Report on Fantome Island Lazaret April 1953


Director of Native Affairs Office Health and Home Affairs Batch Files 1939 - 1966 A/69501 Queensland State Archives Copyright P J Mackett, 2012 Report on Fantome Island Lazaret April 1953 Patients at the Lazaret are Name Born Admitted Douglas Adagi Atu 1912 1949 Harold Baker 1916 1949 Tilly Bond 1902 1940 George Bowen snr 1901 1952 Sandy Boyd 1932 1943 Valerie Boyd (nee Mitchell) 1932 1941 Frederick William Britcher 1932 1945 Donald Briggs 1934 1940 Queenie Briggs 1933 1940 Henry Brown 1913 1939 Mick Brown 1922 1941 Martha Brown (nee Thompson) 1925 1948 Ross Button 1925 1950 Ned Cape Bedford (Martin) 1903 1948 Billy Collins 1907 1952 Dan Coleman 1917 1940 Lorraine Coleman 1923 1941 Alice Costello 1923 1943 (Husband is Harry Costello Daughter is Beryl Costello at Cherbourg, under 16 years of age Niece is Pamela Jacobs at Cherbourg, under 16 years of age) George Cummins 1928 1948 Annie Catherine Cummins (nee Serico) 1928 1941 (pregnant) Ethel Cannon 1919 1947 Gracie Daisy 1911 1940 (Wants to go to Woorabinda on discharge. Also wants to take son and daughter to Woorabinda. They are on palm Island. Husband is also on Palm Island with someone else) Sandy Maganami Deegan 1882 1944 Lucy Lopez de la Cruz 1942 Archie William Doctor 1932 1944 John Eggmolesse 1899 1948 Selwyn Joel EggMolesse 1938 1945 Percy Freeman 1929 1946 Esther Beth Freeman 1931 1948 Mary Elizabeth Graham 1927 1945 Cyril Hudson 1928 1952 John Harrison 1897 1948 David Harvey 1908 1950 Doris May Hobson 1924 1944 Toby Hunter 1913 1939 Oliver Hunter 1923 1941 Jimmy Johnson 1898 1951 Alex Landers 1922 1943 May Landers (nee Daisy) 1930 1940 Gladys Langlo 1932 1946 Ernest Frederick Langlo 1931 1945 Gay Lord 1937 1949 Nelson Kenneth Martin 1928? 1947 Lexie Martin (nee Hopkins) 1922 1947 Eric Martin 1903 1953 George Mitchell 1902 1940 Leonard Murray 1933 1949 Louisa Murray (nee Snider) 1927 1948 Michael Newberry 1927 1940 Wilfred Horace Obah 1923 1943 (Married) Rachel May Obah (nee Sullivan) 1926 1946 Ivan Roberts 1921 1951 Florence Saunders 1936 1953 Vincent Serico 1926 1950 Norman Skeen 1935 1952 Neptune Snider (Ganger) 1932 1947 Elliott Tobane 1925 1949 Kennie Thompson 1895 1947 Billy Twaddle 1929 1951 Nancy Twaddle (nee Briggs) 1937 1951 Mary Tye 1938 1953 Stanley Victor 192? 1945 Harry Wilson 1920 1952 George Wilson 1931 1941 Daphne Merleen Wilson (nee Donahue) 1928 1947 Clarence Wales (Torboy) 1932 1945 Kenny West 1926 1951 Another list of patients dated December 1952 follows. It is apparently not accurate. Name Admitted George Bowen 1952 Ann Serico (Cummins) 1941 George Cummings 1948 Alice Costello 1944 Lorraine Coleman Ethel Cannon 1947 Ross Button 1950 Mick Brown 1941 Henry Brown 1939 Fred Britcher 1945 Queenie Briggs 1944 Don Briggs 1940 Sandy Boyd 1943 Tilly Bond 1940 Harold Baker 1949 Adagi Atu 1944 George Bowen jnr 1951 Martha Brown 1948 Bill Collins 1952 Valerie Boyd 1949 Daphne Anderson 1950 Discharged 1951 Mary Ann Brown Discharged 1949 Wilfred Brown Died 23. 7.1949 Mary Graham 1945 Percy Freeman 1946 Esther Freeman 1948 Selwyn Joel Eggmolasse 1945 John Eggmolasse 1948 Archie Doctor 1944 Sandy Deegan 1944 Lucy Lopez de la Cruz 1942 Cyril Georgetown 1950 Discharged 1952 Ned Doomadgee 1948 Discharged 1952 Grace Freeman 1940 Doris Fuller 1944 John Dallachy 1941 Died 21. 4.1949 May Daisy 1946 Annie Edmonton Died 24. 2.1948 Gay Lord 1949 Freddie Langlo 1945 May Langlow (Landers) 1935 Alex Landers 1943 Toby Hunter 1939 Doris Hobson David Harvey 1950 Jack Harrison 1948 Cyril Hudson 1952 Gladys Langlo 1946 Dora Lomas 1942 Died 30.10.1949 Vera Langlow 1935 Lorraine Hutton 1951 Ivan Roberts 1951 Wilfred Obah 1939 Rachel Obah 1946 Michael Newberry 1940 Leonard Murray 1949 George Mitchell 1940 Leslie Martin 1947 Nelson Martin 1947 Ned Martin Charlie Minnie Died 6. 2.1949 Daisy Oliffe 1944 Died 16. 5.1949 Charlie Meaney 1948 Died 6. 2.1949 Toby Myall 1935 Died 16. 8.1950 Valerie Mitchell 1941 Nancy Briggs (Twaddle) 1951 Louisa Snider (Murray) 1948 George Wilson 1942 Florence Saunders 1953 Victor Stanley 1945 Harold Wilson 1952 Daphne Wilson (Donahue) 1947 Clarence Toby Wales 1945 Elliott Tobane 1949 Ganger Snider 1947 Norman Skeen 1952 Vincent Serico 1950 Reuben Salmon 1951 Charlie Sugarbag 1939 Discharged 1949 Rene Thompson 1939 Report on Visit to Fantome Island July 1956 Name Age Admitted Namaibai Atu 47 1953 Robert Bismark 53 1953 George Bowen 55 1952 Lily Bowman 18 1953 Fred Britcher 24 1945 Roman Burke 41 1954 James Clifford 41 1954 Ann Cummins 28 1941 Isobel Curry 30 1954 Sandy Deegan 74 1944 Neil Hamilton 12 1956 John Harrison 59 1948 Thomas Hero 20 1956 Oliver Hunter 33 1940 Toby Hunter 43 1949 Eric Martin 53 1953 Lexie Martin 34 1947 Nelson Martin 28 1947 Kabai Mau 29 1953 George Mitchell 54 1955 George Tanna 14 1955 Raymond Tanna 12 1955 Kennie Thompson 61 1953 Mary Tye 18 1953 Jack Wragge 42 1953 Thomas Yarrier 32 1953 (Has photo of Jimmy Queensland's house. Jimmy Queensland is the tribal King of Palm Island and the older citizen) Expenses related to the removal of Millie Hooligan Removal order dated 20.10.1937 from Mt Garnet to Palm Island for Millie Hooligan. Millie is aged 11 years and at Gunnawarra Stn. She is the daughter of Hooligan and his wife. They are on Palm Island. Mentions escort Sam Conway.
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