Police Department, Commissioners Office
Miscellaneous Correspondence and Reports
Item ID 86471
Previous System Location POL/J14; PRV10729/1/28
Access Category 30 years
Queensland State Archives
Copyright Paul Mackett 1995
Extracts about Temporary Trackers
Brisbane District (Batch 340M1)
1.10.1912 Esk Station
Jack Carbine
2.12.1916 Rewan Station
Leo
30. 6.1921 Beaudesert Station
B Brown. Married with two children. Resides at Beaudesert.
Cairns District (Batch 340M2)
11.12.1914 Maytown Station
Billy, Tim and Toby helped to capture Aboriginals Peter and Billy
who had been charged with theft. Peter and Billy were sentenced
to one month in Cooktown Gaol.
6. 2.1915 Maytown Station
Billy, Tim, Toby and Paddy
10. 2.1921 Mt Carbine Station
Larry
11. 2.1921 Mt Molloy Stn
George
26.10.1923 Cairns Station
Harry granted leave. Charlie to releive him. Charlie has two children.
5. 1.1923 Cairns Station
Sandy
10. 7.1925 Rockhampton Station
Leonard at Nebo
9. 3.1926 Cairns Station
Leo of Normanton granted leave. Pompey to relieve him
22. 7.1929 Almaden Station
Tommy Robinson
21. 9.1932 Almaden Station
Tommy Robinson
17.12.1932 Coen Station
Enquiries at Port Stewart into the death of Aboriginal Jimmy Breezer
who was believed to have been eaten by alligators or killed by other
Aboriginals.
Trackers Tommy and Mosquito absent.
Took the following 4 Aboriginals from Coen to Port Stewart to help
in the investigation
Tommy Wal Wal
Tommy Brennand
Jimmy Culla Culla, King of the Port Stewart Tribe
Jimmy Corporal
11.10.1934 Cardwell Station
Siemon
13.12.1935 Aboriginal Barry of Aurukun Mission Station was employed
to search for the Aboriginals responsible for the murder of Paddy.
Cloncurry District (Batch 340M4)
19. 4.1911 Cloncurry Station
Zulu
31.12.1917 Cloncurry Station
Henry Brown
1. 1.1918 Cloncurry Station
Harry Brown
Major from Cloncurry
19. 9.1926 Burketown Station
Sam and Gilbert
18. 8.1933 Kajabbi Station
George Gilbert
24. 8.1933 Cloncurry
George Gilbert and Barney
9. 4.1934 Cloncurry
Peter and Jerry
Charleville District (Batch 340M3)
19. 1.1915 Charleville
Billy
28. 1.1919 Charleville Station
Paddy
20. 2.1919 Charleville Station, Adelaide gate
Wallace
Miller, tracker at Normanton
26.11.1928 Thargomindah
Jimmy Norley
Rockhampton District (Batch 340M9)
18.10.1912 Rockhampton
Fred Black
George Thompson
From Barambah Settlement
14. 4.1916 Duaringa Station
Donga
14. 4.1916 Yaamba Station
Tommy
11. 3.1919 Rolleston Station
Bson
19. 5.1922 Rockhampton
Local Springsure boy Johnny Tyson
10.12.1929 Rolleston Station
Cecil Martin
3. 3.1930 Clermont Station
Arthur Miles, black boy, unemployed, living at the
Black's camp, Clermont
10. 8.1931 Duaringa Station
Marshall Henry of Duaringa injured falling from a horse.
Tokio will relieve him.
28.12.1932 Rockhampton
Eddie Budby
13. 2.1932 Rockhampton
Saddie King to be employed at Emerald
1. 9.1932 Baralaba Station
Oscar King
22. 7.1937 Jack Mowbray of Woorabinda Aboriginal Settlement injured.
Normanton District (Batch 340M8)
3. 8.1907 Normanton District
Pindi
18. 4.1908 Normanton District
Tommy of Croydon
2. 5.1908 Croydon District
Tommy and Rob
18. 5.1908 Normanton District
Corporal Dave at Normanton
Corporal Tommy at Birdsville
21. 6.1917 Normanton District
Refers to the murder of Aboriginal Mailman
Maryborough District (Batch 340M7)
27.10.1905 Nanango District
Ban Ban Harry
Billy Lake
14. 4.1910 Avondale Station
John Bow
Colin Campbell
George Thompson
All sent from Barambah Settlement to Gympie to help. Since returned.
12.11.1919 Mundubbera Station
Billy Button
10.12.1919 Goomeri Station
Peter of Barambah Settlement
1. 6.1921 Mundubbera Station
Hornet to track half-caste Alex Gunpowder, an absconder
from Barambah Settlement.
21. 7.1923 Kingaroy Station
Colin
18.10.1923 Wondai Station
Tommy Stucket of Barambah Aboriginal Settlement
8. 4.1924 Gayndah Station
Billy Malone
Longreach District (Batch 340M6)
19.11.1912 Tambo Station
Tommy
Roma District (Batch 340M10)
26.12.1909 St George Station
Alick
10. 7.1911 Thallon Station
Jack Flick
10. 6.1926 St George Station
Lenny Walsh
31. 5.1926 Thallon Station
Robert Noble
General (Batch 340M)
4. 1.1909 Hughenden Station
Aboriginal Friday stabbed Fred, 4 miles from Urandangie. Fred
died 20 minutes later.
23. 5.1921 Irvinebank Station
Willie Moore
Townsville District (Batch 340M12)
18.10.1910 Townsville
Towers
31. 1.1912 Proserpine Station
Billy Emmerson
13.11.1915 Proserpine Station
Billy Emmerson
27. 8.1916 Netherdale
Rodger
18.10.1916 Charters Towers
Tracker Archie
Aboriginal Jack Crawford
20.10.1924 Diamantina Station
Sambo. Came from Springsure to see his father at the old Black's
Camp, Wongera Waterhole, on the Diamantina River, 3 miles from
Diamantina.
Toowoomba District (Batch 340M11)
23. 2.1912 Goondiwindi Station
Sick Aboriginal Billy Combarngo
3. 2.1915 Goondiwindi Station
Fred Tommy Tommy
Bob Tommy Tommy
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