Protector of Aborigines, Cooktown
Wages Ledger . 3.1940 - . 4.1943
Item ID 108836
Previous System Location POA13/5; PRV12691/1/3
Access Category 30 years
Child Endowment Ledger .11.1941 - . 4.1943
Item ID 89692
Previous System Location POA13/5B (IN POA13/5); PRV11214/1/1
Access Category 65 years
Queensland State Archives
Copyright Paul Mackett 1992
N.B. This register was examined in a bit of a rush at the Queensland
State Archives. It should be checked at a later date.
4. 5.1942 Letter to Wyben Pearling Company
Permission to employ the following
Name Age Last Boat Country
---- --- --------- -------
Dick 23 Carlton Lockhart
Luke 21 Franckton Lockhart
Sambo Florida Cooktown
Big Coby Tranton Lockhart
Small Barney Tranton Lockhart
Charlie Evanson Rockton Lockhart
Tommy Gordon 19 Sunian Lockhart
Johnny Morton 24 Yeton Lockhart
Toby Gordon 22 Sunian Lockhart
Tommy Fox Placid Lockhart
Nelson Waikato Lockhart
4. 5.1942 As above
Jack Clive Tranton Lockhart
5. 5.1942 Bowden Pearling Company of Thursday Island
Permission to employ the following from Coconut Island
Lui 27 Poruma Coconut Island
John 20 Poruma Coconut Island
The following list was at the back of the register and was headed
"This account commenced as per April 1940. List from D.N.A. Brisbane."
I have included only one occurrence of each name. It probably refers
to places where accounts were held before Cooktown.
Name Protectorate
---- ------------
Awu Thursday Island
Tolowa Nona Thursday Island
Sandy Mossman
Captain Walit Thursday Island
Johnny J-430 Cairns
Michael Laura
Frank McIvor F-103 Laura
Sambo Laura
Jimmy Flanagan Laura
Jerry Bob Laura
Henry Quinn Mt Garnet
Andrew Coen
Possum Massey Coen
Cobby Coen
Monday Mossman
Willie Kenny Laura
George Pegus Laura
Bobby Kenny Laura
larry Anning L-81 Laura
Tanu Nona Thursday Island
Sloper S-149 Laura
Ernest Seaton E-93 Laura
Johnny Shepherd J-100 Coen
Andrew A-51 Coen
Jerry Koolburra J-188 Laura
Trooper Harry T-119 Laura
Albert Melaru A-203 Laura
Michael M-80 Laura
Mickey Lawson M-309 Mossman
Paddy Davies Mossman
Moonlight M-69 Coen
Jackie Upton J-89 Coen
Willie Harold Coen
Jackie J-186 Laura
Clicko Webb C-184 Coen
Doris D-640 Mareeba
Mickey M-334 Laura
Jerry Coleman Coen
Annie Coen
Ruby Coen
Peter Chippendale P-49 Coen
Lukin Coen
Albert Upton A-48 Coen
Sugar S-157 Coen
Loddi L-182 Coen
Billy Charcoal B-139 Laura
Jerry Bob Laura
Harry Christensen Laura
Willie Boxer Laura
Yougie Sykes Y-18 Mossman (Young Yougie)
Bob Ross B-86 Laura
Billy King B-344 Mossman
The register the following was extracted from sometimes contained
more than one person per page. These extra names are often
continuations from later sheets.
Name Ident No. Age/Year Residence
---- --------- -------- ---------
Albert A-56 64 / 1940 Barrow Point
Wife - Nellie
Norman (also) N-233 Born 1892
Wife - Hetty H-41
Albert Melaru A-203 41 / 1940 Cooktown
Wife - Mary. Transferred to Laura.
Bob Ross (also) B-86
Harry H-136 23 / 1940
Single. T'ferred from Laura 1940. T'ferred to Mossman 1942.
Alick Harte A-61 Born 1900/01 Barrow Point
Widower. No children. Wife died Cooktown Hospital 31. 8.1942.
Henry Bloomfield H-40 60 / 1942
Wife - Maudie. Eight children
Andy A-62 55 / 1940 Rosebank / Flaggy
Wife - Jenny
Billy Gibson (also) B-80
Wife - Polly
Bamboo B-259 65 / 1940 Bloomfield
Wife - Minnie
Jack Short (also) J-38 Born 1892
Single. T'fer from Mona Mona Mission 1942/43.
Barney B-74 54 / 1940 Cape Bedford
Wife - Rosie
Douglas Diver (also) D-368
Wife - Jinny
Billy B-78 55 / 1940 China Camp
Wife - Jessie
Billy Gibson (also) B-79
May (also) M-417
Husb - Billy Gibson B-79
Billy Olive B-81 61 / 1940
Widower
Billy Mapoon (also) B-286 Bloomfield
Deceased
Ida (also)
Daughter of Big Jack, and her 2 children Ena and May.
Billy Gibson (Young) B-79 26 / 1940 Shiptons Flats
Wife - May M-417. Three children, all boys.
Reggie (also) R-212
Billy Gibson B-80 66 / 1940 Cooktown
Wife - Polly
Billy Webb B-84 71 / 1940 Rosebank
Wife - Maggie M-349
Sam Morris (also) S-132
Widower. Wife Violet deceased.
Bob Ross B-86 65 / 1940 Cooktown
Single
Charlie Tayley (Dowling) C-42 34 / 1940 Cooktown
Wife - Lilly
Charlie Denman C-41 41 / 1940 Cooktown
Wife - Lilly. Six children.
Charlie Tracker (Laura) Cape Bedford Mission
Deceased
Charlie Tayley (also) C-41
Doris Bloomfield (also) D-311 Born 1925
Single
Charlie Moynahan C-45 60 / 1940 Cooktown
Wife - Lena
Sambo S-151
Single
Douglas Cameron (also) D-193
Charlie Ross-Kelly (H/C) C-47 30 / 1940 Big Tableland
Wife - Kathleen
Douglas Cameron (also) D-193
Charles Wallace C-48 66 / 1940 Butcher's Hill
Widower
Charlie Moynahan (also) C-45
Coby C-49 60 yrs Cooktown
Wife - Polly Cannon P-169
Coby Boatboy C-50 65 / 1940 Cape Bedford Mission
Single
Coby (also) C-49
Corporal C-54 54 / 1940 China Camp
Wife - Rosie
Corporal Medium (also) C-53
Corporal Medium C-53 49 / 1940 Bloomfield
Wife - Nancy N-169. One child Billy
David Henderson (H/C) D-61 Rosebank
Single
Charlie Denman (also) C-41
Tommy Douglas (also) T-77
Wife - Nancy
Doris D-64 34 / 1940 Mareeba
Husb - Billy Wallace B-83
Charlie Denman (also) C-41 41 / 1940
Wife - Lilly
Douglas Cameron D-193 55 / 1940 Rosebank
Widower
Frank Campbell F-93 20 / 1940 Cooktown
Single
Friday F-27 50 / 1940 Cooktown
Wife - Topsy
Frank Campbell (also) F-93
Frank McIvor F-103 15 / 1940 Cooktown
Single
Jimmy Henry (also) J-584 Born 1925
Single
George Doughboy G-45 50 / 1940 Cooktown
Wife - Annie
George Walmsley G-46 54 / 1940 Bloomfield
Wife - Nellie
Billy (also)
Harry H-37 35 / 1940 Shiptons Flats
Wife - Dolly. Children Clara, Jean and Walker.
Hetty H-41 34 / 1940 Boiling Springs
Husb - Norman
Hilda (also) H-119
Hilda H-119 45 / 1940 Cooktown
Husb - Nandy N-43
Ivy I-5 36 / 1940 Cooktown
Single
Jackie Sambo J-432 23 / 1940
Single
Sammy Olive (also) S-36
Wife - Rosie Olive R-130
Jack Athalie J-107 59 / 1940
Wife - Polly
Sammy Olive (also) S-36
Jackie J-109
Deceased. Dependents at Cape Bedford Mission.
Harry (also) H-37
Jackie Red Point J-108 44 / 1940 Cooktown
Wife - Sarah
Jacky J-112 54 / 1940
Widower
Jimmy J-116 62 / 1940 Cape Bedford Mission
Jimmy Harte J-117 66 / 1940 Cooktown
Wife - Mary
Jimmy Seagren J-120 61 / 1940 Boiling Springs
Wife - Polly
Jimmie Watsarie J-122 54 / 1940
Wife - Julia, said to have died at Daintree about 2 years ago.
Son - Young Yongi (Yougi) Y-18 at Daintree
Daug - Emily at Daintree
Daug - Rosie at Daintree
Joe Rootsey (also) J-123
Joe Rootsey J-123 22 / 1940 Starcke Stn
Wife - Peggy
Johanna J-124 60 / 1940 Cooktown
Single
Johnny Athalie J-126 59 / 1940
Wife - Polly
Johnny Diana (Mapoon) J-127 64 / 1940 Cooktown
Wife - Rosie, deceased
Johnny Springvale J-130 55 / 1940 Streamlets
Wife - Kitty
Johnstone J-131 54 / 1940 Flinders Is
Single
Johnny Springvale (also) J-130
King K-14 30 / 1940 Bloomfield
Wife - Friday F-113
Lindsay L-177 13 / 1940 or 16/1942
Single
Little Alick L-43 54 / 1940 Bloomfield
Wife - Polly
Nancy Douglas (also)
Husb - Tommy Douglas
Maggie M-349 56 / 1940 Flaggy
Husb - Billy Webb B-84
Mickey Drippen M-85 39 / 1940 Butcher's Hill
Single
Mickey Bluetongue M-84 54 / 1940 Oakey
Wife - Nellie
Minnie Gorton M-87 55 / 1940 Cooktown
Husb - Joe Burns J-471
Munday Nunn M-90 Rossville
Deceased 1937. Wife - Lilly
Lily Tayley (also) L-252
Molly M-129 Rosebank
Account T'fer from Laura. Widow.
Fath - Jimmy Hart deceased
Moth - Rosie deceased
Husb - deceased
Now at Daintree
Mickey Drippen (also) M-85
Mabel M-355 32 yrs Cape Bedford Mission
Husb - Barn
Nandy (also) N-42
Nandy N-42 30 / 1940 Rossville
Wife - Minnie. Five children
Nandy N-43 30 / 1942 Cooktown
Wife - Hilda H-119
Nellie Antonio N-47 66 / 1940 Bloomfield
Widow. Husb - Charlie Hungary C-43
Nudgee N-48 54 / 1940 Shiptons Flat
Wife - Yearie
Nipper N-49 55 / 1940 Cooktown
Single
Nipper N-150 50 / 1940 Flaggy
Wife - Maudie M-505
Norman Munday N-50 35 / 1940
Wife - Dina Gibson, now at Fantome Island.
has another wife - Lizzie
Oscar O-4 50 / 1940
Wife - Topsy. Said to be at Daintree
Nandy (also) N-43
Paddy P-197 17 / 1940 Butchers Hill
Single
Peter P-196 17 / 1940 Butchers Hill
Single. Died Butchers Hill 6.12.1942
Lily Nunn (also) L-257
Peter P-55 20 / 1940
Norman Munday (also) N-50
Polly Cannon P-169 40 / 1940 Cooktown
Husb - Coby C-49
Podge P-188 17 / 1940 Yarrabah
Single. Also known as Podgy Gordon
Polly P-213 Rossville
Very old gin. Husb - Willie Bloomfield
Roy Shea (H/C) R-27
Single. Exempt from the Act
Rosie Olive R-130 39 / 1940 Cooktown
Husb - Sammy Olive S-36
Ruby Denman R-140 15 / 1940 Cooktown
Single
Sammy Olive S-36 41 / 1940 Cooktown
Wife - Rosie R-130
Jimmy Ball J-501 14 / 1940
Fath - Charley Ball C-101 (Mossman)
Spider S-37 44 / 1940 Bloomfield
Wife - Maudie (Molly)
Tiger T-64 54 / 1940
Wife - Rosie
Tiger 2 (Tiger White) T-65 59 / 1940 Barrow Point
Wife - Jenny
Tiger Lee T-66 54 / 1940 Cooktown
Widower
Toby Bamboo T-68 44 / 1940 Helenvale
Wife - Kitty
Tiger Lee (also) T-66
Toby Bloomfield T-69 49 / 1940 Helenvale
Wife - Polly
Maudie Nipper (also) M-505
Tommy T-73 49 / 1940
Wife - Maudie
Toby Togan T-71 39 / 1940 Cooktown
Wife - Lena L-178
Harrigan (also) H-36 32 yrs
Widower. Four children at Palm Island.
Tommy Tableland T-244 Flinders Is
Wife - Kitty Tommy (Port Stewart)
Topsy T-253 33 / 1940 Cooktown
Husb - Friday F-27
Nipper (also) N-49
Single
Walker W-37 44 / 1940
Wife - Rosie, died at Shiptons Flats. Walker died at Daintree
before last year. Has brother at Shiptons Flats called Old Friday.
Walker (H/C) W-38 28 / 1940 Rossville
Wife - Clara. One child.
Wilbur W-41 59 / 1940 Rossville
Wife - Kitty
Willie Lee Chu W-89 20 / 1940
Single
Clara (also) C-229 Born 1925 Cooktown
Single
Toby Flinders T-254 51 / 1940 Flinders Is
Married
Tulo T-255 Cape Bedford Mission
Daughter of Bessie B-76 (deceased)
Dick (also) D-309 Born 1928
Single
Tom T-256 Cape Bedford Mission
Son of Bessie B-76 (deceased)
Dan D-215 Cape Bedford Mission
Son of Bessie B-76 (deceased)
Dolly D-223 42 / 1940 Cape Bedford Mission
Husb - Yoren
Charlie Hungary C-43 40 yrs Barron Flat
Wife - Nellie Antonio N-47
Eileen Friday E-129 14 / 1940 Cooktown
Single. Fath - Friday F-27
Toby (also) T-319
Jack Osborne J-227
Deceased.
Fath - Old Harry
Moth - Topsy
Nellie's two children reside at China Camp, Bloomfield.
Joe Burns J-471 20 / 1940 Cooktown
Wife - Minnie Gorton M-87
Jackoon J-482 26 / 1940 Flaggy
Wife - Nellie
Joe Burns (also) J-471
Marie M-359 17 / 1940 Cooktown
Husb - Michael Webb.
Daug - Betty Michael, born 30.10.1942, died 14.11.1942
Nellie Brown N-182 Flaggy
Widow. Old woman.
Charlie Bloomfield (also) C-246 16 yrs
Single
Lena Togan L-178 23 / 1940 Cooktown
Husb - Toby Togan T-71
Harry Shipton (also)
Tiger Ryan T-264 12 / 1940
Parents dead. Native of Cooktown.
Martin M-126
Transfer from Laura
Jackie Friday J-472 16 yrs Cooktown
Single
Fath - Friday F-27
Moth - Topsy
Willie Bloomfield W-44 54 yrs Cooktown
Wife - Polly
Reggie (also) R-212
Emily E-133 13 / 1940
Lizzie McGreeham L-156 60 yrs
Husb - Norman Munday
Toby Dandy (also)
Nellie N-186
Husb - Jackson
Coby (also) C-257 Lockhart Mission
Single
Nancy N-169 35 yrs
Husb - Corporal Medium C-53
Lex L-42
Wife - Bixie
Lorleen L-185 13 / 1940
Single
Fath - George Doughboy G-45
Moth - Annie
Johnny J-430 35 yrs
Friday F-113
Husb - King (George) K-14
Banjo B-305 Lockhart Mission
Single
Lizzie L-44 61 yrs China Camp
Husb - Big Jack
Davis D-91
Charlotte (also) C-273
Paddy Bassani P-44
Coen Protectorate
Michael M-80
Wife - Marie M-359
Daug - Betty Michael, born Cooktown 30.10.1942
Mickey Lawson M-309
Single
Corporal Fat C-51 31 yrs
Wife - Georgina
Fath - Tiger
Douglas Smith D-66
Single
Young Yougie (Yongie) Y-18
Wife - Dolly
Harry Bloomfield H-160
Single
Dolly D-264
Husb - Harry H-37
Kitty K-15
Husb - Johnny Springvale J-130
Tommy Douglas T-77 30 yrs
Wife - Nancy
Minnie M-426
Husb - Nandy N-42
Minnie M-426
Husb - Nandy N-42
Annie A-241
Husb - George Doughboy G-45
Daug - Marie, born 1932
Son - Jack, born 1934
Son - Ernie, born 1942, February
Dolly D-264
Husb - Harry H-37
Lily L-207
Husb - Charlie Denman C-41
Maude Bloomfield M-416
Husb - Harry Bloomfield H-40
May M-417
Husb - Billy Gibson B-79
Hetty Norman H-41
Husb - Billy
Son - Billy
Son - Stanley, born 1939
Daug - Wilma, born 10.10.1941
Nancy Baird (also) N-230
Ida I-55
Husb - Billy Mapoon B-296
Daug - Ivy, born 1932
Son - Bob, born 1938
Daug - Mary Ann, born 1940
Nellie Merry (also) N-229
Maudie Nipper M-505
Daug - Veronica, 5 years in 1943
Daug - Doreen?
Daug - Doris, born 1936
Son - Jimmy, born 1938
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