Cook Hospitals Board, Admission Registers, Cooktown Hospital
HOS 13/1 15. 3.1884 - 27. 5.1884 Queensland State Archives
HOS 13/2 1.10.1884 - 14. 2.1885 Queensland State Archives
HOS 13/3 14. 2.1885 - 19. 6.1885 Queensland State Archives
HOS 13/4 15.12.1885 - 31. 5.1886 Queensland State Archives
HOS 13/5 4. 6.1886 - 7. 9.1886 Queensland State Archives
HOS 13/6 9. 9.1886 - 11.12.1886 Queensland State Archives
HOS 13/7 11.12.1886 - 12. 2.1887 Queensland State Archives
HOS 13/8 23. 4.1887 - 27. 6.1887 Queensland State Archives
HOS 13/9 28. 6.1887 - 1.10.1887 Queensland State Archives
HOS 13/10 9.12.1887 - 27. 2.1888 Queensland State Archives
HOS 13/11 28. 2.1888 - 20. 4.1888 Queensland State Archives
HOS 13/12 24. 4.1888 - 1. 8.1888 Queensland State Archives
HOS 13/13 2. 8.1888 - 13. 1.1889 Queensland State Archives
HOS 13/14 29. 4.1889 - 9. 9.1889 Queensland State Archives
HOS 13/15 9. 9.1889 - 10. 2.1890 Queensland State Archives
HOS 13/16 11. 2.1890 - 6.10.1890 Queensland State Archives
HOS 13/17 30. 9.1890 - 24. 7.1891 Queensland State Archives
HOS 13/18 24. 7.1891 - 29. 7.1892 Queensland State Archives
HOS 13/19 29. 7.1892 - 8. 8.1893 Queensland State Archives
HOS 13/20 9. 8.1893 - 26.12.1894 Queensland State Archives
HOS 13/21 2. 1.1895 - 12. 9.1896 Queensland State Archives
HOS 13/22 13. 9.1896 - 27. 8.1897 Queensland State Archives
HOS 13/23 27. 8.1897 - 7. 5.1899 Queensland State Archives
HOS 13/24 11. 5.1899 - 16.10.1900 Queensland State Archives
HOS 13/25 23.10.1900 - 25.12.1901 Queensland State Archives
HOS 13/26 17. 2.1902 - 13.11.1903 Queensland State Archives
HOS 13/27 13.11.1903 - 2. 2.1906 Queensland State Archives
HOS 13/28 5. 2.1906 - 10. 3.1908 Queensland State Archives
HOS 13/29 4. 4.1908 - 22.10.1911 Queensland State Archives
HOS 13/30 23.10.1911 - 20.11.1915 Queensland State Archives
HOS 13/31 21.11.1915 - 23. 6.1918 Queensland State Archives
HOS 13/32 23. 6.1918 - 4. 8.1920 Queensland State Archives
Extracts
HOS 13/1 15. 3.1884 - 27. 5.1884
Cora - 28. 5.1884
Aged 22 years. Born Townsville. Housewife. Last res. Beche de Mer
Station. Married in the usual Aboriginal style. No issue.
Died 28. 5.1884
Father Bill, bushman
Mother Kitty
Brown 17. 5.1884 - 24. 5.1884
Aged 27 years. Born Townsville. Fisherman. Last res. New Guinea.
Bachelor.
Father ?Wallajo, bushman
Mother ?Munginwalla
HOS 13/2 1.10.1884 - 14. 2.1885
Johnny 3.11.1884 - 3. 3.1885
Aged 30 years. Born Bowen. Stockman. Last res. Kings Plains.
Was shot the day previous to his admission on Kings Plains
by the Native Police, whilst he was leaving an aboriginal camp there,
being taken for a wild black.
Father Paddy, dead
Amoco 2. 1.1885 - 2. 1.1885
Aged 16 years. Born Mt. Cook, Daintree, Qld.. Last res. bush.
Married in the bush in Aboriginal style. She was a gin from the
North Shore who was speared by her old husband.
Issue ?Mowcollum Myemo
Father ?Owmeonyuge, bushman
Mother ?Balyculga
HOS 13/3 14. 2.1885 - 19. 6.1885
Bulldog 18. 4.1885 -
Aged 15 years. Born cape Granville. Seaman. Beche de Mer Station.
Bachelor. Father dead.
Harry 5. 5.1885 - 9. 5.1885
Aged 30 years. Born Townsville. Native Trooper. Bachelor.
Last res. 8 Mile Camp.
Father Johnny, bushman, lives at Townsville
Harry Ross 5. 5.1885 - 16. 5.1885
Aged 28 years. Born Maryborough, N.S.W.. Fisherman. Bachelor
Father Charley Ross, bushman, lives at Maryborough, N.S.W.
Mother Lizzie
Maggie 11. 5.1885 - 28. 5.1885
Aged 23 Years. Born Charters Towers. Domestic. Single.
Last res. Cooktown.
Father Billy, bushman, lives at Charters Towers
Mother Polly
HOS 13/4 15.12.1885 - 31. 5.1886
Nelly 13. 1.1886 - 24. 1.1886
Aged 35 years. Born Bowen. Droving gin. Spinster. Last res. - picked
up on No. 2 wharf.
Died 24. 1.1886
Brown 13. 2.1886 - 1. 3.1886
Aged 32 years. Trooper. Bachelor. Last res. Normanby.
Father James, labourer
Mother Jinn
A native Trooper got bad on the Normanby diggings ten days age
with pains in his right side and back. Been coughing since, some
blood with it. A number of Native Police were affected violently
and some died.
Polly 3. 4.1886 - 25. 5.1886
Aged 25 years. Born Mitchell River. Spinster.
Was in the employ of Mrs. Burton from childhood at the Laura, and
has been coughing for a long time. Got worse the last three months.
Died 25. 5.1886
Bulldog 22. 4.1886 - 5. 7.1886
Aged 20 years. Born cape Granville. Seaman. Last res. ship 'Annie',
Capt. Wilson. Bachelor. Was in hospital some months age.
HOS 13/5 4. 6.1886 - 7. 9.1886
Emily Napoleon 10. 6.1886 - 22. 6.1886
Aged 25 years. Born Bowen. Housewife. Religion - plenty rum.
Last res. Cooktown. Married in Port Douglas, aged 23 years, to
William Napoleon. Issue Marian aged 10 months.
Never had a father, mother not known.
Black gin 22. 8.1886 - 25. 8.1886
Spider 29. 8.1886 - 18.12.1886
Aged 30 years. Born Townsville. Beche de Mer fisher.
Ship 'Fairy Queen'. Last res. James Robinson.
HOS 13/6 9. 9.1886 - 11.12.1886
Maggie 9.11.1886 - 18.12.1886
Aged 16 years. Born Normanby. Servant. Coen River native.
Died 18.12.1886
Alice 26.11.1886 - 30.11.1886
Black gin. Born Maryborough.
HOS 13/7 11.12.1886 - 12. 2.1887
Nil
HOS 13/8 23. 4.1887 - 27. 6.1887
Topsy 27. 4.1887 - 9. 5.1887
Born Maytown. Aged 18 years. Servant. Roman Catholic. Single.
Last res. Cooktown.
HOS 13/9 28. 6.1887 - 1.10.1887
Lendem? 10. 7.1887 - 6. 8.1887
Born Normanton. Single. Last res. Cooktown.
Frank 9. 8.1887 - 30. 9.1887
Born Queensland. Aged 20 years. Last res. Normanby. Trooper.
Eliza 13. 8.1887 - 1.10.1887
Born Queensland. Last res. Laura. Servant.
In pencil - black gin.
Andy 22. 8.1887 - 17. 9.1887
Born Roma. Aged 25 years. Black Trooper. Last res. Normanby.
White Mary 29. 8.1887 - 30. 8.1887
Black gin.
Died 30. 8.1887
A woman with light yellow skin, very light brown hair and light
brown eyes was taken from the Normanby River blacks by a Constable
of Police, who believed her to be a white woman. The blacks later
made an attack on him and he fired his revolver, whereupon the horse
which the gin was riding, shied and ultimately bucked her off.
The gin was for a very long time known to be amongst the blacks and
Earl's black boy related that this black gin had a brother with
equally light colour, who died through a bush-fire. The
parents were ........
(The next line is termite affected and only the tops of the letters
are visible.)
Spider 1. 9.1887 - 13.10.1887
Born ?Donsul. Aged 30 years. Miner. Single.
Dick 3. 9.1887 - 28. 9.1887
Aged 31 years. Black Trooper.
HOS 13/10 9.12.1887 - 27. 2.1888
Leno 22.12.1887 - 25. 1.1888
Born Bloomfield. Aged about 18 years. Trooper. Last res. Normanby.
Sandfly 23. 1.1888 - 26. 1.1888
New Guinea boy. Aged approx. 20 years.
Died 26. 1.1888
HOS 13/11 28. 2.1888 - 20. 4.1888
Jack 7. 3.1888 - 9. 4.1888
Born Tin Can., Mary district. Aged 25 years. Labourer. Single.
Last res. Cooktown.
Billey 2. 4.1888 - 13. 4.1888
Born Rockhampton. Aged 23 years. Stockman. Single.
Last res. Mrs. Williams, 5 Mile.
Jack 18. 4.1888 - 9. 5.1888
Born Tin Can, Wide Bay. Aged 25 years. Beche de Mer fisher.
Last res. Cooktown.
Married at ?Maryboro (?Mary, Bris) aged 19 years to Alice
(aboriginal). They have a daughter, Mary Ann, aged 5 years.
Father Dirty Billy of Tin Can, alive
Mother Kalumbra
HOS 13/12 24. 4.1888 - 1. 8.1888
Robert 2. 5.1888 - 21. 5.1888
Born Charleville. Aged app. 21 years. Trooper. Last res. Police
Barracks, Cooktown
Billy 6. 5.1888 - ??. 5.1888
Born Normanby. Aged app. 20 years. Last res. Normanby. Spear wound.
Tiger 14. 5.1888 - 24. 5.1888
Aged app. 10 years.
Died 24. 5.1888
Charlie 27. 5.1888 - 3. 6.1888
Born Cooktown. Aged 23 years.
Jimmey 22. 6.1888 - 25. 6.1888
Born Townsville. Aged 17 years. Fisherman. Last res. F. Lee,
Barrier Reef. Single.
Douglas 26. 7.1888 - 6. 8.1888
Born Tin Can, Wide Bay. Aged app. 37 years. Ex-trooper. Single.
Last res. Frank Lee, Barrier Reef.
Father Boogroo
Jimmy 26. 7.1888 -
Born Burdekin. Aged 17 years. Beche de Mer Fisher.
Last res. Frank Lee, Barrier Reef.
Emily 26. 7.1888 - 6. 8.1888
Born Rockhampton. Aged 40 years. Single. Last res. Frank Lee,
Barrier Reef.
Lindan 28. 7.1888 - 21. 8.1888
Born Normanby. Aged 26 years. Single.
Last res. Wm. Dockerty.
HOS 13/13 2. 8.1888 - 13. 1.1889
Jane Tamby 6. 8.1888 - 13. 8.1888
Born Cloncurry. Aged 25 years. Last res. Cloncurry.
Nobby 14. 8.1888 - 16. 8.1888
Born Clermont. Aged app. 26 years. Trooper.
Last res. 8 Mile Police Camp.
Douglas 16. 8.1888 -
Born Tin Can, Wide Bay. Aged 37 years. Last res. Cooktown.
Left hospital with his gin.
Father Dirty Billy
Maggie 29. 8.1888 - 23. 9.1888
Born Johnstone River. Aged app. 16 years. Beche de Mer fisher.
Jimmy 8. 9.1888 - 28. 9.1888
Born Cleveland Bay. Aged app. 20 years. Beche de Mer fisher
Last res. Frank Lee, Barrier Reef
John Davis 11. 9.1888 - 25. 9.1888
Born Cape Melville. Aged app. 17 years. Beche de Mer fisher.
Last res. Christie ...... Reefs. Shark bite.
Tippo 17. 9.1888 - 1.10.1888
Born Normanton. Aged app. 40 years. Station-hand. Last
res. Canobie?.
Died 1.10.1888
George 20. 9.1888 - 25. 9.1888
Born Normanby. Aged ?40 years. Last res. J. Savage, 2 Mile.
Hugh 11.10.1888 - 12.10.1888
Born Bowen. Aged app. 30 years. Trooper.
Last res. 8 Mile Camp.
Broombie 28.11.1888 - 3.12.1888
Born Mitchell. Aged 23 years. Trooper. Last res. 8 Mile Police Camp.
Broombie 15.12.1888 - 26.12.1888
Born Mitchell. Aged 23 years. Trooper. Last res. 8 Mile Police Camp.
HOS 13/14 29. 4.1889 - 9. 9.1889
Nellie 27. 6.1889 - 11. 7.1889
Born Cape York. Aged app. 20 years. Domestic servant.
Last res. J. Davis. Single
Died 11. 7.1889
Dick 1. 7.1889 -
Born Townsville. Aged app. 30 years. Beche de Mer fisher.
Last res. on board 'Mary Lee'.
Maggie 3. 7.1889 - 29. 7.1889
Born Johnston. Aged app. 16 years. Last res. Cooktown.
Died 29. 7.1889
Topsy 2. 8.1889 - 18. 8.1889
Black gin.
Died 18. 8.1889
HOS 13/15 9. 9.1889 - 10. 2.1890
Toby 20. 9.1889 - 29.10.1889
Born Johnston River. Aged 14 years. Labourer.
Last res. Wm. Lakeland, Cooktown.
Sambo 22. 9.1889 - 27. 9.1889
Born Queensland. Aged app. 14 years. Labourer. Last res. 8 Mile.
Died 27. 9.1889
Joe 1.10.1889 - 9.10.1889
Born Cooktown. Aged 25 years. Trooper. Last res. Cooktown.
Harry 10.11.1889 - 3.12.1889
Born Palm Island. Aged 26 years. Fisherman.
Last res. Lock-up, Cooktown.
Died 3.12.1889
Mitchell 18.12.1889 - 27.12.1889
Born Mitchell district. Aged 26 years. Labourer.
T. Earl's black boy. Last res. Butcher's Hill.
HOS 13/16 11. 2.1890 - 6.10.1890
Nellie 15. 2.1890 - 7. 7.1890
Age about 20 years. Beche de Mer fisher. Ran away from hospital.
Corpral Peter 31. 3.1890 - 1. 4.1890
Age 31 years. Born Fraser Island. Trooper. LR = Police Force, Cooktown.
Father - Buro?
Died 1. 4.1890
Balleby 7. 4.1890 - 14. 4.1890
Age about 26 years. Born Normanton. Stockman. Single.
LR - King's Plains.
Harry 17. 5.1890 - 30. 5.1890
Age 40 years. Born Townsville. Seaman. Last vessel the cutter
'Sea Breeze', Bloomfield. Single.
Yukey 4. 6.1890 - 17. 6.1890
Age about 25 years. Born Cape Brandy. Diver. Single.
Bob 6. 6.1890 - 17. 6.1890
Age about 26 years. Born Port Mackay. Trooper. LR - Police Camp,
Cooktown.
Mrs. Tanby 21. 6.1890 - 25. 6.1890
Age about 35 years. Born Cloncurry. LR - Cooktown. Married
to Tanby.
Died 25. 6.1890
Bob 24. 7.1890 - 11. 8.1890
Age 28 years. Born Port Mackay. Trooper. LR - Police
Station, Cooktown.
Nellie 27. 8.1890 - 14. 4.1891
Born Queensland. Labourer. An old patient who absconded some time
ago. Now returned by Police.
HOS 13/17 30. 9.1890 - 24. 7.1891
George 17.10.1890 - 25.10.1890
Age 25 years. Born Thursday Island. Trooper. LR - Cooktown.
Married on Thursday Island to Jinney.
Charley 2. 1.1891 - 3. 3.1891
Age 21 years. Born Cape York. LR - Bloomfield.
Jimmie 24. 1.1891
Tomey 26. 2.1891 - 5. 3.1891
Born Mulgrave.
Gilbert 2. 4.1891 - 19. 4.1891
Born Clermont. Black tracker.
George 15. 4.1891 - 13. 5.1891
Age 12 years. Born False Cape. Fisherman.
Nellie 17. 4.1891 - 9. 5.1891
Age about 7 years. Born Batavia, Qld.. Domestic Servant.
Paddy 30. 4.1891 - 29. 6.1891
Age 18 years. Born Mulgrave. Fisherman. Single.
Father Billy
Died 29. 6.1891
Nellie 30. 4.1891 - 10. 5.1891
Age about 12 years. Born Johnstone River. Fishing Boat.
Toby 21. 5.1891 - 28. 5.1891
Age about 35 years. Born Mackay River, N.S.W.. Stockman.
LR - King's Plains.
HOS 13/18 24. 7.1891 - 29. 7.1892
Black Jack 22. 8.1891 - 20. 9.1891
Age 17 years. Born Cook District. L.R. Cooktown.
Handy 9.10.1891 - 26.11.1891
Age about 30 years. Born Roma. Labourer. Single.
L.R. Butcher's Hill.
Died 26.11.1891
Peter 3.12.1891 - 10.12.1891
Age about 15 years. Born Bloomfield. Labourer. L.R. Bloomfield.
Toby 29.12.1891 - 30. 1.1892
Age 20 or 23 years. Born Charters Towers. Bullock Driver. Single.
L.R. Cook District.
Annie 29. 1.1892 - 10. 2.1892
Age 20 years. Born Maytown. Servant. L.R. 8 Mile.
Black Jack 22. 3.1892 - 28. 4.1892
Age 18 years. Bullock driver. Single. L.R. Cooktown.
Died 28. 4.1892
Minnie & child 16. 4.1892 - 8. 5.1892
Mother and child.
Sarah 6. 5.1892 - 13. 5.1892
Age about 25 years. L.R. Hinchinbrook.
Rosey 7. 5.1892 - 10. 5.1892
Age 50 years. Fishing. Married.
Died 10. 5.1892
Tommy 7. 5.1892 - 10. 5.1892
Kenny 19. 5.1892 - 18. 6.1892
Age 20 years. Black Trooper. Single. L.R. Deighton.
Tommy 20. 6.1892 - 31. 8.1892
Age 10 years. Errand boy. L.R. Lakefield.
Bill 4. 7.1892 - 18. 8.1892
Age about 30 years. Trooper.
Tommy 9. 7.1892 - 23. 7.1892
Age 30 years. Born Maryborough. Stock-keeper. L.R. Normanby River.
Married.
Mitchell 16. 7.1892 - 26. 8.1892
Age 24 years. Born Mitchell. Stockman. Married at Mr. Earl's Station
to Annie Mitchell when he was 22 years old.
Father Palmer, deceased
HOS 13/19 29. 7.1892 - 8. 8.1893
Charlie 3. 8.1892
Age 26 years. Widower. L.R. Palm Island.
Oscar 4. 8.1892 - 28. 8.1892
Trooper. Married to Molly. L.R. Cooktown.
Sandy 13. 8.1892 - 24. 9.1892
Age 17 years. Stockrider. L.R. Mr. J. Williams.
Freddy 21. 8.1892 - 2.10.1892
Born Gilbert River. Trooper. Married to Nelly. They have
a daughter Nelly, two years old.
Lilly & child 21. 8.1892 - 2.10.1892
Dick 29. 8.1892 - 10. 9.1892
Age 30 years. Trooper. Born Charleville. Married at Coen,
aged 30 years, to Emily.
Charlie 7. 9.1892 - 24. 9.1892
Sarah 16. 9.1892 - 5.10.1892
L.R. Mr. P. Johnson.
Linda 26. 9.1892 - 29.11.1892
See later.
Sandy 2.10.1892 - 22.10.1892
Age 17 years. Stockrider. L.R. Mr. J. Williams.
Toby 21.10.1892 - 13.11.1892
L.R. Bloomfield.
Annie 18.11.1892 - 22.11.1892
Age 16 years. Born Barron River. Domestic. Single.
L.R. Cooktown.
Died 22.11.1892
Tommy 27.11.1892 - 29.12.1892
Age 13 years. Born Coen.
Topsy 29.11.1892 - 21. 1.1893
Age 10 years. Domestic. L.R. Cook District.
Jack 7.12.1892 - 29.12.1892
Charlie 13. 1.1893 - 5. 8.1893
Age 26 years. Born Palm Island. Diver. Single.
L.R. Cooktown.
Kitty 28. 1.1893
Age 10 years. Nursemaid. Single. L.R. Cook District.
Bloda 3. 3.1893 - 21. 3.1893
L.R. Bloomfield. Left of his own accord, supposedly with a
local gin.
Toby 3. 3.1893 - 4. 4.1893
L.R. Bloomfield.
Linda 19. 6.1893 - 1. 8.1893
See previous.
Podaiko 14. 7.1893 - 2. 8.1893
Age 20 years. Born Cape Bedford. Stockman. Single. Christian.
HOS 13/20 9. 8.1893 - 26.12.1894
Willie 11. 8.1893 - 17. 8.1893
Aged 24 years. Born Lifia, New Caledonia. Labourer. Wesleyan.
Arrived per 'Merrie England'. In Colony 1 day. L.R. New Guinea
with Burns,, Philip & Co.. Married in New Guinea (when aged 22 years)
to Ruby. One daughter, aged 8 months.
Linda 15. 8.1893 - 26. 8.1893
Aged about 17 years. See also HOS 13/19.
Friday ?McCorey 22. 9.1893 - 27. 9.1893
Born Cook District.
Iona 17.10.1893
Born Fiji. Missionary. Arrived per 'Merrie England'.
Married to Sitita. One male child.
Jessie 12.10.1893 - 17.11.1893
Married. L.R. Eight Mile. Husband a Trooper. Should be 12.11.1893.
Lucy 15.11.1893 - 20.11.1893
Billy 11.12.1893 - 5. 1.1894
L.R. Lakeland.
Enri 23.12.1893 - 30. 6.1894
Born Samoa. Married. Female.
Carlow 24. 1.1894 - 7. 2.1894
Butcher. L.R. Cooktown.
Nellie 25. 1.1894 - 7. 2.1894
L.R. Cooktown.
Albert 3. 2.1894 - 27. 3.1894
Born Charters Towers.
Spider 8. 2.1894 - 17. 3.1894
L.R. Kings Plains.
Nellie 21. 3.1894 - 6. 4.1894
Died 6. 4.1894.
Gilbert 14. 7.1894 - 12. 9.1894
Bullock driver. L.R. Stuart River. Married to Linda (Aboriginal).
Tim 13.12.1894 - 25.12.1894
L.R. Battle Camp.
Dolly 16.12.1894 - 19.12.1894
L.R. Mr. McMahon's.
Polly & baby Arthur 26.12.1894 - 4. 1.1895
L.R. 8 Mile Police camp. Married to Oscar (Aboriginal).
HOS 13/21 2. 1.1895 - 12. 9.1896
Topsy 20. 1.1895 - 1. 2.1895
Domestic. L.R. Cooktown
Maria 26. 1.1895 - 29. 1.1895
George 4. 2.1895 - 17. 2.1895
Trooper. L.R. 8 Mile Police Camp.
Tommy Dodd 3. 4.1895 - 23. 4.1895
L.R. Laura.
Tommy Dodd 28. 6.1895 - 21. 7.1895
L.R. Normanby River.
Spider 23. 8.1895 - 2. 9.1895
Trooper. L.R. Coen.
Romeo 25. 9.1895 - 17.11.1895
Trooper. L.R. Maytown.
Lucy 7.10.1895 - 15.11.1895
Aged about 50 years. Born Normanton.
Died 15.11.1895.
Pat 26.10.1895 - 3.11.1895
Aged 23 years. Trooper. L.R. Maytown.
Harry 29.11.1895 - 3.12.1895
Age about 40 years. Trooper. Born Charters Towers. Married.
No children. L.R. Cooktown. Corporal.
Harry 28.12.1895 - 3. 1.1896
Aged 40 years. Trooper. Born Charters Towers.
Rosie 31. 1.1896 - 3. 2.1896
Aged about 12 years. Born Coen. L.R. Constable Laurence.
Died 3. 2.1896
Pat 15. 2.1896 - 20. 2.1896
Aged about 23 years. Born Coen. Trooper. L.R. Laura.
Marian 1. 3.1896 - 10. 3.1896
Aged about 25 years. Born St. George. General Servant.
L.R. Inspector Fitzgerald.
Philip 11. 3.1896 - 22. 3.1896
Aged about 24 years. Trooper. Born Maytown. Single.
L.R. 8 Mile Camp.
Died 22. 3.1896.
Jim 17. 5.1896 - 1. 6.1896
Aged 28 years. Born Charters Towers. Married. Trooper.
L.R. 8 Mile Camp.
Died 1. 6.1896.
Spider 19. 8.1896 - 27. 8.1896
Aged 27 years. Born Laura. Stockman. Single. L.R. Springs.
HOS 13/22 13. 9.1896 - 27. 8.1897
Billy 17. 9.1896 - 19. 9.1896
Aged about 45 years. Born Townsville. Servant. L.R. Mr. Reynolds.
Died 19. 9.1896
Polly 5. 1.1897 - 17. 3.1897
Aged about 17 years. L.R. Bloomfield. See below.
Sam 22. 4.1897 - 3. 5.1897
Aged about 30 years. Born Port Mackay. Tracker. L.R. 8 Mile Camp.
Bendo 2. 6.1897 - 22. 6.1897
Aged about 25 years. Born Bloomfield. L.R. Bloomfield.
Married with one boy.
Jenny 22. 6.1897 - 24. 7.1897
Aged about 40 years. Born Rossville. Leprosy. Removed to Friday Island.
Sam 25. 6.1897 - 16. 7.1897
Aged 30 years. Labourer. L.R. 4 Mile.
Jennie 1. 7.1897 - 3. 7.1897
Aged about 40 years. Born Normanby.
Polly 27. 7.1897 - 11. 8.1897
Aged about 17 years. L.R. Bloomfield. See above.
Walker 27. 7.1897 - 5. 8.1897
L.R. Bloomfield.
Dick Antony 11. 8.1897 - 24. 8.1897
Aged 30 years. L.R. Cooktown. South Sea Islander.
Died 24. 8.1897
Topsy 11. 8.1897 - 28. 2.1898
Aged about 25 years. L.R. Highbury.
Emily 11. 8.1897 - 6.10.1897
Aged about 20 years. L.R. Highbury Stn.
HOS 13/23 27. 8.1897 - 7. 5.1899
Frank 8. 9.1897 - 26. 9.1897 - Born Adavale. Age 39 years.
Trooper. Married. Last res. Cooktown.
Toby 24. 9.1897 - 8.10.1897 - Born Cape Bedford. Age abt 30
years. Labourer. Christian. Single. Last res. Miss O. Burnes.
Nelly 1.10.1897 - 4.10.1897 - Born Johnson River. Age 20 years.
Married. Housewife. Last res. Cooktown. Ran away 4.10.1897
Jimmy 1.10.1897 - 21.10.1897 - Born Hughenden. Age 30 years.
Trooper. Single. Last res. Cooktown.
Frank 1.10.1897 - 25.11.1897 - Born Adavale. Age 39 yrs. Trooper.
Married. Last res. Cooktown.
Super 21.10.1897 - 24.11.1897 - Born Hughenden. Labourer. Single.
Last res. Mr. Stuckey, McIvor.
Jacky 22.10.1897 - 26.11.1897 - Born Starkey. Age about 20 years.
Married. Last res. Starkey. Spear wound.
Polly 22.10.1897 - 26.11.1897 - Born McIvor. Age about 25 years.
Married. Last res. Starkey. Spear wound.
Nancy 25.10.1897 - 25. 1.1898 - Born Herberton. Age about 20 years.
Married. Last res. Musgrave.
Died 25. 1.1898
George 18.11.1897 - 27.11.1897 - Born Roma. Age 26 years. Trooper.
Last res. Musgrave.
Nelly 28.11.1897 - 29.11.1897 - Born North Shore, Cooktown.
Age about 9 years. Single.
Died 29.11.1897
Charlie 8.12.1897 - 28. 2.1898 - Born Highbury. Age about 25 yrs.
Trooper. Married. Last res. Maytown.
Polly 8.12.1897 - 28. 2.1898 - Born Highbury. Age about 20 years.
Last res. Maytown.
George 16.12.1897 - 24.12.1897 - Born Roma. Age 26 years. Trooper.
Last res. 8 Mile.
Fred 10. 1.1898 - 28. 2.1898 - Trooper. Age about 25 years.
Last res. Highbury.
Biddy 10. 1.1898 - 28. 2.1898 - Born Highbury. Age about 20 years.
Trooper's gin. Last res. Highbury.
Mandarin 10. 1.1898 - 28. 2.1898 - Born Highbury. Age about 20 yrs
Trooper. Last res. Highbury.
Berry 1. 2.1898 - 5. 2.1898 - Born Bloomfield. Age about 30 yrs
Annie 27. 4.1898 - 29. 4.1898 - Born Townsville. Age about 30 yrs
Gin servant. Last res. Mrs. Lyons, Cooktown.
Harry 16. 8.1898 - 23. 8.1898 - Born Coen. Age about 26 years.
Last res. McIvor.
Andy 18. 9.1898 - 26.10.1898 - Born Cape Melville. Age about
22 years. Sailor. Single. Last res. Cooktown.
Toby 3. 1.1899 - 22. 1.1899 - Born Cape Bedford. Age abt 30
years. Christian. Single. Labourer. Last res. Miss O. Burnes.
Died 22. 1.1899
Friday 13. 2.1899 - 3. 3.1899 - Born ____town. Age about 26 years.
Stockrider. Single.
Tommy 19. 4.1899 - 12. 5.1899 - Born Laura. Age about 20 years.
Stockrider. Last res. Battle Camp.
Died 12. 5.1899
HOS 13/24 11. 5.1899 - 16.10.1900
Alexander 27. 5.1899 - 12. 6.1899 - Born Herberton. Age 25 years.
Groom. Single. Last res. Coen.
Topsy 2. 8.1899 - 5. 8.1899 - Born Laura. Age 13 years.
Single. General servant. Last res. Miss O. Bierne.
Tommy Peterson 27.11.1899 - 16. 2.1900 - Born Cairns. Age 25 years.
Sailor. Last res. Capt. Thompson's boat 'Dauntless'.
Jenny 5. 1.1900 - 1. 3.1900 - Born Johnson River. Age 30 years.
Last res. J. Underwood.
Rattler 1. 2.1900 - 13. 2.1900 - Born Barrow Point. Age 25 years.
Sailor. Last res. fishing boat 'Ann' (H. Harding).
Jacky 10. 5.1900 - 10. 8.1900 - Born Thursday Island. Sailor.
Single.
Maria McAdam 5. 9.1900 - 8. 9.1900 - Age 19 years.
Married in Cooktown to William McAdam.
Father Barney (Abo.)
Mother Maggie (Abo.)
Lizzie 8.10.1900 - 23.10.1900 - Age 20 or 26 years.
Last res. J. Underwood, Walker's bay.
HOS 13/25 23.10.1900 - 25.12.1901
Tommy 31.10.1900 - 4.11.1900 - Mrs. Coban's boy.
Kitty 28.12.1900 - 1. 1.1901
Mick 25. 3.1901 - 5. 4.1901 - Born Cooktown. Age 14 years.
Last res. Mrs. McCarey.
George Jones 6. 5.1901 - 8. 5.1901 - Born Queensland. Age 30 years.
Stockrider. Last res. Bushard Park. (*)
Carrie 18.11.1901 - 30.11.1901 - Age 22 years. Single.
One 4 month old boy living (Jack below).
Died 30.11.1901
Jack 18.11.1901 - 28.11.1901 - Born Cooktown. Age 4 months.
Mother Carrie (Abo., above)
HOS 13/26 17. 2.1902 - 13.11.1903
Polly 27.11.1902 - 19.12.1902 - Born Palmer. Age unknown. Domestic.
Died 19.12.1902
Lizzie Baker 3.11.1902 - 5.12.1902
Harry Cockroach 19.10.1903 - 24.10.1903 - Born Batavia River. Age 20 yrs
Diver. Lutheran. Last res. Thursday Island. (*)
HOS 13/27 13.11.1903 - 2. 2.1906
Jeanie 22. 9.1905 - 14.10.1905
Lucy 19.10.1905 - 21.10.1905 - Age about 20 years.
HOS 13/28 5. 2.1906 - 10. 3.1908
Charlie 16. 2.1906 - 19. 2.1906 - Single. Last res. Mr. Collins,
North Shore, Cooktown.
Lucy McCormack 5. 3.1906 - 22. 3.1906 - Servant.
Charlie 2. 4.1906 - 3. 4.1906 - Age about 25 years.
Died 3. 4.1906
Jack Betterage 23. 5.1906 - 27. 6.1906 - Age 8 years. Protestant.
Last res. Port Stewart. (*)
Father John Bethridge, labourer of Port Stewart.
Mother aboriginal.
Jack Bethridge 22. 7.1906 - 5. 8.1906 - Born Queensland. Age 11 years.
Born Port Stewart. (*)
Died 5. 8.1906
Father John Bethridge, fisherman of Port Stewart.
Mother aboriginal.
Jimmy 28. 8.1906 - 2. 9.1906 - Last res. Laura
Gipsy 17.11.1906 - 17.11.1906 - Husband is Friday.
Died 17.11.1906
Johnnie Poole 3. 8.1907 - 29. 9.1907 - Mr. Ker's boy.
Toby 3.10.1907 - 22.10.1907 - Age about 16 years.
Toby 17.12.1907 - 23.12.1907 - Born Queensland.
Age about 30 years.
Rosie 21.12.1907 - 30.12.1907 - Cook. Last res. Laura.
Married to Bert (abo). She had a male child on friday
night (last night).
Bert 21.12.1907 - 30.12.1907 - Abo. Rosie's baby. Aged 1 day.
Born Laura.
Nellie Douglas 11. 2.1908 - 28. 2.1908 - Aged about 20 years.
HOS 13/29 4. 4.1908 - 22.10.1911
Bert 11. 5.1908 - 16. 5.1908 - Born Queensland. Age abt 30 yr
Abo. gin 12. 5.1908 - 16. 5.1908
Tommy 8.11.1908 - 30.11.1908 - Aged 30 years. Station boy.
Tommy says that an abo. boy, Tommy the Rat, hit him
with a tomahawk.
Annie 8.11.1908 - 30.11.1908 - Age about 20 years.
Tommy 12. 2.1909 - 14. 2.1909 - Trooper
Annie 12. 2.1909 - 14. 2.1909
Tottie 24. 2.1909 - 10. 3.1909
Lydia 1. 3.1909 - 10. 3.1909 - Last res. Cape Bedford Mission
Station. Still born child (her's) born on friday 26. 2
at Cape Bedford Mission.
Mick 5. 5.1909 - 10.10.1909 - Labourer of The Sisters.
Bessie 3. 6.1909 - 8. 6.1909 - Last res. Cape Bedford Mission
Station. Still born child (her's) born 3 weeks ago.
Sandy 3. 8.1909 - 30. 1.1910 - Tracker. Last res. Coen.
Rosie 13. 8.1909 - 10. 9.1909 - Born Cooktown. Age 25 years.
Housewife. Roman Catholic. Single.
George 6. 9.1909 - 18. 9.1909 - Labourer. Last res. Collingwood.
Julian 6. 9.1909 - Came in with his mate George.
No sickness.
Minnie 7. 9.1909 - 13. 9.1909 - Single. Last res. Mrs. Schwartz,
Cape Bedford.
Willie 11.10.1909 - 7.11.1909 - Born Queensland. Last res. Coen.
Rosie 31. 1.1910 - 5. 2.1910 - Single. Age 25 years. Housemaid.
Last res. Cooktown. Roman Catholic.
Died 5. 2.1910
Jack 11. 4.1910 - 15. 4.1910 - Last res. Bloomfield.
Sarah 11. 4.1910 - 18. 4.1910 - Last res. Bloomfield.
Hilda 2. 7.1910 - 8. 7.1910 - Last res. Cape Bedford.
Greta 2. 7.1910 - 8. 7.1910 - Last res. Cape Bedford.
Elsie 2. 7.1910 - 8. 7.1910 - Last res. Cape Bedford.
Hilda 24.10.1910 - 8.11.1910 - Single. Last res. Cape Bedford
Mission Station.
HOS 13/30 23.10.1911 - 20.11.1915
Toby McMasters 24.10.1911 - 13.12.1911
Mabui 10. 8.1912 - 11. 9.1912 - Born Queensland. Church of
England. Last res. Cape Bedford.
Died 11. 9.1912
Rob 19. 8.1912 - 25.11.1912 - Born Queensland. Last res.
Battle Camp.
Paddy 10.12.1912 - 24.12.1912 - Last res. Kings Plains.
Peter Wilson 5. 2.1913 - 11. 2.1913 - Last res. Mrs. Monaghan.
Paddy 17. 4.1913 - 21. 4.1913 - Last res. Kings Plains.
Jack 19. 5.1913 -
Alex 14. 7.1913 - 17. 9.1913 - Born Queensland. Age 8 years.
Born at Palmerville. Last res. Palmerville.
Jackie 6. 9.1913 - 10. 9.1913 - Age 15 years. Last res.
Rookby Station.
Rose ? 29. 1.1914 - 19. 2.1914
20. 2.1914 - 25. 2.1914
Age about 20 years.
Lucy 26. 2.1914 - 16. 3.1914 - Born Cooktown. Age 29 years.
Housework. Roman Catholic.
Lucy McCormac 29. 3.1914 - 19. 4.1914 - Born Cooktown. Age 29 years.
Roman Catholic. Last res. Cooktown.
Bob 17. 6.1914 - 5. 8.1914
Jack 8.10.1914 - 18.10.1914 - Born Coen. Age 20 years. Last
res. W. Williamson, Coen.
Tommie 19. 1.1915 - 21. 1.1915 - Age about 30 years.
Mary Ann 22. 3.1915 - 31. 3.1915 - Age about 20 years.
Harry 4. 4.1915 - 13. 6.1915 - Sailor. Age 30 years. Last res.
Lugger Mildred. Born Queensland.
George 1. 6.1915 - 6. 6.1915 - Age about 20 years. Last res.
Olive Vale Station, Laura.
Jimmy 10. 6.1915 - 3. 7.1915
Toby Anderson 29. 7.1915 - 4. 8.1915 - Born Queensland. Age 25 years.
Married to Topsy (abo.). Last res. Cooktown.
Atta 16. 9.1915 - 24.10.1915 - Last res. Ketch Kestrel. (*)
Peter Monkey 23. 9.1915 - - Last res. Ebagoolah.
Elni 23. 9.1915 - 7.10.1915 - Age about 10 years. Last res.
Cape Bedford Mission Station.
Tommy 27. 9.1915 - 28. 9.1915 - Born Maryboro. Age about 70 years.
Died 28. 9.1915
Billy 18.10.1915 - 29.10.1915 - Age about 30 years. Last res.
Wighton.
Blimer 18.10.1915 - 29.10.1915 - Last res. Wighton.
Polly 21.10.1915 - 29.10.1915
Minnie 6.11.1915 - 20.11.1915 - Born Cooktown. Age 18 years.
Last res. Cooktown
HOS 13/31 21.11.1915 - 23. 6.1918
Jacky 7.12.1915 - 13.12.1915 - Age 30 years. Last res.
Mrs. Beatty, Wighton.
Jimmy Mapoon 10.12.1915 - 3. 1.1916 - Age about 30 years. (*)
Minnie 16.12.1915 - 22.12.1915 - Born Queensland. Age about 40
years. Last res. Laura. Also admitted was Norma, about
4 years, staying with his mother Minnie.
Mary Ann 28.12.1915 - 12. 1.1916 - Born Queensland. Married.
Last res. Cape Bedford Mission Station.
Jacky Palmer 1. 1.1916 - 4. 4.1916 - Last res. Laura.
Romeo 24. 1.1916 - 29. 1.1916 - Last res. Maytown.
Died 29. 1.1916
Frank 7. 2.1916 - 13. 2.1916 - Last res. Mr. Broadman's Station.
Bob 22. 2.1916 - 26. 2.1916 - Born Queensland. Aged about 20
years. Last res. Butcher Hill Station.
Clara 13. 3.1916 - 25. 4.1916 - Last res. Laura. (*)
Pollie 13. 3.1916 - 5. 4.1916 - Last res. Weighton. (*)
Elsie 13. 3.1916 - 31. 5.1916 - Aged 12 years. Last res. Cape
Bedford.
Mary Ann 26. 6.1916 - - Born Queensland. Age about 20
years. (*)
Charlie 4. 7.1916 - 12. 7.1916 - Born Queensland. Age 24 years.
Last res. O'Burns Station.
Tommy or Jimmy 7. 8.1916 - 27. 9.1916 - Born Queensland. Age about 25
years. Last res. Silver Plains.
Hollingsworth 10.10.1916 - 12.10.1916 - Born Queensland. Age 27 years.
Last res. Sailing boat Thelma ______, Thursday Island.
Martin 11.10.1916 - 16.10.1916 - Born Queensland. Age about 20
years. Stockman. Last res. O'Burns Station.
Charlie 1.11.1916 - 13.11.1916 - Age about 30 years. Last res.
Laura.
Rosie ? 27.11.1916 - 6.12.1916 - Born Queensland. Age about 30
years.
Willie 7.12.1916 - 15.12.1916 - Born Queensland. Age 12 years.
Last res. Green Hills.
Riley 28. 3.1917 - 1. 4.1917 - Last res. Mr. Anderson, Cooktown.
Joseph 31. 3.1917 - 4. 4.1917 - Age 21 years. Sailor. Church of
England. Last res. Murray Island.
Biddy 29. 3.1917 - 30. 3.1917 - Age about 70 years.
Kitty 10. 4.1917 - 17. 4.1917 - Last res. Laura.
Tommy 18. 5.1917 - 26. 5.1917 - Born Queensland. Age about 30
years.
Biddy 1. 6.1917 - 9. 6.1917 - Born Queensland. Age about 70
years. Last res. Cooktown.
Maggie 14. 8.1917 - 21. 8.1917 - Age 25 years.
Maggie 23. 8.1917 - 1. 9.1917 - Age 25 years. Last res. Cooktown.
Married at Coen to Trooper Monday (abo.).
Bob Gee 28. 8.1917 - 28. 8.1917 - Sailor. Last res. lugger Keriri,
B.P. & Co. (*)
Bob 28. 8.1917 - 28. 8.1917 - Sailor. Last res. lugger Keriri,
B.P. & Co. (*)
Baddo 28. 8.1917 - 28. 8.1917 - Sailor. Last res. lugger Keriri,
B.P. & Co. (*)
Maggie 14. 9.1917 - 19. 9.1917 - Born Queensland. Age 25 years.
Eva Sims 17.12.1917 - 21.12.1917
23.12.1917 - 5. 1.1918
Born Queensland. Age 14 years. Last res. Bloomfield.
Died 5. 1.1918
Hilda 7. 1.1918 - 10. 1.1918 - Age about 8 years.
Leonard 17. 1.1918 - 19. 1.1918 - Last res. cape Bedford Mission
Station.
Arthur 3. 2.1918 - 6. 2.1918 - Born Queensland. Labourer.
Single. Last res. Mrs. Douglas.
Bob 3. 3.1918 - 12. 3.1918 - Born Queensland. Age about 30
years. Stockman. Last res. Butcher's Hill.
Lucy 6. 3.1918 - 11. 3.1918
Minty 9. 3.1918 - 24. 3.1918 - Born Coen. Age 10 years.
Last res. Green Hills.
Toogood 18. 3.1918 - 22. 4.1918 - Born Queensland. Age 30 years.
Died 22. 4.1918
Charlie 21. 3.1918 - 28. 3.1918 - Last res. Mrs. Evanson.
Jack 2. 4.1918 - 2. 4.1918 - Born Queensland. Age about 20
years. Last res. Bloomfield Mission.
Died 2. 4.1918
Charlie 3. 4.1918 - 24. 4.1918 - Last res. North Shore.
HOS 13/32 23. 6.1918 - 4. 8.1920
Johnnie 2. 7.1918 - 6. 7.1918
Judy 23. 9.1918 - 29. 9.1918 - Born Queensland. Age about 20
years. Single. Last res. Silver Plains Station.
Artie 28.10.1918 - 30.10.1918 - Aged 20 years. Stockman.
Last res. Station near Laura.
Died 30.10.1918
Tommy 30.10.1918 - 13. 1.1919 - Born Queensland. Aged 10 years.
Last res. Olive Vale Station.
Jack 2.11.1918 - 4.11.1918 - Born Queensland. Aged 30 years.
Billy 3.12.1918 - 6.12.1918 - Born Queensland. Last res.
Mt. Olive, Cooktown.
Daisy 12.12.1918 - 18.12.1918 - Born Queensland. Last res.
Mt. Olive, Cooktown.
Charlie 17.12.1918 - 22.12.1918 - Born Queensland. Aged 3 years.
Last res. Cape Bedford.
Billie? 7. 1.1919 - 13. 1.1919 - Born Queensland. Aged 20 years.
Fred May 22. 1.1919 - 19. 3.1919 - Aged 50 years.
Archie Mitchell 14. 2.1919 - 28. 3.1919 - Aged 49 years. Single. Stockman.
Born Butcher's Hill, Cooktown. Last res. Springvale.
Father Jack Mitchell of Mt. Carbine
Mother Polly
Mitchell Callanghan 29. 4.1919 - 5. 5.1919 - Born Dunbar, Mitchell River.
Age about 20 years. Last res. Mitchell River.
Stockman.
Tiaro Webb 2. 5.1919 - 18. 5.1919
Died 18. 5.1919
Bob Byrne 14. 5.1919 - 6. 8.1919 - Born Oakey Creek, Cooktown.
Aged 30 years. Drover. Last res. Laura.
Married at Coen to Jessie.
Hector O'Beirne 16. 6.1919 - 30. 6.1919 - Aged about 12 years. Last
res. Laura.
Alick 24. 6.1919 - 15. 7.1919 - Sailor, S.S. Eland.
Mitchell Callanghan - 26. 6.1919 - 30. 6.1919 - Born Dunbar, Mitchell
River. Aged about 20 years. Stockman.
George Little 2. 9.1919 - 5.12.1919 - Last res. Rokeby Station, Coen.
Cronge 15.10.1919 - 29.10.1919 - Born Coolburra Station. Single.
Last res. Coolburra Station.
Father Charlie. Stays at camp.
Dolly Wallace 1.11.1919 - 9.11.1919 - Born Oakey. Last res.
Mrs. Wallace, McIvor.
Father Tommy Cox, labourer for Mr. Cox.
Mother Topsy Cox
Andy 3. 3.1920 - 17. 3.1920 - Born Normanby. Works on Station.
Last res. Mr. Brown, McIvor. Married.
Father Friday, lives at camp.
Mother Maggie.
Jessie 17. 3.1920 - 29. 3.1920 - Born King's Flat. Last res. 2 Mile.
Children : Nancy 1 year
Elsie 3 years
Father Billy Sweeny, stockman
Mother Molly
Clara Bremen 23. 3.1920 - 25. 3.1920
Died 25. 3.1920
Clara Brown 23. 3.1920 - 2. 4.1920
Clara Camp 23. 3.1920 - 27. 4.1920
Mick 23. 3.1920 - 12. 5.1920
Marie Bendusta 28. 5.1920 - 13. 6.1920
Died 13. 6.1920
Mary Calaghan 28. 5.1920 - 16.12.1920
Jessie 31. 5.1920 - 16. 6.1920 - Born King's Flat. Last res.
Hospital, Cooktown.
Tommy O'Burne 25. 6.1920 - 8. 7.1920
Monday 1. 7.1920 - 15. 7.1920 - Aboriginal Trooper.
Last res. Cooktown.
Tommy Whaling 15. 7.1920 - 12. 8.1920 - Last res. Battle Camp Station.
Molly Spider 3. 8.1920 - 6. 8.1920 - Last res. Mrs. Allison.
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