Protector of Aborigines, Windorah
Letterbook 1915 - 1924
Item ID 89697
Previous System Location POA9G/2; PRV11215/1/1
Access Category 30 years
Copyright Paul Mackett 1989
7. 4.1915 King Billy died at Kuroongooloo on 6. 4.1915.
Aged approx. 80 years.
14. 8.1916 Bob IV died at Kuroongooloo Station on 16. 7.1916 of
natural causes.
16. 9.1916 Half-caste Bessie died at Tenham Station. Cause was
child-birth. Left two boys aged 10 and 8 years at
Tenham Station.
19.11.1916 Bessie's children are nearly white. The father of the
eldest boy was a man named ?Houstake.
14. 7.1917 Tommy VII died at Kuroongooloo Station on 15. 3.1917.
29.12.1917 Charlie Redford died at Kuroongooloo Station
on 20.11.1916. Aged 64 years. (?20.11.1917)
6. 1.1918 Tallboy died on 7. 8.1917 at Whitula Creek aged about
73 years.
11. 3.1918 Maggie (native name ?Ditchie) died on 17. 2.1918 at
Tanbar Station.
5.10.1918 Yarrie died at Welford aged approx. 65 years.
9.10.1918 Chinaman Billy died on 25. 9.1918 at Waverney Station,
aged about 63 years.
5.10.1918 Maria died at Windorah on 7. 9.1918. She was the gin of
Charlie Redford who died on 20.11.1917. She was at least
75 years old.
11.11.1918 Chinaman Billy left a very old gin called Nellie and
a young full grown gin (daughter).
4. 4.1919 Voucher for the burial of a female aboriginal child
called Alma who died at Mayfield on 31. 1.1919.
22. 5.1919 Alma's father was Charlie II.
8. 7.1919 Norah died at Windorah on 21. 6.1919 aged about 58
years.
8. 7.1919 An old gin Lively died at Palparara Station on
30. 1.1919 aged about 60 years.
2. 9.1919 An old gin named Mary Ann and an old boy named Charlie
died at Canterbury on 15th and 13th July last,
respectively.
23. 9.1919 Boy Daylight died at Palparara Station on 8. 9.1919.
9.10.1919 Deceased Mary Ann had a daughter Sally.
20.12.1919 Billy V, better known as Hacket Billy died at
Kuroongooloo on 20.10.1919 aged about 69 years.
5. 8.1920 Deceased Albert Curle.
Left a gin named Nancy who is now at Bulgroo Station
married to another boy. Had a mother, very old, living
at Poolpirrie Station.
28. 9.1920 Deceased Albert Curle.
Gin Nancy died about a month ago at Adavale. His mother
is an old gin named Mina, still living at Poolpirrie.
15.12.1920 List of aborigines and half-castes, under agreement or
permit, earning one pound or more each week.
Name Married/Single Children
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Charlie Bannerman Single
Broncho Bill Single
Willie Single
Upperty Single
Donald Married Nil
Charlie II Married 4
Charlie Anderson Single
Davie Single
Palparara Dick Single
Cubby Married Nil
Hubert Bent Married Nil
Towser Single
Joe Single
George Single
Fishhook Single
Billy Bluff Single
Billy Fleming Single
19. 3.1921 An old aboriginal Sambo died at Tanbar Station on
3. 9.1921.
30. 5.1921 An old aboriginal named Thundah died on Tanbar Station
on 19. 5.1921.
11.12.1923 Return required under the Act.
Name Age Married/Single
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Males
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Charlie Anderson 25 Single
Jimmy Anderson 60 Married
Billy IV 60 Married
Charlie II 34 Married
Alick 55 Single
Cubby 65 Married
Davie 50 Single
Donald 45 Married
Joe 35 Single
Mick Morandi 40 Married
Tanbar Tommy 45 Married
Towser 35 Single
Monkira Jack 45 Married
Tiger (Tracker) 55 Married
Upperty 25 Single
Females
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Annie 60 Married
Bental 65 Married
Biddie 40 Married
Ivy 35 Married
Lilia 28 Married
May 10 Single
Trilby 35 Married
Lizzie Tyson 28 Married
17.12.1923 Marriages and births.
Father McGinley of Blackall celebrated two marriages at
Palparara Station.
Richard Fraser to Daisy
Richard Fraser - half-caste, selector in district, about
50 years.
Daisy - female aboriginal aged about 18 years.
Married 29.11.1923.
Female child born 5.12.1923.
Father McGinley baptised it on 7.12.1923 and named the
child Ethel.
Daisy is a step-daughter of Monkira Jack and is of
immoral character.
Snowy Oliver to Rosie Napier
Snowy Oliver - aborigine about 35 years.
Rosie Napier - female aboriginal, widow, about 40
years.
Comes from South Australia.
Married 7.12.1923
12. 8.1924 An old gin Maggie died at Currawilla on 7. 8.1924.
25. 8.1924 Ivy is Tracker Tiger's gin. Child May will be 12 years
next May
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