbane â State Library of Queensland. Cropped, Rotated.
+1 January 1924 â 25 December 1942
+H.1870
+Cyril Claude Button and Jessie Elizabeth (née Wood)'s eldest son, Victor Cyril Button, was born on 1 January 1924 in Hobart, Tasmania.
+Victor reported for duty on 19 November 1941. He trained at HMAS Cerberus, Victoria and HMAS Lonsdale, Victoria, before transferring to HMAS Penguin, New South Wales for sea service aboard HMAS Australia (II).
+About 11pm on Friday 25 December 1942, Stoker II V C Button RANR, aged 18 years, fell overboard from HMAS Moreton (Kinchela). His drowned body was retrieved from the Brisbane River about noon two days later. Victor was buried with full naval honours on 28 December 1942. Victor is memorialised on the Stanley War Memorial, Tasmania, which is his family's hometown.
+2 August 1849 â 2 June 1914
+Virgil Power (1849-1914) was born in Brisbane, the son of Michael Power, auctioneer and commission agent, and his wife Anna Marie (née Connolly). Educated in Sydney and Ireland, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with honours from Trinity College, Dublin in 1871. He was admitted as a barrister of the Middle Temple, London and the King's Inn, Dublin in 1873 before returning to Queensland where he was admitted as a barrister of the Supreme Court of Queensland on 26 April 1875. He commenced a period of 20 years in practice at the private bar, holding a succession of appointments as Crown Prosecutor. In 1895 he was the first Queensland-born judge to be appointed to the Supreme Court of Queensland as well as the first judge to be appointed to the position of Central judge, based at Rockhampton.
+
Justice Virgil Power - State Library of Queensland
+1882 â 1956
+Members of the Russian community had often looked to Australia as a place of safety during times of economic and political revolution. The revolution in 1917, however brought cause for concern when it was thought more radical refugees were arriving. This caused the Australian Government to declare an embargo on Russian emigrants from 1917â1922. When this embargo was lifted in 1922 it gave rise to one of the largest influxes of Russians into Queensland, their population increasing to approximately 3000 by the late 1930s.
+ + +One of them was Ataman (General) Vladimir Tolstoff, Commander of the 4th Ural Cossacks during the revolution. Tolstoff with the assistance of the Russian Relief Force consisting of British Hussars and Australian volunteers were pushing the Red Army back when the enemy successfully infiltrated the British Waterside Workers union and they went on strike stopping the supplies of ammunition and foodstuffs to the White Army. At this point the tide turned and Tolstoff and his men and the relief force were forced to retreat. General Tolstoff lead what remained of his regiment and their families out of Russia and south to Persia by camel and horseback through Kazakhstan and Turkmenia. He and his men were welcomed by the Shah of Persia whose son had trained with Tolstoff. They were fed and clothed and when they had recovered were taken to Basra by ship by the Shah. At Basra the British then sent them by ship to a town near the Chinese border and the next day the red army attacked and they fled over the border into China. The Chinese welcomed them and built villages and even gave them Chinese passports. In 1922 the Australian Government decided to accept them as refugees and they arrived in Brisbane in one shipload. They were productive and some of their inventions in industry are still in use today.
+As a result of the work of immigrants like those led by General Tolstoff, it is believed more than 10,000 people of Russian descent are currently living in Queensland making valuable contributions to the state. This is further evidenced around Toowong Cemetery where you can see many graves painted with Russian blue containing Cossacks from the Revolution.
+ + + + +July 1833 â 11 December 1907
+Walter Barrett was born in July 1833 in Taunton, Somerset, son of a veterinary surgeon. He married Matilda Webber on 30 March 1864 and set sail for Australia. He established his undertaking business in 1875 and bought a tiny six and a half perches block two doors down from the Hotel Orient which was designated the number 550 Queen Street.
+He took over the business of the late George Barney Petrie in 1878 and traded as the Petrieâs Undertaking Establishment. Walter Barrett sold the business in 1884 to William Hancock and John Corbett who continued using the name occasionally supplemented with their own.
+Walter Barrett then went to Sandgate where he became an alderman and served as mayor for the year of 1891. He died at Eagle Junction on 11 December 1907 aged 74 after a long and painful illness.
+1863 â 1911
+Walter F. Wilson, Master of Arts, was elected to the Toowong Shire Council in 1886. A member of the Lands Court, Walter F. Wilson died at his home, Dovercourt, which still stands, aged 48 in 1911.
+31 December 1819 â 4 February 1904
+Ann Hill (1850â1871) was the second person buried in Toowong Cemetery, after Governor Blackall. Walter Hill, her father, was appointed first Superintendent of the Brisbane Botanic Gardens in 1855. As a tribute to Walter Hill, the Walter Hill fountain was erected in the City Botanic Gardens in 1867.
+
Unknown author - State Library of Queensland and John Oxley Library, Public Domain
+
Lord Mayor Clem Jones Unveiling the Walter Hill Plaque - Toowong Cemetery. - Brisbane City Council
+The plaque reads:
+++Walter Hill, The first director of The Brisbane Botanic Gardens, was born in 1820 in Scotsdyke, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. After training at The Royal Botanic Gardens of Edinburgh and Kew, He was appointed Superintendent of The Brisbane Botanic Gardens on 20 February 1855. Later he was designated Director and Government Botanist. He retired in 1881 and died at Eight Mile Plains on 4 February 1904.
+Australia is indebted to him for introducing the Jacaranda and Poinciana. He was also responsible for the distribution of the Mango, Pawpaw, Sugar Cane, Ginger and Arrowrott, as well as other plants of economic importance.
+To commemorate one who made a significant contribution to early Queensland Development this plaque was presented by The Queensland Council of Garden Clubs.
+
Walter Hill's headstone
+++Walter Hill
+
+Died 4th Feby 1904 Aged 83 years
+Until the day dawn and the shadows flee away
1840 â February 1902
+W. H. Wilson was a member of the Queensland Legislative Council, Minister of Justice, Secretary of Public Instruction, and PostmasterâGeneral in a varied political career. He was a founding member of the Anglican Church in Toowong in 1866 and found time to be elected to the Toowong Shire Council in 1884. He was also a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George. He died at his Toowong home, Sherwood Grove, in February 1902, aged 62.
+
+
Honourable Walter Horatio Wilson 1887 - State Library of Queensland.
+1852 â 24 December 1937
+Walter was born at Foulmire, England in 1852, moving to Queensland in 1858 with his parents. On leaving school he joined the literary staff of the Brisbane Courier and remained with the company for 35 years including 15 years as editor of the Evening Observer. In 1900 he was appointed editor of the Queensland Government Mining Journal.
+Walter was a foundation member and life member of both the Queensland Lawn Tennis Association and Royal Queensland Yacht Club. He also assisted in the formation of the Graceville Bowling Club and remained a member of that club until he died on 24 December 1937 aged 85 years at which time he was believed to be the oldest contributing journalist in the Commonwealth.
+October 1893 â 23 April 1940
+Service number: 5481. Australian Imperial Force
+He was born in Edinburgh October 1893 to Walter Henry Tarte and Helen Mary Crewe. His grandparents were Reuben Tarte and Katherine Blakeway. His service papers show he was a farmer and joined up 28 September 1915 and was in the 17th reinforcements for the 9th Battalion. +Next of Kin was his mother Helen Tarte and he lived with her at River Road New Farm. He was 22 years and 11 months and 5' 7Œ", 9st 7lbs and a chest of 35". He had fair complexion grey eyes and dark hair and was a RC. He embarked on 20 January 1916 in HMAT Hawkes Bay. He returned to Australia 6 September 1919 on the Euripedes. He married Doris Lillie Metzger in 1933. The Ernest mentioned here is Doris' son from a previous marriage. Walter died on 23 April 1940.
+25 September 1888 â 30 April 1912
+Walter Thorpe Olding was born in Queensland on 25 September 1888. When fire broke out in a city building on 30 April 1912 he was one of a party of sailors from the HMAS Gayundah who came to assist. Walter was killed by falling masonry from the burning building. He was accorded a Naval funeral. The officers and men of the Gayundah erected a memorial over his grave.
+July 1885 â October 1942
+Born to Frank Whitaker and Elizabeth Purdell in Barton Regis Gloucestershire July 1885 and married Jane Ellen Jones in February 1917 in Lancashire. Joined the Royal Navy in 1915 and loaned to the Royal Australian Navy in 5 March 1942. He was in Singapore 15 February 1942 when the Japanese attacked.
+ + + + +1843 â 16 January 1913
+William Atwell (1843-1913) began work as an excavator in railway construction in England and came to Queensland to work for the contractor constructing the railway line over the Main Range to Toowoomba. He joined the Queensland Railways Department in 1867 and eventually rose to the position of Chief Inspector of Railways.
+ + +ca. 1831 â 16 May 1885
+William was born ca. 1831 in Cork, Ireland, the son of William O'Carroll, a sea captain. He brought his family to Brisbane in 1862 on the ship Chatsworth and was offered a job at the Queensland Daily Guardian after writing a series of letters to the editor of that newspaper. He rose to the position of editor of the Guardian before it was absorbed into the Courier in 1868. During his career he edited other newspapers including the Brisbane Courier and the Observer until his death on 16 May 1885 from complications from a cold.
+
Brisbane Courier staff standing in front of the Brisbane Courier office building in Brisbane, ca. 1880 +. The Brisbane Courier office was located on the eastern corner of Charlotte and George street, Brisbane - State Library of Queensland
+1831 â 1885
+Born 1831 at the family bakery in Patrick Street, Cork, OâCarroll was the son of a cargo shipâs Captain. He was a âYoung Irelanderâ in 1848 and joined the Fenians in 1858. He contributed to the Irish People, a Nationalist journal and became its editor. After the failure of the âSt Patrick Plotâ of 1861, he fled Ireland with a price on his head.
+The family emigrated to Brisbane in 1862 on the Chatsworth. He became editor of The Guardian and the Moreton Bay Courier from 1869 to 1883. He also established the Colonist, a newspaper which ran from 1871â1872. He left for work one Friday morning in 1885, suffering bronchial symptoms which resulted in his death the following morning.
+A hard worker, he liked to be well away from his work at home at Three Mile Scrub between Newmarket and Ashgrove. At 2am he would mount his old grey mare at the back of the Queen Street office and quietly plod home. His son Thomas was a reporter on The Courier, and another son David Joseph was a journalist.
+His funeral cortege consisted of 62 vehicles with over 500 persons attending the graveside including colleagues from the Courier and Observer as well as Queensland literary staff and members of the Johnsonian Club of which he was a foundation member. The service was performed by Rev. Fr. James Benedict Breen, and his comrades erected a plaque to his memory on the back of his monument which read,
+++In Memoriam, from some press comrades who have been permitted to join in this tribute to the memory of the one they loved.
+
ca. May 1857 - 14 April 1928
+William and his wife Annie departed Plymouth aboard the Mhari Bhan on 29 August 1882 and arrived in Brisbane 29 November 1882. William worked as an Inspector of Works until he controversially lost his job for using obscene language.
+William established himself as a stonemason and had a workshop and home in Cemetery Road (now Sylvan Road), Toowong, and a quarry at Goodna. Notable works in Toowong Cemetery include:
+
++In loving rememberance
+
+of
+William Busby
+Died 4th April 1928,
+Aged 76 years 11 months.
+Also his wife
+Annie
+Died 10th May 1932,
+Aged 84 years.
+At rest.
1841 â 15 April 1909
+William was born in Croydon, England 1841 to Alexander Brown and Margaret (née Chalmers). In 1879 William arrived in Normanton aboard the ketch Dawn. In 1882 William ran the pastoral station Croydon with his brother, Alexander. In 1885 William officially notified authorities of gold and a rush commenced.
+Mary Elizabeth O'Grady married William in 1885. Mary died in March 1900 shortly after the birth of their sixth child. A throat affliction brought William to Brisbane, where he died in the Brisbane General Hospital on 15 April 1909 aged 66 years.
+Born 30 August 1834
+William, a master mariner, was born on 30 August 1834 at Great Wakering, Essex, the ninth of thirteen children of John Collin, a Suffolk farmer and his wife Sarah, neÌe Viner. After only a basic education, fourteenâyearâold William was working in the coastal coal trade and later on barges in the Thames. He left for Australia via Panama in 1854. Surviving a shipwreck 800 km off the Queensland coast, he eventually arrived in Sydney, via Calcutta!
+He married Eliza Baker of Newton on Christmas Day 1857 at Stephenâs, Camperdown. He worked on the Sydney waterfront until he could afford to purchase and refit a 25âton vessel. He sailed this ship to Brisbane, where he settled with his family (which would eventually comprise thirteen children), and commenced a freight service to nearâby coastal ports. William's other interest was the salvaging and breaking of ships. He was also engaged by the Queensland Government to lay submarine cables.
+Williamâs son and namesake was said to be the first Queenslandâborn sailor to receive his masterâs certificate.
+1870 â 16 December 1892
+"Willie" was making a name for himself when he was killed riding a horse home from Eagle Farm after morning trackwork. He was leading one horse whilst riding another. A common sight even today around Doomben. He crossed Hamilton Road and his horse shied.
+Those who saw the funeral of "Willie" Stone claim it as the longest ever seen. It stretched the length of Queen St and was the equal of another famous jockey's funeral. All the jockeys of the time rode racehorses behind the hearse. They were in colours and silks and wore wreaths over their shoulders and travelled from Hamilton to Toowong along with many carriages.
+The two champion horses from Stone's stable, King Olaf and Kildare were led directly without riders. These horses were the last the late jockey had ridden, the former at Eagle Farm and the latter at the "Creek".
+ca. 1860 â 1 April 1919
+William Edward Parsons was born in Staffordshire ca. 1860. He learnt stone masonry at Bristol. Ellen Simmons married William at Holy Trinity Church, Westbury on Trym, Gloucestershire on 17 June 1882. It is likely they were the William and Ellen Parsons who sailed from Plymouth to Rockhampton aboard the Ravenscrag, arriving on 18 April 1883.
+William went into partnership with Henry Payne to form "Parsons & Payne" which operated between ca. 1903-1907. Later the "W. E. Parsons" business operated in Makerston street, off Roma street.
+ + +William was an Alderman for the Town of Windsor from 1905-1914, and Mayor in 1912. After a long period of ill health, William died in hospital on 1 April 1919. He left behind his wife, Ellen, and two sons, Ernest and Charlie. Ellen died in November 1923 and is buried with her husband.
+ + +
1881 â November 1924
+William Ernest Schleusener was born in Brisbane in 1881. His musical education began in earnest at the age of eleven, when he joined a church choir as an alto. In 1897 he became a member of the Queensland Railway Orchestra, playing the flute and piccolo. Always eager to learn more, William then took lessons on the contra bass. He became the contra bassist for Brisbane's three principal orchestras of the time. In 1906 William was appointed solo bass singer of the Albert Street Church choir and was elected Deputy Conductor.
+William had the honour of singing before royalty, the Duke and Duchess of York, at Government House in 1904.
+In November the same year, William took a quartet to Toowoomba, where they won first prize in a competition. This was the first of many competition wins. He even received a perfect score of 100 from one adjudicator.
+At Easter 1909, William travelled to Sydney where he won the Grand Champion Baritone Solo at the Commonwealth Eisteddfod. He received a citation from the Queensland Railway Commissioner's Office to commemorate this feat. Up to this point, William had never been defeated in any solo vocal competition.
+William died at the age of 43 and was buried at Toowong Cemetery on the 29th of November 1924.
+
This story was contributed by Bill Schleusener.
+15 April 1887 â 25 September 1953
+Smith was born in April 1887 in Invergowrie, Scotland, son of George, a landscape gardener and Mary Forgan. He married Euphemia Wilson in 1913 in Mackay and had two sons. In a varied career, he was a housepainter in Mackay, had business interests and was chairman of the Central Sugar Cane Prices Board. Smith was a member of the Trades and Labor Council, Australian Workersâ Union and on the Central Executive of the Australian Labour Council. Smith was the longâserving MLA for Mackay from 1915 to 1942, serving as Premier for 10 years from 1932. He received and Honorary LL.D from the University of Queensland. He died in Sydney on Sugar Board business on 25 September 1953.
+
Died 28 August 1899
+Guernsey born William Francis Faine was a son of George Faine and Elizabeth (née Cripps). At 16 years of age, William arrived in Melbourne and headed to the Ballarat and Bendigo goldfields.
+In 1862 he came to Queensland to take up Gleneva Station near Nebo. William was one of the first on the Palmer River Goldfields. He also prospected at the Gilbert River, Gympie and Clermont.
+Annie Mabel Gordon married William on 19 March 1874 in Gympie. Of their ten children four died in infancy. William served as a Customs Officer for 15 years to 1894. William died of an aneurism at his residence St George, Kangaroo Point on 28 August 1899.
+Died 17 September 1874
+William was the son of Caroline Wallace and James John Robinson. William and his wife, Sarah, travelled to Australia on the Royal Dane from London, arriving in December 1871. On the trip Harry Adams, a cabin steward, stole Sarah's diamond and emerald ring from her second-class cabin. Harry was caught and the ring returned.
+William died on 17 September 1874 and friends and family moved from his residence, Grosvenor House, +George-street, to the Episcopalian section in the North Brisbane Burial Grounds.
+
+
Royal Dane (ship) â State Library of Queensland.
+
William Frederick Robinson's headstone discovered in a Toowong Cemetery Archaeological Dig, 2023.
+++Sacred to the memory of
+
+William Fredk Robinson.
+... ed this 1...
1835 â 14 August 1903
+Born 1835 at Clonmel, Tipperary the son of Edward Power and Mary Ann Grene, Power was educated at Carlow by the Christian Brothers. Power arrived in Victoria in 1857 and was a miner and brewer on the goldfields at Bendigo and Ballarat. He served as Mayor of Jamiestown in 1866.
+He arrived in Queensland 1869 at the request of his old friends Perkins and Gooley to manage Browns Brewery (Perkins & Co.) and married Perkinsâs sister Mary Therese and settled in Brisbane 1873. William was a Member of the Legislative Council from 1883 until his death. He died at Nundah 14 August 1903 and was buried the next day at Toowong by Rev Fr. Byrne.
+
City Brewery, owned by Perkins & Co., Brisbane, 1872-1882 â State Library of Queensland.
+
View of the Castlemaine Perkins Brewery in Milton, ca. 1929. The brewery, located in Milton Road, was established in 1878 by Fitzgerald, Quinlan and Co. and called the Castlemaine Brewery. The brewery merged with Perkins and Company in 1928. â State Library of Queensland.
+1858 â 1920
+William Hamilton was born in Melbourne in 1858, the son of a goldminer, George Hamilton, and his wife Mary Ann, née Richardson. By 1875 he was an itinerant bushworker in New South Wales before coming to Queensland as a shearer in 1882. He became famous as the 'ringer' of many a western shearing shed. After a stint goldmining in North Queensland and WA, he returned to shearing in 1888 in Queensland.
+He led the shearers' camp at Clermont in the 1891 shearers' strike. He was arrested with other union leaders and charged with criminal conspiracy, convicted and sentenced to three years imprisonment at St Helena. Later he entered politics as the Labour member for Gregory. At the time of his death in 1920, he was President of the Queensland Legislative Council.
+ + +
Unionist prisoners sentenced for causes arising out of the Shearers' Strike, 1891 - State Library of Queensland
+
+Back Row (Left to Right): H C Smith-Barry, W Fothergill, A Forrester, J A Stuart
+Third Row: G Taylor, P F Griffin, E H Murphy, H O BlackwelL
+Second Row: A J Brown, R Prince, W J Bennett, D Murphy
+Front: William Hamilton
+
ca. 1873 â 16 July 1954
+Ryan started his career as Constable in 1893 and ended it as Commissioner in 1934. He saw service the length and breadth of Queensland. He was awarded the Royal Humane Societyâs Medal for rescuing a party of women from drowning in the Sarina Inlet in 1901. The following year he was seriously injured on duty in Ravenswood when three men came to the rescue of their mate who Ryan was arresting and beat him senseless. He was eventually transferred to Brisbane when promoted to Senior Inspector in 1921 and became Commissioner in 1925. Soon afterwards, as a means of reducing crime in the suburbs, Ryan introduced bicycle patrols. He also sanctioned the recruitment of the first policewomen, who were stationed at Roma Street in 1931. Ryan died as a result of injuries received when he was struck by a taxi outside his home on Sherwood Road, Toowong on the 16th of July 1954. He was 81.
+Story contributed by Kym Hyson. Used with permission.
+28 February 1848 â 5 August 1906
+William Henry Rawlings was born in Bristol, England on 28 February 1848 to William Rawlings and Margaret Eliza (née Edwards). Billy headed to sea, earning a master mariner's certificate before immigrating to Sydney in 1869. Billy's seafaring then turned to New Zealand's west coast until 1874 when he went mining in Parkes and Urana, New South Wales.
+In 1883 Billy headed to the north Queensland gold rush in the Hodgkinson then Herberton regions. Billy represented Woothakata in the Queensland Parliament from May 1893 until April 1896. Billy spent less than one month in the Legislative Council before he died on Sunday 5 August 1906 at the Alexandra Private Hospital.
+21 February 1837 â 26 May 1878
+Born Sydney on 21 February 1837 to William Hirst and Elizabeth Abbott. William Hirst was admitted as a barrister in NSW in 1861 and in Queensland the same year. He served as Police Magistrate, and later as Crown Prosecutor in the Northern District and Metropolitan District Courts before his appointment as a District Court Judge in 1869 serving the Northern District Court, based in Bowen until he replaced Ratcliffe Pring in the Central District Court in 1876. He was dismissed from office on 3 January 1878 because of misconduct and died on 26 May that year.
+
+
William Henry Abbott Hirst - State Library of Queensland.
+Lived: 13 September 1846 â 12 April 1904
+Browne was born 13 September 1846 in Pimlico, London. He was a Royal Navy seaman in 1857 before joining the merchant marines. Browne moved to New South Wales in 1866, where he worked as a goldminer. He was the president and secretary of the Amalgamated Miners Association of Croydon and chairman of the Croydon Hospital Committee. His political career started in 1893 as the MLA for Croydon, the seat he held until his death in 1904. Browne was leader of the Opposition and chairman of the Parliamentary Labor Party from 1900 to 1903 and then became Minister of Mines. Browne did not marry.
+ + +
15 September 1828 â 15 November 1831
+William Roberts was the son of Charles Roberts, a store keeper with the Commissariat Department, and Esther Dale, the first teacher of girls in the Moreton Bay settlement. On 11th of June 1829 he was christened by the Reverend John Vincent, who resided at the Moreton Bay Settlement from late March to December 1829. This baptism was the third of only six Vincent conducted during his short tenure. The entry indicated that William Henry Roberts had been born on the 15th of September 1828. The inscription on the top of the chest tomb memorial originally intimated that he had died of illness on 15th of November 1831 aged just three years and two months. The tomb lid originally had a bible verse inscribed on it based on Matthew 19:14
+++Suffer the little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such belongeth the Kingdom of God.
+
It has since been lost to weathering. After the death of their son, the Roberts family returned to Sydney in 1834.
+22 February 1851 â April 12, 1914
+William Sowray was born in Staveley, in Derbyshire in England on 22 February 1851. William, a blacksmith by trade, was employed by the Railway Department and was vice-president of the Queensland Railway Union. He was also a member of the Ithaca Volunteer Fire Brigade for 23 years and was a superintendent at that organisation.
+On 1 December 1912 William was walking along Elizabeth Street, Paddington when he collapsed and died in the street. A monument over his grave erected by his fire brigade and railway comrades and friends was publicly unveiled by Hon. A. G. C. Hawthorn, M.L.C. on Sunday, April 12, 1914.
+
Died 31 October 1912
+William was a compositor who worked on various newspapers and at the Queensland Government Printing Office. The name 'the father of Australian compositors' was bestowed on him by the Queensland Government Printer in 1909 on his 80th birthday when he was still an employee of that Office. He had left the printing trade in 1864 to take up the licence for a hotel in Petrie Terrace which he named the Caxton, after the first English printer, William Caxton. He also gave the name to the street where it was located. He returned to his old trade in 1893 and died at his home in Petrie Terrace on 31 October 1912.
+
Employees on the steps of the Government Printing Office in William Street, Brisbane, ca. 1895 - State Library of Queensland
+Staff gathered outside the Government Printing Office in Brisbane, ca. 1900 - State Library of Queensland
22 June 1868 â 16 September 1932
+Although the early history of the Affleck family is Scottish, George Affleck, father of William James, was born at +Newcastle-on-Tyne in northern England in 1842. In 1857 George arrived in Moreton Bay with his parents and sister, older siblings having migrated two years earlier. Their religion was Presbyterian but evidently they were not teetotallers for George was a winemaker and his brother John, who settled at Killarney, south-east Queensland, made wine and had a brandy distillery.
+The George Affleck family settled at Toolburra, eleven kilometres north-west of Warwick, where they built a homestead they named Riverside on the banks of the CondamineRiver, a small stream at this point. The old home was moved some years ago so that today's only visible connection is nearby Affleck Bridge. The Afflecks were listed as graziers but as well as running sheep they also grew grain crops and had a herd of dairy cattle, and as a family we recounted among the pioneers of the district. The Affleck clan became the largest landholders in the district, going on to be involved in state politics.
+In 1867 George Affleck married Alice Moffat Skeldon, who was born in Edinburgh in 1845, arriving in Australia aged nine. Alice went to the Warwick district in 1866 and was probably distantly related to the Afflecks. George and Alice had nine children, the eldest being William James Affleck, born on the 22nd of June 1868. When he was six he was enrolled at the local Sandy Creek school, which had opened in 1872. When his primary schooling was completed, William, who was said to an excellent pupil, was sent to Brisbane to attend the Normal School. On completion of his schooling in 1885 William, aged seventeen, obtained a job as a junior clerk with the life insurance company The National Mutual Life Association of Australasia Limited, which had opened its Brisbane branch in 1881. His pay was $90 per annum.
+On the 13th of July 1893 William James Affleck married Maud Voller Lade. They had three children, two daughters and a son.
+From his humble beginning with The National Mutual in Queensland William James Affleck worked his way to the top after administrative postings in Bowen and Townsville, and then back in Brisbane. He became manager for Queensland in 1919, retaining this position with distinction until his death while on sick leave in 1932 at the age of 64. Other Afflecks had died at an even earlier age suffering from heart disease, the cause of William James Affleck's death.
+Throughout his life Affleck had retained his links with the land by interesting himself in community affairs and being actively involved with the Royal National Agricultural and Industrial Society, the RNA, when he returned to Brisbane in 1902, from his Townsville posting. He loved horses and in his early working life he rode long distances while on insurance business. In Townsville he had been active in the local agricultural show as well as horse shows.
+When the family returned to Brisbane in 1902 they rented a house for a short time before settling at 19 Vulture Street, West End, the land running back to Ashington Street. The roomy house stood on one block and the garden and outbuildings occupied three other blocks. Here on the back boundary there were stables where the horses and buggies were kept. The elder daughter Vera learned to ride when quite young, a Shetland pony having been bought for her. Vera rode to school, leaving her horse at the livery stables near where today's City Hall stands. Her father drove his horse and buggy to his city office, one of the clerks then taking the outfit to the same stables.
+After holding various honorary positions in the RNA in Brisbane, W.J. Affleck became president of this association and was also president of the Stockbreeders' Association of Queensland, the Jersey Cattle Society of Queensland and the Ayrshire Society. Such was Affleck's interest in cattle he was also treasurer of the Hereford Society. He judged cattle and established herd books and half a dozen Herd Book Societies. A building at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground was called Affleck House in his honour.
+W. J. Affleck was a tall man who held himself erect. He had a commanding presence and a soft heart with a reputation for giving hand-outs to men in need during the Great Depression. He always wore a button-hole and carried a walking stick whether in city circles or in the countryside he loved.
+As well as Affleck's interest in agricultural matters he was a justice of the peace, a founding Rotarian in Brisbane, and a member and office bearer of the Auchenflower Bowling Club. When Affleck died, it was noted in the newspaper obituaries that he was one of Queensland's most public spirited men.
+This story was contributed by Shirley Lahey.
+Died 23 September 1924
+William James Muldoon, a native of Scotland, was a son of James Muldoon and Mary Louisa (née Noon). William lived a solitary life in a hut on Camp Mountain prospecting for gold on the Samford Ranges. William was a well-known Samford identity coming to the village for purchases and to draw his pension. William died of natural causes at his residence on 23 September 1924 aged 73 years.
+25 March 1832 â 1 February 1879
+A son of William Sluce and Mary Ann (née French), William James Sluce was born on 25 March 1832, in Bethnal Green, Middlesex. +Susannah Cox married William in Hackney, London between July and September 1854.
+William sailed to Brisbane aboard the Flying Cloud in 1862 with his wife and two children. They returned to Brisbane aboard the Golden City on 3 January 1865.
+William, an engineer by trade, was a watchmaker, jeweller and gun maker in Brisbane. In 1868, WJ Sluce & Co advertised locations near the Town Hall 66-76 Queen Street, opposite Harris' Terrace, 68 George Street, Brisbane plus 21 Bethnal Green Road and 14 Leyton Road, Stratford, London. In 1874 William opened the Brisbane Rifle Shooting Gallery on Queen Street, next to his business.
+William drowned in Breakfast Creek on 1 February 1879.
+
Flying Cloud (ship). Holds the world's record for passages from New York to San Francisco, and made many fast passages from Britain to Moreton Bay with immigrants. â State Library of Queensland.
+William James Sluce, 1876 â State Library of Queensland.
ca. 1893 â 18 April 1924
+William John Harrhy, aged 31, a sailor on HMS Dauntless, drowned in the Brisbane River on Good Friday, 1924 when ship was on a goodwill visit. The officers organised a dance aboard the Dauntless in aid of his dependents. William was born in Cardiff, Wales and had been in the Navy for over fifteen years.
+Died 1892
+Irishman William John Munce died at his Toowong home Caltura in 1892 aged 77. Caltura, believed to be located at 82 Jephson Street, was named after the Ceylonese birthplace of his wife, Elizabeth who died at Sandgate in 1901. One of their daughters, Ada Kate, never married and died at Cultura in 1944 aged 78.
+Born 14 October 1826
+William was born to Captain George Drew R.N. and Caroline Fulford née Goode 14 October 1826 in Broadstairs, Kent, England. His father had served in the Napoleonic Wars.
+
+
William Leworthy Goode Drew, C. M. G., 1889 â State Library of Queensland.
+30 May 1832 â 10 June 1886
+William Macfarlane, a son of John Macfarlane and Mary (née Hudson) was born on 30 May 1832 in Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Mary Munn married William in Bonhill on 8 June 1857. After Mary's death in 1864, Agnes Park married William in Brisbane on 2 June 1865. William died at his Adelaide Street residence on the 10 June 1886, aged 54 years.
+16 May 1840 â 12 January 1895
+Former Mayor of Brisbane, William Galloway commenced building the Breakfast Creek Hotel in 1889. His initials appear on the front façade. It opened its doors in May 1890 and was an immediate success. Galloway remained with the hotel until his death on the 12th of January 1895, after a fall from a second floor window of the hotel (the coroner found that he was drunk at the time of his death). He was born in the city of Perth, Scotland on the 16th of May 1840.
+He was an Alderman in the Brisbane Municipal Council from 1884 to 1891, serving one term as Mayor in 1889. He served on a number of committees, namely the:
+He married Anne Hunter in Sydney in 1885 before moving to Aberleigh, Kelvin Grove where they lived until settling into his newly completed hotel.
+
Lord Mayor William Macnaughton Galloway, 1889 â Brisbane City Council.
+Flood waters at the Breakfast Creek Hotel, Brisbane, 1893 â State Library of Queensland.
ca. 1861 â 25 April 1917
+Irishâborn Subâinspector Maguire died on 25 April 1917 at his residence in Franklin Street, West End after a severe illness. Prior to joining the police in 1886, Maguire had been a soldier. He rose steadily through the ranks serving in Brisbane, Allora and Gympie before he was appointed to the Police Depot on Petrie Terrace but he was transferred soon afterwards to Charleville to relieve Subâinspector King but owing to ill health he came back to Brisbane. He spent some time in the Victoria Private Hospital but returned to his home when it became obvious he wasnât going to recover. He was 56 years of age. General regret was expressed throughout the Police Force at his death.
+26 November 1836 â 6 September 1934
+In Scotland on 26 November 1836, William McCallum Park was born to Andrew Park and Agnes (née McCallum). In January 1863, William and his family arrived in Brisbane aboard the Flying Cloud.
+William's wife, Marion Kirkwood (née Hamilton) died in 1877. Isabel Ker Scott married William on 8 September 1881 at Wickham Terrace. William died at his residence, Fernibrae, Hurdcotte Street, Enoggera, aged 97 years on 6 September 1934.
+28 October 1868 â 9 February 1928
+Gillies was born 28 October 1868 on the Hunter River, New South Wales, the son of farmer, Dugald Gillies and Ann. He was a sugar grower on the Tweed Heads and president of the NSW Sugar Growers Defence League. Gillies married Margaret Smith in 1900 and had a son and a daughter. He entered politics in 1912 as the MLA for Eacham, a seat he held until 1925 when he briefly switched to Federal politics, holding the seat of Herbert. Gillies was Premier, Chief Secretary and Treasurer from February to October 1925. He died at Toowong on 9 February 1928.
+ + +2 June 1839 â 10 December 1909
+Born in Penrith NSW on 2 June 1839 to George Paul and Sarah Dalton. George Paul Jnr was called to the Bar in London at the age of 22. He later established a successful private practice in Brisbane before taking up the position of Crown Prosecutor of the Western District Court in 1866. In 1871 he was appointed first acting judge of the District Courts before being elevated permanently to the Metropolitan District Court in 1871, a position which he held until his death on 10 December 1909.
+
+
Portrait of Judge George William Paul, 1874 - State Library of Queensland.
+9 August 1835 â 11 June 1891
+William Perry was one of Brisbane's earliest businessmen. He arrived in Brisbane in June 1860 and had set up a hardware store in Queen St by August of that year. He was joined in business by his brothers George and Frederick. The business thrived, and further flourished under William's sons, Herbert and George.
+
+
Perry Brothers Limited - The Queenslander, 2 June 1906
+During 1911 to 1913, Herbert and George highlighted their business by building Brisbane's then tallest building, the eight storey Perry House on the corner of Elizabeth and Albert Streets in the city.
+
+
Perry Brothers premises in Elizabeth Street, Brisbane, Queensland, 1913 - State Library of Queensland
+William entered Queensland politics, becoming a member of the Queensland Legislative Council on 22 September 1890. He died from heart failure at his home, Folkestone, Breakfast Creek Road, on 11 June 1891. A large concourse, including many politicians, attended the funeral at Toowong Cemetery the next day.
+ + +26 August 1825 â 28 October 1906
+William Pettigrew born on 26 August 1825 was the son of an Ayreshire farmer. He trained as a surveyor and as such arrived aboard the Fortitude in January 1849. He became a sawmiller, importing the first steamâpowered sawmill in 1853. Pettigrew was elected to the Brisbane Municipal Council three times in the period 1863 â 1881, including the mayoralty in 1870â1871. There is an overlap between his municipal duties and membership of the Queensland Legislative Council from 1877â1894.
+He was a member of a number of societies; including the Queensland Philosophical Society, the School of Arts Committee (along with Samuel Walker Griffith) and was a lifeâmember of the Queensland Acclimatisation Society. He was also a land speculator.
+His wife Amelia Boughay, a fellow Fortitude passenger whom he had married in 18 February 1859, preâdeceased him on 1 September 1893 and is buried here. He died on 28 October 1906 and was interred in at Bowen. William Pettigrew was a strict Presbyterian, who kept the Sabbath sacred to the extent of walking to church and banning musical instruments from worship.
+
William Pettigrew, Brisbane, ca. 1875 â State Library of Queensland.
+Wife of William Pettigrew, Brisbane, Amelia Boughay, (1824-1893) born London, died Brisbane. â State Library of Queensland.
1893 â 25 July 1916
+Service Number: 3930. 1st Pioneers 9th Battalion
+Born Annandale NSW to Richard Saile and Annie M 1893. He enlisted Brisbane 16 August 1915 and embarked 30 October 1915 on HMAT Itonus A50 from Brisbane. Killed in action in France on 25 July 1916 and laid to rest Villers-Bretonneux.
+Died 28 November 1924
+William, a member of the Jireh Baptist Church, Fortitude Valley, was the first minister of the Toowong Baptist Church and was elected to the Toowong Shire Council in 1881. He designed and constructed the Baptist Church on the corner of Jephson Street and Sylvan Road and later became President of the Baptist Union.
+Richer Street, on the North West boundary of Toowong Cemetery, is named after William Richer.
+ + +3 March 1859 â 2 October 1930
+Born in Northern Ireland in 1859, William Robert Black reportedly arrived in Australia as a refugee as a result of potato famine. Moving to Brisbane, he made his living delivering coal to houses by handcart and later, horse and cart. Black continued to expand his work until he owned a fleet of six launches and 20 lighter, delivering coal using the Brisbane and Bremer River systems. During this time and as a result of his success, he also purchased 700 acres of coal deposits at Bundamba in Ipswich, where he established the Blackheath Colliery, complete with electric haulage and advanced machinery where he broke all state records in the cutting and haulage of coal. Other collieries soon followed at Walloon and another in the centre of Ipswich.
+After his retirement 1920, Black sought to share his wealth, contributing through a number of philanthropic ventures including the establishment of Fairholme College in Toowoomba, Scots College in Warwick, Brisbane Boysâ College Council, Somerville House Council, and founding Emmanuel College at the University of Queensland, St Lucia. As a particularly religious man, he saw his contribution to these religious schools as ensuring the link between religion and education. This continued until his death in 1930 when his estate was left in trust for the Presbyterian Church in Queensland. William Black never married.
+
William Robert Black, ca. 1898 - State Library of Queensland.
+William Robert Black, ca. 1931 - State Library of Queensland.
ca. 1842 â 26 August 1928
+William was born about 1842 in Gateshead, Durham, England, the son of a coal miner. He became a pharmaceutical chemist in the seaside town of Newbigginin Northumberland before migrating to Australia with his mother and sister in 1884. He registered to practise as a pharmacist in Brisbane in the same year.
+William was appointed the first general manager of the Brisbane Associated Friendly Societies (BAFS) Dispensary on 1 January 1885, and held that position up until his death on 26 August 1928. He served on the Pharmacy Board of Queensland from its commencement in 1918.
+After his death, a memorial tablet to William was unveiled in the BAFS dispensary building on the corner of George and Turbot Streets, Brisbane.
+ca. 1822 â 16 December 1872
+William Smith and his tenâmonth old daughter died within two months of each other in 1872 and were interred at the Paddington Cemetery. Their remains and headstone were relocated to Toowong Cemetery in June 1881. Since then, another four family members have been buried in the grave.
+
30 January 1848 â 19 March 1909
+William was born in St Pancras, Middlesex to George Henry Birkbeck, mechanical engineer, and Elizabeth (née Christmas) on 30 January 1848. William sailed to Brisbane aboard the Young Australia, arriving on 13 July 1869. Kate Jackson married William in Brisbane on 2 March 1876.
+William was involved in the Gympie and Palmer River gold rushes and the timber trade around Noosa.
+William was the publican of the Commercial Hotel, Tewantin for approximately four years until mid 1885. The 19 September 1892 supplementary electoral roll listed William as a bookkeeper residing in San Jacinto, Quay Street, Brisbane, aged 44 years. William held the publican's licence for Lennons for three months in 1903 before applying for that licence again in April 1905, when he and his wife and ten children resided at "Bankside" North Quay, Brisbane. He proposed to transfer the licence in 1 July 1905, but was still in charge on 3 September 1905.
+In June 1907, now with 11 children. William applied to transfer the licence for the Queensland Club Hotel, Mary Street, Brisbane. +On 19 March 1909 William, late of Quay Street, North Quay, died in the Friendly Societies Hospital, Wickham Terrace, Brisbane, aged 61 years leaving his widow and 11 children.
+
Young Australia â State Library of Queensland.
+2 November 1911 â 31 January 2004
+William Walter Brown, Lance Corporal 4799109, was born on 12 November 1911 in Bilsthorpe Road, Southwell, in the County of Nottinghamshire to Walter Brown (Farm Labourer - Retired) and Kate Dowman. Bill was the eldest boy and Anne, Edward, Wilford, Mary, Victor followed. All the boys joined the Army in the Second World War.
+As a young school boy, to help family finances, Bill picked turnips from farms into the dark hours of evening after school. His Father was upset to see boy working so hard. He was always a great help to his Mother. He was 17 when, seeking adventure, he joined the Lincolnshire Regiment Regular Army on 11 December 1928.
+His service overseas included:
+Service details include:
+
According to his widow, he had a wonderful life in the army. Bill was in the Army Military Brass band, very musical, and played the Clarinet.
+Bill spoke a bit about the good times in Kowloon. In those days the army band played and were the entertainers at the races, etc. Consequently, for bandsmen, social life in the army left nothing to be desired. He was in the hockey team in India and had a great life in both India and Spain. Bill was a keen sportsman.
+Bill said when he was in the BEF in France when the Germans by-passed the Maginot Line into France and took Belgium, and the BEF retreated. They had to run for their lives on foot as the German tanks were after them. They jumped on anything available to get to Dunkirk. He waded out to a small boat which took him to a cruiser which took him back to England. He suffered an injury to his head. When he came to Australia after a few years he had a mastoidectemy operation to the area and the specialist said he was not to play clarinet or any other wind instrument again.
+When he ventured to Australia the Government allowed Poms to migrate for 10 pound single. He preferred to pay his own fare. He had heard what a great country Australia was - the ideal climate and good work opportunities appealed. Still single, Bill liked travel and adventure and he was prepared to start a new life the other side of the world.
+He made friends with others on board ship and together they worked in the Forestry Dept. on arrival. Later he nursed at the Jubilee hospital Dalby and met his future wife Olive, a sister while there. He enjoyed his time at Dalby. When he left Dalby he was employed by Palings in the Band Instrument Dept. in Queen St, Brisbane. He was very familiar with brass band instruments and was transferred, as Manager, to Grice Nicholsens, in George St. Brisbane. After they closed he went back as a salesman to Queen St. in the Band Inst. Dept. to what became Music Houses of Aust. Ltd.
+He was always very conscientious, generous to a fault, unassuming and gave of his best. Bill was very loyal to his wife and friends. He had his own special clients who would take to him their various instruments for repair and ask especially for him only to care for their needs. He travelled to various band performances over Queensland and exhibitions for sales. The Brisbane Exhibition always annually. He was offered the position of Manager of the Band instrument dept. in Sydney but refused as he preferred the Queensland people, the climate and the hospitality.
+He joined the Brisbane Municipal Band in Brisbane and was well liked by the members especially Abby Jackson the Band Master who picked him up every Saturday to play at races, City Hall, and elsewhere. Unfortunately he had to resign or retire after his mastoidectomy operation.
+Bill now 41 years, married Olive on 10 July 1953 at the Auchenflower Presbyterian Church in Weinholt St. officiated by the Rev. Eric McKay. They lived at Archerfield for 3 years and then bought 91 Munro St. Auchenflower. After Olive's parents passed away they moved to Birdwood Terrace Auchenflower where her parents had lived since their marriage. Bill also joined the Toowong R.S.L when he came to Auchenflower.
+Bill retired at the age of 69 years on the 8 April 1980. After marriage he exhibited and bred German Shepherds for a number of years and was very successful in the show ring up and down the East Australian coast. Following this he joined Auchenflower Bowls Club and was fascinated with the game while enjoying the company of other bowlers and was in their pennant teams. At home he kept fowls, had a large vegetable patch and was always very active both in and outside the home.
+Unfortunately Bill suffered ill health from angina and cardiac heart problems in later years. He never complained or allowed this to prevent him from helping others. He was a resident of Queensland for 58 years.
+He passed away in the Royal Brisbane hospital 31 January 2004, aged 92 years. His funeral was held at Alex Gow Funeral Parlour the Rev. H.T. Seaton officiating. The Last Post was played and his coffin covered by the British Flag. The RSL President was present at his funeral and a wreath laid. RIP
+
William Walter Brown's headstone
+++In Memory of
+
+My Beloved Husband
+William W. Brown
+Passed away 31-01-2004
+Aged 92 years
+And his Beloved Wife
+Marjorie Olive Brown
+(nee Mackay)
+Passed away 04-11-2017
+Aged 90 years)
+In God's Loving Care
ca. 1829 â 1895
+A Scottish merchant, William died at his home Arley, Toowong, aged 66 in 1895. William purchased Arley, opposite the railway station after its previous owner, bank manager Alexander Archer, drowned in the Quetta shipwreck in 1890.
+
Horse and carriage outside the Archer family residence, Arley, Toowong, ca. 1882 - State Library of Queensland
+ca. 1858 â 13 September 1899
+William Weir was born in County Armagh ca. 1858, to parents Francis Weir and Margaret Glass. He was the popular stationmaster at Brunswick Street Station, Fortitude Valley at the time of his death on 13 September 1899. He was laid to rest with his late wife, Sarah Jane (née McLaughlin).
+Zita was born in Rockhampton and trained at the Brisbane General Hospital. She sailed on the hospital ship Kyarra on 21 November 1914. She saw service with the Australian Army Nursing Service in Persia, Palestine, Egypt and aboard hospital ships off Gallipoli. After the war, Zita was in charge of Queenslandâs first radium clinic.
+Friends of Toowong Cemetery is a volunteer group that discover and share the history and stories of Toowong Cemetery.
Heritage\u2011listed Toowong Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Queensland. The first burial was of Governor Samuel Blackall on 3 January 1871. Read his and hundreds of other stories about the people who shaped Brisbane, Queensland, and Australia's history.
On this site you'll find information about:
The cemetery is maintained by the Brisbane City Council.
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Toowong Cemetery Headstone Symbolism Display
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The Toowong Cemetery Main Entrance was designed by the Colonial Architect F.D.G. Stanley and erected in 1873-1874
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Toowong Cemetery Pedestrian Entrance off Mt Coot\u2011tha Road. Bus stop 17, Mt Coot\u2011tha Rd is nearby.
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If you enter the main entrance, you'll find:
The Stone of Remembrance, Cross of Sacrifice, and Flagpole in Canon Garland Place
If you enter via the Richer Street back gate, to get to Canon Garland Place:
There are 34 Portions in Toowong Cemetery, numbered 1 to 30 and also 2A, 7A, 15A, 29A. Portions contain many sectons. Each section can contain up to 80 graves. The graves in a section are usually in two rows. Taps are located at the Shelter Sheds if you need water for flowers or cleaning headstones.
Print the Toowong Cemetery Map
Toowong Cemetery Map showing Portions, Sections and key features. Toowong Cemetery Area Map \u00a9 Brisbane City Council 2022, used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Licence. Corrected on 4 March 2023 in consultation with Toowong Cemetery: Portion 10 Section, 85 and 83 swapped. Portion 7A, Sections 233a and 233b renamed to 234 and 235 respectively. Road name labels added and spelling corrected.
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Some cemetery road names have recently been changed to the names of notable people buried nearby. Not all maps and signs in the cemetery have been updated to reflect these changes:
New Road Name Old Road Name Notes Walter Hill\u00a0Drive Boundary\u00a0Road\u00a0 running parallel to Mt Coot\u2011tha Road Dr Lilian\u00a0Cooper Drive Boundary Road running parallel to Richer Street Pride of Erin Drive Boundary Road running parallel to Birdwood Terrace Francis Forde Avenue Boundary Road running parallel to Birdwood Terrace closest to Frederick Street Peter\u00a0Jackson Parade Boundary Road running parallel to Frederick Street furthest from the main entrance Soldiers Parade Boundary Road running parallel to Frederick Street closest to the main entrance Steele Rudd\u00a0Avenue 4th Avenue Walter\u00a0Ralston\u00a0Avenue 7th Avenue Emma Miller Avenue 8th Avenue behind Canon Garland Place Charles\u00a0Heaphy Drive 8th Avenue from the Shelter Shed to Emma Miller Avenue Pat Hill Drive 8th Avenue from the Richer Street end to the Shelter Shed O'Doherty Avenue 11th Avenue Elizabeth Dale Walk 12th Avenue Garland\u00a0Avenue 13th Avenue William Brown Avenue 14th Avenue Federation Avenue 15th Avenue"},{"location":"#attractions-nearby","title":"Attractions nearby","text":"Combine your visit to Toowong Cemetery with a visit to other nearby attractions:
Their Royal Highnesses, the Duke and Duchess of York enjoy a morning at Mt. Coot-tha, April 1927 - State Library of Queensland. The Duke of York was later King George VI, and the Duchess of York was later Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
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We use forms to help you:
You can contact us via:
You can send a letter to:
Friends of Toowong Cemetery Association Inc. PO Box 808 Toowong QLD 4066
Telephonists working at the, Brisbane Central telephone exchange, Brisbane, 1910 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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Guided tours are free but donations are appreciated to help us continue our work.
Tours are on the first Sunday of each month (February to December) from 10:30am to 12:00.
There's no need to book, just meet under the flagpole in Canon Garland Place at the Toowong Cemetery. There is plenty of parking available inside the cemetery.
The Flagpole in Canon Garland Place
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Wear enclosed shoes and a hat, and bring a water bottle.
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The Toowong Cemetery Museum is the former Sexton's office.
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If you can't join our guided tour, consider taking a Toowong Cemetery self-guided heritage walk or the visiting the headstone symbolism display.
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Toowong Cemetery: Resting place of Governor Samuel Blackall (One Minute Archive) \u2014 Queensland State Archives"},{"location":"history/#1871-governor-blackall-buried","title":"1871 Governor Blackall buried","text":"
Colonel Samuel Wensley Blackall, the second Governor of Queensland, was the first person buried in Toowong Cemetery on 3 January 1871.
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Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, ca. 1890, \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
Brisbane General Cemetery (Toowong) - General Plan, 8 July 1909 \u2014 Queensland State Archives. Series 46 Film BCC2 Frame 34691, 31 May 1946 \u2014 Brisbane City Council, via QImagery. Frederick St is the straight road on the right, running top to bottom.
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Pioneer Children's Graves (13-10-4).
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In 1911 the Queensland Government passed the Paddington Cemetery Act allowing them to move the bodies to another location. Some Paddington Cemetery remains and headstones were moved to Toowong Cemetery
Paddington Cemetery 1910 \u2014 Queensland State Archives.
Paddington Memorial, Portion 17 Section 1, on the corner of Emma Miller and William Brown Avenues.
The Paddington Memorial commemorates people originally buried in the North Brisbane Burial Grounds, now interred at Toowong Cemetery. The Paddington Memorial plaque reads:
The North Brisbane Burial Grounds at Paddington were opened by 1844 and became the final resting place for thousands of Brisbane's inhabitants over the ensuing decades. Following the opening of the Brisbane General Cemetery of Toowong in 1875, the seven sectarian cemeteries were gradually abandoned. By the end of the 19th century, the site had fallen into a state of disrepair. A decision was made in 1911 to have the Paddington Cemetery converted to public parklands. The memorials were subsequently removed and the opportunity was provided to relatives to relocate the remains and or memorials to other cemeteries including Toowong. Only a few hundred bodies were removed leaving several thousand on the site that became known as Lang Park.
Lang Park evolved into an iconic inner-city sports ground, with a major redevelopment of the stadium from 2001 to 2003. This resulted in the necessary excavation of sections of the former burial grounds that would be disturbed by construction. A methodical archaeological investigation was undertaken, and the fragmentary remains of 394 unidentified individuals were exhumed from the Episopalian (Anglican), Roman Catholic, and Presbyterian cemeteries. The remains were interred in this memorial in July 2003.
"},{"location":"history/#1921-new-neighbours","title":"1921 New Neighbours","text":"Allotments on Heussler Terrace (renamed Birdwood Terrace) on the North boundary of the cemetery were sold by auction in 1921. \"Convenient to the Toowong Tram Line\" was a selling point. The Toowong Tram stopped near the main cemetery gates.
(Scroll back to the 1946 aerial photo to see how few allotments were built on 25 years later.)
Chermside Park, second section : Auchenflower, 1921 \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Note in the Inset how the tram stopped at the Toowong Cemetery gates. Third Avenue was renamed Couldrey St in 1939 after a Queensland Miner.
Tram passing the Toowong Cemetery with Mt Coot\u2011tha in the distance, Queensland, 1921 \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
"},{"location":"history/#1924-remembering-the-anzacs","title":"1924 Remembering the Anzacs","text":"With Australia and New Zealand at war with the German Empire, in 1915 David Garland was tasked with providing and coordinating chaplaincy and welfare services at Enoggera Army Base to thousands of fresh recruits.
In the wake of climbing casualty lists and community grief, he urged legislators to establish a framework to enable the nation to publicly honour the service and sacrifice of Australian and New Zealand troops killed in the Gallipoli Peninsula landings of 25 April 1915. This movement culminated in a public meeting on 10 January 1916 at Brisbane's Exhibition Hall which voted to establish the Anzac Day Commemoration Committee of Queensland, with chaplain Lieutenant-Colonel Garland its secretary.
Garland's contribution to Anzac Day tradition was to devise ecumenical or secular rituals for public commemoration of those who died in battle and and to comfort the bereaved. Because his format was non-denominational, everyone could participate, regardless of their faith tradition. The minute's silence provided a space for all Australian's and New Zealanders to demonstrate respect for The Fallen of the Great War.
In 1916 Garland initiated a trust to receive money raised from the sale of silk, lavender-coloured badges embossed with gold leaf with the lion of St Mark and the motto \"Their Name Liveth for Evermore\". These became the first Anzac Day badges, initially earmarked to pay for the upkeep of soldiers' graves at home and abroad. The appeal eventually helped fund soldier respite hostels and memorials to be established.
On the morning of Anzac Day 1920, the first since his return from war service, Garland visited \"Soldiers' Corner\" at Toowong Cemetery and found friends and families of the deceased paying their respects. Noting people of all religions were present, he asked all to observe a minutes' silence rather than offer up prayers during an impromptu commemoration service.
Under the guidance of Garland the Anzac Day service at Toowong Cemetery grew in size and significance as did the badge-selling campaign which supported the Lady Mayoress's committee. The campaign's success helped fund the establishment of the \"Cross of Sacrifice\" and \"The Stone of Rememberance\" which were erected and unveiled in 1924 near the entrance to Toowong Cemetery immediately adjacent to Canon Garland Place. Anzac Day commemorations in Brisbane where held here until the Anzac Memorial - Shrine of Rememberance - in Anzac Square, was completed in 1930.
Garland, aged 75, died at Red Hill on 11 October 1939. His grave is located at Portion 1, Section 50A, Grave 9, overlooking \"Soldiers' Corner\".
Official unveiling of the Cross of Sacrifice on Anzac Day at Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, 1924 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
Small children looking at wreaths laid at the memorial on Anzac Day, Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, 1924 \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
"},{"location":"history/#1930-brisbane-general-cemetery-trust-closed","title":"1930 Brisbane General Cemetery Trust closed","text":"Thirty Four Trustees served the Brisbane General Cemetery Trust between 7 October 1870 and 1 August 1930, when the Brisbane City Council took over management of all cemeteries within the municipality.
"},{"location":"history/#1962-trams-terminated","title":"1962 Trams Terminated","text":"Trams in Brisbane changed over time. In 1962 the Paddington Tram Depot was destroyed by fire and 65 trams were lost. The Rainworth and Toowong tram services were withdrawn and replaced with buses.
Tramcar 494 in Milton Road - Toowong, 2 December 1948. Outside Toowong Cemetery \u2014 Brisbane City Council Paddington Tram Depot - Destroyed by Fire, 28 September 1962 \u2014 Brisbane City Council
The heritage-listed Paddington Tramways Substation can still be found at 150 Enoggera Terrace, Paddington. Trammies Corner Park can be visited at 74 Prince Street, Paddington.
"},{"location":"history/#1970s-beautification-scheme","title":"1970's \"Beautification Scheme\"","text":"By April 1975 the Cemetery was full with all plots sold. The Brisbane City Council Health Dept was ordered by the then Mayor to start a project to remove hundreds of family owned headstones and grave surrounds in Toowong, Lutwyche, South Brisbane, Balmoral, and God's Acre Pioneer cemetery. Headstones (most of which just needing weeding) were removed from these cemeteries with the aim to make open parklands.
Mayors, soldiers, politicians all fell victim to the clearance. At Toowong Cemetery, headstones were demolished and buried in the canal. The Toowong Cemetery heritage listing suggests, \"approximately 1,000 memorials were removed from Toowong\". Intervention in 1979 saw an end to the organised vandalism. The Cemetery reopened in 1998 with approximately 450 plots for sale.
Toowong Cemetery - Dilapidated and Unsightly Graves, 3 July 1974 \u2014 Brisbane City Council
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Toowong Cemetery Roundabout Construction, 8 March 1978. Intersection of Mt Coot\u2011tha Road, Frederick Street, Milton Road and Miskin Street \u2014 Brisbane City Council
"},{"location":"history/#1988-mission-impossible","title":"1988 Mission: Impossible","text":"In 1988 the first season of Mission: Impossible was filmed in Queensland. Some scenes where filmed in Toowong Cemetery.
Mission Impossible Television Series being Filmed at Toowong Cemetery, 21 September 1988 \u2014 Brisbane City Council
"},{"location":"history/#1991-the-sextons-office-restoration","title":"1991 The Sexton's office restoration","text":"The Toowong Cemetery Museum, located over the open drain, was formerly the Sexton's office and was built at the turn of the century. It is a single storey, single skin timber framed building with terracotta tile roof. The two room structure is located above the floor of an earlier structure identified as the flower shed which was associated with the cultivation and selling of flowers from Portion 10. The internal partition wall was reconstructed, windows replaced and an adjoining store room was demolished as part of the museum conversion project carried out by the Brisbane City Council Heritage Unit in 1991.1
You can visit the Museum as part of our Toowong Cemetery Guided Tours
"},{"location":"history/#1994-friends-of-toowong-cemetery-formed","title":"1994 Friends of Toowong Cemetery formed","text":"Cr. Judy Magub was the first President of the Friends of Toowong Cemetery. Judy was the councillor for the Toowong ward since it was formed in 1994 until she retired in 2007.
Learn more about Friends of Toowong Cemetery - what we do, what we've done, and how to join in.
"},{"location":"history/#2001-federation-pavilion","title":"2001 Federation Pavilion","text":"The Federation Pavilion commemorates the contribution of the delegates who attended the 1891 Federation that are buried at the Toowong Cemetery. It was officially opened on 3 March 2001.
Take the Federation self-guided walk to visit the Federation Pavilion and learn how four Queenslanders shaped Australia's Constitution.
"},{"location":"history/#2006-archaeological-digs","title":"2006 Archaeological Digs","text":"In 2006, in conjunction with the University of Queensland Archaeology Department, Friends of Toowong Cemetery started searching for demolished headstones buried in the cemetery grounds.
In 2011, while staff prepared a new grave, the headstone of a John Peel was discovered. Brisbane City Council had no record of John Peel and asked Friends of Toowong Cemetery for help. It was discovered that the headstone was one of 505 missing headstones from the North Brisbane Burial Grounds (also known as the Paddington Cemetery).
In 1913 the headstones had been stored in good order behind Christ Church in Paddington. In 1930 they suddenly disappeared. The Authorities claimed it was rubble, unreadable and used for road-base. This was not entirely true as many headstones have been found our archaeological digs since 2011.
Paddington Cemetery ca. 1900's \u2014 Brisbane City Council. Cropped.
Toowong Cemetery Archaeological dig finds
"},{"location":"history/#2009-vandalism-law-changes","title":"2009 Vandalism law changes","text":"In 2009, over 80 gravestones were damaged at Toowong Cemetery. Following a police investigation, four people were charged with wilful damage however at the defendants\u2019 committal hearing in April 2010, the charges were dismissed due to a \"loop-hole\" in the law. Friends of Toowong Cemetery successfully partitioned for changes to be made to the law.
"},{"location":"history/#2011-governor-blackalls-funeral-re-enactment","title":"2011 Governor Blackall's funeral re-enactment","text":"On 24 July 2011, 140 years after Governor Blackall was buried, a re-enactment of the funeral was performed.
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Today, the Friends of Toowong Cemetery and the Brisbane City Council work together to maintain and improve Toowong Cemetery. Together we have delivered improvements including:
Toowong Cemetery is enjoyed by those who come to remember loved ones, exercise, walk their dog, or discover the history and stories inside.
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Friends of Toowong Cemetery is a volunteer group that discover and share the history and stories of Toowong Cemetery.
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The Friends of Toowong Cemetery have:
Federation Pavilion
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Friends of Toowong Cemetery meet at Mt Coot\u2011tha Botanical Gardens Auditorium on the last Wednesday of the month (except December) from 6pm to 7pm.
Contact Us if you'd like to apply to join. Applications are subject Management Committee approval.
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Shops along High Street, Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland, ca. 1890 - State Library of Queensland.
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Watch the Governor's funeral re-enacted in Brisbane on ABC News (Australia)
Read about the:
A book, Colonel Samuel Wensley Blackall : 1809-1871 was published to celebrate the 140th anniversary of the first year of operation of the Brisbane General Cemetery, now known as the Toowong Cemetery, and the internment of the first person buried there, Governor Samuel Wensley Blackall.
The Friends of Toowong Cemetery received a Silver Award in the 2012 National Trust of Queensland Heritage Awards for Volunteer Projects for the 140th Anniversary Commemoration of the cemetery.
The event was filmed and a DVD has been produced featuring footage of the re-enactment and segments outlining the history of the cemetery and stories of some people buried there. The DVD is available for purchase for $25 (including GST and postage within Australia).
Buy the Toowong Cemetery: 140th Anniversary Commemoration DVD
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Edited by Hilda MacLean
Drawing of Toowong Cemetery Gates \u2014 Jeff Turner.
A web version of the book
This is web version of Extraordinary Stories of Ordinary People, ISBN 0-646-37317-X, available at Brisbane City Council Libraries.
Some corrections have been made. Images may differ from those in the book. Minor formatting changes.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#foreword","title":"Foreword","text":"Old cemeteries reflect aspects of our social, religious, cultural, architectural and literary history not found in such a combination in any other place. Toowong Cemetery is the largest in Queensland and is an important record of the history of Brisbane and Queensland.
At the end of the convict period the main cemetery was near the northern end of the present William Jolly Bridge. In 1844 the Paddington Cemetery (on the site of the current Suncorp Stadium at Lang Park) came into use. This cemetery quickly became overcrowded. As early as 1853 a petition requesting a new general cemetery was sent to the Government of New South Wales, of which Queensland was then a part.
In June 1866 a site of 203 acres at the base of One Tree Hill (now Mt Coot\u2011tha) about 6 kilometres from the centre of Brisbane was surveyed for a cemetery reserve. This was extended to 257 acres in October 1870.
Queensland's second Governor, Colonel Samuel Blackall, was ill and this prompted him to choose a plot the highest in the cemetery - for his grave. He died in January 1871 and was the first to be buried in the new cemetery. His impressive memorial continues to dominate the hill.
Trustees were appointed to administer the cemetery in October 1871. The inhabitants of Brisbane were reluctant to use the new cemetery because of the lack of public transport and resultant higher funeral costs. In 1875 the railway was extended through to Toowong and the cemetery was officially opened on the 5th of July 1875.
Although Governor Blackall was the first person buried in Toowong Cemetery, several memorials predate his grave. In 1881 the bodies of three children who died in the early 1830s (their fathers were guards in the convict settlement) were exhumed from a North Quay site and, with the original headstones, transferred to Toowong Cemetery. Around 1911 a small number of remains and memorials from the Paddington Cemetery were also removed to Toowong Cemetery.
In 1915 a parcel of 132 acres was transferred to the Toowong Town Council to provide parkland and the proceeds used for the erection of a cemetery wall, iron railing and gates. In 1930 the administration of the cemetery was handed over by the trustees to the newly formed Brisbane City Council.
By April 1975 almost all available plots in Toowong Cemetery had been sold but burials still take place in family graves. More new graves were made available in January 1999.
It is estimated that around 116,000 are buried in Toowong Cemetery. While there is a large amount of information available on a small number of very notable individuals, little is known about the majority of the people buried at Toowong. These are the 'ordinary people'. Every one has an 'extraordinary story'. All contributed in some way to the fabric of our early Queensland society.
Members of the public, including descendants, have provided these stories with the aim of letting the contributions of these individuals be known.
While every care has been taken in checking the accuracy of the contributions, many are stories passed down through the generations, and are unable to be substantiated. In any case, the stories are fascinating reading.
Photographs have been supplied by the contributors. Sources are acknowledged where known.
The Friends of Toowong Cemetery Association Inc. would like to sincerely thank all of the contributors for sharing their 'Extraordinary Stories'.
This publication is the first of a series. Further volumes will be published progressively as contributions are received.
The cover drawing is one of a series by Jeff Turner, funded by a Brisbane City Council Cultural Grant.
Publication of this book was made possible through a Brisbane City Council Local History Grant.
Hilda Maclean Honorary Secretary Friends of Toowong Cemetery April 1999
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#agnes-susan-maclean-510719","title":"Agnes Susan MacLean (5\u2011107\u201119)","text":"Susannah Agnes Kable, as she was christened, was the grand-daughter of First Fleet convicts Henry Kable and Susannah Holmes and Second Fleet marine William Charlton and convict Mary Gittos. Born in Bathurst, Susannah was the eldest of six children. Susannah's father, William Nathaniel Kable, died when she was eleven. Her mother, Elizabeth, remarried and with her new husband, Matthew Smith Finley, had another five children.
When Susannah was about six and living in Bathurst, her mother Elizabeth went one night to investigate an intruder in their house. An escaped convict was hiding in the bedroom. Taking the only weapon at hand, a small cobbler's hammer, Elizabeth levelled it at the intruder as if it was a pistol, saying \"If you move, I'll fire.\" While covering the man with the hammer, she managed to attract the attention of a household servant. When the escapee found that he had been taken by a woman with a hammer, he vowed vengeance. The family lived in fear of his escaping again until he was sent to Cockatoo Island for a lengthy sentence.
When Susannah was 19, she married John Shand Maclean, the son of a Equity Court judge in Jamaica. John had arrived in Australia seven years earlier in 1838. The first of Susannah's ten children was born in 1847. Susannah followed her husband around as he pursued his various interests. John attempted farming and for a time taught at a gentlemen's academy in the Richmond area of New South she gave Wales.
Susannah was in Bathurst in 1853, where she gave birth to her third son. By 1856, where the ever-growing family had settled in the Burnett region of Queensland. Susannah's final four children were born on various cattle properties in the Burnett region.
Susannah struggled to raise her growing family with only the occasional help of indifferent servants. She was often left alone in the unlined slab house. At times Susannah would see eyes peering at her through the cracks. To ward them off, she would take a firearm from the rack and handle it as if she was about to use it. Her ruse appeared to have worked.
Tragedy struck in November 1862 when John fell off a horse and died on Gyandrah Station near Cracow, Queensland. Susannah was left with ten children under the age of fifteen and a cattle property to manage. She suffered another setback in the 1870s when a fire swept through Gyandrah, destroying all her photographs and heirlooms.
Susannah brought up her large family with the assistance of her brother and sister-in-law on a nearby property. The children learnt to swim in the Dawson River and reputedly all became expert riders.
In 1884 Susannah's youngest child, Eric, married sixteen-year-old Elizabeth Penhallurick at her residence at Westwood, via Rockhampton. From about this time, Mrs Agnes Maclean, as she became known, developed a reputation as a midwife, delivering many children in district, including a number of her own grandchildren. In October 1893, Agnes delivered Elizabeth's second son at Westwood. While Eric and Elizabeth had moved north to Bowen by 1895, it seems that Agnes moved south.
Agnes claimed the right to vote in 1905, her 80th year. She was registered on the electoral rolls as living with her youngest daughter, Elvina, and her schoolmaster husband, Charles Marshall, at the Nerang State School.
Agnes died of nephritis at the Nerang Hospital on the 20th of January 1911. She was buried at Toowong Cemetery next to her sister-in-law, Mary Ann Kable.
The grave of Agnes Susan Maclean was restored in 1998 with funds provided by the Kable family.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#acknowledgement","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"This story was contributed by Wendy O'Brien.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#jessie-massey-181168","title":"Jessie Massey (18\u2011116\u20118)","text":"The ninth and youngest child of James Hall-Scott and Sarah Ross, Jessie was born at Ross Hall, Bowen on the 5th of March 1874. Jessie, and her five sisters and her brother were taken to Scotland in 1875 by their mother. Sarah intended to educate the children in Scotland and on the Continent. For a time, the family stayed with the Ross family on the farm Kinnahaird, near Contin in Ross-shire.
Jessie and her family left Scotland as a consequence of the premature death of her father, James Hall-Scott, in 1880. The family did not manage to return to Bowen until 1882, only to find that their property had been completely destroyed by a cyclone. They were forced to live several weeks under canvas while a dwelling was built for them. Jessie stayed in the Bowen area at least until 1888, helping her widowed mother to run the small farm they had. Jessie went to Toowoomba in 1892 but had returned to Bowen by May 1893.
On the 15th of March 1897 at the Holy Trinity Church, Bowen, Jessie married Glenville Massy, sixth son of Charles Alphonse Massy of Stoneville, Gundaroo, New South Wales. Jessie's eldest sister Annie had married Glenville's younger brother, John Eyre Massy, seven years earlier. Now the families were doubly connected.
Jessie gave birth to two children, Marie Stuart in December 1897 and Glenville in March 1901.
Within a year of her marriage Jessie had moved to Thursday Island, where her husband had an interest in a meat-freezing works. She was still on Thursday Island in September 1909.
Shortly afterwards, in prosperous circumstances, the family moved to Brisbane. They built a house called Glenville, which stood on the corner of Hobbs Street and Milton Road, Auchenflower, Brisbane. Jessie was an expert wood carver and made many pieces for her home.
Jessie also travelled extensively. She brought back many souvenirs from Japan, which are still in the family. When she made a trip in 1904, Japan was not often visited by Westerners and the war between Japan and Russia had just ended.
Jessie suffered many sorrows during her life. Her sisters Annie, Marion and Ada died within eight years of each other, Annie of a stomach tumor and the others of tuberculosis. None was over the age of forty. Jessie herself died on the 27th of May 1923 aged 49. She is buried at Toowong Cemetery with her husband, Glenville, and daughter, Marie.
Matthew J. Fox wrote this about Jessie in his book The History of in Queensland: its people and industries, published 1921.
Mrs Massy shared with her husband the many privations and sacrifies of life in the Never-Never, gladly separating herself from the accustomed luxuries of civilisation in order to uphold him in the uphill struggle by that cheerful and loving support which may only be accorded by loyal womanhood.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#acknowledgement_1","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"This story was contributed by Hilda Maclean.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#catherine-greasley-7a4316","title":"Catherine Greasley (7A\u201143\u201116)","text":"Catherine Ryan was born about 1853 in Dublin, Ireland to Patrick and Mary Ann Ryan. Her parents died in a railway accident when she was about two years of age. Catherine and her sister Mary Ann were adopted by the Dovey Family and emigrated to Australia with them. They lived in Melbourne and Catherine was confirmed at St Mary's Roman Catholic Church at the age of ten.
Catherine moved to Queensland and married Martin Walsh on the 8th of January 1877 at Maryborough. This was Martin's second marriage; he had two children from his previous marriage. Catherine and Martin had five children of their own and they reared the seven children together until Martin died on the 26th July 1886 at Tinana. He was buried at Maryborough.
Catherine remarried when she was 44. She and her husband, John Greasley, had a son. After John died on the 23rd of September 1903, Catherine ran a boarding house at Spring Hill. Her daughter, Evangeline Mary Walsh, was a waitress there when she married Joseph Campbell. Evangeline and Joseph Campbell had six children, three girls and three boys. On the 11th of December 1923 Joseph died at their home at Mott Street, Enoggera. Three days later one of their daughters, Esther, also died. Evangeline died on the 14th of October 1924. Joseph, Esther and Evangeline are buried in the same grave in Toowong Cemetery.
After Evangeline's death Catherine took over the raising of Joseph and Evangeline's children, her own grandchildren. Catherine was about 71 at this time. She was a good organiser and grew her own flowers, vegetables and particularly herbs, from which she concocted her own medicines and ointments. She kept the family on ten shillings a week, which she supplemented by making jams and lollies and by crocheting and tatting for Brisbane City shops such as Allan and Stark, and Edwards and Lamb. She made all of her family's clothes.
The family lived in a big old Queenslander. There was no electricity. They used hurricane lamps hanging from the ceiling. The water was heated in a copper before being carried up stairs for baths taken in a big two handled galvanised tub. Soap was cut up for washing and the clothes were scrubbed on a board before they were put in a copper boiler and kerosene tins to boil. Ironing was done with 'Mrs Potts' irons heated on a wooded stove. All the cooking was done in iron saucepans.
On the 9th of February 1929 Jean Millicent Campbell died and was buried in Toowong Cemetery. With her death only one of Catherine's three granddaughters was now alive.
Catherine Greasley died on the 26th of August 1935 and was buried in the same grave as Jean. Catherine Greasley was a remarkable woman who raised not only her stepchildren and her own children from two marriages but also her grandchildren.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#acknowledgement_2","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"This story was contributed by Ian Campbell.
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Emily was born Emily Sophia Leader on the 4th of July 1857 in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, where her father Richard Leader owned the Sun Inn. Emily was married to Henry Tom Pickett on the 12th of March 1878 at St Peters and St Pauls, Marlborough and left for Australia soon after. Henry must have been to Australia before as he is listed as hotelkeeper of the Steam Packet Hotel, Cairns in 1870. The account of the marriage in the Marlborough Times describes \"Tom\" as \"being late of Leichhardt Hotel, Cairns.\"
Their first child, Emily Margaret, was born on the 8th of March 1879 at the Kelly Building in Elizabeth Street, Brisbane. Tom and Emily had five other children. Eleanor Sarah was born on the 26th of November 1880 at the Union Club in Charlotte Street. Another daughter, Evelyn Ann, was also born at the Union Club on the 20th of January 1882. Evelyn died on the 13th of April 1882 and is buried with her mother at Toowong. Emily Sophia went back to England about 1883 because her father died that year.
The next child, Dorothy Kemp Pickett, was born on the 12th of March 1897 at the Post Office Hotel. Frank Burgess Pickett was also born there on the 17th of November 1898. Henry Tom Pickett was proprietor of the Post Office Hotel, which was in Queen Street opposite Eagle Lane, from the 8th of September 1885 to 1900. They had water up to the ground-floor ceiling during the great 1893 flood. The hotel was in Queen Street, Brisbane opposite Eagle Lane. Tom moved to the Metropole Hotel, 78 Edward Street, as proprietor in 1901-1902. Marjorie Leader Pickett was born at Fairview Guesthouse in Sandgate on the 17th of May 1901. The family story goes that Emily Sophia Pickett travelled down to Sandgate every Friday and stayed the weekend. The 1903 Post Office Directory listed the family at Savernake, Kedron Park Road, Lutwyche. The house was so named because Tom Pickett was born near this area in Wiltshire.
Emily Sophia ran boarding houses in her later years. The first was the Strathmore on North Quay. Then, in 1915, she took over and refurbished the Fairview at Sandgate.
Emily Sophia died on the 19th of December 1923 at Kent Road, Wooloowin. Henry Tom was admitted to Dunwich Asylum in early November 1925 and died there on the 21st of May 1927, his body being taken by launch to Cleveland. He is buried at Toowong with his brother Frank.
Redael the name of the family home in Kent Road Wooloowin, is 'Leader' (Emily's maiden name) spelt backwards.
This advertisement appeared in The Queensland Figaro on the 20th of April 1889.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#acknowledgement_3","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"This story was contributed by Pamela Webster.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#walter-issac-jenner-54316","title":"Walter Issac Jenner (5\u201143\u201116)","text":"Walter Jenner was born on the 8th of March 1836 in Godalming, Surrey, England. In 1854 he joined the Navy, retiring from it in 1865. He tried various jobs and at age 29 settled in Brighton and started to paint. He became quite well known, exhibiting at the English and Scottish Academies, the Royal Pavilion Gallery, Brighton and the Crystal Palace, London.
On the 31st of July 1883, aged 47, he left with his family for Queensland on the RMS Roma. They first lived at Dornoch Terrace, Highgate Hill and later in Montrose Street, Taringa. In 1884, only a year after arriving in Brisbane, he exhibited at the Queensland National Association. Subsequently he won prizes and medals interstate and at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition in London. Soon after his arrival in Brisbane, Walter initiated meetings to discuss the founding of a Queensland Art Society. The QAS was then formally inaugurated at the School of Arts, Ann Street, on the 4th of August 1887.
Walter then proposed the founding of a public art gallery in Queensland and led a deputation to the Premier to that end. After much lobbying the Queensland National Art Gallery (as it was then known) was established by the Government in March 1895. Jenner continued to paint and exhibit until ill health prevented him from working. He died on the 1st of March 1902.
The prominent part Jenner played in art matters is recognised in the catalogue of the Gallery Collection of 1908 and again in the Gallery's 1982 Commemorative Catalogue. A retrospective exhibition of Jenner's work was held late in 1994. The exhibition drew heavily on works owned by Jenner's great-granddaughter and works from the collection of the Queensland Art Gallery.
Noted Queensland artist Isaac Walter Jenner \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#acknowledgement_4","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"This story was contributed by Frances Pavlu.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#glenville-massy-181168","title":"Glenville Massy (18\u2011116\u20118)","text":"Glenville Massy J.P. was born on the 13th of May 1863. He was the third surviving son of Charles Alphonse Massy, who had four sons and two daughters, all of whom were born at Gundaroo, New South Wales.
Glenville was educated at the Collegiate School, Glebe Point, Sydney, where he studied until he turned seventeen. Owing to an indifferent state of health he did not immediately engage in any particular occupation.
A year later, in 1881, he came to Queensland to join his brothers, Charles and Oscar, at Sonoma, a cattle property owned by them near Bowen. He remained on Sonoma for about a year, when, with Charles, he started with a 1000 head of breeders with the view of taking up land on the Lynd, a river which junctions with the Mitchell. On their arrival, however, they learned that the country had already been selected. Their next thought was to obtain pasture for their herd during the advancing wet season.
Glenville stayed with the cattle while Charles inspected down the Mitchell and Palmer Rivers and over the Straaten River Valley, becoming familiar with the the country and potential for grazing. When the roads were again traversable, the brothers mustered their stock and continued their journey to the far north, eventually arriving at the Stuart River, where they took up country 1200 kilometres from where they had started. This land was now known as Silver Plains. Its ownership passed to the Queensland Government after the Massys abandoned it when they acquired better country to the west-north-west and moved their stock there. To this property, Rokeby, they devoted many strenuous years. Living 160 kilometres from their nearest neighbour, lacking postal and telegraphic facilities, their only means of procuring stores was by packhorse from Cooktown, a distance of 360 kilometres, at a cost of \u00a335 per ton. They sturdily faced floods and droughts and the many indescribable hardships accompanying such events. There was practically no market for their stock and for several years it was impossible to obtain credit from financial institutions.
The Aboriginals constantly killed and harassed the stock and menaced the lives of the settlers. In the efforts of the brothers to halt the attacks by dispersing the Aboriginals, Charles was wounded by a barbed spear which entered his back and became embedded. Glenville helped his older brother to travel over 190 kilometres, but shortly after reaching medical aid Charles died of exhaustion.
Oscar joined Glenville at Rokeby. To make it cheaper and quicker to bring in supplies, the Massy brothers pushed a road through to the mouth of the Stuart River. Stores were then transported by sea from Cooktown and then by pack horse at the much reduced rate of \u00a310 per ton. The Queensland Government also used the road for forwarding supplies when building the overland telegraph line to Cape York.
When by 1895 it was imperative to find a market for their increasing herd, Glenville moved to Thursday Island and established a butchering business, which he conducted on his own for the following 14 years as a means of absorbing the Rokeby stock. Then the butchering business was floated into a limited company with the title of \"The Torres Straits Fresh Food and Ice Company\", in which Glenville retained an interest for several years.
In the meantime the firm acquired Emu Plains, a run adjoining the original Sonoma property. The Massy brothers mutually decided to dissolve the partnership in 1910, Glenville becoming the sole owner of Rokeby and Emu Plains while retaining an interest in Sonoma, which was then administered by Oscar.
That year Glenville Massy retired from North Queensland and took up residence at Glenville, on the corner of Milton Road and Hobbs Street, Auchenflower. The house, described as one of the most fashionable of its time, is no longer standing. Glenville spent his days amid comforts which vividly contrast with the frequent privations - such as scarcity of water and lack of food for days at a time - and the many other hardships incidental to a life in the Peninsula.
He married Jessie, daughter of James Hall-Scott, a pioneer of the Bowen district in 1897. Jessie's story is told elsewhere in this book. Glenville died on the 25th of March 1939 at his beloved Auchenflower home.
5657 Panorama of a large Queenslander house on the corner of Milton Road and Hobbs Street, Auchenflower. ca. 1920. Part of a motorcar can be seen at the far right of the photo and tram lines and a tram are shown at far left. The house is timber, with a brick and timber fence. The house, named 'Glenville' was the residence of pastoralist Glenville Massy and his family. The house was demolished in the 1960s. \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#acknowledgement_5","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"This story was contributed by Hilda Maclean.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#michael-fryar-shield-18824","title":"Michael Fryar Shield (18\u20118\u201124)","text":""},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#mary-ann-shield-18824","title":"Mary Ann Shield (18\u20118\u201124)","text":""},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#albert-shield-29a679","title":"Albert Shield (29A\u201167\u20119)","text":"Michel Fryar Shield was born in England. He came to Australia with his parents and siblings from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne on the ship Stamboul in 1854. They settled in Moggill and were very early colonists there. He moved to Brookfield and married his first cousin, Mary Ann Makepeace. They raised twelve children. He never remarried after Mary Ann's death in 1905 aged 53. Michel died on the 5th of August 1935 aged 84 years.
Mary Ann's parents, Thomas Tindale Makepeace and his wife Hannah Fryar, migrated from Gosforth, Newcastle, England and arrived in Australia in 1857. After settling initially in Newcastle, the family moved to Moggill, where her father work in the Redbank Mines. A serious accident resulting in the amputation of a leg forced Thomas to take up farming at Moggill. Thomas was a foundation member of the Moggill Methodist Church (now the Wesleyan Church).
Albert Shield was the son of Michel and Mary Ann Shield. He was a surveyor and a teacher and taught at the old Normal School in Brisbane. He was the first teacher at the Kuala Lumpur Survey School. He became the Administrator of the Malay States. He had 12 servants but he was single. He became very ill with malaria when he was there and returned to Australia a very sick man. Albert died on the 15th of January 1936 aged 41 years.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#acknowledgement_6","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"This story was contributed by M. Kelly.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#mary-craig-atkinson-14916","title":"Mary Craig Atkinson (1\u201149\u201116)","text":"Mary Cochrane was the third daughter of Thomas Cochrane, a ploughman, who married Agatha Butter in Edinburgh in 1844. Seven children were born to the family in Dundee. On the 12th of January 1856 Mary arrived with her family in Queensland. Her father, Thomas, ran a grocery store in Fortescue Street, Spring Hill. Five more children were born in Brisbane.
Mary Cochrane married merchant Robert Jackson Craig in 1865. He and his bothers-in-law Samuel and William Cochrane and their families travelled north to the new port of Cairns. By March 1877, the men had established themselves as merchants at Smithfield.
On Boxing Day 1877, Robert was tragically murdered by the owner of the Bee Hive Hotel, William Smith, who then took his own life. Smith's hotel was opposite Robert's store. Robert had asked Bill Smith to settle his outstanding account and refused him further credit until the debt was paid. About 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Bill Smith called Robert Craig over to 'settle' his account. Afterwards gunshots were heard and Robert ran into the street clutching his chest shouting \"Murder! Murder!\" William Cochrane was working behind the counter of their store and ran outside when he heard the shots fired. He saw Bill Smith standing on the verandah of his hotel with the revolver still in his hand. William towards Bill who quickly turned the revolver on himself. Robert Craig died in his brother-in-law's arms. He was just 34 years old. Robert was the first burial in the Cairns Cemetery on the Esplanade.
The loss of two well-respected citizens stunned the whole community of Smithfield. Robert and Bill Smith had always been the best of friends. The town of Smithfield had been named after Bill Smith, who had hacked a track through the jungle to the Hodgkinson Goldfields in 1876.
Mary was in Brisbane at the time of Robert's tragic death, expecting their sixth child. A son was born the following July, but only lived two months. Two more of their sons had also died in infancy. She did not remarry until nine years later. Although Robert's life insurance payments had lapsed, the Australian Mutual Provident Society made a gift of \u00a3400 to Mary so she was secure financially.
Life was not uneventful, however. Her son Fred was only four when his father died and would have had little memory of him, but perhaps family stories of Cairns stirred his curiosity. An item in the Cairns Courier on the 13th of May 1881 reports that Fred ran away, boarded the Leichhardt on route to Cairns, was apprehended by the police at Rockhampton and returned to Brisbane. This happened just before his eighth birthday.
In 1886 Mary married Paul Cole Atkinson, a widower with five children. By this time Mary's three surviving children were teenagers. She had two more children, Pauline and Ruby, making a total of seven children for her to care for. However, fate was not kind to Mary. All she had been through obviously affected her health and she died just seven years later in October 1893 at the early age of 45. Ruby was just five years old. A series of housekeepers raised Mary's children until Paul Atkinson married for the third time in 1898 to Eliza Hendren. Mary is buried in the Atkinson family grave.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#acknowledgement_7","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"This story was contributed by June Vickers.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#silvester-diggles-1361011","title":"Silvester Diggles (13\u20116\u201110/11)","text":"Silvester Diggles and his family migrated from Liverpool, England to Sydney. Eventually, the family settled in Brisbane in 1854. Silvester was a man of many and varied talents. He was a piano tuner, musician and artist. He also was Brisbane's first known photographer in 1855. Silvester also distinguished himself as an ornithologist, entomologist and astronomer, just to name a few more of his interests.
Silvester was selected by the government of the day to proceed to Cape Sidmouth in 1871 as a member of the Eclipse Expedition, his chief recommendation being his skills as an artist and naturalist. He also was one of the most earnest advocates for the establishment of a museum in Queensland. During his lifetime, Silvester published Ornithology of Australia, the first volume of what was meant to be a multi-volume set. He died before the second volume was completed.
As well as being an esteemed member of the Queensland Philosophical Society for many years, Silvester was a member of the order of Freemasons, and for some time filled the position of organist to St Patrick's Lodge.
Silvester Diggles died on the 21st of March 1880 aged 63 years and 2 months, leaving behind a widow, two sons and two daughters. As was the custom of the day, the funeral cortege left the family home at Kangaroo Point, proceeding via the Victoria Bridge to Toowong Cemetery for the funeral.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#acknowledgement_8","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"This story was contributed by Dr Rod Fisher.
Note the headstone has been removed.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#john-t-s-bird-5309a","title":"John T. S. Bird (5\u201130\u20119A)","text":"John T. S. Bird was born on the 10th of May 1842 in Buckland Brewer, Devon. He was entered in the birth register as Zephenneh Theopilus Symons Bird and was known as Jephunneh for some time. In Australia he was always known as John or 'J. T. S.' Bird.
John began working with the Rockhampton Morning Bulletin newspaper on the day after his arrival in June 1863. He was one of the 457 English and Irish migrants to arrive in Rockhampton aboard the ship Beejapore. Although a qualified printer, he spent some years seeking gold, mostly in central Queensland. He was the co-discoverer, with Arthur Hoskings, of the Ridgelands alluvial goldfields near Rockhampton in 1867. A year later he married Kezia Seymour. By 1870, with his wife and daughter Ella, he was invited back onto the Morning Bulletin staff and served in various capacities during his long career.
Kezia gained some fame by providing the first clue in the arrest of Commissioner Griffin for the murder of Troopers Power and Bird during a gold shipment robbery in 1869.
Originally on the mechanical printing staff, John was appointed foreman in 1875 and later became overseer. By 1876 he was writing very popular sporting articles under the name 'Veno', and because of his practical mining experience he became the mining reporter. The newspaper was the first to describe Queensland's famous Mount Morgan mine. He was Rockhampton's first historian, and his articles on the early days and notable people were collected and published by the Morning Bulletin in 1904 as The Early History of Rockhampton by J. T. S. Bird. This is now a rare volume and is accepted as being one of the best of its genre.
Two of John's sons, Robert and John, followed their father into the newspaper business. At one stage the entire family was on the staff, and they claimed that, if necessary, they could produce the whole paper.
In 1909 he was appointed sub-editor of the Capricornian and continued on the literary staff of these newspapers until his wife's death in 1918, when he moved to Brisbane. Even from there he wrote freelance articles for the Rockhampton Bulletin until about six months before his death on the 7th of May 1932, just three days short of his 90th birthday. Rockhampton honoured him by naming a street, Bird Court and a park after him.
John and Kezia had a total of eight children, some of whom are buried at Toowong Cemetery. His eldest child, Ella, who looked after John until her death in 1928, is buried in the family plot along with her brother John T. H. Bird who became the chief Hansard reporter for the Queensland Parliament. J. T. S. Bird's sixth child, Beatrice Kezia, is buried alongside her husband, James T. Wiley, who was tragically killed in an Ascot house fire in 1952. Beatrice raised the orphaned children of her sister Violet. Violet had died prematurely in 1918 and her husband, Ernest Moulday, succumbed to influenza during the great epidemic of 1919.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#acknowledgement_9","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"This story was contributed by Dottie Kemp.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#james-campbell-12154","title":"James Campbell (12\u201115\u20114)","text":"4 November 1838 - 13 September 1925
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James Campbell was born on the 4th of November 1838 at Newtown, Cooks River, Sydney, New South Wales. He was baptised on the 22nd of December 1838 at Scots Church of St Andrew, Sydney. James was the fifth child and fourth son of Hugh and Ellen Campbell.
James left Sydney with his brothers Charles and William to make their home in Toowoomba. He was first connected with Eton Vale. In 1867 he went into business for himself, later taking his two brothers into partnership in the butchery and wool scouring business of J. C. and W. Campbell, situated on the corner of Ruthven and Russell Streets, Toowoomba.
James was interested in politics like his father Hugh and his brother Charles. He became Alderman of Toowoomba, Mayor in 1882, and finally MLA for Aubigny from March 1884 to April 1893, elected unopposed after the election of the 6th of March 1883 was declared null and void. He was also a member of the Toowoomba Caledonian Building Society and foundation member of the Southern Cross Masonic Lodge.
He owned a grazing property, Dulacca West, near Yeulba in 1899. He was said to be an accomplished cattleman. He retired to his home Portland at Toowoomba and his other home also called Portland in Brisbane in 1915.
It was James Campbell's proud boast that he had been a subscriber of the Brisbane Courier for 55 years.
James married Sarah Ann Lovell on the 17th of April 1866 at Toowoomba. Sarah hailed from Bristol, where she was born in March 1845. She came to Australia with her parents on the Blenheim in 1858. The Lovell family first settled in Ipswich then later moved to Toowoomba. Sarah's father, Richard Lovell, was a wheelwright and prominent citizen of Toowoomba. Her mother, Ann, was a member of the Gregory family.
James died on the 13th of September 1925 at his Brisbane home of jaw cancer. Sarah died almost ten years later on the 20th of July 1935 at their Toowoomba home. They are buried together at Toowong Cemetery.
James and Sarah had twelve children, four sons, seven daughters and a baby who died unnamed. At the time of his death in 1925, James had 33 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
James Campbell \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#acknowledgement_10","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"This story was contributed by Ian Campbell.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#mary-kennedy-141112","title":"Mary Kennedy (1\u20114\u201111/12)","text":""},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#andrew-kennedy-1193","title":"Andrew Kennedy (1\u201119\u20113)","text":""},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#doris-vivian-kennedy-15011a","title":"Doris Vivian Kennedy (1\u201150\u201111A)","text":"Mary was a school teacher before and after four her marriage to Samuel Kennedy. Together they had four children, three daughters and a son they named Andrew. Mary was widowed when Andrew was only eight months old. She was living and working at the Drumbie School near Armagh, Ireland. The family emigrated to Brisbane in 1865 and moved into a property in Isaac Street, Spring Hill. Mary died aged 65 on the 5th of August 1885.
Andrew also became a teacher, starting as a pupil-teacher in 1870 and retiring as the Acting Under Secretary of the Department of Public Instruction in 1922. He married Anna Katherine Gripp in 1880 and the couple had ten children. The family lived at Kingsholm at New Farm where Andrew died on the 22nd of February 1930 aged 72.
Teaching was in the Kennedy family blood. Andrew and Anna's youngest child, Doris Vivian, was born at Kingsholm in 1899. Doris graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Arts in 1920. She taught at Brisbane Girls Grammar School for 42 years. Doris died on the 28th of September 1979 aged 80.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#acknowledgement_11","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"This story was contributed by Ian Kennedy.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#florence-griffiths-buchanan-11334","title":"Florence Griffiths Buchanan (11\u201133\u20114)","text":"Florence Griffiths Buchanan was born on the 16th of September 1861 at Barton Fields, Canterbury, England, the youngest of the six children of Captain Neil Griffiths Buchanan of the 93rd Highlanders. In 1882 she came out to join her brother in Bundaberg. She became interested in the missionary work done among the South Sea Islanders. She returned to England in the following year, but, finding the weather too cold, lived in Malta and then Egypt. Florence returned to Bundaberg in 1877 and at once resumed her work among the Islanders on her brother's plantation and elsewhere. Florence suffered a horrific riding accident which left her crippled and subject to terrible pain and headaches for the rest of her life.
Florence left Bundaberg after the great flood of 1893, where she had to be rescued from her submerged cottage. She arrived on Thursday Island where she started worked for the church. This would be her vocation for 19 years until her death in 1913.
On the 5th of January 1908, Florence was ordained Deaconess by the Anglican Bishop of Carpentaria and later that year was in charge of the newly established mission in Moa during the Bishop's absence. Florence worked as a teacher as well as carrying out her duties as superintendent for three years. Despite her physical difficulties, Florence would walk great distances to assist those in need.
Fearing that to the this was getting of too much for her as her, the Bishop lent to the Diocese of Singapore as a temporary helper. On her return to Darwin, Florence again worked as a teacher.
A very modest woman, Florence always dressed in the plainest of uniforms. She was noted for her self sacrifice, a cup of tea and a slice of toast being her usual meal. Florence was much loved by the children she taught and the parishioners of the North.
Florence was in Brisbane attending the Church Congress when she became ill for the last time. She died aged 53 after a terribly painful lingering illness. The inscription on her headstone reads
Well Done Good and Faithful Servant.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#acknowledgement_12","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"This story was contributed by Patrica Ramsay.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#anders-peter-petersen-neilsen-977","title":"Anders Peter Petersen-Neilsen (9\u20117\u20117)","text":""},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#emma-christina-petersen-neilsen-977","title":"Emma Christina Petersen-Neilsen (9\u20117\u20117)","text":"Anders Peter Petersen-Neilsen and his wife, Emma Christina, were both born in 1842 in Tjorn, about 45 kilometres north of Goteborg in Sweden. They both came from farming families and are believed to have married in Goteborg on the 7th of January 1870. A son, Carl, was born to them in Sweden later that year.
The 1870s were a time of acute distress in Sweden as the result of overpopulation and poor farm production and during that period almost one million people emigrated. Most went to the USA but quite a number came to Australia.
In October 1872, Anders, Emma and toddler Carl departed from Sweden and sailed for Queensland in the ship Lammershagen.
The Lammershagen was a German immigrant ship which sailed from Hamburg with a migrant complement of 112 married adults, 116 single males, 76 single females and 67 children. The passengers were principally Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and German farming people, most of whom were assisted migrants whose fares were either subsidised or fully paid for by the Queensland Colonial Government.
The voyage to Australia was a long and bitter experience. In line with the practice of the times, each passenger was allowed a ration of very basic food daily and it was a requirement that each bring several changes of clothing as laundering was permitted only at ports of call during the trip. Thirteen passengers died and 17 children were born during the voyage. Young Carl was one of those who died. He was buried at sea.
On arrival in Australian waters, an outbreak of typhoid occurred among the passengers and crew, which resulted in the ship being placed in quarantine at Peel Island, Moreton Bay on the 9th of January, 1873. It was during the quarantine period that a second child, Anna Caroline, was born on the 21st of January 1873. The ship was finally allowed to berth in the Port of Brisbane on the 12th of February 1873 and the migrant passengers were placed in a hostel at Kangaroo Point, where the family stayed for several weeks.
Anders first worked for wages on a farm at Bald Hills and then went to a farm owned by a Mr Robinson on the South Pine River. It was on this farm that the Aboriginals helped them strip bark from trees to roof their house and cow bails. Quite often the Aboriginals came to the house for tobacco and flour. Later Anders leased a small farm in an area bounded by Albany Creek Road,wherehe ran the first cattle he owned. In 1889 he leased a further 37 acres situated on the South Pine River at Cash's Crossing.
In those times, about once per month the family harnessed the sulky or their wagon and drove into the city of Brisbane with dressed pigs and calves for sale to an Adelaide Street butcher and produce which was sold at the markets which then stood in Roma Street.
Anders purchased a farm at Samford in October 1893. The area consisted of approximately 120 hectares. He borrowed about a third of the purchase price. By now, eleven children had been born to the family of whom nine survived infancy. The family initially lived in a slab hut but in 1900 a new house was built, financed by the sale of some of the land.
While the farm was only 24 kilometres from Brisbane, trips to town by sulky or wagon were somewhat of an expedition, entailing a 3am start and a return late at night. Occasionally an overnight stay at a city boarding house was necessary.
Anders and Emma were pillars of the local Methodist church, subscribing to have a new church built about 100 metres from their home. The church was known as the Cedar Creek Methodist Church. The parson would drive his sulky there from Enoggera. The parson would stay the weekend with the Petersen-Neilsens while he conducted services in the church and visited the local parishioners. After Anders and Emma retired to Brisbane, the farm passed into the hands of their son. The weekend visits of the parson to the farm did not thrill the younger members of the family to the same extent and eventually Frederick gave rather generously to have the church removed to Samford township.
When Anders sold the farm to Frederick on the 4th of May 1915, he and Emma were 72. They moved to Paddington, next door to their daughter Emily. Emma died at the age of 82 years on the 27th of January 1925 and Anders died on the 10th of May 1928 aged 85.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#acknowledgement_13","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"This story was contributed by Gordon Neilson.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#joseph-needham-scrope-shrapnel-1681415","title":"Joseph Needham Scrope Shrapnel (1\u201168\u201114/15)","text":"Joseph Needham Scrope Shrapnel migrated from England in 1870 on the ship Beaumaris Castle with a lady whom family members long believed to be his wife. Esther Voyce was in fact his housekeeper. Joseph left a wife and four children in England and presumably left for the colonies with the love of his life, seeking a fresh start. With Esther, Joseph had three more children, two of whom are buried with him.
Joseph was a surgeon who had two practices, one at Sandgate and the other in Tank Street in Brisbane City. While riding to the Sandgate Station, Joseph fell from his horse, breaking his leg. He subsequently contracted pneumonia and died aged 47. Esther, his 'wife' was eventually buried beside him.
Joseph Shrapnel bore a famous name. He was the grandson of Lieutenant General Henry Shrapnel of Bradford-on-Avon in Wiltshire, who invented the shrapnel shell which was named after him. The General sold the family estate and spent all the money perfecting his invention.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#acknowledgement_14","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"This story was contributed by Catriana Stark.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#john-boyne-mclennan-13583","title":"John Boyne McLennan (13\u201158\u20113)","text":"John Boyne Mclennan died on the 21st of November 1908 at the ripe old age of 81 years at his residence in Kent Street, Teneriffe. He was resident in Queensland for over fifty years, and during the whole of that time he had been closely connected with racing.
His first occupation in Queensland, at that time a part of New South Wales, was that of studmaster at Canning Downs, near Warwick, but in 1863 he came to Brisbane, and for some years conducted the Sovereign Horse Bazaar in Elizabeth Street. John Mclennan was an amateur rider of some note, but he is remembered as being mainly instrumental with John Little and Mr D.T. Seymour in forming the Queensland Turf Club. He also took an active part in the formation of Tattersall's Club and was for a number of years President. After acting as a committee member on the Q.T.C. for a number of years, John Mclennan occupied the position of judge at the club's meetings, but during his last ten years he lived in retirement.
John Mclennan was born at Aberdeen, Scotland in 1827. At the age of 19, he migrated to Victoria, where he stayed for only a short time before moving north. He married Miss Georgina Wilson of Warwick in 1863 and they had six children. Besides his racing interests, John Mclennan was an office bearer at the Ann Street Presbyterian Church, where he had been a member of the congregation for many years.
The funeral took place at Toowong Cemetery, and the respect in which John was held was shown by the large attendance at the graveside and the names of the senders of the many beautiful wreathes, which were recorded in a report of the funeral printed in the Daily Telegraph.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#acknowledgement_15","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"This story was contributed by Pamela Webster.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#william-james-affleck-84914","title":"William James Affleck (8\u201149\u201114)","text":"Although the early history of the Affleck family is Scottish, George Affleck, father of William James, was born at Newcastle-on-Tyne in northern England in 1842. In 1857 George arrived in Moreton Bay with his parents and sister, older siblings having migrated two years earlier. Their religion was Presbyterian but evidently they were not teetotallers for George was a winemaker and his brother John, who settled at Killarney, south-east Queensland, made wine and had a brandy distillery.
The George Affleck family settled at Toolburra, eleven kilometres north-west of Warwick, where they built a homestead they named Riverside on the banks of the CondamineRiver, a small stream at this point. The old home was moved some years ago so that today's only visible connection is nearby Affleck Bridge. The Afflecks were listed as graziers but as well as running sheep they also grew grain crops and had a herd of dairy cattle, and as a family we recounted among the pioneers of the district. The Affleck clan became the largest landholders in the district, going on to be involved in state politics.
In 1867 George Affleck married Alice Moffat Skeldon, who was born in Edinburgh in 1845, arriving in Australia aged nine. Alice went to the Warwick district in 1866 and was probably distantly related to the Afflecks. George and Alice had nine children, the eldest being William James Affleck, born on the 22nd of June 1868. When he was six he was enrolled at the local Sandy Creek school, which had opened in 1872. When his primary schooling was completed, William, who was said to an excellent pupil, was sent to Brisbane to attend the Normal School. On completion of his schooling in 1885 William, aged seventeen, obtained a job as a junior clerk with the life insurance company The National Mutual Life Association of Australasia Limited, which had opened its Brisbane branch in 1881. His pay was $90 per annum.
On the 13th of July 1893 William James Affleck married Maud Voller Lade. They had three children, two daughters and a son.
From his humble beginning with The National Mutual in Queensland William James Affleck worked his way to the top after administrative postings in Bowen and Townsville, and then back in Brisbane. He became manager for Queensland in 1919, retaining this position with distinction until his death while on sick leave in 1932 at the age of 64. Other Afflecks had died at an even earlier age suffering from heart disease, the cause of William James Affleck's death.
Throughout his life Affleck had retained his links with the land by interesting himself in community affairs and being actively involved with the Royal National Agricultural and Industrial Society, the RNA, when he returned to Brisbane in 1902, from his Townsville posting. He loved horses and in his early working life he rode long distances while on insurance business. In Townsville he had been active in the local agricultural show as well as horse shows.
When the family returned to Brisbane in 1902 they rented a house for a short time before settling at 19 Vulture Street, West End, the land running back to Ashington Street. The roomy house stood on one block and the garden and outbuildings occupied three other blocks. Here on the back boundary there were stables where the horses and buggies were kept. The elder daughter Vera learned to ride when quite young, a Shetland pony having been bought for her. Vera rode to school, leaving her horse at the livery stables near where today's City Hall stands. Her father drove his horse and buggy to his city office, one of the clerks then taking the outfit to the same stables.
After holding various honorary positions in the RNA in Brisbane, W.J. Affleck became president of this association and was also president of the Stockbreeders' Association of Queensland, the Jersey Cattle Society of Queensland and the Ayrshire Society. Such was Affleck's interest in cattle he was also treasurer of the Hereford Society. He judged cattle and established herd books and half a dozen Herd Book Societies. A building at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground was called Affleck House in his honour.
W. J. Affleck was a tall man who held himself erect. He had a commanding presence and a soft heart with a reputation for giving hand-outs to men in need during the Great Depression. He always wore a button-hole and carried a walking stick whether in city circles or in the countryside he loved.
As well as Affleck's interest in agricultural matters he was a justice of the peace, a founding Rotarian in Brisbane, and a member and office bearer of the Auchenflower Bowling Club. When Affleck died, it was noted in the newspaper obituaries that he was one of Queensland's most public spirited men.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#acknowledgement_16","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"This story was contributed by Shirley Lahey.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#maud-voller-affleck-84914","title":"Maud Voller Affleck (8\u201149\u201114)","text":"Maud Voller Lade was born on the 2nd of June 1874 in Brisbane, the third of the eight children of Joseph John Lade and Mary nee Bridges, both English-born. Joseph's parents, Thomas Lade and his wife Harriet left the farms that he had managed in Kent and sailed with their three children to Moreton Bay in 1851. Their passage to Sydney on the sailing ship Windsor cost $120 in today's money. The Lades settled at Upper Kedron Brook on land Thomas bought for $124 in the suburb now known as Enoggera. They called their new farm and homestead Surrenden after the property they had lived on in Kent.
The hard-working Lades prospered as farmers and fruitgrowers and Thomas Lade won prizes in the first Moreton Bay Horticultural Society's show in 1853. He, with the assistance of his son Joseph, were to distinguish themselves by becoming Queensland's first commercial wine producers and in 1862 Thomas Lade won a medal and certificate of honourable mention at the London International Exhibition. The Lades were considered to be the best authorities on wine culture in the colony.
The Lades were devout Baptists. They had been closely involved with their church in Kent and in Brisbane they were foundation members of the Wharf Street Baptist Church.
When Joseph married in 1869 he and his wife Mary moved further out on Sanford Road to a farm they called Glen Retreat. Joseph Lade late in life wrote that his family had bought this land in 1851 when Surrenden was purchased but there is evidence to support this date of purchase. Here Joseph planted fruit trees and grapevines while Mary managed a boot and shoe shop on the corner of George and Queen Streets. Mary appears to have been the one with the business head while Joseph was somewhat of a dreamer. As well as managing the city shop Mary bought houses, did them up and sold them.
In the year or two before Joseph and Mary Lade's third child was born in 1874, Joseph wanted to increase the number of his citrus trees so he purchased and then planted seeds of oranges and mandarins. One of the latter seedlings had a distinct foliage and went on to produce a high quality fruit that became known as the Beauty of Glen Retreat mandarin, later shortened to Glen Retreat mandarin. However, its commercial success did not come until Lade had sold the Glen Retreat farm to a Mr W. H. Parker around the turn of the century. Parker actively marketed the fruit and by 1927 this mandarin had world-wide distribution.
Little is known of Maud's childhood but she did attend the Normal School in Brisbane. She had a lively intelligence and was quick witted and humorous. Six weeks after her nineteenth birthday Maud married William James Affleck on the 13th of July 1893. Some of the manchester in her trousseau she bought at reduced prices as it was flood damaged. This was an aftermath of the great flood that had occurred earlier that year.
William and Maud had three children, two daughters Alice Vera and Marjory, and a son Kenneth George, and four grandchildren. The marriage was a happy one.
William died in 1932. He had been manager for Queensland of the National Mutual Life Association of Australia, but these were the days before life insurance offices paid generous pensions to the widows of staff officers. Maud endured some financial difficulties during her 33 years of widowhood.
She lived in the large house called Ayethorne at Vulture Street, West End from the time the family returned to Brisbane from Townsville in 1902 until her death more than 60 years later. In her widowhood she let the downstairs area as a self-contained flat, and upstairs took in two paying guests to supplement her income.
Maud professed to know little of her forebears, though the Lades had lived in Kent for many centuries. Some of the family had lived at Eyethorne, Kent, the name of the West End house apparently being a mis-spelling of the Kentish village. Like her husband, Maud lived her whole life in Queensland always retaining her love of the countryside and interest in rural matters.
Maud and William are buried side by side in Toowong Cemetery.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#acknowledgement_17","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"This story was contributed by Shirley Lahey.
The contributor, grand-daughter Shirley Lahey, wishes to acknowledge her debt to John Moran, whose book In the Grip of the Grape gives details of the Lade family's wine growing.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#john-wood-rendall-1512","title":"John Wood Rendall (1\u201151\u20112)","text":""},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#amelia-hewitt-rendall-1512","title":"Amelia Hewitt Rendall (1\u201151\u20112)","text":""},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#mary-ann-rodrigues-1512","title":"Mary Ann Rodrigues (1\u201151\u20112)","text":"John Wood Rendall was born in Upper Inkster, Orkney Islands, Scotland, to Peter Rendall and Jane Wood, who were small farmers.
In 1846 he left for the Portuguese colony of Azores, where he was employed as tutor of languages, to the Governor's children. There he met Letitia Amelia Hewitt, a ward of the Governor. Letitia Amelia's mother and the Governor's wife were friends and Amelia (as she was later known) had been sent for health reasons from her home in Worcester, England, arriving the same year as John. She was born in 1829 to Joseph Hewitt and Mary Harris.
John Rendall and Amelia Hewitt were married by the Chaplain of the British Protestant Church, City of Ponta Delgarda, Island of St. Michael, on the 13th of June 1849.
One year later, also in Ponto Delgarda, Amelia's mother married for the second time to a Portuguese, Emmanuel Inez Rodrigues. When she was widowed again, Mary emigrated to join her daughter, who by this time was in Brisbane. Mary arrived on the 7th of January 1877. She had been there only seven years when she died in 1883. As well as Amelia, she had a surviving son, Joseph, and a deceased girl from each of her marriages.
Meanwhile, back in the Azores, John and Amelia had two sons, Joseph Hewitt, born on the 24th of April 1859 and Henry Hewitt, born on the 15th of September 1851. (All their children were given the name 'Hewitt'.)
Eight years after their arrival in the Azores, they returned to England, to embark on the Calphumia which sailed for Australia on the 5th May 1853. Amelia was pregnant with their third child, Mary Jane Hewitt, who was born on board the ship in Melbourne Harbour on the 19th of August 1853. They continued on to Sydney, where John's first teaching post was Campsie, now Trevellyn in the Hunter Valley. He opened the school there in October. He was well regarded; an Inspector recorded that \"his teaching was very superior.\" Their fourth child, John Hewitt, was born at nearby Paterson on the 11th of September 1855.
John was transferred to Drayton, near Toowoomba, in August 1856. They were at Drayton for three years until Queensland separated from New South Wales in 1859. Ellen Hewitt was born there on the 20th of October 1858. A son, Nugent, had been born and died the year before.
The high standard of John's teaching was recognised at this school also. Before he left, a public testimonial described him as \"as one of the most able teachers in Queensland.\"
Following Separation John was appointed the first headmaster of the newly built Normal School, making him the first Headmaster of the first State School in the new state of Queensland. It opened on the 2nd of April 1860 and John remained there till his death on 27th of November 1873, aged 45 years of age.
Amelia was left with ten children, five more being born at Moorlands Villa, on the site of what is now the Wesley Hospital. They were Letitia Amelia Hewitt, October 1860, Frank Hewitt, August 1862, Anne Hewitt, July 1864, Florence Hewitt, January 1866 and Charles Hewitt, December 1868.
Throughout his career John attracted official praise for his teaching, discipline and approachability, and he made an indelible mark on Queensland's educational history. The pupil-teacher training system was inaugurated under his direction.
In March 1872 \"after 14 years unremitting mental labour which severely taxed his constitution,\" he became Acting Inspector of the Northern Districts examining all the primary schools north of Brisbane as far as Cardwell.
He returned to the Normal School in September of that year and shortly afterwards was presented with a beautiful timepiece, as a testimony to his worth and ability. The inscription on a silver plate attached to the front of the clock reads: \"Presented to John Rendall, Esq. By the teachers and pupils of the Normal School, Brisbane 1873\". It is now in the possession of John's great-grandson.
John took leave of absence and after an illness of two weeks, the last five days of which he was in severe pain, he died at his home Moorlands Villa on the 27th of November, 1873. The school was closed for the rest of the week as a mark of respect and teachers and pupils alike \"were cast into gloom\".
Normal School, Brisbane, ca. 1885 \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Students from the Normal School, Brisbane, ca. 1872 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
A monument to his memory was erected over his grave by pupils and friends connected with the public schools in Brisbane.
He was buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery at Paddington, Brisbane. After it was closed it fell into disrepair. In 1911 an Act of Parliament enabled the resumption of such cemeteries and allowed them to be redesignated for public use. Relatives had twelve months to arrange for re-interment. John was re-interred in Toowong Cemetery on the 16th of May 1913.
A plaque enclosed in three stones from the old Normal School is incorporated in the wall of Anzac Square Building, Edward Street, Brisbane, commemorating the school and John Rendall's association with it.
John and Amelia were caring persons, sympathetic to the needs of those worse off than themselves. During the financial crash of 1866 when government funds were cut off, they fed many people who came to them for help with milk from their cow and a bowl of potatoes on their front lawn, although being almost as impoverished themselves.
John, with another teacher, Randall MacDonnell, intervened with the Government on behalf of such starving people to get them some relief. He was also a guiding force in the effort to establish a Teachers Union. John was very tolerant in regard to religion.
Following John's death, Amelia and her family supported themselves by operating a series of boarding houses, one of which, Cadarga, was in Milton. Following this she had premises in Gregory Terrace, Holyrood, later owned by the Country Women's Association.
Amelia lived to the ripe old age of 93, spry to the last, and living to see the birth of the first of her great-grandchildren.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#acknowledgement_18","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"This story was contributed by Ruth Inglis.
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"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#james-klaassen-7a1382122","title":"James Klaassen (7A\u2011138\u201121/22)","text":"What have sailing and managing a pub in common? Plenty, if the pub is the Regatta Hotel on the banks of the Brisbane River. James Klaassen owned and was managing the Regatta Hotel, Coronation Drive, Toowong at the time of his death. He won the A.F. Reid Trophy for sailing in Iris, 1916-17. His four sons were enthusiastic and successful participants in the rowing regattas raced on the stretch of Brisbane River in front of his hotel.
James had previously owned a hotel on the site of the present day Mater Mothers' Hospital. He sold this to the Mater and then purchased the famous wrought-iron river landmark, the Regatta Hotel. He also owned a cattle property at Goondiwindi and had his own racing colours.
With an Irish mother and a Danish father, Brisbane-born James Klaassen was associated with the Queensland Irish Association. He was married to Margaret Booker, the eldest daughter of Maryborough pioneer pastoralist, Charles Edward Sydney Booker. James Klaassen died suddenly of heart failure at his home, Ellerslie, Gray Road, Hill End, Brisbane on the 13th of March 1925 leaving a widow and four sons.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#acknowledgement_19","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"This story was contributed by Margaret Klaassen.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#robert-arthur-johnstone-5361516","title":"Robert Arthur Johnstone (5\u201136\u201115/16)","text":"Robert Arthur Johnstone was born at Richmond, Van Diemen's Land in 1843. He was a grandson of George Johnston. He was educated in Scotland, then returned to work with stock in Queensland in 1865. In 1868 he became manager of the first sugar plantation at Bellenden Plains, north of Cardwell. He was appointed sub-inspector of native police for Cardwell in 1871 and his patrols took him into unexplored areas, investigating reports of shipwrecks, murders and massacres. His response to Aboriginal hostilities was sometimes considered extreme. In 1873 he accompanied G. E. Dalrymple to explore the northern coastline to Cooktown. The Johnstone River was named after him, as were a freshwater crocodile and a species of freshwater turtle. In 1876 he named the Barron River. His exploration led to the establishment of Cairns and Innisfail.
In 1881 he became the first police magistrate at Winton. He also served at Bundaberg, Howard, Maryborough and Beenleigh before moving to Toowong, where he died in 1905. He had nine children, of whom three sons and four daughters survived him.
Robert Arthur Johnstone in The Queenslander, 28 January 1905, p. 32, Public Domain.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#acknowledgement_20","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"This story was contributed by Dr Bill Kitson.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#elizabeth-smith-13621","title":"Elizabeth Smith (13\u20116\u201121)","text":"Elizabeth Eldridge was born about 1829. She first married Richard Sheppard Smith, a master mariner. They had three children, Edward, William and Elizabeth.
Edward Eldridge Smith married Margaret Jane Petrie. Margaret was a member of the Petrie family, some of whom are buried at Toowong Cemetery.
William Charles Smith married Catherine Mary Kingsford. They had seven children, Richard, Winifred, Wilfrid, Elsie, Leofric, Eric and Charles. All the children were given the middle name of Kingsford.
Charles became the famous aviator, Sir Charles Kingsford Smith.
After Richard died Elizabeth married his younger brother William, who was also a master mariner. Elizabeth and William had five children, Sydney, Caroline, Albert, Frederick and Louise.
Such marriages were not uncommon during the Victorian period. With little social welfare available and employment opportunities for women few, many remarried, often to men connected with their late husband.
Elizabeth died on the 6th of May 1901, aged 72 years. Elizabeth's second husband, William, and their children Caroline, Albert and Louise are buried in the family grave at Toowong Cemetery.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#acknowledgement_21","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"This story was contributed by Keith Bowerman.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#john-melville-9104","title":"John Melville (9\u201110\u20114)","text":"John Melville was born at Boreham Wood, Hertfordshire, England on the 10th of September 1834. In 1848 he came with his parents under the sponsorship of Dr John Dunmore Lang, to Queensland. They left England in the ship Fortitude on the 4th of September arriving in Moreton Bay during January 1849. In 1851 when the gold rush started in Victoria, John went to try his luck but returned to Brisbane at Christmas 1854 to visit his family. He then met Sir (then Mr) A. C. Gregory and was asked to join his Great Northern exploration party for the purpose of exploring the Victoria and Albert Rivers, an invitation which he accepted.
The party consisted of 18 members, including Augustus C. Gregory as Commander, his brother, H.C. Gregory as Assistant Commander and Ferdinand von Muller, who was a botanist.
They left Brisbane on the 12th of August 1855 in two vessels, The Monarch and the Tom Tough, and the experiences related by John were always a source of pleasure to his friends who were privileged to hear them. He was the last surviving member of this expedition. After returning from the expedition John was engaged in survey work until 1871, when he acted as chainman to Mr George Phillips, who had been engaged to survey part of the present cemetery at Toowong. In 1873 John was appointed overseer of the cemetery by the Trustees, the position he held for 38 years. During which time he endeared himself to all by his kindness and courtesy. He passed away at the age of 77 years and was survived by his widow, two sons and three daughters.
His grand-daughter, Mrs Joyce Glassop, remembers the house where John Melville and his family lived. It was later demolished when the Toowong Bus Depot was built.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#acknowledgement_22","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"This story was contributed by Joyce Glassop.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#david-henry-chapman-4381011","title":"David Henry Chapman (4\u201138\u201110/11)","text":""},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#percival-louis-chapman-4381011","title":"Percival Louis Chapman (4\u201138\u201110/11)","text":""},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#eric-austin-chapman-4381011","title":"Eric Austin Chapman (4\u201138\u201110/11)","text":""},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#margaret-agnes-chapman-4381011","title":"Margaret Agnes Chapman (4\u201138\u201110/11)","text":"The Chapman family tragedy unfolded over a number of years. The first death in the family was that of David Chapman, who died on the 20th of October 1923, aged 17. Less than two years later, on the 12th of February 1925, his brother, Percival, died aged 15. Almost a year later, yet another brother, Eric, died on the 11th of January 1926 aged 14. No more children died for ten years, until their sister, Margaret, died on the 1st of July 1936 aged 23.
What could have caused this tragic string of deaths? According to a family member, they all died of lead poisoning. After the rain, the children would lick the water off the railings because it tasted sweet. In those days, paint containing lead was widely used. The family was oblivious to the danger for years.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#acknowledgement_23","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"This story was contributed by Ron Gibson.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#robert-anderson-wightman-1815415","title":"Robert Anderson Wightman (18\u2011154\u201115)","text":""},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#jeanie-greenlees-wightman-1815415","title":"Jeanie Greenlees Wightman (18\u2011154\u201115)","text":"Robert Wightman was born on the 3rd of February 1853 at Tradeston, Scotland. He was an architect and a member of the Plantation U. F. Church for forty years and held all of the offices of the congregation during that time.
Robert married Jeanie Greenlees Dunsmore on the 12th June of 1883. Her father was Henry Dunsmore and her mother was Agnes Carruth. Jeanie was born on the 15th of July 1856 in Glasgow, Scotland.
Robert entered the Town Council of Govan, Scotland in 1893 as a representative of the sixth ward, and continued as such for sixteen years. Shortly after his election he was promoted convener of the Watching and Lighting Committee, and in this capacity initiated the movement which resulted in the Council deciding to manufacture electricity for the use of the burgh. His wife, Jeanie, was said to have turned on the first electric light in Govan.
Robert also served terms representing the Govan Council on the Combination Hospital Board for two terms, while he filled the Magistrates chair for three years very successfully.
Robert and Jeanie with two of their sons, Henry and Robert, and their daughter Jeanie migrated to Australia on the S.S. Omrah in 1911. Their eldest son Thomas was already a resident here. The family resided at Ascog Terrace, Toowong. Robert became a member of the committee for the management of Toowong Presbyterian Church. Robert Anderson Wightman died on Christmas Day 1921 at his home at Toowong.
Jeanie Greenlees Wightman died on the 10th of October 1936 at the age of 80 years. She was knocked down by a truck one Saturday morning while shopping in Toowong. She was buried in the same grave as her husband.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#acknowledgement_24","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"This story was contributed by Dorothy Collyer.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#emma-miller-13656","title":"Emma Miller (13\u20116\u20115/6)","text":"Emma Miller is greatly honoured in Brisbane. The parkland located between the Roma Street Station and Albert Street Uniting Church carries the name Emma Miller Place and is noted for public oratory. There is a statue of her in King George Square, a white marble bust in the Trades Hall in Peel Street, South Brisbane, and a memorial headstone in Toowong Cemetery.
A feature of some of these marks of honour is the inscription: \"The world is my country, to do good is my religion\". This was the motto of Emma Miller. She was a women whose tremendous moral courage enabled her to endure the contempt and ridicule of the privileged in her lifelong drive to counter poverty and oppression wherever she encountered it.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#acknowledgement_25","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"This story was contributed by Noni Malone.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#william-ernest-schleusener-181922","title":"William Ernest Schleusener (18\u2011192\u20112)","text":"William Ernest Schleusener was born in Brisbane in 1881. His musical education began in earnest at the age of eleven, when he joined a church choir as an alto. In 1897 he became a member of the Queensland Railway Orchestra, playing the flute and piccolo. Always eager to learn more, William then took lessons on the contra bass. He became the contra bassist for Brisbane's three principal orchestras of the time. In 1906 William was appointed solo bass singer of the Albert Street Church choir and was elected Deputy Conductor.
William had the honour of singing before royalty, the Duke and Duchess of York, at Government House in 1904.
In November the same year, William took a quartet to Toowoomba, where they won first prize in a competition. This was the first of many competition wins. He even received a perfect score of 100 from one adjudicator.
At Easter 1909, William travelled to Sydney where he won the Grand Champion Baritone Solo at the Commonwealth Eisteddfod. He received a citation from the Queensland Railway Commissioner's Office to commemorate this feat. Up to this point, William had never been defeated in any solo vocal competition.
William died at the age of 43 and was buried at Toowong Cemetery on the 29th of November 1924.
"},{"location":"about/extraordinary-stories/#acknowledgement_26","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"
This story was contributed by Bill Schleusener.
"},{"location":"about/federation-pavilion/","title":"Federation Pavilion","text":"The Federation Pavilion commemorates the contribution of the delegates who attended the 1891 Australian Federation Convention that are buried at the Toowong Cemetery. It was officially opened on 3 March 2001.
This Pavilion honours Samuel Walker Griffith John Donaldson Thomas MacDonald\u2011Paterson and Arthur Rutledge Queensland delegates to the 1891 Australian Federation Convention Who are interred nearby
"},{"location":"about/federation-pavilion/#four-stones-tell-the-delegates-stories","title":"Four stones tell the delegate's stories.","text":"This Pavilion commemorates Four men who were among the seven Queensland delegates to the 1891 National Australasian Convention which led to the federation of the Australian States in 1901. Under the leadership of Griffith the Australian Constitution was drafted at this convention. They are buried in Toowong Cemetery.
"},{"location":"about/federation-pavilion/#samuel-walker-griffith","title":"Samuel Walker Griffith","text":"Sir Samuel Walker Griffith (1845-1920) was born in Wales and migrated to Australia as a child. He was a brilliant student and at the age of 18 unsuccessfully applied for the position of Ipswich Grammar School Headmaster, having graduated from Sydney University with Honours in maths and classics. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1872, and was Attorney General and twice Premier of Queensland. He was Vice President of the National Australasian Convention and Chairman of the Drafting Committee. His political career included both rivalry with the conservative Premier Sir Thomas McIlwrath (1835-1907) and a period of government in coalition with him, in 1893. He left government to become Chief Justice of Queensland and from 1903 to 1919 was the first Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia. His literary achievements include the translation of Dante\u2019s Divine Comedy ('in the hendacasyllabic measure of the original Italian') published in 1911 by Oxford University. Grave No. 12-11-6/7
"},{"location":"about/federation-pavilion/#john-donaldson","title":"John Donaldson","text":"John Donaldson (1841-1896) was a Queensland pastoralist and a member of the Council of United Pastoralists' Association during the Great Strikes. He served as Colonial Treasurer from 1889-1890 during turbulent times in Queensland. Grave No. 12-47-13
"},{"location":"about/federation-pavilion/#thomas-macdonald-paterson","title":"Thomas MacDonald-Paterson","text":"Thomas Macdonald\u2011Paterson (1844-1906) arrived from Scotland in 1861. He was a Butcher, Solicitor, Investor, Mayor of Rockhampton, MLA 1878-1885 and 1896-1901, MLC from 1885 to 1896 and the first Federal Member of Brisbane of the Australian House of Representatives from 1901 to 1903. He was a supporter of the Separation for North Queensland. Grave No. 12\u201153-10
"},{"location":"about/federation-pavilion/#arthur-rutledge","title":"Arthur Rutledge","text":"Sir Arthur Rutledge (1843-1917) came to Queensland as a Wesleyan Minister. He was an MLA from 1878 to 1893 and 1899 to 1904. A Barrister and later a Judge of the District Courts. He opposed separation, was a Liberal, supporter of Griffith, and Attorney General from 1883 to 1888. Grave No. 13\u201149\u201115
"},{"location":"about/federation-pavilion/#acknowledgements","title":"Acknowledgements","text":"This Pavilion was erected by the Friends of Toowong Cemetery Association Inc. with the support from the Commonwealth Government. Opened on the Third of March 2001 by Hon. Arch Bevis MP, Federal Minister for Brisbane and Judy Magub, Councillor for Toowong With thanks also to the Brisbane City Council for assistance and the Queensland Community Assistance Program of Centenary of Federation for a grant to restore the four graves
"},{"location":"about/federation-pavilion/#learn-more","title":"Learn more","text":"There are 52 information signs beside memorials and graves of notable people remembered in Toowong Cemetery.
The table below lists people described in the information signs, their location, and any known damage.
Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help locate the information signs.
Sign Title Location Damage War Memorial Canon Garland Place Edward McGregor 4-16-17/18 Caskey Memorial 4-17-18 'A' Battery Memorial 4-36-1 Ann and Walter Hill 6-21-9 Anne Devoy 7-7-34 John Burke 7-19-1 Peter Gaffney 7-19-23 Sign missing, Post in place. Potential wording for replacement sign Randal MacDonnell 7-20-10 Joseph Darragh 7-27-11 James Thomas Mooney 7-45-10 William Grene Power 7-45-18 Thomas Joseph Byrnes 7-47-5 Andrew Purcell 7-50-1 Sign missing, Post in place. Potential wording for replacement sign John Ahern 7-51-4 William Augustine O'Carroll 7-54-9 Sign missing, Post in place. Potential wording for replacement sign John McDermott 7-56-3 Sign missing, Post in place. Potential wording for replacement sign Kevin Izod O'Doherty 7-58-27 Thomas Joseph Ryan 7A-3A-1 John Leahy 7A-4-3 John Melville 9-10-14 post removed from ground Mary Douglas 9-34-5 Robert Cribb 9-37-6 post removed from ground George Prentice 9-41-4 Sign unreadable, Post in place. Potential wording for replacement sign Florence Griffiths Buchanan 11-33-4 Sir Samuel Walker Griffith 12-11-6/7 Sir Charles Lilley 12-15-15 Elizabeth Jane Kingsbury 12-42-12/13 John Donaldson 12-47-13 Thomas Macdonald-Paterson 12-53-10 Infant Graves 13-3-12 Sign unreadable, Post in place. Petrie Family 13-5-3 Thomas Welsby 13-9-1 Pioneer Children 13-10-4 Charles Patterson 13-30-10 George Rilatt 13-33-12 Bancroft Family 13-35-3 Sir Arthur Rutledge 13-49-15 post removed from ground Robert Russell Smellie 13-60-5/10 James William Wassell 13-65-10 Sign unreadable, Post in place. Potential wording for replacement sign Trooper John Cobb 13-68-16 John Turner 13-70-8 Carl Adolf Feilberg 13-71-15 Sign missing, Post in place. Potential wording for replacement sign Raff Bothers 13-79-1/2 Finney and Isles 13-81-5/6 post damaged but still in place. Kenneth Hutchison 13-82-6 Sign missing, Post in place. Draft replacement sign. Hi-res photo. Dorothy Hawthorn 13-83-1/2 post removed from ground Sir Maurice O'Connell 13-83-9/10 Bell Family 13-84-8/9 Sir Arthur Palmer 13-88-7 Governor Blackall Mount Blackall Sir Anthony Musgrave 14-23-7/15Volunteer - report a damaged sign
Unfortunately signs are often vandalised in the cemetery. Contact us if you find a damaged sign.
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"},{"location":"about/publications/","title":"Publications","text":"Friends of Toowong Cemetery have published the following resources:
"},{"location":"about/publications/#colonel-samuel-wensley-blackall-1809-1871","title":"Colonel Samuel Wensley Blackall: 1809-1871","text":"Colonel Samuel Wensley Blackall: 1809-1871, published in 2011, celebrates the 140th anniversary of the first year of operation of the Brisbane General Cemetery, now known as the Toowong Cemetery, and the internment of the first person buried there, Governor Samuel Wensley Blackall.
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The Toowong Cemetery 140th Anniversary Commemoration DVD is available for purchase.
"},{"location":"about/road-signs/","title":"Toowong Cemetery Road Signs","text":"Some Toowong Cemetery road signs need replacement or repair:
New signs could be added to make wayfinding in the cemetery easier.
The table below is our prioritised recommendations for road sign improvements in Toowong Cemetery.
Intersection Current Sign Recommendation Priority Richer St & 9th Boundary Road Replace with Dr. Lilian\u00a0Cooper Drive sign 1 Richer St & 9th 9th Avenue Replace with new format sign 6 Richer St & 9th Add Dr. Lilian\u00a0Cooper Drive sign pointing towards Federation Ave. 5 Pat Hill & Pride of Erin Dr. Lilian\u00a0Cooper Drive n/a Pat Hill & Pride of Erin Pat Hill Drive n/a Pat Hill & Pride of Erin Pride of Erin Drive n/a Walter Ralston & Pride of Erin Pride of Erin Drive n/a Walter Ralston & Pride of Erin Walter Ralston Avenue n/a Walter Ralston & Francis Forde Francis Forde Avenue n/a Francis Forde & 2nd Boundary Road Replace with Francis Forde Avenue sign 1 Francis Forde & 2nd 2nd Avenue Replace unreadable sign 2 Francis Forde & 5th Francis Forde Avenue n/a Francis Forde & 5th Add 5th Avenue sign 5 5th & Steele Rudd 5th Avenue Replace damaged sign 2 5th & Steele Rudd 4th Avenue Replace with Steele Rudd Avenue sign 1 Steel Rudd & Peter Jackson Steel Rudd Avenue n/a Steel Rudd & Peter Jackson Peter Jackson Parade n/a Steel Rudd & 6th Steel Rudd Avenue Straighten sign 3 Steel Rudd & 6th 6th Avenue ? n/a 6th & 3rd 6th Avenue Replace with taller pole and new format sign 6 6th & 3rd 3rd Avenue Replace with taller pole and new format sign 6 3rd & Peter Jackson 3rd Avenue Replace unreadable sign 2 Peter Jackson & 2nd 2nd Avenue Replace unreadable sign 2 Peter Jackson & 2nd Boundary Road Replace with Peter Jackson Parade sign 4 Peter Jackson & 1st 1st Avenue Replace unreadable sign 2 Peter Jackson & 1st Add Peter Jackson Parade sign 4 Garland & 1st Garland Avenue n/a 1st & 2nd 2nd Avenue Replace unreadable sign 2 1st & 2nd 1st Avenue Replace unreadable sign 2 2nd & Elizabeth Dale Add Elizabeth Dale Walk sign 4 2nd & 3rd Add 3rd Avenue sign 4 2nd & 3rd 2nd Avenue Replace unreadable sign 2 2nd & Walter Ralston Add Walter Ralston Avenue sign 4 Second & Walter Ralston Add 2nd Avenue sign 4 Elizabeth Dale & O'Doherty O'Doherty Avenue n/a O'Doherty & 10th Add 10th Avenue sign 5 O'Doherty & 10th Add O'Doherty Avenue sign 5 10th & Pat Hill 10th Avenue Replace unreadable sign 2 10th & Pat Hill 8th Avenue Replace with Pat Hill Drive sign 1 9th & Pat Hill Add 9th Avenue sign 5 O'Doherty & Pat Hill O'Doherty Avenue n/a Pat Hill & Charles Heaphy Pat Hill Drive n/a Pat Hill & Charles Heaphy Charles Heaphy Drive n/a Charles Heaphy & Elizabeth Dale Elizabeth Dale Walk n/a Charles Heaphy & Emma Miller Charles Heaphy Drive n/a Charles Heaphy & Emma Miller Emma Miller Avenue Add Emma Miller Avenue sign 5 Emma Miller & Walter Brown Walter Brown Avenue n/a Emma Miller & Walter Hill Emma Miller Avenue n/a Emma Miller & Walter Hill Walter Hill Drive n/a Walter Hill & Lilian\u00a0Cooper Walter Hill Drive n/a Walter Hill & Lilian\u00a0Cooper Dr. Lilian\u00a0Cooper Drive n/a Federation & Walter Brown Walter Brown Avenue n/a Federation & Walter Brown Federation Avenue n/a Entrance & Soldiers Parade Soldiers Parade n/aPriorities:
As there is only one 10th Avenue sign and it is unreadable, there is an opportunity to rename the road after someone notable buried nearby. Candidates include:
We should avoid road names that already exist in Toowong or nearby suburbs.
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Pioneer Children's Graves (13-10-4), Queensland's oldest surviving headstones from the 1830's
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Friends of Toowong Cemetery and the University of Queensland Archaeology Department, have been searching for buried headstones in the cemetery grounds since 2006.
Headstones uncovered in the archaeological digs are believed to come from two sources:
Individual graves and headstones are owned by private families. Whilst the Brisbane City Council maintains the cemetery, maintenance of graves is the families responsibility. With the average age of graves being ~80 years old, it is often difficult to find family members to notify them that the historic headstones of their family are at risk of falling down.
Friends of Toowong Cemetery President, Darcy Maddock, explains to Radio Station 4BC the dilemma of maintaining graves in Toowong Cemetery .
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The headstones discovered in Toowong Cemetery Archaeological digs are believed to come from two sources:
Archaeologist Dr. Jon Prangell from The University of Queensland, and member of Friends of Toowong Cemetery, explains to Radio Station 4BC how the city\u2019s forgotten headstones are being rediscovered.
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By 1914, headstones from the closed Paddington Cemetery that hadn't been relocated to other cemeteries were placed in a reserved area beside Christ Church Milton.
In the 1930's these headstones disappeared. Some of the headstones have been found buried in Toowong Cemetery.
Paddington Cemetery ca. 1900's \u2014 Brisbane City Council. Cropped. This photo is captioned 'Memorials standing in the reserved area' in Volume 2 of the 1914 Parliamentary papers.
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Abbreviation Name or Honorific Prefix Alf. Alfred Capt. Captain Chas. Charles Ed. Edward Eliz. Elizabeth Fdk. Frederick Fredk. Frederick Geo. George Hy. Henry Jos. Joseph Margt. Margaret Rev. Reverend Rich. Richard Robt. Robert Thos. Thomas Theop. Theophillus Wm. WilliamWhere additional information has been discovered, it has been added to the table. For example, Headstone 107 recorded 'E. Hartnoll' has the inscription 'Eliza' on the headstone.
Eliza Hartnoll's headstone discovered in a Toowong Cemetery Archaeological Dig.
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The burial grounds had seven distinct denominational sections: Episcopalian (Anglican), Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, Jewish, Wesleyan Methodist, Congregational, and Baptist.
By 1907 there were calls to turn the neglected burial grounds into a park and sports field. In 1911 the Queensland Government passed the Paddington Cemetery Act allowing them to move the bodies to another location.
View of the Brisbane suburb of Milton, ca. 1870 Photograph taken in the vicinity of Caxton Street, Petrie Terrace, looking due west across the intersection of Judge and Hale Streets and across the Milton Cemetery. The mortuary chapel visible in the centre of the photograph was converted to a church in 1873, and was demolished when Christ Church (Milton) was constructed in 1874-76 \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
Paddington Cemeteries Plans from Appendix 8 in Volume 2 of the 1914 Parliamentary papers.
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The Paddington Memorial commemorates people originally buried in the North Brisbane Burial Grounds, now interred at Toowong Cemetery. The Paddington Memorial plaque reads:
The North Brisbane Burial Grounds at Paddington were opened by 1844 and became the final resting place for thousands of Brisbane's inhabitants over the ensuing decades. Following the opening of the Brisbane General Cemetery of Toowong in 1875, the seven sectarian cemeteries were gradually abandoned. By the end of the 19th century, the site had fallen into a state of disrepair. A decision was made in 1911 to have the Paddington Cemetery converted to public parklands. The memorials were subsequently removed and the opportunity was provided to relatives to relocate the remains and or memorials to other cemeteries including Toowong. Only a few hundred bodies were removed leaving several thousand on the site that became known as Lang Park.
Lang Park evolved into an iconic inner-city sports ground, with a major redevelopment of the stadium from 2001 to 2003. This resulted in the necessary excavation of sections of the former burial grounds that would be disturbed by construction. A methodical archaeological investigation was undertaken, and the fragmentary remains of 394 unidentified individuals were exhumed from the Episopalian (Anglican), Roman Catholic, and Presbyterian cemeteries. The remains were interred in this memorial in July 2003.
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Appendix 3 in Volume 2 of the 1914 Parliamentary papers states 105 headstones were moved, Wm. Stokes' headstone wasn't counted as it was 'Removed at the applicants expense'.\u00a0\u21a9
The oldest grave in Toowong Cemetery is of Governor Samuel Blackall who was buried on 3 January 1871.
The oldest surviving headstone in Queensland is from 15 November 1831 and can be found in Toowong Cemetery.
Pioneer Children's Graves (13-10-4), Queensland's oldest surviving headstones from the 1830's
Three children, William Henry Roberts, Peter McCauley, and Jane Pittard were originally interred on the banks of the Brisbane River. They were re\u2011interred at Toowong Cemetery in October 1881.
Map of Brisbane, 1844 Map of Brisbane drawn by C. F. Gerler. This basic map has a numbered list of 48 locations in the bottom right corner. Number 48 is \"The First Tombstone (two graves)\" \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
Pioneer Children's Graves (Riverbank). Approximately at the location on the Riverbank in-between Herschell and Tank Streets. Source unknown.
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The tomb lid originally had a bible verse inscribed on it based on Matthew 19:14:
Suffer the little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such belongeth the Kingdom of God.
It has since been lost to weathering. After the death of their son, the Roberts family returned to Sydney in 1834.
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Members of the Ancient Order of Forester, Court Brunswick, Brisbane, 1922, State Library of Queensland Australian Natives' Association's allegorial display, Brisbane, 1901, State Library of Queensland
St. Patrick's Day procession, Queen Street, Brisbane, 1903 \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Note the 'HACBS' (Hibernian Australia Catholic Benefit Society) shown on the banner. Independent Order of Rechabites, Brisbane, ca. 1933 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
Most organisations had rules, ranks and rites and developed a symbolic language which identified its members either by acronym or sign. Members were expected to turn out at funerals of the brethren or close relatives.
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Her beloved Husband and our loving Father Andrew Norman Davidson V.W. Free Accepted Masons Scottish Constitution U.G.L.Q. Born Longreach. Q 2nd March 1898\u30fb Died 12th July 1979 Brothers we shall meet again
The \"V.W.\" after Andrew Norman Davidson's name may indicate he held the rank of Very Worshipful Brother. The rank is usually indicated as a \"VW Bro.\" prefix before the person's name. Freemason ranks ascend through a hierarchy:
\"U.G.L.Q.\" stands for the \"United Grand Lodge Queensland\" which was formed through the amalgamation of several governing Masonic bodies in Queensland in 1921. Different Grand Lodges practiced slightly different versions of the Masonic rituals. When U.G.L.Q. formed, they did so with the proviso that Lodges could continue practicing their ritual's if they wished, or change to a recently revised U.G.L.Q. ritual. Most of the Scottish Lodges retained their original rituals, giving rise to the idea of \"Scottish Constitution\" lodges.1
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Wooden Hand - Heart in Hand \u2014 Museums Victoria Manchester Unity Independent Order of Odd Fellows, ca. 1910 \u2014 State Library of Queensland
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Acronym Name Organisation Type Location AHCG Australasian Holy Catholic Guild Friendly Society pp-ss-gg ANA Australian Natives Association Friendly Society pp-ss-gg AOF Ancient Order of Foresters Friendly Society 1-29-8 AOOF Ancient Order of Odd Fellows Friendly Society pp-ss-gg EC English Constitution Freemasonry pp-ss-gg GUOOF Grand United Order of Odd Fellows Friendly Society pp-ss-gg HACBS Hibernian Australia Catholic Benefit Society Friendly Society pp-ss-gg IC Irish Constitution Freemasonry 13-83-9/10 INF Irish National Foresters Friendly Society pp-ss-gg IOGT Independent Order of Good Templars Temperance pp-ss-gg IOOF Independent Order of Odd Fellows Friendly Society pp-ss-gg IOR Independent Order of Rechabites Temperance pp-ss-gg LOI Loyal Orange Institute pp-ss-gg MUIOOF Manchester Unity Independent Order of Odd Fellows Friendly Society 9-16-9 NIOOF National Independent Order of Odd Fellows Friendly Society pp-ss-gg ODT Order of the Daughters of Temperance Temperance pp-ss-gg OES Order of the Eastern Star Friendly Society 1-147-26 OST Order of the Sons of Temperance Temperance pp-ss-gg PAFS Protestant Alliance Friendly Society Friendly Society pp-ss-gg RA Royal Arch Friendly Society pp-ss-gg RAOB Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes Friendly Society pp-ss-gg RBP Royal Black Preceptory 2 pp-ss-gg SC Scottish Constitution Freemasonry 25-46-17 UAOD United Ancient Order of Druids Friendly Society pp-ss-gg UOSMS United Operative Stonemasons Society of Queensland Friendly Society pp-ss-gg UGL United Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Freemasonry 25-46-17Volunteer - share a headstone photo
Have you found the location of a Friendly Society Sign? Contact us with the details.
Unlike the Clasped Hands symbol showing a man and women holding hands (based on the cuffs), on some Friendly Society official's headstones you'll find two men shaking hands.
The image on the right is from the headstone of Richard Silas Bowden - Past Grand Master of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Odd Fellows (20\u201120\u201135/36)
John Campbell's headstone shows the Order of the Eastern Star sign within the Freemason's compass and square. The Order of the Eastern Star is a Masonic appendant body open to both men and women. (1\u2011147\u201126)
Maurice O'Connell's memorial in the shows he played an important role in the Queensland Freemasons and followed the Irish Constitution. (13-83-9/10)
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You can find signs of Friendly Societies in the local area such as:
Thanks to VW Bro. Brodie Taylor, Grand Librarian, Freemasons Queensland, for his contribution.\u00a0\u21a9
Royal Black Preceptory is an extension of the Loyal Orange Institute.\u00a0\u21a9
The Toowong Cemetery is a Brisbane icon and was once the city's main cemetery. Toowong Cemetery officially opened in July 1875, however burials took place from 1871 (most notably Queensland's second governor, Colonel Samuel Blackall in 1871).
Toowong Cemetery opened during Queen Victoria's life (1819 - 1901) and you'll see the traditions and symbols from her reign throughout the cemetery.
In Portion 2 of the cemetery, at the intersection of Soldiers Parade and Garland Avenue, you'll find a display of symbols on headstones. Some headstones are from the old Paddington cemetery which closed in 1914.
Headstones within the Cemetery come in many shapes and contain mysterious signs. Throughout the first half of the 19th Century headstones featuring bust of heads and shoulders were very popular. However by the 1880's angels, messengers of God and pillars had become fashionable. Most of these were placed on a three-tiered base, to represent faith, hope and charity.
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Columns are indicative of heaven and their height implies the social status of the person buried. A broken column represents the break between life on earth and in heaven, and also a life cut short. Columns were also used to represent the loss of the head of family.
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An obelisk is defined as a thin, four-sided tapering monument ending in a pyramid at the top. The height of the obelisk also indicates the importance of the deceased.
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Plants can represent a person's birthplace (such as thistles from Scotland) and also reflect religious meanings. See the grave of Michael McCormack and his wife Elizabeth (1-20-9) where ivy symbolises hope and mortality. Roses are another symbol that has multiple interpretations (including beauty, hope and love) and they are often associated with the Virgin Mary. The age of the deceased can also be revealed by the size of the flower or plant - a bud represents a child, and a full flower represents an adult.
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Urns are a Greek symbol of mourning and represent the process of death, where the body becomes dust while the spirit rests with God. When the urn is draped it becomes a symbol of the house mourning.
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In Steele Rudd Avenue you'll find a collection of broken headstones. Where did they come from? Why are they here? What is planned?
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Gillon, E. (1972). Victorian Cemetery Art. New York: Dover Publications
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"},{"location":"research/","title":"Research Resources","text":"Free tools to help you research family and local history:
Search Trove to read obituaries and other newspaper articles about people interred in Toowong Cemetery. Obituaries have been extracted from the newspaper holdings of the National Library of Australia.
Each list item will give you a direct link to the newspaper article as well as the grave number.
The Australian Dictionary of Biography is Australia's pre-eminent dictionary of national biography. In it you will find concise, informative and fascinating descriptions of the lives of significant and representative persons in Australian history.
Search for \"Toowong Cemetery\" for the biographies of 190 of the most prominent people buried at Toowong Cemetery.
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1905 \u2014 8 October 1990
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In loving memory of Agnes Helen (Nell) Storie Born 1. 1. 1905 Mullumbimby N.S.W. Died 8. 10. 1990 Brisbane Qld. A Great Lady : A Great Mother She closed her eyes and stood in peace before a smiling God
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"},{"location":"research/agnes-kathrine-isambert/","title":"Agnes Kathrine Isambert","text":"1874 \u2014 7 June 1956
"},{"location":"research/agnes-kathrine-isambert/#agnes-kathrine-isambert-75956","title":"Agnes Kathrine Isambert (7\u201159\u20115/6)","text":"Agnes Isambert was born in 1874. She trained at the Brisbane General Hospital between 1897 and 1899 and became a member of the ATNA in 1904 and a councillor of the Association between 1912 and 1919. Agnes was engaged in private nursing at the Walmer Nursing Home and the Colmslie Plague Hospital until 1913 when she returned to the Brisbane General Hospital to obtain her midwifery certificate. She then became Matron of the St Mary\u2019s Hospital in Ipswich. From 1904 to 1914, Agnes was a member of the Australian Army Nursing Service Reserve. During World War One she sailed aboard the Kyarra and was eventually appointed to the No. 1 Australian General Hospital in Heliopolis in 1916. A former resident of Red Hill, she died on 7 June 1956 aged 83. She was the daughter of John and Margaret Isambert.
30894 Agnes Kathrine Isambert papers 1902-1916 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/agnes-susan-maclean/","title":"Agnes Susan MacLean","text":"7 June 1826 \u2014 20 January 1911
"},{"location":"research/agnes-susan-maclean/#agnes-susan-maclean-510719","title":"Agnes Susan MacLean (5\u2011107\u201119)","text":"Susannah Agnes Kable, as she was christened, was the grand-daughter of First Fleet convicts Henry Kable and Susannah Holmes and Second Fleet marine William Charlton and convict Mary Gittos. Born in Bathurst, Susannah was the eldest of six children. Susannah's father, William Nathaniel Kable, died when she was eleven. Her mother, Elizabeth, remarried and with her new husband, Matthew Smith Finley, had another five children.
When Susannah was about six and living in Bathurst, her mother Elizabeth went one night to investigate an intruder in their house. An escaped convict was hiding in the bedroom. Taking the only weapon at hand, a small cobbler's hammer, Elizabeth levelled it at the intruder as if it was a pistol, saying \"If you move, I'll fire.\" While covering the man with the hammer, she managed to attract the attention of a household servant. When the escapee found that he had been taken by a woman with a hammer, he vowed vengeance. The family lived in fear of his escaping again until he was sent to Cockatoo Island for a lengthy sentence.
When Susannah was 19, she married John Shand Maclean, the son of a Equity Court judge in Jamaica. John had arrived in Australia seven years earlier in 1838. The first of Susannah's ten children was born in 1847. Susannah followed her husband around as he pursued his various interests. John attempted farming and for a time taught at a gentlemen's academy in the Richmond area of New South she gave Wales.
Susannah was in Bathurst in 1853, where she gave birth to her third son. By 1856, where the ever-growing family had settled in the Burnett region of Queensland. Susannah's final four children were born on various cattle properties in the Burnett region.
Susannah struggled to raise her growing family with only the occasional help of indifferent servants. She was often left alone in the unlined slab house. At times Susannah would see eyes peering at her through the cracks. To ward them off, she would take a firearm from the rack and handle it as if she was about to use it. Her ruse appeared to have worked.
Tragedy struck in November 1862 when John fell off a horse and died on Gyandrah Station near Cracow, Queensland. Susannah was left with ten children under the age of fifteen and a cattle property to manage. She suffered another setback in the 1870s when a fire swept through Gyandrah, destroying all her photographs and heirlooms.
Susannah brought up her large family with the assistance of her brother and sister-in-law on a nearby property. The children learnt to swim in the Dawson River and reputedly all became expert riders.
In 1884 Susannah's youngest child, Eric, married sixteen-year-old Elizabeth Penhallurick at her residence at Westwood, via Rockhampton. From about this time, Mrs Agnes Maclean, as she became known, developed a reputation as a midwife, delivering many children in district, including a number of her own grandchildren. In October 1893, Agnes delivered Elizabeth's second son at Westwood. While Eric and Elizabeth had moved north to Bowen by 1895, it seems that Agnes moved south.
Agnes claimed the right to vote in 1905, her 80th year. She was registered on the electoral rolls as living with her youngest daughter, Elvina, and her schoolmaster husband, Charles Marshall, at the Nerang State School.
Agnes died of nephritis at the Nerang Hospital on the 20th of January 1911. She was buried at Toowong Cemetery next to her sister-in-law, Mary Ann Kable.
The grave of Agnes Susan Maclean was restored in 1998 with funds provided by the Kable family.
"},{"location":"research/agnes-susan-maclean/#acknowledgement","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"This story was contributed by Wendy O'Brien.
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"},{"location":"research/alan-taylor/","title":"Alan Taylor","text":""},{"location":"research/alan-taylor/#alan-taylor-3131a","title":"Alan Taylor (3\u201113\u20111A)","text":"He was climbing the face of Mt Tibrogargan with two other University climbers. They were ascending without safety ropes. He fell to his death and the Jewish Community was deeply shocked at the loss of this fine young man.
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"},{"location":"research/albert-charles-cox/","title":"Albert Charles Cox","text":"8 December 1892 \u2014 29 January 1925
"},{"location":"research/albert-charles-cox/#albert-charles-cox-202312","title":"Albert Charles Cox (20\u201123\u20111/2)","text":"Albert \"Bert\" Cox born 8 December 1892, joined the Australian Imperial Force in May 1916, holding the rank of 2nd Lieutenant at the end of World War One. Prior to the war he was an electrical engineer. In August 1918 he received a gunshot wound to his left cheek and was sent to hospital in England for treatment. By the time he left hospital, the war was over. His wound required further treatment and he did not leave England until October 1919 and was not discharged from the Australian Imperial Force until March 1921.
He then joined the City Electric Light Co as an electrical engineer. On 29 January 1925 he was erecting new wires at the Company's substation in Ipswich Road when he touched a live wire. Death was instantaneous.
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"},{"location":"research/albert-edward-victor-whitford/","title":"Albert Edward Victor Whitford","text":"1877 \u2014 29 January 1924
"},{"location":"research/albert-edward-victor-whitford/#albert-edward-victor-whitford-15640","title":"Albert Edward Victor Whitford (15\u20116\u201140)","text":"Whitford was born in 1877 in Woolwich, England, son of Charles Whitford and Dora Kelly. He married Ethel Scott in Sydney and had two sons and two daughters. Arriving in Queensland in 1910, he worked as a tailor in Childers. Whitford was the MLA for Burrum from March 1918 to October 1920. He was murdered in Albert Square on 29 January 1924 by returned serviceman, James William Laydon.
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"},{"location":"research/albert-ensor/","title":"Albert Ensor","text":"5 December 1872 \u2014 5 May 1950
"},{"location":"research/albert-ensor/#albert-ensor-204856","title":"Albert Ensor (20\u201148\u20115/6)","text":"Albert, his wife Clara and family arrived in Brisbane in June 1912. Albert, whose trade was house painter, was born in Birmingham on 5 December 1872 to John Robert Ensor and Emma Jane (n\u00e9e Robbins). In May 1917, at the age of 44years and 5 months, he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force and trained as a machine gunner before eventually being deployed to France in August 1918. He stayed on in France after the Armistice to assist with the repatriation of soldiers.
On his return to Brisbane, he resumed his previous occupation of house painter. Family lore has it that he was involved in doing interior plaster work and painting in the Regent Theatre in Queen Street which opened in 1919. Albert died on 5 May 1950 at the age of 77.
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"},{"location":"research/albert-williams-gyler/","title":"Albert Williams Gyler","text":"Born 1892
"},{"location":"research/albert-williams-gyler/#private-albert-williams-gyler-24165","title":"Private Albert Williams Gyler (2\u201141\u201165)","text":"3rd Depot Battalion
Born in Newcastle 1892, enlisted Gin Gin Queensland at 23 year of age. Records say he was a labourer. Next of Kin was his Mother, Sarah Elizebeth Gyler n\u00e9e Holden.
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"},{"location":"research/alex-gow/","title":"Alex Gow","text":"19 October 1861 \u2014 2 May 1919
"},{"location":"research/alex-gow/#alex-gow-135934","title":"Alex Gow (13\u201159\u20113/4)","text":"Alexander Gow was born in Fife, Scotland, on 19 October 1861 son of James Gow and Christian Philp. In 1865, he arrived in Brisbane where his father operated a grocery store. Alex Gow trained as a compositor and worked in the printing trade. On 24 March 1884 at her parents\u2019 home in New Farm, he married Mary Inglis Mathewson. There were seven children from the marriage.
In 1908 he purchased the interest of George Sillett in the undertaking firm Sillett and Barrett. Within two years, Alex Gow had total control of the firm and had started conducting funerals under his own name. He died on 2 May 1919 of gastric carcinoma. In keeping with the tradition of undertaking firms not conducting funerals for members of their own family, his funeral was arranged by John Hislop and Sons, which operated from two doors down from Alex Gow\u2019s premises in Queen Street.
Alex Gow Funerals, now operated by the fourth generation of the family, moved to its current site in Newstead in 1963 when the traffic in Queen Street made it too difficult to conduct funerals and assemble corteges from the old site.
Alex Gow Undertaker's premises at 550 Queen Street, Brisbane, Queensland. Men from left to right: Alexander Gow, Robert Alexander (Bert) Gow; Thomas Learoyd. The business was first owned by Alistair Gow - John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/alexander-hastings-gruer/","title":"Alexander Hastings Gruer","text":"Born 1838
"},{"location":"research/alexander-hastings-gruer/#captain-alexander-hastings-gruer-9408","title":"Captain: Alexander Hastings Gruer (9\u201140\u20118)","text":"Born to William Gruer and Magdaline White \u201cboth Scots\u201d in 1838 in Devon where his father was stationed in the Royal Navy and they moved back to Scotland in 1841. He began his training on the H.M.S. Victory. He arrived in Brisbane in 1858. He married Hannah Connor 14 November 1867. Hannah died in 22 March 1897 and he married Isabella Morris who is buried in Lutwyche Cemetery.
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"},{"location":"research/alexander-mountford/","title":"Alexander Mountford","text":"10 February 1898 \u2014 15 September 1936
"},{"location":"research/alexander-mountford/#chief-po-instructor-alexander-mountford-161830","title":"Chief P.O. Instructor Alexander Mountford (16\u201118\u201130)","text":"Mountford was born in North Leith, Scotland on 10 February 1898. After a long career in the British Navy, he was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in 1927. In May 1934 he was appointed instructor in wireless telegraphy at Brisbane. He died in Rosemount Repatriation Hospital on 15 September 1936 following a short illness.
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"},{"location":"research/alexander-raff/","title":"Alexander Raff","text":"July 1820 \u2014 26 January 1914
"},{"location":"research/alexander-raff/#alexander-raff-13791","title":"Alexander Raff (13\u201179\u20111)","text":"Alexander Raff was born in Forres, Elginshire, Scotland in July 1820, the third son of James and Margaret Raff. Alexander arrived in New South Wales in 1845, following his eldest brother, George who had arrived in 1841. After first settling in Victoria pursuing pastoral interests, Alexander arrived in Brisbane, aboard the schooner Souvenir on 9 April 1851.
Alexander was an active member of various organisations and societies, including the School of Arts, the Queensland Horticultural and Agricultural Society and the Queensland Philosophical Society. Raff was the first president of the Young Men's Christian Association in Queensland and, later, the men's steering committee for the Children's Hospital established in 1878. Alexander continued his pastoral interests in Queensland, on his property, Logie Plains on the Darling Downs. For many years from the 1880s Alexander Raff was a partner of Smellie and Co. In August 1884 Alexander Raff was appointed as a Member of the Legislative Council, a position he held until his resignation in June, 1910.
Raff married Elizabeth Millar Patterson, the elder daughter of a prominent Scottish medical family, in Sydney on 5 June 1862. The newly weds arrived in Brisbane aboard the Balclutha on 13 June 1862. Alexander and Elizabeth Raff had seven children, six of whom survived to adulthood. Raff was an elder in the Presbyterian Church. He died on 26 January 1914.
Alex Raff \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/alexander-robert-morrison/","title":"Alexander Robert Morrison","text":"9 July 1885 \u2014 2 May 1939
"},{"location":"research/alexander-robert-morrison/#alexander-robert-morrison-107616","title":"Alexander Robert Morrison (10\u201176\u201116)","text":"Service number: 3680. Australian Imperial Force
He was born in Aberdeen 9th July 1885 to Alexander Robert Morrison and Margaret Gordon. His service papers show he was a carter and joined up 2 June 1917, intended to be with the 10th reinforcements for the 47th Battalion and the War Office decided the 25th could do with him and finally they gave him to the 9th Battalion. Next of Kin was his wife of 9 years Emily Elizabeth Morrison nee Lake Merivale St. South Brisbane.
He was 31 years and 10 months old and stood 5' and 7\u00bd\". Weight was 125lbs, chest 32\" with medium complexion blue eyes and brown hair and Church of England. No children are recorded up to the end of 1914. He embarked on HMAT Miltiades on 2 August 1917 and returned 25 January 1919 on the Ceramic. SS Ceramic was an 18,400-ton ocean-liner of the White Star Line launched in 1913, and later sold to the Shaw, Savill & Albion Line. In 1942 German submarine U-515 sunk the Ceramic, leaving only one survivor from the 656 on board.
Alexander died on 2 May 1939.
Ceramic (ship) - State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/alexander-william-macdonald/","title":"Alexander William MacDonald","text":"ca. 1876 \u2014 13 July 1941
"},{"location":"research/alexander-william-macdonald/#alexander-william-macdonald-108018","title":"Alexander William MacDonald (10\u201180\u201118)","text":"Service number: 4484. Australian Imperial Force
He was born in Turriff in Aberdeenshire ca. 1876 to Alexander MacDonald and ____ Duncan. He served 3\u00bd years in the 92nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders in the 1st Boer War. He served a further 2\u00bd years in the Kings regiment in the 2nd Boer War. His service papers show he was a labourer on joining up on 26 January 1916 in Townsville. His address was the Mourilyan Harbour Line Innisfail so probably was working on the railways. He was 40\u00bd years old when he joined up in the 11th reinforcements for the 26th Battalion. Next of Kin was Annie Ray MacDonald his wife. He is described as being 5' 4\u00bd inches 9 st 13 lbs, 39 inches in the chest, dark complexion. Hazel eyes and brown hair and a Presbyterian. He embarked 30 March 1916 on HMAT The Star of Victoria and returned to Australia 19 October 1917 on HMAT Port Lyttelton. Alexander died on 13 July 1941.
Star of Victoria (ship) - State Library of Queensland. Port Lyttelton (ship) - State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/alfred-cannon/","title":"Alfred Cannon","text":"ca. 1844 \u2014 11 September 1915
"},{"location":"research/alfred-cannon/#alfred-cannon-412122","title":"Alfred Cannon (4\u20111\u201121/22)","text":"Cannon and Cripps was formed in 1887 by Alfred Cannon and his brother-in-law Joseph Cripps.
Joseph Cripps was born in Waddeson near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire in 1849. He arrived in Queensland aboard the Ramsey in June 1873. Initially he lived in Ipswich before moving to Brisbane. After nine years in various businesses, he became an undertaker. He died after thirty one years in the profession aged 69 on 15 January 1918 after an illness of six weeks. The funeral, conducted by John Hislops and Sons, left his late residence Iona, Heussler Terrace, Milton and he was buried with the rites of the Methodist Church of which he had been a trustee for many years. He was also a prominent member of the Protestant Alliance Friendly Society of Australia and sympathised with the ideals of the Loyal Orange Lodge. Joseph Cripps had outlived his partner Alfred Cannon by three years and had gone into business with his nephew William Cannon.
Alfred Cannon died on 11 September 1915 aged 71 at his home Airlie, Edmondstone, South Brisbane. He shared the same political affiliations and lodge memberships as his brother-in- law. Alfred had married Joseph\u2019s sister Sarah Cripps on Christmas Eve 1862 in Waddeson, the same village they had both been born and the couple joined Joseph on his voyage to Queensland.
Flyer for Cannon and Cripps, Undertakers in Brisbane, Queensland, 1902 - State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/alfred-john-raymond/","title":"Alfred John Raymond","text":"1 February 1856 \u2014 14 October 1935
"},{"location":"research/alfred-john-raymond/#alfred-john-raymond-9328","title":"Alfred John Raymond (9\u201132\u20118)","text":"Alfred was born in Clifton, Bristol son of Henry George Raymond and Mary Ann Hewland. Alfred, like his father, was a carpenter. Alfred was a deeply devout man throughout his life and an active lay worker in the Congregational Church. In 1878, Alfred married Elizabeth Paul and they had two sons. In 1885\u201386, Alfred was a carpenter and living on Stanley Street, South Brisbane beside the river. Shortly after their arrival in Brisbane, their baby son Leslie died on 4 April 1884 and then exactly two years later Elizabeth died. They are buried nearby.
On 20 June 1888, Alfred remarried, to Jessie Catherine Shearer, in the Congregational Church in Wharf Street. In the 1890s, the Raymond family lived in Kangaroo Point. It was while living there that Alfred became interested in politics and in 1894 he was elected as Alderman for the ward of Kangaroo Point. Although South Brisbane was then a separate town to Brisbane, Kangaroo Point was still a ward of Brisbane. Alfred represented Kangaroo Point from 1894 to 1899 when resigned from politics. However, he returned as Alderman for Kangaroo Point again from 1902 to 1903 and then from 1911 to 1924. He was Mayor of Brisbane in 1912.
Alderman Alfred John Raymond \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Wharf Street Congregational Church, Brisbane, ca. 1909. The church was erected in 1860 on the corner of Wharf and Adelaide Streets. It was enlarged in 1872 and renovated in 1883 when a new schoolroom was added. The building was demolished in 1928. \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/alfred-joseph-duggan/","title":"Alfred Joseph Duggan","text":"ca. 1864 \u2014 20 November 1884
"},{"location":"research/alfred-joseph-duggan/#alfred-joseph-duggan-7525","title":"Alfred Joseph Duggan (7\u201152\u20115)","text":"Alfred Joseph Duggan was an assistant to Mr. Trouton, a chemist. The Chemist shop was on the corner of George and Queen street, Brisbane, and was a \"Direct Importer of Pure Drugs and Chemicals\".
Queen Street, looking north from George Street, Brisbane, ca. 1900 - State Library of Queensland
On Thursday, 13 November 1884, Alfred was riding his Penny Farthing bicycle along North Quay when he fell and injured the middle finger of his right hand. He was admitted to Brisbane Hospital with a Tetanus infection on Wednesday, 19 November 1884. Doctors agreed the finger needed to be amputated, Dr. Thomson performing the operation. Alfred did not recover and died in hospital on the night of Thursday, 20 November 1884. His death was reported in The Queenslander on Saturday, 29 November 1884, noting the cause of death as, \"a wound of finger, tetanus, asphyxia\".
Erected By his sorrowing mother To the memory of Joseph Alfred Duggan Who died Nov 20th 1884 In the 20th year of his age By a fall from his bicycle May he rest in Peace
Also his Mother Ellen Duggan Died May 17th 1915 Aged 76 years
Most sources and official registers use the name, \"Alfred Joseph Duggan\", so it is unclear why the headstone is inscribed, \"Joseph Alfred Duggan\".
Alfred died intestate and \"all the land, goods, chattels, credits, and effects\" of under \u00a335 were given to his spinster sister, Miss Frances Lilian Duggan. Ironically, the two newspaper reports also mixed his sister's first and middle names.
Bicycle racing at Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland, ca. 1885. Bicycle racing on a circular track at the Toowong Sportsground, around 1885. Photograph is taken from R. L. Drew's house, 15 Union Street, Taringa (now the site of the Brisbane Boys' College) - State Library of Queensland. Cropped. Cyclist posing with a penny farthing bicycle, Queensland. Possibly G. Stombuco (who was came second in the Half-mile bicycle race without using handles in the first Brisbane Amateur Cycling Club race) - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"research/alfred-joseph-duggan/#read-more-about-bicycles-in-brisbane-in-the-1800s","title":"Read more about bicycles in Brisbane in the 1800's","text":"Bicycles and Tricycles in the The Queenslander, 8 September 1883, mentions electric bicycles, and argues that the \"art of cycling was essential to the national wealth.\"
Amateur Cycling Club in The Brisbane Courier, 23 July 1884, describes plans for the first race meeting of the Brisbane Amateur Cycling Club. \"It was proposed to have an Umbrella Race (without handles)\" but nearly every rider declined to enter. According to The rise and fall of Richmond's cycling empire, each rider in the umbrella race had to \u201cride the hundred yards, and then raise his umbrella and return with it over his head.\"
Brisbane Amateur Cycling Club in The Telegraph, 28 July 1884, describes the results of the first race meeting of the Brisbane Amateur Cycling Club at the Toowong Sports Ground. Some of the prize winners from the first Brisbane Amateur Cycling Club race are buried in Toowong Cemetery:
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"},{"location":"research/alfred-roberts/","title":"Alfred Roberts","text":"1837 \u2014 ca. 10 May 1920
"},{"location":"research/alfred-roberts/#alfred-roberts-1312","title":"Alfred Roberts (13\u20111\u20112)","text":"Alfred was born in 1837 in Putney, London and arrived in Queensland in 1860. In 1872 he began a horse\u2011drawn omnibus line which operated between Eagle Street in the city and the present site of the Taringa Shopping Centre, where the Roberts\u2019 home was. The fare to the city was one shilling or one shilling and sixpence return. Alfred would announce his arrival with a bugle call. The business was lost when the stables burned down in 1893. The Roberts family took up farming in Moggill.
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"},{"location":"research/algernon-cedric-francis/","title":"Algernon Cedric Francis","text":"1896 \u2014 8 November 1916
"},{"location":"research/algernon-cedric-francis/#private-algernon-cedric-francis-2373132","title":"Private Algernon Cedric Francis (2\u201137\u201131/32)","text":"Service Number: 4435. 25th Battalion
Algernon was born in Cunnamulla to Christopher Francis and Emilie Jane Everett in 1896. He enlisted 30 November 1915 and embarked 31 March 1916 from Sydney on HMAT Star of Victoria A16. He arrived in France 27 July 1916 and was killed in action 18 November 1916 aged 20 years and 11 months. He is buried in Warlencourt British Cemetery portion 3, row F, grave 6.
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"},{"location":"research/alice-maud-mary-le-bas/","title":"Alice Maud Mary Le Bas","text":"Died 25 September 1886
"},{"location":"research/alice-maud-mary-le-bas/#alice-maud-mary-le-bas-13914","title":"Alice Maud Mary Le Bas (1\u201139\u201114)","text":"Alice Le Bas, daughter of Frederick and Mary Le Bas, was a nurse at the Brisbane Hospital. She died on the 25 September 1886.
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"},{"location":"research/alma-adlington/","title":"Alma Adlington","text":"1856 \u2014 4 May 1891
"},{"location":"research/alma-adlington/#alma-adlington-71145","title":"Alma Adlington (7\u2011114\u20115)","text":"Alma Adlington was born in Rotherhithe, near London in 1856, the son of a boat builder. He described himself as a cabinet maker at the time of his marriage to Mary Gascoyne at Bromley, Kent in January 1883. With their infant son, the Adlingtons arrived in Brisbane in December 1884. Two more children followed. Alma worked as a cabinet maker and upholster, his projects including the hangings behind the high altar of St Stephen\u2019s Cathedral. He also patented in 1890, a combined horse-drawn carriage and hearse in which the coffin was stowed under the floor.
In early 1891, he went into business with established undertaker George Sillett. The partnership was short lived as Alma died on 4 May 1891 aged 36. George Sillett buried his partner and two weeks later he buried Mary Adlington, who had died of a \u2018broken heart\u2019 at the loss of her husband. The three orphaned children were cared for by their aunt.
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"},{"location":"research/alois-wilhelm-leitner/","title":"Alois Wilhelm Leitner","text":"1878 \u2014 1931
"},{"location":"research/alois-wilhelm-leitner/#alois-wilhelm-leitner-84016a","title":"Alois Wilhelm Leitner (8\u201140\u201116A)","text":"Alois Wilhelm \"Bill\" Leitner was born in 1878 in the town of Lichtenstadt in Bohemia, now known as part of the Czech Republic. Leitner attained the degree of Master Brewer in 1902, emigrated to Australia and spent the next 18 years working in breweries across Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia.
In 1910, the Castlemaine XXXX Brewery famously set out to develop a beer they believed would be better suited to the Queensland climate than those currently being sold which were modelled on the Victorian styles of the late 1880s. The XXXX Sparkling Ale, while receiving an enthusiastic reception by the Queensland public, was plagued with production problems. And so it was that Leitner was recruited to Castlemaine XXXX in 1920. Almost immediately he introduced new strains of yeast from Europe, ultimately resulting in the final release of XXXX Bitter Ale in 1924 to great acclaim and which remains today.
At the same time, XXXX introduced \"Mr Fourex\". The symbol, still recognised today, was that of a sharply dressed, yellow boater hat\u2011wearing gentleman.
Leitner remained with Castlemaine as their Head Brewer throughout the 1920s continuing to improve all aspects of production. Despite his sudden death in 1931, his creation still remains one of the best known brands in Queensland. Leitner was survived by his wife Alma, their three daughters and a son.
Fourex beer advertisement by Castlemaine Perkins Ltd., 1920 - State Library of Queensland. Staff and vehicles of Castlemaine Perkins Limited outside the brewery in Milton Road, Brisbane, ca. 1929 - State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/amos-roy-goddard/","title":"Amos Roy Goddard","text":"1910 \u2014 10 August 1933
"},{"location":"research/amos-roy-goddard/#amos-roy-goddard-77726","title":"Amos Roy Goddard (7\u201177\u201126)","text":"A future champion jockey whose career ended much too soon but his saddle lived on to travel the world and win the Irish Derby 39 years later.
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"},{"location":"research/anderson-dawson/","title":"Anderson Dawson","text":"16 July 1863 \u2014 20 July 1910
"},{"location":"research/anderson-dawson/#anderson-dawson-11561","title":"Anderson Dawson (11\u201156\u20111)","text":"Dawson was born on 16 July 1863 in Rockhampton, the son of miner, Anderson Dawson and Jean Smith. He was a miner by profession. He married Caroline Quin in 1887 and together they had two sons and two daughters. Dawson was president of the Miners\u2019 Union and a provincial councillor for the Australian Labor Federation. He entered parliament as MLA for Charters Towers in May 1883 and held the seat until September 1901 when he was elected a senator, serving until 1906. Dawson lead the world\u2019s first Labor Government when he was Premier and Chief Secretary for Queensland from 1 - 7 December 1899. He died in Brisbane on 20 Jul 1910.
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"},{"location":"research/andrew-fullerton/","title":"Andrew Fullerton","text":"1831 \u2014 10 April 1899
"},{"location":"research/andrew-fullerton/#andrew-fullerton-2a1119","title":"Andrew Fullerton (2A\u201111\u201119)","text":"After free settlement began in 1842, Ipswich developed as an important regional centre because of its location at the head of navigation of the Brisbane and Bremer Rivers and at the junction of routes to the Brisbane Valley and the Darling Downs.
Irish-born 'Andy' Fullerton was appointed 'wharfinger' or wharf manager for the Australasian Navigation Company at Ipswich when the river steamers including Brisbane, Ipswich and Emu played a vital role in the river trade between Brisbane and Ipswich in 1875. Andrew became a driver of steam trains. He died on 10 April 1899 aged 68 years.
Emu (ship) \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/andrew-lang-petrie/","title":"Andrew Lang Petrie","text":"25 June 1854 \u2014 1 April 1928
"},{"location":"research/andrew-lang-petrie/#andrew-lang-petrie-13107","title":"Andrew Lang Petrie (13\u201110\u20117)","text":"Named after his grandfather, Andrew Lang Petrie was the eldest son of John Petrie. He was born 25 June 1854 in his father\u2019s house at Petrie Bight. He was one of the first students enrolled at the Brisbane Normal School.
Sketch of Andrew Lang Petrie \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
Andrew Petrie's house at the corner of Queen and Wharf Streets, Brisbane, ca. 1859 \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Andrew Petrie was the father of John Petrie and grandfather of Andrew Lang Petrie.
In 1882 Andrew Lang Petrie became a partner in, and took over management of, his father\u2019s reconstructed firm, John Petrie & Son. By then the business focused on cabinet making and joinery, brick and tile making and monumental masonry.
Premises of John Petrie & Son, Brisbane, ca. 1882 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
The firm went bankrupt in the depression of 1894 but was later revived as monumental masons only. The Monumental Works was located opposite the main Toowong Cemetery gates. Andrew was a member of the Brisbane General Cemetery Board.
Advertisement and etching for John Petrie & Sons, stonemasons in Brisbane, 1889 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
He was elected a member of the Toombul Divisional Board and held the position for about five years until 1890 when the Hamilton Division split from Toombul. He went on to become the first chairman of the Hamilton board until the end of 1892. The following year he contested the Toombul seat in the Queensland Legislative Assembly and was elected with a large majority. He continued to represent this seat until his retirement in 1926.
Andrew Lang Petrie died on 1 April 1928 after being ill for the previous 12 months. His residence, Mooloomburram became part of St Margaret\u2019s Anglican Girls\u2019 School at Albion.
Photograph of Andrew Lang Petrie in the Telegraph, 2 April 1928. Photo lightened.
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"},{"location":"research/andrew-purcell/","title":"Andrew Purcell","text":"1811 \u2014 1888
"},{"location":"research/andrew-purcell/#andrew-purcell-7501","title":"Andrew Purcell (7\u201150\u20111)","text":"Born 1811 at Drumcliff, Ennis, Co. Clare, Purcell was the son of Thomas Purcell and Mary Flannery. This well\u2011to\u2011do grazier arrived in Brisbane 19 June 1853 with wife and 4 children on the John Fielden. He married Bridget Scanlan (1827\u20111913) and had 10 children. His son Thomas, a grazier of Rockhampton, was partner in the Rockhampton Newspaper The Daily Record with the Hon. T. J. Ryan in 1912. Purcell, a man of independent means, was buried by Hislops in March 1888 with Fr. Canali officiating.
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"},{"location":"research/ann-drew/","title":"Ann Drew","text":"1822 \u2014 5 August 1907
"},{"location":"research/ann-drew/#ann-drew-54322","title":"Ann Drew (5\u201143\u201122)","text":"Ann was born in 1822 at Ashton, in Devon England, daughter of John Cornish, a yeoman farmer and his wife Sarah Smalridge. On 21 December 1848 Ann married Richard Langler Drew at St James Church, Exeter.
Ann and Richard migrated to Victoria in about 1858 and three years later they moved to Queensland where Richard was appointed shipping master and secretary to the Marine Board. Over the next four decades, particularly after her husband\u2019s death in 1869, Ann was deeply involved in the administration of a number of welfare institutions, including the Lady Bowen Hospital, Female Refuge and Infants' Home, Lady Musgrave Lodge and the Social Purity Society. Ann also took part in agitation to repeal the Queensland Contagious Diseases Act of 1868. Ann died at Sandgate, near Brisbane, on 5 August 1907.
Female Refuge & Infants' Home, Brisbane, ca. 1885. \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/ann-hill/","title":"Ann Hill","text":"25 April 1850 \u2014 1 November 1871
"},{"location":"research/ann-hill/#ann-hill-6219","title":"Ann Hill (6\u201121\u20119)","text":"Ann Hill (1850\u20111871) was the second person buried in Toowong Cemetery, after Governor Blackall. Walter Hill, her father, was appointed first Superintendent of the Brisbane Botanic Gardens in 1855. As a tribute to Walter Hill, the Walter Hill fountain was erected in the City Botanic Gardens in 1867.
"},{"location":"research/ann-hill/#headstone","title":"Headstone","text":""},{"location":"research/ann-hill/#inscription","title":"Inscription","text":"Forget her not She has gone to her grave when our hopes were the Strongest For the sun of her beauty shed light o'er the scene Oh we mourn not the blossoms that linger the longest Like thise that decay while their branches are green
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"},{"location":"research/anne-devoy/","title":"Anne Devoy","text":"1817 \u2014 1908
"},{"location":"research/anne-devoy/#anne-devoy-7734","title":"Anne Devoy (7\u20117\u201134)","text":"Born 1817 at Donadea near Hodgetown Co. Kildare, Devoy was the daughter of James and Honor Reilly. Her mother was the daughter of the Countess de Farnton, who escaped the guillotine in the French Revolution, and fled to Ireland to take up refuge with her friend, the Earl of Kildare at Castle Kilkea.
Anne married Patrick Devoy and with the union came the \u201ccurse of the Devoys\u201d. This had been placed on a Devoy of Huguenot stock who turned in a Catholic priest to Cromwell\u2019s men. As he was taken away, the priest blessed all the Devoy women and cursed the men so that no male Devoy would live to see his son in manhood.
The Devoys arrived in Queensland in 1864 on the Landsborough after selling their land in Ireland to the Ursuline nuns. They brought a young family with them; John (later Managing Director of Castlemaine Perkins), Marguerite and Annie. In the tradition of the curse Pat was killed the same year by a landslide while selecting land near Toowoomba. Anne died in 1908.
Devoy residence in Ashgrove, Brisbane, ca. 1908. The Devoy residence was in Three Mile Scrub Road (now Ashgrove Avenue), off Waterworks Road. John Devoy was the manager of Castlemaine Perkins. \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/annie-griffiths/","title":"Annie Griffiths","text":"Died July 1943
"},{"location":"research/annie-griffiths/#annie-griffiths-4320","title":"Annie Griffiths (4\u20113\u201120)","text":"Annie and her friend, Mary Weedon, shared a house called Garton in Terrace Street, Toowong for many years. They were members of the congregation of St Thomas Anglican Church. They died within eighteen months of each other; Mary in March 1942 and Annie in July 1943. Annie and Mary are buried in the same grave.
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"},{"location":"research/annie-mcgarrigal/","title":"Annie McGarrigal","text":"ca. 1882 \u2014 11 October 1964
"},{"location":"research/annie-mcgarrigal/#annie-mcgarrigal-222223","title":"Annie McGarrigal (22\u201122\u201123)","text":"Annie McGarrigal was better known as Matron Cox. She trained at the Brisbane Children\u2019s Hospital in 1922 and was on the ANTA Register in 1923. Annie died on 11 October 1964 aged 82.
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"},{"location":"research/annie-perry/","title":"Annie Perry","text":"5 September 1834 \u2014 12 May 1917
"},{"location":"research/annie-perry/#annie-perry-13705","title":"Annie Perry (13\u201170\u20115)","text":"Annie Perry was the daughter of William Harcourt, a brass founder and his wife, Elizabeth Mills. She was born on 5 September 1834 in Edgbaston, a suburb of Birmingham in England. Annie arrived in Sydney with her parents and sister on the ship La Hogue on 26 October 1860. On 27 February 1862 she was married in St Philips\u2019 Church in Sydney by the Anglican Dean of Sydney to William Perry, one of Brisbane\u2019s early businessmen and later a member of the Qld Legislative Council.
At the time of her death, Annie was one of the longest serving members of the committees of the Children\u2019s and Lady Bowen Hospitals. She also took a great interest in the Creche and Kindergarten Association after its formation in 1907, the Queensland Society for the Prevention of Cruelty and all movements that had as their aim the betterment of the conditions for women, children and animals. Annie passed away at the age of 82 years on 12 May 1917.
Lady Bowen Lying-in Hospital on Wickham Terrace, Brisbane, 1912 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/anthony-fatseas/","title":"Anthony Fatseas","text":"1909 \u2014 1961
"},{"location":"research/anthony-fatseas/#anthony-fatseas-1819113e","title":"Anthony Fatseas (18\u2011191\u201113E)","text":"The grave of husband and wife, Anthony and Catherine Fatseas is highlighted during this walk for his burial in what looks like a small Greek Mausoleum, the same shape and colour of the chapels found in the Greek Islands. While it looks like a mausoleum, those buried here are underground rather than within the mausoleum walls.
Anthony Fatseas was born in Smyrna in Turkey in 1909. He finished elementary school in Turkey and moved to Athens, Greece with his parents and studied at the French School there. He completed his compulsory military service translating French and became an accountant, later moving to Egypt. He arrived in Australia in 1947 and worked for a year on the editorial staff of an ethnic newspaper and then worked in cafes and as a clerk. Finally, he became a partner in a delicatessen business.
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"},{"location":"research/anthony-musgrave/","title":"Anthony Musgrave","text":"17 November 1828 \u2014 9 October 1888
"},{"location":"research/anthony-musgrave/#sir-anthony-musgrave-gcmg-14237","title":"Sir Anthony Musgrave G.C.M.G. (14\u201123\u20117)","text":"Governor \u2013 6 November 1883 to 9 October 1888
Musgrave was born on 17 November 1828 at Antigua, West Indies, son of Dr Anthony Musgrave and his wife Mary, n\u00e9e Sheriff. Educated in the West Indies, he became private secretary at 21 to the Governor of the Leeward Islands. In 1851 he was admitted to the Inner Temple, London, but returned to Antigua where he served as Colonial Secretary from 1854\u201160. In 1853 he had married Christiana Elizabeth Byam who died in 1858. Musgrave was Administrator of Nevis from October 1860 to April 1861, then of St Vincent and in May 1862 became Lieutenant\u2011governor. In 1864\u201169 he governed Newfoundland. At San Francisco en route to a new post in British Columbia he married Jeannie Lucinda Field by whom he had three sons. He was transferred to Natal in 1872.
On 6 March 1873 Musgrave became Governor of South Australia suffering a personal tragedy when his young daughter died of burns shortly afterwards. In 1877 he was appointed Governor of Jamaica. After six years, he became governor of Queensland on 21 July 1883. He visited England in 1886 and planned to retire but in June 1888 Sir Thomas McIlwraith, whom he detested, became premier. The two soon clashed over the governor's right to exercise of the prerogative of mercy. Musgrave appealed to the Colonial Office, McIlwraith defied him. A few weeks later Musgrave died on 9 October 1888.
Funeral of Sir Anthony Musgrave, Brisbane, 1888 - State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
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"},{"location":"research/archibald-edward-bartsch/","title":"Archibald Edward Bartsch","text":"ca. 1922 \u2014 4 March 1942
"},{"location":"research/archibald-edward-bartsch/#able-seaman-archibald-edward-bartsch-104420","title":"Able Seaman Archibald Edward Bartsch (10\u201144\u201120)","text":"On the 4th of March 1942, the auxiliary minesweeper HMAS Tambar was fired on by the Examination Battery at Fort Cowan Cowan on Moreton Island. There was a mix up in the identification code signal of the ship and the battery was ordered to fire across the bow of the unidentified vessel. The 6\u2011inch shell struck the ship\u2019s forecastle killing Able Seaman Archibald Bartsch, a member of the anchor party, instantly. The shell skidded across the deck into the Captain\u2019s cabin killing Steward Eric Harrison. It then passed through the radio room critically injuring Warrant Officer Henry Theeman. Both of his legs were severed and his succumbed to his injuries soon after. Other crew received injuries to various degrees.
London\u2011born Theeman was aged 47. He had spent most of his life at sea. After three years in Moller Line ships travelling between Japan and China he left the line in August 1941 to join the RAN. Bartsch, son of 3rd Light horseman William Henry Bartsch, was an employee if the Australasian United Paint Company of Port Augusta, South Australia prior to his enlistment in the navy. He was aged 20. Western Australian\u2011born Harrison was the son of William Ross and Rebecca Harrison. He was aged 33 and a resident of Melbourne.
The military covered up the incident so as not to affect morale. The newspapers widely reported the incident as an \u2018accident at sea\u2019. The Tambar\u2019s crew was dispersed throughout the RAN immediately after the men\u2019s joint funeral two days later. The ship was temporarily paid off and the Captain given another command. The District Naval Officer (Commander E. C. Rhodes), other naval officers, and military representatives were present. The service was conducted by the Rev. H. H. Trigge of the Methodist Church and the Church of England\u2019s Rev. F. R. C. Birch. Cannon and Cripps made the arrangements for the funeral and the cortege of Naval ratings from the Alice Street Depot marched from their funeral parlour.
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"},{"location":"research/archibald-watson/","title":"Archibald Watson","text":"22 October 1874 \u2014 25 February 1941
"},{"location":"research/archibald-watson/#archibald-watson-12132","title":"Archibald Watson (12\u201113\u20112)","text":"Archibald was the Chairman of the Toowong Fire Brigade, which had built a fire station in Jephson Street in 1919. He was the last Mayor of the town of Toowong in 1925 and went on to serve as an Alderman on the Brisbane City Council between 1926 and 1931. He was Deputy Mayor from 1926 to 1931 and Lord Mayor from February to May 1931. He died on 25 February 1941 aged 67.
Alderman Archibald Watson \u2014 Brisbane City Council. Page 27 of the Queenslander Pictorial, supplement to The Queenslander, 6 September, 1919. The Toowong Fire Brigade with their new motor reel \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
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"},{"location":"research/arthur-aldridge/","title":"Arthur Aldridge","text":"1873 \u2014 3 November 1929
"},{"location":"research/arthur-aldridge/#arthur-aldridge-233114","title":"Arthur Aldridge (23\u201131\u201114)","text":"English\u2011born Arthur was a tenor who was a regular fixture on the Melbourne stage. Arthur was 57 when he died on 3 November 1929 in a motor accident together with variety artist Kyrle Sylvaney who was aged 33. Their headstone was erected as a token of affection by their friends and admirers.
He was born in 1873 in Walsall, Staffordshire. He was a saddlemaker and the story goes that his workmates heard him singing and said that if they could sing like that then they would never work again. He decided to try his fame and fortune by going to London and performing at the music halls The Pavilion and The Palace.
He was discovered by William Morris who suggested he go with him to New York. His wife did not want to go, but he went regardless! He sang Shubert\u2011Brady revivals on Broadway where he played many leading roles until 1915. He was with J. C. Williamson\u2019s company and toured Australia. He came to Australia with Nell Flemming and played in The Follies.
The National Library of Australia has a collection of sheet music dedicated to him.
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"},{"location":"research/arthur-bann/","title":"Arthur Bann","text":"9 May 1890 \u2014 ca. May 1919
"},{"location":"research/arthur-bann/#driver-arthur-bann-104018","title":"Driver Arthur Bann (10\u201140\u201118)","text":"Service number: 5990. 9th Battalion.
Arthur was born to Henry Bann and Sarah Jane Percival in Blackburn, Lancashire 9 May 1890. Prior to enlisting he was a motor mechanic. Whilst on furlough he married Annie Monton 7 July 1917 in Cheshire.
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"},{"location":"research/arthur-charles-frederick-halford/","title":"Arthur Charles Frederick Halford","text":"23 November 1869 \u2014 13 January 1945
"},{"location":"research/arthur-charles-frederick-halford/#arthur-charles-frederick-halford-51718","title":"Arthur Charles Frederick Halford (5\u201117\u201118)","text":"Dr Arthur Halford was born on 23 November 1869. When he was an Honorary Assistant Physician at the Brisbane Hospital in 1908, he treated burns and scalds in what was considered a new method by the Hospital. He punctured the blisters and cut away as much skin as possible, a method employed until the 1960s. In addition to his hospital duties, he was the Vice\u2011President of the ATNA, Queensland Branch, between 1904 to 1910 and 1912 to 1937 and President between 1910 to 1912. He was also Vice\u2011President of the Nurses\u2019 Rest Home Committee from 1931 to 1932. Dr Halford died on 13 January 1945 and is buried with his infant daughter, Grace.
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"},{"location":"research/arthur-hoey-davis/","title":"Arthur Hoey Davis","text":"14 November 1868 \u2014 11 October 1935
"},{"location":"research/arthur-hoey-davis/#arthur-hoey-davis-29a474","title":"Arthur Hoey Davis (29A\u201147\u20114)","text":"Arthur Hoey Davis, born at Drayton near Toowoomba in 1868, was one of Queensland's literary greats and arguably the best remembered and best loved of the Queensland writers of yesteryear. He adopted the pseudonym 'Steele Rudd'. In 1895 The Bulletin published his \u2018Starting the Selection\u2019, a short story based on his father's experience, in which Rudd introduces the characters in his legendary family, and sets the pattern for further adventures.
Davis became a regular and popular contributor and in 1899 the Bulletin published an illustrated collection of the sketches in book form under the title On Our Selection. He lay in an unmarked grave after his death in 1935 until an appeal for public subscriptions by the Queensland Authors and Artists' Association resulted in the erection of a headstone in 1956.
Steele Rudd Memorial, Drayton, c 1958 \u2014 Queensland State Archives.
Arthur Hoey Davis - Steele Rudd, Charles Lilley and Emma Miller statues located in King George Square in Brisbane, Australia. Artist: Artbusters Materials: Bronze Installation date: 1993 by Kgbo, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
"},{"location":"research/arthur-hoey-davis/#headstone","title":"Headstone","text":""},{"location":"research/arthur-hoey-davis/#inscription","title":"Inscription","text":"Arthur Hoey Davis \"Steele Rudd\" Born Drayton, Queensland. 14th November 1868 Died Brisbane 11th October 1935 \"The Interpreter of Life on the Land\" Erected by Australian Citizens Under the auspices of Queensland Authors and Artists' Association 1956
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"},{"location":"research/arthur-hunter-palmer/","title":"Arthur Hunter Palmer","text":"28 December 1819 \u2014 20 March 1898
"},{"location":"research/arthur-hunter-palmer/#hon-sir-arthur-hunter-palmer-kcmg-13887","title":"Hon. Sir Arthur Hunter Palmer K.C.M.G. (13\u201188\u20117)","text":"Administrator:
Lieutenant Governor - 15 Nov. 1895 to 9 April 1896
Palmer was born on 28 December 1819 in Armagh, Ireland, son of Arthur Palmer, naval lieutenant, and his wife Emily, n\u00e9e Hunter. Educated in Dublin, Palmer arrived in Sydney in 1838. In 1840 became manager pastoral holdings of Henry Dangar leaving after fifteen years to set up on his own. Once established, Palmer took an active part in local politics. He married, on 8 June 1865 in Sydney, Cecilia Mosman.
In 1866 Palmer was elected for Port Curtis to the Legislative Assembly. After the Macalister government fell in 1867, Palmer became Colonial Secretary and Secretary for Public Works under Mackenzie. The ministry fell in November 1868 and Palmer joined the Opposition. When Lilley's ministry fell in May 1870 Governor Blackall appointed Palmer as Colonial Secretary and Premier, holding office until January 1874 when he became leader of the Opposition. In 1878 he retired as leader of the Opposition in favour of McIlwraith and was elected for North Brisbane.
In January 1879 Palmer was appointed Colonial Secretary and president of the Executive Council. For a time in 1879\u201180 Palmer acted as Premier while McIlwraith was in England. Palmer was appointed K.C.M.G. In December he resigned from the assembly and was called to the Legislative Council. From 2 May to 6 November 1883 and from 9 October 1888 to 1 May 1889 he acted as Administrator of the colony in the absence of the governor and from 15 November 1895 to 9 April 1896 was the first Lieutenant\u2011Governor of the colony.
In 1885 his wife had died, leaving three sons and two of their four daughters. Palmer died on 20 March 1898 at his home at Toowong.
Sir Arthur Hunter Palmer as the Colonial Secretary - State Library of Queensland
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"},{"location":"research/arthur-leslie-middleton/","title":"Arthur Leslie Middleton","text":"11 May 1894 \u2014 ca. 1919
"},{"location":"research/arthur-leslie-middleton/#sergeant-arthur-leslie-middleton-104312","title":"Sergeant Arthur Leslie Middleton (10\u201143\u201112)","text":"Service number: 7437. 42nd Battalion. Australian Imperial Force
Born to Joseph Middleton and Sarah Jane Read in Ipswich 11 May 1894. He served in 11th Inft. Citizen Forces and in Instructional Staff as a Staff Sergeant Major and Sergeant in the Australian Imperial Force. He was a bootmaker by trade. He enlisted 1 March 1917 at just under 23 of years age.
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"},{"location":"research/arthur-lowe/","title":"Arthur Lowe","text":"11 August 1864 \u2014 20 October 1896
"},{"location":"research/arthur-lowe/#constable-arthur-lowe-11151617","title":"Constable: Arthur Lowe (11\u201115\u201116/17)","text":"Born to George Lowe and Elizabeth Hale 11 August 1864 in St Pancras, Middlesex. He joined up aged 16 and was posted to the H.M.S Impregnable and H.M.S. Invincible. He married Janet Rabig on 14 March 1890 in Brisbane. Died in a fall from police horse in Oxley.
In Loving Memory of Arthur Lowe Accidentally killed at Oxley October 20th 1896, Aged 32 Years
Farewell dear heart, you've left a blank, that never can be filled; We never will forget the day, you were so cruelly killed.
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"},{"location":"research/arthur-midson/","title":"Arthur Midson","text":"1852 \u2014 8 July 1943
"},{"location":"research/arthur-midson/#arthur-midson-11711","title":"Arthur Midson (11\u201171\u20111)","text":"Arthur Midson was born in London in the last quarter of 1852 to James Midson and and Eliza (n\u00e9e Donnelly). Bridget Malynn married Arthur in St Stephen's, Brisbane on 17 April 1876. Arthur was a founder and became president of the Brisbane Master Builder's Association. Arthur died at his home, Alexandra Road, Ascot on 8 July 1943.
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"},{"location":"research/arthur-morgan/","title":"Arthur Morgan","text":"19 September 1856 \u2014 20 December 1916
"},{"location":"research/arthur-morgan/#sir-arthur-morgan-121512","title":"Sir Arthur Morgan (12\u201115\u201112)","text":"Sir Arthur Morgan was born on 19 September 1856 at Rosenthal station, Warwick, Queensland, son of James Morgan and his wife Kate (n\u00e9e Barton), both Irish born. Arthur Morgan entered politics in 1885 when elected to the Warwick Municipal Council, serving as mayor in 1886-90 and 1898.
On July 1887 he was first elected to the Legislative Assembly for Warwick. He regained Warwick on 2 October 1898. In 1903 he became Premier under the Morgan-Browne coalition ministry. Morgan made good on a promise that he would introduce an electoral reform Bill to give women the vote and abolish plural voting. This was introduced to the Legislative Assembly in September 1904 but it was not until 25 January 1905 that the Election Act Amendment Act received Royal Assent.
Morgan died at his residence at Upper Paddington, on 20 December 1916 after a long illness; he was buried in Toowong Cemetery following a state funeral and service at St John's Anglican Cathedral.
Sir Arthur Morgan 1903 \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Modern Romeo : suffragette movement in Queensland On 5 January 1905, two years after the formation of the Queensland Women's Electoral League, the Electoral Franchise Bill was introduced into the Legislative Assembly to give the women of Queensland the right to vote. The Elections Acts Amendment Bill, provide the necessary machinery, was introduced at the same time. Despite some misgivings about abolishing the plural vote, and difficulty with postal voting, these issues were overcome and the legislation giving the women of Queensland the right to vote was finally passed. It was assented to by the Lieutenant\u2011Governor on 26 January 1905 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/arthur-neden/","title":"Arthur Neden","text":""},{"location":"research/arthur-neden/#sergeant-arthur-neden-28399a","title":"Sergeant Arthur Neden (28\u201139\u20119A)","text":"Sergeant First Class Arthur Neden collapsed and died from a heart attack whilst escorting a man he had just arrested to the lock-up at Redbank. Sergeant Neden was buried at Toowong Cemetery with Police Honours.
"},{"location":"research/arthur-neden/#acknowledgement","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"Story contributed by Kym Hyson. Used with permission.
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"},{"location":"research/arthur-rutledge/","title":"Arthur Rutledge","text":"29 August 1843 \u2014 8 February 1917
"},{"location":"research/arthur-rutledge/#sir-arthur-rutledge-kcmg-qc-mla-134915","title":"Sir Arthur Rutledge KCMG, QC, MLA (13\u201149\u201115)","text":"Portrait of Sir Arthur Rutledge, 1883 - State Library of Queensland
Arthur Rutledge was born in New South Wales and came to Queensland as a Wesleyan Minister. From 1878 to 1893 and 1899 to 1904 he was a member of the Legislative Assembly. He served five years as Queensland\u2019s Attorney General from 1883. Rutledge was admitted as a barrister in 1878 and became a QC in 1899 and later a district court judge. He was also the chairman of the Land Appeal Court. He was knighted in 1902. At the convention he was a member of the Judiciary Committee. He was a supporter of Griffith and the liberal franchise. Rutledge was also a strong supporter of the federation of the colonies and an opponent of the Northern Separatist movement.
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"},{"location":"research/arthur-tewdyr-davies-berrington/","title":"Arthur Tewdyr Davies Berrington","text":"7 September 1854 \u2014 18 February 1909
"},{"location":"research/arthur-tewdyr-davies-berrington/#arthur-tewdyr-davies-berrington-5339","title":"Arthur Tewdyr Davies Berrington (5\u201133\u20119)","text":"Arthur Tewdyr Davies Berrington was born in Belgravia, Middlesex on 7 September 1854. He held a number of positions in the British Colonial Service. Justice Berrington died on 18 February 1909 in Brisbane.
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"},{"location":"research/augustus-charles-gregory/","title":"Augustus Charles Gregory","text":"1 August 1819 \u2014 25 June 1905
"},{"location":"research/augustus-charles-gregory/#sir-augustus-charles-gregory-142214","title":"Sir Augustus Charles Gregory (14\u201122\u201114)","text":"The well\u2011known explorer Gregory became the first President of the Toowong Shire Council in 1881. With his brother, Francis, Augustus was attached to the survey department of Western Australia and later joined the Survey Department in Queensland rising to the position of Surveyor General in 1859.
Sir Augustus Charles Gregory lying in state, Brisbane, 1905 - State Library of Queensland Sir Augustus Gregory - State Library of Queensland
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"},{"location":"research/barnard-charles-evans/","title":"Barnard Charles Evans","text":"15 April 1845 \u2014 31 December 1920
"},{"location":"research/barnard-charles-evans/#barnard-charles-evans-cmg-20201314","title":"Barnard Charles Evans CMG (20\u201120\u201113/14)","text":"Hon Colonel Charles Evans CMG was born in Taunton, Somerset on 15 April 1845, the son of John Evans, a railway porter and his wife, Mary Ann n\u00e9e Acland. Charles Evans rose from humble railway porter to Commissioner for Railways in Queensland from 1911 to 1918. In 1867 he married Mary Ann Thompson who is also buried in this grave as well as two of their children. He died in Brisbane on 31 December 1920.
Colonel Charles Evans - State Library of Queensland
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"},{"location":"research/behr-raphael-lewin/","title":"Behr Raphael Lewin","text":""},{"location":"research/behr-raphael-lewin/#behr-raphael-lewin-381011","title":"Behr Raphael Lewin (3\u20118\u201110/11)","text":"About 1875 he carried a \"Sepher Torah\" (i.e. a Scroll of the Old Testament) on horse\u2011back up the mountain range \u2011 the Toll Bar Road \u2011 to Toowoomba in order to install Jewish Religious services there. The Toowoomba Synagogue was actually consecrated some years before the Brisbane Synagogue, though the Brisbane Hebrew Congregation was formed in 1865. Mr Levin was an official of both Congregations.
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"},{"location":"research/benjamin-harris-babbidge/","title":"Benjamin Harris Babbidge","text":"2 October 1836 \u2014 19 February 1905
"},{"location":"research/benjamin-harris-babbidge/#benjamin-harris-babbidge-1449","title":"Benjamin Harris Babbidge (1\u201144\u20119)","text":"Benjamin was born on the Isle of Wight where he became an apprentice ship's smith in White's Shipyard at Cowee at the age of 14. White's docks, with its steam sawmills and engine shops, provided work for around 500 craftsmen. After completing his apprenticeship, Benjamin and hs bride Elizabeth sailed for Moreton Bay arriving in January 1857. He set up a business as a ship and general smith in Elizabeth Street near Raff's Wharf. By 1880 he had established a rolling stock workshop in Hope Street, South Brisbane. He was the first successful tenderer for the manufacture of railway goods wagons for the Queensland Government. He was mayor of Brisbane in 1885-86. Benjamin died on 19 February 1905 aged 68.
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"},{"location":"research/bezalel-saul-mendelsohn/","title":"Bezalel Saul Mendelsohn","text":"Died 1897
"},{"location":"research/bezalel-saul-mendelsohn/#sali-mendelsohn-367","title":"\"Sali\" Mendelsohn (3\u20116\u20117)","text":"\"Sali\" was his nickname. His correct name was Bezalel Saul Mendelsohn. He died in 1897 and his sons had his name inscribed as
Sali Mendelsohn Bezalel Saul
Sali's wife was a woman of strong opinions and she preferred his nickname to his given names, so she had them neatly chiselled off the headstone, as can be seen.
Sali was Queensland's greatest bush balladeer and wrote many songs about the droving days, some of which are \"Salt Junk\" and the \"New Chum's First Tour\" but his most enduring ballad is \"The Girls of Toowong\" also variously known as \"Augathella Station\", \"Overlanders\" or \"The Drover\". It tells of parties of drovers who would set out from the cattle fattening yards which used to stretch from the foot of Mt Coot\u2011tha to the Brisbane river. They would proceed in stages to the North West, where they would collect a vast herd of beef cattle and bring them here for spelling and fattening. Another name by which this ballad was known is \"Brisbane Ladies\". One version of the song suggested that these ladies camped in the drovers' rough huts in which they stayed between their trips to the cattle country, and provided \"home comforts\", including cooking, to the travel\u2011weary stockmen.
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"},{"location":"research/boyd-dunlop-morehead/","title":"Boyd Dunlop Morehead","text":"24 August 1843 \u2014 30 October 1905
"},{"location":"research/boyd-dunlop-morehead/#boyd-dunlop-morehead-12496","title":"Boyd Dunlop Morehead (12\u201149\u20116)","text":"Boyd Dunlop Morehead was Queensland Premier from 30 November 1888 to 12 August 1890. He was born in Sydney on 24 August 1843, son of Robert Archibald Alison Morehead and his wife Helen Buchanan (n\u00e9e Dunlop). Morehead was MLA for the Queensland electoral district of Mitchell from September 1871 to December 1880 and represented Balonne from October 1883 to April 1896. Morehead succeeded Sir Thomas McIlwraith as Premier in November 1888. Morehead was a significant opponent of women's suffrage. He died from a cerebral haemorrhage on Monday 30 October 1905 at the age of 62 years.
Boyd Dunlop Morehead ca. 1890 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/brickwood-colley/","title":"Brickwood Colley","text":"1849 \u2014 1896
"},{"location":"research/brickwood-colley/#brickwood-colley-2512","title":"Brickwood Colley (2\u201151\u20112)","text":"\"Brickie\", as he was known by all, was in the second half of the 1800s as well known in Australia as any of our top jockeys today. In a period when travel to Sydney and Melbourne was measured in weeks rather than day, he rode with success in all three states. He was 47 when he died of a heart attack in the Post Office Hotel, Queen Street here in Brisbane in 1896. He had only arrived back from Sydney the previous week. He is one of only three jockeys that have had poems written about them; others being Willie Stone and Fred Archer, who is buried down south.
His funeral procession travelled from the Brisbane General Hospital into the city, down Queen Street and along Coronation Drive, then Sylvan Road, and finally to Toowong Cemetery. Every jockey in the Brisbane area attended in full silks and colours riding a race horse. There was also a large number of carriages. The procession stretched the entire length of Queen Street.
Funeral procession of the famous jockey, Brickwood Colley, in Brisbane, 1896 - State Library of Queensland
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"},{"location":"research/brisbane-general-cemetery-trustees/","title":"Brisbane General Cemetery Trustees","text":""},{"location":"research/brisbane-general-cemetery-trustees/#brisbane-general-cemetery-trustees","title":"Brisbane General Cemetery Trustees","text":"The Brisbane General Cemetery Trust commenced when the first Trustees were appointed on 7 October 1870. New Trustees were appointed as others retired or died. Successors were often members of the same family or community group.
The Brisbane General Cemetery Trust ended on 1 August 1930, when the Brisbane City Council took over management of all cemeteries within the municipality.
"},{"location":"research/brisbane-general-cemetery-trustees/#trustees","title":"Trustees","text":"Given Names Last Name Trustee Start Date Trustee End Date Reason Chairman Start Date Chairman End Date Successor John Petrie 1870-10-07 1892-12-08 Died 1870 1892-12-08 Andrew Lang Petrie William Pettigrew 1870-10-07 1904 Resigned 1893 1904 James Stodart John Hardgrave 1870-10-07 1906-11-08 Died 1904 1906-11-08 J. W. Wassell Michael Quinlan 1870-10-07 1878-07-02 Died Thomas Bunton George Edmondstone 1870-10-07 1883-02-23 Died Richard George Petty William Perry 1870-10-07 1891-06-11 Died John George Cribb Samuel Walker Griffith 1870-10-07 1893 Resigned Frederick Shaw Nathaniel Lade 1870-10-07 1895-07-17 Died Alexander Raff 1870-10-07 1904-04-11 Resigned J. MacDonald James Cowlishaw 1870-10-07 1929-07-13 Resigned Coleman Davis 1873 \u25c7 After 1881-03-15, Before 1881-06-28 Resigned George Myers Thomas Bunton 1878-08-03 1907-10-12 Died John Aloysius Hayes George Myers 1881-07-30 1920-05-13 Died 1906 1919-02-25 E. M. Myers Richard George Petty 1883-04-20 1899-09-25 Died William Douglas Grimes Andrew Lang Petrie 1893-01-20 1928-04-01 \u00bf Died \u00bf John George Petrie \u00bf John George Cribb 1893-03-06 1905-06-10 Died Frederick Shaw 1893-12-09 1897 Resigned William Thorne Moses Ward 1895-09-25 1914-09-21 Died Edwin Wesley Howard Fowles William Thorne 1897-07-01 1916-10-11 Died William Douglas Grimes 1900-02-23 1930-08-01 Trust closed 1922 1930-08-01 John MacDonald 1904-07-16 Before 1928-04-07 Died Mure H. Robertson James Stodart 1907-01-18 1922-06-20 Died 1919-02-25 1922-06-20 Robert Mackay Stodart James William Wassell 1907-01-18 After 1924-04-25, Before 1926-01-12 Died \u00bf John Aloysius Hayes 1907-11-16 1930-08-01 Trust closed Edwin Wesley Howard Fowles 1914-12-11 1930-08-01 Trust closed Charles Henry Harley 1915-12-10 1930-08-01 Trust closed George Frederick Scott Before 1919-11-08 \u25c7 1923-09-28 Died W. R. Scott \u00bf Edward Myer Myers 1920-07-09 1926-04-01 \u00bf Died \u00bf E. R. Isaacs \u00bf Robert Mackay Stodart 1922-07-08 1930-08-01 Trust closed W. R. Scott 1923-11-17 1930-08-01 Trust closed E. R. Isaacs After 1922, Before 1927-07-25 \u25c7\u2021 1930-08-01 Trust closed John George Petrie After 1922, Before 1928-07-11 \u25c7\u271d 1930-08-01 Trust closed J. G. Warren After 1922, Before 1928-07-11 \u25c7 1930-08-01 Trust closed Mure H. Robertson 1928-04-07 1930-08-01 Trust closed\u25c7 indicates that the original appointment announcement has not been found. \u00bf speculation \u2021 Edward Myer Myers died 1 April 1926 so it is likely that E. R. Isaacs was appointed after that. Coleman Davis and his successors, George Myers, Edward Myers, and E. R. Isaacs were all part of the Brisbane Jewish community. \u271d Andrew Lang Petrie died 1 April 1928 so it is likely that John George Petrie, his son, was appointed after that.
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"},{"location":"research/brisbane-general-cemetery-trustees/#secretaries","title":"Secretaries","text":"ca. 1885 \u2014 22 November 1899
"},{"location":"research/bruce-wallace/#bruce-wallace-9469","title":"Bruce Wallace (9\u201146\u20119)","text":"On 22 November 1899 Bruce Wallace and his two sisters were swimming off a small sandbank in the Brisbane River at West End. The girls got into difficulties and Bruce was able to save one of the girls but trying to save himself and his other sister proved too exhausting and they were both drowned. Bruce was fourteen years old and his sister Ina was ten. The children usually went swimming with their father at the same spot, but on this day, their father had business in the city, so the children went swimming without him, with tragic consequences. They were the children of Andrew Stephen and Eva Sarah Wallace.
Bruce His happy face is gone, his songs are hushed Here rests his head upon the lap of earth In youth to fortune and to fame unknown.
Ina Thou who here see beautiful and fair That death should set in her glorious eyes.
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"},{"location":"research/carl-adolf-feilberg/","title":"Carl Adolf Feilberg","text":"21 August 1844 \u2014 25 October 1887
"},{"location":"research/carl-adolf-feilberg/#carl-adolf-feilberg-137115","title":"Carl Adolf Feilberg (13\u201171\u201115)","text":"Carl was born in Copenhagen, Denmark on 21 August 1844. Following the early death of his parents, he was placed in foster care with Danish relatives who were living in Scotland. He received his formal education in Scotland and England finalising with a year at a college in France. Suffering from tuberculosis, he was advised to migrate to Australia, arriving in Sydney in 1867.
His experiences gained while working on Queensland properties would influence his future work as a journalist, political commentator and author. Carl was arguably the most persistent human rights advocate and pioneer of compassion in the history of colonial Queensland. He found employment at the Brisbane Courier as a political commentator and editor of The Queenslander. A change of proprietorship in 1880 found his views at odds with the new owners. He left to work in Melbourne, where the tuberculosis which had remained dormant returned. He returned to Brisbane as editor-in-chief of the Brisbane Newspaper Company, until his death at only 43 years of age on 25 October 1887.
Carl Adolf Feilberg, ca. 1872 - State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/carl-franz-alexander-schirmeister/","title":"Carl Franz Alexander Schirmeister","text":"22 July 1814 \u2014 8 October 1887
"},{"location":"research/carl-franz-alexander-schirmeister/#carl-franz-alexander-schirmeister-13256","title":"Carl Franz Alexander Schirmeister (13\u201125\u20116)","text":"Carl (Charles) Franz Alexander Schirmeister was born on 22 July 1814, near Eberswalde, Prussia and died on 8 October 1887. He was for 30 years the pastor of the \u201cGerman Evangelical Lutheran congregation of North Brisbane\u201d which came to be known as St Andreas after 1881.
A talented musician, he was educated at Halle University and became a Pastor of the Prussian Union Church. He trained in the Gossner Mission Society in Berlin and in 1842 he, and others, were sent to the Chatham Islands and arrived there in 1843. When the mission came to an end, he worked as a tutor for the Hunt family on Pitt Island for 2 years. In poor health he went to New Zealand, then Sydney, arriving in Brisbane after the mission at German Station had closed.
The first Lutheran service was held in the city in May 1857 where he secured Crown Grants of Land for the church. He was the first registered Lutheran minister in Queensland after separation. Fluent in English, he traveled far and wide to minister to people and conduct services. He became the first President of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Queensland.
His wife, Alwine, n\u00e9e Gehricke, (3 June 1818 - 30 November 1894) trained at the Elizabeth Deaconesses\u2019 Home and Hospital in Berlin. With two other deaconesses she went to the Chatham Island in 1846 where she married. She became the first woman to be naturalised in Queensland on 21 June 1864. Alwine worked faithfully alongside of her husband. Her funeral service was conducted by Rev. E. O. Maier. Buried here is also their daughter Johanna Albertine Elizabeth Sachse. The headstone was erected by the congregation.
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"},{"location":"research/caroline-friedericke-alwine-schirmeister/","title":"Caroline Friedericke Alwine Schirmeister","text":"3 June 1818 \u2014 30 November 1894
"},{"location":"research/caroline-friedericke-alwine-schirmeister/#caroline-friedericke-alwine-schirmeister-13256","title":"Caroline Friedericke Alwine Schirmeister (13\u201125\u20116)","text":"Carl (Charles) Franz Alexander Schirmeister was born on 22 July 1814, near Eberswalde, Prussia and died on 8 October 1887. He was for 30 years the pastor of the \u201cGerman Evangelical Lutheran congregation of North Brisbane\u201d which came to be known as St Andreas after 1881.
A talented musician, he was educated at Halle University and became a Pastor of the Prussian Union Church. He trained in the Gossner Mission Society in Berlin and in 1842 he, and others, were sent to the Chatham Islands and arrived there in 1843. When the mission came to an end, he worked as a tutor for the Hunt family on Pitt Island for 2 years. In poor health he went to New Zealand, then Sydney, arriving in Brisbane after the mission at German Station had closed.
The first Lutheran service was held in the city in May 1857 where he secured Crown Grants of Land for the church. He was the first registered Lutheran minister in Queensland after separation. Fluent in English, he traveled far and wide to minister to people and conduct services. He became the first President of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Queensland.
His wife, Alwine, n\u00e9e Gehricke, (3 June 1818 - 30 November 1894) trained at the Elizabeth Deaconesses\u2019 Home and Hospital in Berlin. With two other deaconesses she went to the Chatham Island in 1846 where she married. She became the first woman to be naturalised in Queensland on 21 June 1864. Alwine worked faithfully alongside of her husband. Her funeral service was conducted by Rev. E. O. Maier. Buried here is also their daughter Johanna Albertine Elizabeth Sachse. The headstone was erected by the congregation.
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"},{"location":"research/catherine-fitzgerald/","title":"Catherine Fitzgerald","text":"ca. 1868 \u2014 23 January 1931
"},{"location":"research/catherine-fitzgerald/#catherine-fitzgerald-7a10223a","title":"Catherine Fitzgerald (7A\u2011102\u201123A)","text":"Nora and Catherine were the daughters of Cornelius and Catherine Fitzgerald. They had emigrated from Ireland in the late 19th century. Nora received her Brisbane Hospital Certificate in 1894 and remained on the staff. Nora was a charge nurse from 1897 to 20 February 1899 when she left to marry Dr Arthur Halford (see above). Nora died on 9 August 1932 aged 63. She is buried with her sister Catherine Fitzgerald who was also trained nurse.
Catherine received her Brisbane Hospital Certificate in 1896 and remained on staff as a ward nurse until 1898. Catherine was one of the first councillors of ATNA, Queensland Branch that was formed in 1904. She remained a councillor until 1918 when she became Vice\u2011President (1918\u20111921). Catherine was Matron of the Alexandra Private Hospital, located in Wickham Terrace, from 1904, later becoming the owner. She was also a member of the ANTA Nurses\u2019 Rest Home Committee. In her retirement Catherine lived at Craigston, Wickham Terrace, until her death. She died on 23 January 1931 aged 63.
Windmill and Craigston apartments, in Wickham Terrace ca. 1934 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/catherine-greasley/","title":"Catherine Greasley","text":"ca. 1853 \u2014 26 August 1935
"},{"location":"research/catherine-greasley/#catherine-greasley-7a4316","title":"Catherine Greasley (7A\u201143\u201116)","text":"Catherine Ryan was born about 1853 in Dublin, Ireland to Patrick and Mary Ann Ryan. Her parents died in a railway accident when she was about two years of age. Catherine and her sister Mary Ann were adopted by the Dovey Family and emigrated to Australia with them. They lived in Melbourne and Catherine was confirmed at St Mary's Roman Catholic Church at the age of ten.
Catherine moved to Queensland and married Martin Walsh on the 8th of January 1877 at Maryborough. This was Martin's second marriage; he had two children from his previous marriage. Catherine and Martin had five children of their own and they reared the seven children together until Martin died on the 26th July 1886 at Tinana. He was buried at Maryborough.
Catherine remarried when she was 44. She and her husband, John Greasley, had a son. After John died on the 23rd of September 1903, Catherine ran a boarding house at Spring Hill. Her daughter, Evangeline Mary Walsh, was a waitress there when she married Joseph Campbell. Evangeline and Joseph Campbell had six children, three girls and three boys. On the 11th of December 1923 Joseph died at their home at Mott Street, Enoggera. Three days later one of their daughters, Esther, also died. Evangeline died on the 14th of October 1924. Joseph, Esther and Evangeline are buried in the same grave in Toowong Cemetery.
After Evangeline's death Catherine took over the raising of Joseph and Evangeline's children, her own grandchildren. Catherine was about 71 at this time. She was a good organiser and grew her own flowers, vegetables and particularly herbs, from which she concocted her own medicines and ointments. She kept the family on ten shillings a week, which she supplemented by making jams and lollies and by crocheting and tatting for Brisbane City shops such as Allan and Stark, and Edwards and Lamb. She made all of her family's clothes.
The family lived in a big old Queenslander. There was no electricity. They used hurricane lamps hanging from the ceiling. The water was heated in a copper before being carried up stairs for baths taken in a big two handled galvanised tub. Soap was cut up for washing and the clothes were scrubbed on a board before they were put in a copper boiler and kerosene tins to boil. Ironing was done with 'Mrs Potts' irons heated on a wooded stove. All the cooking was done in iron saucepans.
On the 9th of February 1929 Jean Millicent Campbell died and was buried in Toowong Cemetery. With her death only one of Catherine's three granddaughters was now alive.
Catherine Greasley died on the 26th of August 1935 and was buried in the same grave as Jean. Catherine Greasley was a remarkable woman who raised not only her stepchildren and her own children from two marriages but also her grandchildren.
"},{"location":"research/catherine-greasley/#acknowledgement","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"This story was contributed by Ian Campbell.
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"},{"location":"research/charles-chesworth-burgess/","title":"Charles Chesworth Burgess","text":"9 May 1883 \u2014 11 April 1939
"},{"location":"research/charles-chesworth-burgess/#charles-chesworth-burgess-107615","title":"Charles Chesworth Burgess (10\u201176\u201115)","text":"Charles was the son of Thomas Chesworth Burgess and Jane (n\u00e9e Gilbert). He was born on 9 May 1883 at the family property, Foxley at Christmas Creek near the Qld/NSW border. Charles enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in June 1915, serving in Gallipoli, Egypt and France where he received a severe gunshot wound to his head in November 1916. After treatment in England, he returned to Australia in May 1917 and discharged three months later.
Suffering from what was then termed 'shell shock', he was denied assistance in resettling and treatment. He retired to Glen Lamington in the Lamington National Park where he became known as the 'Hermit of Lamington'. Charles was an expert bushman and was brought into the limelight in February 1937 when he was involved in the rescue of the survivors of the Stinson plane disaster in the Macpherson Ranges. Just over two years later, on 11 April 1939, Charles died in the Brisbane General Hospital less than a month before his 56th birthday.
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"},{"location":"research/charles-foggitt/","title":"Charles Foggitt","text":"1864 \u2014 13 July 1926
"},{"location":"research/charles-foggitt/#charles-foggitt-8151314","title":"Charles Foggitt (8\u201115\u201113/14)","text":"Charles Emanuel Foggitt, born in Yorkshire in 1864, was a director of the firm Foggitt Jones and Company Limited (Foggitt Jones Limited from 1921). Foggitt immigrated to Australia in 1886 at the age of 22, establishing himself in Brisbane. He married Sarah Ann Malins in 1889, and for many years was associated with food manufacturing firm, J. C. Hutton Propriety Limited, based in Zillmere and Oxley.
Foggitt possessed exceptional business intelligence. In 1904 Foggitt left J. C. Hutton Propriety Limited and founded Foggitt, Jones and Company Limited with Thomas Llewellyn Jones in 1905, producing ham, bacon and smallgoods. They took over the Hutton\u2019s factory in Oxley, which was in financial distress, and within five years the company was generating an annual turnover of \u00a31,000,000. The company gradually expanded into other states and their storage shed at 1 Boundary Street, South Brisbane, built circa 1917 in response to this growth, is now a local heritage place. Foggitt Jones Limited continued to grow throughout the early 20th Century and provisioned supplies to Australian troops during WWII.
Foggitt lived with his family at Tarrangower, Chatsworth Road, Greenslopes. He died on 13 July 1926 after a short illness and was survived by his wife Sarah, three sons and a daughter.
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"},{"location":"research/charles-frederick-augustus-garland/","title":"Charles Frederick Augustus Garland","text":"1862 \u2014 25 January 1938
"},{"location":"research/charles-frederick-augustus-garland/#charles-frederick-augustus-garland-15112627","title":"Charles Frederick Augustus Garland (15\u201111\u201126/27)","text":"Born in Roma Qld in 1862, Charles Garland was apprenticed a printer's devil to the proprietor of the Western Star and Roma Advertiser. He later obtained a position on the composing staff of the Brisbane Courier where he served for 52 years.
Staff working at the Brisbane Courier, ca. 1902 - State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
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"},{"location":"research/charles-heaphy/","title":"Charles Heaphy","text":"ca. 1822 \u2014 3 August 1881
"},{"location":"research/charles-heaphy/#major-charles-heaphy-vc-1534","title":"Major Charles Heaphy, VC (1\u20115\u201134)","text":"Heaphy, born ca. 1822 in London, was an artist and surveyor who explored New Zealand in the 1840s. He landed in New Zealand in 1839 as a draughtsman for the New Zealand Company. He settled in Auckland in 1848 and later joined the local militia, the Auckland Rifle Volunteers. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for rescuing a wounded soldier under fire in the M\u0101ori Wars on 11 February 1864 at the Mangapiko River. Heaphy himself was hit in three places by musket balls while assisting the wounded man, with whom he had stayed all day. He was the first soldier of an irregular unit to be awarded the Victoria Cross.
After his army career, he had a lengthy career as a civil servant, chiefly concerned with surveying and became a Member of Parliament. He retired from public life in 1881 and sailed with his wife to Brisbane. He died in Ann Street, Brisbane on 3 August 1881 of tuberculosis.
Charles Heaphy. Ref: 1/2-003062-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22544487
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"},{"location":"research/charles-heaphy/#inscription","title":"Inscription","text":"N.Z. Maori War Veteran Major Charles Heaphy, V.C. 1821 - 1881 He served New Zealand in peace and war as artist, explorer and, member of parliment. He was the first non-regular soldier to be awarded the Victoria Cross.
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"},{"location":"research/charles-joseph-gall/","title":"Charles Joseph Gall","text":"ca. 1835 \u2014 30 November 1895
"},{"location":"research/charles-joseph-gall/#charles-joseph-gall-1415111213","title":"Charles Joseph Gall (14\u201115\u201111/12/13)","text":"Born in Hampstead ca. 1835, Charles Joseph Gall was a son of Thomas Gall. Elizabeth Long married Charles in Sydney in 1862. Their son, born in Sydney on 15 December 1862 died the same day. The couple had three daughters; Eva, Gertrude & Elizabeth (Lilly).
The partnership of Gall & Inglis, with William Inglis, was dissolved by mutual consent on 25 January 1875. Charles was declared insolvent in 1878. Dess & Gall, drapers and general outfitters, run in partnership with Edward Dess, was dissolved by mutual consent on 5 May 1882.
Charles entered into partnership with his son-in-law, Thomas William Johnson, to form Gall and Johnson, fancy goods sellers. Charles, a resident of Lisson Grove, Wooloowin, died of heart disease at his Queen Street shop on 30 November 1895.
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"},{"location":"research/charles-le-brocq/","title":"Charles le Brocq","text":"1829 \u2014 1905
"},{"location":"research/charles-le-brocq/#charles-le-brocq-1443031","title":"Charles le Brocq (14\u20114\u201130/31)","text":"Charles le Brocq (1829-1905) was a native of Jersey in the Channel Islands. He arrived in Melbourne in 1853 and then spent some time in New Zealand. He moved to Brisbane in 1860 and opened the Metropolitan Floating Baths in Petrie Bight in 1866. The Baths were relocated to a site near the Edward Street ferry in 1875. He sold the Baths to another operator in 1886 and they came under council control in 1920.
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"},{"location":"research/charles-lilley/","title":"Charles Lilley","text":"27 August 1827 \u2014 20 August 1897
"},{"location":"research/charles-lilley/#sir-charles-lilley-121515","title":"Sir Charles Lilley (12\u201115\u201115)","text":"Sir Charles Lilley, politician and judge was born on 27 August 1827 at Newcastle upon Tyn, son of Thomas Lilley and his wife Jane (n\u00e9e Shipley). He arrived in Sydney on 6 July 1856 and moved immediately to Brisbane where he was articled to Robert Little. Lilley became the first solicitor to be admitted to practice by the Supreme Court at Moreton Bay.
In May 1860 he was elected to Queensland's first Legislative Assembly. From 25 November 1868 to 3 May 1870 he was Premier of Queensland. During a debate on electoral reform in Queensland Parliament in 1870, he put forward the idea of women's suffrage, the first to do so. His government fell the same year but he remained a staunch supporter of women's franchise until his death on 20 August 1897.
Sir Charles Lilley on his wedding day. He married Sarah Jane Jeays in 1858. \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Sarah Jane Jeays \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/charles-mills/","title":"Charles Mills","text":"18 August 1834 \u2014 23 August 1894
"},{"location":"research/charles-mills/#charles-mills-1214","title":"Charles Mills (1\u201121\u20114)","text":"Charles was the printer of the very first issue of The Telegraph newspaper in Brisbane on 1 October 1872 and continued in that role for 22 years. He was born on 18 August 1834 in Longford, Ireland, the son of John Mills and Dorothea n\u00e9e Huggins. He arrived in Sydney as a teenager and, after serving his apprenticeship, he was employed on Sir Henry Parkes' Empire newspaper before moving to Brisbane in 1863 to take up a position as sub-overseer on the Queensland Daily Guardian until 1868. After a short period of employment at the Government Printing Office, Charles started a job printing office in 1870. He died on 23 August 1894.
River views across to the Brisbane Museum and Government Printing Office, 1887 - State Library of Queensland
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"},{"location":"research/charles-patterson/","title":"Charles Patterson","text":"Died 4 January 1926
"},{"location":"research/charles-patterson/#charles-patterson-133010","title":"Charles Patterson (13\u201130\u201110)","text":"Charles Patterson was the first Mayor of the Shire of Toowong. Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, Charles arrived in Queensland in 1871. He was a member of the Toowong Council until 1925, elected Mayor numerous times in this period. He proposed the construction of the median strip in High Street, now locally known as \u2018Patterson\u2019s Folly\u2019, as he envisaged a divided highway ultimately leading to Ipswich. His Bon Accord sawmill was one of the first industries in Toowong, opening on the site of the present Toowong Tower in 1881. The Patterson family lived at Kinellar, still standing on the corner of Sherwood Road and Little Maryvale Street. They were members of the Presbyterian Congregation. Charles died 4 January 1926.
High Street, Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland, ca. 1917 - State Library of Queensland Charles Patterson, ca. 1900 - State Library of Queensland
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"},{"location":"research/charles-siemon/","title":"Charles Siemon","text":"31 March 1871 \u2014 3 July 1941
"},{"location":"research/charles-siemon/#charles-siemon-12215","title":"Charles Siemon (12\u201121\u20115)","text":"The Siemon family, which included six children, lived at Ravensfield on Coronation Drive and ran a dairy farm, grazing their cows on land near the Regatta Hotel until the 1930s. In 1904, the Charles bought Milton House which they subsequently sold to the Presbyterian Church. Charles owned extensive warehouses, factories and businesses in Brisbane and was a Toowong Town Councillor.
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"},{"location":"research/charles-stewart-thow/","title":"Charles Stewart Thow","text":"ca. 1840 \u2014 2 June 1883
"},{"location":"research/charles-stewart-thow/#captain-c-s-thow-131610","title":"Captain C. S. Thow (13\u201116\u201110)","text":"Charles Stewart Thow was the son of Alexander Thow and Elizabeth Smith. He died on the 2 June 1883 aged 43 and was buried on the same day.
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"},{"location":"research/charles-stuart-mein/","title":"Charles Stuart Mein","text":"14 June 1841 \u2014 30 June 1890
"},{"location":"research/charles-stuart-mein/#the-honourable-charles-stuart-mein-121113","title":"The Honourable Charles Stuart Mein (12\u201111\u201113)","text":"Born in Maitland NSW on 14 June 1841 to John Stuart Mein and Mary Hall. Charles Mein was articled to Arthur Macalister in Brisbane prior to his admission as a solicitor of the Queensland Supreme Court in 1870. He was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council in 1876, serving two periods as postmaster-general. On 17 April 1885, he was the first solicitor to be appointed a Judge of the Queensland Supreme Court, succeeding Mr Justice Pring. He died in office while visiting Sydney on 30 June 1890.
Charles Stuart Mein - State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"research/charles-stuart-mein/#headstone","title":"Headstone","text":"Charles Stuart Mein's headstone was demolished in the 1970's as part of the Brisbane City Council's \"Beautification Scheme\". It was behind the grave of Sir Samuel Walker Griffin. The Federation Pavilion covers a small part of the grave.
"},{"location":"research/charles-stuart-mein/#inscription","title":"Inscription","text":"Sacred to the memory of Charles Stuart Mein A Judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland Who died on the 30th June 1890 Aged 49
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"},{"location":"research/charles-stumm/","title":"Charles Stumm","text":"10 May 1865 \u2014 28 February 1929
"},{"location":"research/charles-stumm/#the-honourable-charles-stumm-kc-181112","title":"The Honourable Charles Stumm KC (18\u2011111\u20112)","text":"Born Toowoomba, Queensland on 10 May 1865 to Charles Stumm and Isabella Streich. Formerly a schoolteacher, Charles Stumm commenced his legal training under articles at Browne & Ruthning Solicitors and was admitted as a solicitor of the Queensland Supreme Court in 1889. He was admitted as a barrister in 1894 and appointed King's Counsel in 1910. In 1929 he was appointed a Judge of the Queensland Supreme Court but died tragically three weeks later on 28 February 1929.
Judge Charles Stumm - State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/charles-walter-de-vis/","title":"Charles Walter de Vis","text":"9 May 1829 \u2014 30 April 1915
"},{"location":"research/charles-walter-de-vis/#charles-walter-de-vis-162218","title":"Charles Walter de Vis (16\u201122\u201118)","text":"Born in Birmingham England on 9 May 1829, Charles de Vis was a clergyman and then museum curator before immigrating to Queensland in 1870. He became curator of the Queensland Museum in 1882 and director of that institution in 1901 adding much to the extent of the collections, their classification and display. Due to the poor economic environment in 1904, de Vis was ordered to retire, but stayed on as a consulting scientist. Charles died aged 87 on 30 April 1915.
Charles Walter de Vis (1829\u20131915) from Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, Vol. 5, 10 July 1916.
Exhibition Hall, Brisbane, ca. 1897. Originally built as an Exhibition Hall and Concert Hall, the building is located on the site of an earlier building which burned down in 1888. In the late 1890s the Exhibition Hall was converted to accommodate the Queensland Museum which transferred to the building in 1899. State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
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"},{"location":"research/christian-thomas-wagner/","title":"Christian Thomas Wagner","text":"1830 \u2014 28 February 1903
"},{"location":"research/christian-thomas-wagner/#christian-thomas-wagner-4321","title":"Christian Thomas Wagner (4\u201132\u20111)","text":"Christian Wagner was born in Germany in 1830 and died on 28 February 1903. He was buried two days later with Lutheran rites. Also here is his wife Elizabeth who died on 27 June 1912 aged 82 and their daughter Bertha Barbara who died on 11 March 1930 aged 62. Christian served on the church committee of St Andreas (St Andrews) congregation, Wickham Terrace.
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"},{"location":"research/christopher-francis/","title":"Christopher Francis","text":"ca. 1840 \u2014 10 November 1915
"},{"location":"research/christopher-francis/#christopher-francis-2373132","title":"Christopher Francis (2\u201137\u201131/32)","text":"Sydney\u2011born Francis entered public service in Queensland in 1872 after a career which included journalism. After serving in various capacities in several parts of the colony, he was appointed Police Magistrate at Cunnamulla in 1881. He afterwards went to Townsville and later to Rockhampton. Francis retired in 1910 while serving as Police Magistrate at Maryborough. He died just short of his 75th birthday at St Helen\u2019s Hospital, South Brisbane on the 10th of November 1915 and was buried the next day.
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"},{"location":"research/christy-freeleagus/","title":"Christy Freeleagus","text":"16 November 1889 \u2014 16 May 1957
"},{"location":"research/christy-freeleagus/#christy-freeleagus-1818721","title":"Christy Freeleagus (18\u2011187\u201121)","text":"Christy Kosmas Freeleagus was born Christos Frilingos on the island of Kythira, Greece. Inspired by stories of sailors, he moved with his older brother Peter to Sydney in 1901 before moving on to Brisbane where they established a small restaurant. Soon after they opened the Paris Caf\u00e9 in Queen Street and the Astoria Caf\u00e9 in Edward Street. Christy\u2019s remaining eight brothers arrived over the next decade and in 1911 the family established Fresh Food and Ice Company Limited. Until his death, Freeleagus remained Managing Director of what became one of the state's biggest wholesale and retail food chains, providing the first employment over the years for hundreds of Greek migrants.
Freeleagus was passionate about his homeland and worked continuously to make his Greek heritage better known and respected among Australians. As a result, Freeleagus was appointed Greek Consul\u2011General, the first of that rank any country had appointed.
Despite his involvement in the Greek Military and service during the Greek\u2011Turkish War, Freeleagus continued to urge migration to Australia, and on 22 May 1922 delivered a lecture on Australia to the Athens Literary Society, a copy of which is held in the National Library of Greece. In Australia however, his patriotism for his country never ceased and after the Italian attack on Greece during World War II, he led a number of funding appeals, leading to the highly successful Greek Day on 19 November 1941. For this work he was awarded the Silver Cross of George I. He later received the Gold Cross in 1951. Freeleagus continued this type of fundraising for his community at home in Greece throughout his life and an appeal for victims of the 1953 earthquake in western Greece raised the largest amount of money ever sent from Australia for its time.
Members of the Greek community continued to arrive in Queensland and with support and encouragement from Freeleagus began moving outside Brisbane. As a result, strong Greek communities were formed in Biloela and Home Hill during the 1920s and 1930s. A high\u2011ranking freemason, Freeleagus helped found the Royal Automobile Club of Queensland and became a leader of the Chamber of Commerce.
When Freeleagus died of a heart attack on 16 May 1957, he had successfully founded the first Greek Association and his prominence in the religious and political life of the Greek community was evident through his community\u2019s large attendance at his funeral.
Christy Freeleagus, wearing the Greek army uniform, ca. 1922 - State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/constance-campbell/","title":"Constance Campbell","text":"16 December 1872 \u2014 4 July 1926
"},{"location":"research/constance-campbell/#constance-campbell-81916","title":"Constance Campbell (8\u201119\u201116)","text":"Constance Campbell Petrie was born in Brisbane on 16 December 1872 to Thomas Petrie and Elizabeth (n\u00e9e Campbell). A series of reminiscences based on Tom Petrie's life first appeared in The Queenslander, followed by a book, first printed in 1904, called Tom Petrie's reminiscences of early Queensland.
George Philip Stuart married Constance in Brisbane on 31 July 1918. Constance Stuart resided at Dundalli, Old Sandgate Road, Clayfield when she died on 4 July 1926.
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"},{"location":"research/daniel-george-bloomfield/","title":"Daniel George Bloomfield","text":"1858 \u2014 1915
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D. G. Bloomfield \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/daniel-rowntree-somerset/","title":"Daniel Rowntree Somerset","text":"1812 \u2014 1880
"},{"location":"research/daniel-rowntree-somerset/#daniel-rowntree-somerset-13807","title":"Daniel Rowntree Somerset (13\u201180\u20117)","text":"Daniel Rowntree Somerset (1812-1880), his wife Dora (n\u00e9e Higginson), and children Anna Sophia (1824-1924), Ellen Maria 1846-1898) and Henry St John (1848-1819) arrived in South Australia from Northern Ireland in 1849 but in 1850 boarded the barque Jenny Lind for a voyage to London via Singapore. As the ship sailed off the North Queensland coast, they were shipwrecked on Kenn Reef. Daniel later became prominent in civic affairs and was appointed Chief Clerk of Customs and Shipping Master of the Port of Brisbane.
Jenny Lind figurehead, shipwrecked 1850. Exhibits at Gladstone Maritime Museum, Central Queensland, Australia.
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"},{"location":"research/data/","title":"Data","text":"We publish our data with an open licence to help others discover and share the history and stories of Toowong Cemetery.
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Posting of the election results on the outside of the Courier building, 1907 - State Library of Queensland. Cropped
"},{"location":"research/david-bowman/","title":"David Bowman","text":"4 August 1860 \u2014 25 February 1916
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"},{"location":"research/david-frederick-tudor-jones/","title":"David Frederick Tudor Jones","text":"13 August 1830 \u2014 6 October 1892
"},{"location":"research/david-frederick-tudor-jones/#david-frederick-tudor-jones-121626","title":"David Frederick Tudor Jones (12\u201116\u201126)","text":"David Jones was born in South Wales on 13 August 1830 and was educated at a private school in Clapham, near London. He was an expert shorthand writer who reported debates in the Press gallery of the House of Commons. David came to Australia in his twenties, spent several years on the Victorian gold diggings then commenced his career in journalism at the Melbourne Argus. In 1863 he joined the staff of the Courier, becoming editor. He left in 1867 to enter the Queensland Public Service. He became Principal Hansard Reporter in 1881, a position he held until his death on 6 October 1892.
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"},{"location":"research/david-gordon-rattray/","title":"David Gordon Rattray","text":"22 May 1893 \u2014 ca. February 1919
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David was born in Cooktown to Margaret Rattray, 22 May 1893. Her husband, his father according to David's service records had died in South Africa during the Boer War. Name not recorded.
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"},{"location":"research/david-hay-dalrymple/","title":"David Hay Dalrymple","text":"14 December 1840 \u2014 1 September 1912
"},{"location":"research/david-hay-dalrymple/#david-hay-dalrymple-12532","title":"David Hay Dalrymple (12\u201153\u20112)","text":"David Hay Dalrymple was born on 14 December 1840 at Newbury, Berkshire, England, son of James Dalrymple and his wife Georgina (n\u00e9e Hay). Dalrymple reached Melbourne in 1862; He bought land in Mackay at the first sales, opened the town's first chemist shop and began pastoral investments. He was the town's first mayor in 1869-71, continuing to serve in local government until 1888 when he became a member for Mackay in the Legislative Assembly. In 1895-1903 Dalrymple served in ministries under Sir Hugh Nelson, T J Byrnes, Sir James Dickson and Sir Robert Philp, holding varied portfolios. He was one of the most strident masculinist voices in opposition to female suffrage. Dalrymple lost his seat in August 1904 and lived in retirement at Hamilton where he died on 1 September 1912.
David Hay Dalrymple 6 April, 1895 \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Effie Dalrymple, Christmas 1900 Married David Hay Dalrymple at Mackay on 23 December 1880. They had four children. \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/david-john-garland/","title":"David John Garland","text":"4 October 1864 \u2014 11 October 1939
"},{"location":"research/david-john-garland/#david-john-garland-1-50a-9","title":"David John Garland (1-50A-9)","text":"Born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1864, David John Garland was a Church of England missionary and chaplain to Western Australia's Boer War contingent before coming to Queensland.
Between 1902 and 1939 he was Archdeacon of North Queensland and rector at St Paul's Church, Charters Towers, then rector at Holy Trinity Church, Wooloongabba, and finally rector at St Barnabas' Church, Red Hill.
His crusading efforts on behalf of the \"Bible-in-State Schools League\" in the west led him to be invited to organise a similar campaign in Queensland. He then energetically tried to replicate the movement in New Zealand.
With Australia and New Zealand at war with the German Empire, Garland was recalled to Brisbane in 1915 and tasked with providing and coordinating chaplaincy and welfare services at Enoggera Army Base to thousands of fresh recruits.
In the wake of climbing casualty lists and community grief, he urged legislators to establish a framework to enable the nation to publicly honour the service and sacrifice of Australian and New Zealand troops killed in the Gallipoli Peninsula landings of 25 April 1915. This movement culminated in a public meeting on 10 January 1916 at Brisbane's Exhibition Hall which voted to establish the Anzac Day Commemoration Committee of Queensland, with chaplain Lieutenant-Colonel Garland its secretary.
Garland's contribution to Anzac Day tradition was to devise ecumenical or secular rituals for public commemoration of those who died in battle and and to comfort the bereaved. Because his format was non-denominational, everyone could participate, regardless of their faith tradition. The minute's silence provided a space for all Australian's and New Zealanders to demonstrate respect for The Fallen of the Great War.
In 1916 Garland initiated a trust to receive money raised from the sale of silk, lavender-coloured badges embossed with gold leaf with the lion of St Mark and the motto \"Their Name Liveth for Evermore\". These became the first Anzac Day badges, initially earmarked to pay for the upkeep of soldiers' graves at home and abroad. The appeal eventually helped fund soldier respite hostels and memorials to be established.
On the morning of Anzac Day 1920, the first since his return from war service, Garland visited \"Soldiers' Corner\" at Toowong Cemetery and found friends and families of the deceased paying their respects. Noting people of all religions were present, he asked all to observe a minutes' silence rather than offer up prayers during an impromptu commemoration service.
Under the guidance of Garland the Anzac Day service at Toowong Cemetery grew in size and significance as did the badge-selling campaign which supported the Lady Mayoress's committee. The campaign's success helped fund the establishment of the \"Cross of Sacrifice\" and \"The Stone of Remembrance\" which were erected and unveiled in 1924 near the entrance to Toowong Cemetery immediately adjacent to Canon Garland Place. Anzac Day commemoration's in Brisbane where held here until the Anzac Memorial - Shrine of Remembrance - in Anzac Square, was completed in 1930.
Garland officiated many funerals at Toowong Cemetery from 1910 onwards, including those for a significant number of returned servicemen of World War 1. Throughout his 23 year career on the Anzac Day Commemoration Committee of Queensland, he saw to the development of \"Soldiers' Corner\" in Portion 10 by the Brisbane General Cemetery Trustees.
Garland, aged 75, died at Red Hill on 11 October 1939. His grave is located at Portion 1, Section 50A, Grave 9, overlooking \"Soldiers' Corner\".
Canon David John Garland - in uniform by Unknown author, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, Public Domain Anzac Day 1916 fundraising ribbon, Australian War Memorial, used under the CC BY-NC AU 3.0 licence
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"},{"location":"research/david-muir/","title":"David Muir","text":"Born ca. 1824
"},{"location":"research/david-muir/#david-muir-131612","title":"David Muir (13\u201116\u201112)","text":"Three generations of David Muirs are buried in this grave. David was a shipwright born on Burnt Island near Edinburgh about 1824. He was the son of James Muir and Margaret Black. David married Margaret George in 1854. His son married Lucy Kornner in Brisbane in 1887. Sadly, their infant son David died in 1889.
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"},{"location":"research/david-thomas-newitt/","title":"David Thomas Newitt","text":"30 June 1890 \u2014 2 September 1922
"},{"location":"research/david-thomas-newitt/#david-thomas-newitt-102645","title":"David Thomas Newitt (10\u201126\u20114/5)","text":"Tom Newitt was born in Queensland on 30 June 1890. He was competing in a cycling race at the Brisbane Cricket Ground on 2 September 1922 when he collided with another competitor and fell onto the track fracturing his skull. He died later the same evening. He was one of the most respected and deeply admired members of the Hamilton Wheelers Club. The headstone over his grave was erected by his wife in conjunction with the Queensland Amateur Cyclists Union.
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"},{"location":"research/david-thomas-stewart/","title":"David Thomas Stewart","text":"1826 \u2014 1897
"},{"location":"research/david-thomas-stewart/#david-thomas-stewart-1371920","title":"David Thomas Stewart (13\u20117\u201119/20)","text":"David Stewart (1826-1897) was a leader in the foundation of the City Volunteer Fire Brigade and succeeded Francis Beattie as Deputy Superintendent of the Brigade in 1870. On 3 April that year he was in charge when the Brigade attended a fire at the Queensland Club. A boot and shoemaker by trade, he arrived in Sydney in 1834 with his parents and first came to Brisbane in 1860.
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"},{"location":"research/dorothy-hawthorn/","title":"Dorothy Hawthorn","text":"24 June 1899 \u2014 10 October 1983
"},{"location":"research/dorothy-hawthorn/#dorothy-hawthorn-138312","title":"Dorothy Hawthorn (13\u201183\u20111/2)","text":"Dorothy Hawthorn's many achievements and contributions to the community and well documented on her grave. Also buried here are her father, Arthur George Hawthorn, a Federal Cabinet Minister, and her grandparents, Alexander and Ann Stewart, foundation members of the St. Andrews Church, Brisbane.
Hawthorn made an outstanding contribution to the Girl Guide Association. As Deputy State Commissioner and Commissioner in Charge of Training she toured extensively throughout Queensland establinging Guide companies. In 1936 she learned how to fly at Archerfield. During World War Two, she served as a training officer in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, based in Malvern, Victoria. After the war, Hawthorn was appointed a Commonwealth rehabilitation officer with the resposibility of assisting service women re-enter civilian life. In the 1950s, Hawthorn was the President of the Women's Section of the Queensland Country party.
Girl Guides Deputy State Commissioner, Miss D. Hawthorn, 1930 - State Library of Queensland
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"},{"location":"research/duncan-mcdougall/","title":"Duncan McDougall","text":"15 July 1878 \u2014 18 May 1939
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He was born in Renfrewshire possibly 15 July 1878 to Donald and Ann McDougall. His service papers show him as a motorman which research suggests to be a tram driver and joined up on 19th of December 1915. He was earmarked for the 41st Battalion and was 34 years and 3 months old, 5' 8\u00bd\" 133lbs and a chest of 35\u00bd\" dark complexion, blue eyes and brown hair, 2 vaccination scars on left arm and mole on back and requires dental treatment and was a Presbyterian.
He had previously served 2 years in the Queensland Imperial Bushmen Mounted infantry in the Boer War service number 186. He embarked on the Demosthenes on 18 May 1916 and returned on the Balmoral Castle on 1 February 1918, discharged 6 May 1918 medically unfit. Duncan died on 18 May 1939.
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"},{"location":"research/ebenezer-chapman/","title":"Ebenezer Chapman","text":"12 July 1843 \u2014 11 July 1929
"},{"location":"research/ebenezer-chapman/#ebenezer-chapman-133411","title":"Ebenezer Chapman (13\u201134\u201111)","text":"Born in Sandon, Hertfordshire on 12 July 1843, Ebenezer Chapman's parents were Thomas Field Chapman and Hephzibah (n\u00e9e Kent). Ebenezer arrived in Moreton Bay with his family aboard the Blenheim on 12 October 1857. Sarah Griffin married Ebenezer in Brisbane on 6 December 1871. Ebenezer died at his daughter's residence, Primrose Street, Sherwood on 11 July 1929, aged 85 years and 364 days.
"},{"location":"research/edith-harriett-rennie/","title":"Edith Harriett Rennie","text":"2 April 1885 \u2014 25 December 1930
"},{"location":"research/edith-harriett-rennie/#edith-harriett-rennie-106222","title":"Edith Harriett Rennie (10\u201162\u201122)","text":"Staff Nurse Edith Rennie of the Australian Army Nursing Service died on Christmas Day, 1930, aged 45. She was the daughter of Charles and Lilias Rennie of Sydney. She had obtained her General Nursing Certificate from Hamilton Hospital, Waikato, New Zealand in May 1916 and her Obstetric Certificate from the Royal Hospital for Women in August 1921. She appears on the ATNA register of members in 1923.
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"},{"location":"research/edmund-curd/#edmund-curd-43714","title":"Edmund Curd (4\u201137\u201114)","text":"Edmund Curd was the first principal of the Toowong State School which opened in January 1880. He died in December 1922 aged 78.
"},{"location":"research/edmund-james-thomas-barton/","title":"Edmund James Thomas Barton","text":"1854 \u2014 10 April 1937
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In April 1903 following the resignation of the editor-in-chief, Edmund was promoted to the Courier's editorial chair. He occupied that position until his resignation in May 1906. He continued his literary work for many years, editing, among other publications, the Queensland Sugar Journal for 26 years. He died on 10 April 1937 at the age of 83 years.
"},{"location":"research/edmund-mellor/","title":"Edmund Mellor","text":"Died 26 September 1872
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Louisa - Queensland's First Iron Steamboat - Queensland State Archives. Cropped.
"},{"location":"research/edward-arthur-gordon/","title":"Edward Arthur Gordon","text":"ca. 1893 \u2014 26 December 1912
"},{"location":"research/edward-arthur-gordon/#edward-arthur-gordon-6718","title":"Edward Arthur Gordon (6\u20117\u201118)","text":"Edward Arthur Gordon, born around 1893, was a son of Charles Horsfall Bankart Gordon and Mary (n\u00e9e Clough). Edward worked as a finisher at Morris' Boot Factory and resided at Ross Street, Paddington. On Christmas Eve, Edward and some friends camped at Stanley Bridge, near Woodford. On Christmas Day 1912, at about 9am the friends started hunting wallabies. Shot, Edward was conveyed by buggy to Woodford then train to Caboolture. After attendance in Caboolture by their ambulance bearer, Edward was taken to the Brisbane General Hospital. Edward died in hospital on 26 January 1913 from an accidental bullet wound to the right thigh, haemorrhage, sepsis and exhaustion.
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"},{"location":"research/edward-barrow-forrest/","title":"Edward Barrow Forrest","text":"February 1838 \u2014 30 March 1914
"},{"location":"research/edward-barrow-forrest/#edward-barrow-forrest-9371","title":"Edward Barrow Forrest (9\u201137\u20111)","text":"In the early hours of 6 September 1864 Edward Forrest noticed a bright light in the home newly constructed for recent Scottish immigrant, Robert Smellie on Bowen Terrace. Mr Forrest raised the alarm, woke the Hingston family whose house was next door to the fire, and rescued two horses from the stable.
Robert Smellie (1823-1898 was later a pioneer of Brisbane's engineering and iron foundry trade.
Edward Forrest (1838-1914) was Queensland director of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company for many years. He was appointed vice-consul for France in 1872 and served in both Houses of Queensland Parliament.
Edward Barrow Forrest, 1907. \u2014 Wikimedia Commons.
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"},{"location":"research/edward-hobbs/","title":"Edward Hobbs","text":"ca. 1862 \u2014 4 January 1875
"},{"location":"research/edward-hobbs/#edward-hobbs-13555","title":"Edward Hobbs (13\u201155\u20115)","text":"Edward Hobbs was killed by falling tree at Redcliffe on 4 January 1875 aged 13 years and nine months. He was out shooting with a cousin when they sat down to watch some men felling a tree. The tree didn\u2019t fall in the direction which Edward anticipated and he was crushed. Edward\u2019s father was the well\u2011known doctor, William Hobbs, who, being in Brisbane at the time of the accident, was unable to assist his son. Edward was interred at the old Milton cemetery and then when it closed, relocated to Toowong.
Green be the turf above thee Son of my happier days None knew thee but to love thee None knew thee but to praise While memory bids me to weep tho\u2019 Nor thoughts nor word are free The grief is fixed too deeply That mourn a lad like thee.
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"},{"location":"research/edward-mcgregor/","title":"Edward McGregor","text":"Died 3 December 1939
"},{"location":"research/edward-mcgregor/#edward-mcgregor-4161718","title":"Edward McGregor (4\u201116\u201117/18)","text":"Edinburgh\u2011born Edward McGregor worked in the Queensland Railways for twenty years before purchasing the Grosvenor Hotel. A few years later he built the Lyceum Theatre, George Street, in 1909 which he ran until his death in 1939. McGregor spoke several languages and toured the world twice. He was a keen music lover and was patron of the Brisbane Municipal and Excelsior bands and Vice\u2011Patron of the Scottish and Curlew choirs.
Edward McGregor - The Telegraph, 4 Dec 1939. Edited.
The headstone of Edward McGregor and his wife, Mary Jane, shows Edward mourning the death of his wife who died 18 years before him.
Brisbane Municipal Concert Band marching in Brisbane, Queensland, 1909 - State Library of Queensland
Grosvenor Hotel, Brisbane, ca. 1929. The Grosvenor Hotel was built ca. 1882 for Alfred Alberton, on the western corner of George and Ann Streets, Brisbane. Previously a hotel existed on this site, which was known as the Volunteers Arms, and later as the Supreme Court. The Lyceum Theatre can be seen on the right of the photograph. - State Library of Queensland
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"},{"location":"research/edward-michael-hanlon/","title":"Edward Michael Hanlon","text":"1 October 1887 \u2014 15 January 1952
"},{"location":"research/edward-michael-hanlon/#edward-michael-hanlon-7a381921","title":"Edward Michael Hanlon (7A\u201138\u201119/21)","text":"Hanlon was born on 1 October 1887 in Brisbane, son of Michael and Mary Ann Byrne. He was educated Petrie Terrace State School and the Brisbane Technical College before joining the Queensland Railways in 1908. After 1912, he became a grocer and was active in the Shop Assistants\u2019 Union. Hanlon served in the 9th Battalion Australian Imperial Force from 1915 to 1919. Hanlon married Elizabeth Carver in 1922. He fathered a son and three daughters. He was an MLA for Ithaca from May 1926 until his death on 15 January 1952. Hanlon was Minister for Health from 1935 to 1944 and Premier and Chief Secretary from 1946 to 1952. His statue overlooks the old Royal Women\u2019s Hospital and the multi-level Ned Hanlon Building.
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"},{"location":"research/edward-mott/","title":"Edward Mott","text":"ca. 1807 \u2014 28 August 1900
"},{"location":"research/edward-mott/#edward-mott-74422","title":"Edward Mott (7\u201144\u201122)","text":"Edward Mott was born in Gloucestershire, England. ca. 1807. He was convicted on the 18th of January 1828 at Gloucester City Assizes for stealing a gun and was sentenced seven years transportation. He arrived in New South Wales on 8 September 1828 aboard the Countess of Harcourt. Edward was sent to Moreton Bay in June 1832 and his ticket\u2011of\u2011leave was issued on 9th February 1844.
Before 1859 he owned a large dairy on the land bounded by what is now George and Adelaide Streets. His cows watered at a big waterhole where City Hall now stands. After selling up, he moved to the sparsely settled Enoggera District. Late one August evening 1875, Edward was driving back from the city when he was dragged from his dray and his throat was slashed. He was left for dead and bore the scars for the rest of his life. No motive for the crime was ever discovered.
Edward lived in Grovely for forty\u2011five years and after he died on the 28th of August 1900, he was buried at St Matthew's Anglican churchyard in Grovely, but was moved to Toowong Cemetery in 1939. At the time of his death he was described as being in very comfortable circumstances.
Edward Mott and Canon Osborn - State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
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"},{"location":"research/edward-vincent-pollock/","title":"Edward Vincent Pollock","text":"12 June 1851 \u2014 16 October 1911
"},{"location":"research/edward-vincent-pollock/#edward-vincent-pollock-56212","title":"Edward Vincent Pollock (5\u201162\u201112)","text":"Edward Pollock was born in Ireland on 12 June 1851. He was Fleet Paymaster and Secretary to the Naval Commandant of the Commonwealth Naval Force in Brisbane. Tragically, Fleet Paymaster Pollock died on 16 October 1911 from injuries he received through falling from a tram at East Brisbane.
The funeral was marked by the naval honours due to Fleet Paymaster Pollock's rank. A monument over his grave erected by the members of the United Services Institute was officially unveiled on Sunday 19 May 1912 in front of a large gathering of officers and men of both services as well as civilians.
E. V. Pollock, Staff Paymaster - State Library of Queensland
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"},{"location":"research/edwin-arthur-vincent-sheldon/","title":"Edwin Arthur Vincent Sheldon","text":"3 July 1895 \u2014 19 July 1945
"},{"location":"research/edwin-arthur-vincent-sheldon/#eliza-jeanettie-sheldon-and-edwin-arthur-vincent-sheldon-7951314","title":"Eliza Jeanettie Sheldon and Edwin Arthur Vincent Sheldon (7\u201195\u201113/14)","text":"Jeanettie Sheldon, was born on 24 May 1885 in Williamstown, Victoria, the eldest of five children of English\u2011born parents Edwin Arthur Sheldon and his second wife Phoebe Emily, n\u00e9e Fisher. By 1890 the family had settled in Brisbane, where Edwin ran a jewellery business at Fortitude Valley. Vincent was born on 3 July 1895 in South Brisbane, the youngest of the five children.
Jeanettie studied art at Brisbane Technical College. Between 1909 and 1919 she exhibited oils, sketches and painting on porcelain at shows held by the (Royal) National Agricultural and Industrial Association of Queensland. She opened the Sheldon Gallery in 1921. Elected to the (Royal) Queensland Art Society, she served as vice\u2011president (1922), secretary (1923\u201131 and 1937\u201143) and a council\u2011member (1932\u201136). From 1923 to 1960 she exhibited pottery, oils and watercolours at its shows.
Vincent was educated by the Christian Brothers at St James's School, Brisbane. He studied commercial art in the United States of America (1920) and England (1924), and worked as a freelance cartoonist in Brisbane in 1924\u201126. He visited London in 1929 to learn drypoint under W. P. Robins at the Central School of Arts and Crafts, Holborn. The British Museum acquired three of his etchings, and the Victoria and Albert Museum two monotypes.
Back in Brisbane, Vincent taught printmaking at his home at Clayfield. In 1931 he was elected a member of the Australian Painter\u2011Etchers' Society. His drypoints of country scenes, and of Brisbane and its landmarks, were described in 1934 as being executed with 'rare skill' and 'joyous animation'. On 9 July 1934 at All Saints Church, Wickham Terrace, he married with Anglican rites Cynthia Ruth Sturtridge; they were childless.
During World War II Vincent worked in a munitions factory until illness forced him to resign. Survived by his wife, he died of a coronary occlusion on 19 July 1945 at Boolarong, near Caboolture, and was buried with Catholic rites. A memorial exhibition of his work was held in Brisbane in 1948. In 1981 Sheldon's widow gave more than two hundred of his works to the Queensland Art Gallery.
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"},{"location":"research/edwyn-mitford-lilley/","title":"Edwyn Mitford Lilley","text":"1859 \u2014 1911
"},{"location":"research/edwyn-mitford-lilley/#edwyn-mitford-lilley-12157","title":"Edwyn Mitford Lilley (12\u201115\u20117)","text":"Brisbane-born Edwyn Mitford Lilley KC (1859-1911) was the eldest son of Sir Charles Lilley and his wife, Sarah Jane (n\u00e9e Jeays). He was called to the Queensland Bar in 1882. He soon acquired a large and important practice, and during his long and eminent career was engaged in many of the prominent cases heard in the Queensland courts. In 1910 he was appointed a 'King's Counsel' by the Governor. Lilley was retained by the Shearers' Union for the legal defence of unionists. He died at the age of 52 following a seizure.
Portrait of E.M. Lilley - State Library of Queensland
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"},{"location":"research/eliza-hartnoll/","title":"Eliza Hartnoll","text":"7 August 1841 \u2014 3 June 1874
"},{"location":"research/eliza-hartnoll/#eliza-hartnoll-29a","title":"Eliza Hartnoll (29A)","text":""},{"location":"research/eliza-hartnoll/#headstone","title":"Headstone","text":"Eliza Hartnoll's headstone discovered in a Toowong Cemetery Archaeological Dig.
In loving memory of Eliza The dear wife of Henry Hartnoll Both of Tasmania Born 7th August 1841 Died 3rd June 1874 Gone to her little pal... (palace?) Even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him
The last sentence in the inscription may be from the King James Bible, Thessalonians 4:14:
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
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"},{"location":"research/eliza-jeanettie-sheldon/","title":"Eliza Jeanettie Sheldon","text":"24 May 1885 \u2014 30 July 1974
"},{"location":"research/eliza-jeanettie-sheldon/#eliza-jeanettie-sheldon-and-edwin-arthur-vincent-sheldon-7951314","title":"Eliza Jeanettie Sheldon and Edwin Arthur Vincent Sheldon (7\u201195\u201113/14)","text":"Jeanettie Sheldon, was born on 24 May 1885 in Williamstown, Victoria, the eldest of five children of English\u2011born parents Edwin Arthur Sheldon and his second wife Phoebe Emily, n\u00e9e Fisher. By 1890 the family had settled in Brisbane, where Edwin ran a jewellery business at Fortitude Valley. Vincent was born on 3 July 1895 in South Brisbane, the youngest of the five children.
Jeanettie studied art at Brisbane Technical College. Between 1909 and 1919 she exhibited oils, sketches and painting on porcelain at shows held by the (Royal) National Agricultural and Industrial Association of Queensland. She opened the Sheldon Gallery in 1921. Elected to the (Royal) Queensland Art Society, she served as vice\u2011president (1922), secretary (1923\u201131 and 1937\u201143) and a council\u2011member (1932\u201136). From 1923 to 1960 she exhibited pottery, oils and watercolours at its shows.
Vincent was educated by the Christian Brothers at St James's School, Brisbane. He studied commercial art in the United States of America (1920) and England (1924), and worked as a freelance cartoonist in Brisbane in 1924\u201126. He visited London in 1929 to learn drypoint under W. P. Robins at the Central School of Arts and Crafts, Holborn. The British Museum acquired three of his etchings, and the Victoria and Albert Museum two monotypes.
Back in Brisbane, Vincent taught printmaking at his home at Clayfield. In 1931 he was elected a member of the Australian Painter\u2011Etchers' Society. His drypoints of country scenes, and of Brisbane and its landmarks, were described in 1934 as being executed with 'rare skill' and 'joyous animation'. On 9 July 1934 at All Saints Church, Wickham Terrace, he married with Anglican rites Cynthia Ruth Sturtridge; they were childless.
During World War II Vincent worked in a munitions factory until illness forced him to resign. Survived by his wife, he died of a coronary occlusion on 19 July 1945 at Boolarong, near Caboolture, and was buried with Catholic rites. A memorial exhibition of his work was held in Brisbane in 1948. In 1981 Sheldon's widow gave more than two hundred of his works to the Queensland Art Gallery.
Jeanette Sheldon - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"research/eliza-jeanettie-sheldon/#learn-more","title":"Learn more","text":"Jeanette Sheldon: Queensland Art Pioneer - The La Trobe Journal, No 37 Autumn 1986.
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"},{"location":"research/elizabeth-dale/","title":"Elizabeth Dale","text":"1865 \u2014 31 January 1905
"},{"location":"research/elizabeth-dale/#elizabeth-dale-114829","title":"Elizabeth Dale (1\u2011148\u201129)","text":"Prior to 1905, the creek which runs through the Cemetery had been dammed to provide water for flowers and grapes which were grown in Portion 10 and sold to Cemetery visitors. Taps were being installed but before the dam could be emptied it claimed the life of Elizabeth Dale.
On 31 January 1905, on the anniversary of her husband's death, Elizabeth left her Rosalie home with the intention of going to Wynnum for a few days. On the way, she planned to visit her husband's and brother's graves. The next day she was found drowned in the Cemetery's dam.
The inquest noted that Elizabeth was in delicate health, short-sighted and prone to fainting fits. The government analyst found a trace of morphine in her system, which was not surprising as Elizabeth was in the habit of taking Kay's Compound, the key ingredient of which was morphine1.
"},{"location":"research/elizabeth-dale/#headstone","title":"Headstone","text":""},{"location":"research/elizabeth-dale/#inscription","title":"Inscription","text":"Elizabeth beloved wife of Thomas Dale died Feb. 1st 1905 aged 40 years Thy will be done
"},{"location":"research/elizabeth-dale/#learn-more","title":"Learn more","text":"This story is from Toowong Cemetery, by Hilda Maclean and Prue Firth, in Toowong: A community's history by West Toowong Community Association Inc.. Used with permission. Links added.
Department of Justice, Inquest into the death of Elizabeth Dale 56/05 \u21a9
11 May 1840 \u2014 7 November 1914
"},{"location":"research/elizabeth-edwards/#elizabeth-edwards-142314","title":"Elizabeth Edwards (14\u201123\u201114)","text":"Elizabeth Munro Edwards (n\u00e9e Gibson) was born in Scotland on 11 May 1840 and came to Australia with her parents, Thomas Gibson and Christina Thompson in 1864. Three years later she married Richard Edwards who subsequently became the member for Oxley division in Federal Parliament.
Elizabeth was the first president of The Queensland Women's Suffrage League which was formed at a meeting at her home on 4 February 1889. Elizabeth died early on Saturday 7 November 1914 and the funeral took place the same afternoon.
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"},{"location":"research/elizabeth-jane-kingsbury/","title":"Elizabeth Jane Kingsbury","text":"ca. 1858 \u2014 8 March 1919
"},{"location":"research/elizabeth-jane-kingsbury/#elizabeth-jane-kingsbury-12421213","title":"Elizabeth Jane Kingsbury (12\u201142\u201112/13)","text":"Mrs. John James Kingsbury was a Victorian, a daughter of Mr. David Ham. She was possessed of unusual gifts, a fine presence, a wide, clear outlook, and eloquence that gave her a great advantage in pleading the cause in which she was interested. She came by force of her gifts prominently when any movement especially concerning the welfare of women and children was involved. She had a keen sense of humour, and her speeches were characterised by humour and brilliance. She was in demand whenever a new project was started for the betterment of the State, and although her invariable answer was, \u201cI\u2019m working to the pin of my collar,\u201d still there was always fitted in either another pin or an extra little stretch was given to the collar.
Few women have left so clear a track successfully blazed in the history of Queensland. Mrs. Kingsbury was for years on the committee of the Sick Children\u2019s Hospital. Then when the claims of a woman\u2019s hospital were urged by Lady Lamington, Mrs. Kingsbury became one of the first members of the committee, relinquishing her guiding hand only when success had come to the institution. She became president of the Industrial Home for Women at Normanby Hill, and at a still later date the first president of the Queen Alexandra Home for orphans, neglected, or poor children, under the control of the Methodist Church.
Still more presently, when war work was what mattered most in women\u2019s lives, Mrs. Kingsbury practically illustrated the doctrine of keeping the home fires burning by strengthening existing activities and at the same time, as president of the National Council of Women, she took an active part in \u201cSix o\u2019clock closing,\u201d the establishment of a bureau for the registration and classification of women for national work, the foundation of the British Australian League for the encouragement of Australian goods first, and those of the Empire next. She was elected president of the Women\u2019s Mutual Service club, and, with her committee, brightened with kindly sympathy the many weary hours of sorrow and anxiety of soldiers\u2019 relatives.
Mrs. Kingsbury, for eight years, occupied the position of president of the National Council of Women, a federation of 44 societies, all interested in great national questions, especially in those affecting the welfare of women and children. On the occasion of the International Congress held in Rome in June, 1914, Mrs. Kingsbury represented the Queensland Council, and on her return familiarised the women of Brisbane with the representative women of other countries.3 Elizabeth was also an accomplished artist and wood carver. She died in 1919 aged 61.
Mrs J. J. Kingsbury - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"research/elizabeth-jane-kingsbury/#sources","title":"Sources","text":"3: Condensed from the Brisbane Courier, 10 March 1919, Death of Mrs. J. J. Kingsbury.
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"},{"location":"research/elizabeth-margaret-hulett/","title":"Elizabeth Margaret Hulett","text":"ca. 1899 \u2014 1986
"},{"location":"research/elizabeth-margaret-hulett/#elizabeth-margaret-hulett-15a916","title":"Elizabeth Margaret Hulett (15A\u20119\u201116)","text":"Elizabeth Hulett completed her general training at the Royal Children\u2019s Hospital, Brisbane in 1922, and her midwifery training at the Royal Women\u2019s Hospital in 1938 after the premature death of her husband, John Hulett. She was appointed to the staff of the Women\u2019s Hospital in December 1943 and was promoted to Senior Sister in 1946. After 18 years service she retired from the staff of the Women\u2019s Hospital in January 1961 to join the staff of the new Mater Mothers\u2019 Hospital. She taught midwifery for many years, affectionately known to her students as \u201cGranny Hulett\u201d. Sister Hulett died in 1986 aged 87.
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"},{"location":"research/elizabeth-powell/","title":"Elizabeth Powell","text":"ca. 1870 \u2014 14 August 1897
"},{"location":"research/elizabeth-powell/#elizabeth-powell-5242","title":"Elizabeth Powell (5\u201124\u20112)","text":"Elizabeth or Bessie Powell (n\u00e9e Turnbull) was born in England around 1870. She was the licensee of the Montague Hotel in Montague Road South Brisbane for a few months in 1897 until her death on 14 August 1897.
Flood damage at the West End Brewery in Brisbane, Queensland, 1893. The West End Brewery was located on the corner of Montague Road and Merivale Streets, West End. The damaged Montague Hotel is in the background. - State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
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"},{"location":"research/elizabeth-smith/","title":"Elizabeth Smith","text":"1829 \u2014 6 May 1901
"},{"location":"research/elizabeth-smith/#elizabeth-smith-13621","title":"Elizabeth Smith (13\u20116\u201121)","text":"Elizabeth Eldridge was born about 1829. She first married Richard Sheppard Smith, a master mariner. They had three children, Edward, William and Elizabeth.
Edward Eldridge Smith married Margaret Jane Petrie. Margaret was a member of the Petrie family, some of whom are buried at Toowong Cemetery.
William Charles Smith married Catherine Mary Kingsford. They had seven children, Richard, Winifred, Wilfrid, Elsie, Leofric, Eric and Charles. All the children were given the middle name of Kingsford.
Charles became the famous aviator, Sir Charles Kingsford Smith.
After Richard died Elizabeth married his younger brother William, who was also a master mariner. Elizabeth and William had five children, Sydney, Caroline, Albert, Frederick and Louise.
Such marriages were not uncommon during the Victorian period. With little social welfare available and employment opportunities for women few, many remarried, often to men connected with their late husband.
Elizabeth died on the 6th of May 1901, aged 72 years. Elizabeth's second husband, William, and their children Caroline, Albert and Louise are buried in the family grave at Toowong Cemetery.
"},{"location":"research/elizabeth-smith/#acknowledgement","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"This story was contributed by Keith Bowerman.
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"},{"location":"research/ellen-forde/","title":"Ellen Forde","text":"ca. 1863 \u2014 9 March 1923
"},{"location":"research/ellen-forde/#john-and-ellen-forde-15192728","title":"John and Ellen Forde (15\u201119\u201127/28)","text":"Irish immigrants, John and Ellen Forde were the parents of Francis Michael Forde better known as Frank Forde, the 15th Prime Minister of Australia.
Frank Forde pilots a train into Brisbane, 1930 - State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/ellen-margaret-kavanagh/","title":"Ellen Margaret Kavanagh","text":"ca. 1885 \u2014 5 November 1944
"},{"location":"research/ellen-margaret-kavanagh/#ellen-margaret-kavanagh-7a2914a","title":"Ellen Margaret Kavanagh (7A\u201129\u201114A)","text":"Sister Ellen Kavanagh died, unmarried, while nursing at the Rosemount Military Hospital, Lutwyche Road, on 5 November 1944 aged 59. She was attached to the 1st Australian Imperial Force (AIF). Her headstone was erected by the Hospital\u2019s patients.
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"},{"location":"research/elsie-muriel-jones/","title":"Elsie Muriel Jones","text":"ca. 1889 \u2014 17 May 1942
"},{"location":"research/elsie-muriel-jones/#elsie-muriel-jones-104524","title":"Elsie Muriel Jones (10\u201145\u201124)","text":"Elsie Jones was known by her maiden name, Sister King, when she nursed for the Australian Imperial Force (AIF). She subsequently married and had a son and a daughter. She was awarded the Order of the British Empire - Member (Civil) in 1938. Elsie died on the 17 May 1942 aged 53.
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"},{"location":"research/emily-owen/","title":"Emily Owen","text":"1862 \u2014 24 May 1885
"},{"location":"research/emily-owen/#emily-owen-1395","title":"Emily Owen (1\u201139\u20115)","text":"Emily Owen was an immensely popular and respected nurse at the Brisbane Hospital. She died, unmarried, aged only 23 of typhoid fever contracted doing her duties on 24 May 1885. Her headstone was erected by the nurses and employees of the hospital where she worked, grateful patients and bereaved friends
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"},{"location":"research/emily-sophia-pickett/","title":"Emily Sophia Pickett","text":"4 July 1857 \u2014 19 December 1923
"},{"location":"research/emily-sophia-pickett/#emily-sophia-pickett-21155","title":"Emily Sophia Pickett (21\u20111\u201155)","text":""},{"location":"research/emily-sophia-pickett/#henry-tom-pickett-21231","title":"Henry Tom Pickett (21\u20112\u201131)","text":"Died 21 May 1927
Emily was born Emily Sophia Leader on the 4th of July 1857 in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, where her father Richard Leader owned the Sun Inn. Emily was married to Henry Tom Pickett on the 12th of March 1878 at St Peters and St Pauls, Marlborough and left for Australia soon after. Henry must have been to Australia before as he is listed as hotelkeeper of the Steam Packet Hotel, Cairns in 1870. The account of the marriage in the Marlborough Times describes \"Tom\" as \"being late of Leichhardt Hotel, Cairns.\"
Their first child, Emily Margaret, was born on the 8th of March 1879 at the Kelly Building in Elizabeth Street, Brisbane. Tom and Emily had five other children. Eleanor Sarah was born on the 26th of November 1880 at the Union Club in Charlotte Street. Another daughter, Evelyn Ann, was also born at the Union Club on the 20th of January 1882. Evelyn died on the 13th of April 1882 and is buried with her mother at Toowong. Emily Sophia went back to England about 1883 because her father died that year.
The next child, Dorothy Kemp Pickett, was born on the 12th of March 1897 at the Post Office Hotel. Frank Burgess Pickett was also born there on the 17th of November 1898. Henry Tom Pickett was proprietor of the Post Office Hotel, which was in Queen Street opposite Eagle Lane, from the 8th of September 1885 to 1900. They had water up to the ground-floor ceiling during the great 1893 flood. The hotel was in Queen Street, Brisbane opposite Eagle Lane. Tom moved to the Metropole Hotel, 78 Edward Street, as proprietor in 1901-1902. Marjorie Leader Pickett was born at Fairview Guesthouse in Sandgate on the 17th of May 1901. The family story goes that Emily Sophia Pickett travelled down to Sandgate every Friday and stayed the weekend. The 1903 Post Office Directory listed the family at Savernake, Kedron Park Road, Lutwyche. The house was so named because Tom Pickett was born near this area in Wiltshire.
Emily Sophia ran boarding houses in her later years. The first was the Strathmore on North Quay. Then, in 1915, she took over and refurbished the Fairview at Sandgate.
Emily Sophia died on the 19th of December 1923 at Kent Road, Wooloowin. Henry Tom was admitted to Dunwich Asylum in early November 1925 and died there on the 21st of May 1927, his body being taken by launch to Cleveland. He is buried at Toowong with his brother Frank.
Redael the name of the family home in Kent Road Wooloowin, is 'Leader' (Emily's maiden name) spelt backwards.
This advertisement appeared in The Queensland Figaro on the 20th of April 1889.
"},{"location":"research/emily-sophia-pickett/#acknowledgement","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"This story was contributed by Pamela Webster.
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"},{"location":"research/emma-miller/","title":"Emma Miller","text":"26 June 1839 \u2014 22 January 1917
"},{"location":"research/emma-miller/#emma-miller-13656","title":"Emma Miller (13\u20116\u20115/6)","text":"Miller was born Emma Holmes in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, in June 1839.
On 15 September 1857 at Chesterfield Register Office she married Jabez Mycroft Silcock, a bookkeeper with whom she had eloped. He died in 1870 leaving her with four small children to support.
Emma was a gentlemen\u2019s shirtmaker and she began to take in piecework, working twelve hours per day, six days per week.
Emma remarried on 30 August 1874 at Salford, Lancashire, William Calderwood, a stonemason. They arrived in Brisbane in March 1879. He died just over a year later. Widowed again, Emma was forced to make her living by needlework.
Emma was in the vanguard of the formation of women\u2019s unions, the women\u2019s suffrage movement, and the Labor Party.
She actively supported strikers during the 1880s, and worked to alleviate the plight of the unemployed.
Her third husband was Andrew Miller (d.1897), a widower whom she married at Brisbane Registry Office on 21 October 1886.
She campaigned tirelessly for freedom from conscription. Through these activities, she was known and admired throughout the country, and given the affectionate title \u2018Mother of the Australian Labor Party\u2019.
On 'Black Friday' of the 1912 strike, Emma led a large contingent of women to Parliament House, braving the batons of foot and mounted police. She reputedly stuck a hatpin into the horse of Police Commissioner Cahill who was thrown and injured.
Emma died in 1917. On 22 October 1922 a publicly funded marble bust of her was unveiled in the Trades Hall.
Portrait of Mrs. Emma Miller - State Library of Queensland. Marble Bust of Emma Miller held at Queensland Council of Unions by sculptor James Laurence Watts by Alphi123, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Arthur Hoey Davis - Steele Rudd, Charles Lilley and Emma Miller statues located in King George Square in Brisbane, Australia. Artist: Artbusters Materials: Bronze Installation date: 1993 by Kgbo, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Black Friday: When Brisbane Police Beat and Suppressed Demonstrators - Queensland State Archives
"},{"location":"research/emma-miller/#headstone","title":"Headstone","text":"Emma Miller's headstone
"},{"location":"research/emma-miller/#inscription","title":"Inscription","text":"Emma Miller Memorial Emma Miller, (1839 - 1917) A foundation member for the Labor Party, one of the leaders of the women's sufferage movement, she was a tireless fighter for the union movement and anti-conscription campaigner. An ardent pacifist from childhood, she opposed all wars from Crimea to World War I. As President of the Women's Equal Franchise Association, she saw Australian women win the federal vote in 1902, the first women in the world to be able to vote in a federal election. Emma Miller's courage and energy were unmatched during the struggles for equal rights for women, earning her the title of \"Mother Miller\" and \"the grand old labour woman of Queensland\". Interred with: William Calderwood (Second Husband) 1842 - 1880 Thomas Mycroft Silcock (Son) 1857 - 1890 Emma Calderwood (Grand-daughter - daughter of George and Jean Calderwood) died before the age of one year in 1909 Sarah Jean Calderwood (Daughter-in-law - wife of George) died 1939 She fought hard, she gave it her best, she did what was right, and she made a difference.
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"},{"location":"research/eric-mark-margulies/","title":"Eric Mark Margulies","text":""},{"location":"research/eric-mark-margulies/#dr-eric-mark-margulies-3218","title":"Dr Eric Mark Margulies (3\u201121\u20118)","text":"Eric Mark Margulies was the only doctor in the western Queensland country town of Cunnamulla. A major fire destroyed the hotel and the good doctor distinguished himself in the rescue, as well as in the treatment of the survivors, some of whom were very badly injured. Later he was the Government Medical Officer on the Gold Coast.
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"},{"location":"research/eric-ross-harrison/","title":"Eric Ross Harrison","text":"ca. 1909 \u2014 4 March 1942
"},{"location":"research/eric-ross-harrison/#steward-eric-ross-harrison-10437","title":"Steward Eric Ross Harrison (10\u201143\u20117)","text":"On the 4th of March 1942, the auxiliary minesweeper HMAS Tambar was fired on by the Examination Battery at Fort Cowan Cowan on Moreton Island. There was a mix up in the identification code signal of the ship and the battery was ordered to fire across the bow of the unidentified vessel. The 6\u2011inch shell struck the ship\u2019s forecastle killing Able Seaman Archibald Bartsch, a member of the anchor party, instantly. The shell skidded across the deck into the Captain\u2019s cabin killing Steward Eric Harrison. It then passed through the radio room critically injuring Warrant Officer Henry Theeman. Both of his legs were severed and his succumbed to his injuries soon after. Other crew received injuries to various degrees.
London\u2011born Theeman was aged 47. He had spent most of his life at sea. After three years in Moller Line ships travelling between Japan and China he left the line in August 1941 to join the RAN. Bartsch, son of 3rd Light horseman William Henry Bartsch, was an employee if the Australasian United Paint Company of Port Augusta, South Australia prior to his enlistment in the navy. He was aged 20. Western Australian\u2011born Harrison was the son of William Ross and Rebecca Harrison. He was aged 33 and a resident of Melbourne.
The military covered up the incident so as not to affect morale. The newspapers widely reported the incident as an \u2018accident at sea\u2019. The Tambar\u2019s crew was dispersed throughout the RAN immediately after the men\u2019s joint funeral two days later. The ship was temporarily paid off and the Captain given another command. The District Naval Officer (Commander E. C. Rhodes), other naval officers, and military representatives were present. The service was conducted by the Rev. H. H. Trigge of the Methodist Church and the Church of England\u2019s Rev. F. R. C. Birch. Cannon and Cripps made the arrangements for the funeral and the cortege of Naval ratings from the Alice Street Depot marched from their funeral parlour.
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"},{"location":"research/ernest-eglinton/","title":"Ernest Eglinton","text":"1848 \u2014 1 October 1921
"},{"location":"research/ernest-eglinton/#ernest-eglinton-2a3122","title":"Ernest Eglinton (2A\u201131\u201122)","text":"The death of Ernest Eglinton, ex\u2011police magistrate, occurred on 1 October 1921. He was born in Berkshire, England in 1848 and came to Australia in 1870 with his father, the Rev. William Eglinton, who had charge of a number of Australian parishes. Eglinton became part owner of a station, and in the early 1870s, with the intention of forming another station; he set out with his younger brother from Mitchell Downs towards Cooper's Creek with a mob of cattle, travelling over unknown country for many months.
Shortly afterwards he became a police officer obtaining the rank of Sub\u2011inspector Second Class in January 1878, and was eventually appointed the first resident police magistrate at Boulia in 1884. He was subsequently mineral warden and police magistrate at Charters Towers, Gympie, and Brisbane. His eventful and strenuous life had told on his health, and in his later years he had suffered from asthma and bronchitis. He succeeded in preparing a number of papers concerning his experiences in the early days.
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"},{"location":"research/ernest-james-dawson/","title":"Ernest James Dawson","text":"ca. 1902 \u2014 January 1931
"},{"location":"research/ernest-james-dawson/#constable-ernest-james-dawson-7a18611","title":"Constable Ernest James Dawson (7A\u2011186\u201111)","text":"On August 6, 1930 Constable Ernest James Dawson was conducting traffic duty on the Yungaburra Road near Lake Barrine when he lost control of his motorcycle and careered off the road. The 29 year old constable was transported to the Atherton Hospital for an emergency operation to treat internal injuries. Although the operation was initially successful, Ernest developed pneumonia and further surgery, conducted in Brisbane in January 1931, resulted in the Constable\u2019s death from a haemorrhage.
On January 19, 1931 a large funeral procession commenced in Ann Street, Brisbane, with mounted police, uniformed officers and plain clothed detectives marching solemnly in front of and behind the Constable\u2019s flower laden hearse whilst pedestrians watched on respectfully. Constable Dawson was laid to rest in the Toowong Cemetery with Police Honours.
"},{"location":"research/ernest-james-dawson/#acknowledgement","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"Story contributed by Kym Hyson. Used with permission.
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"},{"location":"research/ernst-eschenhagen/","title":"Karl Ernst Eschenhagen","text":"24 May 1850 \u2014 18 March 1906
"},{"location":"research/ernst-eschenhagen/#karl-ernst-eschenhagen-9155","title":"Karl Ernst Eschenhagen (9\u201115\u20115)","text":"Karl Ernst Eschenhagen was born on 24 May 1850 at Crossen\u2011Oder, Lower Silesia in Prussia (now Poland) and died on 18 March 1906. His wife, Pauline Emma n\u00e9e Stegemann was born on 26 December 1869 and died on 4 July 1921. They lost a daughter, Agnes Pauline, in January 1899 aged 11 years. Before coming to Brisbane, Ernst spent some time in Fiji.
He was a leader in St Andreas Congregation for many years and operated a renowned and fashionable Caf\u00e9 Eschenhagen in Brisbane which was under the personal patronage of every Governor from 1889\u20141914 and catered for many Government House functions. Their first shop was in George St near Herschell St and later had to move to larger premises in Queen St which could seat 480 people. Branches were opened elsewhere.
In 1895 Ernst wanted a German day school at St Andreas, where English\u2011speaking children were also admitted, which would be under the direction of a teacher who was fluent in both languages. He met his wife at St. Andreas and they married in 1886 producing six children.
Anti\u2011German feeling during WWI forced the business, which had been carried on by Mrs Eschenhagen, to be sold in November 1915.
One of their sons, Oskar Wilhelm Eschenhagen (1889\u20141969), who changed his name to Oscar Edwards during WWI, operated a successful transport business in Sydney but is better remembered, with his wife, as being art collectors. In the early 1950s they met Picasso and Matisse. He was an accomplished artist himself and gave works to galleries, which included the Queensland Art Gallery.
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"},{"location":"research/ernst-otto-maier/","title":"Ernst Otto Maier","text":"13 April 1853 \u2014 15 March 1905
"},{"location":"research/ernst-otto-maier/#ernst-otto-maier-13155","title":"Ernst Otto Maier (13\u201115\u20115)","text":"Ernst Otto Maier was born on 13 April 1853 in K\u00f6ngen, W\u00fcrttemberg and died on 15 March 1905. He was the first of five Basel trained pastors to serve the \u201cGerman Lutheran Church North Brisbane\u201d (St Andreas) from 1888 until his death. This monument was erected by his family, friends and congregation. He is buried with his wife Regula Albertina Maier n\u00e9e Bunzli who was born on 1 April 1853 in Zurich, Switzerland and died on 11 August 1935 at Ipswich.
Also buried in the grave is Martha Maria Hiller n\u00e9e Maier who was born on 26 August 1880 at German Station (Nundah) and died on 4 December 1915. She was the organist at St. Andreas in 1900 before she married the Rev. Eugen Hiller (1870\u20141958) who was the pastor there in 1905\u201106.
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"},{"location":"research/errol-solomon-meyers/","title":"Errol Solomon Meyers","text":""},{"location":"research/errol-solomon-meyers/#errol-solomon-meyers-32222","title":"Errol Solomon Meyers (3\u201122\u201122)","text":"Errol Solomon Meyers was Lieutenant Colonel in the Australian Army in the First World War, being a Regimental Medical Officer. A surgeon, anatomist and teacher; co\u2011founder of the Medical Faculty of the University of Queensland and was Dean of the faculty 1942\u20111954.
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"},{"location":"research/ethel-ivy-ellen-amess/","title":"Ethel Ivy Ellen Amess","text":"ca. 1903 \u2014 31 October 1927
"},{"location":"research/ethel-ivy-ellen-amess/#ethel-ivy-ellen-amess-252916","title":"Ethel Ivy Ellen Amess (25\u201129\u201116)","text":"Nurse Ivy Amess received her training at the Bundaberg General Hospital where she was extremely popular with the staff and patients. After graduation she moved to Brisbane where she contracted a fatal illness. She died aged 24 on 31 October 1927.
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"},{"location":"research/find-a-grave/","title":"How to find a grave in Toowong Cemetery","text":"","boost":2},{"location":"research/find-a-grave/#how-to-find-a-grave-in-toowong-cemetery","title":"How to find a grave in Toowong Cemetery","text":"Heritage\u2011listed Toowong Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Queensland. It can be difficult to find a grave as some graves are unmarked and some headstones have been destroyed.
","boost":2},{"location":"research/find-a-grave/#search-for-a-persons-grave","title":"Search for a person's grave","text":"Use the Brisbane City Council Memorial search to look up a person's name and find their location in Toowong Cemetery.
Note the plot location which will be 3 numbers in the format, Portion - Section/#/Grave.
For example, Peter Jackson's grave is located at 5\u00a0-\u00a028/#/1 or Portion 5, Section 28, Grave 1. We simplify this format to 5-28-1.
BCC Memorial search result for Peter Jackson
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","boost":2},{"location":"research/find-a-grave/#locate-the-grave-on-the-map","title":"Locate the grave on the map","text":"Use the Toowong Cemetery Map to locate the Portion and Section where the person is buried.
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Can you locate Peter Jackson's grave (5-28-1) using the Portion and Section numbers in the map below?
Toowong Cemetery Map showing Portions (the large numbers) and Sections (the numbers inside the light green rectangles). Toowong Cemetery Area Map \u00a9 Brisbane City Council 2022, used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Licence. Corrected on 4 March 2023 in consultation with Toowong Cemetery: Portion 10 Section, 85 and 83 swapped. Portion 7A, Sections 233a and 233b renamed to 234 and 235 respectively. Road name labels added and spelling corrected.
There are 34 Portions in the cemetery, numbered 1 to 30 and also 2A, 7A, 15A, 29A. Each Section can contain up to 80 graves and the graves are usually in two rows within the section.
Portion numbers are shown on signs throughout the cemetery. Section numbers are painted on the road.
Historic maps may help you find graves within a section. A current map of graves within sections has not been published by the Brisbane City Council.
Portion 10 sign post.
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Ask Friends of Toowong Cemetery for help:
Markers can be seen on, or embedded into, graves. A Marker represents a person buried in the grave. Historic Burial and Portion Registers link some people to markers and their grave. Unfortunately many markers are missing or have been moved.
Grave markers embedded into a grave surround.
Grave markers found on the grass, separated from their graves.","boost":2},{"location":"research/find-a-grave/#unmarked-graves","title":"Unmarked Graves","text":"
There are many unmarked graves in Toowong Cemetery. Take care when you walk across the grass as unmarked graves can leave hidden hollows that are a trip hazard.
Unmarked graves can be clearly seen after rain.
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The table below lists over 550 people mentioned in our Toowong Cemetery stories. Each person's individual story may contain extra information, a headstone photo and its inscription.
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"},{"location":"research/florence-griffiths-buchanan/","title":"Florence Griffiths Buchanan","text":"16 September 1861 \u2014 30 December 1911
"},{"location":"research/florence-griffiths-buchanan/#florence-griffiths-buchanan-11334","title":"Florence Griffiths Buchanan (11\u201133\u20114)","text":"A missionary and teacher, Florence was born on 16 September 1861 at Canterbury, Kent, daughter of Captain Neil Griffiths Buchanan of the 93rd Highlanders and his wife Elizabeth Jane, n\u00e9e Griffiths. Orphaned when young, Florence became the ward of a relation at Torquay, Devon. Despite her extremely delicate constitution and near\u2011blindness, she devoted herself as a young woman to both practical charity and prayer. After a physical breakdown in 1887, she accompanied her two brothers to Bundaberg, Queensland, where they purchased Oakwood, a substantial cane\u2011farm. Seriously injured in a riding accident in 1888, she was left permanently crippled. After teaching her Melanesian servants English and Bible stories, she later assumed responsibility for the non\u2011denominational South Seas Evangelical Mission (also known as the Queensland Kanaka Mission). In addition she served as Queensland secretary of both the International Scripture Union and the Young Women's Christian Association, and maintained at her own expense a hostel for English migrant girls.
After Oakwood was destroyed in the 1893 floods, Florence Buchanan lived at Townsville and competently helped Bishop C. G. Barlow to administer his diocese. Two years later she worked among the multi\u2011racial communities of divers on Thursday Island. Forced to go to London for surgery, on her return she met Kashiwagi Taira, an educated storekeeper who introduced her into the usually closed Japanese community. Though only modestly successful in proselytizing them, she was revered and respected by everybody on the island for her generous hospitality, friendliness, humour and compassion. In 1906 Miss Buchanan was engaged first as a teacher and later as acting headmistress of the famed Singapore Chinese Girls' School; she also taught the orphans at St Mary's Home in Singapore. In 1907 she again underwent major surgery in London and, upon recovery, returned to Thursday Island and was ordained a deaconess in January 1908. In May she went to Moa Island and conducted the Anglican mission, taught school, and tried to inculcate skills necessary for economic self\u2011sufficiency.
Florence Buchanan resigned her charge of the mission in 1911 because of deteriorating health, but she stayed on as a teacher. September she performed her last public function when she spoke on 'The mission field as a vocation for women' at the annual congress of the Church of England in Brisbane. She died of tuberculosis in St Helen's Methodist Hospital on 30 December. She was profoundly mourned throughout the Torres Strait.2
Deaconess Florence Griffiths Buchanan (1861\u20131913)
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"},{"location":"research/florence-truelove/","title":"Florence Truelove","text":"Died 12 March 1896
"},{"location":"research/florence-truelove/#florence-truelove-24431","title":"Florence Truelove (2\u201144\u201131)","text":"Little is known of Florence Truelove other than that she had trained as a nurse and died on 12 March 1896. She was the daughter of John and Emma Truelove.
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"},{"location":"research/francis-beattie/","title":"Francis Beattie","text":"29 August 1829 \u2014 16 April 1886
"},{"location":"research/francis-beattie/#francis-beattie-9397","title":"Francis Beattie (9\u201139\u20117)","text":"The fire alarm bell rang just after 4.30am on 21 December 1871. The Ann Street Presbyterian Church was ablaze. The City Volunteer Fire Brigade under Superintendent Francis Beattie (1829-1886) attended. Beattie was appointed Deputy-Superintendent of the City Volunteer Fire Brigade in 1868 and Superintendent of the Brigade in 1870 and continued in that role with the Brisbane Fire Brigade from 1878 until he retired in 1883. After settling in Brisbane in 1862, he opened a hat and cap shop. He served as an alderman for the Fortitude Valley Ward and two terms as MLA for the Fortitude Valley electorate.
Alderman Francis Beattie, ca. 1870. \u2014 Brisbane City Council.
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"},{"location":"research/francis-drummond-grenville-stanley/","title":"Francis Drummond Grenville Stanley","text":"1 January 1839 \u2014 26 May 1897
"},{"location":"research/francis-drummond-grenville-stanley/#francis-drummond-grenville-stanley-9326","title":"Francis Drummond Grenville Stanley (9\u201132\u20116)","text":"A noted colonial architect, F.D.G. Stanley designed many of Toowong\u2019s grand houses, including Sidney House, demolished to make way for the ABC Studios, Ardencraig, which stood on Golding St and Easton Gray (1869) the residence of Sir Arthur Palmer. He also designed the heritage-listed St Thomas Anglican Church on High Street, Toowong.
St. Thomas' Church Toowong, looking from Burns Road, Brisbane, Queensland, ca. 1917 - State Library of Queensland
Portrait of Colonial Architect Francis Drummond Greville Stanley - State Library of Queensland
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"},{"location":"research/francis-ernest-delaney/","title":"Francis Ernest Delaney","text":"ca. 1929 \u2014 5 May 1947
"},{"location":"research/francis-ernest-delaney/#francis-ernest-delaney-108317","title":"Francis Ernest Delaney (10\u201183\u201117)","text":"18\u2011year\u2011old Frank Delaney was born in Texas Queensland. He was a victim of one of Queensland's worst rail disasters. He died on 5 May 1947 and was buried with his father Lance Corporal Francis Patrick Delaney who had died in 1942 from service injuries. His mother, Beatrice was also laid to rest in this grave in 1985.
Crowd gathered at the Camp Mountain railway disaster, 1947 - State Library of Queensland Rescue workers remove a body from a railway carriage at Camp Mountain, 1947. A crowd of people observe as a body is carried on a stretcher from the wreckage by rescue workers. The picnic train organised by the Customs and Excise department's social club, left Brisbane with nearly 500 women and children at 8.55 am. - State Library of Queensland
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"},{"location":"research/francis-leofric-armstrong/","title":"Francis Leofric Armstrong","text":"25 October 1880 \u2014 10 May 1915
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Born 25 October 1880 Mt Perry to Octavious Armstrong and Jessie Augusta Frances. Saw service in South Africa Boer War. 6 months in the Prince of Wales Light Horse and 7 months with the 3rd NSW Imperial Bushmen. Awarded the Queens Medal for that war. WWI enlisting details along with some other pages are missing from his NAA service records. Killed in action 10 May 1915 at Quinn's Post and laid to rest the same day at Quinn's Post Cemetery.
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"},{"location":"research/francis-malachy-mckeon/","title":"Francis Malachy McKeon","text":"Died 17 November 1925
"},{"location":"research/francis-malachy-mckeon/#francis-malachy-mckeon-15177","title":"Francis Malachy McKeon (15\u201117\u20117)","text":"Francis McKeon was a member of the Brisbane team of railway staff who competed for, and won, the Queensland Railways Ambulance Challenge Shield in 1920. He died in the Mater Hospital on 17 November 1925 after a few days' illness.
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"},{"location":"research/francis-mcdonnell/","title":"Francis McDonnell","text":"1863 \u2014 1928
"},{"location":"research/francis-mcdonnell/#francis-frank-mcdonnell-7a1723","title":"Francis (Frank) McDonnell (7A\u201117\u201123)","text":"McDonnell was born in 1863 at Ennis, Co. Clare to farmer James McDonnell and Elizabeth Bradish. His father died when he was seven and he went to work in a factory before being educated by the Christian Brothers at Ennis. In 1879, he was employed by Gallagher Bros. of Ballina, Sligo; a fellow employee being T. C. Beirne.
McDonnell arrived in Brisbane in 1886 and married Mary Heffernan in 1890. He worked as a drapery assistant for Finney Isles & Co., and then with T. J. Geoghegan, and from 1889 to 1896 for Edwards and Lamb. In 1901 he established the firm of McDonnell and East with Hubert East from Roscommon. They were backed financially by publican Peter Murphy who alternated with them as director of the company.
In 1888 McDonnell organised the Shop Assistants Early Closing Association with his former colleague T. C. Beirne. He represented Labor for Fortitude Valley in 1896 and introduced the Early Closing Bill which was successful in 1910. He was a member of the Labor Party executive 1898\u20141903 and Treasurer 1901\u20141903. He was appointed to the Legislative Council 1907\u20141922 and promoted Home Rule for Ireland. In 1910 he founded and was Director of the Hibernian newspaper. He was the first Trustee of Trades Hall and original member of The University of Queensland Senate 1910. Frank died in 1928.
Aerial view of George Street, Brisbane, 1923, Victoria Bridge can be seen crossing the Brisbane River on the right, and McDonnell and East Ltd. is prominent towards the bottom right of George Street \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Frank McDonnell \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/francis-murray/","title":"Francis Murray","text":"1838 \u2014 15 August 1872
"},{"location":"research/francis-murray/#francis-murray-15320","title":"Francis Murray (15\u20113\u201120)","text":"A fire broke out on 27 July 1872 in the premises used as a workshop by Alderman Francis Murray (1838-1872) who was also an undertaker and cabinetmaker. Francis Murray died on 15 August 1872 at Maryborough Queensland aged 34 years His coffin was brought to Brisbane on the steamship Lady Bowen for the funeral at St. Stephens Cathedral on 18 August 1872.
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"},{"location":"research/francis-ramsay/","title":"Francis Ramsay","text":"ca. 1836 \u2014 10 June 1879
"},{"location":"research/francis-ramsay/#francis-ramsay-13506","title":"Francis Ramsay (13\u201150\u20116)","text":"Francis was born in Fermanagh, Ireland ca. 1836. He married Mary Blakely in Fermanagh on 12 May 1856 and the young couple arrived in Brisbane on 12 October 1856 per Lady McDonald from Southampton. Francis was a butcher before leaving Ireland and opened a shop in Refuge Row in Queen Street, moving to Leichhardt Street early in 1877. Francis died on 10 June 1879 from injuries sustained after being thrown from his horse the previous month.
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"},{"location":"research/frank-goodwin/","title":"Frank Goodwin","text":"21 June 1885 \u2014 ca. 1919
"},{"location":"research/frank-goodwin/#private-frank-goodwin-104326","title":"Private Frank Goodwin (10\u201143\u201126)","text":"Service number: 5832. 25th Australian Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force
Born to Abraham Goodwin and Elizabeth Smith in Fremantle W.A. on 21 June 1885. He enlisted 20 June 1916 at the age of 23 years and 11 months. He was employed as an Engineers Machinist. Frank embarked on the A36 Boonah and arrived in Plymouth 10 January 1917. Couple of months off colour and in France April 1917. Severe case of Trench foot got him back to England and then home by December 1917.
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"},{"location":"research/frank-martin-downes/","title":"Frank Martin Downes","text":"1848 \u2014 26 August 1918
"},{"location":"research/frank-martin-downes/#frank-martin-downes-1348","title":"Frank Martin Downes (13\u20114\u20118)","text":"Frank Martin Downes was born in 1848 to Henry Downes and his wife Mary Ann, n\u00e9e Martin. Frank was apprenticed to John Petrie\u2019s firm where Frank's father also worked. Caroline Ness married Frank in Queensland on 28 September 1869.
Frank later became the manager at John Petrie & Son monumental works until the firm went bankrupt in 1894. The F.M. Downes monumental works started business in April 1894 in Wickham and Gotha Streets, Fortitude Valley.
F.M. Downes Advertisement in Pugh's Queensland almanac and directory, 1901.
One of the most beautifully carved monuments in Toowong Cemetery is that of Frederick Ness, the brother-in-law of F.M. Downes.
Frederick Ness headstone (13-4-8)
On 26 August 1918, Frank was severly injuried in an accident at his monumental works when a crane jib broke and struck him, crushing his right knee, fracturing his left leg, and injuring his right ribs. Frank died in the General Hospital early that evening.
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"},{"location":"research/frank-morgan-jones/","title":"Frank Morgan Jones","text":"ca. 1872 \u2014 ca. May 1919
"},{"location":"research/frank-morgan-jones/#sergeant-frank-morgan-jones-104017","title":"Sergeant Frank Morgan Jones (10\u201140\u201117)","text":"Service number: 352 Australian Mining Corps
Frank was born to William Morgan Jones and Catherine Kyle Keys sometime in 1872 in Shropshire. He was married to Edith Mary Raynor. He is listed as a miner in his service sheets.
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"},{"location":"research/frank-thorne/","title":"Frank Thorne","text":"1883 \u2014 1931
"},{"location":"research/frank-thorne/#frank-thorne-212016","title":"Frank Thorne (21\u201120\u201116)","text":"Born at Gawler South Australia in 1883. He apprenticed as a Jockey, weighing at that time 6st 9lb. As a recreation Thorn used to indulge in sparring, and later learnt the leads and stops from ex-heavyweight champion Bill Doherty, and from the famous Frank Dooley. Subsequently Thorn drifted to Kalgoorlie, where he took to the boxing profession. His first contest was a bare knuckle, fight-to-a-finish affair with Alf. M'Coy in 1898, which he won in 32 rounds. He then had a remarkable run of success, winning some 35 bouts, including 25 through the agency of a knock-out, until he lost on points to Tom Dunn at Kalgoorlie.
By 1905 Thorn was right in the front rank, and between then and 1909 won three Australian championships, feather, light, and welter. Among the men he defeated were such knights of the padded glove as Bob Greenshields, Hughie Michigan, Charlie Frost, Charlie Griffin, Hock Keys, Sid Sullivan. Kid M'Coy. Bob Turner. Dick Cullen, Arthur Douglas, and Budholf Unholz (welterweight champion).
In 1912 Thorn came to Brisbane. He took part in many contests at the Brisbane Stadium, defeating among others, Joe Russell, George Taylor, Alf Morey, Marcel Denis, Joe Brooks, Jimmy Hill, Jack Clune, Wave Oelkle, Jack Humphries, Jerry Sullivan, and Jack Finney. After several years' retirement from the ring he attempted a \"come-back\" at the Stadium but was stopped by Herb Ackworth.
Thorn's career was remarkable by the fact that, although only a featherweight, besides fighting In his own class, he fought the leading light-weights and welters, earning the title of \"The Grand Old Man of the Ring\". Thorn had conducted a physical culture and boxing academy in Brisbane for some years, teaching personally.
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"},{"location":"research/frank-venton-rutherberg/","title":"Frank Venton Rutherberg","text":"Born 19 September 1888
"},{"location":"research/frank-venton-rutherberg/#trooper-frank-venton-rutherberg-103911","title":"Trooper Frank Venton Rutherberg (10\u201139\u201111)","text":"Service number: 872. 11th Light Horse 14/15 Star
Frank was born to Frank August Ruthenberg and Mary Annie Bennett in Charter's Towers, 19 September 1888. His service record shows him as a labourer his sister Vera Talbot as Next of Kin.
Both parents were deceased by his time of enlistment. By his record he served only in the Middle East. Died accidentally.
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"},{"location":"research/frederic-charles-urquhart/","title":"Frederic Charles Urquhart","text":"27 October 1858 \u2014 2 December 1935
"},{"location":"research/frederic-charles-urquhart/#police-commissioner-frederic-charles-urquhart-25318","title":"Police Commissioner Frederic Charles Urquhart (25\u201131\u20118)","text":"Frederic Charles Urquhart, a Midshipman, Line Repairer, Police Commissioner and Administrator, was born on 27th October, 1858 at St. Leonard\u2019s-on-Sea, Sussex, England, son of Frederic Day Urquhart, a Major with the Bengal Army and his wife Charlotte, n\u00e9e Goldie. Urquhart was educated at the All Saints School in Bloxham, Oxfordshire, and Felsted Military School, Essex. Before Urquhart migrated to Queensland in 1875 to join his godfather, General Fielding, he was a midshipman on a sailing vessel called the \u2018Essex\u2019 which sailed between England and Australia. When he arrived in Queensland he first worked in the cattle and sugar industries for three years, before becoming a Telegraph Line Repairer with the Electric Telegraph Department in 1878 at Normanton. When Urquhart was faced with an automatic promotion in a clerical capacity he resigned and joined the police force.
Urquhart joined the Queensland Native Mounted Police Force on 27th April, 1882 as a Cadet Sub-Inspector and was put in charge of the Native Mounted Police. During his seven years with the Native Mounted Police, Urquhart was wounded twice, having been speared in the groin and in the thigh by a tomahawk and had to travel 270 kilometres to receive medical treatment. He eventually transferred to the general police in 1889. During his time with the Queensland Police he was stationed in several places which included Carl Creek, Dunrobin, Cloncurry, Coreela, Maytown, Thursday Island and Brisbane and found himself involved in some interesting events.
In 1890, Urquhart was the first on scene to search for survivors and the bodies from the wreck R.M.S.S. Quetta, a Royal Mail Steamer, en route from Australia to England. In 1901, during the visit of His Gracious Majesty the King, Urquhart was put in charge of the Royal trains and Government House. When Urquhart was promoted to Second Class Inspector in 1898, Urquhart was in charge of the Criminal Investigation Branch and was eventually at the centre of a controversy in 1899 involving the handling of the investigation into the famous Gatton triple murders. However, Urquhart survived the enquiry and was eventually promoted to Chief Inspector in 1905.
Urquhart was Chief Inspector during Brisbane\u2019s most tumultuous times, when in 1912 Brisbane came to a standstill which was the result of unionists from the Brisbane Tramways Company going on strike. Urquhart and the then Commissioner Cahill were part of the 3000 police in force during the illegal march attended by thousands in Market Street, which finally collapsed and the strike ending due to the police\u2019s baton charge. He then went on to become our fourth Commissioner in 1917 on January 1st and was the first to rise to a commissioned rank from an officer to the top position.
Apart from being the Commissioner of the Queensland Police, Urquhart was an accomplished writer of poetry that were published as books and some of his works were \u2018Camp Canzonettes\u2019, \u2018An Ocean Ghost\u2019 and \u2018Legends of the Blacks\u2019. He was also noted for being an early explorer of Queensland having charted Albatross Bay, Emberley and Hay Rivers in Far North Queensland.
Urquhart retired from the Police Force in 1921 and was appointed as an Administrator of Northern Territory by the Commonwealth Government and he held this position until 1925. He eventually settled in Clayfield, Brisbane and he died on 2nd December, 1935 at St. Helen\u2019s Private Hospital, aged 77 and is buried at the Toowong Cemetery.
Queensland Police Force Commissioner and two officers, c 1905, Inspector 2/c Geraghty, Commissioner Cahill and Chief Inspector Urquhart at the Depot Ceremonial Arch; original photo believed to be taken ca. 1905 \u2014 Queensland State Archives"},{"location":"research/frederic-charles-urquhart/#headstone","title":"Headstone","text":""},{"location":"research/frederic-charles-urquhart/#inscription","title":"Inscription","text":"
To the memory of Annetta the beloved wife of Frederic Charles Urquhart Sometime Administrator of the Northern Territory of Australia Who passed to her rest 28th Feb 1932 In her 67th year. \u201cFor so he giveth his beloved sleep\" and of her husband Frederic Charles Urquhart Died 3rd Dec. 1935. In his 78th year.
"},{"location":"research/frederic-charles-urquhart/#acknowledgement","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"Story contributed by Kym Hyson. Used with permission.
"},{"location":"research/frederick-achilles/","title":"Frederick Achilles","text":""},{"location":"research/frederick-achilles/#frederick-achilles-18621","title":"Frederick Achilles (18\u201162\u20111)","text":"Frederick Ernest Achilles was a son of Frederick August Achilles and Annie (n\u00e9e Schutter). Fred was employed with Otto Nagel by the Maryborough Prospecting Company to thoroughly search the Burnett district for minerals.
Mary Jane Holmes married Fred in Queensland on 6 March 1888. On 13 June 1900, recently resettled from Bathurst, Fred died of phosphorous poisoning in his residence on Hyde Terrace, South Brisbane.
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"},{"location":"research/frederick-augustus-garland/","title":"Frederick Augustus Garland","text":"ca. 1845 \u2014 5 June 1933
"},{"location":"research/frederick-augustus-garland/#frederick-augustus-garland-152422","title":"Frederick Augustus Garland (15\u201124\u201122)","text":"Frederick Augustus (Gus) Garland was the second son of Charles Frederick Augustus and Sarah Jane Garland of New Farm. He was a public servant and prominent in Catholic choirs in Brisbane prior to his death at the age of 38 years.
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"},{"location":"research/frederick-losch/","title":"Frederick Loesch","text":"ca. 1860 \u2014 3 February 1929
"},{"location":"research/frederick-losch/#george-loesch-and-frederick-losch-74912","title":"George Loesch, and Frederick Losch (7\u201149\u201112)","text":"George was born in Baden, Grand Duchy of Baden, to George Loesch on 12 May 1829. George married Maria Anna Eberhardt and worked as a cabman. George, who resided in Hartley Street, Spring Hill, died on 21 October 1887.
Frederick was a son of George and Maria. Flora Murphy married Frederick on 10 October 1882 in St Stephen's Cathedral, Brisbane. Frederick resided with his daughter in Fortescue Street, Spring Hill, when he died on 3 February 1929 aged 69.
"},{"location":"research/frederick-losch/#why-different-surnames","title":"Why different surnames?","text":"George's surname is spelt:
Frederick's surname is spelt \"Losch\" in his birth, marriage and death certificates.
Maria's surname is spelt \"Oberhard\" on Frederick's death certificate.
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"},{"location":"research/frederick-nicholas-naughton/","title":"Frederick Nicholas Naughton","text":"1883 \u2014 ca. September 1919
"},{"location":"research/frederick-nicholas-naughton/#private-frederick-nicholas-naughton-103912","title":"Private Frederick Nicholas Naughton (10\u201139\u201112)","text":"Service number: 1205. 11th Light Horse 14/15 Star
Frederick was born in Melbourne to William Jason Naughton and Susannah Theresa Boyd in 1883. A paper Ruler by trade. He enlisted 9 August 1915 at 32 years and 2 months.
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"},{"location":"research/george-barney-petrie/","title":"George Barney Petrie","text":"1839 \u2014 21 June 1878
"},{"location":"research/george-barney-petrie/#george-barney-petrie-1353","title":"George Barney Petrie (13\u20115\u20113)","text":"George Barney Petrie was born in 1839 at the Moreton Bay settlement, the youngest son of Andrew Petrie and his wife Mary, n\u00e9e Cuthbertson. His family arrived in Sydney in 1831 and in 1837 his father was appointed clerk of works at Moreton Bay penal settlement. The family stayed on in the district after it closed.
After learning the ropes in the family building and contracting business George assumed responsibility for the carpentry side of the business from his eldest brother John. Typical of the period, coffins were made in the carpentry workshop which expanded to encompass all aspects of the undertaking trade.
The Petrie family had arranged burials since 1840 but it wasn\u2019t until 1864 that George Barney Petrie started to conduct funerals under his own name including that of Queensland\u2019s second Governor, Colonel Samuel Wensley Blackall on 3 January 1871. George died on 21 June 1878 of \u2018fits\u2019 and was buried the same day.
Advertisement and etching for John Petrie & Sons, stonemasons in Brisbane, 1889 - State Library of Queensland
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"},{"location":"research/george-cowlishaw/","title":"George Cowlishaw","text":"21 April 1841 \u2014 6 January 1913
"},{"location":"research/george-cowlishaw/#george-cowlishaw-111477a","title":"George Cowlishaw (11\u201114\u20117/7A)","text":"George was an architect. The old Telegraph building in Queen Street was drawn to his design. Although not on the original board of directors, George played a leading part with his brother James in the early and later control of the Telegraph Newspaper Co. George was managing director for twenty years from 1893 until his death on 6 January 1913 when James once again took over the chairmanship of the Telegraph Newspaper Co until November 1917.
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"},{"location":"research/george-davidson/","title":"George Davidson","text":"13 April 1841 \u2014 29 February 1888
"},{"location":"research/george-davidson/#george-davidson-1371","title":"George Davidson (13\u20117\u20111)","text":"George was, for many years, Superintendent Engineer of the Australasian Steam Navigation Company at Pyrmont in Sydney. In 1886 he moved to Brisbane to join the firm of J W Sutton & Co as manager. George was born in Glasgow on 13 April 1841 to Archibald Davidson, an engine fitter, and Janet (n\u00e9e Fyfe). He died on 29 February 1888 after suffering an apoplectic fit.
Sutton and Co. Foundry on Main Street, Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, ca. 1890 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/george-edmondstone/","title":"George Edmondstone","text":"4 May 1809 \u2014 23 February 1883
"},{"location":"research/george-edmondstone/#george-edmondstone-13205","title":"George Edmondstone (13\u201120\u20115)","text":"George Edmondstone was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 4 May 1809 son of William Edmondstone and Alexandrina Farquhar. In 1832, he arrived in New South Wales and had businesses in Sydney and Maitland. On 10 July 1837 in Sydney he married Alexis Watson Tilleray. In 1840 he purchased Normanby Plains Station in Queensland. He sold this in 1842 and was one of the early free settlers in Brisbane, working as a butcher. He was an Alderman in Brisbane 1859\u201466 and the Mayor in 1863\u201464. In the Queensland Legislative Assembly he represented East Moreton in 1860\u201467, Brisbane in 1869\u201473 and Wickham in 1873\u201477. He retired from business because of a heart complaint and died at his home in Breakfast Creek on 23 February 1883.
Monument erected to the memory of George Edmondstone. Died 23 February 1883. His widow Mrs Alexa Edmondstone, who died in Brisbane in 1887, is also buried there. \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Alderman George Edmonstone \u2014 Brisbane City Council.
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"},{"location":"research/george-edwards-rowe/","title":"George Edwards Rowe","text":"26 August 1858 \u2014 27 October 1926
"},{"location":"research/george-edwards-rowe/#rev-dr-george-edwards-rowe-10484","title":"Rev Dr George Edwards Rowe (10\u201148\u20114)","text":"George Edwards Rowe was born in Redruth, Cornwall on 26 August 1858. He trained for the ministry in the Wesleyan Theological College at Richmond in southwest London. He arrived in South Australia in 1881 where he won great popularity as a pastor and preacher and was an advocate for social and economic reform. He was appointed to the position of Superintendent of Wesley Church in Perth in the early 1890's, a position which carried with it chairmanship of the whole colony of W.A.
In 1906 Rev George Rowe was transferred to Brisbane where he was instrumental in implementing social service programs and promoting the work of the Central Methodist Mission (now the Wesley Mission) based at the Albert Street Methodist Church. In Western Australia and in Queensland George Rowe was responsible for instituting the order of the Sisters of the People, to give help and relief to countless numbers of poor, starving and destitute people.
After Dr Rowe's sudden death on 27 October 1926, a marble tablet was erected by his family in the Albert Street Methodist (now Uniting) Church in his memory.
Funeral procession of Rev. G. E. Rowe, Brisbane, 1926 - State Library of Queensland
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"},{"location":"research/george-fish/","title":"George Fish","text":"Died 23 September 1925
"},{"location":"research/george-fish/#george-fish-12111","title":"George Fish (12\u20111\u201111)","text":"The Brisbane Steam Laundry at South Brisbane first opened in January 1881 but was taken over by George Fish two years later. The laundry was situated in an alley extending from Stanley to Grey Street. The alley became known as Soda Water Lane. Despite hardships, the business expanded under his ownership. After repairs from damage during the 1893 floods, the laundry reopened with a new name, Fish Stream Laundry. George entered local government politics in 1894. Fish Stream Laundry moved to Ann Street, Fortitude Valley in 1902. Soda Water Lane was renamed Fish Lane in 1904. George died on 23 September 1925, aged 74.
Ironing department of the Fish Steam Laundry, Brisbane, 1902. Female employees working with large rollers in the ironing department of the Fish Steam Laundry \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/george-hansford/","title":"George Hansford","text":"25 December 1840 \u2014 13 October 1925
"},{"location":"research/george-hansford/#george-hansford-10173031","title":"George Hansford (10\u201117\u201130/31)","text":"George was born on Christmas Day 1840 at St Helier, Jersey to John Hansford and Julia (n\u00e9e Goillon). He was baptised on 10 January 1841. Jane Blackmore Hue married George in St Saviours, Jersey on 18 August 1864.
George and his extended family, boarded the Gauntlet, which sailed from London on 4 October 1874, arriving in Maryborough on January 01 1875.
In April 1887 Hansford's Saddler was located at the corner of George and Ann Streets. By July 1889 he's listed as being in Roma Street and then the business is listed as next to the Market Gate, Ann Street from November 1910. George also operated a boarding-house in Ann Street.
The saddlery business continued through his son, Reginald, in Makerston Street.
George died on Tuesday 13 October 1925 at the residence of his daughter, Mrs Harrison, Cribb Street, Milton. Three sons, two daughters, 30 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren survived George. George was buried with his wife, who pre\u2011deceased him by seven years.
George Hansford, ca. 1900 standing in his saddlery shop at 34 Roma Street, Brisbane - State Library of Queensland*
Hansford Saddlers on Roma Street in Brisbane, Queensland. ca. 1900 - State Library of Queensland
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"},{"location":"research/george-harpur-jones/","title":"George Harpur Jones","text":""},{"location":"research/george-harpur-jones/#george-harpur-jones-13157","title":"George Harpur Jones (13\u201115\u20117)","text":"George and family migrated from Croyde, Devon in 1880 and made their residence at Jonesville, Norwood St, Toowong. Formerly, George had been a sea captain, but supported his family by being a grave digger at Toowong Cemetery. He and his family were active members of the Brethren Church.
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"},{"location":"research/george-harrap/","title":"George Harrap","text":"1843 \u2014 January 1934
"},{"location":"research/george-harrap/#george-harrap-8198a","title":"George Harrap (8\u201119\u20118A)","text":"George Harrap was born in Yorkshire, England in 1843 and trained as a teacher at the famous St Mark\u2019s College, Chelsea, London. He taught in England from 1857\u20111872, when he immigrated to Queensland under an engagement with the Queensland Education Department. He was appointed head teacher at the Bulimba State School for a year before being transferred first to North Ipswich and then Woolloongabba in 1884. He was appointed Inspector of Schools in January 1887 and served in this capacity throughout most of Queensland. He retired in 1914, and was recognised as pioneering education in Queensland\u2019s far north.
Harrap married Elizabeth Brown in Lincolnshire, England in 1867 and had seven children. His son George was born on board the ship Royal Dane enroute to Australia.
Harrap died in January 1934 at the age of 91 at his daughter\u2019s residence in Ascog Terrace, Toowong. He was well known for his love of sports and was described in his obituary as a \u201cman of striking physique\u201d who \u201cretained his physique and stamina until a few months before his death\u201d.
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"},{"location":"research/george-henderson/","title":"George Henderson","text":"1859 \u2014 1936
"},{"location":"research/george-henderson/#george-henderson-81326","title":"George Henderson (8\u201113\u201126)","text":"Through his contact with relatives of the famed Doctor Livingstone, George Henderson developed an interest in Africa. After meeting with the Rebel Chief Cetewayo Zulu, he managed to influence railway construction there. Returning to the United Kingdom, then moving to Queensland, Henderson became heavily involved in Brisbane\u2019s development. Initially he worked to develop and construct storm water drainage in South Brisbane and Kangaroo Point, was responsible for ploughing and paving with wooden blocks both George and Queen streets, and contributed to the construction of railway lines between Cleveland, Charleville, Cloncurry, Chillagoe, parts of the north coastline, and Eagle Farm Meatworks.
Queensland Meat Export and Agency Company at Eagle Farm, Brisbane, ca. 1900 - State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/george-hiron/","title":"George Hiron","text":"1840 \u2014 2 June 1915
"},{"location":"research/george-hiron/#george-hiron-13209","title":"George Hiron (13\u201120\u20119)","text":"George Hiron, the son of a baker, came to Australia in 1856 at the age of 16 from his birthplace in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Within three year he was managing a general store on the goldfields near Tabulum in northern New South Wales. In 1862, in parternship with his brother-in-law, he opened the general store or Hiron & Wakefield at Smith's Flat on the Clarence River. On returning from a family trip to England, he set up in Brisbane, firstly as a baker, pastrycook and confectioner in Queen Street and, in 1871, commenced the manufacturer of biscuits in Albert Street. He later moved to Toowong where he opened a steam biscuit factory in parternship with his son John. George Hiron & Son won several awards, including the Queensland Jubilee Medal in 1909. George was also a councillor of the Taringa Shire. He died from a heart seizure in Adelaide on 2 June 1915.
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"},{"location":"research/george-john-ely/","title":"George John Ely","text":"Died 15 August 1877
"},{"location":"research/george-john-ely/#george-john-ely-13891","title":"George John Ely (13\u201189\u20111)","text":"George John Ely was a son of Thomas Ely & Maria (n\u00e9e Walker). G J arrived in Brisbane with his wife Christina (n\u00e9e Reid) and eldest son George Edward aboard the Queen of the South on 8 December 1865. G J, a resident at 7 Fortescue Street, Spring Hill, died on 15 August 1877. G J's funeral notice described him as late of Edinburgh & Nottingham.
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"},{"location":"research/george-lewis-brown/","title":"George Lewis Brown","text":"Died 12 July 1920
"},{"location":"research/george-lewis-brown/#driver-george-lewis-brown-244262728","title":"Driver George Lewis Brown (2\u201144\u201126/27/28)","text":"Service Number: 27. 1st Light Horse Brigade
Enlisted 20 August 1914 Brisbane Embarked 2417 September 1914 HMAT Omrah A5. Returned to Australia on the Kyarra and discharged on medical grounds 4 April 1915 and passed away 5.50AM on 12 July 1920 and laid to rest 13 July 1920 in family grave in Toowong cemetery.
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"},{"location":"research/george-loesch/","title":"George Loesch","text":"12 May 1829 \u2014 21 October 1887
"},{"location":"research/george-loesch/#george-loesch-and-frederick-losch-74912","title":"George Loesch, and Frederick Losch (7\u201149\u201112)","text":"George was born in Baden, Grand Duchy of Baden, to George Loesch on 12 May 1829. George married Maria Anna Eberhardt and worked as a cabman. George, who resided in Hartley Street, Spring Hill, died on 21 October 1887.
Frederick was a son of George and Maria. Flora Murphy married Frederick on 10 October 1882 in St Stephen's Cathedral, Brisbane. Frederick resided with his daughter in Fortescue Street, Spring Hill, when he died on 3 February 1929 aged 69.
"},{"location":"research/george-loesch/#why-different-surnames","title":"Why different surnames?","text":"George's surname is spelt:
Frederick's surname is spelt \"Losch\" in his birth, marriage and death certificates.
Maria's surname is spelt \"Oberhard\" on Frederick's death certificate.
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"},{"location":"research/george-orr/","title":"George Orr","text":"ca. 1842 \u2014 24 February 1910
"},{"location":"research/george-orr/#george-orr-126012","title":"George Orr (12\u201160\u20111/2)","text":"George Orr and his wife, Isabella (n\u00e9e Nicholson) arrived in Queensland on the Dacca in August 1889 from Linlithgow Scotland. George previously worked for the railways in the United Kingdom and was a First Class Guard in the Railways Department in Queensland at the time of his death on 24 February 1910, aged 68. Isabella was also laid to rest in this grave after her death in 1920.
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"},{"location":"research/george-prentice-jnr/","title":"George Prentice","text":"8 February 1841 \u2014 20 February 1902
"},{"location":"research/george-prentice-jnr/#george-prentice-9414","title":"George Prentice (9\u201141\u20114)","text":"George Prentice Jnr was born on 8 February 1841 in Durham England where his father George Snr was a stonemason. In 1854 the family migrated to Victoria, settling in Geelong where they lived for some time before moving to Brisbane. George Jnr operated a sports and tobacconist store in Edward Street in 1877. His father who was in business as a stonemason in Roma Street and a teenage daughter of George drowned in the sinking of the S.S. Quetta in Torres Strait in 1890. George died at Sandgate on 20 February 1902 after a seizure.
George Prentice and family \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
View of Edward Street looking towards the Brisbane River, 1877 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/george-prentice/","title":"George Prentice","text":"ca.1820 - 28 February 1890
"},{"location":"research/george-prentice/#george-prentice-9411","title":"George Prentice (9\u201141\u20111)","text":"Jessie Blanche Prentice, the daughter of George (Junior) and Jessie Lacy Prentice, was lost with her grandfather, George Prentice, in the wreck S.S. Quetta in Torres Strait on 28 February 1890. The steamship struck an uncharted rock and sank in three minutes claiming 134 lives, mostly women and children. Many victims were prominent Queensland citizens, bound for London, including Toowong resident, Alexander Archer, manager of the Bank of New South Wales. There were 158 survivors.
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"},{"location":"research/george-rilatt/","title":"George Rilatt","text":"31 March 1844 - 14 June 1924
"},{"location":"research/george-rilatt/#george-rilatt-133312","title":"George Rilatt (13\u201133\u201112)","text":"Born in 1844 in Lincolnshire, England, Rilatt came to Queensland aged twenty. He was the dedicated janitor of Brisbane Boys' Grammar School for 51 years from 1872 until his death in 1924, aged 80.
He selected the present site of Brisbane Grammar, built in 1880. As well as performing typical janitor's duties, he ran the tuckshop from the front of his own cottage, conducted the orchestra, attended to the school's banking and was involoved ni many aspects of school life.
The Old Boys' Association paid tribute to Rilatt's contribution to the school by erecting a memorial bell in the school grounds in his honour and a memorial headstone which was dedicated in November 1931.
... And though the music he so loved around him Came stealing with no earth note in the strain, He would be happiest if the new life found him Among \"his boys\" again.
Brisbane Courier 16 June 1924
George Rilatt - The Brisbane Courier, 16 June 1924. Lightened.
"},{"location":"research/george-rilatt/#headstone","title":"Headstone","text":""},{"location":"research/george-rilatt/#inscription","title":"Inscription","text":"George Rilatt Born 31st March 1844 Died 14th June 1924 For 51 years Janitor Brisbane Grammar School Erected by Old Boys of the School In memory of Loyal and devoted service
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"},{"location":"research/george-rogers-harding/","title":"George Rogers Harding","text":"3 December 1838 \u2014 31 August 1895
"},{"location":"research/george-rogers-harding/#the-honourable-george-rogers-harding-18215","title":"The Honourable George Rogers Harding (1\u201182\u201115)","text":"George Rogers Harding (1838-1895) was born at Taunton, Somerset, England, the only son of George Rogers Harding, LL.B., vicar of Gittisham, Devon, and his wife Elizabeth, n\u00e9e Winter. He was called to the Bar in London in 1861. On arrival in Brisbane with his wife in 1866, he was immediately admitted to the Bar, the first equity counsel in the colony.
In July 1879 he was appointed Senior Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland. He was sent to Rockhampton to preside over the trial of the unionists alleged to be leaders of the shearer's strike. He was almost certainly specially selected by the Queensland Government for the task of obtaining convictions against the unionists.
Justice George Rogers Harding, 1895 - State Library of Queensland
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"},{"location":"research/george-sillett/","title":"George Sillett","text":"1866 \u2014 7 September 1908
"},{"location":"research/george-sillett/#george-sillett-5659","title":"George Sillett (5\u201165\u20119)","text":"George Sillett was born in Durham in the north of England in 1866. He arrived in Brisbane in December 1885. A little under a year later he married Durham lass, Margaret Ann Gill at All Saint\u2019s Church of England, Ann Street. At the time, George Sillett was managing Petrie\u2019s Undertaking Establishment at 550 Queen Street.
After the short lived partnership with Alma Adlington, George Sillett went into business with Walter Scott Barrett, the son of undertaker Walter Barrett. From 1893, the firm Sillett and Barrett traded from Petrie Bight with a branch office at Roma Street.
Alexander Gow purchased an interest in the firm on the death of George Sillett, aged 42, from influenza exacerbated by heavy drinking on 7 September 1908. He had been a prominent member of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows which is symbolised on his headstone by the two male hands clasped.
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"},{"location":"research/george-vowles/","title":"George Vowles","text":"ca. 1846 \u2014 28 November 1928
"},{"location":"research/george-vowles/#george-vowles-24935","title":"George Vowles (2\u201149\u201135)","text":"Vowles, born ca. 1846 in Ipswich, claimed to be the first Queensland\u2011born soldier to serve overseas for the Empire. As a seventeen year old, he participated in the Invasion of Waikato which was a campaign during the middle stages of the New Zealand Wars, fought in the North Island from July 1863 to April 1864. The conflict was between the military forces of the Colonial Government and a federation of rebel Ma\u0304ori tribes known as the Kingitanga Movement.
On his return he joined the Public Instruction Department in 1869, and spent six years as head master of the Allenstown School (in Rockhampton), six years at North Ipswich and nearly 29 years at Petrie Terrace Brisbane. He retired in 1917. He attained the highest possible rank in the teaching profession, being in class 1, division 1. He was the author of a small book of poems, Sunbeams in Queensland.
In 1921, Vowles was elected the president of the Imperial Navy and Army Veterans' Association of Queensland. He died on the 28 November 1928 aged 82.
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"},{"location":"research/george-william-paul/","title":"George William Paul","text":"Died 10 December 1909
"},{"location":"research/george-william-paul/#george-william-paul-5328","title":"George William Paul (5\u201132\u20118)","text":"Judge George William Paul was born at Penrith, New South Wales. He was appointed to the District Court on 3 August 1874, a position which he held until his death on 10 December 1909.
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"},{"location":"research/george-woolnough/","title":"George Woolnough","text":"17 August 1834 \u2014 19 June 1929
"},{"location":"research/george-woolnough/#rev-george-woolnough-111616","title":"Rev. George Woolnough (11\u201116\u201116)","text":"George was born in Erriswell, Suffolk, England on 17 August 1834. He arrived in Tasmania in 1855. He took his BA and MA at Sydney University. In 1861 he married Maria, the eldest daughter of Thomas Cowlishaw and Maria Evans in Sydney. He became an ordained minister of the Methodist Church. In 1883 he retired from the ministry and joined with Henry Parkes (later Sir Henry), James Greenwood and others in advocating the establishment of free and secular education in State schools in New South Wales.
George joined the staff of the Sydney Morning Herald as leader writer, a few years later moving to Brisbane and joining the staff of the Brisbane Telegraph. In 1900 the Telegraph newspaper, under his editorship, opposed Federation and fought almost singlehandedly for the rights of the individual States. George remained as editor of the Telegraph newspaper for 32 years. By then he was 83 years of age. Although retired, he still wrote articles which appeared in Brisbane newspapers until his death on 19 June 1929 aged 94 following a short illness.
Reverend George Woolnough, 1875 - State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/gertrude-daly/","title":"Gertrude Daly","text":"Died 30 October 1961
"},{"location":"research/gertrude-daly/#gertrude-daly-7a1711","title":"Gertrude Daly (7A\u2011171\u20111)","text":"Miss Daly worked mainly as a \u2018Children\u2019s Nurse\u2019 at the Hospital for Sick Children (HSC), Herston. She was appointed as a registered nurse at the HSC on 22 July 192?. While at the Brisbane Hospital in 1926 she was appointed a sister on 28 September 1926. In October 1926 she returned to the HSC and was appointed a senior sister there on 1 July 1928.
In the 1930s Gertrude was in charge of the outpatient\u2019s department at the HSC. In 1938 she was granted leave to undertake a four\u2011month course in child welfare training. She then became Matron of the Metropolitan Hospital for Infectious Diseases from the late 1940s to the early 1950s. On 1 January 1952 she was appointed Matron of the Brisbane Children\u2019s Hospital. After a long illness she died while still in service on 30 October 1961.
Nursing staff in the grounds of the Hospital for Sick Children, Brisbane \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/glenville-massy/","title":"Glenville Massy","text":"13 May 1863 \u2014 25 March 1939
"},{"location":"research/glenville-massy/#glenville-massy-181168","title":"Glenville Massy (18\u2011116\u20118)","text":"Glenville Massy J.P. was born on the 13th of May 1863. He was the third surviving son of Charles Alphonse Massy, who had four sons and two daughters, all of whom were born at Gundaroo, New South Wales.
Glenville was educated at the Collegiate School, Glebe Point, Sydney, where he studied until he turned seventeen. Owing to an indifferent state of health he did not immediately engage in any particular occupation.
A year later, in 1881, he came to Queensland to join his brothers, Charles and Oscar, at Sonoma, a cattle property owned by them near Bowen. He remained on Sonoma for about a year, when, with Charles, he started with a 1000 head of breeders with the view of taking up land on the Lynd, a river which junctions with the Mitchell. On their arrival, however, they learned that the country had already been selected. Their next thought was to obtain pasture for their herd during the advancing wet season.
Glenville stayed with the cattle while Charles inspected down the Mitchell and Palmer Rivers and over the Straaten River Valley, becoming familiar with the the country and potential for grazing. When the roads were again traversable, the brothers mustered their stock and continued their journey to the far north, eventually arriving at the Stuart River, where they took up country 1200 kilometres from where they had started. This land was now known as Silver Plains. Its ownership passed to the Queensland Government after the Massys abandoned it when they acquired better country to the west-north-west and moved their stock there. To this property, Rokeby, they devoted many strenuous years. Living 160 kilometres from their nearest neighbour, lacking postal and telegraphic facilities, their only means of procuring stores was by packhorse from Cooktown, a distance of 360 kilometres, at a cost of \u00a335 per ton. They sturdily faced floods and droughts and the many indescribable hardships accompanying such events. There was practically no market for their stock and for several years it was impossible to obtain credit from financial institutions.
The Aboriginals constantly killed and harassed the stock and menaced the lives of the settlers. In the efforts of the brothers to halt the attacks by dispersing the Aboriginals, Charles was wounded by a barbed spear which entered his back and became embedded. Glenville helped his older brother to travel over 190 kilometres, but shortly after reaching medical aid Charles died of exhaustion.
Oscar joined Glenville at Rokeby. To make it cheaper and quicker to bring in supplies, the Massy brothers pushed a road through to the mouth of the Stuart River. Stores were then transported by sea from Cooktown and then by pack horse at the much reduced rate of \u00a310 per ton. The Queensland Government also used the road for forwarding supplies when building the overland telegraph line to Cape York.
When by 1895 it was imperative to find a market for their increasing herd, Glenville moved to Thursday Island and established a butchering business, which he conducted on his own for the following 14 years as a means of absorbing the Rokeby stock. Then the butchering business was floated into a limited company with the title of \"The Torres Straits Fresh Food and Ice Company\", in which Glenville retained an interest for several years.
In the meantime the firm acquired Emu Plains, a run adjoining the original Sonoma property. The Massy brothers mutually decided to dissolve the partnership in 1910, Glenville becoming the sole owner of Rokeby and Emu Plains while retaining an interest in Sonoma, which was then administered by Oscar.
That year Glenville Massy retired from North Queensland and took up residence at Glenville, on the corner of Milton Road and Hobbs Street, Auchenflower. The house, described as one of the most fashionable of its time, is no longer standing. Glenville spent his days amid comforts which vividly contrast with the frequent privations - such as scarcity of water and lack of food for days at a time - and the many other hardships incidental to a life in the Peninsula.
He married Jessie, daughter of James Hall-Scott, a pioneer of the Bowen district in 1897. Jessie's story is told elsewhere in this book. Glenville died on the 25th of March 1939 at his beloved Auchenflower home.
5657 Panorama of a large Queenslander house on the corner of Milton Road and Hobbs Street, Auchenflower. ca. 1920. Part of a motorcar can be seen at the far right of the photo and tram lines and a tram are shown at far left. The house is timber, with a brick and timber fence. The house, named 'Glenville' was the residence of pastoralist Glenville Massy and his family. The house was demolished in the 1960s. \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"research/glenville-massy/#acknowledgement","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"This story was contributed by Hilda Maclean.
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"},{"location":"research/hector-vasyli/","title":"Hector Vasyli","text":"ca. 1907 \u2014 9 June 1918
"},{"location":"research/hector-vasyli/#hector-vasyli-103824","title":"Hector Vasyli (10\u201138\u201124)","text":"On Sunday 9 June 1918 a procession of returned servicemen conveyed by motor vehicle left the military hospital at Kangaroo Point headed for Queen Street. About sixty cars made up the motorcade; they were provided and driven by local residents. Four or five young boys had gathered near the southern end of Victoria Bridge. One of these boys was eleven year\u2011old, Hector Vasyli. His family owned an oyster saloon on Melbourne Street, South Brisbane. Young Hector was very patriotic and known to save up his money to buy presents and throw them to the returned servicemen as they passed by on parade. On the day in question he was doing just that when the tragedy unfolded.
W. J. Jackson, a local produce merchant was the driver of one of the cars. As vehicles ahead of him began to slow down he swerved to avoid a collision. His car went toward the side of the road and struck Hector. The Courier reported that he had \"perfect control of the car\" as he was able to pull it up swiftly after realising what he'd done. Jackson quickly picked up the boy and sped off to St. Helen's hospital. Medical assistance was not immediately obtainable so they left and headed to the Mater Misericordia Public Hospital. It was too late; Hector had succumbed to his injuries (which included a skull fracture, compound fracture to the right arm, and other minor injuries).
The papers were quick to emancipate Jackson stating, \"The tragic occurrence was quite unavoidable and Mr. Jackson did everything to avoid the fatal consequences.\"
Hector Vasyli Memorial, Brisbane, 1918. Speakers at the unveiling of the tablet include Christy Freeleagus, President of the Hellenic Association, Lieut. Grant Hanlon, Alderman Peter Forrest (Mayor of South Brisbane), and Mr W. P. B. Miles of the Church of England Mission. - State Library of Queensland. Hector Vasyli - State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/helena-veronica-luton/","title":"Helena Veronica Luton","text":"22 November 1896 \u2014 14 June 1977
"},{"location":"research/helena-veronica-luton/#helena-veronica-luton-223011","title":"Helena Veronica Luton (22\u201130\u201111)","text":"Helena (known as Lena) Luton was with the Australian Army Nursing Service attached to the 1st Australian Imperial Force (AIF). She died on 14 June 1977 aged 81.
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"},{"location":"research/henry-beesley/","title":"Henry Beesley","text":"20 February 1831 \u2014 5 February 1894
"},{"location":"research/henry-beesley/#henry-beesley-13263","title":"Henry Beesley (13\u201126\u20113)","text":"The Shirt and Collar Box, three doors down from the GPO, was the business of Henry Beesley, a draper who migrated to Queensland in 1870 on the Indus with his wife Elizabeth (n\u00e9e Gough). Henry was born on 20 February 1831 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire to George Beesley and Eliza (n\u00e9e Hawksley). He died on 5 February 1894 at his home, Twickenham Lodge, in West End.
Advertisments in the The Telegraph, 14 December 1877 including Herny Beesley's Shirt and Collar Box, Edwards and Chapman, Clark and Treleaven, and Tutty and Finney - National Library of Australia.
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"},{"location":"research/henry-bloomfield-gough/","title":"Henry Bloomfield Gough","text":"ca. 1845 \u2014 29 January 1896
"},{"location":"research/henry-bloomfield-gough/#henry-bloomfield-gough-24421","title":"Henry Bloomfield Gough (2\u201144\u201121)","text":"Gough, who until the beginning of 1895 occupied the position of Police Magistrate at Warwick, died in the St. Clair private hospital, Brisbane, on 29 January 1896. Gough was an officer of the Native Police in the early days, and saw many years of active frontier life. Subsequently he was appointed Police Magistrate at Isisford, in the Barcoo country, and in that position did good service for the colony.
About the beginning of 1892 he was transferred to Ingham where he spent a couple of years. The climate did not agree with him, and he was strong in the opinion that it was while he resided at Ingham he contracted the complaint which claimed his life. From Ingham he was promoted to Warwick. His health, already impaired, gradually declined, and in February 1895 he obtained leave of absence for six months and paid a visit to the hot springs in New Zealand. He derived no benefit from the change, however, and returning to Queensland, entered the private hospital in Brisbane where he died. Gough was 51 years of age.
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"},{"location":"research/henry-holmes/","title":"Henry Holmes","text":"Died 30 November 1898
"},{"location":"research/henry-holmes/#henry-holmes-17151617","title":"Henry Holmes (1\u20117\u201115/16/17)","text":"Henry Holmes, a son of Francis Holmes and Margaret (n\u00e9e Madden), was born in County Armagh, Ireland. Henry, his wife, Louisa Mary Ann Elizabeth (n\u00e9e Frazer) and two sons arrived in Brisbane aboard the Cairngorm on 3 July 1863. Holmes' paddock, later known as Grove Estate, gave its name to Ashgrove. Henry died just after 6pm on 30 November 1898.
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"},{"location":"research/henry-howard-payne/","title":"Henry Howard Payne","text":"ca. 1821 \u2014 18 February 1903
"},{"location":"research/henry-howard-payne/#henry-howard-payne-9111516","title":"Henry Howard Payne (9\u201111\u201115/16)","text":"Henry landed in Brisbane aboard the Duchess of Northumberland on 4 February 1851. He farmed maize, lucerne and fruit on land stretching west from the Regatta Hotel. Henry was appointed to the first Toowong Shire Council in 1880. He died on 18 February 1903 aged 82.
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"},{"location":"research/henry-james-beatty/","title":"Henry James Beatty","text":"20 May 1855 \u2014 16 June 1901
"},{"location":"research/henry-james-beatty/#henry-james-beatty-ce-121222","title":"Henry James Beatty CE (12\u201112\u201122)","text":"Civil engineer Henry Beatty was born on 20 May 1855 in Kensington London. His father, James Beatty was chief engineer for construction of the Grand Crimean Central Railway during the Crimean War. Henry married Elizabeth Ann White in Queensland on 7 July 1887. He was engaged as engineer for the construction of many railway lines in Queensland. He died on 16 June 1901 from typhoid fever.
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"},{"location":"research/henry-lander-pethebridge/","title":"Henry Lander Pethebridge","text":"ca. 1835 \u2014 13 June 1910
"},{"location":"research/henry-lander-pethebridge/#henry-lander-pethebridge-1347","title":"Henry Lander Pethebridge (13\u20114\u20117)","text":"Henry Pethebridge, the son of William Pethebridge and Maria Lander, was the Inspector of Works of the Marine Department of Queensland. Born in Torquay, Devon about 1835, he died in Brisbane on 13 June 1910.
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"},{"location":"research/henry-lewis-neighbour/","title":"Henry Lewis Neighbour","text":"1857 \u2014 4 August 1942
"},{"location":"research/henry-lewis-neighbour/#henry-lewis-neighbour-24419","title":"Henry Lewis Neighbour (2\u201144\u201119)","text":"Henry was a native of Bethnal Green in London's East End, the son of a silk weaver. His family arrived in Brisbane on the Whirlwind in September 1862 when Henry was aged five. After finishing school, Henry entered the boot trade as a 'clicker' cutting the leather uppers and later became foreman at his brother's boot factory in Fortitude Valley. After the business closed, he joined the firm of Davey Halliday Company Ltd. boot manufacturers in Ann Street near the corner with Albert Street. Davey Halliday installed the most modern equipment, driven by a steam engine in their basement, and manufactured all classes of men's, women's children's and infant's footwear. Henry died on 4 August 1942.
Clicker's department at Davey Halliday & Co, 1904 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
Davey Halliday Company Ltd. on Ann Street. Carriages outside the Davey Halliday Boot Co. The building was near the corner of Albert Street and Ann Street. This is presently the site of King George Square. Erected 1904 and later part of Albert House. (Information taken from The Queenslander, 14 May 1904) \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/henry-marjoribanks-chester/","title":"Henry Marjoribanks Chester","text":"1832 \u2014 3 October 1914
"},{"location":"research/henry-marjoribanks-chester/#henry-marjoribanks-chester-75911","title":"Henry Marjoribanks Chester (7\u201159\u201111)","text":"Chester was born in London in 1832, where he was educated. He entered the service of the Indian navy in 1849, and remained an officer in it until its abolition in 1862 when he migrated to Queensland. He entered the public service in January 1866. At first in the Lands Department he was responsible for surveying the town sites of Charleville and Cunnamulla, and then became government land agent at Gladstone in 1867 and Gympie in 1868. In January 1869 he was appointed police magistrate at Somerset, on the northern tip of Cape York Peninsula, but resigned in August 1870 and left the service for five years. From 1875 to 1903 Chester served continually as a police magistrate. He was often appointed to remote and difficult communities in north Queensland.
He returned to Somerset in September 1875 and on his advice the Queensland government transferred his headquarters in 1877 to a more central location at Thursday Island. There he kept order for eight years. He is probably best remembered for an incident in March 1883. Sir Thomas McIlwraith, put out by Britain's reluctance to annex a promising settlement in Papua, sent orders to Chester to go immediately to Port Moresby and take possession of the unoccupied eastern half of New Guinea. Sailing north in the Pearl, Chester planted the Union Jack at Port Moresby on 4 April 1883 and, as befitted an old naval officer, shelled a warlike party of Motu who were thought to threaten the security of the port. This act of occupation was later disowned by the British government.
In April 1885 Chester was transferred to Cairns, where he promoted the formation of a Volunteer Defence Corps, one of several formed in Queensland through fear of the Russians, and served as lieutenant. But he was not popular with the local residents. In June 1887 the Griffith government was moved to transfer him to Cloncurry. Rather than accept demotion to such a remote post, Chester tendered his resignation, but in November the government appointed him police magistrate at the new Croydon goldfield. There he gave satisfaction and was transferred in 1891 to Cooktown and in 1898 to Clermont where he remained until transferred in 1902 to Gladstone. He retired in 1903 and died on 3 October 1914.
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"},{"location":"research/henry-montague-bloom/","title":"Henry Montague Bloom","text":""},{"location":"research/henry-montague-bloom/#monty-bloom-3243","title":"Monty Bloom (3\u201124\u20113)","text":"Henry Montague \"Monty\" Bloom served in the AIF in World War 1, as an engineer. He was also a skilled entertainer and organised concert parties in both First and Second World Wars to entertain the troops. He was decorated for his good services. He continued entertaining the wounded long after the Second World War.
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"},{"location":"research/henry-payne/","title":"Henry Payne","text":"ca. 1860 \u2014 18 January 1944
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After the \"Parsons & Payne\" partnership ended, Henry continued business on corner Turbot street and North Quay. When Henry died on 18 January 1944, his residence was \u201cChesterton\u201d, Broomfield Street, Taringa.
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"},{"location":"research/henry-sleath/","title":"Henry Sleath","text":"1828 \u2014 21 May 1918
"},{"location":"research/henry-sleath/#henry-and-hannah-sleath-134318","title":"Henry and Hannah Sleath (13\u201143\u201118)","text":"Henry was a musician and violin maker who established a music business in George Street in the City around 1866. The family lived in a residence above the shop. Nine children were born to Henry and Hannah there. Some time later, the family moved to Glen Road. Henry was elected to the Toowong Shire Council in February 1881. One of their sons, Alfred, carried on the business as H. Sleath and Son. Henry was buried on 22 May 1918. Sleath Street, near the Cemetery, off Frederick Street, was named after Henry.
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"},{"location":"research/henry-theeman/","title":"Henry Theeman","text":"ca. 1895 \u2014 4 March 1942
"},{"location":"research/henry-theeman/#warrant-officer-henry-theeman-104121","title":"Warrant Officer Henry Theeman (10\u201141\u201121)","text":"On the 4th of March 1942, the auxiliary minesweeper HMAS Tambar was fired on by the Examination Battery at Fort Cowan Cowan on Moreton Island. There was a mix up in the identification code signal of the ship and the battery was ordered to fire across the bow of the unidentified vessel. The 6\u2011inch shell struck the ship\u2019s forecastle killing Able Seaman Archibald Bartsch, a member of the anchor party, instantly. The shell skidded across the deck into the Captain\u2019s cabin killing Steward Eric Harrison. It then passed through the radio room critically injuring Warrant Officer Henry Theeman. Both of his legs were severed and his succumbed to his injuries soon after. Other crew received injuries to various degrees.
London\u2011born Theeman was aged 47. He had spent most of his life at sea. After three years in Moller Line ships travelling between Japan and China he left the line in August 1941 to join the RAN. Bartsch, son of 3rd Light horseman William Henry Bartsch, was an employee if the Australasian United Paint Company of Port Augusta, South Australia prior to his enlistment in the navy. He was aged 20. Western Australian\u2011born Harrison was the son of William Ross and Rebecca Harrison. He was aged 33 and a resident of Melbourne.
The military covered up the incident so as not to affect morale. The newspapers widely reported the incident as an \u2018accident at sea\u2019. The Tambar\u2019s crew was dispersed throughout the RAN immediately after the men\u2019s joint funeral two days later. The ship was temporarily paid off and the Captain given another command. The District Naval Officer (Commander E. C. Rhodes), other naval officers, and military representatives were present. The service was conducted by the Rev. H. H. Trigge of the Methodist Church and the Church of England\u2019s Rev. F. R. C. Birch. Cannon and Cripps made the arrangements for the funeral and the cortege of Naval ratings from the Alice Street Depot marched from their funeral parlour.
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"},{"location":"research/henry-townsend-wilkins/","title":"Henry Townsend Wilkins","text":"1895 \u2014 31 July 1917
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Henry was born in Brisbane 1895 to Joseph Bakes Wilkins and Eleanor Fowdry Townsend. His father passed away 1907. He enlisted 20 September 1915 and embarked 18 May 1916 and killed in action on 31 July 1917 at 22 years of age. There is no known resting place but he is memorialised here on the family grave and on the Menin Gate, Belgium. One of the 6178 inscribed Australians who served in the Ypres campaign who have no known grave.
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"},{"location":"research/henry-william-mobsby/","title":"Henry William Mobsby","text":"17 August 1860 \u2014 9 April 1933
"},{"location":"research/henry-william-mobsby/#henry-william-mobsby-56111","title":"Henry William Mobsby (5\u201161\u201111)","text":"Mosby was an artist, photographer and motion picture pioneer. He was born on 17 August 1860 at Hove, Sussex, son of William Mobsby, watchman, and his wife Sarah, n\u00e9e Humphrys. Henry trained in art, design, chemistry and commercial practice at the School of Arts, Brighton, and in London. In 1883 he accompanied artist Isaac Jenner to Queensland. Mobsby married Jenner's eldest daughter Mary Ellen on 10 September 1884 in Brisbane, and for some years taught decorative art at Brisbane Technical College.
By October 1899 Mobsby had produced some thirty, one\u2011minute films during various 'still' photography excursions around Queensland. Among the earliest was the arrival of Governor Lamington for the opening of parliament on 18 May 1899. Most of the films made by Mobsby were shot in the spring of 1899 and illustrated wheat harvesting on the Darling Downs, sugar harvesting at Nambour and aspects of stock management. These were the first Australian industrial documentary films and are among the world's earliest films of the type. Mobsby also filmed the Queensland cabinet boarding the government paddle steamer Lucinda for a ministerial banquet. Their last and most impressive films recorded Queensland troops bound for the South African War, the only known surviving footage of such departure shot in Brisbane between 28 and 31 October 1899.
Mobsby became official artist and photographer for the Department of Agriculture in 1904 and remained until his retirement in 1930. He had scant direct involvement in subsequent Queensland government film production, preferring to commission others, such as the Salvation Army\u2019s former cameraman Sid Cook, to undertake the filmmaking. Mobsby's reputation stemmed from his scenic photography and exhibition design. A fellow of both the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Society of Artists, London, he regularly designed and organised Queensland's exhibits for the annual shows in southern capitals and at the Royal National Exhibition in Brisbane. His photography gained international distinction, and he officially represented Queensland at numerous exhibitions.
In December 1905 Mobsby's 11\u2011year\u2011old son Arthur Timewell drowned; each year thereafter, the Mobsby memorial medal was awarded to the Indooroopilly State School student who achieved the highest percentage in the year 8 scholarship public examination. A keen Freemason, Mobsby was a member of the Lodge, Indooroopilly, No.155, United Grand Lodge of Queensland. He died on 9 April 1933 at his home in Station Road, Indooroopilly, and was buried with his son.
Photographer Henry William Mobsby, Barcaldine, ca. 1905 - State Library of Queensland
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"},{"location":"research/hercules-smith/","title":"Hercules Smith","text":""},{"location":"research/hercules-smith/#hercules-smith-5409","title":"Hercules Smith (5\u201140\u20119)","text":"Hercules was the second principal of the Toowong State School, a position he held for 27 years from January 1882 until retirement in March 1909.
Anne and Hercules Smith, 1863 - State Library of Queensland
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"},{"location":"research/hereward-humfy-henchman/","title":"Hereward Humfy Henchman","text":"29 November 1874 \u2014 25 April 1939
"},{"location":"research/hereward-humfy-henchman/#the-hon-hereward-humfy-henchman-51011819","title":"The Hon. Hereward Humfy Henchman (5\u2011101\u201118/19)","text":"The Hon. H.H. Henchman (1874-1939), barrister and Judge, was the third son of William Henchman, a foundry proprietor and his wife Jane Mcllwraith (n\u00e9e Wallace). He arrived in Rockhampton with his family as a young child in 1878. He was the first judge of the Queensland Supreme Court to hold a university degree in law.
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"},{"location":"research/historic-maps/","title":"Toowong Cemetery Historic Maps","text":"On this page you'll find historic maps of Toowong Cemetery that may help your research. To see the detail such as grave numbers within a section, you'll probably need to download the high resolution version of the map.
There are 34 portions in Toowong Cemetery, numbered 1 to 30 and also 2A, 7A, 15A, 29A. Not all portions have a historic map:
Brisbane General Cemetery - General Plan, 8 July 1909 \u2014 Queensland State Archives, Item ID ITM1624111. Download a high resolution version
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Brisbane General Cemetery - Plan of Portion 9 (Annotated), 28 October 1909 \u2014 Queensland State Archives, Item ID ITM1432143. Download a high resolution version
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Brisbane General Cemetery - Plan of Portion 12 (Annotated), 28 October 1909 \u2014 Queensland State Archives, Item ID ITM1432144. Download a high resolution version
Brisbane General Cemetery - Shows area near Governor Blackall's Monument, 28 October 1909 \u2014 Queensland State Archives, Item ID ITM1250576. Download a high resolution version
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"},{"location":"research/historic-maps/#portion-24-ca-1909","title":"Portion 24, ca. 1909","text":"Brisbane General Cemetery - Plan of Portion 24, ca. 1909 \u2014 Queensland State Archives, Item ID ITM1432151. Download a high resolution version
"},{"location":"research/historic-maps/#portion-30-1938","title":"Portion 30, 1938","text":"Toowong Cemetery - Plan showing Allotments on Portion 30, 7 December 1938 \u2014 Queensland State Archives, Item ID ITM1432152. Download a high resolution version
"},{"location":"research/horace-tozer/","title":"Horace Tozer","text":"23 April 1844 \u2014 20 August 1916
"},{"location":"research/horace-tozer/#sir-horace-tozer-12118","title":"Sir Horace Tozer (12\u201111\u20118)","text":"Sir Horace Tozer was born on 23 April 1844 at Port Macquarie, New South Wales, son of Horatio Thomas Norris Tozer, chemist, and his wife Charlotte Winifred Amelia (n\u00e9e Croft). He was articled to James Malbon Thompson in Brisbane in 1862 and admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland on 7 December 1867.
He was an alderman in the first Gympie Municipal Council and in 1888 was elected to the Legislative Assembly as the member for Wide Bay and held that seat until 1898. Tozer was totally against universal adult suffrage, not only opposing the women's vote but also manhood suffrage.
He died on 20 August 1916 at his South Brisbane home and was buried in Toowong Cemetery where a private funeral was conducted at his request.
Politician Sir Horace Tozer, Brisbane, 1890 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/hugh-glackin/","title":"Hugh Glackin","text":"18 March 1844 \u2014 22 September 1926
"},{"location":"research/hugh-glackin/#hugh-glackin-15222021","title":"Hugh Glackin (15\u201122\u201120/21)","text":"Hugh Glackin was born in Newtown Cunningham in County Donegal on 18 March 1844. After coming to Queensland, he joined the police force as a constable in 1870 and famously arrested Captain Starlight in April 1887.
Hugh Glackin and familiy - The Daily Mail, 27 Sep 1924 Frank Pearson (Captain Starlight) - State Archives of NSW
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"},{"location":"research/hugh-mosman/","title":"Hugh Mosman","text":"11 February 1843 \u2014 15 November 1909
"},{"location":"research/hugh-mosman/#hugh-mosman-13883","title":"Hugh Mosman (13\u201188\u20113)","text":"Hugh Mosman was born on 11 February 1843 to Archibald Mosman and Harriet (n\u00e9e Farquharson). Hugh headed to Queensland in 1860, attracted by the pastoral boom. Hugh turned to prospecting in the Ravenswood area when the economy declined. Hugh's Aboriginal servant, young Jupiter Mosman, is credited with the gold discovery at the place Hugh subsequently named Charters Towers.
Hugh was a member of Queensland's Legislative Council from 27 June 1891 until his resignation on 17 January 1905. Hugh, a brother-in-law to Sir Thomas Mcllwraith and Sir Arthur Palmer, died at his residence Eastern Gray, Toowong on 15 November 1909.
Hugh Mosman - State Library of Queensland
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"},{"location":"research/ian-chesborough-rose-macdonald/","title":"Ian Chesborough Rose MacDonald","text":"30 September 1900 \u2014 15 December 1937
"},{"location":"research/ian-chesborough-rose-macdonald/#commander-ian-chesborough-rose-macdonald-115212","title":"Commander: Ian Chesborough Rose MacDonald (11\u201152\u201112)","text":"Born to Alexander Chesborough Rose MacDonald and Nancy Armitage in Hamilton Brisbane. Married Gertrude Courtney Dix, St George\u2019s, Hanover Square, London April 1927. Midshipman on H.M.S. Agincourt 1917.
Left: Flag Lieutenant Commander ICR Macdonald RAN - \u00a9 Commonwealth of Australia - Department of Defence
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"},{"location":"research/ina-euphemia-wallace/","title":"Ina Euphemia Wallace","text":"ca. 1889 \u2014 22 November 1899
"},{"location":"research/ina-euphemia-wallace/#ina-euphemia-wallace-9469","title":"Ina Euphemia Wallace (9\u201146\u20119)","text":"On 22 November 1899 Bruce Wallace and his two sisters were swimming off a small sandbank in the Brisbane River at West End. The girls got into difficulties and Bruce was able to save one of the girls but trying to save himself and his other sister proved too exhausting and they were both drowned. Bruce was fourteen years old and his sister Ina was ten. The children usually went swimming with their father at the same spot, but on this day, their father had business in the city, so the children went swimming without him, with tragic consequences. They were the children of Andrew Stephen and Eva Sarah Wallace.
Bruce His happy face is gone, his songs are hushed Here rests his head upon the lap of earth In youth to fortune and to fame unknown.
Ina Thou who here see beautiful and fair That death should set in her glorious eyes.
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"},{"location":"research/iris-elizabeth-carson/","title":"Iris Elizabeth Carson","text":"24 September 1916 \u2014 25 March 1918
"},{"location":"research/iris-elizabeth-carson/#iris-elizabeth-carson-15319","title":"Iris Elizabeth Carson (15\u201131\u20119)","text":"Iris Elizabeth Carson, a daughter of Robert James (Bob) Carson and Elizabeth Mary (n\u00e9e Real), was born in Brisbane on 24 September 1916. Iris resided at Ryecroft, Augustus Street, Toowong when she died on 25 March 1918.
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"},{"location":"research/isaac-hillel-hillman/","title":"Isaac Hillel Hillman","text":""},{"location":"research/isaac-hillel-hillman/#isaac-hillel-hillman-39a16","title":"Isaac Hillel Hillman (3\u20119A\u201116)","text":"As a young man he came to Brisbane from his home in Latvia. He worked as a plumber until he could pay for his fianc\u00e9e to join him. They married here and spent the rest of their lives in Townsville. He was a very pious man and made arrangements for his body to be buried in this Jewish Cemetery. He died aged 96.
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"},{"location":"research/isaac-walter-jenner/","title":"Isaac Walter Jenner","text":"8 March 1836 \u2014 1 March 1902
"},{"location":"research/isaac-walter-jenner/#isaac-walter-jenner-54316","title":"Isaac Walter Jenner (5\u201143\u201116)","text":"Jenner was born on 18 March 1837 at Brighton, Sussex, son of Thomas Jenner, blacksmith, and his wife Harriet, n\u00e9e Walter. Without known formal education, he worked on oyster boats and signed on for a voyage in Arctic waters. In March 1855 he joined the Royal Navy, serving during the Crimean War in the Black Sea. Discharged in 1865, he learned to paint and worked as a landscape and marine painter in 1873\u201179 at Brighton and at Hove in 1880\u201183. He exhibited at Brighton and once at the Royal Academy. He decided to migrate and reached Brisbane by R.M.S. Roma on 19 September 1883.
Jenner made a living by selling paintings, holding art unions and teaching at Miss O'Connor's School, Oxley, and at the Brisbane Technical College in 1887\u201189. Although he travelled in New South Wales and New Zealand in 1889, he exhibited only in Brisbane and at the Centennial International Exhibition of 1888\u201189 in Melbourne. He had helped to found the Queensland Art Society in 1887. He moved his studio in 1890 to Montrose Road, Taringa, where he lived and worked for the rest of his life.
A self\u2011taught marine and landscape painter of considerable ability and technical skill, Jenner painted local scenery and continued all his life to paint English scenes from memory. His most popular subjects were the Sussex and Cornish coasts and large historical seascapes. In 1895 he gave one of his large seascapes, 'Cape Chudleigh, Labrador' (1890) to the Queensland National Gallery soon after its opening.
He died at Taringa on 1 March 1902. He was survived by his wife Mary, n\u00e9e Jenkins, whom he had married on 23 May 1860 at Anthony, Cornwall, and by three sons and three daughters.
Marine artist - Isaac Walter Jenner (1836 - 1902). Aussie~mobs.
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"},{"location":"research/isabella-jane-mason/","title":"Isabella Jane Mason","text":"ca. 1876 \u2014 17 October 1930
"},{"location":"research/isabella-jane-mason/#isabella-jane-mason-181208","title":"Isabella Jane Mason (18\u2011120\u20118)","text":"Nurse Isabella Mason, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Mason, died on 17 October 1930 aged 54.
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"},{"location":"research/jack-bannister/","title":"Jack Bannister","text":"1895 \u2014 6 October 1964
"},{"location":"research/jack-bannister/#private-jack-bannister-2a25a1819","title":"Private Jack Bannister (2A\u201125A\u201118/19)","text":"Service Number: 3782. 49th Battalion
Jack was born in Brisbane in 1895 to Walter William Bannister and Margaret Jane Henson. He married Annie Kelly in 1911 and had two children at the time of enlistment. He enlisted 7 September 1915 and after training embarked 31 January 1916 on A62 HMAT Wandilla.
Jack embarked for Australia per SS Berrima on 2 January 1919 and landed in Melbourne 17 February 1919 and was discharged 18 April 1919 in Brisbane and was laid to rest here 6 October 1964 with his parents.
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"},{"location":"research/james-archibald-henry-bennett/","title":"James Archibald Henry Bennett","text":"18 October 1892 \u2014 29 November 1918
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Born in Brisbane to Henry Bennett and Euphemia Archibald 18 October 1892. He enlisted 22 November 1915 in Brisbane and embarked 18 May 1916 from Sydney on HMAT Demosthenes A64, arrived England 20 July 1916 and in France 24 November 1916. He died of \"Broncho Pneumonia\" on 29 November 1918 and laid to rest Abbeville Cemetery.
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"},{"location":"research/james-brayden/","title":"James Brayden","text":"1827 \u2014 1890
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Three young children playing in the shadows of Cape Moreton Lighthouse, Moreton Island, ca. 1912 - State Library of Queensland
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"},{"location":"research/james-campbell/","title":"James Campbell","text":"4 November 1838 \u2014 13 September 1925
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James Campbell was born on the 4th of November 1838 at Newtown, Cooks River, Sydney, New South Wales. He was baptised on the 22nd of December 1838 at Scots Church of St Andrew, Sydney. James was the fifth child and fourth son of Hugh and Ellen Campbell.
James left Sydney with his brothers Charles and William to make their home in Toowoomba. He was first connected with Eton Vale. In 1867 he went into business for himself, later taking his two brothers into partnership in the butchery and wool scouring business of J. C. and W. Campbell, situated on the corner of Ruthven and Russell Streets, Toowoomba.
James was interested in politics like his father Hugh and his brother Charles. He became Alderman of Toowoomba, Mayor in 1882, and finally MLA for Aubigny from March 1884 to April 1893, elected unopposed after the election of the 6th of March 1883 was declared null and void. He was also a member of the Toowoomba Caledonian Building Society and foundation member of the Southern Cross Masonic Lodge.
He owned a grazing property, Dulacca West, near Yeulba in 1899. He was said to be an accomplished cattleman. He retired to his home Portland at Toowoomba and his other home also called Portland in Brisbane in 1915.
It was James Campbell's proud boast that he had been a subscriber of the Brisbane Courier for 55 years.
James married Sarah Ann Lovell on the 17th of April 1866 at Toowoomba. Sarah hailed from Bristol, where she was born in March 1845. She came to Australia with her parents on the Blenheim in 1858. The Lovell family first settled in Ipswich then later moved to Toowoomba. Sarah's father, Richard Lovell, was a wheelwright and prominent citizen of Toowoomba. Her mother, Ann, was a member of the Gregory family.
James died on the 13th of September 1925 at his Brisbane home of jaw cancer. Sarah died almost ten years later on the 20th of July 1935 at their Toowoomba home. They are buried together at Toowong Cemetery.
James and Sarah had twelve children, four sons, seven daughters and a baby who died unnamed. At the time of his death in 1925, James had 33 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
James Campbell \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/james-chapman/","title":"James Chapman","text":"Died 4 May 1917
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Queensland Drapery House opening full column advertisment in the The Telegraph, 21 March 1877 - National Library of Australia.
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"},{"location":"research/james-charles-beal/","title":"James Charles Beal","text":"1833 \u2014 24 August 1904
"},{"location":"research/james-charles-beal/#james-charles-beal-74118","title":"James Charles Beal (7\u201141\u201118)","text":"James Beal was born in 1833 in Sydney where he served his apprenticeship at the Sydney Morning Herald. He came to Brisbane in 1862 to take up the position of Superintendent at the Government Printing Office where he was promoted to the position of Government Printer in 1867 and held that position until his retirement at the end of 1893. Outdoor exercise was recommended for printers for health reasons and James was involved in various sporting circles. He died on 24 August 1904 following a bout of influenza.
Queensland's first Government Printing Office, Brisbane, ca. 1869 - State Library of Queensland Government Printing Office, Brisbane, ca. 1883 - State Library of Queensland
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"},{"location":"research/james-clark/","title":"James Clark","text":"2 October 1857 \u2014 9 July 1933
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Some years later after gaining business experience, he went north to Cape York and entered into a business partnership with Frank Jardine in 1881 to try pearling. The business prospered and, by the time the partnership ended, they had built up a fleet of pearling vessels which was divided between them. James became a leader in the pearling industry and later a successful pastoralist.
James Clark - The Brisbane Courier, 10 July 1933
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"},{"location":"research/james-cowlishaw/","title":"James Cowlishaw","text":"19 December 1834 \u2014 25 July 1929
"},{"location":"research/james-cowlishaw/#james-cowlishaw-11417a","title":"James Cowlishaw (11\u201141\u20117A)","text":"James Cowlishaw\u2019s association with the Toowong Cemetery spanned 59 years from the inception of the trust. He was an architect, newspaper proprietor, director and politician. James was born on 19 December 1834 in Sydney, the eldest son of Thomas Cowlishaw, architect, and his wife Maria, n\u00e9e Evans. Educated at St James's Grammar School, Sydney, he tried a number of jobs before studying architecture. About 1860 Cowlishaw came to Brisbane where designed the Commercial Bank of Sydney in Queen Street, the Boys' Grammar School as well as important houses, such as Bishopsbourne. He designed a store for Alexander Raff's brother's company, George Raff and Co. in 1862 and two years later, additions to Raff's Wharf.
Cowlishaw was a director of the Brisbane Courier until 1873. He became managing director of the Brisbane Telegraph in 1878 and chairman of the Telegraph Newspaper Co. from December 1879 to May 1885. Cowlishaw was a member of the Legislative Council where he was member from 1878 to 1922. In the 1920s he was described as 'the last of the old Conservative Party'; he was implacably hostile to Federation, the Labor Party and 'anything that savoured of socialism'.
A firm Methodist, he was a practical supporter of his local church for many years. He gave unobtrusively to charity and was a member of the Advisory Committee of the Hospital for Sick Children, of which his wife was president for many years. He was a justice of the peace and sat on the bench of the Brisbane Police Court. He also helped to start Brisbane's first cricket club. In his last years he lived at his home, Montpellier, Bowen Hills, which he had completed to his own design in the 1860s. He died there on 25 July 1929 of heart failure aged 94, survived by three daughters and three sons. His wife Charlotte, n\u00e9e Owen, whom he had married at West Maitland about 1860, predeceased him, and has one of the cemetery\u2019s most spectacular monuments. He left an estate worth \u00a3161,563.
James Cowlishaw - The Telegraph, 11 July 1928
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"},{"location":"research/james-davis/","title":"James Davis","text":"ca. 1808 \u2014 7 May 1889
"},{"location":"research/james-davis/#james-davis-duramboi-7515","title":"James Davis (Duramboi) (7\u20115\u201115)","text":"James Davis was born in Broomielaw, Scotland, and at 14 was apprenticed to his father as a blacksmith at Old Wynd, Glasgow. Convicted two years later for stealing 2s. 6d. from a church box in Surrey, he was sentenced to be transported for seven years, and in August 1825 arrived in New South Wales in the Norfolk. His next appearance in court was at Patrick's Plains, where in 1828 he was charged with robbery and sentenced to three years at Moreton Bay as a doubly convicted felon. He arrived there on 18 February 1829 and absconded six weeks later. The escapees soon met a party of Aboriginals whose chief, Pamby\u2011Pamby, claimed Davis as his dead son returned to life as a white man. As Duramboi, Davis took easily to tribal life. An honoured guest, he was allowed to move freely from one tribe to another, his travels taking him hundreds of miles from Brisbane. He had learnt the languages and customs of many tribes before he was found at Wide Bay in 1842 by Andrew Petrie and with difficulty assured that he could return safely to Brisbane as the convict settlement had ended.
He had to relearn the English language and accustom himself again to work and clothes. He was employed at first by Dr Stephen Simpson, the land commissioner in Moreton Bay; later he set up as a blacksmith at Kangaroo Point. In 1864 he opened a crockery shop in George Street, Brisbane, where he made money, although literate enough only to sign his name. He had married Annie Shea on 3 November 1846. After her death in 1882, he married on 28 July 1883 Irish\u2011born widow, Bridget Hayes. He died on 7 May 1889.
His rehabilitation into acquisitive society included reform; from his accumulated estate the Brisbane General Hospital received \u00a3750 in 1889 and another \u00a31100 in 1911. He guided settlers to good land in the Wide Bay area, and some public benefit came from his thirteen years with the Aboriginals. He was occasionally employed as a court interpreter, and in 1866 petitioned the governor to raise his salary to the \u00a320 paid to Chinese and German interpreters, but his request was refused.
James Davis poses in front of his crockery store, George Street, Brisbane, ca. 1872 \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
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"},{"location":"research/james-dunbar/","title":"James Dunbar","text":"1837 \u2014 22 November 1920
"},{"location":"research/james-dunbar/#james-dunbar-1814","title":"James Dunbar (1\u20118\u201114)","text":"James Dunbar (ca. 1837-1920) was appointed station keeper at the Central Fire Station in Edward Street in 1867 and was the oldest known fireman in Brisbane when he died at the age of 83 on 22 November 1920. His service spanned the period from when hand drawn fire appliances were used to the introduction of motor fire trucks.
Brisbane Fire Brigade Station, ca. 1899. Erected on the north east corner of Ann and Edward Street in 1890. \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
Merryweather chemical fire engine ca. 1905. Brisbane's first motorised firefighting vehicle. \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/james-edwin-ramsbotham/","title":"James Edwin Ramsbotham","text":"4 November 1856 \u2014 14 April 1913
"},{"location":"research/james-edwin-ramsbotham/#james-edwin-ramsbotham-151617","title":"James Edwin Ramsbotham (15\u201116\u201117)","text":"James Ramsbotham was born on 4 November 1856 in Ipswich Qld where his parents were well known residents. He entered the Posts & Telegraphs Service and was stationed at St Lawrence. Later he moved to Brisbane. In 1901 following Federation he was appointed to the position of telegraphist at Roma Street Railway Station.
Wirth Brothers' elephants drawing the circus properties from Roma Street Railway Station, 1905 - State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
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"},{"location":"research/james-forsyth-thallon/","title":"James Forsyth Thallon","text":"1847 \u2014 24 March 1911
"},{"location":"research/james-forsyth-thallon/#lieutenantcolonel-james-forsyth-thallon-117114","title":"Lieutenant\u2011Colonel James Forsyth Thallon (11\u201171\u201114)","text":"The son of a Scottish engineer, Robert Thallon and his wife, Jean n\u00e9e Forsayth, James Forsyth Thallon was the Queensland Commissioner for Railways from 1902 to 1911. He was born in Markinch, in Fifeshire, Scotland in 1847 and entered the railways in Edinburgh as a 15-year-old apprentice. He came to Queensland in 1882 to take up a management position in the Southern and Western Railways. After his death in 1911, subscriptions were collected from railways employees for the erection of a memorial over his grave. The Thallon Memorial Medal was awarded annually to the children of railway employees who received the highest marks in the Junior Examination.
James F, Thallon, Queensland Railways Commissioner, at the interstate railway commissioners and general managers' conference Melbourne in May 1909 - State Library of Queensland State funeral for James Forsyth Thallon, Queensland Commissioner for Railways, Brisbane, Queensland, 27 March 1911, 1915 - State Library of Queensland
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"},{"location":"research/james-george-drake/","title":"James George Drake","text":"26 April 1850 \u2014 1 August 1941
"},{"location":"research/james-george-drake/#james-george-drake-181363","title":"James George Drake (18\u2011136\u20113)","text":"James was born on 26 April 1850 in London. He arrived in Brisbane on 14 January 1874. He became a journalist working on regional newspapers as well as the Brisbane Telegraph and the Brisbane Courier and, briefly, the Melbourne Argus. A competent shorthand writer, later president of the Queensland Shorthand Writers' Association, James was on the parliamentary reporting staff from 1876-1882. He studied law in his spare time and was called to the bar in 1882. Long a radical, his objection to Asian immigration into Queensland led him into association with William Lane. He became a shareholder, writer and joint editor of Lane's weekly Boomerang in 1887.
In 1888 James entered politics and at the end of 1899, he was appointed government leader in the Queensland Legislative Council and Postmaster-General and Secretary for Public Instruction. He was an energetic supporter of Federation, writing frequently in newspapers, publishing the pamphlet Federation, Imperial or Democratic and running his own fortnightly paper Progress which espoused the cause.
Upon Federation, he won election to the first Senate, and was chosen to be Postmaster-General in Edmund Barton's first ministry, following the death of Sir James Dickson. In early 1906 Drake ran a newspaper, Commonwealth in Brisbane to counteract State hostility to the Commonwealth. He died in Brisbane Hospital on 1 August 1941.
Hon. James George Drake - State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/james-gray/","title":"James Gray","text":"ca. 1854 \u2014 22 January 1906
"},{"location":"research/james-gray/#james-gray-23714","title":"James Gray (2\u201137\u201114)","text":"Patient James Gray of Forest Hill, via Brisbane, died on 22 January 1906 aged 52. His headstone describes his death. His last days were spent in Brisbane Hospital and while there suffering from a painful and incurable disease, he bequeathed to that institution the savings of his lifetime in gratitude for its comforting ministrations.
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"},{"location":"research/james-isles/","title":"James Isles","text":"1837 \u2014 3 November 1888
"},{"location":"research/james-isles/#james-isles-13815","title":"James Isles (13\u201181\u20115)","text":"James Isles of Finney Isles & Co was born in Scone, Scotland in 1837, the son of William and Isabella Isles and had been in business with Thomas Finney in Dublin before coming to Brisbane. James died from the effects of a stroke at his Clayfield residence on 3 November 1888 at the age of 51 without having seen Finney Isles & Co's new buildings on the corner of Adelaide & Edward Streets completed.
Letterhead showing Finney, Isles & Co. building at the corner of Queen Adelaide and Edward Streets, Brisbane, 1890 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/james-kirk/","title":"James Kirk","text":"Born 14 July 1838
"},{"location":"research/james-kirk/#petty-officer-james-kirk-13598","title":"Petty Officer: James Kirk (13\u201159\u20118)","text":"Born 14 July 1838 in Dunchalt, Fifeshire, Scotland. Various ships have him as Carpenter and others Petty Officer. While in station in Australia he was on the H.M.S. Asia and the H.M.S. Pearl.
Watercolour painting of H.M.S. Asia by John Ward
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"},{"location":"research/james-klaassen/","title":"James Klaassen","text":"ca. 1873 \u2014 13 March 1925
"},{"location":"research/james-klaassen/#james-klaassen-7a1382122","title":"James Klaassen (7A\u2011138\u201121/22)","text":"What have sailing and managing a pub in common? Plenty, if the pub is the Regatta Hotel on the banks of the Brisbane River. James Klaassen owned and was managing the Regatta Hotel, Coronation Drive, Toowong at the time of his death. He won the A.F. Reid Trophy for sailing in Iris, 1916-17. His four sons were enthusiastic and successful participants in the rowing regattas raced on the stretch of Brisbane River in front of his hotel.
James had previously owned a hotel on the site of the present day Mater Mothers' Hospital. He sold this to the Mater and then purchased the famous wrought-iron river landmark, the Regatta Hotel. He also owned a cattle property at Goondiwindi and had his own racing colours.
With an Irish mother and a Danish father, Brisbane-born James Klaassen was associated with the Queensland Irish Association. He was married to Margaret Booker, the eldest daughter of Maryborough pioneer pastoralist, Charles Edward Sydney Booker. James Klaassen died suddenly of heart failure at his home, Ellerslie, Gray Road, Hill End, Brisbane on the 13th of March 1925 leaving a widow and four sons.
"},{"location":"research/james-klaassen/#acknowledgement","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"This story was contributed by Margaret Klaassen.
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"},{"location":"research/james-martin/","title":"James Martin","text":"1838 \u2014 25 November 1927
"},{"location":"research/james-martin/#james-martin-132421","title":"James Martin (13\u201124\u201121)","text":"The Civet Cat fancy goods and toy emporium stood in Queen Street where the Myer Centre is today. Its proprietor, James Martin was born in Worcestershire in 1838 to parents, Joseph Martin and Elizabeth (n\u00e9e Teague). He married Henrietta Bradshaw in Brisbane in 1869. James died at the age of 89 at his home Mascotte at New Farm on 25 November 1927
James Martin and George Pretice were members of Brisbane's first fire brigade in 1868. From Page 22 of The Queenslander Pictorial, supplement to The Queenslander, 24 March 1917 \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
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"},{"location":"research/james-mcwhirter/","title":"James McWhirter","text":"1878 \u2014 September 1919
"},{"location":"research/james-mcwhirter/#james-mcwhirter-189837","title":"James McWhirter (18\u201198\u20113/7)","text":"James McWhirter (junior), the only son of James and Agnes McWhirter (n\u00e9e Cameron), played a significant part in developing the centre of Fortitude Valley, working with his father to build a premier shopping precinct, which is now a Queensland heritage\u2011listed place.
James McWhirter (junior) was born in 1878 in Scotland. His father and mother immigrated to Australia that same year. He married Adelaide Mary Reid in January 1906, but she died tragically nine months later, giving birth to their son Duncan. He remarried in 1910 to Mary Millicent Atkins and had several children with her.
Encouraged by the new styles of shopping in London, the McWhirters commissioned Brisbane architects Atkinson and McLay to design a substantial, five\u2011storey building. When completed in 1912 it became an immediate Fortitude Valley landmark, seen for miles around, and dominating the Valley corner. No expense had been spared and on its opening in October 1912, delivered the most modern and progressive of department stores. On the ground level, extensive street frontages displayed the latest in island windows and the five street entrances displayed mosaic tiling and lead lights in the main foyer. The interior was well\u2011ventilated and well\u2011lit and completed with fittings of silky oak display tables which allowed customers to browse and inspect goods without being dependent on sales assistants.
McWhirters was also one of the first department stores fitted with sprinkler systems for fire prevention and three electric elevators for the convenience of customers. The pneumatic cash tube system was also the largest in the state. The grand new store housed more than 50 departments, including manchester, fabric, haberdashery, jewellery, travel goods, and of course millinery and women's clothing as well as furniture, carpets, kitchenware and toys. For the convenience of customers, a tea room also overlooked the Brisbane River and suburbs.
James McWhirter (junior) died in Sydney in September 1919 of pneumonia. Such was McWhirter\u2019s popularity and standing in Brisbane\u2019s social elite that his funeral was held in Brisbane on 19 September 1919 at the Ann Street Presbyterian Church, with many would\u2011be attendees unable to be admitted into the church due to lack of space. He was survived by his father, James McWhirter Senior, his widow and children.
McWhirter's department store in Fortitude Valley, 1913 - State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/james-porter-fry/","title":"James Porter Fry","text":"10 March 1880 \u2014 7 February 1948
"},{"location":"research/james-porter-fry/#james-porter-fry-8313132","title":"James Porter Fry (8\u201131\u201131/32)","text":"James Porter Fry was born in West End, South Brisbane on 10 March 1880, to Charles Fry and Caroline (n\u00e9e Davies). James was educated at West End State School. James joined the Queensland Rifles in July 1897.
On 3 September 1902 Sarah Chegwin married James in Brisbane. They had one son and one daughter. James was South Brisbane City Council's Chief Inspector when he volunteered for World War I on 1 October 1914, being assigned to the Naval and Military Forces' Special Tropical Forces. Repeat bouts of malarial fever brought James back to Australia.
From 1918 James was registered as an optometrist, serving at times as President of the Australian Optometrist's Association and the Institute of Ophthalmic Opticians Inc., plus Chairman of the Queensland Board of Optical Registration.
Running a campaign based on his military service, James became MLA for Kurilpa on 16 March 1918 and represented the seat until 11 June 1932. James served as Opposition Whip from 11 July 1923 until 9 April 1929.
James resided at 96 Dornoch Terrace, Highgate Hill, but died at his weekend home in Griffiths Road, Queen's Beach, Redcliffe on 7 February 1948.
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"},{"location":"research/james-robb-ward/","title":"James Robb Ward","text":""},{"location":"research/james-robb-ward/#constable-james-robb-ward-15717","title":"Constable James Robb Ward (15\u20117\u201117)","text":"Constable James Ward collapsed and died from a heart attack on his way to work at Woolloongabba. Constable Ward was buried with police honours at Toowong Cemetery.
"},{"location":"research/james-robb-ward/#acknowledgement","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"Story contributed by Kym Hyson. Used with permission.
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"},{"location":"research/james-sanford/","title":"James Sanford","text":"Born 9 September 1888
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James was born on 9 September 1888 nearby at Redhill to James and Emily Ann (n\u00e9e Andrews). He enlisted 10 February 1916 in Cairns and after training, embarked on HMAT SEANG CHOON (A49) on 4 May 1916.
Troopship SEANG CHOON (A49) shortly after leaving Pinkenba Wharf, Brisbane, Queensland. ca. 1915. This ship was later torpedoed and sunk off the Irish coast, near Fastnet, on 10 July 1917. \u2014 Australian War Memorial - Public Domain
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"},{"location":"research/james-swan/","title":"James Swan","text":"1811 \u2014 26 May 1891
"},{"location":"research/james-swan/#james-swan-9398","title":"James Swan (9\u201139\u20118)","text":"James Swan was born in 1811 in Glasgow, Scotland, the son of Daniel Swan and Jennet McLaren. He was apprenticed to the printing trade in Glasgow. In 1831, James married Christina Mackay. In 1837, James emigrated from Glasgow to Sydney with the Rev. Dr John Dunmore Lang and worked on his paper The Colonialist. In 1846, the Moreton Bay Courier was founded in Brisbane by Sidney Lyons, who persuaded James Swan to come to Brisbane and work on the newspaper. Sidney Lyons had money problems and about 18 months later, James Swan took over the newspaper. In 1859, James sold the Moreton Bay Courier to Thomas Blacket Stephens (Brisbane\u2019s second Mayor) who renamed it the Brisbane Courier.
James Swan was an Alderman of the Brisbane Municipal Council from 1872 to 1875 and was Mayor from 1873 to 1875. James's wife Christina died aged 76 years at their home Burnside at Windsor on 27 January 1888 after a lingering illness and was buried here.
James married again on 10 January 1889 to Christina Meikle. James Swan died on 26 May 1891 on board Jelunga while in the Mediterranean Sea bound for England. He was travelling with his wife for a 12\u2011month visit. Aged 80 and in poor health when he commenced the trip, many doubted they would see him return. He was buried at sea off Port Said, Egypt but he was memorialised on his first wife's grave. James's second wife Christina died on 3 March 1929 aged 71 years.
Alderman James Swan \u2014 Brisbane City Council. The Colonist, 1 January 1835 \u2014 via Wikipedia. Public Domain.
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"},{"location":"research/james-thomas-mooney/","title":"James Thomas Mooney","text":"1855 \u2014 1877
"},{"location":"research/james-thomas-mooney/#james-thomas-mooney-74510","title":"James Thomas Mooney (7\u201145\u201110)","text":"Mooney was born in 1855 in New York, the son of Joseph and Rosa Mooney, natives of Co. Cavan. They arrived in Sydney 1857 on the FitzJames. Mooney was a volunteer fireman who was fatally burned in 1877 by an exploding cask of spirits during a fire at Hughes\u2019 grocery store in Queen St. His mother was publican of the Royal Exchange Hotel in Albert Street from where his funeral procession left. His monument was financed by public subscription. His father\u2019s sister was Mary, wife of James Mayne, hide merchant in Tyrone and brother of Patrick Mayne.
Royal Exchange Hotel and Perry House on Elizabeth Street looking north, ca. 1924 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/james-trackson/","title":"James Trackson","text":"1857 \u2014 6 November 1941
"},{"location":"research/james-trackson/#james-trackson-710112","title":"James Trackson (7\u2011101\u20111/2)","text":"James, entrepreneur and adventurer, was a pioneer of Queensland motoring. In 1902 he imported a Locomobile steam car from the USA which was quoted in many sources as the first car in Queensland. He was born in Norwich, England in 1857. He graduated in science from the Polytecnic in London, specialising in electrical science. He arrived in Melbourne in 1883 and was brought to Brisbane in 1884 to assist in establishing a telephone exchange. He was engaged in the installation of the electric light system in Parliament House, Brisbane in 1886. Together with his brother William, he founded the business of Trackson Brothers. James died in Toowoomba on 6 November 1941 at the age of 84.
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"},{"location":"research/james-treleaven/","title":"James Treleaven","text":"1838 \u2014 30 March 1884
"},{"location":"research/james-treleaven/#james-treleaven-13651","title":"James Treleaven (13\u201165\u20111)","text":"James Treleaven was a partner with James Clark in Clark & Treleaven, Drapers and Outfitters at 127 Queen Street from early 1874. James Treleaven was born in Launceston Cornwall in 1838, the son of Benjamin Treleaven, a grocer and his wife, Mary (n\u00e9e Harvey). He arrived in Brisbane in the early 1860s and married Emily Agnes Rains in 1867. He was 46 years of age when he died at his Kelvin Grove home on 30 March 1884.
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"},{"location":"research/james-valentine/","title":"James Valentine","text":"ca. 1853 \u2014 17 January 1904
"},{"location":"research/james-valentine/#james-valentine-13591617","title":"James Valentine (13\u201159\u201116/17)","text":"James was elected to the Toowong Shire Council in 1885. He was described by contemporary J. B. Fewings as \u201can intelligent and shrewd man of business\u201d. A street which runs off Milton Road is named after him. He died on 17 January 1904 aged 51.
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"},{"location":"research/james-walker-cutten/","title":"James Walker Cutten","text":"1852 \u2014 1935
"},{"location":"research/james-walker-cutten/#james-walker-cutten-59412","title":"James Walker Cutten (5\u201194\u201112)","text":"The Cutten brothers took up land at the southern end of Bingil Bay in North Queensland in 1886. After clearing the land, they cultivated tropical plants, including tea and coffee and tropical fruits. Their orchards and plantations were battered by cyclone after cyclone. James Cutten (1852-1935) together with his parents and siblings had arrived in Brisbane in 1871 from London and settled firstly at Coopers Plains and then at Felton on the Darling Downs before going north. James was a licensed surveyor and returned to surveying after his marriage in 1907.
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"},{"location":"research/james-william-wassell/","title":"James William Wassell","text":"10 February 1841 \u2014 12 January 1926
"},{"location":"research/james-william-wassell/#james-william-wassell-136510","title":"James William Wassell (13\u201165\u201110)","text":"James William Wassell was the son of Joseph Wassell and Jane (n\u00e9e Chandler). His father was one of the inner pilots of Portsmouth Harbour. James was born on 10 February 1841 at Fareham, just outside of Portsmouth.
James arrived in Brisbane on 29 January 1864 on the ship Light of Age and immediately joined the Water Police in Brisbane. For many years he was in charge of the prison hulk Proserpine and the boys Reformatory at Lytton. He assisted in founding the Boy's Home at Enoggera, the Hospital for Sick Children, the Lady Lamington Hospital, and the Institute of Social Service. Wassell was also a staunch supporter of the Creche and Kindergarten movements, and a Trustee of Toowong Cemetery.
James died at his home in Teneriffe on 12 January 1926 and is buried with his wife Rebecca who died in 1898 and their infant son, Arthur who died in December 1875. Another of their sons, James Lake Wassell, a well-known Brisbane barrister was buried with them in 1938.
J. W. Wassell - The Week, 15 January 1926
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"},{"location":"research/jane-pittard/","title":"Jane Pittard","text":"10 January 1832 \u2014 27 January 1833
"},{"location":"research/jane-pittard/#jane-pittard-13104","title":"Jane Pittard (13\u201110\u20114)","text":"Jane Pittard was the daughter of the late Colour Sergeant John Pittard and his wife Mary. Jane was born in Sydney on the 10th of January 1832. John died in Tasmania in 1831 a little more than four months before Jane\u2019s birth. Shortly after Margaret Pittard was remarried to David Collins of the 17th Regiment and they moved, with Margaret\u2019s two daughters, to Moreton Bay. Jane died just five months later no cause of death is known.
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"},{"location":"research/jessie-blanche-prentice/","title":"Jessie Blanche Prentice","text":"12 September 1871 - 28 February 1890
"},{"location":"research/jessie-blanche-prentice/#jessie-blanche-prentice-9411","title":"Jessie Blanche Prentice (9\u201141\u20111)","text":"Jessie Blanche Prentice, the daughter of George (Junior) and Jessie Lacy Prentice, was lost with her grandfather, George Prentice, in the wreck S.S. Quetta in Torres Strait on 28 February 1890. The steamship struck an uncharted rock and sank in three minutes claiming 134 lives, mostly women and children. Many victims were prominent Queensland citizens, bound for London, including Toowong resident, Alexander Archer, manager of the Bank of New South Wales. There were 158 survivors.
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"},{"location":"research/jessie-massey/","title":"Jessie Massey","text":"5 March 1874 \u2014 27 May 1923
"},{"location":"research/jessie-massey/#jessie-massey-181168","title":"Jessie Massey (18\u2011116\u20118)","text":"The ninth and youngest child of James Hall-Scott and Sarah Ross, Jessie was born at Ross Hall, Bowen on the 5th of March 1874. Jessie, and her five sisters and her brother were taken to Scotland in 1875 by their mother. Sarah intended to educate the children in Scotland and on the Continent. For a time, the family stayed with the Ross family on the farm Kinnahaird, near Contin in Ross-shire.
Jessie and her family left Scotland as a consequence of the premature death of her father, James Hall-Scott, in 1880. The family did not manage to return to Bowen until 1882, only to find that their property had been completely destroyed by a cyclone. They were forced to live several weeks under canvas while a dwelling was built for them. Jessie stayed in the Bowen area at least until 1888, helping her widowed mother to run the small farm they had. Jessie went to Toowoomba in 1892 but had returned to Bowen by May 1893.
On the 15th of March 1897 at the Holy Trinity Church, Bowen, Jessie married Glenville Massy, sixth son of Charles Alphonse Massy of Stoneville, Gundaroo, New South Wales. Jessie's eldest sister Annie had married Glenville's younger brother, John Eyre Massy, seven years earlier. Now the families were doubly connected.
Jessie gave birth to two children, Marie Stuart in December 1897 and Glenville in March 1901.
Within a year of her marriage Jessie had moved to Thursday Island, where her husband had an interest in a meat-freezing works. She was still on Thursday Island in September 1909.
Shortly afterwards, in prosperous circumstances, the family moved to Brisbane. They built a house called Glenville, which stood on the corner of Hobbs Street and Milton Road, Auchenflower, Brisbane. Jessie was an expert wood carver and made many pieces for her home.
Jessie also travelled extensively. She brought back many souvenirs from Japan, which are still in the family. When she made a trip in 1904, Japan was not often visited by Westerners and the war between Japan and Russia had just ended.
Jessie suffered many sorrows during her life. Her sisters Annie, Marion and Ada died within eight years of each other, Annie of a stomach tumor and the others of tuberculosis. None was over the age of forty. Jessie herself died on the 27th of May 1923 aged 49. She is buried at Toowong Cemetery with her husband, Glenville, and daughter, Marie.
Matthew J. Fox wrote this about Jessie in his book The History of in Queensland: its people and industries, published 1921.
Mrs Massy shared with her husband the many privations and sacrifies of life in the Never-Never, gladly separating herself from the accustomed luxuries of civilisation in order to uphold him in the uphill struggle by that cheerful and loving support which may only be accorded by loyal womanhood.
"},{"location":"research/jessie-massey/#acknowledgement","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"This story was contributed by Hilda Maclean.
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"},{"location":"research/jessie-philp/","title":"Jessie Philp","text":"ca. 1856 \u2014 21 November 1890
"},{"location":"research/jessie-philp/#jessie-philp-142310","title":"Jessie Philp (14\u201123\u201110)","text":"Jessie Bannister, the eldest daughter of James and Isabella Campbell, died on 21 November 1890 at Baroona. She was the 34\u2011year\u2011old wife of politician Robert Philp (MLA for Townsville) and mother of seven surviving children. Jessie and Robert married at Ballymore in February 1878 before setting sail for Townsville, where most of her nine children were born. Her youngest child was just two weeks old when Jessie, weakened from recent childbirth, succumbed to the scarlet fever for which she was nursing two of her older children.4
Portrait of Jessie Bannister Philp, ca. 1878 - State Library of Queensland
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"},{"location":"research/johann-christian-heussler/","title":"Johann Christian Heussler","text":"15 June 1820 - 26 October 1907
"},{"location":"research/johann-christian-heussler/#johann-christian-heussler-136411","title":"Johann Christian Heussler (13\u201164\u201111)","text":"John Heussler was born on 15 June 1820 at Bockenheim, Germany (near Frankfurt\u2011am\u2011Main) and arrived in Queensland in 1854. His background was as a wine merchant in London and Holland. He married Sophia Esther, daughter of John and Christian Westgarth of Edinburgh. She came to Queensland from Victoria with her mother, also buried here, and sister, shortly after their arrival in Australia. John and Sophia Heussler married in Brisbane on 10 March 1859. John Christian died on 26 October 1907 and his widow died on 5 June 1914. While \u201creligion was not to play a big role in his life\u201d, he was buried according to Lutheran rites from Nazareth Church, Hawthorne Street, Woolloongabba.
He played a large role in immigration, particularly encouraging an estimated two thousand German Lutherans to come to Queensland. He built Fernberg, the current home of the Governor of Queensland but lost it to creditors in 1879. He was appointed a member of the Legislative Council in 1866, holding the position until his death. He became Honorary Consul for the German Empire and also for the Netherlands. In 1896 he opened the new school of the Nazareth Lutheran Church and presented a gift of 400 marks from the German Kaiser.
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"},{"location":"research/johannes-christian-brunnich/","title":"Johannes Christian Bru\u0308nnich","text":"11 September 1861 \u2014 3 July 1933
"},{"location":"research/johannes-christian-brunnich/#johannes-christian-brunnich-41032","title":"Johannes Christian Bru\u0308nnich (4\u201110\u201132)","text":"Johannes Bru\u0308nnich was born on 11 September 1861 in G\u00f6rz, Austria\u2011Hungary (now Gorizia, Italy), the son of a Lutheran minister and mathematician. He studied chemistry in Switzerland, worked in Bohemia, Russia and Georgia. He migrated to Queensland in 1885. Rev. Schirmeister officiated at his marriage to Catherine (Kate) Terry on 22 April 1886, the daughter of a Brisbane watchmaker.
After managing a sugar\u2011refinery and maltings at Bulimba and working in Darwin, he joined the Colonial Sugar Refining Co. in 1897 as a chemist. He became the government agricultural chemist in the new Queensland Department of Agriculture and was lecturer in chemistry at the agricultural college at Gatton. He wrote more than 60 papers on applied chemistry, soils, plant and animal nutrition.
He was the Captain commanding the Gatton Squadron of the Queensland Light Horse. He suffered government interference during WWI and in 1920 was still trying to secure his confiscated papers. He was foundation member and fellow of the (Royal) Australian Chemical Institute and fellow of the Royal Institute of Chemistry of Great Britain (now Royal Chemical Institute).
He died on 3 July 1933 aged 71. His wife, Catherine, survived him for nearly twenty years, dying on 7 May 1951 aged 91. Also here are his son Harold Oscar Bru\u0308nnich, who died on 17 August 1939 aged 48 and daughter Pauline Bru\u0308nnich, who died 18 October 1965 aged 76.
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"},{"location":"research/johannes-lather/","title":"Johannes Lather","text":"16 February 1825 \u2014 31 July 1891
"},{"location":"research/johannes-lather/#johannes-lather-41333","title":"Johannes Lather (4\u201113\u201133)","text":"The Lather family of New Farm was also members of the St. Andreas congregation from before WWI. Johannes Lather was one of the earliest Trustees. He was born in Germany on 16 February 1825 and died at the age of 66, on 31 July 1891. His wife Lissetta was born on 5 August 1821, the daughter of Johann Hermann Schmalenbach and Anna Catherine Elberghagen. She died aged 77, on 30 September 1898.
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"},{"location":"research/john-adamson/","title":"John Adamson","text":"18 February 1857 \u2014 2 May 1922
"},{"location":"research/john-adamson/#senator-john-adamson-181111","title":"Senator John Adamson (18\u2011111\u20111)","text":"John Adamson, Primitive Methodist minister and later politician, was born on 18 February 1857 at Tudhoe, County Durham, England, the son of Robert Adamson, a shoemaker, and his wife, Dorothy, n\u00e9e English. He came to Queensland with his young wife, Caroline (n\u00e9e Jones) in 1884. In 1915 he became Secretary for Railways in the Ryan Government. He was elected to the Senate in 1919. He died at Hendra railway station on 2 May 1922.
John Adamson, 1915 - State Library of Queensland
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"},{"location":"research/john-ahern/","title":"John Ahern","text":"1840 \u2014 1893
"},{"location":"research/john-ahern/#john-ahern-7514","title":"John Ahern (7\u201151\u20114)","text":"Ahern was born at Donickmore, County Cork, Ireland in 1840, a son of Denis Ahern and Honoria O\u2019Mahoney. He was a farmer prior to joining the Queensland Police Force in September 1864. Ahern was sent to Springsure in October and promoted to Senior Constable/Acting Sergeant in July 1868. He became Inspector of Slaughterhouses in the Mitchell district in February 1870 and received the substantial reward of \u00a315 in September 1872 for \u2018energetic perseverance in suppressing cattle\u2011stealers in the Barcoo and Walgett districts\u2019.
Ahern was promoted to Senior Sergeant in January 1874 and Sub\u2011Inspector 2nd class in 1877. He served at Blackall in 1880 where he became Sub\u2011Inspector 1st class. Ahern married in 1883 Mary, sister of Andrew Joseph Thynne from Clare. By 1890, he had been promoted to Inspector 1st class in charge of all brands throughout the colony. Ahern was a most respected and energetic policeman. John Ahern died in 1893.
John Ahern - State Library of Queensland
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"},{"location":"research/john-anderson-kenion/","title":"John Anderson Kenion","text":"1840 \u2014 29 February 1896
"},{"location":"research/john-anderson-kenion/#john-anderson-kenion-13711011","title":"John Anderson Kenion (13\u201171\u201110/11)","text":"The proprietor of Kenion & Co, the original Shilling Shop at 19 Queen Street was John Kenion who was born in 1840 in Rock House, Yeadon, Yorkshire where his father William was a wool-stapler. Prior to opening his own shop, John was manager of the Wesleyan Book Depot. He died at his residence Terraces in Wool Street, Toowong on 29 February 1896 at the age of 56.
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"},{"location":"research/john-arthur-macartney/","title":"John Arthur Macartney","text":"1834 \u2014 1917
"},{"location":"research/john-arthur-macartney/#john-arthur-macartney-56216","title":"John Arthur Macartney (5\u201162\u201116)","text":"John Arthur Macartney (1834-1917) was the eldest son of the Very Rev Hussey Burgh Macartney, the First Dean of Melbourne and his wife Jane (n\u00e9e Hardman). He studied law but resigned after 18 months to take up his first station property in Victoria. Over time he owned 25 stations and other properties in Qld and NT. He died at his home, Ormiston House near Cleveland.
Captain Louis Hope's residence, Ormiston House, Cleveland district, ca. 1871 \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
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"},{"location":"research/john-boyne-mclennan/","title":"John Boyne McLennan","text":"1827 \u2014 21 November 1908
"},{"location":"research/john-boyne-mclennan/#john-boyne-mclennan-13583","title":"John Boyne McLennan (13\u201158\u20113)","text":"John Boyne Mclennan died on the 21st of November 1908 at the ripe old age of 81 years at his residence in Kent Street, Teneriffe. He was resident in Queensland for over fifty years, and during the whole of that time he had been closely connected with racing.
His first occupation in Queensland, at that time a part of New South Wales, was that of studmaster at Canning Downs, near Warwick, but in 1863 he came to Brisbane, and for some years conducted the Sovereign Horse Bazaar in Elizabeth Street. John Mclennan was an amateur rider of some note, but he is remembered as being mainly instrumental with John Little and Mr D.T. Seymour in forming the Queensland Turf Club. He also took an active part in the formation of Tattersall's Club and was for a number of years President. After acting as a committee member on the Q.T.C. for a number of years, John Mclennan occupied the position of judge at the club's meetings, but during his last ten years he lived in retirement.
John Mclennan was born at Aberdeen, Scotland in 1827. At the age of 19, he migrated to Victoria, where he stayed for only a short time before moving north. He married Miss Georgina Wilson of Warwick in 1863 and they had six children. Besides his racing interests, John Mclennan was an office bearer at the Ann Street Presbyterian Church, where he had been a member of the congregation for many years.
The funeral took place at Toowong Cemetery, and the respect in which John was held was shown by the large attendance at the graveside and the names of the senders of the many beautiful wreathes, which were recorded in a report of the funeral printed in the Daily Telegraph.
"},{"location":"research/john-boyne-mclennan/#acknowledgement","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"This story was contributed by Pamela Webster.
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"},{"location":"research/john-burke/","title":"John Burke","text":"1842 \u2014 3 June 1919
"},{"location":"research/john-burke/#captain-john-burke-7191","title":"Captain John Burke (7\u201119\u20111)","text":"John was born at Kinsale, Cork the son of fisherman Denis Burke and his wife Ellen. He was a seaman on ships to the USA until the outbreak of the Civil War when he returned to Ireland and signed on with the crew of the Erin Go Bragh which arrived in Brisbane in August 1862. He deserted and worked as a pilot for the Australian Steam Navigation Company sailing the Queensland and the Telegraph. He married Elicia Swords from the Erin Go Bragh, and settled on the Logan River.
He held a Masters Licence and worked on bay and river ships commanding the Fanny on the Albert and Logan rivers. He established the John Burke Shipping Line in 1887 and bought the Louisa and traded from Ipswich to Logan and later on Moreton Bay.
By his death in 1919, he had nineteen ships, although he had retired in 1915 staying only as the Director. Captain Burke Park at Kangaroo Point is named in honour of him. His company was sold by his grandson in 1968.
Page 27 of the Queenslander Pictorial, supplement to The Queenslander, 14 June, 1919. - State Library of Queensland The Adonis (ship) was built in 1883 and was owned by Dath Henderson, Brisbane, who also owned a sawmill on the Noosa River at Tewantin. The Adonis was later sold to John Burke in Brisbane, Queensland. \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/john-cornish-pentecost/","title":"John Cornish Pentecost","text":"Born 3 June 1835
"},{"location":"research/john-cornish-pentecost/#gunner-john-cornish-pentecost-9293","title":"Gunner: John Cornish Pentecost (9\u201129\u20113)","text":"Born to John Pentecost and Susanna Cornish St Kevern, Cornwall on 3 June 1835. He served under his real name in the Royal Navy on H.M.S. Acteen and deserted from his ship in Rio de Janiero, Argentina. Taking a devious route he snuck back into England and boarded a ship that got him to America where he joined up to serve in the Northern navy in the American Civil War. One of seven men from that conflict buried in Toowong Cemetery.
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"},{"location":"research/john-crilly/","title":"John Crilly","text":"30 November 1871 \u2014 25 May 1919
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Born to James Crilly and Margaret Gillespie in Dungannon, Ireland 30 November 1871. He had already served 3 years in the Australian Light Horse prior to joining the Tunnelling unit at 41 years of age He was a miner by trade. He married Margaret McMaster and had 3 children between 1897 and 1900 and married again Caroline Flamank and had 2 more children.
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"},{"location":"research/john-daniel-heal/","title":"John Daniel Heal","text":"18 January 1825 \u2014 18 August 1908
"},{"location":"research/john-daniel-heal/#john-daniel-heal-13409","title":"John Daniel Heal (13\u201140\u20119)","text":"John Daniel Heal was born near Bradford\u2011on\u2011Avon, England on 18 January 1825. He was the son of Ambrose Heal, mason and Elizabeth Smith. He emigrated from England to Brisbane in mid 1856. He married at least twice and had at least eight children, many of whom died in childhood. In Brisbane, John Heal worked at his trade as a stone mason.
In 1863, he leased the Prince Consort Hotel in Wickham Street, Fortitude Valley and became a publican. He bought the hotel in 1879 and by 1887 had acquired a number of adjoining properties. In 1887\u20141888, Heal tore down the old hotel and had a larger hotel erected, which was designed by Richard Gailey.
He was very involved in community affairs and was a great advocate for the progress of Fortitude Valley. In 1870 he was elected to the Brisbane Council as an Alderman for the Fortitude Valley Ward. He served his electorate in this role from 1870 to 1873, losing in 1874. However, the following year, he won the ward of Fortitude Valley back and held it until 1894, after which he did not seek re\u2011election. He was Mayor in 1879. He died in Brisbane on 18 August 1908.
Mayor John Daniel Heal \u2014 Brisbane City Council. Prince Consort Hotel, Brisbane, 1936 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/john-donaldson/","title":"John Donaldson","text":"15 June 1841 \u2014 25 July 1896
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Victorian\u2011born Donaldson became a pastoralist in Queensland. He was a manager and director of a mortgage agency and a bank. He was also President of the Queensland branch of the Australian Natives\u2019 Association. Donaldson was a member of the Legislative Assembly from 1883 to 1893 and served as Post Master General and Colonial Treasurer. At the convention he sought free\u2011trade colonies conservative constitution.
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"},{"location":"research/john-dowridge/","title":"John Dowridge","text":"1848 \u2014 1922
"},{"location":"research/john-dowridge/#john-jack-dowridge-52814","title":"John (Jack) Dowridge (5\u201128\u201114)","text":"Mr Jack Dowridge, one of the pioneers of boxing in Brisbane, and familiarly known as the \"Black Diamond,\" He was born in Barbados Island in 1848, but at the age of 12 years he drifted to London. It was here that he first picked up the rudiments of boxing. The arena attracted him, and he secured employment with Nat Langham, the retired champion of England, who was then keeping the Mitre Tavern, in St. Martin's Lane. In the year 1862 this tavern was a rendezvous of all the great fistic exponents of that time, such as Joe Cross, Boie Brotties, Jim Mace, Tom King, Coburn, Bob Travers, Ned Donnelly, Professor Johns, Bat Mullins, Heenan, Jerry and Billy Ox. It was here that Jack Dowridge made the acquaintance of Tom Sayers, whom Langham first defeated, and in whose favour he subsequently retired. \"Jack\" became one of Langham's best pupils, and developed the straight style of the old school of boxing.
In 1872 Dowridge came to Australia. He secured premises in Queen Street, known as the \"Hole in the Wall,\" which had just been vacated by Larry Foley. He opened a tobacconist saloon and a small select boxing school, but he did not stay long. He returned to England, but the climate soon drove him back to Queensland. He secured premises opposite the Normal School, and after a few years he opened a restaurant and taught boxing at Petrie's Bight, where Quinlan Gray's warehouse later stood. He later removed to Roma Street and then to the corner of Turbot and George streets. His school was the resort of all the young sporting men of the day. Dowridge was one of the best promoters of that time, and under his care were Peter Jackson, Jack M'Gowan and innumerable others.
When Peter Jackson died a public subscription was the means of providing the stone which was placed at the head of the grave, but it was Jack Dowridge who provided for the purchase of the land at Toowong cemetery and to pay the funeral expenses.
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"},{"location":"research/john-edward-maidens/","title":"John Edward Maidens","text":"3 February 1874 \u2014 7 December 1924
"},{"location":"research/john-edward-maidens/#john-edward-maidens-187913","title":"John Edward Maidens (18\u201179\u201113)","text":"John Edward Maidens was born in NSW on 3 February 1874 to Elijah Maidens and Sophia (n\u00e9e Medhurst). As a young man Jack was one of three who discovered the Kanowna Goldfield, Western Australia, in 1893. In 1898 Mabel Mary Lipton married John in St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne.
Around 1910 they moved to Roma, where John became licensee of the Royal Hotel and served a term on the Roma Town Council. The Royal Hotel burnt down on Monday 10 May 1915 while Jack and Mabel were out of town. They moved to Brisbane before settling in Toowoomba in early 1916. Jack helped form Rockhampton's Jardine Racing Club in late 1918 and Toowoomba's Carrington Racing Club in 1919.
Jack died at his residence in Temple Street, Coorparoo on Sunday 7 December 1924 aged 50 years 10 months. Mabel and their adult daughter survived John.
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"},{"location":"research/john-fewings/","title":"John Fewings","text":"ca. 1830 \u2014 20 May 1910
"},{"location":"research/john-fewings/#john-fewings-9302223","title":"John Fewings (9\u201130\u201122/23)","text":"Fewings\u2019 memoirs Arcadian Simplicity, written in 1892, described life in Toowong from the 1860s. He lived at Karslake, on Sherwood Road, near Dovercourt. He was headmaster of the Petrie Terrace School for nearly 30 years before moving to the headship of the Fortitude Valley School, which he held until his retirement in 1903.
Althea Fewings canoeing on Toowong Creek, Brisbane. Althea Theresa Karslake Fewings (later Mrs Frederick Munro Hull) canoeing on Toowong Creek at the bottom of *Karslake, residence of her parents Mr & Mrs J B Fewings. The Chinese market gardens are behind her, and today this area is in the grounds of Toowong College, (off Vera Street)- on the old basket ball courts. - State Library of Queensland *
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"},{"location":"research/john-forde/","title":"John Forde","text":"ca. 1860 \u2014 18 September 1927
"},{"location":"research/john-forde/#john-and-ellen-forde-15192728","title":"John and Ellen Forde (15\u201119\u201127/28)","text":"Irish immigrants, John and Ellen Forde were the parents of Francis Michael Forde better known as Frank Forde, the 15th Prime Minister of Australia.
Frank Forde pilots a train into Brisbane, 1930 - State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/john-forrest-haymen/","title":"John Forrest Haymen","text":"Born 29 June 1902
"},{"location":"research/john-forrest-haymen/#midshipman-john-forrest-haymen-12493","title":"Midshipman: John Forrest Haymen (12\u201149\u20113)","text":"Born 29 June 1902 to Marmaduke Granville Haymen and Florence Maud Lucretia Goertz in Indooroopilly, Brisbane. A very unusual service record. Sadly the Australian Naval records are very brief and very hard to read unlike the Australian Imperial Force records.
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"},{"location":"research/john-galligan/","title":"John Galligan","text":"1857 \u2014 27 January 1925
"},{"location":"research/john-galligan/#john-galligan-152612","title":"John Galligan (15\u201126\u201112)","text":"John Galligan was born in County Cavan, Ireland in 1857. He landed in Sydney in 1873 when he was 16 and later came to Queensland where he joined the police force in 1882. He escaped death a number of times during his police career during his postings in Brisbane and Bundaberg.
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"},{"location":"research/john-gordon-smith/","title":"John Gordon Smith","text":"1863 \u2014 21 June 1921
"},{"location":"research/john-gordon-smith/#john-gordon-smith-115356","title":"John Gordon Smith (11\u201153\u20115/6)","text":"Smith was born in 1863 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, son William Smith and Christina Duncan. He married Annie Coles in Brisbane in 1884 and had a son and four daughters. In a varied career, he was a publican in Maryborough, and around 1900 operated a night coffee stall in Queen Street. Smith was known as the \u2018Democratic Pieman\u2019. He was also a grand master of the Ancient Order of Foresters and President of the British Associated Friendly Society Dispensaries. Smith was a Member of the Legislative Council from 1920 until his death in Brisbane on the 19 June 1921.
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"},{"location":"research/john-hanly/","title":"John Hanly","text":"ca. 1859 \u2014 6 October 1935
"},{"location":"research/john-hanly/#sergeant-john-hanly-7a10427","title":"Sergeant John Hanly (7A\u2011104\u201127)","text":"Hanly was a member of the Royal Irish Constabulary for five years before joining the Queensland Police aged 25. After initial service in Brisbane and Ipswich, Hanly spent the rest of his career in northern and western Queensland. In February 1907, Senior Constable Hanly received a 10/6 reward for prompt action at a fire in Charters Towers. He was promoted to Sergeant within the year and superannuated in October 1913. He received Imperial Service Medal from the Lieutenant-Governor, Sir Arthur Morgan, in December 1914. Hanly died on the 6th of October 1935 aged 76.
"},{"location":"research/john-hanly/#acknowledgement","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"Story contributed by Kym Hyson. Used with permission.
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"},{"location":"research/john-hardgrave/","title":"John Hardgrave","text":"1826 \u2014 8 November 1906
"},{"location":"research/john-hardgrave/#john-hardgrave-142223","title":"John Hardgrave (14\u201122\u20112/3)","text":"John Hardgrave, a local politician and Mayor of Brisbane, was born in Wicklow, Ireland, in 1826. He arrived in Sydney in 1843 and moved to Brisbane in 1848. In 1860 he purchased 6 acres (2.4 hectares) of land in the Brisbane suburb of West End. Hardgrave Road is named after him.
He was in the boot trade to 1862 and was involved in local government from 1867 to 1890. He was Mayor of Brisbane in 1868 and 1870, first chairman of the Woolloongabba Divisional Board, Alderman for South Brisbane from 1888 to 1890, and chairman of the Waterworks Board from 1893. He died in Brisbane on 8 November 1906 and was interred in the family grave.
John Hardgrave, early resident and mayor of Brisbane, 1868-1869 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/john-henry-griffin/","title":"John Henry Griffin","text":"Died 1 July 1893
"},{"location":"research/john-henry-griffin/#dr-john-henry-griffin-2a235","title":"Dr John Henry Griffin (2A\u201123\u20115)","text":"Irish-born, Dr Griffin was the son of John Griffin, a leading Dublin broker, and Florence (n\u00e9e McCooke). After qualifying in multiple fields of medicine in Brussels, London and Ireland, he arrived in Brisbane ca. 1889 and soon became well known for his professional skill and his general popularity.
Soon after his arrival, he joined the Brisbane Hunt Club which had been started in 1888 by Adolph Feez. On 1 July 1893 he was killed during a hunt when his horse struck the top rail of a fence, throwing the 30-year-old doctor over the fence and landing heavily on his head. Death was instantaneous.
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"},{"location":"research/john-higson/","title":"John Higson","text":"Died 13 November 1902
"},{"location":"research/john-higson/#lieutenant-john-higson-2a3116","title":"Lieutenant John Higson (2A\u201131\u201116)","text":"Higson went to the Boer War with the 4th Contingent. Prior to embarkation, he had been a school teacher at South Brisbane. While on service, Higson was shot through the head. After regaining consciousness, he was helped off the battlefield and eventually returned to Queensland little worse for wear. After recuperating, he returned to South Africa, intending to return to the conflict just as the contingent was ordered back. He returned to teaching and was active in musical and masonic activities.
His death on the 13 November 1902 aged 38 was unexpected. He was afforded a military funeral. The coffin, covered by the Union Jack, left his residence at Taringa on a gun carriage. At the corner of Jephson Street and Sylvan Road, a military cortege consisting of soldiers, sailors, band and firing party from the South Brisbane State School joined in the procession to the cemetery.
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"},{"location":"research/john-hislop/","title":"John Hislop","text":"ca. 1844 \u2014 15 July 1918
"},{"location":"research/john-hislop/#john-hislop-11689","title":"John Hislop (11\u201168\u20119)","text":"John Hislop along with his brother James, were prize-winning furniture manufacturers and upholsterers with premises in Queen Street. They also conducted funerals together from the 1870s. This partnership was dissolved in 1889 with the funeral and furniture businesses being separated with the bulk of the funerary business being conducted from Peel Street, South Brisbane.
John Hislop and Sons established another branch at 544 Queen Street in 1912 where he and his three sons, daughter and son-in-law conducted business until the 1950s when the Queen Street traffic forced them to consolidate the business at Peel Street.
John Hislop died on 15 July 1918 aged 74 after a long and painful illness. His funeral left the same day from his residence Norman Villa at Norman Park. The funeral was conducted by Cannon and Cripps.
John Hislop Undertakers, Brisbane, ca. 1902, held by John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland
John Hislop Undertakers in a funeral procession in Brisbane, ca. 1892, held by John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. It is believed the procession is in Sylvan Road (previously Cemetery Road) on corner of Kate Street.
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"},{"location":"research/john-hoolan/","title":"John Hoolan","text":"1842 \u2014 15 June 1911
"},{"location":"research/john-hoolan/#john-plumper-hoolan-7a342","title":"John \u2018Plumper\u2019 Hoolan (7A\u201134\u20112)","text":"Hoolan was born in 1842 in Tipperary, son of James Hoolan and Margaret Kennedy. He married Ellen Lawler in 1871 in King\u2019s County, Ireland and had two sons and two daughters. In a varied career, he was a carpenter in Bathurst, a miner in Charters Towers, a newspaper proprietor in Georgetown and leased a farm in North Queensland in 1896. Hoolan was the MLA for Burke from 1890 to 1894 and again from 1896 to 1899. He died in the Diamantina region on the 15 June 1911.
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"},{"location":"research/john-james-bennett/","title":"John James Bennett","text":"1897 \u2014 1967
"},{"location":"research/john-james-bennett/#private-john-james-bennett-24313","title":"Private John James Bennett (2\u201143\u201113)","text":"Service Number: 2327. 49th Battalion
John was born in Brisbane to James Bennett and Elizabeth Guilfoyle in 1897. He enlisted 28 May 1915 and embarked 20 August 1915 on A9 HMAT Shropshire. He returned to Australia per Margha arriving 8 February 1919 and passed away 1967 and was laid to rest by himself.
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"},{"location":"research/john-james-knight/","title":"John James Knight","text":"7 June 1863 \u2014 24 November 1927
"},{"location":"research/john-james-knight/#john-james-knight-83332","title":"John James Knight (8\u201133\u201132)","text":"John was born on 7 June 1863 at Shelton, Staffordshire, England. He was taken to New Zealand as a young boy. He left school at age 11 to learn printing. He returned to England where, with two others, he started the Staffordshire Knot, a paper sympathetic to the interests of trades unionism. John migrated to Queensland in 1884 and found work with the Brisbane Newspaper Co Ltd as a printer. He soon became a reporter on the Brisbane Courier and became Chief Parliamentary Reporter in the 1890's. John played a considerable part in the policy of the Labour Party in Queensland.
During the industrial turmoil of the 1890s he preferred to investigate local history. His works included In the Early Days (1895), Australian Pioneers and Reminiscences (1896) completed after the death of Nehemiah Bartley from Bartley's notes and diaries, and Brisbane: a Historical Sketch of the Capital of Queensland (1897). In 1906 John became editor of the Courier and in 1916 became managing director of the Brisbane Newspaper Co Ltd and subsequently combined that office with the position of chairman of directors. He died on 24 November 1927.
J. J. Knight - State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/john-jennings-imrie/","title":"John Jennings Imrie","text":"1 June 1813 \u2014 23 March 1901
"},{"location":"research/john-jennings-imrie/#john-jennings-imrie-md-1859","title":"John Jennings Imrie, MD (1\u201185\u20119)","text":"Imrie was born in Ayr, Scotland, on 1 June 1813, where he was educated at the local Academy, Braisemere College, Oxford, then Edinburgh Royal College of Surgeons but did not graduate. He received a commission in the army, and went out as medical officer with the 42nd Highlanders to India where he remained in active service for six years. He was severely wounded in India when taking the lead in a charge. With all the other officers were either killed or wounded, he led on and gained a victory, for which he may have been awarded a medal for bravery. His obituary published in the Brisbane Courier (25 May 1901) stated this was the Victoria Cross but his name does not appear on any lists of recipients. He was then invalided to England; afterwards sold his commission.
He then emigrated to New Zealand was just at that time proclaimed a British colony with his family and settled in Nelson in 1842. Stories of Imrie\u2019s dramatic escape from the Wairau Affray, in which 22 settlers were killed, are embroidered. Imrie and his family left in an orderly fashion aboard the Sisters for Hobart in September 1843. He then started practice of his profession in Hobart, and in January 1845 was appointed medical officer for the convicts at Maria Island, where he resided for many years with his family, until the settlement was wound down. Then he was transferred to the penal settlement at Ross, where he remained until transportation ceased. He farmed for a period, before moving to Queensland with his family in 1864, and shortly after joined the civil service where he remained until retiring in 1894. He died aged 88 on 23 March 1901.
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"},{"location":"research/john-lamacraft-richards/","title":"John Lamacraft Richards","text":"Died 1930
"},{"location":"research/john-lamacraft-richards/#john-lamacraft-richards-5241314","title":"John Lamacraft Richards (5\u201124\u201113/14)","text":"John Lamacraft Richards was a native of Devon in England. He arrived in Brisbane on the ship Golden City on 6 January 1865. He was a member of the City Volunteer Fire Brigade from 1876 to 1882 and of the Brisbane Fire Brigade from 1882 to 1889. He was a foundation member of the Progressive Lodge (Odd Fellows) and also of the Brisbane Past Grand's Lodge.
First Brisbane Fire Stations, 1868-1882, presented on his retirement from his position as Head Teacher at the Milton State School, Brisbane from 1888 to 1916 - State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/john-laskey-woolcock/","title":"John Laskey Woolcock","text":"7 November 1861 \u2014 18 January 1929
"},{"location":"research/john-laskey-woolcock/#the-honourable-john-laskey-woolcock-ba-11652","title":"The Honourable John Laskey Woolcock BA (11\u201165\u20112)","text":"Born Cornwall, England on 7 November 1861 to Rev William Woolcock and Elizabeth White. Woolcock commenced his legal studies while reading in Griffith's chambers and was admitted as a barrister of Queensland Supreme Court in 1887. He was appointed a Judge of the Queensland Supreme Court in 1927 and died in office less than two years later on 18 January 1929.
Judge John Laskey Woolcock - State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/john-leahy/","title":"John Leahy","text":"1854 \u2014 1909
"},{"location":"research/john-leahy/#john-leahy-7a43","title":"John Leahy (7A\u20114\u20113)","text":"Leahy was born in 1854 at Schull, Cork, the son of Patrick Leahy, a farmer, and Mary Coghlan. He arrived in Brisbane 1874 and was appointed Post Master at Windorah before settling at Thargomindah in 1883. Leahy married Annie Colbert in 1886. He was a member of the Bulloo Divisional Board 1889\u20111893. A successful grazier, Leahy was President of the Woolbrokers\u2019 Association. He was part owner of the Thargomindah Herald established by his younger brother Patrick James Leahy, and proprietor of the Royal Hotel 1886-1889.
Leahy\u2019s political career as member for Bulloo 1893 to 1909 saw him as Secretary for the Railways and Public Works 1907\u201109. He held many directorships including the Queensland Meat Export Co., Estate and Mortgage Co., and the National Agricultural Association of Queensland. He was also a member of Brisbane Chamber of Commerce and on the executive of the Queensland Irish Association. Leahy died at his home in New Farm in 1909 and was buried after a state funeral.
Funeral of the late Hon. John Leahy \u2014 The Brisbane Courier, 23 January 1909. Lightened.
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"},{"location":"research/john-lowther/","title":"John Lowther","text":"1852 \u2014 4 April 1918
"},{"location":"research/john-lowther/#john-lowther-12534","title":"John Lowther (12\u20115\u20113/4)","text":"John Lowther was born in Hull, Yorkshire in 1852. He married Christine (n\u00e9e Hillen) in 1876 July and they sailed aboard the Stirlingshire from Glasgow to Townsville, arriving on 7 November 1882.
John Lowther ran the firm of \"J Lowther\" (1889-1902) and then \"Lowther & Sons\" on Ann Street, Brisbane. John and his wife lived at \u201cHunbernia\u201d, Free street, Kelvin Grove, and had five children, Phillip, Ernest, Charles, Arthur and Lottie. John Lowther died 4 April 1918 aged 66.
The business continued after John's death, with his eldest son, Phillip J. Lowther, operating the firm \"Phillip Lowther and Son\" Monumental and Building Masons at 108 Lutwyche Road. Notable works include:
Phillip's son, Leslie John Lowther, was the managing director of P. J. Lowther and Son, Pty., Ltd., masonry contractors, Bowen Bridge Road. Leslie is buried in Toowong Cemetery (8\u201171\u201126/27).
Firm of Lowther & Sons on Ann Street, ca. 1907. The business of Lowther and Sons, monumental headstones was situated on Ann Street, between Boundary Street and Antrim Street - State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
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"},{"location":"research/john-mcdermott/","title":"John McDermott","text":"1841 \u2014 1908
"},{"location":"research/john-mcdermott/#john-mcdermott-7563","title":"John McDermott (7\u201156\u20113)","text":"Born 1841 in Tyrone, McDermott arrived in Brisbane in 1864 on the Earl Russell with his wife Martha. He was the publican of one of the Valley\u2019s most successful pubs, the Empire Hotel on the corner of Brunswick and Ann Streets. Originally a two\u2011story wooden building in the 1870s it was rebuilt into three storys in the 1890s. McDermott died independently wealthy in 1908 and was interred by the Reverend Father John O\u2019Leary.
Empire Hotel, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, ca. 1934 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/john-melville/","title":"John Melville","text":"1834 \u2014 8 March 1912
"},{"location":"research/john-melville/#john-melville-9104","title":"John Melville (9\u201110\u20114)","text":"John Melville, the first overseer, devoted most of his life to Toowong Cemetery. He was born in Hertfordshire in 1834 and in 1848 came to Queensland with his parents under the guidance of Dr John Dunmore Lang aboard the Fortitude. In 1851 when the gold diggings broke out in Victoria, Melville went, to try his luck but returned to Brisbane at Christmas 1854 to visit his family. He then met Augustus Gregory and was asked to join his Great Northern exploration party for the purpose of exploring the Victoria and Albert Rivers, an invitation which he accepted.
After returning from the expedition Melville was engaged in survey work until 1871 when he acted as chainman to George Phillips, who had been engaged to survey part of the present cemetery at Toowong and in 1873 he was appointed overseer of the cemetery by the Trustees which position he held for 38 years. He was succeeded in his position by his son J. L. Melville.
The Melvilles lived in a house, later demolished, on part of the cemetery reserve where the bus depot is now. John died aged 77 on 8 March 1912.
The Late Mr. John Melville - The Queenslander, 6 Apr 1912
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"},{"location":"research/john-ogle/","title":"John Ogle","text":"ca. 1824 \u2014 26 October 1890
"},{"location":"research/john-ogle/#john-and-mary-ann-ogle-111334","title":"John and Mary Ann Ogle (1\u2011113\u20113/4)","text":"John, a son of John Ogle and Isabella (n\u00e9e Swan), was born in Northumberland, England ca. 1824. Mary Ann Scott, a daughter of Robert Scott and Mary (n\u00e9e Frater), was born ca. 1823.
Mary Ann and John, with their three daughters, arrived in Brisbane aboard the Montmorency on 16 October 1860.
The Ogles were early settlers at Pullenvale, where John farmed. Part of their property (portions 222 & 229, county of Stanley, parish of Moggill, consisting of 173 acres) included the site of the Pullenvale Hall at the corner of Grandview and Pullenvale Roads, which became known as Ogle's Corner.
John died on the 26 October 1890. Mary Ann died on the 24 August 1907.
Montmorency (ship) \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/john-petrie/","title":"John Petrie","text":"15 January 1822 \u2014 8 December 1892
"},{"location":"research/john-petrie/#john-petrie-1353","title":"John Petrie (13\u20115\u20113)","text":"John Petrie was born on 15 January 1822 at Edinburgh, eldest son of Andrew Petrie and his wife Mary, n\u00e9e Cuthbertson. He arrived in Sydney with his family in 1831 and was educated at Reverend John Dunmore Lang's school. In 1837, he arrived aboard the James Watt, the first steamer to enter Moreton Bay, where his father had been appointed clerk of works, and accompanied him on explorations to the Bunya Mountains and Maroochy River. The family stayed on in the Moreton Bay District after the penal settlement closed. After learning the ropes in the family building and contracting business John assumed responsibility for its management after his father's blindness in 1848 forced him to retire. John became sole proprietor and the firm was changed from Petrie & Son to John Petrie.
On 5 September 1850 Petrie married Jane Keith, daughter of Daniel McNaught of Dunbarton, Scotland. The family grew to five sons and five daughters. John Petrie was public\u2011spirited and held many important offices. He topped the poll in Brisbane's first municipal election in 1859 and was mayor three times by 1862 and served as an Alderman until 1867. He was also an active member of the first Masonic lodge in Queensland. A staunch Presbyterian, he was an elder and worked on building St Paul's Church. John Petrie died on 8 December 1892.
Andrew and John Petrie \u2014 State Library of Queensland. The First Mayor and Aldermen of the Brisbane City Council - 1859 \u2014 Brisbane City Council.
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"},{"location":"research/john-sargent-turner/","title":"John Sargert Turner","text":"3 December 1826 \u2014 29 July 1900
"},{"location":"research/john-sargent-turner/#john-sargent-turner-13708","title":"John Sargent Turner (13\u201170\u20118)","text":"John Sargert Turner was born in Wangaroa, New Zealand in 1826, to Reverend Nathaniel Turner (1793-1864), a Wesleyan Missionary, and Anne Turner, n\u00e9e Sargent. In 1852, John Turner migrated to Brisbane and opened the Brisbane Branch of the Union Bank. In 1871 he relinquished his management position to join the established firm of George Raff and Co. Turner retired from business when the company dissolved in 1882. He was the director of several businesses including Queensland Mercantile, the Australian Mutual Providence Society and the South Australian Land and Mortgage Company. On 18th April 1876, he entered the Legislative Council where he remained until his death. He is regarded as the founder of the Albert street Uniting Church.
Turner was a trustee of the Lady Bowen Hospital. He was also a founding member of the Queensland Acclimatisation Society and was passionate about flowers and gardening. He died in July 1900 of heart failure.
Front view of the Union Bank, Brisbane, ca. 1878 - State Library of Queensland
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"},{"location":"research/john-shirley/","title":"John Shirley","text":"11 August 1849 \u2014 5 April 1922
"},{"location":"research/john-shirley/#dr-john-shirley-20256","title":"Dr John Shirley (20\u201125\u20116)","text":"Also from Dorset was Dr John Shirley who was born in Dorchester on 11 August 1849 to Sergeant John Shirley of the Grenadier Guards and Una (n\u00e9e Turner). John Shirley graduated with a Bachelor of Science from London University then trained as a teacher.
He arrived in Brisbane in 1878 and was immediately appointed headmaster of the school at Roma. The following year he was promoted to the position of Schools Inspector. He covered thousands of miles on horseback, visiting schools all over Queensland. This life gave him the opportunity to further study natural sciences, which had formed his final University course and he published many scientific papers. He was awarded the degree of D.Sc. at the age of 63.
In 1914 Dr Shirley became the first principal of the newly established Teachers' Training College in Brisbane, a position he held until retirement in 1919. He died at his residence in Bowen Hills on 5 April 1922 following a seizure.
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"},{"location":"research/john-simmonds/","title":"John Simmonds","text":"ca. 1828 \u2014 23 January 1889
"},{"location":"research/john-simmonds/#john-simmonds-4327","title":"John Simmonds (4\u20113\u201127)","text":"John Simmonds was born in Blandford, Dorset around 1828, the eldest son of John Simmonds, builder and stonemason and Ann (n\u00e9e Pond). John sailed with his family from London aboard the Lady Eveline, arriving in Port Phillip in November 1852. Mary Jemima Coombs married John at Pelham Street, Melbourne on 17 December 1859. They had 10 children born in Victoria. John took over the family\u2019s stonemason business on the death of his father in 1860.
John Simmonds founded a monumental masory business Brisbane in around 1880. His company created the beautiful momument to T.J. Byrnes and has family in Toowong Cemetery (7-47-5).
Monumental plans and headstone description - Thomas Joseph, Annie and Michael Vincent Byrnes ca. 1898 \u2014 Queensland State Archives, Item ID ITM1675894. Cropped and darkened.
John Simmonds took on his son, John Howard Simmonds (1862-1955), as an apprentice stonemason in 1880. He ran the business after his Father's death in 1889 until he retired in 1920.
J.H. Simmonds made a point of photographing the tombstones he worked on. He introduced photography to his wife, Rose Simmonds, who studied art with Godfrey Rivers at the Brisbane Technical College. A collection of Rose Simmonds' work is held by the Queensland Art Gallery. J.H. Simmonds was also a Naturalist who collected fossils and botanical specimens that are now held in the Queensland Museum and Queensland Herbarium.
St Andrew's Presbyterian Church on Ann Street, Brisbane, with stonemason next door, ca. 1915 - State Library of Queensland. In March 1896 John Simmonds moved his business to Ann-street, near Creek-Street and the Central Station.
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"},{"location":"research/john-sinclair/","title":"John Sinclair","text":"8 December 1827 \u2014 5 May 1906
"},{"location":"research/john-sinclair/#john-sinclair-9405","title":"John Sinclair (9\u201140\u20115)","text":"John Sinclair was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland on 8 December 1827, the son of John Sinclair and Jane Smith. He married Jane Kelman in Brisbane on 11 August 1857. They had six children four of whom died in infancy. His wife Jane died in Brisbane on 11 February 1872. On 14 January 1888 in Brisbane, John Sinclair remarried to Constance Isabel Georgina Geoghegan. However, Constance died at their home, Delholm, Kangaroo Point on 21 May 1893.
Sinclair died at Kangaroo Point, on 5 May 1906 aged 79 years and was buried here, together with Constance and his two adult children Margaret and James. John Sinclair was an Alderman of the Brisbane Municipal Council for the ward of Kangaroo Point from 1871\u20141882 and 1886\u20141887. He was Mayor of the Brisbane Municipal Council in 1880 and 1881.
John Sinclair \u2014 State Library of Queensland. View of the Kangaroo Point cliffs, Brisbane, ca. 1890 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/john-stephen-ferriter/","title":"John Stephen Ferriter","text":"24 August 1802 \u2014 21 October 1865
"},{"location":"research/john-stephen-ferriter/#lieutenant-john-stephen-ferriter-142413","title":"Lieutenant: John Stephen Ferriter (14\u201124\u201113)","text":"Born to Maurice Stephen Ferriter and Sophia Matilda Phillips in London 24 August 1802. By 1827 he is listed as a Purser in a Royal Navy ship. He married Elizabeth Jones in historic St James Church in NSW 21 May 1836 by Rev Samuel Marsden.
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"},{"location":"research/john-theophillus-symons-bird/","title":"John Theophillus Symons Bird","text":"10 May 1842 \u2014 7 May 1932
"},{"location":"research/john-theophillus-symons-bird/#john-theophillus-symons-bird-5309a","title":"John Theophillus Symons Bird (5\u201130\u20119A)","text":"John Theophilus Symons Bird was born in Torquay, Devonshire on 10 May 1842 and arrived in Rockhampton in 1863. He took an active part in the production of the Rockhampton Bulletin, having filled the position of printer, journalist, drama critic, overseer, mining editor and sporting editor. In February 1867 John Bird and his friend Arthur Hosking discovered gold in the granite and slate deposits in the Ridgelands area outside Rockhampton. John Bird died on 7 May 1932.
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"},{"location":"research/john-thomas-moores/","title":"John Thomas Moores","text":"1891 \u2014 27 June 1969
"},{"location":"research/john-thomas-moores/#private-john-thomas-moores-24716","title":"Private John Thomas Moores (2\u201147\u201116)","text":"11th Light Horse
Born in Blackall to John Thomas Moores and Mary Alice Robinson 1891. Enlisted 18 December 1916 in Rockhampton. He embarked 9 May 1917 on HMAT Port Sydney A15 from Sydney and arrived Suez 20 June 1917. He returned to Australia on the Morvada 28 August 1919. Despite illness he lived to 77 years of age and was laid to rest 27 June 1969.
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"},{"location":"research/john-tutty/","title":"John Tutty","text":"1844 \u2014 1879
"},{"location":"research/john-tutty/#john-tutty-135911","title":"John Tutty (13\u201159\u201111)","text":"Irish-born John Tutty (1844-1879) arrived in Brisbane around 1864. His parents were Edward Tutty and Frances Green. He married Alice Ross in 1872 in Brisbane. In 1873 in partnership with Robert Finney, Tutty and Finney took over the Fortitude Valley store of Finney Isles when that business moved to Queen Street. John was 35 when he died from a head injury from a fall at his home.
Finney and Isles store, Fortitude Valley, ca. 1868 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/john-ure-mcnaught/","title":"John Ure McNaught","text":"30 May 1850 \u2014 24 September 1924
"},{"location":"research/john-ure-mcnaught/#john-ure-mcnaught-13556","title":"John Ure McNaught (13\u201155\u20116)","text":"Stationer, bookseller, bookbinder, account book manufacturer, publisher, and lithographer, John McNaught was born in Brisbane on 30 May 1850. His parents, Daniel and Barbara (n\u00e9e Ure) McNaught and his older brother Daniel had arrived in Moreton Bay in 1848 on the Artemisia from Scotland. John married Eliza Ann Bothamley on 18 Jun 1873 in Brisbane. He was a long-time Toowong resident and was living at Kalangur, Augustus Street Toowong at the time of his death on 24 September 1924.
Street map of the city of Brisbane, Queensland, 1878 published by J.U. McNaught \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/john-vivian-williams/","title":"John Vivian Williams","text":"Born 1836
"},{"location":"research/john-vivian-williams/#petty-officer-ii-john-vivian-williams-12275","title":"Petty Officer II: John Vivian Williams (12\u201127\u20115)","text":"Born to Octavius Williams and Susan Jennifer Ferris in 1836 in Truro, Cornwall. He married Fanny Frances Buzacott 9 April 1863 in Rockhampton. Again on Station in Sydney with the Royal Navy and stayed after discharge.
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"},{"location":"research/john-wilson-weir/","title":"John Wilson Weir","text":"ca. 1870 \u2014 16 December 1947
"},{"location":"research/john-wilson-weir/#john-wilson-weir-83430","title":"John Wilson Weir (8\u201134\u201130)","text":"Born in Glasgow, Scotland, John Wilson Weir was a son of John Weir and Jane (n\u00e9e Kerr). The family immigrated to Townsville, arriving on 19 July 1882. In Townsville in March 1917, John enlisted in the 15 Australian Imperial Force. Driver Weir was discharged in June 1918 as overage. Frances Georgina Bain (n\u00e9e Backwell) married John in Queensland in October 1918. Frances died in 1927. John was residing in Beatty Road, Salisbury when he died on 16 December 1947 aged 77 years.
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"},{"location":"research/john-wood-rendall/","title":"John Wood Rendall","text":"1828 - 27 November 1873
"},{"location":"research/john-wood-rendall/#john-wood-rendall-1512","title":"John Wood Rendall (1\u201151\u20112)","text":"John Wood Rendall was born in Upper Inkster, Orkney Islands, Scotland, to Peter Rendall and Jane Wood, who were small farmers.
In 1846 he left for the Portuguese colony of Azores, where he was employed as tutor of languages, to the Governor's children. There he met Letitia Amelia Hewitt, a ward of the Governor. Letitia Amelia's mother and the Governor's wife were friends and Amelia (as she was later known) had been sent for health reasons from her home in Worcester, England, arriving the same year as John. She was born in 1829 to Joseph Hewitt and Mary Harris.
John Rendall and Amelia Hewitt were married by the Chaplain of the British Protestant Church, City of Ponta Delgarda, Island of St. Michael, on the 13th of June 1849.
One year later, also in Ponto Delgarda, Amelia's mother married for the second time to a Portuguese, Emmanuel Inez Rodrigues. When she was widowed again, Mary emigrated to join her daughter, who by this time was in Brisbane. Mary arrived on the 7th of January 1877. She had been there only seven years when she died in 1883. As well as Amelia, she had a surviving son, Joseph, and a deceased girl from each of her marriages.
Meanwhile, back in the Azores, John and Amelia had two sons, Joseph Hewitt, born on the 24th of April 1859 and Henry Hewitt, born on the 15th of September 1851. (All their children were given the name 'Hewitt'.)
Eight years after their arrival in the Azores, they returned to England, to embark on the Calphumia which sailed for Australia on the 5th May 1853. Amelia was pregnant with their third child, Mary Jane Hewitt, who was born on board the ship in Melbourne Harbour on the 19th of August 1853. They continued on to Sydney, where John's first teaching post was Campsie, now Trevellyn in the Hunter Valley. He opened the school there in October. He was well regarded; an Inspector recorded that \"his teaching was very superior.\" Their fourth child, John Hewitt, was born at nearby Paterson on the 11th of September 1855.
John was transferred to Drayton, near Toowoomba, in August 1856. They were at Drayton for three years until Queensland separated from New South Wales in 1859. Ellen Hewitt was born there on the 20th of October 1858. A son, Nugent, had been born and died the year before.
The high standard of John's teaching was recognised at this school also. Before he left, a public testimonial described him as \"as one of the most able teachers in Queensland.\"
Following Separation John was appointed the first headmaster of the newly built Normal School, making him the first Headmaster of the first State School in the new state of Queensland. It opened on the 2nd of April 1860 and John remained there till his death on 27th of November 1873, aged 45 years of age.
Amelia was left with ten children, five more being born at Moorlands Villa, on the site of what is now the Wesley Hospital. They were Letitia Amelia Hewitt, October 1860, Frank Hewitt, August 1862, Anne Hewitt, July 1864, Florence Hewitt, January 1866 and Charles Hewitt, December 1868.
Throughout his career John attracted official praise for his teaching, discipline and approachability, and he made an indelible mark on Queensland's educational history. The pupil-teacher training system was inaugurated under his direction.
In March 1872 \"after 14 years unremitting mental labour which severely taxed his constitution,\" he became Acting Inspector of the Northern Districts examining all the primary schools north of Brisbane as far as Cardwell.
He returned to the Normal School in September of that year and shortly afterwards was presented with a beautiful timepiece, as a testimony to his worth and ability. The inscription on a silver plate attached to the front of the clock reads: \"Presented to John Rendall, Esq. By the teachers and pupils of the Normal School, Brisbane 1873\". It is now in the possession of John's great-grandson.
John took leave of absence and after an illness of two weeks, the last five days of which he was in severe pain, he died at his home Moorlands Villa on the 27th of November, 1873. The school was closed for the rest of the week as a mark of respect and teachers and pupils alike \"were cast into gloom\".
Normal School, Brisbane, ca. 1885 \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Students from the Normal School, Brisbane, ca. 1872 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
A monument to his memory was erected over his grave by pupils and friends connected with the public schools in Brisbane.
He was buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery at Paddington, Brisbane. After it was closed it fell into disrepair. In 1911 an Act of Parliament enabled the resumption of such cemeteries and allowed them to be redesignated for public use. Relatives had twelve months to arrange for re-interment. John was re-interred in Toowong Cemetery on the 16th of May 1913.
A plaque enclosed in three stones from the old Normal School is incorporated in the wall of Anzac Square Building, Edward Street, Brisbane, commemorating the school and John Rendall's association with it.
John and Amelia were caring persons, sympathetic to the needs of those worse off than themselves. During the financial crash of 1866 when government funds were cut off, they fed many people who came to them for help with milk from their cow and a bowl of potatoes on their front lawn, although being almost as impoverished themselves.
John, with another teacher, Randall MacDonnell, intervened with the Government on behalf of such starving people to get them some relief. He was also a guiding force in the effort to establish a Teachers Union. John was very tolerant in regard to religion.
Following John's death, Amelia and her family supported themselves by operating a series of boarding houses, one of which, Cadarga, was in Milton. Following this she had premises in Gregory Terrace, Holyrood, later owned by the Country Women's Association.
Amelia lived to the ripe old age of 93, spry to the last, and living to see the birth of the first of her great-grandchildren.
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"},{"location":"research/john-wyndon-lyon/","title":"John Wyndon Lyon","text":"Died 21 April 1934
"},{"location":"research/john-wyndon-lyon/#john-wyndon-lyon-106530","title":"John Wyndon Lyon (10\u201165\u201130)","text":"Lyon was a member of the 2nd Battalion, Natal Contingent and saw action at the Battle of Isandhlwana, Rorke's Drift, Gingalore, the relief of Ekouso and was awarded South African Medal. On 22 January 1879, the 1st Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot was attacked by Zulus and decimated, with some 858 members killed. A few soldiers were able to escape to the mission station at Rorke\u2019s Drift. The Battle of Rorke\u2019s Drift was depicted in the 1964 movie Zulu. Eight officers and 135 men successfully defended the station. Eleven Victoria Crosses were later issued, the most in any British battle. Lyon died on 21 April 1934 aged 81.
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"},{"location":"research/jonas-myer-myers/","title":"Jonas Myer Myers","text":""},{"location":"research/jonas-myer-myers/#rev-jonas-myer-myers-3417","title":"Rev. Jonas Myer Myers (3\u20114\u201117)","text":"The good man was the Minister of the Brisbane Hebrew Congregation, serving here for 45 years and in Toowoomba and Adelaide for several years. He was, more than anyone else, responsible for the building of the Brisbane Synagogue in Margaret Street. It was started in 1885 and finished in 1886 and remains in full use. The Sepher Torah scroll, at the top of his monument, indicates that he was regarded as a particularly good person. It carries the words,
In everlasting memory
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"},{"location":"research/joseph-atkinson-holdsworth/","title":"Joseph Atkinson Holdsworth","text":"1845 \u2014 2 June 1916
"},{"location":"research/joseph-atkinson-holdsworth/#joseph-atkinson-holdsworth-113633","title":"Joseph Atkinson Holdsworth (1\u2011136\u201133)","text":"Born in 1845 in Ripley in the West Riding of Yorkshire where his father William was a surgeon, Joseph Atkinson Holdsworth served with the Railways Department in Queensland for 50 years starting as stationmaster in Ipswich in 1867. At the time of his death at the age of 71 on 2 June 1916 he was a railway examiner and prosecutor.
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"},{"location":"research/joseph-bancroft/","title":"Joseph Bancroft","text":"21 February 1836 \u2014 16 June 1894
"},{"location":"research/joseph-bancroft/#joseph-bancroft-13353","title":"Joseph Bancroft (13\u201135\u20113)","text":"Dr Joseph Bancroft (1836-1894) was a general practitioner, surgeon, medical researcher, inventor, parasitologist and canned meat manufacturer. He was the only child of Joseph Bancroft, farmer, of Stretford, Manchester, England, and his wife Ann, n\u00e9e Lane. Seeking a warmer climate for health reasons, he arrived in Brisbane in 1864 with his wife and children. In addition to carrying out his duties as a medical practitioner, he was keenly interested in the problems affecting stock and agriculture and experimented with plant varieties to establish those suitable for growing in Queensland's climate.
After his death, his son Dr Thomas Lane Bancroft (1860-1933), a medical scientist and administrator, continued his father's work in agriculture and parasitology.
Dr Joseph Bancroft - State Library of Queensland
Home of Dr. Joseph Bancroft in Ann Street, Brisbane, ca. 1882 - State Library of Queensland
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"},{"location":"research/joseph-cossart/","title":"Joseph Cossart","text":"14 November 1843 \u2014 25 December 1911
"},{"location":"research/joseph-cossart/#joseph-cossart-131816","title":"Joseph Cossart (13\u201118\u201116)","text":"Joseph Cossart was born on 14 November 1843 (\u00b1 3 years) in County Antrim, Ireland to Henry Cossart and Mary (n\u00e9e Walker). The family sailed from London to Moreton Bay aboard the Flying Cloud, arriving on 19 February 1864. The family settled in the Perseverance Creek district.
Annie Bidgood married Joseph in Pipe Clay, Perseverance near Crow's Nest, Queensland on 4 August 1874. They had nine children. In 1890 Joseph moved his family to the Dugandan district near Boonah, where they lived until moving to Brisbane in 1899.
In 1901, Joseph and Sydney, his second son, started a saw milling business in Gatton. Ultimately Joseph's other sons joined the business. Joseph died at his residence, Babbiloora, Browne Street, New Farm on the evening of 25 December 1911 leaving his widow, four sons and four daughters.
Log felled in the Gatton district, Queensland. Log labelled Jos Cossart & Son Sawmills, Gatton \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/joseph-cripps/","title":"Joseph Cripps","text":"1849 \u2014 15 January 1918
"},{"location":"research/joseph-cripps/#joseph-cripps-4-28-6","title":"Joseph Cripps (4-28-6)","text":"Cannon and Cripps was formed in 1887 by Alfred Cannon and his brother-in-law Joseph Cripps.
Joseph Cripps was born in Waddeson near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire in 1849. He arrived in Queensland aboard the Ramsey in June 1873. Initially he lived in Ipswich before moving to Brisbane. After nine years in various businesses, he became an undertaker. He died after thirty one years in the profession aged 69 on 15 January 1918 after an illness of six weeks. The funeral, conducted by John Hislops and Sons, left his late residence Iona, Heussler Terrace, Milton and he was buried with the rites of the Methodist Church of which he had been a trustee for many years. He was also a prominent member of the Protestant Alliance Friendly Society of Australia and sympathised with the ideals of the Loyal Orange Lodge. Joseph Cripps had outlived his partner Alfred Cannon by three years and had gone into business with his nephew William Cannon.
Alfred Cannon died on 11 September 1915 aged 71 at his home Airlie, Edmondstone, South Brisbane. He shared the same political affiliations and lodge memberships as his brother-in-law. Alfred had married Joseph\u2019s sister Sarah Cripps on Christmas Eve 1862 in Waddeson, the same village they had both been born and the couple joined Joseph on his voyage to Queensland.
Flyer for Cannon and Cripps, Undertakers in Brisbane, Queensland, 1902 - State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/joseph-darragh/","title":"Joseph Darragh","text":"1827 \u2014 1902
"},{"location":"research/joseph-darragh/#joseph-darragh-72711","title":"Joseph Darragh (7\u201127\u201111)","text":"Born 1827 in Tyrone, the son of Joseph and Ann (1803\u20111883), Darragh arrived in Sydney on 29 April 1850 with his wife, Eliza Graham. They moved to Brisbane where he was a butcher at Kangaroo Point from 1853 to 1902. Darragh Street was named for the family before 1874, and when he died, Darragh was \u2018of Independent Means\u2019.
Darragh\u2019s brothers were also businessmen in Brisbane. James (1831\u20111905) was a publican of the Logan Hotel, Main St, Kangaroo Point and the Sportsman\u2019s Arms in Queen St, while Hugh (1839\u20141916) was also a butcher. Joseph died in 1902.
Sportsman's Arms Hotel, Brisbane, ca. 1874 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/joseph-george-barnes/","title":"Joseph George Barnes","text":"1887 \u2014 2 May 1915
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Joseph was born in Brisbane to Thomas Barnes and Elizabeth Louisa Blacker in 1887. He enlisted 11 September 1914 at Enoggera and embarked from Melbourne 22 December 1914 per HMAT Themistocles A32. He was killed in action 2 May 1915 on the attack on Gaba Tepe and buried at Lone Pine Cemetery.
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"},{"location":"research/joseph-hughes/","title":"Joseph Hughes","text":"1843 \u2014 27 July 1920
"},{"location":"research/joseph-hughes/#joseph-hughes-54019","title":"Joseph Hughes (5\u201140\u201119)","text":"Joseph Hughes was born in Manchester England in 1843 and came to Queensland when he was 20. He entered the public service as sub-collector of Customs and police magistrate at Bundaberg, was later appointed Registrar General at Brisbane and held that position until 1902 when he was chosen as the first Income Tax Commissioner for Queensland. He passed away at his residence in Park Road Milton on 27 July 1920 at the age of 78.
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"},{"location":"research/joseph-kelly/","title":"Joseph Kelly","text":"1858 \u2014 2 April 1878
"},{"location":"research/joseph-kelly/#joseph-kelly-7924","title":"Joseph Kelly (7\u20119\u201124)","text":"Joseph Kelly was born in 1858. Constable Kelly was only twenty when he died of typhoid at the Brisbane Hospital on 2 April 1878. He had been admitted a month earlier and his family and fellow officers were hopeful of his recovery.
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"},{"location":"research/joseph-letcher-phillips/","title":"Joseph Letcher Phillips","text":"1849 \u2014 5 May 1910
"},{"location":"research/joseph-letcher-phillips/#joseph-letcher-phillips-10812","title":"Joseph Letcher Phillips (10\u20118\u201112)","text":"Joseph Phillips was born in St Agnes Cornwall in 1849. He was a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music in London. He migrated to Australia In 1904 with his teenage children. He conducted the Blackstone and Ipswich Cambrian Choir in 1904/05 leading this choir to victory in the 1905 Austral Festival in Toowoomba and also conducted the Brisbane Philharmonic Society's inaugural concert when they performed Faust in the Exhibition Concert Hall (the old Museum building on Gregory Terrace) in Brisbane.
In 1908 Joseph Phillips was appointed conductor of the Brisbane Austral Choir which later amalgamated with the Brisbane Music Union to become the Queensland State and Municipal Choir, now the Queensland Choir.
Joseph died on 5 May 1910 in South Brisbane. The Blackstone & Ipswich Cambrian Choir and the Brisbane Austral Choir combined in a choral concert to raise funds for a memorial over Joseph Phillips grave, with the remaining funds raised by public subscription. On 11 August 1912 the graceful draped shaft of brown Helidon freestone, resting on a base in which was carved a lyre was unveiled.
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"},{"location":"research/joseph-leyton/","title":"Joseph Leyton","text":"ca. 1875 \u2014 ca. June 1919
"},{"location":"research/joseph-leyton/#private-joseph-leyton-104118","title":"Private Joseph Leyton (10\u201141\u201118)","text":"Service number: 3851. 49th Battalion.
Born in Leeds Yorkshire ca. 1875. No records of family exist other than a Next of Kin, niece Miss Harriet Leeson living in Brudenall View, Hyde Park, Leeds. He was 38 on enlistment 13 September 1915. Former trade is a farmer.
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"},{"location":"research/joseph-mcnamara/","title":"Joseph McNamara","text":"23 May 1916 \u2014 25 December 1941
"},{"location":"research/joseph-mcnamara/#joseph-mcnamara-107126a","title":"Joseph McNamara (10\u201171\u201126A)","text":"Q875
Joseph McNamara, a son of Roger and Jane (n\u00e9e Addison), was born in Sydney's Woollahra district on 23 May 1916. On 22 January 1941, Joseph, a labourer residing at 29 Prospect Terrace, Highgate Hill, enlisted at Lytton. Signalman McNamara was assigned to the Australian Citizen Military Forces, New Guinea Area Signals, Australian Corps of Signals.
Joseph died in Brisbane on 25 December 1941 of injuries accidentally received, aged 25 years.
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"},{"location":"research/joseph-needham-scrope-shrapnel/","title":"Joseph Needham Scrope Shrapnel","text":"ca. 1838 \u2014 25 July 1885
"},{"location":"research/joseph-needham-scrope-shrapnel/#joseph-needham-scrope-shrapnel-1681415","title":"Joseph Needham Scrope Shrapnel (1\u201168\u201114/15)","text":"Joseph Needham Scrope Shrapnel migrated from England in 1870 on the ship Beaumaris Castle with a lady whom family members long believed to be his wife. Esther Voyce was in fact his housekeeper. Joseph left a wife and four children in England and presumably left for the colonies with the love of his life, seeking a fresh start. With Esther, Joseph had three more children, two of whom are buried with him.
Joseph was a surgeon who had two practices, one at Sandgate and the other in Tank Street in Brisbane City. While riding to the Sandgate Station, Joseph fell from his horse, breaking his leg. He subsequently contracted pneumonia and died aged 47. Esther, his 'wife' was eventually buried beside him.
Joseph Shrapnel bore a famous name. He was the grandson of Lieutenant General Henry Shrapnel of Bradford-on-Avon in Wiltshire, who invented the shrapnel shell which was named after him. The General sold the family estate and spent all the money perfecting his invention.
"},{"location":"research/joseph-needham-scrope-shrapnel/#acknowledgement","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"This story was contributed by Catriana Stark.
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"},{"location":"research/joseph-robert-abbott/","title":"Joseph Robert Abbott","text":"30 May 1899 \u2014 25 December 1941
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A son of Joseph Abbott and Rose Ann (n\u00e9e Napier), Joseph was born on 30 May 1899 in Gympie. Joseph, a greaser, enlisted on 22 November 1917 and was assigned to the 31st Battalion Australian Imperial Force. Private Abbott was gassed in France on 30 September 1918 and was medically discharged in 1919.
Ellen Mary Clegg married Joseph in Brisbane on 16 February 1921. In May 1928, J R Abbott was listed as a successful candidate of an locomotive and traction engine driver certificate in Mackay.
Joseph enlisted in Mackay on 10 December 1940 and was assigned to the 15 Garrison Battalion. Private Abbott transferred to 1 Garrison Battalion at the end of August 1941 and was promoted on 22 November 1941. On duty in Landsborough at 4:14am on Christmas Day 1941, Lance Corporal Abbott was shot near his right eye. The shot killed Joseph within a few minutes. His body was transferred to Nambour for a post-mortem examination before his Boxing Day funeral.
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"},{"location":"research/joseph-watters/","title":"Joseph Watters","text":""},{"location":"research/joseph-watters/#joseph-watters-106529","title":"Joseph Watters (10\u201165\u201129)","text":"Born to James Watters and Mary Ellen Teague in Bowdon in Cheshire, England. Won the Abyssinian Medal for his part in Sir Robert Napier\u2019s rescue of imprisoned British citizens in that country now known as Ethiopia from the clutches of Emperor Tewodros II.
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"},{"location":"research/joseph-william-sutton/","title":"Joseph William Sutton","text":"Died 21 February 1914
"},{"location":"research/joseph-william-sutton/#joseph-william-sutton-1371314","title":"Joseph William Sutton (13\u20117\u201113/14)","text":"Joseph, who established the shipbuilding firm J W Sutton & Co at Kangaroo Point , was recognised as one of the leading engineers of his day. Early vessels built by J W Sutton & Co include the iron steamer, Lady Musgrave, the iron paddle steamer, Maid of Sker, and the first ferry boat used on the Brisbane River, the Transit. The home of Joseph and his wife, Mary was one of the first private residences in Brisbane to be lit up by electricity. Joseph died on 21 February 1914.
Ship 'Maid of Sker' anchored in the Brisbane River outside of the Customs House, Queensland. Cropped. \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/joshua-jeays/","title":"Joshua Jeays","text":"1812 \u2014 11 March 1881
"},{"location":"research/joshua-jeays/#joshua-jeays-136213","title":"Joshua Jeays (13\u201162\u201113)","text":"The third Mayor of Brisbane, Joshua Jeays died on the 11 March 1881 aged 69. He was born in Leicestershire, 1812. He married Sarah Edwyn in 1838 in Marylebone, Middlesex. They and their three children immigrated to Moreton Bay in 1853. His daughter Sarah Jane married in 1858 in Brisbane to Sir Charles Lilley, who became Premier of Queensland.
In 1862, Joshua Jeays bought 39 acres at the corner of Cooper's Camp Road on which he built Bardon House. He is buried with his wife Sarah who predeceased him, dying on 26 July 1864 in Brisbane. Sarah was originally buried in Paddington Cemetery but re\u2011interred in here on 17 April 1913.
Joshua built homes of prominent Brisbane residents such as John Petrie and the Cribb family. Joshua was an Alderman from 1859 to 1867 and was Mayor in 1864.
Bardon House in Brisbane, ca. 1930 Bardon the suburb was named after this home built by Joshua Jeays, one of the first landowners in the district. The area was first surveyed in 1862. Jeays was the home owner and architect and a business partner of Andrew Petrie. \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Alderman Joshua Jeays \u2014 Brisbane City Council.
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"},{"location":"research/joshua-peter-bell/","title":"Joshua Peter Bell","text":"19 January 1827 \u2014 20 December 1881
"},{"location":"research/joshua-peter-bell/#hon-joshua-peter-bell-13848","title":"Hon. Joshua Peter Bell (13\u201184\u20118)","text":"Administrator \u2013 19 March 1880 to 22 November 1880
Bell was born on 19 January 1827 in Kildare, Ireland, the eldest son of Thomas Bell and his wife Sarah, n\u00e9e Alexander. When aged about three, his parents migrated to Australia. He was educated in Sydney then entering the office of a Sydney solicitor. In 1843 his father took over the pastoral lease of Jimbour near Dalby which Bell took control aged 21.
In 1859 was invited to stand for West Moreton. On 19 February 1861 at Ipswich he married Margaret Dorsey. In December 1862 he was returned with a large majority. In June 1863 after the dissolution of the first parliament he was returned for the same electorate. In December 1864 he became treasurer in the Herbert ministry. On Herbert's temporary retirement in 1865 Bell retained office in the Macalister ministry, being Treasurer when the financial crisis of 1866 struck the colony. In 1866 Bell became acting Minister for Lands and in 1867 acting Minister for Works.
In 1868 he was returned for Northern Downs and held the seat until he was appointed President of the Legislative Council in 1879. From 19 March to 20 December 1880 he acted as Administrator of the colony when Governor Sir Arthur Kennedy was on leave. On 20 December 1881, while returning from a business appointment in a cab, he died unexpectedly.
Sir Joshua Peter Bell - State Library of Queensland
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"},{"location":"research/julia-harriett-blaycock/","title":"Julia Harriett Blaycock","text":"ca. 1882 \u2014 11 September 1916
"},{"location":"research/julia-harriett-blaycock/#julia-harriett-blaycock-10146","title":"Julia Harriett Blaycock (10\u201114\u20116)","text":"Julia Blaycock, daughter of Richard and Ann Hayward was a member of the ATNA. She died on the 11 September 1916 aged 34.
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"},{"location":"research/justin-fox-greenlaw-foxton/","title":"Justin Fox Greenlaw Foxton","text":"24 September 1849 \u2014 23 June 1916
"},{"location":"research/justin-fox-greenlaw-foxton/#justin-fox-greenlaw-foxton-111478","title":"Justin Fox Greenlaw Foxton (1\u2011114\u20117/8)","text":"Justin Fox Greenlaw Foxton, was born on 24 September 1849 in Melbourne, son of Captain John Greenlaw Foxton and his wife Isabel Elizabeth, n\u00e9e Potts. In 1864 he moved to Queensland where he was articled to James Malbon Thompson in Ipswich and admitted to the Bar in 1871.
Foxton held the Legislative Assembly seat of Carnarvon from 1883 until 1904 when he refused to support the Morgan coalition. As Home Secretary under the Philp government, Foxton introduced the Adult Suffrage Bill in 1901. Foxton died of cerebro-vascular disease at South Brisbane on 23 June 1916.
Major Justin Fox Greenlaw Foxton of the Brisbane Field Artillery, 1888 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/karoly-pulszky/","title":"Karoly (Charles) Pulszky","text":"10 November 1854 \u2014 5 June 1899
"},{"location":"research/karoly-pulszky/#karoly-charles-pulszky-523","title":"Karoly (Charles) Pulszky (5\u20112\u20113)","text":"Charles was born in London on 10 November 1854, the son of politician and revolutionary Ferenc Pulsky, a member of a prominent Hungarian family. He was an urbane art collector who founded the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts. He married famous Ibsen\u2011exponent, actress Emilia M\u00e1rkus.
Implicated in a politically\u2011motivated financial scandal, he went into a lonely exile after a trial in 1896. He shot himself at Myrltetown on 5 June 1899 having been in Queensland for about two months working as an AMP canvasser. In 1913, while on a tour to South America, the world\u2011famous ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky impulsively married his daughter, Romola Pulsky, who had pursued him throughout Europe. The White Stag of Exile was written about his life by Thomas Shapcott in 1984.
K\u00e1roly Pulszky.
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"},{"location":"research/kate-mary-smith/","title":"Kate Mary Smith","text":"1847 \u2014 June 1932
"},{"location":"research/kate-mary-smith/#kate-mary-smith-1714","title":"Kate Mary Smith (1\u20117\u201114)","text":"Kate Mary Smith, giving her name to the KM Smith Funerals, was a true pioneer in an era when women pursued domestic duties or worked in service or in factories. Born in Ireland in 1847 as Catherine Mary Farrell, she immigrated to Australia with her brother in the 1860s. Kate Farrell is believed to have worked for the Jardine family on Cape York. Certainly she was at Somerset on 27 January 1868 when she married Marine John Smith at the Registrar\u2019s Office. Their marriage certificate shows John was 29, and a piano forte maker like his father; Kate was 21 and described herself as a servant.
Kate Mary, a Catholic, and her Anglican husband John, arrived in Brisbane in 1874. Through their respective churches and his Freemasonry, they were able to make extensive social and business connections, despite living in poor circumstances themselves. John often applied his cabinet making and carpentry skills to produce coffins, subsequently becoming an undertaker. They lived in Peel Street, South Brisbane, and later at Manning Street, and bought the undertaking business of William Walsh in 1883. They operated for many years from George Street, just near the old Lands Department, and they competed for business with other undertakers such as Walter Barrett and the Hislops. Two years later John Smith was dealing with his solicitors about leasing land at the corner of Wickham and Gotha Streets, below the steep hill crowned by All Hallows.
On 11 January 1886, the Smith family moved from South Brisbane to the Valley where they lived in the upper storey, above the business. Nearby were the very necessary stables, housing the hearses and the black horses that drew them. It was a many-faceted business, and they were on call day and night. But Kate Mary's husband was ill, suffering from consumption, and weakened by an attack on the Marines at Somerset in 1864 in which he had suffered two spear wounds, serious enough for him to have been sent to Sydney for some months. A few months later he died, at Wickham Street, aged 42, and was buried by a Church of England minister at Toowong on 20 May 1886. Kate Mary had run the business for some time already, assisted by her eldest son, John. She had learned how to embalm, a necessary skill to enable the transportation of bodies, but a rare one for a woman to master. This was especially remarkable as women of the time rarely attended funerals let alone work in the industry. She closely monitored all aspects of its operations and insisted on quality service.
The company continued to develop as times changed, and was an early mover from horse drawn hearses to motor vehicles completing the process in 1932. Kate Mary was a generous supporter of the church and the Mater hospital. Strong and determined, she has been described as a feisty woman who did not suffer fools gladly. These qualities saw the company flourish, despite the hardships of World War One and the depression. Personal tragedy also continued to strike, by the time of her death in June 1932 aged 85, Kate Mary had buried four of her six children.
Looking from Centenary Place across Gotha St, Fortitude Valley towards K.M. Smith Funeral Directors - State Library Queensland.
Kate Mary Smith digital story: 2010 Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame from State Library of Queensland on Vimeo.
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"},{"location":"research/katherine-glasson-taylor/","title":"Katherine Glasson Taylor","text":"ca. 1894 \u2014 14 May 1998
"},{"location":"research/katherine-glasson-taylor/#katherine-glasson-taylor-87137","title":"Katherine Glasson Taylor (8\u201171\u201137)","text":"Dying aged 104 on 14 May 1998, Sister Taylor had seen service at the 5th Australian General Hospital which was a Victoria\u2011based unit.
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"},{"location":"research/kathleen-eileen-sheehy/","title":"Kathleen Eileen Sheehy","text":"4 November 1892 \u2014 22 April 1981
"},{"location":"research/kathleen-eileen-sheehy/#kathleen-eileen-sheehy-7a13512","title":"Kathleen Eileen Sheehy (7A\u2011135\u201112)","text":"Kathleen Eileen Sheehy was born on 4 November 1892 at Gympie, the second of six children of Irish-born parents. She was the sister of Sir Joseph Sheehy KBE who served as Senior Puisne Judge of the Queensland Supreme Court and Administrator of the State of Queensland for three months in 1969 and Sir Christopher Sheehy, dairy industry administrator and public servant.
Kathleen joined the State teaching service in 1912. Following appointments at various schools throughout Queensland, Kathleen was appointed teacher-in-charge of the \u2018backward\u2019 classes at South Brisbane Boys\u2019 School. In 1926 she recommended that these classes be referred to as \u2018opportunity\u2019 classes rather than \u2018backward\u2019 and her commendation was accepted by the Education Office in July that year. In 1935, the Dutton Park Opportunity School which catered for both boys and girls opened as the first of its type in this State with Kathleen Sheehy as teacher and three female assistants.
Kathleen retired at the end of the 1958 school year. She died on 22 April 1981 and was buried with Catholic rites in the family grave in Toowong Cemetery.
Kathleen Sheehy, first Head Teacher of the Dutton Park Opportunity School, in Female teachers 1860\u20131983, p30 \u2014 \u00a9 The State of Queensland (Department of Education).
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"},{"location":"research/kenneth-hutchison/","title":"Kenneth Hutchison","text":"1850 \u2014 29 May 1902
"},{"location":"research/kenneth-hutchison/#lt-col-kenneth-hutchison-13826","title":"Lt Col Kenneth Hutchison (13\u201182\u20116)","text":"The son of a squatter, Peter Hutchison and his wife, Mary Ann (n\u00e9e Ronald), Kenneth Hutchison (ca. 1850-1902) was born in Victoria. When a young adult, he became a part owner with his brother and step-father in the historic Canning Downs pastoral property outside Warwick.
He joined the Queensland Defence Force and rose through the ranks. In 1888 he started the Darling Downs Mounted Infantry of which he was given command and was appointed to the permanent Military Forces in 1890. In mid-March 1891, as the Adjutant of the 4th Queensland or Darling Downs Regiment of the Queensland Defence Force, he was sent to Charleville in Command of the Southern and Western Districts.
Lieutenant Colonel Ken Hutchison - State Library of Queensland
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"},{"location":"research/kevin-izod-odoherty/","title":"Kevin Izod O'Doherty","text":"1823 \u2014 1905
"},{"location":"research/kevin-izod-odoherty/#kevin-izod-odoherty-75827","title":"Kevin Izod O\u2019Doherty (7\u201158\u201127)","text":"O\u2019Doherty was born in Dublin, son of solicitor William Dougherty and Anne McEvoy. He studied at the Catholic School of Medicine in 1844. He was convicted as a \u2018Young Irelander\u2019 and transported to Sydney in 1848 on the Mt Stewart Elphinstone and then on the Emma to Tasmania with fellow conspirators. After five years he was given a conditional pardon (not allowed to return to Ireland and went to Paris before marrying, in London, in 1855 writer Mary Eva Kelly of Galway (Eva of The Nation). Kevin and Mary are the subject of the book by Ross and Heather Patrick, Exiles Undaunted. In 1856 O\u2019Doherty received a full pardon and went to Dublin to get his Medical Degree from 1857 to 1859.
They then migrated to Victoria in 1860 and to Brisbane where he set up practice in the Forbes Building at Ipswich in 1862. By 1866 he was the leading medical practitioner in George Street, Brisbane, and personal physician to Bishop Quinn. He was also the first President of the Queensland Medical Board.
He was an MLA in 1867 and MLC 1877\u20141885 and also returned to Ireland as the Nationalist Member for Meath 1885\u20141888. As a founding member of the Queensland Hibernian Society and the Queensland Irish Association, O\u2019Doherty was well respected and presided over the St. Patrick\u2019s Day Committee in the 1860s. The Queensland Irish Association raised this monument over his grave.
Doctor Kevin Izod O'Doherty (1823-1905) \u2014 State Library of Queensland. St. Patrick's Day procession, Queen Street, Brisbane, 1903 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/kevin-spencer-mason/","title":"Kevin Spencer Mason","text":"ca. 1919 \u2014 9 May 1956
"},{"location":"research/kevin-spencer-mason/#constable-kevin-spencer-mason-25134a","title":"Constable Kevin Spencer Mason (25\u201113\u20114A)","text":"Kevin Mason died on the 9th May 1956 as a result of head injuries sustained when he lost control of his police vehicle which left the roadway and hit a tree on Sandgate Road, Virginia, in Brisbane. Constable Mason was buried at Toowong Cemetery with Police Honours.
"},{"location":"research/kevin-spencer-mason/#inscription","title":"Inscription","text":"In loving memory of my beloved husband and our father Kevin Spencer MASON died 9th May 1956 aged 37 years. In God\u2019s Care. In loving memory of our beloved mother Joan Patricia OST born 11 September 1922 died 20 July 2012 aged 89 years. Forever in our hearts.
"},{"location":"research/kevin-spencer-mason/#acknowledgement","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"Story contributed by Kym Hyson. Used with permission.
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"},{"location":"research/kyrle-edward-mcallister/","title":"Kyrle Edward McAllister (Sylvaney)","text":"ca. 1896 \u2014 3 November 1929
"},{"location":"research/kyrle-edward-mcallister/#kyrle-edward-mcallister-sylvaney-233115","title":"Kyrle Edward McAllister (Sylvaney) (23\u201131\u201115)","text":"English\u2011born Arthur was a tenor who was a regular fixture on the Melbourne stage. Arthur was 57 when he died on 3 November 1929 in a motor accident together with variety artist Kyrle Sylvaney who was aged 33. Their headstone was erected as a token of affection by their friends and admirers.
He was born in 1873 in Walsall, Staffordshire. He was a saddlemaker and the story goes that his workmates heard him singing and said that if they could sing like that then they would never work again. He decided to try his fame and fortune by going to London and performing at the music halls The Pavilion and The Palace.
He was discovered by William Morris who suggested he go with him to New York. His wife did not want to go, but he went regardless! He sang Shubert\u2011Brady revivals on Broadway where he played many leading roles until 1915. He was with J. C. Williamson\u2019s company and toured Australia. He came to Australia with Nell Flemming and played in The Follies.
The National Library of Australia has a collection of sheet music dedicated to him.
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"},{"location":"research/lachlan-chisholm-wilson/","title":"Lachlan Chisholm Wilson","text":"11 July 1871 \u2014 7 April 1947
"},{"location":"research/lachlan-chisholm-wilson/#lachlan-chisholm-wilson-8912","title":"Lachlan Chisholm Wilson (8\u20119\u20111/2)","text":"Lachlan Chisholm Wilson was born on 11 July 1871 at Logan River, Queensland. With the exception of Victoria Cross recipient, Charles Heaphy (1820\u20111881, buried at Portion 1\u20115\u201134) he is the most decorated soldier in Toowong Cemetery.
Educated at Brisbane Grammar School, Wilson began and ended his life as a lawyer, first admitted to the Queensland Bar in 1895. First practicing in Townsville, he later returned to Brisbane where he entered into a partnership with E. K. Tully to form one of Queensland's leading law firms. He later extended his business interests, becoming a director of the Australian Mutual Provident Society. During this time, he was also able to foster one of his personal interests, the welfare of ex\u2011servicemen and women, and cofounded Legacy.
Aside from his work as a lawyer, Wilson also served his country, joining the Australian Imperial Force as a Major on 30 September 1914 and landing at Gallipoli in May. As the new commander, he mounted a successful raid against Bird Trenches near Gaba Tepe and seized positions now known as Wilson's Lookout. Taking part in almost all the major engagements between the Battle of Romani (3\u20115 August 1916) and the capture of Damascus (October 1918), Wilson was also instrumental in introducing the Queensland spear\u2011point pump to obtain water in the desert. This portable device could raise water quickly and when combined with canvas troughs, simplified the watering of the horses.
Wilson continued his military service through Jordan and Egypt and notably managed a rebellion which broke out against the British. For his management of this conflict, Wilson was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and the French Croix de Guerre. After a brief period on the unattached list, Australian Military Forces, Wilson became aide\u2011de\u2011camp to the Governor\u2011General in 1923\u20111927 and commander of a number of other infantry and cavalry brigades.
Wilson died at his New Farm home on 7 April 1947, survived by his wife, son and daughter.
Brigadier-General Lachlan Chisholm Wilson presenting a field gun at Brisbane Grammar School Queensland 1921 - State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
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"},{"location":"research/le-fevre-james-cranstone/","title":"Le Fevre James Cranstone","text":"1822 \u2014 22 June 1893
"},{"location":"research/le-fevre-james-cranstone/#le-fevre-james-cranstone-2a1522","title":"Le Fevre James Cranstone (2A\u201115\u201122)","text":"Cranstone was born in 1822 at Hemel Hempstead, England, the son of Quakers James and Maria Cranstone (n\u00e9e Le Fevre). In September 1859, he began a nine\u2011month journey through the east and mid\u2011west of the USA. During this journey he prepared 296 watercolor sketches now at Indiana University. The purpose of his trip was to visit cousins who lived in Richmond, Indiana and Virginia. He arrived in Brisbane in the early 1880s with members of his family and created many sketches of early Brisbane including Toowong Cemetery. Le Fevre died on 22 June 1893 aged 71 years.
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"},{"location":"research/leila-elizabeth-perry/","title":"Leila Elizabeth Perry","text":"24 January 1868 \u2014 17 March 1920
"},{"location":"research/leila-elizabeth-perry/#leila-elizabeth-perry-11454","title":"Leila Elizabeth Perry (11\u201145\u20114)","text":"Leila was the daughter of John Markwell and his wife, Georgina Edmondstone and the granddaughter of Hon George Edmondstone, one of the early pioneers of Brisbane. John Markwell was one of John Dunmore Lang\u2019s immigrants who had arrived in Brisbane on the Chasely in 1850 and had involved himself in land speculation and several businesses in Brisbane. Leila was born on 24 January 1868 in Moorlands Villa on the property at Auchenflower where the Wesley Hospital now stands.
On 29 September 1885, at St Andrew\u2019s Church at Lutwyche Leila married into another prosperous merchant family, the Perrys. Her husband, William Herbert Francis Perry was the eldest son of William Perry and Annie Harcourt. Leila and her husband were frequently featured and cited in the social pages of the Brisbane newspapers. Leila died at her home Miegunyah, Jordan Terrace, Bowen Hills on 17 March 1920.
On the verandah at Miegunyah, a residence in Brisbane, 1886 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/leontine-cooper/","title":"Leontine Mary Jane Cooper","text":"22 April 1837 \u2014 12 March 1903
"},{"location":"research/leontine-cooper/#leontine-mary-jane-cooper-2a2911","title":"Leontine Mary Jane Cooper (2A\u201129\u201111)","text":"Leontine Cooper was Queensland's most significant writer addressing the rights of white women during the women's suffrage movement in Queensland. Born in England in 1837, daughter of a French merchant father and English mother, she arrived in Brisbane with her husband in 1871. A schoolteacher during the 1870's, she was to become a prominent Brisbane literary figure over the next two decades.
By the late 1880's she was one of the key activists for social justice and women's suffrage. Leontine Cooper died suddenly from bronchial pneumonia on 12 March 1903, at the age of 66, sadly before she was able to cast a vote in the 1903 federal election or to see the granting of the right to vote to Queensland women for which she had so passionately fought.
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"},{"location":"research/letitia-jephson/","title":"Letitia Jephson","text":"Died 1908
"},{"location":"research/letitia-jephson/#letitia-jephson-53417","title":"Letitia Jephson (5\u201134\u201117)","text":"Letitia was widowed and had lost two young sons while still in her early forties. She became a businesswoman managing boarding houses in the city and at Kangaroo Point. The Longreach Private Boarding House which she leased in 1879 was a highly successfully operation. Letitia bought Cabury on Kensington Terrace which she renamed Mallow after her birthplace in Ireland. In 1899 she sold Mallow to Sir Robert Philp. When Letitia died in 1908, she left a substantial estate including shares in banks and breweries. Church Street was renamed Jephson Street after her.
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"},{"location":"research/lilian-cooper/","title":"Lilian Voilet Cooper","text":""},{"location":"research/lilian-cooper/#lilian-violet-cooper","title":"Lilian Violet Cooper","text":"11 August 1861 \u2014 18 August 1947
"},{"location":"research/lilian-cooper/#dr-lilian-cooper-8691314","title":"Dr Lilian Cooper (8\u201169\u201113/14)","text":"Lilian Violet Cooper was born on 11 August 1861 at Chatham, Kent, England. Her father, Henry was a captain in the Royal Marines who was married to Elizabeth. Lilian knew when she was young she wanted to be a doctor and began dedicating herself to medicine, entering the London School of Medicine for Women in 1886. After passing examinations at the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, and the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow, she received a licence to practice in 1890.
Upon moving to Brisbane in May 1891, Cooper became the first female doctor registered in Queensland. She joined the Medical Society of Queensland in 1893 after two years of boycotting by her male counterparts for daring to leave a practice conducted by an alcoholic doctor. Later she became an Honorary in the Hospital for Sick Children and the Lady Lamington Hospital for Women. In 1905 she became associated with the Mater Hospital where she found her passion and so remained associated for the rest of her life.
During her life, Cooper always sought to further her knowledge, and during time spent in America, went on to earn a Doctorate of Medicine from the University of Durham. Joining the Scottish Women\u2019s Hospitals in 1915 she performed 12 months of military service spending time in Macedonia where she was awarded the Serbian Order of St Sava, 4th Class.
Returning to Brisbane after the war she bought a house called Old St Mary's in Main Street, Kangaroo Point in 1926. Clearly skilled with her hands as a surgeon, Lilian was also known for conducting most of her own house and early motor vehicle repairs and maintenance. In this home she settled into in semi\u2011retirement, becoming a foundation fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1928 before finally retiring in 1941.
Lilian died in her home on 18 August 1947. While she never married, her constant companion and friend, who first travelled with her from England, Miss Josephine Bedford ensured the home site was used for the development of the Mount Olivet Hospital of the Sisters of Charity. Part of this hospital has since been named the Lilian Cooper Nursing Home. Interestingly, a visit to St Mary's Church of England in Kangaroo Point will provide visitors with images of memorial windows and an altar at the front which displays embroidery of Dr Cooper's medal of St Sava.
Two friends seated in a horsedrawn buggy, Brisbane, ca. 1900. Miss Josephine Bedford (left) and Dr. Lilian Cooper, the first registered female doctor in Queensland. Dr Cooper made house calls in a horse and sulky by day and a bicycle by night. Her surgery was in George Street, Brisbane. - State Library of Queensland
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"},{"location":"research/lilian-gertrude-ramsay/","title":"Lilian Gertrude Ramsay","text":"1891 \u2014 5 June 1960
"},{"location":"research/lilian-gertrude-ramsay/#lilian-gertrude-ramsay-11712","title":"Lilian Gertrude Ramsay (11\u201171\u20112)","text":"Lilian Ramsay was a staff nurse with the Australian Army Nursing Service having received a Brisbane General Hospital Certificate in 1914. She died on 5 June 1960 aged 69.
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"},{"location":"research/lillian-leitch/","title":"Lillian Leitch","text":"ca. 1887 \u2014 9 July 1967
"},{"location":"research/lillian-leitch/#lillian-leitch-8403031","title":"Lillian Leitch (8\u201140\u201130/31)","text":"World War One army nurse, Sister Lillian Leitch was honoured with an OBE in 1965. She served at the No.3 Australian General Hospital in Egypt before being transferred to Lemos, a Greek Island in the Aegean Sea, arriving there on 5 August 1915. She died on 9 July 1967 aged 80.
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"},{"location":"research/louis-walter-barnes/","title":"Louis Walter Barnes","text":"Died 3 August 1916
"},{"location":"research/louis-walter-barnes/#private-louis-walter-barnes-24314","title":"Private Louis Walter Barnes (2\u201143\u201114)","text":"Service Number: 1822. 25th Battalion
Louis was a brother of Joseph and enlisted 25 February 1915 and embarked from Sydney on 20 August 1915 on HMAT Shropshire A9. He survived Gallipoli and arrived in France 19 March 1916 and was killed in action on 3 August 1916. No record exists of his burial.
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"},{"location":"research/magdalene-dick/","title":"Magdalene Dick","text":"ca. 1851 \u2014 22 July 1922
"},{"location":"research/magdalene-dick/#magdalene-dick-183525","title":"Magdalene Dick (18\u201135\u201125)","text":"Magdalene Dick was born in Brecon, Wales around 1851. She was the daughter of David Price, a plumber, glazier and painter and his wife, Mary William or Williams. Magdalene came to Australia as a young girl and the family settled in Ballarat where she later married William Heddel Dick, a journalist who wrote for major newspapers in Sydney, Hobart and Brisbane and who established a penny newspaper in Toowong. Magdalene was also a journalist and sister of Thomas Evan Price who was the social and drama critic of the Sydney Morning Herald.
After William\u2019s death Magdalene became superintendent of the first group of female switchboard operators at the Brisbane telephone exchange.
Telephonists working at the, Brisbane Central telephone exchange, Brisbane, 1910 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/martha-soutter/","title":"Martha Soutter","text":"Died 28 September 1936
"},{"location":"research/martha-soutter/#martha-pattie-soutter-1816718","title":"Martha (Pattie) Soutter (18\u2011167\u201118)","text":"Pattie Soutter was born in Hull, England and came to Queensland in 1882. She was a prolific writer of poems and letters to the editors of the Brisbane Courier and later the Courier Mail on a wide range of topics, contributing until 12 months before her death. Pattie was also instrumental in pushing for the establishment of a crematorium in Brisbane, indicating in a letter to the Brisbane Courier when she was 86 years of age that she wanted to be cremated when her time came. When she passed away on 28 September 1936, her wishes were carried out and her ashes placed in the grave of her husband who had predeceased her.
Soutter family pictured in a garden setting, Brisbane, 1910. Pattie Soutter (seated) on the left - State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/martin-moffatt/","title":"Martin Moffatt","text":"1843 \u2014 1905
"},{"location":"research/martin-moffatt/#martin-moffatt-7a7414","title":"Martin Moffatt (7A\u201174\u201114)","text":"Martin Moffatt (ca. 1843-1905) was the station keeper of the Valley Fire Station in Ann Street. He attended many of the major fires in Brisbane during his 31 years of service, including one at Alfred Shaw & Co in 1891 when he was seriously injured. He was born in Antrim Ireland in 1842, the son of Luke Moffatt and Isabella McCormick. He married Mary McAlister in 1871 in Brisbane.
Great fire in Queen Street, Brisbane 1864. \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/mary-ann-ogle/","title":"Mary Ann Ogle","text":"ca. 1823 \u2014 24 August 1907
"},{"location":"research/mary-ann-ogle/#john-and-mary-ann-ogle-111334","title":"John and Mary Ann Ogle (1\u2011113\u20113/4)","text":"John, a son of John Ogle and Isabella (n\u00e9e Swan), was born in Northumberland, England ca. 1824. Mary Ann Scott, a daughter of Robert Scott and Mary (n\u00e9e Frater), was born ca. 1823.
Mary Ann and John, with their three daughters, arrived in Brisbane aboard the Montmorency on 16 October 1860.
The Ogles were early settlers at Pullenvale, where John farmed. Part of their property (portions 222 & 229, county of Stanley, parish of Moggill, consisting of 173 acres) included the site of the Pullenvale Hall at the corner of Grandview and Pullenvale Roads, which became known as Ogle's Corner.
John died on the 26 October 1890. Mary Ann died on the 24 August 1907.
Montmorency (ship) \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/mary-anne-odoherty/","title":"Mary Anne O\u2019Doherty","text":"15 February 1830 \u2014 19 May 1910
"},{"location":"research/mary-anne-odoherty/#mary-eva-odoherty-75827","title":"Mary \u2018Eva\u2019 O\u2019Doherty (7\u201158\u201127)","text":"Mary Anne Kelly (better known as \u2018Eva of The Nation') was born in Headford, County Galway, at the home of her maternal grandparents, on 15 February 1830, the daughter of a wealthy gentleman-farmer Edward Kelly of Killeen near Portumna who had nationalist sympathies. At the age of twelve, Mary Kelly sent her first verse to Charles Gavan Duffy, founder of The Nation newspaper when it started in Dublin in 1842. The poem expressed her feelings towards the British who governed the whole of Ireland at that time. Mary Kelly later adopted the pen name of \u2018Eva\u2019.
She became romantically involved with a young medical student Kevin O\u2019Doherty who was one of the rising men in the Irish national movement. As a result of the Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848, Kevin O\u2019Doherty was found guilty of sedition and sentenced to transportation to Van Dieman\u2019s Land. \u2018Eva\u2019 continued to write prose and poetry with many lyrics mourning the absence of her then fianc\u00e9 as she waited for his release.
Despite a conditional pardon which forbade residence in the United Kingdom, Kevin O\u2019Doherty entered illegally into Ireland. A few days later, the couple married in a clandestine ceremony in London. After Dr O\u2019Doherty completed further medical studies, the family with by then three sons migrated to Australia, and made their way to Ipswich and later to Brisbane.
The family struck hard times later in life and, after Dr O\u2019Doherty\u2019s death, the Irish community conducted fund-raising activities to assist \u2018Eva\u2019. Her poems were published in 1909 with the help of a priest. Eva died from influenza on 19 May 1910 at the age of 81.
Portrait of Mary Eva O'Doherty \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/mary-constance-crosse/","title":"Mary Constance Crosse","text":"1862 \u2014 28 October 1890
"},{"location":"research/mary-constance-crosse/#mary-constance-crosse-13915","title":"Mary Constance Crosse (1\u201139\u201115)","text":"Mary Crosse, who graduated in 1888, died aged 28 on 28 October 1890, was also a nurse at the Brisbane Hospital. Fellow nurses and patients erected her headstone. She was the daughter of Thomas and Jane Crosse.
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"},{"location":"research/mary-craig-atkinson/","title":"Mary Craig Atkinson","text":"ca. 1848 \u2014 7 October 1893
"},{"location":"research/mary-craig-atkinson/#mary-craig-atkinson-14916","title":"Mary Craig Atkinson (1\u201149\u201116)","text":"Mary Cochrane was the third daughter of Thomas Cochrane, a ploughman, who married Agatha Butter in Edinburgh in 1844. Seven children were born to the family in Dundee. On the 12th of January 1856 Mary arrived with her family in Queensland. Her father, Thomas, ran a grocery store in Fortescue Street, Spring Hill. Five more children were born in Brisbane.
Mary Cochrane married merchant Robert Jackson Craig in 1865. He and his bothers-in-law Samuel and William Cochrane and their families travelled north to the new port of Cairns. By March 1877, the men had established themselves as merchants at Smithfield.
On Boxing Day 1877, Robert was tragically murdered by the owner of the Bee Hive Hotel, William Smith, who then took his own life. Smith's hotel was opposite Robert's store. Robert had asked Bill Smith to settle his outstanding account and refused him further credit until the debt was paid. About 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Bill Smith called Robert Craig over to 'settle' his account. Afterwards gunshots were heard and Robert ran into the street clutching his chest shouting \"Murder! Murder!\" William Cochrane was working behind the counter of their store and ran outside when he heard the shots fired. He saw Bill Smith standing on the verandah of his hotel with the revolver still in his hand. William towards Bill who quickly turned the revolver on himself. Robert Craig died in his brother-in-law's arms. He was just 34 years old. Robert was the first burial in the Cairns Cemetery on the Esplanade.
The loss of two well-respected citizens stunned the whole community of Smithfield. Robert and Bill Smith had always been the best of friends. The town of Smithfield had been named after Bill Smith, who had hacked a track through the jungle to the Hodgkinson Goldfields in 1876.
Mary was in Brisbane at the time of Robert's tragic death, expecting their sixth child. A son was born the following July, but only lived two months. Two more of their sons had also died in infancy. She did not remarry until nine years later. Although Robert's life insurance payments had lapsed, the Australian Mutual Provident Society made a gift of \u00a3400 to Mary so she was secure financially.
Life was not uneventful, however. Her son Fred was only four when his father died and would have had little memory of him, but perhaps family stories of Cairns stirred his curiosity. An item in the Cairns Courier on the 13th of May 1881 reports that Fred ran away, boarded the Leichhardt on route to Cairns, was apprehended by the police at Rockhampton and returned to Brisbane. This happened just before his eighth birthday.
In 1886 Mary married Paul Cole Atkinson, a widower with five children. By this time Mary's three surviving children were teenagers. She had two more children, Pauline and Ruby, making a total of seven children for her to care for. However, fate was not kind to Mary. All she had been through obviously affected her health and she died just seven years later in October 1893 at the early age of 45. Ruby was just five years old. A series of housekeepers raised Mary's children until Paul Atkinson married for the third time in 1898 to Eliza Hendren. Mary is buried in the Atkinson family grave.
"},{"location":"research/mary-craig-atkinson/#acknowledgement","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"This story was contributed by June Vickers.
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"},{"location":"research/mary-douglas/","title":"Mary Douglas","text":"ca. 1828 \u2014 November 1876
"},{"location":"research/mary-douglas/#mary-douglas-9345","title":"Mary Douglas (9\u201134\u20115)","text":"Born Mary Ann Simpson, ca. 1828, she was the third daughter of the Reverend William West Simpson M.A., a Church of England minister, who immigrated to New South Wales in 1840. In November 1848, aged twenty\u2011one she married Henry Callander, the eldest son of Randall W. Callander of Stirlingshire, Scotland. In 1852 Callander died aged 31 and Mary married William Howe and bore a daughter, Mary West Howe, in 1857. This second union ended with Howe\u2019s death, and it was as twice\u2011widowed in Sydney, that she met and married the distinguished bachelor, John Douglas, in 1861. Douglas was the nephew of the Marquis of Queensbury, a former pupil of Rugby School, and graduate of Durham University. He represented Camden, NSW at the time.
Mary Douglas moved into the spotlight of Queensland public life when on June 22, 1865 the Hospital Committee noted that \u2018a letter from Mrs Douglas relating to nursing of children. She was the leader of the ladies\u2019 committee, a reflection of the confidence and respect in which she was held by the Hospital committee. An offer of Mary Douglas and the ladies\u2019 committee was to be the beginning of institutional care for orphaned, destitute and neglected children in Queensland. By the end of 1865 the child\u2011rescue institution at the Fever Hospital had become a busy centre for the increasing number of children unable to be cared for in the southeast of the colony and it was fast becoming a place of placement of any destitute child. The Fever Hospital was not strictly speaking an orphanage: parents who could persuade the orphanage committee of their need stood a good chance of having their application accepted and their child admitted.
In 1869 a marked change occurred in management when John and Mary Douglas departed for London where John took up the position of Queensland Agent\u2011General. Around this time Governor Blackall made a public presentation of a silver salver to Mary Douglas and the Ladies\u2019 Committee, in the presence of a veritable \u2018Who\u2019s Who\u2019 of Brisbane society gathered at the Diamantina Orphanage. On her return Mary held a prominent and influential position in the child\u2011saving movement in Brisbane. However, in 1875 and 1876 during her endeavour to assert more direct managerial control over the orphan school \u2013 a model almost unheard of during this time.
In November 1876, Mary Douglas was travelling in her pony\u2011drawn gig from her home in Bonnie Avenue, Clayfield to Brisbane when she was involved in an accident close to Newstead House gates, Breakfast Creek. Her pony shied at an approaching dray and her vehicle ran up a steep bank and overturned throwing Mary out. She died twelve hours later from severe injuries.1
Portrait of Mrs John Douglas - State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/mary-elizabeth-briscoe/","title":"Mary Elizabeth Briscoe","text":"ca. 1868 \u2014 26 June 1935
"},{"location":"research/mary-elizabeth-briscoe/#mary-elizabeth-briscoe-sister-lily-103125","title":"Mary Elizabeth Briscoe (Sister Lily) (10\u201131\u201125)","text":"In 1906 Sister Lily was the third Sister of the People appointed in Brisbane by Dr George Rowe. She was born in England about 1868 and was a nursing sister. She later nursed at Lyndhurst Private Hospital in Ipswich. After her death on 26 June 1935, her friends erected a memorial headstone headstone on her grave.
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"},{"location":"research/mary-elizabeth-weedon/","title":"Mary Elizabeth Weedon","text":"Died March 1942
"},{"location":"research/mary-elizabeth-weedon/#mary-elizabeth-weedon-4320","title":"Mary Elizabeth Weedon (4\u20113\u201120)","text":"Mary Weedon, who trained at London\u2019s Charing Cross Hospital, was the first head nurse of the Brisbane Hospital, holding the position for five years from 1885. She was the Vice\u2011President of the Australasian Trained Nurses\u2019 Association (ATNA), Queensland Branch from 1904 to 1905 and a councillor from 1905 to 1906.
Mary and her friend, Annie Griffiths, shared a house called Garton in Terrace Street, Toowong for many years. They were also members of the congregation of St Thomas Anglican Church. They died within eighteen months of each other; Mary in March 1942 and Annie in July 1943. Mary and Annie are buried in the same grave.
Royal Brisbane Hospital, ca. 1885 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/mary-emelia-mayne/","title":"Mary Emelia Mayne","text":"31 December 1858 \u2014 12 August 1940
"},{"location":"research/mary-emelia-mayne/#mary-mayne-mary-emelia-mayne-7499","title":"Mary Mayne & Mary Emelia Mayne (7\u201149\u20119)","text":"Mary McIntosh was born ca. 16 August 1826 at Kilkishen, near Ennis, County Clare, Ireland. She migrated to Sydney as a single woman in the Champion in February 1842. On 9 April 1849 in Brisbane she married Patrick Mayne.
Mary and Patrick had six children, of whom three sons and two daughters reached adulthood. Patrick purchased a butchery in Queen Street Brisbane in 1849, built a substantial enterprise owning hotels, shops and houses, and speculated in land. He was on the first municipal council in Brisbane.
A codicil to Patrick\u2019s will appointed Mary as executrix of the Mayne estate. After his death on 17 August 1865, Mary largely controlled the management of the estate. In March 1876 she bought Moorlands Villa to become the family home and almost six hectares of land on which it stood at Auchenflower. Mary died of coronary heart disease at the age of 63 on 4 September 1889.
Mary Emelia Mayne, born 31 December 1858, was the second youngest daughter of Mary and Patrick. She was a philanthropist along with her brother, James.
Emelia Mayne. \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/mary-harriett-griffith/","title":"Mary Harriett Griffith","text":"4 November 1849 \u2014 27 July 1930
"},{"location":"research/mary-harriett-griffith/#mary-harriett-griffith-137712","title":"Mary Harriett Griffith (13\u201177\u201112)","text":"Mary Harriett Griffith was born on 4 November 1849 at Portishead, Somerset, England. She was the older sister of Sir Samuel Walker Griffith who was Colonial Secretary, Queensland Premier from 1883 to 1888, Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia and a principal author of the Constitution of Australia.
After the deaths of her parents Mary immersed herself in good works. She became founding secretary of the Brisbane Benevolent Society, honorary secretary of the Lady Musgrave Lodge, Queensland representative for the Travellers\u2019 Aid Society, president of the YWCA in Brisbane, vice-president of the British (Australian) Red Cross Society during World War I and patroness in 1921 of St David\u2019s Welsh Society as well as being involved in many other organisations. In 1911 Mary Griffith was created a Lady of Grace of the Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem. Mary passed away on 27 July 1930 in her 81st year.
Mary Harriett Griffith, sister of Sir Samuel Walker Griffith \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/mary-hogan/","title":"Mary Hogan","text":"ca. 1924 \u2014 May 2002
"},{"location":"research/mary-hogan/#mary-hogan-221618","title":"Mary Hogan (22\u201116\u201118)","text":"Mary Hogan (n\u00e9e Wells) was born in 1923 in Euroa, Victoria and completed her education at Star of the Sea Convent, Melbourne before training as a nurse at Wangaratta Base Hospital. Mary next completed her midwifery training before marrying John Hogan in Brisbane in 1949 and having four children. She worked in various Brisbane hospitals including St. Helen's and Mt. Olivet, and then trained as a Maternal and Child Welfare Sister.
As the result of an accident, Mary was widowed in 1962. She then worked full time as a clinic sister in the Inala, Darra, and Wacol areas while raising her 4 children alone. Her final working position as a nursing sister was at Canossa Hospital, where Mary herself died from multiple myeloma in May 2002, aged 78. After 40 years as a widow, Mary Hogan was buried in Toowong Cemetery alongside her beloved husband John in the grave she purchased in 1962. She was a mother, grandmother, nurse and friend to many.
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"},{"location":"research/mary-jane-brown/","title":"Mary Jane Brown","text":"ca. 1861 \u2014 18 August 1939
"},{"location":"research/mary-jane-brown/#mary-jane-brown-56324","title":"Mary Jane Brown (5\u201163\u201124)","text":"Mary Jane Brown, born ca. 1861, was working as a nurse when she was widowed in 1916. She died on 18 August 1939 aged 78.
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"},{"location":"research/mary-mayne/","title":"Mary Mayne","text":"1826 \u2014 4 September 1889
"},{"location":"research/mary-mayne/#mary-mayne-7499","title":"Mary Mayne (7\u201149\u20119)","text":"On 19 August 1871 a fire broke out in Mary Mayne's stables and spread to the adjoining Cobb & Co stables. The City Volunteer Fire Brigade under Francis Beattie was summoned. Mary Mayne (1826-1889) was the widow of Patrick Mayne and an astute businesswoman who took over management of Patrick's estate and later conducted her own business interests.
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"},{"location":"research/matthew-collopy/","title":"Matthew Collopy","text":"ca. 1844 \u2014 1880
"},{"location":"research/matthew-collopy/#matthew-collopy-753","title":"Matthew Collopy (7\u20115\u20113)","text":"Sub\u2011Inspector 1st Class Collopy, joined the Queensland Police Force in 1865 and received promotion for his services rendered at Gympie, Ravenswood, and other parts of the colony. In 1870, Collopy was awarded \u00a310 for the arrest of William Bond for highway robbery. He was in failing health for the last few months, and it was thought his transfer from Rockhampton to Brisbane would have a beneficial effect, but unfortunately it proved otherwise. The numerous friends of Collopy regretted hearing of his death aged just 36. The deceased left a widow and one child.
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"},{"location":"research/maud-voller-affleck/","title":"Maud Voller Affleck","text":"2 June 1874 \u2014 26 September 1965
"},{"location":"research/maud-voller-affleck/#maud-voller-affleck-84914","title":"Maud Voller Affleck (8\u201149\u201114)","text":"Maud Voller Lade was born on the 2nd of June 1874 in Brisbane, the third of the eight children of Joseph John Lade and Mary nee Bridges, both English-born. Joseph's parents, Thomas Lade and his wife Harriet left the farms that he had managed in Kent and sailed with their three children to Moreton Bay in 1851. Their passage to Sydney on the sailing ship Windsor cost $120 in today's money. The Lades settled at Upper Kedron Brook on land Thomas bought for $124 in the suburb now known as Enoggera. They called their new farm and homestead Surrenden after the property they had lived on in Kent.
The hard-working Lades prospered as farmers and fruitgrowers and Thomas Lade won prizes in the first Moreton Bay Horticultural Society's show in 1853. He, with the assistance of his son Joseph, were to distinguish themselves by becoming Queensland's first commercial wine producers and in 1862 Thomas Lade won a medal and certificate of honourable mention at the London International Exhibition. The Lades were considered to be the best authorities on wine culture in the colony.
The Lades were devout Baptists. They had been closely involved with their church in Kent and in Brisbane they were foundation members of the Wharf Street Baptist Church.
When Joseph married in 1869 he and his wife Mary moved further out on Sanford Road to a farm they called Glen Retreat. Joseph Lade late in life wrote that his family had bought this land in 1851 when Surrenden was purchased but there is evidence to support this date of purchase. Here Joseph planted fruit trees and grapevines while Mary managed a boot and shoe shop on the corner of George and Queen Streets. Mary appears to have been the one with the business head while Joseph was somewhat of a dreamer. As well as managing the city shop Mary bought houses, did them up and sold them.
In the year or two before Joseph and Mary Lade's third child was born in 1874, Joseph wanted to increase the number of his citrus trees so he purchased and then planted seeds of oranges and mandarins. One of the latter seedlings had a distinct foliage and went on to produce a high quality fruit that became known as the Beauty of Glen Retreat mandarin, later shortened to Glen Retreat mandarin. However, its commercial success did not come until Lade had sold the Glen Retreat farm to a Mr W. H. Parker around the turn of the century. Parker actively marketed the fruit and by 1927 this mandarin had world-wide distribution.
Little is known of Maud's childhood but she did attend the Normal School in Brisbane. She had a lively intelligence and was quick witted and humorous. Six weeks after her nineteenth birthday Maud married William James Affleck on the 13th of July 1893. Some of the manchester in her trousseau she bought at reduced prices as it was flood damaged. This was an aftermath of the great flood that had occurred earlier that year.
William and Maud had three children, two daughters Alice Vera and Marjory, and a son Kenneth George, and four grandchildren. The marriage was a happy one.
William died in 1932. He had been manager for Queensland of the National Mutual Life Association of Australia, but these were the days before life insurance offices paid generous pensions to the widows of staff officers. Maud endured some financial difficulties during her 33 years of widowhood.
She lived in the large house called Ayethorne at Vulture Street, West End from the time the family returned to Brisbane from Townsville in 1902 until her death more than 60 years later. In her widowhood she let the downstairs area as a self-contained flat, and upstairs took in two paying guests to supplement her income.
Maud professed to know little of her forebears, though the Lades had lived in Kent for many centuries. Some of the family had lived at Eyethorne, Kent, the name of the West End house apparently being a mis-spelling of the Kentish village. Like her husband, Maud lived her whole life in Queensland always retaining her love of the countryside and interest in rural matters.
Maud and William are buried side by side in Toowong Cemetery.
"},{"location":"research/maud-voller-affleck/#acknowledgement","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"This story was contributed by Shirley Lahey.
The contributor, grand-daughter Shirley Lahey, wishes to acknowledge her debt to John Moran, whose book In the Grip of the Grape gives details of the Lade family's wine growing.
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"},{"location":"research/maurice-charles-o-connell/","title":"Maurice Charles O\u2019Connell","text":"13 January 1812 \u2014 23 March 1879
"},{"location":"research/maurice-charles-o-connell/#colonel-sir-maurice-charles-oconnell-kt-13834","title":"Colonel Sir Maurice Charles O\u2019Connell Kt. (13\u201183\u20114)","text":"Administrator:
O\u2019Connell was born on 13 January 1812 in Sydney, son of Maurice Charles Philip O'Connell and his wife Mary, daughter of Governor William Bligh. He left for Ceylon with his parents in 1814 and in 1819 was sent to Europe for schooling. In 1828 he joined the 73rd Regiment at Gibraltar but in 1835 raised and led a regiment of Irish volunteers in the Spanish Carlist wars, rising to general of brigade in the British Auxiliary Legion. Before embarking for Spain he married Eliza Emily le Geyt on Jersey. On disbandment, O'Connell returned to England and in June 1838 purchased a captaincy in the 28th Regiment. That year his father was appointed to command the troops in New South Wales. After the regiment sailed to India in 1842 he stayed in New South Wales and sold his commission in 1844.
He represented Port Phillip from August 1845 to June 1848 and then became Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Burnett District. Early in 1854 O'Connell became government Resident at the new Port Curtis settlement where he acquired several squatting properties. In 1859 O'Connell was given command of the volunteers. He was also nominated to the Legislative Council and acted as Minister without portfolio in the first Herbert ministry. When Sir Charles Nicholson resigned in August 1860 O'Connell became President of the Council. He held the post until 1879 and acted ex officio as deputy to the governor four times. O'Connell was knighted in 1868. He died of cancer at Parliament House on 23 March 1879.
Sir Maurice Charles O'Connell - State Library of Queensland
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"},{"location":"research/michael-dalton/","title":"Michael Dalton","text":"22 October 1894 \u2014 ca. August 1919
"},{"location":"research/michael-dalton/#private-michael-dalton-103924","title":"Private Michael Dalton (10\u201139\u201124)","text":"Service number: 5818. Oxley Regiment and 9th Battalion.
Michael was born to Irishman Michael Dalton and Allora, born Elizabeth Jane Smyth 22 October 1894. He served to in the Oxley Regiment in Brisbane prior to the war.
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"},{"location":"research/michael-joseph-devitt/","title":"Michael Joseph Devitt","text":"1859 \u2014 26 December 1917
"},{"location":"research/michael-joseph-devitt/#michael-joseph-devitt-15296","title":"Michael Joseph Devitt (15\u201129\u20116)","text":"Born 1859 at Ennistymon in County Clare the first born of a very large family. He, his parents Thomas and Bridget and most of his siblings migrated to Australia. Out of the 12 children one stayed in Ireland 2 died as babies, one went to Ohio in the USA and one to NSW and the remainder came to Queensland.
The family left Ireland for London and boarded the RMS Dacca heading for Queensland. The trip took a little longer than expected. The ship left London 29th April 1890 and the trip was interrupted at 6.30AM on the 16th May when she hit the Daedulus Reef in the Red Sea. All passengers were able to climb down onto the rocks of the reef where they all stood in waist deep water until some were moved to the rocks surrounding the lighthouse. According to the London Illustrated News, May 20th, The passengers lost everything except the wet clothes they were standing in when the ship sank four hours later. No lives were lost.
Michael and the rest of the family settled in Warwick and he practiced tailoring in partnership with his father in Fitzroy Street. He married Catherine Stokes in Warwick 1 June 1891. She was born in Moycarkey in Tipperary. He died in Brisbane on 26 December 1917 and was buried the next day. They had four children two of whom died very young. His son Francis Patrick Devitt (Sonny) joined the Australian Army and died 5 August 1915 six months before his 21st birthday and is buried in France. Devitt St beside Warwick racecourse is named for the Devitt family.
Devitt family home in Warwick, Queensland, 1906, Ann Ruth Devitt with son Matthew Francis and James Devitt with son Kevin. Young James John Devitt is seated on the edge of the verandah. \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
Michael Joseph Devitt 1892\u20141932 buried in the same grave was his son born 11 June 1892 and he was a horse trainer and show rider. He also joined up but a pleading emotional letter from his mother to the Army echelon begging them to discharge him and stating her need of his support saw him discharged after 8 weeks. He came down to the Brisbane National show to ride in the men\u2019s event and met a young lady Zora Brenda Pitt who was the ladies champion rider that year. They married in 1917 in Brisbane and raised their family of a boy and a girl at various railway stations as he became the manager of railway refreshment rooms. Babinda, Roma St, Helidon and mainly Bundaberg When royalty visited Bundaberg the only place big enough to host the function was the refreshment rooms. He was well respected. He took ill in 1932 and was brought down to Brisbane and sadly died at the very young age of 39 on 24 March 1932 leaving Zorah to bring up two young children. She took up millinery and many were the fashionable ladies at the Brisbane races wearing her creations.
Their son Francis Pitt Devitt served in WWII and was one of the brave Aussies who found themselves up against Japanese Imperial Marines in Bougainville. All specially chosen for being 6 feet plus tall and not a pair of glasses among them. He survived but was always troubled by what he had to do and is buried in Mt Gravatt in the military section. Their daughter Brenda Pitt Devitt, a top horsewoman, artist and photographer married a jockey who became Qld\u2019s premier jockey 9 times and over 1800 wins and they travelled the world but mainly UK and France where he rode a further 850 winners and was privileged to ride for the Queen.
John Devitt of Olympic fame and William Devitt who was John Wren\u2019s right hand man in Queensland are both descended from Thomas and Bridget.
John Devitt at the 1960 Olympics \u2014 CC0
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"},{"location":"research/michael-quinlan/","title":"Michael Quinlan","text":"ca. 1840 \u2014 2 July 1878
"},{"location":"research/michael-quinlan/#michael-quinlan_1","title":"Michael Quinlan","text":"Michael Quinlan was born in Sydney ca. 1840 to parents Michael and Elizabeth (n\u00e9e Hampbell). He arrived in Queensland soon after Separation, where he was a manager of the large mercantile business of George Raff and Co. Later he commenced business in partnership with Mr. Donelly and when Donelly retired from the firm, the business carried on under the name of Quinlan and Co.
Following Michael Quinlan's death in July 1878, aged 38, his widow took control of the company and in August 1878 entered into partnership with George Wilkie Gray, the firm's principal manager, as Quinlan, Gray & Co. The Castlemaine Brewery and Quinlan, Gray & Co. Brisbane Ltd went on to manufacture Queensland's famous \"XXXX\" beer.
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"},{"location":"research/molyneux-henry-dickinson-nepean/","title":"Molyneux Henry Dickinson Nepean","text":"19 April 1846 \u2014 30 September 1889
"},{"location":"research/molyneux-henry-dickinson-nepean/#molyneux-henry-dickinson-nepean-11585","title":"Molyneux Henry Dickinson Nepean (1\u2011158\u20115)","text":"Molyneux Nepean was born on 19 April 1846, a twin and fifth son of Rev Canon Evan Nepean, later Canon of Westminster and Private Chaplain to Queen Victoria. His mother, Ann Jenner-Fust was the daughter of Sir Herbert Jenner Fust, Dean of the Arches. His grandfather, Sir Evan Nepean, 1st Baronet, as Under-Secretary of State in the Home Office in Britain was involved in the arrangements for the dispatch of the First Fleet and administration of the newly established penal colony in NSW.
After four years of military service, Lt Molyneux Nepean retired and joined the British Civil Service as a clerk before leaving London for Sydney with his new bride in 1872. He held various positions in the NSW Colonial Government, first as a clerk and later as an Assistant Land Agent for the sale of Crown Lands.
He had a troubled life and died in Brisbane Hospital at the age of 43 on 30 September 1889, following a fall at a chemist shop in South Brisbane.
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"},{"location":"research/myer-kangan/","title":"Myer Kangan","text":""},{"location":"research/myer-kangan/#myer-kangan-ao-mbe-3181a","title":"Myer Kangan AO, MBE (3\u201118\u20111A)","text":"Myer Kangan was decorated with the Order of Australia and made a member of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of his distinguished services to the Crown and to Industry. His headstone has the symbol of a Cohen, a descendant of the High Priest of the Temple in Biblical days.
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"},{"location":"research/nathaniel-lade/","title":"Nathaniel Lade","text":"30 March 1835 \u2014 17 July 1895
"},{"location":"research/nathaniel-lade/#nathaniel-lade-13522021","title":"Nathaniel Lade (13\u201152\u201120/21)","text":"Nathaniel Lade, a saddler by trade, was born in Hythe, Kent on 30 March 1835 and died on 17 July 1895 after a number of years of poor health. Together with his Cornish\u2011born wife Elizabeth Helen Bridges, he fathered at least fifteen children, six of whom died in childhood. He was an office\u2011bearer and Sunday School official at the Albert Street Wesleyan Church in its early days. Later he became an inaugural trustee the Coorparoo Methodist Church which opened in June 1886 on the corner Cavendish Road and York Street. The Sunday School opened a month later with Nathaniel Lade as Superintendent. By 1889, there were 139 attendees and fourteen teachers.
In the editorial written at the time of his death, Nathaniel was described as being 'amongst the oldest business men in Brisbane, and he was always held in the highest respect by his fellow citizens'. Although very civic\u2011minded, he never took an active part in politics. Lade Street in Coorparoo is named after him.
Wesleyan Church erected on the corner of Albert Street and Burnett Lane, in 1856 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/nicholas-frederick-peut/","title":"Nicholas Frederick Peut","text":"1856 \u2014 5 December 1892
"},{"location":"research/nicholas-frederick-peut/#nicholas-frederick-peut-134413","title":"Nicholas Frederick Peut (13\u201144\u201113)","text":"Nicholas Peut (1856-1892) was appointed to the Brisbane Fire Brigade as resident foreman of No 2 station located at Stanley Street, South Brisbane in 1883. He became Superintendent at South Brisbane in January 1888 and continued in that role with the inception of permanent Fire Brigades with full time staff in Brisbane in 1889. He was fatally injured on 5 December 1892.
South Brisbane Fire Station, ca. 1900. \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/nina-robertson-mcdonald/","title":"Nina Robertson McDonald","text":"Died 11 May 1934
"},{"location":"research/nina-robertson-mcdonald/#nina-robertson-mcdonald-106831","title":"Nina Robertson McDonald (10\u201168\u201131)","text":"Nina McDonald graduated from the Royal Brisbane Hospital in 1915. She became a Staff Nurse with the Australian Imperial Force (AIF). She died on the 11 May 1934, sadly missed by her mother, Catherine McDonald, brother and sister.
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"},{"location":"research/nora-halford/","title":"Nora Halford","text":"ca. 1869 \u2014 9 August 1932
"},{"location":"research/nora-halford/#nora-halford-7a10223a","title":"Nora Halford (7A\u2011102\u201123A)","text":"Nora and Catherine were the daughters of Cornelius and Catherine Fitzgerald. They had emigrated from Ireland in the late 19th century. Nora received her Brisbane Hospital Certificate in 1894 and remained on the staff. Nora was a charge nurse from 1897 to 20 February 1899 when she left to marry Dr Arthur Halford (see above). Nora died on 9 August 1932 aged 63. She is buried with her sister Catherine Fitzgerald who was also trained nurse.
Catherine received her Brisbane Hospital Certificate in 1896 and remained on staff as a ward nurse until 1898. Catherine was one of the first councillors of ATNA, Queensland Branch that was formed in 1904. She remained a councillor until 1918 when she became Vice\u2011President (1918\u20111921). Catherine was Matron of the Alexandra Private Hospital, located in Wickham Terrace, from 1904, later becoming the owner. She was also a member of the ANTA Nurses\u2019 Rest Home Committee. In her retirement Catherine lived at Craigston, Wickham Terrace, until her death. She died on 23 January 1931 aged 63.
Windmill and Craigston apartments, in Wickham Terrace ca. 1934 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/norman-kinamond-harvey/","title":"Norman Kinamond Harvey","text":""},{"location":"research/norman-kinamond-harvey/#sapper-norman-kinamond-harvey-24738","title":"Sapper Norman Kinamond Harvey (2\u201147\u201138)","text":"Service Number: 4439. 2nd Division Signals Company
Born in Fitzroy to John Henry Harvey and Henrietta Kinamond Fairbairn. Enlisted 23 November 1915. Embarked at Sydney on HMAT Nestor A71 on 9 April 1916 and coincidentally returned to Australia via the same ship 1 November 1919.
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"},{"location":"research/norman-lister-freeman/","title":"Norman Lister Freeman","text":"1891 \u2014 24 July 1916
"},{"location":"research/norman-lister-freeman/#private-norman-lister-freeman-2432425","title":"Private Norman Lister Freeman (2\u201143\u201124/25)","text":"Service Number: 3051. 55th Australian Imperial Force
Norman was born in Townsville to Walter Alfred Freeman and Emma Tomkins in 1891. He enlisted on 13 August 1915 at Warwick Farm NSW and embarked on 8 October 1915 on A69 HMAT Warilda and taken on strength Tel el Kebir 5 February 1916. Arrived France 29 June 1916, head wound and captured 20 July 1916 and died as a Prisoner of War 24 July 1916 and buried Haubourdin Cemetery. After the war exhumed and laid to rest plot 16 row C grave 8 Cabaret Rouge British Cemetery France.
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"},{"location":"research/octavius-armstrong/","title":"Octavius Armstrong","text":"ca. 1834 \u2014 23 January 1917
"},{"location":"research/octavius-armstrong/#octavius-armstrong-2451617","title":"Octavius Armstrong (2\u201145\u201116/17)","text":"Armstrong died at his home, Sorrento, South Brisbane, on 23 January 1917, aged 83. His wife, Jessie, predeceased him by only three days. Armstrong was born in Adare, County Limerick, Ireland in 1833. His first appointment to the public service was to the position of a looker in the Customs Department at Brisbane, in April 1873. A year later he was appointed police magistrate at Mount Perry, then known as Tenningering. He remained in that position until October 1880, when he was transferred to Goondiwindi. There he stayed until August 1890, when he was appointed a relieving police magistrate. On 30 June 1904, Armstrong retired from the service, but at various times thereafter he acted as a relieving police magistrate in the Brisbane district.
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"},{"location":"research/olive-may-heathorn/","title":"Olive May Heathorn","text":"1890 \u2014 7 June 1936
"},{"location":"research/olive-may-heathorn/#olive-may-heathorn-162414","title":"Olive May Heathorn (16\u201124\u201114)","text":"Olive was born in Great Malvern Worcester in 1890. During World War 1 she married 2nd Lieutenant George Douglas Heathorn of the Royal Flying Corp. After the war George and Olive became dairy farmers at Woolner's Arm outside of Casino in NSW. Olive died in a Brisbane hospital on 7 June 1936.
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"},{"location":"research/pat-hill/","title":"Patrick Francis Hill","text":"1899 \u2014 3 August 1958
"},{"location":"research/pat-hill/#patrick-francis-hill-25491","title":"Patrick Francis Hill (25\u201149\u20111)","text":"The Boxing ring memorial of Pat Hill is a recognisable feature within Toowong Cemetery. At the time \u2018Brisbaneites\u2019 were known for their love of a good fight, and the Brisbane Stadium was considered the home of Brisbane\u2019s wrestling and boxing for many years. Here men of different statures and builds were pitched against each other and the man in the middle was usually a referee by the name of Pat Hill. He was a balding slender framed, wiry man, who for more than 25 years danced in the ring alongside some of Australia\u2019s best.
Pat died in August 1958, and following his death, the stadium organised a fundraiser to erect the memorial for Pat you see in the cemetery today.
Brisbane Stadium, home of boxing in Brisbane, ca. 1925. Brisbane Stadium, situated on the corner of Albert and Elizabeth Streets, Brisbane - State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
Pat Hill, Boxing Referee. Source unknown.
"},{"location":"research/pat-hill/#headstone","title":"Headstone","text":"Pat Hill's headstone
"},{"location":"research/pat-hill/#inscription","title":"Inscription","text":"Prince of Sports Pat Hill Referee Brisbane Stadium Died 3rd August 1956 Aged 59 years R.I.P Erected by his Friends
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"},{"location":"research/patricia-marion-hull/","title":"Patricia Marion Hull","text":"ca. 1927 \u2014 1964
"},{"location":"research/patricia-marion-hull/#patricia-marion-hull-221725","title":"Patricia Marion Hull (22\u201117\u201125)","text":"Patricia Hull\u2019s qualifications were recognised by the Nurses and Masseurs Registration Board of Queensland. She died aged 37 in 1964, leaving behind a husband and three children.
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"},{"location":"research/patrick-clancy/","title":"Patrick Clancy","text":"1837 \u2014 12 January 1899
"},{"location":"research/patrick-clancy/#patrick-clancy-7a641","title":"Patrick Clancy (7A\u201164\u20111)","text":"A native of Limerick, Ireland, Clancy had a military career before being recommended by the first Commissioner of Police, David Thomas Seymour to join the force in May 1867. Stationed at the Police Depot in Brisbane, Clancy was involved in the instruction of sword drill and mounted exercise. Eventually promoted to Senior Constable in June 1882, he was then superannuated in March 1888 on medical grounds having suffered for many years from bronchitis. He was awarded a pension of \u00a394, 13 shillings and four pence. He died on 12 January 1899 aged 62.
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"},{"location":"research/patrick-mayne/","title":"Patrick Mayne","text":"1825 \u2014 17 August 1865
"},{"location":"research/patrick-mayne/#patrick-mayne-7499","title":"Patrick Mayne (7\u201149\u20119)","text":"Mayne was born in 1824 at Cookstown, Tyrone, the son of Isaac Mayne and Rose Mullin. He arrived in Brisbane in 1849 after marrying in Sydney, Mary McIntosh from Ennis, Co. Clare.
Mayne established his butcher business in Queen St where the present Brisbane Arcade stands. He was an Alderman of the Brisbane City Council 1853 to 1865, the year he died of a heart attack. The family\u2019s finances benefited many public institutions especially The University of Queensland.
Mayne Monument, Toowong Cemetery
Alderman Patrick Mayne, 1859 \u2014 Brisbane City Council. Headstone of Patrick Mayne, Hale Street Cemetery Reserve, Milton \u2014 Brisbane City Council.
Sacred to the memory of Patrick Mayne Who departed this life 17th August 1865 Aged 41 years leaving a wife and 5 children to lament their loss This stone is erected by his ??? widow Mary Mayne also In memory of Evelina Selina daughter of Patrick & Mary Mayne Aged 7? Months ? Days
Patrick and daughter Evelina were re-interred in Toowong Cemetery in 1889
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"},{"location":"research/patrick-real/","title":"Patrick Real","text":"ca. 17 March 1846 \u2014 10 June 1928
"},{"location":"research/patrick-real/#the-honourable-patrick-real-7a1537","title":"The Honourable Patrick Real (7A\u2011153\u20117)","text":"Born Pallasgreen, near Limerick Ireland on 17 March 1846 or 1847 to James Real and Ellen Donegan. The family migrated to Moreton Bay on the typhus-plagued voyage of the Emigrant in 1850 with his father dying from the disease. Young Patrick left school at the age of 12 to commence a carpentry apprenticeship to support his family and was employed at the Ipswich railway workshops before leaving his trade at the age of 22 to study law. Following a distinguished career as a barrister, he was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland in 1890 and Senior Puisne Judge in 1903. He died at his home Eulalia at Norman Park on 10 June 1928.
Honorable Judge Patrick Real - State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/pauline-eschenhagen/","title":"Pauline Emma Eschenhagen","text":"26 December 1869 \u2014 4 July 1921
"},{"location":"research/pauline-eschenhagen/#pauline-emma-eschenhagen-9155","title":"Pauline Emma Eschenhagen (9\u201115\u20115)","text":"Karl Ernst Eschenhagen was born on 24 May 1850 at Crossen\u2011Oder, Lower Silesia in Prussia (now Poland) and died on 18 March 1906. His wife, Pauline Emma n\u00e9e Stegemann was born on 26 December 1869 and died on 4 July 1921. They lost a daughter, Agnes Pauline, in January 1899 aged 11 years. Before coming to Brisbane, Ernst spent some time in Fiji.
He was a leader in St Andreas Congregation for many years and operated a renowned and fashionable Caf\u00e9 Eschenhagen in Brisbane which was under the personal patronage of every Governor from 1889\u20141914 and catered for many Government House functions. Their first shop was in George St near Herschell St and later had to move to larger premises in Queen St which could seat 480 people. Branches were opened elsewhere.
In 1895 Ernst wanted a German day school at St Andreas, where English\u2011speaking children were also admitted, which would be under the direction of a teacher who was fluent in both languages. He met his wife at St. Andreas and they married in 1886 producing six children.
Anti\u2011German feeling during WWI forced the business, which had been carried on by Mrs Eschenhagen, to be sold in November 1915.
One of their sons, Oskar Wilhelm Eschenhagen (1889\u20141969), who changed his name to Oscar Edwards during WWI, operated a successful transport business in Sydney but is better remembered, with his wife, as being art collectors. In the early 1950s they met Picasso and Matisse. He was an accomplished artist himself and gave works to galleries, which included the Queensland Art Gallery.
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"},{"location":"research/percy-benjamin/","title":"Percy Benjamin","text":""},{"location":"research/percy-benjamin/#percy-benjamin-31278","title":"Percy Benjamin (3\u201112\u20117/8)","text":"Percy Benjamin was a son of Sir Benjamin Benjamin and Lady Fanny Benjamin. Sir Benjamin owned a Melbourne Savings bank. About the turn of the century there was an unexplained 'rush on the banks', when people drew out their money in a great panic for no reason. Sir Benjamin put all his own funds into his bank in an effort to reassure the people, but it was to no avail. He lost everything and was bankrupted. Percy's monument was provided by his Brisbane employers, S. Hoffnung & Co.
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"},{"location":"research/percy-lionel-benjamin/","title":"Percy Lionel Benjamin","text":"ca. 1865 \u2014 3 March 1903
"},{"location":"research/percy-lionel-benjamin/#percy-lionel-benjamin-31278","title":"Percy Lionel Benjamin (3\u201112\u20117/8)","text":"Percy Benjamin was the Queensland manager for Messrs S Hoffnung & Co, general merchants, wholesalers and importers. Born in Fitzroy in Melbourne he was the third son of Sir Benjamin Benjamin, a former Mayor of Melbourne and Lady Benjamin. After Percy's death at the age of 38 years on 3 March 1903, the directors of S Hoffnung & Co erected a monument over his grave as a mark of their esteem.
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"},{"location":"research/peter-gaffney/","title":"Peter Gaffney","text":"1839 \u2014 1879
"},{"location":"research/peter-gaffney/#peter-gaffney-71923","title":"Peter Gaffney (7\u201119\u201123)","text":"Born in 1839 in Co. Cavan, Gaffney was the publican of the Dunmore Arms on the corner of George and Elizabeth Streets. He married Margaret Malynn in Brisbane in 1872 and together they had three children. Peter died of heart failure while bathing at Sandgate in 1879. His wife remained as publican until the licence expired in 1887.
Jaffrey, P. (1886) Dunmore Arms Hotel, George Street (now Treasury Hotel) \u2014 Jaffrey, P. (1886), Public Domain
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"},{"location":"research/peter-jackson/","title":"Peter Jackson","text":"3 July 1861 \u2014 13 July 1901
"},{"location":"research/peter-jackson/#peter-jackson-5281","title":"Peter Jackson (5\u201128\u20111)","text":"Peter Jackson was born on 3 July 1861 and was Australian Heavyweight Champion 1886-1888. One of the legendary Boxers and probably the most famous sportsperson buried in Brisbane. World Heavyweight Champion John L. Sullivan refused to fight Jackson because of his colour. Jackson fought a 61 round draw with James J Corbett in San Francisco on 21 May 1891. James (Gentleman Jim) Corbett later went on to beat John Sullivan for the Heavyweight Championship.
Year later Corbett wrote that Peter Jackson was one of the greatest fighters he had even seen. Jackson defeated Australia's Frank Slavin in London on 30 May 1892 in what is still regarded as one of the greatest fights ever seen in England. Sadly Peter Jackson died in Roma on 13 July 1901 of Tuberculosis. Roma locals wanted to bury him there but it was proposed that it would be more befitting for him to be buried in Toowong Cemetery.
John and Julia Dowridge were mainly responsible for Peter Jackson being bought down from Roma to Toowong Cemetery for burial. They all now rest peacefully together. John and Julia Dowridge are buried in front of Peter Jackson.
Career 1882-1899. 103 Bouts. 42 Wins, 8 Draws, 50 No Decisions.
Peter's headstone is one of a handful that have the deceased's face chiselled on it. It is unusual in that it is the biggest of this kind in the Cemetery. The headstone is an Altar Tomb style, with a Lion overseeing the grave (the only Lion in the cemetery).
Boxer Peter Jackson who came to live in Queensland from the West Indies, ca. 1880s - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"research/peter-jackson/#inscription","title":"Inscription","text":""},{"location":"research/peter-jackson/#north-face","title":"North face","text":"To the memory of Peter Jackson Died at Roma Q. 13th July 1901 Aged 40
"},{"location":"research/peter-jackson/#south-face","title":"South face","text":"Sleep. Peter. Sleep. Brave Champion All hushed we gather round the ring while snow-white flowers moist-eyed we fling Within a grave... the fight is done. Sleep. Peter. Sleep the Hero's rest Be thine in Mother Earth's broad breast.
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"},{"location":"research/peter-mccauley/","title":"Peter McCauley","text":"17 April 1826 \u2014 5 January 1832
"},{"location":"research/peter-mccauley/#peter-mccauley-13104","title":"Peter McCauley (13\u201110\u20114)","text":"Peter McCauley was born in Sydney on the 17th of April 1826, the son of Private Peter McCauley, a member of the 17th Regiment. His mother, Mary, was appointed as matron of the Brisbane Town Female Factory in June 1831. On the 5th of January 1832, young Peter wandered away from his brothers on an outing and drowned in the Brisbane River near the present Botanical Gardens. The family returned to Sydney in 1832.
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"},{"location":"research/peter-morgan/","title":"Peter Morgan","text":"1916 \u2014 23 February 1953
"},{"location":"research/peter-morgan/#peter-morgan-1884","title":"Peter Morgan (1\u201188\u20114)","text":"Peter was an extremely capable rider. According to those who knew him he was as good as George Moore, Neville Sellwood, Russ Maddock and Digger McGrowdie. All Queenslanders like him. He was well regarded by all in the racing game. He had one failing though and that was his lack of confidence in himself. There were many occasions when he rode a horse trackwork and prepared it for a major race but declined to ride the horse in a major event for fear of making a mistake. He never faltered in minor events but would rather sit on the fence when it came to the big races. That is not to say he did not ride in some big races and with success.
Two jockeys having a friendly chat, 1941. Left to right, jockeys Peter Morgan and Tom Spencer pose for the camera - State Library of Queensland. Tragically Peter Morgan drowned in Schultz Canal at Hendra/Toombul.
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"},{"location":"research/phyliss-mary-peixetto/","title":"Phyliss Mary Peixetto","text":""},{"location":"research/phyliss-mary-peixetto/#phyliss-mary-peixetto_1","title":"Phyliss Mary Peixetto","text":"(The \"x\" in Peixetto is pronounced \"z\".)
She was a descendant of a man by that name, who led the entire Jewish Community of America. There is a well\u2011known painting in the Library of the US Congress, showing him with a Jewish delegation which was congratulating George Washington on his victory over the colonial power and assuring him of their loyalty.
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"},{"location":"research/pope-alexander-cooper/","title":"Pope Alexander Cooper","text":"12 May 1846 \u2014 30 August 1923
"},{"location":"research/pope-alexander-cooper/#sir-pope-alexander-cooper-13371","title":"Sir Pope Alexander Cooper (13\u201137\u20111)","text":"Deputy Governor for short periods in 1917 to 1919
Cooper was born on 12 May 1846 at Lake George, New South Wales, son of Francis Cooper, a wealthy squatter, and his wife Sarah, n\u00e9e Jenkins. After graduating from the University of Sydney in 1868, he went to London to study law and was called to the Bar on 6 June 1872. Cooper returned in 1874 and was admitted to the Queensland Bar. He became Crown Prosecutor in the northern district Supreme Court in 1878. After the death of Henry Beor, McIlwraith appointed Cooper his Attorney\u2011general. The appointment was ratified on 24 January 1881 when he won Beor's Bowen seat. Cooper held his office and seat until 5 January 1883 when he was appointed to the northern bench of the Supreme Court. He was elevated in October 1895 to senior puisne judge in Brisbane.
When Griffith became Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, the Morgan ministry appointed Cooper Chief Justice of Queensland on 21 October 1903. Cooper was knighted in 1904. Although Cooper had temporarily deputised for the Governor in 1906, when the need to appoint a Lieutenant\u2011governor to succeed Sir Hugh Nelson arose in 1907, Lord Chelmsford could not ignore the objections of Premier William Kidston and he was passed over. Since Cooper had publicly censured the Ryan ministry in November 1915 and had publicly objected to its socialism, he was still regarded as unsatisfactory for the Lieutenant\u2011governorship; but with no alternative, Governor Sir Hamilton Goold\u2011Adams had to appoint him as Deputy for short periods in 1917\u201119.
In November 1919, the Theodore ministry decided to appoint William Lennon as Lieutenant\u2011governor to which Cooper objected bitterly. Early in January he appealed for support from the governor\u2011general, and refused to admit the validity of a commission for Lennon drafted locally on telegraphic instructions from London; he deputised himself from 27 January to 3 February 1920 until Lennon's commission as Lieutenant\u2011governor arrived. That year while Lennon was on diplomatic sick leave in New South Wales, Cooper again became Lieutenant\u2011governor under his dormant commission. When asked, he refused to sign the executive council minute appointing Lennon president of the Legislative Council; he argued that the council was already over strength. On his return, Lennon was forced to appoint himself to the Council and to its presidency. Cooper died at his Chelmer home on 30 August 1923.
Hon. Sir Pope Alexander Cooper, Chief Justice of Queensland, 1880 - State Library of Queensland
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"},{"location":"research/randal-macdonnell/","title":"Randal MacDonnell","text":"1830 \u2014 1877
"},{"location":"research/randal-macdonnell/#randal-macdonnell-72010","title":"Randal MacDonnell (7\u201120\u201110)","text":"MacDonnell was born in 1830 in Dublin, son of Thomas MacDonnell, an army officer, and his wife Frances Corry. He arrived in Sydney 1853 on the Telegraph. He was a teacher at National Schools in Sydney before establishing his own school at Paddington, Sydney in 1854.
He moved to Queensland in 1860 and was appointed Inspector of National Schools and General Inspector of Primary Schools. He served as Secretary of the Board of Education 1870\u20141876 and supported the separation of religious and secular education and advocated the Irish System. Randal married Mary Sheehan in 1861 and had four sons and a daughter. He died of consumption in 1877.
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"},{"location":"research/ratcliffe-pring/","title":"Ratcliffe Pring","text":"17 October 1825 \u2014 25 March 1885
"},{"location":"research/ratcliffe-pring/#the-honourable-ratcliffe-pring-qc-13759","title":"The Honourable Ratcliffe Pring QC (13\u201175\u20119)","text":"Born in Crediton Devon England on 17 October 1825 to Thomas Pring and Ann Dunne. Ratcliffe Pring studied law in England, being admitted as a barrister in London in 1849. With his wife, Frances he migrated to NSW in 1853. In 1857 he was appointed first Crown Prosecutor for the Supreme Court in Moreton Bay. Elected to Queensland's first Legislative Assembly in 1860, he became Attorney-General, a position which he held in successive governments. He was appointed QC in 1868. In 1875 he was appointed a Judge of the Central District Court but resigned and returned to private practice. He became a Judge of the Queensland Supreme Court in 1880. He died in office on 25 March 1885.
Ratcliffe Pring - State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/reginald-heber-roe/","title":"Reginald Heber Roe","text":"3 August 1850 \u2014 21 September 1926
"},{"location":"research/reginald-heber-roe/#reginald-heber-roe-20255a","title":"Reginald Heber Roe (20\u201125\u20115A)","text":"Reginald was the first vice-chancellor of the University of Queensland, holding this position from 1910-1916. He was born on 3 August 1850 in Blandford Forum, Dorset, the youngest of 10 children to John Banister Roe Esq, a linen draper and button manufacturer turned wine merchant and Mary Ann n\u00e9e Allies, a school mistress at a school for young ladies. The family may hay fallen on hard times as Reginald was educated at Chris's Hospital, London, at that time a school for orphans and children of indigent gentleman. His father may have died in 1869 while Reginald was head boy at the school.
After graduating from Oxford, Reginald was appointed headmaster of Brisbane Grammar School in 1876, the youngest headmaster in Australia at that time. He established cadet training and encouraged sport for his students. In July 1909 he was appointed Inspector-General of Schools for Queensland and Inspector of Grammar Schools in 1917. He died in St Martin's Hospital, Brisbane on 21 September 1926.
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"},{"location":"research/regula-albertina-maier/","title":"Regula Albertina Maier","text":"1 April 1853 \u2014 11 August 1935
"},{"location":"research/regula-albertina-maier/#regula-albertina-maier-13155","title":"Regula Albertina Maier (13\u201115\u20115)","text":"Ernst Otto Maier was born on 13 April 1853 in K\u00f6ngen, W\u00fcrttemberg and died on 15 March 1905. He was the first of five Basel trained pastors to serve the \u201cGerman Lutheran Church North Brisbane\u201d (St Andreas) from 1888 until his death. This monument was erected by his family, friends and congregation. He is buried with his wife Regula Albertina Maier n\u00e9e Bunzli who was born on 1 April 1853 in Zurich, Switzerland and died on 11 August 1935 at Ipswich.
Also buried in the grave is Martha Maria Hiller n\u00e9e Maier who was born on 26 August 1880 at German Station (Nundah) and died on 4 December 1915. She was the organist at St. Andreas in 1900 before she married the Rev. Eugen Hiller (1870\u20141958) who was the pastor there in 1905\u201106.
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"},{"location":"research/richard-belford/","title":"Richard Belford","text":"ca. Jan 1823 \u2014 28 April 1865
"},{"location":"research/richard-belford/#richard-belford-15116","title":"Richard Belford (15\u201111\u20116)","text":"For many years Richard was connected with the colonial press in NSW, Victoria and Queensland. He was a native of Newtown, Limavady, in the county of Londonderry, Northern Ireland and came to NSW in 1838 with his parents, Richard (Snr) and Ann (n\u00e9e Linton).
He was a partner in starting the Ballarat Star but after the partnership collapsed, moved to Brisbane and then to Ipswich where he took charge of the North Australian newspaper. Richard followed when that newspaper moved to Brisbane and died at the age of 42 from consumption on 28 April 1865. He was originally interred in the Roman Catholic burial ground at Milton but his remains and headstone were relocated to Toowong Cemetery in 1913.
View of the Brisbane suburb of Milton, ca. 1870 Photograph taken in the vicinity of Caxton Street, Petrie Terrace, looking due west across the intersection of Judge and Hale Streets and across the Milton Cemetery \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
"},{"location":"research/richard-belford/#headstone","title":"Headstone","text":"Sacred to the memory of Richard Belford died May 1913. Richard born Jan 1824 \u2013 Londonderry Ireland Died 28 April 1865 Adelaide St Brisbane.
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"},{"location":"research/richard-george-petty/","title":"Richard George Petty","text":"1836 \u2014 24 September 1899
"},{"location":"research/richard-george-petty/#richard-george-petty-142213","title":"Richard George Petty (14\u201122\u201113)","text":"Richard Petty, born in 1836, was a native of Yorkshire and came to Queensland in the ship Whirlwind in 1862. His parents were Richard Petty and Margaret (n\u00e9e Crier). He went into business with William Grimes in 1863 operating a Clothing and Drapery Store at the top end of Queen Street. By 1877 they had moved to larger premises further down Queen Street, between Albert & Edward Streets. Richard died on 24 September 1899 at his residence Coodra on Gregory Terrace.
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"},{"location":"research/richard-godfrey-rivers/","title":"Richard Godfrey Rivers","text":"ca. 1859 \u2014 4 February 1925
"},{"location":"research/richard-godfrey-rivers/#richard-godfrey-rivers-12244","title":"Richard Godfrey Rivers (12\u201124\u20114)","text":"Rivers was born probably in 1859 at Plymouth, Devon, son of Richard Rivers, landed proprietor, and his wife Bertha, n\u00e9e Harris. He studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College, London (1877\u201183) receiving the prize for landscape painting in 1883 and exhibiting at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1884. In 1889 he came to Australia. He taught at Katoomba College, NSW, and then was appointed second art master at Brisbane Technical College (1890\u20111910, part\u2011time 1910\u201115). He soon emerged as leader of Brisbane's artistic community and the first artist member of the Queensland Club in 1891.
Rivers also taught at his studio, at the Brisbane High School for Girls and at Brisbane Girls' Grammar School. Rivers was president of the Queensland Art Society in 1892\u20111901 and 1904\u201108. Largely through his efforts the Queensland National Art Gallery ultimately opened in 1895.
His course at the technical college embraced both art and craft. His extant work includes the decorative painting of angelic figures on the ceiling of the sanctuary in St Mary's Church, Kangaroo Point (1892), his design of the altar in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel, St John's Cathedral, Brisbane and other furniture in the cathedral. The Godfrey Rivers medal was established at the technical college in 1929 by his wife Selina Jane, n\u00e9e Bell, whom he had married in St John's Cathedral on 25 September 1901.
Rivers died on 4 February 1925 of typhoid fever while on a visit to England and his ashes were interred here. His wife and daughter survived him. The Godfrey Rivers Trust, founded by his wife for the Queensland Art Gallery, established the Godfrey Rivers prize (acquisitive) and purchased art works. His most popular work, 'Under the Jacaranda' (1903), hangs in the Queensland Art Gallery and features his wife.
Godfrey Rivers, seated on a rock with binoculars. Unknown author - Daphne Mayo Collection, UQFL119, Fryer Library, The University of Queensland Library.
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"},{"location":"research/richard-henry-sholl/","title":"Richard Henry Sholl","text":"1821 \u2014 1892
"},{"location":"research/richard-henry-sholl/#richard-henry-sholl-92412","title":"Richard Henry Sholl (9\u201124\u20111/2)","text":"Richard Henry Sholl (1821-1892) was born in the London borough of Southwark. Following the death of his father Richard Sholl, his mother Elizabeth (n\u00e9e Motton) took her young family to Western Australia. Young Richard later became master of coastal vessels plying the trade routes in the Pacific region and across the Great Australian Bight during the great age of sail. Just prior to Separation in 1859, Captain Sholl was appointed pilot for Moreton Bay by the NSW Government and in January 1864 he was promoted to the position of senior sea pilot for this port, a position he held until 1881.
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"},{"location":"research/richard-langler-drew/","title":"Richard Langler Drew","text":"9 October 1823 \u2014 8 October 1869
"},{"location":"research/richard-langler-drew/#richard-langler-drew-54322","title":"Richard Langler Drew (5\u201143\u201122)","text":"Described by contemporary J. B. Fewings as \u201cthe father of Toowong\u201d, Richard bought large blocks of land bordering Toowong Creek in 1861. He ascertained from the local Aborigines that Toowong was a suitable name for the area and posted the first sign as such. He and his wife Anne were founding members of the Anglican Church. In 1866, he donated part of his land in Curlew Street to build the first St Thomas Anglican Church.
View of Burns Road, Toowong, Brisbane at the intersection of High Street ca 1910. The second St. Thomas' Anglican Church is in the background. It replaced an 1865 timber building on another site. - State Library of Queensland
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"},{"location":"research/richard-oldfield-white/","title":"Richard Oldfield White","text":"ca. 1899 \u2014 22 October 1926
"},{"location":"research/richard-oldfield-white/#richard-oldfield-white-10571","title":"Richard Oldfield White (10\u201157\u20111)","text":"Richard joined the Brisbane Newspaper Company as a cadet journalist in July 1915. On turning seventeen, he enlisted in WWI on 2 August 1916. During training after arriving in England on HMAT Marathon, he was hospitalised with mumps. After recovering, he was assigned to the 7/52nd Battalion and transferred to France where he saw service until March 1918 when he was sent back to England for treatment for trench foot. While there he was diagnosed with nephritis and invalided home to Australia. After his discharge from the Australian Imperial Force, he resumed his duties on the reporting staff of the Brisbane Courier until ill health forced him to enter Rosemount Repatriation Hospital where he died at the age of 27 on 22 October 1926.
R.O. White, one of the soldiers photographed in The Queenslander Pictorial, supplement to The Queenslander, 1916 - State Library of Queensland Marathon (ship). Built in 1904 and weighing 7, 827 tons, the 'Marathon' belonged to the Aberdeen Line - State Library of Queensland
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"},{"location":"research/richard-sanderson-taylor/","title":"Richard Sanderson Taylor","text":"1866 \u2014 6 June 1932
"},{"location":"research/richard-sanderson-taylor/#richard-sanderson-taylor-84919","title":"Richard Sanderson Taylor (8\u201149\u201119)","text":"Richard Sanderson Taylor was born in Leeds, England in 1866 and came to Australia as a boy with his parents. He was educated in Sydney where his father was a Baptist Church minister. He began his journalistic career in the early 1880's on the Sydney Daily Telegraph. In 1888 he joined the Brisbane Courier and, with the exception of a short period spent on the Hansard staff, was a member of the Courier staff for the remainder of his life. Richard became principal law reporter and music and drama critic, a post that he held until he became principal leader writer. In June 1919 he became editor of the Courier until he suffered a paralytic stroke in April 1932 and passed away on 6 June of that year.
Editor's office at the Brisbane Courier, ca. 1922. Richard Sanderson Taylor, who was the editor at this time, is seated at his desk. - State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/richard-southall/","title":"Richard Southall","text":"1831 \u2014 4 February 1909
"},{"location":"research/richard-southall/#richard-southall-135912","title":"Richard Southall (13\u201159\u201112)","text":"Contractor Richard Southall was Brisbane\u2019s twenty\u2011second Mayor in 1888. He was nominated for the East Ward in 1885. Amongst his projects was the construction of the Albert Hall in Adelaide Street. He married Janet Banks Guild, at St Marylebone, London on 26 July 1852. He is buried with his wife, son, daughter and mother\u2011in\u2011law.
Albert Street Methodist Church and Albert Hall, Brisbane, ca. 1904 \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Richard Southall \u2014 Brisbane City Council.
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"},{"location":"research/richard-symes-warry/","title":"Richard Symes Warry","text":"1829 \u2014 12 March 1891
"},{"location":"research/richard-symes-warry/#richard-symes-warry-134922","title":"Richard Symes Warry (13\u201149\u201122)","text":"Richard Symes Warry was born about 1829 in England, son of Thomas Warry and Maria Symes. On 25 January 1851 in Brisbane, Richard Symes Warry married Mary Lydia Pratten. They had fourteen children, a number of whom died young. He died 12 March 1891 at his residence in Enoggera, aged 62 years.
Richard Warry was a grocer and was one of the earliest of the Queen Street storekeepers, having had a shop for many years on the eastern side near the corner with Albert Street. Richard Warry was an Alderman of the Brisbane Municipal Council in 1862\u20141863 and 1865\u20141866. He was Mayor in 1866. He took a break from public life for a number of years and then returned as Alderman of the West Ward from 1883\u20141888 before finally retiring.
Richard Symes Warry \u2014 Brisbane City Council.
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"},{"location":"research/richard-whitby/","title":"Richard Whitby","text":"ca. 1881 \u2014 ca. July 1919
"},{"location":"research/richard-whitby/#private-richard-whitby-103914","title":"Private Richard Whitby (10\u201139\u201114)","text":"Service number: 2001, 1344, 7795, 630. 2nd Brabants, Natal Mounted Police, Australian Light Horse 9th Battalion
He was born to Jean Lefebre Whitby and Emma Linby ca. 1881 in Johannesburg. He was an Engineer and apprenticed to Howard Farrar for 5 years. He enlisted into the 1st Light Horse 15 July 1915 and was discharged 17 March 1917 and re-enlisted 21 April 1917 and back overseas with the 9th Batt. and was returned June 1918 with Tuberculosis. He actually enlisted 3 times with a change of names.
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"},{"location":"research/richard-william-curtis/","title":"Richard William Curtis","text":"1840 \u2014 1905
"},{"location":"research/richard-william-curtis/#richard-william-curtis-56122","title":"Richard William Curtis (5\u201161\u201122)","text":"Englishman Richard William Curtis (1840-1905) is one of six proven veterans of the American Civil War buried in Toowong Cemetery. He joined the Confederate States Navy and is recorded as being Assistant Paymaster on the CSS Georgia in 1863 and later Paymaster on CSS Stonewall. After the conclusion of the Civil War he came to Brisbane where he worked for the Government and in private enterprise.
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"},{"location":"research/robert-archibald-ranking/","title":"Robert Archibald Ranking","text":"1843 \u2014 1912
"},{"location":"research/robert-archibald-ranking/#robert-archibald-ranking-123514","title":"Robert Archibald Ranking (12\u201135\u201114)","text":"Robert Archibald Ranking (1843-1912) was born at Hastings, Sussex, England, fifth son of Robert Ranking, a surgeon, and his wife Isabella Eliza Hannah, n\u00e9e Spiers. In July 1864 he arrived in Brisbane and found work at Cressbrook Station, near Ipswich. He joined the Queensland civil service in 1874, and on being appointed police magistrate in 1879, he served at Beenleigh, Blackall, and Maryborough before being transferred to Rockhampton in 1889. He was still stationed there in 1891 when he was given the daunting task of attempting to negotiate a reconciliation between the shearers and pastoralists.
Robert Archibald Ranking - State Library of Queensland
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"},{"location":"research/robert-arthur-johnstone/","title":"Robert Arthur Johnstone","text":"1843 \u2014 10 January 1905
"},{"location":"research/robert-arthur-johnstone/#robert-arthur-johnstone-5361516","title":"Robert Arthur Johnstone (5\u201136\u201115/16)","text":"Robert Arthur Johnstone was born at Richmond in 1843 in what was then called Van Dieman's Land. He came to Queensland in 1865 and later trained as a police cadet. He was appointed sub-inspector of the mounted native police in the Cardwell district where he patrolled widely with his force of aboriginal troopers. In the course of his patrols Johnstone explored the coastal area of northeast Queensland and discovered the Johnstone River which was later named after him. In 1881 he became the first police magistrate in Winton. He died on 10 January 1905.
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"},{"location":"research/robert-bulcock/","title":"Robert Bulcock","text":"21 May 1832 \u2014 10 May 1900
"},{"location":"research/robert-bulcock/#robert-bulcock-132412","title":"Robert Bulcock (13\u201124\u201112)","text":"Robert Bulcock (1832-1900) was born in Clitheroe, Lancashire to parents, Robert and Ann (n\u00e9e Wilkinson). In December 1855 he arrived in Moreton Bay where he became a successful fruiterer, seedsman and produce merchant in Queen Street, Brisbane. Robert later entered politics, firstly as the member for Enoggera in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1885-1888 and then served in the Queensland Legislative Council from 1894 until his death. His wife Elizabeth was laid to rest with her husband in 1908.
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"},{"location":"research/robert-cribb/","title":"Robert Cribb","text":"ca. 1805 \u2014 16 April 1893
"},{"location":"research/robert-cribb/#robert-cribb-9376","title":"Robert Cribb (9\u201137\u20116)","text":"Robert came to the Colony of Queensland aboard the Fortitude in January 1849. He bought land in 1852 and built Lang Farm which stretched from the hilly part of Indooroopilly Road towards Jack Cook Park and down to the River. He cleared the pine trees and vines growing along Toowong Creek, growing oranges, cabbages, grapes, mulberries and olives. Lang Farm was bought by Richard Gailey, who built his mansion Glen Olive on the riverbank. Robert was appointed to the first Toowong Shire Council in 1880. He died on 16 April 1893 aged 88.
Robert Cribb State Library of Queensland Houses submerged in the 1893 flood waters at Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland - State Library of Queensland. Richard Gailey\u2019s Glen Olive can be seen in the distance.
Glen Olive Garden Estate on the river bank Toowong - State Library of Queensland. This shows the site of the Glen Olive house and grounds.
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"},{"location":"research/robert-dunn/","title":"Robert Dunn","text":"1850 \u2014 2 August 1926
"},{"location":"research/robert-dunn/#robert-dunn-86756","title":"Robert Dunn (8\u201167\u20115/6)","text":"Robert Dunn was born in Melbourne in 1850, served his time in the printing trade in that city and subsequently went to New Zealand for a number of years. He returned to Australia and resumed newspaper work in Melbourne prior to coming to Queensland. He worked for some time on the Gympie Times and, in 1884, became associated with the Brisbane Courier where he remained until the time of his death. He started with the Courier as a compositor but, for the last 20 years of his life he was chief of the proof-reading staff. Robert died on 2 August 1926 at his residence in Upper Clifton Terrace, Red Hill following a sudden seizure.
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"},{"location":"research/robert-harrison-smith/","title":"Robert Harrison Smith","text":"Died 1911
"},{"location":"research/robert-harrison-smith/#robert-harrison-smith-53110","title":"Robert Harrison Smith (5\u201131\u201110)","text":"Robert was the Member of the Legislative Council for Bowen. When he retired, he took up property in the South Toowong area, dying at Mobolon in 1911.
Robert Harrison Smith occupied a now heritage listed house at 180 Waterworks Road, Ashgrove, from 1894 to 1897.
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"},{"location":"research/robert-orton/","title":"Robert Orton","text":"ca. 1860 \u2014 August 1929
"},{"location":"research/robert-orton/#robert-orton-5664","title":"Robert Orton (5\u201166\u20114)","text":"Orton served with the 9th Lancers for twelve years including service in the second Afghanistan War from 1878 to 1880. He resigned from the army in 1885 and worked briefly for Queensland railways before making his application to be a police constable in October that year. He was stationed at South Brisbane in October 1899 when he wrote a letter seeking permission to join A Company, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry. Some of the officers he had served under in Afghanistan were at the Boer War and he was keen to join them. He was granted six months leave without pay. So he was one of \u2018the first of the first\u2019 Queenslanders to go to the Boer War.
When Orton returned to Brisbane after his Boer War service on the 19 November 1900, the police band was there to meet him at Central Station. He had been repatriated home as he was injured when a horse fell on him. He rejoined the police force however it was not easy for him and in January 1901 he is seeking 19 pounds from the force to top up an allowance he should have received to make up the difference between his soldiers pay and his police pay. He pointed out that he was the only married police officer to join the Boer War campaign. Orton died in August 1929 aged 69.
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"},{"location":"research/robert-philp/","title":"Robert Philp","text":"28 December 1851 \u2014 17 June 1922
"},{"location":"research/robert-philp/#sir-robert-philp-142310","title":"Sir Robert Philp (14\u201123\u201110)","text":"Sir Robert Philp was born on 28 December 1851 at Glasgow, Scotland, son of John Philp, lime kiln operator, and his wife Mary Ann (n\u00e9e Wylie). The family settled in Brisbane in 1862. After leaving school, young Robert joined the business of Sir James Burns at the northern goldfields port of Townsville in 1874, becoming a partner in the business in 1876. The Burns Philp partership flourished.
Philp entered politics on 5 January 1876 by winning the seat of Musgrave, but transferred to the seat of Townsville on 12 May 1888 and held it until his defeat in 1915. On 7 December 1899, Philp became a reluctant Premier following the defeat of Anderson Dawson's short-lived Labor ministry. In 1901 the Philp Government presented an Adult Suffrage Bill, later shelved, that not only discriminated against women, it also discriminated against many males.
Sir Robert died after an operation on 17 June 1922 in Holyrood Private Hospital, Brisbane, and was buried in Toowong Cemetery two days later.
Sir Robert Philp, 1901 \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Mary had a little lamb, from the Worker, 11 August 1900 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
Burns, Philp and Company Limited - Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame, 14 September 2009. Robert Philp's great grand daughter, Prue Firth, gives a history of his life, from his birth in Scotland, his involvement in founding the shipping company Burns, Philp and Company Ltd, and his career in Queensland politics. State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/robert-toupein/","title":"Robert Toupein","text":"1886 \u2014 12 July 1949
"},{"location":"research/robert-toupein/#robert-bob-toupein-59624","title":"Robert (Bob) Toupein (5\u201196\u201124)","text":"'Bob' Toupein was born in 1886 in Gunnedah NSW where his father, Jean Toupein and later Bob himself were railway fettlers. He moved to Darwin in 1913 and opened a barber shop/billiards saloon. This was during a period of industrial and political unrest in the NT. One of the issues was lack of political representation in Federal Parliament for its residents. In 1917 Bob was elected to the Darwin Town Council and became Mayor of Darwin in 1919 but resigned in 1921. He was elected secretary of the North Australian Industrial Union and held that position until 1937 when he married and settled at Woody Point in Queensland. He died on 12 July 1949 at the age of 62, five years after suffering serious injuries in a workplace accident.
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"},{"location":"research/rose-jane-walker/","title":"Rose Jane Walker","text":"1879 \u2014 1935
"},{"location":"research/rose-jane-walker/#rose-jane-walker-52512","title":"Rose Jane Walker (5\u201125\u20111/2)","text":"Rose Jane Langford was born in Devon, England and came to Queensland at the age of four. She undertook her nursing training at the Ipswich Hospital. Before the outbreak of World War One, Rose was the Matron at Mt Perry Hospital and later at Mt Morgan and Mackay. Between 1914 and 1917, she was a member of the Australian Army Nursing Service. Rose left on the hospital ship Kyarra for Egypt where she served in the No. 1 Australian General Hospital. She later transferred to Flanders. Rose was mentioned in despatches for her devotion to duty. After the war, Rose was on the staff of the Kangaroo Point Hospital and later matron of the Rosemount Repatriation Hospital. Rose married James Walker and lived in Brisbane until her death in 1935, aged 56 years.
Hospital ship Kyarra, leaving port in Brisbane, 1916 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/roy-nestor-sinclair-brown/","title":"Roy Nestor Sinclair Brown","text":"1890 \u2014 21 October 1917
"},{"location":"research/roy-nestor-sinclair-brown/#private-roy-nestor-sinclair-brown-2a2211","title":"Private Roy Nestor Sinclair Brown (2A\u201122\u201111)","text":"Service Number: 4984. 49th Battalion
Born to Charles Allen Brown and Louisa Coomber in 1890. One of 12 children. Enlisted 24 November 1915 Embarked 4 May 1916 HMAT Seang Choon A49. Badly wounded 11 October 1917 GSW head and died of wounds 21 October 1917 at 27 years of age France. Laid to rest 22 October 1917 British Military Cemetery, Etaples, Nord Pas de Calais, France plot v.483
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"},{"location":"research/sam-burmister/","title":"Sam Burmister","text":""},{"location":"research/sam-burmister/#sam-burmister-3255","title":"Sam Burmister (3\u201125\u20115)","text":"He was a world\u2011class heavy\u2011weight wrestler. As a youth he trained to be a singer in a Synagogue in Rumania and had a rich baritone voice. He became a professional wrestler and won the World Jewish Wrestling Championship belt on several occasions.
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"},{"location":"research/samuel-frederick-lawrence/","title":"Samuel Frederick Lawrence","text":"ca. 1886 \u2014 26 December 1901
"},{"location":"research/samuel-frederick-lawrence/#samuel-frederick-lawrence-5147","title":"Samuel Frederick Lawrence (5\u201114\u20117)","text":"Samuel Frederick Lawrence was a victim of the Roxana disaster which took place on Boxing Day 1901. He was 15 years of age.
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"},{"location":"research/samuel-gill-mee/","title":"Samuel Gill Mee","text":"1819 \u2014 9 November 1909
"},{"location":"research/samuel-gill-mee/#samuel-gill-mee-41230","title":"Samuel Gill Mee (4\u201112\u201130)","text":"Samuel was born in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire in 1819 where he learned his trade as a compositor. He arrived in Sydney in September 1852. He was seized with gold fever but soon found he was unsuited for life as a gold digger. He returned to the newspaper trade in Bathurst and Sydney, followed by a stint as a shepherd on a station property.
Samuel then came to Brisbane where he obtained employment as a compositor with the Brisbane Newspaper Company in 1860 and remained for nearly fifty years until his death on 9 November 1909 aged 90 years. As well as being a compositor, many essays, poems and sketches from his pen were published in the Courier and Queenslander, including one published in the Brisbane Courier following the death of Governor Blackall.
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"},{"location":"research/samuel-james-reilly/","title":"Samuel James Reilly","text":"ca. 1839 \u2014 21 October 1919
"},{"location":"research/samuel-james-reilly/#samuel-james-reilly-204618","title":"Samuel James Reilly (20\u201146\u201118)","text":"Samuel Crouch, born in Middlesex, was the son of Stephen Crouch and Mary Ann (n\u00e9e Reeves). At the age of 19, he became an Able Seaman. He assumed the surname 'Riley' and later 'Reilly' when he went to sea. He first arrived in Sydney in 1864 as a crewman on a ship before settling in Queensland in 1869. In December 1875, he was appointed to the Queensland Lighthouse Service as coxswain of the pilot boat and Receiving Officer at Inskip Point. Samuel died on 21 October 1919 aged 80 while stationed at Comboyuro Point Lighthouse.
Lighthouse at Comboyuro Point, Moreton Island, 1906. The two gentlemen standing in front of the lighthouse are Samuel James Reilly and his son James Compton Reilly. (Description supplied with photograph) - State Library of Queensland
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"},{"location":"research/samuel-kaye/","title":"Samuel Kaye","text":""},{"location":"research/samuel-kaye/#samuel-kaye-24226","title":"Samuel Kaye (2\u201142\u201126)","text":"Kaye\u2019s Rocks at Toowong were named after Samuel. He was a government appointee to the Toowong Shire Council in 1880. A member of the Toowong Philharmonic Orchestra, Samuel operated a museum for musical instruments, importing pianos, organs and harmoniums. He taught music for many years from his home on the north side of the rocks which now bear his name.
"},{"location":"research/samuel-kaye/#learn-more","title":"Learn more","text":"TOOWONG: a rich and vibrant history by Robert Dunne.
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"},{"location":"research/samuel-keenan/","title":"Samuel Keenan","text":""},{"location":"research/samuel-keenan/#samuel-keenan-2487","title":"Samuel Keenan (2\u201148\u20117)","text":"New York\u2011born Samuel Keenan, was an original member of the all African\u2011American minstrel troupe who toured extensively throughout New Zealand, Australia with the Original Georgia Minstrels, beginning 1877 through to mid 1880s and were managed by Charles B. Hicks. The Georgia Minstrels performed to packed houses around the colonies (Victoria, NSW, South Australia, Tasmania and Queensland) in halls and in legitimate theatres including Gaiety, Tivoli, St Georges Hall and Theatre Royal. They always drew loud applause, laughter and calls for encores.
Sam\u2018s name was familiar in all the principles theatres in Australia. He held a prominent place in numerous successful minstrel companies and in his particular line of entertainment he has probably never been equalled in Australia for the originality and humour of his portrayal of \u201cnegro minstrel\u201d parts. Sam married a local girl Marian Collier and has an extremely proud extended family. Samuel Keenan died aged 40.
\"Original Georgia Minstrels\" composite image with founder Charles Hicks at center - State Library of Queensland
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"},{"location":"research/samuel-walker-griffith/","title":"Samuel Walker Griffith","text":"29 August 1843 \u2014 8 February 1917
"},{"location":"research/samuel-walker-griffith/#sir-samuel-walker-griffith-kcmg-qc-mla-121167","title":"Sir Samuel Walker Griffith KCMG, QC, MLA (12\u201111\u20116/7)","text":"Sir Samuel Walker Griffith, 1886 - State Library of Queensland
Griffith was born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales and migrated to Australia as a child. He graduated from Sydney University in 1862 with Honours in maths and classics and commenced practising law in Brisbane. Griffith, considered by many a Liberal, was elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1872. He was Attorney General and twice premier of Queensland.
Griffith was a delegate at the Intercolonial Convention 1883. Subsequently, Griffith was Vice\u2011President of the National Australasian Convention of 1891 and Chairman of the Drafting Committee which prepared the draft constitution. Griffith was president of the Queensland Federation League from 1898. He was knighted in 1886.
In 1893 Griffith left government to become Chief Justice of Queensland and from 1903 to 1919 was the first Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia. During this period he translated Dante\u2019s Divine Comedy from Italian, which was published by Oxford University Press in 1911.
He died on the 9th of August 1920 at his grand home Merthyr which gave its name to a locality in New Farm. The funeral cortege was described by the Daily Mail as the largest ever seen in Brisbane.
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"},{"location":"research/samuel-wensley-blackall/","title":"Samuel Wensley Blackall","text":""},{"location":"research/samuel-wensley-blackall/#colonel-samuel-wensley-blackall","title":"Colonel Samuel Wensley Blackall","text":"1 May 1809 \u2014 2 January 1871
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Blackall was born on 1 May 1809 in Dublin, son of Major Robert Blackall of the East India Company Army, and his wife Catherine, n\u00e9e Lewis. A member of a prosperous Irish family, he was educated by a private tutor and at fifteen went to Trinity College, Dublin, but did not graduate. After a military career, Blackall became Lieutenant-Governor of Dominica in 1851\u201157; Governor of Sierra Leone in 1862, and in 1865 became Governor\u2011in\u2011chief of the West African Settlements.
In 1868 he was appointed Governor of Queensland. On arrival Blackall was met by a tremendous popular welcome, but at once was plunged into a constitutional crisis, which had been temporarily held in check by the Administrator, Sir Maurice O'Connell. After a deadlock in the Legislative Assembly the Liberals had been defeated in an election but were petitioning the Governor to dissolve the assembly on the ground that it did not properly represent the colony. Blackall pursued a strictly constitutional course and refused to intervene directly. Despite the bitterness of the constitutional battle Blackall made no personal enemies. Willing to assist any genuine public cause, he made frequent appearances at public events, often accompanied by Mrs Terry, the wife of his private secretary Lieutenant Frederick Terry.
By October 1870 Blackall's health was deteriorating. He requested that his funeral be such \u201cas could be attended by even the humblest\u201d. On 2 January 1871, he died and was buried the next day with as much pomp and ceremony as could be mustered at such short notice.
Colonel Blackall, Governor of Queensland, with his family - State Library of Queensland. Blackall Monument, the oldest grave in Toowong Cemetery.
"},{"location":"research/samuel-wensley-blackall/#learn-more","title":"Learn more","text":"Read Colonel Samuel Wensley Blackall: 1809-1871, which celebrates the 140th anniversary of the first year of operation of the Brisbane General Cemetery, now known as the Toowong Cemetery, and the internment of the first person buried there, Governor Samuel Wensley Blackall.
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"},{"location":"research/sarah-stevens-lygo/","title":"Sarah Stevens Lygo","text":"ca. 1859 \u2014 9 July 1928
"},{"location":"research/sarah-stevens-lygo/#sarah-stevens-lygo-5387","title":"Sarah Stevens Lygo (5\u201138\u20117)","text":"Sarah Lygo was the fifth daughter of Richard and Martha Harriett Lygo of Kent, England. Her nursing qualifications were certified by the ATNA. She died aged 69 on 9 July 1928.
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"},{"location":"research/sarah-woulfe/","title":"Sarah Woulfe","text":"ca. 1863 \u2014 18 December 1931
"},{"location":"research/sarah-woulfe/#sarah-woulfe-7a741516","title":"Sarah Woulfe (7A\u201174\u201115/16)","text":"Sarah Mahoney, born in Ballybunion, Kerry, Ireland, ca. 1863, was a daughter of Michael Mahoney and Mary (n\u00e9e Wallace). Sarah trained as seamstress. Patrick Joseph Woulfe married Sarah on 13 January 1878. The family of four sailed from Glasgow To Brisbane between 27 June and 23 August 1884, aboard the Mount Lebanon.
Six children were born in Queensland. Their five daughters and three sons were Honora (1879-1957), Michael Joseph (1882-1886), Mary Ellen (1885-1975), Patrick (1888-1948), Elizabeth (1890-1968), James (1893-1923), Sarah Teresa (1895-1974) and Mabel Jane Josephine (1898-1949).
The family lived in Annie Street, Paddington when Patrick Joseph died in 1902. In 1910, Sarah and her son, Patrick, founded Woulfe and Son, tailors. Success by 1919 allowed Sarah to move to 42 Constitution Road, Windsor, which she named Efluow (Woulfe backwards). Sarah died suddenly at Efluow on Friday 18 December 1931. Woulfe and Son Pty Ltd wound up in 1972.
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"},{"location":"research/septimus-price/","title":"Septimus Price","text":"ca. 1837 \u2014 28 December 1902
"},{"location":"research/septimus-price/#septimus-price-9333","title":"Septimus Price (9\u201133\u20113)","text":"Septimus was born in Lambeth Surry ca. 1837. His occupation before immigrating to Queensland was clerk to a law stationer. In April 1862 he arrived in Moreton Bay on the Clifton and became a publishing assistant with the Queensland Daily Guardian. A short time after his arrival he married Louisa Kemp on 25 October 1862. After the closure of the Guardian, he joined the staff of the Government Printing Office as a publisher. Septimus died on 28 December 1902.
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"},{"location":"research/sidney-cook/","title":"Sidney Cook","text":"ca. 1873 \u2014 23 March 1937
"},{"location":"research/sidney-cook/#sidney-cook-43514","title":"Sidney Cook (4\u201135\u201114)","text":"Ex\u2011Salvation Army Limelight cameraman, Sid Cook, worked extensively with Henry Mobsby. The Limelight Department formed Australia's first registered film production company producing commissioned work for external agencies. Sidney Cook, was the second camera operator. The Royal Visit to Australasia in mid\u20111901 included some of Sidney Cook's first camerawork, his coverage of the future King George the Fifth \u2011 laying the foundation stone of the Boer War monument in Ballarat on the 13th of May 1901. Sid Cook also filmed the Royal Couple's departure for Brisbane. They had been scheduled to go by sea, but an outbreak of bubonic plague in the Port of Brisbane changed their plans.
Sid Cook\u2019s family was growing and in July 1905 he made a move from the meagre salary of a Salvation Army officer to become a commercial film showman. Based in Queensland, Cook became the most prolific Australian filmmaker of the Edwardian era. He hired Brisbane's His Majesty's Theatre for the Christmas season in 1906 and the program included his startling films of Brisbane\u2019s main thoroughfares shot from a moving tram. In 1908 Cook took the film to London on behalf of the Queensland Government for screening at the Franco\u2011British Exhibition. Compiling it together with other Brisbane scenes, in 1911 Cook advertised it as part of his documentary Living Brisbane. With arrival of the \u2018talkies\u2019 at the end of the 1920s, Sid\u2019s movie making career ended. He died on the 23 March 1937 aged 64.
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"},{"location":"research/sidney-spencer-broomfield/","title":"Sidney Spencer Broomfield","text":"1847 \u2014 24 October 1933
"},{"location":"research/sidney-spencer-broomfield/#sidney-spencer-broomfield-182011","title":"Sidney Spencer Broomfield (18\u201120\u201111)","text":"Born in Hampshire, England in 1847, Sidney headed to east Africa in 1868 aged 21 years. Sidney wrote \"Kachalola or The Mighty Hunter\" from his diaries covering 1868 to 1876. It contains adventures from east Africa 1868-69 and 1872-74, south Asia and the Dutch East Indies 1874-75 and New Guinea 1875-76. The book was released in 1931 when he was 84 years of age.
In February 1931 Sidney set off from Rushworth, Victoria, travelling for two years and seven months before reaching Darwin. Returning south, Sidney was taken to Brisbane's General Hospital suffering double pneumonia. Sidney succumbed two days later on the 24 October 1933 aged 86 years.
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"},{"location":"research/silvester-diggles/","title":"Silvester Diggles","text":"ca. 1817 \u2014 21 March 1880
"},{"location":"research/silvester-diggles/#silvester-diggles-1361011","title":"Silvester Diggles (13\u20116\u201110/11)","text":"Silvester Diggles and his family migrated from Liverpool, England to Sydney. Eventually, the family settled in Brisbane in 1854. Silvester was a man of many and varied talents. He was a piano tuner, musician and artist. He also was Brisbane's first known photographer in 1855. Silvester also distinguished himself as an ornithologist, entomologist and astronomer, just to name a few more of his interests.
Silvester was selected by the government of the day to proceed to Cape Sidmouth in 1871 as a member of the Eclipse Expedition, his chief recommendation being his skills as an artist and naturalist. He also was one of the most earnest advocates for the establishment of a museum in Queensland. During his lifetime, Silvester published Ornithology of Australia, the first volume of what was meant to be a multi-volume set. He died before the second volume was completed.
As well as being an esteemed member of the Queensland Philosophical Society for many years, Silvester was a member of the order of Freemasons, and for some time filled the position of organist to St Patrick's Lodge.
Silvester Diggles died on the 21st of March 1880 aged 63 years and 2 months, leaving behind a widow, two sons and two daughters. As was the custom of the day, the funeral cortege left the family home at Kangaroo Point, proceeding via the Victoria Bridge to Toowong Cemetery for the funeral.
"},{"location":"research/silvester-diggles/#acknowledgement","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"This story was contributed by Dr Rod Fisher.
Note the headstone has been removed.
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"},{"location":"research/sophia-esther-heussler/","title":"Sophia Esther Heussler","text":"Died 5 June 1914
"},{"location":"research/sophia-esther-heussler/#sophia-esther-heussler-136411","title":"Sophia Esther Heussler (13\u201164\u201111)","text":"John Heussler was born on 15 June 1820 at Bockenheim, Germany (near Frankfurt\u2011am\u2011Main) and arrived in Queensland in 1854. His background was as a wine merchant in London and Holland. He married Sophia Esther, daughter of John and Christian Westgarth of Edinburgh. She came to Queensland from Victoria with her mother, also buried here, and sister, shortly after their arrival in Australia. John and Sophia Heussler married in Brisbane on 10 March 1859. John Christian died on 26 October 1907 and his widow died on 5 June 1914. While \u201creligion was not to play a big role in his life\u201d, he was buried according to Lutheran rites from Nazareth Church, Hawthorne Street, Woolloongabba.
He played a large role in immigration, particularly encouraging an estimated two thousand German Lutherans to come to Queensland. He built Fernberg, the current home of the Governor of Queensland but lost it to creditors in 1879. He was appointed a member of the Legislative Council in 1866, holding the position until his death. He became Honorary Consul for the German Empire and also for the Netherlands. In 1896 he opened the new school of the Nazareth Lutheran Church and presented a gift of 400 marks from the German Kaiser.
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"},{"location":"research/stephen-alonzo-spragg/","title":"Stephen Alonzo Spragg","text":"2 October 1879 \u2014 12 February 1904
"},{"location":"research/stephen-alonzo-spragg/#stephen-alonzo-spragg-51526","title":"Stephen Alonzo Spragg (5\u201115\u201126)","text":"\"Lonnie\" or \"Lonzie\" Spragg was born on 2 October 1879 at Redfern, Sydney. His elusiveness and goal-kicking prowess won him a place in Australia's first full international Rugby Union team against Great Britain in Sydney on 24 June 1899. In January 1900 he moved to Rockhampton and then to Brisbane where he settled in May 1900. He helped Queensland to five successive wins over NSW in Brisbane. In twenty-one international and interstate matches he scored 104 points. He was also prominent in rowing, cricket and table tennis.
He died from peritonitis following an appendectomy in Brisbane General Hospital on 12 February 1904. On 24 July 1904 a monument over his grave was unveiled by the then-president of the Queensland Rugby Union.
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"},{"location":"research/stephen-patrick-tierney/","title":"Stephen Patrick Tierney","text":"Died 17 December 1914
"},{"location":"research/stephen-patrick-tierney/#constable-stephen-patrick-tierney-7a1119","title":"Constable Stephen Patrick Tierney (7A\u2011111\u20119)","text":"Stephen Patrick Tierney was seriously injured as a consequence of a bicycle incident at Gympie on the 15 December 1914. He was admitted to the Gympie Hospital where he died two days later. He was buried with police honours at the Toowong Cemetery.
"},{"location":"research/stephen-patrick-tierney/#acknowledgement","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"Story contributed by Kym Hyson. Used with permission.
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"},{"location":"research/susannah-josephine-mcgann/","title":"Susannah Josephine McGann","text":"ca. 1879 \u2014 10 June 1925
"},{"location":"research/susannah-josephine-mcgann/#susannah-josephine-mcgann-153116","title":"Susannah Josephine McGann (15\u201131\u201116)","text":"Sister Susannah McGann, daughter of John and Susannah McGann, was a member of the New Zealand Army Nursing Service. She had trained in Maryborough, obtaining both General Nursing and Obstetric Certificates. Susannah was on the staff of the Diamantina Hospital in 1908 and was on the ANTA register in 1923. She died on 10 June 1925 aged 46.
Open air pavilions at Brisbane's Diamantina Hospital, 1920s \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/sylvester-doig/","title":"Sylvester Doig","text":"Died 25 September 1884
"},{"location":"research/sylvester-doig/#sylvester-doig-1229","title":"Sylvester Doig (1\u201122\u20119)","text":"One of the early newspaper editors in Moreton Bay, Scottish-born Sylvester came to the colony soon after it was opened to free settlers in 1842. In 1853-54 he edited the Moreton Bay Free Press and took an active part in community life in the early years of the colony. He also wrote a column for the Sydney Morning Herald in which he dismissed the call for separation from NSW as 'ridiculously premature'. He died on 25 September 1884 while living in Leichhardt Street, Spring Hill. Unfortunately he destroyed most of his personal papers a couple of years before his death.
The Moreton Bay Courier (Brisbane, Qld. : 1846 - 1861) 1 January 1853 - National Library of Australia
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"},{"location":"research/theodore-oscar-unmack/","title":"Theodore Oscar Unmack","text":"21 November 1835 \u2014 17 September 1919
"},{"location":"research/theodore-oscar-unmack/#theodore-oscar-unmack-13412","title":"Theodore Oscar Unmack (13\u20114\u201112)","text":"German\u2011born Theodore Unmack (21 November 1835 \u2011 17 September 1919) arrived in Brisbane in 1860. He chaired a meeting at St. Andreas Lutheran Church in 1865 during a difficult time in the congregation. His first wife was Robina Bryce the daughter of John Bryce Glassford and Margaret Forsyth. She died on 10 September 1874 aged 39. The couple\u2019s eldest son, Herbert Theodore died in Hamburg on 30 July 1869 aged 8 years and 8 months.
Theodore\u2019s second wife of 42 years, Kathleen died on 12 August 1937 aged 86 and was cremated in Sydney. She was the mother of six of his children.
Theodore traded with his partner J. C. Heussler as a wholesale merchant and was the MLA for Toowong from 1888\u20141893 and Secretary for the Railways. He was a prominent Freemason who was buried with Presbyterian rites.
Unmack, Theodore, 1889 - State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/thomas-dempster/","title":"Thomas Dempster","text":"23 March 1867 \u2014 16 May 1946
"},{"location":"research/thomas-dempster/#thomas-dempster-18172223","title":"Thomas Dempster (18\u201117\u201122/23)","text":"Thomas Dempster, a son of Robert Dempster, contractor and Anne (n\u00e9e Dalzell) was born in Tradeston, Lanarkshire, Scotland on 23 March 1867. The Dempster family travelled aboard the Nurnberg to Australia in 1889. Thomas joined the United Operative Stonemasons Society of Queensland (UOSMS) on 21 August 1889. Thomas served at times as UOSMS President, Vice\u2011President, Auditor, Secretary, Treasurer and delegate. Thomas settled in Paddington before relocating to Campbell Street, Toowong. On 16 May 1946, Thomas died at St Helen's Hospital, South Brisbane.
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"},{"location":"research/thomas-dowse/","title":"Thomas Dowse","text":"ca. 1809 \u2014 9 November 1885
"},{"location":"research/thomas-dowse/#thomas-dowse-135822","title":"Thomas Dowse (13\u201158\u201122)","text":"In September 1824 15-year-old Thomas was tried for theft at the Old Bailey and sentenced to death, later commuted to transportation for life. Initially incarcerated on the prison hulks Bellerophon and Euryalus, he embarked on the convict ship Florentia bringing him to Port Jackson arriving in January 1828. He served eight years before receiving a ticket of leave in 1836 and a conditional pardon in 1839.
He came to Moreton Bay in 1842 when it was opened to free settlers and was the anonymous Brisbane correspondent to the Sydney Morning Herald. He was a prolific writer with columns in the Moreton Bay Courier, Brisbane Courier and The Queenslander written under the pseudonym 'Old Tom'.
Thomas Dowse Brisbane Town Clerk 1862-1868 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/thomas-finney/","title":"Thomas Finney","text":"10 January 1837 \u2014 16 December 1903
"},{"location":"research/thomas-finney/#thomas-finney-13816","title":"Thomas Finney (13\u201181\u20116)","text":"Thomas Finney and his family lived in Sidney House (on the site of the former ABC Studios in Toowong) from 1882, one of the grandest houses in Toowong, surrounded by gardens and an orchard. He is buried next to his business partner James Isles with whom he established Finney Isles & Co. in 1864.
Sidney House in Toowong, viewed from the street, March, 1890 - State Library of Queensland
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"},{"location":"research/thomas-glassey/","title":"Thomas Glassey","text":"1863 \u2014 21 June 1921
"},{"location":"research/thomas-glassey/#thomas-glassey-11221","title":"Thomas Glassey (11\u201122\u20111)","text":"Glassey was born in 1844 at Market Hill, Co. Armagh, the son of weaver Willhelm Glassey and Sussannah. From the age of six, he worked as a linen mill weaver before moving to Scotland in 1852 to be a coal miner. Glassey was self\u2011educated at Sunday school. He married Margaret White in 1864 in Bedlington, Newcastle, England and had a son. He came to Queensland in 1884 after a career as a political agitator in England. Glassey was the MLA for Bundamba from 1888 \u2011 1893 before representing Burke 1894 \u2011 1896 and Bundaberg 1896 \u2011 1901. In 1892, Glassey was the chairman of the Queensland central executive of the Labor Party. After Federation, he switched to federal politics and was a senator from 1901 \u2011 1903. He died on 28 September 1936 in Brisbane.
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"},{"location":"research/thomas-hale/","title":"Thomas Hale","text":"1844 \u2014 13 April 1910
"},{"location":"research/thomas-hale/#thomas-hale-182312","title":"Thomas Hale (18\u201123\u201112)","text":"Thomas Hale was born in the village of Castle Bytham in South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England in 1844 and worked in the railways in England before migrating to Queensland in 1882. He joined the Railways Department in Queensland becoming a member of the Railway Employees Association. He rose to the position of general secretary of that organisation. During his railway career he worked as a porter, shunter, guard and signalman. Thomas died on 13 April 1910 and a memorial on behalf of the Queensland Railway Employees Association was erected over his grave. Sadly this memorial was demolished in 1979.
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"},{"location":"research/thomas-hinch/","title":"Thomas Hinch","text":"1855 \u2014 11 May 1924
"},{"location":"research/thomas-hinch/#thomas-hinch-201823","title":"Thomas Hinch (20\u201118\u201123)","text":"Born in Kiltegan, County Wicklow, Ireland, Hinch in 1855, Thomas served ten years in the Imperial Army before joining the Queensland Police on 1881. He served in various Brisbane stations reaching the rank of Sergeant in 1900. He was superannuated on the 1st of July 1903. He died aged 69, on 11 May 1924.
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"},{"location":"research/thomas-illidge/","title":"Thomas Illidge","text":"1823 \u2014 7 June 1896
"},{"location":"research/thomas-illidge/#thomas-illidge-13241","title":"Thomas Illidge (13\u201124\u20111)","text":"London-born Thomas Illidge (1823-1896) was the son of Thomas Illidge and Harriett (n\u00e9e Muckleton). For some years, he was the proprietor of a boot and shoe store in Sydney before bringing his wife, Ann and family to Brisbane where he recommenced his business in Queen Street in 1859. Ann died in 1882 and was the first burial in this plot. Thomas married again but was buried here with his first wife. Other family members were later interred in the same plot.
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"},{"location":"research/thomas-james-mattingley/","title":"Thomas James Mattingley","text":"Died 22 May 1924
"},{"location":"research/thomas-james-mattingley/#thomas-james-mattingley-1817345","title":"Thomas James Mattingley (18\u2011173\u201145)","text":"Thomas James Mattingley was a son of Thomas James Mattingley and Ruth (n\u00e9e Dale). Alice Bertha Waters married Thomas in Queensland in 1901. A Brookfield resident, Thomas prospected in the area and discovered an auriferous reef, starting the Eclipse and Surprise Mines. After 20 years prospecting experience in Queensland, Thomas died in a private hospital on Thursday 22 May 1924, aged 50 years, leaving a widow and family of two.
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"},{"location":"research/thomas-joseph-byrnes/","title":"Thomas Joseph Byrnes","text":"1860 \u2014 September 1898
"},{"location":"research/thomas-joseph-byrnes/#thomas-joseph-byrnes-7475","title":"Thomas Joseph Byrnes (7\u201147\u20115)","text":"Byrnes was born in Brisbane in 1860 the son of Patrick Byrnes and Anna Tighe from Sligo. The family had settled first in Bowen. Byrnes was educated at Brisbane Grammar and Melbourne University. Byrnes taught at Xavier College, Kew, Melbourne from 1882\u201183 before being admitted to the Victoria Bar in 1884. He established a legal firm in Brisbane 1885 and became a Supreme Court barrister in due course.
He entered politics as an MLC and served as Attorney\u2011General in 1893 and MLA from 1893\u201198. Byrnes was the Colonial Prime Minister (Premier) of Queensland in 1898 but his promising life was cut short at the early age of 38 in September 1898. His State Funeral was attended by all the government and was one of the largest Brisbane had ever seen. His funeral was officiated by Archbishop Dunne and to his memory are memorials in Centennial Park, Brisbane and in the main street of Warwick, his electorate.
Thomas Joseph Byrnes Memorial, Centenary Place, Brisbane, 2020 \u2014 Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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"},{"location":"research/thomas-joseph-ryan/","title":"Thomas Joseph Ryan","text":"1875 \u2014 1921
"},{"location":"research/thomas-joseph-ryan/#thomas-joseph-ryan-7a3a1","title":"Thomas Joseph Ryan (7A\u20113A\u20111)","text":"Ryan was born in 1875 at Boothapool near Port Fairy (also known as Belfast), the son of Timothy Joseph Ryan and Jane Cullen. The family arrived from Ireland in 1860. Ryan began his education at Melbourne University and studied law while teaching classics at Church Grammar, Launceston, Tasmania. He obtained his degree in 1899.
Ryan was second master at Rockhampton Grammar 1901\u20141903 and was admitted to the Queensland Bar in December 1901. In 1903 he was President of the Rockhampton Branch of the Australian Natives Association. He joined the Labor Party in 1904 and won the seat of Barcoo in 1909. He owned the Rockhampton Daily Record newspaper from 1910. In July 1912 he became deputy\u2011leader, and by December was leader of the Labor Party. Winning the elections in 1915, he became Premier of Queensland, Chief Secretary and Attorney General until 1919 when he entered Federal politics. With John Fihelly, he drafted the Workers Compensation Bill and created the State Government Insurance Office and set up the Public Curators Office and the Golden Casket Agency. In 1916 he visited the troops at the front and also defended Home Rule in Ireland, meeting with Eamonn de Valera in 1919 and chaired the Irish Race Convention in Melbourne called by Archbishop Mannix. He supported voting rights for 18 year olds and gave women the right to stand for Parliament. Entering Federal politics he won the seat of West Sydney in 1919 and was elected Deputy Leader of the House of Representatives.
He suffered from ill health and a bout of influenza caught in England in 1919 later resulted in his death from pneumonia in 1921 at Barcaldine. Archbishops Duhig (Brisbane) and Mannix (Melbourne) both presided over his state funeral from St Stephen\u2019s Cathedral. Ryan was survived by his wife Lily Virginia Cook and a son and daughter. A memorial bronze statue stands in Queens Park on the corner of William and Elizabeth Streets.
Unveiling a statue of Thomas Joseph Ryan at Queen's Park, Brisbane, 1925 \u2014 Contributor(s): Sydney Mail, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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"},{"location":"research/thomas-lodge-murray-prior/","title":"Thomas Lodge Murray\u2011Prior","text":"Born 13 November 1819
"},{"location":"research/thomas-lodge-murray-prior/#thomas-lodge-murrayprior-13721516","title":"Thomas Lodge Murray\u2011Prior (13\u201172\u201115/16)","text":"Born in Wells, Somerset, England 13 November 1819 to Thomas Murray\u2011Prior and Eliza Catherine Skinner. His father was in the 11th Hussars at Waterloo. He served in the H.M.S Donegal 1837\u20111838.
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"},{"location":"research/thomas-macdonald-paterson/","title":"Thomas Macdonald\u2011Paterson","text":"9 May 1844 \u2014 21 March 1906
"},{"location":"research/thomas-macdonald-paterson/#thomas-macdonaldpaterson-mlc-1253-10","title":"Thomas Macdonald\u2011Paterson MLC (12\u201153-10)","text":"Politician Thomas MacDonald Paterson, 1885 - State Library of Queensland
Macdonald\u2011Paterson arrived in Rockhampton from Scotland in 1861. He worked at a butchery before moving to Brisbane, where he qualified as a solicitor. He was a member for the Queensland Central Separation League and National Association. Macdonald\u2011Paterson served as mayor of Rockhampton in 1870. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly from 1878 to 1885 and again from 1896 to 1901. He was a member of the Legislative Council from 1885 to 1896. He served in three tiers of government as he was the Brisbane Federal Member of the House of Representatives from 1901 to 1903. His main claims at the convention were for uniform financial legislation and the abolition of the right to appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
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"},{"location":"research/thomas-macer/","title":"Thomas Macer","text":"ca. 1892 \u2014 16 November 1926
"},{"location":"research/thomas-macer/#thomas-macer-megan-21143","title":"Thomas Macer (Megan) (21\u201114\u20113)","text":"Thomas was an English music hall artist touring Australia when he died suddenly in Brisbane. Accompanied by his wife, he arrived in Sydney in 1924. He was buried 17 November 1926 aged 34 years.
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"},{"location":"research/thomas-morell/","title":"Thomas Morell","text":""},{"location":"research/thomas-morell/#private-thomas-morell-103915","title":"Private Thomas Morell (10\u201139\u201115)","text":"Service number: 3980. 26th Battalion
Thomas was born in Cork Ireland to Denis Morell and mother unknown. Service records have him enlisting both in Bundaberg and Brisbane on the same day. He never got further than Egypt and several hospitals in a period of 10 months before coming back because of various illnesses.
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"},{"location":"research/thomas-proe/","title":"Thomas Proe","text":"1852 \u2014 17 December 1922
"},{"location":"research/thomas-proe/#thomas-proe-13359","title":"Thomas Proe (13\u201135\u20119)","text":"Publican Thomas Proe was Mayor of Brisbane in 1901 and 1905. He married Mary Strasburg in Brisbane in 1881 and fathered seven children. He died on 17 December 1922 aged 71. He is buried with his wife, mother\u2011in\u2011law, two of their children who died in childhood and two married daughters.
Mayor Thomas Proe 1901 and 1905 \u2014 Brisbane City Council.
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"},{"location":"research/thomas-slattery/","title":"Thomas Slattery","text":"ca. 1824 \u2014 5 February 1878
"},{"location":"research/thomas-slattery/#thomas-slattery-794","title":"Thomas Slattery (7\u20119\u20114)","text":"Slattery was born at Ballaglass, County Tipperary, Ireland, ca. 1824. After emigrating, he served some seven years as a police officer in New Zealand and Victoria. In his first year on the Queensland force (1866), Constable Slattery was awarded \u00a35 for his zeal and ability in the apprehension of John Mulrooney. He was promoted to First Class Detective in 1867 and again promoted to the Inspector of Detectives in July 1876. His death, aged 54, on 5 February 1878 still came as a shock even though Slattery had been indisposed for some time with acute rheumatism. Over 80 police officers attended his burial and his headstone was erected through the contributions made by 136 members of the Police Force.
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"},{"location":"research/thomas-spilsbury/","title":"Thomas Spilsbury","text":"1838 \u2014 1884
"},{"location":"research/thomas-spilsbury/#thomas-spilsbury-132323","title":"Thomas Spilsbury (13\u201123\u20112/3)","text":"Thomas Spilsbury's confectionery shop stood at 28 Queen Street. Thomas was born in Bromsgrove Worcestershire to parents Richard (also a confectioner) and Hannah in 1838. He lived in Kiama NSW before coming to Brisbane ca. 1861-1862. He worked as a compositor before entering the confectionery business in 1876. After his death in 1884, the business passed to his son, Thomas.
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"},{"location":"research/thomas-welsby/","title":"Thomas Welsby","text":"1858 \u2014 3 February 1941
"},{"location":"research/thomas-welsby/#thomas-welsby-1391","title":"Thomas Welsby (13\u20119\u20111)","text":"Born in Ipswich in 1858 and educated at Ipswich Grammer School, Welsby joined the Bank of New South Wales in Brisbane in October 1874. Resigning as a ledger keeper in May 1879, he joined the Australian Joint Stock Bank in Brisbane. In July 1884 he left to practice as a public accountant, trustee and auditor; he became a member of the Brisbane Municipal Council accounts until 1893.
A member of Booroodabin Divisional Board in 1893-1902 (chairman 1897-1900); Welsby was chairman of the New Farm State School committee and honorary treasurer of the Brisbane Chamber of Commerce. Instrumental in the formation of the Engineering Supply Co. of Australia in 1903, he was a director of the Royal Bank of Queensland. As chairman of directors of Queensland Brewery Ltd, Welsby stamped his commercial importance and made him one of Brisbane's elite.
Welsby was elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1909 where he served until 1915. A 'club man' tall, well-built and amiable, Welsby loved history and sport. Foundation honorary tresurer (1913), president (1936-37) and vice-president (1917-36, 1937-41) of the Historical Society of Queensland, he advocated that the government subsidise the society to collect Queensland's early records. He bequeathed his large library to the society.
Welsby died aged 83 on 3rd February 1941 at his now heritage-listed New Farm home, Amity.
Thomas Welsby - State Library of Queensland
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"},{"location":"research/thomas-wontner/","title":"Thomas Wontner","text":"ca. 1826 \u2014 11 August 1894
"},{"location":"research/thomas-wontner/#thomas-wontner-132621","title":"Thomas Wontner (13\u201126\u201121)","text":"Another notable compositor of the early days was Thomas Wontner. Thomas did his apprenticeship in a London office where high class reviews were printed. He arrived in Brisbane in the early 1860's and was first employed on the Guardian and Weekly Herald newspapers, being foreman in charge of the latter. When those journals closed down he went to work at the Courier as a compositor. Thomas was later appointed head reader, a position he held until his death on 11 August 1894 at the age of 68 years.
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"},{"location":"research/thomas-woodward-hill/","title":"Thomas Woodward Hill","text":"31 December 1816 \u2014 31 January 1892
"},{"location":"research/thomas-woodward-hill/#thomas-woodward-hill-134222","title":"Thomas Woodward Hill (13\u201142\u201122)","text":"Thomas Woodward Hill, born in Bedford, England on 31 December 1816 to Joseph Hill (printer) & Susanna (n\u00e9e Woodward), was already a compositor when he embarked for Australia aboard the Mary in 1839. He worked on newspapers in Sydney, Melbourne and Nelson, New Zealand, before arriving in Queensland on 23 December 1859. Thomas became father to three children when he married widow Agnes Caroline Rains in the Wharf Street Baptist Church, Brisbane on 29 November 1861.
In 1867 Thomas became the official printer and publisher of The Brisbane Courier and The Queenslander. In 1884 Thomas was charged with libelling members of the Legislative Assembly. He won this landmark court case for freedom of the press. Ill health caused Thomas\u2019 retirement on his 74th birthday. He died in his Petrie Terrace home on 31 January 1892.
Thomas Woodward Hill and Agnes Caroline Rains' headstone - \u00a9 Cameron Davidson. Used with permission. Thomas and Agnes Hill - Used with the permission of Tom Kirkby and Robina Laughlin Rains. Tom is a great grandson of Agnes Caroline Rains.
To the memory of Thomas Woodward Hill Born at Bedford 31st December 1816 Died 31st January 1892 It is not exile rest on high It is not sadness peace from strife To fall asleep is not to die To dwell with Christ is better life Also his wife Agnes Caroline Hill Died 9th August 1904 Aged 86 years
"},{"location":"research/thomas-woodward-hill/#acknowledgement","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"Information provided by Jenny Davidson, Thomas Woodward Hill's wife's great-great-granddaughter.
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"},{"location":"research/tom-george-johnson/","title":"Tom George Johnson","text":"Died 2 October 1912
"},{"location":"research/tom-george-johnson/#tom-george-johnson-14184","title":"Tom George Johnson (14\u201118\u20114)","text":"Tom, the son of John Johnson and Mary Huet, died on 2 October 1912. He was the first General Secretary of the Australian Institute of Marine Engineers. In August 1880, he was authorised to form a branch of the AIME in New Zealand. He was instrumental in instituting minimum qualifications, wages and working conditions for Marine Engineers. Until the year of his death, Tom was the Brisbane District Secretary of the AIME, a position he had held since 1883.
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"},{"location":"research/vera-evelyn-james/","title":"Vera Evelyn James","text":"ca. 1929 \u2014 1999
"},{"location":"research/vera-evelyn-james/#vera-evelyn-james-2a2316","title":"Vera Evelyn James (2A\u201123\u201116)","text":"As Sister Pfingst, Vera James was a trained nurse and ward sister at the Brisbane General Hospital having graduated in 1951. She was the last President of the Nurses Rest Home and Benevolent Fund. This incorporated organisation ceased to exist in 1993. The Nurses\u2019 Rest Home, located at 17 Mallon Street, Bowen Hills, was administered by this organisation. It closed in 1992 following the sale of the building. The Nurses\u2019 Rest Home was used as a residence for nurses for over sixty years. Vera died in 1999 aged 70.
Australian Trained Nurses Association (ATNA) Women's Rest Home, Brisbane \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Cropped, Rotated.
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"},{"location":"research/victor-cyril-button/","title":"Victor Cyril Button","text":"1 January 1924 \u2014 25 December 1942
"},{"location":"research/victor-cyril-button/#victor-cyril-button-105314","title":"Victor Cyril Button (10\u201153\u201114)","text":"H.1870
Cyril Claude Button and Jessie Elizabeth (n\u00e9e Wood)'s eldest son, Victor Cyril Button, was born on 1 January 1924 in Hobart, Tasmania.
Victor reported for duty on 19 November 1941. He trained at HMAS Cerberus, Victoria and HMAS Lonsdale, Victoria, before transferring to HMAS Penguin, New South Wales for sea service aboard HMAS Australia (II).
About 11pm on Friday 25 December 1942, Stoker II V C Button RANR, aged 18 years, fell overboard from HMAS Moreton (Kinchela). His drowned body was retrieved from the Brisbane River about noon two days later. Victor was buried with full naval honours on 28 December 1942. Victor is memorialised on the Stanley War Memorial, Tasmania, which is his family's hometown.
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"},{"location":"research/virgil-power/","title":"Virgil Power","text":"2 August 1849 \u2014 2 June 1914
"},{"location":"research/virgil-power/#the-honourable-virgil-power-7a10324","title":"The Honourable Virgil Power (7A\u2011103\u201124)","text":"Virgil Power (1849-1914) was born in Brisbane, the son of Michael Power, auctioneer and commission agent, and his wife Anna Marie (n\u00e9e Connolly). Educated in Sydney and Ireland, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with honours from Trinity College, Dublin in 1871. He was admitted as a barrister of the Middle Temple, London and the King's Inn, Dublin in 1873 before returning to Queensland where he was admitted as a barrister of the Supreme Court of Queensland on 26 April 1875. He commenced a period of 20 years in practice at the private bar, holding a succession of appointments as Crown Prosecutor. In 1895 he was the first Queensland-born judge to be appointed to the Supreme Court of Queensland as well as the first judge to be appointed to the position of Central judge, based at Rockhampton.
Justice Virgil Power - State Library of Queensland
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"},{"location":"research/vladimir-tolstoff/","title":"Vladimir Tolstoff","text":"1882 \u2014 1956
"},{"location":"research/vladimir-tolstoff/#ataman-vladimir-tolstoff-8648","title":"Ataman Vladimir Tolstoff (8\u201164\u20118)","text":"Members of the Russian community had often looked to Australia as a place of safety during times of economic and political revolution. The revolution in 1917, however brought cause for concern when it was thought more radical refugees were arriving. This caused the Australian Government to declare an embargo on Russian emigrants from 1917\u20111922. When this embargo was lifted in 1922 it gave rise to one of the largest influxes of Russians into Queensland, their population increasing to approximately 3000 by the late 1930s.
One of them was Ataman (General) Vladimir Tolstoff, Commander of the 4th Ural Cossacks during the revolution. Tolstoff with the assistance of the Russian Relief Force consisting of British Hussars and Australian volunteers were pushing the Red Army back when the enemy successfully infiltrated the British Waterside Workers union and they went on strike stopping the supplies of ammunition and foodstuffs to the White Army. At this point the tide turned and Tolstoff and his men and the relief force were forced to retreat. General Tolstoff lead what remained of his regiment and their families out of Russia and south to Persia by camel and horseback through Kazakhstan and Turkmenia. He and his men were welcomed by the Shah of Persia whose son had trained with Tolstoff. They were fed and clothed and when they had recovered were taken to Basra by ship by the Shah. At Basra the British then sent them by ship to a town near the Chinese border and the next day the red army attacked and they fled over the border into China. The Chinese welcomed them and built villages and even gave them Chinese passports. In 1922 the Australian Government decided to accept them as refugees and they arrived in Brisbane in one shipload. They were productive and some of their inventions in industry are still in use today.
As a result of the work of immigrants like those led by General Tolstoff, it is believed more than 10,000 people of Russian descent are currently living in Queensland making valuable contributions to the state. This is further evidenced around Toowong Cemetery where you can see many graves painted with Russian blue containing Cossacks from the Revolution.
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"},{"location":"research/walter-barrett/","title":"Walter Barrett","text":"July 1833 \u2014 11 December 1907
"},{"location":"research/walter-barrett/#walter-barrett-13178","title":"Walter Barrett (1\u201131\u20117/8)","text":"Walter Barrett was born in July 1833 in Taunton, Somerset, son of a veterinary surgeon. He married Matilda Webber on 30 March 1864 and set sail for Australia. He established his undertaking business in 1875 and bought a tiny six and a half perches block two doors down from the Hotel Orient which was designated the number 550 Queen Street.
He took over the business of the late George Barney Petrie in 1878 and traded as the Petrie\u2019s Undertaking Establishment. Walter Barrett sold the business in 1884 to William Hancock and John Corbett who continued using the name occasionally supplemented with their own.
Walter Barrett then went to Sandgate where he became an alderman and served as mayor for the year of 1891. He died at Eagle Junction on 11 December 1907 aged 74 after a long and painful illness.
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"},{"location":"research/walter-frederick-wilson/","title":"Walter Frederick Wilson","text":"1863 \u2014 1911
"},{"location":"research/walter-frederick-wilson/#walter-frederick-wilson-1858","title":"Walter Frederick Wilson (1\u201185\u20118)","text":"Walter F. Wilson, Master of Arts, was elected to the Toowong Shire Council in 1886. A member of the Lands Court, Walter F. Wilson died at his home, Dovercourt, which still stands, aged 48 in 1911.
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"},{"location":"research/walter-hill/","title":"Walter Hill","text":"31 December 1819 \u2014 4 February 1904
"},{"location":"research/walter-hill/#walter-hill-6219","title":"Walter Hill (6\u201121\u20119)","text":"Ann Hill (1850\u20111871) was the second person buried in Toowong Cemetery, after Governor Blackall. Walter Hill, her father, was appointed first Superintendent of the Brisbane Botanic Gardens in 1855. As a tribute to Walter Hill, the Walter Hill fountain was erected in the City Botanic Gardens in 1867.
Unknown author - State Library of Queensland and John Oxley Library, Public Domain
Lord Mayor Clem Jones Unveiling the Walter Hill Plaque - Toowong Cemetery. - Brisbane City Council
The plaque reads:
Walter Hill, The first director of The Brisbane Botanic Gardens, was born in 1820 in Scotsdyke, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. After training at The Royal Botanic Gardens of Edinburgh and Kew, He was appointed Superintendent of The Brisbane Botanic Gardens on 20 February 1855. Later he was designated Director and Government Botanist. He retired in 1881 and died at Eight Mile Plains on 4 February 1904.
Australia is indebted to him for introducing the Jacaranda and Poinciana. He was also responsible for the distribution of the Mango, Pawpaw, Sugar Cane, Ginger and Arrowrott, as well as other plants of economic importance.
To commemorate one who made a significant contribution to early Queensland Development this plaque was presented by The Queensland Council of Garden Clubs.
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"},{"location":"research/walter-hill/#inscription","title":"Inscription","text":"Walter Hill Died 4th Feby 1904 Aged 83 years Until the day dawn and the shadows flee away
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"},{"location":"research/walter-horatio-wilson/","title":"Walter Horatio Wilson","text":"1840 \u2014 February 1902
"},{"location":"research/walter-horatio-wilson/#walter-horatio-wilson-18422","title":"Walter Horatio Wilson (1\u201184\u201122)","text":"W. H. Wilson was a member of the Queensland Legislative Council, Minister of Justice, Secretary of Public Instruction, and Postmaster\u2011General in a varied political career. He was a founding member of the Anglican Church in Toowong in 1866 and found time to be elected to the Toowong Shire Council in 1884. He was also a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George. He died at his Toowong home, Sherwood Grove, in February 1902, aged 62.
Honourable Walter Horatio Wilson 1887 - State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/walter-john-morley/","title":"Walter John Morley","text":"1852 \u2014 24 December 1937
"},{"location":"research/walter-john-morley/#walter-john-morley-12131314","title":"Walter John Morley (12\u201113\u201113/14)","text":"Walter was born at Foulmire, England in 1852, moving to Queensland in 1858 with his parents. On leaving school he joined the literary staff of the Brisbane Courier and remained with the company for 35 years including 15 years as editor of the Evening Observer. In 1900 he was appointed editor of the Queensland Government Mining Journal.
Walter was a foundation member and life member of both the Queensland Lawn Tennis Association and Royal Queensland Yacht Club. He also assisted in the formation of the Graceville Bowling Club and remained a member of that club until he died on 24 December 1937 aged 85 years at which time he was believed to be the oldest contributing journalist in the Commonwealth.
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"},{"location":"research/walter-tarte/","title":"Walter Tarte","text":"October 1893 \u2014 23 April 1940
"},{"location":"research/walter-tarte/#walter-tarte-107558","title":"Walter Tarte (10\u201175\u201158)","text":"Service number: 5481. Australian Imperial Force
He was born in Edinburgh October 1893 to Walter Henry Tarte and Helen Mary Crewe. His grandparents were Reuben Tarte and Katherine Blakeway. His service papers show he was a farmer and joined up 28 September 1915 and was in the 17th reinforcements for the 9th Battalion. Next of Kin was his mother Helen Tarte and he lived with her at River Road New Farm. He was 22 years and 11 months and 5' 7\u00bc\", 9st 7lbs and a chest of 35\". He had fair complexion grey eyes and dark hair and was a RC. He embarked on 20 January 1916 in HMAT Hawkes Bay. He returned to Australia 6 September 1919 on the Euripedes. He married Doris Lillie Metzger in 1933. The Ernest mentioned here is Doris' son from a previous marriage. Walter died on 23 April 1940.
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"},{"location":"research/walter-thorpe-olding/","title":"Walter Thorpe Olding","text":"25 September 1888 \u2014 30 April 1912
"},{"location":"research/walter-thorpe-olding/#walter-thorpe-olding-5427","title":"Walter Thorpe Olding (5\u201142\u20117)","text":"Walter Thorpe Olding was born in Queensland on 25 September 1888. When fire broke out in a city building on 30 April 1912 he was one of a party of sailors from the HMAS Gayundah who came to assist. Walter was killed by falling masonry from the burning building. He was accorded a Naval funeral. The officers and men of the Gayundah erected a memorial over his grave.
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"},{"location":"research/watkin-llewellyn-whitaker/","title":"Watkin Llewellyn Whitaker","text":"July 1885 \u2014 October 1942
"},{"location":"research/watkin-llewellyn-whitaker/#lieutenant-watkin-llewellyn-whitaker-108413","title":"Lieutenant Watkin Llewellyn Whitaker (10\u201184\u201113)","text":"Born to Frank Whitaker and Elizabeth Purdell in Barton Regis Gloucestershire July 1885 and married Jane Ellen Jones in February 1917 in Lancashire. Joined the Royal Navy in 1915 and loaned to the Royal Australian Navy in 5 March 1942. He was in Singapore 15 February 1942 when the Japanese attacked.
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"},{"location":"research/william-atwell/","title":"William Atwell","text":"1843 \u2014 16 January 1913
"},{"location":"research/william-atwell/#william-atwell-53817","title":"William Atwell (5\u201138\u201117)","text":"William Atwell (1843-1913) began work as an excavator in railway construction in England and came to Queensland to work for the contractor constructing the railway line over the Main Range to Toowoomba. He joined the Queensland Railways Department in 1867 and eventually rose to the position of Chief Inspector of Railways.
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"},{"location":"research/william-augustine-o-carroll/","title":"William Augustine O'Carroll","text":"ca. 1831 \u2014 16 May 1885
"},{"location":"research/william-augustine-o-carroll/#william-augustine-ocarroll-7549","title":"William Augustine O'Carroll (7\u201154\u20119)","text":"William was born ca. 1831 in Cork, Ireland, the son of William O'Carroll, a sea captain. He brought his family to Brisbane in 1862 on the ship Chatsworth and was offered a job at the Queensland Daily Guardian after writing a series of letters to the editor of that newspaper. He rose to the position of editor of the Guardian before it was absorbed into the Courier in 1868. During his career he edited other newspapers including the Brisbane Courier and the Observer until his death on 16 May 1885 from complications from a cold.
Brisbane Courier staff standing in front of the Brisbane Courier office building in Brisbane, ca. 1880 . The Brisbane Courier office was located on the eastern corner of Charlotte and George street, Brisbane - State Library of Queensland
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"},{"location":"research/william-augustine-ocarroll/","title":"William Augustine O\u2019Carroll","text":""},{"location":"research/william-augustine-ocarroll/#william-augustine-ocarroll","title":"William Augustine O\u2019Carroll","text":"1831 \u2014 1885
"},{"location":"research/william-augustine-ocarroll/#william-augustine-ocarroll-7549","title":"William Augustine O\u2019Carroll (7\u201154\u20119)","text":"Born 1831 at the family bakery in Patrick Street, Cork, O\u2019Carroll was the son of a cargo ship\u2019s Captain. He was a \u2018Young Irelander\u2019 in 1848 and joined the Fenians in 1858. He contributed to the Irish People, a Nationalist journal and became its editor. After the failure of the \u2018St Patrick Plot\u2019 of 1861, he fled Ireland with a price on his head.
The family emigrated to Brisbane in 1862 on the Chatsworth. He became editor of The Guardian and the Moreton Bay Courier from 1869 to 1883. He also established the Colonist, a newspaper which ran from 1871\u20141872. He left for work one Friday morning in 1885, suffering bronchial symptoms which resulted in his death the following morning.
A hard worker, he liked to be well away from his work at home at Three Mile Scrub between Newmarket and Ashgrove. At 2am he would mount his old grey mare at the back of the Queen Street office and quietly plod home. His son Thomas was a reporter on The Courier, and another son David Joseph was a journalist.
His funeral cortege consisted of 62 vehicles with over 500 persons attending the graveside including colleagues from the Courier and Observer as well as Queensland literary staff and members of the Johnsonian Club of which he was a foundation member. The service was performed by Rev. Fr. James Benedict Breen, and his comrades erected a plaque to his memory on the back of his monument which read,
In Memoriam, from some press comrades who have been permitted to join in this tribute to the memory of the one they loved.
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"},{"location":"research/william-busby/","title":"William Busby","text":"ca. May 1857 - 14 April 1928
"},{"location":"research/william-busby/#william-busby-4322","title":"William Busby (4\u20113\u201122)","text":"William and his wife Annie departed Plymouth aboard the Mhari Bhan on 29 August 1882 and arrived in Brisbane 29 November 1882. William worked as an Inspector of Works until he controversially lost his job for using obscene language.
William established himself as a stonemason and had a workshop and home in Cemetery Road (now Sylvan Road), Toowong, and a quarry at Goodna. Notable works in Toowong Cemetery include:
In loving rememberance of William Busby Died 4th April 1928, Aged 76 years 11 months. Also his wife Annie Died 10th May 1932, Aged 84 years. At rest.
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"},{"location":"research/william-chalmers-brown/","title":"William Chalmers Brown","text":"1841 \u2014 15 April 1909
"},{"location":"research/william-chalmers-brown/#william-chalmers-brown-9317","title":"William Chalmers Brown (9\u201131\u20117)","text":"William was born in Croydon, England 1841 to Alexander Brown and Margaret (n\u00e9e Chalmers). In 1879 William arrived in Normanton aboard the ketch Dawn. In 1882 William ran the pastoral station Croydon with his brother, Alexander. In 1885 William officially notified authorities of gold and a rush commenced.
Mary Elizabeth O'Grady married William in 1885. Mary died in March 1900 shortly after the birth of their sixth child. A throat affliction brought William to Brisbane, where he died in the Brisbane General Hospital on 15 April 1909 aged 66 years.
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"},{"location":"research/william-collin/","title":"William Collin","text":"Born 30 August 1834
"},{"location":"research/william-collin/#william-collin-125622","title":"William Collin (12\u201156\u201122)","text":"William, a master mariner, was born on 30 August 1834 at Great Wakering, Essex, the ninth of thirteen children of John Collin, a Suffolk farmer and his wife Sarah, ne\u0301e Viner. After only a basic education, fourteen\u2011year\u2011old William was working in the coastal coal trade and later on barges in the Thames. He left for Australia via Panama in 1854. Surviving a shipwreck 800 km off the Queensland coast, he eventually arrived in Sydney, via Calcutta!
He married Eliza Baker of Newton on Christmas Day 1857 at Stephen\u2019s, Camperdown. He worked on the Sydney waterfront until he could afford to purchase and refit a 25\u2011ton vessel. He sailed this ship to Brisbane, where he settled with his family (which would eventually comprise thirteen children), and commenced a freight service to near\u2011by coastal ports. William's other interest was the salvaging and breaking of ships. He was also engaged by the Queensland Government to lay submarine cables.
William\u2019s son and namesake was said to be the first Queensland\u2011born sailor to receive his master\u2019s certificate.
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"},{"location":"research/william-cowley-goulbourne-stone/","title":"William Cowley Goulbourne Stone","text":"1870 \u2014 16 December 1892
"},{"location":"research/william-cowley-goulbourne-stone/#william-cowley-goulbourne-stone-77711","title":"William Cowley Goulbourne Stone (7\u201177\u201111)","text":"\"Willie\" was making a name for himself when he was killed riding a horse home from Eagle Farm after morning trackwork. He was leading one horse whilst riding another. A common sight even today around Doomben. He crossed Hamilton Road and his horse shied.
Those who saw the funeral of \"Willie\" Stone claim it as the longest ever seen. It stretched the length of Queen St and was the equal of another famous jockey's funeral. All the jockeys of the time rode racehorses behind the hearse. They were in colours and silks and wore wreaths over their shoulders and travelled from Hamilton to Toowong along with many carriages.
The two champion horses from Stone's stable, King Olaf and Kildare were led directly without riders. These horses were the last the late jockey had ridden, the former at Eagle Farm and the latter at the \"Creek\".
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"},{"location":"research/william-edward-parsons/","title":"William Edward Parsons","text":"ca. 1860 \u2014 1 April 1919
"},{"location":"research/william-edward-parsons/#william-edward-parsons-631","title":"William Edward Parsons (6\u20113\u20111)","text":"William Edward Parsons was born in Staffordshire ca. 1860. He learnt stone masonry at Bristol. Ellen Simmons married William at Holy Trinity Church, Westbury on Trym, Gloucestershire on 17 June 1882. It is likely they were the William and Ellen Parsons who sailed from Plymouth to Rockhampton aboard the Ravenscrag, arriving on 18 April 1883.
William went into partnership with Henry Payne to form \"Parsons & Payne\" which operated between ca. 1903-1907. Later the \"W. E. Parsons\" business operated in Makerston street, off Roma street.
William was an Alderman for the Town of Windsor from 1905-1914, and Mayor in 1912. After a long period of ill health, William died in hospital on 1 April 1919. He left behind his wife, Ellen, and two sons, Ernest and Charlie. Ellen died in November 1923 and is buried with her husband.
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"},{"location":"research/william-ernest-schleusener/","title":"William Ernest Schleusener","text":"1881 \u2014 November 1924
"},{"location":"research/william-ernest-schleusener/#william-ernest-schleusener-181922","title":"William Ernest Schleusener (18\u2011192\u20112)","text":"William Ernest Schleusener was born in Brisbane in 1881. His musical education began in earnest at the age of eleven, when he joined a church choir as an alto. In 1897 he became a member of the Queensland Railway Orchestra, playing the flute and piccolo. Always eager to learn more, William then took lessons on the contra bass. He became the contra bassist for Brisbane's three principal orchestras of the time. In 1906 William was appointed solo bass singer of the Albert Street Church choir and was elected Deputy Conductor.
William had the honour of singing before royalty, the Duke and Duchess of York, at Government House in 1904.
In November the same year, William took a quartet to Toowoomba, where they won first prize in a competition. This was the first of many competition wins. He even received a perfect score of 100 from one adjudicator.
At Easter 1909, William travelled to Sydney where he won the Grand Champion Baritone Solo at the Commonwealth Eisteddfod. He received a citation from the Queensland Railway Commissioner's Office to commemorate this feat. Up to this point, William had never been defeated in any solo vocal competition.
William died at the age of 43 and was buried at Toowong Cemetery on the 29th of November 1924.
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This story was contributed by Bill Schleusener.
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"},{"location":"research/william-forgan-smith/","title":"William Forgan Smith","text":"15 April 1887 \u2014 25 September 1953
"},{"location":"research/william-forgan-smith/#william-forgan-smith-8252021","title":"William Forgan Smith (8\u201125\u201120/21)","text":"Smith was born in April 1887 in Invergowrie, Scotland, son of George, a landscape gardener and Mary Forgan. He married Euphemia Wilson in 1913 in Mackay and had two sons. In a varied career, he was a housepainter in Mackay, had business interests and was chairman of the Central Sugar Cane Prices Board. Smith was a member of the Trades and Labor Council, Australian Workers\u2019 Union and on the Central Executive of the Australian Labour Council. Smith was the long\u2011serving MLA for Mackay from 1915 to 1942, serving as Premier for 10 years from 1932. He received and Honorary LL.D from the University of Queensland. He died in Sydney on Sugar Board business on 25 September 1953.
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"},{"location":"research/william-francis-faine/","title":"William Francis Faine","text":"Died 28 August 1899
"},{"location":"research/william-francis-faine/#william-francis-faine-13121","title":"William Francis Faine (13\u201112\u20111)","text":"Guernsey born William Francis Faine was a son of George Faine and Elizabeth (n\u00e9e Cripps). At 16 years of age, William arrived in Melbourne and headed to the Ballarat and Bendigo goldfields.
In 1862 he came to Queensland to take up Gleneva Station near Nebo. William was one of the first on the Palmer River Goldfields. He also prospected at the Gilbert River, Gympie and Clermont.
Annie Mabel Gordon married William on 19 March 1874 in Gympie. Of their ten children four died in infancy. William served as a Customs Officer for 15 years to 1894. William died of an aneurism at his residence St George, Kangaroo Point on 28 August 1899.
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"},{"location":"research/william-frederick-robinson/","title":"William Frederick Robinson","text":"Died 17 September 1874
"},{"location":"research/william-frederick-robinson/#william-frederick-robinson-29a","title":"William Frederick Robinson (29A)","text":"William was the son of Caroline Wallace and James John Robinson. William and his wife, Sarah, travelled to Australia on the Royal Dane from London, arriving in December 1871. On the trip Harry Adams, a cabin steward, stole Sarah's diamond and emerald ring from her second-class cabin. Harry was caught and the ring returned.
William died on 17 September 1874 and friends and family moved from his residence, Grosvenor House, George-street, to the Episcopalian section in the North Brisbane Burial Grounds.
Royal Dane (ship) \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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Sacred to the memory of William Fredk Robinson. ... ed this 1...
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"},{"location":"research/william-grene-power/","title":"William Grene Power","text":"1835 \u2014 14 August 1903
"},{"location":"research/william-grene-power/#william-grene-power-74518","title":"William Grene Power (7\u201145\u201118)","text":"Born 1835 at Clonmel, Tipperary the son of Edward Power and Mary Ann Grene, Power was educated at Carlow by the Christian Brothers. Power arrived in Victoria in 1857 and was a miner and brewer on the goldfields at Bendigo and Ballarat. He served as Mayor of Jamiestown in 1866.
He arrived in Queensland 1869 at the request of his old friends Perkins and Gooley to manage Browns Brewery (Perkins & Co.) and married Perkins\u2019s sister Mary Therese and settled in Brisbane 1873. William was a Member of the Legislative Council from 1883 until his death. He died at Nundah 14 August 1903 and was buried the next day at Toowong by Rev Fr. Byrne.
City Brewery, owned by Perkins & Co., Brisbane, 1872-1882 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
View of the Castlemaine Perkins Brewery in Milton, ca. 1929. The brewery, located in Milton Road, was established in 1878 by Fitzgerald, Quinlan and Co. and called the Castlemaine Brewery. The brewery merged with Perkins and Company in 1928. \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/william-hamilton/","title":"William Hamilton","text":"1858 \u2014 1920
"},{"location":"research/william-hamilton/#william-hamilton-942","title":"William Hamilton (9\u20114\u20112)","text":"William Hamilton was born in Melbourne in 1858, the son of a goldminer, George Hamilton, and his wife Mary Ann, n\u00e9e Richardson. By 1875 he was an itinerant bushworker in New South Wales before coming to Queensland as a shearer in 1882. He became famous as the 'ringer' of many a western shearing shed. After a stint goldmining in North Queensland and WA, he returned to shearing in 1888 in Queensland.
He led the shearers' camp at Clermont in the 1891 shearers' strike. He was arrested with other union leaders and charged with criminal conspiracy, convicted and sentenced to three years imprisonment at St Helena. Later he entered politics as the Labour member for Gregory. At the time of his death in 1920, he was President of the Queensland Legislative Council.
Unionist prisoners sentenced for causes arising out of the Shearers' Strike, 1891 - State Library of Queensland Back Row (Left to Right): H C Smith-Barry, W Fothergill, A Forrester, J A Stuart Third Row: G Taylor, P F Griffin, E H Murphy, H O BlackwelL Second Row: A J Brown, R Prince, W J Bennett, D Murphy Front: William Hamilton
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"},{"location":"research/william-harold-ryan/","title":"William Harold Ryan","text":"ca. 1873 \u2014 16 July 1954
"},{"location":"research/william-harold-ryan/#police-commissioner-william-harold-ryan-7a116441","title":"Police Commissioner William Harold Ryan (7A\u2011116\u201144/1)","text":"Ryan started his career as Constable in 1893 and ended it as Commissioner in 1934. He saw service the length and breadth of Queensland. He was awarded the Royal Humane Society\u2019s Medal for rescuing a party of women from drowning in the Sarina Inlet in 1901. The following year he was seriously injured on duty in Ravenswood when three men came to the rescue of their mate who Ryan was arresting and beat him senseless. He was eventually transferred to Brisbane when promoted to Senior Inspector in 1921 and became Commissioner in 1925. Soon afterwards, as a means of reducing crime in the suburbs, Ryan introduced bicycle patrols. He also sanctioned the recruitment of the first policewomen, who were stationed at Roma Street in 1931. Ryan died as a result of injuries received when he was struck by a taxi outside his home on Sherwood Road, Toowong on the 16th of July 1954. He was 81.
"},{"location":"research/william-harold-ryan/#acknowledgement","title":"Acknowledgement","text":"Story contributed by Kym Hyson. Used with permission.
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"},{"location":"research/william-henley-rawlings/","title":"William Henley Rawlings","text":"28 February 1848 \u2014 5 August 1906
"},{"location":"research/william-henley-rawlings/#william-henley-rawlings-11511","title":"William Henley Rawlings (11\u201151\u20111)","text":"William Henry Rawlings was born in Bristol, England on 28 February 1848 to William Rawlings and Margaret Eliza (n\u00e9e Edwards). Billy headed to sea, earning a master mariner's certificate before immigrating to Sydney in 1869. Billy's seafaring then turned to New Zealand's west coast until 1874 when he went mining in Parkes and Urana, New South Wales.
In 1883 Billy headed to the north Queensland gold rush in the Hodgkinson then Herberton regions. Billy represented Woothakata in the Queensland Parliament from May 1893 until April 1896. Billy spent less than one month in the Legislative Council before he died on Sunday 5 August 1906 at the Alexandra Private Hospital.
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"},{"location":"research/william-henry-abbot-hirst/","title":"William Henry Abbot Hirst","text":"21 February 1837 \u2014 26 May 1878
"},{"location":"research/william-henry-abbot-hirst/#william-henry-abbot-hirst-11017","title":"William Henry Abbot Hirst (1\u201110\u201117)","text":"Born Sydney on 21 February 1837 to William Hirst and Elizabeth Abbott. William Hirst was admitted as a barrister in NSW in 1861 and in Queensland the same year. He served as Police Magistrate, and later as Crown Prosecutor in the Northern District and Metropolitan District Courts before his appointment as a District Court Judge in 1869 serving the Northern District Court, based in Bowen until he replaced Ratcliffe Pring in the Central District Court in 1876. He was dismissed from office on 3 January 1878 because of misconduct and died on 26 May that year.
William Henry Abbott Hirst - State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/william-henry-browne/","title":"William Henry Browne","text":"Lived: 13 September 1846 \u2014 12 April 1904
"},{"location":"research/william-henry-browne/#william-henry-browne-11513","title":"William Henry Browne (11\u201151\u20113)","text":"Browne was born 13 September 1846 in Pimlico, London. He was a Royal Navy seaman in 1857 before joining the merchant marines. Browne moved to New South Wales in 1866, where he worked as a goldminer. He was the president and secretary of the Amalgamated Miners Association of Croydon and chairman of the Croydon Hospital Committee. His political career started in 1893 as the MLA for Croydon, the seat he held until his death in 1904. Browne was leader of the Opposition and chairman of the Parliamentary Labor Party from 1900 to 1903 and then became Minister of Mines. Browne did not marry.
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"},{"location":"research/william-henry-roberts/","title":"William Henry Roberts","text":"15 September 1828 \u2014 15 November 1831
"},{"location":"research/william-henry-roberts/#william-henry-roberts-13104","title":"William Henry Roberts (13\u201110\u20114)","text":"William Roberts was the son of Charles Roberts, a store keeper with the Commissariat Department, and Esther Dale, the first teacher of girls in the Moreton Bay settlement. On 11th of June 1829 he was christened by the Reverend John Vincent, who resided at the Moreton Bay Settlement from late March to December 1829. This baptism was the third of only six Vincent conducted during his short tenure. The entry indicated that William Henry Roberts had been born on the 15th of September 1828. The inscription on the top of the chest tomb memorial originally intimated that he had died of illness on 15th of November 1831 aged just three years and two months. The tomb lid originally had a bible verse inscribed on it based on Matthew 19:14
Suffer the little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such belongeth the Kingdom of God.
It has since been lost to weathering. After the death of their son, the Roberts family returned to Sydney in 1834.
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"},{"location":"research/william-henry-sowray/","title":"William Henry Sowray","text":"22 February 1851 \u2014 April 12, 1914
"},{"location":"research/william-henry-sowray/#william-henry-sowray-150a1","title":"William Henry Sowray (1\u201150A\u20111)","text":"William Sowray was born in Staveley, in Derbyshire in England on 22 February 1851. William, a blacksmith by trade, was employed by the Railway Department and was vice-president of the Queensland Railway Union. He was also a member of the Ithaca Volunteer Fire Brigade for 23 years and was a superintendent at that organisation.
On 1 December 1912 William was walking along Elizabeth Street, Paddington when he collapsed and died in the street. A monument over his grave erected by his fire brigade and railway comrades and friends was publicly unveiled by Hon. A. G. C. Hawthorn, M.L.C. on Sunday, April 12, 1914.
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"},{"location":"research/william-henry-warman/","title":"William Henry Warman","text":"Died 31 October 1912
"},{"location":"research/william-henry-warman/#william-henry-warman-2a252728","title":"William Henry Warman (2A\u201125\u201127/28)","text":"William was a compositor who worked on various newspapers and at the Queensland Government Printing Office. The name 'the father of Australian compositors' was bestowed on him by the Queensland Government Printer in 1909 on his 80th birthday when he was still an employee of that Office. He had left the printing trade in 1864 to take up the licence for a hotel in Petrie Terrace which he named the Caxton, after the first English printer, William Caxton. He also gave the name to the street where it was located. He returned to his old trade in 1893 and died at his home in Petrie Terrace on 31 October 1912.
Employees on the steps of the Government Printing Office in William Street, Brisbane, ca. 1895 - State Library of Queensland Staff gathered outside the Government Printing Office in Brisbane, ca. 1900 - State Library of Queensland
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"},{"location":"research/william-james-affleck/","title":"William James Affleck","text":"22 June 1868 \u2014 16 September 1932
"},{"location":"research/william-james-affleck/#william-james-affleck-84914","title":"William James Affleck (8\u201149\u201114)","text":"Although the early history of the Affleck family is Scottish, George Affleck, father of William James, was born at Newcastle-on-Tyne in northern England in 1842. In 1857 George arrived in Moreton Bay with his parents and sister, older siblings having migrated two years earlier. Their religion was Presbyterian but evidently they were not teetotallers for George was a winemaker and his brother John, who settled at Killarney, south-east Queensland, made wine and had a brandy distillery.
The George Affleck family settled at Toolburra, eleven kilometres north-west of Warwick, where they built a homestead they named Riverside on the banks of the CondamineRiver, a small stream at this point. The old home was moved some years ago so that today's only visible connection is nearby Affleck Bridge. The Afflecks were listed as graziers but as well as running sheep they also grew grain crops and had a herd of dairy cattle, and as a family we recounted among the pioneers of the district. The Affleck clan became the largest landholders in the district, going on to be involved in state politics.
In 1867 George Affleck married Alice Moffat Skeldon, who was born in Edinburgh in 1845, arriving in Australia aged nine. Alice went to the Warwick district in 1866 and was probably distantly related to the Afflecks. George and Alice had nine children, the eldest being William James Affleck, born on the 22nd of June 1868. When he was six he was enrolled at the local Sandy Creek school, which had opened in 1872. When his primary schooling was completed, William, who was said to an excellent pupil, was sent to Brisbane to attend the Normal School. On completion of his schooling in 1885 William, aged seventeen, obtained a job as a junior clerk with the life insurance company The National Mutual Life Association of Australasia Limited, which had opened its Brisbane branch in 1881. His pay was $90 per annum.
On the 13th of July 1893 William James Affleck married Maud Voller Lade. They had three children, two daughters and a son.
From his humble beginning with The National Mutual in Queensland William James Affleck worked his way to the top after administrative postings in Bowen and Townsville, and then back in Brisbane. He became manager for Queensland in 1919, retaining this position with distinction until his death while on sick leave in 1932 at the age of 64. Other Afflecks had died at an even earlier age suffering from heart disease, the cause of William James Affleck's death.
Throughout his life Affleck had retained his links with the land by interesting himself in community affairs and being actively involved with the Royal National Agricultural and Industrial Society, the RNA, when he returned to Brisbane in 1902, from his Townsville posting. He loved horses and in his early working life he rode long distances while on insurance business. In Townsville he had been active in the local agricultural show as well as horse shows.
When the family returned to Brisbane in 1902 they rented a house for a short time before settling at 19 Vulture Street, West End, the land running back to Ashington Street. The roomy house stood on one block and the garden and outbuildings occupied three other blocks. Here on the back boundary there were stables where the horses and buggies were kept. The elder daughter Vera learned to ride when quite young, a Shetland pony having been bought for her. Vera rode to school, leaving her horse at the livery stables near where today's City Hall stands. Her father drove his horse and buggy to his city office, one of the clerks then taking the outfit to the same stables.
After holding various honorary positions in the RNA in Brisbane, W.J. Affleck became president of this association and was also president of the Stockbreeders' Association of Queensland, the Jersey Cattle Society of Queensland and the Ayrshire Society. Such was Affleck's interest in cattle he was also treasurer of the Hereford Society. He judged cattle and established herd books and half a dozen Herd Book Societies. A building at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground was called Affleck House in his honour.
W. J. Affleck was a tall man who held himself erect. He had a commanding presence and a soft heart with a reputation for giving hand-outs to men in need during the Great Depression. He always wore a button-hole and carried a walking stick whether in city circles or in the countryside he loved.
As well as Affleck's interest in agricultural matters he was a justice of the peace, a founding Rotarian in Brisbane, and a member and office bearer of the Auchenflower Bowling Club. When Affleck died, it was noted in the newspaper obituaries that he was one of Queensland's most public spirited men.
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"},{"location":"research/william-james-muldoon/","title":"William James Muldoon","text":"Died 23 September 1924
"},{"location":"research/william-james-muldoon/#william-james-muldoon-22625","title":"William James Muldoon (2\u201126\u201125)","text":"William James Muldoon, a native of Scotland, was a son of James Muldoon and Mary Louisa (n\u00e9e Noon). William lived a solitary life in a hut on Camp Mountain prospecting for gold on the Samford Ranges. William was a well-known Samford identity coming to the village for purchases and to draw his pension. William died of natural causes at his residence on 23 September 1924 aged 73 years.
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"},{"location":"research/william-james-sluce/","title":"William James Sluce","text":"25 March 1832 \u2014 1 February 1879
"},{"location":"research/william-james-sluce/#william-james-sluce-2621","title":"William James Sluce (2\u20116\u201121)","text":"A son of William Sluce and Mary Ann (n\u00e9e French), William James Sluce was born on 25 March 1832, in Bethnal Green, Middlesex. Susannah Cox married William in Hackney, London between July and September 1854.
William sailed to Brisbane aboard the Flying Cloud in 1862 with his wife and two children. They returned to Brisbane aboard the Golden City on 3 January 1865.
William, an engineer by trade, was a watchmaker, jeweller and gun maker in Brisbane. In 1868, WJ Sluce & Co advertised locations near the Town Hall 66-76 Queen Street, opposite Harris' Terrace, 68 George Street, Brisbane plus 21 Bethnal Green Road and 14 Leyton Road, Stratford, London. In 1874 William opened the Brisbane Rifle Shooting Gallery on Queen Street, next to his business.
William drowned in Breakfast Creek on 1 February 1879.
Flying Cloud (ship). Holds the world's record for passages from New York to San Francisco, and made many fast passages from Britain to Moreton Bay with immigrants. \u2014 State Library of Queensland. William James Sluce, 1876 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/william-john-harrhy/","title":"William John Harrhy","text":"ca. 1893 \u2014 18 April 1924
"},{"location":"research/william-john-harrhy/#able-seaman-w-j-harrhy-4164","title":"Able Seaman W. J. Harrhy (4\u201116\u20114)","text":"William John Harrhy, aged 31, a sailor on HMS Dauntless, drowned in the Brisbane River on Good Friday, 1924 when ship was on a goodwill visit. The officers organised a dance aboard the Dauntless in aid of his dependents. William was born in Cardiff, Wales and had been in the Navy for over fifteen years.
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"},{"location":"research/william-john-munce/","title":"William John Munce","text":"Died 1892
"},{"location":"research/william-john-munce/#william-john-munce-94311","title":"William John Munce (9\u201143\u201111)","text":"Irishman William John Munce died at his Toowong home Caltura in 1892 aged 77. Caltura, believed to be located at 82 Jephson Street, was named after the Ceylonese birthplace of his wife, Elizabeth who died at Sandgate in 1901. One of their daughters, Ada Kate, never married and died at Cultura in 1944 aged 78.
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"},{"location":"research/william-leworthy-goode-drew/","title":"William Leworthy Goode Drew","text":"Born 14 October 1826
"},{"location":"research/william-leworthy-goode-drew/#fleet-paymaster-william-leworthy-goode-drew-cmg-13861","title":"Fleet Paymaster: William Leworthy Goode Drew C.M.G. (13\u201186\u20111)","text":"William was born to Captain George Drew R.N. and Caroline Fulford n\u00e9e Goode 14 October 1826 in Broadstairs, Kent, England. His father had served in the Napoleonic Wars.
William Leworthy Goode Drew, C. M. G., 1889 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/william-macfarlane/","title":"William Macfarlane","text":"30 May 1832 \u2014 10 June 1886
"},{"location":"research/william-macfarlane/#william-macfarlane-1472021","title":"William Macfarlane (14\u20117\u201120/21)","text":"William Macfarlane, a son of John Macfarlane and Mary (n\u00e9e Hudson) was born on 30 May 1832 in Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Mary Munn married William in Bonhill on 8 June 1857. After Mary's death in 1864, Agnes Park married William in Brisbane on 2 June 1865. William died at his Adelaide Street residence on the 10 June 1886, aged 54 years.
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"},{"location":"research/william-macnaughton-galloway/","title":"William MacNaughton Galloway","text":"16 May 1840 \u2014 12 January 1895
"},{"location":"research/william-macnaughton-galloway/#william-macnaughton-galloway-7a4118","title":"William MacNaughton Galloway (7A\u201141\u201118)","text":"Former Mayor of Brisbane, William Galloway commenced building the Breakfast Creek Hotel in 1889. His initials appear on the front fac\u0327ade. It opened its doors in May 1890 and was an immediate success. Galloway remained with the hotel until his death on the 12th of January 1895, after a fall from a second floor window of the hotel (the coroner found that he was drunk at the time of his death). He was born in the city of Perth, Scotland on the 16th of May 1840.
He was an Alderman in the Brisbane Municipal Council from 1884 to 1891, serving one term as Mayor in 1889. He served on a number of committees, namely the:
He married Anne Hunter in Sydney in 1885 before moving to Aberleigh, Kelvin Grove where they lived until settling into his newly completed hotel.
Lord Mayor William Macnaughton Galloway, 1889 \u2014 Brisbane City Council. Flood waters at the Breakfast Creek Hotel, Brisbane, 1893 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/william-maguire/","title":"William Maguire","text":"ca. 1861 \u2014 25 April 1917
"},{"location":"research/william-maguire/#william-maguire-510514","title":"William Maguire (5\u2011105\u201114)","text":"Irish\u2011born Sub\u2011inspector Maguire died on 25 April 1917 at his residence in Franklin Street, West End after a severe illness. Prior to joining the police in 1886, Maguire had been a soldier. He rose steadily through the ranks serving in Brisbane, Allora and Gympie before he was appointed to the Police Depot on Petrie Terrace but he was transferred soon afterwards to Charleville to relieve Sub\u2011inspector King but owing to ill health he came back to Brisbane. He spent some time in the Victoria Private Hospital but returned to his home when it became obvious he wasn\u2019t going to recover. He was 56 years of age. General regret was expressed throughout the Police Force at his death.
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"},{"location":"research/william-mccallum-park/","title":"William McCallum Park","text":"26 November 1836 \u2014 6 September 1934
"},{"location":"research/william-mccallum-park/#william-mccallum-park-13191516","title":"William McCallum Park (13\u201119\u201115/16)","text":"In Scotland on 26 November 1836, William McCallum Park was born to Andrew Park and Agnes (n\u00e9e McCallum). In January 1863, William and his family arrived in Brisbane aboard the Flying Cloud.
William's wife, Marion Kirkwood (n\u00e9e Hamilton) died in 1877. Isabel Ker Scott married William on 8 September 1881 at Wickham Terrace. William died at his residence, Fernibrae, Hurdcotte Street, Enoggera, aged 97 years on 6 September 1934.
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"},{"location":"research/william-neal-gillies/","title":"William Neal Gillies","text":"28 October 1868 \u2014 9 February 1928
"},{"location":"research/william-neal-gillies/#william-neal-gillies-1810620","title":"William Neal Gillies (18\u2011106\u201120)","text":"Gillies was born 28 October 1868 on the Hunter River, New South Wales, the son of farmer, Dugald Gillies and Ann. He was a sugar grower on the Tweed Heads and president of the NSW Sugar Growers Defence League. Gillies married Margaret Smith in 1900 and had a son and a daughter. He entered politics in 1912 as the MLA for Eacham, a seat he held until 1925 when he briefly switched to Federal politics, holding the seat of Herbert. Gillies was Premier, Chief Secretary and Treasurer from February to October 1925. He died at Toowong on 9 February 1928.
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"},{"location":"research/william-paul/","title":"William Paul","text":"2 June 1839 \u2014 10 December 1909
"},{"location":"research/william-paul/#his-honour-judge-william-paul-5328","title":"His Honour Judge William Paul (5\u201132\u20118)","text":"Born in Penrith NSW on 2 June 1839 to George Paul and Sarah Dalton. George Paul Jnr was called to the Bar in London at the age of 22. He later established a successful private practice in Brisbane before taking up the position of Crown Prosecutor of the Western District Court in 1866. In 1871 he was appointed first acting judge of the District Courts before being elevated permanently to the Metropolitan District Court in 1871, a position which he held until his death on 10 December 1909.
Portrait of Judge George William Paul, 1874 - State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/william-perry/","title":"William Perry","text":"9 August 1835 \u2014 11 June 1891
"},{"location":"research/william-perry/#william-perry-13701","title":"William Perry (13\u201170\u20111)","text":"William Perry was one of Brisbane's earliest businessmen. He arrived in Brisbane in June 1860 and had set up a hardware store in Queen St by August of that year. He was joined in business by his brothers George and Frederick. The business thrived, and further flourished under William's sons, Herbert and George.
Perry Brothers Limited - The Queenslander, 2 June 1906
During 1911 to 1913, Herbert and George highlighted their business by building Brisbane's then tallest building, the eight storey Perry House on the corner of Elizabeth and Albert Streets in the city.
Perry Brothers premises in Elizabeth Street, Brisbane, Queensland, 1913 - State Library of Queensland
William entered Queensland politics, becoming a member of the Queensland Legislative Council on 22 September 1890. He died from heart failure at his home, Folkestone, Breakfast Creek Road, on 11 June 1891. A large concourse, including many politicians, attended the funeral at Toowong Cemetery the next day.
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"},{"location":"research/william-pettigrew/","title":"William Pettigrew","text":"26 August 1825 \u2014 28 October 1906
"},{"location":"research/william-pettigrew/#william-pettigrew-13662","title":"William Pettigrew (13\u201166\u20112)","text":"William Pettigrew born on 26 August 1825 was the son of an Ayreshire farmer. He trained as a surveyor and as such arrived aboard the Fortitude in January 1849. He became a sawmiller, importing the first steam\u2011powered sawmill in 1853. Pettigrew was elected to the Brisbane Municipal Council three times in the period 1863 \u2013 1881, including the mayoralty in 1870\u20131871. There is an overlap between his municipal duties and membership of the Queensland Legislative Council from 1877\u20131894.
He was a member of a number of societies; including the Queensland Philosophical Society, the School of Arts Committee (along with Samuel Walker Griffith) and was a life\u2011member of the Queensland Acclimatisation Society. He was also a land speculator.
His wife Amelia Boughay, a fellow Fortitude passenger whom he had married in 18 February 1859, pre\u2011deceased him on 1 September 1893 and is buried here. He died on 28 October 1906 and was interred in at Bowen. William Pettigrew was a strict Presbyterian, who kept the Sabbath sacred to the extent of walking to church and banning musical instruments from worship.
William Pettigrew, Brisbane, ca. 1875 \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Wife of William Pettigrew, Brisbane, Amelia Boughay, (1824-1893) born London, died Brisbane. \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/william-rich-saile/","title":"William Rich Saile","text":"1893 \u2014 25 July 1916
"},{"location":"research/william-rich-saile/#private-william-rich-saile-2a2211","title":"Private William Rich Saile (2A\u201122\u201111)","text":"Service Number: 3930. 1st Pioneers 9th Battalion
Born Annandale NSW to Richard Saile and Annie M 1893. He enlisted Brisbane 16 August 1915 and embarked 30 October 1915 on HMAT Itonus A50 from Brisbane. Killed in action in France on 25 July 1916 and laid to rest Villers-Bretonneux.
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"},{"location":"research/william-richer/","title":"William Richer","text":"Died 28 November 1924
"},{"location":"research/william-richer/#william-richer-11728","title":"William Richer (11\u20117\u201128)","text":"William, a member of the Jireh Baptist Church, Fortitude Valley, was the first minister of the Toowong Baptist Church and was elected to the Toowong Shire Council in 1881. He designed and constructed the Baptist Church on the corner of Jephson Street and Sylvan Road and later became President of the Baptist Union.
Richer Street, on the North West boundary of Toowong Cemetery, is named after William Richer.
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"},{"location":"research/william-robert-black/","title":"William Robert Black","text":"3 March 1859 \u2014 2 October 1930
"},{"location":"research/william-robert-black/#william-robert-black-8433334","title":"William Robert Black (8\u201143\u201133/34)","text":"Born in Northern Ireland in 1859, William Robert Black reportedly arrived in Australia as a refugee as a result of potato famine. Moving to Brisbane, he made his living delivering coal to houses by handcart and later, horse and cart. Black continued to expand his work until he owned a fleet of six launches and 20 lighter, delivering coal using the Brisbane and Bremer River systems. During this time and as a result of his success, he also purchased 700 acres of coal deposits at Bundamba in Ipswich, where he established the Blackheath Colliery, complete with electric haulage and advanced machinery where he broke all state records in the cutting and haulage of coal. Other collieries soon followed at Walloon and another in the centre of Ipswich.
After his retirement 1920, Black sought to share his wealth, contributing through a number of philanthropic ventures including the establishment of Fairholme College in Toowoomba, Scots College in Warwick, Brisbane Boys\u2019 College Council, Somerville House Council, and founding Emmanuel College at the University of Queensland, St Lucia. As a particularly religious man, he saw his contribution to these religious schools as ensuring the link between religion and education. This continued until his death in 1930 when his estate was left in trust for the Presbyterian Church in Queensland. William Black never married.
William Robert Black, ca. 1898 - State Library of Queensland. William Robert Black, ca. 1931 - State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/william-robert-colledge/","title":"William Robert Colledge","text":"ca. 1842 \u2014 26 August 1928
"},{"location":"research/william-robert-colledge/#william-robert-colledge-415910","title":"William Robert Colledge (4\u201115\u20119/10)","text":"William was born about 1842 in Gateshead, Durham, England, the son of a coal miner. He became a pharmaceutical chemist in the seaside town of Newbigginin Northumberland before migrating to Australia with his mother and sister in 1884. He registered to practise as a pharmacist in Brisbane in the same year.
William was appointed the first general manager of the Brisbane Associated Friendly Societies (BAFS) Dispensary on 1 January 1885, and held that position up until his death on 26 August 1928. He served on the Pharmacy Board of Queensland from its commencement in 1918.
After his death, a memorial tablet to William was unveiled in the BAFS dispensary building on the corner of George and Turbot Streets, Brisbane.
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"},{"location":"research/william-smith/","title":"William Smith","text":"ca. 1822 \u2014 16 December 1872
"},{"location":"research/william-smith/#captain-william-smith-13621","title":"Captain William Smith (13\u20116\u201121)","text":"William Smith and his ten\u2011month old daughter died within two months of each other in 1872 and were interred at the Paddington Cemetery. Their remains and headstone were relocated to Toowong Cemetery in June 1881. Since then, another four family members have been buried in the grave.
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"},{"location":"research/william-thomas-birkbeck/","title":"William Thomas Birkbeck","text":"30 January 1848 \u2014 19 March 1909
"},{"location":"research/william-thomas-birkbeck/#william-thomas-birkbeck-91689","title":"William Thomas Birkbeck (9\u201116\u20118/9)","text":"William was born in St Pancras, Middlesex to George Henry Birkbeck, mechanical engineer, and Elizabeth (n\u00e9e Christmas) on 30 January 1848. William sailed to Brisbane aboard the Young Australia, arriving on 13 July 1869. Kate Jackson married William in Brisbane on 2 March 1876.
William was involved in the Gympie and Palmer River gold rushes and the timber trade around Noosa.
William was the publican of the Commercial Hotel, Tewantin for approximately four years until mid 1885. The 19 September 1892 supplementary electoral roll listed William as a bookkeeper residing in San Jacinto, Quay Street, Brisbane, aged 44 years. William held the publican's licence for Lennons for three months in 1903 before applying for that licence again in April 1905, when he and his wife and ten children resided at \"Bankside\" North Quay, Brisbane. He proposed to transfer the licence in 1 July 1905, but was still in charge on 3 September 1905.
In June 1907, now with 11 children. William applied to transfer the licence for the Queensland Club Hotel, Mary Street, Brisbane. On 19 March 1909 William, late of Quay Street, North Quay, died in the Friendly Societies Hospital, Wickham Terrace, Brisbane, aged 61 years leaving his widow and 11 children.
Young Australia \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"research/william-walter-brown/","title":"William Walter Brown","text":"2 November 1911 \u2014 31 January 2004
"},{"location":"research/william-walter-brown/#william-walter-brown-182547b","title":"William Walter Brown (18\u201125\u201147B)","text":"William Walter Brown, Lance Corporal 4799109, was born on 12 November 1911 in Bilsthorpe Road, Southwell, in the County of Nottinghamshire to Walter Brown (Farm Labourer - Retired) and Kate Dowman. Bill was the eldest boy and Anne, Edward, Wilford, Mary, Victor followed. All the boys joined the Army in the Second World War.
As a young school boy, to help family finances, Bill picked turnips from farms into the dark hours of evening after school. His Father was upset to see boy working so hard. He was always a great help to his Mother. He was 17 when, seeking adventure, he joined the Lincolnshire Regiment Regular Army on 11 December 1928.
His service overseas included:
Service details include:
According to his widow, he had a wonderful life in the army. Bill was in the Army Military Brass band, very musical, and played the Clarinet.
Bill spoke a bit about the good times in Kowloon. In those days the army band played and were the entertainers at the races, etc. Consequently, for bandsmen, social life in the army left nothing to be desired. He was in the hockey team in India and had a great life in both India and Spain. Bill was a keen sportsman.
Bill said when he was in the BEF in France when the Germans by-passed the Maginot Line into France and took Belgium, and the BEF retreated. They had to run for their lives on foot as the German tanks were after them. They jumped on anything available to get to Dunkirk. He waded out to a small boat which took him to a cruiser which took him back to England. He suffered an injury to his head. When he came to Australia after a few years he had a mastoidectemy operation to the area and the specialist said he was not to play clarinet or any other wind instrument again.
When he ventured to Australia the Government allowed Poms to migrate for 10 pound single. He preferred to pay his own fare. He had heard what a great country Australia was - the ideal climate and good work opportunities appealed. Still single, Bill liked travel and adventure and he was prepared to start a new life the other side of the world.
He made friends with others on board ship and together they worked in the Forestry Dept. on arrival. Later he nursed at the Jubilee hospital Dalby and met his future wife Olive, a sister while there. He enjoyed his time at Dalby. When he left Dalby he was employed by Palings in the Band Instrument Dept. in Queen St, Brisbane. He was very familiar with brass band instruments and was transferred, as Manager, to Grice Nicholsens, in George St. Brisbane. After they closed he went back as a salesman to Queen St. in the Band Inst. Dept. to what became Music Houses of Aust. Ltd.
He was always very conscientious, generous to a fault, unassuming and gave of his best. Bill was very loyal to his wife and friends. He had his own special clients who would take to him their various instruments for repair and ask especially for him only to care for their needs. He travelled to various band performances over Queensland and exhibitions for sales. The Brisbane Exhibition always annually. He was offered the position of Manager of the Band instrument dept. in Sydney but refused as he preferred the Queensland people, the climate and the hospitality.
He joined the Brisbane Municipal Band in Brisbane and was well liked by the members especially Abby Jackson the Band Master who picked him up every Saturday to play at races, City Hall, and elsewhere. Unfortunately he had to resign or retire after his mastoidectomy operation.
Bill now 41 years, married Olive on 10 July 1953 at the Auchenflower Presbyterian Church in Weinholt St. officiated by the Rev. Eric McKay. They lived at Archerfield for 3 years and then bought 91 Munro St. Auchenflower. After Olive's parents passed away they moved to Birdwood Terrace Auchenflower where her parents had lived since their marriage. Bill also joined the Toowong R.S.L when he came to Auchenflower.
Bill retired at the age of 69 years on the 8 April 1980. After marriage he exhibited and bred German Shepherds for a number of years and was very successful in the show ring up and down the East Australian coast. Following this he joined Auchenflower Bowls Club and was fascinated with the game while enjoying the company of other bowlers and was in their pennant teams. At home he kept fowls, had a large vegetable patch and was always very active both in and outside the home.
Unfortunately Bill suffered ill health from angina and cardiac heart problems in later years. He never complained or allowed this to prevent him from helping others. He was a resident of Queensland for 58 years.
He passed away in the Royal Brisbane hospital 31 January 2004, aged 92 years. His funeral was held at Alex Gow Funeral Parlour the Rev. H.T. Seaton officiating. The Last Post was played and his coffin covered by the British Flag. The RSL President was present at his funeral and a wreath laid. RIP
"},{"location":"research/william-walter-brown/#headstone","title":"Headstone","text":"William Walter Brown's headstone
"},{"location":"research/william-walter-brown/#inscription","title":"Inscription","text":"In Memory of My Beloved Husband William W. Brown Passed away 31-01-2004 Aged 92 years And his Beloved Wife Marjorie Olive Brown (nee Mackay) Passed away 04-11-2017 Aged 90 years) In God's Loving Care
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"},{"location":"research/william-webster/","title":"William Webster","text":"ca. 1829 \u2014 1895
"},{"location":"research/william-webster/#william-webster-137-6","title":"William Webster (1\u201137-6)","text":"A Scottish merchant, William died at his home Arley, Toowong, aged 66 in 1895. William purchased Arley, opposite the railway station after its previous owner, bank manager Alexander Archer, drowned in the Quetta shipwreck in 1890.
Horse and carriage outside the Archer family residence, Arley, Toowong, ca. 1882 - State Library of Queensland
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"},{"location":"research/william-weir/","title":"William Weir","text":"ca. 1858 \u2014 13 September 1899
"},{"location":"research/william-weir/#william-weir-12389","title":"William Weir (12\u201138\u20119)","text":"William Weir was born in County Armagh ca. 1858, to parents Francis Weir and Margaret Glass. He was the popular stationmaster at Brunswick Street Station, Fortitude Valley at the time of his death on 13 September 1899. He was laid to rest with his late wife, Sarah Jane (n\u00e9e McLaughlin).
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"},{"location":"research/zita-stella-lyons/","title":"Zita Stella Lyons","text":""},{"location":"research/zita-stella-lyons/#zita-stella-lyons-7a16418","title":"Zita Stella Lyons (7A\u2011164\u201118)","text":"Zita was born in Rockhampton and trained at the Brisbane General Hospital. She sailed on the hospital ship Kyarra on 21 November 1914. She saw service with the Australian Army Nursing Service in Persia, Palestine, Egypt and aboard hospital ships off Gallipoli. After the war, Zita was in charge of Queensland\u2019s first radium clinic.
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"},{"location":"stories/","title":"Toowong Cemetery Stories","text":""},{"location":"stories/#toowong-cemetery-stories","title":"Toowong Cemetery Stories","text":"The Friends of Toowong Cemetery have published over 550 individual stories about people remembered at the cemetery.
Individual stories have been grouped into over 50 themed collections below. Stories marked with are also self-guided walks.
"},{"location":"stories/#featured-stories","title":"Featured Stories","text":"Lest We Forget
Remembering the men and women who gave their lives in service to their country
Lest We Forget: Naval
Remembering members of the Royal Australian Navy who gave their lives in service to this country.
The Great Shearers' Strike of 1891
Shearers fought against wealthy squatters for better working conditions.
Labor Luminaries
Recognising people involved in the Labor movement.
You may also be interested in our books:
State Library of Queensland's reading room, Brisbane, 1902 - State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
"},{"location":"stories/1919-soldiers/","title":"1919 Soldiers","text":"A historic walk visiting 1919 soldiers in Toowong Cemetery
Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/1919-soldiers/#private-frank-goodwin-104326","title":"Private Frank Goodwin (10\u201143\u201126)","text":"Service number: 5832. 25th Australian Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force
Born to Abraham Goodwin and Elizabeth Smith in Fremantle W.A. on 21 June 1885. He enlisted 20 June 1916 at the age of 23 years and 11 months. He was employed as an Engineers Machinist. Frank embarked on the A36 Boonah and arrived in Plymouth 10 January 1917. Couple of months off colour and in France April 1917. Severe case of Trench foot got him back to England and then home by December 1917.
"},{"location":"stories/1919-soldiers/#sergeant-arthur-leslie-middleton-104312","title":"Sergeant Arthur Leslie Middleton (10\u201143\u201112)","text":"Service number: 7437. 42nd Battalion. Australian Imperial Force
Born to Joseph Middleton and Sarah Jane Read in Ipswich 11 May 1894. He served in 11th Inft. Citizen Forces and in Instructional Staff as a Staff Sergeant Major and Sergeant in the Australian Imperial Force. He was a bootmaker by trade. He enlisted 1 March 1917 at just under 23 of years age.
"},{"location":"stories/1919-soldiers/#private-john-crilly-104120","title":"Private John Crilly (10\u201141\u201120)","text":"Service number: 5079. 1st Tunnel Company. Australian Imperial Force.
Born to James Crilly and Margaret Gillespie in Dungannon, Ireland 30 November 1871. He had already served 3 years in the Australian Light Horse prior to joining the Tunnelling unit at 41 years of age He was a miner by trade. He married Margaret McMaster and had 3 children between 1897 and 1900 and married again Caroline Flamank and had 2 more children.
"},{"location":"stories/1919-soldiers/#private-joseph-leyton-104118","title":"Private Joseph Leyton (10\u201141\u201118)","text":"Service number: 3851. 49th Battalion.
Born in Leeds Yorkshire ca. 1875. No records of family exist other than a Next of Kin, niece Miss Harriet Leeson living in Brudenall View, Hyde Park, Leeds. He was 38 on enlistment 13 September 1915. Former trade is a farmer.
"},{"location":"stories/1919-soldiers/#driver-arthur-bann-104018","title":"Driver Arthur Bann (10\u201140\u201118)","text":"Service number: 5990. 9th Battalion.
Arthur was born to Henry Bann and Sarah Jane Percival in Blackburn, Lancashire 9 May 1890. Prior to enlisting he was a motor mechanic. Whilst on furlough he married Annie Monton 7 July 1917 in Cheshire.
"},{"location":"stories/1919-soldiers/#sergeant-frank-morgan-jones-104017","title":"Sergeant Frank Morgan Jones (10\u201140\u201117)","text":"Service number: 352 Australian Mining Corps
Frank was born to William Morgan Jones and Catherine Kyle Keys sometime in 1872 in Shropshire. He was married to Edith Mary Raynor. He is listed as a miner in his service sheets.
"},{"location":"stories/1919-soldiers/#private-michael-dalton-103924","title":"Private Michael Dalton (10\u201139\u201124)","text":"Service number: 5818. Oxley Regiment and 9th Battalion.
Michael was born to Irishman Michael Dalton and Allora, born Elizabeth Jane Smyth 22 October 1894. He served to in the Oxley Regiment in Brisbane prior to the war.
"},{"location":"stories/1919-soldiers/#private-frederick-nicholas-naughton-103912","title":"Private Frederick Nicholas Naughton (10\u201139\u201112)","text":"Service number: 1205. 11th Light Horse 14/15 Star
Frederick was born in Melbourne to William Jason Naughton and Susannah Theresa Boyd in 1883. A paper Ruler by trade. He enlisted 9 August 1915 at 32 years and 2 months.
"},{"location":"stories/1919-soldiers/#trooper-frank-venton-rutherberg-103911","title":"Trooper Frank Venton Rutherberg (10\u201139\u201111)","text":"Service number: 872. 11th Light Horse 14/15 Star
Frank was born to Frank August Ruthenberg and Mary Annie Bennett in Charter's Towers, 19 September 1888. His service record shows him as a labourer his sister Vera Talbot as Next of Kin.
Both parents were deceased by his time of enlistment. By his record he served only in the Middle East. Died accidentally.
"},{"location":"stories/1919-soldiers/#david-gordon-rattray-103916","title":"David Gordon Rattray (10\u201139\u201116)","text":"Service number: 2492. 47th Battalion.
David was born in Cooktown to Margaret Rattray, 22 May 1893. Her husband, his father according to David's service records had died in South Africa during the Boer War. Name not recorded.
"},{"location":"stories/1919-soldiers/#private-thomas-morell-103915","title":"Private Thomas Morell (10\u201139\u201115)","text":"Service number: 3980. 26th Battalion
Thomas was born in Cork Ireland to Denis Morell and mother unknown. Service records have him enlisting both in Bundaberg and Brisbane on the same day. He never got further than Egypt and several hospitals in a period of 10 months before coming back because of various illnesses.
"},{"location":"stories/1919-soldiers/#private-richard-whitby-103914","title":"Private Richard Whitby (10\u201139\u201114)","text":"Service number: 2001, 1344, 7795, 630. 2nd Brabants, Natal Mounted Police, Australian Light Horse 9th Battalion
He was born to Jean Lefebre Whitby and Emma Linby ca. 1881 in Johannesburg. He was an Engineer and apprenticed to Howard Farrar for 5 years. He enlisted into the 1st Light Horse 15 July 1915 and was discharged 17 March 1917 and re-enlisted 21 April 1917 and back overseas with the 9th Batt. and was returned June 1918 with Tuberculosis. He actually enlisted 3 times with a change of names.
"},{"location":"stories/1919-soldiers/#acknowledgements","title":"Acknowledgements","text":"Compiled and presented by Darcy Maddock
"},{"location":"stories/1919-soldiers/#sources","title":"Sources","text":"Stories about people remembered in Toowong Cemetery with a connection to eyes
Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/2020-vision/#william-james-sluce-2621","title":"William James Sluce (2\u20116\u201121)","text":"A son of William Sluce and Mary Ann (n\u00e9e French), William James Sluce was born on 25 March 1832, in Bethnal Green, Middlesex. Susannah Cox married William in Hackney, London between July and September 1854.
William sailed to Brisbane aboard the Flying Cloud in 1862 with his wife and two children. They returned to Brisbane aboard the Golden City on 3 January 1865.
William, an engineer by trade, was a watchmaker, jeweller and gun maker in Brisbane. In 1868, WJ Sluce & Co advertised locations near the Town Hall 66-76 Queen Street, opposite Harris' Terrace, 68 George Street, Brisbane plus 21 Bethnal Green Road and 14 Leyton Road, Stratford, London. In 1874 William opened the Brisbane Rifle Shooting Gallery on Queen Street, next to his business.
William drowned in Breakfast Creek on 1 February 1879.
Flying Cloud (ship). Holds the world's record for passages from New York to San Francisco, and made many fast passages from Britain to Moreton Bay with immigrants. \u2014 State Library of Queensland. William James Sluce, 1876 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/2020-vision/#john-and-mary-ann-ogle-111334","title":"John and Mary Ann Ogle (1\u2011113\u20113/4)","text":"John, a son of John Ogle and Isabella (n\u00e9e Swan), was born in Northumberland, England ca. 1824. Mary Ann Scott, a daughter of Robert Scott and Mary (n\u00e9e Frater), was born ca. 1823.
Mary Ann and John, with their three daughters, arrived in Brisbane aboard the Montmorency on 16 October 1860.
The Ogles were early settlers at Pullenvale, where John farmed. Part of their property (portions 222 & 229, county of Stanley, parish of Moggill, consisting of 173 acres) included the site of the Pullenvale Hall at the corner of Grandview and Pullenvale Roads, which became known as Ogle's Corner.
John died on the 26 October 1890. Mary Ann died on the 24 August 1907.
Montmorency (ship) \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/2020-vision/#george-loesch-and-frederick-losch-74912","title":"George Loesch, and Frederick Losch (7\u201149\u201112)","text":"George was born in Baden, Grand Duchy of Baden, to George Loesch on 12 May 1829. George married Maria Anna Eberhardt and worked as a cabman. George, who resided in Hartley Street, Spring Hill, died on 21 October 1887.
Frederick was a son of George and Maria. Flora Murphy married Frederick on 10 October 1882 in St Stephen's Cathedral, Brisbane. Frederick resided with his daughter in Fortescue Street, Spring Hill, when he died on 3 February 1929 aged 69.
"},{"location":"stories/2020-vision/#iris-elizabeth-carson-15319","title":"Iris Elizabeth Carson (15\u201131\u20119)","text":"Iris Elizabeth Carson, a daughter of Robert James (Bob) Carson and Elizabeth Mary (n\u00e9e Real), was born in Brisbane on 24 September 1916. Iris resided at Ryecroft, Augustus Street, Toowong when she died on 25 March 1918.
"},{"location":"stories/2020-vision/#james-porter-fry-8313132","title":"James Porter Fry (8\u201131\u201131/32)","text":"James Porter Fry was born in West End, South Brisbane on 10 March 1880, to Charles Fry and Caroline (n\u00e9e Davies). James was educated at West End State School. James joined the Queensland Rifles in July 1897.
On 3 September 1902 Sarah Chegwin married James in Brisbane. They had one son and one daughter. James was South Brisbane City Council's Chief Inspector when he volunteered for World War I on 1 October 1914, being assigned to the Naval and Military Forces' Special Tropical Forces. Repeat bouts of malarial fever brought James back to Australia.
From 1918 James was registered as an optometrist, serving at times as President of the Australian Optometrist's Association and the Institute of Ophthalmic Opticians Inc., plus Chairman of the Queensland Board of Optical Registration.
Running a campaign based on his military service, James became MLA for Kurilpa on 16 March 1918 and represented the seat until 11 June 1932. James served as Opposition Whip from 11 July 1923 until 9 April 1929.
James resided at 96 Dornoch Terrace, Highgate Hill, but died at his weekend home in Griffiths Road, Queen's Beach, Redcliffe on 7 February 1948.
"},{"location":"stories/2020-vision/#constance-campbell-81916","title":"Constance Campbell (8\u201119\u201116)","text":"Constance Campbell Petrie was born in Brisbane on 16 December 1872 to Thomas Petrie and Elizabeth (n\u00e9e Campbell). A series of reminiscences based on Tom Petrie's life first appeared in The Queenslander, followed by a book, first printed in 1904, called Tom Petrie's reminiscences of early Queensland.
George Philip Stuart married Constance in Brisbane on 31 July 1918. Constance Stuart resided at Dundalli, Old Sandgate Road, Clayfield when she died on 4 July 1926.
"},{"location":"stories/2020-vision/#charles-joseph-gall-1415111213","title":"Charles Joseph Gall (14\u201115\u201111/12/13)","text":"Born in Hampstead ca. 1835, Charles Joseph Gall was a son of Thomas Gall. Elizabeth Long married Charles in Sydney in 1862. Their son, born in Sydney on 15 December 1862 died the same day. The couple had three daughters; Eva, Gertrude & Elizabeth (Lilly).
The partnership of Gall & Inglis, with William Inglis, was dissolved by mutual consent on 25 January 1875. Charles was declared insolvent in 1878. Dess & Gall, drapers and general outfitters, run in partnership with Edward Dess, was dissolved by mutual consent on 5 May 1882.
Charles entered into partnership with his son-in-law, Thomas William Johnson, to form Gall and Johnson, fancy goods sellers. Charles, a resident of Lisson Grove, Wooloowin, died of heart disease at his Queen Street shop on 30 November 1895.
"},{"location":"stories/2020-vision/#william-thomas-birkbeck-91689","title":"William Thomas Birkbeck (9\u201116\u20118/9)","text":"William was born in St Pancras, Middlesex to George Henry Birkbeck, mechanical engineer, and Elizabeth (n\u00e9e Christmas) on 30 January 1848. William sailed to Brisbane aboard the Young Australia, arriving on 13 July 1869. Kate Jackson married William in Brisbane on 2 March 1876.
William was involved in the Gympie and Palmer River gold rushes and the timber trade around Noosa.
William was the publican of the Commercial Hotel, Tewantin for approximately four years until mid 1885. The 19 September 1892 supplementary electoral roll listed William as a bookkeeper residing in San Jacinto, Quay Street, Brisbane, aged 44 years. William held the publican's licence for Lennons for three months in 1903 before applying for that licence again in April 1905, when he and his wife and ten children resided at \"Bankside\" North Quay, Brisbane. He proposed to transfer the licence in 1 July 1905, but was still in charge on 3 September 1905.
In June 1907, now with 11 children. William applied to transfer the licence for the Queensland Club Hotel, Mary Street, Brisbane. On 19 March 1909 William, late of Quay Street, North Quay, died in the Friendly Societies Hospital, Wickham Terrace, Brisbane, aged 61 years leaving his widow and 11 children.
Young Australia \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/2020-vision/#sources","title":"Sources","text":"Actors and performers buried in Toowong Cemetery
Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/all-the-worlds-a-stage/#edward-mcgregor-4161718","title":"Edward McGregor (4\u201116\u201117/18)","text":"Edinburgh\u2011born Edward McGregor worked in the Queensland Railways for twenty years before purchasing the Grosvenor Hotel. A few years later he built the Lyceum Theatre, George Street, in 1909 which he ran until his death in 1939. McGregor spoke several languages and toured the world twice. He was a keen music lover and was patron of the Brisbane Municipal and Excelsior bands and Vice\u2011Patron of the Scottish and Curlew choirs.
Edward McGregor - The Telegraph, 4 Dec 1939. Edited.
The headstone of Edward McGregor and his wife, Mary Jane, shows Edward mourning the death of his wife who died 18 years before him.
Brisbane Municipal Concert Band marching in Brisbane, Queensland, 1909 - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/all-the-worlds-a-stage/#sidney-cook-43514","title":"Sidney Cook (4\u201135\u201114)","text":"Ex\u2011Salvation Army Limelight cameraman, Sid Cook, worked extensively with Henry Mobsby. The Limelight Department formed Australia's first registered film production company producing commissioned work for external agencies. Sidney Cook, was the second camera operator. The Royal Visit to Australasia in mid\u20111901 included some of Sidney Cook's first camerawork, his coverage of the future King George the Fifth \u2011 laying the foundation stone of the Boer War monument in Ballarat on the 13th of May 1901. Sid Cook also filmed the Royal Couple's departure for Brisbane. They had been scheduled to go by sea, but an outbreak of bubonic plague in the Port of Brisbane changed their plans.
Sid Cook\u2019s family was growing and in July 1905 he made a move from the meagre salary of a Salvation Army officer to become a commercial film showman. Based in Queensland, Cook became the most prolific Australian filmmaker of the Edwardian era. He hired Brisbane's His Majesty's Theatre for the Christmas season in 1906 and the program included his startling films of Brisbane\u2019s main thoroughfares shot from a moving tram. In 1908 Cook took the film to London on behalf of the Queensland Government for screening at the Franco\u2011British Exhibition. Compiling it together with other Brisbane scenes, in 1911 Cook advertised it as part of his documentary Living Brisbane. With arrival of the \u2018talkies\u2019 at the end of the 1920s, Sid\u2019s movie making career ended. He died on the 23 March 1937 aged 64.
"},{"location":"stories/all-the-worlds-a-stage/#samuel-keenan-2487","title":"Samuel Keenan (2\u201148\u20117)","text":"New York\u2011born Samuel Keenan, was an original member of the all African\u2011American minstrel troupe who toured extensively throughout New Zealand, Australia with the Original Georgia Minstrels, beginning 1877 through to mid 1880s and were managed by Charles B. Hicks. The Georgia Minstrels performed to packed houses around the colonies (Victoria, NSW, South Australia, Tasmania and Queensland) in halls and in legitimate theatres including Gaiety, Tivoli, St Georges Hall and Theatre Royal. They always drew loud applause, laughter and calls for encores.
Sam\u2018s name was familiar in all the principles theatres in Australia. He held a prominent place in numerous successful minstrel companies and in his particular line of entertainment he has probably never been equalled in Australia for the originality and humour of his portrayal of \u201cnegro minstrel\u201d parts. Sam married a local girl Marian Collier and has an extremely proud extended family. Samuel Keenan died aged 40.
\"Original Georgia Minstrels\" composite image with founder Charles Hicks at center - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/all-the-worlds-a-stage/#henry-william-mobsby-56111","title":"Henry William Mobsby (5\u201161\u201111)","text":"Mosby was an artist, photographer and motion picture pioneer. He was born on 17 August 1860 at Hove, Sussex, son of William Mobsby, watchman, and his wife Sarah, n\u00e9e Humphrys. Henry trained in art, design, chemistry and commercial practice at the School of Arts, Brighton, and in London. In 1883 he accompanied artist Isaac Jenner to Queensland. Mobsby married Jenner's eldest daughter Mary Ellen on 10 September 1884 in Brisbane, and for some years taught decorative art at Brisbane Technical College.
By October 1899 Mobsby had produced some thirty, one\u2011minute films during various 'still' photography excursions around Queensland. Among the earliest was the arrival of Governor Lamington for the opening of parliament on 18 May 1899. Most of the films made by Mobsby were shot in the spring of 1899 and illustrated wheat harvesting on the Darling Downs, sugar harvesting at Nambour and aspects of stock management. These were the first Australian industrial documentary films and are among the world's earliest films of the type. Mobsby also filmed the Queensland cabinet boarding the government paddle steamer Lucinda for a ministerial banquet. Their last and most impressive films recorded Queensland troops bound for the South African War, the only known surviving footage of such departure shot in Brisbane between 28 and 31 October 1899.
Mobsby became official artist and photographer for the Department of Agriculture in 1904 and remained until his retirement in 1930. He had scant direct involvement in subsequent Queensland government film production, preferring to commission others, such as the Salvation Army\u2019s former cameraman Sid Cook, to undertake the filmmaking. Mobsby's reputation stemmed from his scenic photography and exhibition design. A fellow of both the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Society of Artists, London, he regularly designed and organised Queensland's exhibits for the annual shows in southern capitals and at the Royal National Exhibition in Brisbane. His photography gained international distinction, and he officially represented Queensland at numerous exhibitions.
In December 1905 Mobsby's 11\u2011year\u2011old son Arthur Timewell drowned; each year thereafter, the Mobsby memorial medal was awarded to the Indooroopilly State School student who achieved the highest percentage in the year 8 scholarship public examination. A keen Freemason, Mobsby was a member of the Lodge, Indooroopilly, No.155, United Grand Lodge of Queensland. He died on 9 April 1933 at his home in Station Road, Indooroopilly, and was buried with his son.
Photographer Henry William Mobsby, Barcaldine, ca. 1905 - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/all-the-worlds-a-stage/#karoly-charles-pulszky-523","title":"Karoly (Charles) Pulszky (5\u20112\u20113)","text":"Charles was born in London on 10 November 1854, the son of politician and revolutionary Ferenc Pulsky, a member of a prominent Hungarian family. He was an urbane art collector who founded the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts. He married famous Ibsen\u2011exponent, actress Emilia M\u00e1rkus.
Implicated in a politically\u2011motivated financial scandal, he went into a lonely exile after a trial in 1896. He shot himself at Myrltetown on 5 June 1899 having been in Queensland for about two months working as an AMP canvasser. In 1913, while on a tour to South America, the world\u2011famous ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky impulsively married his daughter, Romola Pulsky, who had pursued him throughout Europe. The White Stag of Exile was written about his life by Thomas Shapcott in 1984.
K\u00e1roly Pulszky.
"},{"location":"stories/all-the-worlds-a-stage/#thomas-macer-megan-21143","title":"Thomas Macer (Megan) (21\u201114\u20113)","text":"Thomas was an English music hall artist touring Australia when he died suddenly in Brisbane. Accompanied by his wife, he arrived in Sydney in 1924. He was buried 17 November 1926 aged 34 years.
"},{"location":"stories/all-the-worlds-a-stage/#arthur-aldridge-233114-and-kyrle-edward-mcallister-sylvaney-233115","title":"Arthur Aldridge (23\u201131\u201114) and Kyrle Edward McAllister (Sylvaney) (23\u201131\u201115)","text":"English\u2011born Arthur was a tenor who was a regular fixture on the Melbourne stage. Arthur was 57 when he died on 3 November 1929 in a motor accident together with variety artist Kyrle Sylvaney who was aged 33. Their headstone was erected as a token of affection by their friends and admirers.
He was born in 1873 in Walsall, Staffordshire. He was a saddlemaker and the story goes that his workmates heard him singing and said that if they could sing like that then they would never work again. He decided to try his fame and fortune by going to London and performing at the music halls The Pavilion and The Palace.
He was discovered by William Morris who suggested he go with him to New York. His wife did not want to go, but he went regardless! He sang Shubert\u2011Brady revivals on Broadway where he played many leading roles until 1915. He was with J. C. Williamson\u2019s company and toured Australia. He came to Australia with Nell Flemming and played in The Follies.
The National Library of Australia has a collection of sheet music dedicated to him.
"},{"location":"stories/all-the-worlds-a-stage/#acknowledgements","title":"Acknowledgements","text":"Written by Dr. Hilda Maclean
"},{"location":"stories/all-the-worlds-a-stage/#sources","title":"Sources","text":"Maritime stories from Toowong Cemetery
The anchor is a symbol found on many Christian graves but it does not necessarily point to a maritime career. The source for the symbol is Hebrews 6:19,
Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast.
The allegorical figure, Hope, is often shown holding an anchor. Anchors may be shown with its rope crudely cut or a broken chain link to indicate the deceased has been removed from the land of the living, often prematurely.
Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/anchors-aweigh/#able-seaman-w-j-harrhy-4164","title":"Able Seaman W. J. Harrhy (4\u201116\u20114)","text":"William John Harrhy, aged 31, a sailor on HMS Dauntless, drowned in the Brisbane River on Good Friday, 1924 when ship was on a goodwill visit. The officers organised a dance aboard the Dauntless in aid of his dependents. William was born in Cardiff, Wales and had been in the Navy for over fifteen years.
"},{"location":"stories/anchors-aweigh/#jessie-blanche-prentice-and-george-prentice-9411","title":"Jessie Blanche Prentice and George Prentice (9\u201141\u20111)","text":"Jessie Blanche Prentice, the daughter of George (Junior) and Jessie Lacy Prentice, was lost with her grandfather, George Prentice, in the wreck S.S. Quetta in Torres Strait on 28 February 1890. The steamship struck an uncharted rock and sank in three minutes claiming 134 lives, mostly women and children. Many victims were prominent Queensland citizens, bound for London, including Toowong resident, Alexander Archer, manager of the Bank of New South Wales. There were 158 survivors.
"},{"location":"stories/anchors-aweigh/#henry-lander-pethebridge-1347","title":"Henry Lander Pethebridge (13\u20114\u20117)","text":"Henry Pethebridge, the son of William Pethebridge and Maria Lander, was the Inspector of Works of the Marine Department of Queensland. Born in Torquay, Devon about 1835, he died in Brisbane on 13 June 1910.
"},{"location":"stories/anchors-aweigh/#george-davidson-1371","title":"George Davidson (13\u20117\u20111)","text":"George was for many years the Superintendent Engineer to the Australasian Steam Navigation Company, Sydney. He died on 29 February 1888 aged 47. He was the son of Archibald Davidson and Janet Fyfe. His memorial is a distinctive ship\u2019s boiler plate set in the ground.
"},{"location":"stories/anchors-aweigh/#captain-william-smith-13621","title":"Captain William Smith (13\u20116\u201121)","text":"William Smith and his ten\u2011month old daughter died within two months of each other in 1872 and were interred at the Paddington Cemetery. Their remains and headstone were relocated to Toowong Cemetery in June 1881. Since then, another four family members have been buried in the grave.
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Charles Stewart Thow was the son of Alexander Thow and Elizabeth Smith. He died on the 2 June 1883 aged 43 and was buried on the same day.
"},{"location":"stories/anchors-aweigh/#david-muir-131612","title":"David Muir (13\u201116\u201112)","text":"Three generations of David Muirs are buried in this grave. David was a shipwright born on Burnt Island near Edinburgh about 1824. He was the son of James Muir and Margaret Black. David married Margaret George in 1854. His son married Lucy Kornner in Brisbane in 1887. Sadly, their infant son David died in 1889.
"},{"location":"stories/anchors-aweigh/#tom-george-johnson-14184","title":"Tom George Johnson (14\u201118\u20114)","text":"Tom, the son of John Johnson and Mary Huet, died on 2 October 1912. He was the first General Secretary of the Australian Institute of Marine Engineers. In August 1880, he was authorised to form a branch of the AIME in New Zealand. He was instrumental in instituting minimum qualifications, wages and working conditions for Marine Engineers. Until the year of his death, Tom was the Brisbane District Secretary of the AIME, a position he had held since 1883.
"},{"location":"stories/anchors-aweigh/#william-collin-125622","title":"William Collin (12\u201156\u201122)","text":"William, a master mariner, was born on 30 August 1834 at Great Wakering, Essex, the ninth of thirteen children of John Collin, a Suffolk farmer and his wife Sarah, ne\u0301e Viner. After only a basic education, fourteen\u2011year\u2011old William was working in the coastal coal trade and later on barges in the Thames. He left for Australia via Panama in 1854. Surviving a shipwreck 800 km off the Queensland coast, he eventually arrived in Sydney, via Calcutta!
He married Eliza Baker of Newton on Christmas Day 1857 at Stephen\u2019s, Camperdown. He worked on the Sydney waterfront until he could afford to purchase and refit a 25\u2011ton vessel. He sailed this ship to Brisbane, where he settled with his family (which would eventually comprise thirteen children), and commenced a freight service to near\u2011by coastal ports. William's other interest was the salvaging and breaking of ships. He was also engaged by the Queensland Government to lay submarine cables.
William\u2019s son and namesake was said to be the first Queensland\u2011born sailor to receive his master\u2019s certificate.
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London\u2011born Theeman was aged 47. He had spent most of his life at sea. After three years in Moller Line ships travelling between Japan and China he left the line in August 1941 to join the RAN. Bartsch, son of 3rd Light horseman William Henry Bartsch, was an employee if the Australasian United Paint Company of Port Augusta, South Australia prior to his enlistment in the navy. He was aged 20. Western Australian\u2011born Harrison was the son of William Ross and Rebecca Harrison. He was aged 33 and a resident of Melbourne.
The military covered up the incident so as not to affect morale. The newspapers widely reported the incident as an \u2018accident at sea\u2019. The Tambar\u2019s crew was dispersed throughout the RAN immediately after the men\u2019s joint funeral two days later. The ship was temporarily paid off and the Captain given another command. The District Naval Officer (Commander E. C. Rhodes), other naval officers, and military representatives were present. The service was conducted by the Rev. H. H. Trigge of the Methodist Church and the Church of England\u2019s Rev. F. R. C. Birch. Cannon and Cripps made the arrangements for the funeral and the cortege of Naval ratings from the Alice Street Depot marched from their funeral parlour.
"},{"location":"stories/anchors-aweigh/#captain-john-burke-7191","title":"Captain John Burke (7\u201119\u20111)","text":"John was born at Kinsale, Cork the son of fisherman Denis Burke and his wife Ellen. He was a seaman on ships to the USA until the outbreak of the Civil War when he returned to Ireland and signed on with the crew of the Erin Go Bragh which arrived in Brisbane in August 1862. He deserted and worked as a pilot for the Australian Steam Navigation Company sailing the Queensland and the Telegraph. He married Elicia Swords from the Erin Go Bragh, and settled on the Logan River.
He held a Masters Licence and worked on bay and river ships commanding the Fanny on the Albert and Logan rivers. He established the John Burke Shipping Line in 1887 and bought the Louisa and traded from Ipswich to Logan and later on Moreton Bay.
By his death in 1919, he had nineteen ships, although he had retired in 1915 staying only as the Director. Captain Burke Park at Kangaroo Point is named in honour of him. His company was sold by his grandson in 1968.
Page 27 of the Queenslander Pictorial, supplement to The Queenslander, 14 June, 1919. - State Library of Queensland The Adonis (ship) was built in 1883 and was owned by Dath Henderson, Brisbane, who also owned a sawmill on the Noosa River at Tewantin. The Adonis was later sold to John Burke in Brisbane, Queensland. \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/anchors-aweigh/#acknowledgements","title":"Acknowledgements","text":"Stories about Artists remembered in Toowong Cemetery
Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/artists/#le-fevre-james-cranstone-2a1522","title":"Le Fevre James Cranstone (2A\u201115\u201122)","text":"Cranstone was born in 1822 at Hemel Hempstead, England, the son of Quakers James and Maria Cranstone (n\u00e9e Le Fevre). In September 1859, he began a nine\u2011month journey through the east and mid\u2011west of the USA. During this journey he prepared 296 watercolor sketches now at Indiana University. The purpose of his trip was to visit cousins who lived in Richmond, Indiana and Virginia. He arrived in Brisbane in the early 1880s with members of his family and created many sketches of early Brisbane including Toowong Cemetery. Le Fevre died on 22 June 1893 aged 71 years.
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Jenner was born on 18 March 1837 at Brighton, Sussex, son of Thomas Jenner, blacksmith, and his wife Harriet, n\u00e9e Walter. Without known formal education, he worked on oyster boats and signed on for a voyage in Arctic waters. In March 1855 he joined the Royal Navy, serving during the Crimean War in the Black Sea. Discharged in 1865, he learned to paint and worked as a landscape and marine painter in 1873\u201179 at Brighton and at Hove in 1880\u201183. He exhibited at Brighton and once at the Royal Academy. He decided to migrate and reached Brisbane by R.M.S. Roma on 19 September 1883.
Jenner made a living by selling paintings, holding art unions and teaching at Miss O'Connor's School, Oxley, and at the Brisbane Technical College in 1887\u201189. Although he travelled in New South Wales and New Zealand in 1889, he exhibited only in Brisbane and at the Centennial International Exhibition of 1888\u201189 in Melbourne. He had helped to found the Queensland Art Society in 1887. He moved his studio in 1890 to Montrose Road, Taringa, where he lived and worked for the rest of his life.
A self\u2011taught marine and landscape painter of considerable ability and technical skill, Jenner painted local scenery and continued all his life to paint English scenes from memory. His most popular subjects were the Sussex and Cornish coasts and large historical seascapes. In 1895 he gave one of his large seascapes, 'Cape Chudleigh, Labrador' (1890) to the Queensland National Gallery soon after its opening.
He died at Taringa on 1 March 1902. He was survived by his wife Mary, n\u00e9e Jenkins, whom he had married on 23 May 1860 at Anthony, Cornwall, and by three sons and three daughters.
Marine artist - Isaac Walter Jenner (1836 - 1902). Aussie~mobs.
"},{"location":"stories/artists/#richard-godfrey-rivers-12244","title":"Richard Godfrey Rivers (12\u201124\u20114)","text":"Rivers was born probably in 1859 at Plymouth, Devon, son of Richard Rivers, landed proprietor, and his wife Bertha, n\u00e9e Harris. He studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College, London (1877\u201183) receiving the prize for landscape painting in 1883 and exhibiting at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1884. In 1889 he came to Australia. He taught at Katoomba College, NSW, and then was appointed second art master at Brisbane Technical College (1890\u20111910, part\u2011time 1910\u201115). He soon emerged as leader of Brisbane's artistic community and the first artist member of the Queensland Club in 1891.
Rivers also taught at his studio, at the Brisbane High School for Girls and at Brisbane Girls' Grammar School. Rivers was president of the Queensland Art Society in 1892\u20111901 and 1904\u201108. Largely through his efforts the Queensland National Art Gallery ultimately opened in 1895.
His course at the technical college embraced both art and craft. His extant work includes the decorative painting of angelic figures on the ceiling of the sanctuary in St Mary's Church, Kangaroo Point (1892), his design of the altar in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel, St John's Cathedral, Brisbane and other furniture in the cathedral. The Godfrey Rivers medal was established at the technical college in 1929 by his wife Selina Jane, n\u00e9e Bell, whom he had married in St John's Cathedral on 25 September 1901.
Rivers died on 4 February 1925 of typhoid fever while on a visit to England and his ashes were interred here. His wife and daughter survived him. The Godfrey Rivers Trust, founded by his wife for the Queensland Art Gallery, established the Godfrey Rivers prize (acquisitive) and purchased art works. His most popular work, 'Under the Jacaranda' (1903), hangs in the Queensland Art Gallery and features his wife.
Godfrey Rivers, seated on a rock with binoculars. Unknown author - Daphne Mayo Collection, UQFL119, Fryer Library, The University of Queensland Library.
"},{"location":"stories/artists/#eliza-jeanettie-sheldon-and-edwin-arthur-vincent-sheldon-7951314","title":"Eliza Jeanettie Sheldon and Edwin Arthur Vincent Sheldon (7\u201195\u201113/14)","text":"Jeanettie Sheldon, was born on 24 May 1885 in Williamstown, Victoria, the eldest of five children of English\u2011born parents Edwin Arthur Sheldon and his second wife Phoebe Emily, n\u00e9e Fisher. By 1890 the family had settled in Brisbane, where Edwin ran a jewellery business at Fortitude Valley. Vincent was born on 3 July 1895 in South Brisbane, the youngest of the five children.
Jeanettie studied art at Brisbane Technical College. Between 1909 and 1919 she exhibited oils, sketches and painting on porcelain at shows held by the (Royal) National Agricultural and Industrial Association of Queensland. She opened the Sheldon Gallery in 1921. Elected to the (Royal) Queensland Art Society, she served as vice\u2011president (1922), secretary (1923\u201131 and 1937\u201143) and a council\u2011member (1932\u201136). From 1923 to 1960 she exhibited pottery, oils and watercolours at its shows.
Vincent was educated by the Christian Brothers at St James's School, Brisbane. He studied commercial art in the United States of America (1920) and England (1924), and worked as a freelance cartoonist in Brisbane in 1924\u201126. He visited London in 1929 to learn drypoint under W. P. Robins at the Central School of Arts and Crafts, Holborn. The British Museum acquired three of his etchings, and the Victoria and Albert Museum two monotypes.
Back in Brisbane, Vincent taught printmaking at his home at Clayfield. In 1931 he was elected a member of the Australian Painter\u2011Etchers' Society. His drypoints of country scenes, and of Brisbane and its landmarks, were described in 1934 as being executed with 'rare skill' and 'joyous animation'. On 9 July 1934 at All Saints Church, Wickham Terrace, he married with Anglican rites Cynthia Ruth Sturtridge; they were childless.
During World War II Vincent worked in a munitions factory until illness forced him to resign. Survived by his wife, he died of a coronary occlusion on 19 July 1945 at Boolarong, near Caboolture, and was buried with Catholic rites. A memorial exhibition of his work was held in Brisbane in 1948. In 1981 Sheldon's widow gave more than two hundred of his works to the Queensland Art Gallery.
Jeanette Sheldon - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/artists/#acknowledgements","title":"Acknowledgements","text":"Written by Dr. Hilda Maclean
"},{"location":"stories/artists/#source","title":"Source","text":"Stories about early Brisbane Mayors remembered in Toowong Cemetery
These stories cover many of the early Mayors of the Town of Brisbane. The City of Brisbane replaced the Town of Brisbane in 1903, which was then replaced by the new City of Brisbane in 1925.
Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/brisbane-mayors/#john-petrie-1353","title":"John Petrie (13\u20115\u20113)","text":"John Petrie was born on 15 January 1822 at Edinburgh, eldest son of Andrew Petrie and his wife Mary, n\u00e9e Cuthbertson. He arrived in Sydney with his family in 1831 and was educated at Reverend John Dunmore Lang's school. In 1837, he arrived aboard the James Watt, the first steamer to enter Moreton Bay, where his father had been appointed clerk of works, and accompanied him on explorations to the Bunya Mountains and Maroochy River. The family stayed on in the Moreton Bay District after the penal settlement closed. After learning the ropes in the family building and contracting business John assumed responsibility for its management after his father's blindness in 1848 forced him to retire. John became sole proprietor and the firm was changed from Petrie & Son to John Petrie.
On 5 September 1850 Petrie married Jane Keith, daughter of Daniel McNaught of Dunbarton, Scotland. The family grew to five sons and five daughters. John Petrie was public\u2011spirited and held many important offices. He topped the poll in Brisbane's first municipal election in 1859 and was mayor three times by 1862 and served as an Alderman until 1867. He was also an active member of the first Masonic lodge in Queensland. A staunch Presbyterian, he was an elder and worked on building St Paul's Church. John Petrie died on 8 December 1892.
Andrew and John Petrie \u2014 State Library of Queensland. The First Mayor and Aldermen of the Brisbane City Council - 1859 \u2014 Brisbane City Council.
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Monument erected to the memory of George Edmondstone. Died 23 February 1883. His widow Mrs Alexa Edmondstone, who died in Brisbane in 1887, is also buried there. \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Alderman George Edmonstone \u2014 Brisbane City Council.
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Mayor Thomas Proe 1901 and 1905 \u2014 Brisbane City Council.
"},{"location":"stories/brisbane-mayors/#john-daniel-heal-13409","title":"John Daniel Heal (13\u201140\u20119)","text":"John Daniel Heal was born near Bradford\u2011on\u2011Avon, England on 18 January 1825. He was the son of Ambrose Heal, mason and Elizabeth Smith. He emigrated from England to Brisbane in mid 1856. He married at least twice and had at least eight children, many of whom died in childhood. In Brisbane, John Heal worked at his trade as a stone mason.
In 1863, he leased the Prince Consort Hotel in Wickham Street, Fortitude Valley and became a publican. He bought the hotel in 1879 and by 1887 had acquired a number of adjoining properties. In 1887\u20141888, Heal tore down the old hotel and had a larger hotel erected, which was designed by Richard Gailey.
He was very involved in community affairs and was a great advocate for the progress of Fortitude Valley. In 1870 he was elected to the Brisbane Council as an Alderman for the Fortitude Valley Ward. He served his electorate in this role from 1870 to 1873, losing in 1874. However, the following year, he won the ward of Fortitude Valley back and held it until 1894, after which he did not seek re\u2011election. He was Mayor in 1879. He died in Brisbane on 18 August 1908.
Mayor John Daniel Heal \u2014 Brisbane City Council. Prince Consort Hotel, Brisbane, 1936 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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Sinclair died at Kangaroo Point, on 5 May 1906 aged 79 years and was buried here, together with Constance and his two adult children Margaret and James. John Sinclair was an Alderman of the Brisbane Municipal Council for the ward of Kangaroo Point from 1871\u20141882 and 1886\u20141887. He was Mayor of the Brisbane Municipal Council in 1880 and 1881.
John Sinclair \u2014 State Library of Queensland. View of the Kangaroo Point cliffs, Brisbane, ca. 1890 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/brisbane-mayors/#alfred-john-raymond-9328","title":"Alfred John Raymond (9\u201132\u20118)","text":"Alfred was born in Clifton, Bristol son of Henry George Raymond and Mary Ann Hewland. Alfred, like his father, was a carpenter. Alfred was a deeply devout man throughout his life and an active lay worker in the Congregational Church. In 1878, Alfred married Elizabeth Paul and they had two sons. In 1885\u201386, Alfred was a carpenter and living on Stanley Street, South Brisbane beside the river. Shortly after their arrival in Brisbane, their baby son Leslie died on 4 April 1884 and then exactly two years later Elizabeth died. They are buried nearby.
On 20 June 1888, Alfred remarried, to Jessie Catherine Shearer, in the Congregational Church in Wharf Street. In the 1890s, the Raymond family lived in Kangaroo Point. It was while living there that Alfred became interested in politics and in 1894 he was elected as Alderman for the ward of Kangaroo Point. Although South Brisbane was then a separate town to Brisbane, Kangaroo Point was still a ward of Brisbane. Alfred represented Kangaroo Point from 1894 to 1899 when resigned from politics. However, he returned as Alderman for Kangaroo Point again from 1902 to 1903 and then from 1911 to 1924. He was Mayor of Brisbane in 1912.
Alderman Alfred John Raymond \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Wharf Street Congregational Church, Brisbane, ca. 1909. The church was erected in 1860 on the corner of Wharf and Adelaide Streets. It was enlarged in 1872 and renovated in 1883 when a new schoolroom was added. The building was demolished in 1928. \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/brisbane-mayors/#james-swan-9398","title":"James Swan (9\u201139\u20118)","text":"James Swan was born in 1811 in Glasgow, Scotland, the son of Daniel Swan and Jennet McLaren. He was apprenticed to the printing trade in Glasgow. In 1831, James married Christina Mackay. In 1837, James emigrated from Glasgow to Sydney with the Rev. Dr John Dunmore Lang and worked on his paper The Colonialist. In 1846, the Moreton Bay Courier was founded in Brisbane by Sidney Lyons, who persuaded James Swan to come to Brisbane and work on the newspaper. Sidney Lyons had money problems and about 18 months later, James Swan took over the newspaper. In 1859, James sold the Moreton Bay Courier to Thomas Blacket Stephens (Brisbane\u2019s second Mayor) who renamed it the Brisbane Courier.
James Swan was an Alderman of the Brisbane Municipal Council from 1872 to 1875 and was Mayor from 1873 to 1875. James's wife Christina died aged 76 years at their home Burnside at Windsor on 27 January 1888 after a lingering illness and was buried here.
James married again on 10 January 1889 to Christina Meikle. James Swan died on 26 May 1891 on board Jelunga while in the Mediterranean Sea bound for England. He was travelling with his wife for a 12\u2011month visit. Aged 80 and in poor health when he commenced the trip, many doubted they would see him return. He was buried at sea off Port Said, Egypt but he was memorialised on his first wife's grave. James's second wife Christina died on 3 March 1929 aged 71 years.
Alderman James Swan \u2014 Brisbane City Council. The Colonist, 1 January 1835 \u2014 via Wikipedia. Public Domain.
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Richard Warry was a grocer and was one of the earliest of the Queen Street storekeepers, having had a shop for many years on the eastern side near the corner with Albert Street. Richard Warry was an Alderman of the Brisbane Municipal Council in 1862\u20141863 and 1865\u20141866. He was Mayor in 1866. He took a break from public life for a number of years and then returned as Alderman of the West Ward from 1883\u20141888 before finally retiring.
Richard Symes Warry \u2014 Brisbane City Council.
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Albert Street Methodist Church and Albert Hall, Brisbane, ca. 1904 \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Richard Southall \u2014 Brisbane City Council.
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He was in the boot trade to 1862 and was involved in local government from 1867 to 1890. He was Mayor of Brisbane in 1868 and 1870, first chairman of the Woolloongabba Divisional Board, Alderman for South Brisbane from 1888 to 1890, and chairman of the Waterworks Board from 1893. He died in Brisbane on 8 November 1906 and was interred in the family grave.
John Hardgrave, early resident and mayor of Brisbane, 1868-1869 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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In 1862, Joshua Jeays bought 39 acres at the corner of Cooper's Camp Road on which he built Bardon House. He is buried with his wife Sarah who predeceased him, dying on 26 July 1864 in Brisbane. Sarah was originally buried in Paddington Cemetery but re\u2011interred in here on 17 April 1913.
Joshua built homes of prominent Brisbane residents such as John Petrie and the Cribb family. Joshua was an Alderman from 1859 to 1867 and was Mayor in 1864.
Bardon House in Brisbane, ca. 1930 Bardon the suburb was named after this home built by Joshua Jeays, one of the first landowners in the district. The area was first surveyed in 1862. Jeays was the home owner and architect and a business partner of Andrew Petrie. \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Alderman Joshua Jeays \u2014 Brisbane City Council.
"},{"location":"stories/brisbane-mayors/#william-pettigrew-13662","title":"William Pettigrew (13\u201166\u20112)","text":"William Pettigrew born on 26 August 1825 was the son of an Ayreshire farmer. He trained as a surveyor and as such arrived aboard the Fortitude in January 1849. He became a sawmiller, importing the first steam\u2011powered sawmill in 1853. Pettigrew was elected to the Brisbane Municipal Council three times in the period 1863 \u2013 1881, including the mayoralty in 1870\u20131871. There is an overlap between his municipal duties and membership of the Queensland Legislative Council from 1877\u20131894.
He was a member of a number of societies; including the Queensland Philosophical Society, the School of Arts Committee (along with Samuel Walker Griffith) and was a life\u2011member of the Queensland Acclimatisation Society. He was also a land speculator.
His wife Amelia Boughay, a fellow Fortitude passenger whom he had married in 18 February 1859, pre\u2011deceased him on 1 September 1893 and is buried here. He died on 28 October 1906 and was interred in at Bowen. William Pettigrew was a strict Presbyterian, who kept the Sabbath sacred to the extent of walking to church and banning musical instruments from worship.
William Pettigrew, Brisbane, ca. 1875 \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Wife of William Pettigrew, Brisbane, Amelia Boughay, (1824-1893) born London, died Brisbane. \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/brisbane-mayors/#archibald-watson-12132","title":"Archibald Watson (12\u201113\u20112)","text":"Archibald was the Chairman of the Toowong Fire Brigade, which had built a fire station in Jephson Street in 1919. He was the last Mayor of the town of Toowong in 1925 and went on to serve as an Alderman on the Brisbane City Council between 1926 and 1931. He was Deputy Mayor from 1926 to 1931 and Lord Mayor from February to May 1931. He died on 25 February 1941 aged 67.
Alderman Archibald Watson \u2014 Brisbane City Council. Page 27 of the Queenslander Pictorial, supplement to The Queenslander, 6 September, 1919. The Toowong Fire Brigade with their new motor reel \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
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He was an Alderman in the Brisbane Municipal Council from 1884 to 1891, serving one term as Mayor in 1889. He served on a number of committees, namely the:
He married Anne Hunter in Sydney in 1885 before moving to Aberleigh, Kelvin Grove where they lived until settling into his newly completed hotel.
Lord Mayor William Macnaughton Galloway, 1889 \u2014 Brisbane City Council. Flood waters at the Breakfast Creek Hotel, Brisbane, 1893 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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Given Names Last Name Term as Mayor Location John Petrie 1859\u20131862 13\u20115\u20113 George Edmondstone 1863 13\u201120\u20115 Joshua Jeays 1864 13\u201162\u201113 Richard Symes Warry 1866 13\u201149\u201122 John Hardgrave 1868\u20131869 14\u201122\u20112/3 William Pettigrew 1870 13\u201166\u20112 Edward Joseph Baines 1872 7\u20115\u201130 James Swan 1873\u20131875 9\u201139\u20118 John Daniel Heal 1879 13\u201140\u20119 John Sinclair 1880\u20131881 9\u201140\u20115 Abram Robertson Byram 1883 1\u201119\u20116 Benjamin Harris Babbidge 1885 1\u201144\u20119 Richard Southall 1888 13\u201159\u201112 William McNaughton Galloway 1889 7A\u201141\u201118 George Watson 1892 13\u201147\u201111 Robert Fraser 1894\u20131895 11\u201152\u20119/10 Thomas Proe 1901, 1905 13\u201135\u20119 Leslie Gordon Corrie 1902\u20131903 13\u201171\u201113/14 William Murray Thompson 1907 11\u201171\u201115 Charles Packenham Buchanan 1908, 1919 7\u201120\u201119 Thomas Wilson 1909 8\u201161\u201133B/4 Harry Diddams 1911, 1921\u20131924 11\u201145\u20115 Alfred John Raymond 1912 9\u201132\u20118 Harry Doggett 1913 11\u201116\u20113 George Down 1915 12\u20114\u20119 James Francis Maxwell 1920\u20131921 13\u201165\u20114 William Alfred Jolly 1925\u20131931 8\u201173\u201129 Archibald Watson 1931 12\u201113\u20112"},{"location":"stories/brisbane-mayors/#download-the-data","title":"Download the data","text":"Brisbane Mayors buried in Toowong Cemetery by Friends of Toowong Cemetery Association Inc., is licensed under CC BY 4.0. You must provide attribution if you reuse this work.
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"},{"location":"stories/brisbane-mayors/#acknowledgements","title":"Acknowledgements","text":"Written by Dr. Hilda Maclean
"},{"location":"stories/brisbane-mayors/#further-reading","title":"Further Reading","text":"Stories about people that helped build Brisbane
Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/brisbane-open-house/#andrew-petrie-1355","title":"Andrew Petrie (13\u20115\u20115)","text":"Andrew Petrie was born in Fife, Scotland, on 25 June 1798 to Walter Petrie and Margaret (n\u00e9e Hutchison). Mary Cuthbertson married Andrew in Edinburgh 1821. In 1831 the family arrived in Sydney aboard the Stirling Castle. In 1837, Andrew, as clerk of works, arrived in Moreton Bay with his family aboard the James Watt. Sandy blight robbed Andrew of his eyesight in 1848, but he kept control of his business. Andrew died on 20 February 1872.
"},{"location":"stories/brisbane-open-house/#notable-surviving-brisbane-works","title":"Notable surviving Brisbane works","text":"Bulimba House in Brisbane \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
Adelaide House or The Deanery, Ann Street, Brisbane, ca. 1882 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/brisbane-open-house/#william-mccallum-park-13191516","title":"William McCallum Park (13\u201119\u201115/16)","text":"In Scotland on 26 November 1836, William McCallum Park was born to Andrew Park and Agnes (n\u00e9e McCallum). In January 1863, William and his family arrived in Brisbane aboard the Flying Cloud.
William's wife, Marion Kirkwood (n\u00e9e Hamilton) died in 1877. Isabel Ker Scott married William on 8 September 1881 at Wickham Terrace. William died at his residence, Fernibrae, Hurdcotte Street, Enoggera, aged 97 years on 6 September 1934.
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Spring Hill Baths, ca. 1910 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/brisbane-open-house/#william-macfarlane-1472021","title":"William Macfarlane (14\u20117\u201120/21)","text":"William Macfarlane, a son of John Macfarlane and Mary (n\u00e9e Hudson) was born on 30 May 1832 in Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Mary Munn married William in Bonhill on 8 June 1857. After Mary's death in 1864, Agnes Park married William in Brisbane on 2 June 1865. William died at his Adelaide Street residence on the 10 June 1886, aged 54 years.
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Rothwells Building \u2014 The State of Queensland 2021.
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"},{"location":"stories/brisbane-open-house/#notable-surviving-brisbane-works_3","title":"Notable surviving Brisbane works","text":"Thomas Dempster, a son of Robert Dempster, contractor and Anne (n\u00e9e Dalzell) was born in Tradeston, Lanarkshire, Scotland on 23 March 1867. The Dempster family travelled aboard the Nurnberg to Australia in 1889. Thomas joined the United Operative Stonemasons Society of Queensland (UOSMS) on 21 August 1889. Thomas served at times as UOSMS President, Vice\u2011President, Auditor, Secretary, Treasurer and delegate. Thomas settled in Paddington before relocating to Campbell Street, Toowong. On 16 May 1946, Thomas died at St Helen's Hospital, South Brisbane.
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"},{"location":"stories/brisbane-open-house/#sources","title":"Sources","text":"Suffer the little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me
Brisbane\u2019s infant mortality rate in the latter half of the 19th century equalled that of the worse slums of the United Kingdom. More children died in spring and summer than winter and these rates did not improve between the mid-1870s and the 1890s.1 In December 1876, 52 children under the age of eight were buried at Toowong Cemetery. The most common causes of death included childhood diseases, infections, drowning, burns and scalds. The most dramatic improvement did not occur until the fifth decade of the twentieth century and the advent of penicillin.
Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/children/#horsfall-family-13312","title":"Horsfall Family (13\u20113\u201112)","text":"Ann Elizabeth Horsfall died on 2 September 1863 aged seven. Her siblings Thomas Lambert, Harry, Sarah and Rose had all died in infancy. They were the children of George and Ann Horsfall (n\u00e9e Tatlow) both from Coventry, England.
"},{"location":"stories/children/#peter-mccauley-13104","title":"Peter McCauley (13\u201110\u20114)","text":"Peter McCauley was the son of a private in H .M. 17th Regiment of Foot. He was accidentally drowned in January 1832 aged 5 years and 8 months. Peter and two other children were originally interred in the North Quay Cemetery and then re\u2011interred at Toowong in October 1881.
A Lovely Boy possess'd of every charm Could not the Tyrants fatal dart disarm? Engaging sweetness met the destined blo' And bid farewell to every human woe His spotless Soul now to his God restor'd Bliss inconceivable is his rich reward Then happy child my soul no more Shall humbly hope thro\u2019 an Almighty Grace One day to fold thee in sweet embrace.
"},{"location":"stories/children/#hiron-family-13209","title":"Hiron Family (13\u201120\u20119)","text":"George and Mary Ann Hiron (n\u00e9e Prosser) lost a number of their children in childhood. Amelia Ann, George, George Edward James, Albert Edwin and Daisy Evelyn all died in infancy. Agnes Elizabeth died in September 1875 aged 11 years. Yet another George died in December 1901 aged 15 years. Following the custom of the day, names were recycled until a child lived long enough for a name to \u2018stick\u2019.
"},{"location":"stories/children/#edward-hobbs-13555","title":"Edward Hobbs (13\u201155\u20115)","text":"Edward Hobbs was killed by falling tree at Redcliffe on 4 January 1875 aged 13 years and nine months. He was out shooting with a cousin when they sat down to watch some men felling a tree. The tree didn\u2019t fall in the direction which Edward anticipated and he was crushed. Edward\u2019s father was the well\u2011known doctor, William Hobbs, who, being in Brisbane at the time of the accident, was unable to assist his son. Edward was interred at the old Milton cemetery and then when it closed, relocated to Toowong.
Green be the turf above thee Son of my happier days None knew thee but to love thee None knew thee but to praise While memory bids me to weep tho\u2019 Nor thoughts nor word are free The grief is fixed too deeply That mourn a lad like thee.
"},{"location":"stories/children/#gow-family-136419","title":"Gow Family (13\u201164\u201119)","text":"Five children were lost by James Gow and his wife Christina Philp between 1864 and 1882. None had reached the age of five. The family lived in Harcourt Street in Fortitude Valley.
Gone to the better land Asleep on Jesu's breast These happy babes have found Their everlasting rest.
"},{"location":"stories/children/#bruce-and-ina-euphemia-wallace-9469","title":"Bruce and Ina Euphemia Wallace (9\u201146\u20119)","text":"On 22 November 1899 Bruce Wallace and his two sisters were swimming off a small sandbank in the Brisbane River at West End. The girls got into difficulties and Bruce was able to save one of the girls but trying to save himself and his other sister proved too exhausting and they were both drowned. Bruce was fourteen years old and his sister Ina was ten. The children usually went swimming with their father at the same spot, but on this day, their father had business in the city, so the children went swimming without him, with tragic consequences. They were the children of Andrew Stephen and Eva Sarah Wallace.
Bruce His happy face is gone, his songs are hushed Here rests his head upon the lap of earth In youth to fortune and to fame unknown.
Ina Thou who here see beautiful and fair That death should set in her glorious eyes.
"},{"location":"stories/children/#hector-vasyli-103824","title":"Hector Vasyli (10\u201138\u201124)","text":"On Sunday 9 June 1918 a procession of returned servicemen conveyed by motor vehicle left the military hospital at Kangaroo Point headed for Queen Street. About sixty cars made up the motorcade; they were provided and driven by local residents. Four or five young boys had gathered near the southern end of Victoria Bridge. One of these boys was eleven year\u2011old, Hector Vasyli. His family owned an oyster saloon on Melbourne Street, South Brisbane. Young Hector was very patriotic and known to save up his money to buy presents and throw them to the returned servicemen as they passed by on parade. On the day in question he was doing just that when the tragedy unfolded.
W. J. Jackson, a local produce merchant was the driver of one of the cars. As vehicles ahead of him began to slow down he swerved to avoid a collision. His car went toward the side of the road and struck Hector. The Courier reported that he had \"perfect control of the car\" as he was able to pull it up swiftly after realising what he'd done. Jackson quickly picked up the boy and sped off to St. Helen's hospital. Medical assistance was not immediately obtainable so they left and headed to the Mater Misericordia Public Hospital. It was too late; Hector had succumbed to his injuries (which included a skull fracture, compound fracture to the right arm, and other minor injuries).
The papers were quick to emancipate Jackson stating, \"The tragic occurrence was quite unavoidable and Mr. Jackson did everything to avoid the fatal consequences.\"
Hector Vasyli Memorial, Brisbane, 1918. Speakers at the unveiling of the tablet include Christy Freeleagus, President of the Hellenic Association, Lieut. Grant Hanlon, Alderman Peter Forrest (Mayor of South Brisbane), and Mr W. P. B. Miles of the Church of England Mission. - State Library of Queensland. Hector Vasyli - State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/children/#doris-gilbert-10287","title":"Doris Gilbert (10\u201128\u20117)","text":"Doris Eliza was the daughter of William Carrington Gilbert and his wife May n\u00e9e Lord. She was eight years old when she died on 21 February 1913.
A fathers pet, a mothers dear A little darling slumbers here Weep not for me my parents dear I am not dead but sleeping here My time was short my grief was less I'm gone from pain to happiness.
"},{"location":"stories/children/#acknowledgements","title":"Acknowledgements","text":"Written by Dr. Hilda Maclean
Hector Vasyli story researched and written by Steven Gil Verses, collected by Joyce Simpson
"},{"location":"stories/children/#sources","title":"Sources","text":"1: Brisbane Courier, 12 September 1896 p.4
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People gathered in front of Finney, Isles & Co, corner Queen and Edward Streets, Brisbane, ca. 1873 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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George Prentice and family \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
View of Edward Street looking towards the Brisbane River, 1877 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/christmas-shopping-1877/#francis-ramsay-13506","title":"Francis Ramsay (13\u201150\u20116)","text":"Francis was born in Fermanagh, Ireland ca. 1836. He married Mary Blakely in Fermanagh on 12 May 1856 and the young couple arrived in Brisbane on 12 October 1856 per Lady McDonald from Southampton. Francis was a butcher before leaving Ireland and opened a shop in Refuge Row in Queen Street, moving to Leichhardt Street early in 1877. Francis died on 10 June 1879 from injuries sustained after being thrown from his horse the previous month.
"},{"location":"stories/christmas-shopping-1877/#richard-symes-warry-134922","title":"Richard Symes Warry (13\u201149\u201122)","text":"Another of Brisbane's earliest Queen Street shopkeepers was the grocer Richard Warry who was also Mayor of Brisbane 1866-1867. He was born in Somerset, England in 1829, the son of Thomas Warry and his wife Maria (n\u00e9e Symes). Richard married Mary Lydia Pratten on 25 January 1851 in Brisbane. He died on 12 March 1891 at his residence Timsbury, Samford Road, Enoggera aged 62, after a long and painful illness. In 1877 his grocery store was situated opposite the Brisbane GPO.
Brisbane's General Post Office, ca. 1875 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/christmas-shopping-1877/#john-ure-mcnaught-13556","title":"John Ure McNaught (13\u201155\u20116)","text":"Stationer, bookseller, bookbinder, account book manufacturer, publisher, and lithographer, John McNaught was born in Brisbane on 30 May 1850. His parents, Daniel and Barbara (n\u00e9e Ure) McNaught and his older brother Daniel had arrived in Moreton Bay in 1848 on the Artemisia from Scotland. John married Eliza Ann Bothamley on 18 Jun 1873 in Brisbane. He was a long-time Toowong resident and was living at Kalangur, Augustus Street Toowong at the time of his death on 24 September 1924.
Street map of the city of Brisbane, Queensland, 1878 published by J.U. McNaught \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/christmas-shopping-1877/#john-tutty-135911","title":"John Tutty (13\u201159\u201111)","text":"Irish-born John Tutty (1844-1879) arrived in Brisbane around 1864. His parents were Edward Tutty and Frances Green. He married Alice Ross in 1872 in Brisbane. In 1873 in partnership with Robert Finney, Tutty and Finney took over the Fortitude Valley store of Finney Isles when that business moved to Queen Street. John was 35 when he died from a head injury from a fall at his home.
Finney and Isles store, Fortitude Valley, ca. 1868 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/christmas-shopping-1877/#james-treleaven-13651","title":"James Treleaven (13\u201165\u20111)","text":"James Treleaven was a partner with James Clark in Clark & Treleaven, Drapers and Outfitters at 127 Queen Street from early 1874. James Treleaven was born in Launceston Cornwall in 1838, the son of Benjamin Treleaven, a grocer and his wife, Mary (n\u00e9e Harvey). He arrived in Brisbane in the early 1860s and married Emily Agnes Rains in 1867. He was 46 years of age when he died at his Kelvin Grove home on 30 March 1884.
"},{"location":"stories/christmas-shopping-1877/#john-anderson-kenion-13711011","title":"John Anderson Kenion (13\u201171\u201110/11)","text":"The proprietor of Kenion & Co, the original Shilling Shop at 19 Queen Street was John Kenion who was born in 1840 in Rock House, Yeadon, Yorkshire where his father William was a wool-stapler. Prior to opening his own shop, John was manager of the Wesleyan Book Depot. He died at his residence Terraces in Wool Street, Toowong on 29 February 1896 at the age of 56.
"},{"location":"stories/christmas-shopping-1877/#thomas-finney-13816","title":"Thomas Finney (13\u201181\u20116)","text":"The merchant and politician, Thomas Finney was born on 10 January 1837 at Currakeen House, Tuam, Galway, Ireland, son of Thomas Finney and his wife Eliza, n\u00e9e Cornwall. In 1862 he arrived in Brisbane on the Flying Cloud with his friend, James Isles with whom he went into business as Finney Isles & Co two years later. Thomas died on 16 December 1903 at his home, Sidney House, Toowong.
Proposed sketch for the premises of Finney Isles & Co. on the corner of Adelaide Edward and Queen Streets, Brisbane, 1888 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/christmas-shopping-1877/#james-isles-13815","title":"James Isles (13\u201181\u20115)","text":"James Isles of Finney Isles & Co was born in Scone, Scotland in 1837, the son of William and Isabella Isles and had been in business with Thomas Finney in Dublin before coming to Brisbane. James died from the effects of a stroke at his Clayfield residence on 3 November 1888 at the age of 51 without having seen Finney Isles & Co's new buildings on the corner of Adelaide & Edward Streets completed.
Letterhead showing Finney, Isles & Co. building at the corner of Queen Adelaide and Edward Streets, Brisbane, 1890 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/christmas-shopping-1877/#james-chapman-138367","title":"James Chapman (13\u201183\u20116/7)","text":"Soft goods merchant, James Chapman was born in Perthshire, Scotland where he commenced his commercial career before migrating to Queensland arriving in August 1864 in the ship Earl Russell. With Richard Edwards, he was a partner in the firm of Edwards and Chapman. He died at his residence Kintullo Gregory Terrace on 4 May 1917.
Queensland Drapery House opening full column advertisment in the The Telegraph, 21 March 1877 - National Library of Australia.
"},{"location":"stories/christmas-shopping-1877/#richard-george-petty-142213","title":"Richard George Petty (14\u201122\u201113)","text":"Richard Petty, born in 1836, was a native of Yorkshire and came to Queensland in the ship Whirlwind in 1862. His parents were Richard Petty and Margaret (n\u00e9e Crier). He went into business with William Grimes in 1863 operating a Clothing and Drapery Store at the top end of Queen Street. By 1877 they had moved to larger premises further down Queen Street, between Albert & Edward Streets. Richard died on 24 September 1899 at his residence Coodra on Gregory Terrace.
"},{"location":"stories/christmas-shopping-1877/#henry-beesley-13263","title":"Henry Beesley (13\u201126\u20113)","text":"The Shirt and Collar Box, three doors down from the GPO, was the business of Henry Beesley, a draper who migrated to Queensland in 1870 on the Indus with his wife Elizabeth (n\u00e9e Gough). Henry was born on 20 February 1831 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire to George Beesley and Eliza (n\u00e9e Hawksley). He died on 5 February 1894 at his home, Twickenham Lodge, in West End.
Advertisments in the The Telegraph, 14 December 1877 including Herny Beesley's Shirt and Collar Box, Edwards and Chapman, Clark and Treleaven, and Tutty and Finney - National Library of Australia.
"},{"location":"stories/christmas-shopping-1877/#thomas-spilsbury-132323","title":"Thomas Spilsbury (13\u201123\u20112/3)","text":"Thomas Spilsbury's confectionery shop stood at 28 Queen Street. Thomas was born in Bromsgrove Worcestershire to parents Richard (also a confectioner) and Hannah in 1838. He lived in Kiama NSW before coming to Brisbane ca. 1861-1862. He worked as a compositor before entering the confectionery business in 1876. After his death in 1884, the business passed to his son, Thomas.
"},{"location":"stories/christmas-shopping-1877/#james-martin-132421","title":"James Martin (13\u201124\u201121)","text":"The Civet Cat fancy goods and toy emporium stood in Queen Street where the Myer Centre is today. Its proprietor, James Martin was born in Worcestershire in 1838 to parents, Joseph Martin and Elizabeth (n\u00e9e Teague). He married Henrietta Bradshaw in Brisbane in 1869. James died at the age of 89 at his home Mascotte at New Farm on 25 November 1927
James Martin and George Pretice were members of Brisbane's first fire brigade in 1868. From Page 22 of The Queenslander Pictorial, supplement to The Queenslander, 24 March 1917 \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
"},{"location":"stories/christmas-shopping-1877/#acknowledgements","title":"Acknowledgements","text":"Written by Lyn Maddock
"},{"location":"stories/christmas-shopping-1877/#learn-more","title":"Learn more","text":"Christmas Eve in Brisbane, 1877, The Queenslander - National Library of Australia
"},{"location":"stories/christmas/","title":"Christmas","text":"Stories about people with a connection to Christmas
Christmas morning under the Christmas tree, ca. 1935 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/christmas/#joseph-robert-abbott-108045","title":"Joseph Robert Abbott (10\u201180\u201145)","text":"5227 / Q54752
A son of Joseph Abbott and Rose Ann (n\u00e9e Napier), Joseph was born on 30 May 1899 in Gympie. Joseph, a greaser, enlisted on 22 November 1917 and was assigned to the 31st Battalion Australian Imperial Force. Private Abbott was gassed in France on 30 September 1918 and was medically discharged in 1919.
Ellen Mary Clegg married Joseph in Brisbane on 16 February 1921. In May 1928, J R Abbott was listed as a successful candidate of an locomotive and traction engine driver certificate in Mackay.
Joseph enlisted in Mackay on 10 December 1940 and was assigned to the 15 Garrison Battalion. Private Abbott transferred to 1 Garrison Battalion at the end of August 1941 and was promoted on 22 November 1941. On duty in Landsborough at 4:14am on Christmas Day 1941, Lance Corporal Abbott was shot near his right eye. The shot killed Joseph within a few minutes. His body was transferred to Nambour for a post-mortem examination before his Boxing Day funeral.
"},{"location":"stories/christmas/#george-hansford-10173031","title":"George Hansford (10\u201117\u201130/31)","text":"George was born on Christmas Day 1840 at St Helier, Jersey to John Hansford and Julia (n\u00e9e Goillon). He was baptised on 10 January 1841. Jane Blackmore Hue married George in St Saviours, Jersey on 18 August 1864.
George and his extended family, boarded the Gauntlet, which sailed from London on 4 October 1874, arriving in Maryborough on January 01 1875.
In April 1887 Hansford's Saddler was located at the corner of George and Ann Streets. By July 1889 he's listed as being in Roma Street and then the business is listed as next to the Market Gate, Ann Street from November 1910. George also operated a boarding-house in Ann Street.
The saddlery business continued through his son, Reginald, in Makerston Street.
George died on Tuesday 13 October 1925 at the residence of his daughter, Mrs Harrison, Cribb Street, Milton. Three sons, two daughters, 30 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren survived George. George was buried with his wife, who pre\u2011deceased him by seven years.
George Hansford, ca. 1900 standing in his saddlery shop at 34 Roma Street, Brisbane - State Library of Queensland*
Hansford Saddlers on Roma Street in Brisbane, Queensland. ca. 1900 - State Library of Queensland
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Cyril Claude Button and Jessie Elizabeth (n\u00e9e Wood)'s eldest son, Victor Cyril Button, was born on 1 January 1924 in Hobart, Tasmania.
Victor reported for duty on 19 November 1941. He trained at HMAS Cerberus, Victoria and HMAS Lonsdale, Victoria, before transferring to HMAS Penguin, New South Wales for sea service aboard HMAS Australia (II).
About 11pm on Friday 25 December 1942, Stoker II V C Button RANR, aged 18 years, fell overboard from HMAS Moreton (Kinchela). His drowned body was retrieved from the Brisbane River about noon two days later. Victor was buried with full naval honours on 28 December 1942. Victor is memorialised on the Stanley War Memorial, Tasmania, which is his family's hometown.
"},{"location":"stories/christmas/#joseph-cossart-131816","title":"Joseph Cossart (13\u201118\u201116)","text":"Joseph Cossart was born on 14 November 1843 (\u00b1 3 years) in County Antrim, Ireland to Henry Cossart and Mary (n\u00e9e Walker). The family sailed from London to Moreton Bay aboard the Flying Cloud, arriving on 19 February 1864. The family settled in the Perseverance Creek district.
Annie Bidgood married Joseph in Pipe Clay, Perseverance near Crow's Nest, Queensland on 4 August 1874. They had nine children. In 1890 Joseph moved his family to the Dugandan district near Boonah, where they lived until moving to Brisbane in 1899.
In 1901, Joseph and Sydney, his second son, started a saw milling business in Gatton. Ultimately Joseph's other sons joined the business. Joseph died at his residence, Babbiloora, Browne Street, New Farm on the evening of 25 December 1911 leaving his widow, four sons and four daughters.
Log felled in the Gatton district, Queensland. Log labelled Jos Cossart & Son Sawmills, Gatton \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/christmas/#edward-arthur-gordon-6718","title":"Edward Arthur Gordon (6\u20117\u201118)","text":"Edward Arthur Gordon, born around 1893, was a son of Charles Horsfall Bankart Gordon and Mary (n\u00e9e Clough). Edward worked as a finisher at Morris' Boot Factory and resided at Ross Street, Paddington. On Christmas Eve, Edward and some friends camped at Stanley Bridge, near Woodford. On Christmas Day 1912, at about 9am the friends started hunting wallabies. Shot, Edward was conveyed by buggy to Woodford then train to Caboolture. After attendance in Caboolture by their ambulance bearer, Edward was taken to the Brisbane General Hospital. Edward died in hospital on 26 January 1913 from an accidental bullet wound to the right thigh, haemorrhage, sepsis and exhaustion.
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Joseph McNamara, a son of Roger and Jane (n\u00e9e Addison), was born in Sydney's Woollahra district on 23 May 1916. On 22 January 1941, Joseph, a labourer residing at 29 Prospect Terrace, Highgate Hill, enlisted at Lytton. Signalman McNamara was assigned to the Australian Citizen Military Forces, New Guinea Area Signals, Australian Corps of Signals.
Joseph died in Brisbane on 25 December 1941 of injuries accidentally received, aged 25 years.
"},{"location":"stories/christmas/#sources","title":"Sources","text":"A Remembrance Day Service and guided tour conducted at Toowong Cemetery on the 4th November 2012.
Portion 10 contains numerous Commonwealth War Graves and received military burials between 1917 and 1942 until they were re-directed to Lutwyche Cemetery. Flowers were cultivated and sold at the Cemetery from Portion 10 until the 1930s. In 1934 the area set apart for soldiers\u2019 graves within Portion 10 was extended to incorporate the flower gardens and the wooden pavilion was demolished. As the military graves were interspersed amongst civilian burials, this portion lacks the familiar formality of a Commonwealth War Cemetery.
Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/colonial-conflicts/#soldiers-memorial","title":"Soldiers\u2019 Memorial","text":"The Cross of Sacrifice and Stone of Remembrance were unveiled on Anzac Day, 1924, by the Governor\u2011General, Lord Forster. The Stone of Remembrance is a solid block of Helidon sandstone weighing ten tons. The unveiling ceremony was attended by several thousand people, including relatives of soldiers killed overseas and many dignitaries.
Official unveiling of the Cross of Sacrifice on Anzac Day at Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, 1924, \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
The Citizens\u2019 Band provided music as the public laid wreaths at the Stone. So many floral tributes were deposited, that the stone was completely covered. One was even dropped from a plane circling above. The inscription THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE was chosen by Rudyard Kipling and is found on the Stone of Remembrance in every Commonwealth War Cemetery.
Small children looking at wreaths laid at the memorial on Anzac Day, Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, 1924 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/colonial-conflicts/#a-battery-memorial-4361","title":"\u2018A\u2019 Battery Memorial (4\u201136\u20111)","text":"Prior to Federation each of the Australian colonies maintained its own defence force. These forces were largely comprised of part\u2011time volunteers and a small number of permanent officers and men. This memorial is to the men of Queensland\u2019s permanent force \u2018A\u2019 Battery, Queensland Artillery. All of those named on the memorial died while serving in the Battery, but only one, Driver Sydney Walker, died while on active service. Walker was serving on the 1st Queensland Contingent to the South African War when he died of enteric fever at Bloemfontein. This monument was established in April 1886. A number of soldiers named on the memorial are buried nearby.
"},{"location":"stories/colonial-conflicts/#caskey-memorial-41718","title":"Caskey Memorial (4\u201117\u201118)","text":"Unveiled in May 1902, this is the first known monument to the South African War to be erected in Queensland. Lieutenant John Caskey of the Fifth Queensland Imperial Bushmen was killed in action on 27 September 1901 at the Mokari Drift on the Caledon River. The obelisk, made of white Helidon sandstone and draped by a shroud, features emblems of Caskey\u2019s teaching career at Leichhardt Street School, Brisbane and Spring Creek and his sporting interests. A rare memorial to the Anglo\u2011Boer conflict, this monument is a significant reminder of emerging nationalism and contemporary attitudes to war. Other monuments to him can be found at Clifton RSL and the Allora State School.
Lieutenant Lachlan J. Caskey of the 5th Queensland Contingent \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/colonial-conflicts/#john-wyndon-lyon-106530","title":"John Wyndon Lyon (10\u201165\u201130)","text":"Lyon was a member of the 2nd Battalion, Natal Contingent and saw action at the Battle of Isandhlwana, Rorke's Drift, Gingalore, the relief of Ekouso and was awarded South African Medal. On 22 January 1879, the 1st Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot was attacked by Zulus and decimated, with some 858 members killed. A few soldiers were able to escape to the mission station at Rorke\u2019s Drift. The Battle of Rorke\u2019s Drift was depicted in the 1964 movie Zulu. Eight officers and 135 men successfully defended the station. Eleven Victoria Crosses were later issued, the most in any British battle. Lyon died on 21 April 1934 aged 81.
"},{"location":"stories/colonial-conflicts/#major-charles-heaphy-vc-1534","title":"Major Charles Heaphy, VC (1\u20115\u201134)","text":"Heaphy, born ca. 1822 in London, was an artist and surveyor who explored New Zealand in the 1840s. He landed in New Zealand in 1839 as a draughtsman for the New Zealand Company. He settled in Auckland in 1848 and later joined the local militia, the Auckland Rifle Volunteers. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for rescuing a wounded soldier under fire in the M\u0101ori Wars on 11 February 1864 at the Mangapiko River. Heaphy himself was hit in three places by musket balls while assisting the wounded man, with whom he had stayed all day. He was the first soldier of an irregular unit to be awarded the Victoria Cross.
After his army career, he had a lengthy career as a civil servant, chiefly concerned with surveying and became a Member of Parliament. He retired from public life in 1881 and sailed with his wife to Brisbane. He died in Ann Street, Brisbane on 3 August 1881 of tuberculosis.
Charles Heaphy. Ref: 1/2-003062-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22544487
"},{"location":"stories/colonial-conflicts/#john-jennings-imrie-md-1859","title":"John Jennings Imrie, MD (1\u201185\u20119)","text":"Imrie was born in Ayr, Scotland, on 1 June 1813, where he was educated at the local Academy, Braisemere College, Oxford, then Edinburgh Royal College of Surgeons but did not graduate. He received a commission in the army, and went out as medical officer with the 42nd Highlanders to India where he remained in active service for six years. He was severely wounded in India when taking the lead in a charge. With all the other officers were either killed or wounded, he led on and gained a victory, for which he may have been awarded a medal for bravery. His obituary published in the Brisbane Courier (25 May 1901) stated this was the Victoria Cross but his name does not appear on any lists of recipients. He was then invalided to England; afterwards sold his commission.
He then emigrated to New Zealand was just at that time proclaimed a British colony with his family and settled in Nelson in 1842. Stories of Imrie\u2019s dramatic escape from the Wairau Affray, in which 22 settlers were killed, are embroidered. Imrie and his family left in an orderly fashion aboard the Sisters for Hobart in September 1843. He then started practice of his profession in Hobart, and in January 1845 was appointed medical officer for the convicts at Maria Island, where he resided for many years with his family, until the settlement was wound down. Then he was transferred to the penal settlement at Ross, where he remained until transportation ceased. He farmed for a period, before moving to Queensland with his family in 1864, and shortly after joined the civil service where he remained until retiring in 1894. He died aged 88 on 23 March 1901.
"},{"location":"stories/colonial-conflicts/#lieutenant-john-higson-2a3116","title":"Lieutenant John Higson (2A\u201131\u201116)","text":"Higson went to the Boer War with the 4th Contingent. Prior to embarkation, he had been a school teacher at South Brisbane. While on service, Higson was shot through the head. After regaining consciousness, he was helped off the battlefield and eventually returned to Queensland little worse for wear. After recuperating, he returned to South Africa, intending to return to the conflict just as the contingent was ordered back. He returned to teaching and was active in musical and masonic activities.
His death on the 13 November 1902 aged 38 was unexpected. He was afforded a military funeral. The coffin, covered by the Union Jack, left his residence at Taringa on a gun carriage. At the corner of Jephson Street and Sylvan Road, a military cortege consisting of soldiers, sailors, band and firing party from the South Brisbane State School joined in the procession to the cemetery.
"},{"location":"stories/colonial-conflicts/#robert-orton-5664","title":"Robert Orton (5\u201166\u20114)","text":"Orton served with the 9th Lancers for twelve years including service in the second Afghanistan War from 1878 to 1880. He resigned from the army in 1885 and worked briefly for Queensland railways before making his application to be a police constable in October that year. He was stationed at South Brisbane in October 1899 when he wrote a letter seeking permission to join A Company, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry. Some of the officers he had served under in Afghanistan were at the Boer War and he was keen to join them. He was granted six months leave without pay. So he was one of \u2018the first of the first\u2019 Queenslanders to go to the Boer War.
When Orton returned to Brisbane after his Boer War service on the 19 November 1900, the police band was there to meet him at Central Station. He had been repatriated home as he was injured when a horse fell on him. He rejoined the police force however it was not easy for him and in January 1901 he is seeking 19 pounds from the force to top up an allowance he should have received to make up the difference between his soldiers pay and his police pay. He pointed out that he was the only married police officer to join the Boer War campaign. Orton died in August 1929 aged 69.
"},{"location":"stories/colonial-conflicts/#george-vowles-24935","title":"George Vowles (2\u201149\u201135)","text":"Vowles, born ca. 1846 in Ipswich, claimed to be the first Queensland\u2011born soldier to serve overseas for the Empire. As a seventeen year old, he participated in the Invasion of Waikato which was a campaign during the middle stages of the New Zealand Wars, fought in the North Island from July 1863 to April 1864. The conflict was between the military forces of the Colonial Government and a federation of rebel Ma\u0304ori tribes known as the Kingitanga Movement.
On his return he joined the Public Instruction Department in 1869, and spent six years as head master of the Allenstown School (in Rockhampton), six years at North Ipswich and nearly 29 years at Petrie Terrace Brisbane. He retired in 1917. He attained the highest possible rank in the teaching profession, being in class 1, division 1. He was the author of a small book of poems, Sunbeams in Queensland.
In 1921, Vowles was elected the president of the Imperial Navy and Army Veterans' Association of Queensland. He died on the 28 November 1928 aged 82.
"},{"location":"stories/colonial-conflicts/#acknowledgements","title":"Acknowledgements","text":"Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
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Born in Newcastle 1892, enlisted Gin Gin Queensland at 23 year of age. Records say he was a labourer. Next of Kin was his Mother, Sarah Elizebeth Gyler n\u00e9e Holden.
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James was born on 9 September 1888 nearby at Redhill to James and Emily Ann (n\u00e9e Andrews). He enlisted 10 February 1916 in Cairns and after training, embarked on HMAT SEANG CHOON (A49) on 4 May 1916.
Troopship SEANG CHOON (A49) shortly after leaving Pinkenba Wharf, Brisbane, Queensland. ca. 1915. This ship was later torpedoed and sunk off the Irish coast, near Fastnet, on 10 July 1917. \u2014 Australian War Memorial - Public Domain
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Henry was born in Brisbane 1895 to Joseph Bakes Wilkins and Eleanor Fowdry Townsend. His father passed away 1907. He enlisted 20 September 1915 and embarked 18 May 1916 and killed in action on 31 July 1917 at 22 years of age. There is no known resting place but he is memorialised here on the family grave and on the Menin Gate, Belgium. One of the 6178 inscribed Australians who served in the Ypres campaign who have no known grave.
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Jack was born in Brisbane in 1895 to Walter William Bannister and Margaret Jane Henson. He married Annie Kelly in 1911 and had two children at the time of enlistment. He enlisted 7 September 1915 and after training embarked 31 January 1916 on A62 HMAT Wandilla.
Jack embarked for Australia per SS Berrima on 2 January 1919 and landed in Melbourne 17 February 1919 and was discharged 18 April 1919 in Brisbane and was laid to rest here 6 October 1964 with his parents.
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Joseph was born in Brisbane to Thomas Barnes and Elizabeth Louisa Blacker in 1887. He enlisted 11 September 1914 at Enoggera and embarked from Melbourne 22 December 1914 per HMAT Themistocles A32. He was killed in action 2 May 1915 on the attack on Gaba Tepe and buried at Lone Pine Cemetery.
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Louis was a brother of Joseph and enlisted 25 February 1915 and embarked from Sydney on 20 August 1915 on HMAT Shropshire A9. He survived Gallipoli and arrived in France 19 March 1916 and was killed in action on 3 August 1916. No record exists of his burial.
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John was born in Brisbane to James Bennett and Elizabeth Guilfoyle in 1897. He enlisted 28 May 1915 and embarked 20 August 1915 on A9 HMAT Shropshire. He returned to Australia per Margha arriving 8 February 1919 and passed away 1967 and was laid to rest by himself.
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Norman was born in Townsville to Walter Alfred Freeman and Emma Tomkins in 1891. He enlisted on 13 August 1915 at Warwick Farm NSW and embarked on 8 October 1915 on A69 HMAT Warilda and taken on strength Tel el Kebir 5 February 1916. Arrived France 29 June 1916, head wound and captured 20 July 1916 and died as a Prisoner of War 24 July 1916 and buried Haubourdin Cemetery. After the war exhumed and laid to rest plot 16 row C grave 8 Cabaret Rouge British Cemetery France.
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Born in Brisbane to Henry Bennett and Euphemia Archibald 18 October 1892. He enlisted 22 November 1915 in Brisbane and embarked 18 May 1916 from Sydney on HMAT Demosthenes A64, arrived England 20 July 1916 and in France 24 November 1916. He died of \"Broncho Pneumonia\" on 29 November 1918 and laid to rest Abbeville Cemetery.
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Born to Charles Allen Brown and Louisa Coomber in 1890. One of 12 children. Enlisted 24 November 1915 Embarked 4 May 1916 HMAT Seang Choon A49. Badly wounded 11 October 1917 GSW head and died of wounds 21 October 1917 at 27 years of age France. Laid to rest 22 October 1917 British Military Cemetery, Etaples, Nord Pas de Calais, France plot v.483
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Enlisted 20 August 1914 Brisbane Embarked 2417 September 1914 HMAT Omrah A5. Returned to Australia on the Kyarra and discharged on medical grounds 4 April 1915 and passed away 5.50AM on 12 July 1920 and laid to rest 13 July 1920 in family grave in Toowong cemetery.
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Born 25 October 1880 Mt Perry to Octavious Armstrong and Jessie Augusta Frances. Saw service in South Africa Boer War. 6 months in the Prince of Wales Light Horse and 7 months with the 3rd NSW Imperial Bushmen. Awarded the Queens Medal for that war. WWI enlisting details along with some other pages are missing from his NAA service records. Killed in action 10 May 1915 at Quinn's Post and laid to rest the same day at Quinn's Post Cemetery.
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Algernon was born in Cunnamulla to Christopher Francis and Emilie Jane Everett in 1896. He enlisted 30 November 1915 and embarked 31 March 1916 from Sydney on HMAT Star of Victoria A16. He arrived in France 27 July 1916 and was killed in action 18 November 1916 aged 20 years and 11 months. He is buried in Warlencourt British Cemetery portion 3, row F, grave 6.
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Born Annandale NSW to Richard Saile and Annie M 1893. He enlisted Brisbane 16 August 1915 and embarked 30 October 1915 on HMAT Itonus A50 from Brisbane. Killed in action in France on 25 July 1916 and laid to rest Villers-Bretonneux.
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Born in Fitzroy to John Henry Harvey and Henrietta Kinamond Fairbairn. Enlisted 23 November 1915. Embarked at Sydney on HMAT Nestor A71 on 9 April 1916 and coincidentally returned to Australia via the same ship 1 November 1919.
"},{"location":"stories/conflict-and-compassion/#private-john-thomas-moores-24716","title":"Private John Thomas Moores (2\u201147\u201116)","text":"11th Light Horse
Born in Blackall to John Thomas Moores and Mary Alice Robinson 1891. Enlisted 18 December 1916 in Rockhampton. He embarked 9 May 1917 on HMAT Port Sydney A15 from Sydney and arrived Suez 20 June 1917. He returned to Australia on the Morvada 28 August 1919. Despite illness he lived to 77 years of age and was laid to rest 27 June 1969.
"},{"location":"stories/conflict-and-compassion/#acknowledgements","title":"Acknowledgements","text":"Compiled and presented by Darcy Maddock
"},{"location":"stories/conflict-and-compassion/#sources","title":"Sources","text":"Connections to our Convict past
Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/convict-connections/#peter-mccauley-13104","title":"Peter McCauley (13\u201110\u20114)","text":"Peter McCauley was born in Sydney on the 17th of April 1826, the son of Private Peter McCauley, a member of the 17th Regiment. His mother, Mary, was appointed as matron of the Brisbane Town Female Factory in June 1831. On the 5th of January 1832, young Peter wandered away from his brothers on an outing and drowned in the Brisbane River near the present Botanical Gardens. The family returned to Sydney in 1832.
"},{"location":"stories/convict-connections/#william-henry-roberts-13104","title":"William Henry Roberts (13\u201110\u20114)","text":"William Roberts was the son of Charles Roberts, a store keeper with the Commissariat Department, and Esther Dale, the first teacher of girls in the Moreton Bay settlement. On 11th of June 1829 he was christened by the Reverend John Vincent, who resided at the Moreton Bay Settlement from late March to December 1829. This baptism was the third of only six Vincent conducted during his short tenure. The entry indicated that William Henry Roberts had been born on the 15th of September 1828. The inscription on the top of the chest tomb memorial originally intimated that he had died of illness on 15th of November 1831 aged just three years and two months. The tomb lid originally had a bible verse inscribed on it based on Matthew 19:14
Suffer the little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such belongeth the Kingdom of God.
It has since been lost to weathering. After the death of their son, the Roberts family returned to Sydney in 1834.
"},{"location":"stories/convict-connections/#jane-pittard-13104","title":"Jane Pittard (13\u201110\u20114)","text":"Jane Pittard was the daughter of the late Colour Sergeant John Pittard and his wife Mary. Jane was born in Sydney on the 10th of January 1832. John died in Tasmania in 1831 a little more than four months before Jane\u2019s birth. Shortly after Margaret Pittard was remarried to David Collins of the 17th Regiment and they moved, with Margaret\u2019s two daughters, to Moreton Bay. Jane died just five months later no cause of death is known.
"},{"location":"stories/convict-connections/#thomas-dowse-135822","title":"Thomas Dowse (13\u201158\u201122)","text":"Thomas Dowse was born at Hackney, London. Aged 15, he was accused of theft by his mother, tried at Middlesex on 16 September 1824, convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. He was transported to New South Wales in the Florentia which arrived in January 1828. At St John's, Parramatta, in 19 November 1832 he married Ann Kelly. Only three of their seven children survived infancy. In 1836, Dowse was granted a ticket\u2011of\u2011leave and a conditional pardon in 1839. When the Moreton Bay District was opened for free settlement he decided to go there to see what opportunity awaited a man who was in good health and not afraid of hard work.
The family arrived aboard the Falcon on 9 July 1842. Noticing the need of a ferry across the river, he bought a skiff which by 1843 had earned three times its value. By 1846 he was established as an auctioneer and commission agent, and also had the agency for the Sydney Morning Herald. At his premises in Queen Street he sold almost anything from shirts, frock coats, cutlery, looking\u2011glasses and books to livestock. His auction mart also became a centre for discussion of social reform, for perhaps no one then had a greater horror of the degrading convict system or worked harder to end it.
A widower at 47, in Brisbane in 1856 he married Sarah Ann Fairfax; they had three sons and two daughters. Because of his work for separation and contributions to the press under the pseudonym of Old Tom, he was appointed with Walter Hill, director of the Botanic Gardens, to arrange the Queensland exhibit at the London Exhibition in 1862. In this task they were successful and received a public testimonial in 1864. When the first town clerk of Brisbane retired, Dowse was elected in January 1862. He retired from office in 1869 but continued in business until he died aged 75 at his home, Hillside, Milton, on 9 November 1885.
Thomas Dowse Brisbane Town Clerk 1862-1868 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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When Susannah was 19, she married John Shand Maclean, the son of an Equity Court Clerk from Jamaica at St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney. The first of Susannah's 10 children was born in 1847. Susannah followed her husband around his various interests. John attempted farming and for a time taught at a gentlemen's academy in the Richmond area of New South Wales. By 1856, the ever growing family had settled in the Burnett region. Susannah's final four children were born on various cattle properties in the region.
Tragedy struck in November 1862 when John fell off a horse and died on Gyranda Station near Cracow. Susannah buried her husband between the homestead and the river the assistance of her brother and brother\u2011in\u2011law. Susannah was left with 10 children under the age of 15 and a cattle property to manage. She suffered another setback in the 1870s when a fire tore through Gyranda, destroying all her photographs and heirlooms. Susannah brought up her large family with the assistance of her brother and sister\u2011in\u2011law on a nearby property.
Agnes Susannah, as she was now known, claimed the right to vote in 1905, in her 80th year. She is then registered on the electoral roll living with her youngest daughter Elvina and her school\u2011master husband Charles Marshall at the Nerang State Schoolhouse. Agnes died of nephritis at the Brisbane General Hospital on the 20th of January 1911. She was buried next to her sister\u2011in\u2011law Mary Ann Kable.
"},{"location":"stories/convict-connections/#edward-mott-74422","title":"Edward Mott (7\u201144\u201122)","text":"Edward Mott was born in Gloucestershire, England. ca. 1807. He was convicted on the 18th of January 1828 at Gloucester City Assizes for stealing a gun and was sentenced seven years transportation. He arrived in New South Wales on 8 September 1828 aboard the Countess of Harcourt. Edward was sent to Moreton Bay in June 1832 and his ticket\u2011of\u2011leave was issued on 9th February 1844.
Before 1859 he owned a large dairy on the land bounded by what is now George and Adelaide Streets. His cows watered at a big waterhole where City Hall now stands. After selling up, he moved to the sparsely settled Enoggera District. Late one August evening 1875, Edward was driving back from the city when he was dragged from his dray and his throat was slashed. He was left for dead and bore the scars for the rest of his life. No motive for the crime was ever discovered.
Edward lived in Grovely for forty\u2011five years and after he died on the 28th of August 1900, he was buried at St Matthew's Anglican churchyard in Grovely, but was moved to Toowong Cemetery in 1939. At the time of his death he was described as being in very comfortable circumstances.
Edward Mott and Canon Osborn - State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
"},{"location":"stories/convict-connections/#kevin-izod-odoherty-75827","title":"Kevin Izod O\u2019Doherty (7\u201158\u201127)","text":"Kevin O\u2019Doherty was born in Dublin, son of solicitor William Dougherty and Anne McEvoy. He studied at the Catholic School of Medicine in 1844. He was convicted as a \u2018Young Irelander\u2019 and transported to Sydney in 1848 on the Mt Stewart Elphinstone and then on the Emma to Tasmania with fellow conspirators where he served time at Port Arthur. After five years he was given a conditional pardon (not allowed to return to Ireland) and went to Paris before marrying, in London, in 1855 writer Mary Eva Kelly of Galway (Eva of The Nation). In 1856 O\u2019Doherty received a full pardon and went to Dublin to get his Medical Degree from 1857 to 1859.
They then migrated to Victoria in 1860 and to Brisbane where he set up practice in the Forbes Building at Ipswich in 1862. By 1866, he was the leading medical practitioner in George Street, Brisbane, and personal physician to Bishop Quinn. He was also the first President of the Queensland Medical Board. He was an MLA in 1867 and MLC 1877 - 1885 and also returned to Ireland as the Nationalist Member for Meath 1885 - 1888. As a founding member of the Queensland Hibernian Society and the Queensland Irish Association, O\u2019Doherty was well respected and presided over the St. Patrick\u2019s Day Committee in the 1860s. The Queensland Irish Association raised this monument over his grave.
Doctor Kevin Izod O'Doherty (1823-1905) - State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/convict-connections/#james-davis-duramboi-7515","title":"James Davis (Duramboi) (7\u20115\u201115)","text":"James Davis was born in Broomielaw, Scotland, and at 14 was apprenticed to his father as a blacksmith at Old Wynd, Glasgow. Convicted two years later for stealing 2s. 6d. from a church box in Surrey, he was sentenced to be transported for seven years, and in August 1825 arrived in New South Wales in the Norfolk. His next appearance in court was at Patrick's Plains, where in 1828 he was charged with robbery and sentenced to three years at Moreton Bay as a doubly convicted felon. He arrived there on 18 February 1829 and absconded six weeks later. The escapees soon met a party of Aboriginals whose chief, Pamby\u2011Pamby, claimed Davis as his dead son returned to life as a white man. As Duramboi, Davis took easily to tribal life. An honoured guest, he was allowed to move freely from one tribe to another, his travels taking him hundreds of miles from Brisbane. He had learnt the languages and customs of many tribes before he was found at Wide Bay in 1842 by Andrew Petrie and with difficulty assured that he could return safely to Brisbane as the convict settlement had ended.
He had to relearn the English language and accustom himself again to work and clothes. He was employed at first by Dr Stephen Simpson, the land commissioner in Moreton Bay; later he set up as a blacksmith at Kangaroo Point. In 1864 he opened a crockery shop in George Street, Brisbane, where he made money, although literate enough only to sign his name. He had married Annie Shea on 3 November 1846. After her death in 1882, he married on 28 July 1883 Irish\u2011born widow, Bridget Hayes. He died on 7 May 1889.
His rehabilitation into acquisitive society included reform; from his accumulated estate the Brisbane General Hospital received \u00a3750 in 1889 and another \u00a31100 in 1911. He guided settlers to good land in the Wide Bay area, and some public benefit came from his thirteen years with the Aboriginals. He was occasionally employed as a court interpreter, and in 1866 petitioned the governor to raise his salary to the \u00a320 paid to Chinese and German interpreters, but his request was refused.
James Davis poses in front of his crockery store, George Street, Brisbane, ca. 1872 \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
"},{"location":"stories/convict-connections/#sources","title":"Sources","text":"Stories about people whose headstones were erected by Family, Friends and Colleagues.
Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/erected-by-friends/#william-robert-colledge-415910","title":"William Robert Colledge (4\u201115\u20119/10)","text":"William was born about 1842 in Gateshead, Durham, England, the son of a coal miner. He became a pharmaceutical chemist in the seaside town of Newbigginin Northumberland before migrating to Australia with his mother and sister in 1884. He registered to practise as a pharmacist in Brisbane in the same year.
William was appointed the first general manager of the Brisbane Associated Friendly Societies (BAFS) Dispensary on 1 January 1885, and held that position up until his death on 26 August 1928. He served on the Pharmacy Board of Queensland from its commencement in 1918.
After his death, a memorial tablet to William was unveiled in the BAFS dispensary building on the corner of George and Turbot Streets, Brisbane.
"},{"location":"stories/erected-by-friends/#rev-dr-george-edwards-rowe-10484","title":"Rev Dr George Edwards Rowe (10\u201148\u20114)","text":"George Edwards Rowe was born in Redruth, Cornwall on 26 August 1858. He trained for the ministry in the Wesleyan Theological College at Richmond in southwest London. He arrived in South Australia in 1881 where he won great popularity as a pastor and preacher and was an advocate for social and economic reform. He was appointed to the position of Superintendent of Wesley Church in Perth in the early 1890's, a position which carried with it chairmanship of the whole colony of W.A.
In 1906 Rev George Rowe was transferred to Brisbane where he was instrumental in implementing social service programs and promoting the work of the Central Methodist Mission (now the Wesley Mission) based at the Albert Street Methodist Church. In Western Australia and in Queensland George Rowe was responsible for instituting the order of the Sisters of the People, to give help and relief to countless numbers of poor, starving and destitute people.
After Dr Rowe's sudden death on 27 October 1926, a marble tablet was erected by his family in the Albert Street Methodist (now Uniting) Church in his memory.
Funeral procession of Rev. G. E. Rowe, Brisbane, 1926 - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/erected-by-friends/#mary-elizabeth-briscoe-sister-lily-103125","title":"Mary Elizabeth Briscoe (Sister Lily) (10\u201131\u201125)","text":"In 1906 Sister Lily was the third Sister of the People appointed in Brisbane by Dr George Rowe. She was born in England about 1868 and was a nursing sister. She later nursed at Lyndhurst Private Hospital in Ipswich. After her death on 26 June 1935, her friends erected a memorial headstone headstone on her grave.
"},{"location":"stories/erected-by-friends/#percy-lionel-benjamin-31278","title":"Percy Lionel Benjamin (3\u201112\u20117/8)","text":"Percy Benjamin was the Queensland manager for Messrs S Hoffnung & Co, general merchants, wholesalers and importers. Born in Fitzroy in Melbourne he was the third son of Sir Benjamin Benjamin, a former Mayor of Melbourne and Lady Benjamin. After Percy's death at the age of 38 years on 3 March 1903, the directors of S Hoffnung & Co erected a monument over his grave as a mark of their esteem.
"},{"location":"stories/erected-by-friends/#david-thomas-newitt-102645","title":"David Thomas Newitt (10\u201126\u20114/5)","text":"Tom Newitt was born in Queensland on 30 June 1890. He was competing in a cycling race at the Brisbane Cricket Ground on 2 September 1922 when he collided with another competitor and fell onto the track fracturing his skull. He died later the same evening. He was one of the most respected and deeply admired members of the Hamilton Wheelers Club. The headstone over his grave was erected by his wife in conjunction with the Queensland Amateur Cyclists Union.
"},{"location":"stories/erected-by-friends/#joseph-letcher-phillips-10812","title":"Joseph Letcher Phillips (10\u20118\u201112)","text":"Joseph Phillips was born in St Agnes Cornwall in 1849. He was a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music in London. He migrated to Australia In 1904 with his teenage children. He conducted the Blackstone and Ipswich Cambrian Choir in 1904/05 leading this choir to victory in the 1905 Austral Festival in Toowoomba and also conducted the Brisbane Philharmonic Society's inaugural concert when they performed Faust in the Exhibition Concert Hall (the old Museum building on Gregory Terrace) in Brisbane.
In 1908 Joseph Phillips was appointed conductor of the Brisbane Austral Choir which later amalgamated with the Brisbane Music Union to become the Queensland State and Municipal Choir, now the Queensland Choir.
Joseph died on 5 May 1910 in South Brisbane. The Blackstone & Ipswich Cambrian Choir and the Brisbane Austral Choir combined in a choral concert to raise funds for a memorial over Joseph Phillips grave, with the remaining funds raised by public subscription. On 11 August 1912 the graceful draped shaft of brown Helidon freestone, resting on a base in which was carved a lyre was unveiled.
"},{"location":"stories/erected-by-friends/#william-henry-sowray-150a1","title":"William Henry Sowray (1\u201150A\u20111)","text":"William Sowray was born in Staveley, in Derbyshire in England on 22 February 1851. William, a blacksmith by trade, was employed by the Railway Department and was vice-president of the Queensland Railway Union. He was also a member of the Ithaca Volunteer Fire Brigade for 23 years and was a superintendent at that organisation.
On 1 December 1912 William was walking along Elizabeth Street, Paddington when he collapsed and died in the street. A monument over his grave erected by his fire brigade and railway comrades and friends was publicly unveiled by Hon. A. G. C. Hawthorn, M.L.C. on Sunday, April 12, 1914.
"},{"location":"stories/erected-by-friends/#peter-jackson-5281","title":"Peter Jackson (5\u201128\u20111)","text":"Peter was born on 3 July 1861 at Christiansted, St Croix in what was then the Danish West Indies. He was the son of Peter Jackson, a warehouseman and his wife, and grandson of a freed slave who had been owned by a planter with the surname of Jackson.
Arriving in Sydney about 1880, he worked on the waterfront and in hotels before drifting into boxing in 1882 under the tuition of Larry Foley. In April 1888 he left for the United States and Britain, where he fought twenty-eight of the best boxers of England and America between 1888 and 1892, losing to none. He was one of the finest boxers never to fight for a world championship. Racial prejudice prevented him from being given the chance to win the world heavyweight crown.
He died of tuberculosis at Roma in Queensland on 13 July 1901. \u00a3130 was raised by public subscription for a memorial over his grave. The unveiling ceremony performed by the Hon E B Forrest, MLA for North Brisbane took place on 12 May 1903 in the presence of most of those in the athletic and sporting world of southeast Queensland.
Boxer Peter Jackson who came to live in Queensland from the West Indies, ca. 1880s - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/erected-by-friends/#stephen-alonzo-spragg-51526","title":"Stephen Alonzo Spragg (5\u201115\u201126)","text":"\"Lonnie\" or \"Lonzie\" Spragg was born on 2 October 1879 at Redfern, Sydney. His elusiveness and goal-kicking prowess won him a place in Australia's first full international Rugby Union team against Great Britain in Sydney on 24 June 1899. In January 1900 he moved to Rockhampton and then to Brisbane where he settled in May 1900. He helped Queensland to five successive wins over NSW in Brisbane. In twenty-one international and interstate matches he scored 104 points. He was also prominent in rowing, cricket and table tennis.
He died from peritonitis following an appendectomy in Brisbane General Hospital on 12 February 1904. On 24 July 1904 a monument over his grave was unveiled by the then-president of the Queensland Rugby Union.
"},{"location":"stories/erected-by-friends/#walter-thorpe-olding-5427","title":"Walter Thorpe Olding (5\u201142\u20117)","text":"Walter Thorpe Olding was born in Queensland on 25 September 1888. When fire broke out in a city building on 30 April 1912 he was one of a party of sailors from the HMAS Gayundah who came to assist. Walter was killed by falling masonry from the burning building. He was accorded a Naval funeral. The officers and men of the Gayundah erected a memorial over his grave.
"},{"location":"stories/erected-by-friends/#edward-vincent-pollock-56212","title":"Edward Vincent Pollock (5\u201162\u201112)","text":"Edward Pollock was born in Ireland on 12 June 1851. He was Fleet Paymaster and Secretary to the Naval Commandant of the Commonwealth Naval Force in Brisbane. Tragically, Fleet Paymaster Pollock died on 16 October 1911 from injuries he received through falling from a tram at East Brisbane.
The funeral was marked by the naval honours due to Fleet Paymaster Pollock's rank. A monument over his grave erected by the members of the United Services Institute was officially unveiled on Sunday 19 May 1912 in front of a large gathering of officers and men of both services as well as civilians.
E. V. Pollock, Staff Paymaster - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/erected-by-friends/#acknowledgements","title":"Acknowledgements","text":"Compiled and presented by Lyn Maddock
"},{"location":"stories/erected-by-friends/#sources","title":"Sources","text":"Stories about people remembered in Toowong Cemetery and how fire impacted their lives
First Brisbane Fire Stations, 1868-1882 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/fire-fighters/#brisbane-fire-brigades","title":"Brisbane Fire Brigades","text":"In the early hours of 6 September 1864 Edward Forrest noticed a bright light in the home newly constructed for recent Scottish immigrant, Robert Smellie on Bowen Terrace. Mr Forrest raised the alarm, woke the Hingston family whose house was next door to the fire, and rescued two horses from the stable.
Robert Smellie (1823-1898 was later a pioneer of Brisbane's engineering and iron foundry trade.
Edward Forrest (1838-1914) was Queensland director of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company for many years. He was appointed vice-consul for France in 1872 and served in both Houses of Queensland Parliament.
Edward Barrow Forrest, 1907. \u2014 Wikimedia Commons.
"},{"location":"stories/fire-fighters/#francis-beattie-9397","title":"Francis Beattie (9\u201139\u20117)","text":"The fire alarm bell rang just after 4.30am on 21 December 1871. The Ann Street Presbyterian Church was ablaze. The City Volunteer Fire Brigade under Superintendent Francis Beattie (1829-1886) attended. Beattie was appointed Deputy-Superintendent of the City Volunteer Fire Brigade in 1868 and Superintendent of the Brigade in 1870 and continued in that role with the Brisbane Fire Brigade from 1878 until he retired in 1883. After settling in Brisbane in 1862, he opened a hat and cap shop. He served as an alderman for the Fortitude Valley Ward and two terms as MLA for the Fortitude Valley electorate.
Alderman Francis Beattie, ca. 1870. \u2014 Brisbane City Council.
"},{"location":"stories/fire-fighters/#thomas-proe-13359","title":"Thomas Proe (13\u201135\u20119)","text":"Alderman Thomas Proe (1852-1922) was the Brisbane Municipal Council representative on the Metropolitan Fire Brigade Board at the time of a fire in the warehouse of S Hoffnung & Co Ltd in 1902. He served as Mayor twice, firstly of Brisbane Municipal Council in 1901 and then of Brisbane City Council in 1905.
"},{"location":"stories/fire-fighters/#nicholas-frederick-peut-134413","title":"Nicholas Frederick Peut (13\u201144\u201113)","text":"Nicholas Peut (1856-1892) was appointed to the Brisbane Fire Brigade as resident foreman of No 2 station located at Stanley Street, South Brisbane in 1883. He became Superintendent at South Brisbane in January 1888 and continued in that role with the inception of permanent Fire Brigades with full time staff in Brisbane in 1889. He was fatally injured on 5 December 1892.
South Brisbane Fire Station, ca. 1900. \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/fire-fighters/#david-thomas-stewart-1371920","title":"David Thomas Stewart (13\u20117\u201119/20)","text":"David Stewart (1826-1897) was a leader in the foundation of the City Volunteer Fire Brigade and succeeded Francis Beattie as Deputy Superintendent of the Brigade in 1870. On 3 April that year he was in charge when the Brigade attended a fire at the Queensland Club. A boot and shoemaker by trade, he arrived in Sydney in 1834 with his parents and first came to Brisbane in 1860.
"},{"location":"stories/fire-fighters/#james-dunbar-1814","title":"James Dunbar (1\u20118\u201114)","text":"James Dunbar (ca. 1837-1920) was appointed station keeper at the Central Fire Station in Edward Street in 1867 and was the oldest known fireman in Brisbane when he died at the age of 83 on 22 November 1920. His service spanned the period from when hand drawn fire appliances were used to the introduction of motor fire trucks.
Brisbane Fire Brigade Station, ca. 1899. Erected on the north east corner of Ann and Edward Street in 1890. \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
Merryweather chemical fire engine ca. 1905. Brisbane's first motorised firefighting vehicle. \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/fire-fighters/#francis-murray-15320","title":"Francis Murray (15\u20113\u201120)","text":"A fire broke out on 27 July 1872 in the premises used as a workshop by Alderman Francis Murray (1838-1872) who was also an undertaker and cabinetmaker. Francis Murray died on 15 August 1872 at Maryborough Queensland aged 34 years His coffin was brought to Brisbane on the steamship Lady Bowen for the funeral at St. Stephens Cathedral on 18 August 1872.
"},{"location":"stories/fire-fighters/#martin-moffatt-7a7414","title":"Martin Moffatt (7A\u201174\u201114)","text":"Martin Moffatt (ca. 1843-1905) was the station keeper of the Valley Fire Station in Ann Street. He attended many of the major fires in Brisbane during his 31 years of service, including one at Alfred Shaw & Co in 1891 when he was seriously injured. He was born in Antrim Ireland in 1842, the son of Luke Moffatt and Isabella McCormick. He married Mary McAlister in 1871 in Brisbane.
Great fire in Queen Street, Brisbane 1864. \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/fire-fighters/#mary-mayne-7499","title":"Mary Mayne (7\u201149\u20119)","text":"On 19 August 1871 a fire broke out in Mary Mayne's stables and spread to the adjoining Cobb & Co stables. The City Volunteer Fire Brigade under Francis Beattie was summoned. Mary Mayne (1826-1889) was the widow of Patrick Mayne and an astute businesswoman who took over management of Patrick's estate and later conducted her own business interests.
"},{"location":"stories/fire-fighters/#james-thomas-mooney-74510","title":"James Thomas Mooney (7\u201145\u201110)","text":"On 23 March 1877 a fire broke out at the premises of William Hughes, a grocer and wine and spirit merchant in Refuge Row. Superintendent Beattie with several members of the City Volunteer Fire Brigade attended the fire. The fire was contained but not before one of the firemen, James Thomas Mooney (1855-1877) suffered burns which resulted in his death two days later.
"},{"location":"stories/fire-fighters/#walter-thorpe-olding-5427","title":"Walter Thorpe Olding (5\u201142\u20117)","text":"Walter Thorpe Olding (1888-1912) was born in Queensland. When fire broke out in a new building at the corner of Mary and Edward Streets, Brisbane on 30 April 1912, Walter was one of a party of sailors from the HMAS Gayundah who came to assist. He was killed by falling masonry from the burning building. He was accorded a Naval funeral. The officers and men of the Gayundah erected a memorial over his grave.
Warehouse destroyed by fire in Edward Street, Brisbane, 1912, from The Week, 3 May 1912. \u2014 National Library of Australia.
"},{"location":"stories/fire-fighters/#john-deazeley-1374","title":"John Deazeley (1\u201137\u20114)","text":"Irish-born John Deazeley (1831-1890) operated a photographic studio at the top of Queen Street. On 31 January 1875 a fire broke out in the studio. The Fire Brigade was quickly on the scene, assisted by officers and crew of the HMS Barracouta. After the fire was extinguished, cash and valuable documents were found to be missing from Mr Deazeley's cash box.
"},{"location":"stories/fire-fighters/#william-henry-sowray-150a1","title":"William Henry Sowray (1\u201150A\u20111)","text":"William Sowray (1851-1912) was born in Staveley, in Derbyshire. William, a blacksmith by trade, was employed by the Railway Department and was vice-president of the Queensland Railway Union. He was also a member of the Ithaca Volunteer Fire Brigade for 23 years and was a superintendent at that organisation. On 1 December 1912 William was walking along Elizabeth Street, Paddington when he collapsed and died in the street.
Ithaca Volunteer Fire Brigade officers in front of their headquarters, ca. 1900. \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
A monument over his grave erected by his fire brigade and railway comrades and friends was publicly unveiled by Hon. A. G. C. Hawthorn, M.L.C. on Sunday, 12 April 1914.
William Henry Sowray's headstone
"},{"location":"stories/fire-fighters/#acknowledgements","title":"Acknowledgements","text":"Written by Lyn Maddock
"},{"location":"stories/fire-fighters/#learn-more","title":"Learn more","text":"Fire! fire! Queensland fire brigade histories - State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/founding-fathers/","title":"Founding Fathers","text":""},{"location":"stories/founding-fathers/#founding-fathers","title":"Founding Fathers","text":"The first Brisbane General Cemetery Trustees.
The Brisbane General Cemetery Trust commenced when the first Trustees were appointed on 7 October 1870. They were John Petrie (Chairman), John Hardgrave, William Pettigrew, George Edmonstone, Alexander Raff, James Cowlishaw, Michael Quinlan, Nathaniel Lade, William Perry, and Samuel Walker Griffith.
The Trust\u2019s first secretary was Henry James Oxley, Griffith\u2019s brother\u2011in\u2011law, who held the position for 41 years. John Melville was appointed overseer of the cemetery by the Trustees in 1873.
On 1 August 1930, Toowong Cemetery and all others with the Brisbane City Council municipality were placed under the management and control of the Council.
Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/founding-fathers/#john-petrie-1353","title":"John Petrie (13\u20115\u20113)","text":"John Petrie was born on 15 January 1822 at Edinburgh, eldest son of Andrew Petrie and his wife Mary, n\u00e9e Cuthbertson. He arrived in Sydney with his family in 1831 and was educated at Reverend John Dunmore Lang's school. In 1837, he arrived aboard the James Watt, the first steamer to enter Moreton Bay, where his father had been appointed clerk of works, and accompanied him on explorations to the Bunya Mountains and Maroochy River. The family stayed on in the Moreton Bay District after the penal settlement closed. After learning the ropes in the family building and contracting business John assumed responsibility for its management after his father's blindness in 1848 forced him to retire. John became sole proprietor and the firm was changed from Petrie & Son to John Petrie.
On 5 September 1850 Petrie married Jane Keith, daughter of Daniel McNaught of Dunbarton, Scotland. The family grew to five sons and five daughters. John Petrie was public\u2011spirited and held many important offices. He topped the poll in Brisbane's first municipal election in 1859 and was mayor three times by 1862 and served as an alderman until 1867. He was also an active member of the first Masonic lodge in Queensland. A staunch Presbyterian, he was an elder and worked on building St Paul's Church. John Petrie died on 8 December 1892.
Signed photograph of John Petrie \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/founding-fathers/#george-edmondstone-13205","title":"George Edmondstone (13\u201120\u20115)","text":"George Edmondstone was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 4 May 1809 son of William Edmondstone and Alexandrina Farquhar. In 1832, he arrived in New South Wales and had businesses in Sydney and Maitland. On 10 July 1837 in Sydney he married Alexis Watson Tilleray. In 1840 he purchased Normanby Plains Station in Queensland. He sold this in 1842 and was one of the early free settlers in Brisbane, working as a butcher. He was an alderman in Brisbane 1859-66 and the mayor 1863-64. In the Queensland Legislative Assembly he represented East Moreton in 1860-67, Brisbane in 1869-73 and Wickham in 1873-77. He retired from business because of a heart complaint and died at his home in Breakfast Creek on 23 February 1883.
Monument erected to the memory of George Edmondstone. Died 23 February 1883. His widow Mrs Alexa Edmondstone, who died in Brisbane in 1887, is also buried there. \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Alderman George Edmonstone \u2014 Brisbane City Council.
"},{"location":"stories/founding-fathers/#john-melville-91014","title":"John Melville (9\u201110\u201114)","text":"John Melville was born at Boreham Wood, Hertfordshire, England on 10 September 1834 and in 1848 came with his parents to Moreton Bay in January 1849 aboard the Fortitude. In 1851 when the gold diggings broke out in Victoria, John Melville went, to try his luck but returned to Brisbane at Christmas 1854 to visit his family. He then met the Augustus Charles Gregory and was asked to join his Great Northern exploration party for the purpose of exploring the Victoria and Albert Rivers, an invitation which he accepted. They left Brisbane in August 1855. He was the last surviving member of this expedition.
After returning from the expedition John Melville was engaged in survey work until 1871 when he acted as chainman to George Phillips, who had been engaged to survey part of the Toowong cemetery and in 1873 he was appointed overseer of the cemetery, the position he held for 38 years. He died aged 77 on 8 March 1912.
The Late Mr. John Melville - The Queenslander, 6 Apr 1912
"},{"location":"stories/founding-fathers/#william-perry-13701","title":"William Perry (13\u201170\u20111)","text":"William Perry was one of Brisbane's earliest businessmen. He arrived in Brisbane in June 1860 and had set up a hardware store in Queen St by August of that year. He was joined in business by his brothers George and Frederick. The business thrived, and further flourished under William's sons, Herbert and George.
Perry Brothers Limited - The Queenslander, 2 June 1906
During 1911 to 1913, Herbert and George highlighted their business by building Brisbane's then tallest building, the eight storey Perry House on the corner of Elizabeth and Albert Streets in the city.
Perry Brothers premises in Elizabeth Street, Brisbane, Queensland, 1913 - State Library of Queensland
William entered Queensland politics, becoming a member of the Queensland Legislative Council on 22 September 1890. He died from heart failure at his home, Folkestone, Breakfast Creek Road, on 11 June 1891. A large concourse, including many politicians, attended the funeral at Toowong Cemetery the next day.
"},{"location":"stories/founding-fathers/#alexander-raff-13791","title":"Alexander Raff (13\u201179\u20111)","text":"Alexander Raff was born in Forres, Elginshire, Scotland in July 1820, the third son of James and Margaret Raff. Alexander arrived in New South Wales in 1845, following his eldest brother, George who had arrived in 1841. After first settling in Victoria pursuing pastoral interests, Alexander arrived in Brisbane, aboard the schooner Souvenir on 9 April 1851.
Alexander was an active member of various organisations and societies, including the School of Arts, the Queensland Horticultural and Agricultural Society and the Queensland Philosophical Society. Raff was the first president of the Young Men's Christian Association in Queensland and, later, the men's steering committee for the Children's Hospital established in 1878. Alexander continued his pastoral interests in Queensland, on his property, Logie Plains on the Darling Downs. For many years from the 1880s Alexander Raff was a partner of Smellie and Co. In August 1884 Alexander Raff was appointed as a Member of the Legislative Council, a position he held until his resignation in June, 1910.
Raff married Elizabeth Millar Patterson, the elder daughter of a prominent Scottish medical family, in Sydney on 5 June 1862. The newly weds arrived in Brisbane aboard the Balclutha on 13 June 1862. Alexander and Elizabeth Raff had seven children, six of whom survived to adulthood. Raff was an elder in the Presbyterian Church. He died on 26 January 1914.
Alex Raff \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/founding-fathers/#james-cowlishaw-11417a","title":"James Cowlishaw (11\u201141\u20117A)","text":"James Cowlishaw\u2019s association with the Toowong Cemetery spanned 59 years from the inception of the trust. He was an architect, newspaper proprietor, director and politician. James was born on 19 December 1834 in Sydney, the eldest son of Thomas Cowlishaw, architect, and his wife Maria, n\u00e9e Evans. Educated at St James's Grammar School, Sydney, he tried a number of jobs before studying architecture. About 1860 Cowlishaw came to Brisbane where designed the Commercial Bank of Sydney in Queen Street, the Boys' Grammar School as well as important houses, such as Bishopsbourne. He designed a store for Alexander Raff's brother's company, George Raff and Co. in 1862 and two years later, additions to Raff's Wharf.
Cowlishaw was a director of the Brisbane Courier until 1873. He became managing director of the Brisbane Telegraph in 1878 and chairman of the Telegraph Newspaper Co. from December 1879 to May 1885. Cowlishaw was a member of the Legislative Council where he was member from 1878 to 1922. In the 1920s he was described as 'the last of the old Conservative Party'; he was implacably hostile to Federation, the Labor Party and 'anything that savoured of socialism'.
A firm Methodist, he was a practical supporter of his local church for many years. He gave unobtrusively to charity and was a member of the Advisory Committee of the Hospital for Sick Children, of which his wife was president for many years. He was a justice of the peace and sat on the bench of the Brisbane Police Court. He also helped to start Brisbane's first cricket club. In his last years he lived at his home, Montpellier, Bowen Hills, which he had completed to his own design in the 1860s. He died there on 25 July 1929 of heart failure aged 94, survived by three daughters and three sons. His wife Charlotte, n\u00e9e Owen, whom he had married at West Maitland about 1860, predeceased him, and has one of the cemetery\u2019s most spectacular monuments. He left an estate worth \u00a3161,563.
James Cowlishaw - The Telegraph, 11 July 1928
"},{"location":"stories/founding-fathers/#sir-samuel-walker-griffith-121167","title":"Sir Samuel Walker Griffith (12\u201111\u20116/7)","text":"Griffith was born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales and migrated to Australia as a child. He graduated from Sydney University in 1862 with Honours in maths and classics and commenced practising law in Brisbane. Griffith, considered by many a Liberal, was elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1872. He was Attorney General and twice premier of Queensland. Griffith was a delegate at the Intercolonial Convention 1883. Subsequently, Griffith was Vice\u2011President of the National Australasian Convention of 1891 and Chairman of the Drafting Committee which prepared the draft constitution. Griffith was president of the Queensland Federation League from 1898. He was knighted in 1886.
In 1893 Griffith left government to become Chief Justice of Queensland and from 1903 to 1919 was the first Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia. During this period he translated Dante\u2019s Divine Comedy from Italian, which was published by Oxford University Press in 1911. He died on 9 August 1920 at his grand home Merthyr which gave its name to a locality in New Farm. The funeral cortege was described by the Daily Mail as the largest ever seen in Brisbane.
Sir Samuel Walker Griffith in 1912-1913 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/founding-fathers/#john-hardgrave-142223","title":"John Hardgrave (14\u201122\u20112/3)","text":"John Hardgrave, a local politician and lord mayor of Brisbane, was born in Wicklow, Ireland, in 1826. He arrived in Sydney in 1843 and moved to Brisbane in 1848. In 1860 he purchased 6 acres (2.4 hectares) of land in the Brisbane suburb of West End. Hardgrave Road in West End is named after him. He was in the boot trade to 1862 and was involved in local government from 1867 to 1890. He was mayor of Brisbane in 1868 and 1870, first chairman of the Woolloongabba Divisional Board, alderman for South Brisbane from 1888 to 1890, and chairman of the Waterworks Board from 1893. He died in Brisbane on 8 November 1906 and was interred in the family grave.
John Hardgrave, early resident and mayor of Brisbane, 1868-1869 \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
"},{"location":"stories/founding-fathers/#william-pettigrew-13662","title":"William Pettigrew (13\u201166\u20112)","text":"William Pettigrew born on 26 August 1825 was the son of an Ayreshire farmer. He trained as a surveyor and as such arrived aboard the Fortitude in January 1849. He became a sawmiller, importing the first steam\u2011powered sawmill in 1853. Pettigrew was elected to the Brisbane Municipal Council three times in the period 1863 \u2013 1881, including the mayoralty in 1870\u20131871. There is an overlap between his municipal duties and membership of the Queensland Legislative Council from 1877\u20131894.
He was a member of a number of societies; including the Queensland Philosophical Society, the School of Arts Committee (along with Samuel Walker Griffith) and was a life\u2011member of the Queensland Acclimatisation Society. He was also a land speculator.
His wife Amelia Boughay, a fellow Fortitude passenger whom he had married in 18 February 1859, pre\u2011deceased him on 1 September 1893 and is buried here. He died on 28 October 1906 and was interred in at Bowen. William Pettigrew was a strict Presbyterian, who kept the Sabbath sacred to the extent of walking to church and banning musical instruments from worship.
William Pettigrew, Brisbane, ca. 1875 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/founding-fathers/#nathaniel-lade-13522021","title":"Nathaniel Lade (13\u201152\u201120/21)","text":"Nathaniel Lade, a saddler by trade, was born in Hythe, Kent on 30 March 1835 and died on 17 July 1895 after a number of years of poor health. Together with his Cornish\u2011born wife Elizabeth Helen Bridges, he fathered at least fifteen children, six of whom died in childhood. He was an office\u2011bearer and Sunday School official at the Albert Street Wesleyan Church in its early days. Later he became an inaugural trustee the Coorparoo Methodist Church which opened in June 1886 on the corner Cavendish Road and York Street. The Sunday School opened a month later with Nathaniel Lade as Superintendent. By 1889, there were 139 attendees and fourteen teachers.
In the editorial written at the time of his death, Nathaniel was described as being 'amongst the oldest business men in Brisbane, and he was always held in the highest respect by his fellow citizens'. Although very civic\u2011minded, he never took an active part in politics. Lade Street in Coorparoo is named after him.
Wesleyan Church erected on the corner of Albert Street and Burnett Lane, in 1856 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/founding-fathers/#michael-quinlan","title":"Michael Quinlan","text":"Michael Quinlan was born in Sydney ca. 1840 to parents Michael and Elizabeth (n\u00e9e Hampbell). He arrived in Queensland soon after Separation, where he was a manager of the large mercantile business of George Raff and Co. Later he commenced business in partnership with Mr. Donelly and when Donelly retired from the firm, the business carried on under the name of Quinlan and Co.
Following Michael Quinlan's death in July 1878, aged 38, his widow took control of the company and in August 1878 entered into partnership with George Wilkie Gray, the firm's principal manager, as Quinlan, Gray & Co. The Castlemaine Brewery and Quinlan, Gray & Co. Brisbane Ltd went on to manufacture Queensland's famous \"XXXX\" beer.
"},{"location":"stories/founding-fathers/#acknowledgements","title":"Acknowledgements","text":"Originally written by Dr. Hilda Maclean. \"William Perry\" and \"Michael Quinlan\" stories added later.
"},{"location":"stories/founding-fathers/#learn-more","title":"Learn more","text":"Discover all 34 Trustees of the Brisbane General Cemetery Trust.
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Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/governors/#colonel-samuel-wensley-blackall-mount-blackall","title":"Colonel Samuel Wensley Blackall (Mount Blackall)","text":"Governor - 14 August 1868 to 2 January 1871
Blackall was born on 1 May 1809 in Dublin, son of Major Robert Blackall of the East India Company Army, and his wife Catherine, n\u00e9e Lewis. A member of a prosperous Irish family, he was educated by a private tutor and at fifteen went to Trinity College, Dublin, but did not graduate. After a military career, Blackall became Lieutenant-Governor of Dominica in 1851\u201157; Governor of Sierra Leone in 1862, and in 1865 became Governor\u2011in\u2011chief of the West African Settlements.
In 1868 he was appointed Governor of Queensland. On arrival Blackall was met by a tremendous popular welcome, but at once was plunged into a constitutional crisis, which had been temporarily held in check by the Administrator, Sir Maurice O'Connell. After a deadlock in the Legislative Assembly the Liberals had been defeated in an election but were petitioning the Governor to dissolve the assembly on the ground that it did not properly represent the colony. Blackall pursued a strictly constitutional course and refused to intervene directly. Despite the bitterness of the constitutional battle Blackall made no personal enemies. Willing to assist any genuine public cause, he made frequent appearances at public events, often accompanied by Mrs Terry, the wife of his private secretary Lieutenant Frederick Terry.
By October 1870 Blackall's health was deteriorating. He requested that his funeral be such \u201cas could be attended by even the humblest\u201d. On 2 January 1871, he died and was buried the next day with as much pomp and ceremony as could be mustered at such short notice.
Colonel Blackall, Governor of Queensland, with his family - State Library of Queensland. Blackall Monument, the oldest grave in Toowong Cemetery.
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O\u2019Connell was born on 13 January 1812 in Sydney, son of Maurice Charles Philip O'Connell and his wife Mary, daughter of Governor William Bligh. He left for Ceylon with his parents in 1814 and in 1819 was sent to Europe for schooling. In 1828 he joined the 73rd Regiment at Gibraltar but in 1835 raised and led a regiment of Irish volunteers in the Spanish Carlist wars, rising to general of brigade in the British Auxiliary Legion. Before embarking for Spain he married Eliza Emily le Geyt on Jersey. On disbandment, O'Connell returned to England and in June 1838 purchased a captaincy in the 28th Regiment. That year his father was appointed to command the troops in New South Wales. After the regiment sailed to India in 1842 he stayed in New South Wales and sold his commission in 1844.
He represented Port Phillip from August 1845 to June 1848 and then became Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Burnett District. Early in 1854 O'Connell became government Resident at the new Port Curtis settlement where he acquired several squatting properties. In 1859 O'Connell was given command of the volunteers. He was also nominated to the Legislative Council and acted as Minister without portfolio in the first Herbert ministry. When Sir Charles Nicholson resigned in August 1860 O'Connell became President of the Council. He held the post until 1879 and acted ex officio as deputy to the governor four times. O'Connell was knighted in 1868. He died of cancer at Parliament House on 23 March 1879.
Sir Maurice Charles O'Connell - State Library of Queensland
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Bell was born on 19 January 1827 in Kildare, Ireland, the eldest son of Thomas Bell and his wife Sarah, n\u00e9e Alexander. When aged about three, his parents migrated to Australia. He was educated in Sydney then entering the office of a Sydney solicitor. In 1843 his father took over the pastoral lease of Jimbour near Dalby which Bell took control aged 21.
In 1859 was invited to stand for West Moreton. On 19 February 1861 at Ipswich he married Margaret Dorsey. In December 1862 he was returned with a large majority. In June 1863 after the dissolution of the first parliament he was returned for the same electorate. In December 1864 he became treasurer in the Herbert ministry. On Herbert's temporary retirement in 1865 Bell retained office in the Macalister ministry, being Treasurer when the financial crisis of 1866 struck the colony. In 1866 Bell became acting Minister for Lands and in 1867 acting Minister for Works.
In 1868 he was returned for Northern Downs and held the seat until he was appointed President of the Legislative Council in 1879. From 19 March to 20 December 1880 he acted as Administrator of the colony when Governor Sir Arthur Kennedy was on leave. On 20 December 1881, while returning from a business appointment in a cab, he died unexpectedly.
Sir Joshua Peter Bell - State Library of Queensland
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Musgrave was born on 17 November 1828 at Antigua, West Indies, son of Dr Anthony Musgrave and his wife Mary, n\u00e9e Sheriff. Educated in the West Indies, he became private secretary at 21 to the Governor of the Leeward Islands. In 1851 he was admitted to the Inner Temple, London, but returned to Antigua where he served as Colonial Secretary from 1854\u201160. In 1853 he had married Christiana Elizabeth Byam who died in 1858. Musgrave was Administrator of Nevis from October 1860 to April 1861, then of St Vincent and in May 1862 became Lieutenant\u2011governor. In 1864\u201169 he governed Newfoundland. At San Francisco en route to a new post in British Columbia he married Jeannie Lucinda Field by whom he had three sons. He was transferred to Natal in 1872.
On 6 March 1873 Musgrave became Governor of South Australia suffering a personal tragedy when his young daughter died of burns shortly afterwards. In 1877 he was appointed Governor of Jamaica. After six years, he became governor of Queensland on 21 July 1883. He visited England in 1886 and planned to retire but in June 1888 Sir Thomas McIlwraith, whom he detested, became premier. The two soon clashed over the governor's right to exercise of the prerogative of mercy. Musgrave appealed to the Colonial Office, McIlwraith defied him. A few weeks later Musgrave died on 9 October 1888.
Funeral of Sir Anthony Musgrave, Brisbane, 1888 - State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
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Lieutenant Governor - 15 Nov. 1895 to 9 April 1896
Palmer was born on 28 December 1819 in Armagh, Ireland, son of Arthur Palmer, naval lieutenant, and his wife Emily, n\u00e9e Hunter. Educated in Dublin, Palmer arrived in Sydney in 1838. In 1840 became manager pastoral holdings of Henry Dangar leaving after fifteen years to set up on his own. Once established, Palmer took an active part in local politics. He married, on 8 June 1865 in Sydney, Cecilia Mosman.
In 1866 Palmer was elected for Port Curtis to the Legislative Assembly. After the Macalister government fell in 1867, Palmer became Colonial Secretary and Secretary for Public Works under Mackenzie. The ministry fell in November 1868 and Palmer joined the Opposition. When Lilley's ministry fell in May 1870 Governor Blackall appointed Palmer as Colonial Secretary and Premier, holding office until January 1874 when he became leader of the Opposition. In 1878 he retired as leader of the Opposition in favour of McIlwraith and was elected for North Brisbane.
In January 1879 Palmer was appointed Colonial Secretary and president of the Executive Council. For a time in 1879\u201180 Palmer acted as Premier while McIlwraith was in England. Palmer was appointed K.C.M.G. In December he resigned from the assembly and was called to the Legislative Council. From 2 May to 6 November 1883 and from 9 October 1888 to 1 May 1889 he acted as Administrator of the colony in the absence of the governor and from 15 November 1895 to 9 April 1896 was the first Lieutenant\u2011Governor of the colony.
In 1885 his wife had died, leaving three sons and two of their four daughters. Palmer died on 20 March 1898 at his home at Toowong.
Sir Arthur Hunter Palmer as the Colonial Secretary - State Library of Queensland
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Griffith was born on 21 June 1845 at Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, son of Rev. Edward Griffith a Congregational minister, and his wife Mary, n\u00e9e Walker. He earned first-class honours in classics and mathematics from the University of Sydney. He also studied law and on 11 May 1863 became an articled clerk at Ipswich. In 1866 he was awarded Mort travelling fellowship and undertook a 'grand tour' of Europe.
Back in Queensland Griffith completed his articles in September 1867, immediately passed the Bar examinations. He first appeared in a Supreme Court action in 1867 and took silk in 1876. He married Julia Janet Thomson at East Maitland, on 5 July 1870. Griffith then entered politics winning the seat of East Moreton in 1872. Griffith became Liberal party leader in May 1879. Griffith was Premier from 10 November 1883 to 13 June 1888, and was appointed K.C.M.G. in 1886. After his government's defeat in 1888, Griffith spent twenty\u2011two months in Opposition. He was Premier again in August 1890.
Griffith served as Queensland's chief justice from 13 March 1893 to 6 October 1903, during which he was appointed G.C.M.G. in 1895 and to the Privy Council in 1901. Griffith served several times as Deputy and Lieutenant\u2011governor. In 1903 Griffith was chosen as the first Chief Justice.
On 16 March 1917 Griffith suffered a stroke while on the bench and was temporarily retired. His mortgage forced him, aged 72, to return to work. He eventually retired to Brisbane where he died at Merthyr on 9 August 1920.
Sir Samuel Walker Griffith and family - State Library of Queensland
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Morgan was born on 19 September 1856 near Warwick, son of James Morgan and his wife Kate, n\u00e9e Barton. Morgan\u2019s schooling was curtailed when his father bought the Warwick Argus in June 1868. By 18 he was manager and he became editor and proprietor of the Argus a few months before his father died in 1878. On 26 July 1880 Morgan married Alice Clinton at Warwick.
Morgan entered local politics in 1885 when elected to the Warwick Municipal Council; he served as Mayor in 1886\u201190 and 1898. On 18 July 1887 he was elected to the Legislative Assembly for Warwick and represented this electorate until 4 April 1896 when he stood aside to allow T. J. Byrnes to pursue the premiership via the seat. Morgan regained Warwick on 2 October 1898 at the by\u2011election after Byrnes's death and served the assembly as Queensland's first native\u2011born Speaker from May 1899 until September 1903. He resigned after a series of dramatic political events surrounding the defeat of the Philp government. Labor leader W. H. Browne, unable to form a government, recommended that the Governor send for Morgan. The Morgan\u2011Browne coalition ministry was sworn in on 17 September 1903. The coalition was returned overwhelmingly in 1904. It introduced the franchise for women in State elections. Morgan relinquished the premiership, accepting the presidency of the Legislative Council from 19 January 1906 after the death of Sir Hugh Nelson.
In 1907 the Governor Lord Chelmsford reluctantly appointed Morgan lieutenant\u2011governor, by\u2011passing Sir Pope Cooper. Morgan deputised in 1907 and 1908 during Chelmsford's absences and, in 1909 and 1914, was Lieutenant\u2011governor on the retirement of Governors Chelmsford and Sir William MacGregor. He was still President of the Legislative Council when he died on 20 December 1916 after a long illness. He was buried here after a state funeral at St John's Cathedral.
Sir Arthur and Lady Morgan on board the S.S. Mourilyan, Queensland, 1910 - State Library of Queensland
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Cooper was born on 12 May 1846 at Lake George, New South Wales, son of Francis Cooper, a wealthy squatter, and his wife Sarah, n\u00e9e Jenkins. After graduating from the University of Sydney in 1868, he went to London to study law and was called to the Bar on 6 June 1872. Cooper returned in 1874 and was admitted to the Queensland Bar. He became Crown Prosecutor in the northern district Supreme Court in 1878. After the death of Henry Beor, McIlwraith appointed Cooper his Attorney\u2011general. The appointment was ratified on 24 January 1881 when he won Beor's Bowen seat. Cooper held his office and seat until 5 January 1883 when he was appointed to the northern bench of the Supreme Court. He was elevated in October 1895 to senior puisne judge in Brisbane.
When Griffith became Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, the Morgan ministry appointed Cooper Chief Justice of Queensland on 21 October 1903. Cooper was knighted in 1904. Although Cooper had temporarily deputised for the Governor in 1906, when the need to appoint a Lieutenant\u2011governor to succeed Sir Hugh Nelson arose in 1907, Lord Chelmsford could not ignore the objections of Premier William Kidston and he was passed over. Since Cooper had publicly censured the Ryan ministry in November 1915 and had publicly objected to its socialism, he was still regarded as unsatisfactory for the Lieutenant\u2011governorship; but with no alternative, Governor Sir Hamilton Goold\u2011Adams had to appoint him as Deputy for short periods in 1917\u201119.
In November 1919, the Theodore ministry decided to appoint William Lennon as Lieutenant\u2011governor to which Cooper objected bitterly. Early in January he appealed for support from the governor\u2011general, and refused to admit the validity of a commission for Lennon drafted locally on telegraphic instructions from London; he deputised himself from 27 January to 3 February 1920 until Lennon's commission as Lieutenant\u2011governor arrived. That year while Lennon was on diplomatic sick leave in New South Wales, Cooper again became Lieutenant\u2011governor under his dormant commission. When asked, he refused to sign the executive council minute appointing Lennon president of the Legislative Council; he argued that the council was already over strength. On his return, Lennon was forced to appoint himself to the Council and to its presidency. Cooper died at his Chelmer home on 30 August 1923.
Hon. Sir Pope Alexander Cooper, Chief Justice of Queensland, 1880 - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/governors/#further-reading","title":"Further Reading","text":"Forrest, Peter and Sheila Forrest, All for Queensland: The Governors and the People, Darwin, Shady Tree, 2009
"},{"location":"stories/irish/","title":"The Irish","text":"Stories about the Irish remembered in Toowong Cemetery
Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/irish/#anne-devoy-7734","title":"Anne Devoy (7\u20117\u201134)","text":"Born 1817 at Donadea near Hodgetown Co. Kildare, Devoy was the daughter of James and Honor Reilly. Her mother was the daughter of the Countess de Farnton, who escaped the guillotine in the French Revolution, and fled to Ireland to take up refuge with her friend, the Earl of Kildare at Castle Kilkea.
Anne married Patrick Devoy and with the union came the \u201ccurse of the Devoys\u201d. This had been placed on a Devoy of Huguenot stock who turned in a Catholic priest to Cromwell\u2019s men. As he was taken away, the priest blessed all the Devoy women and cursed the men so that no male Devoy would live to see his son in manhood.
The Devoys arrived in Queensland in 1864 on the Landsborough after selling their land in Ireland to the Ursuline nuns. They brought a young family with them; John (later Managing Director of Castlemaine Perkins), Marguerite and Annie. In the tradition of the curse Pat was killed the same year by a landslide while selecting land near Toowoomba. Anne died in 1908.
Devoy residence in Ashgrove, Brisbane, ca. 1908. The Devoy residence was in Three Mile Scrub Road (now Ashgrove Avenue), off Waterworks Road. John Devoy was the manager of Castlemaine Perkins. \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/irish/#joseph-darragh-72711","title":"Joseph Darragh (7\u201127\u201111)","text":"Born 1827 in Tyrone, the son of Joseph and Ann (1803\u20111883), Darragh arrived in Sydney on 29 April 1850 with his wife, Eliza Graham. They moved to Brisbane where he was a butcher at Kangaroo Point from 1853 to 1902. Darragh Street was named for the family before 1874, and when he died, Darragh was \u2018of Independent Means\u2019.
Darragh\u2019s brothers were also businessmen in Brisbane. James (1831\u20111905) was a publican of the Logan Hotel, Main St, Kangaroo Point and the Sportsman\u2019s Arms in Queen St, while Hugh (1839\u20141916) was also a butcher. Joseph died in 1902.
Sportsman's Arms Hotel, Brisbane, ca. 1874 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/irish/#william-grene-power-74518","title":"William Grene Power (7\u201145\u201118)","text":"Born 1835 at Clonmel, Tipperary the son of Edward Power and Mary Ann Grene, Power was educated at Carlow by the Christian Brothers. Power arrived in Victoria in 1857 and was a miner and brewer on the goldfields at Bendigo and Ballarat. He served as Mayor of Jamiestown in 1866.
He arrived in Queensland 1869 at the request of his old friends Perkins and Gooley to manage Browns Brewery (Perkins & Co.) and married Perkins\u2019s sister Mary Therese and settled in Brisbane 1873. William was a Member of the Legislative Council from 1883 until his death. He died at Nundah 14 August 1903 and was buried the next day at Toowong by Rev Fr. Byrne.
City Brewery, owned by Perkins & Co., Brisbane, 1872-1882 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
View of the Castlemaine Perkins Brewery in Milton, ca. 1929. The brewery, located in Milton Road, was established in 1878 by Fitzgerald, Quinlan and Co. and called the Castlemaine Brewery. The brewery merged with Perkins and Company in 1928. \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/irish/#james-thomas-mooney-74510","title":"James Thomas Mooney (7\u201145\u201110)","text":"Mooney was born in 1855 in New York, the son of Joseph and Rosa Mooney, natives of Co. Cavan. They arrived in Sydney 1857 on the FitzJames. Mooney was a volunteer fireman who was fatally burned in 1877 by an exploding cask of spirits during a fire at Hughes\u2019 grocery store in Queen St. His mother was publican of the Royal Exchange Hotel in Albert Street from where his funeral procession left. His monument was financed by public subscription. His father\u2019s sister was Mary, wife of James Mayne, hide merchant in Tyrone and brother of Patrick Mayne.
Royal Exchange Hotel and Perry House on Elizabeth Street looking north, ca. 1924 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/irish/#patrick-mayne-7499","title":"Patrick Mayne (7\u201149\u20119)","text":"Mayne was born in 1824 at Cookstown, Tyrone, the son of Isaac Mayne and Rose Mullin. He arrived in Brisbane in 1849 after marrying in Sydney, Mary McIntosh from Ennis, Co. Clare.
Mayne established his butcher business in Queen St where the present Brisbane Arcade stands. He was an Alderman of the Brisbane City Council 1853 to 1865, the year he died of a heart attack. The family\u2019s finances benefited many public institutions especially The University of Queensland.
Mayne Monument, Toowong Cemetery
Alderman Patrick Mayne, 1859 \u2014 Brisbane City Council. Headstone of Patrick Mayne, Hale Street Cemetery Reserve, Milton \u2014 Brisbane City Council.
Sacred to the memory of Patrick Mayne Who departed this life 17th August 1865 Aged 41 years leaving a wife and 5 children to lament their loss This stone is erected by his ??? widow Mary Mayne also In memory of Evelina Selina daughter of Patrick & Mary Mayne Aged 7? Months ? Days
Patrick and daughter Evelina were re-interred in Toowong Cemetery in 1889
"},{"location":"stories/irish/#john-ahern-7514","title":"John Ahern (7\u201151\u20114)","text":"Ahern was born at Donickmore, County Cork, Ireland in 1840, a son of Denis Ahern and Honoria O\u2019Mahoney. He was a farmer prior to joining the Queensland Police Force in September 1864. Ahern was sent to Springsure in October and promoted to Senior Constable/Acting Sergeant in July 1868. He became Inspector of Slaughterhouses in the Mitchell district in February 1870 and received the substantial reward of \u00a315 in September 1872 for \u2018energetic perseverance in suppressing cattle\u2011stealers in the Barcoo and Walgett districts\u2019.
Ahern was promoted to Senior Sergeant in January 1874 and Sub\u2011Inspector 2nd class in 1877. He served at Blackall in 1880 where he became Sub\u2011Inspector 1st class. Ahern married in 1883 Mary, sister of Andrew Joseph Thynne from Clare. By 1890, he had been promoted to Inspector 1st class in charge of all brands throughout the colony. Ahern was a most respected and energetic policeman. John Ahern died in 1893.
John Ahern - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/irish/#andrew-purcell-7501","title":"Andrew Purcell (7\u201150\u20111)","text":"Born 1811 at Drumcliff, Ennis, Co. Clare, Purcell was the son of Thomas Purcell and Mary Flannery. This well\u2011to\u2011do grazier arrived in Brisbane 19 June 1853 with wife and 4 children on the John Fielden. He married Bridget Scanlan (1827\u20111913) and had 10 children. His son Thomas, a grazier of Rockhampton, was partner in the Rockhampton Newspaper The Daily Record with the Hon. T. J. Ryan in 1912. Purcell, a man of independent means, was buried by Hislops in March 1888 with Fr. Canali officiating.
"},{"location":"stories/irish/#thomas-joseph-byrnes-7475","title":"Thomas Joseph Byrnes (7\u201147\u20115)","text":"Byrnes was born in Brisbane in 1860 the son of Patrick Byrnes and Anna Tighe from Sligo. The family had settled first in Bowen. Byrnes was educated at Brisbane Grammar and Melbourne University. Byrnes taught at Xavier College, Kew, Melbourne from 1882\u201183 before being admitted to the Victoria Bar in 1884. He established a legal firm in Brisbane 1885 and became a Supreme Court barrister in due course.
He entered politics as an MLC and served as Attorney\u2011General in 1893 and MLA from 1893\u201198. Byrnes was the Colonial Prime Minister (Premier) of Queensland in 1898 but his promising life was cut short at the early age of 38 in September 1898. His State Funeral was attended by all the government and was one of the largest Brisbane had ever seen. His funeral was officiated by Archbishop Dunne and to his memory are memorials in Centennial Park, Brisbane and in the main street of Warwick, his electorate.
Thomas Joseph Byrnes Memorial, Centenary Place, Brisbane, 2020 \u2014 Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
"},{"location":"stories/irish/#john-leahy-7a43","title":"John Leahy (7A\u20114\u20113)","text":"Leahy was born in 1854 at Schull, Cork, the son of Patrick Leahy, a farmer, and Mary Coghlan. He arrived in Brisbane 1874 and was appointed Post Master at Windorah before settling at Thargomindah in 1883. Leahy married Annie Colbert in 1886. He was a member of the Bulloo Divisional Board 1889\u20111893. A successful grazier, Leahy was President of the Woolbrokers\u2019 Association. He was part owner of the Thargomindah Herald established by his younger brother Patrick James Leahy, and proprietor of the Royal Hotel 1886-1889.
Leahy\u2019s political career as member for Bulloo 1893 to 1909 saw him as Secretary for the Railways and Public Works 1907\u201109. He held many directorships including the Queensland Meat Export Co., Estate and Mortgage Co., and the National Agricultural Association of Queensland. He was also a member of Brisbane Chamber of Commerce and on the executive of the Queensland Irish Association. Leahy died at his home in New Farm in 1909 and was buried after a state funeral.
Funeral of the late Hon. John Leahy \u2014 The Brisbane Courier, 23 January 1909. Lightened.
"},{"location":"stories/irish/#thomas-joseph-ryan-7a3a1","title":"Thomas Joseph Ryan (7A\u20113A\u20111)","text":"Ryan was born in 1875 at Boothapool near Port Fairy (also known as Belfast), the son of Timothy Joseph Ryan and Jane Cullen. The family arrived from Ireland in 1860. Ryan began his education at Melbourne University and studied law while teaching classics at Church Grammar, Launceston, Tasmania. He obtained his degree in 1899.
Ryan was second master at Rockhampton Grammar 1901\u20141903 and was admitted to the Queensland Bar in December 1901. In 1903 he was President of the Rockhampton Branch of the Australian Natives Association. He joined the Labor Party in 1904 and won the seat of Barcoo in 1909. He owned the Rockhampton Daily Record newspaper from 1910. In July 1912 he became deputy\u2011leader, and by December was leader of the Labor Party. Winning the elections in 1915, he became Premier of Queensland, Chief Secretary and Attorney General until 1919 when he entered Federal politics. With John Fihelly, he drafted the Workers Compensation Bill and created the State Government Insurance Office and set up the Public Curators Office and the Golden Casket Agency. In 1916 he visited the troops at the front and also defended Home Rule in Ireland, meeting with Eamonn de Valera in 1919 and chaired the Irish Race Convention in Melbourne called by Archbishop Mannix. He supported voting rights for 18 year olds and gave women the right to stand for Parliament. Entering Federal politics he won the seat of West Sydney in 1919 and was elected Deputy Leader of the House of Representatives.
He suffered from ill health and a bout of influenza caught in England in 1919 later resulted in his death from pneumonia in 1921 at Barcaldine. Archbishops Duhig (Brisbane) and Mannix (Melbourne) both presided over his state funeral from St Stephen\u2019s Cathedral. Ryan was survived by his wife Lily Virginia Cook and a son and daughter. A memorial bronze statue stands in Queens Park on the corner of William and Elizabeth Streets.
Unveiling a statue of Thomas Joseph Ryan at Queen's Park, Brisbane, 1925 \u2014 Contributor(s): Sydney Mail, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
"},{"location":"stories/irish/#randal-macdonnell-72010","title":"Randal MacDonnell (7\u201120\u201110)","text":"MacDonnell was born in 1830 in Dublin, son of Thomas MacDonnell, an army officer, and his wife Frances Corry. He arrived in Sydney 1853 on the Telegraph. He was a teacher at National Schools in Sydney before establishing his own school at Paddington, Sydney in 1854.
He moved to Queensland in 1860 and was appointed Inspector of National Schools and General Inspector of Primary Schools. He served as Secretary of the Board of Education 1870\u20141876 and supported the separation of religious and secular education and advocated the Irish System. Randal married Mary Sheehan in 1861 and had four sons and a daughter. He died of consumption in 1877.
"},{"location":"stories/irish/#peter-gaffney-71923","title":"Peter Gaffney (7\u201119\u201123)","text":"Born in 1839 in Co. Cavan, Gaffney was the publican of the Dunmore Arms on the corner of George and Elizabeth Streets. He married Margaret Malynn in Brisbane in 1872 and together they had three children. Peter died of heart failure while bathing at Sandgate in 1879. His wife remained as publican until the licence expired in 1887.
Jaffrey, P. (1886) Dunmore Arms Hotel, George Street (now Treasury Hotel) \u2014 Jaffrey, P. (1886), Public Domain
"},{"location":"stories/irish/#captain-john-burke-7191","title":"Captain John Burke (7\u201119\u20111)","text":"John was born at Kinsale, Cork the son of fisherman Denis Burke and his wife Ellen. He was a seaman on ships to the USA until the outbreak of the Civil War when he returned to Ireland and signed on with the crew of the Erin Go Bragh which arrived in Brisbane in August 1862. He deserted and worked as a pilot for the Australian Steam Navigation Company sailing the Queensland and the Telegraph. He married Elicia Swords from the Erin Go Bragh, and settled on the Logan River.
He held a Masters Licence and worked on bay and river ships commanding the Fanny on the Albert and Logan rivers. He established the John Burke Shipping Line in 1887 and bought the Louisa and traded from Ipswich to Logan and later on Moreton Bay.
By his death in 1919, he had nineteen ships, although he had retired in 1915 staying only as the Director. Captain Burke Park at Kangaroo Point is named in honour of him. His company was sold by his grandson in 1968.
Page 27 of the Queenslander Pictorial, supplement to The Queenslander, 14 June, 1919. - State Library of Queensland The Adonis (ship) was built in 1883 and was owned by Dath Henderson, Brisbane, who also owned a sawmill on the Noosa River at Tewantin. The Adonis was later sold to John Burke in Brisbane, Queensland. \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/irish/#john-mcdermott-7563","title":"John McDermott (7\u201156\u20113)","text":"Born 1841 in Tyrone, McDermott arrived in Brisbane in 1864 on the Earl Russell with his wife Martha. He was the publican of one of the Valley\u2019s most successful pubs, the Empire Hotel on the corner of Brunswick and Ann Streets. Originally a two\u2011story wooden building in the 1870s it was rebuilt into three storys in the 1890s. McDermott died independently wealthy in 1908 and was interred by the Reverend Father John O\u2019Leary.
Empire Hotel, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, ca. 1934 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/irish/#kevin-izod-odoherty-75827","title":"Kevin Izod O\u2019Doherty (7\u201158\u201127)","text":"O\u2019Doherty was born in Dublin, son of solicitor William Dougherty and Anne McEvoy. He studied at the Catholic School of Medicine in 1844. He was convicted as a \u2018Young Irelander\u2019 and transported to Sydney in 1848 on the Mt Stewart Elphinstone and then on the Emma to Tasmania with fellow conspirators. After five years he was given a conditional pardon (not allowed to return to Ireland and went to Paris before marrying, in London, in 1855 writer Mary Eva Kelly of Galway (Eva of The Nation). Kevin and Mary are the subject of the book by Ross and Heather Patrick, Exiles Undaunted. In 1856 O\u2019Doherty received a full pardon and went to Dublin to get his Medical Degree from 1857 to 1859.
They then migrated to Victoria in 1860 and to Brisbane where he set up practice in the Forbes Building at Ipswich in 1862. By 1866 he was the leading medical practitioner in George Street, Brisbane, and personal physician to Bishop Quinn. He was also the first President of the Queensland Medical Board.
He was an MLA in 1867 and MLC 1877\u20141885 and also returned to Ireland as the Nationalist Member for Meath 1885\u20141888. As a founding member of the Queensland Hibernian Society and the Queensland Irish Association, O\u2019Doherty was well respected and presided over the St. Patrick\u2019s Day Committee in the 1860s. The Queensland Irish Association raised this monument over his grave.
Doctor Kevin Izod O'Doherty (1823-1905) \u2014 State Library of Queensland. St. Patrick's Day procession, Queen Street, Brisbane, 1903 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/irish/#william-augustine-ocarroll-7549","title":"William Augustine O\u2019Carroll (7\u201154\u20119)","text":"Born 1831 at the family bakery in Patrick Street, Cork, O\u2019Carroll was the son of a cargo ship\u2019s Captain. He was a \u2018Young Irelander\u2019 in 1848 and joined the Fenians in 1858. He contributed to the Irish People, a Nationalist journal and became its editor. After the failure of the \u2018St Patrick Plot\u2019 of 1861, he fled Ireland with a price on his head.
The family emigrated to Brisbane in 1862 on the Chatsworth. He became editor of The Guardian and the Moreton Bay Courier from 1869 to 1883. He also established the Colonist, a newspaper which ran from 1871\u20141872. He left for work one Friday morning in 1885, suffering bronchial symptoms which resulted in his death the following morning.
A hard worker, he liked to be well away from his work at home at Three Mile Scrub between Newmarket and Ashgrove. At 2am he would mount his old grey mare at the back of the Queen Street office and quietly plod home. His son Thomas was a reporter on The Courier, and another son David Joseph was a journalist.
His funeral cortege consisted of 62 vehicles with over 500 persons attending the graveside including colleagues from the Courier and Observer as well as Queensland literary staff and members of the Johnsonian Club of which he was a foundation member. The service was performed by Rev. Fr. James Benedict Breen, and his comrades erected a plaque to his memory on the back of his monument which read,
In Memoriam, from some press comrades who have been permitted to join in this tribute to the memory of the one they loved.
"},{"location":"stories/irish/#francis-frank-mcdonnell-7a1723","title":"Francis (Frank) McDonnell (7A\u201117\u201123)","text":"McDonnell was born in 1863 at Ennis, Co. Clare to farmer James McDonnell and Elizabeth Bradish. His father died when he was seven and he went to work in a factory before being educated by the Christian Brothers at Ennis. In 1879, he was employed by Gallagher Bros. of Ballina, Sligo; a fellow employee being T. C. Beirne.
McDonnell arrived in Brisbane in 1886 and married Mary Heffernan in 1890. He worked as a drapery assistant for Finney Isles & Co., and then with T. J. Geoghegan, and from 1889 to 1896 for Edwards and Lamb. In 1901 he established the firm of McDonnell and East with Hubert East from Roscommon. They were backed financially by publican Peter Murphy who alternated with them as director of the company.
In 1888 McDonnell organised the Shop Assistants Early Closing Association with his former colleague T. C. Beirne. He represented Labor for Fortitude Valley in 1896 and introduced the Early Closing Bill which was successful in 1910. He was a member of the Labor Party executive 1898\u20141903 and Treasurer 1901\u20141903. He was appointed to the Legislative Council 1907\u20141922 and promoted Home Rule for Ireland. In 1910 he founded and was Director of the Hibernian newspaper. He was the first Trustee of Trades Hall and original member of The University of Queensland Senate 1910. Frank died in 1928.
Aerial view of George Street, Brisbane, 1923, Victoria Bridge can be seen crossing the Brisbane River on the right, and McDonnell and East Ltd. is prominent towards the bottom right of George Street \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Frank McDonnell \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/irish/#michael-joseph-devitt-15296","title":"Michael Joseph Devitt (15\u201129\u20116)","text":"Born 1859 at Ennistymon in County Clare the first born of a very large family. He, his parents Thomas and Bridget and most of his siblings migrated to Australia. Out of the 12 children one stayed in Ireland 2 died as babies, one went to Ohio in the USA and one to NSW and the remainder came to Queensland.
The family left Ireland for London and boarded the RMS Dacca heading for Queensland. The trip took a little longer than expected. The ship left London 29th April 1890 and the trip was interrupted at 6.30AM on the 16th May when she hit the Daedulus Reef in the Red Sea. All passengers were able to climb down onto the rocks of the reef where they all stood in waist deep water until some were moved to the rocks surrounding the lighthouse. According to the London Illustrated News, May 20th, The passengers lost everything except the wet clothes they were standing in when the ship sank four hours later. No lives were lost.
Michael and the rest of the family settled in Warwick and he practiced tailoring in partnership with his father in Fitzroy Street. He married Catherine Stokes in Warwick 1 June 1891. She was born in Moycarkey in Tipperary. He died in Brisbane on 26 December 1917 and was buried the next day. They had four children two of whom died very young. His son Francis Patrick Devitt (Sonny) joined the Australian Army and died 5 August 1915 six months before his 21st birthday and is buried in France. Devitt St beside Warwick racecourse is named for the Devitt family.
Devitt family home in Warwick, Queensland, 1906, Ann Ruth Devitt with son Matthew Francis and James Devitt with son Kevin. Young James John Devitt is seated on the edge of the verandah. \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
Michael Joseph Devitt 1892\u20141932 buried in the same grave was his son born 11 June 1892 and he was a horse trainer and show rider. He also joined up but a pleading emotional letter from his mother to the Army echelon begging them to discharge him and stating her need of his support saw him discharged after 8 weeks. He came down to the Brisbane National show to ride in the men\u2019s event and met a young lady Zora Brenda Pitt who was the ladies champion rider that year. They married in 1917 in Brisbane and raised their family of a boy and a girl at various railway stations as he became the manager of railway refreshment rooms. Babinda, Roma St, Helidon and mainly Bundaberg When royalty visited Bundaberg the only place big enough to host the function was the refreshment rooms. He was well respected. He took ill in 1932 and was brought down to Brisbane and sadly died at the very young age of 39 on 24 March 1932 leaving Zorah to bring up two young children. She took up millinery and many were the fashionable ladies at the Brisbane races wearing her creations.
Their son Francis Pitt Devitt served in WWII and was one of the brave Aussies who found themselves up against Japanese Imperial Marines in Bougainville. All specially chosen for being 6 feet plus tall and not a pair of glasses among them. He survived but was always troubled by what he had to do and is buried in Mt Gravatt in the military section. Their daughter Brenda Pitt Devitt, a top horsewoman, artist and photographer married a jockey who became Qld\u2019s premier jockey 9 times and over 1800 wins and they travelled the world but mainly UK and France where he rode a further 850 winners and was privileged to ride for the Queen.
John Devitt of Olympic fame and William Devitt who was John Wren\u2019s right hand man in Queensland are both descended from Thomas and Bridget.
John Devitt at the 1960 Olympics \u2014 CC0
"},{"location":"stories/irish/#acknowledgements","title":"Acknowledgements","text":"These stories were first presented as a Irish Heritage Trail in 1988 during the Bi\u2011Centennial Celebrations, under the auspices of the Genealogical Society of Queensland Irish Group with Chairman and Researcher David Larkin as tour guide. The original tour took in 31 monuments across a number of portions of the cemetery. Some of the more important figures on Mt Blackall are included in other Friends of Toowong Cemetery stories, so these stories are confined to the Roman Catholic Portions 7, 7a, and 15. These stories were revised and corrected early 2014 by Darcy Maddock.
The Friends of Toowong Cemetery Association would like to acknowledge the Queensland Government Community Benefit Fund for the grant to provide signage for this guided tour.
"},{"location":"stories/judiciary/","title":"Early Judiciary in Toowong Cemetery","text":""},{"location":"stories/judiciary/#judiciary","title":"Judiciary","text":"Early Judiciary buried in Toowong Cemetery
Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/judiciary/#his-honour-judge-william-paul-5328","title":"His Honour Judge William Paul (5\u201132\u20118)","text":"Born in Penrith NSW on 2 June 1839 to George Paul and Sarah Dalton. George Paul Jnr was called to the Bar in London at the age of 22. He later established a successful private practice in Brisbane before taking up the position of Crown Prosecutor of the Western District Court in 1866. In 1871 he was appointed first acting judge of the District Courts before being elevated permanently to the Metropolitan District Court in 1871, a position which he held until his death on 10 December 1909.
Portrait of Judge George William Paul, 1874 - State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/judiciary/#the-honourable-virgil-power-7a10324","title":"The Honourable Virgil Power (7A\u2011103\u201124)","text":"Born in Brisbane 2 August 1849 to Michael Power and Anna Marie Connolly. Virgil Power was admitted as a barrister in London and Dublin prior to his admission as a barrister of the Supreme Court of Queensland in 1875. He served as Crown Prosecutor for the Northern District of the Supreme Court, the Southern District Court and the Southern District of the Supreme Court before his appointment as the first Queensland-born Judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland in 1895. Appointed first Judge of the Central Court based in Rockhampton, he served there until his retirement in 1910. He died at Southport on 2 June 1914.
Virgil Power - State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/judiciary/#the-honourable-patrick-real-7a1537","title":"The Honourable Patrick Real (7A\u2011153\u20117)","text":"Born Pallasgreen, near Limerick Ireland on 17 March 1846 or 1847 to James Real and Ellen Donegan. The family migrated to Moreton Bay on the typhus-plagued voyage of the Emigrant in 1850 with his father dying from the disease. Young Patrick left school at the age of 12 to commence a carpentry apprenticeship to support his family and was employed at the Ipswich railway workshops before leaving his trade at the age of 22 to study law. Following a distinguished career as a barrister, he was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland in 1890 and Senior Puisne Judge in 1903. He died at his home Eulalia at Norman Park on 10 June 1928.
Honorable Judge Patrick Real - State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/judiciary/#the-honourable-george-rogers-harding-18215","title":"The Honourable George Rogers Harding (1\u201182\u201115)","text":"Born Taunton. Somerset England on 3 December 1838 to Rev. George Rogers Harding and Elizabeth Winter. In 1861 he was admitted as a barrister at Lincoln's Inn, London. With his wife, Elizabeth and family he migrated to Brisbane where he was admitted as a barrister of the Supreme Court of Queensland in 1866. InJuly 1879 he became Senior Puisne Judge. Many books held in the Queensland Supreme Court Library today were collected when he was chairman of the Library Committee. He died in his chambers on 31 August 1895.
Justice George Rogers Harding, 1879 - State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/judiciary/#william-henry-abbot-hirst-11017","title":"William Henry Abbot Hirst (1\u201110\u201117)","text":"Born Sydney on 21 February 1837 to William Hirst and Elizabeth Abbott. William Hirst was admitted as a barrister in NSW in 1861 and in Queensland the same year. He served as Police Magistrate, and later as Crown Prosecutor in the Northern District and Metropolitan District Courts before his appointment as a District Court Judge in 1869 serving the Northern District Court, based in Bowen until he replaced Ratcliffe Pring in the Central District Court in 1876. He was dismissed from office on 3 January 1878 because of misconduct and died on 26 May that year.
William Henry Abbott Hirst - State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/judiciary/#sir-pope-alexander-cooper-13371","title":"Sir Pope Alexander Cooper (13\u201137\u20111)","text":"Born Lake George, NSW on 12 May 1846 to Francis Cooper and Sarah Jenkins. He undertook his legal studies in London before bringing his wife and family to Brisbane where he was admitted as a barrister of the Supreme Court of Queensland in 1874. After a period in private practice, he became Northern Crown Prosecutor then entered politics as MLA for Bowen, serving as Attorney-General 1881-83. In January 1883 he was appointed a Judge of the Queensland Supreme Court, the youngest and first Australian-born judge of that court. In 1903 he became the fourth Chief Justice of Queensland. He died on 30 August 1923.
Portrait of Honourable Sir Pope Alexander Cooper - State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/judiciary/#sir-arthur-rutledge-kc-134915","title":"Sir Arthur Rutledge KC (13\u201149\u201115)","text":"Born Penrith, NSW on 29 August 1843 to James Rutledge and Lucy Field. Arthur Rutledge was a Wesleyan clergyman before he left the ministry to study law. He was admitted to the Queensland Bar in 1878 and the same year became the MLA for Enoggera. After periods alternating between the Bar and politics when he served three times as Attorney-General, Rutledge was appointed QC in 1899 and knighted in 1902. He was appointed a Judge of the District Court in 1906 and held that position until his death in Sydney on 8 February 1917.
Portrait of the Honourable Sir Arthur Rutledge - State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/judiciary/#the-honourable-ratcliffe-pring-qc-13759","title":"The Honourable Ratcliffe Pring QC (13\u201175\u20119)","text":"Born in Crediton Devon England on 17 October 1825 to Thomas Pring and Ann Dunne. Ratcliffe Pring studied law in England, being admitted as a barrister in London in 1849. With his wife, Frances he migrated to NSW in 1853. In 1857 he was appointed first Crown Prosecutor for the Supreme Court in Moreton Bay. Elected to Queensland's first Legislative Assembly in 1860, he became Attorney-General, a position which he held in successive governments. He was appointed QC in 1868. In 1875 he was appointed a Judge of the Central District Court but resigned and returned to private practice. He became a Judge of the Queensland Supreme Court in 1880. He died in office on 25 March 1885.
Ratcliffe Pring - State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/judiciary/#the-honourable-charles-stuart-mein-121113","title":"The Honourable Charles Stuart Mein (12\u201111\u201113)","text":"Born in Maitland NSW on 14 June 1841 to John Stuart Mein and Mary Hall. Charles Mein was articled to Arthur Macalister in Brisbane prior to his admission as a solicitor of the Queensland Supreme Court in 1870. He was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council in 1876, serving two periods as postmaster-general. On 17 April 1885, he was the first solicitor to be appointed a Judge of the Queensland Supreme Court, succeeding Mr Justice Pring. He died in office while visiting Sydney on 30 June 1890.
Charles Stuart Mein - State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/judiciary/#sir-samuel-walker-griffith-gcmg-qc-121167","title":"Sir Samuel Walker Griffith GCMG QC (12\u201111\u20116/7)","text":"Born Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, Wales on 21 June 1845 to Rev. Edward Griffith and Mary Walker. Griffith was articled to Arthur Macalister in Ipswich and admitted as a barrister of the Queensland Supreme Court in 1867. He was elected to Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1872, serving as Attorney-General and Premier and combined politics with his work as a barrister until 1893 when he was appointed a Judge of the Queensland Supreme Court and third Chief Justice of Queensland. He was appointed QC in 1876. In 1903 he became the first Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia. He retired in 1919 and died on 9 August 1920 at New Farm.
Samuel Walker Griffith - State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/judiciary/#sir-charles-lilley-qc-121515","title":"Sir Charles Lilley QC (12\u201115\u201115)","text":"Born Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland England on 27 August 1827 to Thomas Lilley and Jane Shipley. Charles Lilley began studying law in England before settling in Moreton Bay in 1856 and undertaking further articles to Robert Little. In 1858 he was the first solicitor admitted to practice by the Supreme Court at Moreton Bay. In 1860 he was elected to Queensland's first Legislative Assembly where he served for the next 14 years. He was admitted to the Bar in 1861, becoming the colony's first QC in 1865. In 1874 he was appointed a Judge of the Queensland Supreme Court and became Queensland's second Chief Justice in 1879. He died on 20 August 1897, four years after retiring.
Sir Charles Lilley, 1879 - State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/judiciary/#the-honourable-john-laskey-woolcock-ba-11652","title":"The Honourable John Laskey Woolcock BA (11\u201165\u20112)","text":"Born Cornwall, England on 7 November 1861 to Rev William Woolcock and Elizabeth White. Woolcock commenced his legal studies while reading in Griffith's chambers and was admitted as a barrister of Queensland Supreme Court in 1887. He was appointed a Judge of the Queensland Supreme Court in 1927 and died in office less than two years later on 18 January 1929.
Judge John Laskey Woolcock - State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/judiciary/#the-honourable-charles-stumm-kc-181112","title":"The Honourable Charles Stumm KC (18\u2011111\u20112)","text":"Born Toowoomba, Queensland on 10 May 1865 to Charles Stumm and Isabella Streich. Formerly a schoolteacher, Charles Stumm commenced his legal training under articles at Browne & Ruthning Solicitors and was admitted as a solicitor of the Queensland Supreme Court in 1889. He was admitted as a barrister in 1894 and appointed King's Counsel in 1910. In 1929 he was appointed a Judge of the Queensland Supreme Court but died tragically three weeks later on 28 February 1929.
Judge Charles Stumm - State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/judiciary/#acknowledgements","title":"Acknowledgements","text":"Compiled and presented by Lyn and Darcy Maddock
"},{"location":"stories/judiciary/#sources","title":"Sources","text":"Stories recognising people involved in the Labor movement.
Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/labor-luminaries/#emma-miller-13656","title":"Emma Miller (13\u20116\u20115/6)","text":"Miller was born Emma Holmes in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, in June 1839.
On 15 September 1857 at Chesterfield Register Office she married Jabez Mycroft Silcock, a bookkeeper with whom she had eloped. He died in 1870 leaving her with four small children to support.
Emma was a gentlemen\u2019s shirtmaker and she began to take in piecework, working twelve hours per day, six days per week.
Emma remarried on 30 August 1874 at Salford, Lancashire, William Calderwood, a stonemason. They arrived in Brisbane in March 1879. He died just over a year later. Widowed again, Emma was forced to make her living by needlework.
Emma was in the vanguard of the formation of women\u2019s unions, the women\u2019s suffrage movement, and the Labor Party.
She actively supported strikers during the 1880s, and worked to alleviate the plight of the unemployed.
Her third husband was Andrew Miller (d.1897), a widower whom she married at Brisbane Registry Office on 21 October 1886.
She campaigned tirelessly for freedom from conscription. Through these activities, she was known and admired throughout the country, and given the affectionate title \u2018Mother of the Australian Labor Party\u2019.
On 'Black Friday' of the 1912 strike, Emma led a large contingent of women to Parliament House, braving the batons of foot and mounted police. She reputedly stuck a hatpin into the horse of Police Commissioner Cahill who was thrown and injured.
Emma died in 1917. On 22 October 1922 a publicly funded marble bust of her was unveiled in the Trades Hall.
Portrait of Mrs. Emma Miller - State Library of Queensland. Marble Bust of Emma Miller held at Queensland Council of Unions by sculptor James Laurence Watts by Alphi123, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
"},{"location":"stories/labor-luminaries/#thomas-glassey-11221","title":"Thomas Glassey (11\u201122\u20111)","text":"Glassey was born in 1844 at Market Hill, Co. Armagh, the son of weaver Willhelm Glassey and Sussannah. From the age of six, he worked as a linen mill weaver before moving to Scotland in 1852 to be a coal miner. Glassey was self\u2011educated at Sunday school. He married Margaret White in 1864 in Bedlington, Newcastle, England and had a son. He came to Queensland in 1884 after a career as a political agitator in England. Glassey was the MLA for Bundamba from 1888 \u2011 1893 before representing Burke 1894 \u2011 1896 and Bundaberg 1896 \u2011 1901. In 1892, Glassey was the chairman of the Queensland central executive of the Labor Party. After Federation, he switched to federal politics and was a senator from 1901 \u2011 1903. He died on 28 September 1936 in Brisbane.
Senator Thomas Glassey delivering a speech to the women electors of Queensland - State Library of Queensland. Glassey family, ca. 1926 - State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/labor-luminaries/#william-henry-browne-11513","title":"William Henry Browne (11\u201151\u20113)","text":"Browne was born 13 September 1846 in Pimlico, London. He was a Royal Navy seaman in 1857 before joining the merchant marines. Browne moved to New South Wales in 1866, where he worked as a goldminer. He was the president and secretary of the Amalgamated Miners Association of Croydon and chairman of the Croydon Hospital Committee. His political career started in 1893 as the MLA for Croydon, the seat he held until his death in 1904. Browne was leader of the Opposition and chairman of the Parliamentary Labor Party from 1900 to 1903 and then became Minister of Mines. Browne did not marry.
Honourable William Henry Browne - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/labor-luminaries/#john-gordon-smith-115356","title":"John Gordon Smith (11\u201153\u20115/6)","text":"Smith was born in 1863 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, son William Smith and Christina Duncan. He married Annie Coles in Brisbane in 1884 and had a son and four daughters. In a varied career, he was a publican in Maryborough, and around 1900 operated a night coffee stall in Queen Street. Smith was known as the \u2018Democratic Pieman\u2019. He was also a grand master of the Ancient Order of Foresters and President of the British Associated Friendly Society Dispensaries. Smith was a Member of the Legislative Council from 1920 until his death in Brisbane on the 19 June 1921.
"},{"location":"stories/labor-luminaries/#anderson-dawson-11561","title":"Anderson Dawson (11\u201156\u20111)","text":"Dawson was born on 16 July 1863 in Rockhampton, the son of miner, Anderson Dawson and Jean Smith. He was a miner by profession. He married Caroline Quin in 1887 and together they had two sons and two daughters. Dawson was president of the Miners\u2019 Union and a provincial councillor for the Australian Labor Federation. He entered parliament as MLA for Charters Towers in May 1883 and held the seat until September 1901 when he was elected a senator, serving until 1906. Dawson lead the world\u2019s first Labor Government when he was Premier and Chief Secretary for Queensland from 1 - 7 December 1899. He died in Brisbane on 20 Jul 1910.
Honourable Anderson (Andrew) Dawson 1899 - State Library of Queensland After the swearing in of the Dawson ministry of the Labor Party Brisbane, Queensland - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/labor-luminaries/#david-bowman-11761213","title":"David Bowman (11\u201176\u201112/13)","text":"Bowman was born on the 4 August 1860 in Bendigo, Victoria, son of miner, Archibald Bowman and Isabella. He arrived in Queensland in 1887 and established his own bootmaking business in New Farm. He married in 1885, Elizabeth Jane Smith, who bore him two sons and two daughters. He entered politics and held various seats in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1899 until his death on the 25 February 1916 at Brisbane. Bowman was an organiser for the Australian Workers Union and leader of the Queensland Labor Party from 1907 to 1912.
David Bowman - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/labor-luminaries/#william-forgan-smith-8252021","title":"William Forgan Smith (8\u201125\u201120/21)","text":"Smith was born in April 1887 in Invergowrie, Scotland, son of George, a landscape gardener and Mary Forgan. He married Euphemia Wilson in 1913 in Mackay and had two sons. In a varied career, he was a housepainter in Mackay, had business interests and was chairman of the Central Sugar Cane Prices Board. Smith was a member of the Trades and Labor Council, Australian Workers\u2019 Union and on the Central Executive of the Australian Labour Council. Smith was the long\u2011serving MLA for Mackay from 1915 to 1942, serving as Premier for 10 years from 1932. He received and Honorary LL.D from the University of Queensland. He died in Sydney on Sugar Board business on 25 September 1953.
Construction of the Forgan Smith Building, University of Queensland , St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, 1940 - State Library of Queensland William Forgan Smith ca. 1935 - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/labor-luminaries/#william-neal-gillies-1810620","title":"William Neal Gillies (18\u2011106\u201120)","text":"Gillies was born 28 October 1868 on the Hunter River, New South Wales, the son of farmer, Dugald Gillies and Ann. He was a sugar grower on the Tweed Heads and president of the NSW Sugar Growers Defence League. Gillies married Margaret Smith in 1900 and had a son and a daughter. He entered politics in 1912 as the MLA for Eacham, a seat he held until 1925 when he briefly switched to Federal politics, holding the seat of Herbert. Gillies was Premier, Chief Secretary and Treasurer from February to October 1925. He died at Toowong on 9 February 1928.
William Gillies, 1920 - Queensland State Archives
"},{"location":"stories/labor-luminaries/#edward-michael-hanlon-7a381921","title":"Edward Michael Hanlon (7A\u201138\u201119/21)","text":"Hanlon was born on 1 October 1887 in Brisbane, son of Michael and Mary Ann Byrne. He was educated Petrie Terrace State School and the Brisbane Technical College before joining the Queensland Railways in 1908. After 1912, he became a grocer and was active in the Shop Assistants\u2019 Union. Hanlon served in the 9th Battalion Australian Imperial Force from 1915 to 1919. Hanlon married Elizabeth Carver in 1922. He fathered a son and three daughters. He was an MLA for Ithaca from May 1926 until his death on 15 January 1952. Hanlon was Minister for Health from 1935 to 1944 and Premier and Chief Secretary from 1946 to 1952. His statue overlooks the old Royal Women\u2019s Hospital and the multi-level Ned Hanlon Building.
Edward Michael Hanlon, premier of Queensland, addressing the Legislative Assembly on the occasion of the Industrial Law Amendment Bill, 1948 - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/labor-luminaries/#john-plumper-hoolan-7a342","title":"John \u2018Plumper\u2019 Hoolan (7A\u201134\u20112)","text":"Hoolan was born in 1842 in Tipperary, son of James Hoolan and Margaret Kennedy. He married Ellen Lawler in 1871 in King\u2019s County, Ireland and had two sons and two daughters. In a varied career, he was a carpenter in Bathurst, a miner in Charters Towers, a newspaper proprietor in Georgetown and leased a farm in North Queensland in 1896. Hoolan was the MLA for Burke from 1890 to 1894 and again from 1896 to 1899. He died in the Diamantina region on the 15 June 1911.
John 'Plumper' Hoolan, ca. 1902 - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/labor-luminaries/#albert-edward-victor-whitford-15640","title":"Albert Edward Victor Whitford (15\u20116\u201140)","text":"Whitford was born in 1877 in Woolwich, England, son of Charles Whitford and Dora Kelly. He married Ethel Scott in Sydney and had two sons and two daughters. Arriving in Queensland in 1910, he worked as a tailor in Childers. Whitford was the MLA for Burrum from March 1918 to October 1920. He was murdered in Albert Square on 29 January 1924 by returned serviceman, James William Laydon.
Delegates to the Queensland Police Union third annual conference. Whitford is in the front row, second on the left. - Queensland Police Museum. CC BY-SA 4.0
"},{"location":"stories/labor-luminaries/#further-reading","title":"Further Reading","text":"Waterson, D. B. Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament, Australian National University Press, 1972
"},{"location":"stories/labor-luminaries/#acknowledgements","title":"Acknowledgements","text":"Research on Albert Whitford provided by Shelley Steel
Compiled by Dr. Hilda Maclean
"},{"location":"stories/lest-we-forget-navy/","title":"Lest We Forget: Naval","text":"These stories were created to mark the centenary of the Royal Australian Navy, 1911\u20142011.
Those represented here are only a small number of the men and women who gave their lives in service to this country who are either buried or memorialised at Toowong Cemetery.
Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/lest-we-forget-navy/#able-seaman-w-j-harrhy-rn-4164","title":"Able Seaman W. J. Harrhy, RN (4\u201116\u20114)","text":"Welshman, William John Harrhy, a sailor on HMS Dauntless, in Brisbane for a Goodwill Visit, was drowned in the Brisbane River in the early hours of Good Friday, 1924. Members of the ship\u2019s crew were in Brisbane to participate in the unveiling of the War Memorial at Toowong Cemetery on Anzac Day 1924. His body was found the following Monday downstream. It is believed that he tripped over an obstacle on the ship\u2019s deck in the early hours of the morning.
Harrhy, aged 36, had been in the navy for over fifteen years and had a splendid war records. The funeral left the ship for the cemetery and many wreaths were laid including one shaped like an anchor and another, a model of the ship. The officers and crew arranged a dance in aid of Harrhy\u2019s family aboard the Dauntless.
Royal Navy ships HMS Danae, HMS Dauntless, HMS Dragon and HMS Delhi docked at South Brisbane wharves, 1924 - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/lest-we-forget-navy/#maurice-headford-107235","title":"Maurice Headford (10\u201172\u201135)","text":"Headford was born in Port Melbourne, Victoria on 23 February 1898. He entered the RAN as a Boy Class II on the 5 November 1912 training aboard the Tingira. He was transferred to the newly completed Australia when he was promoted to Boy Class I a year later. In August 1916, he was promoted to Ordinary Seaman, then to Able Bodied Seaman in January 1918. While aboard the Australia Headford saw service in Rabaul and the North Sea. The Australia missed the battle of Jutland as she had collided with the New Zealand.
After the end of World War I, Headford transferred briefly to the Sydney before ending his naval career aboard the depot ship the Penguin in January 1920, having served his term of seven years. He died of pulmonary tuberculosis at the Rosemount Hospital, Windsor on 18 June 1936. He was the son of Louis and Teresa Headford (n\u00e9e Mottershead).
"},{"location":"stories/lest-we-forget-navy/#stoker-ii-class-arthur-kilminster-beaven-10529","title":"Stoker II class Arthur Kilminster Beaven (10\u201152\u20119)","text":"Beaven was born on 28 January 1895 in Wiltshire, England. He enlisted for a five-year term on 17 February 1915 as a stoker, the position he retained for the rest of his naval service. He served aboard the Cerberus, Encounter, Australia, Sydney and finally the Franklin from January to April 1920. He died of heart failure at the Rosemount Hospital, Windsor on 9 June 1921. He was the son of Arthur and Edith Beaven (n\u00e9e Kilminster).
"},{"location":"stories/lest-we-forget-navy/#stoker-victor-cyril-button-105314","title":"Stoker Victor Cyril Button (10\u201153\u201114)","text":"Button was born in Hobart on 1 January 1924. He was the son of Cyril and Jessie Button (n\u00e9e Woods). He enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy Reserve on the 20 November 1941 training at HMAS Cerberus and Londsdale. After serving briefly aboard Australia (II), Button was transferred to the HMAS Moreton. He drowned in the Brisbane River on Christmas Day, 1942. He was the last military burial in Portion 10.
"},{"location":"stories/lest-we-forget-navy/#able-seaman-archibald-edward-bartsch-104420","title":"Able Seaman Archibald Edward Bartsch (10\u201144\u201120)","text":""},{"location":"stories/lest-we-forget-navy/#warrant-officer-henry-theeman-104121","title":"Warrant Officer Henry Theeman (10\u201141\u201121)","text":""},{"location":"stories/lest-we-forget-navy/#steward-eric-ross-harrison-10437","title":"Steward Eric Ross Harrison (10\u201143\u20117)","text":"On the 4th of March 1942, the auxiliary minesweeper HMAS Tambar was fired on by the Examination Battery at Fort Cowan Cowan on Moreton Island. There was a mix up in the identification code signal of the ship and the battery was ordered to fire across the bow of the unidentified vessel. The 6\u2011inch shell struck the ship\u2019s forecastle killing Able Seaman Archibald Bartsch, a member of the anchor party, instantly. The shell skidded across the deck into the Captain\u2019s cabin killing Steward Eric Harrison. It then passed through the radio room critically injuring Warrant Officer Henry Theeman. Both of his legs were severed and his succumbed to his injuries soon after. Other crew received injuries to various degrees.
London\u2011born Theeman was aged 47. He had spent most of his life at sea. After three years in Moller Line ships travelling between Japan and China he left the line in August 1941 to join the RAN. Bartsch, son of 3rd Light horseman William Henry Bartsch, was an employee if the Australasian United Paint Company of Port Augusta, South Australia prior to his enlistment in the navy. He was aged 20. Western Australian\u2011born Harrison was the son of William Ross and Rebecca Harrison. He was aged 33 and a resident of Melbourne.
The military covered up the incident so as not to affect morale. The newspapers widely reported the incident as an \u2018accident at sea\u2019. The Tambar\u2019s crew was dispersed throughout the RAN immediately after the men\u2019s joint funeral two days later. The ship was temporarily paid off and the Captain given another command. The District Naval Officer (Commander E. C. Rhodes), other naval officers, and military representatives were present. The service was conducted by the Rev. H. H. Trigge of the Methodist Church and the Church of England\u2019s Rev. F. R. C. Birch. Cannon and Cripps made the arrangements for the funeral and the cortege of Naval ratings from the Alice Street Depot marched from their funeral parlour.
"},{"location":"stories/lest-we-forget-navy/#lieutenant-watkin-llewellyn-whitaker-rn-108313","title":"Lieutenant Watkin Llewellyn Whitaker, RN (10\u201183\u201113)","text":"Whitaker was the son of Frank and Elizabeth Maria Whitaker and the husband of Jane Ellen Whitaker, of St. Budeaux, Plymouth, England. He was on loan from the Royal Navy. He had not long completed retraining for the RAN when he died at the St Helen\u2019s Hospital at South Brisbane on 3 October 1942 of a haemorrhaging duodenal ulcer, aged 55.
"},{"location":"stories/lest-we-forget-navy/#portion-10","title":"Portion 10","text":"This portion contains over 370 Commonwealth War Graves from the three forces. \u2018Soldiers\u2019 Corner\u2019 was established in 1919. Flowers were cultivated and sold at the Cemetery from Portion 10 until the 1930s. In 1934, the area set apart for soldiers\u2019 graves within Portion 10 was extended to incorporate the flower gardens and the wooden pavilion was demolished. Military burials ceased in December 1942 when the military portion at the Lutwyche Cemetery was established.
"},{"location":"stories/lest-we-forget-navy/#netherlands-merchant-navy","title":"Netherlands Merchant Navy","text":"Two sailors from the Netherlands Merchant Navy are also buried at Toowong Cemetery. They are mentioned in the Brisbane General Cemetery citation on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission\u2019s website.
"},{"location":"stories/lest-we-forget-navy/#matroos-boesidin-302221","title":"Matroos Boesidin (30\u201122\u201121)","text":"Sailor Boesidin was born in Bengkalan, Java in 1909. He died, aged 30, in Brisbane on 27 August 1942 while serving aboard the KPM line\u2019s MV Maetsuycker. The vessel had evacuated from the Dutch East Indies and was redeployed transporting Australian troops to New Guinea.
"},{"location":"stories/lest-we-forget-navy/#samanuddin-29911","title":"Samanuddin (29\u20119\u201111)","text":"Sailor Samanuddin was born in Dacca in 1906. He died in Brisbane on 16 July 1943.
"},{"location":"stories/lest-we-forget-navy/#further-reading","title":"Further Reading","text":"The Lest We Forget Naval guided tour was first conducted as part of a Remembrance Day Service on 6 November 2011 at the Toowong Cemetery.
The service was performed by Celebrant, Judy Magub, and Commander Tony Roper, RANR.
Written by Dr. Hilda Maclean
"},{"location":"stories/lest-we-forget/","title":"Lest We Forget","text":"Their name liveth for evermore
Commemorated here are only a small number of the men and women who gave their lives in service to this country who are either buried or memorialised at Toowong Cemetery.
Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/lest-we-forget/#soldiers-memorial","title":"Soldiers\u2019 Memorial","text":"The Cross of Sacrifice and Stone of Remembrance were unveiled on Anzac Day, 1924, by the Governor\u2011General, Lord Forster. The Stone of Remembrance is a solid block of Helidon sandstone weighing ten tons. The unveiling ceremony was attended by several thousand people, including relatives of soldiers killed overseas and many dignitaries. The Citizens\u2019 Band provided music as the public laid wreaths at the Stone. So many floral tributes were deposited, that the stone was completely covered. One was even dropped from a plane circling above. The inscription THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE was chosen by Rudyard Kipling and is found on the Stone of Remembrance in every Commonwealth War Cemetery.
Official unveiling of the Cross of Sacrifice on Anzac Day at Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, 1924, \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/lest-we-forget/#a-battery-memorial-4361","title":"\u2018A\u2019 Battery Memorial (4\u201136\u20111)","text":"Prior to Federation each of the Australian colonies maintained its own defence force. These forces were largely comprised of part\u2011time volunteers and a small number of permanent officers and men. This memorial is to the men of Queensland\u2019s permanent force \u2018A\u2019 Battery, Queensland Artillery. All of those named on the memorial died while serving in the Battery, but only one, Driver Sydney Walker, died while on active service. Walker was serving on the 1st Queensland Contingent to the South African War when he died of enteric fever at Bloemfontein. This monument was established in April 1886. A number of soldiers named on the memorial are buried nearby.
"},{"location":"stories/lest-we-forget/#caskey-memorial-41718","title":"Caskey Memorial (4\u201117\u201118)","text":"Unveiled in May 1902, this is the first known monument to the South African War to be erected in Queensland. Lieutenant John Caskey of the Fifth Queensland Imperial Bushmen was killed in action on 27 September 1901 at the Mokari Drift on the Caledon River. The obelisk, made of white Helidon sandstone and draped by a shroud, features emblems of Caskey\u2019s teaching career at Leichhardt Street School, Brisbane and Spring Creek and his sporting interests. A rare memorial to the Anglo\u2011Boer conflict, this monument is a significant reminder of emerging nationalism and contemporary attitudes to war. Other monuments to him can be found at Clifton RSL and the Allora State School.
"},{"location":"stories/lest-we-forget/#portion-10","title":"Portion 10","text":"This portion contains numerous Commonwealth War Graves. Flowers were cultivated and sold at the Cemetery from Portion 10 until the 1930s. In 1934 the area set apart for soldiers\u2019 graves within Portion 10 was extended to incorporate the flower gardens and the wooden pavilion was demolished. As the military graves were interspersed amongst civilian burials, this portion lacks the formality of a Commonwealth War Cemetery.
"},{"location":"stories/lest-we-forget/#private-hugh-vernon-brookes-mm-10718","title":"Private Hugh Vernon Brookes MM (10\u201171\u20118)","text":"Private Brookes enlisted in the AIF in September 1915 and was deployed with the 49th Battalion to France via Alexandria. He was awarded the Military Medal on 24 January 1917 for \u201cbravery in the Field\u201d. Shortly afterwards he was docked two day\u2019s pay for being Absent Without Leave. This wasn\u2019t the last time Brookes was AWOL. In June 1918, he was wounded in action and gassed. He was transferred to hospital in England. At Salisbury, in September, he was court martialed for being in possession of a false leave pass and sentenced to two months detention and forfeited 25 days pay. While serving his time, Armistice was declared and Brookes was discharged in Brisbane in April 1919.
"},{"location":"stories/lest-we-forget/#private-walter-staines-mm-106218","title":"Private Walter Staines MM (10\u201162\u201118)","text":"English\u2011born Staines enlisted at Enoggera in June 1915 and attached to the 26th Infantry Battalion. He was awarded the Military Medal for services rendered during fighting at Pozieres, France. He survived the war with no injuries or major illnesses and only a single charge for creating a disturbance on New Years Day 1917 for which he was admonished.
"},{"location":"stories/lest-we-forget/#sergeant-henry-greer-dcm-106325","title":"Sergeant Henry Greer DCM (10\u201163\u201125)","text":"On 18 August 1918 during operations on the Somme, Greer\u2019s Platoon commander was killed. Greer immediately took command of the platoon and with a small party, cleared up two large dug outs, taking fifty prisoners. For this action he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal.
"},{"location":"stories/lest-we-forget/#gunner-edward-sidney-webster-104528","title":"Gunner Edward Sidney Webster (10\u201145\u201128)","text":"Gunner Webster has the dubious distinction of being the only fatality of the \u2018Battle of Brisbane\u2019 which broke out on the 26 November 1942 with US Military personnel on one side and Australian servicemen and civilians on the other. Tension had been brewing since the large scale arrival of the American troops who where generally better paid and fed than their Australian counterparts. By 8pm over 5000 people were involved in the disturbance. By 10pm, Gunner Webster had died of a gunshot wound, eight others were similarly injured, and several hundred others received minor injuries. Private Norbert Grant was court\u2011martialled by the US military for firing the fatal shot but was acquitted on the grounds of self defence. Reporting of the event was censored leading the rumours of many dead sweeping the suburbs of Brisbane.
"},{"location":"stories/lest-we-forget/#able-seaman-archibald-edward-bartsch-104420","title":"Able Seaman Archibald Edward Bartsch (10\u201144\u201120)","text":""},{"location":"stories/lest-we-forget/#warrant-officer-henry-theeman-104121","title":"Warrant Officer Henry Theeman (10\u201141\u201121)","text":""},{"location":"stories/lest-we-forget/#steward-eric-ross-harrison-10437","title":"Steward Eric Ross Harrison (10\u201143\u20117)","text":"On the 4th of March 1942, the auxiliary minesweeper HMAS Tambar was fired on by the Examination Battery at Fort Cowan Cowan on Moreton Island. There was a mix up in the identification code signal of the ship and the battery was ordered to fire across the bow of the unidentified vessel. The 6\u2011inch shell struck the ship\u2019s forecastle killing Able Seaman Archibald Bartsch, a member of the anchor party, instantly. The shell skidded across the deck into the Captain\u2019s cabin killing Steward Eric Harrison. It then passed through the radio room critically injuring Warrant Officer Henry Theeman. Both of his legs were severed and his succumbed to his injuries soon after. Other crew received injuries to various degrees.
London\u2011born Theeman was aged 47. He had spent most of his life at sea. After three years in Moller Line ships travelling between Japan and China he left the line in August 1941 to join the RAN. Bartsch, son of 3rd Light horseman William Henry Bartsch, was an employee if the Australasian United Paint Company of Port Augusta, South Australia prior to his enlistment in the navy. He was aged 20. Western Australian\u2011born Harrison was the son of William Ross and Rebecca Harrison. He was aged 33 and a resident of Melbourne.
The military covered up the incident so as not to affect morale. The newspapers widely reported the incident as an \u2018accident at sea\u2019. The Tambar\u2019s crew was dispersed throughout the RAN immediately after the men\u2019s joint funeral two days later. The ship was temporarily paid off and the Captain given another command. The District Naval Officer (Commander E. C. Rhodes), other naval officers, and military representatives were present. The service was conducted by the Rev. H. H. Trigge of the Methodist Church and the Church of England\u2019s Rev. F. R. C. Birch. Cannon and Cripps made the arrangements for the funeral and the cortege of Naval ratings from the Alice Street Depot marched from their funeral parlour.
"},{"location":"stories/lest-we-forget/#major-charles-heaphy-vc-1534","title":"Major Charles Heaphy, VC (1\u20115\u201134)","text":"Heaphy, born ca. 1822 in London, was an artist and surveyor who explored New Zealand in the 1840s. He landed in New Zealand in 1839 as a draughtsman for the New Zealand Company. He settled in Auckland in 1848 and later joined the local militia, the Auckland Rifle Volunteers. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for rescuing a wounded soldier under fire in the M\u0101ori Wars on 11 February 1864 at the Mangapiko River. Heaphy himself was hit in three places by musket balls while assisting the wounded man, with whom he had stayed all day. He was the first soldier of an irregular unit to be awarded the Victoria Cross.
After his army career, he had a lengthy career as a civil servant, chiefly concerned with surveying and became a Member of Parliament. He retired from public life in 1881 and sailed with his wife to Brisbane. He died in Ann Street, Brisbane on 3 August 1881 of tuberculosis.
Charles Heaphy. Ref: 1/2-003062-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22544487
"},{"location":"stories/lest-we-forget/#further-reading","title":"Further Reading","text":"The Lest We Forget guided tour was first conducted as part of the Remembrance Day Service on the 7 November 2010.
The Address was given by Rod Schafferius.
Written by Dr. Hilda Maclean.
"},{"location":"stories/lutheran/","title":"The Lutherans","text":"With all the company of heaven
These stories were written to commemorate the 150th anniversary (1857-2007) of the arrival in Brisbane of Pastor Carl Schirmeister (first registered Lutheran minister in Queensland) and Mrs. Alwine Schirmeister n\u00e9e Gehricke (first evangelical Lutheran deaconess in Australia).
These stories represent a small number Lutherans who participated in the sacramental life of this tradition of the church or who were at some time, or in some way, connected with it. They came from all walks of life.
Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/lutheran/#christian-thomas-wagner-4321","title":"Christian Thomas Wagner (4\u201132\u20111)","text":"Christian Wagner was born in Germany in 1830 and died on 28 February 1903. He was buried two days later with Lutheran rites. Also here is his wife Elizabeth who died on 27 June 1912 aged 82 and their daughter Bertha Barbara who died on 11 March 1930 aged 62. Christian served on the church committee of St Andreas (St Andrews) congregation, Wickham Terrace.
"},{"location":"stories/lutheran/#johannes-lather-41333","title":"Johannes Lather (4\u201113\u201133)","text":"The Lather family of New Farm was also members of the St. Andreas congregation from before WWI. Johannes Lather was one of the earliest Trustees. He was born in Germany on 16 February 1825 and died at the age of 66, on 31 July 1891. His wife Lissetta was born on 5 August 1821, the daughter of Johann Hermann Schmalenbach and Anna Catherine Elberghagen. She died aged 77, on 30 September 1898.
"},{"location":"stories/lutheran/#johannes-christian-brunnich-41032","title":"Johannes Christian Bru\u0308nnich (4\u201110\u201132)","text":"Johannes Bru\u0308nnich was born on 11 September 1861 in G\u00f6rz, Austria\u2011Hungary (now Gorizia, Italy), the son of a Lutheran minister and mathematician. He studied chemistry in Switzerland, worked in Bohemia, Russia and Georgia. He migrated to Queensland in 1885. Rev. Schirmeister officiated at his marriage to Catherine (Kate) Terry on 22 April 1886, the daughter of a Brisbane watchmaker.
After managing a sugar\u2011refinery and maltings at Bulimba and working in Darwin, he joined the Colonial Sugar Refining Co. in 1897 as a chemist. He became the government agricultural chemist in the new Queensland Department of Agriculture and was lecturer in chemistry at the agricultural college at Gatton. He wrote more than 60 papers on applied chemistry, soils, plant and animal nutrition.
He was the Captain commanding the Gatton Squadron of the Queensland Light Horse. He suffered government interference during WWI and in 1920 was still trying to secure his confiscated papers. He was foundation member and fellow of the (Royal) Australian Chemical Institute and fellow of the Royal Institute of Chemistry of Great Britain (now Royal Chemical Institute).
He died on 3 July 1933 aged 71. His wife, Catherine, survived him for nearly twenty years, dying on 7 May 1951 aged 91. Also here are his son Harold Oscar Bru\u0308nnich, who died on 17 August 1939 aged 48 and daughter Pauline Bru\u0308nnich, who died 18 October 1965 aged 76.
"},{"location":"stories/lutheran/#theodore-oscar-unmack-13412","title":"Theodore Oscar Unmack (13\u20114\u201112)","text":"German\u2011born Theodore Unmack (21 November 1835 \u2011 17 September 1919) arrived in Brisbane in 1860. He chaired a meeting at St. Andreas Lutheran Church in 1865 during a difficult time in the congregation. His first wife was Robina Bryce the daughter of John Bryce Glassford and Margaret Forsyth. She died on 10 September 1874 aged 39. The couple\u2019s eldest son, Herbert Theodore died in Hamburg on 30 July 1869 aged 8 years and 8 months.
Theodore\u2019s second wife of 42 years, Kathleen died on 12 August 1937 aged 86 and was cremated in Sydney. She was the mother of six of his children.
Theodore traded with his partner J. C. Heussler as a wholesale merchant and was the MLA for Toowong from 1888\u20141893 and Secretary for the Railways. He was a prominent Freemason who was buried with Presbyterian rites.
Unmack, Theodore, 1889 - State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/lutheran/#ernst-otto-and-regula-albertina-maier-13155","title":"Ernst Otto and Regula Albertina Maier (13\u201115\u20115)","text":"Ernst Otto Maier was born on 13 April 1853 in K\u00f6ngen, W\u00fcrttemberg and died on 15 March 1905. He was the first of five Basel trained pastors to serve the \u201cGerman Lutheran Church North Brisbane\u201d (St Andreas) from 1888 until his death. This monument was erected by his family, friends and congregation. He is buried with his wife Regula Albertina Maier n\u00e9e Bunzli who was born on 1 April 1853 in Zurich, Switzerland and died on 11 August 1935 at Ipswich.
Also buried in the grave is Martha Maria Hiller n\u00e9e Maier who was born on 26 August 1880 at German Station (Nundah) and died on 4 December 1915. She was the organist at St. Andreas in 1900 before she married the Rev. Eugen Hiller (1870\u20141958) who was the pastor there in 1905\u201106.
"},{"location":"stories/lutheran/#gentner-family-13203","title":"Gentner Family (13\u201120\u20113)","text":"Friedericke Wilhelmine Gentner (n\u00e9e Gross) was born 16 July 1864 and died 7 October 1901. Her husband, Johann Frederick Gentner, who was a builder died on 2 December 1905 aged 71. The couple had nine children between 1868 and 1887. Johann had previously been married to Katharina Christina Maier, who had borne him six children before dying in May 1867.
Many members of the family are buried in the enclosure including son, Thomas Gentner, who was registered at birth as Gottlieb Tom, and his wife Auguste Louise n\u00e9e Kleinschmidt who died on 19 January 1955 aged 82. The family were members at St Andreas for several generations and lived at Harcourt Street, New Farm.
"},{"location":"stories/lutheran/#carl-franz-alexander-and-caroline-friedericke-alwine-schirmeister-13256","title":"Carl Franz Alexander and Caroline Friedericke Alwine Schirmeister (13\u201125\u20116)","text":"Carl (Charles) Franz Alexander Schirmeister was born on 22 July 1814, near Eberswalde, Prussia and died on 8 October 1887. He was for 30 years the pastor of the \u201cGerman Evangelical Lutheran congregation of North Brisbane\u201d which came to be known as St Andreas after 1881.
A talented musician, he was educated at Halle University and became a Pastor of the Prussian Union Church. He trained in the Gossner Mission Society in Berlin and in 1842 he, and others, were sent to the Chatham Islands and arrived there in 1843. When the mission came to an end, he worked as a tutor for the Hunt family on Pitt Island for 2 years. In poor health he went to New Zealand, then Sydney, arriving in Brisbane after the mission at German Station had closed.
The first Lutheran service was held in the city in May 1857 where he secured Crown Grants of Land for the church. He was the first registered Lutheran minister in Queensland after separation. Fluent in English, he traveled far and wide to minister to people and conduct services. He became the first President of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Queensland.
His wife, Alwine, n\u00e9e Gehricke, (3 June 1818 - 30 November 1894) trained at the Elizabeth Deaconesses\u2019 Home and Hospital in Berlin. With two other deaconesses she went to the Chatham Island in 1846 where she married. She became the first woman to be naturalised in Queensland on 21 June 1864. Alwine worked faithfully alongside of her husband. Her funeral service was conducted by Rev. E. O. Maier. Buried here is also their daughter Johanna Albertine Elizabeth Sachse. The headstone was erected by the congregation.
"},{"location":"stories/lutheran/#ernst-and-pauline-eschenhagen-9155","title":"Ernst and Pauline Eschenhagen (9\u201115\u20115)","text":"Karl Ernst Eschenhagen was born on 24 May 1850 at Crossen\u2011Oder, Lower Silesia in Prussia (now Poland) and died on 18 March 1906. His wife, Pauline Emma n\u00e9e Stegemann was born on 26 December 1869 and died on 4 July 1921. They lost a daughter, Agnes Pauline, in January 1899 aged 11 years. Before coming to Brisbane, Ernst spent some time in Fiji.
He was a leader in St Andreas Congregation for many years and operated a renowned and fashionable Caf\u00e9 Eschenhagen in Brisbane which was under the personal patronage of every Governor from 1889\u20141914 and catered for many Government House functions. Their first shop was in George St near Herschell St and later had to move to larger premises in Queen St which could seat 480 people. Branches were opened elsewhere.
In 1895 Ernst wanted a German day school at St Andreas, where English\u2011speaking children were also admitted, which would be under the direction of a teacher who was fluent in both languages. He met his wife at St. Andreas and they married in 1886 producing six children.
Anti\u2011German feeling during WWI forced the business, which had been carried on by Mrs Eschenhagen, to be sold in November 1915.
One of their sons, Oskar Wilhelm Eschenhagen (1889\u20141969), who changed his name to Oscar Edwards during WWI, operated a successful transport business in Sydney but is better remembered, with his wife, as being art collectors. In the early 1950s they met Picasso and Matisse. He was an accomplished artist himself and gave works to galleries, which included the Queensland Art Gallery.
"},{"location":"stories/lutheran/#johann-christian-and-sophia-esther-heussler-136411","title":"Johann Christian and Sophia Esther Heussler (13\u201164\u201111)","text":"John Heussler was born on 15 June 1820 at Bockenheim, Germany (near Frankfurt\u2011am\u2011Main) and arrived in Queensland in 1854. His background was as a wine merchant in London and Holland. He married Sophia Esther, daughter of John and Christian Westgarth of Edinburgh. She came to Queensland from Victoria with her mother, also buried here, and sister, shortly after their arrival in Australia. John and Sophia Heussler married in Brisbane on 10 March 1859. John Christian died on 26 October 1907 and his widow died on 5 June 1914. While \u201creligion was not to play a big role in his life\u201d, he was buried according to Lutheran rites from Nazareth Church, Hawthorne Street, Woolloongabba.
He played a large role in immigration, particularly encouraging an estimated two thousand German Lutherans to come to Queensland. He built Fernberg, the current home of the Governor of Queensland but lost it to creditors in 1879. He was appointed a member of the Legislative Council in 1866, holding the position until his death. He became Honorary Consul for the German Empire and also for the Netherlands. In 1896 he opened the new school of the Nazareth Lutheran Church and presented a gift of 400 marks from the German Kaiser.
"},{"location":"stories/lutheran/#acknowledgements","title":"Acknowledgements","text":"Research provided by Rev. Stephen Nuske, St Andrews Lutheran Church
"},{"location":"stories/lutheran/#sources","title":"Sources","text":"\u00a9 2012, Friends of Toowong Cemetery Association Inc. and Friends of Lutheran Archives Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/men-of-the-royal-navy/","title":"Men of the Royal Navy","text":"Stories about men of the Royal Navy remembered in Toowong Cemetery
Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/men-of-the-royal-navy/#joseph-watters-106529","title":"Joseph Watters (10\u201165\u201129)","text":"Born to James Watters and Mary Ellen Teague in Bowdon in Cheshire, England. Won the Abyssinian Medal for his part in Sir Robert Napier\u2019s rescue of imprisoned British citizens in that country now known as Ethiopia from the clutches of Emperor Tewodros II.
"},{"location":"stories/men-of-the-royal-navy/#lieutenant-watkin-llewellyn-whitaker-108413","title":"Lieutenant Watkin Llewellyn Whitaker (10\u201184\u201113)","text":"Born to Frank Whitaker and Elizabeth Purdell in Barton Regis Gloucestershire July 1885 and married Jane Ellen Jones in February 1917 in Lancashire. Joined the Royal Navy in 1915 and loaned to the Royal Australian Navy in 5 March 1942. He was in Singapore 15 February 1942 when the Japanese attacked.
"},{"location":"stories/men-of-the-royal-navy/#petty-officer-james-kirk-13598","title":"Petty Officer: James Kirk (13\u201159\u20118)","text":"Born 14 July 1838 in Dunchalt, Fifeshire, Scotland. Various ships have him as Carpenter and others Petty Officer. While in station in Australia he was on the H.M.S. Asia and the H.M.S. Pearl.
Watercolour painting of H.M.S. Asia by John Ward
"},{"location":"stories/men-of-the-royal-navy/#thomas-lodge-murrayprior-13721516","title":"Thomas Lodge Murray\u2011Prior (13\u201172\u201115/16)","text":"Born in Wells, Somerset, England 13 November 1819 to Thomas Murray\u2011Prior and Eliza Catherine Skinner. His father was in the 11th Hussars at Waterloo. He served in the H.M.S Donegal 1837\u20111838.
"},{"location":"stories/men-of-the-royal-navy/#lieutenant-john-stephen-ferriter-142413","title":"Lieutenant: John Stephen Ferriter (14\u201124\u201113)","text":"Born to Maurice Stephen Ferriter and Sophia Matilda Phillips in London 24 August 1802. By 1827 he is listed as a Purser in a Royal Navy ship. He married Elizabeth Jones in historic St James Church in NSW 21 May 1836 by Rev Samuel Marsden.
"},{"location":"stories/men-of-the-royal-navy/#fleet-paymaster-william-leworthy-goode-drew-cmg-13861","title":"Fleet Paymaster: William Leworthy Goode Drew C.M.G. (13\u201186\u20111)","text":"William was born to Captain George Drew R.N. and Caroline Fulford n\u00e9e Goode 14 October 1826 in Broadstairs, Kent, England. His father had served in the Napoleonic Wars.
William Leworthy Goode Drew, C. M. G., 1889 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/men-of-the-royal-navy/#petty-officer-ii-john-vivian-williams-12275","title":"Petty Officer II: John Vivian Williams (12\u201127\u20115)","text":"Born to Octavius Williams and Susan Jennifer Ferris in 1836 in Truro, Cornwall. He married Fanny Frances Buzacott 9 April 1863 in Rockhampton. Again on Station in Sydney with the Royal Navy and stayed after discharge.
"},{"location":"stories/men-of-the-royal-navy/#midshipman-john-forrest-haymen-12493","title":"Midshipman: John Forrest Haymen (12\u201149\u20113)","text":"Born 29 June 1902 to Marmaduke Granville Haymen and Florence Maud Lucretia Goertz in Indooroopilly, Brisbane. A very unusual service record. Sadly the Australian Naval records are very brief and very hard to read unlike the Australian Imperial Force records.
"},{"location":"stories/men-of-the-royal-navy/#william-henry-browne-11513","title":"William Henry Browne (11\u201151\u20113)","text":"Browne was born 13 September 1846 in Pimlico, London. He was a Royal Navy seaman in 1857 before joining the merchant marines. Browne moved to New South Wales in 1866, where he worked as a goldminer. He was the president and secretary of the Amalgamated Miners Association of Croydon and chairman of the Croydon Hospital Committee. His political career started in 1893 as the MLA for Croydon, the seat he held until his death in 1904. Browne was leader of the Opposition and chairman of the Parliamentary Labor Party from 1900 to 1903 and then became Minister of Mines. Browne did not marry.
Honourable William Henry Browne \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/men-of-the-royal-navy/#commander-ian-chesborough-rose-macdonald-115212","title":"Commander: Ian Chesborough Rose MacDonald (11\u201152\u201112)","text":"Born to Alexander Chesborough Rose MacDonald and Nancy Armitage in Hamilton Brisbane. Married Gertrude Courtney Dix, St George\u2019s, Hanover Square, London April 1927. Midshipman on H.M.S. Agincourt 1917.
Left: Flag Lieutenant Commander ICR Macdonald RAN - \u00a9 Commonwealth of Australia - Department of Defence
"},{"location":"stories/men-of-the-royal-navy/#constable-arthur-lowe-11151617","title":"Constable: Arthur Lowe (11\u201115\u201116/17)","text":"Born to George Lowe and Elizabeth Hale 11 August 1864 in St Pancras, Middlesex. He joined up aged 16 and was posted to the H.M.S Impregnable and H.M.S. Invincible. He married Janet Rabig on 14 March 1890 in Brisbane. Died in a fall from police horse in Oxley.
In Loving Memory of Arthur Lowe Accidentally killed at Oxley October 20th 1896, Aged 32 Years
Farewell dear heart, you've left a blank, that never can be filled; We never will forget the day, you were so cruelly killed.
"},{"location":"stories/men-of-the-royal-navy/#gunner-john-cornish-pentecost-9293","title":"Gunner: John Cornish Pentecost (9\u201129\u20113)","text":"Born to John Pentecost and Susanna Cornish St Kevern, Cornwall on 3 June 1835. He served under his real name in the Royal Navy on H.M.S. Acteen and deserted from his ship in Rio de Janiero, Argentina. Taking a devious route he snuck back into England and boarded a ship that got him to America where he joined up to serve in the Northern navy in the American Civil War. One of seven men from that conflict buried in Toowong Cemetery.
"},{"location":"stories/men-of-the-royal-navy/#captain-alexander-hastings-gruer-9408","title":"Captain: Alexander Hastings Gruer (9\u201140\u20118)","text":"Born to William Gruer and Magdaline White \u201cboth Scots\u201d in 1838 in Devon where his father was stationed in the Royal Navy and they moved back to Scotland in 1841. He began his training on the H.M.S. Victory. He arrived in Brisbane in 1858. He married Hannah Connor 14 November 1867. Hannah died in 22 March 1897 and he married Isabella Morris who is buried in Lutwyche Cemetery.
"},{"location":"stories/men-of-the-royal-navy/#sources","title":"Sources","text":"Authors: Darcy and Lyn Maddock
"},{"location":"stories/monumental-masons/","title":"Brisbane's Early Monumental Masons","text":""},{"location":"stories/monumental-masons/#brisbanes-early-monumental-masons","title":"Brisbane's Early Monumental Masons","text":"Brisbane's early Monumental Masons sculpted many beautiful monuments and headstones in Toowong Cemetery.
In 1909, the Stonemasons' Trade Board stated:
'Monumental mason' shall mean a stonemason who is engaged in preparing or fixing all stone for cemetery purposes, or in preparing marble or cutting in inscriptions for cemetery or other work.
Read the stories of Brisbane's early Monumental Masons who are remembered in Toowong Cemetery.
Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/monumental-masons/#frank-martin-downes-1348","title":"Frank Martin Downes (13\u20114\u20118)","text":"Frank Martin Downes was born in 1848 to Henry Downes and his wife Mary Ann, n\u00e9e Martin. Frank was apprenticed to John Petrie\u2019s firm where Frank's father also worked. Caroline Ness married Frank in Queensland on 28 September 1869.
Frank later became the manager at John Petrie & Son monumental works until the firm went bankrupt in 1894. The F.M. Downes monumental works started business in April 1894 in Wickham and Gotha Streets, Fortitude Valley.
F.M. Downes Advertisement in Pugh's Queensland almanac and directory, 1901.
One of the most beautifully carved monuments in Toowong Cemetery is that of Frederick Ness, the brother-in-law of F.M. Downes.
Frederick Ness headstone (13-4-8)
On 26 August 1918, Frank was severly injuried in an accident at his monumental works when a crane jib broke and struck him, crushing his right knee, fracturing his left leg, and injuring his right ribs. Frank died in the General Hospital early that evening.
"},{"location":"stories/monumental-masons/#andrew-lang-petrie-13107","title":"Andrew Lang Petrie (13\u201110\u20117)","text":"Named after his grandfather, Andrew Lang Petrie was the eldest son of John Petrie. He was born 25 June 1854 in his father\u2019s house at Petrie Bight. He was one of the first students enrolled at the Brisbane Normal School.
Sketch of Andrew Lang Petrie \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
Andrew Petrie's house at the corner of Queen and Wharf Streets, Brisbane, ca. 1859 \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Andrew Petrie was the father of John Petrie and grandfather of Andrew Lang Petrie.
In 1882 Andrew Lang Petrie became a partner in, and took over management of, his father\u2019s reconstructed firm, John Petrie & Son. By then the business focused on cabinet making and joinery, brick and tile making and monumental masonry.
Premises of John Petrie & Son, Brisbane, ca. 1882 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
The firm went bankrupt in the depression of 1894 but was later revived as monumental masons only. The Monumental Works was located opposite the main Toowong Cemetery gates. Andrew was a member of the Brisbane General Cemetery Board.
Advertisement and etching for John Petrie & Sons, stonemasons in Brisbane, 1889 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
He was elected a member of the Toombul Divisional Board and held the position for about five years until 1890 when the Hamilton Division split from Toombul. He went on to become the first chairman of the Hamilton board until the end of 1892. The following year he contested the Toombul seat in the Queensland Legislative Assembly and was elected with a large majority. He continued to represent this seat until his retirement in 1926.
Andrew Lang Petrie died on 1 April 1928 after being ill for the previous 12 months. His residence, Mooloomburram became part of St Margaret\u2019s Anglican Girls\u2019 School at Albion.
Photograph of Andrew Lang Petrie in the Telegraph, 2 April 1928. Photo lightened.
"},{"location":"stories/monumental-masons/#george-prentice-9411","title":"George Prentice (9\u201141\u20111)","text":"In 1864, George Prentice & Son operated a stone yard in Charlotte Street, Brisbane. They executed \"every description of monumental work\", and supplied \"hearthstones, window sills, steps, coping, and paving\". The business may have been impacted by the March 1864 flood.
Charlotte Street, Brisbane, during the 1864 flood. \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Cropped
In August 1867 the Monumental Stone Works was advertised as operating in \"Turbot-Street, between George and Roma streets\". Other advertisements described the location as, \"opposite Masonic Hall, Roma street\", and \"near Reservoir, Roma-street\".
Roma Street Reservoir during the early settlement of Brisbane, ca. 1862 \u2014 State Library of Queensland. The Reservoir was built in 1838 to store water for the colony and convicts, and later replaced by the Enoggera dam.
In later life, George Prentice was an Alderman in the Sandgate Municipal Council. He lost his wife, Ellenor, on 1 September 1889 and resigned from the council in December 1889 and resolved to pay a visit to the \"old country\". Despite his son's apprehension, George Prentice and his grand-daugther, Jessie Blanche Prentice, departed on the on the S.S. Quetta for a trip to England. Both were lost in the wreck S.S. Quetta in the Torres Strait on 28 February 1890 when it struck an uncharted rock and sank claiming 134 lives, mostly women and children.
George and Mrs. Prentice \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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William went into partnership with Henry Payne to form \"Parsons & Payne\" which operated between ca. 1903-1907. Later the \"W. E. Parsons\" business operated in Makerston street, off Roma street.
William was an Alderman for the Town of Windsor from 1905-1914, and Mayor in 1912. After a long period of ill health, William died in hospital on 1 April 1919. He left behind his wife, Ellen, and two sons, Ernest and Charlie. Ellen died in November 1923 and is buried with her husband.
"},{"location":"stories/monumental-masons/#henry-payne-181025","title":"Henry Payne (18\u2011102\u20115)","text":"George Payne and Mary Ann (n\u00e9e Hill)\u2019s eldest son, Henry Payne was born ca. 1860 in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. Sarah McCracken married Henry in Bromsgrove, Worcester early in the 1884. The extended family sailed from London aboard the Duke of Buccleuch, arriving in Brisbane on 6 December 1887. In 1907 the family lived on Moggill Road, Taringa.
After the \"Parsons & Payne\" partnership ended, Henry continued business on corner Turbot street and North Quay. When Henry died on 18 January 1944, his residence was \u201cChesterton\u201d, Broomfield Street, Taringa.
"},{"location":"stories/monumental-masons/#john-lowther-12534","title":"John Lowther (12\u20115\u20113/4)","text":"John Lowther was born in Hull, Yorkshire in 1852. He married Christine (n\u00e9e Hillen) in 1876 July and they sailed aboard the Stirlingshire from Glasgow to Townsville, arriving on 7 November 1882.
John Lowther ran the firm of \"J Lowther\" (1889-1902) and then \"Lowther & Sons\" on Ann Street, Brisbane. John and his wife lived at \u201cHunbernia\u201d, Free street, Kelvin Grove, and had five children, Phillip, Ernest, Charles, Arthur and Lottie. John Lowther died 4 April 1918 aged 66.
The business continued after John's death, with his eldest son, Phillip J. Lowther, operating the firm \"Phillip Lowther and Son\" Monumental and Building Masons at 108 Lutwyche Road. Notable works include:
Phillip's son, Leslie John Lowther, was the managing director of P. J. Lowther and Son, Pty., Ltd., masonry contractors, Bowen Bridge Road. Leslie is buried in Toowong Cemetery (8\u201171\u201126/27).
Firm of Lowther & Sons on Ann Street, ca. 1907. The business of Lowther and Sons, monumental headstones was situated on Ann Street, between Boundary Street and Antrim Street - State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
"},{"location":"stories/monumental-masons/#william-busby-4322","title":"William Busby (4\u20113\u201122)","text":"William and his wife Annie departed Plymouth aboard the Mhari Bhan on 29 August 1882 and arrived in Brisbane 29 November 1882. William worked as an Inspector of Works until he controversially lost his job for using obscene language.
William established himself as a stonemason and had a workshop and home in Cemetery Road (now Sylvan Road), Toowong, and a quarry at Goodna. Notable works in Toowong Cemetery include:
John Simmonds was born in Blandford, Dorset around 1828, the eldest son of John Simmonds, builder and stonemason and Ann (n\u00e9e Pond). John sailed with his family from London aboard the Lady Eveline, arriving in Port Phillip in November 1852. Mary Jemima Coombs married John at Pelham Street, Melbourne on 17 December 1859. They had 10 children born in Victoria. John took over the family\u2019s stonemason business on the death of his father in 1860.
John Simmonds founded a monumental masory business Brisbane in around 1880. His company created the beautiful momument to T.J. Byrnes and has family in Toowong Cemetery (7-47-5).
Monumental plans and headstone description - Thomas Joseph, Annie and Michael Vincent Byrnes ca. 1898 \u2014 Queensland State Archives, Item ID ITM1675894. Cropped and darkened.
John Simmonds took on his son, John Howard Simmonds (1862-1955), as an apprentice stonemason in 1880. He ran the business after his Father's death in 1889 until he retired in 1920.
J.H. Simmonds made a point of photographing the tombstones he worked on. He introduced photography to his wife, Rose Simmonds, who studied art with Godfrey Rivers at the Brisbane Technical College. A collection of Rose Simmonds' work is held by the Queensland Art Gallery. J.H. Simmonds was also a Naturalist who collected fossils and botanical specimens that are now held in the Queensland Museum and Queensland Herbarium.
St Andrew's Presbyterian Church on Ann Street, Brisbane, with stonemason next door, ca. 1915 - State Library of Queensland. In March 1896 John Simmonds moved his business to Ann-street, near Creek-Street and the Central Station.
"},{"location":"stories/mothers/","title":"Mothers","text":"Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/mothers/#elizabeth-moffat-132115","title":"Elizabeth Moffat (13\u201121\u201115)","text":"Elizabeth Holdway was born in Bundamba on 3 March 1858 to John Holdway and Sarah (n\u00e9e Willis). The family moved to Toowong in 1874 and Elizabeth resided in that suburb for the remainder of her life. William McCombie Moffat married Elizabeth at her parent's residence, Toowong on 28 March 1882.
The couple had four sons and three daughters. The Moffat's seven children were Francis McCombie (1883-1947), William Robert Murray (1885-1964), Nettie Elizabeth (1888-1954), John Willis (1892-1981), Frederick (1896-1969), Alice Holdway (1899-1987) and Jessie Mcleod (1904-1904).
Elizabeth died at her residence, Crandart, Maryvale Street, Toowong on Friday 3 December 1920.
"},{"location":"stories/mothers/#honorah-mary-teresa-ross-15942","title":"Honorah Mary Teresa Ross (15\u20119\u201142)","text":"Born in Warwick, Queensland on 6 December 1858, Honorah Foley was a daughter of John Foley (aka James Horrigan) and Honorah (n\u00e9e Fitzgibbon). William Monsoon Ross married Honorah in the Presbyterian Church, James Street, Toowoomba on Monday 6 January 1879.
The couple had five sons and three daughters. The Ross' eight children were William Hardy (1879-1952), Edmund Angus (1881-1955), Alexander Herbert (1883-1947), Lillian Alice (1885-1886), James Edwin (1887-1923), Bertram Thomas (1889-1971), May (1892-1979) and Ivy Monsoon (1896-1994).
Honorah, of Morgan Street, Fortitude Valley, died on 13 April 1926.
"},{"location":"stories/mothers/#ottilia-ufer-710332","title":"Ottilia Ufer (7\u2011103\u201132)","text":"Born in Niederheimbach, Germany on 23 February 1861, Ottilia Lucia Alexandrina Drenk was a daughter of Mathias Drenk and Maria (n\u00e9e Schrenk). Johann Ufer married Ottilia. The family of seven arrived in Brisbane from London on 21 February 1888 aboard the Bulimba.
Four children born in Queensland made a total of nine Ufer children in Queensland - Maria Anne (ca. 1881-1921), Ottilia Sybilla (ca. 1882-1971), Matthias (Matthew) (ca. 1883-1911), Margaretta (ca. 1886-1889), Bulimba Elizabeth (1887-1889), Andrew Alonis (1890-1915), Charlotte Johanna Louisa (1892-1941), Gustav Andrew (1896-1947) and Henry Jacob (1898-1960).
Ottilia, a resident of Ripple Creek, near Ingham, was a farmer. Ottilia died in Brisbane on 13 January 1935 from heart failure.
"},{"location":"stories/mothers/#mary-catherine-lusk-711489","title":"Mary Catherine Lusk (7\u2011114\u20118/9)","text":"Mary Catherine Tierney was born in Queensland to Patrick Tierney, railway worker and his wife Norah (n\u00e9e McCarthy) on 11 May 1892. William Alexander Lusk married Mary in Brisbane on 14 May 1913. Their only daughter, Kathleen May, known as Kitty, was born in Brisbane on 1 April 1914.
The family resided at Green Hill, Alderley. Mary and Kitty died on 13 March 1918 following a sulky accident on Bowen Bridge Road.
The Green Hill Estate Alderley / Isles Love & Co., Auctioneers ; Harry Raff, Surveyor. Plan of allotments to be sold by public auction, Saturday, 14th March, 1914. Land for sale is subdivisions of portions 445 & 446, Enoggera - State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/mothers/#sarah-woulfe-7a741516","title":"Sarah Woulfe (7A\u201174\u201115/16)","text":"Sarah Mahoney, born in Ballybunion, Kerry, Ireland, ca. 1863, was a daughter of Michael Mahoney and Mary (n\u00e9e Wallace). Sarah trained as seamstress. Patrick Joseph Woulfe married Sarah on 13 January 1878. The family of four sailed from Glasgow To Brisbane between 27 June and 23 August 1884, aboard the Mount Lebanon.
Six children were born in Queensland. Their five daughters and three sons were Honora (1879-1957), Michael Joseph (1882-1886), Mary Ellen (1885-1975), Patrick (1888-1948), Elizabeth (1890-1968), James (1893-1923), Sarah Teresa (1895-1974) and Mabel Jane Josephine (1898-1949).
The family lived in Annie Street, Paddington when Patrick Joseph died in 1902. In 1910, Sarah and her son, Patrick, founded Woulfe and Son, tailors. Success by 1919 allowed Sarah to move to 42 Constitution Road, Windsor, which she named Efluow (Woulfe backwards). Sarah died suddenly at Efluow on Friday 18 December 1931. Woulfe and Son Pty Ltd wound up in 1972.
"},{"location":"stories/mothers/#martha-fredericke-stone-18104222324","title":"Martha Fredericke Stone (18\u2011104\u201122/23/24)","text":"Carl Heinrich Stritzke and Fredericke Caroline Lane (n\u00e9e Bergemann) were the parents of Martha Fredericke Stritzke, who was born in Queensland on 18 June 1884. Edward John Stone married Martha at her parent's residence, Church Street, Fortitude Valley, on 7 February 1906. Their son, Henry James Stone, was born in Brisbane on 5 April 1907. Martha died on 8 April 1907 and her son died four days later.
"},{"location":"stories/mothers/#elizabeth-phillips-181032324","title":"Elizabeth Phillips (18\u2011103\u201123/24)","text":"Elizabeth Nelson was born in Gilford, County Down, Ireland to James Nelson and Elizabeth (n\u00e9e Priestly). James Phillips married Elizabeth in Gilford on 23 September 1859. The family of three sailed on 23 September 1863, arriving in Brisbane on 27 January 1864 aboard the Light of the Age. They settled on land on the banks of Oxley Creek before moving to Fig Tree Pocket.
The Phillips' eleven children were Ellen (ca. 1863-1957), Annie (-1919), Mary (1865-1928), William (1866-1950), Elizabeth (1868-1963), James Robert (1870-1954), John George (1871-1947), Sarah Jane (1873-1966), Emily (1875-1937), Jessie Morrison (1876-1964) and Margaret Evangeline (1878-1966).
Elizabeth died at her residence, Fig Tree Pocket on 25 February 1931
"},{"location":"stories/mothers/#marie-theresa-lightolier-11771","title":"Marie Theresa Lightolier (11\u201177\u20111)","text":"Marie Theresa Haly, known as Minnie, was born at Tamrookum, Queensland, on 13 September 1855 to Charles Robert Haly and Rosa (n\u00e9e Harpur), Harry Martin Lightoller married Minnie at St Paul's Church, Ipswich on 9 September 1879.
The couple had four sons and two daughters. The Lightoller's six children were Charles Haly (1880-1881), George Henry Standish (1881-1944), Cyril Haly (1882-1885), William Claude (1884-1948), Minnie Rose (1886-1911) and Lizzie Kate (1887-1949).
The family resided in Ipswich until Dr Lightoller travelled to Europe from March 1897 until December 1899. On his return the Lightoller family settled into Palmarosa, Breakfast Creek. By mid 1899 the Lightollers had moved into Highlands, Albion. Minnie died at her residence on 9 August 1924.
Floodwaters in Newstead, 1893, looking north-east from Jordan Terrace, Bowen Hills. On the hillside beyond, the house 'Palma Rosa' at 9 Queens Road, Hamilton, is visible. - State Library of Queensland. Cropped. Annotation added.
Highlands, a residence in Albion, Brisbane, 1930 - State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
"},{"location":"stories/mothers/#helen-dugald-street-123924","title":"Helen Dugald Street (12\u201139\u201124)","text":"Helen Dugald Robertson was born in Wisconsin, USA in 1858 to Charles Robertson, a blacksmith and Christina (n\u00e9e Shallcross). William Street, white ant and borer expert, married Helen, a woollen mill clerk, on Thursday 25 August 1881 at the residence of the bride's father, Patch Grove, Grant County, Wisconsin, USA. The couple sailed from Glasgow on 11 October 1881, arriving in Moreton Bay on 28 January 1882 aboard the Brodick Bay.
The Streets had two Queensland-born sons, Charles Abram (1883-1938) and Richard Joseph, known as RJ (1884-1959). Helen died on 7 October 1907 in South Brisbane.
"},{"location":"stories/mothers/#eliza-finney-1381613","title":"Eliza Finney (13\u201181\u20116/13)","text":"Eliza Cornwall was born to Thomas Cornwall and Mary (n\u00e9e Thomas) in County Galway, Ireland ca. 1805. Thomas Finney, farmer, married Eliza in Tuam, County Galway in 1823. Eliza's newspaper obituaries stated she was mother to \"no fewer than 21 children\", while others indicated she was the \"mother of 23 children\".
Some of the couple's children include. Mary Jane (1823-1841), Rachel (1829-1880), Frances Martha (1930-1882), Lewis William (ca. 1832-1910), Robert Cornwall (1835-?), Thomas (1837-1903), Susan (ca. 1840-1923), Elizabeth Emma (1841-1912), Alfred Richard (1844-1901), Mary (ca. 1850-1924), Jane Margaret (ca. 1851-1927) and Helen Henrietta (ca. 1853-1908).
Thomas died ca. 1852. Eliza and three daughters sailed to Brisbane aboard the Royal Dane, arriving on 16 January 1873. Eliza died in the arms of one of her daughter's on the afternoon of Friday 22 July 1898.
"},{"location":"stories/mothers/#annie-watson-turner-137078","title":"Annie Watson Turner (13\u201170\u20117/8)","text":"Annie Hall, born in Ayr, Scotland on 16 October 1868, was the eldest child of George Hall, schoolmaster and Jeanie Pratt (n\u00e9e Watson). The family of nine arrived in Victoria aboard the Loch Shiel in November 1883. The family moved to Queensland for the following school year. Leonard Haslewood Turner married Annie in the Presbyterian Church, Wickham Terrace in 1888.
The couple's two children were Jean Adelaide Haslewood (1891-1983) and Geoffrey Haslewood (1895-1983).
Leonard died in 1906 and Annie then divided her time between Australia, England and continental Europe. Annie died in Brisbane on the 23 October 1939.
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Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/notable-women/#mary-douglas-9345","title":"Mary Douglas (9\u201134\u20115)","text":"Born Mary Ann Simpson, ca. 1828, she was the third daughter of the Reverend William West Simpson M.A., a Church of England minister, who immigrated to New South Wales in 1840. In November 1848, aged twenty\u2011one she married Henry Callander, the eldest son of Randall W. Callander of Stirlingshire, Scotland. In 1852 Callander died aged 31 and Mary married William Howe and bore a daughter, Mary West Howe, in 1857. This second union ended with Howe\u2019s death, and it was as twice\u2011widowed in Sydney, that she met and married the distinguished bachelor, John Douglas, in 1861. Douglas was the nephew of the Marquis of Queensbury, a former pupil of Rugby School, and graduate of Durham University. He represented Camden, NSW at the time.
Mary Douglas moved into the spotlight of Queensland public life when on June 22, 1865 the Hospital Committee noted that \u2018a letter from Mrs Douglas relating to nursing of children. She was the leader of the ladies\u2019 committee, a reflection of the confidence and respect in which she was held by the Hospital committee. An offer of Mary Douglas and the ladies\u2019 committee was to be the beginning of institutional care for orphaned, destitute and neglected children in Queensland. By the end of 1865 the child\u2011rescue institution at the Fever Hospital had become a busy centre for the increasing number of children unable to be cared for in the southeast of the colony and it was fast becoming a place of placement of any destitute child. The Fever Hospital was not strictly speaking an orphanage: parents who could persuade the orphanage committee of their need stood a good chance of having their application accepted and their child admitted.
In 1869 a marked change occurred in management when John and Mary Douglas departed for London where John took up the position of Queensland Agent\u2011General. Around this time Governor Blackall made a public presentation of a silver salver to Mary Douglas and the Ladies\u2019 Committee, in the presence of a veritable \u2018Who\u2019s Who\u2019 of Brisbane society gathered at the Diamantina Orphanage. On her return Mary held a prominent and influential position in the child\u2011saving movement in Brisbane. However, in 1875 and 1876 during her endeavour to assert more direct managerial control over the orphan school \u2013 a model almost unheard of during this time.
In November 1876, Mary Douglas was travelling in her pony\u2011drawn gig from her home in Bonnie Avenue, Clayfield to Brisbane when she was involved in an accident close to Newstead House gates, Breakfast Creek. Her pony shied at an approaching dray and her vehicle ran up a steep bank and overturned throwing Mary out. She died twelve hours later from severe injuries.1
Portrait of Mrs John Douglas - State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/notable-women/#florence-griffiths-buchanan-11334","title":"Florence Griffiths Buchanan (11\u201133\u20114)","text":"A missionary and teacher, Florence was born on 16 September 1861 at Canterbury, Kent, daughter of Captain Neil Griffiths Buchanan of the 93rd Highlanders and his wife Elizabeth Jane, n\u00e9e Griffiths. Orphaned when young, Florence became the ward of a relation at Torquay, Devon. Despite her extremely delicate constitution and near\u2011blindness, she devoted herself as a young woman to both practical charity and prayer. After a physical breakdown in 1887, she accompanied her two brothers to Bundaberg, Queensland, where they purchased Oakwood, a substantial cane\u2011farm. Seriously injured in a riding accident in 1888, she was left permanently crippled. After teaching her Melanesian servants English and Bible stories, she later assumed responsibility for the non\u2011denominational South Seas Evangelical Mission (also known as the Queensland Kanaka Mission). In addition she served as Queensland secretary of both the International Scripture Union and the Young Women's Christian Association, and maintained at her own expense a hostel for English migrant girls.
After Oakwood was destroyed in the 1893 floods, Florence Buchanan lived at Townsville and competently helped Bishop C. G. Barlow to administer his diocese. Two years later she worked among the multi\u2011racial communities of divers on Thursday Island. Forced to go to London for surgery, on her return she met Kashiwagi Taira, an educated storekeeper who introduced her into the usually closed Japanese community. Though only modestly successful in proselytizing them, she was revered and respected by everybody on the island for her generous hospitality, friendliness, humour and compassion. In 1906 Miss Buchanan was engaged first as a teacher and later as acting headmistress of the famed Singapore Chinese Girls' School; she also taught the orphans at St Mary's Home in Singapore. In 1907 she again underwent major surgery in London and, upon recovery, returned to Thursday Island and was ordained a deaconess in January 1908. In May she went to Moa Island and conducted the Anglican mission, taught school, and tried to inculcate skills necessary for economic self\u2011sufficiency.
Florence Buchanan resigned her charge of the mission in 1911 because of deteriorating health, but she stayed on as a teacher. September she performed her last public function when she spoke on 'The mission field as a vocation for women' at the annual congress of the Church of England in Brisbane. She died of tuberculosis in St Helen's Methodist Hospital on 30 December. She was profoundly mourned throughout the Torres Strait.2
Deaconess Florence Griffiths Buchanan (1861\u20131913)
"},{"location":"stories/notable-women/#elizabeth-jane-kingsbury-12421213","title":"Elizabeth Jane Kingsbury (12\u201142\u201112/13)","text":"Mrs. John James Kingsbury was a Victorian, a daughter of Mr. David Ham. She was possessed of unusual gifts, a fine presence, a wide, clear outlook, and eloquence that gave her a great advantage in pleading the cause in which she was interested. She came by force of her gifts prominently when any movement especially concerning the welfare of women and children was involved. She had a keen sense of humour, and her speeches were characterised by humour and brilliance. She was in demand whenever a new project was started for the betterment of the State, and although her invariable answer was, \u201cI\u2019m working to the pin of my collar,\u201d still there was always fitted in either another pin or an extra little stretch was given to the collar.
Few women have left so clear a track successfully blazed in the history of Queensland. Mrs. Kingsbury was for years on the committee of the Sick Children\u2019s Hospital. Then when the claims of a woman\u2019s hospital were urged by Lady Lamington, Mrs. Kingsbury became one of the first members of the committee, relinquishing her guiding hand only when success had come to the institution. She became president of the Industrial Home for Women at Normanby Hill, and at a still later date the first president of the Queen Alexandra Home for orphans, neglected, or poor children, under the control of the Methodist Church.
Still more presently, when war work was what mattered most in women\u2019s lives, Mrs. Kingsbury practically illustrated the doctrine of keeping the home fires burning by strengthening existing activities and at the same time, as president of the National Council of Women, she took an active part in \u201cSix o\u2019clock closing,\u201d the establishment of a bureau for the registration and classification of women for national work, the foundation of the British Australian League for the encouragement of Australian goods first, and those of the Empire next. She was elected president of the Women\u2019s Mutual Service club, and, with her committee, brightened with kindly sympathy the many weary hours of sorrow and anxiety of soldiers\u2019 relatives.
Mrs. Kingsbury, for eight years, occupied the position of president of the National Council of Women, a federation of 44 societies, all interested in great national questions, especially in those affecting the welfare of women and children. On the occasion of the International Congress held in Rome in June, 1914, Mrs. Kingsbury represented the Queensland Council, and on her return familiarised the women of Brisbane with the representative women of other countries.3 Elizabeth was also an accomplished artist and wood carver. She died in 1919 aged 61.
Mrs J. J. Kingsbury - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/notable-women/#jessie-philp-142310","title":"Jessie Philp (14\u201123\u201110)","text":"Jessie Bannister, the eldest daughter of James and Isabella Campbell, died on 21 November 1890 at Baroona. She was the 34\u2011year\u2011old wife of politician Robert Philp (MLA for Townsville) and mother of seven surviving children. Jessie and Robert married at Ballymore in February 1878 before setting sail for Townsville, where most of her nine children were born. Her youngest child was just two weeks old when Jessie, weakened from recent childbirth, succumbed to the scarlet fever for which she was nursing two of her older children.4
Portrait of Jessie Bannister Philp, ca. 1878 - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/notable-women/#emma-miller-13656","title":"Emma Miller (13\u20116\u20115/6)","text":"Emma was born Emma Holmes in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, in June 1839. On 15 September 1857 at Chesterfield Register Office she married Jabez Mycroft Silcock, a bookkeeper with whom she had eloped. He died in 1870 leaving her with four small children to support. Emma was a gentlemen\u2019s shirtmaker and she began to take in piecework, working twelve hours per day, six days per week.
Emma remarried on 30 August 1874 at Salford, Lancashire, William Calderwood, a stonemason. They arrived in Brisbane in March 1879. He died just over a year later. Widowed again, Emma was forced to make her living by needlework.
Emma was in the vanguard of the formation of women\u2019s unions, the women\u2019s suffrage movement, and the Labor Party. She actively supported strikers during the 1880s, and worked to alleviate the plight of the unemployed.
Her third husband was Andrew Miller (d.1897), a widower whom she married at Brisbane Registry Office on 21 October 1886.
She campaigned tirelessly for freedom from conscription. Through these activities, she was known and admired throughout the country, and given the affectionate title \u2018Mother of the Australian Labor Party\u2019. On 'Black Friday' of the 1912 strike, Emma led a large contingent of women to Parliament House, braving the batons of foot and mounted police. She reputedly stuck a hatpin into the horse of Police Commissioner Cahill who was thrown and injured.
Brisbane strikes, 1912 - State Library of Queensland.
Emma died in 1917. On 22 October 1922 a publicly funded marble bust of her was unveiled in the Trades Hall.5
Portrait of Mrs. Emma Miller - State Library of Queensland. Marble Bust of Emma Miller held at Queensland Council of Unions by sculptor James Laurence Watts by Alphi123, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Arthur Hoey Davis - Steele Rudd, Charles Lilley and Emma Miller statues located in King George Square in Brisbane, Australia. Artist: Artbusters Materials: Bronze Installation date: 1993 by Kgbo, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
"},{"location":"stories/notable-women/#acknowledgements","title":"Acknowledgements","text":"Written by Dr. Hilda Maclean.
"},{"location":"stories/notable-women/#sources","title":"Sources","text":"1: Savage, A. Mary Douglas: Founder and Administrator of the Diamantina Orphan School, Brisbane between 1865 and 1876, Unpublished Essay.
2: Saunders, K. Buchanan, Florence Griffiths (1861 - 1913), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 7, Melbourne University Press, 1979, p. 471.
3: Condensed from the Brisbane Courier, 10 March 1919, Death of Mrs. J. J. Kingsbury.
4: Kindly provided by descendants.
5: Young, P. Miller, Emma (1839 - 1917), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 10, Melbourne University Press, 1986, pp 509-510.
"},{"location":"stories/nurses-and-doctors/","title":"In their caring hands","text":"Commemorating the role of nurses, doctors and other health professionals
At Toowong Cemetery are many health professionals; nurses, doctors, dispensers and others, some of whom gave their lives in the course of their duties. This is just a small number of those people who spent their working lives caring for others.
Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/nurses-and-doctors/#mary-elizabeth-weedon-and-annie-griffiths-4320","title":"Mary Elizabeth Weedon and Annie Griffiths (4\u20113\u201120)","text":"Mary Weedon, who trained at London\u2019s Charing Cross Hospital, was the first head nurse of the Brisbane Hospital, holding the position for five years from 1885. She was the Vice\u2011President of the Australasian Trained Nurses\u2019 Association (ATNA), Queensland Branch from 1904 to 1905 and a councillor from 1905 to 1906.
Mary and her friend, Annie Griffiths, shared a house called Garton in Terrace Street, Toowong for many years. They were also members of the congregation of St Thomas Anglican Church. They died within eighteen months of each other; Mary in March 1942 and Annie in July 1943.
Royal Brisbane Hospital, ca. 1885 \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
"},{"location":"stories/nurses-and-doctors/#edith-harriett-rennie-106222","title":"Edith Harriett Rennie (10\u201162\u201122)","text":"Staff Nurse Edith Rennie of the Australian Army Nursing Service died on Christmas Day, 1930, aged 45. She was the daughter of Charles and Lilias Rennie of Sydney. She had obtained her General Nursing Certificate from Hamilton Hospital, Waikato, New Zealand in May 1916 and her Obstetric Certificate from the Royal Hospital for Women in August 1921. She appears on the ATNA register of members in 1923.
"},{"location":"stories/nurses-and-doctors/#nina-robertson-mcdonald-106831","title":"Nina Robertson McDonald (10\u201168\u201131)","text":"Nina McDonald graduated from the Royal Brisbane Hospital in 1915. She became a Staff Nurse with the Australian Imperial Force (AIF). She died on the 11 May 1934, sadly missed by her mother, Catherine McDonald, brother and sister.
"},{"location":"stories/nurses-and-doctors/#elsie-muriel-jones-104524","title":"Elsie Muriel Jones (10\u201145\u201124)","text":"Elsie Jones was known by her maiden name, Sister King, when she nursed for the Australian Imperial Force (AIF). She subsequently married and had a son and a daughter. She was awarded the Order of the British Empire - Member (Civil) in 1938. Elsie died on the 17 May 1942 aged 53.
"},{"location":"stories/nurses-and-doctors/#julia-harriett-blaycock-10146","title":"Julia Harriett Blaycock (10\u201114\u20116)","text":"Julia Blaycock, daughter of Richard and Ann Hayward was a member of the ATNA. She died on the 11 September 1916 aged 34.
"},{"location":"stories/nurses-and-doctors/#alice-maud-mary-le-bas-13914","title":"Alice Maud Mary Le Bas (1\u201139\u201114)","text":"Alice Le Bas, daughter of Frederick and Mary Le Bas, was a nurse at the Brisbane Hospital. She died on the 25 September 1886.
"},{"location":"stories/nurses-and-doctors/#emily-owen-1395","title":"Emily Owen (1\u201139\u20115)","text":"Emily Owen was an immensely popular and respected nurse at the Brisbane Hospital. She died, unmarried, aged only 23 of typhoid fever contracted doing her duties on 24 May 1885. Her headstone was erected by the nurses and employees of the hospital where she worked, grateful patients and bereaved friends
"},{"location":"stories/nurses-and-doctors/#mary-constance-crosse-13915","title":"Mary Constance Crosse (1\u201139\u201115)","text":"Mary Crosse, who graduated in 1888, died aged 28 on 28 October 1890, was also a nurse at the Brisbane Hospital. Fellow nurses and patients erected her headstone. She was the daughter of Thomas and Jane Crosse.
"},{"location":"stories/nurses-and-doctors/#james-gray-23714","title":"James Gray (2\u201137\u201114)","text":"Patient James Gray of Forest Hill, via Brisbane, died on 22 January 1906 aged 52. His headstone describes his death. His last days were spent in Brisbane Hospital and while there suffering from a painful and incurable disease, he bequeathed to that institution the savings of his lifetime in gratitude for its comforting ministrations.
"},{"location":"stories/nurses-and-doctors/#florence-truelove-24431","title":"Florence Truelove (2\u201144\u201131)","text":"Little is known of Florence Truelove other than that she had trained as a nurse and died on 12 March 1896. She was the daughter of John and Emma Truelove.
"},{"location":"stories/nurses-and-doctors/#rose-jane-walker-52512","title":"Rose Jane Walker (5\u201125\u20111/2)","text":"Rose Jane Langford was born in Devon, England and came to Queensland at the age of four. She undertook her nursing training at the Ipswich Hospital. Before the outbreak of World War One, Rose was the Matron at Mt Perry Hospital and later at Mt Morgan and Mackay. Between 1914 and 1917, she was a member of the Australian Army Nursing Service. Rose left on the hospital ship Kyarra for Egypt where she served in the No. 1 Australian General Hospital. She later transferred to Flanders. Rose was mentioned in despatches for her devotion to duty. After the war, Rose was on the staff of the Kangaroo Point Hospital and later matron of the Rosemount Repatriation Hospital. Rose married James Walker and lived in Brisbane until her death in 1935, aged 56 years.
Hospital ship Kyarra, leaving port in Brisbane, 1916 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/nurses-and-doctors/#sarah-stevens-lygo-5387","title":"Sarah Stevens Lygo (5\u201138\u20117)","text":"Sarah Lygo was the fifth daughter of Richard and Martha Harriett Lygo of Kent, England. Her nursing qualifications were certified by the ATNA. She died aged 69 on 9 July 1928.
"},{"location":"stories/nurses-and-doctors/#arthur-charles-frederick-halford-51718","title":"Arthur Charles Frederick Halford (5\u201117\u201118)","text":"Dr Arthur Halford was born on 23 November 1869. When he was an Honorary Assistant Physician at the Brisbane Hospital in 1908, he treated burns and scalds in what was considered a new method by the Hospital. He punctured the blisters and cut away as much skin as possible, a method employed until the 1960s. In addition to his hospital duties, he was the Vice\u2011President of the ATNA, Queensland Branch, between 1904 to 1910 and 1912 to 1937 and President between 1910 to 1912. He was also Vice\u2011President of the Nurses\u2019 Rest Home Committee from 1931 to 1932. Dr Halford died on 13 January 1945 and is buried with his infant daughter, Grace.
"},{"location":"stories/nurses-and-doctors/#vera-evelyn-james-2a2316","title":"Vera Evelyn James (2A\u201123\u201116)","text":"As Sister Pfingst, Vera James was a trained nurse and ward sister at the Brisbane General Hospital having graduated in 1951. She was the last President of the Nurses Rest Home and Benevolent Fund. This incorporated organisation ceased to exist in 1993. The Nurses\u2019 Rest Home, located at 17 Mallon Street, Bowen Hills, was administered by this organisation. It closed in 1992 following the sale of the building. The Nurses\u2019 Rest Home was used as a residence for nurses for over sixty years. Vera died in 1999 aged 70.
Australian Trained Nurses Association (ATNA) Women's Rest Home, Brisbane \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Cropped, Rotated.
"},{"location":"stories/nurses-and-doctors/#mary-jane-brown-56324","title":"Mary Jane Brown (5\u201163\u201124)","text":"Mary Jane Brown, born ca. 1861, was working as a nurse when she was widowed in 1916. She died on 18 August 1939 aged 78.
"},{"location":"stories/nurses-and-doctors/#nora-halford-and-catherine-fitzgerald-7a10223a","title":"Nora Halford and Catherine Fitzgerald (7A\u2011102\u201123A)","text":"Nora and Catherine were the daughters of Cornelius and Catherine Fitzgerald. They had emigrated from Ireland in the late 19th century. Nora received her Brisbane Hospital Certificate in 1894 and remained on the staff. Nora was a charge nurse from 1897 to 20 February 1899 when she left to marry Dr Arthur Halford (see above). Nora died on 9 August 1932 aged 63. She is buried with her sister Catherine Fitzgerald who was also trained nurse.
Catherine received her Brisbane Hospital Certificate in 1896 and remained on staff as a ward nurse until 1898. Catherine was one of the first councillors of ATNA, Queensland Branch that was formed in 1904. She remained a councillor until 1918 when she became Vice\u2011President (1918\u20111921). Catherine was Matron of the Alexandra Private Hospital, located in Wickham Terrace, from 1904, later becoming the owner. She was also a member of the ANTA Nurses\u2019 Rest Home Committee. In her retirement Catherine lived at Craigston, Wickham Terrace, until her death. She died on 23 January 1931 aged 63.
Windmill and Craigston apartments, in Wickham Terrace ca. 1934 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/nurses-and-doctors/#agnes-kathrine-isambert-75956","title":"Agnes Kathrine Isambert (7\u201159\u20115/6)","text":"Agnes Isambert was born in 1874. She trained at the Brisbane General Hospital between 1897 and 1899 and became a member of the ATNA in 1904 and a councillor of the Association between 1912 and 1919. Agnes was engaged in private nursing at the Walmer Nursing Home and the Colmslie Plague Hospital until 1913 when she returned to the Brisbane General Hospital to obtain her midwifery certificate. She then became Matron of the St Mary\u2019s Hospital in Ipswich. From 1904 to 1914, Agnes was a member of the Australian Army Nursing Service Reserve. During World War One she sailed aboard the Kyarra and was eventually appointed to the No. 1 Australian General Hospital in Heliopolis in 1916. A former resident of Red Hill, she died on 7 June 1956 aged 83. She was the daughter of John and Margaret Isambert.
30894 Agnes Kathrine Isambert papers 1902-1916 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
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"},{"location":"stories/nurses-and-doctors/#zita-stella-lyons-7a16418","title":"Zita Stella Lyons (7A\u2011164\u201118)","text":"Zita was born in Rockhampton and trained at the Brisbane General Hospital. She sailed on the hospital ship Kyarra on 21 November 1914. She saw service with the Australian Army Nursing Service in Persia, Palestine, Egypt and aboard hospital ships off Gallipoli. After the war, Zita was in charge of Queensland\u2019s first radium clinic.
"},{"location":"stories/nurses-and-doctors/#gertrude-daly-7a1711","title":"Gertrude Daly (7A\u2011171\u20111)","text":"Miss Daly worked mainly as a \u2018Children\u2019s Nurse\u2019 at the Hospital for Sick Children (HSC), Herston. She was appointed as a registered nurse at the HSC on 22 July 192?. While at the Brisbane Hospital in 1926 she was appointed a sister on 28 September 1926. In October 1926 she returned to the HSC and was appointed a senior sister there on 1 July 1928.
In the 1930s Gertrude was in charge of the outpatient\u2019s department at the HSC. In 1938 she was granted leave to undertake a four\u2011month course in child welfare training. She then became Matron of the Metropolitan Hospital for Infectious Diseases from the late 1940s to the early 1950s. On 1 January 1952 she was appointed Matron of the Brisbane Children\u2019s Hospital. After a long illness she died while still in service on 30 October 1961.
Nursing staff in the grounds of the Hospital for Sick Children, Brisbane \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/nurses-and-doctors/#susannah-josephine-mcgann-153116","title":"Susannah Josephine McGann (15\u201131\u201116)","text":"Sister Susannah McGann, daughter of John and Susannah McGann, was a member of the New Zealand Army Nursing Service. She had trained in Maryborough, obtaining both General Nursing and Obstetric Certificates. Susannah was on the staff of the Diamantina Hospital in 1908 and was on the ANTA register in 1923. She died on 10 June 1925 aged 46.
Open air pavilions at Brisbane's Diamantina Hospital, 1920s \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/nurses-and-doctors/#elizabeth-margaret-hulett-15a916","title":"Elizabeth Margaret Hulett (15A\u20119\u201116)","text":"Elizabeth Hulett completed her general training at the Royal Children\u2019s Hospital, Brisbane in 1922, and her midwifery training at the Royal Women\u2019s Hospital in 1938 after the premature death of her husband, John Hulett. She was appointed to the staff of the Women\u2019s Hospital in December 1943 and was promoted to Senior Sister in 1946. After 18 years service she retired from the staff of the Women\u2019s Hospital in January 1961 to join the staff of the new Mater Mothers\u2019 Hospital. She taught midwifery for many years, affectionately known to her students as \u201cGranny Hulett\u201d. Sister Hulett died in 1986 aged 87.
"},{"location":"stories/nurses-and-doctors/#ethel-ivy-ellen-amess-252916","title":"Ethel Ivy Ellen Amess (25\u201129\u201116)","text":"Nurse Ivy Amess received her training at the Bundaberg General Hospital where she was extremely popular with the staff and patients. After graduation she moved to Brisbane where she contracted a fatal illness. She died aged 24 on 31 October 1927.
"},{"location":"stories/nurses-and-doctors/#katherine-glasson-taylor-87137","title":"Katherine Glasson Taylor (8\u201171\u201137)","text":"Dying aged 104 on 14 May 1998, Sister Taylor had seen service at the 5th Australian General Hospital which was a Victoria\u2011based unit.
"},{"location":"stories/nurses-and-doctors/#lilian-violet-cooper-and-mary-josephine-bedford-8691314","title":"Lilian Violet Cooper and Mary Josephine Bedford (8\u201169\u201113/14)","text":"Dr Lilian Cooper was the first woman to practise medicine in Queensland. She studied medicine at the London School of Medicine for Women and obtained an MD from Durham. While studying there, Lilian met and shared lodgings with Mary Bedford who was to become her lifelong companion.
Dr Cooper commenced private practise in Brisbane in 1891 at The Mansions, in George Street. She was a great advocate of sterilisation and the use of protective clothing during surgery. Lilian died on 19 August 1947 aged 86. Mary Bedford died in 1955. Mt Olivet Hospital stands on the site of their Main St home at Kangaroo Point.
Two friends seated in a horsedrawn buggy, Brisbane, ca. 1900. Miss Josephine Bedford (left) and Dr. Lilian Cooper. Dr Cooper made house calls in a horse and sulky by day and a bicycle by night. Her surgery was in George Street, Brisbane. - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/nurses-and-doctors/#lillian-leitch-8403031","title":"Lillian Leitch (8\u201140\u201130/31)","text":"World War One army nurse, Sister Lillian Leitch was honoured with an OBE in 1965. She served at the No.3 Australian General Hospital in Egypt before being transferred to Lemos, a Greek Island in the Aegean Sea, arriving there on 5 August 1915. She died on 9 July 1967 aged 80.
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Nurse Isabella Mason, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Mason, died on 17 October 1930 aged 54.
"},{"location":"stories/nurses-and-doctors/#lilian-gertrude-ramsay-11712","title":"Lilian Gertrude Ramsay (11\u201171\u20112)","text":"Lilian Ramsay was a staff nurse with the Australian Army Nursing Service having received a Brisbane General Hospital Certificate in 1914. She died on 5 June 1960 aged 69.
Nurses buried in Portion 22
Portion 22 is steep in parts. These graves are best approached from Francis Forde Avenue, which runs parallel to Birdwood Terrace.
"},{"location":"stories/nurses-and-doctors/#mary-hogan-221618","title":"Mary Hogan (22\u201116\u201118)","text":"Mary Hogan (n\u00e9e Wells) was born in 1923 in Euroa, Victoria and completed her education at Star of the Sea Convent, Melbourne before training as a nurse at Wangaratta Base Hospital. Mary next completed her midwifery training before marrying John Hogan in Brisbane in 1949 and having four children. She worked in various Brisbane hospitals including St. Helen's and Mt. Olivet, and then trained as a Maternal and Child Welfare Sister.
As the result of an accident, Mary was widowed in 1962. She then worked full time as a clinic sister in the Inala, Darra, and Wacol areas while raising her 4 children alone. Her final working position as a nursing sister was at Canossa Hospital, where Mary herself died from multiple myeloma in May 2002, aged 78. After 40 years as a widow, Mary Hogan was buried in Toowong Cemetery alongside her beloved husband John in the grave she purchased in 1962. She was a mother, grandmother, nurse and friend to many.
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Patricia Hull\u2019s qualifications were recognised by the Nurses and Masseurs Registration Board of Queensland. She died aged 37 in 1964, leaving behind a husband and three children.
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Annie McGarrigal was better known as Matron Cox. She trained at the Brisbane Children\u2019s Hospital in 1922 and was on the ANTA Register in 1923. Annie died on 11 October 1964 aged 82.
"},{"location":"stories/nurses-and-doctors/#helena-veronica-luton-223011","title":"Helena Veronica Luton (22\u201130\u201111)","text":"
Helena (known as Lena) Luton was with the Australian Army Nursing Service attached to the 1st Australian Imperial Force (AIF). She died on 14 June 1977 aged 81.
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A former Bardon resident, Nell worked with the St Lukes Nursing Service. She was born in Mullumbimby, NSW in 1905 to William and Agnes Bassett. She married Victor Storie in Brisbane on 16 December 1930 and had three children. Nell died on 8 October 1990.
In loving memory of Agnes Helen (Nell) Storie Born 1. 1. 1905 Mullumbimby N.S.W. Died 8. 10. 1990 Brisbane Qld. A Great Lady : A Great Mother She closed her eyes and stood in peace before a smiling God
"},{"location":"stories/nurses-and-doctors/#further-reading","title":"Further Reading","text":"Stories about Queensland Colonial Policing and connections to people remembered in Toowong Cemetery.
These are the stories of some of the police buried in Toowong Cemetery. There are many more and we thank them all for their service.
Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/police/#christopher-francis-2373132","title":"Christopher Francis (2\u201137\u201131/32)","text":"Sydney\u2011born Francis entered public service in Queensland in 1872 after a career which included journalism. After serving in various capacities in several parts of the colony, he was appointed Police Magistrate at Cunnamulla in 1881. He afterwards went to Townsville and later to Rockhampton. Francis retired in 1910 while serving as Police Magistrate at Maryborough. He died just short of his 75th birthday at St Helen\u2019s Hospital, South Brisbane on the 10th of November 1915 and was buried the next day.
"},{"location":"stories/police/#henry-bloomfield-gough-24421","title":"Henry Bloomfield Gough (2\u201144\u201121)","text":"Gough, who until the beginning of 1895 occupied the position of Police Magistrate at Warwick, died in the St. Clair private hospital, Brisbane, on 29 January 1896. Gough was an officer of the Native Police in the early days, and saw many years of active frontier life. Subsequently he was appointed Police Magistrate at Isisford, in the Barcoo country, and in that position did good service for the colony.
About the beginning of 1892 he was transferred to Ingham where he spent a couple of years. The climate did not agree with him, and he was strong in the opinion that it was while he resided at Ingham he contracted the complaint which claimed his life. From Ingham he was promoted to Warwick. His health, already impaired, gradually declined, and in February 1895 he obtained leave of absence for six months and paid a visit to the hot springs in New Zealand. He derived no benefit from the change, however, and returning to Queensland, entered the private hospital in Brisbane where he died. Gough was 51 years of age.
"},{"location":"stories/police/#octavius-armstrong-2451617","title":"Octavius Armstrong (2\u201145\u201116/17)","text":"Armstrong died at his home, Sorrento, South Brisbane, on 23 January 1917, aged 83. His wife, Jessie, predeceased him by only three days. Armstrong was born in Adare, County Limerick, Ireland in 1833. His first appointment to the public service was to the position of a looker in the Customs Department at Brisbane, in April 1873. A year later he was appointed police magistrate at Mount Perry, then known as Tenningering. He remained in that position until October 1880, when he was transferred to Goondiwindi. There he stayed until August 1890, when he was appointed a relieving police magistrate. On 30 June 1904, Armstrong retired from the service, but at various times thereafter he acted as a relieving police magistrate in the Brisbane district.
"},{"location":"stories/police/#robert-arthur-johnstone-5361516","title":"Robert Arthur Johnstone (5\u201136\u201115/16)","text":"Born in Tasmania in 1843, Johnstone was educated in Scotland before coming to Queensland in 1865 to work in the cattle industry. In 1868, he switched to sugar growing, managing plantations in the Cardwell region. Appointed sub\u2011inspector of native police in 1871, Johnstone\u2019s patrols took him into unexplored areas. In 1873, he accompanied G. E. Dalrymple to explore the northern coastline to Cooktown. The Johnstone River is named after him. His police duties took him to Winton, Bundaberg, Maryborough and Beenleigh before settling at Serenata, Toowong where he died on 16 January 1905, aged 63, probably of asthma.
"},{"location":"stories/police/#ernest-eglinton-2a3122","title":"Ernest Eglinton (2A\u201131\u201122)","text":"The death of Ernest Eglinton, ex\u2011police magistrate, occurred on 1 October 1921. He was born in Berkshire, England in 1848 and came to Australia in 1870 with his father, the Rev. William Eglinton, who had charge of a number of Australian parishes. Eglinton became part owner of a station, and in the early 1870s, with the intention of forming another station; he set out with his younger brother from Mitchell Downs towards Cooper's Creek with a mob of cattle, travelling over unknown country for many months.
Shortly afterwards he became a police officer obtaining the rank of Sub\u2011inspector Second Class in January 1878, and was eventually appointed the first resident police magistrate at Boulia in 1884. He was subsequently mineral warden and police magistrate at Charters Towers, Gympie, and Brisbane. His eventful and strenuous life had told on his health, and in his later years he had suffered from asthma and bronchitis. He succeeded in preparing a number of papers concerning his experiences in the early days.
"},{"location":"stories/police/#william-maguire-510514","title":"William Maguire (5\u2011105\u201114)","text":"Irish\u2011born Sub\u2011inspector Maguire died on 25 April 1917 at his residence in Franklin Street, West End after a severe illness. Prior to joining the police in 1886, Maguire had been a soldier. He rose steadily through the ranks serving in Brisbane, Allora and Gympie before he was appointed to the Police Depot on Petrie Terrace but he was transferred soon afterwards to Charleville to relieve Sub\u2011inspector King but owing to ill health he came back to Brisbane. He spent some time in the Victoria Private Hospital but returned to his home when it became obvious he wasn\u2019t going to recover. He was 56 years of age. General regret was expressed throughout the Police Force at his death.
"},{"location":"stories/police/#thomas-hinch-201823","title":"Thomas Hinch (20\u201118\u201123)","text":"Born in Kiltegan, County Wicklow, Ireland, Hinch in 1855, Thomas served ten years in the Imperial Army before joining the Queensland Police on 1881. He served in various Brisbane stations reaching the rank of Sergeant in 1900. He was superannuated on the 1st of July 1903. He died aged 69, on 11 May 1924.
"},{"location":"stories/police/#william-ferguson-2021910","title":"William Ferguson (20\u201121\u20119/10)","text":"Ferguson was born in Athlone, County Roscommon, Ireland in 1862. He was a Constable at the Brisbane Police Depot in 1886 and rose steadily through the ranks reaching that of Inspector First\u2011class in November 1919, seeing service in Toowoomba, Beenleigh, Allora and various Brisbane stations. He was superannuated in February 1921 and enjoyed more than twenty years of retirement until he died of a heart attack on 22 May 1945 aged 82.
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Hanly was a member of the Royal Irish Constabulary for five years before joining the Queensland Police aged 25. After initial service in Brisbane and Ipswich, Hanly spent the rest of his career in northern and western Queensland. In February 1907, Senior Constable Hanly received a 10/6 reward for prompt action at a fire in Charters Towers. He was promoted to Sergeant within the year and superannuated in October 1913. He received Imperial Service Medal from the Lieutenant\u2011Governor, Sir Arthur Morgan, in December 1914. Hanly died on 6 October 1935 aged 76.
"},{"location":"stories/police/#john-ahern-7514","title":"John Ahern (7\u201151\u20114)","text":"Ahern was born at Donickmore, County Cork, Ireland in 1840, a son of Denis Ahern and Honoria O\u2019Mahoney. He was a farmer prior to joining the Queensland Police Force in September 1864. Ahern was sent to Springsure in October and promoted to Senior Constable/Acting Sergeant in July 1868. He became Inspector of Slaughterhouses in the Mitchell district in February 1870 and received the substantial reward of \u00a315 in September 1872 for \u2018energetic perseverance in suppressing cattle\u2011stealers in the Barcoo and Walgett districts\u2019.
Ahern was promoted to Senior Sergeant in January 1874 and Sub\u2011Inspector 2nd class in 1877. He served at Blackall in 1880 where he became Sub\u2011Inspector 1st class. Ahern married in 1883 Mary, sister of Andrew Joseph Thynne from Clare. By 1890, he had been promoted to Inspector 1st class in charge of all brands throughout the colony. Ahern was a most respected and energetic policeman. John Ahern died in 1893.
John Ahern - State Library of Queensland
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Ryan started his career as Constable in 1893 and ended it as Commissioner in 1934. He saw service the length and breadth of Queensland. He was awarded the Royal Humane Society\u2019s Medal for rescuing a party of women from drowning in the Sarina Inlet in 1901. The following year he was seriously injured on duty in Ravenswood when three men came to the rescue of their mate who Ryan was arresting and beat him senseless. He was eventually transferred to Brisbane when promoted to Senior Inspector in 1921 and became Commissioner in 1925. Soon afterwards, as a means of reducing crime in the suburbs, Ryan introduced bicycle patrols. He also sanctioned the recruitment of the first policewomen, who were stationed at Roma Street in 1931. Ryan died as a result of injuries received when he was struck by a taxi outside his home on Sherwood Road, Toowong on 16 July 1954. He was 81.
"},{"location":"stories/police/#henry-marjoribanks-chester-75911","title":"Henry Marjoribanks Chester (7\u201159\u201111)","text":"Chester was born in London in 1832, where he was educated. He entered the service of the Indian navy in 1849, and remained an officer in it until its abolition in 1862 when he migrated to Queensland. He entered the public service in January 1866. At first in the Lands Department he was responsible for surveying the town sites of Charleville and Cunnamulla, and then became government land agent at Gladstone in 1867 and Gympie in 1868. In January 1869 he was appointed police magistrate at Somerset, on the northern tip of Cape York Peninsula, but resigned in August 1870 and left the service for five years. From 1875 to 1903 Chester served continually as a police magistrate. He was often appointed to remote and difficult communities in north Queensland.
He returned to Somerset in September 1875 and on his advice the Queensland government transferred his headquarters in 1877 to a more central location at Thursday Island. There he kept order for eight years. He is probably best remembered for an incident in March 1883. Sir Thomas McIlwraith, put out by Britain's reluctance to annex a promising settlement in Papua, sent orders to Chester to go immediately to Port Moresby and take possession of the unoccupied eastern half of New Guinea. Sailing north in the Pearl, Chester planted the Union Jack at Port Moresby on 4 April 1883 and, as befitted an old naval officer, shelled a warlike party of Motu who were thought to threaten the security of the port. This act of occupation was later disowned by the British government.
In April 1885 Chester was transferred to Cairns, where he promoted the formation of a Volunteer Defence Corps, one of several formed in Queensland through fear of the Russians, and served as lieutenant. But he was not popular with the local residents. In June 1887 the Griffith government was moved to transfer him to Cloncurry. Rather than accept demotion to such a remote post, Chester tendered his resignation, but in November the government appointed him police magistrate at the new Croydon goldfield. There he gave satisfaction and was transferred in 1891 to Cooktown and in 1898 to Clermont where he remained until transferred in 1902 to Gladstone. He retired in 1903 and died on 3 October 1914.
"},{"location":"stories/police/#patrick-clancy-7a641","title":"Patrick Clancy (7A\u201164\u20111)","text":"A native of Limerick, Ireland, Clancy had a military career before being recommended by the first Commissioner of Police, David Thomas Seymour to join the force in May 1867. Stationed at the Police Depot in Brisbane, Clancy was involved in the instruction of sword drill and mounted exercise. Eventually promoted to Senior Constable in June 1882, he was then superannuated in March 1888 on medical grounds having suffered for many years from bronchitis. He was awarded a pension of \u00a394, 13 shillings and four pence. He died on 12 January 1899 aged 62.
"},{"location":"stories/police/#matthew-collopy-753","title":"Matthew Collopy (7\u20115\u20113)","text":"Sub\u2011Inspector 1st Class Collopy, joined the Queensland Police Force in 1865 and received promotion for his services rendered at Gympie, Ravenswood, and other parts of the colony. In 1870, Collopy was awarded \u00a310 for the arrest of William Bond for highway robbery. He was in failing health for the last few months, and it was thought his transfer from Rockhampton to Brisbane would have a beneficial effect, but unfortunately it proved otherwise. The numerous friends of Collopy regretted hearing of his death aged just 36. The deceased left a widow and one child.
"},{"location":"stories/police/#joseph-kelly-7924","title":"Joseph Kelly (7\u20119\u201124)","text":"Joseph Kelly was born in 1858. Constable Kelly was only twenty when he died of typhoid at the Brisbane Hospital on 2 April 1878. He had been admitted a month earlier and his family and fellow officers were hopeful of his recovery.
"},{"location":"stories/police/#thomas-slattery-794","title":"Thomas Slattery (7\u20119\u20114)","text":"Slattery was born at Ballaglass, County Tipperary, Ireland, ca. 1824. After emigrating, he served some seven years as a police officer in New Zealand and Victoria. In his first year on the Queensland force (1866), Constable Slattery was awarded \u00a35 for his zeal and ability in the apprehension of John Mulrooney. He was promoted to First Class Detective in 1867 and again promoted to the Inspector of Detectives in July 1876. His death, aged 54, on 5 February 1878 still came as a shock even though Slattery had been indisposed for some time with acute rheumatism. Over 80 police officers attended his burial and his headstone was erected through the contributions made by 136 members of the Police Force.
"},{"location":"stories/police/#acknowledgements","title":"Acknowledgements","text":"Written by Dr. Hilda Maclean.
Police career information supplied by the Queensland Police Museum.
"},{"location":"stories/portion15-and-16/","title":"Stories from Portions 15 and 16","text":"Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/portion15-and-16/#chief-po-instructor-alexander-mountford-161830","title":"Chief P.O. Instructor Alexander Mountford (16\u201118\u201130)","text":"Mountford was born in North Leith, Scotland on 10 February 1898. After a long career in the British Navy, he was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in 1927. In May 1934 he was appointed instructor in wireless telegraphy at Brisbane. He died in Rosemount Repatriation Hospital on 15 September 1936 following a short illness.
"},{"location":"stories/portion15-and-16/#charles-walter-de-vis-162218","title":"Charles Walter de Vis (16\u201122\u201118)","text":"Born in Birmingham England on 9 May 1829, Charles de Vis was a clergyman and then museum curator before immigrating to Queensland in 1870. He became curator of the Queensland Museum in 1882 and director of that institution in 1901 adding much to the extent of the collections, their classification and display. Due to the poor economic environment in 1904, de Vis was ordered to retire, but stayed on as a consulting scientist. Charles died aged 87 on 30 April 1915.
Charles Walter de Vis (1829\u20131915) from Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, Vol. 5, 10 July 1916.
Exhibition Hall, Brisbane, ca. 1897. Originally built as an Exhibition Hall and Concert Hall, the building is located on the site of an earlier building which burned down in 1888. In the late 1890s the Exhibition Hall was converted to accommodate the Queensland Museum which transferred to the building in 1899. State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
"},{"location":"stories/portion15-and-16/#olive-may-heathorn-162414","title":"Olive May Heathorn (16\u201124\u201114)","text":"Olive was born in Great Malvern Worcester in 1890. During World War 1 she married 2nd Lieutenant George Douglas Heathorn of the Royal Flying Corp. After the war George and Olive became dairy farmers at Woolner's Arm outside of Casino in NSW. Olive died in a Brisbane hospital on 7 June 1936.
"},{"location":"stories/portion15-and-16/#charles-frederick-augustus-garland-15112627","title":"Charles Frederick Augustus Garland (15\u201111\u201126/27)","text":"Born in Roma Qld in 1862, Charles Garland was apprenticed a printer's devil to the proprietor of the Western Star and Roma Advertiser. He later obtained a position on the composing staff of the Brisbane Courier where he served for 52 years.
Staff working at the Brisbane Courier, ca. 1902 - State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
"},{"location":"stories/portion15-and-16/#richard-belford-15116","title":"Richard Belford (15\u201111\u20116)","text":"For many years Richard was connected with the colonial press in NSW, Victoria and Queensland. He was a native of Newtown, Limavady, in the county of Londonderry, Northern Ireland and came to NSW in 1838 with his parents, Richard (Snr) and Ann (n\u00e9e Linton).
He was a partner in starting the Ballarat Star but after the partnership collapsed, moved to Brisbane and then to Ipswich where he took charge of the North Australian newspaper. Richard followed when that newspaper moved to Brisbane and died at the age of 42 from consumption on 28 April 1865. He was originally interred in the Roman Catholic burial ground at Milton but his remains and headstone were relocated to Toowong Cemetery in 1913.
View of the Brisbane suburb of Milton, ca. 1870 Photograph taken in the vicinity of Caxton Street, Petrie Terrace, looking due west across the intersection of Judge and Hale Streets and across the Milton Cemetery \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
"},{"location":"stories/portion15-and-16/#james-edwin-ramsbotham-151617","title":"James Edwin Ramsbotham (15\u201116\u201117)","text":"James Ramsbotham was born on 4 November 1856 in Ipswich Qld where his parents were well known residents. He entered the Posts & Telegraphs Service and was stationed at St Lawrence. Later he moved to Brisbane. In 1901 following Federation he was appointed to the position of telegraphist at Roma Street Railway Station.
Wirth Brothers' elephants drawing the circus properties from Roma Street Railway Station, 1905 - State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
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"},{"location":"stories/portion15-and-16/#francis-malachy-mckeon-15177","title":"Francis Malachy McKeon (15\u201117\u20117)","text":"Francis McKeon was a member of the Brisbane team of railway staff who competed for, and won, the Queensland Railways Ambulance Challenge Shield in 1920. He died in the Mater Hospital on 17 November 1925 after a few days' illness.
"},{"location":"stories/portion15-and-16/#john-and-ellen-forde-15192728","title":"John and Ellen Forde (15\u201119\u201127/28)","text":"Irish immigrants, John and Ellen Forde were the parents of Francis Michael Forde better known as Frank Forde, the 15th Prime Minister of Australia.
Frank Forde pilots a train into Brisbane, 1930 - State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/portion15-and-16/#hugh-glackin-15222021","title":"Hugh Glackin (15\u201122\u201120/21)","text":"Hugh Glackin was born in Newtown Cunningham in County Donegal on 18 March 1844. After coming to Queensland, he joined the police force as a constable in 1870 and famously arrested Captain Starlight in April 1887.
Hugh Glackin and familiy - The Daily Mail, 27 Sep 1924 Frank Pearson (Captain Starlight) - State Archives of NSW
"},{"location":"stories/portion15-and-16/#burton-family-15221112","title":"Burton Family (15\u201122\u201111/12)","text":"The Burton family were hoteliers, operating some of Brisbane's landmark hotels in the 19th and 20th centuries.
"},{"location":"stories/portion15-and-16/#frederick-augustus-garland-152422","title":"Frederick Augustus Garland (15\u201124\u201122)","text":"Frederick Augustus (Gus) Garland was the second son of Charles Frederick Augustus and Sarah Jane Garland of New Farm. He was a public servant and prominent in Catholic choirs in Brisbane prior to his death at the age of 38 years.
"},{"location":"stories/portion15-and-16/#john-galligan-152612","title":"John Galligan (15\u201126\u201112)","text":"John Galligan was born in County Cavan, Ireland in 1857. He landed in Sydney in 1873 when he was 16 and later came to Queensland where he joined the police force in 1882. He escaped death a number of times during his police career during his postings in Brisbane and Bundaberg.
"},{"location":"stories/portion15-and-16/#acknowledgements","title":"Acknowledgements","text":"Compiled and presented by Darcy and Lyn Maddock
"},{"location":"stories/portion15-and-16/#sources","title":"Sources","text":"Stories about people remembered in Portion 5 of Toowong Cemetery.
Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/portion5-part1/#jonas-and-mary-malouf-52623","title":"Jonas and Mary Malouf (5\u201126\u20112/3)","text":"Jonas Malouf and his wife, Mary (n\u00e9e Hadad) were both born in the town of Zahlah in what is now Lebanon but was still part of Palestine at the time. Jonas was born in December 1849 and Mary in 1869. In 1889, together with their sons and Jonans's two brothers, they fled their native country to escape the political troubles of the time. They came to Queensland where they founded a successful drapery and general store at Ipswich. They later settled at Gatton where they continued to carry on in business.
"},{"location":"stories/portion5-part1/#alfred-wall-and-alfred-george-curtis-wall-52716","title":"Alfred Wall and Alfred George Curtis Wall (5\u201127\u201116)","text":"Alfred Wall was born in England before migrating to Queensland in the ship Young Australia in 1866. He spent head several years as head teacher at Bowen State School and in 1899 became head teacher at Milton State School until his retirement in 1917.
His son, Alfred George Curtis Wall served in WWI in the Australian Flying Corps No 2 Squadron where he was designated 1st Air Mechanic.
Illuminated address for Mr Alfred Wall, presented on his retirement from his position as Head Teacher at the Milton State School, Brisbane from 1888 to 1916 - State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/portion5-part1/#john-theophillus-symons-bird-5309a","title":"John Theophillus Symons Bird (5\u201130\u20119A)","text":"John Theophilus Symons Bird was born in Torquay, Devonshire on 10 May 1842 and arrived in Rockhampton in 1863. He took an active part in the production of the Rockhampton Bulletin, having filled the position of printer, journalist, drama critic, overseer, mining editor and sporting editor. In February 1867 John Bird and his friend Arthur Hosking discovered gold in the granite and slate deposits in the Ridgelands area outside Rockhampton. John Bird died on 7 May 1932.
"},{"location":"stories/portion5-part1/#angus-mcdonald-robert-alexander-mcdonald-and-stanley-angus-mcdonald-53012","title":"Angus McDonald, Robert Alexander McDonald and Stanley Angus McDonald (5\u201130\u20111/2)","text":"Angus McDonald who was born in Ayr, Scotland, came to Queensland with his parents at the age of 10. He lived in Ipswich and Harrisville before retiring to Brisbane. His son, Robert Alexander McDonald was the chief Clerk of Prisons in the Queensland Prison Department. He disappeared in August 1913 and his body was not found for three months. Another son, Stanley died on RMS Celtic in 1918.
"},{"location":"stories/portion5-part1/#john-lamacraft-richards-5241314","title":"John Lamacraft Richards (5\u201124\u201113/14)","text":"John Lamacraft Richards was a native of Devon in England. He arrived in Brisbane on the ship Golden City on 6 January 1865. He was a member of the City Volunteer Fire Brigade from 1876 to 1882 and of the Brisbane Fire Brigade from 1882 to 1889. He was a foundation member of the Progressive Lodge (Odd Fellows) and also of the Brisbane Past Grand's Lodge.
First Brisbane Fire Stations, 1868-1882, presented on his retirement from his position as Head Teacher at the Milton State School, Brisbane from 1888 to 1916 - State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/portion5-part1/#elizabeth-powell-5242","title":"Elizabeth Powell (5\u201124\u20112)","text":"Elizabeth or Bessie Powell (n\u00e9e Turnbull) was born in England around 1870. She was the licensee of the Montague Hotel in Montague Road South Brisbane for a few months in 1897 until her death on 14 August 1897.
Flood damage at the West End Brewery in Brisbane, Queensland, 1893. The West End Brewery was located on the corner of Montague Road and Merivale Streets, West End. The damaged Montague Hotel is in the background. - State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
"},{"location":"stories/portion5-part1/#edmond-filmer-craven-and-caroline-craven-5327","title":"Edmond Filmer Craven and Caroline Craven (5\u201132\u20117)","text":"Edmond Filmer Craven was the son of Fulwar William Craven and Louisa Orde of Brockhampton Park, Gloucestershire and was a descendent of the Earls of Craven. He was appointed to the Queensland public service in 1881, and later became police magistrate at Aramac, followed by a posting at Gayndah. He subsequently held similar appointments at various country centres including Muttaburra, Eidsvold where he was also the mining warden, and Roma, where he remained until he retired in September 1906. His wife Caroline ran a guest house at Shorncliffe after his death on 4 August 1910.
"},{"location":"stories/portion5-part1/#george-william-paul-5328","title":"George William Paul (5\u201132\u20118)","text":"Judge George William Paul was born at Penrith, New South Wales. He was appointed to the District Court on 3 August 1874, a position which he held until his death on 10 December 1909.
"},{"location":"stories/portion5-part1/#arthur-tewdyr-davies-berrington-5339","title":"Arthur Tewdyr Davies Berrington (5\u201133\u20119)","text":"Arthur Tewdyr Davies Berrington was born in Belgravia, Middlesex on 7 September 1854. He held a number of positions in the British Colonial Service. Justice Berrington died on 18 February 1909 in Brisbane.
"},{"location":"stories/portion5-part1/#samuel-frederick-lawrence-5147","title":"Samuel Frederick Lawrence (5\u201114\u20117)","text":"Samuel Frederick Lawrence was a victim of the Roxana disaster which took place on Boxing Day 1901. He was 15 years of age.
"},{"location":"stories/portion5-part1/#robert-arthur-johnstone-5361516","title":"Robert Arthur Johnstone (5\u201136\u201115/16)","text":"Robert Arthur Johnstone was born at Richmond in 1843 in what was then called Van Dieman's Land. He came to Queensland in 1865 and later trained as a police cadet. He was appointed sub-inspector of the mounted native police in the Cardwell district where he patrolled widely with his force of aboriginal troopers. In the course of his patrols Johnstone explored the coastal area of northeast Queensland and discovered the Johnstone River which was later named after him. In 1881 he became the first police magistrate in Winton. He died on 10 January 1905.
"},{"location":"stories/portion5-part1/#susan-boyce-ellen-victoria-board-ann-ellen-boyce-stuart-leslie-board-5389","title":"Susan Boyce, Ellen Victoria Board, Ann Ellen Boyce, Stuart Leslie Board (5\u201138\u20119)","text":"There are no actual burials in this grave. These headstones were originally on graves in the North Brisbane Burial Ground and were later moved to this site.
Susan Boyce was the wife of Brisbane's first Town Clerk, William Martin Boyce. Their daughter, Ellen Victoria Board died in Melbourne and was memorialised on her mother's headstone.
"},{"location":"stories/portion5-part1/#alfred-john-potier-reginald-alfred-maines-potier-and-lewis-william-potier-53920","title":"Alfred John Potier, Reginald Alfred Maines Potier, and Lewis William Potier (5\u201139\u201120)","text":"Alfred John Potier was born on 16 October 1842 in Southwark Surrey England. In 1862 he married Emma Purvis. Alfred, Emma and their first child migrated to Queensland in the mid-1860s. In 1869 Alfred was one of the original gold prospectors of the Chatsworth Reef just outside Gympie. In partnership with Ernest H Webb, trading as Webb Brothers and Potier, he carried on a business as merchants and commission agents and also operated a bone mill at Breakfast Creek.
By 1873 Alfred was the principal legal manager of tin mines at Stanthorpe and was also an extensive tin buyer. He later became an agent for an insurance company. Alfred Potier died on 21 August 1929 at the age of 88.
His sons Reginald and Lewis carried on business under the name of Potier Brothers as manufacturers' agents in Townsville and Brisbane.
"},{"location":"stories/portion5-part1/#joseph-hughes-54019","title":"Joseph Hughes (5\u201140\u201119)","text":"Joseph Hughes was born in Manchester England in 1843 and came to Queensland when he was 20. He entered the public service as sub-collector of Customs and police magistrate at Bundaberg, was later appointed Registrar General at Brisbane and held that position until 1902 when he was chosen as the first Income Tax Commissioner for Queensland. He passed away at his residence in Park Road Milton on 27 July 1920 at the age of 78.
"},{"location":"stories/portion5-part1/#acknowledgements","title":"Acknowledgements","text":"Compiled and presented by Lyn Maddock
"},{"location":"stories/portion5-part1/#sources","title":"Sources","text":"More stories about people remembered in Portion 5 of Toowong Cemetery.
Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/portion5-part2/#daniel-george-bloomfield-510111","title":"Daniel George Bloomfield (5\u2011101\u201111)","text":"Daniel Bloomfield (1858-1915) was, for many years, a well known bandmaster and popular cornet soloist in Brisbane. His in career in music began at the age of ten as a drummer in the Royal Marines in England. He settled in Brisbane in 1883 and soon became deeply involved in the local music scene as a performer and conducting various local bands, including the Naval Brigade Band, for many years.
D. G. Bloomfield \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/portion5-part2/#the-hon-hereward-humfy-henchman-51011819","title":"The Hon. Hereward Humfy Henchman (5\u2011101\u201118/19)","text":"The Hon. H.H. Henchman (1874-1939), barrister and Judge, was the third son of William Henchman, a foundry proprietor and his wife Jane Mcllwraith (n\u00e9e Wallace). He arrived in Rockhampton with his family as a young child in 1878. He was the first judge of the Queensland Supreme Court to hold a university degree in law.
"},{"location":"stories/portion5-part2/#the-harding-family-510130","title":"The Harding Family (5\u2011101\u201130)","text":"George Rogers Harding (1868-1940), grazier and Walter Charles Harding (1870-1939), solicitor, were the sons of the Hon. George Rogers Harding, a senior Puisne Judge of the Queensland Supreme Court in the 19th century. George's son, also named George Rogers Harding (1905-1937) and his brother, Christopher Winter Harding (1913-1982) were the founders of Harding Brothers, a wholesale merchandising business at Toowong.
Justice George Rogers Harding, 1879 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/portion5-part2/#atwill-buxton-kenrick-5712","title":"Atwill Buxton Kenrick (5\u201171\u20112)","text":"Atwill Buxton Kenrick (1863-1922), station manager and grazier, was born in Newcastle NSW the son of Atwill Kenrick and his wife Hannah (n\u00e9e Brookes). In February 1917, Mr. Kenrick married Miss Vans Macartney, the youngest daughter of John Arthur Macartney, of Ormiston House, Ormiston, Brisbane.
"},{"location":"stories/portion5-part2/#adolph-frederick-milford-feez-5683","title":"Adolph Frederick Milford Feez (5\u201168\u20113)","text":"Brisbane-born Adolph Feez (1858-1944) was a surveyor for a number of years before studying for the legal profession. He was admitted as a solicitor in December 1885 and commenced practice as a partner in MacPherson, Miskin & Feez. Later he was in partnership with Mr A.F.T. Ruthning. Feez Ruthning & Co operated until 1996.
"},{"location":"stories/portion5-part2/#john-henry-flower-5692","title":"John Henry Flower (5\u201169\u20112)","text":"John Henry Flower (1852- 1918) was a senior partner in the long established law firm of Flower & Hart. He was born in Port Fairy, Victoria but educated in England where he studied law. In 1886 he married Dora Kirk in Victoria. Their hilltop home at Windsor is now heritage-listed.
"},{"location":"stories/portion5-part2/#john-arthur-macartney-56216","title":"John Arthur Macartney (5\u201162\u201116)","text":"John Arthur Macartney (1834-1917) was the eldest son of the Very Rev Hussey Burgh Macartney, the First Dean of Melbourne and his wife Jane (n\u00e9e Hardman). He studied law but resigned after 18 months to take up his first station property in Victoria. Over time he owned 25 stations and other properties in Qld and NT. He died at his home, Ormiston House near Cleveland.
Captain Louis Hope's residence, Ormiston House, Cleveland district, ca. 1871 \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
"},{"location":"stories/portion5-part2/#edward-vincent-pollock-56212","title":"Edward Vincent Pollock (5\u201162\u201112)","text":"Irish-born Edward Vincent Pollock (1851-1911) was attached to the Admiralty branch of the British Civil Service. Later he and his wife Elizabeth migrated to Queensland arriving in Mackay in 1884. In 1889 he became Staff Paymaster-in-Charge and Secretary to Senior Naval Officer, Queensland Naval Defence Force and Fleet Paymaster and Secretary to the Naval Commandant of the Commonwealth Naval Force on 2 February 1904.
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Englishman Richard William Curtis (1840-1905) is one of six proven veterans of the American Civil War buried in Toowong Cemetery. He joined the Confederate States Navy and is recorded as being Assistant Paymaster on the CSS Georgia in 1863 and later Paymaster on CSS Stonewall. After the conclusion of the Civil War he came to Brisbane where he worked for the Government and in private enterprise.
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Richard Langler Drew (1823-1869) served with the Royal Navy before migrating from England to Victoria with his wife Ann c 1858. In 1861 they moved to Brisbane where he was appointed shipping master and secretary to the Marine Board. He donated land in Curlew Street Toowong overlooking the Burns Road cutting, for the first Church of St Thomas the Apostle, and was one of its original trustees.
"},{"location":"stories/portion5-part2/#william-atwell-53817","title":"William Atwell (5\u201138\u201117)","text":"William Atwell (1843-1913) began work as an excavator in railway construction in England and came to Queensland to work for the contractor constructing the railway line over the Main Range to Toowoomba. He joined the Queensland Railways Department in 1867 and eventually rose to the position of Chief Inspector of Railways.
"},{"location":"stories/portion5-part2/#acknowledgements","title":"Acknowledgements","text":"Compiled and presented by Darcy and Lyn Maddock
"},{"location":"stories/portion5-part2/#sources","title":"Sources","text":"Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/portion6-and-24/#captain-george-and-jane-simpson-241316","title":"Captain George and Jane Simpson (24\u201113\u201116)","text":"George Simpson was born in the district of Eassie and Nevay in Forfarshire, Scotland on 15 December 1858 to parents George Simpson and Agnes Young. He came to Queensland as a young man and, on 22 February 1888 he married Jane Brady, daughter of David Brady and Mary Ann McMullen. Jane had arrived here with her family on the Indus in 1870 when she was 16. George was appointed to the Queensland Defence Department prior to Federation, served in the Boer War with the Light Horse and commanded the training camp at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground during WWI. George died on 22 January 1938 and Jane on 19 May 1945.
Reviewing the troops in Brisbane during World War I 1914 to 1918. The review of the armed forces probably took place in the Parade ring at the Exhibition Grounds, Brisbane. Dignitaries are stood on the reviewing stand facing the assembled members of the forces. \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/portion6-and-24/#john-robert-and-emma-wilkinson-2471314","title":"John Robert and Emma Wilkinson (24\u20117\u201113/14)","text":"John Robert Wilkinson was the third son of Robert Wilkinson and Mary (n\u00e9e Farrell). On 22 September 1886 he married Emma Oldham, youngest daughter of George and Emma Oldham. Both were from early Ipswich pioneer families. John was employed by the Railways Department as an engine driver and later, after moving to Brisbane, he became a building contractor. Three of their daughters and a son-in-law are also buried in the same grave.
"},{"location":"stories/portion6-and-24/#james-edward-and-emily-jane-halliday-2418","title":"James Edward and Emily Jane Halliday (24\u20111\u20118)","text":"James Edward Halliday was born in Glasgow Scotland in 1852 to parents James Crow Halliday and Alice Olker. A seaman in the Royal Navy, he married Emily Jane Leatherbarrow on 8 July 1874 in Salford, Manchester, England. Emily, born in 1852, was the daughter of Joseph and Mary Ann Leatherbarrow. James and Emily and their two children left Plymouth for Brisbane in 1880. Sadly one child died before reaching their destination. In 1899 James was appointed Superintendent of the Moreton Bay Pile Light and held that position until at least 1917. James died at his home named Mascot in South Pine Road Enoggera on 23 April 1930. Emily died on 26 March 1933.
Early view of the Pile Lights in Moreton Bay, ca. 1895. Operational from 1882 and destroyed after collision with 'Wave Protector' in October 1949. \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/portion6-and-24/#canon-thomas-jones-6389","title":"Canon Thomas Jones (6\u20113\u20118/9)","text":"Born in Preston, England, on 30th July, 1836 to David Jones and Mary Ann Giles, Thomas Jones was teaching in England when Bishop Edward Wyndham Tufnell persuaded him to take Holy Orders. He was one of the 'Band of Brothers' who accompanied Bishop Tufnell to Brisbane in 1860.
In 1861 he was the first Anglican priest ordained in Brisbane. He served in Rockhampton until the end of 1864 when he was appointed Vicar at the Wickham Terrace Episcopalian Church, the forerunner of All Saints' Church on 1 January 1865.
In 1881 he became Rector of Toowoomba and later Archdeacon of the Downs and Western District. In 1890, Bishop Webber recognised his long and devoted service to the Diocese by appointing him a Canon of St John's. He was connected with the Anglican Church Grammar School from its beginnings in 1912. Canon Thomas Jones died on 14 August 1918 two weeks after his retirement.
Reverend Cannon Thomas Jones, All Saints Church 1865 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
Original All Saints Church, Brisbane, ca. 1868 This image is taken from an engraving of W. Buxton. It depicts the original All Saints Church, designed by Benjamin Backhouse and constructed on Wickham Terrace in 1861-1862, opening on 23 February, 1862. It was replaced by a new church in 1869 \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Some children in front of All Saint's Church in Wickham Terrace, Brisbane, ca. 1885 Photograph taken at the corner of Wharf Street and Wickham Terrace, Brisbane, looking along the latter street towards the Observatory. All Saint's Church (1869) is at left, whilst the original St Andrew's Presbyterian Church (1864) is in the middle distance \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/portion6-and-24/#canon-walter-and-mary-lorna-thompson-6311","title":"Canon Walter and Mary Lorna Thompson (6\u20113\u201111)","text":"Walter Thompson was born in Chelsea London in 1863 to a farmer, William John Thompson and his wife Mary Trevithick. Walter was ordained on 4 January 1891 in St John's Pro-Cathedral. Following appointments at the Holy Trinity Church Woolloongabba and at Jondaryan, he took up the first part of an incumbency at St Michael and All Angels' Church New Farm that would last over 40 years.
On 27 November 1912 in St Michael and All Angels' Church, Walter married Mary Hopkins who was born on 8 September 1890 at Gooda Station, the eldest daughter of the squatter Edward Bor Hopkins and his wife Blanche (n\u00e9e Eglinton). Mary Thompson died on All Saints Day 1 November 1931 and Canon Walter Thompson on 8 January 1952.
"},{"location":"stories/portion6-and-24/#charles-and-harriott-eleanor-highfield-6111515a","title":"Charles and Harriott Eleanor Highfield (6\u201111\u201115/15A)","text":"Charles Highfield was born at Birkenhead Cheshire on 6 June 1840, the son of Samuel Highfield, a merchant and at one time English Consul at Livorno Italy and his wife, Ellen Jackson. In 1864 Charles left England on the ship Royal Albert. Upon arrival in Queensland, he took up land on the Logan River.
Later in his life he became secretary of the Brisbane Merchants' Association, which position he occupied up to the time of his retirement from active business life about 1918.
On 5 November 1870 he married a music teacher, Harriott Eleanor Munce, the daughter of William John Munce and Elizabeth Eleanor Mckinney. Harriott was born in Sydney on 6 October 1853. Charles died on 10 September 1923 and Harriott on 16 December 1937.
"},{"location":"stories/portion6-and-24/#thomas-fanny-and-jessie-mcwatters-6122021","title":"Thomas, Fanny and Jessie McWatters (6\u201112\u201120/21)","text":"Thomas was born in Belfast and arrived in Queensland with his parents, Hugh McWatters and his wife Jane (n\u00e9e Hillis), and brother James, in the sailing ship Montmorency, in 1863 when he was six months old. He grew up in Maryborough and the small village of Dundathu. He married Fanny Graham in 1896 and moved to Brisbane where they settled in Toowong, firstly in Sherwood Road and then in Woodstock St.
Thomas took a deep interest in the work and welfare of the Toowong Presbyterian Church. Fanny died in 1913. In 1916 Thomas married his second wife, Jessie Banks. Thomas died as a result of an accident on 17 December 1937.
"},{"location":"stories/portion6-and-24/#william-john-dunstan-61215","title":"William John Dunstan (6\u201112\u201115)","text":"William John Dunstan was born on 13 October 1873 at Eldorado, near Beechworth, Victoria, son of Ralph Henry Dunstan, a Cornish farmer, and his Irish wife Bridget (n\u00e9e Morrissey). He was a shearer, trade union official, and Labor member of the Queensland Legislative Council from 1920 to 1922, when the Council was abolished. A serious street accident in 1926 permanently affected his health, and he died on 13 September 1930.
"},{"location":"stories/portion6-and-24/#rev-theodore-osborne-62717","title":"Rev Theodore Osborne (6\u201127\u201117)","text":"Theodore Osborne was born in the State of New Jersey USA in 1837. He studied law before leaving the US during the American Civil War and arrived in Sydney penniless and friendless after the ship on which he was a passenger was wrecked off Raratonga in 1864.
He became a school teacher until he was persuaded to join the church by the Rev Dr J D Lang. After qualifying he was appointed to various Presbyterian parishes in NSW. He retired to Lismore and passed away while undergoing medical treatment in Brisbane on 18 November 1940.
"},{"location":"stories/portion6-and-24/#acknowledgements","title":"Acknowledgements","text":"Compiled and presented by Lyn Maddock
"},{"location":"stories/portion6-and-24/#sources","title":"Sources","text":"Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/printers-2/#richard-oldfield-white-10571","title":"Richard Oldfield White (10\u201157\u20111)","text":"Richard joined the Brisbane Newspaper Company as a cadet journalist in July 1915. On turning seventeen, he enlisted in WWI on 2 August 1916. During training after arriving in England on HMAT Marathon, he was hospitalised with mumps. After recovering, he was assigned to the 7/52nd Battalion and transferred to France where he saw service until March 1918 when he was sent back to England for treatment for trench foot. While there he was diagnosed with nephritis and invalided home to Australia. After his discharge from the Australian Imperial Force, he resumed his duties on the reporting staff of the Brisbane Courier until ill health forced him to enter Rosemount Repatriation Hospital where he died at the age of 27 on 22 October 1926.
R.O. White, one of the soldiers photographed in The Queenslander Pictorial, supplement to The Queenslander, 1916 - State Library of Queensland Marathon (ship). Built in 1904 and weighing 7, 827 tons, the 'Marathon' belonged to the Aberdeen Line - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/printers-2/#william-henry-warman-2a252728","title":"William Henry Warman (2A\u201125\u201127/28)","text":"William was a compositor who worked on various newspapers and at the Queensland Government Printing Office. The name 'the father of Australian compositors' was bestowed on him by the Queensland Government Printer in 1909 on his 80th birthday when he was still an employee of that Office. He had left the printing trade in 1864 to take up the licence for a hotel in Petrie Terrace which he named the Caxton, after the first English printer, William Caxton. He also gave the name to the street where it was located. He returned to his old trade in 1893 and died at his home in Petrie Terrace on 31 October 1912.
Employees on the steps of the Government Printing Office in William Street, Brisbane, ca. 1895 - State Library of Queensland Staff gathered outside the Government Printing Office in Brisbane, ca. 1900 - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/printers-2/#sylvester-doig-1229","title":"Sylvester Doig (1\u201122\u20119)","text":"One of the early newspaper editors in Moreton Bay, Scottish-born Sylvester came to the colony soon after it was opened to free settlers in 1842. In 1853-54 he edited the Moreton Bay Free Press and took an active part in community life in the early years of the colony. He also wrote a column for the Sydney Morning Herald in which he dismissed the call for separation from NSW as 'ridiculously premature'. He died on 25 September 1884 while living in Leichhardt Street, Spring Hill. Unfortunately he destroyed most of his personal papers a couple of years before his death.
The Moreton Bay Courier (Brisbane, Qld. : 1846 - 1861) 1 January 1853 - National Library of Australia
"},{"location":"stories/printers-2/#charles-mills-1214","title":"Charles Mills (1\u201121\u20114)","text":"Charles was the printer of the very first issue of The Telegraph newspaper in Brisbane on 1 October 1872 and continued in that role for 22 years. He was born on 18 August 1834 in Longford, Ireland, the son of John Mills and Dorothea n\u00e9e Huggins. He arrived in Sydney as a teenager and, after serving his apprenticeship, he was employed on Sir Henry Parkes' Empire newspaper before moving to Brisbane in 1863 to take up a position as sub-overseer on the Queensland Daily Guardian until 1868. After a short period of employment at the Government Printing Office, Charles started a job printing office in 1870. He died on 23 August 1894.
River views across to the Brisbane Museum and Government Printing Office, 1887 - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/printers-2/#william-augustine-ocarroll-7549","title":"William Augustine O'Carroll (7\u201154\u20119)","text":"William was born ca. 1831 in Cork, Ireland, the son of William O'Carroll, a sea captain. He brought his family to Brisbane in 1862 on the ship Chatsworth and was offered a job at the Queensland Daily Guardian after writing a series of letters to the editor of that newspaper. He rose to the position of editor of the Guardian before it was absorbed into the Courier in 1868. During his career he edited other newspapers including the Brisbane Courier and the Observer until his death on 16 May 1885 from complications from a cold.
Brisbane Courier staff standing in front of the Brisbane Courier office building in Brisbane, ca. 1880 . The Brisbane Courier office was located on the eastern corner of Charlotte and George street, Brisbane - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/printers-2/#james-charles-beal-74118","title":"James Charles Beal (7\u201141\u201118)","text":"James Beal was born in 1833 in Sydney where he served his apprenticeship at the Sydney Morning Herald. He came to Brisbane in 1862 to take up the position of Superintendent at the Government Printing Office where he was promoted to the position of Government Printer in 1867 and held that position until his retirement at the end of 1893. Outdoor exercise was recommended for printers for health reasons and James was involved in various sporting circles. He died on 24 August 1904 following a bout of influenza.
Queensland's first Government Printing Office, Brisbane, ca. 1869 - State Library of Queensland Government Printing Office, Brisbane, ca. 1883 - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/printers-2/#richard-belford-15116","title":"Richard Belford (15\u201111\u20116)","text":"For many years Richard was connected with the colonial press in NSW, Victoria and Queensland. He was a native of Newtown, Limavady, in the county of Londonderry, Northern Ireland and came to NSW in 1838 with his parents, Richard (Snr) and Ann (n\u00e9e Linton).
He was a partner in starting the Ballarat Star but after the partnership collapsed, moved to Brisbane and then to Ipswich where he took charge of the North Australian newspaper. Richard followed when that newspaper moved to Brisbane and died at the age of 42 from consumption on 28 April 1865. He was originally interred in the Roman Catholic burial ground at Milton but his remains and headstone were relocated to Toowong Cemetery in 1913.
View of the Brisbane suburb of Milton, ca. 1870 Photograph taken in the vicinity of Caxton Street, Petrie Terrace, looking due west across the intersection of Judge and Hale Streets and across the Milton Cemetery \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
"},{"location":"stories/printers-2/#septimus-price-9333","title":"Septimus Price (9\u201133\u20113)","text":"Septimus was born in Lambeth Surry ca. 1837. His occupation before immigrating to Queensland was clerk to a law stationer. In April 1862 he arrived in Moreton Bay on the Clifton and became a publishing assistant with the Queensland Daily Guardian. A short time after his arrival he married Louisa Kemp on 25 October 1862. After the closure of the Guardian, he joined the staff of the Government Printing Office as a publisher. Septimus died on 28 December 1902.
"},{"location":"stories/printers-2/#thomas-dowse-135822","title":"Thomas Dowse (13\u201158\u201122)","text":"In September 1824 15-year-old Thomas was tried for theft at the Old Bailey and sentenced to death, later commuted to transportation for life. Initially incarcerated on the prison hulks Bellerophon and Euryalus, he embarked on the convict ship Florentia bringing him to Port Jackson arriving in January 1828. He served eight years before receiving a ticket of leave in 1836 and a conditional pardon in 1839.
He came to Moreton Bay in 1842 when it was opened to free settlers and was the anonymous Brisbane correspondent to the Sydney Morning Herald. He was a prolific writer with columns in the Moreton Bay Courier, Brisbane Courier and The Queenslander written under the pseudonym 'Old Tom'.
Thomas Dowse Brisbane Town Clerk 1862-1868 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/printers-2/#thomas-woodward-hill-134222","title":"Thomas Woodward Hill (13\u201142\u201122)","text":"Thomas Woodward Hill, born in Bedford, England on 31 December 1816 to Joseph Hill (printer) & Susanna (n\u00e9e Woodward), was already a compositor when he embarked for Australia aboard the Mary in 1839. He worked on newspapers in Sydney, Melbourne and Nelson, New Zealand, before arriving in Queensland on 23 December 1859. Thomas became father to three children when he married widow Agnes Caroline Rains in the Wharf Street Baptist Church, Brisbane on 29 November 1861.
In 1867 Thomas became the official printer and publisher of The Brisbane Courier and The Queenslander. In 1884 Thomas was charged with libelling members of the Legislative Assembly. He won this landmark court case for freedom of the press. Ill health caused Thomas\u2019 retirement on his 74th birthday. He died in his Petrie Terrace home on 31 January 1892.
Thomas Woodward Hill and Agnes Caroline Rains' headstone - \u00a9 Cameron Davidson. Used with permission. Thomas and Agnes Hill - Used with the permission of Tom Kirkby and Robina Laughlin Rains. Tom is a great grandson of Agnes Caroline Rains.
"},{"location":"stories/printers-2/#acknowledgements","title":"Acknowledgements","text":"\u2026our liberty depends on freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.
Thomas Jefferson 1787
Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/printers/#samuel-gill-mee-41230","title":"Samuel Gill Mee (4\u201112\u201130)","text":"Samuel was born in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire in 1819 where he learned his trade as a compositor. He arrived in Sydney in September 1852. He was seized with gold fever but soon found he was unsuited for life as a gold digger. He returned to the newspaper trade in Bathurst and Sydney, followed by a stint as a shepherd on a station property.
Samuel then came to Brisbane where he obtained employment as a compositor with the Brisbane Newspaper Company in 1860 and remained for nearly fifty years until his death on 9 November 1909 aged 90 years. As well as being a compositor, many essays, poems and sketches from his pen were published in the Courier and Queenslander, including one published in the Brisbane Courier following the death of Governor Blackall.
"},{"location":"stories/printers/#thomas-wontner-132621","title":"Thomas Wontner (13\u201126\u201121)","text":"Another notable compositor of the early days was Thomas Wontner. Thomas did his apprenticeship in a London office where high class reviews were printed. He arrived in Brisbane in the early 1860's and was first employed on the Guardian and Weekly Herald newspapers, being foreman in charge of the latter. When those journals closed down he went to work at the Courier as a compositor. Thomas was later appointed head reader, a position he held until his death on 11 August 1894 at the age of 68 years.
"},{"location":"stories/printers/#carl-adolf-feilberg-137115","title":"Carl Adolf Feilberg (13\u201171\u201115)","text":"Carl was born in Copenhagen, Denmark on 21 August 1844. Following the early death of his parents, he was placed in foster care with Danish relatives who were living in Scotland. He received his formal education in Scotland and England finalising with a year at a college in France. Suffering from tuberculosis, he was advised to migrate to Australia, arriving in Sydney in 1867.
His experiences gained while working on Queensland properties would influence his future work as a journalist, political commentator and author. Carl was arguably the most persistent human rights advocate and pioneer of compassion in the history of colonial Queensland. He found employment at the Brisbane Courier as a political commentator and editor of The Queenslander. A change of proprietorship in 1880 found his views at odds with the new owners. He left to work in Melbourne, where the tuberculosis which had remained dormant returned. He returned to Brisbane as editor-in-chief of the Brisbane Newspaper Company, until his death at only 43 years of age on 25 October 1887.
Carl Adolf Feilberg, ca. 1872 - State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/printers/#walter-john-morley-12131314","title":"Walter John Morley (12\u201113\u201113/14)","text":"Walter was born at Foulmire, England in 1852, moving to Queensland in 1858 with his parents. On leaving school he joined the literary staff of the Brisbane Courier and remained with the company for 35 years including 15 years as editor of the Evening Observer. In 1900 he was appointed editor of the Queensland Government Mining Journal.
Walter was a foundation member and life member of both the Queensland Lawn Tennis Association and Royal Queensland Yacht Club. He also assisted in the formation of the Graceville Bowling Club and remained a member of that club until he died on 24 December 1937 aged 85 years at which time he was believed to be the oldest contributing journalist in the Commonwealth.
"},{"location":"stories/printers/#david-frederick-tudor-jones-121626","title":"David Frederick Tudor Jones (12\u201116\u201126)","text":"David Jones was born in South Wales on 13 August 1830 and was educated at a private school in Clapham, near London. He was an expert shorthand writer who reported debates in the Press gallery of the House of Commons. David came to Australia in his twenties, spent several years on the Victorian gold diggings then commenced his career in journalism at the Melbourne Argus. In 1863 he joined the staff of the Courier, becoming editor. He left in 1867 to enter the Queensland Public Service. He became Principal Hansard Reporter in 1881, a position he held until his death on 6 October 1892.
"},{"location":"stories/printers/#rev-george-woolnough-111616","title":"Rev. George Woolnough (11\u201116\u201116)","text":"George was born in Erriswell, Suffolk, England on 17 August 1834. He arrived in Tasmania in 1855. He took his BA and MA at Sydney University. In 1861 he married Maria, the eldest daughter of Thomas Cowlishaw and Maria Evans in Sydney. He became an ordained minister of the Methodist Church. In 1883 he retired from the ministry and joined with Henry Parkes (later Sir Henry), James Greenwood and others in advocating the establishment of free and secular education in State schools in New South Wales.
George joined the staff of the Sydney Morning Herald as leader writer, a few years later moving to Brisbane and joining the staff of the Brisbane Telegraph. In 1900 the Telegraph newspaper, under his editorship, opposed Federation and fought almost singlehandedly for the rights of the individual States. George remained as editor of the Telegraph newspaper for 32 years. By then he was 83 years of age. Although retired, he still wrote articles which appeared in Brisbane newspapers until his death on 19 June 1929 aged 94 following a short illness.
Reverend George Woolnough, 1875 - State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/printers/#james-and-george-cowlishaw-111477a","title":"James and George Cowlishaw (11\u201114\u20117/7A)","text":"James was an architect, newspaper proprietor, director and politician. He was born on 19 December 1834 in Sydney when Sydney was just a village. His brother George was born on 21 April 1841. They were the sons of Thomas Cowlishaw, architect and Maria Evans. James arrived in Brisbane in 1861 and commenced his profession here as an architect. James designed some of the finest buildings of the period including Brisbane Grammar School. He was a director of the Brisbane Courier until 1873 and became managing director of the Brisbane Telegraph in 1878 and chairman of the Telegraph Newspaper Co from December 1879 to May 1885.
George was also an architect. The old Telegraph building in Queen Street was drawn to his design. Although not on the original board of directors, George played a leading part with his brother James in the early and later control of the Telegraph Newspaper Co. George was managing director for twenty years from 1893 until his death on 6 January 1913 when James once again took over the chairmanship of the Telegraph Newspaper Co until November 1917. James died on 25 July 1929 in his 95th year.
"},{"location":"stories/printers/#john-james-knight-83332","title":"John James Knight (8\u201133\u201132)","text":"John was born on 7 June 1863 at Shelton, Staffordshire, England. He was taken to New Zealand as a young boy. He left school at age 11 to learn printing. He returned to England where, with two others, he started the Staffordshire Knot, a paper sympathetic to the interests of trades unionism. John migrated to Queensland in 1884 and found work with the Brisbane Newspaper Co Ltd as a printer. He soon became a reporter on the Brisbane Courier and became Chief Parliamentary Reporter in the 1890's. John played a considerable part in the policy of the Labour Party in Queensland.
During the industrial turmoil of the 1890s he preferred to investigate local history. His works included In the Early Days (1895), Australian Pioneers and Reminiscences (1896) completed after the death of Nehemiah Bartley from Bartley's notes and diaries, and Brisbane: a Historical Sketch of the Capital of Queensland (1897). In 1906 John became editor of the Courier and in 1916 became managing director of the Brisbane Newspaper Co Ltd and subsequently combined that office with the position of chairman of directors. He died on 24 November 1927.
J. J. Knight - State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/printers/#james-george-drake-181363","title":"James George Drake (18\u2011136\u20113)","text":"James was born on 26 April 1850 in London. He arrived in Brisbane on 14 January 1874. He became a journalist working on regional newspapers as well as the Brisbane Telegraph and the Brisbane Courier and, briefly, the Melbourne Argus. A competent shorthand writer, later president of the Queensland Shorthand Writers' Association, James was on the parliamentary reporting staff from 1876-1882. He studied law in his spare time and was called to the bar in 1882. Long a radical, his objection to Asian immigration into Queensland led him into association with William Lane. He became a shareholder, writer and joint editor of Lane's weekly Boomerang in 1887.
In 1888 James entered politics and at the end of 1899, he was appointed government leader in the Queensland Legislative Council and Postmaster-General and Secretary for Public Instruction. He was an energetic supporter of Federation, writing frequently in newspapers, publishing the pamphlet Federation, Imperial or Democratic and running his own fortnightly paper Progress which espoused the cause.
Upon Federation, he won election to the first Senate, and was chosen to be Postmaster-General in Edmund Barton's first ministry, following the death of Sir James Dickson. In early 1906 Drake ran a newspaper, Commonwealth in Brisbane to counteract State hostility to the Commonwealth. He died in Brisbane Hospital on 1 August 1941.
Hon. James George Drake - State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/printers/#richard-sanderson-taylor-84919","title":"Richard Sanderson Taylor (8\u201149\u201119)","text":"Richard Sanderson Taylor was born in Leeds, England in 1866 and came to Australia as a boy with his parents. He was educated in Sydney where his father was a Baptist Church minister. He began his journalistic career in the early 1880's on the Sydney Daily Telegraph. In 1888 he joined the Brisbane Courier and, with the exception of a short period spent on the Hansard staff, was a member of the Courier staff for the remainder of his life. Richard became principal law reporter and music and drama critic, a post that he held until he became principal leader writer. In June 1919 he became editor of the Courier until he suffered a paralytic stroke in April 1932 and passed away on 6 June of that year.
Editor's office at the Brisbane Courier, ca. 1922. Richard Sanderson Taylor, who was the editor at this time, is seated at his desk. - State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/printers/#robert-dunn-86756","title":"Robert Dunn (8\u201167\u20115/6)","text":"Robert Dunn was born in Melbourne in 1850, served his time in the printing trade in that city and subsequently went to New Zealand for a number of years. He returned to Australia and resumed newspaper work in Melbourne prior to coming to Queensland. He worked for some time on the Gympie Times and, in 1884, became associated with the Brisbane Courier where he remained until the time of his death. He started with the Courier as a compositor but, for the last 20 years of his life he was chief of the proof-reading staff. Robert died on 2 August 1926 at his residence in Upper Clifton Terrace, Red Hill following a sudden seizure.
"},{"location":"stories/printers/#martha-pattie-soutter-1816718","title":"Martha (Pattie) Soutter (18\u2011167\u201118)","text":"Pattie Soutter was born in Hull, England and came to Queensland in 1882. She was a prolific writer of poems and letters to the editors of the Brisbane Courier and later the Courier Mail on a wide range of topics, contributing until 12 months before her death. Pattie was also instrumental in pushing for the establishment of a crematorium in Brisbane, indicating in a letter to the Brisbane Courier when she was 86 years of age that she wanted to be cremated when her time came. When she passed away on 28 September 1936, her wishes were carried out and her ashes placed in the grave of her husband who had predeceased her.
Soutter family pictured in a garden setting, Brisbane, 1910. Pattie Soutter (seated) on the left - State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/printers/#edmund-james-thomas-barton-112416","title":"Edmund James Thomas Barton (11\u201124\u201116)","text":"Edmund Barton was born in Chelsea England in 1854 and came to Queensland with his parents in 1862. In 1868 he entered the service of the Brisbane Newspaper Co Ltd as an apprentice compositor on both the Brisbane Courier and Queenslander but seven years later, shortly after completing his indenture, he transferred to the literary staff where his ability as a shorthand writer brought him speedy recognition. With Mr W J Morley, he was responsible for the Courier's Parliamentary reports.
In April 1903 following the resignation of the editor-in-chief, Edmund was promoted to the Courier's editorial chair. He occupied that position until his resignation in May 1906. He continued his literary work for many years, editing, among other publications, the Queensland Sugar Journal for 26 years. He died on 10 April 1937 at the age of 83 years.
"},{"location":"stories/printers/#acknowledgements","title":"Acknowledgements","text":"Compiled and presented by Lyn Maddock
"},{"location":"stories/printers/#sources","title":"Sources","text":"Stories about Prospectors remembered in Toowong Cemetery
Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/prospectors/#william-francis-faine-13121","title":"William Francis Faine (13\u201112\u20111)","text":"Guernsey born William Francis Faine was a son of George Faine and Elizabeth (n\u00e9e Cripps). At 16 years of age, William arrived in Melbourne and headed to the Ballarat and Bendigo goldfields.
In 1862 he came to Queensland to take up Gleneva Station near Nebo. William was one of the first on the Palmer River Goldfields. He also prospected at the Gilbert River, Gympie and Clermont.
Annie Mabel Gordon married William on 19 March 1874 in Gympie. Of their ten children four died in infancy. William served as a Customs Officer for 15 years to 1894. William died of an aneurism at his residence St George, Kangaroo Point on 28 August 1899.
Horsedrawn whim at a goldfield in Gympie, 1870-1880 - State Library of Queensland
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"},{"location":"stories/prospectors/#sidney-spencer-broomfield-182011","title":"Sidney Spencer Broomfield (18\u201120\u201111)","text":"Born in Hampshire, England in 1847, Sidney headed to east Africa in 1868 aged 21 years. Sidney wrote \"Kachalola or The Mighty Hunter\" from his diaries covering 1868 to 1876. It contains adventures from east Africa 1868-69 and 1872-74, south Asia and the Dutch East Indies 1874-75 and New Guinea 1875-76. The book was released in 1931 when he was 84 years of age.
In February 1931 Sidney set off from Rushworth, Victoria, travelling for two years and seven months before reaching Darwin. Returning south, Sidney was taken to Brisbane's General Hospital suffering double pneumonia. Sidney succumbed two days later on the 24 October 1933 aged 86 years.
"},{"location":"stories/prospectors/#frederick-achilles-18621","title":"Frederick Achilles (18\u201162\u20111)","text":"Frederick Ernest Achilles was a son of Frederick August Achilles and Annie (n\u00e9e Schutter). Fred was employed with Otto Nagel by the Maryborough Prospecting Company to thoroughly search the Burnett district for minerals.
Mary Jane Holmes married Fred in Queensland on 6 March 1888. On 13 June 1900, recently resettled from Bathurst, Fred died of phosphorous poisoning in his residence on Hyde Terrace, South Brisbane.
"},{"location":"stories/prospectors/#thomas-james-mattingley-1817345","title":"Thomas James Mattingley (18\u2011173\u201145)","text":"Thomas James Mattingley was a son of Thomas James Mattingley and Ruth (n\u00e9e Dale). Alice Bertha Waters married Thomas in Queensland in 1901. A Brookfield resident, Thomas prospected in the area and discovered an auriferous reef, starting the Eclipse and Surprise Mines. After 20 years prospecting experience in Queensland, Thomas died in a private hospital on Thursday 22 May 1924, aged 50 years, leaving a widow and family of two.
"},{"location":"stories/prospectors/#john-wilson-weir-83430","title":"John Wilson Weir (8\u201134\u201130)","text":"Born in Glasgow, Scotland, John Wilson Weir was a son of John Weir and Jane (n\u00e9e Kerr). The family immigrated to Townsville, arriving on 19 July 1882. In Townsville in March 1917, John enlisted in the 15 Australian Imperial Force. Driver Weir was discharged in June 1918 as overage. Frances Georgina Bain (n\u00e9e Backwell) married John in Queensland in October 1918. Frances died in 1927. John was residing in Beatty Road, Salisbury when he died on 16 December 1947 aged 77 years.
"},{"location":"stories/prospectors/#john-edward-maidens-187913","title":"John Edward Maidens (18\u201179\u201113)","text":"John Edward Maidens was born in NSW on 3 February 1874 to Elijah Maidens and Sophia (n\u00e9e Medhurst). As a young man Jack was one of three who discovered the Kanowna Goldfield, Western Australia, in 1893. In 1898 Mabel Mary Lipton married John in St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne.
Around 1910 they moved to Roma, where John became licensee of the Royal Hotel and served a term on the Roma Town Council. The Royal Hotel burnt down on Monday 10 May 1915 while Jack and Mabel were out of town. They moved to Brisbane before settling in Toowoomba in early 1916. Jack helped form Rockhampton's Jardine Racing Club in late 1918 and Toowoomba's Carrington Racing Club in 1919.
Jack died at his residence in Temple Street, Coorparoo on Sunday 7 December 1924 aged 50 years 10 months. Mabel and their adult daughter survived John.
"},{"location":"stories/prospectors/#william-henley-rawlings-11511","title":"William Henley Rawlings (11\u201151\u20111)","text":"William Henry Rawlings was born in Bristol, England on 28 February 1848 to William Rawlings and Margaret Eliza (n\u00e9e Edwards). Billy headed to sea, earning a master mariner's certificate before immigrating to Sydney in 1869. Billy's seafaring then turned to New Zealand's west coast until 1874 when he went mining in Parkes and Urana, New South Wales.
In 1883 Billy headed to the north Queensland gold rush in the Hodgkinson then Herberton regions. Billy represented Woothakata in the Queensland Parliament from May 1893 until April 1896. Billy spent less than one month in the Legislative Council before he died on Sunday 5 August 1906 at the Alexandra Private Hospital.
"},{"location":"stories/prospectors/#william-henry-browne-11513","title":"William Henry Browne (11\u201151\u20113)","text":"William was born on 13 September 1846 in Pimlico, London to William Henry Browne and Eliza (n\u00e9e Barton). William was a Royal Navy seaman in 1857 before joining the merchant marines. William moved to Araluen, New South Wales in 1866, where he worked as a gold miner.
He was the president and secretary Amalgamated Miners Association of Croydon and chairman of the Croydon Hospital Committee. His political career started in 1893 as the MLA for Croydon, the seat he held until his death on 12 April 1904. William was the leader of the Opposition and chairman of the Parliamentary Labor Party from 1900 to 1903 and then became Minister for Mines. William did not marry.
Honourable William Henry Browne - State Library of Queensland
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Hugh was a member of Queensland's Legislative Council from 27 June 1891 until his resignation on 17 January 1905. Hugh, a brother-in-law to Sir Thomas Mcllwraith and Sir Arthur Palmer, died at his residence Eastern Gray, Toowong on 15 November 1909.
Hugh Mosman - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/prospectors/#william-chalmers-brown-9317","title":"William Chalmers Brown (9\u201131\u20117)","text":"William was born in Croydon, England 1841 to Alexander Brown and Margaret (n\u00e9e Chalmers). In 1879 William arrived in Normanton aboard the ketch Dawn. In 1882 William ran the pastoral station Croydon with his brother, Alexander. In 1885 William officially notified authorities of gold and a rush commenced.
Mary Elizabeth O'Grady married William in 1885. Mary died in March 1900 shortly after the birth of their sixth child. A throat affliction brought William to Brisbane, where he died in the Brisbane General Hospital on 15 April 1909 aged 66 years.
"},{"location":"stories/prospectors/#sources","title":"Sources","text":"A Journey from Sevastopol to Brunswick Street
Guided tour handoutThese notes are from handout given to people who attended this guided tour. Our volunteer presenter told a more complete story at each grave visited and explained the relationship to the theme.
Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/railway/#francis-ernest-delaney-108317","title":"Francis Ernest Delaney (10\u201183\u201117)","text":"18\u2011year\u2011old Frank Delaney was born in Texas Queensland. He was a victim of one of Queensland's worst rail disasters. He died on 5 May 1947 and was buried with his father Lance Corporal Francis Patrick Delaney who had died in 1942 from service injuries. His mother, Beatrice was also laid to rest in this grave in 1985.
Crowd gathered at the Camp Mountain railway disaster, 1947 - State Library of Queensland Rescue workers remove a body from a railway carriage at Camp Mountain, 1947. A crowd of people observe as a body is carried on a stretcher from the wreckage by rescue workers. The picnic train organised by the Customs and Excise department's social club, left Brisbane with nearly 500 women and children at 8.55 am. - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/railway/#thomas-hale-182312","title":"Thomas Hale (18\u201123\u201112)","text":"Thomas Hale was born in the village of Castle Bytham in South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England in 1844 and worked in the railways in England before migrating to Queensland in 1882. He joined the Railways Department in Queensland becoming a member of the Railway Employees Association. He rose to the position of general secretary of that organisation. During his railway career he worked as a porter, shunter, guard and signalman. Thomas died on 13 April 1910 and a memorial on behalf of the Queensland Railway Employees Association was erected over his grave. Sadly this memorial was demolished in 1979.
"},{"location":"stories/railway/#henry-james-beatty-ce-121222","title":"Henry James Beatty CE (12\u201112\u201122)","text":"Civil engineer Henry Beatty was born on 20 May 1855 in Kensington London. His father, James Beatty was chief engineer for construction of the Grand Crimean Central Railway during the Crimean War. Henry married Elizabeth Ann White in Queensland on 7 July 1887. He was engaged as engineer for the construction of many railway lines in Queensland. He died on 16 June 1901 from typhoid fever.
"},{"location":"stories/railway/#william-weir-12389","title":"William Weir (12\u201138\u20119)","text":"William Weir was born in County Armagh ca. 1858, to parents Francis Weir and Margaret Glass. He was the popular stationmaster at Brunswick Street Station, Fortitude Valley at the time of his death on 13 September 1899. He was laid to rest with his late wife, Sarah Jane (n\u00e9e McLaughlin).
"},{"location":"stories/railway/#lieutenantcolonel-james-forsyth-thallon-117114","title":"Lieutenant\u2011Colonel James Forsyth Thallon (11\u201171\u201114)","text":"The son of a Scottish engineer, Robert Thallon and his wife, Jean n\u00e9e Forsayth, James Forsyth Thallon was the Queensland Commissioner for Railways from 1902 to 1911. He was born in Markinch, in Fifeshire, Scotland in 1847 and entered the railways in Edinburgh as a 15-year-old apprentice. He came to Queensland in 1882 to take up a management position in the Southern and Western Railways. After his death in 1911, subscriptions were collected from railways employees for the erection of a memorial over his grave. The Thallon Memorial Medal was awarded annually to the children of railway employees who received the highest marks in the Junior Examination.
James F, Thallon, Queensland Railways Commissioner, at the interstate railway commissioners and general managers' conference Melbourne in May 1909 - State Library of Queensland State funeral for James Forsyth Thallon, Queensland Commissioner for Railways, Brisbane, Queensland, 27 March 1911, 1915 - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/railway/#george-orr-126012","title":"George Orr (12\u201160\u20111/2)","text":"George Orr and his wife, Isabella (n\u00e9e Nicholson) arrived in Queensland on the Dacca in August 1889 from Linlithgow Scotland. George previously worked for the railways in the United Kingdom and was a First Class Guard in the Railways Department in Queensland at the time of his death on 24 February 1910, aged 68. Isabella was also laid to rest in this grave after her death in 1920.
"},{"location":"stories/railway/#senator-john-adamson-181111","title":"Senator John Adamson (18\u2011111\u20111)","text":"John Adamson, Primitive Methodist minister and later politician, was born on 18 February 1857 at Tudhoe, County Durham, England, the son of Robert Adamson, a shoemaker, and his wife, Dorothy, n\u00e9e English. He came to Queensland with his young wife, Caroline (n\u00e9e Jones) in 1884. In 1915 he became Secretary for Railways in the Ryan Government. He was elected to the Senate in 1919. He died at Hendra railway station on 2 May 1922.
John Adamson, 1915 - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/railway/#michael-joseph-devitt-15296","title":"Michael Joseph Devitt (15\u201129\u20116)","text":"Michael Joseph Devitt was born in 1892 in Warwick Queensland to Irish-born parents, Michael Joseph Devitt, a tailor and Catherine n\u00e9e Stokes. He managed railway refreshment rooms at a number of Queensland localities including Babinda, Ipswich, Helidon, Roma Street, Brisbane Exhibition, Bethania and Bundaberg where he and his staff were commended for their excellent service. He was president of the Bundaberg branch of the Australian Railways Union and served on the State council of the Union. He died on 23 May 1932 at the age of 39.
"},{"location":"stories/railway/#barnard-charles-evans-cmg-20201314","title":"Barnard Charles Evans CMG (20\u201120\u201113/14)","text":"Hon Colonel Charles Evans CMG was born in Taunton, Somerset on 15 April 1845, the son of John Evans, a railway porter and his wife, Mary Ann n\u00e9e Acland. Charles Evans rose from humble railway porter to Commissioner for Railways in Queensland from 1911 to 1918. In 1867 he married Mary Ann Thompson who is also buried in this grave as well as two of their children. He died in Brisbane on 31 December 1920.
Colonel Charles Evans - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/railway/#joseph-atkinson-holdsworth-113633","title":"Joseph Atkinson Holdsworth (1\u2011136\u201133)","text":"Born in 1845 in Ripley in the West Riding of Yorkshire where his father William was a surgeon, Joseph Atkinson Holdsworth served with the Railways Department in Queensland for 50 years starting as stationmaster in Ipswich in 1867. At the time of his death at the age of 71 on 2 June 1916 he was a railway examiner and prosecutor.
"},{"location":"stories/railway/#acknowledgements","title":"Acknowledgements","text":"Compiled and presented by Lyn Maddock with research assistance by Darcy Maddock
"},{"location":"stories/railway/#sources","title":"Sources","text":"Stories about the rich and the poor in Toowong Cemetery
Guided tour handoutThese notes are from handout given to people who attended this guided tour. Our volunteer presenter told a more complete story at each grave visited and explained the relationship to the theme.
Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/rich-man-poor-man/#charles-chesworth-burgess-107615","title":"Charles Chesworth Burgess (10\u201176\u201115)","text":"Charles was the son of Thomas Chesworth Burgess and Jane (n\u00e9e Gilbert). He was born on 9 May 1883 at the family property, Foxley at Christmas Creek near the Qld/NSW border. Charles enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in June 1915, serving in Gallipoli, Egypt and France where he received a severe gunshot wound to his head in November 1916. After treatment in England, he returned to Australia in May 1917 and discharged three months later.
Suffering from what was then termed 'shell shock', he was denied assistance in resettling and treatment. He retired to Glen Lamington in the Lamington National Park where he became known as the 'Hermit of Lamington'. Charles was an expert bushman and was brought into the limelight in February 1937 when he was involved in the rescue of the survivors of the Stinson plane disaster in the Macpherson Ranges. Just over two years later, on 11 April 1939, Charles died in the Brisbane General Hospital less than a month before his 56th birthday.
"},{"location":"stories/rich-man-poor-man/#dr-john-henry-griffin-2a235","title":"Dr John Henry Griffin (2A\u201123\u20115)","text":"Irish-born, Dr Griffin was the son of John Griffin, a leading Dublin broker, and Florence (n\u00e9e McCooke). After qualifying in multiple fields of medicine in Brussels, London and Ireland, he arrived in Brisbane ca. 1889 and soon became well known for his professional skill and his general popularity.
Soon after his arrival, he joined the Brisbane Hunt Club which had been started in 1888 by Adolph Feez. On 1 July 1893 he was killed during a hunt when his horse struck the top rail of a fence, throwing the 30-year-old doctor over the fence and landing heavily on his head. Death was instantaneous.
"},{"location":"stories/rich-man-poor-man/#molyneux-henry-dickinson-nepean-11585","title":"Molyneux Henry Dickinson Nepean (1\u2011158\u20115)","text":"Molyneux Nepean was born on 19 April 1846, a twin and fifth son of Rev Canon Evan Nepean, later Canon of Westminster and Private Chaplain to Queen Victoria. His mother, Ann Jenner-Fust was the daughter of Sir Herbert Jenner Fust, Dean of the Arches. His grandfather, Sir Evan Nepean, 1st Baronet, as Under-Secretary of State in the Home Office in Britain was involved in the arrangements for the dispatch of the First Fleet and administration of the newly established penal colony in NSW.
After four years of military service, Lt Molyneux Nepean retired and joined the British Civil Service as a clerk before leaving London for Sydney with his new bride in 1872. He held various positions in the NSW Colonial Government, first as a clerk and later as an Assistant Land Agent for the sale of Crown Lands.
He had a troubled life and died in Brisbane Hospital at the age of 43 on 30 September 1889, following a fall at a chemist shop in South Brisbane.
"},{"location":"stories/rich-man-poor-man/#reginald-heber-roe-20255a","title":"Reginald Heber Roe (20\u201125\u20115A)","text":"Reginald was the first vice-chancellor of the University of Queensland, holding this position from 1910-1916. He was born on 3 August 1850 in Blandford Forum, Dorset, the youngest of 10 children to John Banister Roe Esq, a linen draper and button manufacturer turned wine merchant and Mary Ann n\u00e9e Allies, a school mistress at a school for young ladies. The family may hay fallen on hard times as Reginald was educated at Chris's Hospital, London, at that time a school for orphans and children of indigent gentleman. His father may have died in 1869 while Reginald was head boy at the school.
After graduating from Oxford, Reginald was appointed headmaster of Brisbane Grammar School in 1876, the youngest headmaster in Australia at that time. He established cadet training and encouraged sport for his students. In July 1909 he was appointed Inspector-General of Schools for Queensland and Inspector of Grammar Schools in 1917. He died in St Martin's Hospital, Brisbane on 21 September 1926.
"},{"location":"stories/rich-man-poor-man/#dr-john-shirley-20256","title":"Dr John Shirley (20\u201125\u20116)","text":"Also from Dorset was Dr John Shirley who was born in Dorchester on 11 August 1849 to Sergeant John Shirley of the Grenadier Guards and Una (n\u00e9e Turner). John Shirley graduated with a Bachelor of Science from London University then trained as a teacher.
He arrived in Brisbane in 1878 and was immediately appointed headmaster of the school at Roma. The following year he was promoted to the position of Schools Inspector. He covered thousands of miles on horseback, visiting schools all over Queensland. This life gave him the opportunity to further study natural sciences, which had formed his final University course and he published many scientific papers. He was awarded the degree of D.Sc. at the age of 63.
In 1914 Dr Shirley became the first principal of the newly established Teachers' Training College in Brisbane, a position he held until retirement in 1919. He died at his residence in Bowen Hills on 5 April 1922 following a seizure.
"},{"location":"stories/rich-man-poor-man/#albert-charles-cox-202312","title":"Albert Charles Cox (20\u201123\u20111/2)","text":"Albert \"Bert\" Cox born 8 December 1892, joined the Australian Imperial Force in May 1916, holding the rank of 2nd Lieutenant at the end of World War One. Prior to the war he was an electrical engineer. In August 1918 he received a gunshot wound to his left cheek and was sent to hospital in England for treatment. By the time he left hospital, the war was over. His wound required further treatment and he did not leave England until October 1919 and was not discharged from the Australian Imperial Force until March 1921.
He then joined the City Electric Light Co as an electrical engineer. On 29 January 1925 he was erecting new wires at the Company's substation in Ipswich Road when he touched a live wire. Death was instantaneous.
"},{"location":"stories/rich-man-poor-man/#samuel-james-reilly-204618","title":"Samuel James Reilly (20\u201146\u201118)","text":"Samuel Crouch, born in Middlesex, was the son of Stephen Crouch and Mary Ann (n\u00e9e Reeves). At the age of 19, he became an Able Seaman. He assumed the surname 'Riley' and later 'Reilly' when he went to sea. He first arrived in Sydney in 1864 as a crewman on a ship before settling in Queensland in 1869. In December 1875, he was appointed to the Queensland Lighthouse Service as coxswain of the pilot boat and Receiving Officer at Inskip Point. Samuel died on 21 October 1919 aged 80 while stationed at Comboyuro Point Lighthouse.
Lighthouse at Comboyuro Point, Moreton Island, 1906. The two gentlemen standing in front of the lighthouse are Samuel James Reilly and his son James Compton Reilly. (Description supplied with photograph) - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/rich-man-poor-man/#albert-ensor-204856","title":"Albert Ensor (20\u201148\u20115/6)","text":"Albert, his wife Clara and family arrived in Brisbane in June 1912. Albert, whose trade was house painter, was born in Birmingham on 5 December 1872 to John Robert Ensor and Emma Jane (n\u00e9e Robbins). In May 1917, at the age of 44years and 5 months, he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force and trained as a machine gunner before eventually being deployed to France in August 1918. He stayed on in France after the Armistice to assist with the repatriation of soldiers.
On his return to Brisbane, he resumed his previous occupation of house painter. Family lore has it that he was involved in doing interior plaster work and painting in the Regent Theatre in Queen Street which opened in 1919. Albert died on 5 May 1950 at the age of 77.
"},{"location":"stories/rich-man-poor-man/#robert-bob-toupein-59624","title":"Robert (Bob) Toupein (5\u201196\u201124)","text":"'Bob' Toupein was born in 1886 in Gunnedah NSW where his father, Jean Toupein and later Bob himself were railway fettlers. He moved to Darwin in 1913 and opened a barber shop/billiards saloon. This was during a period of industrial and political unrest in the NT. One of the issues was lack of political representation in Federal Parliament for its residents. In 1917 Bob was elected to the Darwin Town Council and became Mayor of Darwin in 1919 but resigned in 1921. He was elected secretary of the North Australian Industrial Union and held that position until 1937 when he married and settled at Woody Point in Queensland. He died on 12 July 1949 at the age of 62, five years after suffering serious injuries in a workplace accident.
"},{"location":"stories/rich-man-poor-man/#acknowledgements","title":"Acknowledgements","text":"Compiled and presented by Lyn Maddock
"},{"location":"stories/rich-man-poor-man/#sources","title":"Sources","text":"Stories about Scots in the Australian Imperial Force remembered in Toowong Cemetery
Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/scots-in-the-aif-ww1/#alexander-william-macdonald-108018","title":"Alexander William MacDonald (10\u201180\u201118)","text":"Service number: 4484. Australian Imperial Force
He was born in Turriff in Aberdeenshire ca. 1876 to Alexander MacDonald and ____ Duncan. He served 3\u00bd years in the 92nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders in the 1st Boer War. He served a further 2\u00bd years in the Kings regiment in the 2nd Boer War. His service papers show he was a labourer on joining up on 26 January 1916 in Townsville. His address was the Mourilyan Harbour Line Innisfail so probably was working on the railways. He was 40\u00bd years old when he joined up in the 11th reinforcements for the 26th Battalion. Next of Kin was Annie Ray MacDonald his wife. He is described as being 5' 4\u00bd inches 9 st 13 lbs, 39 inches in the chest, dark complexion. Hazel eyes and brown hair and a Presbyterian. He embarked 30 March 1916 on HMAT The Star of Victoria and returned to Australia 19 October 1917 on HMAT Port Lyttelton. Alexander died on 13 July 1941.
Star of Victoria (ship) - State Library of Queensland. Port Lyttelton (ship) - State Library of Queensland.
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He was born in Edinburgh October 1893 to Walter Henry Tarte and Helen Mary Crewe. His grandparents were Reuben Tarte and Katherine Blakeway. His service papers show he was a farmer and joined up 28 September 1915 and was in the 17th reinforcements for the 9th Battalion. Next of Kin was his mother Helen Tarte and he lived with her at River Road New Farm. He was 22 years and 11 months and 5' 7\u00bc\", 9st 7lbs and a chest of 35\". He had fair complexion grey eyes and dark hair and was a RC. He embarked on 20 January 1916 in HMAT Hawkes Bay. He returned to Australia 6 September 1919 on the Euripedes. He married Doris Lillie Metzger in 1933. The Ernest mentioned here is Doris' son from a previous marriage. Walter died on 23 April 1940.
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He was born in Aberdeen 9th July 1885 to Alexander Robert Morrison and Margaret Gordon. His service papers show he was a carter and joined up 2 June 1917, intended to be with the 10th reinforcements for the 47th Battalion and the War Office decided the 25th could do with him and finally they gave him to the 9th Battalion. Next of Kin was his wife of 9 years Emily Elizabeth Morrison nee Lake Merivale St. South Brisbane.
He was 31 years and 10 months old and stood 5' and 7\u00bd\". Weight was 125lbs, chest 32\" with medium complexion blue eyes and brown hair and Church of England. No children are recorded up to the end of 1914. He embarked on HMAT Miltiades on 2 August 1917 and returned 25 January 1919 on the Ceramic. SS Ceramic was an 18,400-ton ocean-liner of the White Star Line launched in 1913, and later sold to the Shaw, Savill & Albion Line. In 1942 German submarine U-515 sunk the Ceramic, leaving only one survivor from the 656 on board.
Alexander died on 2 May 1939.
Ceramic (ship) - State Library of Queensland.
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He was born in Renfrewshire possibly 15 July 1878 to Donald and Ann McDougall. His service papers show him as a motorman which research suggests to be a tram driver and joined up on 19th of December 1915. He was earmarked for the 41st Battalion and was 34 years and 3 months old, 5' 8\u00bd\" 133lbs and a chest of 35\u00bd\" dark complexion, blue eyes and brown hair, 2 vaccination scars on left arm and mole on back and requires dental treatment and was a Presbyterian.
He had previously served 2 years in the Queensland Imperial Bushmen Mounted infantry in the Boer War service number 186. He embarked on the Demosthenes on 18 May 1916 and returned on the Balmoral Castle on 1 February 1918, discharged 6 May 1918 medically unfit. Duncan died on 18 May 1939.
"},{"location":"stories/shearers-strike/","title":"The Great Shearers' Strike of 1891","text":"The Great Shearers' Strike occurred in central Queensland where shearers fought against wealthy squatters for better working conditions.
Contingent of soldiers preparing to ride west during the shearer's strike, 1891 - State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/shearers-strike/#william-hamilton-942","title":"William Hamilton (9\u20114\u20112)","text":"William Hamilton was born in Melbourne in 1858, the son of a goldminer, George Hamilton, and his wife Mary Ann, n\u00e9e Richardson. By 1875 he was an itinerant bushworker in New South Wales before coming to Queensland as a shearer in 1882. He became famous as the 'ringer' of many a western shearing shed. After a stint goldmining in North Queensland and WA, he returned to shearing in 1888 in Queensland.
He led the shearers' camp at Clermont in the 1891 shearers' strike. He was arrested with other union leaders and charged with criminal conspiracy, convicted and sentenced to three years imprisonment at St Helena. Later he entered politics as the Labour member for Gregory. At the time of his death in 1920, he was President of the Queensland Legislative Council.
Unionist prisoners sentenced for causes arising out of the Shearers' Strike, 1891 - State Library of Queensland Back Row (Left to Right): H C Smith-Barry, W Fothergill, A Forrester, J A Stuart Third Row: G Taylor, P F Griffin, E H Murphy, H O BlackwelL Second Row: A J Brown, R Prince, W J Bennett, D Murphy Front: William Hamilton
"},{"location":"stories/shearers-strike/#lt-col-kenneth-hutchison-13826","title":"Lt Col Kenneth Hutchison (13\u201182\u20116)","text":"The son of a squatter, Peter Hutchison and his wife, Mary Ann (n\u00e9e Ronald), Kenneth Hutchison (ca. 1850-1902) was born in Victoria. When a young adult, he became a part owner with his brother and step-father in the historic Canning Downs pastoral property outside Warwick.
He joined the Queensland Defence Force and rose through the ranks. In 1888 he started the Darling Downs Mounted Infantry of which he was given command and was appointed to the permanent Military Forces in 1890. In mid-March 1891, as the Adjutant of the 4th Queensland or Darling Downs Regiment of the Queensland Defence Force, he was sent to Charleville in Command of the Southern and Western Districts.
Lieutenant Colonel Ken Hutchison - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/shearers-strike/#sir-samuel-walker-griffith-121167","title":"Sir Samuel Walker Griffith (12\u201111\u20116/7)","text":"Welsh-born Sir Samuel Walker Griffith (1845-1920) was Premier of Queensland during the Shearers' Strike. A brilliant and hard-working lawyer, he prepared the first draft of the Australian Constitution in 1891 and was absent from Queensland for the first three months of the strike attending meetings in Hobart and Sydney, the latter for the first National Australasian Convention.
He was Chief Justice of the Queensland Supreme Court from 1893 until 1903 when he was appointed the first Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, a position he held until his retirement in 1919.
Sir Samuel Walker Griffith, 1889 - State Library of Queensland
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He was elected to the Legislative Assembly as the member for Wide Bay in 1888. From 12 August 1890 until his retirement from parliament in 1898, Tozer was never out of ministerial office. During the shearers' strike he held the position of Colonial Secretary and was left to manage the intricate affairs in which the Government was involved at the time.
Politician Sir Horace Tozer, 1890 - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/shearers-strike/#robert-archibald-ranking-123514","title":"Robert Archibald Ranking (12\u201135\u201114)","text":"Robert Archibald Ranking (1843-1912) was born at Hastings, Sussex, England, fifth son of Robert Ranking, a surgeon, and his wife Isabella Eliza Hannah, n\u00e9e Spiers. In July 1864 he arrived in Brisbane and found work at Cressbrook Station, near Ipswich. He joined the Queensland civil service in 1874, and on being appointed police magistrate in 1879, he served at Beenleigh, Blackall, and Maryborough before being transferred to Rockhampton in 1889. He was still stationed there in 1891 when he was given the daunting task of attempting to negotiate a reconciliation between the shearers and pastoralists.
Robert Archibald Ranking - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/shearers-strike/#edwyn-mitford-lilley-12157","title":"Edwyn Mitford Lilley (12\u201115\u20117)","text":"Brisbane-born Edwyn Mitford Lilley KC (1859-1911) was the eldest son of Sir Charles Lilley and his wife, Sarah Jane (n\u00e9e Jeays). He was called to the Queensland Bar in 1882. He soon acquired a large and important practice, and during his long and eminent career was engaged in many of the prominent cases heard in the Queensland courts. In 1910 he was appointed a 'King's Counsel' by the Governor. Lilley was retained by the Shearers' Union for the legal defence of unionists. He died at the age of 52 following a seizure.
Portrait of E.M. Lilley - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/shearers-strike/#john-ahern-7514","title":"John Ahern (7\u201151\u20114)","text":"Inspector John Ahern (1840-1893) came to Queensland from his native Ireland and joined the Police Force in September 1864. Ahern was sent to Springsure in October and promoted to Senior Constable/Acting Sergeant in July 1868. He became Inspector of Slaughterhouses in the Mitchell district in February 1870 and received the substantial reward of \u00a315 in September 1872 for \u2018energetic perseverance in suppressing cattle-stealers in the Barcoo and Walgett districts\u2019.
Ahern was promoted to Senior Sergeant in January 1874 and Sub-Inspector 2nd class in 1877. He served at Blackall in 1880 where he became Sub-Inspector 1st class. By 1890, he had been promoted to Inspector 1st class in charge of all brands throughout the colony. Ahern was generally recognised as one of the most able and experienced officers in the police force in the early 1890s and he was ordered to Clermont to maintain order during the strike.
John Ahern - State Library of Queensland
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Justice Virgil Power - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/shearers-strike/#the-honourable-george-rogers-harding-18215","title":"The Honourable George Rogers Harding (1\u201182\u201115)","text":"George Rogers Harding (1838-1895) was born at Taunton, Somerset, England, the only son of George Rogers Harding, LL.B., vicar of Gittisham, Devon, and his wife Elizabeth, n\u00e9e Winter. He was called to the Bar in London in 1861. On arrival in Brisbane with his wife in 1866, he was immediately admitted to the Bar, the first equity counsel in the colony.
In July 1879 he was appointed Senior Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland. He was sent to Rockhampton to preside over the trial of the unionists alleged to be leaders of the shearer's strike. He was almost certainly specially selected by the Queensland Government for the task of obtaining convictions against the unionists.
Justice George Rogers Harding, 1895 - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/shearers-strike/#emma-miller-13656","title":"Emma Miller (13\u20116\u20115/6)","text":"Emma Miller (1839-1917) was known as a pioneer of the trade union movement and the Labour Party in Queensland. She championed equal pay and equal opportunity for women and in 1890 helped to form a female workers\u2019 union, mainly of tailoresses. In 1891 she gave evidence to the royal commission into shops, factories and workshops and marched with shearers\u2019 strike prisoners when they were released.
Portrait of Mrs. Emma Miller - State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/shearers-strike/#acknowledgements","title":"Acknowledgements","text":"Famous sporting personalities remembered in Toowong Cemetery
Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/sporting-personalities/#peter-morgan-1884","title":"Peter Morgan (1\u201188\u20114)","text":"Peter was an extremely capable rider. According to those who knew him he was as good as George Moore, Neville Sellwood, Russ Maddock and Digger McGrowdie. All Queenslanders like him. He was well regarded by all in the racing game. He had one failing though and that was his lack of confidence in himself. There were many occasions when he rode a horse trackwork and prepared it for a major race but declined to ride the horse in a major event for fear of making a mistake. He never faltered in minor events but would rather sit on the fence when it came to the big races. That is not to say he did not ride in some big races and with success.
Two jockeys having a friendly chat, 1941. Left to right, jockeys Peter Morgan and Tom Spencer pose for the camera - State Library of Queensland. Tragically Peter Morgan drowned in Schultz Canal at Hendra/Toombul.
"},{"location":"stories/sporting-personalities/#amos-roy-goddard-77726","title":"Amos Roy Goddard (7\u201177\u201126)","text":"A future champion jockey whose career ended much too soon but his saddle lived on to travel the world and win the Irish Derby 39 years later.
"},{"location":"stories/sporting-personalities/#william-cowley-goulbourne-stone-77711","title":"William Cowley Goulbourne Stone (7\u201177\u201111)","text":"\"Willie\" was making a name for himself when he was killed riding a horse home from Eagle Farm after morning trackwork. He was leading one horse whilst riding another. A common sight even today around Doomben. He crossed Hamilton Road and his horse shied.
Those who saw the funeral of \"Willie\" Stone claim it as the longest ever seen. It stretched the length of Queen St and was the equal of another famous jockey's funeral. All the jockeys of the time rode racehorses behind the hearse. They were in colours and silks and wore wreaths over their shoulders and travelled from Hamilton to Toowong along with many carriages.
The two champion horses from Stone's stable, King Olaf and Kildare were led directly without riders. These horses were the last the late jockey had ridden, the former at Eagle Farm and the latter at the \"Creek\".
"},{"location":"stories/sporting-personalities/#frank-thorne-212016","title":"Frank Thorne (21\u201120\u201116)","text":"Born at Gawler South Australia in 1883. He apprenticed as a Jockey, weighing at that time 6st 9lb. As a recreation Thorn used to indulge in sparring, and later learnt the leads and stops from ex-heavyweight champion Bill Doherty, and from the famous Frank Dooley. Subsequently Thorn drifted to Kalgoorlie, where he took to the boxing profession. His first contest was a bare knuckle, fight-to-a-finish affair with Alf. M'Coy in 1898, which he won in 32 rounds. He then had a remarkable run of success, winning some 35 bouts, including 25 through the agency of a knock-out, until he lost on points to Tom Dunn at Kalgoorlie.
By 1905 Thorn was right in the front rank, and between then and 1909 won three Australian championships, feather, light, and welter. Among the men he defeated were such knights of the padded glove as Bob Greenshields, Hughie Michigan, Charlie Frost, Charlie Griffin, Hock Keys, Sid Sullivan. Kid M'Coy. Bob Turner. Dick Cullen, Arthur Douglas, and Budholf Unholz (welterweight champion).
In 1912 Thorn came to Brisbane. He took part in many contests at the Brisbane Stadium, defeating among others, Joe Russell, George Taylor, Alf Morey, Marcel Denis, Joe Brooks, Jimmy Hill, Jack Clune, Wave Oelkle, Jack Humphries, Jerry Sullivan, and Jack Finney. After several years' retirement from the ring he attempted a \"come-back\" at the Stadium but was stopped by Herb Ackworth.
Thorn's career was remarkable by the fact that, although only a featherweight, besides fighting In his own class, he fought the leading light-weights and welters, earning the title of \"The Grand Old Man of the Ring\". Thorn had conducted a physical culture and boxing academy in Brisbane for some years, teaching personally.
"},{"location":"stories/sporting-personalities/#peter-jackson-5281","title":"Peter Jackson (5\u201128\u20111)","text":"Peter Jackson was born on 3 July 1861 and was Australian Heavyweight Champion 1886-1888. One of the legendary Boxers and probably the most famous sportsperson buried in Brisbane. World Heavyweight Champion John L. Sullivan refused to fight Jackson because of his colour. Jackson fought a 61 round draw with James J Corbett in San Francisco on 21 May 1891. James (Gentleman Jim) Corbett later went on to beat John Sullivan for the Heavyweight Championship.
Year later Corbett wrote that Peter Jackson was one of the greatest fighters he had even seen. Jackson defeated Australia's Frank Slavin in London on 30 May 1892 in what is still regarded as one of the greatest fights ever seen in England. Sadly Peter Jackson died in Roma on 13 July 1901 of Tuberculosis. Roma locals wanted to bury him there but it was proposed that it would be more befitting for him to be buried in Toowong Cemetery.
John and Julia Dowridge were mainly responsible for Peter Jackson being bought down from Roma to Toowong Cemetery for burial. They all now rest peacefully together. John and Julia Dowridge are buried in front of Peter Jackson.
Career 1882-1899. 103 Bouts. 42 Wins, 8 Draws, 50 No Decisions.
Peter's headstone is one of a handful that have the deceased's face chiselled on it. It is unusual in that it is the biggest of this kind in the Cemetery. The headstone is an Altar Tomb style, with a Lion overseeing the grave (the only Lion in the cemetery).
Boxer Peter Jackson who came to live in Queensland from the West Indies, ca. 1880s - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/sporting-personalities/#john-jack-dowridge-52814","title":"John (Jack) Dowridge (5\u201128\u201114)","text":"Mr Jack Dowridge, one of the pioneers of boxing in Brisbane, and familiarly known as the \"Black Diamond,\" He was born in Barbados Island in 1848, but at the age of 12 years he drifted to London. It was here that he first picked up the rudiments of boxing. The arena attracted him, and he secured employment with Nat Langham, the retired champion of England, who was then keeping the Mitre Tavern, in St. Martin's Lane. In the year 1862 this tavern was a rendezvous of all the great fistic exponents of that time, such as Joe Cross, Boie Brotties, Jim Mace, Tom King, Coburn, Bob Travers, Ned Donnelly, Professor Johns, Bat Mullins, Heenan, Jerry and Billy Ox. It was here that Jack Dowridge made the acquaintance of Tom Sayers, whom Langham first defeated, and in whose favour he subsequently retired. \"Jack\" became one of Langham's best pupils, and developed the straight style of the old school of boxing.
In 1872 Dowridge came to Australia. He secured premises in Queen Street, known as the \"Hole in the Wall,\" which had just been vacated by Larry Foley. He opened a tobacconist saloon and a small select boxing school, but he did not stay long. He returned to England, but the climate soon drove him back to Queensland. He secured premises opposite the Normal School, and after a few years he opened a restaurant and taught boxing at Petrie's Bight, where Quinlan Gray's warehouse later stood. He later removed to Roma Street and then to the corner of Turbot and George streets. His school was the resort of all the young sporting men of the day. Dowridge was one of the best promoters of that time, and under his care were Peter Jackson, Jack M'Gowan and innumerable others.
When Peter Jackson died a public subscription was the means of providing the stone which was placed at the head of the grave, but it was Jack Dowridge who provided for the purchase of the land at Toowong cemetery and to pay the funeral expenses.
"},{"location":"stories/sporting-personalities/#brickwood-colley-2512","title":"Brickwood Colley (2\u201151\u20112)","text":"\"Brickie\", as he was known by all, was in the second half of the 1800s as well known in Australia as any of our top jockeys today. In a period when travel to Sydney and Melbourne was measured in weeks rather than day, he rode with success in all three states. He was 47 when he died of a heart attack in the Post Office Hotel, Queen Street here in Brisbane in 1896. He had only arrived back from Sydney the previous week. He is one of only three jockeys that have had poems written about them; others being Willie Stone and Fred Archer, who is buried down south.
His funeral procession travelled from the Brisbane General Hospital into the city, down Queen Street and along Coronation Drive, then Sylvan Road, and finally to Toowong Cemetery. Every jockey in the Brisbane area attended in full silks and colours riding a race horse. There was also a large number of carriages. The procession stretched the entire length of Queen Street.
Funeral procession of the famous jockey, Brickwood Colley, in Brisbane, 1896 - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/steam/","title":"Steam","text":"Stories about steam and its connection to Toowong Cemetery.
Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/steam/#captain-edmund-mellor-9384","title":"Captain Edmund Mellor (9\u201138\u20114)","text":"Captain Mellor, an early immigrant to Moreton Bay, arrived in the colony in January 1849 on the sailing ship Fortitude. In the days when the river trade was the 'lifeline' between Brisbane and Ipswich, he became owner of the river steamers Bremer and Settler. The Louisa, the first iron steamboat ever constructed in the colony of Queensland was built by R.R. Smellie & Co to the order of Captain Mellor. After Mellor's death on 26 September 1872 at the age of 59, the Louisa was used on the Logan-Brisbane run.
Louisa - Queensland's First Iron Steamboat - Queensland State Archives. Cropped.
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"},{"location":"stories/steam/#joseph-william-sutton-1371314","title":"Joseph William Sutton (13\u20117\u201113/14)","text":"Joseph, who established the shipbuilding firm J W Sutton & Co at Kangaroo Point , was recognised as one of the leading engineers of his day. Early vessels built by J W Sutton & Co include the iron steamer, Lady Musgrave, the iron paddle steamer, Maid of Sker, and the first ferry boat used on the Brisbane River, the Transit. The home of Joseph and his wife, Mary was one of the first private residences in Brisbane to be lit up by electricity. Joseph died on 21 February 1914.
Ship 'Maid of Sker' anchored in the Brisbane River outside of the Customs House, Queensland. Cropped. \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/steam/#george-davidson-1371","title":"George Davidson (13\u20117\u20111)","text":"George was, for many years, Superintendent Engineer of the Australasian Steam Navigation Company at Pyrmont in Sydney. In 1886 he moved to Brisbane to join the firm of J W Sutton & Co as manager. George was born in Glasgow on 13 April 1841 to Archibald Davidson, an engine fitter, and Janet (n\u00e9e Fyfe). He died on 29 February 1888 after suffering an apoplectic fit.
Sutton and Co. Foundry on Main Street, Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, ca. 1890 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/steam/#george-fish-12111","title":"George Fish (12\u20111\u201111)","text":"The Brisbane Steam Laundry at South Brisbane first opened in January 1881 but was taken over by George Fish two years later. The laundry was situated in an alley extending from Stanley to Grey Street. The alley became known as Soda Water Lane. Despite hardships, the business expanded under his ownership. After repairs from damage during the 1893 floods, the laundry reopened with a new name, Fish Stream Laundry. George entered local government politics in 1894. Fish Stream Laundry moved to Ann Street, Fortitude Valley in 1902. Soda Water Lane was renamed Fish Lane in 1904. George died on 23 September 1925, aged 74.
Ironing department of the Fish Steam Laundry, Brisbane, 1902. Female employees working with large rollers in the ironing department of the Fish Steam Laundry \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/steam/#remains-from-ss-gothenberg-1613","title":"Remains from SS Gothenberg (16\u20111\u20113)","text":"The steamship Gothenberg contracted for the Adelaide to Port Darwin run in 1874, was regarded as fast and dependable. On 17 February 1875 the ship left Port Darwin carrying approximately 100 passengers and 34 crew. As the ship sailed down the North Queensland coast, cyclonic weather conditions were encountered. During the evening of 24 February, the Gothenberg struck the southern edge of Detached Reef approximately 131km south of Townsville at low tide and sank in the early hours of the next morning. There were few survivors.
Early photo of SS Gothenburg \u2014 Queensland State Government - Public Domain
"},{"location":"stories/steam/#benjamin-harris-babbidge-1449","title":"Benjamin Harris Babbidge (1\u201144\u20119)","text":"Benjamin was born on the Isle of Wight where he became an apprentice ship's smith in White's Shipyard at Cowee at the age of 14. White's docks, with its steam sawmills and engine shops, provided work for around 500 craftsmen. After completing his apprenticeship, Benjamin and hs bride Elizabeth sailed for Moreton Bay arriving in January 1857. He set up a business as a ship and general smith in Elizabeth Street near Raff's Wharf. By 1880 he had established a rolling stock workshop in Hope Street, South Brisbane. He was the first successful tenderer for the manufacture of railway goods wagons for the Queensland Government. He was mayor of Brisbane in 1885-86. Benjamin died on 19 February 1905 aged 68.
"},{"location":"stories/steam/#henry-lewis-neighbour-24419","title":"Henry Lewis Neighbour (2\u201144\u201119)","text":"Henry was a native of Bethnal Green in London's East End, the son of a silk weaver. His family arrived in Brisbane on the Whirlwind in September 1862 when Henry was aged five. After finishing school, Henry entered the boot trade as a 'clicker' cutting the leather uppers and later became foreman at his brother's boot factory in Fortitude Valley. After the business closed, he joined the firm of Davey Halliday Company Ltd. boot manufacturers in Ann Street near the corner with Albert Street. Davey Halliday installed the most modern equipment, driven by a steam engine in their basement, and manufactured all classes of men's, women's children's and infant's footwear. Henry died on 4 August 1942.
Clicker's department at Davey Halliday & Co, 1904 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
Davey Halliday Company Ltd. on Ann Street. Carriages outside the Davey Halliday Boot Co. The building was near the corner of Albert Street and Ann Street. This is presently the site of King George Square. Erected 1904 and later part of Albert House. (Information taken from The Queenslander, 14 May 1904) \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/steam/#andrew-fullerton-2a1119","title":"Andrew Fullerton (2A\u201111\u201119)","text":"After free settlement began in 1842, Ipswich developed as an important regional centre because of its location at the head of navigation of the Brisbane and Bremer Rivers and at the junction of routes to the Brisbane Valley and the Darling Downs.
Irish-born 'Andy' Fullerton was appointed 'wharfinger' or wharf manager for the Australasian Navigation Company at Ipswich when the river steamers including Brisbane, Ipswich and Emu played a vital role in the river trade between Brisbane and Ipswich in 1875. Andrew became a driver of steam trains. He died on 10 April 1899 aged 68 years.
Emu (ship) \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/steam/#james-trackson-710112","title":"James Trackson (7\u2011101\u20111/2)","text":"James, entrepreneur and adventurer, was a pioneer of Queensland motoring. In 1902 he imported a Locomobile steam car from the USA which was quoted in many sources as the first car in Queensland. He was born in Norwich, England in 1857. He graduated in science from the Polytecnic in London, specialising in electrical science. He arrived in Melbourne in 1883 and was brought to Brisbane in 1884 to assist in establishing a telephone exchange. He was engaged in the installation of the electric light system in Parliament House, Brisbane in 1886. Together with his brother William, he founded the business of Trackson Brothers. James died in Toowoomba on 6 November 1941 at the age of 84.
"},{"location":"stories/steam/#acknowledgements","title":"Acknowledgements","text":"Compiled and presented by Lyn Maddock
"},{"location":"stories/steam/#sources","title":"Sources","text":"Queensland's own suffrage story
Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/suffrage/#leontine-mary-jane-cooper-2a2911","title":"Leontine Mary Jane Cooper (2A\u201129\u201111)","text":"Leontine Cooper was Queensland's most significant writer addressing the rights of white women during the women's suffrage movement in Queensland. Born in England in 1837, daughter of a French merchant father and English mother, she arrived in Brisbane with her husband in 1871. A schoolteacher during the 1870's, she was to become a prominent Brisbane literary figure over the next two decades.
By the late 1880's she was one of the key activists for social justice and women's suffrage. Leontine Cooper died suddenly from bronchial pneumonia on 12 March 1903, at the age of 66, sadly before she was able to cast a vote in the 1903 federal election or to see the granting of the right to vote to Queensland women for which she had so passionately fought.
"},{"location":"stories/suffrage/#justin-fox-greenlaw-foxton-111478","title":"Justin Fox Greenlaw Foxton (1\u2011114\u20117/8)","text":"Justin Fox Greenlaw Foxton, was born on 24 September 1849 in Melbourne, son of Captain John Greenlaw Foxton and his wife Isabel Elizabeth, n\u00e9e Potts. In 1864 he moved to Queensland where he was articled to James Malbon Thompson in Ipswich and admitted to the Bar in 1871.
Foxton held the Legislative Assembly seat of Carnarvon from 1883 until 1904 when he refused to support the Morgan coalition. As Home Secretary under the Philp government, Foxton introduced the Adult Suffrage Bill in 1901. Foxton died of cerebro-vascular disease at South Brisbane on 23 June 1916.
Major Justin Fox Greenlaw Foxton of the Brisbane Field Artillery, 1888 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/suffrage/#emma-miller-13656","title":"Emma Miller (13\u20116\u20115/6)","text":"Emma was born in June 1839 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Her parents were Daniel Holmes a Chartist, and Martha (n\u00e9e Hollingworth). Emma arrived in Brisbane in 1879. She led the campaign for women's suffrage in Queensland as well as being at the forefront of the struggle for better working conditions for women workers. She was a foundation member of the Australian Labor Party. She campaigned tirelessly for freedom from conscription. Emma was president of the Women's Equal Franchise Association for the whole period of its existence, from 1894 to 1905 when white women in Queensland won the right to vote in state elections. Emma Miller died of cancer on 22 January 1917, two days after making her last speech to the Toowoomba Anti\u2011conscription League.
Portrait of Emma Miller \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/suffrage/#elizabeth-edwards-142314","title":"Elizabeth Edwards (14\u201123\u201114)","text":"Elizabeth Munro Edwards (n\u00e9e Gibson) was born in Scotland on 11 May 1840 and came to Australia with her parents, Thomas Gibson and Christina Thompson in 1864. Three years later she married Richard Edwards who subsequently became the member for Oxley division in Federal Parliament.
Elizabeth was the first president of The Queensland Women's Suffrage League which was formed at a meeting at her home on 4 February 1889. Elizabeth died early on Saturday 7 November 1914 and the funeral took place the same afternoon.
"},{"location":"stories/suffrage/#sir-robert-philp-142310","title":"Sir Robert Philp (14\u201123\u201110)","text":"Sir Robert Philp was born on 28 December 1851 at Glasgow, Scotland, son of John Philp, lime kiln operator, and his wife Mary Ann (n\u00e9e Wylie). The family settled in Brisbane in 1862. After leaving school, young Robert joined the business of Sir James Burns at the northern goldfields port of Townsville in 1874, becoming a partner in the business in 1876. The Burns Philp partership flourished.
Philp entered politics on 5 January 1876 by winning the seat of Musgrave, but transferred to the seat of Townsville on 12 May 1888 and held it until his defeat in 1915. On 7 December 1899, Philp became a reluctant Premier following the defeat of Anderson Dawson's short-lived Labor ministry. In 1901 the Philp Government presented an Adult Suffrage Bill, later shelved, that not only discriminated against women, it also discriminated against many males.
Sir Robert died after an operation on 17 June 1922 in Holyrood Private Hospital, Brisbane, and was buried in Toowong Cemetery two days later.
Sir Robert Philp, 1901 \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Mary had a little lamb, from the Worker, 11 August 1900 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/suffrage/#sir-horace-tozer-12118","title":"Sir Horace Tozer (12\u201111\u20118)","text":"Sir Horace Tozer was born on 23 April 1844 at Port Macquarie, New South Wales, son of Horatio Thomas Norris Tozer, chemist, and his wife Charlotte Winifred Amelia (n\u00e9e Croft). He was articled to James Malbon Thompson in Brisbane in 1862 and admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland on 7 December 1867.
He was an alderman in the first Gympie Municipal Council and in 1888 was elected to the Legislative Assembly as the member for Wide Bay and held that seat until 1898. Tozer was totally against universal adult suffrage, not only opposing the women's vote but also manhood suffrage.
He died on 20 August 1916 at his South Brisbane home and was buried in Toowong Cemetery where a private funeral was conducted at his request.
Politician Sir Horace Tozer, Brisbane, 1890 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/suffrage/#sir-charles-lilley-121515","title":"Sir Charles Lilley (12\u201115\u201115)","text":"Sir Charles Lilley, politician and judge was born on 27 August 1827 at Newcastle upon Tyn, son of Thomas Lilley and his wife Jane (n\u00e9e Shipley). He arrived in Sydney on 6 July 1856 and moved immediately to Brisbane where he was articled to Robert Little. Lilley became the first solicitor to be admitted to practice by the Supreme Court at Moreton Bay.
In May 1860 he was elected to Queensland's first Legislative Assembly. From 25 November 1868 to 3 May 1870 he was Premier of Queensland. During a debate on electoral reform in Queensland Parliament in 1870, he put forward the idea of women's suffrage, the first to do so. His government fell the same year but he remained a staunch supporter of women's franchise until his death on 20 August 1897.
Sir Charles Lilley on his wedding day. He married Sarah Jane Jeays in 1858. \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Sarah Jane Jeays \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/suffrage/#boyd-dunlop-morehead-12496","title":"Boyd Dunlop Morehead (12\u201149\u20116)","text":"Boyd Dunlop Morehead was Queensland Premier from 30 November 1888 to 12 August 1890. He was born in Sydney on 24 August 1843, son of Robert Archibald Alison Morehead and his wife Helen Buchanan (n\u00e9e Dunlop). Morehead was MLA for the Queensland electoral district of Mitchell from September 1871 to December 1880 and represented Balonne from October 1883 to April 1896. Morehead succeeded Sir Thomas McIlwraith as Premier in November 1888. Morehead was a significant opponent of women's suffrage. He died from a cerebral haemorrhage on Monday 30 October 1905 at the age of 62 years.
Boyd Dunlop Morehead ca. 1890 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/suffrage/#david-hay-dalrymple-12532","title":"David Hay Dalrymple (12\u201153\u20112)","text":"David Hay Dalrymple was born on 14 December 1840 at Newbury, Berkshire, England, son of James Dalrymple and his wife Georgina (n\u00e9e Hay). Dalrymple reached Melbourne in 1862; He bought land in Mackay at the first sales, opened the town's first chemist shop and began pastoral investments. He was the town's first mayor in 1869-71, continuing to serve in local government until 1888 when he became a member for Mackay in the Legislative Assembly. In 1895-1903 Dalrymple served in ministries under Sir Hugh Nelson, T J Byrnes, Sir James Dickson and Sir Robert Philp, holding varied portfolios. He was one of the most strident masculinist voices in opposition to female suffrage. Dalrymple lost his seat in August 1904 and lived in retirement at Hamilton where he died on 1 September 1912.
David Hay Dalrymple 6 April, 1895 \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Effie Dalrymple, Christmas 1900 Married David Hay Dalrymple at Mackay on 23 December 1880. They had four children. \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/suffrage/#sir-arthur-morgan-121512","title":"Sir Arthur Morgan (12\u201115\u201112)","text":"Sir Arthur Morgan was born on 19 September 1856 at Rosenthal station, Warwick, Queensland, son of James Morgan and his wife Kate (n\u00e9e Barton), both Irish born. Arthur Morgan entered politics in 1885 when elected to the Warwick Municipal Council, serving as mayor in 1886-90 and 1898.
On July 1887 he was first elected to the Legislative Assembly for Warwick. He regained Warwick on 2 October 1898. In 1903 he became Premier under the Morgan-Browne coalition ministry. Morgan made good on a promise that he would introduce an electoral reform Bill to give women the vote and abolish plural voting. This was introduced to the Legislative Assembly in September 1904 but it was not until 25 January 1905 that the Election Act Amendment Act received Royal Assent.
Morgan died at his residence at Upper Paddington, on 20 December 1916 after a long illness; he was buried in Toowong Cemetery following a state funeral and service at St John's Anglican Cathedral.
Sir Arthur Morgan 1903 \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Modern Romeo : suffragette movement in Queensland On 5 January 1905, two years after the formation of the Queensland Women's Electoral League, the Electoral Franchise Bill was introduced into the Legislative Assembly to give the women of Queensland the right to vote. The Elections Acts Amendment Bill, provide the necessary machinery, was introduced at the same time. Despite some misgivings about abolishing the plural vote, and difficulty with postal voting, these issues were overcome and the legislation giving the women of Queensland the right to vote was finally passed. It was assented to by the Lieutenant\u2011Governor on 26 January 1905 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
Women inside the gate of the city polling station, voting for the first time in a Queensland state election, 18 May 1907 \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
"},{"location":"stories/suffrage/#acknowledgements","title":"Acknowledgements","text":"Compiled and presented by Lyn Maddock
"},{"location":"stories/suffrage/#sources","title":"Sources","text":"Stories about people remembered in Toowong Cemetery that were taken before their time.
Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/taken-before-their-time/#valentine-edward-spendelove-2a102122","title":"Valentine Edward Spendelove (2A\u201110\u201121/22)","text":"Valentine Edward Spendelove, the eldest son of Benjamin Spendelove and Ann (n\u00e9e Rowe), was born on the 14 February 1854 in Lutterworth, Leicestershire. Priscilla Shipley married Valentine, a carter, on 25 December 1876 in Walsall, Staffordshire.
They had six children, including three born in Queensland. The extended family arrived in Brisbane on 8 April 1885, aboard the Merkara. Valentine, a resident of Deighton Street, Dutton Park, died in an accident just after 10pm on 1 June 1904 at his work, the Eureka Sanitary Works, Boggo Road, South Brisbane.
"},{"location":"stories/taken-before-their-time/#francis-emma-inving-2a2819","title":"Francis Emma Inving (2A\u201128\u201119)","text":"Frances Emma Irving was born in Queensland on 12 December 1883 to Maxwell Henry Williatt Irving and Mary Jane (n\u00e9e Gielis). Work as a schoolteacher, transferred Fanny from Ayr State School to Ravenswood State School in May 1906. Another transfer in March 1910 moved Fanny to Harlaxton State School, Toowoomba.
On 7 January 1920 at about 10:30am, Fanny, aged 36 years, drowned at Sutton's Beach, Redcliffe.
Two young ladies relaxing in the sun under parasols at Sutton's Beach, Redcliffe, 1919 \u2014 State Library of Queensland. Supervising toddlers on Sutton's Beach, Redcliffe, Queensland, 1906 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/taken-before-their-time/#thomas-john-mannion-2a28282930","title":"Thomas John Mannion (2A\u201128\u201128/29/30)","text":"Thomas John Mannion was born in Brisbane on 25 April 1873 to George Mannion and Deborah (n\u00e9e Hodgings). Thomas died on Friday 21 December 1894 at Mooloolah, while tree driving.
"},{"location":"stories/taken-before-their-time/#andrew-john-dark-5401718","title":"Andrew John Dark (5\u201140\u201117/18)","text":"Andrew John Dark and Emily (n\u00e9e Leffen) were the parents of Andrew John Dark, who was born in July 1880 at St Olave Bermondsey, London. The family arrived in Brisbane from London aboard the Dorunda on 21 October 1884.
Andrew drowned in the Roxana disaster on 26 December 1901, aged 21 years and 6 months.
"},{"location":"stories/taken-before-their-time/#robert-mcmullin-58912","title":"Robert McMullin (5\u201189\u20111/2)","text":"A son of Andrew McMullin and Jane (n\u00e9e Johnston), Robert was born circa 1877 in Ballyconnell, County Cavan, Ireland. Bertha Mary Louise Winsch married Robert at Cedar Creek, Queensland on 29 December 1903. They had three children. Robert died on 17 July 1907 following a fall from a milk cart in Musgrave Road, Red Hill.
"},{"location":"stories/taken-before-their-time/#walter-jones-512113","title":"Walter Jones (5\u2011121\u201113)","text":"Walter Jones was born in London circa 1888. Walter was an able seaman aboard the Aberdeen liner, ss Themistocles. The liner arrived from London on Saturday 22 March 1913. Walter drowned while bathing in the Brisbane River at Bulimba at 2pm on Sunday 23 March 1913, aged 24 years. Walter's body was retrieved about 7am two days later.
"},{"location":"stories/taken-before-their-time/#sidney-arthur-kennoch-512113","title":"Sidney Arthur Kennoch (5\u2011121\u201113)","text":"Sidney Arthur Kennoch, a son of John Henry Kennoch and Elizabeth (Lizzie) France (n\u00e9e Nicholson), was born in Queensland on 26 August 1913. Sid, of Qualtrough Street, Woolloongabba, died in the Brisbane Hospital at 10:45pm 5 November 1931, aged 18 years from an accident while preparing to commemorate Guy Fawkes Night.
"},{"location":"stories/taken-before-their-time/#jean-and-marjorie-osborne-29281516","title":"Jean and Marjorie Osborne (29\u201128\u201115/16)","text":"Daughters of Robert Francis Osborne and Martha (n\u00e9e Orth), Jean was born about 1824 and Marjorie was born about 1827. The girls, of Gaythorne Road, Gaythorne, died at the old Virginia Brickworks, Pickering Street, Enoggera, about 10:30am on Thursday 2 January 1936.
Virginia Brickworks clay pit at Enoggera, ca. 1920 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/taken-before-their-time/#john-heywood-29301","title":"John Heywood (29\u201130\u20111)","text":"John Heywood, born in Brisbane on 7 April 1891, was a son of Edward Heywood and Sarah (n\u00e9e Colley). Julia Kelly married John in Brisbane on 11 March 1916. They had three Brisbane born children. John, a builder and contractor, who resided in Primrose Street, Newmarket, died from an accident at the Crown Stove and Foundry Company, Sacksville Street, Holland Park on 14 November 1934.
"},{"location":"stories/taken-before-their-time/#william-royalston-morris-29a4616","title":"William Royalston Morris (29A\u201146\u201116)","text":"William Roy Morris was born in Queensland to William George Morris and Florence Elizabeth Cristina (n\u00e9e Klinge) on 8 January 1901. Thirty-six year old Roy, of George Street, Brisbane, who was employed working on main road works, died in the Brisbane General Hospital about 11:20am on 5 May 1937 following a traffic accident on the Brisbane-Ipswich Road at Wacol the previous day.
"},{"location":"stories/taken-before-their-time/#edward-amos-budd-29a4617","title":"Edward Amos Budd (29A\u201146\u201117)","text":"Edward Amos Budd was born to Edward Nelson Budd and Fanny (n\u00e9e Crisp), in Allora, Queensland on 20 August 1893. Amy Millicent Knox married Edward in Brisbane on 03 October 1914.
Ned, of Newmarket Road, Windsor, was an Engine Driver when he enlisted in the AIF on 22 January 1917. Private Budd, assigned to the 27/5 Light Horse Regiment, was discharged in May 1919.
A Brisbane City Council employee, Ned died instantly in a head on collision between his motorcycle and a car on the Pacific Highway, Beenleigh, on 17 January 1937.
Light Horse Brigade, Enoggera, Queensland, Australian Army Service Corp. (A.A.S.C.), 5th Australian Army Corps \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/taken-before-their-time/#norman-james-royle-29a464","title":"Norman James Royle (29A\u201146\u20114)","text":"Norman James Royle was born in Queensland to Ernest Alfred Milton Royle and Elizabeth Theresa (n\u00e9e Byrom) on 14 January 1914. Norman resided at 55 Enoggera Terrace, Rad Hill and was employed as a painter by Mr Hanscombe, a Paddington sign writer.
Aged 22 years, Norman died in the Brisbane Hospital at 2:15pm on 12 January 1937 following an accident on his bicycle at 7:50am that morning.
"},{"location":"stories/taken-before-their-time/#ernest-greenfield-29a6756","title":"Ernest Greenfield (29A\u201167\u20115/6)","text":"Ernest was born to William Henry Greenfield and Ada Harriet (n\u00e9e Brown) in the Paddington District, NSW on 16 December 1883. Ernest worked for Greenfield Bros, opticians. After boarding the ss Yongala in Mackay for Townsville, Ernest was aboard when they left Mackay at 1:40pm on 23 March 1911. The final sighting of the ss Yongala was by the Dent Island lighthouse keeper at 6:30pm that same day. All hands were believed lost during a cyclone.
"},{"location":"stories/the-other-half/","title":"The Other Half","text":""},{"location":"stories/the-other-half/#the-other-half","title":"The Other Half","text":"Stories about women who made an impact on Queensland
Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/the-other-half/#annie-perry-13705","title":"Annie Perry (13\u201170\u20115)","text":"Annie Perry was the daughter of William Harcourt, a brass founder and his wife, Elizabeth Mills. She was born on 5 September 1834 in Edgbaston, a suburb of Birmingham in England. Annie arrived in Sydney with her parents and sister on the ship La Hogue on 26 October 1860. On 27 February 1862 she was married in St Philips\u2019 Church in Sydney by the Anglican Dean of Sydney to William Perry, one of Brisbane\u2019s early businessmen and later a member of the Qld Legislative Council.
At the time of her death, Annie was one of the longest serving members of the committees of the Children\u2019s and Lady Bowen Hospitals. She also took a great interest in the Creche and Kindergarten Association after its formation in 1907, the Queensland Society for the Prevention of Cruelty and all movements that had as their aim the betterment of the conditions for women, children and animals. Annie passed away at the age of 82 years on 12 May 1917.
Lady Bowen Lying-in Hospital on Wickham Terrace, Brisbane, 1912 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/the-other-half/#mary-harriett-griffith-137712","title":"Mary Harriett Griffith (13\u201177\u201112)","text":"Mary Harriett Griffith was born on 4 November 1849 at Portishead, Somerset, England. She was the older sister of Sir Samuel Walker Griffith who was Colonial Secretary, Queensland Premier from 1883 to 1888, Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia and a principal author of the Constitution of Australia.
After the deaths of her parents Mary immersed herself in good works. She became founding secretary of the Brisbane Benevolent Society, honorary secretary of the Lady Musgrave Lodge, Queensland representative for the Travellers\u2019 Aid Society, president of the YWCA in Brisbane, vice-president of the British (Australian) Red Cross Society during World War I and patroness in 1921 of St David\u2019s Welsh Society as well as being involved in many other organisations. In 1911 Mary Griffith was created a Lady of Grace of the Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem. Mary passed away on 27 July 1930 in her 81st year.
Mary Harriett Griffith, sister of Sir Samuel Walker Griffith \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/the-other-half/#leila-elizabeth-perry-11454","title":"Leila Elizabeth Perry (11\u201145\u20114)","text":"Leila was the daughter of John Markwell and his wife, Georgina Edmondstone and the granddaughter of Hon George Edmondstone, one of the early pioneers of Brisbane. John Markwell was one of John Dunmore Lang\u2019s immigrants who had arrived in Brisbane on the Chasely in 1850 and had involved himself in land speculation and several businesses in Brisbane. Leila was born on 24 January 1868 in Moorlands Villa on the property at Auchenflower where the Wesley Hospital now stands.
On 29 September 1885, at St Andrew\u2019s Church at Lutwyche Leila married into another prosperous merchant family, the Perrys. Her husband, William Herbert Francis Perry was the eldest son of William Perry and Annie Harcourt. Leila and her husband were frequently featured and cited in the social pages of the Brisbane newspapers. Leila died at her home Miegunyah, Jordan Terrace, Bowen Hills on 17 March 1920.
On the verandah at Miegunyah, a residence in Brisbane, 1886 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/the-other-half/#magdalene-dick-183525","title":"Magdalene Dick (18\u201135\u201125)","text":"Magdalene Dick was born in Brecon, Wales around 1851. She was the daughter of David Price, a plumber, glazier and painter and his wife, Mary William or Williams. Magdalene came to Australia as a young girl and the family settled in Ballarat where she later married William Heddel Dick, a journalist who wrote for major newspapers in Sydney, Hobart and Brisbane and who established a penny newspaper in Toowong. Magdalene was also a journalist and sister of Thomas Evan Price who was the social and drama critic of the Sydney Morning Herald.
After William\u2019s death Magdalene became superintendent of the first group of female switchboard operators at the Brisbane telephone exchange.
Telephonists working at the, Brisbane Central telephone exchange, Brisbane, 1910 \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/the-other-half/#kathleen-eileen-sheehy-7a13512","title":"Kathleen Eileen Sheehy (7A\u2011135\u201112)","text":"Kathleen Eileen Sheehy was born on 4 November 1892 at Gympie, the second of six children of Irish-born parents. She was the sister of Sir Joseph Sheehy KBE who served as Senior Puisne Judge of the Queensland Supreme Court and Administrator of the State of Queensland for three months in 1969 and Sir Christopher Sheehy, dairy industry administrator and public servant.
Kathleen joined the State teaching service in 1912. Following appointments at various schools throughout Queensland, Kathleen was appointed teacher-in-charge of the \u2018backward\u2019 classes at South Brisbane Boys\u2019 School. In 1926 she recommended that these classes be referred to as \u2018opportunity\u2019 classes rather than \u2018backward\u2019 and her commendation was accepted by the Education Office in July that year. In 1935, the Dutton Park Opportunity School which catered for both boys and girls opened as the first of its type in this State with Kathleen Sheehy as teacher and three female assistants.
Kathleen retired at the end of the 1958 school year. She died on 22 April 1981 and was buried with Catholic rites in the family grave in Toowong Cemetery.
Kathleen Sheehy, first Head Teacher of the Dutton Park Opportunity School, in Female teachers 1860\u20131983, p30 \u2014 \u00a9 The State of Queensland (Department of Education).
"},{"location":"stories/the-other-half/#mary-eva-odoherty-75827","title":"Mary \u2018Eva\u2019 O\u2019Doherty (7\u201158\u201127)","text":"Mary Anne Kelly (better known as \u2018Eva of The Nation') was born in Headford, County Galway, at the home of her maternal grandparents, on 15 February 1830, the daughter of a wealthy gentleman-farmer Edward Kelly of Killeen near Portumna who had nationalist sympathies. At the age of twelve, Mary Kelly sent her first verse to Charles Gavan Duffy, founder of The Nation newspaper when it started in Dublin in 1842. The poem expressed her feelings towards the British who governed the whole of Ireland at that time. Mary Kelly later adopted the pen name of \u2018Eva\u2019.
She became romantically involved with a young medical student Kevin O\u2019Doherty who was one of the rising men in the Irish national movement. As a result of the Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848, Kevin O\u2019Doherty was found guilty of sedition and sentenced to transportation to Van Dieman\u2019s Land. \u2018Eva\u2019 continued to write prose and poetry with many lyrics mourning the absence of her then fianc\u00e9 as she waited for his release.
Despite a conditional pardon which forbade residence in the United Kingdom, Kevin O\u2019Doherty entered illegally into Ireland. A few days later, the couple married in a clandestine ceremony in London. After Dr O\u2019Doherty completed further medical studies, the family with by then three sons migrated to Australia, and made their way to Ipswich and later to Brisbane.
The family struck hard times later in life and, after Dr O\u2019Doherty\u2019s death, the Irish community conducted fund-raising activities to assist \u2018Eva\u2019. Her poems were published in 1909 with the help of a priest. Eva died from influenza on 19 May 1910 at the age of 81.
Portrait of Mary Eva O'Doherty \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/the-other-half/#mary-mayne-mary-emelia-mayne-7499","title":"Mary Mayne & Mary Emelia Mayne (7\u201149\u20119)","text":"Mary McIntosh was born ca. 16 August 1826 at Kilkishen, near Ennis, County Clare, Ireland. She migrated to Sydney as a single woman in the Champion in February 1842. On 9 April 1849 in Brisbane she married Patrick Mayne.
Mary and Patrick had six children, of whom three sons and two daughters reached adulthood. Patrick purchased a butchery in Queen Street Brisbane in 1849, built a substantial enterprise owning hotels, shops and houses, and speculated in land. He was on the first municipal council in Brisbane.
A codicil to Patrick\u2019s will appointed Mary as executrix of the Mayne estate. After his death on 17 August 1865, Mary largely controlled the management of the estate. In March 1876 she bought Moorlands Villa to become the family home and almost six hectares of land on which it stood at Auchenflower. Mary died of coronary heart disease at the age of 63 on 4 September 1889.
Mary Emelia Mayne, born 31 December 1858, was the second youngest daughter of Mary and Patrick. She was a philanthropist along with her brother, James.
Emelia Mayne. \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/the-other-half/#ann-drew-54322","title":"Ann Drew (5\u201143\u201122)","text":"Ann was born in 1822 at Ashton, in Devon England, daughter of John Cornish, a yeoman farmer and his wife Sarah Smalridge. On 21 December 1848 Ann married Richard Langler Drew at St James Church, Exeter.
Ann and Richard migrated to Victoria in about 1858 and three years later they moved to Queensland where Richard was appointed shipping master and secretary to the Marine Board. Over the next four decades, particularly after her husband\u2019s death in 1869, Ann was deeply involved in the administration of a number of welfare institutions, including the Lady Bowen Hospital, Female Refuge and Infants' Home, Lady Musgrave Lodge and the Social Purity Society. Ann also took part in agitation to repeal the Queensland Contagious Diseases Act of 1868. Ann died at Sandgate, near Brisbane, on 5 August 1907.
Female Refuge & Infants' Home, Brisbane, ca. 1885. \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/the-other-half/#acknowledgements","title":"Acknowledgements","text":"Written by Lyn Maddock
"},{"location":"stories/toowong-identities-1/","title":"Toowong Identities","text":"Stories to commemorate the centenary of the proclamation of the Town of Toowong in 1903.
On 19 August 1903, the Shire of Toowong was proclaimed a town. At the time, the population numbered about 4700. The town grew rapidly, reaching 10,000 residents by 1922. Three years later the Toowong Town Council was absorbed into the Brisbane City Council.1
Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/toowong-identities-1/#andrew-lang-petrie-13107","title":"Andrew Lang Petrie (13\u201110\u20117)","text":"The first member of his family born in Australia in 1854, Andrew Lang Petrie relocated the family\u2019s stonemason\u2019s yard from the corner of Queen and Wharf Street to the Toowong Cemetery gates in 1882. The site is now occupied by Toowong Mitsubishi.
Advertisement and etching for John Petrie & Sons, stonemasons in Brisbane, 1889 - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/toowong-identities-1/#george-harpur-jones-13157","title":"George Harpur Jones (13\u201115\u20117)","text":"George and family migrated from Croyde, Devon in 1880 and made their residence at Jonesville, Norwood St, Toowong. Formerly, George had been a sea captain, but supported his family by being a grave digger at Toowong Cemetery. He and his family were active members of the Brethren Church.
"},{"location":"stories/toowong-identities-1/#munce-family-94311","title":"Munce Family (9\u201143\u201111)","text":"Irishman William John Munce died at his Toowong home Caltura in 1892 aged 77. Caltura, believed to be located at 82 Jephson Street, was named after the Ceylonese birthplace of his wife, Elizabeth who died at Sandgate in 1901. One of their daughters, Ada Kate, never married and died at Cultura in 1944 aged 78.
"},{"location":"stories/toowong-identities-1/#charles-patterson-133010","title":"Charles Patterson (13\u201130\u201110)","text":"Charles Patterson was the first Mayor of the Shire of Toowong. Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, Charles arrived in Queensland in 1871. He was a member of the Toowong Council until 1925, elected Mayor numerous times in this period. He proposed the construction of the median strip in High Street, now locally known as \u2018Patterson\u2019s Folly\u2019, as he envisaged a divided highway ultimately leading to Ipswich. His Bon Accord sawmill was one of the first industries in Toowong, opening on the site of the present Toowong Tower in 1881. The Patterson family lived at Kinellar, still standing on the corner of Sherwood Road and Little Maryvale Street. They were members of the Presbyterian Congregation. Charles died 4 January 1926.
High Street, Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland, ca. 1917 - State Library of Queensland Charles Patterson, ca. 1900 - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/toowong-identities-1/#robert-cribb-9376","title":"Robert Cribb (9\u201137\u20116)","text":"Robert came to the Colony of Queensland aboard the Fortitude in January 1849. He bought land in 1852 and built Lang Farm which stretched from the hilly part of Indooroopilly Road towards Jack Cook Park and down to the River. He cleared the pine trees and vines growing along Toowong Creek, growing oranges, cabbages, grapes, mulberries and olives. Lang Farm was bought by Richard Gailey, who built his mansion Glen Olive on the riverbank. Robert was appointed to the first Toowong Shire Council in 1880. He died on 16 April 1893 aged 88.
Robert Cribb State Library of Queensland Houses submerged in the 1893 flood waters at Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland - State Library of Queensland. Richard Gailey\u2019s Glen Olive can be seen in the distance.
Glen Olive Garden Estate on the river bank Toowong - State Library of Queensland. This shows the site of the Glen Olive house and grounds.
"},{"location":"stories/toowong-identities-1/#henry-howard-payne-9111516","title":"Henry Howard Payne (9\u201111\u201115/16)","text":"Henry landed in Brisbane aboard the Duchess of Northumberland on 4 February 1851. He farmed maize, lucerne and fruit on land stretching west from the Regatta Hotel. Henry was appointed to the first Toowong Shire Council in 1880. He died on 18 February 1903 aged 82.
"},{"location":"stories/toowong-identities-1/#john-melville-9104","title":"John Melville (9\u201110\u20114)","text":"John Melville, the first overseer, devoted most of his life to Toowong Cemetery. He was born in Hertfordshire in 1834 and in 1848 came to Queensland with his parents under the guidance of Dr John Dunmore Lang aboard the Fortitude. In 1851 when the gold diggings broke out in Victoria, Melville went, to try his luck but returned to Brisbane at Christmas 1854 to visit his family. He then met Augustus Gregory and was asked to join his Great Northern exploration party for the purpose of exploring the Victoria and Albert Rivers, an invitation which he accepted.
After returning from the expedition Melville was engaged in survey work until 1871 when he acted as chainman to George Phillips, who had been engaged to survey part of the present cemetery at Toowong and in 1873 he was appointed overseer of the cemetery by the Trustees which position he held for 38 years. He was succeeded in his position by his son J. L. Melville.
The Melvilles lived in a house, later demolished, on part of the cemetery reserve where the bus depot is now. John died aged 77 on 8 March 1912.
The Late Mr. John Melville - The Queenslander, 6 Apr 1912
"},{"location":"stories/toowong-identities-1/#henry-and-hannah-sleath-134318","title":"Henry and Hannah Sleath (13\u201143\u201118)","text":"Henry was a musician and violin maker who established a music business in George Street in the City around 1866. The family lived in a residence above the shop. Nine children were born to Henry and Hannah there. Some time later, the family moved to Glen Road. Henry was elected to the Toowong Shire Council in February 1881. One of their sons, Alfred, carried on the business as H. Sleath and Son. Henry was buried on 22 May 1918. Sleath Street, near the Cemetery, off Frederick Street, was named after Henry.
"},{"location":"stories/toowong-identities-1/#james-valentine-13591617","title":"James Valentine (13\u201159\u201116/17)","text":"James was elected to the Toowong Shire Council in 1885. He was described by contemporary J. B. Fewings as \u201can intelligent and shrewd man of business\u201d. A street which runs off Milton Road is named after him. He died on 17 January 1904 aged 51.
"},{"location":"stories/toowong-identities-1/#francis-drummond-grenville-stanley-9326","title":"Francis Drummond Grenville Stanley (9\u201132\u20116)","text":"A noted colonial architect, F.D.G. Stanley designed many of Toowong\u2019s grand houses, including Sidney House, demolished to make way for the ABC Studios, Ardencraig, which stood on Golding St and Easton Gray (1869) the residence of Sir Arthur Palmer. He also designed the heritage-listed St Thomas Anglican Church on High Street, Toowong.
St. Thomas' Church Toowong, looking from Burns Road, Brisbane, Queensland, ca. 1917 - State Library of Queensland
Portrait of Colonial Architect Francis Drummond Greville Stanley - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/toowong-identities-1/#john-fewings-9302223","title":"John Fewings (9\u201130\u201122/23)","text":"Fewings\u2019 memoirs Arcadian Simplicity, written in 1892, described life in Toowong from the 1860s. He lived at Karslake, on Sherwood Road, near Dovercourt. He was headmaster of the Petrie Terrace School for nearly 30 years before moving to the headship of the Fortitude Valley School, which he held until his retirement in 1903.
Althea Fewings canoeing on Toowong Creek, Brisbane. Althea Theresa Karslake Fewings (later Mrs Frederick Munro Hull) canoeing on Toowong Creek at the bottom of *Karslake, residence of her parents Mr & Mrs J B Fewings. The Chinese market gardens are behind her, and today this area is in the grounds of Toowong College, (off Vera Street)- on the old basket ball courts. - State Library of Queensland *"},{"location":"stories/toowong-identities-1/#thomas-finney-13816","title":"Thomas Finney (13\u201181\u20116)","text":"
Thomas Finney and his family lived in Sidney House (on the site of the former ABC Studios in Toowong) from 1882, one of the grandest houses in Toowong, surrounded by gardens and an orchard. He is buried next to his business partner James Isles with whom he established Finney Isles & Co. in 1864.
Sidney House in Toowong, viewed from the street, March, 1890 - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/toowong-identities-1/#sir-arthur-palmer-1388-7","title":"Sir Arthur Palmer (13\u201188-7)","text":"Arthur arrived from Ireland in 1838 aged 19, spending his early years on properties in New England before moving to Queensland in 1861. Entering the Legislative Assembly in 1866, achieving Ministerial Positions in Lands, Works, Public Instruction becoming Colonial Secretary and Premier from 1870\u20141874. From 1881\u20141898 he was President of the Legislative Council. Palmer was a proprietor of the Brisbane Courier and a Trustee of the Queensland Museum. The Palmer family lived at Easton Gray on Stanley Terrace.
"},{"location":"stories/toowong-identities-1/#william-richer-11728","title":"William Richer (11\u20117\u201128)","text":"William, a member of the Jireh Baptist Church, Fortitude Valley, was the first minister of the Toowong Baptist Church and was elected to the Toowong Shire Council in 1881. He designed and constructed the Baptist Church on the corner of Jephson Street and Sylvan Road and later became President of the Baptist Union.
Richer Street, on the North West boundary of Toowong Cemetery, is named after William Richer.
"},{"location":"stories/toowong-identities-1/#charles-siemon-12215","title":"Charles Siemon (12\u201121\u20115)","text":"The Siemon family, which included six children, lived at Ravensfield on Coronation Drive and ran a dairy farm, grazing their cows on land near the Regatta Hotel until the 1930s. In 1904, the Charles bought Milton House which they subsequently sold to the Presbyterian Church. Charles owned extensive warehouses, factories and businesses in Brisbane and was a Toowong Town Councillor.
"},{"location":"stories/toowong-identities-1/#archibald-watson-1213-2","title":"Archibald Watson (12\u201113-2)","text":"Archibald was the Chairman of the Toowong Fire Brigade, which had built a fire station in Jephson Street in 1919. He was the last Mayor of Toowong in 1925 and went on to serve as an Alderman on the Brisbane City Council between 1926 and 1931. He was Deputy Mayor from 1926 to 1931 and was Lord Mayor from February to May 1931.
Early view of the Royal Exchange Hotel, Toowong, ca. 1908. The hotel and former fire station were situated in High Street, Toowong. The Jephson St Fire Station replaced the High Street Fire Station and was closed on 2 February 1981. \u2014 State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/toowong-identities-1/#sir-robert-and-jessie-philp-142310","title":"Sir Robert and Jessie Philp (14\u201123\u201110)","text":"Jessie Philp, n\u00e9e Campbell was buried here in 1890. She was a 34\u2011year\u2011old politician\u2019s wife and mother of seven. Her youngest child was just two weeks old when Jessie, weakened from recent childbirth, succumbed to the scarlet fever for which she was nursing two older children. Apart from her children, she was survived by her husband Robert (the Member for Townsville) and her parents and siblings.
The next two burials here were of infant grandchildren of Robert and Jessie. In 1916, Jessie Ruth Henderson (known as Ruth) died from an unknown illness at the age of two. Twelve months later, an unnamed stillborn Henderson baby was also buried here.
In 1922, when Robert Philp \u2013 by then Sir Robert \u2013 died, he was buried beside Jessie, although he had married for a second time in 1898. He had a long and distinguished parliamentary career, including twice being Premier of Queensland. He was also a well\u2011known businessman and co\u2011founder of Burns, Philp and Company. He lived at Mallow in Kensington Terrace, Toowong \u2013 now the site of the Brisbane Boys\u2019 College boarding houses and dining room.
The last burial in this grave took place in 1962 when Robert and Jessie\u2019s eldest daughter Isabella Mary (known as May) died. She was 83 and had never married, though she had been engaged to Campbell Cowley from another Toowong family. From the age of 11, when her mother died, May looked after her younger brothers and sisters and later their children and grandchildren. She had a great interest in education, and was a benefactor to institutions like the University as well as providing books and cultural experiences for her extended family. Country nieces stayed with \u201cAunty May\u201d to attend high school in Brisbane. She lived at Mallow until her death, and left the home and remaining grounds to BBC.
"},{"location":"stories/toowong-identities-1/#sir-augustus-charles-gregory-142214","title":"Sir Augustus Charles Gregory (14\u201122\u201114)","text":"The well\u2011known explorer Gregory became the first President of the Toowong Shire Council in 1881. With his brother, Francis, Augustus was attached to the survey department of Western Australia and later joined the Survey Department in Queensland rising to the position of Surveyor General in 1859.
Sir Augustus Charles Gregory lying in state, Brisbane, 1905 - State Library of Queensland Sir Augustus Gregory - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/toowong-identities-1/#alfred-roberts-1312","title":"Alfred Roberts (13\u20111\u20112)","text":"Alfred was born in 1837 in Putney, London and arrived in Queensland in 1860. In 1872 he began a horse\u2011drawn omnibus line which operated between Eagle Street in the city and the present site of the Taringa Shopping Centre, where the Roberts\u2019 home was. The fare to the city was one shilling or one shilling and sixpence return. Alfred would announce his arrival with a bugle call. The business was lost when the stables burned down in 1893. The Roberts family took up farming in Moggill.
"},{"location":"stories/toowong-identities-1/#acknowledgements","title":"Acknowledgements","text":"Written by Dr. Hilda Maclean.
Sponsored by Judy Magub, Councillor for Toowong, 1994\u20142007
"},{"location":"stories/toowong-identities-1/#sources","title":"Sources","text":"1: Leggett, S. and Grant, R. (eds) Toowong: A community\u2019s history, Toowong, West Toowong Community Association Inc., 2003
"},{"location":"stories/toowong-identities-2/","title":"More Toowong Identities","text":"More stories to commemorate the centenary of the proclamation of the Town of Toowong in 1903.
On 19 August 1903, the Shire of Toowong was proclaimed a town. At the time, the population numbered about 4700. The town grew rapidly, reaching 10,000 residents by 1922. Three years later the Toowong Town Council was absorbed into the Brisbane City Council.1
Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/toowong-identities-2/#edmund-curd-43714","title":"Edmund Curd (4\u201137\u201114)","text":"Edmund Curd was the first principal of the Toowong State School which opened in January 1880. He died in December 1922 aged 78.
"},{"location":"stories/toowong-identities-2/#victor-and-jean-mcgregorlowndes-4162021","title":"Victor and Jean McGregor\u2011Lowndes (4\u201116\u201120/21)","text":"Born in 1884, Victor was a Justice of the Peace and a Mason. He died at his home, Craig\u2011Royston, Toowong on 21 July 1951. His wife, Jean, was also a JP and a prominent citizen, honoured as a Member of the British Empire. Jean died in June 1976, aged 89.
"},{"location":"stories/toowong-identities-2/#mary-elizabeth-weedon-and-annie-griffiths-4320","title":"Mary Elizabeth Weedon and Annie Griffiths (4\u20113\u201120)","text":"Mary Weedon was the first head nurse of the Brisbane Hospital, holding the position for five years from 1885. Mary and her friend, Annie Griffiths, shared a house called Garton in Terrace Street, Toowong for many years. They were also members of the congregation of St Thomas Anglican Church. They died within eighteen months of each other; Mary in March 1942 and Annie in July 1943.
"},{"location":"stories/toowong-identities-2/#william-busby-4322","title":"William Busby (4\u20113\u201122)","text":"William was a stonemason who had a workshop and house in Sylvan Road. He arrived from Oxford in 1882. He made many headstones at Toowong Cemetery including the Caskey Monument and continued working until his death in 1928.
"},{"location":"stories/toowong-identities-2/#sali-mendelsohn-367","title":"Sali Mendelsohn (3\u20116\u20117)","text":"In 1890, Sali published his most enduring ballad The Drover otherwise known as Brisbane Ladies which features the line, \"Farewell and adieu to the girls of Toowong\". The ballad is about the drovers returning west to their cattle stations having sold their at market. The route taken passed through Toowong on the way to Moggill Road.2
"},{"location":"stories/toowong-identities-2/#harriet-and-william-johnson-1362","title":"Harriet and William Johnson (1\u201136\u20112)","text":"The Johnsons lived in a house called Castle Rawe, Toowong. Harriet died in 1914, aged 63. Her husband, William, outlived her by twenty\u2011five years, dying aged 79.
"},{"location":"stories/toowong-identities-2/#william-webster-137-6","title":"William Webster (1\u201137-6)","text":"A Scottish merchant, William died at his home Arley, Toowong, aged 66 in 1895. William purchased Arley, opposite the railway station after its previous owner, bank manager Alexander Archer, drowned in the Quetta shipwreck in 1890.
Horse and carriage outside the Archer family residence, Arley, Toowong, ca. 1882 - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/toowong-identities-2/#walter-horatio-wilson-18422-and-walter-frederick-wilson-1858","title":"Walter Horatio Wilson (1\u201184\u201122) and Walter Frederick Wilson (1\u201185\u20118)","text":"W. H. Wilson was a member of the Queensland Legislative Council, Minister of Justice, Secretary of Public Instruction, and Postmaster\u2011General in a varied political career. He was a founding member of the Anglican Church in Toowong in 1866 and found time to be elected to the Toowong Shire Council in 1884. He was also a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George. He died at his Toowong home, Sherwood Grove, in February 1902, aged 62.
Walter F. Wilson, Master of Arts, was elected to the Toowong Shire Council in 1886. A member of the Lands Court, Walter F. Wilson died at his home, Dovercourt, which still stands, aged 48 in 1911.
Honourable Walter Horatio Wilson 1887 - State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/toowong-identities-2/#richard-langler-drew-54322","title":"Richard Langler Drew (5\u201143\u201122)","text":"Described by contemporary J. B. Fewings as \u201cthe father of Toowong\u201d, Richard bought large blocks of land bordering Toowong Creek in 1861. He ascertained from the local Aborigines that Toowong was a suitable name for the area and posted the first sign as such. He and his wife Anne were founding members of the Anglican Church. In 1866, he donated part of his land in Curlew Street to build the first St Thomas Anglican Church.
View of Burns Road, Toowong, Brisbane at the intersection of High Street ca 1910. The second St. Thomas' Anglican Church is in the background. It replaced an 1865 timber building on another site. - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/toowong-identities-2/#hercules-smith-5409","title":"Hercules Smith (5\u201140\u20119)","text":"Hercules was the second principal of the Toowong State School, a position he held for 27 years from January 1882 until retirement in March 1909.
Anne and Hercules Smith, 1863 - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/toowong-identities-2/#robert-and-maria-johnstone-5361516","title":"Robert and Maria Johnstone (5\u201136\u201115/16)","text":"Born in Tasmania in 1843, Robert was educated in Scotland before coming to Queensland in 1865 to work in the cattle industry. In 1868, he switched to sugar growing, managing plantations in the Cardwell region. Appointed sub\u2011inspector of native police in 1871, Robert\u2019s patrols took him into unexplored areas. In 1873, he accompanied G. E. Dalrymple to explore the northern coastline to Cooktown. The Johnstone River is named after him.3 He married Maria who bore nine children. Robert\u2019s police duties took him to Winton, Bundaberg, Maryborough and Beenleigh before settling at Serenata, Toowong. Robert died in January 1905, aged 63 and Maria died aged 76 in September 1923.
"},{"location":"stories/toowong-identities-2/#letitia-jephson-53417","title":"Letitia Jephson (5\u201134\u201117)","text":"Letitia was widowed and had lost two young sons while still in her early forties. She became a businesswoman managing boarding houses in the city and at Kangaroo Point. The Longreach Private Boarding House which she leased in 1879 was a highly successfully operation. Letitia bought Cabury on Kensington Terrace which she renamed Mallow after her birthplace in Ireland. In 1899 she sold Mallow to Sir Robert Philp. When Letitia died in 1908, she left a substantial estate including shares in banks and breweries. Church Street was renamed Jephson Street after her.
Mallow, home of Sir Robert Philp, Toowong - State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/toowong-identities-2/#samuel-kaye-24226","title":"Samuel Kaye (2\u201142\u201126)","text":"Kaye\u2019s Rocks at Toowong were named after Samuel. He was a government appointee to the Toowong Shire Council in 1880. A member of the Toowong Philharmonic Orchestra, Samuel operated a museum for musical instruments, importing pianos, organs and harmoniums. He taught music for many years from his home on the north side of the rocks which now bear his name.
"},{"location":"stories/toowong-identities-2/#robert-harrison-smith-53110","title":"Robert Harrison Smith (5\u201131\u201110)","text":"Robert was the Member of the Legislative Council for Bowen. When he retired, he took up property in the South Toowong area, dying at Mobolon in 1911.
"},{"location":"stories/toowong-identities-2/#acknowledgements","title":"Acknowledgements","text":"Written by Dr. Hilda Maclean.
Sponsored by Judy Magub, Councillor for Toowong, 1994\u20142007
"},{"location":"stories/toowong-identities-2/#sources","title":"Sources","text":"1: Leggett, S. and Grant, R. (eds) Toowong: A community\u2019s history, Toowong, West Toowong Community Association Inc., 2003
2: Ochert, M. \u201cSali Mendelsohn\u201d, Australian Jewish Historical Society Journal
3: Maclean, H. (ed.) Extraordinary Lives of Ordinary People, Toowong, Friends of Toowong Cemetery Association Inc. 1999
"},{"location":"stories/undertakers/","title":"Undertakers","text":"Stories about Undertakers remembered in Toowong Cemetery
John Hislop Undertakers, Brisbane, ca. 1902, held by John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland
Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
"},{"location":"stories/undertakers/#george-barney-petrie-1353","title":"George Barney Petrie (13\u20115\u20113)","text":"George Barney Petrie was born in 1839 at the Moreton Bay settlement, the youngest son of Andrew Petrie and his wife Mary, n\u00e9e Cuthbertson. His family arrived in Sydney in 1831 and in 1837 his father was appointed clerk of works at Moreton Bay penal settlement. The family stayed on in the district after it closed.
After learning the ropes in the family building and contracting business George assumed responsibility for the carpentry side of the business from his eldest brother John. Typical of the period, coffins were made in the carpentry workshop which expanded to encompass all aspects of the undertaking trade.
The Petrie family had arranged burials since 1840 but it wasn\u2019t until 1864 that George Barney Petrie started to conduct funerals under his own name including that of Queensland\u2019s second Governor, Colonel Samuel Wensley Blackall on 3 January 1871. George died on 21 June 1878 of \u2018fits\u2019 and was buried the same day.
Advertisement and etching for John Petrie & Sons, stonemasons in Brisbane, 1889 - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/undertakers/#alex-gow-135934","title":"Alex Gow (13\u201159\u20113/4)","text":"Alexander Gow was born in Fife, Scotland, on 19 October 1861 son of James Gow and Christian Philp. In 1865, he arrived in Brisbane where his father operated a grocery store. Alex Gow trained as a compositor and worked in the printing trade. On 24 March 1884 at her parents\u2019 home in New Farm, he married Mary Inglis Mathewson. There were seven children from the marriage.
In 1908 he purchased the interest of George Sillett in the undertaking firm Sillett and Barrett. Within two years, Alex Gow had total control of the firm and had started conducting funerals under his own name. He died on 2 May 1919 of gastric carcinoma. In keeping with the tradition of undertaking firms not conducting funerals for members of their own family, his funeral was arranged by John Hislop and Sons, which operated from two doors down from Alex Gow\u2019s premises in Queen Street.
Alex Gow Funerals, now operated by the fourth generation of the family, moved to its current site in Newstead in 1963 when the traffic in Queen Street made it too difficult to conduct funerals and assemble corteges from the old site.
Alex Gow Undertaker's premises at 550 Queen Street, Brisbane, Queensland. Men from left to right: Alexander Gow, Robert Alexander (Bert) Gow; Thomas Learoyd. The business was first owned by Alistair Gow - John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/undertakers/#john-hislop-11689","title":"John Hislop (11\u201168\u20119)","text":"John Hislop along with his brother James, were prize-winning furniture manufacturers and upholsterers with premises in Queen Street. They also conducted funerals together from the 1870s. This partnership was dissolved in 1889 with the funeral and furniture businesses being separated with the bulk of the funerary business being conducted from Peel Street, South Brisbane.
John Hislop and Sons established another branch at 544 Queen Street in 1912 where he and his three sons, daughter and son-in-law conducted business until the 1950s when the Queen Street traffic forced them to consolidate the business at Peel Street.
John Hislop died on 15 July 1918 aged 74 after a long and painful illness. His funeral left the same day from his residence Norman Villa at Norman Park. The funeral was conducted by Cannon and Cripps.
John Hislop Undertakers in a funeral procession in Brisbane, ca. 1892, held by John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. It is believed the procession is in Sylvan Road (previously Cemetery Road) on corner of Kate Street. Advertisement for John Hislop's undertaking business featuring the premises and a horsedrawn hearse, 1902 - State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/undertakers/#alma-adlington-71145","title":"Alma Adlington (7\u2011114\u20115)","text":"Alma Adlington was born in Rotherhithe, near London in 1856, the son of a boat builder. He described himself as a cabinet maker at the time of his marriage to Mary Gascoyne at Bromley, Kent in January 1883. With their infant son, the Adlingtons arrived in Brisbane in December 1884. Two more children followed. Alma worked as a cabinet maker and upholster, his projects including the hangings behind the high altar of St Stephen\u2019s Cathedral. He also patented in 1890, a combined horse-drawn carriage and hearse in which the coffin was stowed under the floor.
In early 1891, he went into business with established undertaker George Sillett. The partnership was short lived as Alma died on 4 May 1891 aged 36. George Sillett buried his partner and two weeks later he buried Mary Adlington, who had died of a \u2018broken heart\u2019 at the loss of her husband. The three orphaned children were cared for by their aunt.
"},{"location":"stories/undertakers/#george-sillett-5659","title":"George Sillett (5\u201165\u20119)","text":"George Sillett was born in Durham in the north of England in 1866. He arrived in Brisbane in December 1885. A little under a year later he married Durham lass, Margaret Ann Gill at All Saint\u2019s Church of England, Ann Street. At the time, George Sillett was managing Petrie\u2019s Undertaking Establishment at 550 Queen Street.
After the short lived partnership with Alma Adlington, George Sillett went into business with Walter Scott Barrett, the son of undertaker Walter Barrett. From 1893, the firm Sillett and Barrett traded from Petrie Bight with a branch office at Roma Street.
Alexander Gow purchased an interest in the firm on the death of George Sillett, aged 42, from influenza exacerbated by heavy drinking on 7 September 1908. He had been a prominent member of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows which is symbolised on his headstone by the two male hands clasped.
"},{"location":"stories/undertakers/#walter-barrett-13178","title":"Walter Barrett (1\u201131\u20117/8)","text":"Walter Barrett was born in July 1833 in Taunton, Somerset, son of a veterinary surgeon. He married Matilda Webber on 30 March 1864 and set sail for Australia. He established his undertaking business in 1875 and bought a tiny six and a half perches block two doors down from the Hotel Orient which was designated the number 550 Queen Street.
He took over the business of the late George Barney Petrie in 1878 and traded as the Petrie\u2019s Undertaking Establishment. Walter Barrett sold the business in 1884 to William Hancock and John Corbett who continued using the name occasionally supplemented with their own.
Walter Barrett then went to Sandgate where he became an alderman and served as mayor for the year of 1891. He died at Eagle Junction on 11 December 1907 aged 74 after a long and painful illness.
"},{"location":"stories/undertakers/#kate-mary-smith-1714","title":"Kate Mary Smith (1\u20117\u201114)","text":"Kate Mary Smith, giving her name to the KM Smith Funerals, was a true pioneer in an era when women pursued domestic duties or worked in service or in factories. Born in Ireland in 1847 as Catherine Mary Farrell, she immigrated to Australia with her brother in the 1860s. Kate Farrell is believed to have worked for the Jardine family on Cape York. Certainly she was at Somerset on 27 January 1868 when she married Marine John Smith at the Registrar\u2019s Office. Their marriage certificate shows John was 29, and a piano forte maker like his father; Kate was 21 and described herself as a servant.
Kate Mary, a Catholic, and her Anglican husband John, arrived in Brisbane in 1874. Through their respective churches and his Freemasonry, they were able to make extensive social and business connections, despite living in poor circumstances themselves. John often applied his cabinet making and carpentry skills to produce coffins, subsequently becoming an undertaker. They lived in Peel Street, South Brisbane, and later at Manning Street, and bought the undertaking business of William Walsh in 1883. They operated for many years from George Street, just near the old Lands Department, and they competed for business with other undertakers such as Walter Barrett and the Hislops. Two years later John Smith was dealing with his solicitors about leasing land at the corner of Wickham and Gotha Streets, below the steep hill crowned by All Hallows.
On 11 January 1886, the Smith family moved from South Brisbane to the Valley where they lived in the upper storey, above the business. Nearby were the very necessary stables, housing the hearses and the black horses that drew them. It was a many-faceted business, and they were on call day and night. But Kate Mary's husband was ill, suffering from consumption, and weakened by an attack on the Marines at Somerset in 1864 in which he had suffered two spear wounds, serious enough for him to have been sent to Sydney for some months. A few months later he died, at Wickham Street, aged 42, and was buried by a Church of England minister at Toowong on 20 May 1886. Kate Mary had run the business for some time already, assisted by her eldest son, John. She had learned how to embalm, a necessary skill to enable the transportation of bodies, but a rare one for a woman to master. This was especially remarkable as women of the time rarely attended funerals let alone work in the industry. She closely monitored all aspects of its operations and insisted on quality service.
The company continued to develop as times changed, and was an early mover from horse drawn hearses to motor vehicles completing the process in 1932. Kate Mary was a generous supporter of the church and the Mater hospital. Strong and determined, she has been described as a feisty woman who did not suffer fools gladly. These qualities saw the company flourish, despite the hardships of World War One and the depression. Personal tragedy also continued to strike, by the time of her death in June 1932 aged 85, Kate Mary had buried four of her six children.
Looking from Centenary Place across Gotha St, Fortitude Valley towards K.M. Smith Funeral Directors - State Library Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/undertakers/#alfred-cannon-412122-and-joseph-cripps-4286","title":"Alfred Cannon (4\u20111\u201121/22) and Joseph Cripps (4\u201128\u20116)","text":"Cannon and Cripps was formed in 1887 by Alfred Cannon and his brother-in-law Joseph Cripps.
Joseph Cripps was born in Waddeson near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire in 1849. He arrived in Queensland aboard the Ramsey in June 1873. Initially he lived in Ipswich before moving to Brisbane. After nine years in various businesses, he became an undertaker. He died after thirty one years in the profession aged 69 on 15 January 1918 after an illness of six weeks. The funeral, conducted by John Hislops and Sons, left his late residence Iona, Heussler Terrace, Milton and he was buried with the rites of the Methodist Church of which he had been a trustee for many years. He was also a prominent member of the Protestant Alliance Friendly Society of Australia and sympathised with the ideals of the Loyal Orange Lodge. Joseph Cripps had outlived his partner Alfred Cannon by three years and had gone into business with his nephew William Cannon.
Alfred Cannon died on 11 September 1915 aged 71 at his home Airlie, Edmondstone, South Brisbane. He shared the same political affiliations and lodge memberships as his brother-in- law. Alfred had married Joseph\u2019s sister Sarah Cripps on Christmas Eve 1862 in Waddeson, the same village they had both been born and the couple joined Joseph on his voyage to Queensland.
Flyer for Cannon and Cripps, Undertakers in Brisbane, Queensland, 1902 - State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"stories/undertakers/#further-reading","title":"Further Reading","text":"Written by Dr. Hilda Maclean.
Thank you to Laurel Shanley from K. M. Smith Funerals for providing the story of Kate Mary Smith.
"},{"location":"stories/weather/","title":"At the mercy of the weather","text":"Stories about people in Toowong Cemetery that were impacted by the weather
The 'Young Australia' wrecked at Moreton Island, Queensland \u2014 State Library of South Australia - PRG 1373/5/9
Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
Guided tour handoutThese notes are from handout given to people who attended this guided tour. Our volunteer presenter told a more complete story at each grave visited and explained the relationship to the theme.
"},{"location":"stories/weather/#robert-bulcock-132412","title":"Robert Bulcock (13\u201124\u201112)","text":"Robert Bulcock (1832-1900) was born in Clitheroe, Lancashire to parents, Robert and Ann (n\u00e9e Wilkinson). In December 1855 he arrived in Moreton Bay where he became a successful fruiterer, seedsman and produce merchant in Queen Street, Brisbane. Robert later entered politics, firstly as the member for Enoggera in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1885-1888 and then served in the Queensland Legislative Council from 1894 until his death. His wife Elizabeth was laid to rest with her husband in 1908.
"},{"location":"stories/weather/#thomas-illidge-13241","title":"Thomas Illidge (13\u201124\u20111)","text":"London-born Thomas Illidge (1823-1896) was the son of Thomas Illidge and Harriett (n\u00e9e Muckleton). For some years, he was the proprietor of a boot and shoe store in Sydney before bringing his wife, Ann and family to Brisbane where he recommenced his business in Queen Street in 1859. Ann died in 1882 and was the first burial in this plot. Thomas married again but was buried here with his first wife. Other family members were later interred in the same plot.
"},{"location":"stories/weather/#joseph-bancroft-13353","title":"Joseph Bancroft (13\u201135\u20113)","text":"Dr Joseph Bancroft (1836-1894) was a general practitioner, surgeon, medical researcher, inventor, parasitologist and canned meat manufacturer. He was the only child of Joseph Bancroft, farmer, of Stretford, Manchester, England, and his wife Ann, n\u00e9e Lane. Seeking a warmer climate for health reasons, he arrived in Brisbane in 1864 with his wife and children. In addition to carrying out his duties as a medical practitioner, he was keenly interested in the problems affecting stock and agriculture and experimented with plant varieties to establish those suitable for growing in Queensland's climate.
After his death, his son Dr Thomas Lane Bancroft (1860-1933), a medical scientist and administrator, continued his father's work in agriculture and parasitology.
Dr Joseph Bancroft - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/weather/#james-brayden-133811","title":"James Brayden (13\u201138\u201111)","text":"James Brayden (1827-1890), the first Superintendent of the Cape Moreton Lighthouse was born at Ramsay on the Isle of Man, the son of George Brayden and Mary (n\u00e9e Bell). The lighthouse was built by the NSW Government prior to Separation. James served at Cape Moreton for 31 years before retiring to New Farm in Brisbane. During his tenure at Cape Moreton he provided meteorological observations to the Government Meteorological Observer.
Three young children playing in the shadows of Cape Moreton Lighthouse, Moreton Island, ca. 1912 - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"stories/weather/#richard-henry-sholl-92412","title":"Richard Henry Sholl (9\u201124\u20111/2)","text":"Richard Henry Sholl (1821-1892) was born in the London borough of Southwark. Following the death of his father Richard Sholl, his mother Elizabeth (n\u00e9e Motton) took her young family to Western Australia. Young Richard later became master of coastal vessels plying the trade routes in the Pacific region and across the Great Australian Bight during the great age of sail. Just prior to Separation in 1859, Captain Sholl was appointed pilot for Moreton Bay by the NSW Government and in January 1864 he was promoted to the position of senior sea pilot for this port, a position he held until 1881.
"},{"location":"stories/weather/#daniel-rowntree-somerset-13807","title":"Daniel Rowntree Somerset (13\u201180\u20117)","text":"Daniel Rowntree Somerset (1812-1880), his wife Dora (n\u00e9e Higginson), and children Anna Sophia (1824-1924), Ellen Maria 1846-1898) and Henry St John (1848-1819) arrived in South Australia from Northern Ireland in 1849 but in 1850 boarded the barque Jenny Lind for a voyage to London via Singapore. As the ship sailed off the North Queensland coast, they were shipwrecked on Kenn Reef. Daniel later became prominent in civic affairs and was appointed Chief Clerk of Customs and Shipping Master of the Port of Brisbane.
Jenny Lind figurehead, shipwrecked 1850. Exhibits at Gladstone Maritime Museum, Central Queensland, Australia.
"},{"location":"stories/weather/#james-clark-142212","title":"James Clark (14\u201122\u201112)","text":"James Clark \"The Pearl King\" (1857-1933) was born on the Hunter River in NSW. When he was three, he came to Brisbane with his mother and siblings, following the death of his father Adam. After a rudimentary education, he began work as a plasterers' boy at James Campbell & Co.
Some years later after gaining business experience, he went north to Cape York and entered into a business partnership with Frank Jardine in 1881 to try pearling. The business prospered and, by the time the partnership ended, they had built up a fleet of pearling vessels which was divided between them. James became a leader in the pearling industry and later a successful pastoralist.
James Clark - The Brisbane Courier, 10 July 1933
"},{"location":"stories/weather/#charles-le-brocq-1443031","title":"Charles le Brocq (14\u20114\u201130/31)","text":"Charles le Brocq (1829-1905) was a native of Jersey in the Channel Islands. He arrived in Melbourne in 1853 and then spent some time in New Zealand. He moved to Brisbane in 1860 and opened the Metropolitan Floating Baths in Petrie Bight in 1866. The Baths were relocated to a site near the Edward Street ferry in 1875. He sold the Baths to another operator in 1886 and they came under council control in 1920.
"},{"location":"stories/weather/#edmund-macdonnell-1871516","title":"Edmund Macdonnell (1\u201187\u201115/16)","text":"Irish immigrant, Edmund Macdonnell (1826-1897) was born in Dublin where his father was a jeweller and fine scientific instrument maker. Edmund learned the trade before leaving for Sydney where relatives of his wife, Mary n\u00e9e Flavelle had a jewellery business. The following year Edmund was sent north to open a Brisbane branch of the business in Queen Street.
In September 1869 Edmund was appointed by the Queensland Government to the position of Meteorological Observer. He later served as a Justice of the Peace, was a member of the Fire Brigade and Licensing Boards and served on the committee of management of the Brisbane Hospital.
"},{"location":"stories/weather/#james-walker-cutten-59412","title":"James Walker Cutten (5\u201194\u201112)","text":"The Cutten brothers took up land at the southern end of Bingil Bay in North Queensland in 1886. After clearing the land, they cultivated tropical plants, including tea and coffee and tropical fruits. Their orchards and plantations were battered by cyclone after cyclone. James Cutten (1852-1935) together with his parents and siblings had arrived in Brisbane in 1871 from London and settled firstly at Coopers Plains and then at Felton on the Darling Downs before going north. James was a licensed surveyor and returned to surveying after his marriage in 1907.
"},{"location":"stories/weather/#acknowledgements","title":"Acknowledgements","text":"Compiled and presented by Lyn Maddock
"},{"location":"stories/weather/#sources","title":"Sources","text":"Free self-guided walks to help you explore the history and stories of Toowong Cemetery
Each walk has a map, directions, and stories about people remembered in Toowong Cemetery. Choose a walk:
The Federation Walk
Discover the stories of Queenslander's who contributed to Australia's federation and our constitution.
30 minutes
Dr. Lilian Cooper walk
Uncover Brisbane's history along the gently sloping Dr. Lilian Cooper Drive.
1 hour
The Jewish Walk
Learn about Jewish customs and local identities including a world champion wrestler and a bush balladeer.
45 minutes
Mount Blackall walk
Discover the historic highlights on and around Mount Blackall. A new walk coming soon...
1\u00bd - 2 hours
Self-guided walks in Toowong Cemetery are free. You can walk in the cemetery between 6am and 6pm.
Toowong Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Queensland. On your walk you should wear a hat and enclosed shoes, and take a water bottle. Toilets are available at Canon Garland Place within the cemetery - they are not wheel-chair accessible.
Visit Toowong Cemetery
"},{"location":"walks/#self-guided-walk-alternatives","title":"Self-guided walk alternatives","text":"Consider joining a Toowong Cemetery Guided Tour or the visiting the headstone symbolism display.
"},{"location":"walks/federation-walk/","title":"The Federation Walk","text":""},{"location":"walks/federation-walk/#the-federation-walk","title":"The Federation Walk","text":"A self-guided walk commemorating Queensland's contribution to Australia's federation
The Federation Walk was produced by the Friends of Toowong Cemetery as a Centenary of Federation project to commemorate the role of the four Queensland delegates to the National Australasian Convention of 1891 who are interred at Toowong Cemetery.
The National Australasian Convention was held in Sydney from the 2nd of March to the 9th of April 1891. The convention was attended by seven delegates from each of the six colonies and three delegates from New Zealand. The Queensland delegates were John Donaldson, Sir Samuel Griffith, John Macrossan, Thomas Macdonald-Paterson, Thomas McIlwraith, Arthur Rutledge and Andrew Thynne. Significant outcomes from this convention included agreement of the name Commonwealth of Australia and more importantly, the production of a draft constitution. Sir Samuel Griffith was Chairman of the committee responsible for writing the draft constitution.
This convention marked Queensland\u2019s greatest role in the path towards Federation as Queensland was not represented at later conventions. For Queenslanders, the Depression, droughts, floods, industrial upheavals such as the Shearers Strikes and financial collapses were higher priorities.
Other Queensland issues in the federation debate included Queensland\u2019s use of indentured Melanesian labour that was in contrast the federation movement\u2019s White Australia policy and the possible division of Queensland into two or three separate colonies.
Despite many arguments against federation, the Federal Referendum on the 2nd of September 1899 narrowly voted in favour of Queensland's joining the new nation. Interestingly, the south-east corner of the colony was against Federation.
Crowds looking at the results board at the Courier Building on Referendum Night, Brisbane, Queensland, 1889 - State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
"},{"location":"walks/federation-walk/#before-you-start-the-walk","title":"Before you start the walk","text":"Before you start the walk, wear comfortable shoes, use sun protection, carry water, and read the Brisbane City Council Cemeteries - Conditions of Entry.
Conditions of EntryBrisbane City Council seeks your assistance to maintain a safe and peaceful environment for all visitors to enjoy visiting our City Cemeteries.
You can play your part by having consideration for other visitors in our grounds by:
Council accepts no responsibility for loss or damage to any vehicle, structure, monument, personal property, or thing, or any injury to any person no matter how any such injury, loss or damage may arise or be caused.
"},{"location":"walks/federation-walk/#the-federation-walk-map","title":"The Federation Walk Map","text":"DirectionsPortrait of Sir Arthur Rutledge, 1883 - State Library of Queensland
Arthur Rutledge was born in New South Wales and came to Queensland as a Wesleyan Minister. From 1878 to 1893 and 1899 to 1904 he was a member of the Legislative Assembly. He served five years as Queensland\u2019s Attorney General from 1883. Rutledge was admitted as a barrister in 1878 and became a QC in 1899 and later a district court judge. He was also the chairman of the Land Appeal Court. He was knighted in 1902. At the convention he was a member of the Judiciary Committee. He was a supporter of Griffith and the liberal franchise. Rutledge was also a strong supporter of the federation of the colonies and an opponent of the Northern Separatist movement.
DirectionsContinue up the hill until you reach the Uhl family monument. Turn right and follow the path until you reach a wide path sloping from the top. Turn left and walk directly towards the Blackall Monument. Here you will find the Federation Pavilion.
"},{"location":"walks/federation-walk/#the-federation-pavilion","title":"The Federation Pavilion","text":"The Commonwealth of Australia was inaugurated under a pavilion erected for the occasion in Sydney\u2019s Centennial Park. Our pavilion, designed by Brisbane architect Ian Sinnamon, honours the Queensland delegates to the 1891 National Australasian Convention who are interred nearby. It was funded by the Federation Community Projects Program and construction was arranged by the Brisbane City Council Cemeteries Division.
DirectionsThe pavilion is adjacent to the grave of Sir Samuel Griffith.
"},{"location":"walks/federation-walk/#sir-samuel-walker-griffith-kcmg-qc-mla-121167","title":"Sir Samuel Walker Griffith KCMG, QC, MLA (12\u201111\u20116/7)","text":"
Sir Samuel Walker Griffith, 1886 - State Library of Queensland
Griffith was born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales and migrated to Australia as a child. He graduated from Sydney University in 1862 with Honours in maths and classics and commenced practising law in Brisbane. Griffith, considered by many a Liberal, was elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1872. He was Attorney General and twice premier of Queensland.
Griffith was a delegate at the Intercolonial Convention 1883. Subsequently, Griffith was Vice\u2011President of the National Australasian Convention of 1891 and Chairman of the Drafting Committee which prepared the draft constitution. Griffith was president of the Queensland Federation League from 1898. He was knighted in 1886.
In 1893 Griffith left government to become Chief Justice of Queensland and from 1903 to 1919 was the first Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia. During this period he translated Dante\u2019s Divine Comedy from Italian, which was published by Oxford University Press in 1911.
He died on the 9th of August 1920 at his grand home Merthyr which gave its name to a locality in New Farm. The funeral cortege was described by the Daily Mail as the largest ever seen in Brisbane.
DirectionsWalk along Federation Avenue to John Donaldson's headstone on the right.
"},{"location":"walks/federation-walk/#john-donaldson-mla-124713","title":"John Donaldson MLA (12\u201147\u201113)","text":"
John Donaldson, Queensland Minister for Public Instruction, 1889 - State Library of Queensland
Victorian\u2011born Donaldson became a pastoralist in Queensland. He was a manager and director of a mortgage agency and a bank. He was also President of the Queensland branch of the Australian Natives\u2019 Association. Donaldson was a member of the Legislative Assembly from 1883 to 1893 and served as Post Master General and Colonial Treasurer. At the convention he sought free\u2011trade colonies conservative constitution.
DirectionsContinue along Federation Avenue to Thomas Macdonald\u2011Paterson's headstone on the right.
"},{"location":"walks/federation-walk/#thomas-macdonaldpaterson-mlc-1253-10","title":"Thomas Macdonald\u2011Paterson MLC (12\u201153-10)","text":"
Politician Thomas MacDonald Paterson, 1885 - State Library of Queensland
Macdonald\u2011Paterson arrived in Rockhampton from Scotland in 1861. He worked at a butchery before moving to Brisbane, where he qualified as a solicitor. He was a member for the Queensland Central Separation League and National Association. Macdonald\u2011Paterson served as mayor of Rockhampton in 1870. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly from 1878 to 1885 and again from 1896 to 1901. He was a member of the Legislative Council from 1885 to 1896. He served in three tiers of government as he was the Brisbane Federal Member of the House of Representatives from 1901 to 1903. His main claims at the convention were for uniform financial legislation and the abolition of the right to appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
DirectionsRetrace your steps along Federation Avenue then return down the hill to the starting point.
Federation celebrations in Queen Street, Brisbane, 1901 - State Library of Queensland
"},{"location":"walks/federation-walk/#further-reading","title":"Further Reading","text":"Research: Sally McGrath
Walk Design: Dr. Hilda Maclean
Federation Pavilion funded by Federation Community Projects Program.
Restoration of the graves of Griffith, Rutledge, Macdonald\u2011Paterson and Donaldson funded by the Centenary of Federation Queensland.
"},{"location":"walks/jewish-walk/","title":"The Jewish Walk","text":""},{"location":"walks/jewish-walk/#the-jewish-walk","title":"The Jewish Walk","text":"A self-guided walk through the Jewish portion of Toowong Cemetery
The Brisbane Synagogue, ca. 1906. Erected in Margaret Street in 1885 and consecrated on 18 July 1886 - State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
This is a Jewish Cemetery. Our population in Queensland is quite small, so its cemeteries number only ten and some have rarely been used. In Brisbane there is one at Toowong dating back from the 1870's and the other is at Mt Gravatt, which opened in 1966. Originally there was a small area in the old Lang Park (Paddington) Cemetery, but that was closed and the 3 known Jewish burials, and their monuments, were brought to Toowong in 1913.
Jewish deceased are buried with their heads toward the East. This has a religious significance. Only one person is buried in each grave. Before the coffin is covered with earth, a small amount of soil of the Holy City of Jerusalem is sprinkled over it. Burial is conducted by a world\u2011wide, ancient organisation called the \"Chevra Kadisha\" (The Sacred Society). It has a variety of duties, all of a compassionate nature, e.g. care of orphans and widows, comfort of the dying, charity, etc.
Examples of vandalism will be seen in this cemetery. This is a world\u2011wide malady and difficult to prevent, as the damage is usually done late at night. On the occasions on which it occurs, the Chevra Kadisha promptly restores the damaged monuments.
"},{"location":"walks/jewish-walk/#before-you-start-the-walk","title":"Before you start the walk","text":"Before you start the walk, wear comfortable shoes, use sun protection, carry water, and read the Brisbane City Council Cemeteries - Conditions of Entry.
Conditions of EntryBrisbane City Council seeks your assistance to maintain a safe and peaceful environment for all visitors to enjoy visiting our City Cemeteries.
You can play your part by having consideration for other visitors in our grounds by:
Council accepts no responsibility for loss or damage to any vehicle, structure, monument, personal property, or thing, or any injury to any person no matter how any such injury, loss or damage may arise or be caused.
"},{"location":"walks/jewish-walk/#the-jewish-walk-map","title":"The Jewish Walk Map","text":"The Jewish Walk map, derived from the Toowong Cemetery Area Map \u00a9 Brisbane City Council 2022, used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Licence.
DirectionsStarting at Section 25 in Portion 3 from the Peter Jackson Parade end and closest to Frederick street, walk down the first row, looking left. About the 16th headstone from the start is the grave of...
"},{"location":"walks/jewish-walk/#sam-burmister-3255","title":"Sam Burmister (3\u201125\u20115)","text":"He was a world\u2011class heavy\u2011weight wrestler. As a youth he trained to be a singer in a Synagogue in Rumania and had a rich baritone voice. He became a professional wrestler and won the World Jewish Wrestling Championship belt on several occasions.
DirectionsMoving along another 14 headstones you will come across the grave of...
"},{"location":"walks/jewish-walk/#morris-moskowitch","title":"Morris Moskowitch","text":"Morris built, renovated or moved many homes in South Brisbane, in the first half of this century. He built a small synagogue as an annex to his home in Greenslopes, where he and a group of friends used to pray.
DirectionsWalking up another 6 headstones and still looking left you will come to the grave of...
"},{"location":"walks/jewish-walk/#the-guinsberg-family-313a1416","title":"The Guinsberg Family (3\u201113A\u201114/16)","text":"This type of massive monument is unusual for its size and is rarely utilised nowadays.
DirectionsAnother 13 headstones along this same path is the grave of...
"},{"location":"walks/jewish-walk/#wilfred-john-friedlander-aif-39a17","title":"Wilfred John Friedlander (AIF) (3\u20119A\u201117)","text":"This is an example of the bronze plaques erected by the War Graves Commission over the graves of ex\u2011servicemen.
DirectionsThe grave next to this one is the grave of\u2026
"},{"location":"walks/jewish-walk/#isaac-hillel-hillman-39a16","title":"Isaac Hillel Hillman (3\u20119A\u201116)","text":"As a young man he came to Brisbane from his home in Latvia. He worked as a plumber until he could pay for his fianc\u00e9e to join him. They married here and spent the rest of their lives in Townsville. He was a very pious man and made arrangements for his body to be buried in this Jewish Cemetery. He died aged 96.
DirectionsWalking to the end of this path walk around to the start of second path. Looking right, go to the seventh headstone, and you will see the large headstone of...
"},{"location":"walks/jewish-walk/#rev-jonas-myer-myers-3417","title":"Rev. Jonas Myer Myers (3\u20114\u201117)","text":"The good man was the Minister of the Brisbane Hebrew Congregation, serving here for 45 years and in Toowoomba and Adelaide for several years. He was, more than anyone else, responsible for the building of the Brisbane Synagogue in Margaret Street. It was started in 1885 and finished in 1886 and remains in full use. The Sepher Torah scroll, at the top of his monument, indicates that he was regarded as a particularly good person. It carries the words,
In everlasting memory
DirectionsWalk two graves along and you have reached the graves of...
"},{"location":"walks/jewish-walk/#lawrence-lawrence-and-loewe","title":"Lawrence, Lawrence and Loewe","text":"These are the three monuments which were transferred here from Lang Park. They are in sandstone, which is not used much nowadays for monuments.
Loewe's headstone has a carved pitcher or urn, from which water is being poured. Persons who are descended from the Biblical clan of Levi are called 'Levites' and they had certain duties in the ancient temple in Jerusalem. One was the 'laving' (i.e. washing) of the hands of the 'Cohen' i.e. Priest, before the service, hence the above mentioned pitcher.
There are many forms of the name 'Levy'. In this case, the name is 'Loewe'. Similarly, there are variants to the name of 'Cohen' and it will be seen that some who are identified as priests (see later notes) have other names such as Kangan, Konn, Kahn etc.
DirectionsMoving along the same path and another 12 headstones ahead is the grave of...
"},{"location":"walks/jewish-walk/#alan-taylor-3131a","title":"Alan Taylor (3\u201113\u20111A)","text":"He was climbing the face of Mt Tibrogargan with two other University climbers. They were ascending without safety ropes. He fell to his death and the Jewish Community was deeply shocked at the loss of this fine young man.
DirectionsProceed along the path for another 11 headstones and you will come to the grave of...
"},{"location":"walks/jewish-walk/#trooper-isaac-benjamen-lipstine-313910","title":"Trooper Isaac Benjamen Lipstine (3\u201113\u20119/10)","text":"This is a bronze plaque supplied by the War Graves Commission. Others are upright white marble headstones.
DirectionsAnother 8 headstones along this path is the grave of...
"},{"location":"walks/jewish-walk/#phyliss-mary-peixetto","title":"Phyliss Mary Peixetto","text":"(The \"x\" in Peixetto is pronounced \"z\".)
She was a descendant of a man by that name, who led the entire Jewish Community of America. There is a well\u2011known painting in the Library of the US Congress, showing him with a Jewish delegation which was congratulating George Washington on his victory over the colonial power and assuring him of their loyalty.
DirectionsWalking along another 8 headstones we come upon the grave of...
"},{"location":"walks/jewish-walk/#monty-bloom-3243","title":"Monty Bloom (3\u201124\u20113)","text":"Henry Montague \"Monty\" Bloom served in the AIF in World War 1, as an engineer. He was also a skilled entertainer and organised concert parties in both First and Second World Wars to entertain the troops. He was decorated for his good services. He continued entertaining the wounded long after the Second World War.
DirectionsNow walk around to the start of the third path. Looking LEFT the 23rd headstone from the start is that of\u2026
"},{"location":"walks/jewish-walk/#myer-kangan-ao-mbe-3181a","title":"Myer Kangan AO, MBE (3\u201118\u20111A)","text":"Myer Kangan was decorated with the Order of Australia and made a member of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of his distinguished services to the Crown and to Industry. His headstone has the symbol of a Cohen, a descendant of the High Priest of the Temple in Biblical days.
DirectionsBehind Kangan's headstone is that of...
"},{"location":"walks/jewish-walk/#louis-paul-fingereth-mbe-31814","title":"Louis Paul Fingereth, M.B.E. (3\u201118\u201114)","text":"On this headstone can be seen an example of the configuration of the hands of a Cohen (a male descendant of the family of Aaron, Moses' brother. Aaron was the first high priest, who already functioned during the Exodus). With his hands held in this manner, and his head covered by his prayer shawl, he is entitled to bless the Congregation.
Note that not all the Cohanim (the plural) are named \"Cohen\". The Levites (male descendants of the tribe of Levi) who aided the Cohanim in the Temple Service, still, to this day \"lave\" the hands of the Cohanim with water, before they bless the Congregation during Services. On the monuments of Levites can be seen an urn or pitcher from which water is being poured. Cohanim obey certain restrictions but also have some ritual privileges.
DirectionsMoving also this path 6 more headstones, we come to the grave of...
"},{"location":"walks/jewish-walk/#lipman-abrahams-3129","title":"Lipman Abrahams (3\u201112\u20119)","text":"This is a beautiful carved sandstone monument. The symbol of the book would suggest that the person was well versed in the Hebrew religion.
DirectionsNext to this beautiful monument is the grave of...
"},{"location":"walks/jewish-walk/#percy-benjamin-31278","title":"Percy Benjamin (3\u201112\u20117/8)","text":"Percy Benjamin was a son of Sir Benjamin Benjamin and Lady Fanny Benjamin. Sir Benjamin owned a Melbourne Savings bank. About the turn of the century there was an unexplained 'rush on the banks', when people drew out their money in a great panic for no reason. Sir Benjamin put all his own funds into his bank in an effort to reassure the people, but it was to no avail. He lost everything and was bankrupted. Percy's monument was provided by his Brisbane employers, S. Hoffnung & Co.
DirectionsWalk along a couple of more headstones and you will see the striking sculpted red granite monument of Flegeltaub. Moving along another 4 headstones and still looking right you will see the headstone of...
"},{"location":"walks/jewish-walk/#behr-raphael-lewin-381011","title":"Behr Raphael Lewin (3\u20118\u201110/11)","text":"About 1875 he carried a \"Sepher Torah\" (i.e. a Scroll of the Old Testament) on horse\u2011back up the mountain range \u2011 the Toll Bar Road \u2011 to Toowoomba in order to install Jewish Religious services there. The Toowoomba Synagogue was actually consecrated some years before the Brisbane Synagogue, though the Brisbane Hebrew Congregation was formed in 1865. Mr Levin was an official of both Congregations.
DirectionsA further 3 headstones along, we have the headstone of...
"},{"location":"walks/jewish-walk/#cornelia-harris","title":"Cornelia Harris","text":"On this monument is a passage from Proverbs XXXI. It is a fine tribute to a goodly wife.
DirectionsSeveral of the next graves on both sides of the path form the centre of the oldest part of this Jewish Cemetery. Most of these monuments were cut in sandstone, quarried near Helidon. Another 3 headstones along is the headstone of...
"},{"location":"walks/jewish-walk/#caroline-benjamin","title":"Caroline Benjamin","text":"The headstone and massive monument would weigh over one tonne. If sculpted today, it would cost an enormous amount.
DirectionsNow go to the end of this 3rd path and round to the start of the 4th path and look to the right and to the 7th grave of...
"},{"location":"walks/jewish-walk/#arthur-hyam","title":"Arthur Hyam","text":"You will see some columns with the top broken off. This is a well\u2011known symbol over the grave of a person who died at a young age. Later, you will see a monument on which is engraved a palm tree. An arm, wielding an axe has lopped off the tree top. This has the same significance.
DirectionsAs you walk along this path a few headstones up you will notice some more of the old sandstone monuments. Further along you will come upon the white marble monument of...
"},{"location":"walks/jewish-walk/#louis-michael-boock-3224","title":"Louis Michael Boock (3\u201122\u20114)","text":"This is an example of the marble monuments erected by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, over the graves of ex\u2011servicemen. Others are in bronze.
Several monuments along you will see one with only one Hebrew word on it, \"SHEMOTH\".
In compliance with the Commandment \"Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain\", the Jewish people are careful to avoid disrespect to any prayer book or other object carrying the Holy Name. Therefore, prayer books, etc. which, due to age or accident, are no longer usable are not trashed or burnt, but are placed in small coffins and buried in the consecrated ground of a Jewish Cemetery. Here is the headstone of one such grave bearing the word \"SHEMOTH\" (name) i.e. \"THE HOLY NAME\".
DirectionsThe third grave after the SHEMOTH grave and in the rear row is that of\u2026
"},{"location":"walks/jewish-walk/#errol-solomon-meyers-32222","title":"Errol Solomon Meyers (3\u201122\u201122)","text":"Errol Solomon Meyers was Lieutenant Colonel in the Australian Army in the First World War, being a Regimental Medical Officer. A surgeon, anatomist and teacher; co\u2011founder of the Medical Faculty of the University of Queensland and was Dean of the faculty 1942\u20111954.
DirectionsNow walk round to the start of the fifth path. The first small monument is over another \"SHEMOTH\" burial. Hundreds of articles (mainly worn out books) are buried in each \"SHEMOTH\" grave.
Walking along to the fifth monument and at the rear of it is the grave of...
"},{"location":"walks/jewish-walk/#dr-eric-mark-margulies-3218","title":"Dr Eric Mark Margulies (3\u201121\u20118)","text":"Eric Mark Margulies was the only doctor in the western Queensland country town of Cunnamulla. A major fire destroyed the hotel and the good doctor distinguished himself in the rescue, as well as in the treatment of the survivors, some of whom were very badly injured. Later he was the Government Medical Officer on the Gold Coast.
DirectionsMoving along another 10 monuments you will come to the headstones of...
"},{"location":"walks/jewish-walk/#the-gerson-family-31634","title":"The Gerson Family (3\u201116\u20113/4)","text":"These three identical monuments are an example of the work of vandals. It can be seen that they were broken off at the base with blows from behind. By mounting them on a sloping concrete pad, the broken pieces were brought together. Further vandalism is made less likely.
DirectionsWalking along another 12 monuments is the grave of...
"},{"location":"walks/jewish-walk/#roy-mark-levy-31014a","title":"Roy Mark Levy (3\u201110\u201114A)","text":"He was a well\u2011known cricketer representing Queensland in the Sheffield Shield series over many years.
DirectionsWalk along the path past 6 monuments, and you will be standing at the grave of...
"},{"location":"walks/jewish-walk/#sali-mendelsohn-367","title":"\"Sali\" Mendelsohn (3\u20116\u20117)","text":"\"Sali\" was his nickname. His correct name was Bezalel Saul Mendelsohn. He died in 1897 and his sons had his name inscribed as
Sali Mendelsohn Bezalel Saul
Sali's wife was a woman of strong opinions and she preferred his nickname to his given names, so she had them neatly chiselled off the headstone, as can be seen.
Sali was Queensland's greatest bush balladeer and wrote many songs about the droving days, some of which are \"Salt Junk\" and the \"New Chum's First Tour\" but his most enduring ballad is \"The Girls of Toowong\" also variously known as \"Augathella Station\", \"Overlanders\" or \"The Drover\". It tells of parties of drovers who would set out from the cattle fattening yards which used to stretch from the foot of Mt Coot\u2011tha to the Brisbane river. They would proceed in stages to the North West, where they would collect a vast herd of beef cattle and bring them here for spelling and fattening. Another name by which this ballad was known is \"Brisbane Ladies\". One version of the song suggested that these ladies camped in the drovers' rough huts in which they stayed between their trips to the cattle country, and provided \"home comforts\", including cooking, to the travel\u2011weary stockmen.
DirectionsMoving along the path for another 10 monuments, you will come to the grave of...
"},{"location":"walks/jewish-walk/#samuel-joseph-levy-382021","title":"Samuel Joseph Levy (3\u20118\u201120/21)","text":"When a person dies at a relatively young age, it is sometimes symbolised by a \"broken column\" i.e. the life has been \"broken off.\" On this monument there is a similar symbolism. An arm with an axe in the hand is seen reaching down from the clouds, and it has chopped the trunk of a palm\u2011tree which is seen falling.
DirectionsWalking along a couple of graves, we come across some more handsome sandstone monuments bearing the surname of Phillips.
Go to the end of the path and onto the road. The first monument is that of...
"},{"location":"walks/jewish-walk/#joseph-hearsch-31a12","title":"Joseph Hearsch (3\u20111A\u20111/2)","text":"Here you will see some of the pebbles or stones which are placed on monuments by those who visit the graves of the departed. They carry a three\u2011fold message:
You are not forgotten. See \u2011 I have been here And I have added a little to your memorial.
Please place your pebble on a grave!
We thank you for having \"been here\" too.
SHALOM (Peace)
"},{"location":"walks/jewish-walk/#acknowledgements","title":"Acknowledgements","text":"Text by Morris. S. Ochert OAM - Queensland Researcher, Australian Jewish Historical Society
Edited by Dr. Hilda Maclean - Friends of Toowong Cemetery
"},{"location":"walks/lilian-cooper-walk/","title":"Dr. Lilian Cooper Walk","text":""},{"location":"walks/lilian-cooper-walk/#dr-lilian-cooper-walk","title":"Dr. Lilian Cooper Walk","text":"Uncover Brisbane's history along the gently sloping Dr. Lilian Cooper Drive.
Before you start the walk, wear comfortable shoes, use sun protection, carry water, and read the Brisbane City Council Cemeteries - Conditions of Entry.
Conditions of EntryBrisbane City Council seeks your assistance to maintain a safe and peaceful environment for all visitors to enjoy visiting our City Cemeteries.
You can play your part by having consideration for other visitors in our grounds by:
Council accepts no responsibility for loss or damage to any vehicle, structure, monument, personal property, or thing, or any injury to any person no matter how any such injury, loss or damage may arise or be caused.
"},{"location":"walks/lilian-cooper-walk/#dr-lilian-cooper-walk-map","title":"Dr. Lilian Cooper Walk Map","text":"DirectionsLachlan Chisholm Wilson was born on 11 July 1871 at Logan River, Queensland. With the exception of Victoria Cross recipient, Charles Heaphy (1820\u20111881, buried at Portion 1\u20115\u201134) he is the most decorated soldier in Toowong Cemetery.
Educated at Brisbane Grammar School, Wilson began and ended his life as a lawyer, first admitted to the Queensland Bar in 1895. First practicing in Townsville, he later returned to Brisbane where he entered into a partnership with E. K. Tully to form one of Queensland's leading law firms. He later extended his business interests, becoming a director of the Australian Mutual Provident Society. During this time, he was also able to foster one of his personal interests, the welfare of ex\u2011servicemen and women, and cofounded Legacy.
Aside from his work as a lawyer, Wilson also served his country, joining the Australian Imperial Force as a Major on 30 September 1914 and landing at Gallipoli in May. As the new commander, he mounted a successful raid against Bird Trenches near Gaba Tepe and seized positions now known as Wilson's Lookout. Taking part in almost all the major engagements between the Battle of Romani (3\u20115 August 1916) and the capture of Damascus (October 1918), Wilson was also instrumental in introducing the Queensland spear\u2011point pump to obtain water in the desert. This portable device could raise water quickly and when combined with canvas troughs, simplified the watering of the horses.
Wilson continued his military service through Jordan and Egypt and notably managed a rebellion which broke out against the British. For his management of this conflict, Wilson was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and the French Croix de Guerre. After a brief period on the unattached list, Australian Military Forces, Wilson became aide\u2011de\u2011camp to the Governor\u2011General in 1923\u20111927 and commander of a number of other infantry and cavalry brigades.
Wilson died at his New Farm home on 7 April 1947, survived by his wife, son and daughter.
Brigadier-General Lachlan Chisholm Wilson presenting a field gun at Brisbane Grammar School Queensland 1921 - State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
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Through his contact with relatives of the famed Doctor Livingstone, George Henderson developed an interest in Africa. After meeting with the Rebel Chief Cetewayo Zulu, he managed to influence railway construction there. Returning to the United Kingdom, then moving to Queensland, Henderson became heavily involved in Brisbane\u2019s development. Initially he worked to develop and construct storm water drainage in South Brisbane and Kangaroo Point, was responsible for ploughing and paving with wooden blocks both George and Queen streets, and contributed to the construction of railway lines between Cleveland, Charleville, Cloncurry, Chillagoe, parts of the north coastline, and Eagle Farm Meatworks.
Queensland Meat Export and Agency Company at Eagle Farm, Brisbane, ca. 1900 - State Library of Queensland.
DirectionsMoving further along the road and off to the right is the black granite monument of the McWhirter family.
"},{"location":"walks/lilian-cooper-walk/#james-mcwhirter-189837","title":"James McWhirter (18\u201198\u20113/7)","text":"
James McWhirter (junior), the only son of James and Agnes McWhirter (n\u00e9e Cameron), played a significant part in developing the centre of Fortitude Valley, working with his father to build a premier shopping precinct, which is now a Queensland heritage\u2011listed place.
James McWhirter (junior) was born in 1878 in Scotland. His father and mother immigrated to Australia that same year. He married Adelaide Mary Reid in January 1906, but she died tragically nine months later, giving birth to their son Duncan. He remarried in 1910 to Mary Millicent Atkins and had several children with her.
Encouraged by the new styles of shopping in London, the McWhirters commissioned Brisbane architects Atkinson and McLay to design a substantial, five\u2011storey building. When completed in 1912 it became an immediate Fortitude Valley landmark, seen for miles around, and dominating the Valley corner. No expense had been spared and on its opening in October 1912, delivered the most modern and progressive of department stores. On the ground level, extensive street frontages displayed the latest in island windows and the five street entrances displayed mosaic tiling and lead lights in the main foyer. The interior was well\u2011ventilated and well\u2011lit and completed with fittings of silky oak display tables which allowed customers to browse and inspect goods without being dependent on sales assistants.
McWhirters was also one of the first department stores fitted with sprinkler systems for fire prevention and three electric elevators for the convenience of customers. The pneumatic cash tube system was also the largest in the state. The grand new store housed more than 50 departments, including manchester, fabric, haberdashery, jewellery, travel goods, and of course millinery and women's clothing as well as furniture, carpets, kitchenware and toys. For the convenience of customers, a tea room also overlooked the Brisbane River and suburbs.
James McWhirter (junior) died in Sydney in September 1919 of pneumonia. Such was McWhirter\u2019s popularity and standing in Brisbane\u2019s social elite that his funeral was held in Brisbane on 19 September 1919 at the Ann Street Presbyterian Church, with many would\u2011be attendees unable to be admitted into the church due to lack of space. He was survived by his father, James McWhirter Senior, his widow and children.
McWhirter's department store in Fortitude Valley, 1913 - State Library of Queensland.
DirectionsImmediately to the other side of the road is the monument of Charles Foggitt.
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Charles Emanuel Foggitt, born in Yorkshire in 1864, was a director of the firm Foggitt Jones and Company Limited (Foggitt Jones Limited from 1921). Foggitt immigrated to Australia in 1886 at the age of 22, establishing himself in Brisbane. He married Sarah Ann Malins in 1889, and for many years was associated with food manufacturing firm, J. C. Hutton Propriety Limited, based in Zillmere and Oxley.
Foggitt possessed exceptional business intelligence. In 1904 Foggitt left J. C. Hutton Propriety Limited and founded Foggitt, Jones and Company Limited with Thomas Llewellyn Jones in 1905, producing ham, bacon and smallgoods. They took over the Hutton\u2019s factory in Oxley, which was in financial distress, and within five years the company was generating an annual turnover of \u00a31,000,000. The company gradually expanded into other states and their storage shed at 1 Boundary Street, South Brisbane, built circa 1917 in response to this growth, is now a local heritage place. Foggitt Jones Limited continued to grow throughout the early 20th Century and provisioned supplies to Australian troops during WWII.
Foggitt lived with his family at Tarrangower, Chatsworth Road, Greenslopes. He died on 13 July 1926 after a short illness and was survived by his wife Sarah, three sons and a daughter.
DirectionsAlmost immediately in line with this grave, but three rows further along, is the grave of George Harrap.
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George Harrap was born in Yorkshire, England in 1843 and trained as a teacher at the famous St Mark\u2019s College, Chelsea, London. He taught in England from 1857\u20111872, when he immigrated to Queensland under an engagement with the Queensland Education Department. He was appointed head teacher at the Bulimba State School for a year before being transferred first to North Ipswich and then Woolloongabba in 1884. He was appointed Inspector of Schools in January 1887 and served in this capacity throughout most of Queensland. He retired in 1914, and was recognised as pioneering education in Queensland\u2019s far north.
Harrap married Elizabeth Brown in Lincolnshire, England in 1867 and had seven children. His son George was born on board the ship Royal Dane enroute to Australia.
Harrap died in January 1934 at the age of 91 at his daughter\u2019s residence in Ascog Terrace, Toowong. He was well known for his love of sports and was described in his obituary as a \u201cman of striking physique\u201d who \u201cretained his physique and stamina until a few months before his death\u201d.
DirectionsMoving back across the road and approximately four graves in, is the headstone of William Neil Gillies.
"},{"location":"walks/lilian-cooper-walk/#william-neil-gillies-1810620","title":"William Neil Gillies (18\u2011106\u201120)","text":"
1868\u20111928
William Neil Gillies spent his early years with his parents, sugar farming in New South Wales. After marrying his wife Margaret and the birth of their two children in the early 1900s, he moved to Queensland where he farmed sugar, timber and dairy.
Later however, he began his move into political life as a member of the Labor party. Initially, as a member of the Tintenbar Shire Council, he was unsuccessful in vying for the state and federal seats of Richmond. Somewhat controversially however, he later won the new Queensland Legislative Assembly seat of Eacham created in 1912, after having been charged with falsely stating his period of residence on an electoral claim.
Here began Gillies\u2019 rapid rise within the party. He was elected to Cabinet on 25 April 1918 after the general election and then gained the important post of Secretary for Agriculture and Stock and later, minister for the portfolio. Then in February 1925 when E.G. Theodore resigned as premier, Gillies narrowly defeated William McCormack to begin a short and turbulent premiership involving clashes with and between the unions.
Upon his resignation, Gillies accepted a position in the Industrial Court which was later replaced by the Board of Trade and Arbitration. Here, in a position much better suited to his role as an administrator, he was regarded as a fair Commissioner by employers until his sudden death on 9 February 1928 in Brisbane of hypertensive heart disease.
For those travelling between Cairns and Atherton, you may find yourself travelling the Gillies Highway, named after William Gillies, noted for its 263 corners and 800 metre elevation.
William Gillies, 1920 - Queensland State Archives
DirectionsHeading back to the road and moving further along approximately four rows, turn left down the path to see the white and blue painted monuments of William Forgan Smith.
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1887\u20111953
William Forgan Smith was born on 15 February 1887 and came from humble beginnings as the child of Mary Forgan and George Smith, the head gardener of a Scottish family at Airlie Castle Estate. He was a painting and decorating apprentice in Glasgow and helped paint the interior of the Municipal Chambers, where later he was granted the Freedom of the City.
In 1911, William moved to Mackay in Queensland under medical advice that a warmer climate would assist his chronic bronchial condition and where he met his wife Euphemia (Effie) Margaret Wilson. From this time, between 1913\u20111942, until his resignation, he led a great career in Australian public life breaking all state parliamentary records at the time. He held office for a longer period than any other Labor Premier in Australia and was the only Queensland political leader to win the people's confidence at four successive elections, leading the Queensland Labor Party for 13 years. His record term at the head of the Queensland Government was one day short of 10 years and three months, from 17 June 1932 to 16 September 1942.
After his time as Premier he took over the chairmanship of the Central Sugar Cane Prices Board, and later also chairmanship of the Sugar Board. Despite strained relations with the University of Queensland over funding and development, he was also granted an honorary Doctorate of Laws in 1935 and later appointed Chancellor in 1944, a position he retained until his death in 1953. The main arts building at the St Lucia campus is named in his honour.
Construction of the Forgan Smith Building, University of Queensland , St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, 1940 - State Library of Queensland William Forgan Smith ca. 1935 - State Library of Queensland
DirectionsReturning to the road, move immediately across to the right and locate the row beginning with the grave of Economidis. Moving along this row see an older grave commemorating Sir Manuel Hornibrook and his son. Look carefully, from the side this monument reads MACDIARMID.
"},{"location":"walks/lilian-cooper-walk/#sir-manuel-richard-hornibrook-1811618","title":"Sir Manuel Richard Hornibrook (18\u2011116\u201118)","text":"
1893\u20111970
Sir Manuel Richard Hornibrook is perhaps best known in Brisbane for his association with bridge building. His first bridge of note was constructed for the Department of Main Roads across the Burrum River in 1925. This is recorded as the earliest, publicly\u2011funded, reinforced\u2011concrete bridge in Queensland. In an effort to create employment and provide support for families during the depression, the Hornibrook Highway was constructed during the 1930s and included what was Australia's longest bridge at the time of its construction. The Hornibrook Group built more than 100 bridges, some of the better\u2011known including the William Jolly, Story and New Victoria bridges in Brisbane, the Northbridge and Iron Cove Bridge in Sydney, and the Kings Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue bridges in Canberra.
Along with bridges, Manuel Hornibrook and his brothers, constructed drainage and sewerage works around Brisbane, Longreach, Roma and other towns in western Queensland. In fact, over a period of 40 years their companies built wool stores, wheat silos, wharves, sugar\u2011sheds, tank farms, water mains, factories and electricity power\u2011stations. Of course another highlight was the successful completion in the 1960s of the superstructure of the Sydney Opera House, including the sail\u2011like roof.
Personally, Manuel Hornibrook was known for his spirit, courage and determination and his genuine interest and concern for people, as evidenced by his work during the Great Depression. He was also president of the Hamilton Bowls club, a Rotarian and worked tirelessly for International House, at the University of Queensland. Married with three children, Hornibrook died on 30 May 1970 at the Holy Spirit Private Hospital, Wickham Terrace, Brisbane and was cremated.
DirectionsReturning to the road and moving ahead approximately 20 meters, immediately to the left of the road are the graves of Alois Wilhelm Leitner and Robert William Black.
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Alois Wilhelm \"Bill\" Leitner was born in 1878 in the town of Lichtenstadt in Bohemia, now known as part of the Czech Republic. Leitner attained the degree of Master Brewer in 1902, emigrated to Australia and spent the next 18 years working in breweries across Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia.
In 1910, the Castlemaine XXXX Brewery famously set out to develop a beer they believed would be better suited to the Queensland climate than those currently being sold which were modelled on the Victorian styles of the late 1880s. The XXXX Sparkling Ale, while receiving an enthusiastic reception by the Queensland public, was plagued with production problems. And so it was that Leitner was recruited to Castlemaine XXXX in 1920. Almost immediately he introduced new strains of yeast from Europe, ultimately resulting in the final release of XXXX Bitter Ale in 1924 to great acclaim and which remains today.
At the same time, XXXX introduced \"Mr Fourex\". The symbol, still recognised today, was that of a sharply dressed, yellow boater hat\u2011wearing gentleman.
Leitner remained with Castlemaine as their Head Brewer throughout the 1920s continuing to improve all aspects of production. Despite his sudden death in 1931, his creation still remains one of the best known brands in Queensland. Leitner was survived by his wife Alma, their three daughters and a son.
Fourex beer advertisement by Castlemaine Perkins Ltd., 1920 - State Library of Queensland. Staff and vehicles of Castlemaine Perkins Limited outside the brewery in Milton Road, Brisbane, ca. 1929 - State Library of Queensland.
"},{"location":"walks/lilian-cooper-walk/#william-robert-black-8433334","title":"William Robert Black (8\u201143\u201133/34)","text":"Born in Northern Ireland in 1859, William Robert Black reportedly arrived in Australia as a refugee as a result of potato famine. Moving to Brisbane, he made his living delivering coal to houses by handcart and later, horse and cart. Black continued to expand his work until he owned a fleet of six launches and 20 lighter, delivering coal using the Brisbane and Bremer River systems. During this time and as a result of his success, he also purchased 700 acres of coal deposits at Bundamba in Ipswich, where he established the Blackheath Colliery, complete with electric haulage and advanced machinery where he broke all state records in the cutting and haulage of coal. Other collieries soon followed at Walloon and another in the centre of Ipswich.
After his retirement 1920, Black sought to share his wealth, contributing through a number of philanthropic ventures including the establishment of Fairholme College in Toowoomba, Scots College in Warwick, Brisbane Boys\u2019 College Council, Somerville House Council, and founding Emmanuel College at the University of Queensland, St Lucia. As a particularly religious man, he saw his contribution to these religious schools as ensuring the link between religion and education. This continued until his death in 1930 when his estate was left in trust for the Presbyterian Church in Queensland. William Black never married.
William Robert Black, ca. 1898 - State Library of Queensland. William Robert Black, ca. 1931 - State Library of Queensland.
DirectionsEnter the Orthodox section of the cemetery, signified by the many Orthodox crosses. Almost at the end of this section, turn left down the row and walk down the hill under the trees to find the white headstone of Ataman Tolstoff.
"},{"location":"walks/lilian-cooper-walk/#ataman-vladimir-tolstoff-8648","title":"Ataman Vladimir Tolstoff (8\u201164\u20118)","text":"
Members of the Russian community had often looked to Australia as a place of safety during times of economic and political revolution. The revolution in 1917, however brought cause for concern when it was thought more radical refugees were arriving. This caused the Australian Government to declare an embargo on Russian emigrants from 1917\u20111922. When this embargo was lifted in 1922 it gave rise to one of the largest influxes of Russians into Queensland, their population increasing to approximately 3000 by the late 1930s.
One of them was Ataman (General) Vladimir Tolstoff, Commander of the 4th Ural Cossacks during the revolution. Tolstoff with the assistance of the Russian Relief Force consisting of British Hussars and Australian volunteers were pushing the Red Army back when the enemy successfully infiltrated the British Waterside Workers union and they went on strike stopping the supplies of ammunition and foodstuffs to the White Army. At this point the tide turned and Tolstoff and his men and the relief force were forced to retreat. General Tolstoff lead what remained of his regiment and their families out of Russia and south to Persia by camel and horseback through Kazakhstan and Turkmenia. He and his men were welcomed by the Shah of Persia whose son had trained with Tolstoff. They were fed and clothed and when they had recovered were taken to Basra by ship by the Shah. At Basra the British then sent them by ship to a town near the Chinese border and the next day the red army attacked and they fled over the border into China. The Chinese welcomed them and built villages and even gave them Chinese passports. In 1922 the Australian Government decided to accept them as refugees and they arrived in Brisbane in one shipload. They were productive and some of their inventions in industry are still in use today.
As a result of the work of immigrants like those led by General Tolstoff, it is believed more than 10,000 people of Russian descent are currently living in Queensland making valuable contributions to the state. This is further evidenced around Toowong Cemetery where you can see many graves painted with Russian blue containing Cossacks from the Revolution.
DirectionsComing back to the road and across to the opposite side, at the edge of the road is white walled monument of Christy Freeleagus.
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Christy Kosmas Freeleagus was born Christos Frilingos on the island of Kythira, Greece. Inspired by stories of sailors, he moved with his older brother Peter to Sydney in 1901 before moving on to Brisbane where they established a small restaurant. Soon after they opened the Paris Caf\u00e9 in Queen Street and the Astoria Caf\u00e9 in Edward Street. Christy\u2019s remaining eight brothers arrived over the next decade and in 1911 the family established Fresh Food and Ice Company Limited. Until his death, Freeleagus remained Managing Director of what became one of the state's biggest wholesale and retail food chains, providing the first employment over the years for hundreds of Greek migrants.
Freeleagus was passionate about his homeland and worked continuously to make his Greek heritage better known and respected among Australians. As a result, Freeleagus was appointed Greek Consul\u2011General, the first of that rank any country had appointed.
Despite his involvement in the Greek Military and service during the Greek\u2011Turkish War, Freeleagus continued to urge migration to Australia, and on 22 May 1922 delivered a lecture on Australia to the Athens Literary Society, a copy of which is held in the National Library of Greece. In Australia however, his patriotism for his country never ceased and after the Italian attack on Greece during World War II, he led a number of funding appeals, leading to the highly successful Greek Day on 19 November 1941. For this work he was awarded the Silver Cross of George I. He later received the Gold Cross in 1951. Freeleagus continued this type of fundraising for his community at home in Greece throughout his life and an appeal for victims of the 1953 earthquake in western Greece raised the largest amount of money ever sent from Australia for its time.
Members of the Greek community continued to arrive in Queensland and with support and encouragement from Freeleagus began moving outside Brisbane. As a result, strong Greek communities were formed in Biloela and Home Hill during the 1920s and 1930s. A high\u2011ranking freemason, Freeleagus helped found the Royal Automobile Club of Queensland and became a leader of the Chamber of Commerce.
When Freeleagus died of a heart attack on 16 May 1957, he had successfully founded the first Greek Association and his prominence in the religious and political life of the Greek community was evident through his community\u2019s large attendance at his funeral.
Christy Freeleagus, wearing the Greek army uniform, ca. 1922 - State Library of Queensland.
DirectionsImmediately back across the road stands a monument consisting of a large cross draped in a number of strands of beads. These are regularly placed there by those who come to remember Dr Lilian Cooper.
"},{"location":"walks/lilian-cooper-walk/#dr-lilian-cooper-8691314","title":"Dr Lilian Cooper (8\u201169\u201113/14)","text":"
Lilian Violet Cooper was born on 11 August 1861 at Chatham, Kent, England. Her father, Henry was a captain in the Royal Marines who was married to Elizabeth. Lilian knew when she was young she wanted to be a doctor and began dedicating herself to medicine, entering the London School of Medicine for Women in 1886. After passing examinations at the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, and the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow, she received a licence to practice in 1890.
Upon moving to Brisbane in May 1891, Cooper became the first female doctor registered in Queensland. She joined the Medical Society of Queensland in 1893 after two years of boycotting by her male counterparts for daring to leave a practice conducted by an alcoholic doctor. Later she became an Honorary in the Hospital for Sick Children and the Lady Lamington Hospital for Women. In 1905 she became associated with the Mater Hospital where she found her passion and so remained associated for the rest of her life.
During her life, Cooper always sought to further her knowledge, and during time spent in America, went on to earn a Doctorate of Medicine from the University of Durham. Joining the Scottish Women\u2019s Hospitals in 1915 she performed 12 months of military service spending time in Macedonia where she was awarded the Serbian Order of St Sava, 4th Class.
Returning to Brisbane after the war she bought a house called Old St Mary's in Main Street, Kangaroo Point in 1926. Clearly skilled with her hands as a surgeon, Lilian was also known for conducting most of her own house and early motor vehicle repairs and maintenance. In this home she settled into in semi\u2011retirement, becoming a foundation fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1928 before finally retiring in 1941.
Lilian died in her home on 18 August 1947. While she never married, her constant companion and friend, who first travelled with her from England, Miss Josephine Bedford ensured the home site was used for the development of the Mount Olivet Hospital of the Sisters of Charity. Part of this hospital has since been named the Lilian Cooper Nursing Home. Interestingly, a visit to St Mary's Church of England in Kangaroo Point will provide visitors with images of memorial windows and an altar at the front which displays embroidery of Dr Cooper's medal of St Sava.
Doctor Lilian Violet Cooper - State Library of Queensland. Two friends seated in a horsedrawn buggy, Brisbane, ca. 1900. Miss Josephine Bedford (left) and Dr. Lilian Cooper - State Library of Queensland
DirectionsContinuing further along the road, almost to the Richer Street entrance, immediately off the right is the white vaulted monument of Anthony Fatseas.
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The grave of husband and wife, Anthony and Catherine Fatseas is highlighted during this walk for his burial in what looks like a small Greek Mausoleum, the same shape and colour of the chapels found in the Greek Islands. While it looks like a mausoleum, those buried here are underground rather than within the mausoleum walls.
Anthony Fatseas was born in Smyrna in Turkey in 1909. He finished elementary school in Turkey and moved to Athens, Greece with his parents and studied at the French School there. He completed his compulsory military service translating French and became an accountant, later moving to Egypt. He arrived in Australia in 1947 and worked for a year on the editorial staff of an ethnic newspaper and then worked in cafes and as a clerk. Finally, he became a partner in a delicatessen business.
DirectionsFrom here continue along Dr Lilian Cooper Drive past the Richer Street entrance to where the trees are standing along the right side of the road. At the third tree locate the grave of Kramer. Heading along this row and slightly down the hill, three graves in, to the left is the grave of Frederic Charles Urqhart.
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Transferred to Brisbane in 1896, Urquhart was promoted to Inspector, Second Class, and in 1898 took charge of the Criminal Investigation Branch. Unfortunately, during this service Urquhart became known not for his work but for his 'impulsive and exacting temperament' and his 'vindictive and tyrannical nature', which was highlighted during a Royal Commission into policing in 1889. Despite such criticism Urquhart remained supported by the current Police Commissioner and other political friends, to be appointed Chief Inspector on 1 July 1905. During this period of his service he rose to prominence in the police action during the 1912 general strike and despite some objections, was appointed Queensland's fourth Commissioner of Police on 1 January 1917, a position he held until 16 January 1921.
After this time, Urquhart moved and was appointed administrator of the Northern Territory and sent to Darwin to manage the North Australian Industrial Union. Upon his retirement in 1926, Urquhart settled at Clayfield, Brisbane with his family, passing away at St Helen's Private Hospital on 2 December 1935.
Queensland Police Force Commissioner and two officers, c 1905, Inspector 2/c Geraghty, Commissioner Cahill and Chief Inspector Urquhart at the Depot Ceremonial Arch; original photo believed to be taken ca. 1905 \u2014 Queensland State Archives Directions
Coming back to the road and heading all the way to the top of the hill, on the very corner of the intersection with Pat Hill Drive is the grave displaying a boxing ring, the grave of Patrick Francis Hill.
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Pat died in August 1958, and following his death, the stadium organised a fundraiser to erect the memorial for Pat you see in the cemetery today.
Directionsretrace your steps and return to the start.
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+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+Service number: 5832. 25th Australian Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force
+Born to Abraham Goodwin and Elizabeth Smith in Fremantle W.A. on 21 June 1885. He enlisted 20 June 1916 at the age of 23 years and 11 months. He was employed as an Engineers Machinist. Frank embarked on the A36 Boonah and arrived in Plymouth 10 January 1917. Couple of months off colour and in France April 1917. Severe case of Trench foot got him back to England and then home by December 1917.
+Service number: 7437. 42nd Battalion. Australian Imperial Force
+Born to Joseph Middleton and Sarah Jane Read in Ipswich 11 May 1894. He served in 11th Inft. Citizen Forces and in Instructional Staff as a Staff Sergeant Major and Sergeant in the Australian Imperial Force. He was a bootmaker by trade. He enlisted 1 March 1917 at just under 23 of years age.
+Service number: 5079. 1st Tunnel Company. Australian Imperial Force.
+Born to James Crilly and Margaret Gillespie in Dungannon, Ireland 30 November 1871. He had already served 3 years in the Australian Light Horse prior to joining the Tunnelling unit at 41 years of age He was a miner by trade. He married Margaret McMaster and had 3 children between 1897 and 1900 and married again Caroline Flamank and had 2 more children.
+Service number: 3851. 49th Battalion.
+Born in Leeds Yorkshire ca. 1875. No records of family exist other than a Next of Kin, niece Miss Harriet Leeson living in Brudenall View, Hyde Park, Leeds. He was 38 on enlistment 13 September 1915. Former trade is a farmer.
+Service number: 5990. 9th Battalion.
+Arthur was born to Henry Bann and Sarah Jane Percival in Blackburn, Lancashire 9 May 1890. Prior to enlisting he was a motor mechanic. Whilst on furlough he married Annie Monton 7 July 1917 in Cheshire.
+Service number: 352 Australian Mining Corps
+Frank was born to William Morgan Jones and Catherine Kyle Keys sometime in 1872 in +Shropshire. He was married to Edith Mary Raynor. He is listed as a miner in his service sheets.
+ + +Service number: 5818. Oxley Regiment and 9th Battalion.
+Michael was born to Irishman Michael Dalton and Allora, born Elizabeth Jane Smyth 22 October 1894. He served to in the Oxley Regiment in Brisbane prior to the war.
+Service number: 1205. 11th Light Horse 14/15 Star
+Frederick was born in Melbourne to William Jason Naughton and Susannah Theresa Boyd in 1883. A paper Ruler by trade. He enlisted 9 August 1915 at 32 years and 2 months.
+Service number: 872. 11th Light Horse 14/15 Star
+Frank was born to Frank August Ruthenberg and Mary Annie Bennett in Charter's Towers, 19 September 1888. His service record shows him as a labourer his sister Vera Talbot as Next of Kin.
+Both parents were deceased by his time of enlistment. By his record he served only in the Middle East. Died accidentally.
+Service number: 2492. 47th Battalion.
+David was born in Cooktown to Margaret Rattray, 22 May 1893. Her husband, his father according to David's service records had died in South Africa during the Boer War. Name not recorded.
+Service number: 3980. 26th Battalion
+Thomas was born in Cork Ireland to Denis Morell and mother unknown. Service records have him enlisting both in Bundaberg and Brisbane on the same day. He never got further than Egypt and several hospitals in a period of 10 months before coming back because of various illnesses.
+Service number: 2001, 1344, 7795, 630. 2nd Brabants, Natal Mounted Police, Australian Light Horse 9th Battalion
+He was born to Jean Lefebre Whitby and Emma Linby ca. 1881 in Johannesburg. He was an Engineer and apprenticed to Howard Farrar for 5 years. He enlisted into the 1st Light Horse 15 July 1915 and was discharged 17 March 1917 and re-enlisted 21 April 1917 and back overseas with the 9th Batt. and was returned June 1918 with Tuberculosis. He actually enlisted 3 times with a change of names.
+Compiled and presented by Darcy Maddock
+Stories about people remembered in Toowong Cemetery with a connection to 1923.
+1923 quick facts:
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Aerial view of George Street, Brisbane, 1923, Victoria Bridge can be seen crossing the Brisbane River on the right, and McDonnell and East Ltd. is prominent towards the bottom right of George Street â State Library of Queensland.
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+A son of John Webster and Ann Brand, Alexander Brand Webster was born on 31 May 1842 in Montrose, Angus, Scotland. +Alex migrated to Australia aboard the Queensland Government chartered ss Netherby, eventually arriving in Brisbane on 6 August 1866 aboard the ss City of Melbourne.
+In late 1867, Alex headed to Nashville, now Gympie, where he opened a wholesale store on Mary Street. Early in 1870, Alex put his Gympie premises up for sale for his impending return to Brisbane. Alex joined his brother William's Mary Street, Brisbane, general merchant business, renamed W & AB Webster & Co and subsequently rebranded Webster & Co.
+Mary (Minnie) Ogilvie Christian Jane Savage married Alex on 5 November 1874 in Dumfries, Scotland. They had three children born in Brisbane before Minnie's death in Hobart, Tasmania on 09 November 1881.
+In 1881, Alex was appointed provisional consular agent for Belgium during E. R. Druryâs absence.
+In June 1882 Alex, headed to Europe with a servant and his children. Evangeline Andrew Shoobridge married Alexander in Hobart, Tasmania on 20 August 1884. Alex died at his Deception Bay residence around noon on Sunday 21 January 1923. His widow and six of his nine children survived him.
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A. B. Webster â State Library of Queensland.
+John William Thornton and Susan Florence (nĂ©e Brockett)âs son, Richard Philip Thornton, was born in Queensland on 10 September 1908.
+On 4 January 1923, Richard and other boys were diving off a boat in Redcliffe, which started drifting into deep water. The boys swam to shore, but, on arrival, Richard looked back and saw one boy in trouble. Richard swam back to the boat, dived to rescue the boy and brought him to shore. Using live-saving knowledge acquired from school, Richard and other boys succeeded in resuscitating the boy.
+Eileen Cecelia Pacey married Richard in Brisbane on 25 October 1934. Richard, a fettler, was murdered at his residence in Broadway Street, Red Hill on 24 August 1944, becoming Brisbaneâs first Owen submachine gun fatality.
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Richard Thornton â The Telegraph, 27 January 1923.
+Born on 7 October 1861 in Prahan, Victoria, John Irwin Moore was a son of John Irwin Moore and Julia (née Baker). The family headed for London aboard the Accrington in January 1863.
+John studied medicine in Ireland before coming to Queensland and registering as a medical practitioner in March 1889. Susan Moore married John at St Paul's Church, Rockhampton on 11 October 1889. John worked in Springsure and Esk before returning overseas to continue his education. Returning to Queensland, John become an officer of the Public Health Department in 1912. John served as Commissioner for Public Heath in Queensland from 26 November 1913 until 30 June 1928, about 15 years. John died in Yasmar Private Hospital, Edmondstone Street, South Brisbane on 29 July 1930.
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Dr. J. I. Moore â The Telegraph, 18 October 1913.
+Tsunetaro Morishima, a son of Masutaro Morishima, was born about 1879. In early 1914, Tsunetaro advertised his laundries at 56 Melbourne Street, South Brisbane, Stanley Street, South Brisbane and Paddington. Natural causes claimed Tsunetaro, who was found in his bed at Stanley Street, South Brisbane on 26 October 1923. His wife resided in Japan.
+Frank William Soady was born in Brisbane on 29 August 1904 to Frank William Soady and Ellen Amelia (née Cheshire).
+Debuting professionally as a boxer on 30 May 1923, Frank won 4 bouts at the Brisbane Stadium, presenting an opportunity to fight for boxing's Queensland State Lightweight Championship at the Brisbane Stadium on Saturday 3 November 1923. Taken from the bout straight to hospital, Frank, aged 19 years, remained at the Brisbane General Hospital for 9 days before dying on 12 November 1923 of cerebral haemorrhage and congestion of the lungs.
+Frankâs Italian marble 3m tall memorial was unveiled in Toowong Cemetery on Sunday 22 February 1925.
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The NEWS in PICTURES â The Daily Mail, 24 February 1925.
+Ellen Clara Rea was born in Queensland on 8 April 1902 to Charles Walter Rea and Margaret Agnes (née Brown).
+At about 10:40pm on 12 January 1923 a party of eight left Belmont in a Hudson super-six headed towards Brisbane city along Old Cleveland Road. Travelling at high speed, witnesses reported a horn tooting, wind rushing and a crash all in quick succession. A devastating sight confronted those who attended the scene near the corner of Shakespeare Street, Coorparoo. +Ellen, a waitress, residing at the Adelaide Boarding House, Stanley Street, South Brisbane, died at the scene.
+May Rose Read was born in Norwich, England in 1893. Percy Austin Wynn married May in Norwich, England, on 8 February 1919. They travelled to Australia aboard the Port Lincoln in 1919.
+Percy Austin Wynn junior was born in Brisbane on 12 December 1920 to Percy Austin Wynn and May Rose (née Read).
+Mary and Percy junior both died in the Brisbane General Hospital on 5 September 1923 from burns received as a result of an explosion at their Hartley Street residence in Spring Hill about 3:30pm on 03 September.
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No title â Daily Standard, 4 September 1923.
+Thomas Kelly was born on the Isle of Man on 14 January 1881 to Emily & John Kelly. Sarah Jane Lowey married Thomas. They arrived in Brisbane aboard the ss Oswestry Grange on 25 March 1909. Sarah died in Brisbane in March 1918.
+Tom resided in Fernberg Road, Rosalie and worked as an ornamental sign writer, based at the Salisbury Chambers, George Street, Brisbane.
+The Southside Sensation occurred about 9:15pm, Monday 5 February 1923 near the Mowbray Park Baths. Conveyed to the Mater Misericordiae Public Hospital, Tom died there on 8 February 1923.
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Mowbray Park Swimming Pool at East Brisbane, Queensland, ca. 1925 â State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
+Mary Stewart Baldock, born 17 April 1823, was a daughter of Lt-Col Christopher Baldock of the Honourable East India Company Service. Robert Corbet Gore, barrister, married Mary Stewart Baldock on 17 March 1841.
+Their three children were born in New South Wales; daughter Leonice Souvoroff in Sydney on 17 January 1842 and their two sons, born at Hunters Hill; Strafford Robert on 3 July 1843 and St George Baldock, on 4 April 1845.
+Robert, Mary, Strafford and St George boarded the paddle steamer Sovereign on 3 March 1847 on its weekly Brisbane to Sydney run. All four Gores aboard the Sovereign drowned on 11 March 1847. Only the bodies of Mary and Strafford were recovered.
+The loss of the Sovereign prompted the main passage into Moreton Bay to change to the safer Northern Passage and therefore the pilot station shifted from Stradbroke to Moreton Island.
+Henry Cooke Morrow was born in Brisbane on 17 December 1878 to Thomas Morrow and Margaret (née Caldwell). Lottie Marston married Henry in Queensland on Friday, 12 September 1902. Henry served as the inaugural Indooroopilly Golf Club President, St Lucia from 1926-32.
+Henry, chairman and managing director of Morrows Pty Ltd, confectionery and biscuit manufacturers, who resided in Brisbane at Glencairn, Graham Road, Indooroopilly, died at his Surfers Paradise residence, Warrawilla, on Tuesday, 2 December 1952, just before his 74th birthday anniversary.
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Morrows Limited â Daily Standard, 27 November 1925
+Stories about people remembered in Toowong Cemetery with a connection to eyes
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+ + +A son of William Sluce and Mary Ann (née French), William James Sluce was born on 25 March 1832, in Bethnal Green, Middlesex. +Susannah Cox married William in Hackney, London between July and September 1854.
+William sailed to Brisbane aboard the Flying Cloud in 1862 with his wife and two children. They returned to Brisbane aboard the Golden City on 3 January 1865.
+William, an engineer by trade, was a watchmaker, jeweller and gun maker in Brisbane. In 1868, WJ Sluce & Co advertised locations near the Town Hall 66-76 Queen Street, opposite Harris' Terrace, 68 George Street, Brisbane plus 21 Bethnal Green Road and 14 Leyton Road, Stratford, London. In 1874 William opened the Brisbane Rifle Shooting Gallery on Queen Street, next to his business.
+William drowned in Breakfast Creek on 1 February 1879.
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Flying Cloud (ship). Holds the world's record for passages from New York to San Francisco, and made many fast passages from Britain to Moreton Bay with immigrants. â State Library of Queensland.
+William James Sluce, 1876 â State Library of Queensland.
John, a son of John Ogle and Isabella (née Swan), was born in Northumberland, England ca. 1824. Mary Ann Scott, a daughter of Robert Scott and Mary (née Frater), was born ca. 1823.
+Mary Ann and John, with their three daughters, arrived in Brisbane aboard the Montmorency on 16 October 1860.
+The Ogles were early settlers at Pullenvale, where John farmed. Part of their property (portions 222 & 229, county of Stanley, parish of Moggill, consisting of 173 acres) included the site of the Pullenvale Hall at the corner of Grandview and Pullenvale Roads, which became known as Ogle's Corner.
+John died on the 26 October 1890. Mary Ann died on the 24 August 1907.
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Montmorency (ship) â State Library of Queensland.
+George was born in Baden, Grand Duchy of Baden, to George Loesch on 12 May 1829. George married Maria Anna Eberhardt and worked as a cabman. George, who resided in Hartley Street, Spring Hill, died on 21 October 1887.
+Frederick was a son of George and Maria. Flora Murphy married Frederick on 10 October 1882 in St Stephen's Cathedral, Brisbane. Frederick resided with his daughter in Fortescue Street, Spring Hill, when he died on 3 February 1929 aged 69.
+Iris Elizabeth Carson, a daughter of Robert James (Bob) Carson and Elizabeth Mary (née Real), was born in Brisbane on 24 September 1916. Iris resided at Ryecroft, Augustus Street, Toowong when she died on 25 March 1918.
+James Porter Fry was born in West End, South Brisbane on 10 March 1880, to Charles Fry and Caroline (née Davies). James was educated at West End State School. James joined the Queensland Rifles in July 1897.
+On 3 September 1902 Sarah Chegwin married James in Brisbane. They had one son and one daughter. James was South Brisbane City Council's Chief Inspector when he volunteered for World War I on 1 October 1914, being assigned to the Naval and Military Forces' Special Tropical Forces. Repeat bouts of malarial fever brought James back to Australia.
+From 1918 James was registered as an optometrist, serving at times as President of the Australian Optometrist's Association and the Institute of Ophthalmic Opticians Inc., plus Chairman of the Queensland Board of Optical Registration.
+Running a campaign based on his military service, James became MLA for Kurilpa on 16 March 1918 and represented the seat until 11 June 1932. James served as Opposition Whip from 11 July 1923 until 9 April 1929.
+James resided at 96 Dornoch Terrace, Highgate Hill, but died at his weekend home in Griffiths Road, Queen's Beach, Redcliffe on 7 February 1948.
+Constance Campbell Petrie was born in Brisbane on 16 December 1872 to Thomas Petrie and Elizabeth (née Campbell). A series of reminiscences based on Tom Petrie's life first appeared in The Queenslander, followed by a book, first printed in 1904, called Tom Petrie's reminiscences of early Queensland.
+George Philip Stuart married Constance in Brisbane on 31 July 1918. Constance Stuart resided at Dundalli, Old Sandgate Road, Clayfield when she died on 4 July 1926.
+Born in Hampstead ca. 1835, Charles Joseph Gall was a son of Thomas Gall. Elizabeth Long married Charles in Sydney in 1862. Their son, born in Sydney on 15 December 1862 died the same day. The couple had three daughters; Eva, Gertrude & Elizabeth (Lilly).
+The partnership of Gall & Inglis, with William Inglis, was dissolved by mutual consent on 25 January 1875. Charles was declared insolvent in 1878. Dess & Gall, drapers and general outfitters, run in partnership with Edward Dess, was dissolved by mutual consent on 5 May 1882.
+Charles entered into partnership with his son-in-law, Thomas William Johnson, to form Gall and Johnson, fancy goods sellers. +Charles, a resident of Lisson Grove, Wooloowin, died of heart disease at his Queen Street shop on 30 November 1895.
+William was born in St Pancras, Middlesex to George Henry Birkbeck, mechanical engineer, and Elizabeth (née Christmas) on 30 January 1848. William sailed to Brisbane aboard the Young Australia, arriving on 13 July 1869. Kate Jackson married William in Brisbane on 2 March 1876.
+William was involved in the Gympie and Palmer River gold rushes and the timber trade around Noosa.
+William was the publican of the Commercial Hotel, Tewantin for approximately four years until mid 1885. The 19 September 1892 supplementary electoral roll listed William as a bookkeeper residing in San Jacinto, Quay Street, Brisbane, aged 44 years. William held the publican's licence for Lennons for three months in 1903 before applying for that licence again in April 1905, when he and his wife and ten children resided at "Bankside" North Quay, Brisbane. He proposed to transfer the licence in 1 July 1905, but was still in charge on 3 September 1905.
+In June 1907, now with 11 children. William applied to transfer the licence for the Queensland Club Hotel, Mary Street, Brisbane. +On 19 March 1909 William, late of Quay Street, North Quay, died in the Friendly Societies Hospital, Wickham Terrace, Brisbane, aged 61 years leaving his widow and 11 children.
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Young Australia â State Library of Queensland.
+Actors and performers buried in Toowong Cemetery
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+ + +Edinburghâborn Edward McGregor worked in the Queensland Railways for twenty years before purchasing the Grosvenor Hotel. A few years later he built the Lyceum Theatre, George Street, in 1909 which he ran until his death in 1939. McGregor spoke several languages and toured the world twice. He was a keen music lover and was patron of the Brisbane Municipal and Excelsior bands and ViceâPatron of the Scottish and Curlew choirs.
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Edward McGregor - The Telegraph, 4 Dec 1939. Edited.
The headstone of Edward McGregor and his wife, Mary Jane, shows Edward mourning the death of his wife who died 18 years before him.
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Brisbane Municipal Concert Band marching in Brisbane, Queensland, 1909 - State Library of Queensland
+ExâSalvation Army Limelight cameraman, Sid Cook, worked extensively with Henry Mobsby. The Limelight Department formed Australia's first registered film production company producing commissioned work for external agencies. Sidney Cook, was the second camera operator. The Royal Visit to Australasia in midâ1901 included some of Sidney Cook's first camerawork, his coverage of the future King George the Fifth â laying the foundation stone of the Boer War monument in Ballarat on the 13th of May 1901. Sid Cook also filmed the Royal Couple's departure for Brisbane. They had been scheduled to go by sea, but an outbreak of bubonic plague in the Port of Brisbane changed their plans.
+Sid Cookâs family was growing and in July 1905 he made a move from the meagre salary of a Salvation Army officer to become a commercial film showman. Based in Queensland, Cook became the most prolific Australian filmmaker of the Edwardian era. He hired Brisbane's His Majesty's Theatre for the Christmas season in 1906 and the program included his startling films of Brisbaneâs main thoroughfares shot from a moving tram. In 1908 Cook took the film to London on behalf of the Queensland Government for screening at the FrancoâBritish Exhibition. Compiling it together with other Brisbane scenes, in 1911 Cook advertised it as part of his documentary Living Brisbane. With arrival of the âtalkiesâ at the end of the 1920s, Sidâs movie making career ended. He died on the 23 March 1937 aged 64.
+ + +New Yorkâborn Samuel Keenan, was an original member of the all AfricanâAmerican minstrel troupe who toured extensively throughout New Zealand, Australia with the Original Georgia Minstrels, beginning 1877 through to mid 1880s and were managed by Charles B. Hicks. The Georgia Minstrels performed to packed houses around the colonies (Victoria, NSW, South Australia, Tasmania and Queensland) in halls and in legitimate theatres including Gaiety, Tivoli, St Georges Hall and Theatre Royal. They always drew loud applause, laughter and calls for encores.
+Samâs name was familiar in all the principles theatres in Australia. He held a prominent place in numerous successful minstrel companies and in his particular line of entertainment he has probably never been equalled in Australia for the originality and humour of his portrayal of ânegro minstrelâ parts. Sam married a local girl Marian Collier and has an extremely proud extended family. Samuel Keenan died aged 40.
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"Original Georgia Minstrels" composite image with founder Charles Hicks at center - State Library of Queensland
+ + +Mosby was an artist, photographer and motion picture pioneer. He was born on 17 August 1860 at Hove, Sussex, son of William Mobsby, watchman, and his wife Sarah, née Humphrys. Henry trained in art, design, chemistry and commercial practice at the School of Arts, Brighton, and in London. In 1883 he accompanied artist Isaac Jenner to Queensland. Mobsby married Jenner's eldest daughter Mary Ellen on 10 September 1884 in Brisbane, and for some years taught decorative art at Brisbane Technical College.
+By October 1899 Mobsby had produced some thirty, oneâminute films during various 'still' photography excursions around Queensland. Among the earliest was the arrival of Governor Lamington for the opening of parliament on 18 May 1899. Most of the films made by Mobsby were shot in the spring of 1899 and illustrated wheat harvesting on the Darling Downs, sugar harvesting at Nambour and aspects of stock management. These were the first Australian industrial documentary films and are among the world's earliest films of the type. Mobsby also filmed the Queensland cabinet boarding the government paddle steamer Lucinda for a ministerial banquet. Their last and most impressive films recorded Queensland troops bound for the South African War, the only known surviving footage of such departure shot in Brisbane between 28 and 31 October 1899.
+Mobsby became official artist and photographer for the Department of Agriculture in 1904 and remained until his retirement in 1930. He had scant direct involvement in subsequent Queensland government film production, preferring to commission others, such as the Salvation Armyâs former cameraman Sid Cook, to undertake the filmmaking. Mobsby's reputation stemmed from his scenic photography and exhibition design. A fellow of both the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Society of Artists, London, he regularly designed and organised Queensland's exhibits for the annual shows in southern capitals and at the Royal National Exhibition in Brisbane. His photography gained international distinction, and he officially represented Queensland at numerous exhibitions.
+In December 1905 Mobsby's 11âyearâold son Arthur Timewell drowned; each year thereafter, the Mobsby memorial medal was awarded to the Indooroopilly State School student who achieved the highest percentage in the year 8 scholarship public examination. A keen Freemason, Mobsby was a member of the Lodge, Indooroopilly, No.155, United Grand Lodge of Queensland. He died on 9 April 1933 at his home in Station Road, Indooroopilly, and was buried with his son.
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Photographer Henry William Mobsby, Barcaldine, ca. 1905 - State Library of Queensland
+ + +Charles was born in London on 10 November 1854, the son of politician and revolutionary Ferenc Pulsky, a member of a prominent Hungarian family. He was an urbane art collector who founded the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts. He married famous Ibsenâexponent, actress Emilia MĂĄrkus.
+Implicated in a politicallyâmotivated financial scandal, he went into a lonely exile after a trial in 1896. He shot himself at Myrltetown on 5 June 1899 having been in Queensland for about two months working as an AMP canvasser. In 1913, while on a tour to South America, the worldâfamous ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky impulsively married his daughter, Romola Pulsky, who had pursued him throughout Europe. The White Stag of Exile was written about his life by Thomas Shapcott in 1984.
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Thomas was an English music hall artist touring Australia when he died suddenly in Brisbane. Accompanied by his wife, he arrived in Sydney in 1924. He was buried 17 November 1926 aged 34 years.
+ + + + +Englishâborn Arthur was a tenor who was a regular fixture on the Melbourne stage. Arthur was 57 when he died on 3 November 1929 in a motor accident together with variety artist Kyrle Sylvaney who was aged 33. Their headstone was erected as a token of affection by their friends and admirers.
+He was born in 1873 in Walsall, Staffordshire. He was a saddlemaker and the story goes that his workmates heard him singing and said that if they could sing like that then they would never work again. He decided to try his fame and fortune by going to London and performing at the music halls The Pavilion and The Palace.
+He was discovered by William Morris who suggested he go with him to New York. His wife did not want to go, but he went regardless! He sang ShubertâBrady revivals on Broadway where he played many leading roles until 1915. He was with J. C. Williamsonâs company and toured Australia. He came to Australia with Nell Flemming and played in The Follies.
+The National Library of Australia has a collection of sheet music dedicated to him.
+ + +Written by Dr. Hilda Maclean
+Maritime stories from Toowong Cemetery
+The anchor is a symbol found on many Christian graves but it does not necessarily point to a maritime career. The source for the symbol is Hebrews 6:19,
+++Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast.
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The allegorical figure, Hope, is often shown holding an anchor. Anchors may be shown with its rope crudely cut or a broken chain link to indicate the deceased has been removed from the land of the living, often prematurely.
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Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+William John Harrhy, aged 31, a sailor on HMS Dauntless, drowned in the Brisbane River on Good Friday, 1924 when ship was on a goodwill visit. The officers organised a dance aboard the Dauntless in aid of his dependents. William was born in Cardiff, Wales and had been in the Navy for over fifteen years.
+Jessie Blanche Prentice, the daughter of George (Junior) and Jessie Lacy Prentice, was lost with her grandfather, George Prentice, in the wreck S.S. Quetta in Torres Strait on 28 February 1890. The steamship struck an uncharted rock and sank in three minutes claiming 134 lives, mostly women and children. Many victims were prominent Queensland citizens, bound for London, including Toowong resident, Alexander Archer, manager of the Bank of New South Wales. There were 158 survivors.
+Henry Pethebridge, the son of William Pethebridge and Maria Lander, was the Inspector of Works of the Marine Department of Queensland. Born in Torquay, Devon about 1835, he died in Brisbane on 13 June 1910.
+George was for many years the Superintendent Engineer to the Australasian Steam Navigation Company, Sydney. He died on 29 February 1888 aged 47. He was the son of Archibald Davidson and Janet Fyfe. His memorial is a distinctive shipâs boiler plate set in the ground.
+William Smith and his tenâmonth old daughter died within two months of each other in 1872 and were interred at the Paddington Cemetery. Their remains and headstone were relocated to Toowong Cemetery in June 1881. Since then, another four family members have been buried in the grave.
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Charles Stewart Thow was the son of Alexander Thow and Elizabeth Smith. He died on the 2 June 1883 aged 43 and was buried on the same day.
+Three generations of David Muirs are buried in this grave. David was a shipwright born on Burnt Island near Edinburgh about 1824. He was the son of James Muir and Margaret Black. David married Margaret George in 1854. His son married Lucy Kornner in Brisbane in 1887. Sadly, their infant son David died in 1889.
+Tom, the son of John Johnson and Mary Huet, died on 2 October 1912. He was the first General Secretary of the Australian Institute of Marine Engineers. In August 1880, he was authorised to form a branch of the AIME in New Zealand. He was instrumental in instituting minimum qualifications, wages and working conditions for Marine Engineers. Until the year of his death, Tom was the Brisbane District Secretary of the AIME, a position he had held since 1883.
+William, a master mariner, was born on 30 August 1834 at Great Wakering, Essex, the ninth of thirteen children of John Collin, a Suffolk farmer and his wife Sarah, neÌe Viner. After only a basic education, fourteenâyearâold William was working in the coastal coal trade and later on barges in the Thames. He left for Australia via Panama in 1854. Surviving a shipwreck 800 km off the Queensland coast, he eventually arrived in Sydney, via Calcutta!
+He married Eliza Baker of Newton on Christmas Day 1857 at Stephenâs, Camperdown. He worked on the Sydney waterfront until he could afford to purchase and refit a 25âton vessel. He sailed this ship to Brisbane, where he settled with his family (which would eventually comprise thirteen children), and commenced a freight service to nearâby coastal ports. William's other interest was the salvaging and breaking of ships. He was also engaged by the Queensland Government to lay submarine cables.
+Williamâs son and namesake was said to be the first Queenslandâborn sailor to receive his masterâs certificate.
+On the 4th of March 1942, the auxiliary minesweeper HMAS Tambar was fired on by the Examination Battery at Fort Cowan Cowan on Moreton Island. There was a mix up in the identification code signal of the ship and the battery was ordered to fire across the bow of the unidentified vessel. The 6âinch shell struck the shipâs forecastle killing Able Seaman Archibald Bartsch, a member of the anchor party, instantly. The shell skidded across the deck into the Captainâs cabin killing Steward Eric Harrison. It then passed through the radio room critically injuring Warrant Officer Henry Theeman. Both of his legs were severed and his succumbed to his injuries soon after. Other crew received injuries to various degrees.
+Londonâborn Theeman was aged 47. He had spent most of his life at sea. After three years in Moller Line ships travelling between Japan and China he left the line in August 1941 to join the RAN. Bartsch, son of 3rd Light horseman William Henry Bartsch, was an employee if the Australasian United Paint Company of Port Augusta, South Australia prior to his enlistment in the navy. He was aged 20. Western Australianâborn Harrison was the son of William Ross and Rebecca Harrison. He was aged 33 and a resident of Melbourne.
+The military covered up the incident so as not to affect morale. The newspapers widely reported the incident as an âaccident at seaâ. The Tambarâs crew was dispersed throughout the RAN immediately after the menâs joint funeral two days later. The ship was temporarily paid off and the Captain given another command. The District Naval Officer (Commander E. C. Rhodes), other naval officers, and military representatives were present. The service was conducted by the Rev. H. H. Trigge of the Methodist Church and the Church of Englandâs Rev. F. R. C. Birch. Cannon and Cripps made the arrangements for the funeral and the cortege of Naval ratings from the Alice Street Depot marched from their funeral parlour.
+John was born at Kinsale, Cork the son of fisherman Denis Burke and his wife Ellen. He was a seaman on ships to the USA until the outbreak of the Civil War when he returned to Ireland and signed on with the crew of the Erin Go Bragh which arrived in Brisbane in August 1862. He deserted and worked as a pilot for the Australian Steam Navigation Company sailing the Queensland and the Telegraph. He married Elicia Swords from the Erin Go Bragh, and settled on the Logan River.
+He held a Masters Licence and worked on bay and river ships commanding the Fanny on the Albert and Logan rivers. He established the John Burke Shipping Line in 1887 and bought the Louisa and traded from Ipswich to Logan and later on Moreton Bay.
+By his death in 1919, he had nineteen ships, although he had retired in 1915 staying only as the Director. Captain Burke Park at Kangaroo Point is named in honour of him. His company was sold by his grandson in 1968.
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Page 27 of the Queenslander Pictorial, supplement to The Queenslander, 14 June, 1919. - State Library of Queensland
+The Adonis (ship) was built in 1883 and was owned by Dath Henderson, Brisbane, who also owned a sawmill on the Noosa River at Tewantin. The Adonis was later sold to John Burke in Brisbane, Queensland. â State Library of Queensland.
Stories about Artists remembered in Toowong Cemetery
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+ + +Cranstone was born in 1822 at Hemel Hempstead, England, the son of Quakers James and Maria Cranstone (nĂ©e Le Fevre). In September 1859, he began a nineâmonth journey through the east and midâwest of the USA. During this journey he prepared 296 watercolor sketches now at Indiana University. The purpose of his trip was to visit cousins who lived in Richmond, Indiana and Virginia. He arrived in Brisbane in the early 1880s with members of his family and created many sketches of early Brisbane including Toowong Cemetery. Le Fevre died on 22 June 1893 aged 71 years.
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Jenner was born on 18 March 1837 at Brighton, Sussex, son of Thomas Jenner, blacksmith, and his wife Harriet, nĂ©e Walter. Without known formal education, he worked on oyster boats and signed on for a voyage in Arctic waters. In March 1855 he joined the Royal Navy, serving during the Crimean War in the Black Sea. Discharged in 1865, he learned to paint and worked as a landscape and marine painter in 1873â79 at Brighton and at Hove in 1880â83. He exhibited at Brighton and once at the Royal Academy. He decided to migrate and reached Brisbane by R.M.S. Roma on 19 September 1883.
+Jenner made a living by selling paintings, holding art unions and teaching at Miss O'Connor's School, Oxley, and at the Brisbane Technical College in 1887â89. Although he travelled in New South Wales and New Zealand in 1889, he exhibited only in Brisbane and at the Centennial International Exhibition of 1888â89 in Melbourne. He had helped to found the Queensland Art Society in 1887. He moved his studio in 1890 to Montrose Road, Taringa, where he lived and worked for the rest of his life.
+A selfâtaught marine and landscape painter of considerable ability and technical skill, Jenner painted local scenery and continued all his life to paint English scenes from memory. His most popular subjects were the Sussex and Cornish coasts and large historical seascapes. In 1895 he gave one of his large seascapes, 'Cape Chudleigh, Labrador' (1890) to the Queensland National Gallery soon after its opening.
+He died at Taringa on 1 March 1902. He was survived by his wife Mary, née Jenkins, whom he had married on 23 May 1860 at Anthony, Cornwall, and by three sons and three daughters.
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Marine artist - Isaac Walter Jenner (1836 - 1902). Aussie~mobs.
+ + + + +Rivers was born probably in 1859 at Plymouth, Devon, son of Richard Rivers, landed proprietor, and his wife Bertha, nĂ©e Harris. He studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College, London (1877â83) receiving the prize for landscape painting in 1883 and exhibiting at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1884. In 1889 he came to Australia. He taught at Katoomba College, NSW, and then was appointed second art master at Brisbane Technical College (1890â1910, partâtime 1910â15). He soon emerged as leader of Brisbane's artistic community and the first artist member of the Queensland Club in 1891.
+Rivers also taught at his studio, at the Brisbane High School for Girls and at Brisbane Girls' Grammar School. Rivers was president of the Queensland Art Society in 1892â1901 and 1904â08. Largely through his efforts the Queensland National Art Gallery ultimately opened in 1895.
+His course at the technical college embraced both art and craft. His extant work includes the decorative painting of angelic figures on the ceiling of the sanctuary in St Mary's Church, Kangaroo Point (1892), his design of the altar in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel, St John's Cathedral, Brisbane and other furniture in the cathedral. The Godfrey Rivers medal was established at the technical college in 1929 by his wife Selina Jane, née Bell, whom he had married in St John's Cathedral on 25 September 1901.
+Rivers died on 4 February 1925 of typhoid fever while on a visit to England and his ashes were interred here. His wife and daughter survived him. The Godfrey Rivers Trust, founded by his wife for the Queensland Art Gallery, established the Godfrey Rivers prize (acquisitive) and purchased art works. His most popular work, 'Under the Jacaranda' (1903), hangs in the Queensland Art Gallery and features his wife.
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Godfrey Rivers, seated on a rock with binoculars. Unknown author - Daphne Mayo Collection, UQFL119, Fryer Library, The University of Queensland Library.
+ + +Jeanettie Sheldon, was born on 24 May 1885 in Williamstown, Victoria, the eldest of five children of Englishâborn parents Edwin Arthur Sheldon and his second wife Phoebe Emily, nĂ©e Fisher. By 1890 the family had settled in Brisbane, where Edwin ran a jewellery business at Fortitude Valley. Vincent was born on 3 July 1895 in South Brisbane, the youngest of the five children.
+Jeanettie studied art at Brisbane Technical College. Between 1909 and 1919 she exhibited oils, sketches and painting on porcelain at shows held by the (Royal) National Agricultural and Industrial Association of Queensland. She opened the Sheldon Gallery in 1921. Elected to the (Royal) Queensland Art Society, she served as viceâpresident (1922), secretary (1923â31 and 1937â43) and a councilâmember (1932â36). From 1923 to 1960 she exhibited pottery, oils and watercolours at its shows.
+Vincent was educated by the Christian Brothers at St James's School, Brisbane. He studied commercial art in the United States of America (1920) and England (1924), and worked as a freelance cartoonist in Brisbane in 1924â26. He visited London in 1929 to learn drypoint under W. P. Robins at the Central School of Arts and Crafts, Holborn. The British Museum acquired three of his etchings, and the Victoria and Albert Museum two monotypes.
+Back in Brisbane, Vincent taught printmaking at his home at Clayfield. In 1931 he was elected a member of the Australian PainterâEtchers' Society. His drypoints of country scenes, and of Brisbane and its landmarks, were described in 1934 as being executed with 'rare skill' and 'joyous animation'. On 9 July 1934 at All Saints Church, Wickham Terrace, he married with Anglican rites Cynthia Ruth Sturtridge; they were childless.
+During World War II Vincent worked in a munitions factory until illness forced him to resign. Survived by his wife, he died of a coronary occlusion on 19 July 1945 at Boolarong, near Caboolture, and was buried with Catholic rites. A memorial exhibition of his work was held in Brisbane in 1948. In 1981 Sheldon's widow gave more than two hundred of his works to the Queensland Art Gallery.
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Jeanette Sheldon - State Library of Queensland
+ + +Written by Dr. Hilda Maclean
+Stories about early Brisbane Mayors remembered in Toowong Cemetery
+These stories cover many of the early Mayors of the Town of Brisbane. The City of Brisbane replaced the Town of Brisbane in 1903, which was then replaced by the new City of Brisbane in 1925.
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+ + +John Petrie was born on 15 January 1822 at Edinburgh, eldest son of Andrew Petrie and his wife Mary, née Cuthbertson. He arrived in Sydney with his family in 1831 and was educated at Reverend John Dunmore Lang's school. In 1837, he arrived aboard the James Watt, the first steamer to enter Moreton Bay, where his father had been appointed clerk of works, and accompanied him on explorations to the Bunya Mountains and Maroochy River. The family stayed on in the Moreton Bay District after the penal settlement closed. After learning the ropes in the family building and contracting business John assumed responsibility for its management after his father's blindness in 1848 forced him to retire. John became sole proprietor and the firm was changed from Petrie & Son to John Petrie.
+On 5 September 1850 Petrie married Jane Keith, daughter of Daniel McNaught of Dunbarton, Scotland. The family grew to five sons and five daughters. John Petrie was publicâspirited and held many important offices. He topped the poll in Brisbane's first municipal election in 1859 and was mayor three times by 1862 and served as an Alderman until 1867. He was also an active member of the first Masonic lodge in Queensland. A staunch Presbyterian, he was an elder and worked on building St Paul's Church. John Petrie died on 8 December 1892.
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Andrew and John Petrie â State Library of Queensland.
+The First Mayor and Aldermen of the Brisbane City Council - 1859 â Brisbane City Council.
George Edmondstone was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 4 May 1809 son of William Edmondstone and Alexandrina Farquhar. In 1832, he arrived in New South Wales and had businesses in Sydney and Maitland. On 10 July 1837 in Sydney he married Alexis Watson Tilleray. In 1840 he purchased Normanby Plains Station in Queensland. He sold this in 1842 and was one of the early free settlers in Brisbane, working as a butcher. He was an Alderman in Brisbane 1859â66 and the Mayor in 1863â64. In the Queensland Legislative Assembly he represented East Moreton in 1860â67, Brisbane in 1869â73 and Wickham in 1873â77. He retired from business because of a heart complaint and died at his home in Breakfast Creek on 23 February 1883.
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Monument erected to the memory of George Edmondstone. Died 23 February 1883. His widow Mrs Alexa Edmondstone, who died in Brisbane in 1887, is also buried there. â State Library of Queensland.
+Alderman George Edmonstone â Brisbane City Council.
Publican Thomas Proe was Mayor of Brisbane in 1901 and 1905. He married Mary Strasburg in Brisbane in 1881 and fathered seven children. He died on 17 December 1922 aged 71. He is buried with his wife, motherâinâlaw, two of their children who died in childhood and two married daughters.
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Mayor Thomas Proe 1901 and 1905 â Brisbane City Council.
+ + +John Daniel Heal was born near BradfordâonâAvon, England on 18 January 1825. He was the son of Ambrose Heal, mason and Elizabeth Smith. He emigrated from England to Brisbane in mid 1856. He married at least twice and had at least eight children, many of whom died in childhood. In Brisbane, John Heal worked at his trade as a stone mason.
+In 1863, he leased the Prince Consort Hotel in Wickham Street, Fortitude Valley and became a publican. He bought the hotel in 1879 and by 1887 had acquired a number of adjoining properties. In 1887â1888, Heal tore down the old hotel and had a larger hotel erected, which was designed by Richard Gailey.
+He was very involved in community affairs and was a great advocate for the progress of Fortitude Valley. In 1870 he was elected to the Brisbane Council as an Alderman for the Fortitude Valley Ward. He served his electorate in this role from 1870 to 1873, losing in 1874. However, the following year, he won the ward of Fortitude Valley back and held it until 1894, after which he did not seek reâelection. He was Mayor in 1879. He died in Brisbane on 18 August 1908.
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Mayor John Daniel Heal â Brisbane City Council.
+Prince Consort Hotel, Brisbane, 1936 â State Library of Queensland.
John Sinclair was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland on 8 December 1827, the son of John Sinclair and Jane Smith. He married Jane Kelman in Brisbane on 11 August 1857. They had six children four of whom died in infancy. His wife Jane died in Brisbane on 11 February 1872. On 14 January 1888 in Brisbane, John Sinclair remarried to Constance Isabel Georgina Geoghegan. However, Constance died at their home, Delholm, Kangaroo Point on 21 May 1893.
+Sinclair died at Kangaroo Point, on 5 May 1906 aged 79 years and was buried here, together with Constance and his two adult children Margaret and James. John Sinclair was an Alderman of the Brisbane Municipal Council for the ward of Kangaroo Point from 1871â1882 and 1886â1887. He was Mayor of the Brisbane Municipal Council in 1880 and 1881.
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John Sinclair â State Library of Queensland.
+View of the Kangaroo Point cliffs, Brisbane, ca. 1890 â State Library of Queensland.
Alfred was born in Clifton, Bristol son of Henry George Raymond and Mary Ann Hewland. Alfred, like his father, was a carpenter. Alfred was a deeply devout man throughout his life and an active lay worker in the Congregational Church. In 1878, Alfred married Elizabeth Paul and they had two sons. In 1885â86, Alfred was a carpenter and living on Stanley Street, South Brisbane beside the river. Shortly after their arrival in Brisbane, their baby son Leslie died on 4 April 1884 and then exactly two years later Elizabeth died. They are buried nearby.
+On 20 June 1888, Alfred remarried, to Jessie Catherine Shearer, in the Congregational Church in Wharf Street. In the 1890s, the Raymond family lived in Kangaroo Point. It was while living there that Alfred became interested in politics and in 1894 he was elected as Alderman for the ward of Kangaroo Point. Although South Brisbane was then a separate town to Brisbane, Kangaroo Point was still a ward of Brisbane. Alfred represented Kangaroo Point from 1894 to 1899 when resigned from politics. However, he returned as Alderman for Kangaroo Point again from 1902 to 1903 and then from 1911 to 1924. He was Mayor of Brisbane in 1912.
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Alderman Alfred John Raymond â State Library of Queensland.
+Wharf Street Congregational Church, Brisbane, ca. 1909. The church was erected in 1860 on the corner of Wharf and Adelaide Streets. It was enlarged in 1872 and renovated in 1883 when a new schoolroom was added. The building was demolished in 1928. â State Library of Queensland.
James Swan was born in 1811 in Glasgow, Scotland, the son of Daniel Swan and Jennet McLaren. He was apprenticed to the printing trade in Glasgow. In 1831, James married Christina Mackay. In 1837, James emigrated from Glasgow to Sydney with the Rev. Dr John Dunmore Lang and worked on his paper The Colonialist. In 1846, the Moreton Bay Courier was founded in Brisbane by Sidney Lyons, who persuaded James Swan to come to Brisbane and work on the newspaper. Sidney Lyons had money problems and about 18 months later, James Swan took over the newspaper. In 1859, James sold the Moreton Bay Courier to Thomas Blacket Stephens (Brisbaneâs second Mayor) who renamed it the Brisbane Courier.
+James Swan was an Alderman of the Brisbane Municipal Council from 1872 to 1875 and was Mayor from 1873 to 1875. James's wife Christina died aged 76 years at their home Burnside at Windsor on 27 January 1888 after a lingering illness and was buried here.
+James married again on 10 January 1889 to Christina Meikle. James Swan died on 26 May 1891 on board Jelunga while in the Mediterranean Sea bound for England. He was travelling with his wife for a 12âmonth visit. Aged 80 and in poor health when he commenced the trip, many doubted they would see him return. He was buried at sea off Port Said, Egypt but he was memorialised on his first wife's grave. James's second wife Christina died on 3 March 1929 aged 71 years.
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Alderman James Swan â Brisbane City Council.
+The Colonist, 1 January 1835 â via Wikipedia. Public Domain.
Richard Symes Warry was born about 1829 in England, son of Thomas Warry and Maria Symes. On 25 January 1851 in Brisbane, Richard Symes Warry married Mary Lydia Pratten. They had fourteen children, a number of whom died young. He died 12 March 1891 at his residence in Enoggera, aged 62 years.
+Richard Warry was a grocer and was one of the earliest of the Queen Street storekeepers, having had a shop for many years on the eastern side near the corner with Albert Street. Richard Warry was an Alderman of the Brisbane Municipal Council in 1862â1863 and 1865â1866. He was Mayor in 1866. He took a break from public life for a number of years and then returned as Alderman of the West Ward from 1883â1888 before finally retiring.
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Richard Symes Warry â Brisbane City Council.
+ + +Contractor Richard Southall was Brisbaneâs twentyâsecond Mayor in 1888. He was nominated for the East Ward in 1885. Amongst his projects was the construction of the Albert Hall in Adelaide Street. He married Janet Banks Guild, at St Marylebone, London on 26 July 1852. He is buried with his wife, son, daughter and motherâinâlaw.
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Albert Street Methodist Church and Albert Hall, Brisbane, ca. 1904 â State Library of Queensland.
+Richard Southall â Brisbane City Council.
John Hardgrave, a local politician and Mayor of Brisbane, was born in Wicklow, Ireland, in 1826. He arrived in Sydney in 1843 and moved to Brisbane in 1848. In 1860 he purchased 6 acres (2.4 hectares) of land in the Brisbane suburb of West End. Hardgrave Road is named after him.
+He was in the boot trade to 1862 and was involved in local government from 1867 to 1890. He was Mayor of Brisbane in 1868 and 1870, first chairman of the Woolloongabba Divisional Board, Alderman for South Brisbane from 1888 to 1890, and chairman of the Waterworks Board from 1893. He died in Brisbane on 8 November 1906 and was interred in the family grave.
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John Hardgrave, early resident and mayor of Brisbane, 1868-1869 â State Library of Queensland.
+ + +The third Mayor of Brisbane, Joshua Jeays died on the 11 March 1881 aged 69. He was born in Leicestershire, 1812. He married Sarah Edwyn in 1838 in Marylebone, Middlesex. They and their three children immigrated to Moreton Bay in 1853. His daughter Sarah Jane married in 1858 in Brisbane to Sir Charles Lilley, who became Premier of Queensland.
+In 1862, Joshua Jeays bought 39 acres at the corner of Cooper's Camp Road on which he built Bardon House. He is buried with his wife Sarah who predeceased him, dying on 26 July 1864 in Brisbane. Sarah was originally buried in Paddington Cemetery but reâinterred in here on 17 April 1913.
+Joshua built homes of prominent Brisbane residents such as John Petrie and the Cribb family. Joshua was an Alderman from 1859 to 1867 and was Mayor in 1864.
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Bardon House in Brisbane, ca. 1930 Bardon the suburb was named after this home built by Joshua Jeays, one of the first landowners in the district. The area was first surveyed in 1862. Jeays was the home owner and architect and a business partner of Andrew Petrie. â State Library of Queensland.
+Alderman Joshua Jeays â Brisbane City Council.
William Pettigrew born on 26 August 1825 was the son of an Ayreshire farmer. He trained as a surveyor and as such arrived aboard the Fortitude in January 1849. He became a sawmiller, importing the first steamâpowered sawmill in 1853. Pettigrew was elected to the Brisbane Municipal Council three times in the period 1863 â 1881, including the mayoralty in 1870â1871. There is an overlap between his municipal duties and membership of the Queensland Legislative Council from 1877â1894.
+He was a member of a number of societies; including the Queensland Philosophical Society, the School of Arts Committee (along with Samuel Walker Griffith) and was a lifeâmember of the Queensland Acclimatisation Society. He was also a land speculator.
+His wife Amelia Boughay, a fellow Fortitude passenger whom he had married in 18 February 1859, preâdeceased him on 1 September 1893 and is buried here. He died on 28 October 1906 and was interred in at Bowen. William Pettigrew was a strict Presbyterian, who kept the Sabbath sacred to the extent of walking to church and banning musical instruments from worship.
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William Pettigrew, Brisbane, ca. 1875 â State Library of Queensland.
+Wife of William Pettigrew, Brisbane, Amelia Boughay, (1824-1893) born London, died Brisbane. â State Library of Queensland.
Archibald was the Chairman of the Toowong Fire Brigade, which had built a fire station in Jephson Street in 1919. He was the last Mayor of the town of Toowong in 1925 and went on to serve as an Alderman on the Brisbane City Council between 1926 and 1931. He was Deputy Mayor from 1926 to 1931 and Lord Mayor from February to May 1931. He died on 25 February 1941 aged 67.
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Alderman Archibald Watson â Brisbane City Council.
+Page 27 of the Queenslander Pictorial, supplement to The Queenslander, 6 September, 1919. The Toowong Fire Brigade with their new motor reel â State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
Former Mayor of Brisbane, William Galloway commenced building the Breakfast Creek Hotel in 1889. His initials appear on the front façade. It opened its doors in May 1890 and was an immediate success. Galloway remained with the hotel until his death on the 12th of January 1895, after a fall from a second floor window of the hotel (the coroner found that he was drunk at the time of his death). He was born in the city of Perth, Scotland on the 16th of May 1840.
+He was an Alderman in the Brisbane Municipal Council from 1884 to 1891, serving one term as Mayor in 1889. He served on a number of committees, namely the:
+He married Anne Hunter in Sydney in 1885 before moving to Aberleigh, Kelvin Grove where they lived until settling into his newly completed hotel.
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Lord Mayor William Macnaughton Galloway, 1889 â Brisbane City Council.
+Flood waters at the Breakfast Creek Hotel, Brisbane, 1893 â State Library of Queensland.
28 Brisbane Mayors are buried in Toowong Cemetery.
+| Given Names | +Last Name | +Term as Mayor | +Location | +
|---|---|---|---|
| John | +Petrie | +1859â1862 | +13â5â3 | +
| George | +Edmondstone | +1863 | +13â20â5 | +
| Joshua | +Jeays | +1864 | +13â62â13 | +
| Richard Symes | +Warry | +1866 | +13â49â22 | +
| John | +Hardgrave | +1868â1869 | +14â22â2/3 | +
| William | +Pettigrew | +1870 | +13â66â2 | +
| Edward Joseph | +Baines | +1872 | +7â5â30 | +
| James | +Swan | +1873â1875 | +9â39â8 | +
| John Daniel | +Heal | +1879 | +13â40â9 | +
| John | +Sinclair | +1880â1881 | +9â40â5 | +
| Abram Robertson | +Byram | +1883 | +1â19â6 | +
| Benjamin Harris | +Babbidge | +1885 | +1â44â9 | +
| Richard | +Southall | +1888 | +13â59â12 | +
| William McNaughton | +Galloway | +1889 | +7Aâ41â18 | +
| George | +Watson | +1892 | +13â47â11 | +
| Robert | +Fraser | +1894â1895 | +11â52â9/10 | +
| Thomas | +Proe | +1901, 1905 | +13â35â9 | +
| Leslie Gordon | +Corrie | +1902â1903 | +13â71â13/14 | +
| William Murray | +Thompson | +1907 | +11â71â15 | +
| Charles Packenham | +Buchanan | +1908, 1919 | +7â20â19 | +
| Thomas | +Wilson | +1909 | +8â61â33B/4 | +
| Harry | +Diddams | +1911, 1921â1924 | +11â45â5 | +
| Alfred John | +Raymond | +1912 | +9â32â8 | +
| Harry | +Doggett | +1913 | +11â16â3 | +
| George | +Down | +1915 | +12â4â9 | +
| James Francis | +Maxwell | +1920â1921 | +13â65â4 | +
| William Alfred | +Jolly | +1925â1931 | +8â73â29 | +
| Archibald | +Watson | +1931 | +12â13â2 | +
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+ +Written by Dr. Hilda Maclean
+Stories about people that helped build Brisbane
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+ + +Andrew Petrie was born in Fife, Scotland, on 25 June 1798 to Walter Petrie and Margaret (née Hutchison). Mary Cuthbertson married Andrew in Edinburgh 1821. In 1831 the family arrived in Sydney aboard the Stirling Castle. In 1837, Andrew, as clerk of works, arrived in Moreton Bay with his family aboard the James Watt. Sandy blight robbed Andrew of his eyesight in 1848, but he kept control of his business. Andrew died on 20 February 1872.
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Bulimba House in Brisbane â State Library of Queensland.
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Adelaide House or The Deanery, Ann Street, Brisbane, ca. 1882 â State Library of Queensland.
+ + +In Scotland on 26 November 1836, William McCallum Park was born to Andrew Park and Agnes (née McCallum). In January 1863, William and his family arrived in Brisbane aboard the Flying Cloud.
+William's wife, Marion Kirkwood (née Hamilton) died in 1877. Isabel Ker Scott married William on 8 September 1881 at Wickham Terrace. William died at his residence, Fernibrae, Hurdcotte Street, Enoggera, aged 97 years on 6 September 1934.
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File:62 Queen Street (2008).jpg â Heritage branch staff, State of Queensland, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Spring Hill Baths, ca. 1910 State Library of Queensland.
+William Macfarlane, a son of John Macfarlane and Mary (née Hudson) was born on 30 May 1832 in Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Mary Munn married William in Bonhill on 8 June 1857. After Mary's death in 1864, Agnes Park married William in Brisbane on 2 June 1865. William died at his Adelaide Street residence on the 10 June 1886, aged 54 years.
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State Library (former) â The State of Queensland 2021.
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Rothwells Building â The State of Queensland 2021.
+ + +Henry Holmes, a son of Francis Holmes and Margaret (née Madden), was born in County Armagh, Ireland. Henry, his wife, Louisa Mary Ann Elizabeth (née Frazer) and two sons arrived in Brisbane aboard the Cairngorm on 3 July 1863. Holmes' paddock, later known as Grove Estate, gave its name to Ashgrove. Henry died just after 6pm on 30 November 1898.
+Thomas Dempster, a son of Robert Dempster, contractor and Anne (nĂ©e Dalzell) was born in Tradeston, Lanarkshire, Scotland on 23 March 1867. The Dempster family travelled aboard the Nurnberg to Australia in 1889. Thomas joined the United Operative Stonemasons Society of Queensland (UOSMS) on 21 August 1889. Thomas served at times as UOSMS President, ViceâPresident, Auditor, Secretary, Treasurer and delegate. Thomas settled in Paddington before relocating to Campbell Street, Toowong. On 16 May 1946, Thomas died at St Helen's Hospital, South Brisbane.
+ + +Arthur Midson was born in London in the last quarter of 1852 to James Midson and and Eliza (née Donnelly). Bridget Malynn married Arthur in St Stephen's, Brisbane on 17 April 1876. Arthur was a founder and became president of the Brisbane Master Builder's Association. Arthur died at his home, Alexandra Road, Ascot on 8 July 1943.
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Executive Building â The State of Queensland 2021.
+George John Ely was a son of Thomas Ely & Maria (née Walker). G J arrived in Brisbane with his wife Christina (née Reid) and eldest son George Edward aboard the Queen of the South on 8 December 1865. G J, a resident at 7 Fortescue Street, Spring Hill, died on 15 August 1877. G J's funeral notice described him as late of Edinburgh & Nottingham.
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All Saints Anglican Church â The State of Queensland 2021.
+ + +Joshua Jeays was born in Bardon, Leicester in 1812. Sarah Edwyn married Joshua in Marylebone, Middlesex on 10 June 1839. The family of six arrived in Moreton Bay on 26 February 1853 aboard the Agricola. Joshua served as an Alderman between 1859 and 1867 and was Brisbane's fourth mayor in 1864. Joshua died at his North Quay residence on Friday 11 March 1881 aged 69 years.
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Old Government House â The State of Queensland 2021.
+Born in Sandon, Hertfordshire on 12 July 1843, Ebenezer Chapman's parents were Thomas Field Chapman and Hephzibah (née Kent). Ebenezer arrived in Moreton Bay with his family aboard the Blenheim on 12 October 1857. Sarah Griffin married Ebenezer in Brisbane on 6 December 1871. Ebenezer died at his daughter's residence, Primrose Street, Sherwood on 11 July 1929, aged 85 years and 364 days.
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Toombul Shire Hall (former) â The State of Queensland 2021.
+ + +Suffer the little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me
+Brisbaneâs infant mortality rate in the latter half of the 19th century equalled that of the worse slums of the United Kingdom. More children died in spring and summer than winter and these rates did not improve between the mid-1870s and the 1890s.1 In December 1876, 52 children under the age of eight were buried at Toowong Cemetery. The most common causes of death included childhood diseases, infections, drowning, burns and scalds. The most dramatic improvement did not occur until the fifth decade of the twentieth century and the advent of penicillin.
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+Ann Elizabeth Horsfall died on 2 September 1863 aged seven. Her siblings Thomas Lambert, Harry, Sarah and Rose had all died in infancy. They were the children of George and Ann Horsfall (née Tatlow) both from Coventry, England.
+Peter McCauley was the son of a private in H .M. 17th Regiment of Foot. He was accidentally drowned in January 1832 aged 5 years and 8 months. Peter and two other children were originally interred in the North Quay Cemetery and then reâinterred at Toowong in October 1881.
+++A Lovely Boy possess'd of every charm
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+Could not the Tyrants fatal dart disarm?
+Engaging sweetness met the destined blo'
+And bid farewell to every human woe
+His spotless Soul now to his God restor'd
+Bliss inconceivable is his rich reward
+Then happy child my soul no more
+Shall humbly hope throâ an Almighty Grace
+One day to fold thee in sweet embrace.
George and Mary Ann Hiron (nĂ©e Prosser) lost a number of their children in childhood. Amelia Ann, George, George Edward James, Albert Edwin and Daisy Evelyn all died in infancy. Agnes Elizabeth died in September 1875 aged 11 years. Yet another George died in December 1901 aged 15 years. Following the custom of the day, names were recycled until a child lived long enough for a name to âstickâ.
+Edward Hobbs was killed by falling tree at Redcliffe on 4 January 1875 aged 13 years and nine months. He was out shooting with a cousin when they sat down to watch some men felling a tree. The tree didnât fall in the direction which Edward anticipated and he was crushed. Edwardâs father was the wellâknown doctor, William Hobbs, who, being in Brisbane at the time of the accident, was unable to assist his son. Edward was interred at the old Milton cemetery and then when it closed, relocated to Toowong.
+++Green be the turf above thee
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+Son of my happier days
+None knew thee but to love thee
+None knew thee but to praise
+While memory bids me to weep thoâ
+Nor thoughts nor word are free
+The grief is fixed too deeply
+That mourn a lad like thee.
Five children were lost by James Gow and his wife Christina Philp between 1864 and 1882. None had reached the age of five. The family lived in Harcourt Street in Fortitude Valley.
+++Gone to the better land
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+Asleep on Jesu's breast
+These happy babes have found
+Their everlasting rest.
On 22 November 1899 Bruce Wallace and his two sisters were swimming off a small sandbank in the Brisbane River at West End. The girls got into difficulties and Bruce was able to save one of the girls but trying to save himself and his other sister proved too exhausting and they were both drowned. Bruce was fourteen years old and his sister Ina was ten. The children usually went swimming with their father at the same spot, but on this day, their father had business in the city, so the children went swimming without him, with tragic consequences. They were the children of Andrew Stephen and Eva Sarah Wallace.
+++Bruce
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+His happy face is gone, his songs are hushed
+Here rests his head upon the lap of earth
+In youth to fortune and to fame unknown.
++Ina
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+Thou who here see beautiful and fair
+That death should set in her glorious eyes.
On Sunday 9 June 1918 a procession of returned servicemen conveyed by motor vehicle left the military hospital at Kangaroo Point headed for Queen Street. About sixty cars made up the motorcade; they were provided and driven by local residents. Four or five young boys had gathered near the southern end of Victoria Bridge. One of these boys was eleven yearâold, Hector Vasyli. His family owned an oyster saloon on Melbourne Street, South Brisbane. Young Hector was very patriotic and known to save up his money to buy presents and throw them to the returned servicemen as they passed by on parade. On the day in question he was doing just that when the tragedy unfolded.
+W. J. Jackson, a local produce merchant was the driver of one of the cars. As vehicles ahead of him began to slow down he swerved to avoid a collision. His car went toward the side of the road and struck Hector. The Courier reported that he had "perfect control of the car" as he was able to pull it up swiftly after realising what he'd done. Jackson quickly picked up the boy and sped off to St. Helen's hospital. Medical assistance was not immediately obtainable so they left and headed to the Mater Misericordia Public Hospital. It was too late; Hector had succumbed to his injuries (which included a skull fracture, compound fracture to the right arm, and other minor injuries).
+The papers were quick to emancipate Jackson stating, "The tragic occurrence was quite unavoidable and Mr. Jackson did everything to avoid the fatal consequences."
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Hector Vasyli Memorial, Brisbane, 1918. Speakers at the unveiling of the tablet include Christy Freeleagus, President of the Hellenic Association, Lieut. Grant Hanlon, Alderman Peter Forrest (Mayor of South Brisbane), and Mr W. P. B. Miles of the Church of England Mission. - State Library of Queensland.
+Hector Vasyli - State Library of Queensland.
Doris Eliza was the daughter of William Carrington Gilbert and his wife May née Lord. She was eight years old when she died on 21 February 1913.
+++A fathers pet, a mothers dear
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+A little darling slumbers here
+Weep not for me my parents dear
+I am not dead but sleeping here
+My time was short my grief was less
+I'm gone from pain to happiness.
Written by Dr. Hilda Maclean
+Hector Vasyli story researched and written by Steven Gil Verses, collected by Joyce Simpson
+1: Brisbane Courier, 12 September 1896 p.4
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People gathered in front of Finney, Isles & Co, corner Queen and Edward Streets, Brisbane, ca. 1873 â State Library of Queensland.
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+George Prentice Jnr was born on 8 February 1841 in Durham England where his father George Snr was a stonemason. In 1854 the family migrated to Victoria, settling in Geelong where they lived for some time before moving to Brisbane. George Jnr operated a sports and tobacconist store in Edward Street in 1877. His father who was in business as a stonemason in Roma Street and a teenage daughter of George drowned in the sinking of the S.S. Quetta in Torres Strait in 1890. George died at Sandgate on 20 February 1902 after a seizure.
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George Prentice and family â State Library of Queensland.
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View of Edward Street looking towards the Brisbane River, 1877 â State Library of Queensland.
+Francis was born in Fermanagh, Ireland ca. 1836. He married Mary Blakely in Fermanagh on 12 May 1856 and the young couple arrived in Brisbane on 12 October 1856 per Lady McDonald from Southampton. Francis was a butcher before leaving Ireland and opened a shop in Refuge Row in Queen Street, moving to Leichhardt Street early in 1877. Francis died on 10 June 1879 from injuries sustained after being thrown from his horse the previous month.
+ + +Another of Brisbane's earliest Queen Street shopkeepers was the grocer Richard Warry who was also Mayor of Brisbane 1866-1867. He was born in Somerset, England in 1829, the son of Thomas Warry and his wife Maria (née Symes). Richard married Mary Lydia Pratten on 25 January 1851 in Brisbane. He died on 12 March 1891 at his residence Timsbury, Samford Road, Enoggera aged 62, after a long and painful illness. In 1877 his grocery store was situated opposite the Brisbane GPO.
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Brisbane's General Post Office, ca. 1875 â State Library of Queensland.
+Stationer, bookseller, bookbinder, account book manufacturer, publisher, and lithographer, John McNaught was born in Brisbane on 30 May 1850. His parents, Daniel and Barbara (née Ure) McNaught and his older brother Daniel had arrived in Moreton Bay in 1848 on the Artemisia from Scotland. John married Eliza Ann Bothamley on 18 Jun 1873 in Brisbane. He was a long-time Toowong resident and was living at Kalangur, Augustus Street Toowong at the time of his death on 24 September 1924.
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Street map of the city of Brisbane, Queensland, 1878 published by J.U. McNaught â State Library of Queensland.
+Irish-born John Tutty (1844-1879) arrived in Brisbane around 1864. His parents were Edward Tutty and Frances Green. He married Alice Ross in 1872 in Brisbane. In 1873 in partnership with Robert Finney, Tutty and Finney took over the Fortitude Valley store of Finney Isles when that business moved to Queen Street. John was 35 when he died from a head injury from a fall at his home.
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Finney and Isles store, Fortitude Valley, ca. 1868 â State Library of Queensland.
+James Treleaven was a partner with James Clark in Clark & Treleaven, Drapers and Outfitters at 127 Queen Street from early 1874. James Treleaven was born in Launceston Cornwall in 1838, the son of Benjamin Treleaven, a grocer and his wife, Mary (née Harvey). He arrived in Brisbane in the early 1860s and married Emily Agnes Rains in 1867. He was 46 years of age when he died at his Kelvin Grove home on 30 March 1884.
+The proprietor of Kenion & Co, the original Shilling Shop at 19 Queen Street was John Kenion who was born in 1840 in Rock House, Yeadon, Yorkshire where his father William was a wool-stapler. Prior to opening his own shop, John was manager of the Wesleyan Book Depot. He died at his residence Terraces in Wool Street, Toowong on 29 February 1896 at the age of 56.
+The merchant and politician, Thomas Finney was born on 10 January 1837 at Currakeen House, Tuam, Galway, Ireland, son of Thomas Finney and his wife Eliza, née Cornwall. In 1862 he arrived in Brisbane on the Flying Cloud with his friend, James Isles with whom he went into business as Finney Isles & Co two years later. Thomas died on 16 December 1903 at his home, Sidney House, Toowong.
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Proposed sketch for the premises of Finney Isles & Co. on the corner of Adelaide Edward and Queen Streets, Brisbane, 1888 â State Library of Queensland.
+James Isles of Finney Isles & Co was born in Scone, Scotland in 1837, the son of William and Isabella Isles and had been in business with Thomas Finney in Dublin before coming to Brisbane. James died from the effects of a stroke at his Clayfield residence on 3 November 1888 at the age of 51 without having seen Finney Isles & Co's new buildings on the corner of Adelaide & Edward Streets completed.
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Letterhead showing Finney, Isles & Co. building at the corner of Queen Adelaide and Edward Streets, Brisbane, 1890 â State Library of Queensland.
+Soft goods merchant, James Chapman was born in Perthshire, Scotland where he commenced his commercial career before migrating to Queensland arriving in August 1864 in the ship Earl Russell. With Richard Edwards, he was a partner in the firm of Edwards and Chapman. He died at his residence Kintullo Gregory Terrace on 4 May 1917.
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Queensland Drapery House opening full column advertisment in the The Telegraph, 21 March 1877 - National Library of Australia.
+Richard Petty, born in 1836, was a native of Yorkshire and came to Queensland in the ship Whirlwind in 1862. His parents were Richard Petty and Margaret (née Crier). He went into business with William Grimes in 1863 operating a Clothing and Drapery Store at the top end of Queen Street. By 1877 they had moved to larger premises further down Queen Street, between Albert & Edward Streets. Richard died on 24 September 1899 at his residence Coodra on Gregory Terrace.
+ + +The Shirt and Collar Box, three doors down from the GPO, was the business of Henry Beesley, a draper who migrated to Queensland in 1870 on the Indus with his wife Elizabeth (née Gough). Henry was born on 20 February 1831 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire to George Beesley and Eliza (née Hawksley). He died on 5 February 1894 at his home, Twickenham Lodge, in West End.
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Advertisments in the The Telegraph, 14 December 1877 including Herny Beesley's Shirt and Collar Box, Edwards and Chapman, Clark and Treleaven, and Tutty and Finney - National Library of Australia.
+Thomas Spilsbury's confectionery shop stood at 28 Queen Street. Thomas was born in Bromsgrove Worcestershire to parents Richard (also a confectioner) and Hannah in 1838. He lived in Kiama NSW before coming to Brisbane ca. 1861-1862. He worked as a compositor before entering the confectionery business in 1876. After his death in 1884, the business passed to his son, Thomas.
+The Civet Cat fancy goods and toy emporium stood in Queen Street where the Myer Centre is today. Its proprietor, James Martin was born in Worcestershire in 1838 to parents, Joseph Martin and Elizabeth (née Teague). He married Henrietta Bradshaw in Brisbane in 1869. James died at the age of 89 at his home Mascotte at New Farm on 25 November 1927
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James Martin and George Pretice were members of Brisbane's first fire brigade in 1868. From Page 22 of The Queenslander Pictorial, supplement to The Queenslander, 24 March 1917 â State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
+Written by Lyn Maddock
+Christmas Eve in Brisbane, 1877, The Queenslander - National Library of Australia
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Christmas morning under the Christmas tree, ca. 1935 â State Library of Queensland.
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+ + +5227 / Q54752
+A son of Joseph Abbott and Rose Ann (née Napier), Joseph was born on 30 May 1899 in Gympie. Joseph, a greaser, enlisted on 22 November 1917 and was assigned to the 31st Battalion Australian Imperial Force. Private Abbott was gassed in France on 30 September 1918 and was medically discharged in 1919.
+Ellen Mary Clegg married Joseph in Brisbane on 16 February 1921. In May 1928, J R Abbott was listed as a successful candidate of an locomotive and traction engine driver certificate in Mackay.
+Joseph enlisted in Mackay on 10 December 1940 and was assigned to the 15 Garrison Battalion. Private Abbott transferred to 1 Garrison Battalion at the end of August 1941 and was promoted on 22 November 1941. On duty in Landsborough at 4:14am on Christmas Day 1941, Lance Corporal Abbott was shot near his right eye. The shot killed Joseph within a few minutes. His body was transferred to Nambour for a post-mortem examination before his Boxing Day funeral.
+ + +George was born on Christmas Day 1840 at St Helier, Jersey to John Hansford and Julia (née Goillon). He was baptised on 10 January 1841. Jane Blackmore Hue married George in St Saviours, Jersey on 18 August 1864.
+George and his extended family, boarded the Gauntlet, which sailed from London on 4 October 1874, arriving in Maryborough on January 01 1875.
+In April 1887 Hansford's Saddler was located at the corner of George and Ann Streets. By July 1889 he's listed as being in Roma Street and then the business is listed as next to the Market Gate, Ann Street from November 1910. George also operated a boarding-house in Ann Street.
+The saddlery business continued through his son, Reginald, in Makerston Street.
+George died on Tuesday 13 October 1925 at the residence of his daughter, Mrs Harrison, Cribb Street, Milton. Three sons, two daughters, 30 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren survived George. George was buried with his wife, who preâdeceased him by seven years.
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George Hansford, ca. 1900 standing in his saddlery shop at 34 Roma Street, Brisbane - State Library of Queensland*
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Hansford Saddlers on Roma Street in Brisbane, Queensland. ca. 1900 - State Library of Queensland
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+Cyril Claude Button and Jessie Elizabeth (née Wood)'s eldest son, Victor Cyril Button, was born on 1 January 1924 in Hobart, Tasmania.
+Victor reported for duty on 19 November 1941. He trained at HMAS Cerberus, Victoria and HMAS Lonsdale, Victoria, before transferring to HMAS Penguin, New South Wales for sea service aboard HMAS Australia (II).
+About 11pm on Friday 25 December 1942, Stoker II V C Button RANR, aged 18 years, fell overboard from HMAS Moreton (Kinchela). His drowned body was retrieved from the Brisbane River about noon two days later. Victor was buried with full naval honours on 28 December 1942. Victor is memorialised on the Stanley War Memorial, Tasmania, which is his family's hometown.
+Joseph Cossart was born on 14 November 1843 (± 3 years) in County Antrim, Ireland to Henry Cossart and Mary (née Walker). The family sailed from London to Moreton Bay aboard the Flying Cloud, arriving on 19 February 1864. The family settled in the Perseverance Creek district.
+Annie Bidgood married Joseph in Pipe Clay, Perseverance near Crow's Nest, Queensland on 4 August 1874. They had nine children. +In 1890 Joseph moved his family to the Dugandan district near Boonah, where they lived until moving to Brisbane in 1899.
+In 1901, Joseph and Sydney, his second son, started a saw milling business in Gatton. Ultimately Joseph's other sons joined the business. +Joseph died at his residence, Babbiloora, Browne Street, New Farm on the evening of 25 December 1911 leaving his widow, four sons and four daughters.
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Log felled in the Gatton district, Queensland. Log labelled Jos Cossart & Son Sawmills, Gatton â State Library of Queensland.
+Edward Arthur Gordon, born around 1893, was a son of Charles Horsfall Bankart Gordon and Mary (née Clough). Edward worked as a finisher at Morris' Boot Factory and resided at Ross Street, Paddington. On Christmas Eve, Edward and some friends camped at Stanley Bridge, near Woodford. On Christmas Day 1912, at about 9am the friends started hunting wallabies. Shot, Edward was conveyed by buggy to Woodford then train to Caboolture. After attendance in Caboolture by their ambulance bearer, Edward was taken to the Brisbane General Hospital. +Edward died in hospital on 26 January 1913 from an accidental bullet wound to the right thigh, haemorrhage, sepsis and exhaustion.
+Q875
+Joseph McNamara, a son of Roger and Jane (née Addison), was born in Sydney's Woollahra district on 23 May 1916. On 22 January 1941, Joseph, a labourer residing at 29 Prospect Terrace, Highgate Hill, enlisted at Lytton. Signalman McNamara was assigned to the Australian Citizen Military Forces, New Guinea Area Signals, Australian Corps of Signals.
+Joseph died in Brisbane on 25 December 1941 of injuries accidentally received, aged 25 years.
+A Remembrance Day Service and guided tour conducted at Toowong Cemetery on the 4th November 2012.
+Portion 10 contains numerous Commonwealth War Graves and received military burials between 1917 and 1942 until they were re-directed to Lutwyche Cemetery. Flowers were cultivated and sold at the Cemetery from Portion 10 until the 1930s. In 1934 the area set apart for soldiersâ graves within Portion 10 was extended to incorporate the flower gardens and the wooden pavilion was demolished. As the military graves were interspersed amongst civilian burials, this portion lacks the familiar formality of a Commonwealth War Cemetery.
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+The Cross of Sacrifice and Stone of Remembrance were unveiled on Anzac Day, 1924, by the GovernorâGeneral, Lord Forster. The Stone of Remembrance is a solid block of Helidon sandstone weighing ten tons. The unveiling ceremony was attended by several thousand people, including relatives of soldiers killed overseas and many dignitaries.
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Official unveiling of the Cross of Sacrifice on Anzac Day at Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, 1924, â State Library of Queensland.
+The Citizensâ Band provided music as the public laid wreaths at the Stone. So many floral tributes were deposited, that the stone was completely covered. One was even dropped from a plane circling above. The inscription THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE was chosen by Rudyard Kipling and is found on the Stone of Remembrance in every Commonwealth War Cemetery.
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Small children looking at wreaths laid at the memorial on Anzac Day, Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, 1924 â State Library of Queensland.
+Prior to Federation each of the Australian colonies maintained its own defence force. These forces were largely comprised of partâtime volunteers and a small number of permanent officers and men. This memorial is to the men of Queenslandâs permanent force âAâ Battery, Queensland Artillery. All of those named on the memorial died while serving in the Battery, but only one, Driver Sydney Walker, died while on active service. Walker was serving on the 1st Queensland Contingent to the South African War when he died of enteric fever at Bloemfontein. This monument was established in April 1886. A number of soldiers named on the memorial are buried nearby.
+Unveiled in May 1902, this is the first known monument to the South African War to be erected in Queensland. Lieutenant John Caskey of the Fifth Queensland Imperial Bushmen was killed in action on 27 September 1901 at the Mokari Drift on the Caledon River. The obelisk, made of white Helidon sandstone and draped by a shroud, features emblems of Caskeyâs teaching career at Leichhardt Street School, Brisbane and Spring Creek and his sporting interests. A rare memorial to the AngloâBoer conflict, this monument is a significant reminder of emerging nationalism and contemporary attitudes to war. Other monuments to him can be found at Clifton RSL and the Allora State School.
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Lieutenant Lachlan J. Caskey of the 5th Queensland Contingent â State Library of Queensland.
+Lyon was a member of the 2nd Battalion, Natal Contingent and saw action at the Battle of Isandhlwana, Rorke's Drift, Gingalore, the relief of Ekouso and was awarded South African Medal. On 22 January 1879, the 1st Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot was attacked by Zulus and decimated, with some 858 members killed. A few soldiers were able to escape to the mission station at Rorkeâs Drift. The Battle of Rorkeâs Drift was depicted in the 1964 movie Zulu. Eight officers and 135 men successfully defended the station. Eleven Victoria Crosses were later issued, the most in any British battle. Lyon died on 21 April 1934 aged 81.
+Heaphy, born ca. 1822 in London, was an artist and surveyor who explored New Zealand in the 1840s. He landed in New Zealand in 1839 as a draughtsman for the New Zealand Company. He settled in Auckland in 1848 and later joined the local militia, the Auckland Rifle Volunteers. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for rescuing a wounded soldier under fire in the MÄori Wars on 11 February 1864 at the Mangapiko River. Heaphy himself was hit in three places by musket balls while assisting the wounded man, with whom he had stayed all day. He was the first soldier of an irregular unit to be awarded the Victoria Cross.
+After his army career, he had a lengthy career as a civil servant, chiefly concerned with surveying and became a Member of Parliament. He retired from public life in 1881 and sailed with his wife to Brisbane. He died in Ann Street, Brisbane on 3 August 1881 of tuberculosis.
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Charles Heaphy. Ref: 1/2-003062-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22544487
+Imrie was born in Ayr, Scotland, on 1 June 1813, where he was educated at the local Academy, Braisemere College, Oxford, then Edinburgh Royal College of Surgeons but did not graduate. He received a commission in the army, and went out as medical officer with the 42nd Highlanders to India where he remained in active service for six years. He was severely wounded in India when taking the lead in a charge. With all the other officers were either killed or wounded, he led on and gained a victory, for which he may have been awarded a medal for bravery. His obituary published in the Brisbane Courier (25 May 1901) stated this was the Victoria Cross but his name does not appear on any lists of recipients. He was then invalided to England; afterwards sold his commission.
+He then emigrated to New Zealand was just at that time proclaimed a British colony with his family and settled in Nelson in 1842. Stories of Imrieâs dramatic escape from the Wairau Affray, in which 22 settlers were killed, are embroidered. Imrie and his family left in an orderly fashion aboard the Sisters for Hobart in September 1843. He then started practice of his profession in Hobart, and in January 1845 was appointed medical officer for the convicts at Maria Island, where he resided for many years with his family, until the settlement was wound down. Then he was transferred to the penal settlement at Ross, where he remained until transportation ceased. He farmed for a period, before moving to Queensland with his family in 1864, and shortly after joined the civil service where he remained until retiring in 1894. He died aged 88 on 23 March 1901.
+Higson went to the Boer War with the 4th Contingent. Prior to embarkation, he had been a school teacher at South Brisbane. While on service, Higson was shot through the head. After regaining consciousness, he was helped off the battlefield and eventually returned to Queensland little worse for wear. After recuperating, he returned to South Africa, intending to return to the conflict just as the contingent was ordered back. He returned to teaching and was active in musical and masonic activities.
+His death on the 13 November 1902 aged 38 was unexpected. He was afforded a military funeral. The coffin, covered by the Union Jack, left his residence at Taringa on a gun carriage. At the corner of Jephson Street and Sylvan Road, a military cortege consisting of soldiers, sailors, band and firing party from the South Brisbane State School joined in the procession to the cemetery.
+Orton served with the 9th Lancers for twelve years including service in the second Afghanistan War from 1878 to 1880. He resigned from the army in 1885 and worked briefly for Queensland railways before making his application to be a police constable in October that year. He was stationed at South Brisbane in October 1899 when he wrote a letter seeking permission to join A Company, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry. Some of the officers he had served under in Afghanistan were at the Boer War and he was keen to join them. He was granted six months leave without pay. So he was one of âthe first of the firstâ Queenslanders to go to the Boer War.
+When Orton returned to Brisbane after his Boer War service on the 19 November 1900, the police band was there to meet him at Central Station. He had been repatriated home as he was injured when a horse fell on him. He rejoined the police force however it was not easy for him and in January 1901 he is seeking 19 pounds from the force to top up an allowance he should have received to make up the difference between his soldiers pay and his police pay. He pointed out that he was the only married police officer to join the Boer War campaign. Orton died in August 1929 aged 69.
+Vowles, born ca. 1846 in Ipswich, claimed to be the first Queenslandâborn soldier to serve overseas for the Empire. As a seventeen year old, he participated in the Invasion of Waikato which was a campaign during the middle stages of the New Zealand Wars, fought in the North Island from July 1863 to April 1864. The conflict was between the military forces of the Colonial Government and a federation of rebel MaÌori tribes known as the Kingitanga Movement.
+On his return he joined the Public Instruction Department in 1869, and spent six years as head master of the Allenstown School (in Rockhampton), six years at North Ipswich and nearly 29 years at Petrie Terrace Brisbane. He retired in 1917. He attained the highest possible rank in the teaching profession, being in class 1, division 1. He was the author of a small book of poems, Sunbeams in Queensland.
+In 1921, Vowles was elected the president of the Imperial Navy and Army Veterans' Association of Queensland. He died on the 28 November 1928 aged 82.
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
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+Born in Newcastle 1892, enlisted Gin Gin Queensland at 23 year of age. Records say he was a labourer. Next of Kin was his Mother, Sarah Elizebeth Gyler née Holden.
+ + +Service Number: 5753. 9th Battalion
+James was born on 9 September 1888 nearby at Redhill to James and Emily Ann (née Andrews). He enlisted 10 February 1916 in Cairns and after training, embarked on HMAT SEANG CHOON (A49) on 4 May 1916.
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Troopship SEANG CHOON (A49) shortly after leaving Pinkenba Wharf, Brisbane, Queensland. ca. 1915. This ship was later torpedoed and sunk off the Irish coast, near Fastnet, on 10 July 1917. â Australian War Memorial - Public Domain
+Service Number: 783. 41st Australian Imperial Force
+Henry was born in Brisbane 1895 to Joseph Bakes Wilkins and Eleanor Fowdry Townsend. His father passed away 1907. He enlisted 20 September 1915 and embarked 18 May 1916 and killed in action on 31 July 1917 at 22 years of age. There is no known resting place but he is memorialised here on the family grave and on the Menin Gate, Belgium. One of the 6178 inscribed Australians who served in the Ypres campaign who have no known grave.
+Service Number: 3782. 49th Battalion
+Jack was born in Brisbane in 1895 to Walter William Bannister and Margaret Jane Henson. He married Annie Kelly in 1911 and had two children at the time of enlistment. He enlisted 7 September 1915 and after training embarked 31 January 1916 on A62 HMAT Wandilla.
+Jack embarked for Australia per SS Berrima on 2 January 1919 and landed in Melbourne 17 February 1919 and was discharged 18 April 1919 in Brisbane and was laid to rest here 6 October 1964 with his parents.
+Service Number: 1104. 9th Battalion
+Joseph was born in Brisbane to Thomas Barnes and Elizabeth Louisa Blacker in 1887. He enlisted 11 September 1914 at Enoggera and embarked from Melbourne 22 December 1914 per HMAT Themistocles A32. He was killed in action 2 May 1915 on the attack on Gaba Tepe and buried at Lone Pine Cemetery.
+Service Number: 1822. 25th Battalion
+Louis was a brother of Joseph and enlisted 25 February 1915 and embarked from Sydney on 20 August 1915 on HMAT Shropshire A9. He survived Gallipoli and arrived in France 19 March 1916 and was killed in action on 3 August 1916. No record exists of his burial.
+Service Number: 2327. 49th Battalion
+John was born in Brisbane to James Bennett and Elizabeth Guilfoyle in 1897. He enlisted 28 May 1915 and embarked 20 August 1915 on A9 HMAT Shropshire. He returned to Australia per Margha arriving 8 February 1919 and passed away 1967 and was laid to rest by himself.
+Service Number: 3051. 55th Australian Imperial Force
+Norman was born in Townsville to Walter Alfred Freeman and Emma Tomkins in 1891. He enlisted on 13 August 1915 at Warwick Farm NSW and embarked on 8 October 1915 on A69 HMAT Warilda and taken on strength Tel el Kebir 5 February 1916. Arrived France 29 June 1916, head wound and captured 20 July 1916 and died as a Prisoner of War 24 July 1916 and buried Haubourdin Cemetery. After the war exhumed and laid to rest plot 16 row C grave 8 Cabaret Rouge British Cemetery France.
+Service Number: 9. 41st Battalion
+Born in Brisbane to Henry Bennett and Euphemia Archibald 18 October 1892. He enlisted 22 November 1915 in Brisbane and embarked 18 May 1916 from Sydney on HMAT Demosthenes A64, arrived England 20 July 1916 and in France 24 November 1916. He died of "Broncho Pneumonia" on 29 November 1918 and laid to rest Abbeville Cemetery.
+Service Number: 4984. 49th Battalion
+Born to Charles Allen Brown and Louisa Coomber in 1890. One of 12 children. Enlisted 24 November 1915 Embarked 4 May 1916 HMAT Seang Choon A49. +Badly wounded 11 October 1917 GSW head and died of wounds 21 October 1917 at 27 years of age France. Laid to rest 22 October 1917 British Military Cemetery, Etaples, Nord Pas de Calais, France plot v.483
+Service Number: 27. 1st Light Horse Brigade
+Enlisted 20 August 1914 Brisbane Embarked 2417 September 1914 HMAT Omrah A5. Returned to Australia on the Kyarra and discharged on medical grounds 4 April 1915 and passed away 5.50AM on 12 July 1920 and laid to rest 13 July 1920 in family grave in Toowong cemetery.
+15th Battalion
+Born 25 October 1880 Mt Perry to Octavious Armstrong and Jessie Augusta Frances. Saw service in South Africa Boer War. 6 months in the Prince of Wales Light Horse and 7 months with the 3rd NSW Imperial Bushmen. Awarded the Queens Medal for that war. WWI enlisting details along with some other pages are missing from his NAA service records. Killed in action 10 May 1915 at Quinn's Post and laid to rest the same day at Quinn's Post Cemetery.
+Service Number: 4435. 25th Battalion
+Algernon was born in Cunnamulla to Christopher Francis and Emilie Jane Everett in 1896. He enlisted 30 November 1915 and embarked 31 March 1916 from Sydney on HMAT Star of Victoria A16. He arrived in France 27 July 1916 and was killed in action 18 November 1916 aged 20 years and 11 months. He is buried in Warlencourt British Cemetery portion 3, row F, grave 6.
+Service Number: 3930. 1st Pioneers 9th Battalion
+Born Annandale NSW to Richard Saile and Annie M 1893. He enlisted Brisbane 16 August 1915 and embarked 30 October 1915 on HMAT Itonus A50 from Brisbane. Killed in action in France on 25 July 1916 and laid to rest Villers-Bretonneux.
+Service Number: 4439. 2nd Division Signals Company
+Born in Fitzroy to John Henry Harvey and Henrietta Kinamond Fairbairn. Enlisted 23 November 1915. Embarked at Sydney on HMAT Nestor A71 on 9 April 1916 and coincidentally returned to Australia via the same ship 1 November 1919.
+11th Light Horse
+Born in Blackall to John Thomas Moores and Mary Alice Robinson 1891. Enlisted 18 December 1916 in Rockhampton. He embarked 9 May 1917 on HMAT Port Sydney A15 from Sydney and arrived Suez 20 June 1917. He returned to Australia on the Morvada 28 August 1919. Despite illness he lived to 77 years of age and was laid to rest 27 June 1969.
+Compiled and presented by Darcy Maddock
+Connections to our Convict past
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+Peter McCauley was born in Sydney on the 17th of April 1826, the son of Private Peter McCauley, a member of the 17th Regiment. His mother, Mary, was appointed as matron of the Brisbane Town Female Factory in June 1831. On the 5th of January 1832, young Peter wandered away from his brothers on an outing and drowned in the Brisbane River near the present Botanical Gardens. The family returned to Sydney in 1832.
+William Roberts was the son of Charles Roberts, a store keeper with the Commissariat Department, and Esther Dale, the first teacher of girls in the Moreton Bay settlement. On 11th of June 1829 he was christened by the Reverend John Vincent, who resided at the Moreton Bay Settlement from late March to December 1829. This baptism was the third of only six Vincent conducted during his short tenure. The entry indicated that William Henry Roberts had been born on the 15th of September 1828. The inscription on the top of the chest tomb memorial originally intimated that he had died of illness on 15th of November 1831 aged just three years and two months. The tomb lid originally had a bible verse inscribed on it based on Matthew 19:14
+++Suffer the little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such belongeth the Kingdom of God.
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It has since been lost to weathering. After the death of their son, the Roberts family returned to Sydney in 1834.
+Jane Pittard was the daughter of the late Colour Sergeant John Pittard and his wife Mary. Jane was born in Sydney on the 10th of January 1832. John died in Tasmania in 1831 a little more than four months before Janeâs birth. Shortly after Margaret Pittard was remarried to David Collins of the 17th Regiment and they moved, with Margaretâs two daughters, to Moreton Bay. Jane died just five months later no cause of death is known.
+Thomas Dowse was born at Hackney, London. Aged 15, he was accused of theft by his mother, tried at Middlesex on 16 September 1824, convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. He was transported to New South Wales in the Florentia which arrived in January 1828. At St John's, Parramatta, in 19 November 1832 he married Ann Kelly. Only three of their seven children survived infancy. In 1836, Dowse was granted a ticketâofâleave and a conditional pardon in 1839. When the Moreton Bay District was opened for free settlement he decided to go there to see what opportunity awaited a man who was in good health and not afraid of hard work.
+The family arrived aboard the Falcon on 9 July 1842. Noticing the need of a ferry across the river, he bought a skiff which by 1843 had earned three times its value. By 1846 he was established as an auctioneer and commission agent, and also had the agency for the Sydney Morning Herald. At his premises in Queen Street he sold almost anything from shirts, frock coats, cutlery, lookingâglasses and books to livestock. His auction mart also became a centre for discussion of social reform, for perhaps no one then had a greater horror of the degrading convict system or worked harder to end it.
+A widower at 47, in Brisbane in 1856 he married Sarah Ann Fairfax; they had three sons and two daughters. Because of his work for separation and contributions to the press under the pseudonym of Old Tom, he was appointed with Walter Hill, director of the Botanic Gardens, to arrange the Queensland exhibit at the London Exhibition in 1862. In this task they were successful and received a public testimonial in 1864. When the first town clerk of Brisbane retired, Dowse was elected in January 1862. He retired from office in 1869 but continued in business until he died aged 75 at his home, Hillside, Milton, on 9 November 1885.
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Thomas Dowse Brisbane Town Clerk 1862-1868 â State Library of Queensland.
+Agnes Susan Maclean was christened Susannah Agnes Kable, the grandâdaughter of First Fleet Convicts Henry Kable and Susannah Holmes and Second Fleet Marine William Charlton and Convict Mary Gittos. Born in Windsor, NSW; Susannah was the eldest of 6 children. Susannah's father William Nathaniel Kable died when she was 11.
+When Susannah was 19, she married John Shand Maclean, the son of an Equity Court Clerk from Jamaica at St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney. The first of Susannah's 10 children was born in 1847. Susannah followed her husband around his various interests. John attempted farming and for a time taught at a gentlemen's academy in the Richmond area of New South Wales. By 1856, the ever growing family had settled in the Burnett region. Susannah's final four children were born on various cattle properties in the region.
+Tragedy struck in November 1862 when John fell off a horse and died on Gyranda Station near Cracow. Susannah buried her husband between the homestead and the river the assistance of her brother and brotherâinâlaw. Susannah was left with 10 children under the age of 15 and a cattle property to manage. She suffered another setback in the 1870s when a fire tore through Gyranda, destroying all her photographs and heirlooms. Susannah brought up her large family with the assistance of her brother and sisterâinâlaw on a nearby property.
+Agnes Susannah, as she was now known, claimed the right to vote in 1905, in her 80th year. She is then registered on the electoral roll living with her youngest daughter Elvina and her schoolâmaster husband Charles Marshall at the Nerang State Schoolhouse. Agnes died of nephritis at the Brisbane General Hospital on the 20th of January 1911. She was buried next to her sisterâinâlaw Mary Ann Kable.
+Edward Mott was born in Gloucestershire, England. ca. 1807. He was convicted on the 18th of January 1828 at Gloucester City Assizes for stealing a gun and was sentenced seven years transportation. He arrived in New South Wales on 8 September 1828 aboard the Countess of Harcourt. Edward was sent to Moreton Bay in June 1832 and his ticketâofâleave was issued on 9th February 1844.
+Before 1859 he owned a large dairy on the land bounded by what is now George and Adelaide Streets. His cows watered at a big waterhole where City Hall now stands. After selling up, he moved to the sparsely settled Enoggera District. Late one August evening 1875, Edward was driving back from the city when he was dragged from his dray and his throat was slashed. He was left for dead and bore the scars for the rest of his life. No motive for the crime was ever discovered.
+Edward lived in Grovely for fortyâfive years and after he died on the 28th of August 1900, he was buried at St Matthew's Anglican churchyard in Grovely, but was moved to Toowong Cemetery in 1939. At the time of his death he was described as being in very comfortable circumstances.
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Edward Mott and Canon Osborn - State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
+Kevin OâDoherty was born in Dublin, son of solicitor William Dougherty and Anne McEvoy. He studied at the Catholic School of Medicine in 1844. He was convicted as a âYoung Irelanderâ and transported to Sydney in 1848 on the Mt Stewart Elphinstone and then on the Emma to Tasmania with fellow conspirators where he served time at Port Arthur. After five years he was given a conditional pardon (not allowed to return to Ireland) and went to Paris before marrying, in London, in 1855 writer Mary Eva Kelly of Galway (Eva of The Nation). In 1856 OâDoherty received a full pardon and went to Dublin to get his Medical Degree from 1857 to 1859.
+They then migrated to Victoria in 1860 and to Brisbane where he set up practice in the Forbes Building at Ipswich in 1862. By 1866, he was the leading medical practitioner in George Street, Brisbane, and personal physician to Bishop Quinn. He was also the first President of the Queensland Medical Board. He was an MLA in 1867 and MLC 1877 - 1885 and also returned to Ireland as the Nationalist Member for Meath 1885 - 1888. As a founding member of the Queensland Hibernian Society and the Queensland Irish Association, OâDoherty was well respected and presided over the St. Patrickâs Day Committee in the 1860s. The Queensland Irish Association raised this monument over his grave.
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Doctor Kevin Izod O'Doherty (1823-1905) - State Library of Queensland.
+James Davis was born in Broomielaw, Scotland, and at 14 was apprenticed to his father as a blacksmith at Old Wynd, Glasgow. Convicted two years later for stealing 2s. 6d. from a church box in Surrey, he was sentenced to be transported for seven years, and in August 1825 arrived in New South Wales in the Norfolk. His next appearance in court was at Patrick's Plains, where in 1828 he was charged with robbery and sentenced to three years at Moreton Bay as a doubly convicted felon. He arrived there on 18 February 1829 and absconded six weeks later. The escapees soon met a party of Aboriginals whose chief, PambyâPamby, claimed Davis as his dead son returned to life as a white man. As Duramboi, Davis took easily to tribal life. An honoured guest, he was allowed to move freely from one tribe to another, his travels taking him hundreds of miles from Brisbane. He had learnt the languages and customs of many tribes before he was found at Wide Bay in 1842 by Andrew Petrie and with difficulty assured that he could return safely to Brisbane as the convict settlement had ended.
+He had to relearn the English language and accustom himself again to work and clothes. He was employed at first by Dr Stephen Simpson, the land commissioner in Moreton Bay; later he set up as a blacksmith at Kangaroo Point. In 1864 he opened a crockery shop in George Street, Brisbane, where he made money, although literate enough only to sign his name. He had married Annie Shea on 3 November 1846. After her death in 1882, he married on 28 July 1883 Irishâborn widow, Bridget Hayes. He died on 7 May 1889.
+His rehabilitation into acquisitive society included reform; from his accumulated estate the Brisbane General Hospital received ÂŁ750 in 1889 and another ÂŁ1100 in 1911. He guided settlers to good land in the Wide Bay area, and some public benefit came from his thirteen years with the Aboriginals. He was occasionally employed as a court interpreter, and in 1866 petitioned the governor to raise his salary to the ÂŁ20 paid to Chinese and German interpreters, but his request was refused.
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James Davis poses in front of his crockery store, George Street, Brisbane, ca. 1872 â State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
+Stories about people whose headstones were erected by Family, Friends and Colleagues.
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+ + +William was born about 1842 in Gateshead, Durham, England, the son of a coal miner. He became a pharmaceutical chemist in the seaside town of Newbigginin Northumberland before migrating to Australia with his mother and sister in 1884. He registered to practise as a pharmacist in Brisbane in the same year.
+William was appointed the first general manager of the Brisbane Associated Friendly Societies (BAFS) Dispensary on 1 January 1885, and held that position up until his death on 26 August 1928. He served on the Pharmacy Board of Queensland from its commencement in 1918.
+After his death, a memorial tablet to William was unveiled in the BAFS dispensary building on the corner of George and Turbot Streets, Brisbane.
+ + +George Edwards Rowe was born in Redruth, Cornwall on 26 August 1858. He trained for the ministry in the Wesleyan Theological College at Richmond in southwest London. He arrived in South Australia in 1881 where he won great popularity as a pastor and preacher and was an advocate for social and economic reform. He was appointed to the position of Superintendent of Wesley Church in Perth in the early 1890's, a position which carried with it chairmanship of the whole colony of W.A.
+In 1906 Rev George Rowe was transferred to Brisbane where he was instrumental in implementing social service programs and promoting the work of the Central Methodist Mission (now the Wesley Mission) based at the Albert Street Methodist Church. In Western Australia and in Queensland George Rowe was responsible for instituting the order of the Sisters of the People, to give help and relief to countless numbers of poor, starving and destitute people.
+After Dr Rowe's sudden death on 27 October 1926, a marble tablet was erected by his family in the Albert Street Methodist (now Uniting) Church in his memory.
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Funeral procession of Rev. G. E. Rowe, Brisbane, 1926 - State Library of Queensland
+In 1906 Sister Lily was the third Sister of the People appointed in Brisbane by Dr George Rowe. She was born in England about 1868 and was a nursing sister. She later nursed at Lyndhurst Private Hospital in Ipswich. After her death on 26 June 1935, her friends erected a memorial headstone headstone on her grave.
+Percy Benjamin was the Queensland manager for Messrs S Hoffnung & Co, general merchants, wholesalers and importers. Born in Fitzroy in Melbourne he was the third son of Sir Benjamin Benjamin, a former Mayor of Melbourne and Lady Benjamin. After Percy's death at the age of 38 years on 3 March 1903, the directors of S Hoffnung & Co erected a monument over his grave as a mark of their esteem.
+Tom Newitt was born in Queensland on 30 June 1890. He was competing in a cycling race at the Brisbane Cricket Ground on 2 September 1922 when he collided with another competitor and fell onto the track fracturing his skull. He died later the same evening. He was one of the most respected and deeply admired members of the Hamilton Wheelers Club. The headstone over his grave was erected by his wife in conjunction with the Queensland Amateur Cyclists Union.
+Joseph Phillips was born in St Agnes Cornwall in 1849. He was a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music in London. He migrated to Australia In 1904 with his teenage children. He conducted the Blackstone and Ipswich Cambrian Choir in 1904/05 leading this choir to victory in the 1905 Austral Festival in Toowoomba and also conducted the Brisbane Philharmonic Society's inaugural concert when they performed Faust in the Exhibition Concert Hall (the old Museum building on Gregory Terrace) in Brisbane.
+In 1908 Joseph Phillips was appointed conductor of the Brisbane Austral Choir which later amalgamated with the Brisbane Music Union to become the Queensland State and Municipal Choir, now the Queensland Choir.
+Joseph died on 5 May 1910 in South Brisbane. The Blackstone & Ipswich Cambrian Choir and the Brisbane Austral Choir combined in a choral concert to raise funds for a memorial over Joseph Phillips grave, with the remaining funds raised by public subscription. On 11 August 1912 the graceful draped shaft of brown Helidon freestone, resting on a base in which was carved a lyre was unveiled.
+William Sowray was born in Staveley, in Derbyshire in England on 22 February 1851. William, a blacksmith by trade, was employed by the Railway Department and was vice-president of the Queensland Railway Union. He was also a member of the Ithaca Volunteer Fire Brigade for 23 years and was a superintendent at that organisation.
+On 1 December 1912 William was walking along Elizabeth Street, Paddington when he collapsed and died in the street. A monument over his grave erected by his fire brigade and railway comrades and friends was publicly unveiled by Hon. A. G. C. Hawthorn, M.L.C. on Sunday, April 12, 1914.
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Peter was born on 3 July 1861 at Christiansted, St Croix in what was then the Danish West Indies. He was the son of Peter Jackson, a warehouseman and his wife, and grandson of a freed slave who had been owned by a planter with the surname of Jackson.
+Arriving in Sydney about 1880, he worked on the waterfront and in hotels before drifting into boxing in 1882 under the tuition of Larry Foley. In April 1888 he left for the United States and Britain, where he fought twenty-eight of the best boxers of England and America between 1888 and 1892, losing to none. He was one of the finest boxers never to fight for a world championship. Racial prejudice prevented him from being given the chance to win the world heavyweight crown.
+He died of tuberculosis at Roma in Queensland on 13 July 1901. ÂŁ130 was raised by public subscription for a memorial over his grave. The unveiling ceremony performed by the Hon E B Forrest, MLA for North Brisbane took place on 12 May 1903 in the presence of most of those in the athletic and sporting world of southeast Queensland.
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Boxer Peter Jackson who came to live in Queensland from the West Indies, ca. 1880s - State Library of Queensland
+"Lonnie" or "Lonzie" Spragg was born on 2 October 1879 at Redfern, Sydney. His elusiveness and goal-kicking prowess won him a place in Australia's first full international Rugby Union team against Great Britain in Sydney on 24 June 1899. In January 1900 he moved to Rockhampton and then to Brisbane where he settled in May 1900. He helped Queensland to five successive wins over NSW in Brisbane. In twenty-one international and interstate matches he scored 104 points. He was also prominent in rowing, cricket and table tennis.
+He died from peritonitis following an appendectomy in Brisbane General Hospital on 12 February 1904. On 24 July 1904 a monument over his grave was unveiled by the then-president of the Queensland Rugby Union.
+Walter Thorpe Olding was born in Queensland on 25 September 1888. When fire broke out in a city building on 30 April 1912 he was one of a party of sailors from the HMAS Gayundah who came to assist. Walter was killed by falling masonry from the burning building. He was accorded a Naval funeral. The officers and men of the Gayundah erected a memorial over his grave.
+Edward Pollock was born in Ireland on 12 June 1851. He was Fleet Paymaster and Secretary to the Naval Commandant of the Commonwealth Naval Force in Brisbane. Tragically, Fleet Paymaster Pollock died on 16 October 1911 from injuries he received through falling from a tram at East Brisbane.
+The funeral was marked by the naval honours due to Fleet Paymaster Pollock's rank. A monument over his grave erected by the members of the United Services Institute was officially unveiled on Sunday 19 May 1912 in front of a large gathering of officers and men of both services as well as civilians.
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E. V. Pollock, Staff Paymaster - State Library of Queensland
+ + +Compiled and presented by Lyn Maddock
+Stories about people remembered in Toowong Cemetery and how fire impacted their lives
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First Brisbane Fire Stations, 1868-1882 â State Library of Queensland.
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+In the early hours of 6 September 1864 Edward Forrest noticed a bright light in the home newly constructed for recent Scottish immigrant, Robert Smellie on Bowen Terrace. Mr Forrest raised the alarm, woke the Hingston family whose house was next door to the fire, and rescued two horses from the stable.
+Robert Smellie (1823-1898 was later a pioneer of Brisbane's engineering and iron foundry trade.
+Edward Forrest (1838-1914) was Queensland director of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company for many years. He was appointed vice-consul for France in 1872 and served in both Houses of Queensland Parliament.
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Edward Barrow Forrest, 1907. â Wikimedia Commons.
+The fire alarm bell rang just after 4.30am on 21 December 1871. The Ann Street Presbyterian Church was ablaze. The City Volunteer Fire Brigade under Superintendent Francis Beattie (1829-1886) attended. Beattie was appointed Deputy-Superintendent of the City Volunteer Fire Brigade in 1868 and Superintendent of the Brigade in 1870 and continued in that role with the Brisbane Fire Brigade from 1878 until he retired in 1883. After settling in Brisbane in 1862, he opened a hat and cap shop. He served as an alderman for the Fortitude Valley Ward and two terms as MLA for the Fortitude Valley electorate.
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Alderman Francis Beattie, ca. 1870. â Brisbane City Council.
+Alderman Thomas Proe (1852-1922) was the Brisbane Municipal Council representative on the Metropolitan Fire Brigade Board at the time of a fire in the warehouse of S Hoffnung & Co Ltd in 1902. He served as Mayor twice, firstly of Brisbane Municipal Council in 1901 and then of Brisbane City Council in 1905.
+ + +Nicholas Peut (1856-1892) was appointed to the Brisbane Fire Brigade as resident foreman of No 2 station located at Stanley Street, South Brisbane in 1883. He became Superintendent at South Brisbane in January 1888 and continued in that role with the inception of permanent Fire Brigades with full time staff in Brisbane in 1889. He was fatally injured on 5 December 1892.
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South Brisbane Fire Station, ca. 1900. â State Library of Queensland.
+David Stewart (1826-1897) was a leader in the foundation of the City Volunteer Fire Brigade and succeeded Francis Beattie as Deputy Superintendent of the Brigade in 1870. On 3 April that year he was in charge when the Brigade attended a fire at the Queensland Club. A boot and shoemaker by trade, he arrived in Sydney in 1834 with his parents and first came to Brisbane in 1860.
+James Dunbar (ca. 1837-1920) was appointed station keeper at the Central Fire Station in Edward Street in 1867 and was the oldest known fireman in Brisbane when he died at the age of 83 on 22 November 1920. His service spanned the period from when hand drawn fire appliances were used to the introduction of motor fire trucks.
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Brisbane Fire Brigade Station, ca. 1899. Erected on the north east corner of Ann and Edward Street in 1890. â State Library of Queensland.
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Merryweather chemical fire engine ca. 1905. Brisbane's first motorised firefighting vehicle. â State Library of Queensland.
+A fire broke out on 27 July 1872 in the premises used as a workshop by Alderman Francis Murray (1838-1872) who was also an undertaker and cabinetmaker. Francis Murray died on 15 August 1872 at Maryborough Queensland aged 34 years His coffin was brought to Brisbane on the steamship Lady Bowen for the funeral at St. Stephens Cathedral on 18 August 1872.
+Martin Moffatt (ca. 1843-1905) was the station keeper of the Valley Fire Station in Ann Street. He attended many of the major fires in Brisbane during his 31 years of service, including one at Alfred Shaw & Co in 1891 when he was seriously injured. He was born in Antrim Ireland in 1842, the son of Luke Moffatt and Isabella McCormick. He married Mary McAlister in 1871 in Brisbane.
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Great fire in Queen Street, Brisbane 1864. â State Library of Queensland.
+On 19 August 1871 a fire broke out in Mary Mayne's stables and spread to the adjoining Cobb & Co stables. The City Volunteer Fire Brigade under Francis Beattie was summoned. Mary Mayne (1826-1889) was the widow of Patrick Mayne and an astute businesswoman who took over management of Patrick's estate and later conducted her own business interests.
+On 23 March 1877 a fire broke out at the premises of William Hughes, a grocer and wine and spirit merchant in Refuge Row. Superintendent Beattie with several members of the City Volunteer Fire Brigade attended the fire. The fire was contained but not before one of the firemen, James Thomas Mooney (1855-1877) suffered burns which resulted in his death two days later.
+ + +Walter Thorpe Olding (1888-1912) was born in Queensland. When fire broke out in a new building at the corner of Mary and Edward Streets, Brisbane on 30 April 1912, Walter was one of a party of sailors from the HMAS Gayundah who came to assist. He was killed by falling masonry from the burning building. He was accorded a Naval funeral. The officers and men of the Gayundah erected a memorial over his grave.
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Warehouse destroyed by fire in Edward Street, Brisbane, 1912, from The Week, 3 May 1912. â National Library of Australia.
+Irish-born John Deazeley (1831-1890) operated a photographic studio at the top of Queen Street. On 31 January 1875 a fire broke out in the studio. The Fire Brigade was quickly on the scene, assisted by officers and crew of the HMS Barracouta. After the fire was extinguished, cash and valuable documents were found to be missing from Mr Deazeley's cash box.
+William Sowray (1851-1912) was born in Staveley, in Derbyshire. William, a blacksmith by trade, was employed by the Railway Department and was vice-president of the Queensland Railway Union. He was also a member of the Ithaca Volunteer Fire Brigade for 23 years and was a superintendent at that organisation. On 1 December 1912 William was walking along Elizabeth Street, Paddington when he collapsed and died in +the street.
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Ithaca Volunteer Fire Brigade officers in front of their headquarters, ca. 1900. â State Library of Queensland.
+A monument over his grave erected by his fire brigade and railway comrades and friends was publicly unveiled by Hon. A. G. C. Hawthorn, M.L.C. on Sunday, 12 April 1914.
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William Henry Sowray's headstone
+Written by Lyn Maddock
+Fire! fire! Queensland fire brigade histories - State Library of Queensland.
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +The first Brisbane General Cemetery Trustees.
+The Brisbane General Cemetery Trust commenced when the first Trustees were appointed on 7 October 1870. They were John Petrie (Chairman), John Hardgrave, William Pettigrew, George Edmonstone, Alexander Raff, James Cowlishaw, Michael Quinlan, Nathaniel Lade, William Perry, and Samuel Walker Griffith.
+The Trustâs first secretary was Henry James Oxley, Griffithâs brotherâinâlaw, who held the position for 41 years. John Melville was appointed overseer of the cemetery by the Trustees in 1873.
+ + +On 1 August 1930, Toowong Cemetery and all others with the Brisbane City Council municipality were placed under the management and control of the Council.
+ + +Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+John Petrie was born on 15 January 1822 at Edinburgh, eldest son of Andrew Petrie and his wife Mary, née Cuthbertson. He arrived in Sydney with his family in 1831 and was educated at Reverend John Dunmore Lang's school. In 1837, he arrived aboard the James Watt, the first steamer to enter Moreton Bay, where his father had been appointed clerk of works, and accompanied him on explorations to the Bunya Mountains and Maroochy River. The family stayed on in the Moreton Bay District after the penal settlement closed. After learning the ropes in the family building and contracting business John assumed responsibility for its management after his father's blindness in 1848 forced him to retire. John became sole proprietor and the firm was changed from Petrie & Son to John Petrie.
+On 5 September 1850 Petrie married Jane Keith, daughter of Daniel McNaught of Dunbarton, Scotland. The family grew to five sons and five daughters. John Petrie was publicâspirited and held many important offices. He topped the poll in Brisbane's first municipal election in 1859 and was mayor three times by 1862 and served as an alderman until 1867. He was also an active member of the first Masonic lodge in Queensland. A staunch Presbyterian, he was an elder and worked on building St Paul's Church. John Petrie died on 8 December 1892.
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Signed photograph of John Petrie â State Library of Queensland.
+George Edmondstone was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 4 May 1809 son of William Edmondstone and Alexandrina Farquhar. In 1832, he arrived in New South Wales and had businesses in Sydney and Maitland. On 10 July 1837 in Sydney he married Alexis Watson Tilleray. In 1840 he purchased Normanby Plains Station in Queensland. He sold this in 1842 and was one of the early free settlers in Brisbane, working as a butcher. He was an alderman in Brisbane 1859-66 and the mayor 1863-64. In the Queensland Legislative Assembly he represented East Moreton in 1860-67, Brisbane in 1869-73 and Wickham in 1873-77. He retired from business because of a heart complaint and died at his home in Breakfast Creek on 23 February 1883.
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Monument erected to the memory of George Edmondstone. Died 23 February 1883. His widow Mrs Alexa Edmondstone, who died in Brisbane in 1887, is also buried there. â State Library of Queensland.
+Alderman George Edmonstone â Brisbane City Council.
John Melville was born at Boreham Wood, Hertfordshire, England on 10 September 1834 and in 1848 came with his parents to Moreton Bay in January 1849 aboard the Fortitude. In 1851 when the gold diggings broke out in Victoria, John Melville went, to try his luck but returned to Brisbane at Christmas 1854 to visit his family. He then met the Augustus Charles Gregory and was asked to join his Great Northern exploration party for the purpose of exploring the Victoria and Albert Rivers, an invitation which he accepted. They left Brisbane in August 1855. He was the last surviving member of this expedition.
+After returning from the expedition John Melville was engaged in survey work until 1871 when he acted as chainman to George Phillips, who had been engaged to survey part of the Toowong cemetery and in 1873 he was appointed overseer of the cemetery, the position he held for 38 years. He died aged 77 on 8 March 1912.
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The Late Mr. John Melville - The Queenslander, 6 Apr 1912
+William Perry was one of Brisbane's earliest businessmen. He arrived in Brisbane in June 1860 and had set up a hardware store in Queen St by August of that year. He was joined in business by his brothers George and Frederick. The business thrived, and further flourished under William's sons, Herbert and George.
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Perry Brothers Limited - The Queenslander, 2 June 1906
+During 1911 to 1913, Herbert and George highlighted their business by building Brisbane's then tallest building, the eight storey Perry House on the corner of Elizabeth and Albert Streets in the city.
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Perry Brothers premises in Elizabeth Street, Brisbane, Queensland, 1913 - State Library of Queensland
+William entered Queensland politics, becoming a member of the Queensland Legislative Council on 22 September 1890. He died from heart failure at his home, Folkestone, Breakfast Creek Road, on 11 June 1891. A large concourse, including many politicians, attended the funeral at Toowong Cemetery the next day.
+Alexander Raff was born in Forres, Elginshire, Scotland in July 1820, the third son of James and Margaret Raff. Alexander arrived in New South Wales in 1845, following his eldest brother, George who had arrived in 1841. After first settling in Victoria pursuing pastoral interests, Alexander arrived in Brisbane, aboard the schooner Souvenir on 9 April 1851.
+Alexander was an active member of various organisations and societies, including the School of Arts, the Queensland Horticultural and Agricultural Society and the Queensland Philosophical Society. Raff was the first president of the Young Men's Christian Association in Queensland and, later, the men's steering committee for the Children's Hospital established in 1878. Alexander continued his pastoral interests in Queensland, on his property, Logie Plains on the Darling Downs. For many years from the 1880s Alexander Raff was a partner of Smellie and Co. In August 1884 Alexander Raff was appointed as a Member of the Legislative Council, a position he held until his resignation in June, 1910.
+Raff married Elizabeth Millar Patterson, the elder daughter of a prominent Scottish medical family, in Sydney on 5 June 1862. The newly weds arrived in Brisbane aboard the Balclutha on 13 June 1862. Alexander and Elizabeth Raff had seven children, six of whom survived to adulthood. Raff was an elder in the Presbyterian Church. He died on 26 January 1914.
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Alex Raff â State Library of Queensland.
+James Cowlishawâs association with the Toowong Cemetery spanned 59 years from the inception of the trust. He was an architect, newspaper proprietor, director and politician. James was born on 19 December 1834 in Sydney, the eldest son of Thomas Cowlishaw, architect, and his wife Maria, nĂ©e Evans. Educated at St James's Grammar School, Sydney, he tried a number of jobs before studying architecture. About 1860 Cowlishaw came to Brisbane where designed the Commercial Bank of Sydney in Queen Street, the Boys' Grammar School as well as important houses, such as Bishopsbourne. He designed a store for Alexander Raff's brother's company, George Raff and Co. in 1862 and two years later, additions to Raff's Wharf.
+Cowlishaw was a director of the Brisbane Courier until 1873. He became managing director of the Brisbane Telegraph in 1878 and chairman of the Telegraph Newspaper Co. from December 1879 to May 1885. Cowlishaw was a member of the Legislative Council where he was member from 1878 to 1922. In the 1920s he was described as 'the last of the old Conservative Party'; he was implacably hostile to Federation, the Labor Party and 'anything that savoured of socialism'.
+A firm Methodist, he was a practical supporter of his local church for many years. He gave unobtrusively to charity and was a member of the Advisory Committee of the Hospital for Sick Children, of which his wife was president for many years. He was a justice of the peace and sat on the bench of the Brisbane Police Court. He also helped to start Brisbane's first cricket club. In his last years he lived at his home, Montpellier, Bowen Hills, which he had completed to his own design in the 1860s. He died there on 25 July 1929 of heart failure aged 94, survived by three daughters and three sons. His wife Charlotte, nĂ©e Owen, whom he had married at West Maitland about 1860, predeceased him, and has one of the cemeteryâs most spectacular monuments. He left an estate worth ÂŁ161,563.
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James Cowlishaw - The Telegraph, 11 July 1928
+Griffith was born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales and migrated to Australia as a child. He graduated from Sydney University in 1862 with Honours in maths and classics and commenced practising law in Brisbane. Griffith, considered by many a Liberal, was elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1872. He was Attorney General and twice premier of Queensland. Griffith was a delegate at the Intercolonial Convention 1883. Subsequently, Griffith was ViceâPresident of the National Australasian Convention of 1891 and Chairman of the Drafting Committee which prepared the draft constitution. Griffith was president of the Queensland Federation League from 1898. He was knighted in 1886.
+In 1893 Griffith left government to become Chief Justice of Queensland and from 1903 to 1919 was the first Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia. During this period he translated Danteâs Divine Comedy from Italian, which was published by Oxford University Press in 1911. He died on 9 August 1920 at his grand home Merthyr which gave its name to a locality in New Farm. The funeral cortege was described by the Daily Mail as the largest ever seen in Brisbane.
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Sir Samuel Walker Griffith in 1912-1913 â State Library of Queensland.
+John Hardgrave, a local politician and lord mayor of Brisbane, was born in Wicklow, Ireland, in 1826. He arrived in Sydney in 1843 and moved to Brisbane in 1848. In 1860 he purchased 6 acres (2.4 hectares) of land in the Brisbane suburb of West End. Hardgrave Road in West End is named after him. He was in the boot trade to 1862 and was involved in local government from 1867 to 1890. He was mayor of Brisbane in 1868 and 1870, first chairman of the Woolloongabba Divisional Board, alderman for South Brisbane from 1888 to 1890, and chairman of the Waterworks Board from 1893. He died in Brisbane on 8 November 1906 and was interred in the family grave.
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John Hardgrave, early resident and mayor of Brisbane, 1868-1869 â State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
+William Pettigrew born on 26 August 1825 was the son of an Ayreshire farmer. He trained as a surveyor and as such arrived aboard the Fortitude in January 1849. He became a sawmiller, importing the first steamâpowered sawmill in 1853. Pettigrew was elected to the Brisbane Municipal Council three times in the period 1863 â 1881, including the mayoralty in 1870â1871. There is an overlap between his municipal duties and membership of the Queensland Legislative Council from 1877â1894.
+He was a member of a number of societies; including the Queensland Philosophical Society, the School of Arts Committee (along with Samuel Walker Griffith) and was a lifeâmember of the Queensland Acclimatisation Society. He was also a land speculator.
+His wife Amelia Boughay, a fellow Fortitude passenger whom he had married in 18 February 1859, preâdeceased him on 1 September 1893 and is buried here. He died on 28 October 1906 and was interred in at Bowen. William Pettigrew was a strict Presbyterian, who kept the Sabbath sacred to the extent of walking to church and banning musical instruments from worship.
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William Pettigrew, Brisbane, ca. 1875 â State Library of Queensland.
+Nathaniel Lade, a saddler by trade, was born in Hythe, Kent on 30 March 1835 and died on 17 July 1895 after a number of years of poor health. Together with his Cornishâborn wife Elizabeth Helen Bridges, he fathered at least fifteen children, six of whom died in childhood. He was an officeâbearer and Sunday School official at the Albert Street Wesleyan Church in its early days. Later he became an inaugural trustee the Coorparoo Methodist Church which opened in June 1886 on the corner Cavendish Road and York Street. The Sunday School opened a month later with Nathaniel Lade as Superintendent. By 1889, there were 139 attendees and fourteen teachers.
+In the editorial written at the time of his death, Nathaniel was described as being 'amongst the oldest business men in Brisbane, and he was always held in the highest respect by his fellow citizens'. Although very civicâminded, he never took an active part in politics. Lade Street in Coorparoo is named after him.
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Wesleyan Church erected on the corner of Albert Street and Burnett Lane, in 1856 â State Library of Queensland.
+Michael Quinlan was born in Sydney ca. 1840 to parents Michael and Elizabeth (née Hampbell). He arrived in Queensland soon after Separation, where he was a manager of the large mercantile business of George Raff and Co. Later he commenced business in partnership with Mr. Donelly and when Donelly retired from the firm, the business carried on under the name of Quinlan and Co.
+Following Michael Quinlan's death in July 1878, aged 38, his widow took control of the company and in August 1878 entered into partnership with George Wilkie Gray, the firm's principal manager, as Quinlan, Gray & Co. The Castlemaine Brewery and Quinlan, Gray & Co. Brisbane Ltd went on to manufacture Queensland's famous "XXXX" beer.
+ + + + +Originally written by Dr. Hilda Maclean. "William Perry" and "Michael Quinlan" stories added later.
+Discover all 34 Trustees of the Brisbane General Cemetery Trust.
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Past Governors, Lieutenant-Governors, and Administrators of Queensland
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+Governor - 14 August 1868 to 2 January 1871
+Blackall was born on 1 May 1809 in Dublin, son of Major Robert Blackall of the East India Company Army, and his wife Catherine, nĂ©e Lewis. A member of a prosperous Irish family, he was educated by a private tutor and at fifteen went to Trinity College, Dublin, but did not graduate. After a military career, Blackall became Lieutenant-Governor of Dominica in 1851â57; Governor of Sierra Leone in 1862, and in 1865 became Governorâinâchief of the West African Settlements.
+In 1868 he was appointed Governor of Queensland. On arrival Blackall was met by a tremendous popular welcome, but at once was plunged into a constitutional crisis, which had been temporarily held in check by the Administrator, Sir Maurice O'Connell. After a deadlock in the Legislative Assembly the Liberals had been defeated in an election but were petitioning the Governor to dissolve the assembly on the ground that it did not properly represent the colony. Blackall pursued a strictly constitutional course and refused to intervene directly. Despite the bitterness of the constitutional battle Blackall made no personal enemies. Willing to assist any genuine public cause, he made frequent appearances at public events, often accompanied by Mrs Terry, the wife of his private secretary Lieutenant Frederick Terry.
+By October 1870 Blackall's health was deteriorating. He requested that his funeral be such âas could be attended by even the humblestâ. On 2 January 1871, he died and was buried the next day with as much pomp and ceremony as could be mustered at such short notice.
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Colonel Blackall, Governor of Queensland, with his family - State Library of Queensland.
Blackall Monument, the oldest grave in Toowong Cemetery.
Administrator:
+OâConnell was born on 13 January 1812 in Sydney, son of Maurice Charles Philip O'Connell and his wife Mary, daughter of Governor William Bligh. He left for Ceylon with his parents in 1814 and in 1819 was sent to Europe for schooling. In 1828 he joined the 73rd Regiment at Gibraltar but in 1835 raised and led a regiment of Irish volunteers in the Spanish Carlist wars, rising to general of brigade in the British Auxiliary Legion. Before embarking for Spain he married Eliza Emily le Geyt on Jersey. On disbandment, O'Connell returned to England and in June 1838 purchased a captaincy in the 28th Regiment. That year his father was appointed to command the troops in New South Wales. After the regiment sailed to India in 1842 he stayed in New South Wales and sold his commission in 1844.
+He represented Port Phillip from August 1845 to June 1848 and then became Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Burnett District. Early in 1854 O'Connell became government Resident at the new Port Curtis settlement where he acquired several squatting properties. In 1859 O'Connell was given command of the volunteers. He was also nominated to the Legislative Council and acted as Minister without portfolio in the first Herbert ministry. When Sir Charles Nicholson resigned in August 1860 O'Connell became President of the Council. He held the post until 1879 and acted ex officio as deputy to the governor four times. O'Connell was knighted in 1868. He died of cancer at Parliament House on 23 March 1879.
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Sir Maurice Charles O'Connell - State Library of Queensland
+Administrator â 19 March 1880 to 22 November 1880
+Bell was born on 19 January 1827 in Kildare, Ireland, the eldest son of Thomas Bell and his wife Sarah, née Alexander. When aged about three, his parents migrated to Australia. He was educated in Sydney then entering the office of a Sydney solicitor. In 1843 his father took over the pastoral lease of Jimbour near Dalby which Bell took control aged 21.
+In 1859 was invited to stand for West Moreton. On 19 February 1861 at Ipswich he married Margaret Dorsey. In December 1862 he was returned with a large majority. In June 1863 after the dissolution of the first parliament he was returned for the same electorate. In December 1864 he became treasurer in the Herbert ministry. On Herbert's temporary retirement in 1865 Bell retained office in the Macalister ministry, being Treasurer when the financial crisis of 1866 struck the colony. In 1866 Bell became acting Minister for Lands and in 1867 acting Minister for Works.
+In 1868 he was returned for Northern Downs and held the seat until he was appointed President of the Legislative Council in 1879. From 19 March to 20 December 1880 he acted as Administrator of the colony when Governor Sir Arthur Kennedy was on leave. On 20 December 1881, while returning from a business appointment in a cab, he died unexpectedly.
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Sir Joshua Peter Bell - State Library of Queensland
+ + +Governor â 6 November 1883 to 9 October 1888
+Musgrave was born on 17 November 1828 at Antigua, West Indies, son of Dr Anthony Musgrave and his wife Mary, nĂ©e Sheriff. Educated in the West Indies, he became private secretary at 21 to the Governor of the Leeward Islands. In 1851 he was admitted to the Inner Temple, London, but returned to Antigua where he served as Colonial Secretary from 1854â60. In 1853 he had married Christiana Elizabeth Byam who died in 1858. Musgrave was Administrator of Nevis from October 1860 to April 1861, then of St Vincent and in May 1862 became Lieutenantâgovernor. In 1864â69 he governed Newfoundland. At San Francisco en route to a new post in British Columbia he married Jeannie Lucinda Field by whom he had three sons. He was transferred to Natal in 1872.
+On 6 March 1873 Musgrave became Governor of South Australia suffering a personal tragedy when his young daughter died of burns shortly afterwards. In 1877 he was appointed Governor of Jamaica. After six years, he became governor of Queensland on 21 July 1883. He visited England in 1886 and planned to retire but in June 1888 Sir Thomas McIlwraith, whom he detested, became premier. The two soon clashed over the governor's right to exercise of the prerogative of mercy. Musgrave appealed to the Colonial Office, McIlwraith defied him. A few weeks later Musgrave died on 9 October 1888.
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Funeral of Sir Anthony Musgrave, Brisbane, 1888 - State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
+Administrator:
+Lieutenant Governor - 15 Nov. 1895 to 9 April 1896
+Palmer was born on 28 December 1819 in Armagh, Ireland, son of Arthur Palmer, naval lieutenant, and his wife Emily, née Hunter. Educated in Dublin, Palmer arrived in Sydney in 1838. In 1840 became manager pastoral holdings of Henry Dangar leaving after fifteen years to set up on his own. Once established, Palmer took an active part in local politics. He married, on 8 June 1865 in Sydney, Cecilia Mosman.
+In 1866 Palmer was elected for Port Curtis to the Legislative Assembly. After the Macalister government fell in 1867, Palmer became Colonial Secretary and Secretary for Public Works under Mackenzie. The ministry fell in November 1868 and Palmer joined the Opposition. When Lilley's ministry fell in May 1870 Governor Blackall appointed Palmer as Colonial Secretary and Premier, holding office until January 1874 when he became leader of the Opposition. In 1878 he retired as leader of the Opposition in favour of McIlwraith and was elected for North Brisbane.
+In January 1879 Palmer was appointed Colonial Secretary and president of the Executive Council. For a time in 1879â80 Palmer acted as Premier while McIlwraith was in England. Palmer was appointed K.C.M.G. In December he resigned from the assembly and was called to the Legislative Council. From 2 May to 6 November 1883 and from 9 October 1888 to 1 May 1889 he acted as Administrator of the colony in the absence of the governor and from 15 November 1895 to 9 April 1896 was the first LieutenantâGovernor of the colony.
+In 1885 his wife had died, leaving three sons and two of their four daughters. Palmer died on 20 March 1898 at his home at Toowong.
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Sir Arthur Hunter Palmer as the Colonial Secretary - State Library of Queensland
+Lieutenant Governor - 21 December 1901 to 24 March 1902
+Griffith was born on 21 June 1845 at Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, son of Rev. Edward Griffith a Congregational minister, and his wife Mary, née Walker. He earned first-class honours in classics and mathematics from the University of Sydney. He also studied law and on 11 May 1863 became an articled clerk at Ipswich. In 1866 he was awarded Mort travelling fellowship and undertook a 'grand tour' of Europe.
+Back in Queensland Griffith completed his articles in September 1867, immediately passed the Bar examinations. He first appeared in a Supreme Court action in 1867 and took silk in 1876. He married Julia Janet Thomson at East Maitland, on 5 July 1870. Griffith then entered politics winning the seat of East Moreton in 1872. Griffith became Liberal party leader in May 1879. Griffith was Premier from 10 November 1883 to 13 June 1888, and was appointed K.C.M.G. in 1886. After his government's defeat in 1888, Griffith spent twentyâtwo months in Opposition. He was Premier again in August 1890.
+Griffith served as Queensland's chief justice from 13 March 1893 to 6 October 1903, during which he was appointed G.C.M.G. in 1895 and to the Privy Council in 1901. Griffith served several times as Deputy and Lieutenantâgovernor. In 1903 Griffith was chosen as the first Chief Justice.
+On 16 March 1917 Griffith suffered a stroke while on the bench and was temporarily retired. His mortgage forced him, aged 72, to return to work. He eventually retired to Brisbane where he died at Merthyr on 9 August 1920.
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Sir Samuel Walker Griffith and family - State Library of Queensland
+Lieutenant Governor:
+Morgan was born on 19 September 1856 near Warwick, son of James Morgan and his wife Kate, nĂ©e Barton. Morganâs schooling was curtailed when his father bought the Warwick Argus in June 1868. By 18 he was manager and he became editor and proprietor of the Argus a few months before his father died in 1878. On 26 July 1880 Morgan married Alice Clinton at Warwick.
+Morgan entered local politics in 1885 when elected to the Warwick Municipal Council; he served as Mayor in 1886â90 and 1898. On 18 July 1887 he was elected to the Legislative Assembly for Warwick and represented this electorate until 4 April 1896 when he stood aside to allow T. J. Byrnes to pursue the premiership via the seat. Morgan regained Warwick on 2 October 1898 at the byâelection after Byrnes's death and served the assembly as Queensland's first nativeâborn Speaker from May 1899 until September 1903. He resigned after a series of dramatic political events surrounding the defeat of the Philp government. Labor leader W. H. Browne, unable to form a government, recommended that the Governor send for Morgan. The MorganâBrowne coalition ministry was sworn in on 17 September 1903. The coalition was returned overwhelmingly in 1904. It introduced the franchise for women in State elections. Morgan relinquished the premiership, accepting the presidency of the Legislative Council from 19 January 1906 after the death of Sir Hugh Nelson.
+In 1907 the Governor Lord Chelmsford reluctantly appointed Morgan lieutenantâgovernor, byâpassing Sir Pope Cooper. Morgan deputised in 1907 and 1908 during Chelmsford's absences and, in 1909 and 1914, was Lieutenantâgovernor on the retirement of Governors Chelmsford and Sir William MacGregor. He was still President of the Legislative Council when he died on 20 December 1916 after a long illness. He was buried here after a state funeral at St John's Cathedral.
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Sir Arthur and Lady Morgan on board the S.S. Mourilyan, Queensland, 1910 - State Library of Queensland
+Deputy Governor for short periods in 1917 to 1919
+Cooper was born on 12 May 1846 at Lake George, New South Wales, son of Francis Cooper, a wealthy squatter, and his wife Sarah, nĂ©e Jenkins. After graduating from the University of Sydney in 1868, he went to London to study law and was called to the Bar on 6 June 1872. Cooper returned in 1874 and was admitted to the Queensland Bar. He became Crown Prosecutor in the northern district Supreme Court in 1878. After the death of Henry Beor, McIlwraith appointed Cooper his Attorneyâgeneral. The appointment was ratified on 24 January 1881 when he won Beor's Bowen seat. Cooper held his office and seat until 5 January 1883 when he was appointed to the northern bench of the Supreme Court. He was elevated in October 1895 to senior puisne judge in Brisbane.
+When Griffith became Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, the Morgan ministry appointed Cooper Chief Justice of Queensland on 21 October 1903. Cooper was knighted in 1904. Although Cooper had temporarily deputised for the Governor in 1906, when the need to appoint a Lieutenantâgovernor to succeed Sir Hugh Nelson arose in 1907, Lord Chelmsford could not ignore the objections of Premier William Kidston and he was passed over. Since Cooper had publicly censured the Ryan ministry in November 1915 and had publicly objected to its socialism, he was still regarded as unsatisfactory for the Lieutenantâgovernorship; but with no alternative, Governor Sir Hamilton GooldâAdams had to appoint him as Deputy for short periods in 1917â19.
+In November 1919, the Theodore ministry decided to appoint William Lennon as Lieutenantâgovernor to which Cooper objected bitterly. Early in January he appealed for support from the governorâgeneral, and refused to admit the validity of a commission for Lennon drafted locally on telegraphic instructions from London; he deputised himself from 27 January to 3 February 1920 until Lennon's commission as Lieutenantâgovernor arrived. That year while Lennon was on diplomatic sick leave in New South Wales, Cooper again became Lieutenantâgovernor under his dormant commission. When asked, he refused to sign the executive council minute appointing Lennon president of the Legislative Council; he argued that the council was already over strength. On his return, Lennon was forced to appoint himself to the Council and to its presidency. Cooper died at his Chelmer home on 30 August 1923.
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Hon. Sir Pope Alexander Cooper, Chief Justice of Queensland, 1880 - State Library of Queensland
+Forrest, Peter and Sheila Forrest, All for Queensland: The Governors and the People, Darwin, Shady Tree, 2009
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +The Friends of Toowong Cemetery have published over 550 individual stories about people remembered at the cemetery.
+Individual stories have been grouped into over 50 themed collections below. Stories marked with are also self-guided walks.
+Remembering the men and women who gave their lives in service to their country
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+Shearers fought against wealthy squatters for better working conditions.
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State Library of Queensland's reading room, Brisbane, 1902 - State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
+Stories about the Irish remembered in Toowong Cemetery
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+Born 1817 at Donadea near Hodgetown Co. Kildare, Devoy was the daughter of James and Honor Reilly. Her mother was the daughter of the Countess de Farnton, who escaped the guillotine in the French Revolution, and fled to Ireland to take up refuge with her friend, the Earl of Kildare at Castle Kilkea.
+Anne married Patrick Devoy and with the union came the âcurse of the Devoysâ. This had been placed on a Devoy of Huguenot stock who turned in a Catholic priest to Cromwellâs men. As he was taken away, the priest blessed all the Devoy women and cursed the men so that no male Devoy would live to see his son in manhood.
+The Devoys arrived in Queensland in 1864 on the Landsborough after selling their land in Ireland to the Ursuline nuns. They brought a young family with them; John (later Managing Director of Castlemaine Perkins), Marguerite and Annie. In the tradition of the curse Pat was killed the same year by a landslide while selecting land near Toowoomba. Anne died in 1908.
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Devoy residence in Ashgrove, Brisbane, ca. 1908. The Devoy residence was in Three Mile Scrub Road (now Ashgrove Avenue), off Waterworks Road. John Devoy was the manager of Castlemaine Perkins. â State Library of Queensland.
+ + +Born 1827 in Tyrone, the son of Joseph and Ann (1803â1883), Darragh arrived in Sydney on 29 April 1850 with his wife, Eliza Graham. They moved to Brisbane where he was a butcher at Kangaroo Point from 1853 to 1902. Darragh Street was named for the family before 1874, and when he died, Darragh was âof Independent Meansâ.
+Darraghâs brothers were also businessmen in Brisbane. James (1831â1905) was a publican of the Logan Hotel, Main St, Kangaroo Point and the Sportsmanâs Arms in Queen St, while Hugh (1839â1916) was also a butcher. Joseph died in 1902.
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Sportsman's Arms Hotel, Brisbane, ca. 1874 â State Library of Queensland.
+ + +Born 1835 at Clonmel, Tipperary the son of Edward Power and Mary Ann Grene, Power was educated at Carlow by the Christian Brothers. Power arrived in Victoria in 1857 and was a miner and brewer on the goldfields at Bendigo and Ballarat. He served as Mayor of Jamiestown in 1866.
+He arrived in Queensland 1869 at the request of his old friends Perkins and Gooley to manage Browns Brewery (Perkins & Co.) and married Perkinsâs sister Mary Therese and settled in Brisbane 1873. William was a Member of the Legislative Council from 1883 until his death. He died at Nundah 14 August 1903 and was buried the next day at Toowong by Rev Fr. Byrne.
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City Brewery, owned by Perkins & Co., Brisbane, 1872-1882 â State Library of Queensland.
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View of the Castlemaine Perkins Brewery in Milton, ca. 1929. The brewery, located in Milton Road, was established in 1878 by Fitzgerald, Quinlan and Co. and called the Castlemaine Brewery. The brewery merged with Perkins and Company in 1928. â State Library of Queensland.
+ + +Mooney was born in 1855 in New York, the son of Joseph and Rosa Mooney, natives of Co. Cavan. They arrived in Sydney 1857 on the FitzJames. Mooney was a volunteer fireman who was fatally burned in 1877 by an exploding cask of spirits during a fire at Hughesâ grocery store in Queen St. His mother was publican of the Royal Exchange Hotel in Albert Street from where his funeral procession left. His monument was financed by public subscription. His fatherâs sister was Mary, wife of James Mayne, hide merchant in Tyrone and brother of Patrick Mayne.
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Royal Exchange Hotel and Perry House on Elizabeth Street looking north, ca. 1924 â State Library of Queensland.
+Mayne was born in 1824 at Cookstown, Tyrone, the son of Isaac Mayne and Rose Mullin. He arrived in Brisbane in 1849 after marrying in Sydney, Mary McIntosh from Ennis, Co. Clare.
+ + +Mayne established his butcher business in Queen St where the present Brisbane Arcade stands. He was an Alderman of the Brisbane City Council 1853 to 1865, the year he died of a heart attack. The familyâs finances benefited many public institutions especially The University of Queensland.
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Mayne Monument, Toowong Cemetery
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Alderman Patrick Mayne, 1859 â Brisbane City Council.
+Headstone of Patrick Mayne, Hale Street Cemetery Reserve, Milton â Brisbane City Council.
++Sacred to the memory of
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+Patrick Mayne
+Who departed this life 17th August 1865
+Aged 41 years
+leaving a wife and 5 children to lament their loss
+This stone is erected by his ??? widow
+Mary Mayne
+also
+In memory of Evelina Selina
+daughter of Patrick & Mary Mayne
+Aged 7? Months ? Days
Patrick and daughter Evelina were re-interred in Toowong Cemetery in 1889
+ + +Ahern was born at Donickmore, County Cork, Ireland in 1840, a son of Denis Ahern and Honoria OâMahoney. He was a farmer prior to joining the Queensland Police Force in September 1864. Ahern was sent to Springsure in October and promoted to Senior Constable/Acting Sergeant in July 1868. He became Inspector of Slaughterhouses in the Mitchell district in February 1870 and received the substantial reward of ÂŁ15 in September 1872 for âenergetic perseverance in suppressing cattleâstealers in the Barcoo and Walgett districtsâ.
+Ahern was promoted to Senior Sergeant in January 1874 and SubâInspector 2nd class in 1877. He served at Blackall in 1880 where he became SubâInspector 1st class. Ahern married in 1883 Mary, sister of Andrew Joseph Thynne from Clare. By 1890, he had been promoted to Inspector 1st class in charge of all brands throughout the colony. Ahern was a most respected and energetic policeman. John Ahern died in 1893.
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John Ahern - State Library of Queensland
+ + +Born 1811 at Drumcliff, Ennis, Co. Clare, Purcell was the son of Thomas Purcell and Mary Flannery. This wellâtoâdo grazier arrived in Brisbane 19 June 1853 with wife and 4 children on the John Fielden. He married Bridget Scanlan (1827â1913) and had 10 children. His son Thomas, a grazier of Rockhampton, was partner in the Rockhampton Newspaper The Daily Record with the Hon. T. J. Ryan in 1912. Purcell, a man of independent means, was buried by Hislops in March 1888 with Fr. Canali officiating.
+ + +Byrnes was born in Brisbane in 1860 the son of Patrick Byrnes and Anna Tighe from Sligo. The family had settled first in Bowen. Byrnes was educated at Brisbane Grammar and Melbourne University. Byrnes taught at Xavier College, Kew, Melbourne from 1882â83 before being admitted to the Victoria Bar in 1884. He established a legal firm in Brisbane 1885 and became a Supreme Court barrister in due course.
+He entered politics as an MLC and served as AttorneyâGeneral in 1893 and MLA from 1893â98. Byrnes was the Colonial Prime Minister (Premier) of Queensland in 1898 but his promising life was cut short at the early age of 38 in September 1898. His State Funeral was attended by all the government and was one of the largest Brisbane had ever seen. His funeral was officiated by Archbishop Dunne and to his memory are memorials in Centennial Park, Brisbane and in the main street of Warwick, his electorate.
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Thomas Joseph Byrnes Memorial, Centenary Place, Brisbane, 2020 â Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
+ + +Leahy was born in 1854 at Schull, Cork, the son of Patrick Leahy, a farmer, and Mary Coghlan. He arrived in Brisbane 1874 and was appointed Post Master at Windorah before settling at Thargomindah in 1883. Leahy married Annie Colbert in 1886. He was a member of the Bulloo Divisional Board 1889â1893. A successful grazier, Leahy was President of the Woolbrokersâ Association. He was part owner of the Thargomindah Herald established by his younger brother Patrick James Leahy, and proprietor of the Royal Hotel 1886-1889.
+Leahyâs political career as member for Bulloo 1893 to 1909 saw him as Secretary for the Railways and Public Works 1907â09. He held many directorships including the Queensland Meat Export Co., Estate and Mortgage Co., and the National Agricultural Association of Queensland. He was also a member of Brisbane Chamber of Commerce and on the executive of the Queensland Irish Association. Leahy died at his home in New Farm in 1909 and was buried after a state funeral.
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Funeral of the late Hon. John Leahy â The Brisbane Courier, 23 January 1909. Lightened.
+Ryan was born in 1875 at Boothapool near Port Fairy (also known as Belfast), the son of Timothy Joseph Ryan and Jane Cullen. The family arrived from Ireland in 1860. Ryan began his education at Melbourne University and studied law while teaching classics at Church Grammar, Launceston, Tasmania. He obtained his degree in 1899.
+Ryan was second master at Rockhampton Grammar 1901â1903 and was admitted to the Queensland Bar in December 1901. In 1903 he was President of the Rockhampton Branch of the Australian Natives Association. He joined the Labor Party in 1904 and won the seat of Barcoo in 1909. He owned the Rockhampton Daily Record newspaper from 1910. In July 1912 he became deputyâleader, and by December was leader of the Labor Party. Winning the elections in 1915, he became Premier of Queensland, Chief Secretary and Attorney General until 1919 when he entered Federal politics. With John Fihelly, he drafted the Workers Compensation Bill and created the State Government Insurance Office and set up the Public Curators Office and the Golden Casket Agency. In 1916 he visited the troops at the front and also defended Home Rule in Ireland, meeting with Eamonn de Valera in 1919 and chaired the Irish Race Convention in Melbourne called by Archbishop Mannix. He supported voting rights for 18 year olds and gave women the right to stand for Parliament. Entering Federal politics he won the seat of West Sydney in 1919 and was elected Deputy Leader of the House of Representatives.
+He suffered from ill health and a bout of influenza caught in England in 1919 later resulted in his death from pneumonia in 1921 at Barcaldine. Archbishops Duhig (Brisbane) and Mannix (Melbourne) both presided over his state funeral from St Stephenâs Cathedral. Ryan was survived by his wife Lily Virginia Cook and a son and daughter. A memorial bronze statue stands in Queens Park on the corner of William and Elizabeth Streets.
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Unveiling a statue of Thomas Joseph Ryan at Queen's Park, Brisbane, 1925 â Contributor(s): Sydney Mail, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
+ + + + +MacDonnell was born in 1830 in Dublin, son of Thomas MacDonnell, an army officer, and his wife Frances Corry. He arrived in Sydney 1853 on the Telegraph. He was a teacher at National Schools in Sydney before establishing his own school at Paddington, Sydney in 1854.
+He moved to Queensland in 1860 and was appointed Inspector of National Schools and General Inspector of Primary Schools. He served as Secretary of the Board of Education 1870â1876 and supported the separation of religious and secular education and advocated the Irish System. Randal married Mary Sheehan in 1861 and had four sons and a daughter. He died of consumption in 1877.
+ + +Born in 1839 in Co. Cavan, Gaffney was the publican of the Dunmore Arms on the corner of George and Elizabeth Streets. He married Margaret Malynn in Brisbane in 1872 and together they had three children. Peter died of heart failure while bathing at Sandgate in 1879. His wife remained as publican until the licence expired in 1887.
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Jaffrey, P. (1886) Dunmore Arms Hotel, George Street (now Treasury Hotel) â Jaffrey, P. (1886), Public Domain
+ + + + +John was born at Kinsale, Cork the son of fisherman Denis Burke and his wife Ellen. He was a seaman on ships to the USA until the outbreak of the Civil War when he returned to Ireland and signed on with the crew of the Erin Go Bragh which arrived in Brisbane in August 1862. He deserted and worked as a pilot for the Australian Steam Navigation Company sailing the Queensland and the Telegraph. He married Elicia Swords from the Erin Go Bragh, and settled on the Logan River.
+He held a Masters Licence and worked on bay and river ships commanding the Fanny on the Albert and Logan rivers. He established the John Burke Shipping Line in 1887 and bought the Louisa and traded from Ipswich to Logan and later on Moreton Bay.
+By his death in 1919, he had nineteen ships, although he had retired in 1915 staying only as the Director. Captain Burke Park at Kangaroo Point is named in honour of him. His company was sold by his grandson in 1968.
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Page 27 of the Queenslander Pictorial, supplement to The Queenslander, 14 June, 1919. - State Library of Queensland
+The Adonis (ship) was built in 1883 and was owned by Dath Henderson, Brisbane, who also owned a sawmill on the Noosa River at Tewantin. The Adonis was later sold to John Burke in Brisbane, Queensland. â State Library of Queensland.
Born 1841 in Tyrone, McDermott arrived in Brisbane in 1864 on the Earl Russell with his wife Martha. He was the publican of one of the Valleyâs most successful pubs, the Empire Hotel on the corner of Brunswick and Ann Streets. Originally a twoâstory wooden building in the 1870s it was rebuilt into three storys in the 1890s. McDermott died independently wealthy in 1908 and was interred by the Reverend Father John OâLeary.
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Empire Hotel, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, ca. 1934 â State Library of Queensland.
+ + +OâDoherty was born in Dublin, son of solicitor William Dougherty and Anne McEvoy. He studied at the Catholic School of Medicine in 1844. He was convicted as a âYoung Irelanderâ and transported to Sydney in 1848 on the Mt Stewart Elphinstone and then on the Emma to Tasmania with fellow conspirators. After five years he was given a conditional pardon (not allowed to return to Ireland and went to Paris before marrying, in London, in 1855 writer Mary Eva Kelly of Galway (Eva of The Nation). Kevin and Mary are the subject of the book by Ross and Heather Patrick, Exiles Undaunted. In 1856 OâDoherty received a full pardon and went to Dublin to get his Medical Degree from 1857 to 1859.
+They then migrated to Victoria in 1860 and to Brisbane where he set up practice in the Forbes Building at Ipswich in 1862. By 1866 he was the leading medical practitioner in George Street, Brisbane, and personal physician to Bishop Quinn. He was also the first President of the Queensland Medical Board.
+He was an MLA in 1867 and MLC 1877â1885 and also returned to Ireland as the Nationalist Member for Meath 1885â1888. As a founding member of the Queensland Hibernian Society and the Queensland Irish Association, OâDoherty was well respected and presided over the St. Patrickâs Day Committee in the 1860s. The Queensland Irish Association raised this monument over his grave.
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Doctor Kevin Izod O'Doherty (1823-1905) â State Library of Queensland.
+St. Patrick's Day procession, Queen Street, Brisbane, 1903 â State Library of Queensland.
Born 1831 at the family bakery in Patrick Street, Cork, OâCarroll was the son of a cargo shipâs Captain. He was a âYoung Irelanderâ in 1848 and joined the Fenians in 1858. He contributed to the Irish People, a Nationalist journal and became its editor. After the failure of the âSt Patrick Plotâ of 1861, he fled Ireland with a price on his head.
+The family emigrated to Brisbane in 1862 on the Chatsworth. He became editor of The Guardian and the Moreton Bay Courier from 1869 to 1883. He also established the Colonist, a newspaper which ran from 1871â1872. He left for work one Friday morning in 1885, suffering bronchial symptoms which resulted in his death the following morning.
+A hard worker, he liked to be well away from his work at home at Three Mile Scrub between Newmarket and Ashgrove. At 2am he would mount his old grey mare at the back of the Queen Street office and quietly plod home. His son Thomas was a reporter on The Courier, and another son David Joseph was a journalist.
+His funeral cortege consisted of 62 vehicles with over 500 persons attending the graveside including colleagues from the Courier and Observer as well as Queensland literary staff and members of the Johnsonian Club of which he was a foundation member. The service was performed by Rev. Fr. James Benedict Breen, and his comrades erected a plaque to his memory on the back of his monument which read,
+++ + +In Memoriam, from some press comrades who have been permitted to join in this tribute to the memory of the one they loved.
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McDonnell was born in 1863 at Ennis, Co. Clare to farmer James McDonnell and Elizabeth Bradish. His father died when he was seven and he went to work in a factory before being educated by the Christian Brothers at Ennis. In 1879, he was employed by Gallagher Bros. of Ballina, Sligo; a fellow employee being T. C. Beirne.
+McDonnell arrived in Brisbane in 1886 and married Mary Heffernan in 1890. He worked as a drapery assistant for Finney Isles & Co., and then with T. J. Geoghegan, and from 1889 to 1896 for Edwards and Lamb. In 1901 he established the firm of McDonnell and East with Hubert East from Roscommon. They were backed financially by publican Peter Murphy who alternated with them as director of the company.
+In 1888 McDonnell organised the Shop Assistants Early Closing Association with his former colleague T. C. Beirne. He represented Labor for Fortitude Valley in 1896 and introduced the Early Closing Bill which was successful in 1910. He was a member of the Labor Party executive 1898â1903 and Treasurer 1901â1903. He was appointed to the Legislative Council 1907â1922 and promoted Home Rule for Ireland. In 1910 he founded and was Director of the Hibernian newspaper. He was the first Trustee of Trades Hall and original member of The University of Queensland Senate 1910. Frank died in 1928.
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Aerial view of George Street, Brisbane, 1923, Victoria Bridge can be seen crossing the Brisbane River on the right, and McDonnell and East Ltd. is prominent towards the bottom right of George Street â State Library of Queensland.
+Frank McDonnell â State Library of Queensland.
Born 1859 at Ennistymon in County Clare the first born of a very large family. He, his parents Thomas and Bridget and most of his siblings migrated to Australia. Out of the 12 children one stayed in Ireland 2 died as babies, one went to Ohio in the USA and one to NSW and the remainder came to Queensland.
+The family left Ireland for London and boarded the RMS Dacca heading for Queensland. The trip took a little longer than expected. The ship left London 29th April 1890 and the trip was interrupted at 6.30AM on the 16th May when she hit the Daedulus Reef in the Red Sea. All passengers were able to climb down onto the rocks of the reef where they all stood in waist deep water until some were moved to the rocks surrounding the lighthouse. According to the London Illustrated News, May 20th, The passengers lost everything except the wet clothes they were standing in when the ship sank four hours later. No lives were lost.
+Michael and the rest of the family settled in Warwick and he practiced tailoring in partnership with his father in Fitzroy Street. He married Catherine Stokes in Warwick 1 June 1891. She was born in Moycarkey in Tipperary. He died in Brisbane on 26 December 1917 and was buried the next day. They had four children two of whom died very young. His son Francis Patrick Devitt (Sonny) joined the Australian Army and died 5 August 1915 six months before his 21st birthday and is buried in France. Devitt St beside Warwick racecourse is named for the Devitt family.
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Devitt family home in Warwick, Queensland, 1906, Ann Ruth Devitt with son Matthew Francis and James Devitt with son Kevin. Young James John Devitt is seated on the edge of the verandah. â State Library of Queensland.
+Michael Joseph Devitt 1892â1932 buried in the same grave was his son born 11 June 1892 and he was a horse trainer and show rider. He also joined up but a pleading emotional letter from his mother to the Army echelon begging them to discharge him and stating her need of his support saw him discharged after 8 weeks. He came down to the Brisbane National show to ride in the menâs event and met a young lady Zora Brenda Pitt who was the ladies champion rider that year. They married in 1917 in Brisbane and raised their family of a boy and a girl at various railway stations as he became the manager of railway refreshment rooms. Babinda, Roma St, Helidon and mainly Bundaberg When royalty visited Bundaberg the only place big enough to host the function was the refreshment rooms. He was well respected. He took ill in 1932 and was brought down to Brisbane and sadly died at the very young age of 39 on 24 March 1932 leaving Zorah to bring up two young children. She took up millinery and many were the fashionable ladies at the Brisbane races wearing her creations.
+Their son Francis Pitt Devitt served in WWII and was one of the brave Aussies who found themselves up against Japanese Imperial Marines in Bougainville. All specially chosen for being 6 feet plus tall and not a pair of glasses among them. He survived but was always troubled by what he had to do and is buried in Mt Gravatt in the military section. Their daughter Brenda Pitt Devitt, a top horsewoman, artist and photographer married a jockey who became Qldâs premier jockey 9 times and over 1800 wins and they travelled the world but mainly UK and France where he rode a further 850 winners and was privileged to ride for the Queen.
+John Devitt of Olympic fame and William Devitt who was John Wrenâs right hand man in Queensland are both descended from Thomas and Bridget.
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John Devitt at the 1960 Olympics â CC0
+These stories were first presented as a Irish Heritage Trail in 1988 during the BiâCentennial Celebrations, under the auspices of the Genealogical Society of Queensland Irish Group with Chairman and Researcher David Larkin as tour guide. The original tour took in 31 monuments across a number of portions of the cemetery. Some of the more important figures on Mt Blackall are included in other Friends of Toowong Cemetery stories, so these stories are confined to the Roman Catholic Portions 7, 7a, and 15. These stories were revised and corrected early 2014 by Darcy Maddock.
+The Friends of Toowong Cemetery Association would like to acknowledge the Queensland Government Community Benefit Fund for the grant to provide signage for this guided tour.
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Early Judiciary buried in Toowong Cemetery
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+ + +Born in Penrith NSW on 2 June 1839 to George Paul and Sarah Dalton. George Paul Jnr was called to the Bar in London at the age of 22. He later established a successful private practice in Brisbane before taking up the position of Crown Prosecutor of the Western District Court in 1866. In 1871 he was appointed first acting judge of the District Courts before being elevated permanently to the Metropolitan District Court in 1871, a position which he held until his death on 10 December 1909.
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Portrait of Judge George William Paul, 1874 - State Library of Queensland.
+Born in Brisbane 2 August 1849 to Michael Power and Anna Marie Connolly. Virgil Power was admitted as a barrister in London and Dublin prior to his admission as a barrister of the Supreme Court of Queensland in 1875. He served as Crown Prosecutor for the Northern District of the Supreme Court, the Southern District Court and the Southern District of the Supreme Court before his appointment as the first Queensland-born Judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland in 1895. Appointed first Judge of the Central Court based in Rockhampton, he served there until his retirement in 1910. He died at Southport on 2 June 1914.
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Virgil Power - State Library of Queensland.
+Born Pallasgreen, near Limerick Ireland on 17 March 1846 or 1847 to James Real and Ellen Donegan. The family migrated to Moreton Bay on the typhus-plagued voyage of the Emigrant in 1850 with his father dying from the disease. Young Patrick left school at the age of 12 to commence a carpentry apprenticeship to support his family and was employed at the Ipswich railway workshops before leaving his trade at the age of 22 to study law. Following a distinguished career as a barrister, he was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland in 1890 and Senior Puisne Judge in 1903. He died at his home Eulalia at Norman Park on 10 June 1928.
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Honorable Judge Patrick Real - State Library of Queensland.
+Born Taunton. Somerset England on 3 December 1838 to Rev. George Rogers Harding and Elizabeth Winter. In 1861 he was admitted as a barrister at Lincoln's Inn, London. With his wife, Elizabeth and family he migrated to Brisbane where he was admitted as a barrister of the Supreme Court of Queensland in 1866. InJuly 1879 he became Senior Puisne Judge. Many books held in the Queensland Supreme Court Library today were collected when he was chairman of the Library Committee. He died in his chambers on 31 August 1895.
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Justice George Rogers Harding, 1879 - State Library of Queensland.
+Born Sydney on 21 February 1837 to William Hirst and Elizabeth Abbott. William Hirst was admitted as a barrister in NSW in 1861 and in Queensland the same year. He served as Police Magistrate, and later as Crown Prosecutor in the Northern District and Metropolitan District Courts before his appointment as a District Court Judge in 1869 serving the Northern District Court, based in Bowen until he replaced Ratcliffe Pring in the Central District Court in 1876. He was dismissed from office on 3 January 1878 because of misconduct and died on 26 May that year.
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William Henry Abbott Hirst - State Library of Queensland.
+Born Lake George, NSW on 12 May 1846 to Francis Cooper and Sarah Jenkins. He undertook his legal studies in London before bringing his wife and family to Brisbane where he was admitted as a barrister of the Supreme Court of Queensland in 1874. After a period in private practice, he became Northern Crown Prosecutor then entered politics as MLA for Bowen, serving as Attorney-General 1881-83. In January 1883 he was appointed a Judge of the Queensland Supreme Court, the youngest and first Australian-born judge of that court. In 1903 he became the fourth Chief Justice of Queensland. He died on 30 August 1923.
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Portrait of Honourable Sir Pope Alexander Cooper - State Library of Queensland.
+Born Penrith, NSW on 29 August 1843 to James Rutledge and Lucy Field. Arthur Rutledge was a Wesleyan clergyman before he left the ministry to study law. He was admitted to the Queensland Bar in 1878 and the same year became the MLA for Enoggera. After periods alternating between the Bar and politics when he served three times as Attorney-General, Rutledge was appointed QC in 1899 and knighted in 1902. He was appointed a Judge of the District Court in 1906 and held that position until his death in Sydney on 8 February 1917.
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Portrait of the Honourable Sir Arthur Rutledge - State Library of Queensland.
+Born in Crediton Devon England on 17 October 1825 to Thomas Pring and Ann Dunne. Ratcliffe Pring studied law in England, being admitted as a barrister in London in 1849. With his wife, Frances he migrated to NSW in 1853. In 1857 he was appointed first Crown Prosecutor for the Supreme Court in Moreton Bay. Elected to Queensland's first Legislative Assembly in 1860, he became Attorney-General, a position which he held in successive governments. He was appointed QC in 1868. In 1875 he was appointed a Judge of the Central District Court but resigned and returned to private practice. He became a Judge of the Queensland Supreme Court in 1880. He died in office on 25 March 1885.
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Ratcliffe Pring - State Library of Queensland.
+Born in Maitland NSW on 14 June 1841 to John Stuart Mein and Mary Hall. Charles Mein was articled to Arthur Macalister in Brisbane prior to his admission as a solicitor of the Queensland Supreme Court in 1870. He was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council in 1876, serving two periods as postmaster-general. On 17 April 1885, he was the first solicitor to be appointed a Judge of the Queensland Supreme Court, succeeding Mr Justice Pring. He died in office while visiting Sydney on 30 June 1890.
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Charles Stuart Mein - State Library of Queensland.
+Born Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, Wales on 21 June 1845 to Rev. Edward Griffith and Mary Walker. Griffith was articled to Arthur Macalister in Ipswich and admitted as a barrister of the Queensland Supreme Court in 1867. He was elected to Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1872, serving as Attorney-General and Premier and combined politics with his work as a barrister until 1893 when he was appointed a Judge of the Queensland Supreme Court and third Chief Justice of Queensland. He was appointed QC in 1876. In 1903 he became the first Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia. He retired in 1919 and died on 9 August 1920 at New Farm.
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Samuel Walker Griffith - State Library of Queensland.
+Born Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland England on 27 August 1827 to Thomas Lilley and Jane Shipley. Charles Lilley began studying law in England before settling in Moreton Bay in 1856 and undertaking further articles to Robert Little. In 1858 he was the first solicitor admitted to practice by the Supreme Court at Moreton Bay. In 1860 he was elected to Queensland's first Legislative Assembly where he served for the next 14 years. He was admitted to the Bar in 1861, becoming the colony's first QC in 1865. In 1874 he was appointed a Judge of the Queensland Supreme Court and became Queensland's second Chief Justice in 1879. He died on 20 August 1897, four years after retiring.
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Sir Charles Lilley, 1879 - State Library of Queensland.
+Born Cornwall, England on 7 November 1861 to Rev William Woolcock and Elizabeth White. Woolcock commenced his legal studies while reading in Griffith's chambers and was admitted as a barrister of Queensland Supreme Court in 1887. He was appointed a Judge of the Queensland Supreme Court in 1927 and died in office less than two years later on 18 January 1929.
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Judge John Laskey Woolcock - State Library of Queensland.
+Born Toowoomba, Queensland on 10 May 1865 to Charles Stumm and Isabella Streich. Formerly a schoolteacher, Charles Stumm commenced his legal training under articles at Browne & Ruthning Solicitors and was admitted as a solicitor of the Queensland Supreme Court in 1889. He was admitted as a barrister in 1894 and appointed King's Counsel in 1910. In 1929 he was appointed a Judge of the Queensland Supreme Court but died tragically three weeks later on 28 February 1929.
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Judge Charles Stumm - State Library of Queensland.
+Compiled and presented by Lyn and Darcy Maddock
+Stories recognising people involved in the Labor movement.
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+ + +Miller was born Emma Holmes in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, in June 1839.
+On 15 September 1857 at Chesterfield Register Office she married Jabez Mycroft Silcock, a bookkeeper with whom she had eloped. He died in 1870 leaving her with four small children to support.
+Emma was a gentlemenâs shirtmaker and she began to take in piecework, working twelve hours per day, six days per week.
+Emma remarried on 30 August 1874 at Salford, Lancashire, William Calderwood, a stonemason. They arrived in Brisbane in March 1879. He died just over a year later. Widowed again, Emma was forced to make her living by needlework.
+Emma was in the vanguard of the formation of womenâs unions, the womenâs suffrage movement, and the Labor Party.
+She actively supported strikers during the 1880s, and worked to alleviate the plight of the unemployed.
+Her third husband was Andrew Miller (d.1897), a widower whom she married at Brisbane Registry Office on 21 October 1886.
+She campaigned tirelessly for freedom from conscription. Through these activities, she was known and admired throughout the country, and given the affectionate title âMother of the Australian Labor Partyâ.
+On 'Black Friday' of the 1912 strike, Emma led a large contingent of women to Parliament House, braving the batons of foot and mounted police. She reputedly stuck a hatpin into the horse of Police Commissioner Cahill who was thrown and injured.
+Emma died in 1917. On 22 October 1922 a publicly funded marble bust of her was unveiled in the Trades Hall.
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Portrait of Mrs. Emma Miller - State Library of Queensland.
+Marble Bust of Emma Miller held at Queensland Council of Unions by sculptor James Laurence Watts by Alphi123, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Glassey was born in 1844 at Market Hill, Co. Armagh, the son of weaver Willhelm Glassey and Sussannah. From the age of six, he worked as a linen mill weaver before moving to Scotland in 1852 to be a coal miner. Glassey was selfâeducated at Sunday school. He married Margaret White in 1864 in Bedlington, Newcastle, England and had a son. He came to Queensland in 1884 after a career as a political agitator in England. Glassey was the MLA for Bundamba from 1888 â 1893 before representing Burke 1894 â 1896 and Bundaberg 1896 â 1901. In 1892, Glassey was the chairman of the Queensland central executive of the Labor Party. After Federation, he switched to federal politics and was a senator from 1901 â 1903. He died on 28 September 1936 in Brisbane.
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Senator Thomas Glassey delivering a speech to the women electors of Queensland - State Library of Queensland.
+Glassey family, ca. 1926 - State Library of Queensland.
Browne was born 13 September 1846 in Pimlico, London. He was a Royal Navy seaman in 1857 before joining the merchant marines. Browne moved to New South Wales in 1866, where he worked as a goldminer. He was the president and secretary of the Amalgamated Miners Association of Croydon and chairman of the Croydon Hospital Committee. His political career started in 1893 as the MLA for Croydon, the seat he held until his death in 1904. Browne was leader of the Opposition and chairman of the Parliamentary Labor Party from 1900 to 1903 and then became Minister of Mines. Browne did not marry.
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Honourable William Henry Browne - State Library of Queensland
+Smith was born in 1863 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, son William Smith and Christina Duncan. He married Annie Coles in Brisbane in 1884 and had a son and four daughters. In a varied career, he was a publican in Maryborough, and around 1900 operated a night coffee stall in Queen Street. Smith was known as the âDemocratic Piemanâ. He was also a grand master of the Ancient Order of Foresters and President of the British Associated Friendly Society Dispensaries. Smith was a Member of the Legislative Council from 1920 until his death in Brisbane on the 19 June 1921.
+Dawson was born on 16 July 1863 in Rockhampton, the son of miner, Anderson Dawson and Jean Smith. He was a miner by profession. He married Caroline Quin in 1887 and together they had two sons and two daughters. Dawson was president of the Minersâ Union and a provincial councillor for the Australian Labor Federation. He entered parliament as MLA for Charters Towers in May 1883 and held the seat until September 1901 when he was elected a senator, serving until 1906. Dawson lead the worldâs first Labor Government when he was Premier and Chief Secretary for Queensland from 1 - 7 December 1899. He died in Brisbane on 20 Jul 1910.
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Honourable Anderson (Andrew) Dawson 1899 - State Library of Queensland
+After the swearing in of the Dawson ministry of the Labor Party Brisbane, Queensland - State Library of Queensland
Bowman was born on the 4 August 1860 in Bendigo, Victoria, son of miner, Archibald Bowman and Isabella. He arrived in Queensland in 1887 and established his own bootmaking business in New Farm. He married in 1885, Elizabeth Jane Smith, who bore him two sons and two daughters. He entered politics and held various seats in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1899 until his death on the 25 February 1916 at Brisbane. Bowman was an organiser for the Australian Workers Union and leader of the Queensland Labor Party from 1907 to 1912.
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David Bowman - State Library of Queensland
+ + +Smith was born in April 1887 in Invergowrie, Scotland, son of George, a landscape gardener and Mary Forgan. He married Euphemia Wilson in 1913 in Mackay and had two sons. In a varied career, he was a housepainter in Mackay, had business interests and was chairman of the Central Sugar Cane Prices Board. Smith was a member of the Trades and Labor Council, Australian Workersâ Union and on the Central Executive of the Australian Labour Council. Smith was the longâserving MLA for Mackay from 1915 to 1942, serving as Premier for 10 years from 1932. He received and Honorary LL.D from the University of Queensland. He died in Sydney on Sugar Board business on 25 September 1953.
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Construction of the Forgan Smith Building, University of Queensland , St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, 1940 - State Library of Queensland
+William Forgan Smith ca. 1935 - State Library of Queensland
Gillies was born 28 October 1868 on the Hunter River, New South Wales, the son of farmer, Dugald Gillies and Ann. He was a sugar grower on the Tweed Heads and president of the NSW Sugar Growers Defence League. Gillies married Margaret Smith in 1900 and had a son and a daughter. He entered politics in 1912 as the MLA for Eacham, a seat he held until 1925 when he briefly switched to Federal politics, holding the seat of Herbert. Gillies was Premier, Chief Secretary and Treasurer from February to October 1925. He died at Toowong on 9 February 1928.
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William Gillies, 1920 - Queensland State Archives
+ + +Hanlon was born on 1 October 1887 in Brisbane, son of Michael and Mary Ann Byrne. He was educated Petrie Terrace State School and the Brisbane Technical College before joining the Queensland Railways in 1908. After 1912, he became a grocer and was active in the Shop Assistantsâ Union. Hanlon served in the 9th Battalion Australian Imperial Force from 1915 to 1919. Hanlon married Elizabeth Carver in 1922. He fathered a son and three daughters. He was an MLA for Ithaca from May 1926 until his death on 15 January 1952. Hanlon was Minister for Health from 1935 to 1944 and Premier and Chief Secretary from 1946 to 1952. His statue overlooks the old Royal Womenâs Hospital and the multi-level Ned Hanlon Building.
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Edward Michael Hanlon, premier of Queensland, addressing the Legislative Assembly on the occasion of the Industrial Law Amendment Bill, 1948 - State Library of Queensland
+ + +Hoolan was born in 1842 in Tipperary, son of James Hoolan and Margaret Kennedy. He married Ellen Lawler in 1871 in Kingâs County, Ireland and had two sons and two daughters. In a varied career, he was a carpenter in Bathurst, a miner in Charters Towers, a newspaper proprietor in Georgetown and leased a farm in North Queensland in 1896. Hoolan was the MLA for Burke from 1890 to 1894 and again from 1896 to 1899. He died in the Diamantina region on the 15 June 1911.
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John 'Plumper' Hoolan, ca. 1902 - State Library of Queensland
+ + +Whitford was born in 1877 in Woolwich, England, son of Charles Whitford and Dora Kelly. He married Ethel Scott in Sydney and had two sons and two daughters. Arriving in Queensland in 1910, he worked as a tailor in Childers. Whitford was the MLA for Burrum from March 1918 to October 1920. He was murdered in Albert Square on 29 January 1924 by returned serviceman, James William Laydon.
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Delegates to the Queensland Police Union third annual conference. Whitford is in the front row, second on the left. - Queensland Police Museum. CC BY-SA 4.0
+ + +Waterson, D. B. Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament, Australian National University Press, 1972
+Research on Albert Whitford provided by Shelley Steel
+Compiled by Dr. Hilda Maclean
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +These stories were created to mark the centenary of the Royal Australian Navy, 1911â2011.
+Those represented here are only a small number of the men and women who gave their lives in service to this country who are either buried or memorialised at Toowong Cemetery.
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+ + +Welshman, William John Harrhy, a sailor on HMS Dauntless, in Brisbane for a Goodwill Visit, was drowned in the Brisbane River in the early hours of Good Friday, 1924. Members of the shipâs crew were in Brisbane to participate in the unveiling of the War Memorial at Toowong Cemetery on Anzac Day 1924. His body was found the following Monday downstream. It is believed that he tripped over an obstacle on the shipâs deck in the early hours of the morning.
+Harrhy, aged 36, had been in the navy for over fifteen years and had a splendid war records. The funeral left the ship for the cemetery and many wreaths were laid including one shaped like an anchor and another, a model of the ship. The officers and crew arranged a dance in aid of Harrhyâs family aboard the Dauntless.
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Royal Navy ships HMS Danae, HMS Dauntless, HMS Dragon and HMS Delhi docked at South Brisbane wharves, 1924 - State Library of Queensland
+Headford was born in Port Melbourne, Victoria on 23 February 1898. He entered the RAN as a Boy Class II on the 5 November 1912 training aboard the Tingira. He was transferred to the newly completed Australia when he was promoted to Boy Class I a year later. In August 1916, he was promoted to Ordinary Seaman, then to Able Bodied Seaman in January 1918. While aboard the Australia Headford saw service in Rabaul and the North Sea. The Australia missed the battle of Jutland as she had collided with the New Zealand.
+After the end of World War I, Headford transferred briefly to the Sydney before ending his naval career aboard the depot ship the Penguin in January 1920, having served his term of seven years. He died of pulmonary tuberculosis at the Rosemount Hospital, Windsor on 18 June 1936. He was the son of Louis and Teresa Headford (née Mottershead).
+Beaven was born on 28 January 1895 in Wiltshire, England. He enlisted for a five-year term on 17 February 1915 as a stoker, the position he retained for the rest of his naval service. He served aboard the Cerberus, Encounter, Australia, Sydney and finally the Franklin from January to April 1920. He died of heart failure at the Rosemount Hospital, Windsor on 9 June 1921. He was the son of Arthur and Edith Beaven (née Kilminster).
+Button was born in Hobart on 1 January 1924. He was the son of Cyril and Jessie Button (née Woods). He enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy Reserve on the 20 November 1941 training at HMAS Cerberus and Londsdale. After serving briefly aboard Australia (II), Button was transferred to the HMAS Moreton. He drowned in the Brisbane River on Christmas Day, 1942. He was the last military burial in Portion 10.
+On the 4th of March 1942, the auxiliary minesweeper HMAS Tambar was fired on by the Examination Battery at Fort Cowan Cowan on Moreton Island. There was a mix up in the identification code signal of the ship and the battery was ordered to fire across the bow of the unidentified vessel. The 6âinch shell struck the shipâs forecastle killing Able Seaman Archibald Bartsch, a member of the anchor party, instantly. The shell skidded across the deck into the Captainâs cabin killing Steward Eric Harrison. It then passed through the radio room critically injuring Warrant Officer Henry Theeman. Both of his legs were severed and his succumbed to his injuries soon after. Other crew received injuries to various degrees.
+Londonâborn Theeman was aged 47. He had spent most of his life at sea. After three years in Moller Line ships travelling between Japan and China he left the line in August 1941 to join the RAN. Bartsch, son of 3rd Light horseman William Henry Bartsch, was an employee if the Australasian United Paint Company of Port Augusta, South Australia prior to his enlistment in the navy. He was aged 20. Western Australianâborn Harrison was the son of William Ross and Rebecca Harrison. He was aged 33 and a resident of Melbourne.
+The military covered up the incident so as not to affect morale. The newspapers widely reported the incident as an âaccident at seaâ. The Tambarâs crew was dispersed throughout the RAN immediately after the menâs joint funeral two days later. The ship was temporarily paid off and the Captain given another command. The District Naval Officer (Commander E. C. Rhodes), other naval officers, and military representatives were present. The service was conducted by the Rev. H. H. Trigge of the Methodist Church and the Church of Englandâs Rev. F. R. C. Birch. Cannon and Cripps made the arrangements for the funeral and the cortege of Naval ratings from the Alice Street Depot marched from their funeral parlour.
+Whitaker was the son of Frank and Elizabeth Maria Whitaker and the husband of Jane Ellen Whitaker, of St. Budeaux, Plymouth, England. He was on loan from the Royal Navy. He had not long completed retraining for the RAN when he died at the St Helenâs Hospital at South Brisbane on 3 October 1942 of a haemorrhaging duodenal ulcer, aged 55.
+This portion contains over 370 Commonwealth War Graves from the three forces. âSoldiersâ Cornerâ was established in 1919. Flowers were cultivated and sold at the Cemetery from Portion 10 until the 1930s. In 1934, the area set apart for soldiersâ graves within Portion 10 was extended to incorporate the flower gardens and the wooden pavilion was demolished. Military burials ceased in December 1942 when the military portion at the Lutwyche Cemetery was established.
+Two sailors from the Netherlands Merchant Navy are also buried at Toowong Cemetery. They are mentioned in the Brisbane General Cemetery citation on the Commonwealth War Graves Commissionâs website.
+Sailor Boesidin was born in Bengkalan, Java in 1909. He died, aged 30, in Brisbane on 27 August 1942 while serving aboard the KPM lineâs MV Maetsuycker. The vessel had evacuated from the Dutch East Indies and was redeployed transporting Australian troops to New Guinea.
+Sailor Samanuddin was born in Dacca in 1906. He died in Brisbane on 16 July 1943.
+The Lest We Forget Naval guided tour was first conducted as part of a Remembrance Day Service on 6 November 2011 at the Toowong Cemetery.
+The service was performed by Celebrant, Judy Magub, and Commander Tony Roper, RANR.
+Written by Dr. Hilda Maclean
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Their name liveth for evermore
+Commemorated here are only a small number of the men and women who gave their lives in service to this country who are either buried or memorialised at Toowong Cemetery.
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+The Cross of Sacrifice and Stone of Remembrance were unveiled on Anzac Day, 1924, by the GovernorâGeneral, Lord Forster. The Stone of Remembrance is a solid block of Helidon sandstone weighing ten tons. The unveiling ceremony was attended by several thousand people, including relatives of soldiers killed overseas and many dignitaries. The Citizensâ Band provided music as the public laid wreaths at the Stone. So many floral tributes were deposited, that the stone was completely covered. One was even dropped from a plane circling above. The inscription THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE was chosen by Rudyard Kipling and is found on the Stone of Remembrance in every Commonwealth War Cemetery.
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Official unveiling of the Cross of Sacrifice on Anzac Day at Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, 1924, â State Library of Queensland.
+Prior to Federation each of the Australian colonies maintained its own defence force. These forces were largely comprised of partâtime volunteers and a small number of permanent officers and men. This memorial is to the men of Queenslandâs permanent force âAâ Battery, Queensland Artillery. All of those named on the memorial died while serving in the Battery, but only one, Driver Sydney Walker, died while on active service. Walker was serving on the 1st Queensland Contingent to the South African War when he died of enteric fever at Bloemfontein. This monument was established in April 1886. A number of soldiers named on the memorial are buried nearby.
+Unveiled in May 1902, this is the first known monument to the South African War to be erected in Queensland. Lieutenant John Caskey of the Fifth Queensland Imperial Bushmen was killed in action on 27 September 1901 at the Mokari Drift on the Caledon River. The obelisk, made of white Helidon sandstone and draped by a shroud, features emblems of Caskeyâs teaching career at Leichhardt Street School, Brisbane and Spring Creek and his sporting interests. A rare memorial to the AngloâBoer conflict, this monument is a significant reminder of emerging nationalism and contemporary attitudes to war. Other monuments to him can be found at Clifton RSL and the Allora State School.
+This portion contains numerous Commonwealth War Graves. Flowers were cultivated and sold at the Cemetery from Portion 10 until the 1930s. In 1934 the area set apart for soldiersâ graves within Portion 10 was extended to incorporate the flower gardens and the wooden pavilion was demolished. As the military graves were interspersed amongst civilian burials, this portion lacks the formality of a Commonwealth War Cemetery.
+Private Brookes enlisted in the AIF in September 1915 and was deployed with the 49th Battalion to France via Alexandria. He was awarded the Military Medal on 24 January 1917 for âbravery in the Fieldâ. Shortly afterwards he was docked two dayâs pay for being Absent Without Leave. This wasnât the last time Brookes was AWOL. In June 1918, he was wounded in action and gassed. He was transferred to hospital in England. At Salisbury, in September, he was court martialed for being in possession of a false leave pass and sentenced to two months detention and forfeited 25 days pay. While serving his time, Armistice was declared and Brookes was discharged in Brisbane in April 1919.
+Englishâborn Staines enlisted at Enoggera in June 1915 and attached to the 26th Infantry Battalion. He was awarded the Military Medal for services rendered during fighting at Pozieres, France. He survived the war with no injuries or major illnesses and only a single charge for creating a disturbance on New Years Day 1917 for which he was admonished.
+On 18 August 1918 during operations on the Somme, Greerâs Platoon commander was killed. Greer immediately took command of the platoon and with a small party, cleared up two large dug outs, taking fifty prisoners. For this action he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal.
+Gunner Webster has the dubious distinction of being the only fatality of the âBattle of Brisbaneâ which broke out on the 26 November 1942 with US Military personnel on one side and Australian servicemen and civilians on the other. Tension had been brewing since the large scale arrival of the American troops who where generally better paid and fed than their Australian counterparts. By 8pm over 5000 people were involved in the disturbance. By 10pm, Gunner Webster had died of a gunshot wound, eight others were similarly injured, and several hundred others received minor injuries. Private Norbert Grant was courtâmartialled by the US military for firing the fatal shot but was acquitted on the grounds of self defence. Reporting of the event was censored leading the rumours of many dead sweeping the suburbs of Brisbane.
+On the 4th of March 1942, the auxiliary minesweeper HMAS Tambar was fired on by the Examination Battery at Fort Cowan Cowan on Moreton Island. There was a mix up in the identification code signal of the ship and the battery was ordered to fire across the bow of the unidentified vessel. The 6âinch shell struck the shipâs forecastle killing Able Seaman Archibald Bartsch, a member of the anchor party, instantly. The shell skidded across the deck into the Captainâs cabin killing Steward Eric Harrison. It then passed through the radio room critically injuring Warrant Officer Henry Theeman. Both of his legs were severed and his succumbed to his injuries soon after. Other crew received injuries to various degrees.
+Londonâborn Theeman was aged 47. He had spent most of his life at sea. After three years in Moller Line ships travelling between Japan and China he left the line in August 1941 to join the RAN. Bartsch, son of 3rd Light horseman William Henry Bartsch, was an employee if the Australasian United Paint Company of Port Augusta, South Australia prior to his enlistment in the navy. He was aged 20. Western Australianâborn Harrison was the son of William Ross and Rebecca Harrison. He was aged 33 and a resident of Melbourne.
+The military covered up the incident so as not to affect morale. The newspapers widely reported the incident as an âaccident at seaâ. The Tambarâs crew was dispersed throughout the RAN immediately after the menâs joint funeral two days later. The ship was temporarily paid off and the Captain given another command. The District Naval Officer (Commander E. C. Rhodes), other naval officers, and military representatives were present. The service was conducted by the Rev. H. H. Trigge of the Methodist Church and the Church of Englandâs Rev. F. R. C. Birch. Cannon and Cripps made the arrangements for the funeral and the cortege of Naval ratings from the Alice Street Depot marched from their funeral parlour.
+Heaphy, born ca. 1822 in London, was an artist and surveyor who explored New Zealand in the 1840s. He landed in New Zealand in 1839 as a draughtsman for the New Zealand Company. He settled in Auckland in 1848 and later joined the local militia, the Auckland Rifle Volunteers. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for rescuing a wounded soldier under fire in the MÄori Wars on 11 February 1864 at the Mangapiko River. Heaphy himself was hit in three places by musket balls while assisting the wounded man, with whom he had stayed all day. He was the first soldier of an irregular unit to be awarded the Victoria Cross.
+After his army career, he had a lengthy career as a civil servant, chiefly concerned with surveying and became a Member of Parliament. He retired from public life in 1881 and sailed with his wife to Brisbane. He died in Ann Street, Brisbane on 3 August 1881 of tuberculosis.
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Charles Heaphy. Ref: 1/2-003062-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22544487
+The Lest We Forget guided tour was first conducted as part of the Remembrance Day Service on the 7 November 2010.
+The Address was given by Rod Schafferius.
+Written by Dr. Hilda Maclean.
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +With all the company of heaven
+These stories were written to commemorate the 150th anniversary (1857-2007) of the arrival in Brisbane of Pastor Carl Schirmeister (first registered Lutheran minister in Queensland) and Mrs. Alwine Schirmeister née Gehricke (first evangelical Lutheran deaconess in Australia).
+These stories represent a small number Lutherans who participated in the sacramental life of this tradition of the church or who were at some time, or in some way, connected with it. They came from all walks of life.
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+Christian Wagner was born in Germany in 1830 and died on 28 February 1903. He was buried two days later with Lutheran rites. Also here is his wife Elizabeth who died on 27 June 1912 aged 82 and their daughter Bertha Barbara who died on 11 March 1930 aged 62. Christian served on the church committee of St Andreas (St Andrews) congregation, Wickham Terrace.
+The Lather family of New Farm was also members of the St. Andreas congregation from before WWI. Johannes Lather was one of the earliest Trustees. He was born in Germany on 16 February 1825 and died at the age of 66, on 31 July 1891. His wife Lissetta was born on 5 August 1821, the daughter of Johann Hermann Schmalenbach and Anna Catherine Elberghagen. She died aged 77, on 30 September 1898.
+Johannes BruÌnnich was born on 11 September 1861 in Görz, AustriaâHungary (now Gorizia, Italy), the son of a Lutheran minister and mathematician. He studied chemistry in Switzerland, worked in Bohemia, Russia and Georgia. He migrated to Queensland in 1885. Rev. Schirmeister officiated at his marriage to Catherine (Kate) Terry on 22 April 1886, the daughter of a Brisbane watchmaker.
+After managing a sugarârefinery and maltings at Bulimba and working in Darwin, he joined the Colonial Sugar Refining Co. in 1897 as a chemist. He became the government agricultural chemist in the new Queensland Department of Agriculture and was lecturer in chemistry at the agricultural college at Gatton. He wrote more than 60 papers on applied chemistry, soils, plant and animal nutrition.
+He was the Captain commanding the Gatton Squadron of the Queensland Light Horse. He suffered government interference during WWI and in 1920 was still trying to secure his confiscated papers. He was foundation member and fellow of the (Royal) Australian Chemical Institute and fellow of the Royal Institute of Chemistry of Great Britain (now Royal Chemical Institute).
+He died on 3 July 1933 aged 71. His wife, Catherine, survived him for nearly twenty years, dying on 7 May 1951 aged 91. Also here are his son Harold Oscar BruÌnnich, who died on 17 August 1939 aged 48 and daughter Pauline BruÌnnich, who died 18 October 1965 aged 76.
+Germanâborn Theodore Unmack (21 November 1835 â 17 September 1919) arrived in Brisbane in 1860. He chaired a meeting at St. Andreas Lutheran Church in 1865 during a difficult time in the congregation. His first wife was Robina Bryce the daughter of John Bryce Glassford and Margaret Forsyth. She died on 10 September 1874 aged 39. The coupleâs eldest son, Herbert Theodore died in Hamburg on 30 July 1869 aged 8 years and 8 months.
+Theodoreâs second wife of 42 years, Kathleen died on 12 August 1937 aged 86 and was cremated in Sydney. She was the mother of six of his children.
+Theodore traded with his partner J. C. Heussler as a wholesale merchant and was the MLA for Toowong from 1888â1893 and Secretary for the Railways. He was a prominent Freemason who was buried with Presbyterian rites.
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Unmack, Theodore, 1889 - State Library of Queensland.
+Ernst Otto Maier was born on 13 April 1853 in Köngen, WĂŒrttemberg and died on 15 March 1905. He was the first of five Basel trained pastors to serve the âGerman Lutheran Church North Brisbaneâ (St Andreas) from 1888 until his death. This monument was erected by his family, friends and congregation. He is buried with his wife Regula Albertina Maier nĂ©e Bunzli who was born on 1 April 1853 in Zurich, Switzerland and died on 11 August 1935 at Ipswich.
+Also buried in the grave is Martha Maria Hiller nĂ©e Maier who was born on 26 August 1880 at German Station (Nundah) and died on 4 December 1915. She was the organist at St. Andreas in 1900 before she married the Rev. Eugen Hiller (1870â1958) who was the pastor there in 1905â06.
+Friedericke Wilhelmine Gentner (née Gross) was born 16 July 1864 and died 7 October 1901. Her husband, Johann Frederick Gentner, who was a builder died on 2 December 1905 aged 71. The couple had nine children between 1868 and 1887. Johann had previously been married to Katharina Christina Maier, who had borne him six children before dying in May 1867.
+Many members of the family are buried in the enclosure including son, Thomas Gentner, who was registered at birth as Gottlieb Tom, and his wife Auguste Louise née Kleinschmidt who died on 19 January 1955 aged 82. The family were members at St Andreas for several generations and lived at Harcourt Street, New Farm.
+ + +Carl (Charles) Franz Alexander Schirmeister was born on 22 July 1814, near Eberswalde, Prussia and died on 8 October 1887. He was for 30 years the pastor of the âGerman Evangelical Lutheran congregation of North Brisbaneâ which came to be known as St Andreas after 1881.
+A talented musician, he was educated at Halle University and became a Pastor of the Prussian Union Church. He trained in the Gossner Mission Society in Berlin and in 1842 he, and others, were sent to the Chatham Islands and arrived there in 1843. When the mission came to an end, he worked as a tutor for the Hunt family on Pitt Island for 2 years. In poor health he went to New Zealand, then Sydney, arriving in Brisbane after the mission at German Station had closed.
+The first Lutheran service was held in the city in May 1857 where he secured Crown Grants of Land for the church. He was the first registered Lutheran minister in Queensland after separation. Fluent in English, he traveled far and wide to minister to people and conduct services. He became the first President of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Queensland.
+His wife, Alwine, nĂ©e Gehricke, (3 June 1818 - 30 November 1894) trained at the Elizabeth Deaconessesâ Home and Hospital in Berlin. With two other deaconesses she went to the Chatham Island in 1846 where she married. She became the first woman to be naturalised in Queensland on 21 June 1864. Alwine worked faithfully alongside of her husband. Her funeral service was conducted by Rev. E. O. Maier. Buried here is also their daughter Johanna Albertine Elizabeth Sachse. The headstone was erected by the congregation.
+Karl Ernst Eschenhagen was born on 24 May 1850 at CrossenâOder, Lower Silesia in Prussia (now Poland) and died on 18 March 1906. His wife, Pauline Emma nĂ©e Stegemann was born on 26 December 1869 and died on 4 July 1921. They lost a daughter, Agnes Pauline, in January 1899 aged 11 years. Before coming to Brisbane, Ernst spent some time in Fiji.
+He was a leader in St Andreas Congregation for many years and operated a renowned and fashionable CafĂ© Eschenhagen in Brisbane which was under the personal patronage of every Governor from 1889â1914 and catered for many Government House functions. Their first shop was in George St near Herschell St and later had to move to larger premises in Queen St which could seat 480 people. Branches were opened elsewhere.
+In 1895 Ernst wanted a German day school at St Andreas, where Englishâspeaking children were also admitted, which would be under the direction of a teacher who was fluent in both languages. He met his wife at St. Andreas and they married in 1886 producing six children.
+AntiâGerman feeling during WWI forced the business, which had been carried on by Mrs Eschenhagen, to be sold in November 1915.
+One of their sons, Oskar Wilhelm Eschenhagen (1889â1969), who changed his name to Oscar Edwards during WWI, operated a successful transport business in Sydney but is better remembered, with his wife, as being art collectors. In the early 1950s they met Picasso and Matisse. He was an accomplished artist himself and gave works to galleries, which included the Queensland Art Gallery.
+John Heussler was born on 15 June 1820 at Bockenheim, Germany (near FrankfurtâamâMain) and arrived in Queensland in 1854. His background was as a wine merchant in London and Holland. He married Sophia Esther, daughter of John and Christian Westgarth of Edinburgh. She came to Queensland from Victoria with her mother, also buried here, and sister, shortly after their arrival in Australia. John and Sophia Heussler married in Brisbane on 10 March 1859. John Christian died on 26 October 1907 and his widow died on 5 June 1914. While âreligion was not to play a big role in his lifeâ, he was buried according to Lutheran rites from Nazareth Church, Hawthorne Street, Woolloongabba.
+He played a large role in immigration, particularly encouraging an estimated two thousand German Lutherans to come to Queensland. He built Fernberg, the current home of the Governor of Queensland but lost it to creditors in 1879. He was appointed a member of the Legislative Council in 1866, holding the position until his death. He became Honorary Consul for the German Empire and also for the Netherlands. In 1896 he opened the new school of the Nazareth Lutheran Church and presented a gift of 400 marks from the German Kaiser.
+Research provided by Rev. Stephen Nuske, St Andrews Lutheran Church
+© 2012, Friends of Toowong Cemetery Association Inc. and Friends of Lutheran Archives Queensland
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Stories about men of the Royal Navy remembered in Toowong Cemetery
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+Born to James Watters and Mary Ellen Teague in Bowdon in Cheshire, England. Won the Abyssinian Medal for his part in Sir Robert Napierâs rescue of imprisoned British citizens in that country now known as Ethiopia from the clutches of Emperor Tewodros II.
+Born to Frank Whitaker and Elizabeth Purdell in Barton Regis Gloucestershire July 1885 and married Jane Ellen Jones in February 1917 in Lancashire. Joined the Royal Navy in 1915 and loaned to the Royal Australian Navy in 5 March 1942. He was in Singapore 15 February 1942 when the Japanese attacked.
+ + + + +Born 14 July 1838 in Dunchalt, Fifeshire, Scotland. Various ships have him as Carpenter and others Petty Officer. While in station in Australia he was on the H.M.S. Asia and the H.M.S. Pearl.
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Born in Wells, Somerset, England 13 November 1819 to Thomas MurrayâPrior and Eliza Catherine Skinner. His father was in the 11th Hussars at Waterloo. He served in the H.M.S Donegal 1837â1838.
+Born to Maurice Stephen Ferriter and Sophia Matilda Phillips in London 24 August 1802. By 1827 he is listed as a Purser in a Royal Navy ship. He married Elizabeth Jones in historic St James Church in NSW 21 May 1836 by Rev Samuel Marsden.
+ + +William was born to Captain George Drew R.N. and Caroline Fulford née Goode 14 October 1826 in Broadstairs, Kent, England. His father had served in the Napoleonic Wars.
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William Leworthy Goode Drew, C. M. G., 1889 â State Library of Queensland.
+Born to Octavius Williams and Susan Jennifer Ferris in 1836 in Truro, Cornwall. He married Fanny Frances Buzacott 9 April 1863 in Rockhampton. Again on Station in Sydney with the Royal Navy and stayed after discharge.
+Born 29 June 1902 to Marmaduke Granville Haymen and Florence Maud Lucretia Goertz in Indooroopilly, Brisbane. A very unusual service record. Sadly the Australian Naval records are very brief and very hard to read unlike the Australian Imperial Force records.
+Browne was born 13 September 1846 in Pimlico, London. He was a Royal Navy seaman in 1857 before joining the merchant marines. Browne moved to New South Wales in 1866, where he worked as a goldminer. He was the president and secretary of the Amalgamated Miners Association of Croydon and chairman of the Croydon Hospital Committee. His political career started in 1893 as the MLA for Croydon, the seat he held until his death in 1904. Browne was leader of the Opposition and chairman of the Parliamentary Labor Party from 1900 to 1903 and then became Minister of Mines. Browne did not marry.
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Honourable William Henry Browne â State Library of Queensland.
+Born to Alexander Chesborough Rose MacDonald and Nancy Armitage in Hamilton Brisbane. Married Gertrude Courtney Dix, St Georgeâs, Hanover Square, London April 1927. Midshipman on H.M.S. Agincourt 1917.
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Left: Flag Lieutenant Commander ICR Macdonald RAN - © Commonwealth of Australia - Department of Defence
+Born to George Lowe and Elizabeth Hale 11 August 1864 in St Pancras, Middlesex. He joined up aged 16 and was posted to the H.M.S Impregnable and H.M.S. Invincible. He married Janet Rabig on 14 March 1890 in Brisbane. Died in a fall from police horse in Oxley.
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++In Loving Memory of
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+Arthur Lowe
+Accidentally killed at Oxley
+October 20th 1896, Aged 32 YearsFarewell dear heart, you've left a blank,
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+that never can be filled;
+We never will forget the day,
+you were so cruelly killed.
Born to John Pentecost and Susanna Cornish St Kevern, Cornwall on 3 June 1835. He served under his real name in the Royal Navy on H.M.S. Acteen and deserted from his ship in Rio de Janiero, Argentina. Taking a devious route he snuck back into England and boarded a ship that got him to America where he joined up to serve in the Northern navy in the American Civil War. One of seven men from that conflict buried in Toowong Cemetery.
+ + +Born to William Gruer and Magdaline White âboth Scotsâ in 1838 in Devon where his father was stationed in the Royal Navy and they moved back to Scotland in 1841. He began his training on the H.M.S. Victory. He arrived in Brisbane in 1858. He married Hannah Connor 14 November 1867. Hannah died in 22 March 1897 and he married Isabella Morris who is buried in Lutwyche Cemetery.
+Authors: Darcy and Lyn Maddock
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Brisbane's early Monumental Masons sculpted many beautiful monuments and headstones in Toowong Cemetery.
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In 1909, the Stonemasons' Trade Board stated:
+++ + +'Monumental mason' shall mean a stonemason who is engaged in preparing or fixing all stone for cemetery purposes, or in preparing marble or cutting in inscriptions for cemetery or other work.
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Read the stories of Brisbane's early Monumental Masons who are remembered in Toowong Cemetery.
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+ + + + + + +Frank Martin Downes was born in 1848 to Henry Downes and his wife Mary Ann, nĂ©e Martin. Frank was apprenticed to John Petrieâs firm where Frank's father also worked. Caroline Ness married Frank in Queensland on 28 September 1869.
+Frank later became the manager at John Petrie & Son monumental works until the firm went bankrupt in 1894. The F.M. Downes monumental works started business in April 1894 in Wickham and Gotha Streets, Fortitude Valley.
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F.M. Downes Advertisement in Pugh's Queensland almanac and directory, 1901.
+One of the most beautifully carved monuments in Toowong Cemetery is that of Frederick Ness, the brother-in-law of F.M. Downes.
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Frederick Ness headstone (13-4-8)
+On 26 August 1918, Frank was severly injuried in an accident at his monumental works when a crane jib broke and struck him, crushing his right knee, fracturing his left leg, and injuring his right ribs. Frank died in the General Hospital early that evening.
+ + +Named after his grandfather, Andrew Lang Petrie was the eldest son of John Petrie. He was born 25 June 1854 in his fatherâs house at Petrie Bight. He was one of the first students enrolled at the Brisbane Normal School.
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Sketch of Andrew Lang Petrie â State Library of Queensland.
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Andrew Petrie's house at the corner of Queen and Wharf Streets, Brisbane, ca. 1859 â State Library of Queensland. Andrew Petrie was the father of John Petrie and grandfather of Andrew Lang Petrie.
+In 1882 Andrew Lang Petrie became a partner in, and took over management of, his fatherâs reconstructed firm, John Petrie & Son. By then the business focused on cabinet making and joinery, brick and tile making and monumental masonry.
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Premises of John Petrie & Son, Brisbane, ca. 1882 â State Library of Queensland.
+The firm went bankrupt in the depression of 1894 but was later revived as monumental masons only. The Monumental Works was located opposite the main Toowong Cemetery gates. Andrew was a member of the Brisbane General Cemetery Board.
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Advertisement and etching for John Petrie & Sons, stonemasons in Brisbane, 1889 â State Library of Queensland.
+He was elected a member of the Toombul Divisional Board and held the position for about five years until 1890 when the Hamilton Division split from Toombul. He went on to become the first chairman of the Hamilton board until the end of 1892. The following year he contested the Toombul seat in the Queensland Legislative Assembly and was elected with a large majority. He continued to represent this seat until his retirement in 1926.
+Andrew Lang Petrie died on 1 April 1928 after being ill for the previous 12 months. His residence, Mooloomburram became part of St Margaretâs Anglican Girlsâ School at Albion.
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Photograph of Andrew Lang Petrie in the Telegraph, 2 April 1928. Photo lightened.
+In 1864, George Prentice & Son operated a stone yard in Charlotte Street, Brisbane. They executed "every description of monumental work", and supplied "hearthstones, window sills, steps, coping, and paving". The business may have been impacted by the March 1864 flood.
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Charlotte Street, Brisbane, during the 1864 flood. â State Library of Queensland. Cropped
+In August 1867 the Monumental Stone Works was advertised as operating in "Turbot-Street, between George and Roma streets". Other advertisements described the location as, +"opposite Masonic Hall, Roma street", and "near Reservoir, Roma-street".
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Roma Street Reservoir during the early settlement of Brisbane, ca. 1862 â State Library of Queensland. The Reservoir was built in 1838 to store water for the colony and convicts, and later replaced by the Enoggera dam.
+In later life, George Prentice was an Alderman in the Sandgate Municipal Council. He lost his wife, Ellenor, on 1 September 1889 and resigned from the council in December 1889 and resolved to pay a visit to the "old country". Despite his son's apprehension, George Prentice and his grand-daugther, Jessie Blanche Prentice, departed on the on the S.S. Quetta for a trip to England. Both were lost in the wreck S.S. Quetta in the Torres Strait on 28 February 1890 when it struck an uncharted rock and sank claiming 134 lives, mostly women and children.
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George and Mrs. Prentice â State Library of Queensland.
+William Edward Parsons was born in Staffordshire ca. 1860. He learnt stone masonry at Bristol. Ellen Simmons married William at Holy Trinity Church, Westbury on Trym, Gloucestershire on 17 June 1882. It is likely they were the William and Ellen Parsons who sailed from Plymouth to Rockhampton aboard the Ravenscrag, arriving on 18 April 1883.
+William went into partnership with Henry Payne to form "Parsons & Payne" which operated between ca. 1903-1907. Later the "W. E. Parsons" business operated in Makerston street, off Roma street.
+ + +William was an Alderman for the Town of Windsor from 1905-1914, and Mayor in 1912. After a long period of ill health, William died in hospital on 1 April 1919. He left behind his wife, Ellen, and two sons, Ernest and Charlie. Ellen died in November 1923 and is buried with her husband.
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George Payne and Mary Ann (nĂ©e Hill)âs eldest son, Henry Payne was born ca. 1860 in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. Sarah McCracken married Henry in Bromsgrove, Worcester early in the 1884. The extended family sailed from London aboard the Duke of Buccleuch, arriving in Brisbane on 6 December 1887. In 1907 the family lived on Moggill Road, Taringa.
+After the "Parsons & Payne" partnership ended, Henry continued business on corner Turbot street and
+North Quay. When Henry died on 18 January 1944, his residence was âChestertonâ, Broomfield Street, Taringa.
John Lowther was born in Hull, Yorkshire in 1852. He married Christine (née Hillen) in 1876 July and they sailed aboard the Stirlingshire from Glasgow to Townsville, arriving on 7 November 1882.
+John Lowther ran the firm of "J Lowther" (1889-1902) and then "Lowther & Sons" on Ann Street, Brisbane. John and his wife lived at âHunberniaâ, Free street, Kelvin Grove, and had five children, Phillip, Ernest, Charles, Arthur and Lottie. John Lowther died 4 April 1918 aged 66.
+ + +The business continued after John's death, with his eldest son, Phillip J. Lowther, operating the firm "Phillip Lowther and Son" Monumental and Building Masons at 108 Lutwyche Road. Notable works include:
+Phillip's son, Leslie John Lowther, was the managing director of P. J. Lowther and Son, Pty., Ltd., masonry contractors, Bowen Bridge Road. Leslie is buried in Toowong Cemetery (8â71â26/27).
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Firm of Lowther & Sons on Ann Street, ca. 1907. The business of Lowther and Sons, monumental headstones was situated on Ann Street, between Boundary Street and Antrim Street - State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
+William and his wife Annie departed Plymouth aboard the Mhari Bhan on 29 August 1882 and arrived in Brisbane 29 November 1882. William worked as an Inspector of Works until he controversially lost his job for using obscene language.
+William established himself as a stonemason and had a workshop and home in Cemetery Road (now Sylvan Road), Toowong, and a quarry at Goodna. Notable works in Toowong Cemetery include:
+John Simmonds was born in Blandford, Dorset around 1828, the eldest son of John Simmonds, builder and stonemason and Ann (nĂ©e Pond). John sailed with his family from London aboard the Lady Eveline, arriving in Port Phillip in November 1852. Mary Jemima Coombs married John at Pelham Street, Melbourne on 17 December 1859. They had 10 children born in Victoria. John took over the familyâs stonemason business on the death of his father in 1860.
+John Simmonds founded a monumental masory business Brisbane in around 1880. His company created the beautiful momument to T.J. Byrnes and has family in Toowong Cemetery (7-47-5).
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Monumental plans and headstone description - Thomas Joseph, Annie and Michael Vincent Byrnes ca. 1898 â Queensland State Archives, Item ID ITM1675894. Cropped and darkened.
+ + + + +John Simmonds took on his son, John Howard Simmonds (1862-1955), as an apprentice stonemason in 1880. He ran the business after his Father's death in 1889 until he retired in 1920.
+ + +J.H. Simmonds made a point of photographing the tombstones he worked on. He introduced photography to his wife, Rose Simmonds, who studied art with Godfrey Rivers at the Brisbane Technical College. A collection of Rose Simmonds' work is held by the Queensland Art Gallery. J.H. Simmonds was also a Naturalist who collected fossils and botanical specimens that are now held in the Queensland Museum and Queensland Herbarium.
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St Andrew's Presbyterian Church on Ann Street, Brisbane, with stonemason next door, ca. 1915 - State Library of Queensland. In March 1896 John Simmonds moved his business to Ann-street, near Creek-Street and the Central Station.
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+ + +Elizabeth Holdway was born in Bundamba on 3 March 1858 to John Holdway and Sarah (née Willis). The family moved to Toowong in 1874 and +Elizabeth resided in that suburb for the remainder of her life. William McCombie Moffat married Elizabeth at her parent's residence, Toowong on 28 March 1882.
+The couple had four sons and three daughters. The Moffat's seven children were Francis McCombie (1883-1947), William Robert Murray (1885-1964), Nettie Elizabeth (1888-1954), John Willis (1892-1981), Frederick (1896-1969), Alice Holdway (1899-1987) and Jessie Mcleod (1904-1904).
+Elizabeth died at her residence, Crandart, Maryvale Street, Toowong on Friday 3 December 1920.
+ + +Born in Warwick, Queensland on 6 December 1858, Honorah Foley was a daughter of John Foley (aka James Horrigan) and Honorah (née Fitzgibbon). William Monsoon Ross married Honorah in the Presbyterian Church, James Street, Toowoomba on Monday 6 January 1879.
+The couple had five sons and three daughters. The Ross' eight children were William Hardy (1879-1952), Edmund Angus (1881-1955), Alexander Herbert (1883-1947), Lillian Alice (1885-1886), James Edwin (1887-1923), Bertram Thomas (1889-1971), May (1892-1979) and Ivy Monsoon (1896-1994).
+Honorah, of Morgan Street, Fortitude Valley, died on 13 April 1926.
+Born in Niederheimbach, Germany on 23 February 1861, Ottilia Lucia Alexandrina Drenk was a daughter of Mathias Drenk and Maria (née Schrenk). Johann Ufer married Ottilia. The family of seven arrived in Brisbane from London on 21 February 1888 aboard the Bulimba.
+Four children born in Queensland made a total of nine Ufer children in Queensland - Maria Anne (ca. 1881-1921), Ottilia Sybilla (ca. 1882-1971), Matthias (Matthew) (ca. 1883-1911), Margaretta (ca. 1886-1889), Bulimba Elizabeth (1887-1889), Andrew Alonis (1890-1915), Charlotte Johanna Louisa (1892-1941), Gustav Andrew (1896-1947) and Henry Jacob (1898-1960).
+Ottilia, a resident of Ripple Creek, near Ingham, was a farmer. Ottilia died in Brisbane on 13 January 1935 from heart failure.
+Mary Catherine Tierney was born in Queensland to Patrick Tierney, railway worker and his wife Norah (née McCarthy) on 11 May 1892. William Alexander Lusk married Mary in Brisbane on 14 May 1913. Their only daughter, Kathleen May, known as Kitty, was born in Brisbane on 1 April 1914.
+The family resided at Green Hill, Alderley. Mary and Kitty died on 13 March 1918 following a sulky accident on Bowen Bridge Road.
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The Green Hill Estate Alderley / Isles Love & Co., Auctioneers ; Harry Raff, Surveyor. Plan of allotments to be sold by public auction, Saturday, 14th March, 1914. Land for sale is subdivisions of portions 445 & 446, Enoggera - State Library of Queensland.
+Sarah Mahoney, born in Ballybunion, Kerry, Ireland, ca. 1863, was a daughter of Michael Mahoney and Mary (née Wallace). Sarah trained as seamstress. Patrick Joseph Woulfe married Sarah on 13 January 1878. The family of four sailed from Glasgow To Brisbane between 27 June and 23 August 1884, aboard the Mount Lebanon.
+Six children were born in Queensland. Their five daughters and three sons were Honora (1879-1957), Michael Joseph (1882-1886), Mary Ellen (1885-1975), Patrick (1888-1948), Elizabeth (1890-1968), James (1893-1923), Sarah Teresa (1895-1974) and Mabel Jane Josephine (1898-1949).
+The family lived in Annie Street, Paddington when Patrick Joseph died in 1902. In 1910, Sarah and her son, Patrick, founded Woulfe and Son, tailors. Success by 1919 allowed Sarah to move to 42 Constitution Road, Windsor, which she named Efluow (Woulfe backwards). Sarah died suddenly at Efluow on Friday 18 December 1931. Woulfe and Son Pty Ltd wound up in 1972.
+Carl Heinrich Stritzke and Fredericke Caroline Lane (née Bergemann) were the parents of Martha Fredericke Stritzke, who was born in Queensland on 18 June 1884. Edward John Stone married Martha at her parent's residence, Church Street, Fortitude Valley, on 7 February 1906. Their son, Henry James Stone, was born in Brisbane on 5 April 1907. Martha died on 8 April 1907 and her son died four days later.
+Elizabeth Nelson was born in Gilford, County Down, Ireland to James Nelson and Elizabeth (née Priestly). James Phillips married Elizabeth in Gilford on 23 September 1859. The family of three sailed on 23 September 1863, arriving in Brisbane on 27 January 1864 aboard the Light of the Age. They settled on land on the banks of Oxley Creek before moving to Fig Tree Pocket.
+The Phillips' eleven children were Ellen (ca. 1863-1957), Annie (-1919), Mary (1865-1928), William (1866-1950), Elizabeth (1868-1963), James Robert (1870-1954), John George (1871-1947), Sarah Jane (1873-1966), Emily (1875-1937), Jessie Morrison (1876-1964) and Margaret Evangeline (1878-1966).
+Elizabeth died at her residence, Fig Tree Pocket on 25 February 1931
+Marie Theresa Haly, known as Minnie, was born at Tamrookum, Queensland, on 13 September 1855 to Charles Robert Haly and Rosa (née Harpur), Harry Martin Lightoller married Minnie at St Paul's Church, Ipswich on 9 September 1879.
+The couple had four sons and two daughters. The Lightoller's six children were Charles Haly (1880-1881), George Henry Standish (1881-1944), Cyril Haly (1882-1885), William Claude (1884-1948), Minnie Rose (1886-1911) and Lizzie Kate (1887-1949).
+The family resided in Ipswich until Dr Lightoller travelled to Europe from March 1897 until December 1899. On his return the Lightoller family settled into Palmarosa, Breakfast Creek. By mid 1899 the Lightollers had moved into Highlands, Albion. Minnie died at her residence on 9 August 1924.
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Floodwaters in Newstead, 1893, looking north-east from Jordan Terrace, Bowen Hills. On the hillside beyond, the house 'Palma Rosa' at 9 Queens Road, Hamilton, is visible. - State Library of Queensland. Cropped. Annotation added.
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Highlands, a residence in Albion, Brisbane, 1930 - State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
+Helen Dugald Robertson was born in Wisconsin, USA in 1858 to Charles Robertson, a blacksmith and Christina (née Shallcross). William Street, white ant and borer expert, married Helen, a woollen mill clerk, on Thursday 25 August 1881 at the residence of the bride's father, Patch Grove, Grant County, Wisconsin, USA. The couple sailed from Glasgow on 11 October 1881, arriving in Moreton Bay on 28 January 1882 aboard the Brodick Bay.
+The Streets had two Queensland-born sons, Charles Abram (1883-1938) and Richard Joseph, known as RJ (1884-1959). Helen died on 7 October 1907 in South Brisbane.
+Eliza Cornwall was born to Thomas Cornwall and Mary (née Thomas) in County Galway, Ireland ca. 1805. Thomas Finney, farmer, married Eliza in Tuam, County Galway in 1823. Eliza's newspaper obituaries stated she was mother to "no fewer than 21 children", while others indicated she was the "mother of 23 children".
+Some of the couple's children include. Mary Jane (1823-1841), Rachel (1829-1880), Frances Martha (1930-1882), Lewis William (ca. 1832-1910), Robert Cornwall (1835-?), Thomas (1837-1903), Susan (ca. 1840-1923), Elizabeth Emma (1841-1912), Alfred Richard (1844-1901), Mary (ca. 1850-1924), Jane Margaret (ca. 1851-1927) and Helen Henrietta (ca. 1853-1908).
+Thomas died ca. 1852. Eliza and three daughters sailed to Brisbane aboard the Royal Dane, arriving on 16 January 1873. Eliza died in the arms of one of her daughter's on the afternoon of Friday 22 July 1898.
+ + +Annie Hall, born in Ayr, Scotland on 16 October 1868, was the eldest child of George Hall, schoolmaster and Jeanie Pratt (née Watson). The family of nine arrived in Victoria aboard the Loch Shiel in November 1883. The family moved to Queensland for the following school year. Leonard Haslewood Turner married Annie in the Presbyterian Church, Wickham Terrace in 1888.
+The couple's two children were Jean Adelaide Haslewood (1891-1983) and Geoffrey Haslewood (1895-1983).
+Leonard died in 1906 and Annie then divided her time between Australia, England and continental Europe. Annie died in Brisbane on the 23 October 1939.
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Women who shaped Queensland
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+Born Mary Ann Simpson, ca. 1828, she was the third daughter of the Reverend William West Simpson M.A., a Church of England minister, who immigrated to New South Wales in 1840. In November 1848, aged twentyâone she married Henry Callander, the eldest son of Randall W. Callander of Stirlingshire, Scotland. In 1852 Callander died aged 31 and Mary married William Howe and bore a daughter, Mary West Howe, in 1857. This second union ended with Howeâs death, and it was as twiceâwidowed in Sydney, that she met and married the distinguished bachelor, John Douglas, in 1861. Douglas was the nephew of the Marquis of Queensbury, a former pupil of Rugby School, and graduate of Durham University. He represented Camden, NSW at the time.
+Mary Douglas moved into the spotlight of Queensland public life when on June 22, 1865 the Hospital Committee noted that âa letter from Mrs Douglas relating to nursing of children. She was the leader of the ladiesâ committee, a reflection of the confidence and respect in which she was held by the Hospital committee. An offer of Mary Douglas and the ladiesâ committee was to be the beginning of institutional care for orphaned, destitute and neglected children in Queensland. By the end of 1865 the childârescue institution at the Fever Hospital had become a busy centre for the increasing number of children unable to be cared for in the southeast of the colony and it was fast becoming a place of placement of any destitute child. The Fever Hospital was not strictly speaking an orphanage: parents who could persuade the orphanage committee of their need stood a good chance of having their application accepted and their child admitted.
+In 1869 a marked change occurred in management when John and Mary Douglas departed for London where John took up the position of Queensland AgentâGeneral. Around this time Governor Blackall made a public presentation of a silver salver to Mary Douglas and the Ladiesâ Committee, in the presence of a veritable âWhoâs Whoâ of Brisbane society gathered at the Diamantina Orphanage. On her return Mary held a prominent and influential position in the childâsaving movement in Brisbane. However, in 1875 and 1876 during her endeavour to assert more direct managerial control over the orphan school â a model almost unheard of during this time.
+In November 1876, Mary Douglas was travelling in her ponyâdrawn gig from her home in Bonnie Avenue, Clayfield to Brisbane when she was involved in an accident close to Newstead House gates, Breakfast Creek. Her pony shied at an approaching dray and her vehicle ran up a steep bank and overturned throwing Mary out. She died twelve hours later from severe injuries.1
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Portrait of Mrs John Douglas - State Library of Queensland.
+A missionary and teacher, Florence was born on 16 September 1861 at Canterbury, Kent, daughter of Captain Neil Griffiths Buchanan of the 93rd Highlanders and his wife Elizabeth Jane, nĂ©e Griffiths. Orphaned when young, Florence became the ward of a relation at Torquay, Devon. Despite her extremely delicate constitution and nearâblindness, she devoted herself as a young woman to both practical charity and prayer. After a physical breakdown in 1887, she accompanied her two brothers to Bundaberg, Queensland, where they purchased Oakwood, a substantial caneâfarm. Seriously injured in a riding accident in 1888, she was left permanently crippled. After teaching her Melanesian servants English and Bible stories, she later assumed responsibility for the nonâdenominational South Seas Evangelical Mission (also known as the Queensland Kanaka Mission). In addition she served as Queensland secretary of both the International Scripture Union and the Young Women's Christian Association, and maintained at her own expense a hostel for English migrant girls.
+After Oakwood was destroyed in the 1893 floods, Florence Buchanan lived at Townsville and competently helped Bishop C. G. Barlow to administer his diocese. Two years later she worked among the multiâracial communities of divers on Thursday Island. Forced to go to London for surgery, on her return she met Kashiwagi Taira, an educated storekeeper who introduced her into the usually closed Japanese community. Though only modestly successful in proselytizing them, she was revered and respected by everybody on the island for her generous hospitality, friendliness, humour and compassion. In 1906 Miss Buchanan was engaged first as a teacher and later as acting headmistress of the famed Singapore Chinese Girls' School; she also taught the orphans at St Mary's Home in Singapore. In 1907 she again underwent major surgery in London and, upon recovery, returned to Thursday Island and was ordained a deaconess in January 1908. In May she went to Moa Island and conducted the Anglican mission, taught school, and tried to inculcate skills necessary for economic selfâsufficiency.
+Florence Buchanan resigned her charge of the mission in 1911 because of deteriorating health, but she stayed on as a teacher. September she performed her last public function when she spoke on 'The mission field as a vocation for women' at the annual congress of the Church of England in Brisbane. She died of tuberculosis in St Helen's Methodist Hospital on 30 December. She was profoundly mourned throughout the Torres Strait.2
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Mrs. John James Kingsbury was a Victorian, a daughter of Mr. David Ham. She was possessed of unusual gifts, a fine presence, a wide, clear outlook, and eloquence that gave her a great advantage in pleading the cause in which she was interested. She came by force of her gifts prominently when any movement especially concerning the welfare of women and children was involved. She had a keen sense of humour, and her speeches were characterised by humour and brilliance. She was in demand whenever a new project was started for the betterment of the State, and although her invariable answer was, âIâm working to the pin of my collar,â still there was always fitted in either another pin or an extra little stretch was given to the collar.
+Few women have left so clear a track successfully blazed in the history of Queensland. Mrs. Kingsbury was for years on the committee of the Sick Childrenâs Hospital. Then when the claims of a womanâs hospital were urged by Lady Lamington, Mrs. Kingsbury became one of the first members of the committee, relinquishing her guiding hand only when success had come to the institution. She became president of the Industrial Home for Women at Normanby Hill, and at a still later date the first president of the Queen Alexandra Home for orphans, neglected, or poor children, under the control of the Methodist Church.
+Still more presently, when war work was what mattered most in womenâs lives, Mrs. Kingsbury practically illustrated the doctrine of keeping the home fires burning by strengthening existing activities and at the same time, as president of the National Council of Women, she took an active part in âSix oâclock closing,â the establishment of a bureau for the registration and classification of women for national work, the foundation of the British Australian League for the encouragement of Australian goods first, and those of the Empire next. She was elected president of the Womenâs Mutual Service club, and, with her committee, brightened with kindly sympathy the many weary hours of sorrow and anxiety of soldiersâ relatives.
+Mrs. Kingsbury, for eight years, occupied the position of president of the National Council of Women, a federation of 44 societies, all interested in great national questions, especially in those affecting the welfare of women and children. On the occasion of the International Congress held in Rome in June, 1914, Mrs. Kingsbury represented the Queensland Council, and on her return familiarised the women of Brisbane with the representative women of other countries.3 Elizabeth was also an accomplished artist and wood carver. She died in 1919 aged 61.
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Mrs J. J. Kingsbury - State Library of Queensland
+Jessie Bannister, the eldest daughter of James and Isabella Campbell, died on 21 November 1890 at Baroona. She was the 34âyearâold wife of politician Robert Philp (MLA for Townsville) and mother of seven surviving children. Jessie and Robert married at Ballymore in February 1878 before setting sail for Townsville, where most of her nine children were born. Her youngest child was just two weeks old when Jessie, weakened from recent childbirth, succumbed to the scarlet fever for which she was nursing two of her older children.4
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Portrait of Jessie Bannister Philp, ca. 1878 - State Library of Queensland
+Emma was born Emma Holmes in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, in June 1839. On 15 September 1857 at Chesterfield Register Office she married Jabez Mycroft Silcock, a bookkeeper with whom she had eloped. He died in 1870 leaving her with four small children to support. Emma was a gentlemenâs shirtmaker and she began to take in piecework, working twelve hours per day, six days per week.
+Emma remarried on 30 August 1874 at Salford, Lancashire, William Calderwood, a stonemason. They arrived in Brisbane in March 1879. He died just over a year later. Widowed again, Emma was forced to make her living by needlework.
+Emma was in the vanguard of the formation of womenâs unions, the womenâs suffrage movement, and the Labor Party. She actively supported strikers during the 1880s, and worked to alleviate the plight of the unemployed.
+Her third husband was Andrew Miller (d.1897), a widower whom she married at Brisbane Registry Office on 21 October 1886.
+She campaigned tirelessly for freedom from conscription. Through these activities, she was known and admired throughout the country, and given the affectionate title âMother of the Australian Labor Partyâ. On 'Black Friday' of the 1912 strike, Emma led a large contingent of women to Parliament House, braving the batons of foot and mounted police. She reputedly stuck a hatpin into the horse of Police Commissioner Cahill who was thrown and injured.
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Brisbane strikes, 1912 - State Library of Queensland.
+Emma died in 1917. On 22 October 1922 a publicly funded marble bust of her was unveiled in the Trades Hall.5
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Portrait of Mrs. Emma Miller - State Library of Queensland.
+Marble Bust of Emma Miller held at Queensland Council of Unions by sculptor James Laurence Watts by Alphi123, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Arthur Hoey Davis - Steele Rudd, Charles Lilley and Emma Miller statues located in King George Square in Brisbane, Australia. Artist: Artbusters Materials: Bronze Installation date: 1993 by Kgbo, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
+Written by Dr. Hilda Maclean.
+1: Savage, A. Mary Douglas: Founder and Administrator of the Diamantina Orphan School, Brisbane between 1865 and 1876, Unpublished Essay.
+2: Saunders, K. Buchanan, Florence Griffiths (1861 - 1913), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 7, Melbourne University Press, 1979, p. 471.
+3: Condensed from the Brisbane Courier, 10 March 1919, Death of Mrs. J. J. Kingsbury.
+4: Kindly provided by descendants.
+5: Young, P. Miller, Emma (1839 - 1917), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 10, Melbourne University Press, 1986, pp 509-510.
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Commemorating the role of nurses, doctors and other health professionals
+At Toowong Cemetery are many health professionals; nurses, doctors, dispensers and others, some of whom gave their lives in the course of their duties. This is just a small number of those people who spent their working lives caring for others.
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+ + +Mary Weedon, who trained at Londonâs Charing Cross Hospital, was the first head nurse of the Brisbane Hospital, holding the position for five years from 1885. She was the ViceâPresident of the Australasian Trained Nursesâ Association (ATNA), Queensland Branch from 1904 to 1905 and a councillor from 1905 to 1906.
+Mary and her friend, Annie Griffiths, shared a house called Garton in Terrace Street, Toowong for many years. They were also members of the congregation of St Thomas Anglican Church. They died within eighteen months of each other; Mary in March 1942 and Annie in July 1943.
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Royal Brisbane Hospital, ca. 1885 â State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
+Staff Nurse Edith Rennie of the Australian Army Nursing Service died on Christmas Day, 1930, aged 45. She was the daughter of Charles and Lilias Rennie of Sydney. She had obtained her General Nursing Certificate from Hamilton Hospital, Waikato, New Zealand in May 1916 and her Obstetric Certificate from the Royal Hospital for Women in August 1921. She appears on the ATNA register of members in 1923.
+Nina McDonald graduated from the Royal Brisbane Hospital in 1915. She became a Staff Nurse with the Australian Imperial Force (AIF). She died on the 11 May 1934, sadly missed by her mother, Catherine McDonald, brother and sister.
+Elsie Jones was known by her maiden name, Sister King, when she nursed for the Australian Imperial Force (AIF). She subsequently married and had a son and a daughter. She was awarded the Order of the British Empire - Member (Civil) in 1938. Elsie died on the 17 May 1942 aged 53.
+ + +Julia Blaycock, daughter of Richard and Ann Hayward was a member of the ATNA. She died on the 11 September 1916 aged 34.
+Alice Le Bas, daughter of Frederick and Mary Le Bas, was a nurse at the Brisbane Hospital. She died on the 25 September 1886.
+Emily Owen was an immensely popular and respected nurse at the Brisbane Hospital. She died, unmarried, aged only 23 of typhoid fever contracted doing her duties on 24 May 1885. Her headstone was erected by the nurses and employees of the hospital where she worked, grateful patients and bereaved friends
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Mary Crosse, who graduated in 1888, died aged 28 on 28 October 1890, was also a nurse at the Brisbane Hospital. Fellow nurses and patients erected her headstone. She was the daughter of Thomas and Jane Crosse.
+Patient James Gray of Forest Hill, via Brisbane, died on 22 January 1906 aged 52. His headstone describes his death. His last days were spent in Brisbane Hospital and while there suffering from a painful and incurable disease, he bequeathed to that institution the savings of his lifetime in gratitude for its comforting ministrations.
+Little is known of Florence Truelove other than that she had trained as a nurse and died on 12 March 1896. She was the daughter of John and Emma Truelove.
+Rose Jane Langford was born in Devon, England and came to Queensland at the age of four. She undertook her nursing training at the Ipswich Hospital. Before the outbreak of World War One, Rose was the Matron at Mt Perry Hospital and later at Mt Morgan and Mackay. Between 1914 and 1917, she was a member of the Australian Army Nursing Service. Rose left on the hospital ship Kyarra for Egypt where she served in the No. 1 Australian General Hospital. She later transferred to Flanders. Rose was mentioned in despatches for her devotion to duty. After the war, Rose was on the staff of the Kangaroo Point Hospital and later matron of the Rosemount Repatriation Hospital. Rose married James Walker and lived in Brisbane until her death in 1935, aged 56 years.
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Hospital ship Kyarra, leaving port in Brisbane, 1916 â State Library of Queensland.
+Sarah Lygo was the fifth daughter of Richard and Martha Harriett Lygo of Kent, England. Her nursing qualifications were certified by the ATNA. She died aged 69 on 9 July 1928.
+Dr Arthur Halford was born on 23 November 1869. When he was an Honorary Assistant Physician at the Brisbane Hospital in 1908, he treated burns and scalds in what was considered a new method by the Hospital. He punctured the blisters and cut away as much skin as possible, a method employed until the 1960s. In addition to his hospital duties, he was the ViceâPresident of the ATNA, Queensland Branch, between 1904 to 1910 and 1912 to 1937 and President between 1910 to 1912. He was also ViceâPresident of the Nursesâ Rest Home Committee from 1931 to 1932. Dr Halford died on 13 January 1945 and is buried with his infant daughter, Grace.
+As Sister Pfingst, Vera James was a trained nurse and ward sister at the Brisbane General Hospital having graduated in 1951. She was the last President of the Nurses Rest Home and Benevolent Fund. This incorporated organisation ceased to exist in 1993. The Nursesâ Rest Home, located at 17 Mallon Street, Bowen Hills, was administered by this organisation. It closed in 1992 following the sale of the building. The Nursesâ Rest Home was used as a residence for nurses for over sixty years. Vera died in 1999 aged 70.
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Australian Trained Nurses Association (ATNA) Women's Rest Home, Brisbane â State Library of Queensland. Cropped, Rotated.
+Mary Jane Brown, born ca. 1861, was working as a nurse when she was widowed in 1916. She died on 18 August 1939 aged 78.
+Nora and Catherine were the daughters of Cornelius and Catherine Fitzgerald. They had emigrated from Ireland in the late 19th century. Nora received her Brisbane Hospital Certificate in 1894 and remained on the staff. Nora was a charge nurse from 1897 to 20 February 1899 when she left to marry Dr Arthur Halford (see above). Nora died on 9 August 1932 aged 63. She is buried with her sister Catherine Fitzgerald who was also trained nurse.
+Catherine received her Brisbane Hospital Certificate in 1896 and remained on staff as a ward nurse until 1898. Catherine was one of the first councillors of ATNA, Queensland Branch that was formed in 1904. She remained a councillor until 1918 when she became ViceâPresident (1918â1921). Catherine was Matron of the Alexandra Private Hospital, located in Wickham Terrace, from 1904, later becoming the owner. She was also a member of the ANTA Nursesâ Rest Home Committee. In her retirement Catherine lived at Craigston, Wickham Terrace, until her death. She died on 23 January 1931 aged 63.
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Windmill and Craigston apartments, in Wickham Terrace ca. 1934 â State Library of Queensland.
+Agnes Isambert was born in 1874. She trained at the Brisbane General Hospital between 1897 and 1899 and became a member of the ATNA in 1904 and a councillor of the Association between 1912 and 1919. Agnes was engaged in private nursing at the Walmer Nursing Home and the Colmslie Plague Hospital until 1913 when she returned to the Brisbane General Hospital to obtain her midwifery certificate. She then became Matron of the St Maryâs Hospital in Ipswich. From 1904 to 1914, Agnes was a member of the Australian Army Nursing Service Reserve. During World War One she sailed aboard the Kyarra and was eventually appointed to the No. 1 Australian General Hospital in Heliopolis in 1916. A former resident of Red Hill, she died on 7 June 1956 aged 83. She was the daughter of John and Margaret Isambert.
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30894 Agnes Kathrine Isambert papers 1902-1916 â State Library of Queensland.
+Sister Ellen Kavanagh died, unmarried, while nursing at the Rosemount Military Hospital, Lutwyche Road, on 5 November 1944 aged 59. She was attached to the 1st Australian Imperial Force (AIF). Her headstone was erected by the Hospitalâs patients.
+Zita was born in Rockhampton and trained at the Brisbane General Hospital. She sailed on the hospital ship Kyarra on 21 November 1914. She saw service with the Australian Army Nursing Service in Persia, Palestine, Egypt and aboard hospital ships off Gallipoli. After the war, Zita was in charge of Queenslandâs first radium clinic.
+Miss Daly worked mainly as a âChildrenâs Nurseâ at the Hospital for Sick Children (HSC), Herston. She was appointed as a registered nurse at the HSC on 22 July 192?. While at the Brisbane Hospital in 1926 she was appointed a sister on 28 September 1926. In October 1926 she returned to the HSC and was appointed a senior sister there on 1 July 1928.
+In the 1930s Gertrude was in charge of the outpatientâs department at the HSC. In 1938 she was granted leave to undertake a fourâmonth course in child welfare training. She then became Matron of the Metropolitan Hospital for Infectious Diseases from the late 1940s to the early 1950s. On 1 January 1952 she was appointed Matron of the Brisbane Childrenâs Hospital. After a long illness she died while still in service on 30 October 1961.
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Nursing staff in the grounds of the Hospital for Sick Children, Brisbane â State Library of Queensland.
+Sister Susannah McGann, daughter of John and Susannah McGann, was a member of the New Zealand Army Nursing Service. She had trained in Maryborough, obtaining both General Nursing and Obstetric Certificates. Susannah was on the staff of the Diamantina Hospital in 1908 and was on the ANTA register in 1923. She died on 10 June 1925 aged 46.
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Open air pavilions at Brisbane's Diamantina Hospital, 1920s â State Library of Queensland.
+Elizabeth Hulett completed her general training at the Royal Childrenâs Hospital, Brisbane in 1922, and her midwifery training at the Royal Womenâs Hospital in 1938 after the premature death of her husband, John Hulett. She was appointed to the staff of the Womenâs Hospital in December 1943 and was promoted to Senior Sister in 1946. After 18 years service she retired from the staff of the Womenâs Hospital in January 1961 to join the staff of the new Mater Mothersâ Hospital. She taught midwifery for many years, affectionately known to her students as âGranny Hulettâ. Sister Hulett died in 1986 aged 87.
+Nurse Ivy Amess received her training at the Bundaberg General Hospital where she was extremely popular with the staff and patients. After graduation she moved to Brisbane where she contracted a fatal illness. She died aged 24 on 31 October 1927.
+ + +Dying aged 104 on 14 May 1998, Sister Taylor had seen service at the 5th Australian General Hospital which was a Victoriaâbased unit.
+Dr Lilian Cooper was the first woman to practise medicine in Queensland. She studied medicine at the London School of Medicine for Women and obtained an MD from Durham. While studying there, Lilian met and shared lodgings with Mary Bedford who was to become her lifelong companion.
+Dr Cooper commenced private practise in Brisbane in 1891 at The Mansions, in George Street. She was a great advocate of sterilisation and the use of protective clothing during surgery. Lilian died on 19 August 1947 aged 86. Mary Bedford died in 1955. Mt Olivet Hospital stands on the site of their Main St home at Kangaroo Point.
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Two friends seated in a horsedrawn buggy, Brisbane, ca. 1900. Miss Josephine Bedford (left) and Dr. Lilian Cooper. Dr Cooper made house calls in a horse and sulky by day and a bicycle by night. Her surgery was in George Street, Brisbane. - State Library of Queensland
+World War One army nurse, Sister Lillian Leitch was honoured with an OBE in 1965. She served at the No.3 Australian General Hospital in Egypt before being transferred to Lemos, a Greek Island in the Aegean Sea, arriving there on 5 August 1915. She died on 9 July 1967 aged 80.
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Nurse Isabella Mason, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Mason, died on 17 October 1930 aged 54.
+Lilian Ramsay was a staff nurse with the Australian Army Nursing Service having received a Brisbane General Hospital Certificate in 1914. She died on 5 June 1960 aged 69.
+Nurses buried in Portion 22
+Portion 22 is steep in parts. These graves are best approached from Francis Forde Avenue, which runs parallel to Birdwood Terrace.
+Mary Hogan (née Wells) was born in 1923 in Euroa, Victoria and completed her education at Star of the Sea Convent, Melbourne before training as a nurse at Wangaratta Base Hospital. Mary next completed her midwifery training before marrying John Hogan in Brisbane in 1949 and having four children. She worked in various Brisbane hospitals including St. Helen's and Mt. Olivet, and then trained as a Maternal and Child Welfare Sister.
+As the result of an accident, Mary was widowed in 1962. She then worked full time as a clinic sister in the Inala, Darra, and Wacol areas while raising her 4 children alone. Her final working position as a nursing sister was at Canossa Hospital, where Mary herself died from multiple myeloma in May 2002, aged 78. After 40 years as a widow, Mary Hogan was buried in Toowong Cemetery alongside her beloved husband John in the grave she purchased in 1962. She was a mother, grandmother, nurse and friend to many.
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Patricia Hullâs qualifications were recognised by the Nurses and Masseurs Registration Board of Queensland. She died aged 37 in 1964, leaving behind a husband and three children.
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Annie McGarrigal was better known as Matron Cox. She trained at the Brisbane Childrenâs Hospital in 1922 and was on the ANTA Register in 1923. Annie died on 11 October 1964 aged 82.
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Helena (known as Lena) Luton was with the Australian Army Nursing Service attached to the 1st Australian Imperial Force (AIF). She died on 14 June 1977 aged 81.
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A former Bardon resident, Nell worked with the St Lukes Nursing Service. She was born in Mullumbimby, NSW in 1905 to William and Agnes Bassett. She married Victor Storie in Brisbane on 16 December 1930 and had three children. Nell died on 8 October 1990.
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++In loving memory of
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+Agnes Helen (Nell) Storie
+Born 1. 1. 1905 Mullumbimby N.S.W.
+Died 8. 10. 1990 Brisbane Qld.
+A Great Lady : A Great Mother
+She closed her eyes and stood in
+peace before a smiling God
Stories about Queensland Colonial Policing and connections to people remembered in Toowong Cemetery.
+These are the stories of some of the police buried in Toowong Cemetery. There are many more and we thank them all for their service.
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+Sydneyâborn Francis entered public service in Queensland in 1872 after a career which included journalism. After serving in various capacities in several parts of the colony, he was appointed Police Magistrate at Cunnamulla in 1881. He afterwards went to Townsville and later to Rockhampton. Francis retired in 1910 while serving as Police Magistrate at Maryborough. He died just short of his 75th birthday at St Helenâs Hospital, South Brisbane on the 10th of November 1915 and was buried the next day.
+ + +Gough, who until the beginning of 1895 occupied the position of Police Magistrate at Warwick, died in the St. Clair private hospital, Brisbane, on 29 January 1896. Gough was an officer of the Native Police in the early days, and saw many years of active frontier life. Subsequently he was appointed Police Magistrate at Isisford, in the Barcoo country, and in that position did good service for the colony.
+About the beginning of 1892 he was transferred to Ingham where he spent a couple of years. The climate did not agree with him, and he was strong in the opinion that it was while he resided at Ingham he contracted the complaint which claimed his life. From Ingham he was promoted to Warwick. His health, already impaired, gradually declined, and in February 1895 he obtained leave of absence for six months and paid a visit to the hot springs in New Zealand. He derived no benefit from the change, however, and returning to Queensland, entered the private hospital in Brisbane where he died. Gough was 51 years of age.
+ + +Armstrong died at his home, Sorrento, South Brisbane, on 23 January 1917, aged 83. His wife, Jessie, predeceased him by only three days. Armstrong was born in Adare, County Limerick, Ireland in 1833. His first appointment to the public service was to the position of a looker in the Customs Department at Brisbane, in April 1873. A year later he was appointed police magistrate at Mount Perry, then known as Tenningering. He remained in that position until October 1880, when he was transferred to Goondiwindi. There he stayed until August 1890, when he was appointed a relieving police magistrate. On 30 June 1904, Armstrong retired from the service, but at various times thereafter he acted as a relieving police magistrate in the Brisbane district.
+ + +Born in Tasmania in 1843, Johnstone was educated in Scotland before coming to Queensland in 1865 to work in the cattle industry. In 1868, he switched to sugar growing, managing plantations in the Cardwell region. Appointed subâinspector of native police in 1871, Johnstoneâs patrols took him into unexplored areas. In 1873, he accompanied G. E. Dalrymple to explore the northern coastline to Cooktown. The Johnstone River is named after him. His police duties took him to Winton, Bundaberg, Maryborough and Beenleigh before settling at Serenata, Toowong where he died on 16 January 1905, aged 63, probably of asthma.
+ + +The death of Ernest Eglinton, exâpolice magistrate, occurred on 1 October 1921. He was born in Berkshire, England in 1848 and came to Australia in 1870 with his father, the Rev. William Eglinton, who had charge of a number of Australian parishes. Eglinton became part owner of a station, and in the early 1870s, with the intention of forming another station; he set out with his younger brother from Mitchell Downs towards Cooper's Creek with a mob of cattle, travelling over unknown country for many months.
+Shortly afterwards he became a police officer obtaining the rank of Subâinspector Second Class in January 1878, and was eventually appointed the first resident police magistrate at Boulia in 1884. He was subsequently mineral warden and police magistrate at Charters Towers, Gympie, and Brisbane. His eventful and strenuous life had told on his health, and in his later years he had suffered from asthma and bronchitis. He succeeded in preparing a number of papers concerning his experiences in the early days.
+ + +Irishâborn Subâinspector Maguire died on 25 April 1917 at his residence in Franklin Street, West End after a severe illness. Prior to joining the police in 1886, Maguire had been a soldier. He rose steadily through the ranks serving in Brisbane, Allora and Gympie before he was appointed to the Police Depot on Petrie Terrace but he was transferred soon afterwards to Charleville to relieve Subâinspector King but owing to ill health he came back to Brisbane. He spent some time in the Victoria Private Hospital but returned to his home when it became obvious he wasnât going to recover. He was 56 years of age. General regret was expressed throughout the Police Force at his death.
+ + +Born in Kiltegan, County Wicklow, Ireland, Hinch in 1855, Thomas served ten years in the Imperial Army before joining the Queensland Police on 1881. He served in various Brisbane stations reaching the rank of Sergeant in 1900. He was superannuated on the 1st of July 1903. He died aged 69, on 11 May 1924.
+Ferguson was born in Athlone, County Roscommon, Ireland in 1862. He was a Constable at the Brisbane Police Depot in 1886 and rose steadily through the ranks reaching that of Inspector Firstâclass in November 1919, seeing service in Toowoomba, Beenleigh, Allora and various Brisbane stations. He was superannuated in February 1921 and enjoyed more than twenty years of retirement until he died of a heart attack on 22 May 1945 aged 82.
+ca. 1857 â 1935
+Hanly was a member of the Royal Irish Constabulary for five years before joining the Queensland Police aged 25. After initial service in Brisbane and Ipswich, Hanly spent the rest of his career in northern and western Queensland. In February 1907, Senior Constable Hanly received a 10/6 reward for prompt action at a fire in Charters Towers. He was promoted to Sergeant within the year and superannuated in October 1913. He received Imperial Service Medal from the LieutenantâGovernor, Sir Arthur Morgan, in December 1914. Hanly died on 6 October 1935 aged 76.
+Ahern was born at Donickmore, County Cork, Ireland in 1840, a son of Denis Ahern and Honoria OâMahoney. He was a farmer prior to joining the Queensland Police Force in September 1864. Ahern was sent to Springsure in October and promoted to Senior Constable/Acting Sergeant in July 1868. He became Inspector of Slaughterhouses in the Mitchell district in February 1870 and received the substantial reward of ÂŁ15 in September 1872 for âenergetic perseverance in suppressing cattleâstealers in the Barcoo and Walgett districtsâ.
+Ahern was promoted to Senior Sergeant in January 1874 and SubâInspector 2nd class in 1877. He served at Blackall in 1880 where he became SubâInspector 1st class. Ahern married in 1883 Mary, sister of Andrew Joseph Thynne from Clare. By 1890, he had been promoted to Inspector 1st class in charge of all brands throughout the colony. Ahern was a most respected and energetic policeman. John Ahern died in 1893.
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John Ahern - State Library of Queensland
+1873 â 1954
+Ryan started his career as Constable in 1893 and ended it as Commissioner in 1934. He saw service the length and breadth of Queensland. He was awarded the Royal Humane Societyâs Medal for rescuing a party of women from drowning in the Sarina Inlet in 1901. The following year he was seriously injured on duty in Ravenswood when three men came to the rescue of their mate who Ryan was arresting and beat him senseless. He was eventually transferred to Brisbane when promoted to Senior Inspector in 1921 and became Commissioner in 1925. Soon afterwards, as a means of reducing crime in the suburbs, Ryan introduced bicycle patrols. He also sanctioned the recruitment of the first policewomen, who were stationed at Roma Street in 1931. Ryan died as a result of injuries received when he was struck by a taxi outside his home on Sherwood Road, Toowong on 16 July 1954. He was 81.
+Chester was born in London in 1832, where he was educated. He entered the service of the Indian navy in 1849, and remained an officer in it until its abolition in 1862 when he migrated to Queensland. He entered the public service in January 1866. At first in the Lands Department he was responsible for surveying the town sites of Charleville and Cunnamulla, and then became government land agent at Gladstone in 1867 and Gympie in 1868. In January 1869 he was appointed police magistrate at Somerset, on the northern tip of Cape York Peninsula, but resigned in August 1870 and left the service for five years. From 1875 to 1903 Chester served continually as a police magistrate. He was often appointed to remote and difficult communities in north Queensland.
+He returned to Somerset in September 1875 and on his advice the Queensland government transferred his headquarters in 1877 to a more central location at Thursday Island. There he kept order for eight years. He is probably best remembered for an incident in March 1883. Sir Thomas McIlwraith, put out by Britain's reluctance to annex a promising settlement in Papua, sent orders to Chester to go immediately to Port Moresby and take possession of the unoccupied eastern half of New Guinea. Sailing north in the Pearl, Chester planted the Union Jack at Port Moresby on 4 April 1883 and, as befitted an old naval officer, shelled a warlike party of Motu who were thought to threaten the security of the port. This act of occupation was later disowned by the British government.
+In April 1885 Chester was transferred to Cairns, where he promoted the formation of a Volunteer Defence Corps, one of several formed in Queensland through fear of the Russians, and served as lieutenant. But he was not popular with the local residents. In June 1887 the Griffith government was moved to transfer him to Cloncurry. Rather than accept demotion to such a remote post, Chester tendered his resignation, but in November the government appointed him police magistrate at the new Croydon goldfield. There he gave satisfaction and was transferred in 1891 to Cooktown and in 1898 to Clermont where he remained until transferred in 1902 to Gladstone. He retired in 1903 and died on 3 October 1914.
+ + +A native of Limerick, Ireland, Clancy had a military career before being recommended by the first Commissioner of Police, David Thomas Seymour to join the force in May 1867. Stationed at the Police Depot in Brisbane, Clancy was involved in the instruction of sword drill and mounted exercise. Eventually promoted to Senior Constable in June 1882, he was then superannuated in March 1888 on medical grounds having suffered for many years from bronchitis. He was awarded a pension of ÂŁ94, 13 shillings and four pence. He died on 12 January 1899 aged 62.
+SubâInspector 1st Class Collopy, joined the Queensland Police Force in 1865 and received promotion for his services rendered at Gympie, Ravenswood, and other parts of the colony. In 1870, Collopy was awarded ÂŁ10 for the arrest of William Bond for highway robbery. He was in failing health for the last few months, and it was thought his transfer from Rockhampton to Brisbane would have a beneficial effect, but unfortunately it proved otherwise. The numerous friends of Collopy regretted hearing of his death aged just 36. The deceased left a widow and one child.
+ + +Joseph Kelly was born in 1858. Constable Kelly was only twenty when he died of typhoid at the Brisbane Hospital on 2 April 1878. He had been admitted a month earlier and his family and fellow officers were hopeful of his recovery.
+Slattery was born at Ballaglass, County Tipperary, Ireland, ca. 1824. After emigrating, he served some seven years as a police officer in New Zealand and Victoria. In his first year on the Queensland force (1866), Constable Slattery was awarded ÂŁ5 for his zeal and ability in the apprehension of John Mulrooney. He was promoted to First Class Detective in 1867 and again promoted to the Inspector of Detectives in July 1876. His death, aged 54, on 5 February 1878 still came as a shock even though Slattery had been indisposed for some time with acute rheumatism. Over 80 police officers attended his burial and his headstone was erected through the contributions made by 136 members of the Police Force.
+ + +Written by Dr. Hilda Maclean.
+Police career information supplied by the Queensland Police Museum.
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+Mountford was born in North Leith, Scotland on 10 February 1898. After a long career in the British Navy, he was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in 1927. In May 1934 he was appointed instructor in wireless telegraphy at Brisbane. He died in Rosemount Repatriation Hospital on 15 September 1936 following a short illness.
+Born in Birmingham England on 9 May 1829, Charles de Vis was a clergyman and then museum curator before immigrating to Queensland in 1870. He became curator of the Queensland Museum in 1882 and director of that institution in 1901 adding much to the extent of the collections, their classification and display. Due to the poor economic environment in 1904, de Vis was ordered to retire, but stayed on as a consulting scientist. Charles died aged 87 on 30 April 1915.
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Charles Walter de Vis (1829â1915) from Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, Vol. 5, 10 July 1916.
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Exhibition Hall, Brisbane, ca. 1897. Originally built as an Exhibition Hall and Concert Hall, the building is located on the site of an earlier building which burned down in 1888. In the late 1890s the Exhibition Hall was converted to accommodate the Queensland Museum which transferred to the building in 1899. State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
+Olive was born in Great Malvern Worcester in 1890. During World War 1 she married 2nd Lieutenant George Douglas Heathorn of the Royal Flying Corp. After the war George and Olive became dairy farmers at Woolner's Arm outside of Casino in NSW. Olive died in a Brisbane hospital on 7 June 1936.
+Born in Roma Qld in 1862, Charles Garland was apprenticed a printer's devil to the proprietor of the Western Star and Roma Advertiser. He later obtained a position on the composing staff of the Brisbane Courier where he served for 52 years.
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Staff working at the Brisbane Courier, ca. 1902 - State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
+For many years Richard was connected with the colonial press in NSW, Victoria and Queensland. He was a native of Newtown, Limavady, in the county of Londonderry, Northern Ireland and came to NSW in 1838 with his parents, Richard (Snr) and Ann (née Linton).
+He was a partner in starting the Ballarat Star but after the partnership collapsed, moved to Brisbane and then to Ipswich where he took charge of the North Australian newspaper. Richard followed when that newspaper moved to Brisbane and died at the age of 42 from consumption on 28 April 1865. He was originally interred in the Roman Catholic burial ground at Milton but his remains and headstone were relocated to Toowong Cemetery in 1913.
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View of the Brisbane suburb of Milton, ca. 1870 Photograph taken in the vicinity of Caxton Street, Petrie Terrace, looking due west across the intersection of Judge and Hale Streets and across the Milton Cemetery â State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
+ + + + +James Ramsbotham was born on 4 November 1856 in Ipswich Qld where his parents were well known residents. He entered the Posts & Telegraphs Service and was stationed at St Lawrence. Later he moved to Brisbane. In 1901 following Federation he was appointed to the position of telegraphist at Roma Street Railway Station.
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Wirth Brothers' elephants drawing the circus properties from Roma Street Railway Station, 1905 - State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
+The Toppin siblings, Jack, Leo and Madonna were well known child entertainers during WWI and afterward. Leo became manager of some well known Brisbane theatrical venues in the years leading up to WW2.
+Francis McKeon was a member of the Brisbane team of railway staff who competed for, and won, the Queensland Railways Ambulance Challenge Shield in 1920. He died in the Mater Hospital on 17 November 1925 after a few days' illness.
+Irish immigrants, John and Ellen Forde were the parents of Francis Michael Forde better known as Frank Forde, the 15th Prime Minister of Australia.
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Frank Forde pilots a train into Brisbane, 1930 - State Library of Queensland.
+Hugh Glackin was born in Newtown Cunningham in County Donegal on 18 March 1844. After coming to Queensland, he joined the police force as a constable in 1870 and famously arrested Captain Starlight in April 1887.
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Hugh Glackin and familiy - The Daily Mail, 27 Sep 1924
+Frank Pearson (Captain Starlight) - State Archives of NSW
The Burton family were hoteliers, operating some of Brisbane's landmark hotels in the 19th and 20th centuries.
+ + +Frederick Augustus (Gus) Garland was the second son of Charles Frederick Augustus and Sarah Jane Garland of New Farm. He was a public servant and prominent in Catholic choirs in Brisbane prior to his death at the age of 38 years.
+John Galligan was born in County Cavan, Ireland in 1857. He landed in Sydney in 1873 when he was 16 and later came to Queensland where he joined the police force in 1882. He escaped death a number of times during his police career during his postings in Brisbane and Bundaberg.
+Compiled and presented by Darcy and Lyn Maddock
+Stories about people remembered in Portion 5 of Toowong Cemetery.
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+Jonas Malouf and his wife, Mary (née Hadad) were both born in the town of Zahlah in what is now Lebanon but was still part of Palestine at the time. Jonas was born in December 1849 and Mary in 1869. In 1889, together with their sons and Jonans's two brothers, they fled their native country to escape the political troubles of the time. They came to Queensland where they founded a successful drapery and general store at Ipswich. They later settled at Gatton where they continued to carry on in business.
+ + +Alfred Wall was born in England before migrating to Queensland in the ship Young Australia in 1866. He spent head several years as head teacher at Bowen State School and in 1899 became head teacher at Milton State School until his retirement in 1917.
+His son, Alfred George Curtis Wall served in WWI in the Australian Flying Corps No 2 Squadron where he was designated 1st Air Mechanic.
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Illuminated address for Mr Alfred Wall, presented on his retirement from his position as Head Teacher at the Milton State School, Brisbane from 1888 to 1916 - State Library of Queensland.
+John Theophilus Symons Bird was born in Torquay, Devonshire on 10 May 1842 and arrived in Rockhampton in 1863. He took an active part in the production of the Rockhampton Bulletin, having filled the position of printer, journalist, drama critic, overseer, mining editor and sporting editor. In February 1867 John Bird and his friend Arthur Hosking discovered gold in the granite and slate deposits in the Ridgelands area outside Rockhampton. John Bird died on 7 May 1932.
+Angus McDonald who was born in Ayr, Scotland, came to Queensland with his parents at the age of 10. He lived in Ipswich and Harrisville before retiring to Brisbane. His son, Robert Alexander McDonald was the chief Clerk of Prisons in the Queensland Prison Department. He disappeared in August 1913 and his body was not found for three months. Another son, Stanley died on RMS Celtic in 1918.
+John Lamacraft Richards was a native of Devon in England. He arrived in Brisbane on the ship Golden City on 6 January 1865. He was a member of the City Volunteer Fire Brigade from 1876 to 1882 and of the Brisbane Fire Brigade from 1882 to 1889. He was a foundation member of the Progressive Lodge (Odd Fellows) and also of the Brisbane Past Grand's Lodge.
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First Brisbane Fire Stations, 1868-1882, presented on his retirement from his position as Head Teacher at the Milton State School, Brisbane from 1888 to 1916 - State Library of Queensland.
+Elizabeth or Bessie Powell (née Turnbull) was born in England around 1870. She was the licensee of the Montague Hotel in Montague Road South Brisbane for a few months in 1897 until her death on 14 August 1897.
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Flood damage at the West End Brewery in Brisbane, Queensland, 1893. The West End Brewery was located on the corner of Montague Road and Merivale Streets, West End. The damaged Montague Hotel is in the background. - State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
+Edmond Filmer Craven was the son of Fulwar William Craven and Louisa Orde of Brockhampton Park, Gloucestershire and was a descendent of the Earls of Craven. He was appointed to the Queensland public service in 1881, and later became police magistrate at Aramac, followed by a posting at Gayndah. He subsequently held similar appointments at various country centres including Muttaburra, Eidsvold where he was also the mining warden, and Roma, where he remained until he retired in September 1906. His wife Caroline ran a guest house at Shorncliffe after his death on 4 August 1910.
+Judge George William Paul was born at Penrith, New South Wales. He was appointed to the District Court on 3 August 1874, a position which he held until his death on 10 December 1909.
+Arthur Tewdyr Davies Berrington was born in Belgravia, Middlesex on 7 September 1854. He held a number of positions in the British Colonial Service. Justice Berrington died on 18 February 1909 in Brisbane.
+Samuel Frederick Lawrence was a victim of the Roxana disaster which took place on Boxing Day 1901. He was 15 years of age.
+Robert Arthur Johnstone was born at Richmond in 1843 in what was then called Van Dieman's Land. He came to Queensland in 1865 and later trained as a police cadet. He was appointed sub-inspector of the mounted native police in the Cardwell district where he patrolled widely with his force of aboriginal troopers. In the course of his patrols Johnstone explored the coastal area of northeast Queensland and discovered the Johnstone River which was later named after him. In 1881 he became the first police magistrate in Winton. He died on 10 January 1905.
+There are no actual burials in this grave. These headstones were originally on graves in the North Brisbane Burial Ground and were later moved to this site.
+Susan Boyce was the wife of Brisbane's first Town Clerk, William Martin Boyce. Their daughter, Ellen Victoria Board died in Melbourne and was memorialised on her mother's headstone.
+Alfred John Potier was born on 16 October 1842 in Southwark Surrey England. In 1862 he married Emma Purvis. Alfred, Emma and their first child migrated to Queensland in the mid-1860s. In 1869 Alfred was one of the original gold prospectors of the Chatsworth Reef just outside Gympie. In partnership with Ernest H Webb, trading as Webb Brothers and Potier, he carried on a business as merchants and commission agents and also operated a bone mill at Breakfast Creek.
+By 1873 Alfred was the principal legal manager of tin mines at Stanthorpe and was also an extensive tin buyer. He later became an agent for an insurance company. Alfred Potier died on 21 August 1929 at the age of 88.
+His sons Reginald and Lewis carried on business under the name of Potier Brothers as manufacturers' agents in Townsville and Brisbane.
+Joseph Hughes was born in Manchester England in 1843 and came to Queensland when he was 20. He entered the public service as sub-collector of Customs and police magistrate at Bundaberg, was later appointed Registrar General at Brisbane and held that position until 1902 when he was chosen as the first Income Tax Commissioner for Queensland. He passed away at his residence in Park Road Milton on 27 July 1920 at the age of 78.
+Compiled and presented by Lyn Maddock
+More stories about people remembered in Portion 5 of Toowong Cemetery.
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+Daniel Bloomfield (1858-1915) was, for many years, a well known bandmaster and popular cornet soloist in Brisbane. His in career in music began at the age of ten as a drummer in the Royal Marines in England. He settled in Brisbane in 1883 and soon became deeply involved in the local music scene as a performer and conducting various local bands, including the Naval Brigade Band, for many years.
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D. G. Bloomfield â State Library of Queensland.
+The Hon. H.H. Henchman (1874-1939), barrister and Judge, was the third son of William Henchman, a foundry proprietor and his wife Jane Mcllwraith (née Wallace). He arrived in Rockhampton with his family as a young child in 1878. He was the first judge of the Queensland Supreme Court to hold a university degree in law.
+George Rogers Harding (1868-1940), grazier and Walter Charles Harding (1870-1939), solicitor, were the sons of the Hon. George Rogers Harding, a senior Puisne Judge of the Queensland Supreme Court in the 19th century. George's son, also named George Rogers Harding (1905-1937) and his brother, Christopher Winter Harding (1913-1982) were the founders of Harding Brothers, a wholesale merchandising business at Toowong.
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Justice George Rogers Harding, 1879 â State Library of Queensland.
+ + +Atwill Buxton Kenrick (1863-1922), station manager and grazier, was born in Newcastle NSW the son of Atwill Kenrick and his wife Hannah (née Brookes). In February 1917, Mr. Kenrick married Miss Vans Macartney, the youngest daughter of John Arthur Macartney, of Ormiston House, Ormiston, Brisbane.
+Brisbane-born Adolph Feez (1858-1944) was a surveyor for a number of years before studying for the legal profession. He was admitted as a solicitor in December 1885 and commenced practice as a partner in MacPherson, Miskin & Feez. Later he was in partnership with Mr A.F.T. Ruthning. Feez Ruthning & Co operated until 1996.
+John Henry Flower (1852- 1918) was a senior partner in the long established law firm of Flower & Hart. He was born in Port Fairy, Victoria but educated in England where he studied law. In 1886 he married Dora Kirk in Victoria. Their hilltop home at Windsor is now heritage-listed.
+John Arthur Macartney (1834-1917) was the eldest son of the Very Rev Hussey Burgh Macartney, the First Dean of Melbourne and his wife Jane (née Hardman). He studied law but resigned after 18 months to take up his first station property in Victoria. Over time he owned 25 stations and other properties in Qld and NT. He died at his home, Ormiston House near Cleveland.
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Captain Louis Hope's residence, Ormiston House, Cleveland district, ca. 1871 â State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
+Irish-born Edward Vincent Pollock (1851-1911) was attached to the Admiralty branch of the British Civil Service. Later he and his wife Elizabeth migrated to Queensland arriving in Mackay in 1884. In 1889 he became Staff Paymaster-in-Charge and Secretary to Senior Naval Officer, Queensland Naval Defence Force and Fleet Paymaster and Secretary to the Naval Commandant of the Commonwealth Naval Force on 2 February 1904.
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Englishman Richard William Curtis (1840-1905) is one of six proven veterans of the American Civil War buried in Toowong Cemetery. He joined the Confederate States Navy and is recorded as being Assistant Paymaster on the CSS Georgia in 1863 and later Paymaster on CSS Stonewall. After the conclusion of the Civil War he came to Brisbane where he worked for the Government and in private enterprise.
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Richard Langler Drew (1823-1869) served with the Royal Navy before migrating from England to Victoria with his wife Ann c 1858. In 1861 they moved to Brisbane where he was appointed shipping master and secretary to the Marine Board. He donated land in Curlew Street Toowong overlooking the Burns Road cutting, for the first Church of St Thomas the Apostle, and was one of its original trustees.
+William Atwell (1843-1913) began work as an excavator in railway construction in England and came to Queensland to work for the contractor constructing the railway line over the Main Range to Toowoomba. He joined the Queensland Railways Department in 1867 and eventually rose to the position of Chief Inspector of Railways.
+Compiled and presented by Darcy and Lyn Maddock
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+George Simpson was born in the district of Eassie and Nevay in Forfarshire, Scotland on 15 December 1858 to parents George Simpson and Agnes Young. He came to Queensland as a young man and, on 22 February 1888 he married Jane Brady, daughter of David Brady and Mary Ann McMullen. Jane had arrived here with her family on the Indus in 1870 when she was 16. George was appointed to the Queensland Defence Department prior to Federation, served in the Boer War with the Light Horse and commanded the training camp at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground during WWI. George died on 22 January 1938 and Jane on 19 May 1945.
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Reviewing the troops in Brisbane during World War I 1914 to 1918. The review of the armed forces probably took place in the Parade ring at the Exhibition Grounds, Brisbane. Dignitaries are stood on the reviewing stand facing the assembled members of the forces. â State Library of Queensland.
+John Robert Wilkinson was the third son of Robert Wilkinson and Mary (née Farrell). On 22 September 1886 he married Emma Oldham, youngest daughter of George and Emma Oldham. Both were from early Ipswich pioneer families. John was employed by the Railways Department as an engine driver and later, after moving to Brisbane, he became a building contractor. Three of their daughters and a son-in-law are also buried in the same grave.
+James Edward Halliday was born in Glasgow Scotland in 1852 to parents James Crow Halliday and Alice Olker. A seaman in the Royal Navy, he married Emily Jane Leatherbarrow on 8 July 1874 in Salford, Manchester, England. Emily, born in 1852, was the daughter of Joseph and Mary Ann Leatherbarrow. James and Emily and their two children left Plymouth for Brisbane in 1880. Sadly one child died before reaching their destination. In 1899 James was appointed Superintendent of the Moreton Bay Pile Light and held that position until at least 1917. James died at his home named Mascot in South Pine Road Enoggera on 23 April 1930. Emily died on 26 March 1933.
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Early view of the Pile Lights in Moreton Bay, ca. 1895. Operational from 1882 and destroyed after collision with 'Wave Protector' in October 1949. â State Library of Queensland.
+Born in Preston, England, on 30th July, 1836 to David Jones and Mary Ann Giles, Thomas Jones was teaching in England when Bishop Edward Wyndham Tufnell persuaded him to take Holy Orders. He was one of the 'Band of Brothers' who accompanied Bishop Tufnell to Brisbane in 1860.
+In 1861 he was the first Anglican priest ordained in Brisbane. He served in Rockhampton until the end of 1864 when he was appointed Vicar at the Wickham Terrace Episcopalian Church, the forerunner of All Saints' Church on 1 January 1865.
+In 1881 he became Rector of Toowoomba and later Archdeacon of the Downs and Western District. In 1890, Bishop Webber recognised his long and devoted service to the Diocese by appointing him a Canon of St John's. He was connected with the Anglican Church Grammar School from its beginnings in 1912. Canon Thomas Jones died on 14 August 1918 two weeks after his retirement.
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Reverend Cannon Thomas Jones, All Saints Church 1865 â State Library of Queensland.
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Original All Saints Church, Brisbane, ca. 1868 This image is taken from an engraving of W. Buxton. It depicts the original All Saints Church, designed by Benjamin Backhouse and constructed on Wickham Terrace in 1861-1862, opening on 23 February, 1862. It was replaced by a new church in 1869 â State Library of Queensland.
+Some children in front of All Saint's Church in Wickham Terrace, Brisbane, ca. 1885 Photograph taken at the corner of Wharf Street and Wickham Terrace, Brisbane, looking along the latter street towards the Observatory. All Saint's Church (1869) is at left, whilst the original St Andrew's Presbyterian Church (1864) is in the middle distance â State Library of Queensland.
Walter Thompson was born in Chelsea London in 1863 to a farmer, William John Thompson and his wife Mary Trevithick. Walter was ordained on 4 January 1891 in St John's Pro-Cathedral. Following appointments at the Holy Trinity Church Woolloongabba and at Jondaryan, he took up the first part of an incumbency at St Michael and All Angels' Church New Farm that would last over 40 years.
+On 27 November 1912 in St Michael and All Angels' Church, Walter married Mary Hopkins who was born on 8 September 1890 at Gooda Station, the eldest daughter of the squatter Edward Bor Hopkins and his wife Blanche (née Eglinton). Mary Thompson died on All Saints Day 1 November 1931 and Canon Walter Thompson on 8 January 1952.
+ + +Charles Highfield was born at Birkenhead Cheshire on 6 June 1840, the son of Samuel Highfield, a merchant and at one time English Consul at Livorno Italy and his wife, Ellen Jackson. In 1864 Charles left England on the ship Royal Albert. Upon arrival in Queensland, he took up land on the Logan River.
+Later in his life he became secretary of the Brisbane Merchants' Association, which position he occupied up to the time of his retirement from active business life about 1918.
+On 5 November 1870 he married a music teacher, Harriott Eleanor Munce, the daughter of William John Munce and Elizabeth Eleanor Mckinney. Harriott was born in Sydney on 6 October 1853. Charles died on 10 September 1923 and Harriott on 16 December 1937.
+Thomas was born in Belfast and arrived in Queensland with his parents, Hugh McWatters and his wife Jane (née Hillis), and brother James, in the sailing ship Montmorency, in 1863 when he was six months old. He grew up in Maryborough and the small village of Dundathu. He married Fanny Graham in 1896 and moved to Brisbane where they settled in Toowong, firstly in Sherwood Road and then in Woodstock St.
+Thomas took a deep interest in the work and welfare of the Toowong Presbyterian Church. Fanny died in 1913. In 1916 Thomas married his second wife, Jessie Banks. Thomas died as a result of an accident on 17 December 1937.
+William John Dunstan was born on 13 October 1873 at Eldorado, near Beechworth, Victoria, son of Ralph Henry Dunstan, a Cornish farmer, and his Irish wife Bridget (née Morrissey). He was a shearer, trade union official, and Labor member of the Queensland Legislative Council from 1920 to 1922, when the Council was abolished. A serious street accident in 1926 permanently affected his health, and he died on 13 September 1930.
+Theodore Osborne was born in the State of New Jersey USA in 1837. He studied law before leaving the US during the American Civil War and arrived in Sydney penniless and friendless after the ship on which he was a passenger was wrecked off Raratonga in 1864.
+He became a school teacher until he was persuaded to join the church by the Rev Dr J D Lang. After qualifying he was appointed to various Presbyterian parishes in NSW. He retired to Lismore and passed away while undergoing medical treatment in Brisbane on 18 November 1940.
+Compiled and presented by Lyn Maddock
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+Richard joined the Brisbane Newspaper Company as a cadet journalist in July 1915. On turning seventeen, he enlisted in WWI on 2 August 1916. During training after arriving in England on HMAT Marathon, he was hospitalised with mumps. After recovering, he was assigned to the 7/52nd Battalion and transferred to France where he saw service until March 1918 when he was sent back to England for treatment for trench foot. While there he was diagnosed with nephritis and invalided home to Australia. After his discharge from the Australian Imperial Force, he resumed his duties on the reporting staff of the Brisbane Courier until ill health forced him to enter Rosemount Repatriation Hospital where he died at the age of 27 on 22 October 1926.
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R.O. White, one of the soldiers photographed in The Queenslander Pictorial, supplement to The Queenslander, 1916 - State Library of Queensland
+Marathon (ship). Built in 1904 and weighing 7, 827 tons, the 'Marathon' belonged to the Aberdeen Line - State Library of Queensland
William was a compositor who worked on various newspapers and at the Queensland Government Printing Office. The name 'the father of Australian compositors' was bestowed on him by the Queensland Government Printer in 1909 on his 80th birthday when he was still an employee of that Office. He had left the printing trade in 1864 to take up the licence for a hotel in Petrie Terrace which he named the Caxton, after the first English printer, William Caxton. He also gave the name to the street where it was located. He returned to his old trade in 1893 and died at his home in Petrie Terrace on 31 October 1912.
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Employees on the steps of the Government Printing Office in William Street, Brisbane, ca. 1895 - State Library of Queensland
+Staff gathered outside the Government Printing Office in Brisbane, ca. 1900 - State Library of Queensland
One of the early newspaper editors in Moreton Bay, Scottish-born Sylvester came to the colony soon after it was opened to free settlers in 1842. In 1853-54 he edited the Moreton Bay Free Press and took an active part in community life in the early years of the colony. He also wrote a column for the Sydney Morning Herald in which he dismissed the call for separation from NSW as 'ridiculously premature'. He died on 25 September 1884 while living in Leichhardt Street, Spring Hill. Unfortunately he destroyed most of his personal papers a couple of years before his death.
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The Moreton Bay Courier (Brisbane, Qld. : 1846 - 1861) 1 January 1853 - National Library of Australia
+Charles was the printer of the very first issue of The Telegraph newspaper in Brisbane on 1 October 1872 and continued in that role for 22 years. He was born on 18 August 1834 in Longford, Ireland, the son of John Mills and Dorothea née Huggins. He arrived in Sydney as a teenager and, after serving his apprenticeship, he was employed on Sir Henry Parkes' Empire newspaper before moving to Brisbane in 1863 to take up a position as sub-overseer on the Queensland Daily Guardian until 1868. After a short period of employment at the Government Printing Office, Charles started a job printing office in 1870. He died on 23 August 1894.
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River views across to the Brisbane Museum and Government Printing Office, 1887 - State Library of Queensland
+William was born ca. 1831 in Cork, Ireland, the son of William O'Carroll, a sea captain. He brought his family to Brisbane in 1862 on the ship Chatsworth and was offered a job at the Queensland Daily Guardian after writing a series of letters to the editor of that newspaper. He rose to the position of editor of the Guardian before it was absorbed into the Courier in 1868. During his career he edited other newspapers including the Brisbane Courier and the Observer until his death on 16 May 1885 from complications from a cold.
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Brisbane Courier staff standing in front of the Brisbane Courier office building in Brisbane, ca. 1880 +. The Brisbane Courier office was located on the eastern corner of Charlotte and George street, Brisbane - State Library of Queensland
+James Beal was born in 1833 in Sydney where he served his apprenticeship at the Sydney Morning Herald. He came to Brisbane in 1862 to take up the position of Superintendent at the Government Printing Office where he was promoted to the position of Government Printer in 1867 and held that position until his retirement at the end of 1893. Outdoor exercise was recommended for printers for health reasons and James was involved in various sporting circles. He died on 24 August 1904 following a bout of influenza.
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Queensland's first Government Printing Office, Brisbane, ca. 1869 - State Library of Queensland
+Government Printing Office, Brisbane, ca. 1883 - State Library of Queensland
For many years Richard was connected with the colonial press in NSW, Victoria and Queensland. He was a native of Newtown, Limavady, in the county of Londonderry, Northern Ireland and came to NSW in 1838 with his parents, Richard (Snr) and Ann (née Linton).
+He was a partner in starting the Ballarat Star but after the partnership collapsed, moved to Brisbane and then to Ipswich where he took charge of the North Australian newspaper. Richard followed when that newspaper moved to Brisbane and died at the age of 42 from consumption on 28 April 1865. He was originally interred in the Roman Catholic burial ground at Milton but his remains and headstone were relocated to Toowong Cemetery in 1913.
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View of the Brisbane suburb of Milton, ca. 1870 Photograph taken in the vicinity of Caxton Street, Petrie Terrace, looking due west across the intersection of Judge and Hale Streets and across the Milton Cemetery â State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
+Septimus was born in Lambeth Surry ca. 1837. His occupation before immigrating to Queensland was clerk to a law stationer. In April 1862 he arrived in Moreton Bay on the Clifton and became a publishing assistant with the Queensland Daily Guardian. A short time after his arrival he married Louisa Kemp on 25 October 1862. After the closure of the Guardian, he joined the staff of the Government Printing Office as a publisher. Septimus died on 28 December 1902.
+In September 1824 15-year-old Thomas was tried for theft at the Old Bailey and sentenced to death, later commuted to transportation for life. Initially incarcerated on the prison hulks Bellerophon and Euryalus, he embarked on the convict ship Florentia bringing him to Port Jackson arriving in January 1828. He served eight years before receiving a ticket of leave in 1836 and a conditional pardon in 1839.
+He came to Moreton Bay in 1842 when it was opened to free settlers and was the anonymous Brisbane correspondent to the Sydney Morning Herald. He was a prolific writer with columns in the Moreton Bay Courier, Brisbane Courier and The Queenslander written under the pseudonym 'Old Tom'.
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Thomas Dowse Brisbane Town Clerk 1862-1868 â State Library of Queensland.
+Thomas Woodward Hill, born in Bedford, England on 31 December 1816 to Joseph Hill (printer) & Susanna (née Woodward), was already a compositor when he embarked for Australia aboard the Mary in 1839. He worked on newspapers in Sydney, Melbourne and Nelson, New Zealand, before arriving in Queensland on 23 December 1859. Thomas became father to three children when he married widow Agnes Caroline Rains in the Wharf Street Baptist Church, Brisbane on 29 November 1861.
+In 1867 Thomas became the official printer and publisher of The Brisbane Courier and The Queenslander. In 1884 Thomas was charged with libelling members of the Legislative Assembly. He won this landmark court case for freedom of the press. Ill health caused Thomasâ retirement on his 74th birthday. He died in his Petrie Terrace home on 31 January 1892.
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Thomas Woodward Hill and Agnes Caroline Rains' headstone - © Cameron Davidson. Used with permission.
+Thomas and Agnes Hill - Used with the permission of Tom Kirkby and Robina Laughlin Rains. Tom is a great grandson of Agnes Caroline Rains.
++âŠour liberty depends on freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.
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Thomas Jefferson 1787
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+Samuel was born in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire in 1819 where he learned his trade as a compositor. He arrived in Sydney in September 1852. He was seized with gold fever but soon found he was unsuited for life as a gold digger. He returned to the newspaper trade in Bathurst and Sydney, followed by a stint as a shepherd on a station property.
+Samuel then came to Brisbane where he obtained employment as a compositor with the Brisbane Newspaper Company in 1860 and remained for nearly fifty years until his death on 9 November 1909 aged 90 years. As well as being a compositor, many essays, poems and sketches from his pen were published in the Courier and Queenslander, including one published in the Brisbane Courier following the death of Governor Blackall.
+Another notable compositor of the early days was Thomas Wontner. Thomas did his apprenticeship in a London office where high class reviews were printed. He arrived in Brisbane in the early 1860's and was first employed on the Guardian and Weekly Herald newspapers, being foreman in charge of the latter. When those journals closed down he went to work at the Courier as a compositor. Thomas was later appointed head reader, a position he held until his death on 11 August 1894 at the age of 68 years.
+Carl was born in Copenhagen, Denmark on 21 August 1844. Following the early death of his parents, he was placed in foster care with Danish relatives who were living in Scotland. He received his formal education in Scotland and England finalising with a year at a college in France. Suffering from tuberculosis, he was advised to migrate to Australia, arriving in Sydney in 1867.
+His experiences gained while working on Queensland properties would influence his future work as a journalist, political commentator and author. Carl was arguably the most persistent human rights advocate and pioneer of compassion in the history of colonial Queensland. He found employment at the Brisbane Courier as a political commentator and editor of The Queenslander. A change of proprietorship in 1880 found his views at odds with the new owners. He left to work in Melbourne, where the tuberculosis which had remained dormant returned. He returned to Brisbane as editor-in-chief of the Brisbane Newspaper Company, until his death at only 43 years of age on 25 October 1887.
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Carl Adolf Feilberg, ca. 1872 - State Library of Queensland.
+Walter was born at Foulmire, England in 1852, moving to Queensland in 1858 with his parents. On leaving school he joined the literary staff of the Brisbane Courier and remained with the company for 35 years including 15 years as editor of the Evening Observer. In 1900 he was appointed editor of the Queensland Government Mining Journal.
+Walter was a foundation member and life member of both the Queensland Lawn Tennis Association and Royal Queensland Yacht Club. He also assisted in the formation of the Graceville Bowling Club and remained a member of that club until he died on 24 December 1937 aged 85 years at which time he was believed to be the oldest contributing journalist in the Commonwealth.
+David Jones was born in South Wales on 13 August 1830 and was educated at a private school in Clapham, near London. He was an expert shorthand writer who reported debates in the Press gallery of the House of Commons. David came to Australia in his twenties, spent several years on the Victorian gold diggings then commenced his career in journalism at the Melbourne Argus. In 1863 he joined the staff of the Courier, becoming editor. He left in 1867 to enter the Queensland Public Service. He became Principal Hansard Reporter in 1881, a position he held until his death on 6 October 1892.
+George was born in Erriswell, Suffolk, England on 17 August 1834. He arrived in Tasmania in 1855. He took his BA and MA at Sydney University. In 1861 he married Maria, the eldest daughter of Thomas Cowlishaw and Maria Evans in Sydney. He became an ordained minister of the Methodist Church. In 1883 he retired from the ministry and joined with Henry Parkes (later Sir Henry), James Greenwood and others in advocating the establishment of free and secular education in State schools in New South Wales.
+George joined the staff of the Sydney Morning Herald as leader writer, a few years later moving to Brisbane and joining the staff of the Brisbane Telegraph. In 1900 the Telegraph newspaper, under his editorship, opposed Federation and fought almost singlehandedly for the rights of the individual States. George remained as editor of the Telegraph newspaper for 32 years. By then he was 83 years of age. Although retired, he still wrote articles which appeared in Brisbane newspapers until his death on 19 June 1929 aged 94 following a short illness.
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Reverend George Woolnough, 1875 - State Library of Queensland.
+James was an architect, newspaper proprietor, director and politician. He was born on 19 December 1834 in Sydney when Sydney was just a village. His brother George was born on 21 April 1841. They were the sons of Thomas Cowlishaw, architect and Maria Evans. James arrived in Brisbane in 1861 and commenced his profession here as an architect. James designed some of the finest buildings of the period including Brisbane Grammar School. He was a director of the Brisbane Courier until 1873 and became managing director of the Brisbane Telegraph in 1878 and chairman of the Telegraph Newspaper Co from December 1879 to May 1885.
+George was also an architect. The old Telegraph building in Queen Street was drawn to his design. Although not on the original board of directors, George played a leading part with his brother James in the early and later control of the Telegraph Newspaper Co. George was managing director for twenty years from 1893 until his death on 6 January 1913 when James once again took over the chairmanship of the Telegraph Newspaper Co until November 1917. James died on 25 July 1929 in his 95th year.
+ + +John was born on 7 June 1863 at Shelton, Staffordshire, England. He was taken to New Zealand as a young boy. He left school at age 11 to learn printing. He returned to England where, with two others, he started the Staffordshire Knot, a paper sympathetic to the interests of trades unionism. John migrated to Queensland in 1884 and found work with the Brisbane Newspaper Co Ltd as a printer. He soon became a reporter on the Brisbane Courier and became Chief Parliamentary Reporter in the 1890's. John played a considerable part in the policy of the Labour Party in Queensland.
+During the industrial turmoil of the 1890s he preferred to investigate local history. His works included In the Early Days (1895), Australian Pioneers and Reminiscences (1896) completed after the death of Nehemiah Bartley from Bartley's notes and diaries, and Brisbane: a Historical Sketch of the Capital of Queensland (1897). In 1906 John became editor of the Courier and in 1916 became managing director of the Brisbane Newspaper Co Ltd and subsequently combined that office with the position of chairman of directors. He died on 24 November 1927.
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J. J. Knight - State Library of Queensland.
+James was born on 26 April 1850 in London. He arrived in Brisbane on 14 January 1874. He became a journalist working on regional newspapers as well as the Brisbane Telegraph and the Brisbane Courier and, briefly, the Melbourne Argus. A competent shorthand writer, later president of the Queensland Shorthand Writers' Association, James was on the parliamentary reporting staff from 1876-1882. He studied law in his spare time and was called to the bar in 1882. Long a radical, his objection to Asian immigration into Queensland led him into association with William Lane. He became a shareholder, writer and joint editor of Lane's weekly Boomerang in 1887.
+In 1888 James entered politics and at the end of 1899, he was appointed government leader in the Queensland Legislative Council and +Postmaster-General and Secretary for Public Instruction. He was an energetic supporter of Federation, writing frequently in newspapers, publishing the pamphlet Federation, Imperial or Democratic and running his own fortnightly paper Progress which espoused the cause.
+Upon Federation, he won election to the first Senate, and was chosen to be Postmaster-General in Edmund Barton's first ministry, following the death of Sir James Dickson. In early 1906 Drake ran a newspaper, Commonwealth in Brisbane to counteract State hostility to the Commonwealth. He died in Brisbane Hospital on 1 August 1941.
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Hon. James George Drake - State Library of Queensland.
+Richard Sanderson Taylor was born in Leeds, England in 1866 and came to Australia as a boy with his parents. He was educated in Sydney where his father was a Baptist Church minister. He began his journalistic career in the early 1880's on the Sydney Daily Telegraph. In 1888 he joined the Brisbane Courier and, with the exception of a short period spent on the Hansard staff, was a member of the Courier staff for the remainder of his life. Richard became principal law reporter and music and drama critic, a post that he held until he became principal leader writer. In June 1919 he became editor of the Courier until he suffered a paralytic stroke in April 1932 and passed away on 6 June of that year.
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Editor's office at the Brisbane Courier, ca. 1922. Richard Sanderson Taylor, who was the editor at this time, is seated at his desk. - State Library of Queensland.
+Robert Dunn was born in Melbourne in 1850, served his time in the printing trade in that city and subsequently went to New Zealand for a number of years. He returned to Australia and resumed newspaper work in Melbourne prior to coming to Queensland. He worked for some time on the Gympie Times and, in 1884, became associated with the Brisbane Courier where he remained until the time of his death. He started with the Courier as a compositor but, for the last 20 years of his life he was chief of the proof-reading staff. Robert died on 2 August 1926 at his residence in Upper Clifton Terrace, Red Hill following a sudden seizure.
+Pattie Soutter was born in Hull, England and came to Queensland in 1882. She was a prolific writer of poems and letters to the editors of the Brisbane Courier and later the Courier Mail on a wide range of topics, contributing until 12 months before her death. Pattie was also instrumental in pushing for the establishment of a crematorium in Brisbane, indicating in a letter to the Brisbane Courier when she was 86 years of age that she wanted to be cremated when her time came. When she passed away on 28 September 1936, her wishes were carried out and her ashes placed in the grave of her husband who had predeceased her.
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Soutter family pictured in a garden setting, Brisbane, 1910. Pattie Soutter (seated) on the left - State Library of Queensland.
+Edmund Barton was born in Chelsea England in 1854 and came to Queensland with his parents in 1862. In 1868 he entered the service of the Brisbane Newspaper Co Ltd as an apprentice compositor on both the Brisbane Courier and Queenslander but seven years later, shortly after completing his indenture, he transferred to the literary staff where his ability as a shorthand writer brought him speedy recognition. With Mr W J Morley, he was responsible for the Courier's Parliamentary reports.
+In April 1903 following the resignation of the editor-in-chief, Edmund was promoted to the Courier's editorial chair. He occupied that position until his resignation in May 1906. He continued his literary work for many years, editing, among other publications, the Queensland Sugar Journal for 26 years. He died on 10 April 1937 at the age of 83 years.
+Compiled and presented by Lyn Maddock
+Stories about Prospectors remembered in Toowong Cemetery
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+ + +Guernsey born William Francis Faine was a son of George Faine and Elizabeth (née Cripps). At 16 years of age, William arrived in Melbourne and headed to the Ballarat and Bendigo goldfields.
+In 1862 he came to Queensland to take up Gleneva Station near Nebo. William was one of the first on the Palmer River Goldfields. He also prospected at the Gilbert River, Gympie and Clermont.
+Annie Mabel Gordon married William on 19 March 1874 in Gympie. Of their ten children four died in infancy. William served as a Customs Officer for 15 years to 1894. William died of an aneurism at his residence St George, Kangaroo Point on 28 August 1899.
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Horsedrawn whim at a goldfield in Gympie, 1870-1880 - State Library of Queensland
+ + +William James Muldoon, a native of Scotland, was a son of James Muldoon and Mary Louisa (née Noon). William lived a solitary life in a hut on Camp Mountain prospecting for gold on the Samford Ranges. William was a well-known Samford identity coming to the village for purchases and to draw his pension. William died of natural causes at his residence on 23 September 1924 aged 73 years.
+Born in Hampshire, England in 1847, Sidney headed to east Africa in 1868 aged 21 years. Sidney wrote "Kachalola or The Mighty Hunter" from his diaries covering 1868 to 1876. It contains adventures from east Africa 1868-69 and 1872-74, south Asia and the Dutch East Indies 1874-75 and New Guinea 1875-76. The book was released in 1931 when he was 84 years of age.
+In February 1931 Sidney set off from Rushworth, Victoria, travelling for two years and seven months before reaching Darwin. Returning south, Sidney was taken to Brisbane's General Hospital suffering double pneumonia. Sidney succumbed two days later on the 24 October 1933 aged 86 years.
+Frederick Ernest Achilles was a son of Frederick August Achilles and Annie (née Schutter). Fred was employed with Otto Nagel by the Maryborough Prospecting Company to thoroughly search the Burnett district for minerals.
+Mary Jane Holmes married Fred in Queensland on 6 March 1888. On 13 June 1900, recently resettled from Bathurst, Fred died of phosphorous poisoning in his residence on Hyde Terrace, South Brisbane.
+Thomas James Mattingley was a son of Thomas James Mattingley and Ruth (née Dale). Alice Bertha Waters married Thomas in Queensland in 1901. A Brookfield resident, Thomas prospected in the area and discovered an auriferous reef, starting the Eclipse and Surprise Mines. After 20 years prospecting experience in Queensland, Thomas died in a private hospital on Thursday 22 May 1924, aged 50 years, leaving a widow and family of two.
+Born in Glasgow, Scotland, John Wilson Weir was a son of John Weir and Jane (née Kerr). The family immigrated to Townsville, arriving on 19 July 1882. In Townsville in March 1917, John enlisted in the 15 Australian Imperial Force. Driver Weir was discharged in June 1918 as overage. Frances Georgina Bain (née Backwell) married John in Queensland in October 1918. Frances died in 1927. John was residing in Beatty Road, Salisbury when he died on 16 December 1947 aged 77 years.
+John Edward Maidens was born in NSW on 3 February 1874 to Elijah Maidens and Sophia (née Medhurst). As a young man Jack was one of three who discovered the Kanowna Goldfield, Western Australia, in 1893. In 1898 Mabel Mary Lipton married John in St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne.
+Around 1910 they moved to Roma, where John became licensee of the Royal Hotel and served a term on the Roma Town Council. The Royal Hotel burnt down on Monday 10 May 1915 while Jack and Mabel were out of town. They moved to Brisbane before settling in Toowoomba in early 1916. Jack helped form Rockhampton's Jardine Racing Club in late 1918 and Toowoomba's Carrington Racing Club in 1919.
+Jack died at his residence in Temple Street, Coorparoo on Sunday 7 December 1924 aged 50 years 10 months. Mabel and their adult daughter survived John.
+William Henry Rawlings was born in Bristol, England on 28 February 1848 to William Rawlings and Margaret Eliza (née Edwards). Billy headed to sea, earning a master mariner's certificate before immigrating to Sydney in 1869. Billy's seafaring then turned to New Zealand's west coast until 1874 when he went mining in Parkes and Urana, New South Wales.
+In 1883 Billy headed to the north Queensland gold rush in the Hodgkinson then Herberton regions. Billy represented Woothakata in the Queensland Parliament from May 1893 until April 1896. Billy spent less than one month in the Legislative Council before he died on Sunday 5 August 1906 at the Alexandra Private Hospital.
+William was born on 13 September 1846 in Pimlico, London to William Henry Browne and Eliza (née Barton). William was a Royal Navy seaman in 1857 before joining the merchant marines. William moved to Araluen, New South Wales in 1866, where he worked as a gold miner.
+He was the president and secretary Amalgamated Miners Association of Croydon and chairman of the Croydon Hospital Committee. His political career started in 1893 as the MLA for Croydon, the seat he held until his death on 12 April 1904. William was the leader of the Opposition and chairman of the Parliamentary Labor Party from 1900 to 1903 and then became Minister for Mines. William did not marry.
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Honourable William Henry Browne - State Library of Queensland
+Hugh Mosman was born on 11 February 1843 to Archibald Mosman and Harriet (née Farquharson). Hugh headed to Queensland in 1860, attracted by the pastoral boom. Hugh turned to prospecting in the Ravenswood area when the economy declined. Hugh's Aboriginal servant, young Jupiter Mosman, is credited with the gold discovery at the place Hugh subsequently named Charters Towers.
+Hugh was a member of Queensland's Legislative Council from 27 June 1891 until his resignation on 17 January 1905. Hugh, a brother-in-law to Sir Thomas Mcllwraith and Sir Arthur Palmer, died at his residence Eastern Gray, Toowong on 15 November 1909.
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Hugh Mosman - State Library of Queensland
+William was born in Croydon, England 1841 to Alexander Brown and Margaret (née Chalmers). In 1879 William arrived in Normanton aboard the ketch Dawn. In 1882 William ran the pastoral station Croydon with his brother, Alexander. In 1885 William officially notified authorities of gold and a rush commenced.
+Mary Elizabeth O'Grady married William in 1885. Mary died in March 1900 shortly after the birth of their sixth child. A throat affliction brought William to Brisbane, where he died in the Brisbane General Hospital on 15 April 1909 aged 66 years.
+A Journey from Sevastopol to Brunswick Street
+ +Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+ + +18âyearâold Frank Delaney was born in Texas Queensland. He was a victim of one of Queensland's worst rail disasters. He died on 5 May 1947 and was buried with his father Lance Corporal Francis Patrick Delaney who had died in 1942 from service injuries. His mother, Beatrice was also laid to rest in this grave in 1985.
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Crowd gathered at the Camp Mountain railway disaster, 1947 - State Library of Queensland
+Rescue workers remove a body from a railway carriage at Camp Mountain, 1947. A crowd of people observe as a body is carried on a stretcher from the wreckage by rescue workers. The picnic train organised by the Customs and Excise department's social club, left Brisbane with nearly 500 women and children at 8.55 am. - State Library of Queensland
Thomas Hale was born in the village of Castle Bytham in South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England in 1844 and worked in the railways in England before migrating to Queensland in 1882. He joined the Railways Department in Queensland becoming a member of the Railway Employees Association. He rose to the position of general secretary of that organisation. During his railway career he worked as a porter, shunter, guard and signalman. Thomas died on 13 April 1910 and a memorial on behalf of the Queensland Railway Employees Association was erected over his grave. Sadly this memorial was demolished in 1979.
+ + +Civil engineer Henry Beatty was born on 20 May 1855 in Kensington London. His father, James Beatty was chief engineer for construction of the Grand Crimean Central Railway during the Crimean War. Henry married Elizabeth Ann White in Queensland on 7 July 1887. He was engaged as engineer for the construction of many railway lines in Queensland. He died on 16 June 1901 from typhoid fever.
+William Weir was born in County Armagh ca. 1858, to parents Francis Weir and Margaret Glass. He was the popular stationmaster at Brunswick Street Station, Fortitude Valley at the time of his death on 13 September 1899. He was laid to rest with his late wife, Sarah Jane (née McLaughlin).
+The son of a Scottish engineer, Robert Thallon and his wife, Jean née Forsayth, James Forsyth Thallon was the Queensland Commissioner for Railways from 1902 to 1911. He was born in Markinch, in Fifeshire, Scotland in 1847 and entered the railways in Edinburgh as a 15-year-old apprentice. He came to Queensland in 1882 to take up a management position in the Southern and Western Railways. After his death in 1911, subscriptions were collected from railways employees for the erection of a memorial over his grave. The Thallon Memorial Medal was awarded annually to the children of railway employees who received the highest marks in the Junior Examination.
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James F, Thallon, Queensland Railways Commissioner, at the interstate railway commissioners and general managers' conference Melbourne in May 1909 - State Library of Queensland
+State funeral for James Forsyth Thallon, Queensland Commissioner for Railways, Brisbane, Queensland, 27 March 1911, 1915 - State Library of Queensland
George Orr and his wife, Isabella (née Nicholson) arrived in Queensland on the Dacca in August 1889 from Linlithgow Scotland. George previously worked for the railways in the United Kingdom and was a First Class Guard in the Railways Department in Queensland at the time of his death on 24 February 1910, aged 68. Isabella was also laid to rest in this grave after her death in 1920.
+John Adamson, Primitive Methodist minister and later politician, was born on 18 February 1857 at Tudhoe, County Durham, England, the son of Robert Adamson, a shoemaker, and his wife, Dorothy, née English. He came to Queensland with his young wife, Caroline (née Jones) in 1884. In 1915 he became Secretary for Railways in the Ryan Government. He was elected to the Senate in 1919. He died at Hendra railway station on 2 May 1922.
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John Adamson, 1915 - State Library of Queensland
+Michael Joseph Devitt was born in 1892 in Warwick Queensland to Irish-born parents, Michael Joseph Devitt, a tailor and Catherine née Stokes. He managed railway refreshment rooms at a number of Queensland localities including Babinda, Ipswich, Helidon, Roma Street, Brisbane Exhibition, Bethania and Bundaberg where he and his staff were commended for their excellent service. He was president of the Bundaberg branch of the Australian Railways Union and served on the State council of the Union. He died on 23 May 1932 at the age of 39.
+Hon Colonel Charles Evans CMG was born in Taunton, Somerset on 15 April 1845, the son of John Evans, a railway porter and his wife, Mary Ann née Acland. Charles Evans rose from humble railway porter to Commissioner for Railways in Queensland from 1911 to 1918. In 1867 he married Mary Ann Thompson who is also buried in this grave as well as two of their children. He died in Brisbane on 31 December 1920.
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Colonel Charles Evans - State Library of Queensland
+Born in 1845 in Ripley in the West Riding of Yorkshire where his father William was a surgeon, Joseph Atkinson Holdsworth served with the Railways Department in Queensland for 50 years starting as stationmaster in Ipswich in 1867. At the time of his death at the age of 71 on 2 June 1916 he was a railway examiner and prosecutor.
+Compiled and presented by Lyn Maddock with research assistance by Darcy Maddock
+Stories about the rich and the poor in Toowong Cemetery
+ +Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+ + +Charles was the son of Thomas Chesworth Burgess and Jane (née Gilbert). He was born on 9 May 1883 at the family property, Foxley at Christmas Creek near the Qld/NSW border. Charles enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in June 1915, serving in Gallipoli, Egypt and France where he received a severe gunshot wound to his head in November 1916. After treatment in England, he returned to Australia in May 1917 and discharged three months later.
+Suffering from what was then termed 'shell shock', he was denied assistance in resettling and treatment. He retired to Glen Lamington in the Lamington National Park where he became known as the 'Hermit of Lamington'. Charles was an expert bushman and was brought into the limelight in February 1937 when he was involved in the rescue of the survivors of the Stinson plane disaster in the Macpherson Ranges. Just over two years later, on 11 April 1939, Charles died in the Brisbane General Hospital less than a month before his 56th birthday.
+ + +Irish-born, Dr Griffin was the son of John Griffin, a leading Dublin broker, and Florence (née McCooke). After qualifying in multiple fields of medicine in Brussels, London and Ireland, he arrived in Brisbane ca. 1889 and soon became well known for his professional skill and his general popularity.
+Soon after his arrival, he joined the Brisbane Hunt Club which had been started in 1888 by Adolph Feez. On 1 July 1893 he was killed during a hunt when his horse struck the top rail of a fence, throwing the 30-year-old doctor over the fence and landing heavily on his head. Death was instantaneous.
+Molyneux Nepean was born on 19 April 1846, a twin and fifth son of Rev Canon Evan Nepean, later Canon of Westminster and Private Chaplain to Queen Victoria. His mother, Ann Jenner-Fust was the daughter of Sir Herbert Jenner Fust, Dean of the Arches. His grandfather, Sir Evan Nepean, 1st Baronet, as Under-Secretary of State in the Home Office in Britain was involved in the arrangements for the dispatch of the First Fleet and administration of the newly established penal colony in NSW.
+After four years of military service, Lt Molyneux Nepean retired and joined the British Civil Service as a clerk before leaving London for Sydney with his new bride in 1872. He held various positions in the NSW Colonial Government, first as a clerk and later as an Assistant Land Agent for the sale of Crown Lands.
+He had a troubled life and died in Brisbane Hospital at the age of 43 on 30 September 1889, following a fall at a chemist shop in South Brisbane.
+Reginald was the first vice-chancellor of the University of Queensland, holding this position from 1910-1916. He was born on 3 August 1850 in Blandford Forum, Dorset, the youngest of 10 children to John Banister Roe Esq, a linen draper and button manufacturer turned wine merchant and Mary Ann née Allies, a school mistress at a school for young ladies. The family may hay fallen on hard times as Reginald was educated at Chris's Hospital, London, at that time a school for orphans and children of indigent gentleman. His father may have died in 1869 while Reginald was head boy at the school.
+After graduating from Oxford, Reginald was appointed headmaster of Brisbane Grammar School in 1876, the youngest headmaster in Australia at that time. He established cadet training and encouraged sport for his students. In July 1909 he was appointed Inspector-General of Schools for Queensland and Inspector of Grammar Schools in 1917. He died in St Martin's Hospital, Brisbane on 21 September 1926.
+Also from Dorset was Dr John Shirley who was born in Dorchester on 11 August 1849 to Sergeant John Shirley of the Grenadier Guards and Una (née Turner). John Shirley graduated with a Bachelor of Science from London University then trained as a teacher.
+He arrived in Brisbane in 1878 and was immediately appointed headmaster of the school at Roma. The following year he was promoted to the position of Schools Inspector. He covered thousands of miles on horseback, visiting schools all over Queensland. This life gave him the opportunity to further study natural sciences, which had formed his final University course and he published many scientific papers. He was awarded the degree of D.Sc. at the age of 63.
+In 1914 Dr Shirley became the first principal of the newly established Teachers' Training College in Brisbane, a position he held until retirement in 1919. He died at his residence in Bowen Hills on 5 April 1922 following a seizure.
+Albert "Bert" Cox born 8 December 1892, joined the Australian Imperial Force in May 1916, holding the rank of 2nd Lieutenant at the end of World War One. Prior to the war he was an electrical engineer. In August 1918 he received a gunshot wound to his left cheek and was sent to hospital in England for treatment. By the time he left hospital, the war was over. His wound required further treatment and he did not leave England until October 1919 and was not discharged from the Australian Imperial Force until March 1921.
+He then joined the City Electric Light Co as an electrical engineer. On 29 January 1925 he was erecting new wires at the Company's substation in Ipswich Road when he touched a live wire. Death was instantaneous.
+Samuel Crouch, born in Middlesex, was the son of Stephen Crouch and Mary Ann (née Reeves). At the age of 19, he became an Able Seaman. He assumed the surname 'Riley' and later 'Reilly' when he went to sea. He first arrived in Sydney in 1864 as a crewman on a ship before settling in Queensland in 1869. In December 1875, he was appointed to the Queensland Lighthouse Service as coxswain of the pilot boat and Receiving Officer at Inskip Point. Samuel died on 21 October 1919 aged 80 while stationed at Comboyuro Point Lighthouse.
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Lighthouse at Comboyuro Point, Moreton Island, 1906. The two gentlemen standing in front of the lighthouse are Samuel James Reilly and his son James Compton Reilly. (Description supplied with photograph) - State Library of Queensland
+Albert, his wife Clara and family arrived in Brisbane in June 1912. Albert, whose trade was house painter, was born in Birmingham on 5 December 1872 to John Robert Ensor and Emma Jane (née Robbins). In May 1917, at the age of 44years and 5 months, he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force and trained as a machine gunner before eventually being deployed to France in August 1918. He stayed on in France after the Armistice to assist with the repatriation of soldiers.
+On his return to Brisbane, he resumed his previous occupation of house painter. Family lore has it that he was involved in doing interior plaster work and painting in the Regent Theatre in Queen Street which opened in 1919. Albert died on 5 May 1950 at the age of 77.
+ + +'Bob' Toupein was born in 1886 in Gunnedah NSW where his father, Jean Toupein and later Bob himself were railway fettlers. He moved to Darwin in 1913 and opened a barber shop/billiards saloon. This was during a period of industrial and political unrest in the NT. One of the issues was lack of political representation in Federal Parliament for its residents. In 1917 Bob was elected to the Darwin Town Council and became Mayor of Darwin in 1919 but resigned in 1921. He was elected secretary of the North Australian Industrial Union and held that position until 1937 when he married and settled at Woody Point in Queensland. He died on 12 July 1949 at the age of 62, five years after suffering serious injuries in a workplace accident.
+Compiled and presented by Lyn Maddock
+Stories about Scots in the Australian Imperial Force remembered in Toowong Cemetery
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+ + +Service number: 4484. Australian Imperial Force
+He was born in Turriff in Aberdeenshire ca. 1876 to Alexander MacDonald and ____ Duncan. He served 3œ years in the 92nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders in the 1st Boer War. He served a further 2œ years in the Kings regiment in the 2nd Boer War. His service papers show he was a labourer on joining up on 26 January 1916 in Townsville. His address was the Mourilyan Harbour Line Innisfail so probably was working on the railways. He was 40œ years old when he joined up in the 11th reinforcements for the 26th Battalion. Next of Kin was Annie Ray MacDonald his wife. He is described as being 5' 4œ inches 9 st 13 lbs, 39 inches in the chest, dark complexion. Hazel eyes and brown hair and a Presbyterian. He embarked 30 March 1916 on HMAT The Star of Victoria and returned to Australia 19 October 1917 on HMAT Port Lyttelton. Alexander died on 13 July 1941.
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Star of Victoria (ship) - State Library of Queensland.
+Port Lyttelton (ship) - State Library of Queensland.
Service number: 5481. Australian Imperial Force
+He was born in Edinburgh October 1893 to Walter Henry Tarte and Helen Mary Crewe. His grandparents were Reuben Tarte and Katherine Blakeway. His service papers show he was a farmer and joined up 28 September 1915 and was in the 17th reinforcements for the 9th Battalion. +Next of Kin was his mother Helen Tarte and he lived with her at River Road New Farm. He was 22 years and 11 months and 5' 7Œ", 9st 7lbs and a chest of 35". He had fair complexion grey eyes and dark hair and was a RC. He embarked on 20 January 1916 in HMAT Hawkes Bay. He returned to Australia 6 September 1919 on the Euripedes. He married Doris Lillie Metzger in 1933. The Ernest mentioned here is Doris' son from a previous marriage. Walter died on 23 April 1940.
+Service number: 3680. Australian Imperial Force
+He was born in Aberdeen 9th July 1885 to Alexander Robert Morrison and Margaret Gordon. His service papers show he was a carter and +joined up 2 June 1917, intended to be with the 10th reinforcements for the 47th Battalion and the War Office decided the 25th could do with him and finally they gave him to the 9th Battalion. Next of Kin was his wife of 9 years Emily Elizabeth Morrison nee Lake Merivale St. South Brisbane.
+He was 31 years and 10 months old and stood 5' and 7œ". Weight was 125lbs, chest 32" with medium complexion blue eyes and brown hair and Church of England. No children are recorded up to the end of 1914. He embarked on HMAT Miltiades on 2 August 1917 and returned 25 January 1919 on the Ceramic. SS Ceramic was an 18,400-ton ocean-liner of the White Star Line launched in 1913, and later sold to the Shaw, Savill & Albion Line. In 1942 German submarine U-515 sunk the Ceramic, leaving only one survivor from the 656 on board.
+Alexander died on 2 May 1939.
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Ceramic (ship) - State Library of Queensland.
+Service number: 936. Australian Imperial Force
+He was born in Renfrewshire possibly 15 July 1878 to Donald and Ann McDougall. His service papers show him as a motorman which research suggests to be a tram driver and joined up on 19th of December 1915. He was earmarked for the 41st Battalion and was 34 years and 3 months old, 5' 8œ" 133lbs and a chest of 35œ" dark complexion, blue eyes and brown hair, 2 vaccination scars on left arm and mole on back and requires dental treatment and was a Presbyterian.
+He had previously served 2 years in the Queensland Imperial Bushmen Mounted infantry in the Boer War service number 186. He embarked on the Demosthenes on 18 May 1916 and returned on the Balmoral Castle on 1 February 1918, discharged 6 May 1918 medically unfit. Duncan died on 18 May 1939.
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +The Great Shearers' Strike occurred in central Queensland where shearers fought against wealthy squatters for better working conditions.
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Contingent of soldiers preparing to ride west during the shearer's strike, 1891 - State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+William Hamilton was born in Melbourne in 1858, the son of a goldminer, George Hamilton, and his wife Mary Ann, née Richardson. By 1875 he was an itinerant bushworker in New South Wales before coming to Queensland as a shearer in 1882. He became famous as the 'ringer' of many a western shearing shed. After a stint goldmining in North Queensland and WA, he returned to shearing in 1888 in Queensland.
+He led the shearers' camp at Clermont in the 1891 shearers' strike. He was arrested with other union leaders and charged with criminal conspiracy, convicted and sentenced to three years imprisonment at St Helena. Later he entered politics as the Labour member for Gregory. At the time of his death in 1920, he was President of the Queensland Legislative Council.
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Unionist prisoners sentenced for causes arising out of the Shearers' Strike, 1891 - State Library of Queensland
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+Back Row (Left to Right): H C Smith-Barry, W Fothergill, A Forrester, J A Stuart
+Third Row: G Taylor, P F Griffin, E H Murphy, H O BlackwelL
+Second Row: A J Brown, R Prince, W J Bennett, D Murphy
+Front: William Hamilton
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The son of a squatter, Peter Hutchison and his wife, Mary Ann (née Ronald), Kenneth Hutchison (ca. 1850-1902) was born in Victoria. When a young adult, he became a part owner with his brother and step-father in the historic Canning Downs pastoral property outside Warwick.
+He joined the Queensland Defence Force and rose through the ranks. In 1888 he started the Darling Downs Mounted Infantry of which he was given command and was appointed to the permanent Military Forces in 1890. In mid-March 1891, as the Adjutant of the 4th Queensland or Darling Downs Regiment of the Queensland Defence Force, he was sent to Charleville in Command of the Southern and Western Districts.
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Lieutenant Colonel Ken Hutchison - State Library of Queensland
+Welsh-born Sir Samuel Walker Griffith (1845-1920) was Premier of Queensland during the Shearers' Strike. A brilliant and hard-working lawyer, he prepared the first draft of the Australian Constitution in 1891 and was absent from Queensland for the first three months of the strike attending meetings in Hobart and Sydney, the latter for the first National Australasian Convention.
+He was Chief Justice of the Queensland Supreme Court from 1893 until 1903 when he was appointed the first Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, a position he held until his retirement in 1919.
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Sir Samuel Walker Griffith, 1889 - State Library of Queensland
+Sir Horace Tozer (1844-1916) was born in Port Macquarie, NSW where his father, Horatio Thomas Norris Tozer was a chemist. Horace Tozer was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland in December 1867 and established a law practice at Gympie before entering politics.
+He was elected to the Legislative Assembly as the member for Wide Bay in 1888. From 12 August 1890 until his retirement from parliament in 1898, Tozer was never out of ministerial office. During the shearers' strike he held the position of Colonial Secretary and was left to manage the intricate affairs in which the Government was involved at the time.
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Politician Sir Horace Tozer, 1890 - State Library of Queensland
+Robert Archibald Ranking (1843-1912) was born at Hastings, Sussex, England, fifth son of Robert Ranking, a surgeon, and his wife Isabella Eliza Hannah, née Spiers. In July 1864 he arrived in Brisbane and found work at Cressbrook Station, near Ipswich. He joined the Queensland civil service in 1874, and on being appointed police magistrate in 1879, he served at Beenleigh, Blackall, and Maryborough before being transferred to Rockhampton in 1889. He was still stationed there in 1891 when he was given the daunting task of attempting to negotiate a reconciliation between the shearers and pastoralists.
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Robert Archibald Ranking - State Library of Queensland
+Brisbane-born Edwyn Mitford Lilley KC (1859-1911) was the eldest son of Sir Charles Lilley and his wife, Sarah Jane (née Jeays). He was called to the Queensland Bar in 1882. He soon acquired a large and important practice, and during his long and eminent career was engaged in many of the prominent cases heard in the Queensland courts. In 1910 he was appointed a 'King's Counsel' by the Governor. Lilley was retained by the Shearers' Union for the legal defence of unionists. He died at the age of 52 following a seizure.
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Portrait of E.M. Lilley - State Library of Queensland
+Inspector John Ahern (1840-1893) came to Queensland from his native Ireland and joined the Police Force in September 1864. Ahern was sent to Springsure in October and promoted to Senior Constable/Acting Sergeant in July 1868. He became Inspector of Slaughterhouses in the Mitchell district in February 1870 and received the substantial reward of ÂŁ15 in September 1872 for âenergetic perseverance in suppressing cattle-stealers in the Barcoo and Walgett districtsâ.
+Ahern was promoted to Senior Sergeant in January 1874 and Sub-Inspector 2nd class in 1877. He served at Blackall in 1880 where he became Sub-Inspector 1st class. By 1890, he had been promoted to Inspector 1st class in charge of all brands throughout the colony. Ahern was generally recognised as one of the most able and experienced officers in the police force in the early 1890s and he was ordered to Clermont to maintain order during the strike.
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John Ahern - State Library of Queensland
+Virgil Power (1849-1914) was born in Brisbane, the son of Michael Power, auctioneer and commission agent, and his wife Anna Marie (née Connolly). Educated in Sydney and Ireland, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with honours from Trinity College, Dublin in 1871. He was admitted as a barrister of the Middle Temple, London and the King's Inn, Dublin in 1873 before returning to Queensland where he was admitted as a barrister of the Supreme Court of Queensland on 26 April 1875. He commenced a period of 20 years in practice at the private bar, holding a succession of appointments as Crown Prosecutor. In 1895 he was the first Queensland-born judge to be appointed to the Supreme Court of Queensland as well as the first judge to be appointed to the position of Central judge, based at Rockhampton.
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Justice Virgil Power - State Library of Queensland
+George Rogers Harding (1838-1895) was born at Taunton, Somerset, England, the only son of George Rogers Harding, LL.B., vicar of Gittisham, Devon, and his wife Elizabeth, née Winter. He was called to the Bar in London in 1861. On arrival in Brisbane with his wife in 1866, he was immediately admitted to the Bar, the first equity counsel in the colony.
+In July 1879 he was appointed Senior Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland. He was sent to Rockhampton to preside over the trial of the unionists alleged to be leaders of the shearer's strike. He was almost certainly specially selected by the Queensland Government for the task of obtaining convictions against the unionists.
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Justice George Rogers Harding, 1895 - State Library of Queensland
+Emma Miller (1839-1917) was known as a pioneer of the trade union movement and the Labour Party in Queensland. She championed equal pay and equal opportunity for women and in 1890 helped to form a female workersâ union, mainly of tailoresses. In 1891 she gave evidence to the royal commission into shops, factories and workshops and marched with shearersâ strike prisoners when they were released.
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Portrait of Mrs. Emma Miller - State Library of Queensland.
+Famous sporting personalities remembered in Toowong Cemetery
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+Peter was an extremely capable rider. According to those who knew him he was as good as George Moore, Neville Sellwood, Russ Maddock and Digger McGrowdie. All Queenslanders like him. He was well regarded by all in the racing game. He had one failing though and that was his lack of confidence in himself. There were many occasions when he rode a horse trackwork and prepared it for a major race but declined to ride the horse in a major event for fear of making a mistake. He never faltered in minor events but would rather sit on the fence when it came to the big races. That is not to say he did not ride in some big races and with success.
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Two jockeys having a friendly chat, 1941. Left to right, jockeys Peter Morgan and Tom Spencer pose for the camera - State Library of Queensland. Tragically Peter Morgan drowned in Schultz Canal at Hendra/Toombul.
+A future champion jockey whose career ended much too soon but his saddle lived on to travel the world and win the Irish Derby 39 years later.
+"Willie" was making a name for himself when he was killed riding a horse home from Eagle Farm after morning trackwork. He was leading one horse whilst riding another. A common sight even today around Doomben. He crossed Hamilton Road and his horse shied.
+Those who saw the funeral of "Willie" Stone claim it as the longest ever seen. It stretched the length of Queen St and was the equal of another famous jockey's funeral. All the jockeys of the time rode racehorses behind the hearse. They were in colours and silks and wore wreaths over their shoulders and travelled from Hamilton to Toowong along with many carriages.
+The two champion horses from Stone's stable, King Olaf and Kildare were led directly without riders. These horses were the last the late jockey had ridden, the former at Eagle Farm and the latter at the "Creek".
+Born at Gawler South Australia in 1883. He apprenticed as a Jockey, weighing at that time 6st 9lb. As a recreation Thorn used to indulge in sparring, and later learnt the leads and stops from ex-heavyweight champion Bill Doherty, and from the famous Frank Dooley. Subsequently Thorn drifted to Kalgoorlie, where he took to the boxing profession. His first contest was a bare knuckle, fight-to-a-finish affair with Alf. M'Coy in 1898, which he won in 32 rounds. He then had a remarkable run of success, winning some 35 bouts, including 25 through the agency of a knock-out, until he lost on points to Tom Dunn at Kalgoorlie.
+By 1905 Thorn was right in the front rank, and between then and 1909 won three Australian championships, feather, light, and welter. Among the men he defeated were such knights of the padded glove as Bob Greenshields, Hughie Michigan, Charlie Frost, Charlie Griffin, Hock Keys, Sid Sullivan. Kid M'Coy. Bob Turner. Dick Cullen, Arthur Douglas, and Budholf Unholz (welterweight champion).
+In 1912 Thorn came to Brisbane. He took part in many contests at the Brisbane Stadium, defeating among others, Joe Russell, George Taylor, Alf Morey, Marcel Denis, Joe Brooks, Jimmy Hill, Jack Clune, Wave Oelkle, Jack Humphries, Jerry Sullivan, and Jack Finney. After several years' retirement from the ring he attempted a "come-back" at the Stadium but was stopped by Herb Ackworth.
+Thorn's career was remarkable by the fact that, although only a featherweight, besides fighting In his own class, he fought the leading light-weights and welters, earning the title of "The Grand Old Man of the Ring". Thorn had conducted a physical culture and boxing academy in Brisbane for some years, teaching personally.
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Peter Jackson was born on 3 July 1861 and was Australian Heavyweight Champion 1886-1888. One of the legendary Boxers and probably the most famous sportsperson buried in Brisbane. World Heavyweight Champion John L. Sullivan refused to fight Jackson because of his colour. Jackson fought a 61 round draw with James J Corbett in San Francisco on 21 May 1891. James (Gentleman Jim) Corbett later went on to beat John Sullivan for the Heavyweight Championship.
+Year later Corbett wrote that Peter Jackson was one of the greatest fighters he had even seen. Jackson defeated Australia's Frank Slavin in London on 30 May 1892 in what is still regarded as one of the greatest fights ever seen in England. Sadly Peter Jackson died in Roma on 13 July 1901 of Tuberculosis. Roma locals wanted to bury him there but it was proposed that it would be more befitting for him to be buried in Toowong Cemetery.
+John and Julia Dowridge were mainly responsible for Peter Jackson being bought down from Roma to Toowong Cemetery for burial. They all now rest peacefully together. John and Julia Dowridge are buried in front of Peter Jackson.
+Career 1882-1899. 103 Bouts. 42 Wins, 8 Draws, 50 No Decisions.
+Peter's headstone is one of a handful that have the deceased's face chiselled on it. It is unusual in that it is the biggest of this kind in the Cemetery. The headstone is an Altar Tomb style, with a Lion overseeing the grave (the only Lion in the cemetery).
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Boxer Peter Jackson who came to live in Queensland from the West Indies, ca. 1880s - State Library of Queensland
+Mr Jack Dowridge, one of the pioneers of boxing in Brisbane, and familiarly known as the "Black Diamond," He was born in Barbados Island in 1848, but at the age of 12 years he drifted to London. It was here that he first picked up the rudiments of boxing. The arena attracted him, and he secured employment with Nat Langham, the retired champion of England, who was then keeping the Mitre Tavern, in St. Martin's Lane. In the year 1862 this tavern was a rendezvous of all the great fistic exponents of that time, such as Joe Cross, Boie Brotties, Jim Mace, Tom King, Coburn, Bob Travers, Ned Donnelly, Professor Johns, Bat Mullins, Heenan, Jerry and Billy Ox. It was here that Jack Dowridge made the acquaintance of Tom Sayers, whom Langham first defeated, and in whose favour he subsequently retired. "Jack" became one of Langham's best pupils, and developed the straight style of the old school of boxing.
+In 1872 Dowridge came to Australia. He secured premises in Queen Street, known as the "Hole in the Wall," which had just been vacated by Larry Foley. He opened a tobacconist saloon and a small select boxing school, but he did not stay long. He returned to England, but the climate soon drove him back to Queensland. He secured premises opposite the Normal School, and after a few years he opened a restaurant and taught boxing at Petrie's Bight, where Quinlan Gray's warehouse later stood. He later removed to Roma Street and then to the corner of Turbot and George streets. His school was the resort of all the young sporting men of the day. Dowridge was one of the best promoters of that time, and under his care were Peter Jackson, Jack M'Gowan and innumerable others.
+When Peter Jackson died a public subscription was the means of providing the stone which was placed at the head of the grave, but it was Jack Dowridge who provided for the purchase of the land at Toowong cemetery and to pay the funeral expenses.
+
"Brickie", as he was known by all, was in the second half of the 1800s as well known in Australia as any of our top jockeys today. In a period when travel to Sydney and Melbourne was measured in weeks rather than day, he rode with success in all three states. He was 47 when he died of a heart attack in the Post Office Hotel, Queen Street here in Brisbane in 1896. He had only arrived back from Sydney the previous week. He is one of only three jockeys that have had poems written about them; others being Willie Stone and Fred Archer, who is buried down south.
+His funeral procession travelled from the Brisbane General Hospital into the city, down Queen Street and along Coronation Drive, then Sylvan Road, and finally to Toowong Cemetery. Every jockey in the Brisbane area attended in full silks and colours riding a race horse. There was also a large number of carriages. The procession stretched the entire length of Queen Street.
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Funeral procession of the famous jockey, Brickwood Colley, in Brisbane, 1896 - State Library of Queensland
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Stories about steam and its connection to Toowong Cemetery.
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+ + +Captain Mellor, an early immigrant to Moreton Bay, arrived in the colony in January 1849 on the sailing ship Fortitude. In the days when the river trade was the 'lifeline' between Brisbane and Ipswich, he became owner of the river steamers Bremer and Settler. The Louisa, the first iron steamboat ever constructed in the colony of Queensland was built by R.R. Smellie & Co to the order of Captain Mellor. After Mellor's death on 26 September 1872 at the age of 59, the Louisa was used on the Logan-Brisbane run.
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Louisa - Queensland's First Iron Steamboat - Queensland State Archives. Cropped.
+ + +George Hiron, the son of a baker, came to Australia in 1856 at the age of 16 from his birthplace in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Within three year he was managing a general store on the goldfields near Tabulum in northern New South Wales. In 1862, in parternship with his brother-in-law, he opened the general store or Hiron & Wakefield at Smith's Flat on the Clarence River. On returning from a family trip to England, he set up in Brisbane, firstly as a baker, pastrycook and confectioner in Queen Street and, in 1871, commenced the manufacturer of biscuits in Albert Street. He later moved to Toowong where he opened a steam biscuit factory in parternship with his son John. George Hiron & Son won several awards, including the Queensland Jubilee Medal in 1909. George was also a councillor of the Taringa Shire. He died from a heart seizure in Adelaide on 2 June 1915.
+Joseph, who established the shipbuilding firm J W Sutton & Co at Kangaroo Point , was recognised as one of the leading engineers of his day. Early vessels built by J W Sutton & Co include the iron steamer, Lady Musgrave, the iron paddle steamer, Maid of Sker, and the first ferry boat used on the Brisbane River, the Transit. The home of Joseph and his wife, Mary was one of the first private residences in Brisbane to be lit up by electricity. Joseph died on 21 February 1914.
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Ship 'Maid of Sker' anchored in the Brisbane River outside of the Customs House, Queensland. Cropped. â State Library of Queensland.
+George was, for many years, Superintendent Engineer of the Australasian Steam Navigation Company at Pyrmont in Sydney. In 1886 he moved to Brisbane to join the firm of J W Sutton & Co as manager. George was born in Glasgow on 13 April 1841 to Archibald Davidson, an engine fitter, and Janet (née Fyfe). He died on 29 February 1888 after suffering an apoplectic fit.
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Sutton and Co. Foundry on Main Street, Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, ca. 1890 â State Library of Queensland.
+The Brisbane Steam Laundry at South Brisbane first opened in January 1881 but was taken over by George Fish two years later. The laundry was situated in an alley extending from Stanley to Grey Street. The alley became known as Soda Water Lane. Despite hardships, the business expanded under his ownership. After repairs from damage during the 1893 floods, the laundry reopened with a new name, Fish Stream Laundry. George entered local government politics in 1894. Fish Stream Laundry moved to Ann Street, Fortitude Valley in 1902. Soda Water Lane was renamed Fish Lane in 1904. George died on 23 September 1925, aged 74.
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Ironing department of the Fish Steam Laundry, Brisbane, 1902. Female employees working with large rollers in the ironing department of the Fish Steam Laundry â State Library of Queensland.
+The steamship Gothenberg contracted for the Adelaide to Port Darwin run in 1874, was regarded as fast and dependable. On 17 February 1875 the ship left Port Darwin carrying approximately 100 passengers and 34 crew. As the ship sailed down the North Queensland coast, cyclonic weather conditions were encountered. During the evening of 24 February, the Gothenberg struck the southern edge of Detached Reef approximately 131km south of Townsville at low tide and sank in the early hours of the next morning. There were few survivors.
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Early photo of SS Gothenburg â Queensland State Government - Public Domain
+Benjamin was born on the Isle of Wight where he became an apprentice ship's smith in White's Shipyard at Cowee at the age of 14. White's docks, with its steam sawmills and engine shops, provided work for around 500 craftsmen. After completing his apprenticeship, Benjamin and hs bride Elizabeth sailed for Moreton Bay arriving in January 1857. He set up a business as a ship and general smith in Elizabeth Street near Raff's Wharf. By 1880 he had established a rolling stock workshop in Hope Street, South Brisbane. He was the first successful tenderer for the manufacture of railway goods wagons for the Queensland Government. He was mayor of Brisbane in 1885-86. Benjamin died on 19 February 1905 aged 68.
+Henry was a native of Bethnal Green in London's East End, the son of a silk weaver. His family arrived in Brisbane on the Whirlwind in September 1862 when Henry was aged five. After finishing school, Henry entered the boot trade as a 'clicker' cutting the leather uppers and later became foreman at his brother's boot factory in Fortitude Valley. After the business closed, he joined the firm of Davey Halliday Company Ltd. boot manufacturers in Ann Street near the corner with Albert Street. Davey Halliday installed the most modern equipment, driven by a steam engine in their basement, and manufactured all classes of men's, women's children's and infant's footwear. Henry died on 4 August 1942.
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Clicker's department at Davey Halliday & Co, 1904 â State Library of Queensland.
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Davey Halliday Company Ltd. on Ann Street. Carriages outside the Davey Halliday Boot Co. The building was near the corner of Albert Street and Ann Street. This is presently the site of King George Square. Erected 1904 and later part of Albert House. (Information taken from The Queenslander, 14 May 1904) â State Library of Queensland.
+After free settlement began in 1842, Ipswich developed as an important regional centre because of its location at the head of navigation of the Brisbane and Bremer Rivers and at the junction of routes to the Brisbane Valley and the Darling Downs.
+Irish-born 'Andy' Fullerton was appointed 'wharfinger' or wharf manager for the Australasian Navigation Company at Ipswich when the river steamers including Brisbane, Ipswich and Emu played a vital role in the river trade between Brisbane and Ipswich in 1875. Andrew became a driver of steam trains. He died on 10 April 1899 aged 68 years.
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Emu (ship) â State Library of Queensland.
+James, entrepreneur and adventurer, was a pioneer of Queensland motoring. In 1902 he imported a Locomobile steam car from the USA which was quoted in many sources as the first car in Queensland. He was born in Norwich, England in 1857. He graduated in science from the Polytecnic in London, specialising in electrical science. He arrived in Melbourne in 1883 and was brought to Brisbane in 1884 to assist in establishing a telephone exchange. He was engaged in the installation of the electric light system in Parliament House, Brisbane in 1886. Together with his brother William, he founded the business of Trackson Brothers. James died in Toowoomba on 6 November 1941 at the age of 84.
+Compiled and presented by Lyn Maddock
+Queensland's own suffrage story
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+ + +Leontine Cooper was Queensland's most significant writer addressing the rights of white women during the women's suffrage movement in Queensland. Born in England in 1837, daughter of a French merchant father and English mother, she arrived in Brisbane with her husband in 1871. A schoolteacher during the 1870's, she was to become a prominent Brisbane literary figure over the next two decades.
+By the late 1880's she was one of the key activists for social justice and women's suffrage. Leontine Cooper died suddenly from bronchial pneumonia on 12 March 1903, at the age of 66, sadly before she was able to cast a vote in the 1903 federal election or to see the granting of the right to vote to Queensland women for which she had so passionately fought.
+ + +Justin Fox Greenlaw Foxton, was born on 24 September 1849 in Melbourne, son of Captain John Greenlaw Foxton and his wife Isabel Elizabeth, née Potts. In 1864 he moved to Queensland where he was articled to James Malbon Thompson in Ipswich and admitted to the Bar in 1871.
+Foxton held the Legislative Assembly seat of Carnarvon from 1883 until 1904 when he refused to support the Morgan coalition. As Home Secretary under the Philp government, Foxton introduced the Adult Suffrage Bill in 1901. Foxton died of cerebro-vascular disease at South Brisbane on 23 June 1916.
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Major Justin Fox Greenlaw Foxton of the Brisbane Field Artillery, 1888 â State Library of Queensland.
+Emma was born in June 1839 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Her parents were Daniel Holmes a Chartist, and Martha (nĂ©e Hollingworth). Emma arrived in Brisbane in 1879. She led the campaign for women's suffrage in Queensland as well as being at the forefront of the struggle for better working conditions for women workers. She was a foundation member of the Australian Labor Party. She campaigned tirelessly for freedom from conscription. Emma was president of the Women's Equal Franchise Association for the whole period of its existence, from 1894 to 1905 when white women in Queensland won the right to vote in state elections. Emma Miller died of cancer on 22 January 1917, two days after making her last speech to the Toowoomba Antiâconscription League.
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Portrait of Emma Miller â State Library of Queensland.
+Elizabeth Munro Edwards (née Gibson) was born in Scotland on 11 May 1840 and came to Australia with her parents, Thomas Gibson and Christina Thompson in 1864. Three years later she married Richard Edwards who subsequently became the member for Oxley division in Federal Parliament.
+Elizabeth was the first president of The Queensland Women's Suffrage League which was formed at a meeting at her home on 4 February 1889. Elizabeth died early on Saturday 7 November 1914 and the funeral took place the same afternoon.
+Sir Robert Philp was born on 28 December 1851 at Glasgow, Scotland, son of John Philp, lime kiln operator, and his wife Mary Ann (née Wylie). The family settled in Brisbane in 1862. After leaving school, young Robert joined the business of Sir James Burns at the northern goldfields port of Townsville in 1874, becoming a partner in the business in 1876. The Burns Philp partership flourished.
+Philp entered politics on 5 January 1876 by winning the seat of Musgrave, but transferred to the seat of Townsville on 12 May 1888 and held it until his defeat in 1915. On 7 December 1899, Philp became a reluctant Premier following the defeat of Anderson Dawson's short-lived Labor ministry. In 1901 the Philp Government presented an Adult Suffrage Bill, later shelved, that not only discriminated against women, it also discriminated against many males.
+Sir Robert died after an operation on 17 June 1922 in Holyrood Private Hospital, Brisbane, and was buried in Toowong Cemetery two days later.
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Sir Robert Philp, 1901 â State Library of Queensland.
+Mary had a little lamb, from the Worker, 11 August 1900 â State Library of Queensland.
Sir Horace Tozer was born on 23 April 1844 at Port Macquarie, New South Wales, son of Horatio Thomas Norris Tozer, chemist, and his wife Charlotte Winifred Amelia (née Croft). He was articled to James Malbon Thompson in Brisbane in 1862 and admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland on 7 December 1867.
+He was an alderman in the first Gympie Municipal Council and in 1888 was elected to the Legislative Assembly as the member for Wide Bay and held that seat until 1898. Tozer was totally against universal adult suffrage, not only opposing the women's vote but also manhood suffrage.
+He died on 20 August 1916 at his South Brisbane home and was buried in Toowong Cemetery where a private funeral was conducted at his request.
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Politician Sir Horace Tozer, Brisbane, 1890 â State Library of Queensland.
+Sir Charles Lilley, politician and judge was born on 27 August 1827 at Newcastle upon Tyn, son of Thomas Lilley and his wife Jane (née Shipley). He arrived in Sydney on 6 July 1856 and moved immediately to Brisbane where he was articled to Robert Little. Lilley became the first solicitor to be admitted to practice by the Supreme Court at Moreton Bay.
+In May 1860 he was elected to Queensland's first Legislative Assembly. From 25 November 1868 to 3 May 1870 he was Premier of Queensland. During a debate on electoral reform in Queensland Parliament in 1870, he put forward the idea of women's suffrage, the first to do so. His government fell the same year but he remained a staunch supporter of women's franchise until his death on 20 August 1897.
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Sir Charles Lilley on his wedding day. He married Sarah Jane Jeays in 1858. â State Library of Queensland.
+Sarah Jane Jeays â State Library of Queensland.
Boyd Dunlop Morehead was Queensland Premier from 30 November 1888 to 12 August 1890. He was born in Sydney on 24 August 1843, son of Robert Archibald Alison Morehead and his wife Helen Buchanan (née Dunlop). Morehead was MLA for the Queensland electoral district of Mitchell from September 1871 to December 1880 and represented Balonne from October 1883 to April 1896. Morehead succeeded Sir Thomas McIlwraith as Premier in November 1888. Morehead was a significant opponent of women's suffrage. He died from a cerebral haemorrhage on Monday 30 October 1905 at the age of 62 years.
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Boyd Dunlop Morehead ca. 1890 â State Library of Queensland.
+David Hay Dalrymple was born on 14 December 1840 at Newbury, Berkshire, England, son of James Dalrymple and his wife Georgina (née Hay). Dalrymple reached Melbourne in 1862; He bought land in Mackay at the first sales, opened the town's first chemist shop and began pastoral investments. He was the town's first mayor in 1869-71, continuing to serve in local government until 1888 when he became a member for Mackay in the Legislative Assembly. In 1895-1903 Dalrymple served in ministries under Sir Hugh Nelson, T J Byrnes, Sir James Dickson and Sir Robert Philp, holding varied portfolios. He was one of the most strident masculinist voices in opposition to female suffrage. Dalrymple lost his seat in August 1904 and lived in retirement at Hamilton where he died on 1 September 1912.
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David Hay Dalrymple 6 April, 1895 â State Library of Queensland.
+Effie Dalrymple, Christmas 1900 Married David Hay Dalrymple at Mackay on 23 December 1880. They had four children. â State Library of Queensland.
Sir Arthur Morgan was born on 19 September 1856 at Rosenthal station, Warwick, Queensland, son of James Morgan and his wife Kate (née Barton), both Irish born. Arthur Morgan entered politics in 1885 when elected to the Warwick Municipal Council, serving as mayor in 1886-90 and 1898.
+On July 1887 he was first elected to the Legislative Assembly for Warwick. He regained Warwick on 2 October 1898. In 1903 he became Premier under the Morgan-Browne coalition ministry. Morgan made good on a promise that he would introduce an electoral reform Bill to give women the vote and abolish plural voting. This was introduced to the Legislative Assembly in September 1904 but it was not until 25 January 1905 that the Election Act Amendment Act received Royal Assent.
+Morgan died at his residence at Upper Paddington, on 20 December 1916 after a long illness; he was buried in Toowong Cemetery following a state funeral and service at St John's Anglican Cathedral.
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Sir Arthur Morgan 1903 â State Library of Queensland.
+Modern Romeo : suffragette movement in Queensland On 5 January 1905, two years after the formation of the Queensland Women's Electoral League, the Electoral Franchise Bill was introduced into the Legislative Assembly to give the women of Queensland the right to vote. The Elections Acts Amendment Bill, provide the necessary machinery, was introduced at the same time. Despite some misgivings about abolishing the plural vote, and difficulty with postal voting, these issues were overcome and the legislation giving the women of Queensland the right to vote was finally passed. It was assented to by the LieutenantâGovernor on 26 January 1905 â State Library of Queensland.
Women inside the gate of the city polling station, voting for the first time in a Queensland state election, 18 May 1907 â State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
+ + +Compiled and presented by Lyn Maddock
+Stories about people remembered in Toowong Cemetery that were taken before their time.
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+ + +Valentine Edward Spendelove, the eldest son of Benjamin Spendelove and Ann (née Rowe), was born on the 14 February 1854 in Lutterworth, Leicestershire. Priscilla Shipley married Valentine, a carter, on 25 December 1876 in Walsall, Staffordshire.
+They had six children, including three born in Queensland. The extended family arrived in Brisbane on 8 April 1885, aboard the Merkara. Valentine, a resident of Deighton Street, Dutton Park, died in an accident just after 10pm on 1 June 1904 at his work, the Eureka Sanitary Works, Boggo Road, South Brisbane.
+ + +Frances Emma Irving was born in Queensland on 12 December 1883 to Maxwell Henry Williatt Irving and Mary Jane (née Gielis). Work as a schoolteacher, transferred Fanny from Ayr State School to Ravenswood State School in May 1906. Another transfer in March 1910 moved Fanny to Harlaxton State School, Toowoomba.
+On 7 January 1920 at about 10:30am, Fanny, aged 36 years, drowned at Sutton's Beach, Redcliffe.
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Two young ladies relaxing in the sun under parasols at Sutton's Beach, Redcliffe, 1919 â State Library of Queensland.
+Supervising toddlers on Sutton's Beach, Redcliffe, Queensland, 1906 â State Library of Queensland.
Thomas John Mannion was born in Brisbane on 25 April 1873 to George Mannion and Deborah (née Hodgings). Thomas died on Friday 21 December 1894 at Mooloolah, while tree driving.
+Andrew John Dark and Emily (née Leffen) were the parents of Andrew John Dark, who was born in July 1880 at St Olave Bermondsey, London. The family arrived in Brisbane from London aboard the Dorunda on 21 October 1884.
+Andrew drowned in the Roxana disaster on 26 December 1901, aged 21 years and 6 months.
+A son of Andrew McMullin and Jane (née Johnston), Robert was born circa 1877 in Ballyconnell, County Cavan, Ireland. Bertha Mary Louise Winsch married Robert at Cedar Creek, Queensland on 29 December 1903. They had three children. Robert died on 17 July 1907 following a fall from a milk cart in Musgrave Road, Red Hill.
+Walter Jones was born in London circa 1888. Walter was an able seaman aboard the Aberdeen liner, ss Themistocles. The liner arrived from London on Saturday 22 March 1913. Walter drowned while bathing in the Brisbane River at Bulimba at 2pm on Sunday 23 March 1913, aged 24 years. Walter's body was retrieved about 7am two days later.
+Sidney Arthur Kennoch, a son of John Henry Kennoch and Elizabeth (Lizzie) France (née Nicholson), was born in Queensland on 26 August 1913. Sid, of Qualtrough Street, Woolloongabba, died in the Brisbane Hospital at 10:45pm 5 November 1931, aged 18 years from an accident while preparing to commemorate Guy Fawkes Night.
+Daughters of Robert Francis Osborne and Martha (née Orth), Jean was born about 1824 and Marjorie was born about 1827. The girls, of Gaythorne Road, Gaythorne, died at the old Virginia Brickworks, Pickering Street, Enoggera, about 10:30am on Thursday 2 January 1936.
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Virginia Brickworks clay pit at Enoggera, ca. 1920 â State Library of Queensland.
+John Heywood, born in Brisbane on 7 April 1891, was a son of Edward Heywood and Sarah (née Colley). Julia Kelly married John in Brisbane on 11 March 1916. They had three Brisbane born children. John, a builder and contractor, who resided in Primrose Street, Newmarket, died from an accident at the Crown Stove and Foundry Company, Sacksville Street, Holland Park on 14 November 1934.
+William Roy Morris was born in Queensland to William George Morris and Florence Elizabeth Cristina (née Klinge) on 8 January 1901. Thirty-six year old Roy, of George Street, Brisbane, who was employed working on main road works, died in the Brisbane General Hospital about 11:20am on 5 May 1937 following a traffic accident on the Brisbane-Ipswich Road at Wacol the previous day.
+Edward Amos Budd was born to Edward Nelson Budd and Fanny (née Crisp), in Allora, Queensland on 20 August 1893. Amy Millicent Knox married Edward in Brisbane on 03 October 1914.
+Ned, of Newmarket Road, Windsor, was an Engine Driver when he enlisted in the AIF on 22 January 1917. Private Budd, assigned to the 27/5 Light Horse Regiment, was discharged in May 1919.
+A Brisbane City Council employee, Ned died instantly in a head on collision between his motorcycle and a car on the Pacific Highway, Beenleigh, on 17 January 1937.
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Light Horse Brigade, Enoggera, Queensland, Australian Army Service Corp. (A.A.S.C.), 5th Australian Army Corps â State Library of Queensland.
+Norman James Royle was born in Queensland to Ernest Alfred Milton Royle and Elizabeth Theresa (née Byrom) on 14 January 1914. Norman resided at 55 Enoggera Terrace, Rad Hill and was employed as a painter by Mr Hanscombe, a Paddington sign writer.
+Aged 22 years, Norman died in the Brisbane Hospital at 2:15pm on 12 January 1937 following an accident on his bicycle at 7:50am that morning.
+Ernest was born to William Henry Greenfield and Ada Harriet (née Brown) in the Paddington District, NSW on 16 December 1883. +Ernest worked for Greenfield Bros, opticians. After boarding the ss Yongala in Mackay for +Townsville, Ernest was aboard when they left Mackay at 1:40pm on 23 March 1911. The final sighting of the ss Yongala was by the Dent Island lighthouse keeper at 6:30pm that same day. All hands were believed lost during a cyclone.
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Stories about women who made an impact on Queensland
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+Annie Perry was the daughter of William Harcourt, a brass founder and his wife, Elizabeth Mills. She was born on 5 September 1834 in Edgbaston, a suburb of Birmingham in England. Annie arrived in Sydney with her parents and sister on the ship La Hogue on 26 October 1860. On 27 February 1862 she was married in St Philipsâ Church in Sydney by the Anglican Dean of Sydney to William Perry, one of Brisbaneâs early businessmen and later a member of the Qld Legislative Council.
+At the time of her death, Annie was one of the longest serving members of the committees of the Childrenâs and Lady Bowen Hospitals. She also took a great interest in the Creche and Kindergarten Association after its formation in 1907, the Queensland Society for the Prevention of Cruelty and all movements that had as their aim the betterment of the conditions for women, children and animals. Annie +passed away at the age of 82 years on 12 May 1917.
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Lady Bowen Lying-in Hospital on Wickham Terrace, Brisbane, 1912 â State Library of Queensland.
+Mary Harriett Griffith was born on 4 November 1849 at Portishead, Somerset, England. She was the older sister of Sir Samuel Walker Griffith who was Colonial Secretary, Queensland Premier from 1883 to 1888, Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia and a principal author of the Constitution of Australia.
+After the deaths of her parents Mary immersed herself in good works. She became founding secretary of the Brisbane Benevolent Society, honorary secretary of the Lady Musgrave Lodge, Queensland representative for the Travellersâ Aid Society, president of the YWCA in Brisbane, vice-president of the British (Australian) Red Cross Society during World War I and patroness in 1921 of St Davidâs Welsh Society as well as being involved in many other organisations. In 1911 Mary Griffith was created a Lady of Grace of the Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem. Mary passed away on 27 July 1930 in her 81st year.
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Mary Harriett Griffith, sister of Sir Samuel Walker Griffith â State Library of Queensland.
+Leila was the daughter of John Markwell and his wife, Georgina Edmondstone and the granddaughter of Hon George Edmondstone, one of the early pioneers of Brisbane. John Markwell was one of John Dunmore Langâs immigrants who had arrived in Brisbane on the Chasely in 1850 and had involved himself in land speculation and several businesses in Brisbane. Leila was born on 24 January 1868 in Moorlands Villa on the property at Auchenflower where the Wesley Hospital now stands.
+On 29 September 1885, at St Andrewâs Church at Lutwyche Leila married into another prosperous merchant family, the Perrys. Her husband, William Herbert Francis Perry was the eldest son of William Perry and Annie Harcourt. Leila and her husband were frequently featured and cited in the social pages of the Brisbane newspapers. Leila died at her home Miegunyah, Jordan Terrace, Bowen Hills on 17 March 1920.
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On the verandah at Miegunyah, a residence in Brisbane, 1886 â State Library of Queensland.
+Magdalene Dick was born in Brecon, Wales around 1851. She was the daughter of David Price, a plumber, glazier and painter and his wife, Mary William or Williams. Magdalene came to Australia as a young girl and the family settled in Ballarat where she later married William Heddel Dick, a journalist who wrote for major newspapers in Sydney, Hobart and Brisbane and who established a penny newspaper in Toowong. Magdalene was also a journalist and sister of Thomas Evan Price who was the social and drama critic of the Sydney Morning Herald.
+After Williamâs death Magdalene became superintendent of the first group of female switchboard operators at the Brisbane telephone exchange.
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Telephonists working at the, Brisbane Central telephone exchange, Brisbane, 1910 â State Library of Queensland.
+Kathleen Eileen Sheehy was born on 4 November 1892 at Gympie, the second of six children of Irish-born parents. She was the sister of Sir Joseph Sheehy KBE who served as Senior Puisne Judge of the Queensland Supreme Court and Administrator of the State of Queensland for three months in 1969 and Sir Christopher Sheehy, dairy industry administrator and public servant.
+Kathleen joined the State teaching service in 1912. Following appointments at various schools throughout Queensland, Kathleen was appointed teacher-in-charge of the âbackwardâ classes at South Brisbane Boysâ School. In 1926 she recommended that these classes be referred to as âopportunityâ classes rather than âbackwardâ and her commendation was accepted by the Education Office in July that year. In 1935, the Dutton Park Opportunity School which catered for both boys and girls opened as the first of its type in this State with Kathleen Sheehy as teacher and three female assistants.
+Kathleen retired at the end of the 1958 school year. She died on 22 April 1981 and was buried with Catholic rites in the family grave in Toowong Cemetery.
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Kathleen Sheehy, first Head Teacher of the Dutton Park Opportunity School, in Female teachers 1860â1983, p30 â © The State of Queensland (Department of Education).
+Mary Anne Kelly (better known as âEva of The Nation') was born in Headford, County Galway, at the home of her maternal grandparents, on 15 February 1830, the daughter of a wealthy gentleman-farmer Edward Kelly of Killeen near Portumna who had nationalist sympathies. At the age of twelve, Mary Kelly sent her first verse to Charles Gavan Duffy, founder of The Nation newspaper when it started in Dublin in 1842. The poem expressed her feelings towards the British who governed the whole of Ireland at that time. Mary Kelly later adopted the pen name of âEvaâ.
+She became romantically involved with a young medical student Kevin OâDoherty who was one of the rising men in the Irish national movement. As a result of the Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848, Kevin OâDoherty was found guilty of sedition and sentenced to transportation to Van Diemanâs Land. âEvaâ continued to write prose and poetry with many lyrics mourning the absence of her then fiancĂ© as she waited for his release.
+Despite a conditional pardon which forbade residence in the United Kingdom, Kevin OâDoherty entered illegally into Ireland. A few days later, the couple married in a clandestine ceremony in London. After Dr OâDoherty completed further medical studies, the family with by then three sons migrated to Australia, and made their way to Ipswich and later to Brisbane.
+The family struck hard times later in life and, after Dr OâDohertyâs death, the Irish community conducted fund-raising activities to assist âEvaâ. Her poems were published in 1909 with the help of a priest. Eva died from influenza on 19 May 1910 at the age of 81.
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Portrait of Mary Eva O'Doherty â State Library of Queensland.
+Mary McIntosh was born ca. 16 August 1826 at Kilkishen, near Ennis, County Clare, Ireland. She migrated to Sydney as a single woman in the Champion in February 1842. On 9 April 1849 in Brisbane she married Patrick Mayne.
+Mary and Patrick had six children, of whom three sons and two daughters reached adulthood. Patrick purchased a butchery in Queen Street Brisbane in 1849, built a substantial enterprise owning hotels, shops and houses, and speculated in land. He was on the first municipal council in Brisbane.
+A codicil to Patrickâs will appointed Mary as executrix of the Mayne estate. After his death on 17 August 1865, Mary largely controlled the management of the estate. In March 1876 she bought Moorlands Villa to become the family home and almost six hectares of land on which it stood at Auchenflower. Mary died of coronary heart disease at the age of 63 on 4 September 1889.
+Mary Emelia Mayne, born 31 December 1858, was the second youngest daughter of Mary and Patrick. She was a philanthropist along with her brother, James.
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Emelia Mayne. â State Library of Queensland.
+Ann was born in 1822 at Ashton, in Devon England, daughter of John Cornish, a yeoman farmer and his wife Sarah Smalridge. On 21 December 1848 Ann married Richard Langler Drew at St James Church, Exeter.
+Ann and Richard migrated to Victoria in about 1858 and three years later they moved to Queensland where Richard was appointed shipping master and secretary to the Marine Board. Over the next four decades, particularly after her husbandâs death in 1869, Ann was deeply involved in the administration of a number of welfare institutions, including the Lady Bowen Hospital, Female Refuge and Infants' Home, Lady Musgrave Lodge and the Social Purity Society. Ann also took part in agitation to repeal the Queensland Contagious Diseases Act of 1868. Ann died at Sandgate, near Brisbane, on 5 August 1907.
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Female Refuge & Infants' Home, Brisbane, ca. 1885. â State Library of Queensland.
+Written by Lyn Maddock
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Stories to commemorate the centenary of the proclamation of the Town of Toowong in 1903.
+On 19 August 1903, the Shire of Toowong was proclaimed a town. At the time, the population numbered about 4700. The town grew rapidly, reaching 10,000 residents by 1922. Three years later the Toowong Town Council was absorbed into the Brisbane City Council.1
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+ + + + +The first member of his family born in Australia in 1854, Andrew Lang Petrie relocated the familyâs stonemasonâs yard from the corner of Queen and Wharf Street to the Toowong Cemetery gates in 1882. The site is now occupied by Toowong Mitsubishi.
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Advertisement and etching for John Petrie & Sons, stonemasons in Brisbane, 1889 - State Library of Queensland
+ + +George and family migrated from Croyde, Devon in 1880 and made their residence at Jonesville, Norwood St, Toowong. Formerly, George had been a sea captain, but supported his family by being a grave digger at Toowong Cemetery. He and his family were active members of the Brethren Church.
+ + +Irishman William John Munce died at his Toowong home Caltura in 1892 aged 77. Caltura, believed to be located at 82 Jephson Street, was named after the Ceylonese birthplace of his wife, Elizabeth who died at Sandgate in 1901. One of their daughters, Ada Kate, never married and died at Cultura in 1944 aged 78.
+ + +Charles Patterson was the first Mayor of the Shire of Toowong. Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, Charles arrived in Queensland in 1871. He was a member of the Toowong Council until 1925, elected Mayor numerous times in this period. He proposed the construction of the median strip in High Street, now locally known as âPattersonâs Follyâ, as he envisaged a divided highway ultimately leading to Ipswich. His Bon Accord sawmill was one of the first industries in Toowong, opening on the site of the present Toowong Tower in 1881. The Patterson family lived at Kinellar, still standing on the corner of Sherwood Road and Little Maryvale Street. They were members of the Presbyterian Congregation. Charles died 4 January 1926.
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High Street, Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland, ca. 1917 - State Library of Queensland
+Charles Patterson, ca. 1900 - State Library of Queensland
Robert came to the Colony of Queensland aboard the Fortitude in January 1849. He bought land in 1852 and built Lang Farm which stretched from the hilly part of Indooroopilly Road towards Jack Cook Park and down to the River. He cleared the pine trees and vines growing along Toowong Creek, growing oranges, cabbages, grapes, mulberries and olives. Lang Farm was bought by Richard Gailey, who built his mansion Glen Olive on the riverbank. Robert was appointed to the first Toowong Shire Council in 1880. He died on 16 April 1893 aged 88.
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Robert Cribb State Library of Queensland
+Houses submerged in the 1893 flood waters at Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland - State Library of Queensland. Richard Gaileyâs Glen Olive can be seen in the distance.
Glen Olive Garden Estate on the river bank Toowong - State Library of Queensland. This shows the site of the Glen Olive house and grounds.
+ + + + + + +Henry landed in Brisbane aboard the Duchess of Northumberland on 4 February 1851. He farmed maize, lucerne and fruit on land stretching west from the Regatta Hotel. Henry was appointed to the first Toowong Shire Council in 1880. He died on 18 February 1903 aged 82.
+ + +John Melville, the first overseer, devoted most of his life to Toowong Cemetery. He was born in Hertfordshire in 1834 and in 1848 came to Queensland with his parents under the guidance of Dr John Dunmore Lang aboard the Fortitude. In 1851 when the gold diggings broke out in Victoria, Melville went, to try his luck but returned to Brisbane at Christmas 1854 to visit his family. He then met Augustus Gregory and was asked to join his Great Northern exploration party for the purpose of exploring the Victoria and Albert Rivers, an invitation which he accepted.
+After returning from the expedition Melville was engaged in survey work until 1871 when he acted as chainman to George Phillips, who had been engaged to survey part of the present cemetery at Toowong and in 1873 he was appointed overseer of the cemetery by the Trustees which position he held for 38 years. He was succeeded in his position by his son J. L. Melville.
+The Melvilles lived in a house, later demolished, on part of the cemetery reserve where the bus depot is now. John died aged 77 on 8 March 1912.
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The Late Mr. John Melville - The Queenslander, 6 Apr 1912
+Henry was a musician and violin maker who established a music business in George Street in the City around 1866. The family lived in a residence above the shop. Nine children were born to Henry and Hannah there. Some time later, the family moved to Glen Road. Henry was elected to the Toowong Shire Council in February 1881. One of their sons, Alfred, carried on the business as H. Sleath and Son. Henry was buried on 22 May 1918. Sleath Street, near the Cemetery, off Frederick Street, was named after Henry.
+ + +James was elected to the Toowong Shire Council in 1885. He was described by contemporary J. B. Fewings as âan intelligent and shrewd man of businessâ. A street which runs off Milton Road is named after him. He died on 17 January 1904 aged 51.
+ + +A noted colonial architect, F.D.G. Stanley designed many of Toowongâs grand houses, including Sidney House, demolished to make way for the ABC Studios, Ardencraig, which stood on Golding St and Easton Gray (1869) the residence of Sir Arthur Palmer. He also designed the heritage-listed St Thomas Anglican Church on High Street, Toowong.
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St. Thomas' Church Toowong, looking from Burns Road, Brisbane, Queensland, ca. 1917 - State Library of Queensland
+Portrait of Colonial Architect Francis Drummond Greville Stanley - State Library of Queensland
+ + + + +Fewingsâ memoirs Arcadian Simplicity, written in 1892, described life in Toowong from the 1860s. He lived at Karslake, on Sherwood Road, near Dovercourt. He was headmaster of the Petrie Terrace School for nearly 30 years before moving to the headship of the Fortitude Valley School, which he held until his retirement in 1903.
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Althea Fewings canoeing on Toowong Creek, Brisbane. Althea Theresa Karslake Fewings (later Mrs Frederick Munro Hull) canoeing on Toowong Creek at the bottom of *Karslake, residence of her parents Mr & Mrs J B Fewings. The Chinese market gardens are behind her, and today this area is in the grounds of Toowong College, (off Vera Street)- on the old basket ball courts. - State Library of Queensland *
+ + +Thomas Finney and his family lived in Sidney House (on the site of the former ABC Studios in Toowong) from 1882, one of the grandest houses in Toowong, surrounded by gardens and an orchard. He is buried next to his business partner James Isles with whom he established Finney Isles & Co. in 1864.
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Sidney House in Toowong, viewed from the street, March, 1890 - State Library of Queensland
+ + + + +Arthur arrived from Ireland in 1838 aged 19, spending his early years on properties in New England before moving to Queensland in 1861. Entering the Legislative Assembly in 1866, achieving Ministerial Positions in Lands, Works, Public Instruction becoming Colonial Secretary and Premier from 1870â1874. From 1881â1898 he was President of the Legislative Council. Palmer was a proprietor of the Brisbane Courier and a Trustee of the Queensland Museum. The Palmer family lived at Easton Gray on Stanley Terrace.
+ + +William, a member of the Jireh Baptist Church, Fortitude Valley, was the first minister of the Toowong Baptist Church and was elected to the Toowong Shire Council in 1881. He designed and constructed the Baptist Church on the corner of Jephson Street and Sylvan Road and later became President of the Baptist Union.
+Richer Street, on the North West boundary of Toowong Cemetery, is named after William Richer.
+ + + + +The Siemon family, which included six children, lived at Ravensfield on Coronation Drive and ran a dairy farm, grazing their cows on land near the Regatta Hotel until the 1930s. In 1904, the Charles bought Milton House which they subsequently sold to the Presbyterian Church. Charles owned extensive warehouses, factories and businesses in Brisbane and was a Toowong Town Councillor.
+ + + + +Archibald was the Chairman of the Toowong Fire Brigade, which had built a fire station in Jephson Street in 1919. He was the last Mayor of Toowong in 1925 and went on to serve as an Alderman on the Brisbane City Council between 1926 and 1931. He was Deputy Mayor from 1926 to 1931 and was Lord Mayor from February to May 1931.
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Early view of the Royal Exchange Hotel, Toowong, ca. 1908. The hotel and former fire station were situated in High Street, Toowong. The Jephson St Fire Station replaced the High Street Fire Station and was closed on 2 February 1981. â State Library of Queensland.
+ + +Jessie Philp, nĂ©e Campbell was buried here in 1890. She was a 34âyearâold politicianâs wife and mother of seven. Her youngest child was just two weeks old when Jessie, weakened from recent childbirth, succumbed to the scarlet fever for which she was nursing two older children. Apart from her children, she was survived by her husband Robert (the Member for Townsville) and her parents and siblings.
+The next two burials here were of infant grandchildren of Robert and Jessie. In 1916, Jessie Ruth Henderson (known as Ruth) died from an unknown illness at the age of two. Twelve months later, an unnamed stillborn Henderson baby was also buried here.
+In 1922, when Robert Philp â by then Sir Robert â died, he was buried beside Jessie, although he had married for a second time in 1898. He had a long and distinguished parliamentary career, including twice being Premier of Queensland. He was also a wellâknown businessman and coâfounder of Burns, Philp and Company. He lived at Mallow in Kensington Terrace, Toowong â now the site of the Brisbane Boysâ College boarding houses and dining room.
+The last burial in this grave took place in 1962 when Robert and Jessieâs eldest daughter Isabella Mary (known as May) died. She was 83 and had never married, though she had been engaged to Campbell Cowley from another Toowong family. From the age of 11, when her mother died, May looked after her younger brothers and sisters and later their children and grandchildren. She had a great interest in education, and was a benefactor to institutions like the University as well as providing books and cultural experiences for her extended family. Country nieces stayed with âAunty Mayâ to attend high school in Brisbane. She lived at Mallow until her death, and left the home and remaining grounds to BBC.
+ + +The wellâknown explorer Gregory became the first President of the Toowong Shire Council in 1881. With his brother, Francis, Augustus was attached to the survey department of Western Australia and later joined the Survey Department in Queensland rising to the position of Surveyor General in 1859.
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Sir Augustus Charles Gregory lying in state, Brisbane, 1905 - State Library of Queensland
+Sir Augustus Gregory - State Library of Queensland
Alfred was born in 1837 in Putney, London and arrived in Queensland in 1860. In 1872 he began a horseâdrawn omnibus line which operated between Eagle Street in the city and the present site of the Taringa Shopping Centre, where the Robertsâ home was. The fare to the city was one shilling or one shilling and sixpence return. Alfred would announce his arrival with a bugle call. The business was lost when the stables burned down in 1893. The Roberts family took up farming in Moggill.
+ + +Written by Dr. Hilda Maclean.
+Sponsored by Judy Magub, Councillor for Toowong, 1994â2007
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1: Leggett, S. and Grant, R. (eds) Toowong: A communityâs history, Toowong, West Toowong Community Association Inc., 2003
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +More stories to commemorate the centenary of the proclamation of the Town of Toowong in 1903.
+On 19 August 1903, the Shire of Toowong was proclaimed a town. At the time, the population numbered about 4700. The town grew rapidly, reaching 10,000 residents by 1922. Three years later the Toowong Town Council was absorbed into the Brisbane City Council.1
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+ + + +Edmund Curd was the first principal of the Toowong State School which opened in January 1880. He died in December 1922 aged 78.
+ + +Born in 1884, Victor was a Justice of the Peace and a Mason. He died at his home, CraigâRoyston, Toowong on 21 July 1951. His wife, Jean, was also a JP and a prominent citizen, honoured as a Member of the British Empire. Jean died in June 1976, aged 89.
+ + +Mary Weedon was the first head nurse of the Brisbane Hospital, holding the position for five years from 1885. Mary and her friend, Annie Griffiths, shared a house called Garton in Terrace Street, Toowong for many years. They were also members of the congregation of St Thomas Anglican Church. They died within eighteen months of each other; Mary in March 1942 and Annie in July 1943.
+ + + + +William was a stonemason who had a workshop and house in Sylvan Road. He arrived from Oxford in 1882. He made many headstones at Toowong Cemetery including the Caskey Monument and continued working until his death in 1928.
+ + +In 1890, Sali published his most enduring ballad The Drover otherwise known as Brisbane Ladies which features the line, "Farewell and adieu to the girls of Toowong". The ballad is about the drovers returning west to their cattle stations having sold their at market. The route taken passed through Toowong on the way to Moggill Road.2
+ + +The Johnsons lived in a house called Castle Rawe, Toowong. Harriet died in 1914, aged 63. Her husband, William, outlived her by twentyâfive years, dying aged 79.
+ + +A Scottish merchant, William died at his home Arley, Toowong, aged 66 in 1895. William purchased Arley, opposite the railway station after its previous owner, bank manager Alexander Archer, drowned in the Quetta shipwreck in 1890.
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Horse and carriage outside the Archer family residence, Arley, Toowong, ca. 1882 - State Library of Queensland
+ + +W. H. Wilson was a member of the Queensland Legislative Council, Minister of Justice, Secretary of Public Instruction, and PostmasterâGeneral in a varied political career. He was a founding member of the Anglican Church in Toowong in 1866 and found time to be elected to the Toowong Shire Council in 1884. He was also a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George. He died at his Toowong home, Sherwood Grove, in February 1902, aged 62.
+Walter F. Wilson, Master of Arts, was elected to the Toowong Shire Council in 1886. A member of the Lands Court, Walter F. Wilson died at his home, Dovercourt, which still stands, aged 48 in 1911.
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Honourable Walter Horatio Wilson 1887 - State Library of Queensland.
+Described by contemporary J. B. Fewings as âthe father of Toowongâ, Richard bought large blocks of land bordering Toowong Creek in 1861. He ascertained from the local Aborigines that Toowong was a suitable name for the area and posted the first sign as such. He and his wife Anne were founding members of the Anglican Church. In 1866, he donated part of his land in Curlew Street to build the first St Thomas Anglican Church.
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View of Burns Road, Toowong, Brisbane at the intersection of High Street ca 1910. The second St. Thomas' Anglican Church is in the background. It replaced an 1865 timber building on another site. - State Library of Queensland
+Hercules was the second principal of the Toowong State School, a position he held for 27 years from January 1882 until retirement in March 1909.
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Anne and Hercules Smith, 1863 - State Library of Queensland
+ + +Born in Tasmania in 1843, Robert was educated in Scotland before coming to Queensland in 1865 to work in the cattle industry. In 1868, he switched to sugar growing, managing plantations in the Cardwell region. Appointed subâinspector of native police in 1871, Robertâs patrols took him into unexplored areas. In 1873, he accompanied G. E. Dalrymple to explore the northern coastline to Cooktown. The Johnstone River is named after him.3 He married Maria who bore nine children. Robertâs police duties took him to Winton, Bundaberg, Maryborough and Beenleigh before settling at Serenata, Toowong. Robert died in January 1905, aged 63 and Maria died aged 76 in September 1923.
+ + +Letitia was widowed and had lost two young sons while still in her early forties. She became a businesswoman managing boarding houses in the city and at Kangaroo Point. The Longreach Private Boarding House which she leased in 1879 was a highly successfully operation. Letitia bought Cabury on Kensington Terrace which she renamed Mallow after her birthplace in Ireland. In 1899 she sold Mallow to Sir Robert Philp. When Letitia died in 1908, she left a substantial estate including shares in banks and breweries. Church Street was renamed Jephson Street after her.
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Mallow, home of Sir Robert Philp, Toowong - State Library of Queensland.
+Kayeâs Rocks at Toowong were named after Samuel. He was a government appointee to the Toowong Shire Council in 1880. A member of the Toowong Philharmonic Orchestra, Samuel operated a museum for musical instruments, importing pianos, organs and harmoniums. He taught music for many years from his home on the north side of the rocks which now bear his name.
+ + +Robert was the Member of the Legislative Council for Bowen. When he retired, he took up property in the South Toowong area, dying at Mobolon in 1911.
+Written by Dr. Hilda Maclean.
+Sponsored by Judy Magub, Councillor for Toowong, 1994â2007
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1: Leggett, S. and Grant, R. (eds) Toowong: A communityâs history, Toowong, West Toowong Community Association Inc., 2003
+2: Ochert, M. âSali Mendelsohnâ, Australian Jewish Historical Society Journal
+3: Maclean, H. (ed.) Extraordinary Lives of Ordinary People, Toowong, Friends of Toowong Cemetery Association Inc. 1999
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Stories about Undertakers remembered in Toowong Cemetery
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John Hislop Undertakers, Brisbane, ca. 1902, held by John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+George Barney Petrie was born in 1839 at the Moreton Bay settlement, the youngest son of Andrew Petrie and his wife Mary, née Cuthbertson. His family arrived in Sydney in 1831 and in 1837 his father was appointed clerk of works at Moreton Bay penal settlement. The family stayed on in the district after it closed.
+After learning the ropes in the family building and contracting business George assumed responsibility for the carpentry side of the business from his eldest brother John. Typical of the period, coffins were made in the carpentry workshop which expanded to encompass all aspects of the undertaking trade.
+The Petrie family had arranged burials since 1840 but it wasnât until 1864 that George Barney Petrie started to conduct funerals under his own name including that of Queenslandâs second Governor, Colonel Samuel Wensley Blackall on 3 January 1871. George died on 21 June 1878 of âfitsâ and was buried the same day.
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Advertisement and etching for John Petrie & Sons, stonemasons in Brisbane, 1889 - State Library of Queensland
+Alexander Gow was born in Fife, Scotland, on 19 October 1861 son of James Gow and Christian Philp. In 1865, he arrived in Brisbane where his father operated a grocery store. Alex Gow trained as a compositor and worked in the printing trade. On 24 March 1884 at her parentsâ home in New Farm, he married Mary Inglis Mathewson. There were seven children from the marriage.
+In 1908 he purchased the interest of George Sillett in the undertaking firm Sillett and Barrett. Within two years, Alex Gow had total control of the firm and had started conducting funerals under his own name. He died on 2 May 1919 of gastric carcinoma. In keeping with the tradition of undertaking firms not conducting funerals for members of their own family, his funeral was arranged by John Hislop and Sons, which operated from two doors down from Alex Gowâs premises in Queen Street.
+Alex Gow Funerals, now operated by the fourth generation of the family, moved to its current site in Newstead in 1963 when the traffic in Queen Street made it too difficult to conduct funerals and assemble corteges from the old site.
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Alex Gow Undertaker's premises at 550 Queen Street, Brisbane, Queensland. Men from left to right: Alexander Gow, Robert Alexander (Bert) Gow; Thomas Learoyd. The business was first owned by Alistair Gow - John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
+John Hislop along with his brother James, were prize-winning furniture manufacturers and upholsterers with premises in Queen Street. They also conducted funerals together from the 1870s. This partnership was dissolved in 1889 with the funeral and furniture businesses being separated with the bulk of the funerary business being conducted from Peel Street, South Brisbane.
+John Hislop and Sons established another branch at 544 Queen Street in 1912 where he and his three sons, daughter and son-in-law conducted business until the 1950s when the Queen Street traffic forced them to consolidate the business at Peel Street.
+John Hislop died on 15 July 1918 aged 74 after a long and painful illness. His funeral left the same day from his residence Norman Villa at Norman Park. The funeral was conducted by Cannon and Cripps.
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John Hislop Undertakers in a funeral procession in Brisbane, ca. 1892, held by John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. It is believed the procession is in Sylvan Road (previously Cemetery Road) on corner of Kate Street.
+Advertisement for John Hislop's undertaking business featuring the premises and a horsedrawn hearse, 1902 - State Library of Queensland.
Alma Adlington was born in Rotherhithe, near London in 1856, the son of a boat builder. He described himself as a cabinet maker at the time of his marriage to Mary Gascoyne at Bromley, Kent in January 1883. With their infant son, the Adlingtons arrived in Brisbane in December 1884. Two more children followed. Alma worked as a cabinet maker and upholster, his projects including the hangings behind the high altar of St Stephenâs Cathedral. He also patented in 1890, a combined horse-drawn carriage and hearse in which the coffin was stowed under the floor.
+In early 1891, he went into business with established undertaker George Sillett. The partnership was short lived as Alma died on 4 May 1891 aged 36. George Sillett buried his partner and two weeks later he buried Mary Adlington, who had died of a âbroken heartâ at the loss of her husband. The three orphaned children were cared for by their aunt.
+George Sillett was born in Durham in the north of England in 1866. He arrived in Brisbane in December 1885. A little under a year later he married Durham lass, Margaret Ann Gill at All Saintâs Church of England, Ann Street. At the time, George Sillett was managing Petrieâs Undertaking Establishment at 550 Queen Street.
+After the short lived partnership with Alma Adlington, George Sillett went into business with Walter Scott Barrett, the son of undertaker Walter Barrett. From 1893, the firm Sillett and Barrett traded from Petrie Bight with a branch office at Roma Street.
+Alexander Gow purchased an interest in the firm on the death of George Sillett, aged 42, from influenza exacerbated by heavy drinking on 7 September 1908. He had been a prominent member of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows which is symbolised on his headstone by the two male hands clasped.
+ + +Walter Barrett was born in July 1833 in Taunton, Somerset, son of a veterinary surgeon. He married Matilda Webber on 30 March 1864 and set sail for Australia. He established his undertaking business in 1875 and bought a tiny six and a half perches block two doors down from the Hotel Orient which was designated the number 550 Queen Street.
+He took over the business of the late George Barney Petrie in 1878 and traded as the Petrieâs Undertaking Establishment. Walter Barrett sold the business in 1884 to William Hancock and John Corbett who continued using the name occasionally supplemented with their own.
+Walter Barrett then went to Sandgate where he became an alderman and served as mayor for the year of 1891. He died at Eagle Junction on 11 December 1907 aged 74 after a long and painful illness.
+Kate Mary Smith, giving her name to the KM Smith Funerals, was a true pioneer in an era when women pursued domestic duties or worked in service or in factories. Born in Ireland in 1847 as Catherine Mary Farrell, she immigrated to Australia with her brother in the 1860s. Kate Farrell is believed to have worked for the Jardine family on Cape York. Certainly she was at Somerset on 27 January 1868 when she married Marine John Smith at the Registrarâs Office. Their marriage certificate shows John was 29, and a piano forte maker like his father; Kate was 21 and described herself as a servant.
+Kate Mary, a Catholic, and her Anglican husband John, arrived in Brisbane in 1874. Through their respective churches and his Freemasonry, they were able to make extensive social and business connections, despite living in poor circumstances themselves. John often applied his cabinet making and carpentry skills to produce coffins, subsequently becoming an undertaker. They lived in Peel Street, South Brisbane, and later at Manning Street, and bought the undertaking business of William Walsh in 1883. They operated for many years from George Street, just near the old Lands Department, and they competed for business with other undertakers such as Walter Barrett and the Hislops. Two years later John Smith was dealing with his solicitors about leasing land at the corner of Wickham and Gotha Streets, below the steep hill crowned by All Hallows.
+On 11 January 1886, the Smith family moved from South Brisbane to the Valley where they lived in the upper storey, above the business. Nearby were the very necessary stables, housing the hearses and the black horses that drew them. It was a many-faceted business, and they were on call day and night. But Kate Mary's husband was ill, suffering from consumption, and weakened by an attack on the Marines at Somerset in 1864 in which he had suffered two spear wounds, serious enough for him to have been sent to Sydney for some months. A few months later he died, at Wickham Street, aged 42, and was buried by a Church of England minister at Toowong on 20 May 1886. Kate Mary had run the business for some time already, assisted by her eldest son, John. She had learned how to embalm, a necessary skill to enable the transportation of bodies, but a rare one for a woman to master. This was especially remarkable as women of the time rarely attended funerals let alone work in the industry. She closely monitored all aspects of its operations and insisted on quality service.
+The company continued to develop as times changed, and was an early mover from horse drawn hearses to motor vehicles completing the process in 1932. Kate Mary was a generous supporter of the church and the Mater hospital. Strong and determined, she has been described as a feisty woman who did not suffer fools gladly. These qualities saw the company flourish, despite the hardships of World War One and the depression. Personal tragedy also continued to strike, by the time of her death in June 1932 aged 85, Kate Mary had buried four of her six children.
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Looking from Centenary Place across Gotha St, Fortitude Valley towards K.M. Smith Funeral Directors - State Library Queensland.
+ + +Cannon and Cripps was formed in 1887 by Alfred Cannon and his brother-in-law Joseph Cripps.
+Joseph Cripps was born in Waddeson near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire in 1849. He arrived in Queensland aboard the Ramsey in June 1873. Initially he lived in Ipswich before moving to Brisbane. After nine years in various businesses, he became an undertaker. He died after thirty one years in the profession aged 69 on 15 January 1918 after an illness of six weeks. The funeral, conducted by John Hislops and Sons, left his late residence Iona, Heussler Terrace, Milton and he was buried with the rites of the Methodist Church of which he had been a trustee for many years. He was also a prominent member of the Protestant Alliance Friendly Society of Australia and sympathised with the ideals of the Loyal Orange Lodge. Joseph Cripps had outlived his partner Alfred Cannon by three years and had gone into business with his nephew William Cannon.
+Alfred Cannon died on 11 September 1915 aged 71 at his home Airlie, Edmondstone, South Brisbane. He shared the same political affiliations and lodge memberships as his brother-in- law. Alfred had married Josephâs sister Sarah Cripps on Christmas Eve 1862 in Waddeson, the same village they had both been born and the couple joined Joseph on his voyage to Queensland.
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Flyer for Cannon and Cripps, Undertakers in Brisbane, Queensland, 1902 - State Library of Queensland.
+Written by Dr. Hilda Maclean.
+Thank you to Laurel Shanley from K. M. Smith Funerals for providing the story of Kate Mary Smith.
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Stories about people in Toowong Cemetery that were impacted by the weather
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The 'Young Australia' wrecked at Moreton Island, Queensland â State Library of South Australia - PRG 1373/5/9
+Use the Toowong Cemetery map to help you visit the graves in this story.
+ + + +Robert Bulcock (1832-1900) was born in Clitheroe, Lancashire to parents, Robert and Ann (née Wilkinson). In December 1855 he arrived in Moreton Bay where he became a successful fruiterer, seedsman and produce merchant in Queen Street, Brisbane. Robert later entered politics, firstly as the member for Enoggera in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1885-1888 and then served in the Queensland Legislative Council from 1894 until his death. His wife Elizabeth was laid to rest with her husband in 1908.
+ + +London-born Thomas Illidge (1823-1896) was the son of Thomas Illidge and Harriett (née Muckleton). For some years, he was the proprietor of a boot and shoe store in Sydney before bringing his wife, Ann and family to Brisbane where he recommenced his business in Queen Street in 1859. Ann died in 1882 and was the first burial in this plot. Thomas married again but was buried here with his first wife. Other family members were later interred in the same plot.
+ + +Dr Joseph Bancroft (1836-1894) was a general practitioner, surgeon, medical researcher, inventor, parasitologist and canned meat manufacturer. He was the only child of Joseph Bancroft, farmer, of Stretford, Manchester, England, and his wife Ann, née Lane. Seeking a warmer climate for health reasons, he arrived in Brisbane in 1864 with his wife and children. In addition to carrying out his duties as a medical practitioner, he was keenly interested in the problems affecting stock and agriculture and experimented with plant varieties to establish those suitable for growing in Queensland's climate.
+After his death, his son Dr Thomas Lane Bancroft (1860-1933), a medical scientist and administrator, continued his father's work in agriculture and parasitology.
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Dr Joseph Bancroft - State Library of Queensland
+James Brayden (1827-1890), the first Superintendent of the Cape Moreton Lighthouse was born at Ramsay on the Isle of Man, the son of George Brayden and Mary (née Bell). The lighthouse was built by the NSW Government prior to Separation. James served at Cape Moreton for 31 years before retiring to New Farm in Brisbane. During his tenure at Cape Moreton he provided meteorological observations to the Government Meteorological Observer.
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Three young children playing in the shadows of Cape Moreton Lighthouse, Moreton Island, ca. 1912 - State Library of Queensland
+Richard Henry Sholl (1821-1892) was born in the London borough of Southwark. Following the death of his father Richard Sholl, his mother Elizabeth (née Motton) took her young family to Western Australia. Young Richard later became master of coastal vessels plying the trade routes in the Pacific region and across the Great Australian Bight during the great age of sail. Just prior to Separation in 1859, Captain Sholl was appointed pilot for Moreton Bay by the NSW Government and in January 1864 he was promoted to the position of senior sea pilot for this port, a position he held until 1881.
+ + +Daniel Rowntree Somerset (1812-1880), his wife Dora (née Higginson), and children Anna Sophia (1824-1924), Ellen Maria 1846-1898) and Henry St John (1848-1819) arrived in South Australia from Northern Ireland in 1849 but in 1850 boarded the barque Jenny Lind for a voyage to London via Singapore. As the ship sailed off the North Queensland coast, they were shipwrecked on Kenn Reef. Daniel later became prominent in civic affairs and was appointed Chief Clerk of Customs and Shipping Master of the Port of Brisbane.
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Jenny Lind figurehead, shipwrecked 1850. Exhibits at Gladstone Maritime Museum, Central Queensland, Australia.
+James Clark "The Pearl King" (1857-1933) was born on the Hunter River in NSW. When he was three, he came to Brisbane with his mother and siblings, following the death of his father Adam. After a rudimentary education, he began work as a plasterers' boy at James Campbell & Co.
+Some years later after gaining business experience, he went north to Cape York and entered into a business partnership with Frank Jardine in 1881 to try pearling. The business prospered and, by the time the partnership ended, they had built up a fleet of pearling vessels which was divided between them. James became a leader in the pearling industry and later a successful pastoralist.
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James Clark - The Brisbane Courier, 10 July 1933
+Charles le Brocq (1829-1905) was a native of Jersey in the Channel Islands. He arrived in Melbourne in 1853 and then spent some time in New Zealand. He moved to Brisbane in 1860 and opened the Metropolitan Floating Baths in Petrie Bight in 1866. The Baths were relocated to a site near the Edward Street ferry in 1875. He sold the Baths to another operator in 1886 and they came under council control in 1920.
+ + +Irish immigrant, Edmund Macdonnell (1826-1897) was born in Dublin where his father was a jeweller and fine scientific instrument maker. Edmund learned the trade before leaving for Sydney where relatives of his wife, Mary née Flavelle had a jewellery business. The following year Edmund was sent north to open a Brisbane branch of the business in Queen Street.
+In September 1869 Edmund was appointed by the Queensland Government to the position of Meteorological Observer. He later served as a Justice of the Peace, was a member of the Fire Brigade and Licensing Boards and served on the committee of management of the Brisbane Hospital.
+ + +The Cutten brothers took up land at the southern end of Bingil Bay in North Queensland in 1886. After clearing the land, they cultivated tropical plants, including tea and coffee and tropical fruits. Their orchards and plantations were battered by cyclone after cyclone. James Cutten (1852-1935) together with his parents and siblings had arrived in Brisbane in 1871 from London and settled firstly at Coopers Plains and then at Felton on the Darling Downs before going north. James was a licensed surveyor and returned to surveying after his marriage in 1907.
+ + +Compiled and presented by Lyn Maddock
+A self-guided walk commemorating Queensland's contribution to Australia's federation
+The Federation Walk was produced by the Friends of Toowong Cemetery as a Centenary of Federation project to commemorate the role of the four Queensland delegates to the National Australasian Convention of 1891 who are interred at Toowong Cemetery.
+The National Australasian Convention was held in Sydney from the 2nd of March to the 9th of April 1891. The convention was attended by seven delegates from each of the six colonies and three delegates from New Zealand. The Queensland delegates were John Donaldson, Sir Samuel Griffith, John Macrossan, Thomas Macdonald-Paterson, Thomas McIlwraith, Arthur Rutledge and Andrew Thynne. Significant outcomes from this convention included agreement of the name Commonwealth of Australia and more importantly, the production of a draft constitution. Sir Samuel Griffith was Chairman of the committee responsible for writing the draft constitution.
+This convention marked Queenslandâs greatest role in the path towards Federation as Queensland was not represented at later conventions. For Queenslanders, the Depression, droughts, floods, industrial upheavals such as the Shearers Strikes and financial collapses were higher priorities.
+Other Queensland issues in the federation debate included Queenslandâs use of indentured Melanesian labour that was in contrast the federation movementâs White Australia policy and the possible division of Queensland into two or three separate colonies.
+Despite many arguments against federation, the Federal Referendum on the 2nd of September 1899 narrowly voted in favour of Queensland's joining the new nation. Interestingly, the south-east corner of the colony was against Federation.
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Crowds looking at the results board at the Courier Building on Referendum Night, Brisbane, Queensland, 1889 - State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
+Before you start the walk, wear comfortable shoes, use sun protection, carry water, and read the Brisbane City Council Cemeteries - Conditions of Entry.
+Brisbane City Council seeks your assistance to maintain a safe and peaceful environment for all visitors to enjoy visiting our City Cemeteries.
+You can play your part by having consideration for other visitors in our grounds by:
+Council accepts no responsibility for loss or damage to any vehicle, structure, monument, personal property, or thing, or any injury to any person no matter how any such injury, loss or damage may arise or be caused.
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Portrait of Sir Arthur Rutledge, 1883 - State Library of Queensland
+Arthur Rutledge was born in New South Wales and came to Queensland as a Wesleyan Minister. From 1878 to 1893 and 1899 to 1904 he was a member of the Legislative Assembly. He served five years as Queenslandâs Attorney General from 1883. Rutledge was admitted as a barrister in 1878 and became a QC in 1899 and later a district court judge. He was also the chairman of the Land Appeal Court. He was knighted in 1902. At the convention he was a member of the Judiciary Committee. He was a supporter of Griffith and the liberal franchise. Rutledge was also a strong supporter of the federation of the colonies and an opponent of the Northern Separatist movement.
+Continue up the hill until you reach the Uhl family monument. Turn right and follow the path until you reach a wide path sloping from the top. Turn left and walk directly towards the Blackall Monument. Here you will find the Federation Pavilion.
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The Commonwealth of Australia was inaugurated under a pavilion erected for the occasion in Sydneyâs Centennial Park. Our pavilion, designed by Brisbane architect Ian Sinnamon, honours the Queensland delegates to the 1891 National Australasian Convention who are interred nearby. It was funded by the Federation Community Projects Program and construction was arranged by the Brisbane City Council Cemeteries Division.
+The pavilion is adjacent to the grave of Sir Samuel Griffith.
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Sir Samuel Walker Griffith, 1886 - State Library of Queensland
+Griffith was born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales and migrated to Australia as a child. He graduated from Sydney University in 1862 with Honours in maths and classics and commenced practising law in Brisbane. Griffith, considered by many a Liberal, was elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1872. He was Attorney General and twice premier of Queensland.
+Griffith was a delegate at the Intercolonial Convention 1883. Subsequently, Griffith was ViceâPresident of the National Australasian Convention of 1891 and Chairman of the Drafting Committee which prepared the draft constitution. Griffith was president of the Queensland Federation League from 1898. He was knighted in 1886.
+In 1893 Griffith left government to become Chief Justice of Queensland and from 1903 to 1919 was the first Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia. During this period he translated Danteâs Divine Comedy from Italian, which was published by Oxford University Press in 1911.
+He died on the 9th of August 1920 at his grand home Merthyr which gave its name to a locality in New Farm. The funeral cortege was described by the Daily Mail as the largest ever seen in Brisbane.
+Walk along Federation Avenue to John Donaldson's headstone on the right.
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John Donaldson, Queensland Minister for Public Instruction, 1889 - State Library of Queensland
+Victorianâborn Donaldson became a pastoralist in Queensland. He was a manager and director of a mortgage agency and a bank. He was also President of the Queensland branch of the Australian Nativesâ Association. Donaldson was a member of the Legislative Assembly from 1883 to 1893 and served as Post Master General and Colonial Treasurer. At the convention he sought freeâtrade colonies conservative constitution.
+Continue along Federation Avenue to Thomas MacdonaldâPaterson's headstone on the right.
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Politician Thomas MacDonald Paterson, 1885 - State Library of Queensland
+MacdonaldâPaterson arrived in Rockhampton from Scotland in 1861. He worked at a butchery before moving to Brisbane, where he qualified as a solicitor. He was a member for the Queensland Central Separation League and National Association. MacdonaldâPaterson served as mayor of Rockhampton in 1870. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly from 1878 to 1885 and again from 1896 to 1901. He was a member of the Legislative Council from 1885 to 1896. He served in three tiers of government as he was the Brisbane Federal Member of the House of Representatives from 1901 to 1903. His main claims at the convention were for uniform financial legislation and the abolition of the right to appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
+Retrace your steps along Federation Avenue then return down the hill to the starting point.
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Federation celebrations in Queen Street, Brisbane, 1901 - State Library of Queensland
+Research: Sally McGrath
+Walk Design: Dr. Hilda Maclean
+ + +Federation Pavilion funded by Federation Community Projects Program.
+Restoration of the graves of Griffith, Rutledge, MacdonaldâPaterson and Donaldson funded by the Centenary of Federation Queensland.
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Free self-guided walks to help you explore the history and stories of Toowong Cemetery
+ +Each walk has a map, directions, and stories about people remembered in Toowong Cemetery. Choose a walk:
+ + +Discover the stories of Queenslander's who contributed to Australia's federation and our constitution.
+30 minutes
+Uncover Brisbane's history along the gently sloping Dr. Lilian Cooper Drive.
1 hour
+Learn about Jewish customs and local identities including a world champion wrestler and a bush balladeer.
+45 minutes
+Mount Blackall walk
+Discover the historic highlights on and around Mount Blackall.
A new walk coming soon...
1œ - 2 hours
+Self-guided walks in Toowong Cemetery are free. You can walk in the cemetery between 6am and 6pm.
+Toowong Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Queensland. On your walk you should wear a hat and enclosed shoes, and take a water bottle. Toilets are available at Canon Garland Place within the cemetery - they are not wheel-chair accessible.
+ +Consider joining a Toowong Cemetery Guided Tour or the visiting the headstone symbolism display.
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +A self-guided walk through the Jewish portion of Toowong Cemetery
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The Brisbane Synagogue, ca. 1906. Erected in Margaret Street in 1885 and consecrated on 18 July 1886 - State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
+This is a Jewish Cemetery. Our population in Queensland is quite small, so its cemeteries number only ten and some have rarely been used. In Brisbane there is one at Toowong dating back from the 1870's and the other is at Mt Gravatt, which opened in 1966. Originally there was a small area in the old Lang Park (Paddington) Cemetery, but that was closed and the 3 known Jewish burials, and their monuments, were brought to Toowong in 1913.
+Jewish deceased are buried with their heads toward the East. This has a religious significance. Only one person is buried in each grave. Before the coffin is covered with earth, a small amount of soil of the Holy City of Jerusalem is sprinkled over it. Burial is conducted by a worldâwide, ancient organisation called the "Chevra Kadisha" (The Sacred Society). It has a variety of duties, all of a compassionate nature, e.g. care of orphans and widows, comfort of the dying, charity, etc.
+Examples of vandalism will be seen in this cemetery. This is a worldâwide malady and difficult to prevent, as the damage is usually done late at night. On the occasions on which it occurs, the Chevra Kadisha promptly restores the damaged monuments.
+Before you start the walk, wear comfortable shoes, use sun protection, carry water, and read the Brisbane City Council Cemeteries - Conditions of Entry.
+Brisbane City Council seeks your assistance to maintain a safe and peaceful environment for all visitors to enjoy visiting our City Cemeteries.
+You can play your part by having consideration for other visitors in our grounds by:
+Council accepts no responsibility for loss or damage to any vehicle, structure, monument, personal property, or thing, or any injury to any person no matter how any such injury, loss or damage may arise or be caused.
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The Jewish Walk map, derived from the Toowong Cemetery Area Map © Brisbane City Council 2022, used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Licence.
+Starting at Section 25 in Portion 3 from the Peter Jackson Parade end and closest to Frederick street, walk down the first row, looking left. About the 16th headstone from the start is the grave of...
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He was a worldâclass heavyâweight wrestler. As a youth he trained to be a singer in a Synagogue in Rumania and had a rich baritone voice. He became a professional wrestler and won the World Jewish Wrestling Championship belt on several occasions.
+Moving along another 14 headstones you will come across the grave of...
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Morris built, renovated or moved many homes in South Brisbane, in the first half of this century. He built a small synagogue as an annex to his home in Greenslopes, where he and a group of friends used to pray.
+ + +Walking up another 6 headstones and still looking left you will come to the grave of...
+
This type of massive monument is unusual for its size and is rarely utilised nowadays.
+Another 13 headstones along this same path is the grave of...
+
This is an example of the bronze plaques erected by the War Graves Commission over the graves of exâservicemen.
+The grave next to this one is the grave ofâŠ
+
As a young man he came to Brisbane from his home in Latvia. He worked as a plumber until he could pay for his fiancée to join him. They married here and spent the rest of their lives in Townsville. He was a very pious man and made arrangements for his body to be buried in this Jewish Cemetery. He died aged 96.
+Walking to the end of this path walk around to the start of second path. Looking right, go to the seventh headstone, and you will see the large headstone of...
+
The good man was the Minister of the Brisbane Hebrew Congregation, serving here for 45 years and in Toowoomba and Adelaide for several years. He was, more than anyone else, responsible for the building of the Brisbane Synagogue in Margaret Street. It was started in 1885 and finished in 1886 and remains in full use. The Sepher Torah scroll, at the top of his monument, indicates that he was regarded as a particularly good person. It carries the words,
+++In everlasting memory
+
Walk two graves along and you have reached the graves of...
+
These are the three monuments which were transferred here from Lang Park. They are in sandstone, which is not used much nowadays for monuments.
+Loewe's headstone has a carved pitcher or urn, from which water is being poured. Persons who are descended from the Biblical clan of Levi are called 'Levites' and they had certain duties in the ancient temple in Jerusalem. One was the 'laving' (i.e. washing) of the hands of the 'Cohen' i.e. Priest, before the service, hence the above mentioned pitcher.
+There are many forms of the name 'Levy'. In this case, the name is 'Loewe'. Similarly, there are variants to the name of 'Cohen' and it will be seen that some who are identified as priests (see later notes) have other names such as Kangan, Konn, Kahn etc.
+Moving along the same path and another 12 headstones ahead is the grave of...
+
He was climbing the face of Mt Tibrogargan with two other University climbers. They were ascending without safety ropes. He fell to his death and the Jewish Community was deeply shocked at the loss of this fine young man.
+Proceed along the path for another 11 headstones and you will come to the grave of...
+
This is a bronze plaque supplied by the War Graves Commission. Others are upright white marble headstones.
+Another 8 headstones along this path is the grave of...
+
(The "x" in Peixetto is pronounced "z".)
+She was a descendant of a man by that name, who led the entire Jewish Community of America. There is a wellâknown painting in the Library of the US Congress, showing him with a Jewish delegation which was congratulating George Washington on his victory over the colonial power and assuring him of their loyalty.
+Walking along another 8 headstones we come upon the grave of...
+
Henry Montague "Monty" Bloom served in the AIF in World War 1, as an engineer. He was also a skilled entertainer and organised concert parties in both First and Second World Wars to entertain the troops. He was decorated for his good services. He continued entertaining the wounded long after the Second World War.
+Now walk around to the start of the third path. Looking LEFT the 23rd headstone from the start is that ofâŠ
+
Myer Kangan was decorated with the Order of Australia and made a member of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of his distinguished services to the Crown and to Industry. His headstone has the symbol of a Cohen, a descendant of the High Priest of the Temple in Biblical days.
+Behind Kangan's headstone is that of...
+
On this headstone can be seen an example of the configuration of the hands of a Cohen (a male descendant of the family of Aaron, Moses' brother. Aaron was the first high priest, who already functioned during the Exodus). With his hands held in this manner, and his head covered by his prayer shawl, he is entitled to bless the Congregation.
+Note that not all the Cohanim (the plural) are named "Cohen". The Levites (male descendants of the tribe of Levi) who aided the Cohanim in the Temple Service, still, to this day "lave" the hands of the Cohanim with water, before they bless the Congregation during Services. On the monuments of Levites can be seen an urn or pitcher from which water is being poured. Cohanim obey certain restrictions but also have some ritual privileges.
+Moving also this path 6 more headstones, we come to the grave of...
+
This is a beautiful carved sandstone monument. The symbol of the book would suggest that the person was well versed in the Hebrew religion.
+Next to this beautiful monument is the grave of...
+
Percy Benjamin was a son of Sir Benjamin Benjamin and Lady Fanny Benjamin. Sir Benjamin owned a Melbourne Savings bank. About the turn of the century there was an unexplained 'rush on the banks', when people drew out their money in a great panic for no reason. Sir Benjamin put all his own funds into his bank in an effort to reassure the people, but it was to no avail. He lost everything and was bankrupted. Percy's monument was provided by his Brisbane employers, S. Hoffnung & Co.
+Walk along a couple of more headstones and you will see the striking sculpted red granite monument of Flegeltaub. Moving along another 4 headstones and still looking right you will see the headstone of...
+
About 1875 he carried a "Sepher Torah" (i.e. a Scroll of the Old Testament) on horseâback up the mountain range â the Toll Bar Road â to Toowoomba in order to install Jewish Religious services there. The Toowoomba Synagogue was actually consecrated some years before the Brisbane Synagogue, though the Brisbane Hebrew Congregation was formed in 1865. Mr Levin was an official of both Congregations.
+A further 3 headstones along, we have the headstone of... +
+On this monument is a passage from Proverbs XXXI. It is a fine tribute to a goodly wife.
+Several of the next graves on both sides of the path form the centre of the oldest part of this Jewish Cemetery. Most of these monuments were cut in sandstone, quarried near Helidon. Another 3 headstones along is the headstone of...
+
The headstone and massive monument would weigh over one tonne. If sculpted today, it would cost an enormous amount.
+ + +Now go to the end of this 3rd path and round to the start of the 4th path and look to the right and to the 7th grave of...
+
You will see some columns with the top broken off. This is a wellâknown symbol over the grave of a person who died at a young age. Later, you will see a monument on which is engraved a palm tree. An arm, wielding an axe has lopped off the tree top. This has the same significance.
+As you walk along this path a few headstones up you will notice some more of the old sandstone monuments. Further along you will come upon the white marble monument of...
+
This is an example of the marble monuments erected by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, over the graves of exâservicemen. Others are in bronze.
+Several monuments along you will see one with only one Hebrew word on it, "SHEMOTH".
+In compliance with the Commandment "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain", the Jewish people are careful to avoid disrespect to any prayer book or other object carrying the Holy Name. Therefore, prayer books, etc. which, due to age or accident, are no longer usable are not trashed or burnt, but are placed in small coffins and buried in the consecrated ground of a Jewish Cemetery. Here is the headstone of one such grave bearing the word "SHEMOTH" (name) i.e. "THE HOLY NAME".
+The third grave after the SHEMOTH grave and in the rear row is that ofâŠ
+
Errol Solomon Meyers was Lieutenant Colonel in the Australian Army in the First World War, being a Regimental Medical Officer. A surgeon, anatomist and teacher; coâfounder of the Medical Faculty of the University of Queensland and was Dean of the faculty 1942â1954.
+Now walk round to the start of the fifth path. The first small monument is over another "SHEMOTH" burial. Hundreds of articles (mainly worn out books) are buried in each "SHEMOTH" grave.
+Walking along to the fifth monument and at the rear of it is the grave of...
+
Eric Mark Margulies was the only doctor in the western Queensland country town of Cunnamulla. A major fire destroyed the hotel and the good doctor distinguished himself in the rescue, as well as in the treatment of the survivors, some of whom were very badly injured. Later he was the Government Medical Officer on the Gold Coast.
+Moving along another 10 monuments you will come to the headstones of...
+
These three identical monuments are an example of the work of vandals. It can be seen that they were broken off at the base with blows from behind. By mounting them on a sloping concrete pad, the broken pieces were brought together. Further vandalism is made less likely.
+Walking along another 12 monuments is the grave of...
+
He was a wellâknown cricketer representing Queensland in the Sheffield Shield series over many years.
+Walk along the path past 6 monuments, and you will be standing at the grave of...
+
"Sali" was his nickname. His correct name was Bezalel Saul Mendelsohn. He died in 1897 and his sons had his name inscribed as
+++Sali Mendelsohn Bezalel Saul
+
Sali's wife was a woman of strong opinions and she preferred his nickname to his given names, so she had them neatly chiselled off the headstone, as can be seen.
+
Sali was Queensland's greatest bush balladeer and wrote many songs about the droving days, some of which are "Salt Junk" and the "New Chum's First Tour" but his most enduring ballad is "The Girls of Toowong" also variously known as "Augathella Station", "Overlanders" or "The Drover". It tells of parties of drovers who would set out from the cattle fattening yards which used to stretch from the foot of Mt Cootâtha to the Brisbane river. They would proceed in stages to the North West, where they would collect a vast herd of beef cattle and bring them here for spelling and fattening. Another name by which this ballad was known is "Brisbane Ladies". One version of the song suggested that these ladies camped in the drovers' rough huts in which they stayed between their trips to the cattle country, and provided "home comforts", including cooking, to the travelâweary stockmen.
+Moving along the path for another 10 monuments, you will come to the grave of...
+
When a person dies at a relatively young age, it is sometimes symbolised by a "broken column" i.e. the life has been "broken off." On this monument there is a similar symbolism. An arm with an axe in the hand is seen reaching down from the clouds, and it has chopped the trunk of a palmâtree which is seen falling.
+Walking along a couple of graves, we come across some more handsome sandstone monuments bearing the surname of Phillips.
+
Go to the end of the path and onto the road. The first monument is that of...
+
Here you will see some of the pebbles or stones which are placed on monuments by those who visit the graves of the departed. They carry a threeâfold message:
+++You are not forgotten.
+
+See â I have been here
+And I have added a little to your memorial.
Please place your pebble on a grave!
+We thank you for having "been here" too.
+SHALOM (Peace)
+ + +Text by Morris. S. Ochert OAM - Queensland Researcher, Australian Jewish Historical Society
+ + +Edited by Dr. Hilda Maclean - Friends of Toowong Cemetery
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Uncover Brisbane's history along the gently sloping Dr. Lilian Cooper Drive.
+Before you start the walk, wear comfortable shoes, use sun protection, carry water, and read the Brisbane City Council Cemeteries - Conditions of Entry.
+Brisbane City Council seeks your assistance to maintain a safe and peaceful environment for all visitors to enjoy visiting our City Cemeteries.
+You can play your part by having consideration for other visitors in our grounds by:
+Council accepts no responsibility for loss or damage to any vehicle, structure, monument, personal property, or thing, or any injury to any person no matter how any such injury, loss or damage may arise or be caused.
+
+
Lachlan Chisholm Wilson was born on 11 July 1871 at Logan River, Queensland. With the exception of Victoria Cross recipient, Charles Heaphy (1820â1881, buried at Portion 1â5â34) he is the most decorated soldier in Toowong Cemetery.
+Educated at Brisbane Grammar School, Wilson began and ended his life as a lawyer, first admitted to the Queensland Bar in 1895. First practicing in Townsville, he later returned to Brisbane where he entered into a partnership with E. K. Tully to form one of Queensland's leading law firms. He later extended his business interests, becoming a director of the Australian Mutual Provident Society. During this time, he was also able to foster one of his personal interests, the welfare of exâservicemen and women, and cofounded Legacy.
+Aside from his work as a lawyer, Wilson also served his country, joining the Australian Imperial Force as a Major on 30 September 1914 and landing at Gallipoli in May. As the new commander, he mounted a successful raid against Bird Trenches near Gaba Tepe and seized positions now known as Wilson's Lookout. Taking part in almost all the major engagements between the Battle of Romani (3â5 August 1916) and the capture of Damascus (October 1918), Wilson was also instrumental in introducing the Queensland spearâpoint pump to obtain water in the desert. This portable device could raise water quickly and when combined with canvas troughs, simplified the watering of the horses.
+Wilson continued his military service through Jordan and Egypt and notably managed a rebellion which broke out against the British. For his management of this conflict, Wilson was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and the French Croix de Guerre. After a brief period on the unattached list, Australian Military Forces, Wilson became aideâdeâcamp to the GovernorâGeneral in 1923â1927 and commander of a number of other infantry and cavalry brigades.
+Wilson died at his New Farm home on 7 April 1947, survived by his wife, son and daughter.
+
Brigadier-General Lachlan Chisholm Wilson presenting a field gun at Brisbane Grammar School Queensland 1921 - State Library of Queensland. Cropped.
+
Through his contact with relatives of the famed Doctor Livingstone, George Henderson developed an interest in Africa. After meeting with the Rebel Chief Cetewayo Zulu, he managed to influence railway construction there. Returning to the United Kingdom, then moving to Queensland, Henderson became heavily involved in Brisbaneâs development. Initially he worked to develop and construct storm water drainage in South Brisbane and Kangaroo Point, was responsible for ploughing and paving with wooden blocks both George and Queen streets, and contributed to the construction of railway lines between Cleveland, Charleville, Cloncurry, Chillagoe, parts of the north coastline, and Eagle Farm Meatworks.
+
Queensland Meat Export and Agency Company at Eagle Farm, Brisbane, ca. 1900 - State Library of Queensland.
+Moving further along the road and off to the right is the black granite monument of the McWhirter family.
+
James McWhirter (junior), the only son of James and Agnes McWhirter (nĂ©e Cameron), played a significant part in developing the centre of Fortitude Valley, working with his father to build a premier shopping precinct, which is now a Queensland heritageâlisted place.
+James McWhirter (junior) was born in 1878 in Scotland. His father and mother immigrated to Australia that same year. He married Adelaide Mary Reid in January 1906, but she died tragically nine months later, giving birth to their son Duncan. He remarried in 1910 to Mary Millicent Atkins and had several children with her.
+Encouraged by the new styles of shopping in London, the McWhirters commissioned Brisbane architects Atkinson and McLay to design a substantial, fiveâstorey building. When completed in 1912 it became an immediate Fortitude Valley landmark, seen for miles around, and dominating the Valley corner. No expense had been spared and on its opening in October 1912, delivered the most modern and progressive of department stores. On the ground level, extensive street frontages displayed the latest in island windows and the five street entrances displayed mosaic tiling and lead lights in the main foyer. The interior was wellâventilated and wellâlit and completed with fittings of silky oak display tables which allowed customers to browse and inspect goods without being dependent on sales assistants.
+McWhirters was also one of the first department stores fitted with sprinkler systems for fire prevention and three electric elevators for the convenience of customers. The pneumatic cash tube system was also the largest in the state. The grand new store housed more than 50 departments, including manchester, fabric, haberdashery, jewellery, travel goods, and of course millinery and women's clothing as well as furniture, carpets, kitchenware and toys. For the convenience of customers, a tea room also overlooked the Brisbane River and suburbs.
+James McWhirter (junior) died in Sydney in September 1919 of pneumonia. Such was McWhirterâs popularity and standing in Brisbaneâs social elite that his funeral was held in Brisbane on 19 September 1919 at the Ann Street Presbyterian Church, with many wouldâbe attendees unable to be admitted into the church due to lack of space. He was survived by his father, James McWhirter Senior, his widow and children.
+
McWhirter's department store in Fortitude Valley, 1913 - State Library of Queensland.
+Immediately to the other side of the road is the monument of Charles Foggitt.
+
Charles Emanuel Foggitt, born in Yorkshire in 1864, was a director of the firm Foggitt Jones and Company Limited (Foggitt Jones Limited from 1921). Foggitt immigrated to Australia in 1886 at the age of 22, establishing himself in Brisbane. He married Sarah Ann Malins in 1889, and for many years was associated with food manufacturing firm, J. C. Hutton Propriety Limited, based in Zillmere and Oxley.
+Foggitt possessed exceptional business intelligence. In 1904 Foggitt left J. C. Hutton Propriety Limited and founded Foggitt, Jones and Company Limited with Thomas Llewellyn Jones in 1905, producing ham, bacon and smallgoods. They took over the Huttonâs factory in Oxley, which was in financial distress, and within five years the company was generating an annual turnover of ÂŁ1,000,000. The company gradually expanded into other states and their storage shed at 1 Boundary Street, South Brisbane, built circa 1917 in response to this growth, is now a local heritage place. Foggitt Jones Limited continued to grow throughout the early 20th Century and provisioned supplies to Australian troops during WWII.
+Foggitt lived with his family at Tarrangower, Chatsworth Road, Greenslopes. He died on 13 July 1926 after a short illness and was survived by his wife Sarah, three sons and a daughter.
+Almost immediately in line with this grave, but three rows further along, is the grave of George Harrap.
+
George Harrap was born in Yorkshire, England in 1843 and trained as a teacher at the famous St Markâs College, Chelsea, London. He taught in England from 1857â1872, when he immigrated to Queensland under an engagement with the Queensland Education Department. He was appointed head teacher at the Bulimba State School for a year before being transferred first to North Ipswich and then Woolloongabba in 1884. He was appointed Inspector of Schools in January 1887 and served in this capacity throughout most of Queensland. He retired in 1914, and was recognised as pioneering education in Queenslandâs far north.
+Harrap married Elizabeth Brown in Lincolnshire, England in 1867 and had seven children. His son George was born on board the ship Royal Dane enroute to Australia.
+Harrap died in January 1934 at the age of 91 at his daughterâs residence in Ascog Terrace, Toowong. He was well known for his love of sports and was described in his obituary as a âman of striking physiqueâ who âretained his physique and stamina until a few months before his deathâ.
+Moving back across the road and approximately four graves in, is the headstone of William Neil Gillies.
+
1868â1928
+William Neil Gillies spent his early years with his parents, sugar farming in New South Wales. After marrying his wife Margaret and the birth of their two children in the early 1900s, he moved to Queensland where he farmed sugar, timber and dairy.
+Later however, he began his move into political life as a member of the Labor party. Initially, as a member of the Tintenbar Shire Council, he was unsuccessful in vying for the state and federal seats of Richmond. Somewhat controversially however, he later won the new Queensland Legislative Assembly seat of Eacham created in 1912, after having been charged with falsely stating his period of residence on an electoral claim.
+Here began Gilliesâ rapid rise within the party. He was elected to Cabinet on 25 April 1918 after the general election and then gained the important post of Secretary for Agriculture and Stock and later, minister for the portfolio. Then in February 1925 when E.G. Theodore resigned as premier, Gillies narrowly defeated William McCormack to begin a short and turbulent premiership involving clashes with and between the unions.
+Upon his resignation, Gillies accepted a position in the Industrial Court which was later replaced by the Board of Trade and Arbitration. Here, in a position much better suited to his role as an administrator, he was regarded as a fair Commissioner by employers until his sudden death on 9 February 1928 in Brisbane of hypertensive heart disease.
+For those travelling between Cairns and Atherton, you may find yourself travelling the Gillies Highway, named after William Gillies, noted for its 263 corners and 800 metre elevation.
+
William Gillies, 1920 - Queensland State Archives
+Heading back to the road and moving further along approximately four rows, turn left down the path to see the white and blue painted monuments of William Forgan Smith.
+
1887â1953
+William Forgan Smith was born on 15 February 1887 and came from humble beginnings as the child of Mary Forgan and George Smith, the head gardener of a Scottish family at Airlie Castle Estate. He was a painting and decorating apprentice in Glasgow and helped paint the interior of the Municipal Chambers, where later he was granted the Freedom of the City.
+In 1911, William moved to Mackay in Queensland under medical advice that a warmer climate would assist his chronic bronchial condition and where he met his wife Euphemia (Effie) Margaret Wilson. From this time, between 1913â1942, until his resignation, he led a great career in Australian public life breaking all state parliamentary records at the time. He held office for a longer period than any other Labor Premier in Australia and was the only Queensland political leader to win the people's confidence at four successive elections, leading the Queensland Labor Party for 13 years. His record term at the head of the Queensland Government was one day short of 10 years and three months, from 17 June 1932 to 16 September 1942.
+After his time as Premier he took over the chairmanship of the Central Sugar Cane Prices Board, and later also chairmanship of the Sugar Board. Despite strained relations with the University of Queensland over funding and development, he was also granted an honorary Doctorate of Laws in 1935 and later appointed Chancellor in 1944, a position he retained until his death in 1953. The main arts building at the St Lucia campus is named in his honour.
+
Construction of the Forgan Smith Building, University of Queensland , St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, 1940 - State Library of Queensland
+William Forgan Smith ca. 1935 - State Library of Queensland
Returning to the road, move immediately across to the right and locate the row beginning with the grave of Economidis. Moving along this row see an older grave commemorating Sir Manuel Hornibrook and his son. Look carefully, from the side this monument reads MACDIARMID.
+
1893â1970
+Sir Manuel Richard Hornibrook is perhaps best known in Brisbane for his association with bridge building. His first bridge of note was constructed for the Department of Main Roads across the Burrum River in 1925. This is recorded as the earliest, publiclyâfunded, reinforcedâconcrete bridge in Queensland. In an effort to create employment and provide support for families during the depression, the Hornibrook Highway was constructed during the 1930s and included what was Australia's longest bridge at the time of its construction. The Hornibrook Group built more than 100 bridges, some of the betterâknown including the William Jolly, Story and New Victoria bridges in Brisbane, the Northbridge and Iron Cove Bridge in Sydney, and the Kings Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue bridges in Canberra.
+Along with bridges, Manuel Hornibrook and his brothers, constructed drainage and sewerage works around Brisbane, Longreach, Roma and other towns in western Queensland. In fact, over a period of 40 years their companies built wool stores, wheat silos, wharves, sugarâsheds, tank farms, water mains, factories and electricity powerâstations. Of course another highlight was the successful completion in the 1960s of the superstructure of the Sydney Opera House, including the sailâlike roof.
+Personally, Manuel Hornibrook was known for his spirit, courage and determination and his genuine interest and concern for people, as evidenced by his work during the Great Depression. He was also president of the Hamilton Bowls club, a Rotarian and worked tirelessly for International House, at the University of Queensland. Married with three children, Hornibrook died on 30 May 1970 at the Holy Spirit Private Hospital, Wickham Terrace, Brisbane and was cremated.
+Returning to the road and moving ahead approximately 20 meters, immediately to the left of the road are the graves of Alois Wilhelm Leitner and Robert William Black.
+
Alois Wilhelm "Bill" Leitner was born in 1878 in the town of Lichtenstadt in Bohemia, now known as part of the Czech Republic. Leitner attained the degree of Master Brewer in 1902, emigrated to Australia and spent the next 18 years working in breweries across Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia.
+In 1910, the Castlemaine XXXX Brewery famously set out to develop a beer they believed would be better suited to the Queensland climate than those currently being sold which were modelled on the Victorian styles of the late 1880s. The XXXX Sparkling Ale, while receiving an enthusiastic reception by the Queensland public, was plagued with production problems. And so it was that Leitner was recruited to Castlemaine XXXX in 1920. Almost immediately he introduced new strains of yeast from Europe, ultimately resulting in the final release of XXXX Bitter Ale in 1924 to great acclaim and which remains today.
+At the same time, XXXX introduced "Mr Fourex". The symbol, still recognised today, was that of a sharply dressed, yellow boater hatâwearing gentleman.
+Leitner remained with Castlemaine as their Head Brewer throughout the 1920s continuing to improve all aspects of production. Despite his sudden death in 1931, his creation still remains one of the best known brands in Queensland. Leitner was survived by his wife Alma, their three daughters and a son.
+
Fourex beer advertisement by Castlemaine Perkins Ltd., 1920 - State Library of Queensland.
+Staff and vehicles of Castlemaine Perkins Limited outside the brewery in Milton Road, Brisbane, ca. 1929 - State Library of Queensland.
Born in Northern Ireland in 1859, William Robert Black reportedly arrived in Australia as a refugee as a result of potato famine. Moving to Brisbane, he made his living delivering coal to houses by handcart and later, horse and cart. Black continued to expand his work until he owned a fleet of six launches and 20 lighter, delivering coal using the Brisbane and Bremer River systems. During this time and as a result of his success, he also purchased 700 acres of coal deposits at Bundamba in Ipswich, where he established the Blackheath Colliery, complete with electric haulage and advanced machinery where he broke all state records in the cutting and haulage of coal. Other collieries soon followed at Walloon and another in the centre of Ipswich.
+After his retirement 1920, Black sought to share his wealth, contributing through a number of philanthropic ventures including the establishment of Fairholme College in Toowoomba, Scots College in Warwick, Brisbane Boysâ College Council, Somerville House Council, and founding Emmanuel College at the University of Queensland, St Lucia. As a particularly religious man, he saw his contribution to these religious schools as ensuring the link between religion and education. This continued until his death in 1930 when his estate was left in trust for the Presbyterian Church in Queensland. William Black never married.
+
William Robert Black, ca. 1898 - State Library of Queensland.
+William Robert Black, ca. 1931 - State Library of Queensland.
Enter the Orthodox section of the cemetery, signified by the many Orthodox crosses. Almost at the end of this section, turn left down the row and walk down the hill under the trees to find the white headstone of Ataman Tolstoff.
+
Members of the Russian community had often looked to Australia as a place of safety during times of economic and political revolution. The revolution in 1917, however brought cause for concern when it was thought more radical refugees were arriving. This caused the Australian Government to declare an embargo on Russian emigrants from 1917â1922. When this embargo was lifted in 1922 it gave rise to one of the largest influxes of Russians into Queensland, their population increasing to approximately 3000 by the late 1930s.
+ + +One of them was Ataman (General) Vladimir Tolstoff, Commander of the 4th Ural Cossacks during the revolution. Tolstoff with the assistance of the Russian Relief Force consisting of British Hussars and Australian volunteers were pushing the Red Army back when the enemy successfully infiltrated the British Waterside Workers union and they went on strike stopping the supplies of ammunition and foodstuffs to the White Army. At this point the tide turned and Tolstoff and his men and the relief force were forced to retreat. General Tolstoff lead what remained of his regiment and their families out of Russia and south to Persia by camel and horseback through Kazakhstan and Turkmenia. He and his men were welcomed by the Shah of Persia whose son had trained with Tolstoff. They were fed and clothed and when they had recovered were taken to Basra by ship by the Shah. At Basra the British then sent them by ship to a town near the Chinese border and the next day the red army attacked and they fled over the border into China. The Chinese welcomed them and built villages and even gave them Chinese passports. In 1922 the Australian Government decided to accept them as refugees and they arrived in Brisbane in one shipload. They were productive and some of their inventions in industry are still in use today.
+As a result of the work of immigrants like those led by General Tolstoff, it is believed more than 10,000 people of Russian descent are currently living in Queensland making valuable contributions to the state. This is further evidenced around Toowong Cemetery where you can see many graves painted with Russian blue containing Cossacks from the Revolution.
+ + +Coming back to the road and across to the opposite side, at the edge of the road is white walled monument of Christy Freeleagus.
+
Christy Kosmas Freeleagus was born Christos Frilingos on the island of Kythira, Greece. Inspired by stories of sailors, he moved with his older brother Peter to Sydney in 1901 before moving on to Brisbane where they established a small restaurant. Soon after they opened the Paris CafĂ© in Queen Street and the Astoria CafĂ© in Edward Street. Christyâs remaining eight brothers arrived over the next decade and in 1911 the family established Fresh Food and Ice Company Limited. Until his death, Freeleagus remained Managing Director of what became one of the state's biggest wholesale and retail food chains, providing the first employment over the years for hundreds of Greek migrants.
+Freeleagus was passionate about his homeland and worked continuously to make his Greek heritage better known and respected among Australians. As a result, Freeleagus was appointed Greek ConsulâGeneral, the first of that rank any country had appointed.
+Despite his involvement in the Greek Military and service during the GreekâTurkish War, Freeleagus continued to urge migration to Australia, and on 22 May 1922 delivered a lecture on Australia to the Athens Literary Society, a copy of which is held in the National Library of Greece. In Australia however, his patriotism for his country never ceased and after the Italian attack on Greece during World War II, he led a number of funding appeals, leading to the highly successful Greek Day on 19 November 1941. For this work he was awarded the Silver Cross of George I. He later received the Gold Cross in 1951. Freeleagus continued this type of fundraising for his community at home in Greece throughout his life and an appeal for victims of the 1953 earthquake in western Greece raised the largest amount of money ever sent from Australia for its time.
+Members of the Greek community continued to arrive in Queensland and with support and encouragement from Freeleagus began moving outside Brisbane. As a result, strong Greek communities were formed in Biloela and Home Hill during the 1920s and 1930s. A highâranking freemason, Freeleagus helped found the Royal Automobile Club of Queensland and became a leader of the Chamber of Commerce.
+When Freeleagus died of a heart attack on 16 May 1957, he had successfully founded the first Greek Association and his prominence in the religious and political life of the Greek community was evident through his communityâs large attendance at his funeral.
+
Christy Freeleagus, wearing the Greek army uniform, ca. 1922 - State Library of Queensland.
+Immediately back across the road stands a monument consisting of a large cross draped in a number of strands of beads. These are regularly placed there by those who come to remember Dr Lilian Cooper.
+
Lilian Violet Cooper was born on 11 August 1861 at Chatham, Kent, England. Her father, Henry was a captain in the Royal Marines who was married to Elizabeth. Lilian knew when she was young she wanted to be a doctor and began dedicating herself to medicine, entering the London School of Medicine for Women in 1886. After passing examinations at the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, and the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow, she received a licence to practice in 1890.
+Upon moving to Brisbane in May 1891, Cooper became the first female doctor registered in Queensland. She joined the Medical Society of Queensland in 1893 after two years of boycotting by her male counterparts for daring to leave a practice conducted by an alcoholic doctor. Later she became an Honorary in the Hospital for Sick Children and the Lady Lamington Hospital for Women. In 1905 she became associated with the Mater Hospital where she found her passion and so remained associated for the rest of her life.
+During her life, Cooper always sought to further her knowledge, and during time spent in America, went on to earn a Doctorate of Medicine from the University of Durham. Joining the Scottish Womenâs Hospitals in 1915 she performed 12 months of military service spending time in Macedonia where she was awarded the Serbian Order of St Sava, 4th Class.
+Returning to Brisbane after the war she bought a house called Old St Mary's in Main Street, Kangaroo Point in 1926. Clearly skilled with her hands as a surgeon, Lilian was also known for conducting most of her own house and early motor vehicle repairs and maintenance. In this home she settled into in semiâretirement, becoming a foundation fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1928 before finally retiring in 1941.
+Lilian died in her home on 18 August 1947. While she never married, her constant companion and friend, who first travelled with her from England, Miss Josephine Bedford ensured the home site was used for the development of the Mount Olivet Hospital of the Sisters of Charity. Part of this hospital has since been named the Lilian Cooper Nursing Home. Interestingly, a visit to St Mary's Church of England in Kangaroo Point will provide visitors with images of memorial windows and an altar at the front which displays embroidery of Dr Cooper's medal of St Sava.
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Doctor Lilian Violet Cooper - State Library of Queensland.
+Two friends seated in a horsedrawn buggy, Brisbane, ca. 1900. Miss Josephine Bedford (left) and Dr. Lilian Cooper - State Library of Queensland
Continuing further along the road, almost to the Richer Street entrance, immediately off the right is the white vaulted monument of Anthony Fatseas.
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The grave of husband and wife, Anthony and Catherine Fatseas is highlighted during this walk for his burial in what looks like a small Greek Mausoleum, the same shape and colour of the chapels found in the Greek Islands. While it looks like a mausoleum, those buried here are underground rather than within the mausoleum walls.
+Anthony Fatseas was born in Smyrna in Turkey in 1909. He finished elementary school in Turkey and moved to Athens, Greece with his parents and studied at the French School there. He completed his compulsory military service translating French and became an accountant, later moving to Egypt. He arrived in Australia in 1947 and worked for a year on the editorial staff of an ethnic newspaper and then worked in cafes and as a clerk. Finally, he became a partner in a delicatessen business.
+From here continue along Dr Lilian Cooper Drive past the Richer Street entrance to where the trees are standing along the right side of the road. At the third tree locate the grave of Kramer. Heading along this row and slightly down the hill, three graves in, to the left is the grave of Frederic Charles Urqhart.
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Frederic Charles Urquhart was reputedly an accomplished horseman who, after moving from England, joined the Queensland Native Mounted Police Force on 27 April 1882 as a cadet and installed as subâinspector in charge of the Gulf, Cape York and Torres Strait districts. He later transferred in 1889 to the general police. During his service he was known for his involvement in the search for survivors from the illâfated Quetta in Torres Strait in 1890 and the bush verse he wrote, which included Camp Canzonettes (1891) and Blood Stains (1919).
+Transferred to Brisbane in 1896, Urquhart was promoted to Inspector, Second Class, and in 1898 took charge of the Criminal Investigation Branch. Unfortunately, during this service Urquhart became known not for his work but for his 'impulsive and exacting temperament' and his 'vindictive and tyrannical nature', which was highlighted during a Royal Commission into policing in 1889. Despite such criticism Urquhart remained supported by the current Police Commissioner and other political friends, to be appointed Chief Inspector on 1 July 1905. During this period of his service he rose to prominence in the police action during the 1912 general strike and despite some objections, was appointed Queensland's fourth Commissioner of Police on 1 January 1917, a position he held until 16 January 1921.
+After this time, Urquhart moved and was appointed administrator of the Northern Territory and sent to Darwin to manage the North Australian Industrial Union. Upon his retirement in 1926, Urquhart settled at Clayfield, Brisbane with his family, passing away at St Helen's Private Hospital on 2 December 1935.
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Queensland Police Force Commissioner and two officers, c 1905, Inspector 2/c Geraghty, Commissioner Cahill and Chief Inspector Urquhart at the Depot Ceremonial Arch; original photo believed to be taken ca. 1905 â Queensland State Archives
+Coming back to the road and heading all the way to the top of the hill, on the very corner of the intersection with Pat Hill Drive is the grave displaying a boxing ring, the grave of Patrick Francis Hill.
+The Boxing ring memorial of Pat Hill is a recognisable feature within Toowong Cemetery. At the time âBrisbaneitesâ were known for their love of a good fight, and the Brisbane Stadium was considered the home of Brisbaneâs wrestling and boxing for many years. Here men of different statures and builds were pitched against each other and the man in the middle was usually a referee by the name of Pat Hill. He was a balding slender framed, wiry man, who for more than 25 years danced in the ring alongside some of Australiaâs best.
+Pat died in August 1958, and following his death, the stadium organised a fundraiser to erect the memorial for Pat you see in the cemetery today.
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retrace your steps and return to the start.
+The walk is based on Toowong Cemetery Tour Two © Brisbane City Council 2016, used under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Licence.
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