Purga Aboriginal School
(Formerly Deebing Creek)
Admission Registers
21. 1.1895 - 10.11.1947 EDU/AA 857 (Film Z1455) Queensland State Archives
Christian Name Surname Residence Adm Age
May Edwards Deebing Creek 1895 13.01
Eva Richards Deebing Creek 1895 12.00
Norman Sandy Deebing Creek 1895 11.00
Lindsay Sandy Deebing Creek 1895 11.00
Lilly Brooks Deebing Creek 1895 11.00
Ida Drumley Deebing Creek 1895 11.00
Robert Anderson Deebing Creek 1895 11.00
Daisy Thompson Deebing Creek 1895 18.00
Alick Morgan Deebing Creek 1895 11.00
John Morgan Deebing Creek 1895 9.00
Paul Sandy Deebing Creek 1895 13.00
Albert Sandy Deebing Creek 1895 10.00
Henry Woods Deebing Creek 1895 8.00
James Edwards Deebing Creek 1895 6.00
Henry Green Deebing Creek 1895 8.00
Robert Logan Deebing Creek 1895 7.00
Alfred Billy Deebing Creek 1895 6.00
Bessie Richard Deebing Creek 1895 9.00
Jessie Brown Deebing Creek 1895 6.00
May Thompson Deebing Creek 1895 5.06
Amy Brooks Deebing Creek 1895 18.00
Jane Logan Deebing Creek 1895 6.00
Ann Collins Deebing Creek 1895 13.06
Maud Morgan Deebing Creek 1895 5.06
Sammy Ord Deebing Creek 1895 12.00
Thos. J. Ivins Deebing Creek 1896 8.09
Julia McKensie Deebing Creek 1896 14.00
Robin McKensie Deebing Creek 1896 10.00
Jane Logan Deebing Creek 1896 6.06
Linsay Sandy Deebing Creek 1896 13.00
Norman Sandy Deebing Creek 1896 13.00
Curtis Ford Deebing Creek 1896 7.00
Ester Ford Deebing Creek 1896 6.00
Laxie Ford Deebing Creek 1896 6.00
Florrie Thompson Deebing Creek 1896 6.00
Tilly Drumley Deebing Creek 1896 5.00
Jessie Ford Deebing Creek 1896 5.00
Leanor Ford Deebing Creek 1896 13.06
William Moloney Deebing Creek 1896 7.00
Topsy McBlean Deebing Creek 1896 18.00
Kitty Collins Deebing Creek 1896 5.00
Emily Green Deebing Creek 1896 6.00
Maria McKinzie Deebing Creek 1896 11.00
Kate Bowen Deebing Creek 1896 15.00
Jack Gowery Deebing Creek 1896 15.00
Alick ------- Deebing Creek 1896 15.00
Minnie Vincent Deebing Creek 1897 12.06
Mary Ord Deebing Creek 1897 5.00
Cissie Rollie Deebing Creek 1897 5.00
Bessie King Deebing Creek 1897 17.00
Florrie Dick Deebing Creek 1897 12.00
Mary Brookes Deebing Creek 1897 10.00
Mabel Sandy Deebing Creek 1897 6.00
Nelly Ord Deebing Creek 1897 10.00
Dora Ord Deebing Creek 1897 10.00
Peter Billy Deebing Creek 1897 10.00
Jessie King Deebing Creek 1897 11.00
Amelia Perkins Deebing Creek 1898 14.00
Ethel Ivins Deebing Creek 1898 5.00
Andrew Richards Deebing Creek 1898 5.00
Harvey Jack Deebing Creek 1898 5.00
Jessie Thompson Deebing Creek 1898 5.00
Esther Curtis Deebing Creek 1898 5.00
Bertie Bunder Deebing Creek 1898 5.00
Bertie Brown Deebing Creek 1898 5.00
Alice Davis Deebing Creek 1898 10.00
Julia Bell Deebing Creek 1899 5.00
Ethel Watters Deebing Creek 1899 5.00
Alice Loiue Deebing Creek 1899 8.00
Nellie Loiue Deebing Creek 1899 5.00
Eeny Nuska Deebing Creek 1899 13.00
Jack Madequill Deebing Creek 1899 10.00
Harold Donald Deebing Creek 1899 13.00
Charlie King Deebing Creek 1899 5.00
Grace Ivins Deebing Creek 1899 5.00
Edith Wilson Deebing Creek 1899 8.00
Lizzie Curtis Deebing Creek 1899 6.00
Minnie McKenzie Deebing Creek 1899 9.00
George Query Deebing Creek 1900 9.00
Doolah Hatchong Deebing Creek 1900 10.00
Charlie Morgan Deebing Creek 1900 5.00
Kathleen Anderson Deebing Creek 1900 5.00
Dorothy Norman Deebing Creek 1900 9.00
Annie Daylight Deebing Creek 1900 9.00
Mary Ann Thorpe Deebing Creek 1900 11.00
Mary Ann Thorpe Deebing Creek 1900 10.00
Sarah Thorpe Deebing Creek 1900 6.00
Annie Button Deebing Creek 1900 5.00
Johanne Button Deebing Creek 1900 5.00
Emma Thorpe Deebing Creek 1900 5.00
Grace Salisbury Deebing Creek 1901 5.00
Lottie Thompson Deebing Creek 1901 5.00
Alice George Deebing Creek 1901 8.00
Peter Billy Deebing Creek 1901 9.00
Willie Billy Deebing Creek 1901 8.00
John Lynch Deebing Creek 1901 9.00
Daniel Cotumah Deebing Creek 1901 13.00
Peter Williams Deebing Creek 1901 10.00
Elsie Deebing Creek 1901 6.00
Clara Deebing Creek 1901 5.00
Stanley Brown Deebing Creek 1901 5.00
Henry Wilson Deebing Creek 1901 8.00
Alexander Benanda Deebing Creek 1901 5.00
Albert French Deebing Creek 1901 6.00
Charlie Morgan Deebing Creek 1901 5.00
May Johnson Deebing Creek 1901 5.00
Sylvia Flossie Deebing Creek 1901 11.00
Thomas Howden Deebing Creek 1901 5.00
Gordon Ivins Deebing Creek 1902 5.00
Mary Brown Deebing Creek 1902 10.00
Robert Wassowah Deebing Creek 1902 7.00
Edward Moreton Deebing Creek 1904 5.00
Doris Ivins Deebing Creek 1904 5.00
Mabel Brown Deebing Creek 1904 5.00
Margaret King Deebing Creek 1904 5.00
Elsie Welsh Deebing Creek 1904 5.00
Daisy Dodd Deebing Creek 1904 8.06
John Thorpe Deebing Creek 1904 5.00
Ethel Button Deebing Creek 1904 5.00
Christina Deebing Creek 1904 10.00
Arthur Deebing Creek 1904 8.00
Violet Collins Deebing Creek 1904 5.00
Chloey Deebing Creek 1904 8.00
Paddy McLean Deebing Creek 1904 8.00
Jack Deebing Creek 1904 7.06
Rose Caff Deebing Creek 1904 11.00
Matilda Caff Deebing Creek 1904 9.00
Annie Ah See Deebing Creek 1904 8.00
Evelyn ----- Deebing Creek 1904 5.00
May Watson Deebing Creek 1905 9.06
Thelma Deebing Creek 1905 5.00
Harry Graham Deebing Creek 1905 6.00
Fred Graham Deebing Creek 1905 6.00
Jim Daylight Deebing Creek 1905 5.00
Harriet Collins Deebing Creek 1905 5.00
Jane Beckett Deebing Creek 1905 5.00
Clara Deebing Creek 1905 5.00
Teresa Deebing Creek 1905 6.00
Tottie Deebing Creek 1905 8.00
Amy Deebing Creek 1905 10.00
Amy Deebing Creek 1905 12.00
Esther Deebing Creek 1905 12.00
Queenie Deebing Creek 1905 12.00
Norman Coates Deebing Creek 1905 5.00
Fred Deebing Creek 1905 7.00
Ninie Deebing Creek 1905 7.00
Louie George Deebing Creek 1905 5.00
Estella Ivins Deebing Creek 1905 5.00
Nellie Ah See Deebing Creek 1905 5.00
Daisy McLean Deebing Creek 1906 5.00
Lily McLean Deebing Creek 1906 5.00
Charlotte Deebing Creek 1906 5.00
Totsy Graham Deebing Creek 1906 5.00
Vida Thompson Deebing Creek 1906 5.00
John Welsh Deebing Creek 1906 5.00
Eddie Suichs Deebing Creek 1906 5.00
Norman Shield Deebing Creek 1906 5.00
Charles Moreton Deebing Creek 1906 6.00
Peter Willie Daylight Deebing Creek 1906 5.00
Ernest Ord Deebing Creek 1906 5.00
Frances Bell Deebing Creek 1907 5.00
Roy Deebing Creek 1907 5.00
Norman George Deebing Creek 1907 5.00
Rose Deebing Creek 1907 5.00
Bertie Deebing Creek 1907 5.00
Florrie Beckett Deebing Creek 1908 5.00
Jock Morrison Deebing Creek 1908 6.00
Robert Morrison Deebing Creek 1908 5.00
Jack Webb Deebing Creek 1908 5.00
Harry Thompson Deebing Creek 1908 5.00
Freddy Cusha Deebing Creek 1908 5.00
Victor Loader Deebing Creek 1908 5.00
Percy Daylight Deebing Creek 1908 5.00
Percy Shield Deebing Creek 1908 5.00
Alexander Brown Deebing Creek 1908 5.00
Princess George Deebing Creek 1908 5.00
Dick Ossey Deebing Creek 1909 10.00
Albert Deebing Creek 1909 10.00
Lily Morrison Deebing Creek 1909 5.00
Reggie Daylight Deebing Creek 1910 5.00
Cissie Williams Deebing Creek 1910 13.00
Maude Williams Deebing Creek 1910 9.00
Michael Walsh Deebing Creek 1910 7.10
Roy E. Morrison Deebing Creek 1910 5.00
Robert Anderson Deebing Creek 1910 5.00
John Williams Deebing Creek 1910 6.11
Allan Thompson Deebing Creek 1911 5.00
Dolly Daylight Deebing Creek 1912 5.00
Eileen Anderson Deebing Creek 1912 5.00
May Coulahan Deebing Creek 1912 9.07
Mackie James Morrison Deebing Creek 1912 5.00
Janet Bell Deebing Creek 1912 5.00
John Bell Deebing Creek 1912 7.00
Frank Allan Prouse Deebing Creek 1912 7.00
Elsie Clara Prouse Deebing Creek 1912 10.00
Amelia Ellen Prouse Deebing Creek 1912 5.00
Winnie Bowen Deebing Creek 1912 5.10
George Bowen Deebing Creek 1912 5.00
William Coulahan Deebing Creek 1913 7.00
Douglas Thompson Deebing Creek 1913 5.00
Ronald Daylight Deebing Creek 1913 5.00
Dolly Anderson Deebing Creek 1913 5.00
Charlie Fogarty Deebing Creek 1914 11.00
Roy Fogarty Deebing Creek 1914 6.00
Myrtle Jerome Deebing Creek 1914 12.00
Leonard Jerome Deebing Creek 1914 7.00
Leslie Jerome Deebing Creek 1914 5.00
Alfred Moreton Deebing Creek 1914 8.00
Emily Anderson Deebing Creek 1914 5.00
Elsie Rouse Purga 1914 10.09
Harry Rouse Purga 1914 8.09
Ernest Smith Purga 1914 7.02
Roy Smith Purga 1914 13.00
Evie Smith Purga 1914 8.02
Jack Smith Purga 1914 5.03
Annie Rolfe Purga 1914 10.03
Sarah Moreton Purga 1915 5.06
Dinah Davidson Purga 1915 10.00
Jessie Davidson Purga 1915 8.00
Jacky Davidson Purga 1915 5.00
Eileen Crawley Purga 1915 8.00
Doreen Crawley Purga 1915 6.00
Ranald Richards Purga 1915 5.00
Sarah McGrath Purga 1915 9.11
Jack McGrath Purga 1915 6.00
Alf Rouse Purga 1916 5.00
George Daylight Purga 1916 5.00
Charles Thompson Purga 1916 5.00
Robert Fogarty Purga 1916 7.00
Leslie Richards Purga 1916 5.00
Leslie Davidson Purga 1917 5.00
Eva McGrath Purga 1917 5.00
Cyril Ord Purga 1917 4.11
Ruby Anderson Purga 1917 5.00
Mabrey Richards Purga 1917 5.00
Jim Anderson Purga 1919 5.02
Jane Davidson Purga 1919
Milda Richards Purga 1920 5.00
Libby Moreton Purga 1920 9.11
Henry Moreton Purga 1920 7.00
Nancy Power Purga 1920 10.02
Katy Bowen Purga 1921 10.00
McLennan Richards Purga 1921 4.10
Toby Andrews Purga 1921 12.10
Violet Gorringe Purga 1921 14.00
Jack Williams Purga 1921 9.01
Topsy Williams Purga 1921 8.01
Molly Williams Purga 1921 5.04
Owen Anderson Purga 1922 6.00
Maggie Davidson Purga 1922 5.00
Andy Richards Purga 1922 5.00
Gladys Anderson Purga 1924 5.04
Willie King Purga 1925 6.07
Aubrey King Purga 1925 6.07
Kenneth Davidson Purga 1925 5.00
Neville Skeen Purga 1925 5.00
George Beckett Purga 1926 11.00
Herbert Dunn Purga 1926 12.00
Bertie Beckett Purga 1926 6.00
Archie Hill Purga 1926 8.00
Willie Boon Boon Purga 1926 9.00
Stanley Boon Boon Purga 1926 8.00
Eliza Lomas Purga 1926 12.05
Lena Beckett Purga 1926 9.00
Janey Beckett Purga 1926 11.00
Sydney Brown Purga 1926 5.05
Mona Anderson Purga 1926 5.05
Alfie Long Purga 1926 9.00
Reggie Long Purga 1926 8.00
Bobby Long Purga 1926 5.00
Victor Thompson Purga 1927 5.00
Roderick Brown Purga 1927 5.00
Joyce Teldora Purga 1927 5.00
Eric Morgan Purga 1928 5.03
Nelly Beckett Purga 1928 6.00
Eileen Long Purga 1928 5.00
Evylyn Anderson Purga 1928 5.00
Mary Davidson Purga 1928 5.00
Doris Thompson Purga 1928 5.01
Jim Purcell Purga 1928 10.00
Leslie Purcell Purga 1928 8.00
Joe Purcell Purga 1928 5.00
Harold Blair Purga 1929 5.00
Minnie Shield Purga 1929 5.00
Ballantyne Brown Purga 1929 5.00
Martha Davidson Purga 1929 5.00
Florry Beckett Purga 1929 5.00
Stella Morgan Purga 1929 5.00
Winnie Albert Purga 1929 5.00
Colin Thompson Purga 1930 5.00
Bertie Williams Purga 1930 10.00
Douglas Hearns Purga 1930 10.06
Mary Dalton Purga 1930 9.01
Nelly Dalton Purga 1930 7.00
Joe Brown Purga 1931 5.00
Violet Long Purga 1931 4.07
Francis Geary Purga 1931 7.08
Phyllis Thompson Purga 1932 5.04
Keith Davidson Purga 1933 5.03
Una Long Purga 1933 5.03
Isabel Teldora Purga 1933 5.00
Keith Daylight Purga 1934 6.00
Mabel Geary Purga 1934 5.01
Alice Beckett Purga 1935 4.06
Doreen Davidson Purga 1935 5.00
Edna Long Purga 1935 5.00
Allan Conway Purga 1935 5.00
Billy Geary Purga 1935 5.00
Edith McGrath Purga 1936 5.00
Sylvia Thompson Purga 1937 5.07
Mervyn Beckett Purga 1937 5.09
Iris Crawley Purga 1937 5.00
Josie Conway Purga 1937 4.11
Leonard Beckett Purga 1939 5.03
Donald Davidson Purga 1939 4.10
Joe Dalton Purga 1939 10.10
Dorothy Dalton Purga 1939 9.02
Keith Doctor Purga 1939 10.00
Archie Doctor Purga 1939 7.00
Lorraine Cooke Purga 1939 11.04
Dorothy Weazel Purga 1939 12.09
Joan Gaston Purga 1939 8.09
Lorna Gaston Purga 1939 6.11
Jestine Gaston Purga 1939 9.06
Dorothy Gaston Purga 1939 13.07
Margaret Lurhs Purga 1940 5.02
Judith Beckett Purga 1940 5.07
Marniah O'Bourne Purga 1940 12.09
Lena Gaston Purga 1941 4.11
Bevan Hunter Purga 1941 5.00
Ronald Lomas Purga 1941 10.07
The Register is labelled Deebing creek Provisional School on page 1 and
is unlabelled for the next 8 pages. Page 9 is labelled Purga Provisional
School as is page 10 which is, in fact, half a page.
Betsy Agnes Lammon Purga 1943 15.01
Nellie Melba Hart Purga 1943 13.11
Jessie Watson Purga 1943 14.11
William Cummins Purga 1943 13.03
George Cummins Purga 1943 9.08
Frances Dawn Hart Purga 1943 8.08
Gloria Gladys Gadd Purga 1943 8.00
Robert John Hart Purga 1943 11.06
Sylvia Joyce Gadd Purga 1943 8.00
Kevin William Hart Purga 1943 8.09
John Saltner Purga 1943 9.11
Ruth Hart Purga 1943 5.09
Ethel Ruth Hart Purga 1943 5.09
Glen Henry Rouse Purga 1944
Vena Margaret Rouse Purga 1944 5.06
Leslie Harvey Purga 1944 10.02
Margaret Jane R. Murphy Purga 1944 9.08
Joseph William Murphy Purga 1944 11.09
Lilian Murphy Purga 1944 13.04
Timothy Aubry Purga 1944 12.11
Ted Bundle Purga 1944 10.07
Robert Bundle Purga 1944 12.06
Estelle Doolan Purga 1944 13.05
Beryl Josephine Doolan Purga 1944 11.06
Hazel Jean Moonlight Purga 1944 10.09
Neville Tobane Purga 1944 10.00
Valerie Tobane Purga 1944 6.02
James Attell Purga 1945 10.03
Gordon James Hart Purga 1945 5.00
Barry Fewquandie Purga 1945 5.08
Daniel Barry Fewquandie Purga 1945 5.08
Percival Robert Bell Purga 1945 8.10
William Francis Bell Purga 1945 6.09
Patrick J. Bell Purga 1945 5.04
Judith Hutton Purga 1945 6.10
Harry Alfred John Slater Purga 1945 10.08
Vera Charlotte E. Slater Purga 1945 9.00
The final two pages, that is 11 and 12, are labelled Purga Aboriginal
School. The page format has changed. The entries on the last two pages
range from 312 to 371. Entries to 366 duplicate previous ones. There
are 31 entries between 312 and 371. Additions have been made to the
duplicate entries above.
Constance Joan A. Williams Purga 1947 5.01
Kathleen Beckett Purga 1947 5.01
Selwyn South Purga 1947 10.02
William Davidson Purga 1947 11.04
Gerald Brown Purga 1947 12.01
Adm Admitted year
Age 11.04 Eleven years and 4 months when admitted
Bo Born
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