Protector of Aborigines
Correspondence - Deebing Creek
A/69417 Queensland State Archives
Copyright Paul Mackett, 1998
Folder 1897
1897 / 5270 Monthly Report March 1897
Polly, sent to Deebing Creek from Brisbane, had a son
born 3. 3.1897. He only lived a fortnight.
Rodger Bell's wife had a son in March. It died the same day.
1897 / 3051 Monthly Report February 1897
Blind Polly died of old age.
Child of Grimes, who was brought here from Southport, died.
1897 / 1781 Monthly Report 1897
Marriage of Edward and Nellie
Marriage of W Lake and Bella
18.11.1896 / 15057 Violet Watts requests that her children
be sent to Deebing Creek.
30.11.1894 / 10769 Asking for Government Assistance for
Deebing Creek. Attached is a list of people at Deebing Creek
Men
Johnny Foote, 55 yrs
Dick, 50 yrs
Billy Brown, 27 yrs
Old Peter, 55 yrs
Harry Thompson, 27 yrs
Sandy, 45 yrs
Jimmy Green, 30 yrs
Duggandon Tommy, 60 yrs
Alf Coolwell, 26 yrs
Billy Collins, 25 yrs
George Collins, 19 yrs
Albert Collins, 22 yrs
Ben Logan, 46 yrs
Albert Williams, 25 yrs
Fred Fogarty, 24 yrs
Fred Yarrah, 30 yrs
George Sandy, 18 yrs
Johnny Logan, 27 yrs
Females
Topsy Brown, 27 yrs*
Old Maggy, 45 yrs
Maryann Green, 30 yrs
Jane Collins, 47 yrs
Amy Thompson, 27 yrs
Susan Morgan, 35 yrs
Maggy Sandy, 23 yrs
Sarah Logan, 25 yrs
Old Annie, 45 yrs
Bridget Collins, 24 yrs*
Louisa Yarrah, 26 yrs
Mrs Sandy, 46 yrs
Maryann Drumley, 26 yrs
Ida Sandy, 23 yrs
Boys
Bobby Anderson, 11 yrs*
Paul Sandy, 11 yrs*
Alick Morgan, 11 yrs*
Johnny Morgan, 9 yrs*
Albert Sandy, 9 yrs*
Harry Green, 8 yrs*
Harry Woods, 8 yrs*
Jimmy Woods, 6 yrs*
Norman Sandy, 11 yrs*
Lindsay Sandy, 11 yrs*
Robby Logan, 8 yrs*
Alfred Billy, 6 yrs*
Robert Yarrah, 4 yrs*
Bertie Brown, 2 yrs
Girls
Daisy Thompson, 20 yrs*
May Edwards, 13 yrs*
Ann Collins, 13 yrs*
Eva Richard, 13 yrs*
Lilly Langlo, 12 yrs*
Ida Drumley, 12 yrs*
Bessy Richard, 10 yrs*
Jessie Brown, 6 yrs *
Maud Morgan, 5 yrs*
May Thompson, 4 yrs*
Jane Logan, 3 yrs*
Florrie Thompson, 2 yrs
Margaret Yarrah, 2 yrs
Jessie Thompson, 1 yr 6 mths
Baby Logan, 4 mths
Baby Green, 4 mths
* = Taught at school.
Folder 1905
4. 3.1905 CR286 / 5 Letter mentions the following
Mrs Walker of Ipswich wishes to employ Alphie, a H/C boy aged
about 14 years.
Tommy Lake and Samson wish to return to Taroom. They came to
Deebing Creek to get the gins Mary Bundi H/C and Mabel F/B who
were sent here by the Police from Taroom.
Also mentions a boy George Brown who absconded from Woodford.
11.12.1905 / 12596 Olu, a female leper at the Lazaret Dunwich,
wants her little boy to visit her at Christmas. He is at Deebing
Creek and is named Tommy.
26. 6.1905 / Unnunmered Mentions the following quadroon children
at Deebing Creek Station.
Johnny Walsh, 4 yrs, born 1.12.1900 at Deebing Creek. His mother
was removed from Mitchell three months before he was born.
Paddy, aged 9 yrs
Daisy, aged 4 yrs
Lilly, aged 4 yrs
Freddy, aged 3 yrs
Florrie, aged 3 yrs
The above five were committed from Roma in 1904
Rose Williams, aged 14 yrs, commited from Crows Nest 1904
May, aged 9 yrs, removed from Surat 1905
Kittie, removed from Surat 1905
Lottie (?Tottie), aged 9 yrs, commited from St George 1905
Jimmie Daylight, sent from Brisbane with his mother 1901
31.12.1905 / 6266 Sixty eight children have been committed to
the Deebing Creek Industrial School between 18.11.1896
and 31.12.1905. Of these
4 died
6 had their sentence remitted
2 transferred
3 licensed to serve
20 discharged, sentence finished
38 are still at the school
Mary, 13 yrs, licensed to Mrs Daniels, 1897
Jessie King, 15 yrs, transferred to Salvation Army Home, 1902
Bessie King, 13 yrs, sent to service, 1899
Topsy McClaywood, 20 yrs, discharged, 1901
Kate Bowen, 18 yrs, discharged, 1901
Dora Ord, 13 yrs, licensed to serve Mrs Reeves, Toowong, 1902
Nellie, 13 yrs, discharged, 1902
Eva, 14 yrs, discharged, 1902
Kate Howling, 13 yrs, discharged, 1901
Emily Howling, 15 yrs, discharged, 1901
Cissie, 14 yrs, discharged, 1901
Amelia Perkins, 21 yrs, discharged, 1904
Pollie Dodd, sentence remitted, 1904
Daisy Dodd, sentence remitted, 1904
Annie Daylight, 12 yrs, licensed to serve Mrs Dudgon, 1904
Elsie Walsh, 5 yrs, sent to Nudgee Orphanage, 1904
Gertie, 1 yr, died 30. 7.1904 from consumption
Maud Williams, 4 yrs, sentence remitted, 1904
Rose Williams, 15 yrs, discharged, 1905
Andrew F/B, 15 yrs, died 20.11.1898 from consumption
George Quary (Queary), 11 yrs, died 1.10.1900 from consumption
Jack Gowrie, 18 yrs, discharged, 1901
Jackie, 10 yrs, discharged, 1901
Tommy Dodd, 14 yrs, sentence remitted, 1904
Willie Walsh, 9 yrs, sentence remitted, 1904
Bertie Bundi, 11 yrs, transferred to Westbrook, 1904
Charlie King, 10 yrs, discharged, 1904
Doolah Katchong, 18 yrs, sent to Goodna Asylum, 1904
Willie, 17 yrs, discharged, 1904
Johnnie, 16 yrs, discharged, 1904
Harry Green, 17 yrs, discharged, 1905
Albert Sandy, 18 yrs, discharged, 1905
Robert McKenzie, 17 yrs, discharged, 1905
Fred, 9 yrs, died 13.11.1905 from consumption
Harry Wilson, 13 yrs, discharged, 1905
Also mentions Arthur and Willie leaving the Station with
other natives. Mentions a lot of children, especially those from
the western district, were very diseased.
Folder 1903
1902 / 122 Return of children from outside West Moreton and Burnett
Alice Tanner, from Texas, 10 yrs
Nellie Tanner, from Texas, 8 yrs
Jack Madaquill, SSI, 12 yrs
Harold Donald, from Cooktown, 12 yrs
Edie, from Springsure, 12 yrs
Lizzie, from Maryborough, 11 yrs
Dorothy Salisbury, from Crows Nest, 9 yrs
Grace Salisbury, from Crows Nest, 4 yrs
Peter, from Mitchell Downs, 12 yrs
Willie, from Mitchell Downs, 9 yrs
Maude, from Mitchell Downs, 5 yrs
Alice, from Cunnamulla, 11 yrs
Elsie, from Mitchell Downs, 6 yrs
Sarah, from Mitchell Downs, 5 yrs
Alick, from Thursday Island, 6 yrs
Andrew ?Nuchaid, from Gympie, 8 yrs
May -eshon, from Maryborough, 4 yrs
Tommie, from Leper Station Dunwich, 6 yrs
Kate Bowen, from Dalby, 14 yrs
December 1901 / 122 Deebing Creek School inmates December 1901
Kate Howling, 8 yrs
Emily Howling, 10 yrs
Cissie, 9 yrs
Jackie, 5 yrs
Above four transferred from Myora Industrial School in 1896
Kate Bowen, 14 yrs, from Dalby, admitted 1897, discharged 1901
Amelia Perkins, 14 yrs, from Toowoomba, admitted 1897
Dora, 8 yrs, from Burketown, admitted 1897
Nellie, 8 yrs, from Burketown, admitted 1897
Charlie King, 3 yrs, from Dalby, admitted 1897
Doolah Katchong, transferred from Diamantina Reformatory School, 1900
Harry Green, 12 yrs, from Ipswich, admitted 1900
Albert Sandy, 13 yrs, from Ipswich, admitted 1900
Robert MacKenzie, 12 yrs, from Ipswich, admitted 1900
Bertie Bundi, 6 yrs, from Ipswich, admitted 1900
Willie, 13 yrs, from Alpha, admitted 1900
Johnny, 12 yrs, from Alpha, admitted 1900
Eva, 12 yrs, from Alpha, admitted 1901
Harry Wilson, 8 yrs, transferred from Westbrook Reform School, 1901
11. 6.1901 / 9357 Children and women sent to the Station
without proper papers
Alick, 15 yrs, from Georgetown
Jack Madaquil, 10 yrs, from Brisbane, SSI
Alice Tanner, 8 yrs, from Texas, not Aboriginal
Nellie Tanner, 5 yrs, from Texas, not Aboriginal
Harold Donald, 12 yrs, from Thursday Island
Minnie McKenzie, 9 yrs
Eddie, 10 yrs
Lizzie, 7 yrs
Dorothy Salisbury, 9 yrs, from Crows Nest
Grace Salisbury, 4 yrs, from Crows Nest
Peter, 12 yrs, from Mitchell Downs
Willie, 9 yrs, from Mitchell Downs
Maude, 5 yrs, from Mitchell Downs
James Daylight, 2 yrs, from Mitchell Downs
Peter Daylight, 1 yr, from Mitchell Downs
Alice, 11 yrs
Elsie, 6 yrs, from Cunnamulla
Sarah, 5 yrs, from Cunnamulla
Alick, 5 yrs, from Thursday Island
Blind Kitty, very old
Blind woman, very old
Blind Topsy, 21 yrs
29. 1.1901 / 1275 Mentions
Willie H/C, 9 yrs
Peter H/C, 12 yrs
Maude H/C, 5 yrs
Alice H/C, 11 yrs
Undated list of children at Deebing Creek Aboriginal School
(Not the same as the Industrial School)
Pure Blacks
Jim Edward
Tommy
Mabel Sandy
Copper
Stanley Brown
Bertie Brown
Annie Daylight
Jessie Thompson
Esther Curtis
Half-caste
Jack Harvey
Alfie Billy
Peter Billy
Willie Welsh
Peter Welsh
Andrew Richards
Bertie Bunder
Charlie Morgan
Johnny Lynch
Harry Wilson
Alex Benanda
Charlie King
Dorothy Salisbury
Grace Salisbury
Emily Green
Kate Collins
May Thompson
Florrie Thompson
Lottie Thompson
Alice Florrie
Nellie Florrie
Edith Wilson
Mary Brown
Alice George
Kathleen Anderson
White
Albert French
Gordon Ivins
Ethel Ivins
Grace Ivins
Folder 1902
December 31, 1902 Return of inmates at Deebing Creek School
Amelia Perkins, 19 yrs, from Toowoomba, admitted 1897
Charlie King, 7 yrs, from Dalby, admitted 1897
Doolah Katchong, 15 yrs, from Diamantina Reformarory School, 1900
Harry Green, 14 yrs, from Ipswich, 1900
Albert Sandy, 15 yrs, from Ipswich, 1900
Robert MacKenzie, 14 yrs, from Ipswich, 1900
Bertie Bundi, 8 yrs, from Ipswich, 1900
Willie, 14 yrs, from Alpha, 1900
Johnny, 13 yrs, from Alpha, 1900
Eva, 13 yrs, from Alpha, 1900
Harry Wilson, 9 yrs, from Westbrook Reformatory School, 1901
10.10.1902 / 15698
Annie H/C died from burns 14. 9.1902. Sent from Cunnamlla in 1900,
both her parents being dead. She has a little sister aged 4 years
on the Station. Annie aged about 7 years.
16. 4.1902 / 6836
Albert Morton died 3. 4.1902 aged 3 months
January 1902
Jackey Arvey (?Harvey) F/B, aged about 75 years, died 26.12.1901
from consumption. Belonged to the Yackara tribe.
17.12.1901
Trampa Johnny F/B died 17.12.1901 from consumption aged 75 years.
Born at Trampa and belonged to the Yackara tribe.
21. 9.1901
Peter, about 70 years old, died September 1901.
Folder 1904
30. 1.1904 / CR 171/4
Peter H/C, aged about 9 years, died 7. 1.1904 from sunstroke.
Came from Mitchell Downs.
Mrs C Morton's female H/C child died 23. 1.1904 from convulsions.
Top 12. 2.1904 / 231/4 Correspondence about gin Ruby dated 1904.
Ruby is at chinchilla. She is the wife of Billy Bowen. She is
about 23 years old.
31. 5.1904 / CR 1079/4
Male child of George Beckett H/C and Brinda F/B died 21. 5.1904.
Mrs W Mitchell F/B, native of Cooktown, aged 31 years,
died 28. 5.1904 of consumption.
Folder 1901
Application to Hire Out a Child Under Licence form for Maria H/C,
aged about 15 years .
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