Rev Robert Hugh Wilson Diaries
21.11.1908 - 31.12.1912 Covers Aurukun
9.12.1918 - 20. 9.1922 Covers Mornington Island
23. 9.1922 - 30. 4.1925 Covers Mornington Island
Fryer Library MSS F/1682 (5 volumes)
There are five volumes in this series. The remaining two and part
of the first volume refer to the period from 1911 to 1918 and cover
Wilson's time in other parts of Australia, especially Western
Australia. As many of the names occurr often throughout the series I
have not attempted to extract every occurrence. I have extracted
enough to give a reader information about who is mentioned and where
to look. The originals can then be used for further study.
21.11.1908 - 31.12.1912 Aurukun
Commenced at Aurukun 20.12.1908
26.12.1909 This entry covers the period from 22. 1.1909
to 26.12.1909. During this time the following happened
28. 8.1909 Mamoose died
1. 9.1909 Mamoose buried
10. 9.1909 Mentions Charlie Fruit and Billy Lefthand and Butler
25.12.1909 Archewatler, wife of Cockroach, ran away. Also mentions
Saul, Cowling and Butler. Also mentions Callope ran away
from William. Harry blamed for this.
8. 1.1910 Mentions
Billy Blowhard
Harry
Callope
12. 2.1910 Mentions Smith
12. 2.1910 Mentions
Goodman
Toby
Jimmy
George
19. 2.1910 Mentions
Lucy, aged 3 years
Barry
George
August
Charlie Fruit
Kitty, wife of Charlie Fruit
5. 3.1910 Mentions Telbungara, wife of Chum, who ran off with
Long Willy
26. 3.1910 Mentions the following
Maggie, wife of Long Willy, ran off with Saul.
Nyarlotte, wife of Butler, ran off with Cowling.
The father of Maggie, wife of Long Willy, is Mamouse.
Barry.
9. 4.1910 Mentions
Butler
Maggie
Willy
Saul
Cowling
16. 4.1910 Mentions
C Fruit
Weipa Johnny
L Willy
Cowling
Butler
B Lefthand
30. 4.1910 Jimmy Singleman ran off with Chum's wife Nuckwandana
7. 5.1910 Mentions Jimmy
14. 5.1910 Mentions Scotty, H/C boy from Mapoon
21. 5.1910 Mentions
Jimmy
The wife of old Peter
Jack
Mamouse
11. 6.1910 Mentions Charlie
23. 6.1910 Mentions
Saul
Billy
Maggie
9. 7.1910 Mentions
William
Callope, second wife of William
Johnny
Harry
Bos'm, brother of Callope
23. 7.1910 Mentions
Joe
Charlie Fish wants to marry Joe's mother
Charlie Fish already has one wife
27. 8.1910 Mentions Moses
3. 9.1910 Mentions
Johnny
Tom Solomon
17. 9.1910 Mentions
Mamouse
Archie
10.12.1910 Mentions
Willie, a school boy
Robert
Billy
Jimmy
Henry
17.12.1910 Mentions Jimmy
28. 1.1911 Mentions
Goodman
Jimmy
Toby
Butler
Bos'm
11. 2.1911 Mentions
Bos'm
Butler, has multiple wives
25. 2.1911 Mentions Cowling
27. 3.1911 Mentions
Agnes
Hilda
Fanny
Pinyarva
9.12.1918 - 20. 9.1922 Mornington Island
In these two volumes it is occasionally difficult to know whether
his children are being referred to. Occasionally animals have been
given names and these may have been occasionally extracted.
19.12.1918 Mentions Ned
22.12.1918 Mentions Peter, Nellie and Rosie are common names at
the Mission
24.12.1918 Mentions
Ned
Willie
Alick
30.12.1918 Mentions
Ned
Willie
Alick
Mary
20. 1.1919 Mentions
Alick and his wife
Willie and his wife
21. 1.1919 Mentions
Alick
Ned
Nellie
Maggie
22. 2.1919 Mentions
Hugh aged 12 months today
George
26. 3.1919 Mentions
Andrew's birthday
Willie
Johnnie
27. 3.1919 The two year old daughter of Dolly, one of the wives of
Monkey, died. Monkey was one of the men removed for the Hall
tragedy.
30. 3.1919 Mentions
Bessie
Rebecca gave birth to a baby boy
13. 4.1919 mentions
Ned
Willie
Archie
Lena
20. 4.1919 Harry broke the arm of one of his wives
26. 4.1919 Mentions Albie
6. 5.1919 Mentions Paddy, a school boy
7. 5.1919 Mentions Alick, wife and baby
9. 6.1919 Mentions as boat crew
William
Albie
Jack
7. 7.1919 Mentions
Namie
Edie
Molly
Mabel
Billy
Ben
Nelly
8. 7.1919 Mentions the following school boys
Gully
Paddy
Jimmy
10.10.1919 Maggie, wife of William, gave birth to a son.
18.11.1919 Mentions
Lena H/C
Cockatoo
28.11.1919 Mentions
Andrew
Bess
1.12.1919 Larry, a boy, arrived
14.12.1919 Mentions
Polly
Albie
Archie, full brother to the man who killed Mr Hall
Toby, full brother to the man who killed Mr Hall
16.12.1919 Mentions Frank
20.12.1919 Mentions
Willie
Lena
31.12.1919 Goitre and Charlie, both males, apparently died in the
bush on 26.12.1919.
5. 1.1920 Goitre didnt die. Charlie died.
5. 2.1920 Minnie had a baby boy
23. 2.1920 Lena sent to Burketown Hospital
28. 2.1920 Mentions
Lena gave birth to a stillborn male child which was buried at sunset.
Also mentions Molly.
29. 2.1920 Mabel gave birth to a baby boy.
Also mentions Lena
8. 3.1920 Minnie, who recently gave birth, is seriously ill.
9. 3.1920 Minnie, Adam's wife, died and was buried immediately
21. 3.1920 Marpesa, an Aurukun woman, is ill
26. 3.1920 Andrew's birthday
9. 4.1920 Mentions William
24. 4.1920 Jean, wife of Goodman, gave birth to a baby boy
on April 22
4. 5.1920 Mentions
Goodman
Harry
Mapesa
7. 5.1920 Mentions motherless baby named Lochie (?Tochie)
27. 5.1920 Mentions
Sandy
William
31. 5.1920 Jessie has childbirth pains
1. 6.1920 Jessie gave birth to a baby boy with a deformed foot
like one of his uncles.
16. 6.1920 Mentions Jumbo
22. 6.1920 Mentions
Paddy
George
Greig
Kelly
Archie
Adam
15. 9.1920 Mentions
Peter
Spider
Larry
Ida
14.10.1920 Mentions
Warrack, his wife and child
Bob Doughboy and wife
Colling from Aurukun
16.10.1920 Mentions
Warrach
Henry
22.12.1920 Maria gave birth to a son named Henry
24.12.1920 Mentions
Warrack
Mark
13. 1.1921 Mentions Henry
16. 1.1921 Warrack is baptised
24. 1.1921 Mentions William
3. 3.1921 Mentions
Pauline
Jessie
16. 3.1921 Molly gave birth to a baby boy named Earnie.
Ruby gave birth to a baby daughter named Dot
10. 4.1921 Allan, Jean's baby, died
19. 4.1921 Earnie, Molly's baby, died last night
21. 4.1921 Mentions Escott
23. 4.1921 Mentions Aurukun Billy
25. 4.1921 Ida Oakleigh died
30. 4.1921 Mentions
Polly
Lochie, a child
15. 5.1921 Old Man Peter
27. 5.1921 Mentions Ben
2. 6.1921 Lochie, a baby aged 18 months, died and was buried
12. 6.1921 Mentions
Pauleena
Topsy
15. 6.1921 Mentions
Pauleena
Namie
23. 6.1921 Maggie is very ill
8. 7.1921 Mentions Namie
29. 7.1921 Mentions Warrack
1. 8.1921 Mentions Henry
30. 8.1921 Mentions Paddy
19. 9.1921 Eileen gave birth to a baby girl named Alma, last night
3.10.1921 Eileen's baby died between the last entry and this one
30.11.1921 Bessie, wife of Albie, gave birth to a baby girl named
Rita on 26.11.1921
5.12.1921 A H/C couple from Mapoon arrived to take the place of
Warrach and Topsy
12. 1.1922 Gully has fallen for Nellie. By native law Nellie
goes to Johnny. Nellie is given to Gully with Johnny's consent.
Nellie's guardians Namie and Molly objected.
15. 1.1922 Gully and Nellie married
14. 2.1922 Mentions
Gully
Paddy
Dugong
Peter
24. 2.1922 Margot gave birth to a baby boy named Tinker
28. 2.1922 Moana gave birth to a baby girl born on 26. 2.1922
1. 3.1922 Mentions
Pauleen
Lily
6. 3.1922 Mentions Henry
16. 3.1922 Mentions
Henry and his wife
Tom and his wife
21. 3.1922 Mentions Tom
10. 4.1922 Moana's baby died
5. 6.1922 Mentions Henry
29. 8.1922 Tom Warren was baptised
23. 9.1922 - 30. 4.1925 Mornington Island
24. 9.1922 Chicken died
25. 9.1922 Mentions
Namie
Sandy
30. 9.1922 Mentions Tom
10.10.1922 Lizzie, wife of William, gave birth to a baby daughter
named Elsie
15.10.1922 Nancy H/C and June F/B arrived
16.11.1922 Mentions Tom
22.11.1922 Mentions
Ch Topnose
Jimmy
23.11.1922 Mentions Robert
24.11.1922 Mentions Henry
26.11.1922 Smoker died
29.11.1922 Mentions William
25. 1.1923 Mentions Henry
28. 1.1923 Daughter born to Lily and Tom
24. 4.1923 Mentions
Tom
Robert
Micky
3. 5.1923 Mentions
Namie
Tom
14. 5.1923 Mentions
Jimmy Burketown
Paddy
15. 5.1923 Mentions
Sandy
Henry
16. 5.1923 Mentions Barney
19. 5.1923 Mentions
Namie
Goodman
Harry
1. 7.1923 Warren's baby baptised
31. 7.1923 Eileen, wife of Barney, gave birth this month
12. 9.1923 Several bush natives died of influenza
26. 9.1923 Mentions Henry
27.10.1923 Mentions
Jennie, damaged leg
Billy
Frank
Elopment of Fanny and Adam
17.11.1923 Mentions Tom
16. 1.1924 Mentions
Tom
Henry
29. 2.1924 Mentions Gully
6. 3.1924 Mentions Henry
24. 8.1924 Mentions
Gully
Paddy
5. 9.1924 Mentions Tom
27.10.1924 Mentions Gully
15. 1.1925 Mabel gave birth to a baby girl
12. 2.1925 Mentions Henry
25. 3.1925 Mentions
Fred
Charlie
Dugong
31. 3.1925 Mentions George
Tom
12. 4.1925 Baptisms of the following
Gully
Paddy
Spider
Agnes
Alison, child of Tom Warren
18. 4.1925 Mentions
Jacko
Charlie
Paddy
27. 4.1925 Mentions
William
Charlie
Peter
Ablie
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