This is a work in progress which will hopefully combine references
to removals from all the resources I have. The base information
was obtained from the Home Office Registers and then added to from
various outher sources. These Registers are as follows
Aboriginal Removal Correspondence 1912 - 1939
Home Office, Registers of Letters Received
1912, HOM/B40 Queensland State Archives
1913, HOM/B42 Queensland State Archives
1914, HOM/B44 Queensland State Archives
1915, HOM/B46 Queensland State Archives
1916, HOM/B48 Queensland State Archives
1917, HOM/B50 Queensland State Archives
1918, HOM/B52 Queensland State Archives
1919, HOM/B54 Queensland State Archives
1920, HOM/B56 Queensland State Archives
1921, HOM/B58 Queensland State Archives
1922, HOM/B60 Queensland State Archives
1923, HOM/B62 Queensland State Archives
1924, HOM/B64 Queensland State Archives
1925, HOM/B66 Queensland State Archives
1926, HOM/B68 Queensland State Archives
1927, HOM/B70 Queensland State Archives
1928, HOM/B72 Queensland State Archives
1929, HOM/B74 Queensland State Archives
1930, HOM/B76 Queensland State Archives
1931, A/4736 Queensland State Archives
1932, A/4737 Queensland State Archives
1933, A/4738 Queensland State Archives
1934, A/4739 Queensland State Archives
1935, A/4740 Queensland State Archives
1935A, A/4741 Queensland State Archives
1936, A/4742 Queensland State Archives
1937, A/4743 Queensland State Archives
1938, A/4744 Queensland State Archives
1939, A/4745 Queensland State Archives
Pre 1915 is Aboriginals Generally section of the Register.
Post 1915 is Removal Orders section of the Register.
Years 1922 - 1935 often have a "reason" for the Removal.
Paul Mackett 22. 3.2013
Italics refer to information from other sources.
Copyright P. J. Mackett, 1998, 2013
Abbreviations in the "To" column are as follows
AU Aurukun
B Barambah
BH Brisbane Hospital
BI Badu Island
C Cherbourg
CA Cairns
CAH Cairns Hospital
CB Cape Bedford
CBY Cape Bedford and Yarrabah
CC Cowal Creek
CI Coconut Is
CP Chief Protectors Office
D Doomadgee
DC Deebing Creek
DI Darnley Island
DI Darnley island
DM Doomadgee
EI Eclipse Island Mission
ERM Edward River Mission
FI Fantome Island
GA Gayndah
HI Hammond Island
HM Home Mission
HR Hull River
LON Longreach
LRM Lockhart River Mission
MA Mapoon
MI Mabuiag Island
MI Mornington Island
MM Mona Mona
MOR Mornington Island
MRM Mitchell River Mission
MUI Murray Island
MY Maryborough
NI Naghir Island
P Purga
PI Palm Island
R Rockhampton
SG St George
TA Taroom
TV Townsville
U Urangan
W Woorabinda
WM Weipa Mission
Y Yarrabah
YA Yarrama
@ Alias
Additional information
COB - Cooktown Occurrence Book
PCR Roma - Police Correspondence Register
PLB Halifax - Police Letterbook Halifax
WCB-MTG - Watchhouse Charge Book Mt Garnet
WCB - Croydon - Watchhouse Charge Book Croydon
WCB - Herberton - Watchhouse Charge Book Herberton
Removals for 1908 - 1916 (except 1915) appeared in the following
Queensland Aboriginal Notes Series
QAN Vol 7 (1990) 1908, 1909
QAN Vol 9 (1990) 1910
QAN Vol 13 (1990) 1911
QAN Vol 18 (1990) 1912, 1913
QAN Vol 20 (1990) 1914
QAN Vol 22 (1990) 1916
These have been reorganised and either added to existing listings
or listed separately below.
Removals 1908
Name Removed From To
WCB - Croydon 1. 1.1908 Echo. Aboriginal. Rations while awaiting removal to Baramba.
Sent to Baramba Mission Station on 10. 1.1908.
Nellie Inglewood Brisbane
Ida Stewart's Creek Goodna
John Weipa Mission Barambah
Morgan Brothers Ipswich Yarrabah
Polly and Mary Prarie Barambah
Daisy and Albert Norman, Kitchener Nebo Barambah
Louise Langlo Mt. Morris Barambah
Albert MacDonald Rockhampton Gaol Barambah
Fred Mungindi Barambah
Polly Fishier Cairns
Ellen Smith and 4 children Roma Barambah
Neddy Nebo Barambah
Black Harry Nebo Barambah
Archie Tweedie Brisbane Gaol Barambah
Blind Dick and gin Rockhampton Barambah
Billy Newman Stewarts Ck Gaol Barambah
Charlie and Rosie Blair Normanton Barambah
Mick Torrens Creek Barambah
Yellow Harry Mackay Barambah
Dick (Mainwaring) and 2 others Vanrook, Dunbar Barambah
Bella McLean Brisbane Barambah
Ida Morgan, Ruby, Maggie Alford Croydon Barambah
(WCB - Croydon 2. 6.1908 Ida Morgan (H/C, 24 yrs), Willian Edward Goldfinch (4 yrs),
Joseph Thomas Eckford (2 yrs). All en route to Baramba Mission Station.)
Jimmy Goodiman Myrtletown Barambah
Eliza Kirk St George Barambah
Jackie, Gilbert Stateen River Barambah
Minnie, Crooked legged Tommy, Brighton Downs Barambah )
Jimmy Fox, King Peter Brighton Downs Barambah )
Adelaide Ingham Yarrabah
Ethel, Norman, Arthur Charleston Barambah
Hilda Brisbane Barambah
Mary Daylight (3 yrs) Brisbane Yarrabah
Rose Bundaberg Barambah
Zoe and three children Hughenden Barambah
Harry, King (Cancelled) Coen Barambah
Minnie Watekin South Townsville Barambah
Billy Lillas Mackay Yarrabah
Tommy Condomingo Ukalunga Barambah
Jack Scraggs Yeulba Barambah
Alice Walker Inglewood Brisbane
Annie Simpson Brisbane Barambah
Fanny Coolagie Clump Point Yarrabah
Biamba Clump Point Barambah
Mickey Townsville Barambah
Garibaldi Rockhampton Barambah
Henry Boggo Rd Gaol Yarrabah
Dilbin Emerald Barambah
Paddy Cloncurry Hosp Barambah
Laura Broom, Barbara, Grace Pentecost Bundaberg Singleton Mission
Nellie Douglas Cooktown Yarrabah
Bob, King Barney, King Tommy Silver Hughenden Barambah )
Tommy Flinders, Mary Hughenden Barambah )
Fred, Johnny Croydon Barambah
(WCB - Croydon 28.10.1908 Fred, Johnny Aboriginals. For rations.
En route to Baramba Station. Sent to Baramba on 30.10.1908.)
Captain Vanrook Stn Barambah
Annie Weasel Cairns Yarrabah
George Munro Chinchilla Barambah
Spider Stewart's Ck Gaol Barambah
Billy, Jimmy Cairns Goal Barambah
Tommy Campbell Emu Park Barambah
Margaret Mary Moumaule and child Thursday Is Mapoon
Fanny and 2 children Cloncurry Yarrabah
Tommy Costello, Paddy Cooktown Gaol Barambah
Grouchy, Craigie Rutland Plains Barambah
Tribe (app 28) Blackwater Barambah
(HOM/J47 9.11.1908 Lists unemployed aboriginals and half-castes at Blackwater,
Emerald Police District.
Jackey (45), Polly his gin (38), Robert his son (4)
Blanche H/C (24) and her children Aggie (4) and baby (1)
Lena (35) and her children Boy (8), Eileen (5) and Mona (2)
Annie (41) and her children Aggie H/C (17) and Lena H/C (14)
Polly (45) and her children Trixie (22), Freda (9) H/C, Alice (20) and Arthur (11)
Molly (20), Monica (19) and her child Mickey H/C (2)
Sandy (50), Aggie H/C (18), Toby (65), Mick (44)
HOM/J47 4.12.1908 Letter about removal of the following Aboriginals from Blackwater
to Barambah. Mentions
Jackey, Polly and Robert, Blanche and Aggie, Lena and her three children
Annie and Aggie, Polly and her four children, Molly, Sandy, Aggie, Toby and Mick
Those removed were most likely some or all of these.)
Mabel, Alice, Harry, Forest Vale Barambah )
Alice Brown, Arthur Brown Forest Vale Barambah )
Lenny, Gilbert Bowen Barambah
Removals 1909
Name Removed From To
Rosy and 3 h/c girls Normanton, etc Barambah
(Deferred. Normanton, Gilbert River and Delta Camp)
Bulberry Boggo Rd Gaol Barambah
Annie Cairns, Lizzie Cairns Dirranbandi Barambah)
Jack Cairns Dirranbandi Barambah)
George Tyson Boonah Barambah
Friday Townsville Gaol Barambah
Christinia Ingham Yarrabah
Tommy the Rat Cooktown Gaol Barambah
Billy Lillas Wondai (Kilkivan) Barambah
Amy King Brisbane Yarrabah
Gracie Shay, Charlie and Annie, Rolleston Barambah )
Missie, Jackey and 3 H/C children Rolleston Barambah )
Bob Granville Yarrabah
Maud Anderson Brisbane Yarrabah
Mary Ann, Lizzie or Luya, Tambo Barambah )
3 old males, 1 old female Tambo Barambah )
Billy Wilson Townsville Barambah
Euchre Stewart's Ck Gaol Barambah
Charley Barney Townsville Barambah
Jackey Cloncurry Barambah
Dinah Port Douglas Yarrabah
Moira Dawson Goondiwindi Yarrabah
Jackey Brambey Oxley Barambah
Jack Cooktown Gaol Barambah
Archie Frazer Brisbane Barambah
Jack Warwick and his wife Sunnybank Barambah
Billy Wambarr (Tracker), Brisbane Barambah )
Billy Wagtail and Bella Wagtail Brisbane Barambah )
Toby Cairns Gaol Barambah
Neba Condamine Barambah
Billy, King George, Annie, Nellie Saxby Downs Barambah
Eric (6), Currie Hughenden Barambah
Henry Rockhampton Gaol Barambah
Maggie and her child Georgetown Barambah
Minnie Roma Barambah
Minnie, Harry Charleville Barambah
Maudie Rockhampton Barambah
Mother and her 3 H/C children Seven Rivers Mapoon
(Mother since allowed to remain)
Wap & Family Thursday Is, etc Yarrabah
(Thursday Island and Saibai Island)
Tommy Cooktown Gaol Barambah
Peter Cooktown Gaol Barambah
Billy Brown Mooney River Barambah
(Ingleston, Mooney River)
Removals 1910
Name Removed From To
Starlight Cairns Barambah
Joe Brisbane Barambah
Peggy Patterson Esk Barambah
Minnie, Polly Strahan, 4 children Wilson River Barambah
Mabel Jupiter, Norman Cambridge Richmond Barambah
Jackey Cooktown Gaol Barambah
Harry Tommy Tommy Brisbane Gaol Barambah
George Murray Brisbane Gaol Barambah
Tommy Tommy, Jessie Goondiwindi Barambah
Bulberry, Billy Brown Goondiwindi Barambah
Tommy alias Tommy Dodd Tewantin Yarrabah
Albert Rockhampton Gaol Barambah
Alick Cairns Yarrabah
Jimmy Douglas, Jimmy Nichol, Jack, Ebagoolah Barambah )
Toby Platt, Romeo Ebagoolah Barambah )
Superbird Townsville Barambah
Dan, Dave Rockhampton Barambah
Noble Boulia Barambah
King Tommy Noosa Maryborough Barambah
Princey Carlo & daughters Nellie Maryborough Barambah )
and Maggie, 2 children, Annie, Willie, Maryborough Barambah )
Mary, Archie, Lily Maryborough Barambah )
Kitty Cooktown Gaol Barambah
Fred Queary, wife Mary & 2 children Toowoomba Barambah
Jessie, Ivy Emerald Barambah
Tommy Cairns Gaol Barambah
Pilot and gin, Mammas Weipa Mission Barambah
George Bath and his gin Eumundi Barambah
Galbraith, Mrs Galbraith, Michael, Hawkwood Barambah )
Tootie, Sylvia, Minnie Mi Mi, Hawkwood Barambah )
Billy Bundai, Seyman Hawkwood Barambah )
Seyman Hawkwood Barambah )
Ducie Somerset Barambah
Jack, Jumbo, Brandy, Peter, Charlie, Torrens Creek Barambah )
Taylor, Charlie (Junior), Cissy Torrens Creek Barambah )
Topsy, Molly Torrens Creek Barambah )
Edie Hinch (12 yrs) Tallwood Barambah
Jack Carbine, wife & five children Mt Hollow Oak Barambah
Casey Maryborough Barambah
King Paddy, King Malvern Jack, Isisford Barambah )
King Jim Inniskillen, George Bull, Isisford Barambah )
Harry Ruthven, Micky Ruthven, Isisford Barambah )
Albilah Jim Isisford Barambah )
Big Jeanie, Maggie Isisford Barambah
Barger Hughenden Barambah
Splinter, Lochnager Major, Kangaroo, Trubanaman Mission Barambah )
Malcolm, Waterloo Tommy Trubanaman Mission Barambah )
Jerry Hughenden Barambah
Willie Smiler Yorke Downs Barambah
Maudie Townsville Barambah
Jemima Longreach Barambah
Speechaley Boulia Barambah
Piggy and his gin Laura Barambah
Billy Brown Milea Barambah
WCB - Croydon 28. 3.1910 Podgee Bell (10 yrs, R.C.), George Bell (7 yrs, R.C.), Gipsy Bell (3 yrs, R.C.),
Charley Bell (14 mths, R.C.), Polly Ellen Steele (H/C, 26 yrs, R.C., read and write),
Minnie (abo, 36 yrs). Awaiting removal to Baramba Mission Station.
Removals 1911
Name Removed From To
Tibby McAndrew Cooktown Yarrabah
Moss Coen Barambah
Frederick Dunne Brisbane Goal Barambah
Long Charlie Townsville Barambah
Natives removed from Ayr to Barambah listed as follows
Peter Hegarty and gin, Jenny and 6 H/C children,Frank Fisher and gin, Rosie and 4 H/C children,
Fred Weeds and gin, Jemima, Harry and his gin Fanny, Raymond Duncan and his H/C gin Mary & child,
Johnny Ryan and gin, Maudie, Tommy Maryboro, Wondai (25)
Carbo Cairns Barambah
Quilp Brisbane Barambah
One Arm Charlie Maryborough Barambah
Charlie Boreham, Charlie Skyring, Bundaberg Barambah )
Willie Watts , Paddy Brewery, Tommy, Bundaberg Barambah )
Tommy Wilson Bundaberg Barambah )
Dummy Mareeba Barambah
Jerry Lai Fook, Tommy Twaddle, Frank Laura Brisbane
Chuckey Cooktown Barambah
George Collins, William Collins Boonah Barambah
Johnson Ah Mee Charleville Barambah
Chalk Nebo Barambah
Daisy Port Douglas Yarrabah
Amy, Billy Innisfail Taroom
Polly, Margaret Roma Taroom
Pigeon, Malcolm, Snowball Normanton Taroom
Molly Riley (male), his gin Mary Croydon Taroom )
and his child Bison, Tully Croydon Taroom )
Darby, wife and 3 children Eulo Taroom
Paddy Gilbert, Balby, Tiger, Rosey, Laura Taroom )
Topsy and child Laura Taroom )
Albert Stewart's Ck Gaol Taroom
Jessie Thompson Nanango
Jimmy Martin Stewart's Ck Gaol Taroom
Eva Query, Cob Query, Billy Woods, ...... Taroom )
Jenny, George Bowen, ...... Taroom )
Lottie and& 2 children, ...... Taroom )
Clara and 3 children ...... Taroom )
Molly Myers and 4 children ...... Taroom )
Spider Richmond Barambah
Ida (12), Nellie (8) Barclay Downs Barambah
Ruby Cressbrook, Violet Cressbrook Goondiwindi Barambah
Dora Hughenden Barambah
Blow Nerang Barambah
George and Minnie his gin Jundah Taroom
Paddy Tocal Barcaldine Hosp Barambah
Paddy Laura Taroom
Natives removed from Roma to Taroom listed as follows
Jack Saunders (25), wife Lottie (20), Combo (55), Lucy (30), Clyde (13), Claudie (10), Johanna (41),
David McDough (47), Normie (50), William Turbane (40) and Jessie Turbane (35) and Willie Turbane (8 mths),
Alex Cox (28) and Kittie Cox (26) and Bella Cox (2) and Clara Cox (1),
Jacob (60) and Ada (35) and Felix (5) and Jimmy (1), Roma Harry (35), Combo (70), George Quinton (50),
Tommy Walker (70), Roma Charley (70), Jack (70), Joe (60), Yorkie (59), Toby (48), Ivory (49),
Charles Bourke (50), Annie Anderson (40) and Percy Anderson (10), Teresa Kee (40), Bollon Mary (50)
Nooroom Tiaro Barambah
Noble Boulia Taroom
Lily Boyd and child Myora Barambah
Edith Gilberton Taroom
Alice Nicholson Cooktown Brisbane
Removals 1912
Home Office, Registers of Letters Received
Removals 1912,
HOM/B40 Queensland State Archives
Dooley, Tracker at Warra, to Taroom
Katey Atkins, removal from Kilkivan Settlement
Saxby, from Hughenden to Barambah
Tom Thumb, from Taroom to Barambah
Jacob @ M Ruthven or H Ruthven, from Taroom to Barambah
Little Fanny, from Eidsvold to Barambah
Rosie, from Geraldton to Cape Bedford
Annie Uhr, to Barambah
Geo Speechley, recommends be allowed to return to own district
Little Fanny, wife of leper, now in good hands
Mary, Mary Tyson. From Meteor Downs to Barambah
George Bengilla, recommends prisioner be sent to a settlement
Chas Foley H/C, from Moreton Island to Taroom
Kangaroo, from Stewarts Creek to Barambah
2 H/C children, from Duaringa to Barambah
Dan Brodie, permission to marry a H/Caste aged sweet 16
Fanny Little and children, from Eidsvold to Barambah
Ned Cullen, from Brisbane Prison to Barambah
Charley, Lucy, from Longreach to Barambah
Nellie Grogan, from Port Douglas to Yarrabah
Percy Query, from Boggo Road Gaol to Taroom
Harry Jerome, from Brisbane to Taroom
Syphilitic gin, from Normanton to Barambah
Ned Cullen, wants wife and child brought to Barambah
Sick boy, from Cumberland to Yarrabah
Ivy H/C, to Barambah
Two gins, from Meteor Downs
Nipper, vouchers for expenses for deportation and rations
Polly Holdsworth, wishes to return to Cooktown to marry Philip Tipo
Lucy, re a black boy running away with her. Permission to marry Wombi
Tommy Nerang, to Taroom
Billy Goram, that his wife, Mary Brown, be sent to him at Taroom
Charley, now in gaol for assaulting Police. That he be removed
on discharge, and gin Biddy be also sent service or removal
Billy Murray, from Avondale to Reserve
Bunberradubera, re removal from Mitchell. Misconduct with married girls
Jack New Fong, suffering from a diseased arm, to Barambah
Friday, from Cooktown district to Taroom or other Mission
Sandy, about his refusal to leave Mt Perry and go to Barambah
Charley, recommends removal of George from Weipa to Barambah. Murdering his wife.
Ben, dumb boy, to a reserve
Toby, Amy, from Wrights Creek to a reserve
Bella, immorality with a white man, from Kanuna to a reserve
Binda Binda, Boxer, Wollolunga, Fred. Cattle stealing
Bessie Broom H/C
Nellie Brown, Corporal Gilbert's step daughter be removed to a Mission
Queensland Aboriginal Notes Volume 18 (1990) Removals 1912
Name Removed From To
Teddy Myers, Billy Bowen, Ruby Bowen, Dalby Taroom )
three children (Bowen's) Dalby Taroom )
Mickey Dooley Warra Taroom
Katey Atkins Kilkivan Barambah
Saxby Hughenden Barambah
Louisa Campbell, Minnie McKenzie, Brisbane Taroom )
Edith Wilson, Ruby McPhie, Lena Buck, Brisbane Taroom )
Ida Davis Brisbane Taroom )
Edward Boyd Myora Barambah
Janey Morton and child Myora Barambah
George Bradley Myora Barambah
Mrs Enoch and children Myora Barambah
Jack West, Harriet West and child Myora Barambah
Dick Coleman Myora Barambah
Ida Curtis Myora Barambah
Joe Purcell Myora Taroom
Sally Winchester Myora Taroom
Jerry Bowen Barambah
Tom Thumb Taroom Barambah
Jacob @ Mickey @ Hoory Ruthven Taroom Barambah
Annie Uku (Ukr, Uhr) Townsville Barambah
Nellie (10), Dollie (8), Harold (5) Mayneside Cape Bedford
Mary, Mary Tyson Rolleston Barambah
Rosie Georgetown Cape Bedford
Charles Foley Moreton Is Taroom
(Cancelled on condition he remain on Myora)
Kangaroo Stewarts CK Gaol Barambah
Dolly (12), Pearlie (10) Duaringa Barambah
Fanny Little and 2 children Eidsvold Barambah
Larry Maryborough Goodna
Ned Cullen Brisbane Gaol Barambah
Toby Cairns Taroom
Mary Tie and child Winton Barambah
Charley, Lucy Jericho Taroom
Nellie Grogan Mossman Yarrabah
Percy Queary Brisbane Gaol Taroom
Harry Jerome @Armstrong Brisbane Taroom
Mary Ann, Maggie, Sarah, Davey, Mick Eulo Barambah
Ivy Walton Barambah
Doughboy Rockhampton Taroom
George Lane, Lucy Lane, Darby, Lizzie Maryborough Barambah
Polly Holdsworth Thursday Is Taroom
Cobbo ..... Taroom
Fighting Tommy Lloyd Bay Taroom
Bob Coen (Mein) Barambah
Matty, Toby Charters Towers Barambah
Ledie, Peka Klondyke Barambah
George Batavia River Barambah
Simeon Cooktown Taroom
Jimmy Finch Hatton Barambah
Ruby Bowen and 3 children Deebing Creek Taroom
Roma Tommy Rolleston Barambah
Willie Murray Toowoomba Barambah
Bessy, Lily (granddaughter, 4 yrs) Mount Bay Barambah
Polly Hughenden Barambah
Billy Goram Maryborough Taroom
Alick Cairns Gaol Barambah
Jemima Normanton Barambah
Tommy Nerang Willowburn Taroom
Friday Cooktown Taroom
Charley, Biddy Rockhampton Gaol Barambah
Bunberradeeburra Trubanaman Taroom
Billy Murray Avondale Taroom
Sandy Mount Perry Barambah
Kitty Naranga Barambah
George Weipa Mission Barambah
Toby, Amy Cairns Taroom
Bella Cairns Taroom
Ben Cloncurry Barambah
Binda Binda, Boxer, Wollolunga, Fred Burketown Barambah
Bessie Broom Avondale Barambah
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Home Office, Registers of Letters Received
Removals 1913
HOM/B42 Queensland State Archives
Removals 1913
Jimmy, from Miriam Vale to Barambah
Ned Cullen, Barambah. Asking to go home to his wife and boy
Black Violet. Declining to allow transfer to Mrs Tooth of Pialba
Percy Query, Taroom. Disobedience. Punished by having rations stopped
Bessie Brown H/C, to Taroom
Hillsborough. Desirability of moving blacks to a Mission
Gins, Cape York. Impossible to obtain names. Authority to remove them all.
Hammond Islanders. Recommend removal to Moa Island
Jimmy, from Port Douglas to Brisbane Hospital
Geo Lacey or Spider, on release from Cairns Gaol, to a Reserve
Lizzie Wiseman, that she be permitted to stay in Brisbane
W D Brown, wants separation from his wife, a H/C
Five Aboriginal absconders from Taroom are detained by Banana Police and whether he shall return them to Taroom
Saibai - Gabba, Recommend removal from Saibai to Gabba (25 miles south)
Dolly Parker, H/C, Recommend she be removed to an institution
for treatment. Suffering from hereditary syphilis.
Dick Landsborough, to a reserve
Davey, a nuisance at Capella, to Barambah
Bumble, from Croydon to Barambah
Jackey, reporting death on 23. 3.1913, one of three receiving relief and recommending
that the others be allowed money for three months
Kitty, Charlotte, venereal gins, from Emerald to a Reserve
Prince Albert, George Combo, Zoe Combo. To a reserve
Edward Dunn, aggravated assault on a female, to Taroom
Percy Gundy, convicted but not punished for stealing a watch, to a reserve
Daylight's children. Recommend Police take proceeding to have them committed to the
Deebing Creek Industrial School as neglected children
Connolly. Inveterate opium smoker and believed to be in league with cattle duffers
Jackey Fook, bush lawyer, an educated blackfellow and inveterate schemer and loafer, to Taroom
Nellie H/C, will not remain in employment and frequents Chinese dens.
Edward Dunn. Recommend remission of balance of sentence of 4 months and removal to Taroom
James Turner. Report - European married to a H/C
Esau, removal to a mission for stealing
Jack Duncan, serving one month for assaulting a gin, to a reserve
5 Aborigines at Longreach, wont work, to a reserve
Bob, George have returned to Coen from Barambah and recommend they be sent back
Wabash. Recommend removal. At present serving one month for assaulting a gin
H Macauley, an inveterate drunkard, to Barambah
Absconsion of 5 Aborigines from Barambah. They are Ned Cullen, Maggie, Jacob, Mickey Ruthers,
Harry Ruthers. Recommend Commissioner of Police take action against them.
Sambo, nuisance and habitual drunkard, to Barambah
Mary Ann Carr, of Myora. Reporting death from burns 7. 7.1913
Lily, addicted to opium, to a mission
Sambo, a great nuisance to the Community, to a reserve
Maggie, a drunkard and immoral character, to Barambah
May Hunkin from Mabuiag, misconduct with Samoan teacher. Recommend removal.
Harry Wilson, Emma Wilson, both unmanageable, to Barambah
Bertie Brown, Stanley Brown, Willie Culham, Bessie Culham to Barambah
Percy Mitchell, addicted to drink and becoming a nuisance, to Barambah
Cissie, Annie, 2 H/Cs, for being immoral
Ada and children, to Taroom
T Murray, for absconding from Barambah, removal from Barambah
Ethel Davey, to Barambah
Spider, to Barambah
Tommy, from Tiaro to Barambah
3 destitute children, from Augustus Downs to Cape Bedford (Augustus Downs about
80 miles from Burketown)
Charley, Paddy. Deserting and stealing a dinghy. To Barambah
George, cancellation of removal order. He has reformed Annie Jackson. That her child
be handed over to the State Childrens Department
Mick, will not work, indulges in opium, to Barambah
6 boys from Coen to Taroom
6 Aboriginals from Roma to Taroom
4 children from Fossilbrook to Cape Bedford
Harry Moutrell, to Barambah
Nellie Nicholls, Annie, from Mackinade to Yarrabah
Albert Wilson, to Taroom
Kitty, Charlotte. Escaped from Lock Hospital, Rockhampton, now in Emerald district. Removal to Barambah
Albert, from Palmerville to Barambah
Johnny, from McIvor River to Barambah
Linda and 3 children, from Charters Towers to Barambah
Charlie. Recommend removal. Serving 1 month in Cairns Gaol
Alick Hoffman, wife and child, to Barambah
Gundy family, when agreement expires, to Barambah
Archie Weedy, from Ipswich to Taroom
Alfred Chilly, Herbert Chilly, Charlie Chilly, from Landsborough district to Taroom
Elsie Beard, to Cape Bedford
Dolly Daylight. Transfer to Barambah Industrial School
Roy Fogarty, Charles Fogarty, to Deebing Creek
Toowoomba, recommend removal of natives from Moonie to Taroom, wandering about
Maggie, to Taroom, from Norley Station
Barney, from Thargomindah to Taroom
Eliza Gregorio, from Thursday Island to Barambah
Dick Holman, from Cairns Gaol to Barambah
Geo Lacey, from Mt Perry to Barambah
Willie Watts & 6 others, from Maryborough to Barambah
Paddy, a cripple for treatment, to Barambah
The Miscellaneous section of this register contains references to the following removals
Sergt Brown, Susan Brown. Recommend removal Tewantin to a reserve
Lizzie Hickson, Certificate of Exemption
Monday, tranfer to Taroom
Paddy Lisha, transfer to Taroom
Pompey, transfer to Taroom
Alick Molons, transfer to Taroom
H/C women & children, from Mt Carbine to Barambah
Queensland Aboriginal Notes Volume 18 (1990) - Removals 1913
Name Removed From To
Norah and her illegitimate child Townsville Barambah
Joe Murray Brisbane Gaol Barambah
Tommy Slocum Stewart's Ck Barambah
Sergeant Brown, Susan Maryborough Barambah
Bessie Broom Bundaberg Taroom
Daisy Bundaberg Barambah
Willie, Hornet, Douie, Neddie, Roma Taroom )
Cinderella, Amy, Harold, Oscar Roma Taroom )
Alex Robinson, wife and 2 children, Boonah Taroom ]
Bella, Gertie, Bessie Long, Boonah Taroom ]
Julia Mitchell, Aggie Mitchell Boonah Taroom ]
Henry Mundugan, Willie Cummings Boonah Barambah
George Lacy @ Spider Cairns Barambah
Sinbad Townsville Barambah
Tommy Patterson Rockhampton Barambah
Toby Wilson Rockhampton Barambah
Dolly Parker Croydon Brisbane
Davey Rockhampton Barambah
Bumble Croydon Barambah
Dick Landsborough Toowoomba Taroom
Prince Albert (28), Roma Taroom )
George Combo (22), Zoe Combo (15) Roma Taroom )
Percy Gundy (15) Tiaro Taroom
Edward Dunn and wife Brisbane Gaol Taroom
Jackey Foote Bundaberg Taroom
Connolly Forsyth Barambah
Nellie Innisfail Barambah
Wabash Cairns Taroom
Jack Duncan Rockhampton Gl Taroom
Alick Craven and wife Susannah Longreach Barambah
Alick Riley and Lucy, Cubbin Longreach Barambah
Esau Cloncurry Barambah
Herbert McKinlay Clermont Barambah
Bob, George Coen Barambah
Sambo Bundaberg Barambah
Billy Anderson alias Sambo Cairns Prison Barambah
Lily Georgetown Barambah
Maggie Miles Taroom
Kate Armstrong and her Goondiwindi Taroom )
two children 6 yrs and 2 yrs Goondiwindi Taroom )
Maggie Bundaberg Barambah
Paddy Williams Cairns Taroom
May Hankin Mabuiag Is Mapoon
Harry Wilson, Emma Clermont Barambah
Bertie Brown Gaol Barambah )
Stanley Brown, Willie & Bessie Culham Beaudesert Barambah )
Percy Mitchell Maryborough Barambah
Cissie, Annie Cairns Barambah
Ada Combo (wife of Albert Combo) and Bollon Taroom )
children Jessie, Nancy, Willie, Albert Bollon Taroom )
Tommy Miva Taroom
Ethel Davey Cooroy Barambah
Spider Springvale Barambah
Delvin West Gayndah Barambah
George Oaky, Charlie Gladstone Barambah
Mick ......... Barambah
Dick, Willie Lakeland, Peter, Coen Taroom )
Old Dick, Jimmy, Old Harry Coen Taroom )
Brisbane Jack, Arthur, Jimmy, Roma Taroom ]
Annie Anderson, Alice, George Hart Roma Taroom ]
Harry Mantrell (?Montrell) Charters Towers Barambah
Albert Wilson Bundaberg Taroom
Dolly (16), Mabel (4), Eva (5mths), Fossilbrook Cape Bedford )
Ned (6) Fossilbrook Cape Bedford )
Nellie Nicholls, Annie Macknade Yarrabah
Albert Palmerville Barambah
Kitty, Charlotte Emerald Barambah
Johnny (Alias Mechen Euchen) McIvor River Barambah
Alick Hoffman and wife Wina Charters Towers Barambah )
and their child Arthur Charters Towers Barambah )
Charley Cairns Barambah
Gundy, wife and six children Maryborough Barambah
Bert Brown and wife Linda and their Charters Towers Barambah )
Tottie (12), Jack (10) and Lily (8) Charters Towers Barambah )
Muriel, Maudie, Seamore August Downs Cape Bedford
Herb Chilly, Charles Chilly, Glenview Taroom )
Alf Chilly Glenview Taroom )
Archie Weedy Ipswich Taroom
Florrie Cairns Barambah
Dolly, Annie, Dinah, Jessie, Cairns Mona Mona )
six half-caste children Cairns Mona Mona )
Monday Maytown Taroom
Alick Stewarts Ck Gl Taroom
Paddy Lisha (Tisha) Stewarts Ck Gl Taroom
Dolly Parker Brisbane Barambah
Maggie Longreach Barambah
Pompey Townsville Barambah
Elsie Beard Cairns Cape Bedford
Mechen Euchen wife and children McIvor River Barambah
Jack Normanton Deebing Ck Mis Barambah
Eliza Gregorio Thursday Is Barambah
George Lacey Mt Perry Barambah
Dick Holman Cairns Gaol Barambah
Maggie Taroom
Ex Tracker Barney Thargomindah Taroom
King Tommy Tommy, Billy Brown, Taroom
Hector, Myrtle, Gordon Taroom
Paddy Kings Plains Barambah
Willie Watts, Archie Fraser, Maryborough Barambah )
Gilbert Gable, Fred Norman, Maryborough Barambah )
Kitty Norman, Bob White, Polly White Maryborough Barambah )
Jenny Prairie Barambah
Maud Santo, Nellie Atherton Barambah
Nellie Miller Auchenflower Barambah
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Home Office, Registers of Letters Received
Removals 1914
HOM/B44 Queensland State Archives
Removals 1914
Name and Details Removed From To
Jenny Hughenden B
Jackie. Removal from Henderson's employ at Herberton
G Tyson and P Hegarty, punishment for absconding from Aboriginal Reserve
New Fong. No objection to family returning to Myora
George TA
Maud B
W H Westaway complains of removal of his stockman Charlie Chillie to Taroom
Edith B
Christie Hill TA
Hughie Burketown B
Nellie Nelson, Cairns B
Maggie West. Asks whether she could be admitted to Diamantina
Nellie. Further re half-caste and her child being taken away by Police
Coolwell family. For advice about moving whole family to Taroom
Marie Jericho B
Osca Bradfield and wife Cloncurry B
Neba Brighton Maryborough TA
Paddy Murray B
Maudie Santo and Nellie Santo, her mother. Protesting against
deportation to Barambah. Johnny Santo claims custody.
Granny Townsville B
Jacky, on release from St Helena TA
Walter Page Brisbane Jail TA
Warrigal Hambledon B
Tommy Tocal Barcaldine B
Mable Brown TA
Balser Ebagoolah B
Maggie, Nellie Tambo B
Colin, Phoeba Cairns B
Bella Bosco, King Davey Bell TA
Roger Bell and family TA
King Billy Sellheim B
Tommy Shickey Laura B
Donnor Boulia B
Removal of 5 old natives Retreat Stn B
Coolwell family. Whether Police were right in removing them to a Mission.
Annie Hibbett TA
Amica, Atima Thursday Island B
Frank, on release from Cairns Gaol B
Frank, assaulting a girl B
Jessie Kennedy Pialba TA
Mrs R Bell Beaudesert TA
George, now out of agreement Weipa Mission B
Billy, on release from Cairns Gaol B
Peter Clarke, Wagga Jericho LON
Bob Bond Richmond TA
Minnie Osca Maryborough TA
Victor Brandon B
Rosie Andrews B
Strathmore Stn gins, about 30 B
Norman Roy, on release from Brisbane Gaol B
Fat George Herberton B
Jack Wilson Townsville B
Byromine Stn. Recommend 8 old Aborigines be transferred to Barambah. Cost 10/- a head to Cloncurry.
Joe Nungarra Innisfail B
Amy Seppie (SSI). That she be sent to Yarrabah. Cost of fare
To Cairns six pounds one and sixpence.
Alf Chillie. That Mrs Warnes is in the family way to Alf Chillie,
and that he be released from Taroom to marry her (i.e. Mrs Warnes).
Donnor (Venereal) Boulia. That he be sent to a Hospital instead
of Barambah as he is suffering from Venereal in an advanced stage.
Dinah, from Yarrabah to Mrs Cobb of Mossman
Minnie. That her removal be withheld at present.
Rosey Ching Maryborough B
Koudia. That 18 month old child of Koudia be returned from Taroom
to Orphanage, Thursday Island.
Mrs Warnes. Further about release of Alf Chillie from Taroom
Byromine Stn Blacks. Recommend removal order be rescinded and
one pound a week ration be allowed.
Seven old natives Ravenswood Y
Tommy Jumbaroo Liverpool Ck B
Cissy Gordonvale B
Jessie Lawn Hills Stn MA
Nellie (for her own protection) Yungaburra CB
Siberia. That part of removal order with respect to Siberia be rescinded.
Jack Tommy Tommy, on release from Brisbane Gaol TA
Jack West (for insubordination) Barambah TA
Maria (living an immoral life) Halifax TA
Willie, on release from Stewarts Creek Gaol HR
Nellie (living an immoral life) Mourilyan Y
Annie Currie (to join her husband) TA
G Noble, Molly Yarrabah MM
Tottie Innisfail Y
Duncan, Nancy Tallwood TA
Prince Davie, if acquitted of murder Cardwell TA
Jimmy Dutchie Hughenden B
Nellie Coulsen Cairns B
Arthur Murray Westbrook Reform. TA
Jerry Jerome TA
Joe Purcell, Sally Winchester TA
Tommy King Wetheron B
Topsy Burketown MA
May Hunkin, recommend release from Mapoon
Harry Cook Barambah HR
Robert Rolleston B
George. Recommend discharge from Barambah to Weipa
Jack Robinson, transfer prisioner on his release to Yarrabah
Jeanie (venereal case) Cloncurry CAH
Several natives Nanango DC
Strathmore Stn. Threatening proceedings unless gins allowed to remain with their
husbands there, as no notice to termination of agreement was given.
Mullen and wife Merinda Y
Fraley Aramac DC
Natives Bowen Y
Jimmy Chillagoe Y
Elma, Elsie Station Ck CB (Station Creek, Chillagoe)
Pigeon (for immorality) Sarina B
Katie and child Tomoo TA
Norah, Eileen, Polly, H/Cs Tomoo DC
Donald Davidson Bendena Stn DC
Jennie (unable to provide for herself) Gladstone B
T O'Shea, Jack Hempie Mona Mona B
Annie Currie or Page (removal rescinded) Beaudesert TA
Jerry Jerome. Recharging his expenses of removal to Taroom
Sambo, Kara Cairns Y
Pollie Gray Clermont B
Tim Longreach B
Hughie HR
Curry, about the case of this half-caste woman of Beaudesert,
whose daughter it is proposed to remove to a Settlement
Samuel Maiquick, wife and family Yarrabah B
Queensland Aboriginal Notes Volume 20 (1990) 1914
Name Removed From To
George Cairns Taroom
Nanny, Gracey, Winnie, Aggie Capella Cape Bedford
Tommy Tomahawk Brisbane Taroom
Jack Bullyell Brisbane Taroom
Edith Coen Barambah
Christie Hill Bundaberg Taroom
Huey Turn-off Lagoon Barambah
Nellie Cairns Barambah
Maria Jericho Barambah
Neba Brighton Maryborough Taroom
Paddy Murray Jericho Barambah
Oscar James William Bradfield and wife Cloncurry Barambah
Granny Christmas Ck Barambah
Edward Coolwell and wife Lucy and Beaudesert Barambah )
children Willie, Grace and Alfred Beaudesert Barambah )
Jackey St Helena Taroom
Walter Page Brisbane Gaol Taroom
Warrigal Cairns Barambah
Tommy Tocal Barcaldine Barambah
Balser and wife Minnie and child Sambo Ebagoolah Barambah
Mabel Brown Yeulba Taroom
Collin and wife Phoeba Cairns Barambah
Maggie, Nellie Tambo Barambah
Belle Bosco, King Davey Bell Taroom
Roger Bell and wife Ada and children Hillview Taroom )
John, Willie, Janet, George Bell, Mary Hillview Taroom )
Jackey Mourilyan Yarrabah
Tommy Stuckey Laura Barambah
King Billy Sellheim Barambah
Sam, Davey, Polly, Mary Ann Longreach Barambah
Frank Cairns Gaol Barambah
Annie Hibbett Hebel Taroom
Frank Cairns Gaol Barambah
Jessie Kennedy Pialba Taroom
Condia and infant Thursday Is Mapoon
Amcia Usop, Atima Ahwang Thursday Is Barambah
Billy Cairns Gaol Barambah
Donnor Boulia Fitzroy Island
Bob Bob Bon @ Bob Bond Richmond Taroom
Minnie Osca Maryborough Taroom
Victor Brandon Barambah
Peter Clarke and his gin Wagga Jericho Barambah
Jack Nungarra Innisfail Barambah
Norman Roy and wife Brisbane Barambah
Rosey Ching Fraser Is Taroom
Jackson Thursday Is Barambah
King Tommy, Jimmy Murray, Douglas, Ravenswood Yarrabah )
Tommy Massey, Billy Sullivan, Ravenswood Yarrabah )
Mary Ann, Annie Ravenswood Yarrabah )
Tommy Jumbaroo Liverpool Ck Barambah
Cissey Gordonvale Barambah
Jessie Lawn Hills Mapoon
Mary Ann, Naghir, May Seven Rivers Cape Bedford
Nellie Gungaburra Cape Bedford
Bertie Blackman Townsville Barambah
Jack West and wife Barambah Taroom
Tottie Innisfail Yarrabah
Willie Stewart Ck Gl Hull River
George Noble and wife Molly and Yarrabah Mona Mona )
child George Yarrabah Mona Mona )
Nellie Mourilyan Yarrabah
Jacky Jacky (60), King Charlie (65), Byromine Stn Barambah )
The Dwarf (30), Mauley (60), Byromine Stn Barambah )
Larry (70), King Dougall (70), Byromine Stn Barambah )
Hoppy (female, 65), Old Queen (70) Byromine Stn Barambah )
Duncan, Nancy and child Tallwood Taroom
Natives removed from Mareeba to Monamona listed as follows
Frank, Nancy, Ioline, Tommy Shea, Molly, Johnny, Billy Carroll, Maudie,
Billy's gin, George, Kingsborough and gin, Toby, Jimmy Reilly and gin,
T. Dodd's mother, Jimmy, Florrie, Jimmy, Bella, Maggie, Lupo Jack,
Tommy and gin, Old Tommy, Old Nellie, Lily, Two old gins at Brewery Camp,
Violet, Lulo, Johnny, Willie Fearon, Young Paddy, Violet, Rosey, Gracie,
14 unnamed children
Jimmy Dutchie Hughenden Barambah
Arthur Murray Westbrook Taroom
Joe Purcell, Sally Winchester Myora Taroom )
and three children Myora Taroom )
Topsy Burketown Mapoon
Nellie Coulsen and 3 children Cairns Barambah
Jerry Jerome, wife Alice and Brisbane Taroom )
their four children Brisbane Taroom )
King Tommy Wetheron Barambah
Agnes Ferguson, Agnes Johnson, Brisbane Taroom )
Mary Carlo Brisbane Taroom )
Robert Rolleston Barambah
Janie Darlow and her child Brisbane Taroom
Harry Cook Barambah Hull River
Jack Robinson Cairns Gaol Yarrabah
Boss Davey, Possum Peter Mitchell Taroom
Natives removed from Strathmore Station to Yarrabah listed as follows
Charlie Hippy (55), Jennie (50), Bella (18), Tin-eye Billy (50), Sophie (30),
Jackey (15), Maizie (10), Willie (7), Norman (6), Madeline (2 1/2), Elsie (15),
Infant (5 weeks), Sandy (92), Peggie (20), Annie (4), Eddy (2), Tommy Dodd (50),
Emily (25), Reggie (6), Donald (3), Nethie (45), Woggley (50), Amy (16), Eli (55),
Mary Ann (35), Sambo (19), Tommy King (25), Alice (21), Willie (13), Rodger (60),
Carlisle (55), Maggie (60), Polly (60), Mabel (19), May (1), Charley Horning (50),
Flora (26), Billy Lightning (35), Alice (30), 15 stock-boys allowed to remain
Harry Murphy Brisbane Gaol Barambah
Christmas Davies Cooktown Yarrabah
Harry, Toabinga, Louisa, Nanango Deebing Creek )
Lizzie and her 3 children, Nanango Deebing Creek )
2 children of Maud (deceased), Nanango Deebing Creek )
Maggie Rouse and 3 children Nanango Deebing Creek )
Fraley Aramac Deebing Creek
Mullen, Minnie Merinda Yarrabah
Nellie Bly, Clara, Maudie, Willie, Bowen Yarrabah )
Connie, Nellie, Peter, George, Bowen Yarrabah )
Tommy, Leonta, Charley Waite, Emily Bowen Yarrabah )
Lily Carroll and her child Cairns Mona Mona
Jimmy Chillagoe Yarrabah
Donald Davidson, Lizzie, Dinah, Roma Deebing Creek )
Jessie, Jack, Leslie, Janie Roma Deebing Creek )
Norah, Eileen, Polly Richards Roma Deebing Creek
Katie and her child Edgar Roma Taroom
Tommy O'Shea, Jack Hempie Mona Mona Barambah
Pigeon Sarina Barambah
Jennie Gladstone Barambah
Elma, Elsie Station Ck Cape Bedford
Annie Currie and her 4 children Beaudesert Taroom
Sambo, Kara Cairns Yarrabah
Tim Longreach Barambah
Polly Gray Clermont Barambah
Hughie Cardwell Hull River
Natives removed from Clump Point, Maria, Liverpool and Murdering Creeks
to Hull River as listed below
Charlie Biambi, Fanny Coolagie, Jumbo and wife Rossie, Paddy and wife Lily,
Moodie, Chookie and wife Kitty, Little Harry, Powder, Emily, Tommy Aki,
Larry (9), Bombi, Panny, Toby and wife Nellie, Brow and wife Nellie,
Arthur Waluia and wives Polly and Kitty, Maggie, Frank (a cripple),
Tom Malapii, Jimmy (blind), Maugagabin, Jumbralla, Old Man Billy,
Toby and gin Maggie, Long Charley, Old Man Billy, Moongoon Billy,
Tom Gaborra and wife Jenny, Tommy (H/C Kanaka), Jimmy, Davey, Jimmy,
Old Man Barry, Maggie and her H/C child 7 yrs, Barney (old man),
Toby Joig, Pompey Tucker, and any other natives in the district not herein mentioned
Cassowary, Billy, Mungulburra Clump Point Hull River
Jessie Taroom Barambah
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Home Office, Registers of Letters Received
Removals 1915
HOM/B46 Queensland State Archives
Removals 1915
Name and Details Removed From To
Nellie Cairns MM
(22.10.1915 WCB-MTG - Nellie, aboriginal and baby in arms.
Order for removal of aborigines to MonaMona for their
own benefit (dated 23. 9.1915). Sent to Cairns under
escort on 23.10.1915.
Coulahan Family Many Peaks B
Robert McMaster Cooktown Y
Mourilyan and Cardwell. Recommend removal 23 persons to Hull River
Mick Barambah HR
Nora Valley of Lagoons HR
Charlie Snider. That he be kept at Mona Mona
Nelly (unable to work) Mowbray Vale MM
Ida M Cavanagh and 3 children Bundaberg B
Charlie Lawrence, Katie Lawrence Myola (Cairns) HR
Gilbert Clermont TA
Coen. Recommend removal 17 H/C children to Yarrabah
Wm Donaldson @ Geo Davis. Recommend removal to Taroom on his release from Brisbane Jail
Paddy Williams. Recommend removal to Taroom on his release from Brisbane Jail
Bippa and 2 children Keeroongooloo Stn TA
Jerry Carver, Frank Imbil, Gympie TA }
Polly Carver, Lizzie Kelly, Bella Crowe Gympie TA }
Jimmy Cairns B
Charlie, Tiney Port Stewart Y
Jimmy. Recommend removal to a settlement for committing tribal murder.
Cairns district. List of 8 children to Yarrabah
Possum Chillagoe HR
Barbara Sparon (Maryb'gh) B
Samuel Maiquick, wife & 2 children Yarrabah HR
Ernest Pope, wife & 3 children Eidsvold B
Dinah and children Attack Ck (Coen) Y
Claridge & child, Joe Foremile Woree, Cairns Y
Norah Mt Dunrobin Stn B
Belley Walker and child Mitchell TA
Rosie Clermont B
Willie McMahon Saxby Downs HR
Mareeba. For inclusion 56 Aborigines in removal order to Mona Mona for disciplinary reasons
Tully, Murray Rivers (Cardwell) to Hull River. Recommends removal of 159 Aborigines.
Ida Clermont B
Rosey Cressbrook and 3 children Goondiwindi TA
Sally Winchester. Re her being compelled to live with Joe Purcell at Taroom
Tommy Carr, Alma Carr, Maudie Garbit Mona Mona HR
Douglas Riley Clermont B
Willie Watts, Annie, Jessie Lumber Frasers Island TA
Mary Ann, Nellie, Nendy, Maggie Rolleston B
Mad Tommy Stone Rv, Ingham HR
Kitty Clarke and 3 children Yungaburra HR (Marriage to Leandro Illin, Russian)
Rosey. Recommend recission of order as affecting Rosey (Coen)
Alfred McEwan Ipswich TA
Charley Woree, Eliza Woree (wife) Edmonton HR
Sambo. Recommend removal Cairns to Yarrabah
Lottie Lane Clifton TA
Nendy. For exclusion from order and for authority to spend 6 pounds for conveying Aborigines from Rolleston
Peter Monkey Ebagoolah HR
Fly Coen Y
Blind Sally Glencoe Stn B (Glencoe Stn, Maryborough)
Albert Wilson. Hull River on release from Brisbane Jail.
Willie Pyne, Dolly Pyne & their child Edmonton Y
Florrie Y
Strathmore Stn blacks. Six more to Hull River.
May Gairlock, Ingham Y
Louie Brown, Alice Brown, Charleville TA }
Jessie Brown, Clara, Jack Sandow Charleville TA }
Daisy Granada Stn B
Yorkie Thursday Island HR
Mick Doolan and gin Roma TA
Peter Charters Towers HR
Toby, Rosy Chillagoe HR
Alice McDonald Bauple B
Stingaree, Balutu Gulf Coast HR (Gulf Coast, Normanton)
Normanton
Philip Halpins. Recommend removal from Mt Garnet
Blankets. Queensland Woollen man advise commandeering of Mill by military authorities.
Usual supply not forthcoming this year.
Hannah Thompson Goondiwindi TA
Nellie Nicholls Yarrabah HR
Harry Mummin, Harriett Mummin Duaringa B
Charley, Boney, Soapy, Dick Comongin Stn TA
Billy Brown, Duncan Daniels Brisbane B
Emily Gala and 3 children Pialba B
Winnie (?Minnie) Balser and child Sambo to join husband Jimmy at Barambah
Nellie and 2 children Gurrumba, Cairns MM
Sambo and his wife Yarrabah MM
Willie McMahon Hull River B
Dan Wall, H/C aged 8 years. Protests against his removal from Chillagoe
Freddy Murdock. That removal order to Hull River from Brisbane be rescinded
Peggy Patterson Barambah TA
Annie Weazel Townsville B
21 Aborigines from St George (Roma) to Taroom.
13 H/C children from Rossville, Bloomfield River and China Camp to Yarrabah
6 Aborigines ask for transfer from Yarrabah to Hull River
Ned Dunne Taroom B
Kathleen, Alice. From Meteor Downs and The Lagoons, Rockhampton to Barambah
Lucy Brown and 2 children Glenmore B
Don Wall. Re removal from his father at Chillagoe to a Mission
Daniel King Brisbane TA
Jack Cavanagh., Barambah. That he be brought under control more fully.
Friday and his wife Rossville HR
Minnie. Protests against taking H/C children from their mothers.
Eaglefield (Townsville district). Rations unprocurable to Hull River.
Johnny Quartpot Brisbane TA
Jack Bradley & gin, Willie Laing & gin Emerald B (and their children)
Jack, Kitty. From Curranwillinghi Stn (Roma) to Taroom
Billy Neal Hughenden B
Minnie, H/C. George Waldron protests against her removal from his employ at Collingwood to a reserve
Dandy, his gin and son Ingham HR (For rescission of removal order as affecting these three)
Removals 1915 (did not appear in Queensland Aboriginal Notes)
Name Removed From To
Elizabeth Coulahan and her children Many Peaks Barambah )
Leslie Vivian, Victor Adolph, Many Peaks Barambah )
and Violet Agnes Many Peaks Barambah )
Freddy Murdock Brisbane Hull River
Natives removed from Mourilyan and Cardwell to Hull River as listed below
Maggie and husband Jimmy, Charlie and wife Lizzie, Annie, Nellie, Jennie, Rosey,
Sam, Kitty, Lilly, Tommy, Nellie, Maggie, Neil, Jimmy Yarchie and wife Molly,
Peter Margan and wife Maggie and child Willie, Paddy, Willie, Charlie, Nellie,
Willie Murchin, Joe Bachaus, Nellie and any others in the district
Robert MacMaster Cooktown Yarrabah
Mick Pentland Hull River
Charlie Snider Monamona
Norah Valley of Lagoons Hull River
Pouran, Kinga & 2 children, Clump Point Hull River )
Yikki Clump Point Hull River )
Nelly Mowbray Vale Monamona
Ida Mary Cavanagh & her 3 children Bundaberg Barambah
Nellie Edwards Brisbane Barambah
Tommy McGrath & his 4 children Inglewood Deebing Creek
Charlie Laurence, Katie Laurence Myola Hull River
Gilbert Clermont Taroom
Natives removed from Coen to Yarrabah as listed below
Tommy, Billy, Georgie, Willie, Devey, Gundie, Mick, Willie,
Frank, Jimmy, Rosie, Rosie
Maggie, Florrie, Rosie, Minnie, Rosie Coen Yarrabah
William Donaldson H.M. Prison Taroom
Paddy Williams H.M. Prison Taroom
Bippa and her son and daughter Keerongooloo Stn Taroom
Jimmy Cairns Barambah
Jerry Carver, Frank Imbil, Imbil Taroom )
Polly Carver, Lizzie Kelly, Imbil Taroom )
Bella Crowe Imbil Taroom )
Children Tiney and Charlie Port Stewart Yarrabah
Natives removed from Cairns, Edmonton and Fishery Creek to Yarrabah as listed below
Keith Bowman, Allan Walsh, Jimmy, Daisy, Davie, Minnie Ah Yet, Elsie, Nora
Possum Chillagoe Hull River
Barbara Sharon Barambah
Ernest Pope and hiw wife Wonga and Eidsvold Barambah )
children Burnett, Eileen and Aggie Eidsvold Barambah )
Samuel Maiquick, wife and 2 children Yarrabah Hull River
Dinah, Ciss, Belview, Violet, Attack Creek Yarrabah )
Jim, Victor Attack Creek Yarrabah )
Natives removed from Mareeba to Monamona listed as below
Harry Sambo and wife Dolly, Charlie Donald and wife Kitty, Monah, Charlie Walsh,
Nellie Walsh, Daisy Walsh, Tommy Schoskie, Lizzie Schoskie, Paddy Ferguson,
Ruby Ferguson, Jimmy Riellie, Lizzie Riellie, Nora Riellie, George Riellie,
Spider and his wife Nellie and child Paddy, Peter Fagan, Violet Fagan and her child Stephen,
Mick and wife Nellie and their 3 children Stanley, May and Bill, George and wife Nellie,
Charty, Rosey, 3 children Teddy, Allen, Violet, Lizzie, Tommy Hempie, Bella Hempie,
Walter Hempie, Ruby Hempie, Teddy Hempie, Tommy Carr, Alma Carr, Lulu and wife Grace,
Lucy H/C, Annie Hempie, Johnnie Shepherd, Ioline Shepherd, Kathleen Shepherd, Nancy O'Shea,
Johnnie Garbit, Maudie Garbit, Bob Fulton, Willie Molloy, Namo, Old Bob (Rob)
Norah Wee Dunrobin Stn Barambah
Willie Macmahon Saxby Downs Hull River
Nellie Walker and child Josie Mitchell Taroom
Claridge and child, Joe Foremile Woree Yarrabah
Natives removed from Tully and Murray River to Hull River as listed below
Charlie King, William Choolinjohn, Jimmy Killinjin, Charlie Splaine, Davie Splaine H/C,
Jacob, Old Man Johnnie, Monkey, Old Billy, Arthur, George H/C, Billy Pumbilo, Harry Brown,
Frank, Dandy, Sambo, Jimmy Bookal, Old Man Jimmie, Old Man Billy, Romlee, Tommy Bigera,
Jimmy Wairuna, Jimmy Bulgroo, Tommy Coochloo, Soldier, Nellie Murray, Lulu (Dulu),
Daisy, Nellie (1), Fat Nellie, Short Maggie, Yama and unnamed infant, Topsy, Annie, Jinnie,
Nellie King, Nellie (2), Louisia, Ivy, May, Lizzie, Nancy, Nellie (3), Dilly Boy, Jimmy Baldhead,
Jimmy Tuesday, Big Mick, Tommy Runaway, Bob, Tommy Maunds, Jimmy Iudibungi or Fish, Long Paddy,
Sambo Wurruncul, Tommy Murrumifer, Tommy Wycoograh, Tommy Wambinin, Jacco, Jimmy Darcy, Wallaby,
Fred Blackman, Short Paddy, Harry, Charlie, Jimmy, Toby, Tommy Brook, Johnnie Mickie, Peter,
Sambo Coolundra, Sandy, Willie Dean, Tommy Webria, Tommy Sore Foot, Paddy No 2, Willie One Eye,
Joe Houston, Tommy Boongarry, Tommy Chickambee, Sambo Hilliar, Job, Toby One Eye, Moody Oorabundy,
Billy Neugara, Toby Eumara, Jimmy Toomie, Albert, Charlow, Jinbine Tommy, Jimmy Pee Kin,
Tommy Beecher, Jinga-Jinga, Tommy Beuarabedge, Jimmy Chumbil, Charlie Newauly, Davey Billy,
Charlie Churrimaw, Charlie Murisindi, Tommy Pigweed, Tommy Mundow, Billy, Old Man Jack,
Old Man Jimmy, Mick One Eye, Harry, Minnie, Violet, Polly, Rosie (1), Lizzie, Old Woman Maggie,
Ginnie, Minnie, Biddy, Maggie (1), Kitty, Ena, Rosie (2), Polly, Jennie, Maggie (2), Maggie (3),
Old Granny, Judy, Maggie (4), Polly, Annie, Cissie, Alice, Mary Ann, Nellie (4), Nellie (5), Luja,
Lulu, Rosie (3), Maggie (5), Jenny, Polly, Lulu Wairuna, Wonga, Kitty, Maggie (6), Maggie Murisinda,
Maggie (7), Sarah, Norah, Minnie, Bella, Maggie (8), Fanny, Nellie (6), Trilly, Maggie (9), Kitty,
Winby, Nellie (7), Maggie (10), Polly Robinson, Old Woman Nellie
Ida Clermont Barambah
Tommy Carr and gin, Monamona Hull River )
Johnny Garbit and gin Monamona Hull River )
Willie Watts, Annie, Jessie Lumber Frazer Island Taroom
Douglas Riley Clermont Barambah
Mary Ann, Nellie, Nendy, Maggie Rolleston Barambah
Mad Tommy Stone River Hull River
Kitty Clarke and her 3 children Yungaburra Hull River
Alfred McEwan Ipswich Taroom
Charlie Woree and wife Eliza Edmonton Hull River
Peter Monkey Ebagoolah Hull River
Fly Coen Yarrabah
Blind Sally Glencoe Stn Barambah
Albert Wilson St Helena Hull River
Willie Pyne, gin Dolly and their child Edmonton Yarrabah
Florrie Chillagoe Yarrabah
Billy Skene, Sandy Parker, Strathmore Hull River )
Charlie Horning, Rodger, Tommy Dod, Strathmore Hull River )
Billy Lightning Strathmore Hull River )
Sophy, Peggy, Flora, Carlile, Yarrabah Hull River ]
Emily, Alick Yarrabah Hull River ]
May Gairlock Yarrabah
Daisy Granada Stn Barambah
Louie Brown, Alice Brown, Charleville Taroom )
Jessie Brown, Clara, Jack Sandow Charleville Taroom )
Peter Charters Towers Hull River
Norah, Bertha, baby Hull River Yarrabah
Alice McDonald Bauple Barambah
Toby and gin Rosey Chillagoe Hull River
Stingaree, Nalutu Gulf Coast Hull River
Tottie Lane Clifton Taroom
Harry Mummin, Harriet Mummin Duaringa Stn Barambah
Charley, Boney, Soapy, Dick Comongin Stn Taroom
Hannah Thompson Goondiwindi Taroom
Emily Gala and her children Pialba Barambah )
Grace, Eileen and a child Pialba Barambah )
Peter and gin Bella Hillgrove Barambah
Nellie and 2 children Gurrumba Monamona
Natives removed from Yarrabah to Hull River as listed below
Eddie, Reggie, Donald, Willie, Maudie, Connie, Leonta, Nellie Bly, Mary,
Phyllis, Norman, Maizie, Elsie
Duncan Daniells, Billy Brown Brisbane Barambah
Kate, Myrtle, Bella, Linda, Taroom Barambah )
Nancy, Tommy, Dan Taroom Barambah )
Peggy Patterson Barambah Taroom
Sambo, Annie Walsh, Keith Bowman, Yarrabah Monamona )
Allan Walsh Yarrabah Monamona )
Willie McMahon Hull River Barambah
Natives removed from St George to Taroom as listed below
Arthur (said to be at Narrabri NSW), Amy, Nina, Lucy, Ruby, Dan, Ellen and infant,
Cyril, Dina, Tom, Delar, Mick Tonson, Annie Tonson, Jack Murra, Bundoo Billy,
Maria, Fanny Doctor, Eva Doctor, Connie Doctor, Albert (cannot be traced),
Ellen Hocking (said to be at Inverell NSW)
Charlie Waite, Tom Prior, Emily, Yarrabah Hull River )
Peter, George, Willie Yarrabah Hull River )
Natives moved from Rossville, Bloomfield River and China Camp to Yarrabah as listed below
Ivy, Charlie, Jimmy. Micky, Milgabee, Billy, Nicholas, Blucher, Walker,
Nipper, Ruby, Minnie, Alma
(COB - 2.11.1915 On removal to Yarrabah, half-castes.
Alma, Minnie, Ruby, Nipper, Walker, Blucher
Left for Yarrabah on 10.11.1915.)
COB - 14.11.1915 Arrived from Bloomfield.
Ivy, Milgabee, Jessie, Toby, Billy, Willie, Walker
Left on 17.11.1915.
Annie Weazel Townsville Barambah
Jackey Thomas Brisbane Barambah
Ned Dunne Taroom Barambah
Kathleen Meteor Downs Barambah
Alice The Lagoons Barambah
Natives removed from Hull River to Barambah as listed below
Jack Obolin and gin Maggie, Sambo Coolundra and his gin, Tommy Boongarry and his gin,
Joe Davison and his gin, Minnie, Albert
Fred Queary and his gin Maudie Barambah Taroom
Topsy and child Winton Barambah
Lucy Brown, Ida Mary Brown, Glenmore Barambah )
Violet Brown Glenmore Barambah )
Daniel King Brisbane Taroom
Jack Cavanagh Barambah
Jackey Thomas and his gin Emily Beaudesert Taroom
Mabel, Mary Ann, Annie Parker, Maysie Yarrabah Hull River
Tommy Rosser, Polly and child Hughenden Hull River
Johnny Quartpot Brisbane Taroom
Friday and his gin Rossville Hull River
Jack Bradley and Willie Laing and Emerald Barambah )
their 2 gins, 2 picaninnies Emerald Barambah )
Jack, Kitty Currawillinghi Stn Taroom
Billy Neal Hughenden Barambah
Tiger, Monkey, Jinnie, Nellie, Ukalunda Hull River )
Jimima, Eliza, Elsie
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Removals 1916
HOM/B48 Queensland State Archives
Removals 1916
Name and Details Removed From To
Johnnie, Robbie Thursday Island HR
Harry Ord, Topsy Ord & child, to stay at Deebing Creek
(Harry Ord, Topsy (gin) and child 3 years old)
Charlie George, Katie George (wife) and Princess George (daughter).
Detention in Deebing Creek.
Ginang, wife and family Eidsvold B
Billy Mitchell, wife and children Brisbane B
Jack Carbine, wife and children Brisbane B
Zaube Boota Murray Island B
Report on complaints by G Waldon and W C Knowlton against removal of H/C children
from Rossville, Bloomfield River and China Camp.
(Letter from Rossville Station, Cairns Police District, dated 26. 9.1915 to the
Protector of Aborigines, Cooktown, lists 13 Aboriginal children from Rossville,
China Camp and Bloomfield River who are to be removed to Yarrabah.
Ivy 7 yrs female, Charlie 17 yrs male, Jimmy 10 yrs male, Micky 7 yrs male,
Milgabee 7 yrs female, Billy 9 yrs male, Nicholus 15 yrs male, Blucher 9 yrs male,
Walker 10 yrs male, Nipper 7 yrs male, Ruby 9 yrs female, Minnie 17 yrs female,
Alma 5 yrs female)
Dick Moffit, Jerry, Nanny Emerald B
Springsure Camp of old Aborigines Springsure B
Bina Queary Hawkwood TA
Louise Taabinga Deebing Creek B
Edward Mitchell, Lucy Mitchell & family Talwood B
Caesar Selheim HR
Mick McMahon Atherton HR
Ivy Bison Springsure B
William Green Springsure B
23 Aborigines Palm Island HR
Willie Wimmera Innisfail B
Peter III, Tottie, 17 others with children Emerald B
Ruby Tanna Mossman B
Robert, Edie and children Chillagoe HR
Larry, Rosie, 8 others Rockhampton B
George Cross Toowoomba TA
Johnnie Moray Downs B
Friday and gin Rossville B
Frank Tyson, Banana, 4 others Banana B
Ada Rockhampton B
Billy Neal, recommend recission of order Hughenden B
Jai Jenap Thursday Island HR
Jacob, Thompson, 5 others Many Peaks B
Springsure, protest against removal of Aborigines
Arthur Stewarts Creek HR
Peter, Jimmy, from Back Creek near Ebagoola (Cairns) for the murder of Arthur
Jimmy Collins, Jumbo, Biddy, from Comet and Emerald to Barambah
Paddy and gin Laura River B
Minnie and children Charters Towers B
22 Aborigines Thornborough Y
Maude Broom Bundaberg B
Roy Emerald B
15 Aborigines Clermont Camp B
Jacob, Lucy, conveyance from Cairns to Many Peaks
Strathmore, Minnie Mullen, Tom King Yarrabah HR }
Alice King, etc Yarrabah HR }
John Perry Clermont B
Anderson and gin, protest against removal
Billy Grogan Cairns B
Emily Coen Y
Peter Wonburr Hull River B
Mrs Travers, about removals from Springsure
Jacob Burketown B
Broncho, rescinds removal order Archer River B
Charlie Wheelbarrow Roma TA
Half-caste daughter of Rosie and another Port Douglas Y
Jack Cameron Maytown B
Tommy Cape Bedford Y
Jemsey (?Jimmy) Anderson, restoration of gin Bella Anderson from Banana Station to Barambah
Toby Hutchinson Ravenshoe HR
Paddy, Willie, about rescission of order to Mona Mona
Charlie Murgan Brisbane TA
Dinah Gordon Clermont B
Jacky Foote, detention at Barambah
Billy Bowen Brisbane TA
Polly, Charlie, 6 others Annan, Endeavour) Y (Annan, Endeavour and Starke Rivers)
Emma Johannson Rockhampton B
Gilbert King Hughenden HR
Harry Innisfail HR
Billy Maytown HR
Abby Ingham HR
Esa Usop, Napse Usop Thursday Island MA
Charlie Wills Charters Tower HR
Patrick Mick Rockhampton B
Alec, Mabel Irvinebank MM
Peter, Jimmy Irvinebank HR
Andrew Ball, 4 others Cooran HR
Frank MM
Maggie Bennett's girl and boy (children) Irvinebank Y
Wayson Deebing Creek TA
Jimmy Blanket, Lily Blanket & children Rossville HR
Jacky Booran Yungaburra Y
Lucy Toorak, Jack Toorak and children Dotswood Stn HR
Tommy Mindy and gin Granite Creek HR
Neddie Cairns B
Sam Murray Ukabunda B
Female H/Cs 12-18 years old Burrows Point Y
J Marrawa and 13 others Redlynch HR
Nellie Rockhampton B
Nipper, Bamboo, Julian and gin Rossville HR
Johnson Cooktown Gaol HR
Johnny Sullivan Cooktown HR
Paddy Mills Alpha B
Dolly Normanton MA
Harry Roberts Emerald B
Possum, Toby Almaden B
Annie Level, wages owing by Mrs L Sturmfels
Ethel Ban Ban, wages owing by Rev E Garnle
Fred Mungallala Donga Stn TA
Norman Roy, George Tyson Brisbane Jail TA
Diana, cancellation of order
Tommy Cairns Gaol HR
Tommy Dod or Bowden Dunwich DC
Robert Black Roma Jail TA
George Brown and son Roma TA
Stingaree, Balatu, recommend cancellation of order
Topsy Ord Deebing Creek TA
A McKinlay, G McKinlay & children Dunrobin Stn B
Jimmy Womiacotta, gin and 2 others Maytown HR
Jessie R Terare, recommend order be rescinded
Albert Hayden and 6 others McKenzie River B
Eringie and 2 others Thargomindah TA
William Murray, Rosie Murray Cardwell B
Fred Johnson Marlborough B
Lucy Lockhart River MA
Lizzie Kyle, M Kyle, 5 others Townsville HR
Larry, Lucy Clermont B
Peter Saltwater River Y
Moss, recommend cancellation of order
Harry Staines Port Douglas HR
Billy Daylight Yeulba Stn TA
Bob Batavia B
Jack Cooktown Jail HR
Larry Hann Ravenshoe HR
Queensland Aboriginal Notes Volume 22 (1990) - Removals 1916
Name Removed From To
Harry Ord, his gin Topsy and child (3) Deebing Ck Deebing Creek
Johnnie, Robbie Thursday Is Hull River
Charlie George, wife Katie Deebing Ck Deebing Creek )
and daughter Princess Deebing Ck Deebing Creek )
Ginang, Bella, Ruby, Cloreen, Clenis Eidsvold Barambah
Zaube Boota Thursday Island Barambah
Billy Mitchell and wife and child Buaraba Barambah )
Jack Carbine and wife and 3 children Buaraba Barambah )
Dick Moffitt, Jerry and his wife Nanny Emerald Barambah
Natives removed from Springsure to Barambah listed below
Old Bundle, Maggie Bundle, Harry Bundle, Amy Bundle, Dolly Bundle,
Billy Sugar, Jack Bell, Minnie Warra, Short Dick, Peter, Polly,
Sandy, Rheubin, Joker, Larry, Long Dick, Nancy, Chookey
Bina Query Hawkwood Taroom
Louisa Taabinga Deebing Ck Barambah
Edward Mitchell and wife Lucy and Tallwood Barambah )
children Doris and Jack Tallwood Barambah )
Caesar Sellheim Hull River
Natives removed from Kuranda to Monamona as listed below
Mary Ann, Barney, Jackey, Willie Hobler, Larry, Charlie King, Harry,
Biddy, Dinah, Starlight, Jimmy Barson, Tambo, Harry, Mickey, Billy,
Billy Hobler, Mary Hobler, Jimmy Hobler, Jimmy, Charlie, Nellie,
Polly, Biddy, Jinny, Maudie, Maggie, Molley, Minnie, George, Tommy Vievers,
Tommy Hobson, Tommy Gray, Tommy Newburn, Paddy, Jinny, Linda (Liuda),
Maggie, Bertie, Peter, Peter, Paddy, Eric, Gilbert, Alice, Dennie, Elsie,
Minnie, Kitty, Davey, Willie, Lilly, Molley, Maggie, Kitty, Bobby, Nellie,,
Minnie, Rosie, Meddie, Lea, Maggie, Annie, Buttercup, Cecil
William Green Springsure Barambah
Mick McMahon Atherton Hull River
Ivy Bison Springsure Barambah
Natives removed from Palm Island to Hull River as listed below
Flora, Bob, Peter, Dick (Small), Edward, Thompson, Diamond, Mickey,
Jinny, Minnie, George, Big Dick, Frank, Willie, Biddy, Reggie, Maudie,
Harold, Jeffrey, Fanny, Mary, Kitty
Natives removed from Emerald to Barambah as listed below
Peter 3 and his gin Tottie and their children Queenie and Harry,
Luke and his gin Clara and their children, Florie, May, Barrow,
Mick McIntyre and his gin Jennie McIntyre and their child May McIntyre,
Colena and his gin Jennie, Paddy, Charlie, Tommy
Ruby Tanna Mossman Barambah
Robert, Edie and 3 children Chillagoe Barambah
Natives removed from Rockhampton to Barambah as listed below
Larry and his gin Rosey and their child Jessie, Joe Flynn, Prince Albert,
Charlie Pinkapie, Albert Twist, Jerry, Wombi Charley, Kitty
George Cross Toowoomba Taroom
Johnnie Moray Downs Barambah
Friday and his gin Rossville Barambah
Frank Tyson, Banana, Violet, Bella, Banana Barambah )
Duke, Polly Banana Barambah )
Jacob, Thompson, Lucy, Florie, Many Peaks Barambah )
Mabel, Rose, Yorkey Many Peaks Barambah )
Juap Jai Thursday Is Hull River
Ada Rockhampton Barambah
Arthur Stewarts Ck Gaol Hull River
Peter, Jimmy (died 28. 5.1916) Ebagoolah Barambah
Jimmy Collins, Jumbo and wife Biddy Comet & Emerald Barambah
Minnie and her two children Charters Towers Barambah
Paddy and his gin Laura River Barambah
Maud Broom Bundaberg Barambah
Natives removed from Thornborough to Yarrabah as listed below
Paddy Kilpatrick, Barney, Peter, Willie, Mary, Johnnie, Rosie, Larry
Tommy, Connie, Cissy, Bob, English Billy, Lizzie, Tommy Dod, Dinna,
Harry, Rosie, Alick, Rosie, Springheel Jack, Mary
Roy Emerald Barambah
Minnie Mullen, Tom King, Yarrabah Hull River )
Alice King, May King Yarrabah Hull River )
John Perry Clermont Barambah
Emily Coen Yarrabah
Billy Grogan Cairns Gl Barambah
Jackey Foote Barambah
Natives removed from Clermont Camp to Barambah as listed below
McEvoy, Bighead Jimmy, Paddy, Jimmy, Abraham Johnson, Billy, Alpha Bob,
Moonlight, Maggie McEvoy, Minnie, Polly McEvoy, Mary Ann, Jimmy, Maudie,
Freddy
Peter Wombur Hull River Barambah
Jacob Escott Stn Barambah
H/C female daughters of Rosie deceased Port Douglas Yarrabah )
aged 8 years and 5 years Port Douglas Yarrabah )
Broncho Archer River Barambah
Charlie Wheelbarrow Roma Taroom
Tommy (then sent to Goodna) Cape Bedford Yarrabah
Jack Cameron Maytown Barambah
Toby Hutchinson Ravenshoe Hull River
Dinah Gordon Clermont Barambah
Charlie Morgan Brisbane Taroom
Jimmy Anderson Banana Barambah
Billy Bowen Brisbane Taroom
Natives removed from Annan, Starkie and Endeavour Rivers to Yarrabah as listed below
Polly and her child, Charlie, Billy, Nelly, Peter, Kitty, Hilda
Emma Johannsen Rockhampton Barambah
Gilbert King Hughenden Hull River
Harry Innisfail Hull River
Billy Maytown Hull River
Alby Ingham Hull River
Esa Usop, apse Usop Thursday Is Mapoon
Daima Adam Island Cape Bedford
Patrick Mick Rockhampton Barambah
Charlie Wills Charters Towers Hull River
Alec, Mabel Irvinebank Monamona
Peter, Jimmy Irvinebank Hull River
Jimmy Irvinebank Hull River
Andrew Ball, Annie Ball, Cooran Barambah )
Lucy Monkland, Clifford Monkland, Cooran Barambah )
Evelyn Monkland Cooran Barambah )
Frank Monamona
Girl (5 yrs) and boy (4 yrs) Irvinebank Yarrabah
Wayson Deebing Ck Taroom
Jimmy Blanket, wife Lily Rossville Hull River )
and their two children Rossville Hull River )
Jacky Borran Yungaburra Yarrabah
Lucy Toorak, Jack Toorak, Dotswood Stn Hull River )
Eric and Mary Dotswood Stn Hull River )
Tommy Mindy, Dolly Granite Ck Hull River
Female H/Cs 12 to 18 years Barrows Point Yarrabah
Neddie Cairns Barambah
Sam Murray Ukalunda Barambah
Natives removed from Redlynch to Hull River as listed below
Jimmy Marrawa, Jimmy Keiper, Jack Miwee, Tommy Hinji, Mickie Keepie,
Charley Juangee, Harry Niewee, Tommy Pingaree, Violet Peudtuelba,
Violet (picaninny), Kitty Milga, Kitty (picaninny), Nellie Brown,
Nellie Jinari
Nellie Rockhampton Barambah
Nipper, Bamboo, Julian and his gin Rossville Hull River
Johnson Cooktown Gaol Hull River
Paddy Mills Alpha Barambah
Johnny Sullivan Cooktown Hull River
Dolly (11 yrs) Wernadinga Stn Mapoon
Harry Roberts Emerald Barambah
Possum, Toby Almaden Barambah
Fred Mungallala Dongo Stn Taroom
Charlie Morgan Taroom Barambah
Norman Roy, George Tyson H M Prison Taroom
Bertie Doolan Taroom Barambah
Mrs Terare and her 4 children Childers Barambah
Tommy Dod Dunwich Deebing Creek
Tommy Cairns Gaol Hull River
Robert Black Roma Gaol Taroom
Topsy Ord Deebing Ck Taroom
Anthony McKinlay and wife Grace Dunrobin Stn Barambah )
and children Mary and Billy Dunrobin Stn Barambah )
George Brown and son George Brown Roma Taroom
Jimmy Womiacotta, Jenny, Maytown Hull River )
Bessie, George Pegus Maytown Hull River )
Albert Hayden Mackenzie Rv Barambah )
Clara and her children Alex, Lexie, Mackenzie Rv Barambah )
Elsie, Jack and baby Mackenzie Rv Barambah )
Willie Murray and gin Rosie Cardwell Barambah
Eringie and gin Marjorie & child Lena Morley Stn Taroom
Fred Johnson Marlborough Barambah
Lucy Lockhardt River Mapoon
Magdalena Kyle and children Rose Bay Hull River )
Lizzie (15), Dannie (11), Andrew (9), Rose Bay Hull River )
Elsie (6), Robert (3), Phyllis (1) Rose Bay Hull River )
Larry and gin Lucy Clermont Barambah
Peter Saltwater River Yarrabah
Billy Daylight Yeulba Taroom
Harry Staines and gin Maggie Port Douglas Hull River
Bob Batavia Barambah
Larry Hann Ravenshoe Hull River
Jack Cooktown Gaol Hull River
Dick Mt Garnet Yarrabah
Toby Brown, Amy Brown, Duaringa Taroom )
Toby Dixon, Cissy Watt Duaringa Taroom )
Natives removed from Surat to Taroom listed below
Clara Matthews and her children Dora (7), Arthur (6), Frank (2 1/2), Mabel (1 1/4).
Harry Combarngo, Nellie Combarngo and children Myrtle (13), Perely (12), Nina (10), Colin (6).
Billy Combarngo.
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Name and Details Removed From To
Clara Matthews and children Surat TA
Billy Combarngo, Henry Combarngo, Surat TA ]
Nellie Combarngo & children Surat TA ]
Toby Brown, Amy Brown, Duaringa TA }
Toby Dixon, Cissie Watts Duaringa TA }
Dick Mt Garnet Y
Charlie Morgan Taroom B
Jack Weribone Goondiwindi TA
Murray Duaringa B
Clara Cloncurry HR
T Lake, Dick West, Jack Clancy Piggott TA
Tommy Goody McIvor River HR
Jerry Jerome, suggest removal to Frazer Island
Leonard Banks, Maisey Banks Barambah TA
Willie, Willie Pagel Mackay B
George Ward Barambah TA
Fred Pagel Mackay B
Kitty Capella B
Mrs Billy Combarngo, protests against removal from Surat to a Mission
Cissy Watts, protests against removal to Taroom
Daylight Charters Towers HR
Jessie Cotherstone, Charlie Cotherstone Capella TA
Peter Rouse Brisbane Jail DC
Hella Urandu TA
Fred Dunne, Lena Dunne Barambah TA
Totty Waddy Roma Jail B
Sambo Walsh, wife and 2 children Mona Mona HR
Nellie Fogarty Roma Hospital TA
Alice Tanna, Maletta Thursday Island HR
Tilly, King Toby Mackay HR
Maggie and children Colorada Stn B
Jack Mackay HR
Arthur Tambo B
Carbine, Elsie, Yarrai with gin & children Springsure B
Bony Ravenswood HR
Annie Sullivan and 2 children St George TA
Charlie Francis Cairns Jail B
Charlie Gordon Brisbane TA
Nellie Rockhampton B
Willie Lee Brisbane TA
Willie Reilly, Dolly Reilly Townsville HR
Jennie Cooktown HR
Gracie Murray Mitchell TA
Chilla Cairns HR
Nellie Emerald BA
Willie Gill Townsville HR
Long George, Frank, 2 gins to be removed from Laura to Yarrabah
(COB 9. 7.1917 The following also arrived en route to Yarrabah.
Long George, Frank, Ida, Nellie. Left for Yarrabah on 11. 7.1917.)
Jessie Boyce Ayr HR
Melba Cloncurry Y
Mad Tommy Cardwell B
Mamie Cloncurry HR
Norman Wylie & gin, Maroochy River TA }
Albert Williams & 2 sons, Lucy, Susan Maroochy River TA }
Tommy Johnson Bunda, Sarah Bunda Bundaberg B ]
Alick Craven, Susie Craven, B Numbo Bundaberg B ]
Simon, Biddy Trubanaman Y
Andy Morrison Maryborough B
Bunda, Sarah, asks removal be suspended
Daisy Cooktown HR
Jack, Tommy, Nellie, Lena Mackay HR
Maggie, Nellie Cairns HR
Nellie Port Douglas HR
Billie Bradley, gin and children Nebo B
Charlie Clarke and gin Suttor Creek B
Alick Kendall River B
Charlie Yabba Yabba Laura B
George Munro Gayndah B
George Brumby Toowoomba TA
Jack Bundai Brisbane B
Sidney Toby Rockhampton B
Elsie and son Banana B
Mona Emerald B
Oedal Yam Island HR
Harry Marks Stewarts Creek Y
Mad Tommy Ingham HR
Ilgree Ingham HR
Norah Cardwell B
Jimmy, Noble, Willie, Friday, Sandy Creek HR }
Toby, Peter, Jinny Sandy Creek HR }
Jupiter, Jack, Harry, Paddy, Tommy Millchester Ck HR
Billy Hays Townsville Y
Alf Downey, Annie White Ayr Y
Ginnie, Bingy Thargomindah TA (children of murdered gin Munda)
Jimmy Wonnacott, Tommy Mindy & gin Maytown B
Bobby Duaringa B
Emu Mareeba MM
Jack Thompson Chillagoe HR
Tommy McKenzie, Jenny Lind, Mary Smith Charleville TA }
Biddy Williams, Toby Smith Charleville TA }
Herbert Brown, Ethel Brown Beaudesert B
Alick Morgan, Maud Morgan Innisfail B
Gibson Port Stewart HR
Removals 1917 (did not appear in Queensland Aboriginal Notes)
Name Removed From To
Weribone Jack Goondiwindi Taroom
Murray Duaringa Barambah
Clara (4) Cloncurry Hull River
Tommy Lake and wife Rosey Piggott Taroom )
Dick West and wife Lottie and children Piggott Taroom )
Fred (9), Kathleen (7) and Percy (5) Piggott Taroom )
Tommy Goody McIvor River Hull River
Leonard Banks, Maisey Banks Barambah Taroom
George Ward Barambah Taroom
Willie, Willie Pagel Mackay Barambah
Fred Pagel Mackay Barambah
Kitty Capella Barambah
Daylight Charters Towers Hull River
Fred Dunne, Lena Dunne Barambah Taroom
Jessie Cotherstone, Capella Taroom )
Charlie Cotherstone Capella Taroom )
Peter Rouse Brisbane Deebing Creek
Hella Urandu Taroom
Sambo Walsh and wife Annie and Monamona Hull River )
children Aubry and Jimmy Monamona Hull River )
Nellie Fogarty Roma Gaol Taroom
Children Maggie, Harry, Maude, Baby Colorado Barambah
Tilly, King Toby Mackay Hull River
Totty Waddy Roma Gaol Barambah
Alice Tanna, Maletta Thursday Island Hull River
Jack Mackay Hull River
Arthur Tambo Barambah
Annie Sullivan, daughter (2), St George Taroom )
and son (6 mths) St George Taroom )
Carbine, Elsie, Yarrai, Cungie (gin), Springsure Barambah ]
children Maude, Vera, Olive Springsure Barambah ]
Bony Ravenswood Hull River
Tottie Lane Brisbane Barambah
Johanna Bowen Brisbane Taroom
Charley Francis Cairns Gaol Barambah
Nellie R'pton Lock Hosp Barambah
Charley Gordon Brisbane Taroom
Willie Reilly and gin Dolly Townsville Hull River
Gracie Murray Mitchell Taroom
Jennie Cooktown Hull River
Chilla Cairns Gaol Hull River
Willie Lee Brisbane Taroom
Nellie Emerald Barambah
Willie Gill Townsville Hull River
Jessie Boyce Ayr Hull River
Melba Cloncurry Camp Yarrabah
Long George and gin, Frank and gin Laura Yarrabah
Mad Tommy Cardwell Barambah
Norman Wylie and gin, Albert Williams Maroochy River Taroom )
and his two sons, Lucy, Susan Maroochy River Taroom )
Tommy Johnson Buuda and his gin Sarah, Bundaberg Barambah ]
Alick Craven and his gin Susie, Bundaberg Barambah ]
B. Numbo Bundaberg Barambah ]
Mamie Cloncurry Hull River
Andy Morrison Maryborough Barambah
Simon, Biddy Trubanaman Yarrabah
Jack, Tommy, Nellie, Lena Mackay Hull River
Daisy Cooktown Hull River
Billy Bradley, his gin and 2 daughters Nebo Barambah
Charlie Clark, Maud Suttor Creek Barambah
Nellie Port Douglas Hull River
Maggie, Nellie Cairns Hull River
Alick Kendall River Barambah
Charlie Yabba Yabba Laura Barambah
George Munro, wife Queenie and Gayndah Barambah )
daughter Florie Gayndah Barambah )
George Brumby Toowoomba Taroom
Jack Bundai Brisbane Barambah
Sidney Toby R'pton Gaol Barambah
Elsie and H/C son 6 yrs Banana Barambah
Mona Emerald Barambah
Harry Marks Stewarts Ck Gaol Yarrabah
Mad Tommy No 2 Ingham Hull River
Slgree (Ilgree) Ingham Hull River
Norah Cardwell Barambah
Jimmy, Noble, Willie, Friday, Toby, Charters Towers Hull River )
Peter and gin Jinny, Jupiter, Jack, Charters Towers Hull River )
Paddy, Harry, Tommy Charters Towers Hull River )
Alf Downey, Annie White Ayr Yarrabah
Billy Hayes @ Wongai Townsville Yarrabah
Munda's 4 children, Ginnie, Bingy Thargomindah Taroom
Jimmy Wonnacott, Tommy Mindy and gin Maytown Barambah
Emu Mareeba Monamona
Bobby Duaringa Barambah
Jack Thompson Chillagoe Hull River
Alick Morgan and wife Maud Innisfail Barambah
Tommy McKenzie, Jenny Lind, Charleville Taroom )
Mary Smith, Biddy Williams, Charleville Taroom )
Toby Smith Charleville Taroom )
Herbert Brown and wife Ethel Beaudesert Barambah
Willie Ingham Stewarts Ck Gaol Yarrabah
Sheridan, Sarah Sheridan, Banana Barambah )
Collie (7), Nellie (5) Banana Barambah )
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Removals 1918
Name and Details Removed From To
Willie Ingham Stewarts Creek Y
Roy Cloncurry Y
George Tippo Charleville Jail TA
Sheridan and family Banana B
Jack Ryan @ Jack McLeary Atherton HR
Willie King Gordonvale Y
Billy Ugly Mug Roma TA
Annie Sullivan Taroom B
Nelly, Dolly Townsville HR
Jessie Hislop Roma B
Wallaby Mossman Y
Jack Bell, Sam, Henry Mackay Y
Frank Inley Mitchell TA
Frank, Annie Mitchell TA
Hugh Batavia River MA
Jack Toorak, Albert Toorak Hillgrove Stn HR
Jimmy, Paddy, Polly, Jacky Katooni Tambo B
Absconders from Yarrabah returning to the Station
Tommy Gray Cairns Y
Tommy Hero, wife & children Ayr HR
Harry, Annie his gin
Toby Wilson Brisbane B
Billy Duncan, Toby Stewart Creek HR
Mornington Island murder. Recommend removal of 8 Aborigines indicated in same to Hull River
Harry Green Hillview TA
Robin Listowel, Maggie Listowel Charleville TA
Copra Charlie Thargomindah TA
George Toorak, Albert Toorak, asks that he be allowed to stay at Charters Towers
Dick, Albert, with gins and child Cairns B
Billy Mango, Charley, 2 gins Laura Y
Harry Green, asks that he be allowed to return to Hillview
Alfred Downey, asks R.O. be cancelled
Billy Mungo Maytown B
Charlie Darakee Gordonvale Y
Nellie Thargomindah TA
Nellie Mahratta Woree B
Percy King, Maudie Bowen B
Eva, Queenie Ayr B
Bob Davis Goodai Stn TA
Tommy Hempie and 3 children Mona Mona B
George McEvoy and 3 children Listowel Downs B
Harrickew Townsville Gaol B
Starlight, George Coen B
Queenie Foote Emerald B
Charlie Wingee, Jack Moogal Gordonvale B }
Kitty Moogal, Marapa, Arthur Gordonvale B }
George Sims, Peter Tarree Cairns Jail B
Bill Combarngo, asks for return of his wife and children
Roberts and family, Jackey Hillview TA
Arthur Hopkins and family Cooyar TA
Leichhardt Duaringa B
Tommy Hero, Harry Dawson & families Yarrabah PI
Lulu Babinda Y
Jack Rankin, wife & children Quilpie TA
Bertie Tobane Warwick B
Bob, Susie Barcoo River B
Pilot Tambo B
Absconders from Palm Island to be returned from Innisfail, Ingham and Cardwell
Obah Ellison and family Yarrabah B
Norman Ayr, Eugene and families Yarrabah PI
Jimmy, Charlie Townsville South PI
Billy Cairns PI
Robbie Mapoon, Caesar Palm Island Y
William Donaldson @ George Davis Brisbane Jail PI
Joe Carr Stewarts Creek B
Amy Thomas and child, asks that R.O. be cancelled to allow her to return to her husband at Cryon, NSW
Mary Gilbert, Charley Gilbert Nebo Y
Polly Campbell, Charley Campbell St Lawrence B }
Duringa Billy, Paddy St Lawrence B }
Fritz Raynald, asks for R.O. Yarrabah to Barambah
Chas S Coots, asks for R.O. from Yarrabah
Desley, Neata, Florrie, Queenie, Pearl Eidsvold B
Friday, Polly Ukalemda Y
Superbird Taroom B
Jack Thomas, Jimmy Harvey Cairns PI
Ellison Obah, wife and children Yarrabah PI
Tommy Lake, Rosie Lake, absconders from Taroom to be returned to Settlement
Fred Bunda, Dolly Bunda (wife) Richmond PI
Peter Long, Queenie Long and children Hillview B
Deserters from Yarrabah Thornborough PI
Clara, Harry Hawkwood Stn B
Agnes Dean Yarrabah PI
Frank Laura PI
Jack Cullen, Lucy Cullen (gin) Wetherby PI
Goodarrie Longreach B
Roley Armstrong Goondiwindi TA
Maria Mori Ingham PI
Tommy Hobson Cairns PI
Maroon Innisfail PI
Removals 1918 (did not appear in Queensland Aboriginal Notes)
Name Removed From To
Roy (9) Cloncurry Yarrabah
George Tippo Charleville Gaol Taroom
Willie King Gordonvale Yarrabah
Billy Ugly Mug Roma Gaol Taroom
Jacky Ryan alias McLeary Atherton Hull River
Annie Sullivan Taroom Barambah
Hessie Hislop Roma Barambah
Jack Bell, Sam, Henry Mackay Yarrabah
Nellie, Dolly (7) Townsville Hull River
Wallaby Mossman Yarrabah
Jack (16), Albert Hillgrove Stn Hull River (Rescinded)
Frank Inley Mitchell Taroom
Frank, Annie Mitchell Taroom
George Duringee, Tommy Gray Cairns Gaol Yarrabah
Jimmy, Paddy, Polly, Jacky Katooni Tambo Barambah
Natives removed from Thornborough to Yarrabah as listed below
Paddy Kilpatrick and his gin Maggie, Lizzie, Harry, Rosie, Willie,
Mary, Johnny, Mary, Aleck and his gin Topsy
Natives removed from Ayr to Hull River as listed below
Tommy Hero and his wife Topsy and their 3 children Rennie, Paddy and Sarah,
Harry and his gin Annie
Billy Duncan Stewarts Ck Gaol Hull River
Harry Green Hillview Taroom
Natives removed from Townsville to Hull River as listed below
Myall Jimmy, Big Billy, Bill, Darkie, Barney, Charlie,
Monkey, Jack
Bill, Darkey, Barnie, Monkey Townsville Yarrabah
Myall Jimmy, Big Billy, Charlie, Jack Townsville Taroom
Toby Wilson Brisbane Taroom
Robin Listowel, Maggie Listowel Charleville Taroom
Natives removed from Ayr to Yarrabah as listed below
Tommy Hero and his wife Topsy and their 3 children Rennie, Paddy and Sarah
Harry and his gin Annie
Dick and his gin, Cairns Gaol Barambah )
Albert, his gin and their child Cairns Gaol Barambah )
Billy Mango, Charlie, their two gins Laura Yarrabah
Charlie Darakee (Murringee) Bowen Barambah
Billy Mungo Maytown Barambah
Nellie Mahratta Woree Barambah
Nellie Thargomindah Taroom
Eva, Queenie Ayr Barambah
Bob Davis Goodna Stn Taroom
Tommy Hempie and his three children Monamona Mission Barambah )
Teddy, Walter and Ruby Monamona Mission Barambah )
Frank Harrickew Townsville Gaol Barambah
Starlight, George Coen Barambah
George McEvoy, Logan McEvoy and his Listowel Downs Barambah )
wife Maggie and their three children Listowel Downs Barambah )
Queenie Foote Emerald Barambah
Billy Ugly Mug Brisbane Barambah
Charlie Wingee, Gordonvale Palm Island )
Jack Moogal and wife Kitty, Gordonvale Palm Island )
Marapa and his son Arthur Gordonvale Palm Island )
George Sims, Peter Tarree Cairns Gaol Yarrabah
Leichhardt Bluff Barambah
Arthur Hopkins and wife and their Cooyar Stn Taroom )
four children Cooyar Stn Taroom )
Herbery William Jackey, Hillview Taroom ]
Steve Roberts & wife & 3 children Hillview Taroom ]
Tommy Hero and children Rennie, Yarrabah Palm Island }
Paddy and Sarah, Yarrabah Palm Island }
Harry Dawson and his gin Annie Yarrabah Palm Island }
Lulu (Cotty - 7 or 8 yrs) Babinda Yarrabah
Jack Rankin, wife & 4 children Quilpie Taroom
Bob, Susie Barcoo River Barambah
Bertie Tobane Warwick Barambah
Pilot Tambo Barambah
William Donaldson Brisbane Palm Island
Natives removed from Yarrabah to Palm Island as listed below
Norman Ayr and his wife Annie and their child,
Eugene and his wife Susie and their child,
Robbie Mapoon, Caesar
Billy Cairns Palm Island
Jimmy, Charlie South Townsville Palm Island
Robert Bundi Brisbane Barambah
Joe Carr Stewarts Ck Gaol Yarrabah
Polly Campbell, Charlie Campbell, St Lawrence Barambah )
Duringa Billy, Paddy St Lawrence Barambah )
May Gilbert, Charlie Gilbert Nebo Yarrabah
Desley (16), Neata (15), Florrie (16), Eidsvold Barambah )
Queenie (17), Pearl (16) Eidsvold Barambah )
Friday and wife Polly Ukalunda Yarrabah
Superbird Taroom Barambah
Ellison Obah and wife daisy and Yarrabah Palm Island )
their two children Yarrabah Palm Island )
Tommy Lake and wife Rosey Cracow Stn Taroom
Jack Thomas, Jimmy Harvey Cairns Palm Island
Peter Long and wife Queenie and Hillview Barambah )
their two children Hillview Barambah )
Fred Bunda and wife Dolly Richmond Palm Island
Harry, Rosie, Alex, Topsy, Thornborough Palm Island )
Willie, Maggie, Lizzie Thornborough Palm Island )
Clara, Harry Hawkwood Stn Barambah
Aggie Dean Yarrabah Palm Island
Frank Laura Palm Island
Jack Cullen and his gin Lucy Wetherby Palm Island
Tommy Hobson Cairns Palm Island
Goodarrie Longreach Barambah
Roley Armstrong Goondiwindi Taroom
Maria Mori Ingham Palm Island
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Home Office, Registers of Letters Received
Removals 1919
HOM/B54 Queensland State Archives
Removals 1919
Name and Details Removed From To
Mrs Harry Hogie and children Pialba B
Bob Anderson and family, order to detain at Deebing Creek
Celare Rolleston B
Alf Palmer, Minerva Herberton PI
Pluto No 1 Ayr PI
Jimmy Martin Taroom B
Clive Martin, Edward Martin Myora B
W Anderson Cooktown YA
Lizzie Smith Purga B
King Billy Herberton PI
Mrs Hoggie and children Pialba B
Alick Collins, Davey Collins, to be detained at Taroom
Jimmy Johnson, Frank Matthews, Esau, Cocky Ingham Y
Norman Shiels Purga TA
Oscar Collins Springsure B
Sela family Darnley Island PI
William Carney Innisfail Y
Harry Myall and family Mossman Y
Tommy Wilson, Annie Wilson, Harry Wilson Townsville PI
Friday Cairns PI
Bertie Beckett, Dan Cabbo Gayndah B
Nipper, Long Jack, Rupert Coen PI
Louie Richmond PI
Charlie Babinda, Toby Babinda Innisfail PI }
Wilcox, Jennings, Aloomba Innisfail PI }
Willie Murray, Rosie Murray Cardwell PI
Minnie Maytown Y
Rivet Cooktown Y
Waterloo Tommy Barambah TA
Dan Kyle, to join wife & family Silkwood PI
Charlie Nichol Cairns Faol PI
5 Aborigines Turn Off lagoons PI
Joe Alva Downs Y
Leopold & his gin Rolleston B
Ben Lavers Charlotte Plains TA
Eva Turner, detention at Yarrabah
Jack Weribone Taroom B
Jarro Eidsvold Hospital B
Ned, Nelly Deebing Creek Ta
Dickey Alley Riverstone CB
F A Edington Deeral CB
28 Aborigines Halifax PI
Lizzie Ingham PI
Polly Almaden MM
Cork Harry, Billy, Maria Jeffries Hughenden Y (and three children)
Budge Darlow Tambo B
Maud Morgan Tambo TA
Hinda Edmonton Y
5 Aborigines Endeavour River CB
10 Aborigines Mossman Y
Ted, to be detained at Barambah
Mary Jarret Myora Reserve B
B Byrnes Ebagoolah Y
Ruby Pyrke Atherton Y
Minnie, Arthur, Alex, Ida Thomas Gordonvale PI
Cock, Biddy Ingham PI
Charlie Gordon Bowen PI
Charlie Fogarty Deebing Creek TA
Mickie Weebie Edmonton Y
Daisy Cloncurry PI
F Kenny, Coglan, Jackey Gunnawarra Stn Y
(Freddy Kenny, Coglan and Jackey)
(WCB-MTG 28.11.1919 Freddy Kenny, Coglan and Jackey (Abor.)
Removal order to Yarrabah. Taken to Cairns on 29.11.1919.
E Williams, H Baker Brisbane B
Ivy Bald Hills CB
Dolly Cooktown Y
Ruby and her child Katie Cooktown PI
Charlie Savannah and family Victoria Downs PI
Bob Lovelock and wife Richmond Hospital PI
7 Aborigines Ayr PI
Lorna Cabbo Goodna Asylum B
Huey or Hully Normanton PI
Billy Bondi Gilbert River Y
William Carney Innisfail PI
Paddy, wife and 3 children Georgetown Y
10 Aborigines Coopers Creek TA
Nancy, Peter Kings Plains CB
Peter Williams Atherton Y
Stanley Cullen Atherton Y
28 Aborigines Atherton Y
Willie Doyle Innisfail PI
Spider Turn Off Lagoons MI
Removals 1919 (did not appear in Queensland Aboriginal Notes)
Name Removed From To
Pluto No 1 Ayr Palm Island
Bob Anderson and family Deebing Creek
Mrs Harry Hoggie and her children Pialba Barambah )
Maud, Eileen, May, Alfred Pialba Barambah )
Natives removed from Darnley Island to Palm Island as listed below
Bob Sela and wife Mugusie and their two childdren,
Charley Sela and wife and two children
Charlie Nichol Cairns Gaol Palm Island
William Carney Innisfail Yarrabah
King Billy Herberton Palm Island
Alick Collins, Davey Collins Taroom
Natives removed from Ingham to Yarrabah as listed below
Jimmy Johnston, Frank Matthews, Esau and his wife and children,
Cocky and his wife and children
Oscar Collins Springsure Barambah
Norman Shiels Purga Taroom
Harry and Polly Myall Mossman Yarrabah
Tommy Wilson & wife Annie & son Harry Townsville Palm Island
Dan Cabbo, Bertie Beckett Gayndah Barambah
Friday Cairns Palm Island
Nipper, Long Jack, Rupert Coen Palm Island
Lorne Richmond Palm Island
Charlie (Babinda), Toby (Babinda), Innisfail Palm Island )
Willie Wilson, Dick Jennings, Innisfail Palm Island )
Charlie Aloomba Innisfail Palm Island )
Dan Kyle Silkwood Palm Island
Minnie Maytown Yarrabah
Rivet Cooktown Yarrabah
Waterloo Tommy Barambah Taroom
H/C femage aged 5 yrs Turn Off Lagoon Mapoon
Murdering Billy, Mundo, Pocket, Turn Off Lagoon Palm Island )
Murdering Jackie, Goggle Eye Toby Turn Off Lagoon Palm Island )
Joe Alva Downs Yarrabah
Leopold and his gin Jemima Rolleston Barambah
Eva Turner Yarrabah
Weribone Jack Taroom Barambah
Ben Lavers Charlotte Plains Taroom
Jauro (Jarro) Eidsvold Barambah
Ned Kelly Deebing Creek Taroom
Fred Albert Edington Deeral Cape Bedford
Natives removed from Halifax to Palm Island as listed below
King Louie (72)*, Fat Louie (54)*, Little Louie (60), Billy (61), Jimmy (60)*,
Simon (63), Kitty (59)*, Billy Gregory (61), Kitty (67), Kitty (49), Tommy (60),
Peter (63), Tommy Jackson (58), Kitty (53), Charlie Hives (40), Eleu (43), Rosie (40),
Charlie (69)*, Sam (60), Charlie (65), Tommy (34), Charley Chuck (40)*, Bob (51),
Lizzie (51), Annie (41), Eliza (32), Jimmy (50), Jenny (52)
* = marked dead
Dickie Alley Riverstone Cape Bedford
Natives removed from Hughenden to Yarrabah as listed below
Cork Harry, Billy, Maria Jeffries and husband Herbert and
their three young children
Polly Almaden Monamona
Lizzie Ingham Palm Island
Budge Darlow Tambo Barambah
Maud Morgan Tambo Taroom
Hinda Edmonton Yarrabah
Alick (11), Charlie (10), Ettie (10), Endeavour River Cape Dedford )
Major (10), Tommy (10) Endeavour River Cape Dedford )
Natives removed from Mossman to Yarrabah as listed below
Charley and his wife Minnie and their two children,
Douglas and his wives Maggie and Hilda and their three children
Minnie & her children Arthur & Alec, Gordonvale Palm Island )
Ida Thomas Gordonvale Palm Island )
Ted Barambah
Bally Byrnes Ebagoolah Yarrabah
Mary Jarret Myora Reserve Barambah
Ruby Pryke Atherton Yarrabah
Charlie Gordon Bowen Palm Island
Cocky, Biddy Ingham Palm Island
Charlie Fogarty Deebing Creek Taroom
Mickie Weebie Edmonton Yarrabah
Daisy Cloncurry Palm Island
Freddy Kenny, Coglan, Jackey Gunnawarra Stn Yarrabah
Ernest Williams and Brisbane Barambah )
Harry Baket (Arthur Conlon) Brisbane Barambah )
Ivy Bald Hills Cape Bedford
Dolly Cooktown Yarrabah
Natives removed from Victoria Downs to Palm Island as listed below
Charlie Savannah, two children aged 7 and ten years, Daisy Savannah (5 yrs)
Ruby and her child Katie (5) Cooktown Palm Island
Bob Lovelock and wife Maria Richmond Hospital Palm Island
Mary, Dimon, Bob and wife Nellie, Ayr Palm Island )
Nellie Patterson, Davey, Mary Ayr Palm Island )
Hughie (Hully) Normanton Palm Island
Billy Bondi Gilbert River Yarrabah
Natives to be detained at Yarrabah as listed below
Paddy and wife Mary Ann and their children Albert, Norman, Violet and Jessie
Natives removed from Coopers Creek Waterholes to Taroom as listed below
Doogie (38), Wilkie (21), Peter (54), Rosie (27), Child (12 mths),
Nappa Merrie Peter (39), Sam (50), Clara (54), Florrie (11), Johnny Williams (38)
Willie Doyle Innisfail Palm Island
Peter Williams Atherton Yarrabah
Stanley Cullen Atherton Yarrabah
Nancy (6), Peter (11) Kings Plains Cape Bedford
Natives removed from Atherton to Yarrabah as listed below
Willie Favier (28), Frank Davidson (10?), Gracie (57), Bob Gillumrobin (21),
Barnell (53), Dickie Godfrey (41), Lucy (41), Harry Wear (17), Jacky Arro (43),
Nellie Wongalie (47), Eva Baker (10), Charlie Peak (60), Charlie Warambie (62),
Jimmy Urgin (30), Goney (6), Polly Santo (52), Jacky Manka (50),
Dickie Wee Wee (35), Ruby (40), Tommy Kittie (45), Byron (60), Jimmy (62),
Kitty (60), Bessie (50), Annie Abella (40), Sarah Barlow (25), Stanley Cullen (9),
Peter Williams (10)
Spider Turn Off Lagoon Mornington Island
Aggie Fossilbrook Palm Island
Arthur Cooktown Cloncurry Palm Island
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Removals 1920
HOM/B54 Queensland State Archives
Removals 1920
HOM/B56 Queensland State Archives
Name and Details Removed From To
Aggie Fossilbrook PI
Bijelle & children Ethel & Rosie Nebo PI
Billy Weaver Selwyn PI
Elsie, Doreen Yacamunda Stn PI
Bunda Goolburrum BA
Arthur Conlon Barambah TA
William Cummings Gayndah BA
Felicia Mabuiag Is PI
Tommy Lame Yungaburra Y
Rosey Buck, Billy Buck Townsville PI
Brooker Mt Garnet Y
Cobbo, Mabel Cobbo, Ronald Cobbo Gayndah BA
Tommy Smyth Herberton Y
Arthur East Gilbert River Y
Chism Kidston Y
Alick Riley, Topsy Riley Southport/Brisbane BA
Peter Byers Longreach BA
Niggir McDonald Brisbane BA
Alice Emerald BA
Sheila, Hector Mungana Y
Leo Walsh CB
M Gela, L Gela, J Gela, I Gela Pialba BA
Nancy Cairns PI
Keechamp family Maytown PI
Duncan Daniells Talwood BA
Harry Coen PI
Bob Jeffries, protest against removal
Georgie and mother Yelversoft Stn PI
Cecil Euroka Springs PI
May Smallwood Ayr PI
Bob Sela, Charlie Sela, recommend removal be deferred
Rob or Bob Laura PI
Romeo Mackay Hospital PI
Bob Nixon, Milly Cooktown Y
Flora Duck, Rosie Duck, protest against removal from Nebo
Murdering Tommy Burketown Y
Daisy Cloncurry Y
Florrie Kemp Rockhampton BA
Topsy Neary Frazers Island BA
Bijelli and 2 daughters Nebo PI
Maud Saunders and 3 children Tinnenburra TA
William Murray Townsville Y
John Johnson @ Johnny Doolan Emerald BA
Billy Barlow Targa PI
Willie Sandy Dagworth Stn PI
William Donaldson Palm Island Y
Arthur Braikenridge Mossman PI
John Gala, Pialba, protests against the removal of his two youngest children
Albert Fred Edington, asks for his return from Cape Bedford
Tommy Bobby Coomera BA
Tommy Smyth Herberton Y
Linda Gilliat PI
Maud Gundy Toowoomba BA
Minnie Bond Barambah TA
Charley Brodie, wants reasons for his removal
Pompey Townsville PI
Lily Smith Selheim PI
Willie Nuggin Myora BA
Ida Coleman Brisbane BA
Willie Goram, recommend detention at Barambah
Donkey, Topsy Emerald BA
Unnamed gin of 60 years Hughenden PI
Charlie Moreton Myora BA
George, Rhoda Coen PI
Topsy, that she be allowed to return to her husband at Frazers Island
George Charlie, wife and child Deebing Creek TA
Tappo Cairns Gaol PI
Jack Cloncurry PI
Bessie Hughenden PI
Broncho, asks for release from Mission station
Joe Salmon Ayr PI
Jackie, Maggie Gordonvale PI
Junilee Croydon Hosp Y
Lucy, Lena, Polly, Sandy Fishery Creek PI
Ossie Dick, Raby Dick (wife) Barambah TA
Dora Tanna Edmonton PI
George Duringee Cairns PI
Harry Marks Cairns PI
Jimmy Captain Mackay PI
Daisy, Nancy Teneriffe PU
Garry Owen and 5 children Pialba BA
Tommy Maund, Roger, Biddie, Charabuka PI
Billy Hayes Townsville PI
Robin & family, Brady & family Walsh River PI
Wild Jemmy Kirrama PI
Albert Paroo River TA
Billy Wandoorah BA
Charlie Duaringa BA
Dolo and 6 others Strathleven Stn PI
Tommy Buck Barambah TA
Sunday Thompson, Bob Betheridge Batavia Goldfield PI
Edward Mitchell, Lucy Mitchell & 3 children Goondiwindi TA
Bob Gillumrobin and 13 others, deserters from Yarrabah to Palm Is
Andrew & wife, Sandy Mackay PI
Hooligan, Alick, Jackson, Tommy Cardwell PI
Sandy Walker, wife and 5 children Mitchell TA
Robinson, Ned Tin Creek PI
Beaty, for release of her son from Taroom
Jimmy Daylight Cleveland DC
Charlie Snider and family Maytown PI
Tom Play, Alice Khaki, Billy Emmerson Gaynday BA
Lava Valley of Lagoons PI
Gidee, Tommy Kitty Atherton PI
Arm Jack Thursday Island PI
Margery Coochie Rocky Springs BA
Florrie, Phillis Gainsford Charters Towers PI
Limerick Jericho BA
Jim Fisher Barambah TA
Scratcher Emerald TA
Peter Duchess PI
Rosey Thompson, Annie Thompson Coen PI
Jimmy Percy Yarraden PI
Harry Albert Barambah TA
Clarence Cairns PI
Long Tommy and 3 others Yarraden (Coen) PI
Annie Townsville PI
Mary Ann Atherton PI
George, Sandy, George Townsville PI
Thomas Dalton and family Cleveland TA
Expenses for removal of 5 Aborigines Turn Off Lagoon PI
12 Aborigines Townsville PI
5 Aborigines Koolburra PI
7 Aborigines Hawkswood BA
Open Order for Aborigines from Old Hull River Settlement to Palm Island
7 Aborigines Babinda PI
15 Aborigines Ingham PI
Removal of Aborigines from Bald Hills, Cooktown, to Cape Bedford
14 Aborigines Deebing Creek
Removals 1920 (did not appear in Queensland Aboriginal Notes)
Name Removed From To
Pluto No 1 Ayr Palm Island
Billy Weaver Selwyn Palm Island
Bijelli or Flora Dim Duck and her Nebo Palm Island )
children Ethel (14) and Rosie (6) Nebo Palm Island )
Bunda Goolburrum Barambah
Elsie (12), Doreen (6) Yacamunda Stn Palm Island
Willie Cummings Gayndah Barambah
Arthur Conlon Barambah Taroom
Felicia Mabuiag Island Yarrabah
Tommy Lame Yungaburra Yarrabah
Brooker alias Broncho Mt Garnet Yarrabah
Natives removed from Townsville to Palm Island as follows
William Anderson, Jessie Anderson and child, Kitty, Nellie Tanner, Jimmy White, Jennie White,
King Billy, Tommy, Old Peter, Tommy Braven, Willie Tungaroo
Rosey, Billy Buck Townsville Palm Island
Cobbo & wife Mabel & child Ronald Gayndah Barambah
Tommy Smyth Herberton Yarrabah
Arthur East (8) Gilbert River Yarrabah
Peter Byers Longreach Barambah
Alick Riley Southport Barambah
Topsy Riley Brisbane Barambah
Niger McDonald Brisbane Gaol Barambah
Sheile (H/C, 6), Hector (Abor, 4) Mungana Yarrabah
Leo Walsh Cape Bedford
Alice Emerald Barambah
Myrtle Gela (18), Lottie Gela (17), Pialba Barambah )
Joe Gela (11), Ivy Gela (8) Pialba Barambah )
Nancy Cairns Palm Island
Natives removed from Maytown to Palm Island as follows
Tommy Keechamp and his wife Nellie and their children Annie, Arthur, George, Maudie,
Spider Keechamp (H/C)
Nellie (50), child (5 mths), Koolburra Paul Island )
Larry (15), Jack (55), Lucy (50) Koolburra Paul Island )
Duncan Daniells Talwood Barambah
Harry Coen Palm Island
George and his mother Yelvertoft Stn Palm Island
Natives removed from Hawkwood to Barambah as follows
Sid Williams and wife Lizzie and children Albert (14), Bessie (12), Sid (10),
May (8), Kitty (7) and Mary (5)
Bob Johnson, Billey Davey, Henry Hart, Watcho and wife and child Doris,
Old Maggie, Coolan
Cecil Euroka Springs Palm Island
May Smallwood Ayr Palm Island
Bob Laura Palm Island
Bob Dixon, Milly Cooktown Palm Island
Romeo Mackay Hospital Palm Island
Florrie Kemp Rockhampton Barambah
Murdering Tommy Burketown Yarrabah
Daisy (6) Cloncurry Yarrabah
Natives removed from Innisfail and Cardwell to Palm Island as follows
Tommy, Spider, Nellie *, Kitty *, Biddy, Chuckie *, Rose 1, Rose 2, Charlie Churriman (35),
Tommy Springcart (20), Billy Ginger (23), Paddy Chogur (17), Nellie Rag (35), Johnny Manngun (22),
Johnny Irgoraman (25), Willie Ingham (35), Charlie Mailman (60), Yankey Charlie (50), Nellie (45),
Fred Elmurra (22) *, Tommy Jarquin (17), Joe Kingin (26), Maggie (17), Toby Smoko alias Toby Hutchinson (25),
Bob (30) *, Pollie (35), Poppett (22), Redbill (50), Minnie (48), Tommy weebill (35), Johnny Mickey (55) *,
Tommy Chinga Chinga (..), Lizzie Chinga (35), Robie or Robben, Billy, Jimmy Monaia otherwise Jimmy One Eye,
Nellie, Tommy One Eye, Bob *, Nellie *, Chuckie *, Jack Bunting, Kitty *, Rosie, Jimmy Wairuna
Topsy Neary Frasers Island Barambah
Maud Saunders and 3 children, also 4th Tinenburra Taroom )
child & old abor Caroline Saunders Tinenburra Taroom )
Frank Murray Townsville Yarrabah
William Donaldson Palm Island Yarrabah
Sandy Willie Dagworth Stn Palm Island
Arthur Brackenridge Mossman Palm Island
Billy Barlow Targa Palm Island
Johnson alias Johnny Doolan Barambah
Tommy Bobby Coomera Barambah
Tommy Smyth Herberton Yarrabah
Linda (8) Gilliat Palm Island
Natives removed from Babinda to Palm Island as follows
Jimmy Lalley and wife Mary Ann, Jackey Barringa, Jackey Nugent,
Dick and his wife Nellie, child Jack (their children)
Maud Gundy Cooyar Barambah
Minnie Bond and her children Barambah Taroom )
Percy, Rosie and Arthur Barambah Taroom )
Lily Smith and her child (2 1/2 yrs) Sellheim Palm Island
Pompey Townsville Palm Island
Willie Nuggin and wife Maud and Myora Reserve Barambah (deferred) )
children Tom (10) and baby (3, female) Myora Reserve Barambah (deferred) )
Ida Coleman and her child Dick Brisbane Barambah
Donkey and wife Topsy Emerald Barambah
Willie Goram Barambah
Female abor 50 - 60 yrs Hughenden Palm Island
Charlie Moreton Jnr Myora Reserve Barambah
George and wife Rhoda Weipa Mission Palm Island
Tappo Cairns Gaol Palm Island
Charlie George and wife Katie Deebing Creek Taroom )
and son Norman Deebing Creek Taroom )
Bessie Hughenden Palm Island
Jack Cloncurry Palm Island
Jubilee Croydon Hospital Yarrabah
Joe Salmon Ayr Palm Island
Ossie Dick and wife Raby Barambah Taroom
Jacky, Maggie Gordonvale Palm Island
Lucy, Lena, Polly, Sandy Fishery Creek Palm Island
Dora Tanna Edmonton Palm Island
Harry Marks Cairns Palm Island
George Duringee Cairns Palm Island
Jimmy Captain Mackay Palm Island
Daisy (19), Nancy (10) Teneriffe Purga
Paddy Maunds, Tommy Roger, Ravenshoe Camp Palm Island )
Tommy Biddie, Charlie Churabaka Ravenshoe Camp Palm Island )
Billy Hayes Townsville Palm Island
Garry Owen, Margaret (17), Edie (13), Pialba Barambah )
Celilia (11), Isaac (5), Willie (3) Pialba Barambah )
Natives removed from Pialba to Barambah as follows
Robin and his wife and her children Nellie H/C (11) and Gracie H/C (9)
Brady and his wife and child
Wild Jimmy Kirrama Palm Island
Charlie Duaringa Barambah
Billy Wandoorah-Toorilla Barambah
Albert Paroo River Taroom
Natives removed from Strathleven Station to Palm Island as follows
Dolo, Rosie Rosendale, Amy H/C, Robin, Maudie and her daughters Gracie H/C and Nellie H/C
Tommy Buck Barambah Taroom
Sunday Thompson, Bob Betridge Batavia Gold Field Palm Island
Andrew and wife Janie?, Sambo Mackay Palm Island
Natives removed from Atherton to Palm Island as follows
Bob Gillumrobin, Jimmy Urgin, Byron, Dickie Wee Wee, Dickie Godfrey, Willie Favier,
Jackey Manka, Polly Sunto, Charlie Peak, Barnell, Charlie Warrambie, Ruby, Kitty,
Tommy Lame, Lucy (wife of Dickie Wee Wee)
Edward Mitchell and wife Lucy and Goondiwindi Taroom )
children Doris (11), Jack (7) and Goondiwindi Taroom )
?2 other children Goondiwindi Taroom )
Hoolican, Alick, Jack, Tommy Cardwell Palm Island
Sandy Walker's wife and 5 children Mitchell Taroom
Robinson, Ned Tin Creek Palm Island
Jimmy Daylight Purga
Charlie Snider and wife Annie and Maytown Palm Island )
children Bobie, Silas & baby (5 mths) Maytown Palm Island )
Ton Hay (... wife), Allie Khaki and Gayndah Barambah ]
her husband Billy Emmerson and Gayndah Barambah ]
their infant child Gayndah Barambah ]
Lava Valley of Lagoons Palm Island
Grace, Tommy Kitty Atherton Palm Island
Arm Jack Thursday Island Palm Island
Margery Coochie and infant son Rocky Springs Barambah
Open Order names Bald Hills Cape Bedford
Scratcher Emerald Barambah
Jimmy Fisher Barambah Taroom
Peter Duchess Palm Island
Jimmy Percy Yarraden Palm Island
Harry Albert Barambah Taroom
Clarence Cairns Palm Island
Long Tommy, Georgie One Eye, Yarraden Palm Island )
Billy Kulburra, George Doherty Yarraden Palm Island )
Annie Townsville Palm Island
Natives removed from Ingham to Palm Island as follows
Tommy, Harry, Norman, Fred Coldwater, Jimmie, Tommy Bennie, Flanagan,
Sam, Rodger, Jonnie, Alice, Annie, Fred, Harry No 2
Florrie, Phillis Gainsford Charters Towers Palm Island
Limerick Jericho Barambah
Natives to be detained at Purga as follows
Dick Richards and his wife Florrie and their children Randal, Makery and McLennon,
Andrew Richards and his wife Jessie and their children Leslie, Milda and Andrew,
Harry Thompson and children Douglas, Charlie and Vida
Rosey Thompson, Annie Coen Palm Island
George, Sandy, George Townsville Palm Island
Mary Ann Hughes, Nellie Solomon Atherton Palm Island
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Home Office, Registers of Letters Received
Removals 1921
HOM/B58 Queensland State Archives
Removals 1921
Name and Details Removed From To
Elsie, Doreen (both Half-caste) Yacamunda Stn PI (Cost of conveyance twenty one pounds)
Edward Mitchell Talwood TA
Bobby Sth Comongin Stn TA
Norman Mosman, Charlie Mosman Richmond PI
Billy Malone Dalby Barambah TA
Willie Murrie Ingham PI
Mareja Doolah Thursday Is DI
Constable T Smith, claim for supplying rations to Aborigines
Weary Willie Laura (Mt Garnet) PI
Normanton Dick St Helena BA
Albert Mummin Rockhampton BA
Jessie Tanna, Cissy Tanna, Herbert Tanna Gladstone BA
Cobbo Williams, Billy Bundi Taroom BA
Little Dick, George McDermott Nocundra TA
Sambo, Billy, and 4 others Laura PI
Frank Rawbelle and 9 others Hawkwood TA
12 Aborigines Georgetown PI
Polly Holdsworth Cooktown PI
Frank Pickles, wife and 2 children Cairns PI
Paddy Millchester Stewarts Ck PI
Willie Solomon Cairns Gaol PI
George Long, Jimmy, Peter, Ned Thornbury Stn PI
Peter, Lefthand Billy Mt Surprise PI
Cora Emmerson Proserpine PI
Gordon Carter Duaringa BA
Arthur of Gordonvale. A Lock complains boy is being hounded by Police
Hector Stewarts Ck PI
16 Murray Island natives PI
Tiger Glengyle Stn TA
Choloie Ingham PI
Mrs Emmerson, petition from residents of Proserpine against her removal to Palm Island
Ruth Kuren Chand Cairns PI
Frank Wolfgram Normanton PI
Jimmy Gibson, wife and child Birdsville PI
Coby Nesbitt River Y
Georgy, Mathy, Jack Port Stewart Y
Arthur Conlon Barambah TA
Hannah Mackay PI
Jacky Arro Atherton PI
Jimmy Breeza and wife Lakefield PI
Lizzie Carroll, Essie Carroll Lockinvar Stn PI
Justene Billy, to be detained at Palm Island
Tommy Huddy and wife Coen PI
Susy Kendall River PI
Polly, Biddy Batavia PI
Bob Tommy Tommy Goondiwindi TA
Louisa Darnley Is Y
Charlie, Bella Cooktown PI
Billy Wilson, wife and children St Lawrence PI
Nancy Beechal Stn TA
Etheridge, Jackey, Finnegan, Billy London Georgetown PI
Harry White Rockhampton BA
Florrie Cooktown CB
Jimmy Garvey, wife and children, Lily Gayton Barambah TA
Lawrence Davey Ravenswood Jn PI
Paddy Flynn St Helena PI
Pansy Davis, Hazel Davis, Edgar Davis, Kathleen Edmonton MM
Friday Mackay PI
Mailman , Dick Laura CB
42 Aborigines from Banyan and Silkwood Camps, Cardwell district to Palm Island. Cost twenty one pounds.
Albert Blackman Rockhampton BA
Willie Tolga MM
14 Aborigines from Tomas Stn, Mitchell to Taroom
Nosey Alick Stone River PI
Charlie Armitage Townsville PI
Johnson Thursday Island PI
Mrs Julia Assam and 4 others Cloncurry PI
Hammond Island Natives protest against removal to Adam Island
Charlie McQuaker Mt Surprise PI
Willie Duke, Nellie Duke Richmond PI
Toby Laura CB
18 Aborigines from Mitchell to Taroom and Mingha Cossack and Nellie
Murdering Tommy Cairns PI
Benny, Billy Davis Townsville PI
Sam Proserpine PI
9 Aborigines Bowen PI
Paddy Ah Bue, Willie Ah Bue and wives Maytown Y
Eliza Cairns PI
John Cabbo Gayndah BA
Lena, Tommie Laura Y
Jacky Heinemann Coen PI
Aggie Roberts and child Myora BA
Katie Welch Mundubbera BA
Paddy Flynn Palm Island Y
Maggie Narrison, complaint by her husband Willie Narrison about her
removal from Bowen to Palm Island
Sambo Cape York PI
Diamond Harry Gin Gin BA
Captain, Peter Lefthand, Paddy Kendall River PI
20 Aborigines Cooktown CB
Jimmy Lena, Frank Cape York PI
Willie Douglas, Jenny Mt Carbine PI
Maudie Gundy Blackbutt BA
Charlotte and 3 others Forest Vale Stn TA
10 Aborigines Batavia & Tin Cks Y
Harry Skeen Cairns PI
Zachariah Mabuiag Is PI
Minga Mitchell River BA
Moonlight, wife and family Mitchell TA
Lottie Croydon, Tom Croydon Rockhampton BA
Edward Moreton Purga BA
Dan Coleman Townsville Gaol MM
Rokeby Sam, Jackson, Henry, Sullivan Watson River PI
10 Aborigines Stone River PI
Removals 1921 (did not appear in Queensland Aboriginal Notes)
Name Removed From To
Natives removed from Cleveland to Taroom as follows
Thomas Dalton, wife Lizzie and their daughter Nellie and her illegitimate
child (4 mths) and their daughter Mary (3 yrs)
Edward Mitchell Talwood Taroom
Bobby South Comongin Stn Taroom
Norman Mosman and Charlie Mosman Richmond Palm Island
Billy Malone Dalby Barambah Taroom
Willie Murrie Ingham Palm Island
Mareja Doolah Thursday Island Darnley Island
Dick Normanton St Helena Barambah
Weary Willie Lava District Palm Island
Jessie Tanna, Cissy Tanna (mother), Gladstone Barambah )
Herbert Tanna (3) Gladstone Barambah )
Albert Mummin Rockhampton Barambah
Cobbo Williams, Billy Buddi Taroom Barambah
Little Dick, George McDermott Nocundra Taroom
Sambo, Billy, Sarah, Nellie, Laura Palm Island )
Young Nellie, Topsy Laura Palm Island )
Natives to be detained at Taroom as follows
Frank Rawbelle, Willie Jones, Molly Jones, Willie Healy, Sammy, Mate Mate, Dolly Mate Mate,
Old Frank Fanning, Walter Barney, Mate Mate's five children
Polly Holdsworth Cooktown Palm Island
Natives removed from Georgetown to Palm Island as follows
Tommy (Gaol Bird), Long Tommy (Policeman), Nellie, Minnie, Lucy, Friday (alias Billy),
Jimmy (alias Alick), Crankey Johnny, Tottie H/C, Mary Ann, Jacky Warner and his wife Bubly
Frank Pickles, wife Eva and children Cairns Palm Island )
Frank (5) and Steve (3 or 4) Cairns Palm Island )
Paddy Millchester Stewarts Ck Gaol Palm Island
Willie Solomon Cairns Gaol Palm Island
George Long, Jimmy, Peter, Ned Thornbury Stn Palm Island
Peter, Lefthand Billy Mt Surprise Palm Island
Cora Emmerson Proserpine Palm Island
Gordon Carter Duaringa Barambah
Hector Stewart Ck Gaol Palm Island
Choie Ingham Palm Island
Tiger Glengyle Stn Taroom
Ruth Kuren Chand Cairns Palm Island
Natives removed from Murray Island to Palm Island as follows
Sabon, Boney, Golge, Wailo, Esaka, Fred, Munday, Wagoon, Naina, Pedio,
Jauna, Sweeney, Samuel and wife, Maitaiki, Topon
Frank Wolfgram Normanton Palm Island
Coby H/C female (14) Nesbit River Yarrabah
George (12), Matty (13), Jack (12) Port Stewart Yarrabah (Matty & Jack same person)
Jacky Arro Atherton Palm Island
Arthur Conlon Barambah Taroom
Jimmy Gibson, wife Annie & their child Bairdsville Gold. Palm Island
Hannah Mackay Palm Island
Jimmy Breeza (Balzer) and wife Minnie Lakefield Palm Island
May Coulahan Brisbane Purga
Billy Instene Palm Island
Lizzie Carroll (6), Cissie Carroll (4) Lockinvar Stn Cape Bedford
Polly (22), her H/C daughter (12 mths) Batavia Palm Island )
and Biddy (18) Batavia Palm Island )
Susy (20) Kendal River Palm Island
Tommy Huddy and wife Molly Coen Palm Island
Bob Tommy Tommy Goondiwindi Taroom
Louisa Darnley Island Yarrabah
Charlie, Bella Cooktown Palm Island
Nancy Beechal Stn Taroom
Billy Wilson, wife & 4 children St Lawrence Palm Island
Harry White Rockhampton Barambah
Etheridge, Jacky Fraser, Finnegan, Georgetown Palm Island )
Billy Loudon Georgetown Palm Island )
Florrie (6) Cooktown Cape Bedford
Jimmy Garvey, wife Violet and their 3 Barambah Taroom )
children, Lily Gayton Barambah Taroom )
Davey Lawrence, wife & children Ravenswood Palm Island
Paddy Flynn St Helena Palm Island
Pansy Davis (11), Hazel Davis (10), Edmonton Mona Mona )
Edgar Davis (5), Kathleen (2 1/2) Edmonton Mona Mona )
Friday Mackay Palm Island
Mailman (11), Dick (11) Laura Cape Bedford
Albert Blackman Rockhampton Barambah
Natives removed from Toomoo Station to Taroom as follows
(Bluey (80), Hector (80), Daisy (85), Brandy (90), Lizzie (Lucy) (90), Jackson (80), Nellie (80),
Eliza Roberts (60) and her 2 children a boy (6) and a girl (14),
Tilly Roberts (26) and her children Chira (3) and Marcus (2) and Archer (1)
Willie (10) Tolga Monamona
Nosey Alick Stone River Palm Island
Removal Order Banyan and Silkwood Natives
Charlie Armitage Townsville Palm Island
Johnson Thursday Island Palm Island
Natives removed from Cloncurry to Palm Island as follows
Mrs Lulu Assam (26), her male child (6 weeks), Katie Assam (12),
Emily (20) and her daughter (4)
Charlie McQuaker Mt Surprise Palm Island
Benny and Billy Davis Townsville Palm Island
Natives removed from Mitchell to Taroom as follows
(Albert (30) and Gracie (23) and their two children 18 mths and 2 yrs,
Pene (22) and her child 8 months, Ida (50), Harry Corbett (60)
Toby Laura Cape Bedford
Willie Duke and wife Nellie Duke Richmond Palm Island
Sam Proserpine Palm Island
Natives removed from Bowen to Palm Island as follows
Toby Bowen, Jacko, Billy Waite, Jack Bowen, Nellie, Lily, Maggie, Maggie, Andrew
Paddy Ah Bue and wife and son, Maytown Yarrabah )
Willie Ah Bue and son Maytown Yarrabah )
John Cabbo Gayndah Barambah
Eliza Cairns Palm Island
Lena, Tommie Laura Yarrabah (Lena since sent to Palm Island)
Jackey Heinemann Coen Palm Island
Katie Welsh Mundubbera Barambah
Aggie Roberts & son Claudie (2) Myora Barambah
Tommy Cherry, Tommy Sperritt, Cooktown Palm Island )
Eileen, Lena, Maggie Cooktown Palm Island )
Willie Munro, Dick Manning Mt Mulligan Mona Mona
Sambo Cape York Palm Island
Garry Diamond Gin Gin Barambah
Captain, Peter Lefthand, Paddy Kendall River Palm Island
Minga, Cossick, Nellie Mitchell Taroom
Jimmy Lena, Frank Cape York Palm Island
Natives removed from Cooktown to Cape Bedford as follows
Eileen (25), George Baru (30), Maudie (26), Bauai (40), Kitty (36),
Ganggal (2), Harry (ex-Trooper) (50), Sarah (52), Jackie (Red Point) (54),
Clara (58), Chrristie (55), Jimmy (58), Toby (50), Charlie (40),
Jackie Wallace (22), Ngalngor (50), Alice (22), Ngolanego (21),
Dalngaiga (54), Rosie (60), Jackie Bullfrog (32), Tiger (28),
Charlie Webb (36), Tommy (32), Jack (38), Andy (45), Clara (34),
Clara (28), Dala (50)
Natives removed from Batavia and Tin Creek to Yarrabah as follows
Mary Ann, Rose Ann, Kitty Pluto, Lizzy, H/C child, Nancy, Mick (female),
Annie, Little Annie, Maggie Williamson, Sambo H/C, Paddy (female),
Emily, Sullivan, Jackie Fat, Charlie, Dick, Bob Whelan, Friday Wilson
Harry Skeen Cairns Palm Island
Minga Mitchell Hospital Barambah
Moonlight, wife Stella and children Mitchell Taroom )
Sweenie (6) and Alice (2) Mitchell Taroom )
Lottie Croydon and husband Tom Rockhampton Barambah
Edward Moreton Purga Barambah
Zachariah Mabuiag Island Palm Island
Dan Coleman Townsville Mona Mona
Rokeby Sam, Jackson, Henry, Sullivan Watson River Palm Island
Natives to be detained at Palm Island
Jimmy, Willie, Ralph, Billy Thomas, Billy Barlow, Old Man Willie,
Old Man Billy, Sam, Frank Comba, Diado
Natives removed from BBanyan and Silkwood Camps to Palm Island as follows
Toby and wife, Billy Six Fingers, Jack Bunting, Maggie, Nellie,
Kitty and Norman, Dilly Boy, Maggie, Polly, Lily, Fat Jimmy,
Old Moody, Jimmy Meehan, Bob, Margee, Billy Barlow, Rosie, Old Tommy,
Emma, Broken Mouth Billy, Jimmy Toumi, Maggie, Maggie, Johnny, 6 babies,
Kitty, Rosie, Nellie Queenslander, Tommy, Billie One Pound, Paddy,
Tommy Niooda, Tommy Beechoro, Tommy Ginbin, Nellie
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Removals 1922
HOM/B60 Queensland State Archives
Removals 1922
Name and Details Removed From To
Mornington Dick St Helena Gaol PI (Prisioner. To go to Palm Island on release.)
Boomera Bob St Helena Gaol Y (Prisioner. To go to yarrabah on release.)
Jacob St Helena Gaol TA (Prisioner. To go to Taroom on release.)
Joe, Toby Hutchinson, Billy Ginger St Helena Gaol Y (Prisioners)
Billy King, Charley Oakey, Charlie Maua St Helena Gaol PI (Prisioners)
Dan Coleman Stewarts Ck Gaol MM (Prisioner. To go to Mona Mona on release.)
Thomas Coogan Tambo B (Unable to work)
Willie Moffat Cardwell PI (For his own benefit)
Tiger Jimmy Charters Towers PI (Almost blind)
Frank Wilson, Maggie Wilson Port Douglas PI (Agitators)
Lena of Palm Island. Detention Order to be under the authority of the Superintendent)
Topsy Lovell Yaamba B (Admitted prostitute)
William Alberts, wife and 5 children Gladstone B (In poor circumstances)
Violet Lennie Mitchell TA (Incorrigible and uncontrollable)
Noble, Mary, Laura Laura B (Making mischief among Aborigines)
Bob Dixon, Leslie, Billy Vance, Edwin Cairns PI (Deserters from Yarrabah)
Tiger Thornton, recommend cancellation of order 21. 4.1921
Tommy Campbell Tanby Creek PI (Suffers from delusions)
Eight Aborigines Georgetown PI (Prevent other boys from working)
Hammond Island natives protesting against removal
Zachariah. Recommend removal order be held in abeyance for 12 months.
George Romelo, Willie Wockol, Maggie Townsville PI (Incorrigible)
Harry Ambrym Townsville Y (Released from Jail)
Tommy Dodd Normanton Gaol PI (Undesirable)
Tommy Toy Maytown Y (------- (illegible))
Billy Bowen Taroom B (Confirmed agitator)
Charlie Kangaroo, Mickey Kangaroo Laura Y }
Topsy Kangaroo and children Laura Y }
Jacky Woods, Willie, Big Sandy South Johnstone PI ]
Nellie, Tommy and 5 others South Johnstone PI ]
Larry Manning, wife and children Thornborough Y
Billy Bowen, for authority Mr College, going on leave, to escort to Brisbane
Peter Williams Barambah TA (For his own protection)
Peter Burns (aka Peter) Thornborough (About removal of J Burns)
Cissy Alberts, about removal of Mrs Alberts and family from Murray's Creek to Barambah)
Tommy Bumban Innisfail PI (Suffers from delusions)
Dick Maytown CB (Half-caste aged 10 years. To receive schooling.)
Harry Laura CB (Aged 12 years. To receive schooling.)
Billy Malone, Harry Albert Brisbane BA (Deserters from Taroom)
Paddy Brooks, Joe Phinea Millaa Millaa Y (Very Quarrelsome)
Hector Foot Laura CB (To receive schooling)
Willie Burns Port Douglas PI (Much addicted to drink)
Albert Mossman PI (Addicted to drink)
Billy Mango, Nancy , Peter Maytown PI (Addicted to stealing)
Jim Bush, seven Aborigines, etc Coen PI (For their own good)
Dick Manning Mt Mulligan PI (Old, order amended)
Dick Props Mackay B (Lazy and useless)
Cecil Jack Augathella TA (Dangerous and lazy)
Charlie Archer Point, Old Charlie, Tommy Sugar, George Miro, all prisioners. Suggestion by
Brown Prosecutor, Cooktown, that they be removed to Palm Island
Harry Springer Ewan Stn B (Threatening folk and spying)
Frank Murray Cairns PI (Escapee from Yarrabah)
Brumby, wife and child Mt Molloy PI (Does not work. Suspected cattle stealing.)
Roy Fogarty Purga B (Causes considerable trouble)
Peter Constant Port Stewart PI (Repeated acts of stealing)
Jerry Barney Townsville PI (At present serving sentence for stealing)
Jack, Jonathan Longreach PI (Perfect larrakin, too old to work)
Annie Queary Dirranbandi B (Has a bad character)
Bird Weengallon TA (Will not work)
Maggie, Walter Laura Y (Prostitute, for schooling)
Billy May, Harry Coen Herberton Y (Stealing)
Junie and her child Cargoon Stn PI (For their protection)
Jacky Wilson, Dinah and child St Lawrence PI (A source of annoyance)
George Barry and wife Cape Bedford PI }
Trooper Harry and wife Cape Bedford PI } (Causing trouble)
Leonard and family Cape Bedford PI }
Willie Barney Barambah PI (Refusing to work)
Tippo, Julia Ingham PI (Trading his gin for immoral purposes)
Goonta Goondiwindi TA (Defies authority)
Jack Combo, Eva Combo and family, Gayndah B } (Loafers)
Alf Combo Gayndah B } (Loafers)
Sambo and four others, absconders from Palm Island. To be returned.
Horace, wife and children Myora TA (Destitute and undesirable)
Alick Gibson Mungindi B (Deserter)
Eveline Joker Mitchell TA (As no one will employ her. Thief, etc.)
Tommy Watson, Winnie Watson Longreach PI (Wasters, lazy, etc)
Tiger, Tommy, Kitty Cooktown PI (Would desert from Cape Bedford)
Mary Emerald B (Utterly immoral)
Lily Parker and three children Cargoon Stn Y (For her own protection)
Frank Peterson Ingham PI (A drunkard and bad example)
Frank Stephens Cooktown PI (Blucher murder case)
Willie, Willie Dan Coen PI (Cattle killing and for his own good)
Ruby Johnson, has had 2 illegitimate children while in the employ of Mrs J H Kerr of Cunnamulla.
Recommends removal order be carried out.
Ethel Hooper, Cunnamulla. Protest against removal to a mission from his employ
Norman Kenny, Billy Noble Laura CB & Y (For schooling, etc)
Printa Sambo, and three children Hughenden PI (By his own wish)
Sam, Alice Blackall B (Loose moral character)
Nellie Moran Cairns Y (To receive schooling)
Murray Cunnamulla TA (Destitute)
Paddy Morrell Innisfail PI (Obscene language)
Florrie Daradgee Innisfail PI (For her own protection)
Mickie Weebie Cairns PI (Drunkenness. Escapee from Yarrabah.)
Stanley William Brown, Mary Brown Beaudesert TA (Indecent exposure)
Tommy Chapman, wife and 2 children Mt Molloy PI (Will not work)
Henry, Betty Gilbert River PI (Diseased. To receive medical attetion.)
Joe Ellis Townsville PI (Causes dissension amongst Aboriginals)
Fifteen Aborigines Cloncurry PI (Loafers, agitators, prostitutes, etc)
Davey Collins Barambah TA (Deserter to be removed and dealt with)
Willie Sloan, Tottie (Norah) Georgetown PI (Addicted to drink)
Donny Moss, Barambah. Formal order to legalise detention of.
Nebo Raper Townsville PI (Neglected. Just out of Hospital.)
Lucy Pease Yungaburra Y (Bad influence and misconduct)
Dick Cairns PI (Cannot work because of ill health)
Peter Jackson, Nellie Jackson Mt Carbine PI (Assaulting his employer)
Frank Martin Bundaberg TA (Not working, drinking)
Tommy Watson, Minnie Watson Aramac B (Lazy and impudent)
Lily Parker, Pentland. Asks to delay removal of.
Jack, Mewa, Annie and child Innisfail & Goondi PI (Stealing and addicted to opium)
Milo Blackall B (For his own benefit)
Dolly Cairns Y (For her own benefit)
Paddy Black, Colin No 1 Townsville PI (Will not sign on)
Seven children Georgetown Y (To receive schooling)
Jimmy Gunnawarra Stn PI (Bad tempered and abusive)
Removals 1922 (did not appear in Queensland Aboriginal Notes)
Name Removed From To
Thomas Coogan Tambo Barambah
Dick Mornington St Helena Gaol Palm Island
Billy King, Charlie Oakey, Charlie Maria St Helena Gaol Palm Island
Boomera Bob Stewarts Creek Yarrabah
Jacob St Helena Prison Taroom
Joe, Toby Hutchinson, Billy Ginger St Helena Gaol Yarrabah
Willie Moffatt Cardwell Palm Island
Tiger Jimmy Charters Towers Palm Island
Frank Wilson and wife Maggie Port Douglas Palm Island
Lena Palm Island
Topsy Lovell Yaamba Barambah
William Alberts, his wife and children Gladstone Barambah )
Henry (13), Jack (11), Billy (5), Gladstone Barambah )
Fred (2) and Alice (1) Gladstone Barambah )
Violet Lennie Mitchell Taroom
Noble, Mary, Laura (child) Laura Yarrabah
Bob Dixon, Leslie, Billy Vance, Edwin Cairns Palm Island
Natives removed from Georgetown to Palm Island as follows
Monday and his wife Lilly, Sam Smith, Cranky Johnnie, Billy @ Moggill,
Charlie Yellow, Long Tommy and his wife Lucy
Tommy Campbell Tanby Creek Barambah
George Romelo (16), Willie Wockol (24), Townsville Palm Island )
Maggie Townsville Palm Island )
Harry Ambrym Townsville Yarrabah
Tommy Dodd Police Gaol Palm Island
Tommy Toy Maytown Yarrabah
Natives removed from Laura to Yarrabah as follows
Charlie Kangaroo, Mickie Kangaroo and his wife Topsy and their children
Daisy (8), Elder (6) and Pero (2 1/2)
Billy Bowen Taroom Barambah
Natives removed from South Johnstone to Palm Island as follows
Jacky Woods @ Jacky Spear, Willie, Big Sandy and his wife Nellie, Tommy and wife,
Jimmy Willoway, Old Nellie, Jimmy Queenslander, Johnny Sailor
Larry Manning, wife and 2 children Thornborough Yarrabah
Oscar Wallace St Helena Barambah
Peter Williams Barambah Taroom
Tommy Bumban Innisfail Palm Island
Dick (H/C 10 yrs) Maytown Cape Bedford
Billy Malone, Harry Albert Brisbane Barambah
Harry (12) Laura Cape Bedford
Paddy Brooks H/C, Joe Phinea Millaa Millaa Yarrabah
Hector Foot (14) Laura Cape Bedford
Nancy wife of Billy, Billy Mango, Maytown Palm Island )
Peter Maytown Palm Island )
Willie Burns Port Douglas Palm Island
Albert Mossman Palm Island
Dick Manning Mt Mulligan Palm Island
Dick Props Mackay Barambah
Cecil Jack Augathella Taroom
Harry Springer Ewan Station Barambah
Frank Murray Cairns Palm Island
Charlie Archer Point, Tommy Sugar, Cooktown Palm Island )
Old Charlie, George Miro Cooktown Palm Island )
Brumby, wife and child Mt Molloy Palm Island
Roy Fogarty Purga Barambah
Jerry Barney Townsville Palm Island
Peter Constant Port Stewart Palm Island
Annie Queary Dirranbandi Barambah
Jack (19), Jonathan (70) Longreach Barambah
Bird Weengallon Taroom
Billy May, Harry Coen Herberton Yarrabah
Maggie, Walter Laura Yarrabah
Junie, her child Cayson .. Palm Island
Jim Bush, Elsie, Mary Ann H/C child, Coen Palm Island )
Anne Jenkins H/C child Coen Palm Island )
Jacky Wilson, Dinah, child St Lawrence Palm Island
Willie Barney Barambah Palm Island
Tippo and Julia Ingham Palm Island
Natives removed from Cape Bedford to Palm Island as follows
Leonard and family, George Baru and wife, Ex-Trooper Harry and wife
Natives removed from Gayndah to Barambah as follows
Jack Combo, his wife Eva and their children Gladys, Roland and Theo, Alf Combo (son)
Sambo, Johnson, Old Man Weipa, Jimmy Somerset Palm Island
Horace Dalton, wife and 2 children Myora Reserve Taroom
Eveline Joker Mitchell Taroom
Tommy Watson, Minnie Watson Longreach Palm Island
Tiger, Tommy and wife Kitty Cooktown Palm Island
Mary Emerald Barambah
Lily Parker and her 3 children Cargoon Stn Yarrabah
Frank Peterson Ingham Palm Island
Sambo, wife Printa, children Hughenden Palm Island )
Tommy (9), Jack (6) and Sambo (3) Hughenden Palm Island )
Sam and wife Alice both 40 yrs Blackall Barambah
Nellie Moran (12) Cairns Yarrabah
Paddy Morrell Innisfail Palm Island
Murray Cunnamulla Taroom
Florrie Daradgee (20) Innisfail Palm Island
Mickie Weebie Cairns Palm Island
Tommy Chapman, wife & children 2 & 1 yrs Mt Molloy Palm Island
Stanley Wm Brown, Mary Brown Beaudesert Taroom
Tippo No 2 and wife Lizzie and Ingham Palm Island )
child Marjorie (9), Short Erin Ingham Palm Island )
Linda Chillagoe Palm Island
Johnny Ingham Palm Island
Henry and wife Betty Gilbert River Palm Island
Natives removed from Cloncurry to Palm Island as follows
Henry Brown and wife Minnie, Peggy, Bridie, Carlo, Kitty, Elsie and her child,
Ivy (child), Archie Fraser, Jock, Sandy, Rosie, Jerry, Lonie Spring
Joe Ellis Townsville Palm Island
Davey Collins Barambah Taroom
Willie Sloan, Tottie (Norah) Georgetown Palm Island
Donny Moss Barambah
Nebo Raper Townsville Palm Island
Lucy Pease Yungaburra Yarrabah
Dick Cairns Yarrabah
Peter Jackson and wife Nellie Mt Caebine Palm Island
Frank Martin Bundaberg Taroom
Tommy Watson and wife Minnie Aramac Barambah
Milo Blackall Barambah
Natives removed from Innisfail and Goondi to Palm Island as follows
Jack Mewa, Annie (his sister) and her child Lucy (2)
Polly (6) Cairns Yarrabah
Black Paddy, Colin No 1 Townsville Palm Island
Natives removed from Strathmore, Forest Home and Green Hills Stations to Yarrabah as follows
Fannie (6), Paddy (7), Gypsey (8), Henry (7), Clara (5), Gertie (6), Fannie (5).
Jimmy Gunnawarra Stn Palm Island
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Removals 1923
HOM/B62 Queensland State Archives
Removals 1923
Name and Details Removed From To
Roger Townsville PI (Prisioner)
Blanche and child Duaringa B (Bad language to employers)
Harry Davis Pialba B (Deserter from employment)
Pincher Duaringa B (Old and indigent)
Jimmy Gough Cooktown PI (Murdering another Aborigine Tommy Letter)
Eight Aborigines Cooktown PI (To join their mothers and fathers)
George Graham, wife and child Brandon PI (Too lazy to work)
Charlie Collins St Helena TA (Prisioner. To be sent to Taroom on release.)
Hilda Cooktown PI (When discharged from Hospital.)
Tommy Sturt Cooktown PI (Detained in lockup.)
George McLean Edmonton PI (Refuses to return to employment)
Jack Hunter, Annie Hunter Mulligan River PI (Lazy and will not work)
Willie Munro Mossman PI (Morphia fiend)
Rosie and child Maggie Cloncurry PI (For their own good)
Seven Maytown Aborigines }
Three Maytown PI }
Four Maytown Y }
D J Walsh of Camboon.Certificate of Exemption refused.
Six Aborigines Tanbar Stn TA (Old and destitute)
Nellie Mango Herberton Y (Serving sentence for assault)
Charlie Dick Townsville PI (When cured of VD)
Thirteen Aborigines Coobilla & Boomera Stns PI
Robert Power Cloncurry PI (Refuses to be placed under agreement)
Sam Mitchell, Esther Ford TA (Convicted of stealing)
Sam Coen PI (Concerned in spearing at Weipa)
Jack Bird Taroom B (Of unsound mind)
Kirig At Mapoon, order for Super to have authority over her
Rosie, Nipper Cooktown PI (Violent temper and dangerous)
Milo. Howe family, Blackall, ask for return of Milo from Barambah.
Three young children of Dora (deceased) at Quilpie. Recommend that they be brought to Taroom.)
Evelyn Coolwell Coolangatta B (For her own protection)
Charlie, wife and 4 children Charters Towers PI (Ill treated by station employees)
Walter Marley Talwood TA (Causes disturbances)
Charlie Kerr Cooktown PI (Will not work under Agreement)
Sarah Loder Brisbane B (Deserted husband and children)
Peter McInnes Townsville PI (Will not remain at work)
Peter Murkin's son aged 8 years Innisfail Y (To receive schooling)
Frederick Braikenridge at Mossman. Recommend exemption be revoked and removal to Palm Island)
Sarah Loder, asks for her return from Barambah
Joe Chatfield Chillagoe Y (Aged and not likely to obtain work)
Wonda, Mary Dobbyn and Cloncurry PI (Blind and at own request)
Booyah Mackay Gaol PI (Ferocious and dangerous Aborigine)
Jack Mewa, Joe Ambella Stewarts Ck Gaol PI (On expiry of sentence)
Billy Corbett Townsville PI (Discharged from Stewart Creek Goal)
Neddy and family Homevale Stn PI (Unable to do station work)
Alice Brown. Detained at Barambah instead of sending her to gaol.
Mabel M Priestley and 5 children St George TA (Cripple, unable to work)
Yellow Boy, Rosie Lake Elphinstone PI (Both very old)
Fred Johnson at Barambah. Order required to give Superintendent authority over him)
Bob Fulton Mona Mona PI (Sets bad example to others)
Widgee Jimmy Wooroorooka TA (Annoyance to residents)
Lilly Ah Sam Euroka Springs PI (Bad character)
Mrs Priestley at St George. Asks for her exemption to prevent her (being sent to a Mission)
Joseph McGregor Talwood TA (Drinks and is a menace to district)
Billy Chisholm and daughter Cloncurry PI (Indigent and convicted of stealing)
Oliver and 3 others Cairns PI (Wife inclined to immorality)
Garry Diamond Murray's Creek B (Absconder)
Wondai Townsville PI (Unreliable and addicted to drink)
Hector Gibson, Polly Seagren Cooktown Y (Absconds from employment)
Seventeen Aborigines Metal Creek MM (All destitute)
Minnie Brown Blackall B (For her own protection)
Connie Williams and 2 children Rockhampton B (Too lazy)
Tantam's widow and 4 children Boulia PI (Unable to get employment)
Chillagoe Natives. Local residents consider proposed removal to Mission Station too drastic and quite unnecessary.)
Charlie Fogarty Taroom B (Frightens white women)
Aggie Gregory Downs Stn MI (Conduct not good)
Jimmy Hart, Topsy Hart (wife) Laura PI (Charged with stealing)
Zaube Boota Thursday Island MA (Immoral and defies authority)
Monkira Jack, wife and children Currawilla TA (Will not work)
Sambo, wife and 3 children Helenvale Y (Quarrelsome, etc)
Jack Smith, wife and child Charters Towers PI (Addicted to drink, etc)
Jimmy and 3 others Ingham PI (Destitute)
Tiger, Nellie Cooktown PI (Threatening residents)
Wallaby Mossman PI (Very cheeky and addicted to drink)
Kathleen Cairns Y (For her own protection)
Removals 1923 (did not appear in Queensland Aboriginal Notes)
Name Removed From To
Roger Stewarts Ck Gaol Palm Island
Harry Davis Pialba Barambah
Pincher Duaringa Barambah
Natives removed from Cooktown to Palm Island as follows
Rosie and children Charlie and Major, Dora and child Alice,
Nellie, Biddy and child Mick
Jimmy Gough Cooktown Palm Island
George Graham (40), wife Daisy (25) and Brandon Palm Island )
child aged 6 months Brandon Palm Island )
Charlie Collins Brisbane Prison Taroom
Hilda Cooktown Palm Island
Tommy Sturt Cooktown Palm Island
George McLean Edmonton Palm Island
Jack Hunter and wife Annie Mulligan River Palm Island
Willie Munro Mossman Palm Island
Rosie (30) and her child Maggie (4) Cloncurry Palm Island
Elsie (19) and her child aged 1 year, Maytown Yarrabah )
Sarah (8), Topsy (14) Maytown Yarrabah )
Charile Lai Fook, wife Lizzie Maytown Palm Island ]
and their child Maytown Palm Island ]
Natives removed from Tanbar Station to Taroom as follows
Jimmy King, Polly King, Kitty, Old Sally, Billy, Bessie
Mango and wife Nellie Herberton Yarrabah
Robert Power Cloncurry Palm Island
Sam Mitchell, Esther Ford Taroom
Charlie Dick Townsville Palm Island
Sam Coen Palm Island
Natives removed from Coolulla and Boomera Stations to Palm Island as follows
Jock Patterson (27), Jack Blackman, Fred Lucas and wife Louie and 2 children,
Archie Dalton and his wife Lottie and their 2 children, Percy (20, abor.),
Bobby Malcolm (?) and Duke Howard (27)
Jack Bird Taroom Barambah
Kirig Mapoon
Rosie and husband Nipper Cooktown Palm Island
Evelyn Coolwell Coolangatta Barambah
Natives removed from Charters Towers to Palm Island as follows
Charlie and wife Minnie and their children Dolly, July, Johnny and Lucy
Charlie Kerr Cooktown Palm Island
Sarah Loder Brisbane Barambah
Walter Marlay Tallwood Taroom
Peter McInnes or Huddy Townsville Palm Island
Peter Murkin's son aged 8 yrs Innisfail Yarrabah
Frederick Braikenridgs Mossman Palm Island
Joe Chatfield Chillagoe Yarrabah
Wonda, Mary Dobbyn, Cloncurry Palm Island
Booyah Mackay Gaol Palm Island
Jack Mewa, Joe Ambella Stewarts Ck Gaol Palm Island
Billy Corbett Townsville Palm Island
Neddy, wife and children Homevale Stn Palm Island )
Sarah (14) and Tommy (9) Homevale Stn Palm Island )
Charlie Collins Brisbane Prison Barambah
Natives removed from St George to Taroom as follows
Mrs Priestley and her children Rita (15), Brusher (8), Russell (7), Bessie (3) and Jean (19 mths)
Yelloe Boy and wife Rosie L Elphinstone Stn Palm Island
Fred Johnson Barambah
Alice Brown Barambah
Widgee Jimmy Wooroorooka Taroom
Lilly Ah Sam Euroka Springs Palm Island
Bob Fulton and wife Nancy Monamona Palm Island
Joseph McGregor Talwood Taroom
Billy Chisholm and daughter Ettie Cloncurry Palm Island
Natives removed from Metal Creek to Monamona as follows
Sambo (45), Jackie Hackett (48), Barlow (35), Tommy (68), Flash Tommy (60), Larkey (32),
Tommy Templeton (50), Jack Wood (70), Paddy (80), Sam (75), Jimmy (70), Dina (60), Maudy (45),
Annie (60), Tiger (66), Jennie (68), Annie (6)
Hector Gibson, Polly Seagren Cooktown Yarrabah
Wondai Townsville Palm Island
Garry Diamond Murray's Creek Barambah
Oliver (34), Jeannie Maytown (34), Cairns Palm Island )
James Oliver (11) and Pauline Muriel (8) Cairns Palm Island )
Minnie Blackall Barambah
Connie Williams and children Rockhampton Barambah )
Cissie and Florence Rockhampton Barambah )
Friday Gough Port Stewart Palm Island
Tantam's widow and four children Boulia Palm Island
Louis Ah You T'ville Orphanage Yarrabah
Aggie (14) Gregory Downs Mornington Island
Jimmy Hart and wife Topsy Laura Palm Island
Zaube Boota Thursday Island Mapoon
Monkira Jack, wife Nellie, his 2 children Currawilla Taroom
Sambo, wife Polly and children Helenvale Yarrabah )
Allen, Sam and Jack Helenvale Yarrabah )
Jack Smith, wife Georgina and Charters Towers Palm Island ]
child Maude (5-6 yrs) Charters Towers Palm Island ]
George Coen Palm Island
Jimmy, Nellie, Harryu, Ginny Ingham Palm Island
Tiger and wife Nellie Cooktown Palm Island
Wallaby Mossman Palm Island
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Home Office, Registers of Letters Received
Removals 1924
HOM/B64 Queensland State Archives
Removals 1924
Name and Details Removed From To
Lyla Tiger, Chrissie Tiger - Protest against removal
Tommy - Protest against removal of his half-caste son.
5 Aborigines at Yarrabah. To be detained. Authority to be given to Superintendent to detain them.
Charlie Towers Cairns Gaol PI (To Palm Island on discharge)
Leslie Hatfield Rockhampton B (On discharge from jail)
Paddy Brooks Millaa Millaa PI (Causes discontent, etc)
Matty Davey, wife and 3 others Maroochy River B (Quarreling, etc)
14 Aborigines at Bloomfield River China Camp CB (Destitute)
Billy Chaplain & 2 children Sandy, Nelly Mistake Ck,Dobbyn PI
Teddy Maranoa, George Reid Tinnenburra Stn TA (Lazy and useless)
Lizzie Dunrobin & 2 children Clermont B (Smokes opium)
Joe Sullivan and 4 others Townsville PI (Witnesses in murder case)
Charlie Kidston PI (Refusing to sign on, thieving, etc)
Sylvia Dalton, Lulu Brisbane TA (Prostitutes)
Pincher Evans Blackall B (A loafer and a nuisance)
Herbert Camooweal PI (Leaves employers and causes trouble)
Monday's three orphan children Ingham PI (From Victoria Estate, Ingham)
Joe Martin Cairns PI (Opium smoker and will not work)
Tommy Teeswater, Ada Walker Mitchell TA (Drinks and loafs)
Jimmy Rutherford Charters Towers PI (Too old to work)
Emma Cloncurry PI (Uncontrollable, immoral, thief)
Eileen Davidson Brisbane B (For her own welfare)
Mackay Harry Townsville PI (Discharged prisioner)
Jack Bird Barambah PI (Ex-prisioner and dangerous)
Henry Mt Surprise PI (A drunkard, abusive and dangerous)
Jacky To Palm Island. Absconder from Yarrabah. Not wanted at Mornington Island
Douglas, Epinie? (Esmie?) Port Douglas PI (Wont work, quarrelsome, etc)
Jimmy Muldoon Croydon PI (Unable to obtain employment)
Willie Reilly Townsville PI (Upon discharge from jail)
George Williams Cooktown PI (A bad character and causes trouble)
Emma, H/C at Yarrabah, Uncontrollable, immoral, thief
Jack Gala's child. Protest against proposed removal Pialba to Barambah
10 Aborigines Normanton PI (Spearing cattle, etc)
Walter Marley St Helena Gaol TA (Upon discharge from prison)
Albert Ranji Taroom PI (Dangerous sexual maniac)
Andy Ravenshoe Y (To receive some education)
Monkira Jack & family. Authority for car fare of fourteen pounds to go from Windorah to Quilpie.)
Johnny Thompson Cairns Gaol PI (On discharge from jail)
Harry Williams and 3 sons Blackbutt TA (Will not work)
Peter Murkin Innisfail PI (A bad example to other Aborigines and an opium fiend)
Mick, aged 9 yrs Millaa Millaa Y (Has no relatives)
Romeo Townsville PI (On discharge from prison)
Toby Murray Cairns PI (On discharge from prison)
Tommy or Charlie and wife Ravenshoe PI (Frightens women and begs food)
Craven Yandaran B (Addicted to drink and quarrelsome)
Maggie Currawilla TA (Not employed and lives with a Chinaman)
Rob, Annie Mossman PI (Absconders from Mona Mona Mission)
Jimmy Johnson Mossman Mossman PI (Stealing and undesirable)
Ivo B McKenzie, wife & 3 children Herberton PI (Addicted to drink, etc)
Ivy Gala Pialba B (As her father will not support her)
Lame Frank. Crown Prosecutor, Cairns recommends his removal to Palm Island.
Lame Frank Cairns PI (Agitator and concerned in the murder of another Aborigine)
Chuckie Cooktown PI (An agitator)
Fred McTavish Cairns PI (On discharge from jail)
Normanton. Twenty five pounds ten shillings for rations supplied 8 Aborigines. Arrested on Mitchell River.)
Albert Hippi Richmond PI (Frightens women and tries to get liquor)
Roy Fogarty Beaudesert B (Absconder from Barambah)
Jimmy Johnson Townsville PI (Upon discharge from jail)
Sydney Jack. Detained at Barambah. Young lad to join his mother.
May Barcaldine B (Parents unable to control her)
Billy, Louie, Arrauman Kendall River PI (Leaders of three fighting tribes)
Ethel Hooper Cunnamulla TA (For her own protection)
Ruby Johnson Cunnamulla TA (For her own protection)
Removals 1924 (did not appear in Queensland Aboriginal Notes)
Name Removed From To
Kathleen Cairns Yarrabah
Larry No 2 and Amy Stewart Townsville Yarrabah )
and their two children Towneville Yarrabah )
Carl Cape Bedford Yarrabah
Charlie Towers Cairns Gaol Palm Island
Natives to be detained at Yarrabah as follows
Dick Richards (50) and wife Emily (50), George Christian (50) and wife Lena (50), Oscar (30)
Leslie Hatfield (21-22 yrs) Rockhampton Gaol Barambah
Paddy Brooks Millaa Millaa Palm Island
Natives removed from the Maroochy River near Yandina to Barambah as follows
Matty Davey and his wife, Andrew Morris, Charlie Brown and Roger Bennett
Natives removed from China Camp Cooktown to Cape Bedford as follows
Joe and Dave sons of Catighue, Mick and George sons of Jerry, Sandy son of Minnie,
Willie son of Chubby, Lena daughter of Nellie, Sandy son of Nellie, Lilly daughter of Tommy,
Colley son of Millie, Tiger son of Pidgeon, Jacky son of Topsy, Jacky son of Maggie,
Ogilbil ? son of Annie
Teddy Maranoa Tinenburra Stn Taroom
Georgie Reid Barringun Taroom
Natives removed from Mistake Creek near Dobbyn to Palm Island as follows
Billy Chaplain and his two male children, Sandy and his wife Nellie
Lizzie Dunrobin and her two children Clermont Barambah
Natives removed from Townsville to Palm Island as follows
Joe Sullivan and his gin Annie, Ned Coldwater, Cannon Dalley or Dalby, Arthur
Charlie Kidston Etheridge (Palm Island)
Pincher or Pincher Evans Blackall Barambah
Sylvia Dalton, Louisa or Lulu Dalton Brisbane Taroom
3 children of deceased abor. Monday Ingham Palm Island (Victoria Estate Ingham)
Joe Martin Cairns Palm Island
Eileen Davidson Brisbane Barambah
Emma Cloncurry Palm Island / Yarrabah
Harry Mackay Townsville Palm Island
Jimmy Rutherford Charters Towers Palm Island
Henry and his wife Kitty Mt Surprise Palm Island
Jackie Palm Island
Jack Bird Brisbane Prison Palm Island
Douglas and his wife Esmie Port Douglas Palm Island
Jimmy Muldoon Croydon Palm Island
Willie Reilly Townsville Palm Island
George Williams Cooktown Palm Island
Boy Andy Robinson Ravenshoe Yarrabah
Natives removed from Normanton to Palm Island as follows
Peter, Bendigo, Bob Patterson, Bighand, Lefthand Jack, Simon Rio, Paddy, Brumby
Albert Rangi Taroom Settlement Palm Island
Walter Marley St Helena Prison Taroom
Johnny Thompson Cairns Gaol Palm Island
Harry Williams & sons Jimmy, Jack & George Blackbutt Taroom (Waterhole Gully Blackbutt)
Romeo Townsville Palm Island
Boy Mick (9 yrs) Millaa Millaa Yarrabah
Toby Murray Cairns Palm Island
Tommy or Charlie, Maggie Ravenshoe Palm Island
Craven Jandaran Barambah
Maggie Currawilla Taroom
Peter Murkin Innisfail Palm Island
Jimmy Johnson Mossman (or Maund) Mossman Palm Island
Ivo Bligh McKenzie and wife Jemima Herberton Palm Island )
and their three children Herberton Palm Island )
Ivy Gala Pialba Barambah
Lame Frank Cairns Palm Island
Chuckie Cooktown Palm Island
Rob, Annie Mossman Palm Island
Albert Hippi Richmond Palm Island
Roy Fogarty Beaudesert Barambah
Jimmy Johnson Townsville Gaol Palm Island
Jack Sydney Barambah
May Barcaldine Barambah
Billy Naumpanimna, Louie Onymingpuma, Kendall River Palm Island )
Arranman Ootnka Kendall River Palm Island )
Ethel Hooper and infant, Cunnamulla Taroom ]
Ruby Johnson and her two children Cunnamulla Taroom ]
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Home Office, Registers of Letters Received
Removals 1925
HOM/B66 Queensland State Archives
Removals 1925
Name and Details Removed From To
George @ Chuckie, Jim Cooktown PI (Drunkenness, etc)
Jackie Powell Emerald B (Nearly blind and unemployable)
Harry Moyden and wife Thursday Island MA (Dangerous character and in prison)
Ned Motlop Merriwa MAB (To live with and support his wife)
Long Arthur and wife Ayr PI (Drinks, loafs and bullies)
George Sibley, wife and children Mt Molloy PI (Will not work and drinks)
Ruby Johnson, Cunnamulla. J H Kerr asks that her removal be cancelled
Billy Fossilbrook Y (Being exploited and in dirty condition)
Ethel Hooper. Protest by A Johnson against her removal to Taroom
Daisy Brown. Permission for her to live on Myora Reserve.
Louie Arauman, Billy Kendall River PI (Recommend removal order be rescinded)
Charlie Gee Hoy Townsville PI (On discharge from Stewarts Creek)
Mitchell River. Ring leaders in cattle spearing, tribal fighting, etc. Simon, Rio be sent
to Palm Island 6 others to be kept at Mitchell River Mission.
Jack Toorak Townsville PI (On discharge from prison)
Tommy Poideckir Laura PI (Assault of employers)
Baldy Mt Molloy PI (Will not work. Thieves and drinks)
Jackie Thomas Kaban Y (Attempting to commit offence)
Tottie Cubby and child Charleville TA (Wont take employment)
Zachariah, Palm Island. Recommends be allowed to Return to Mabuiag Island.
Johnny, Maggie. Detained at Palm Island.
Tommy Kangaroo, Douglas Lyon. Detained at Yarrabah.
Tommy Black, Punch Townsville PI (On discharge from jail)
Mitchell Port Douglas PI (Attempted assault of young girl)
George Sibley, wife & children. For reasons for removal. From Mount Molloy to Palm Island.)
Joe McKenzie, Charlie Deighton Mackay PI (Opium smokers)
Larry Cooktown PI (Addicted to drink. Threatening others.)
Maud Newman Rose Bay PI (A prostitute)
Endeavour River. Toby & 3 others to Yarrabah. Haunt Chinese farms.
Eva Dalton Woomley B (Immoral and uncontrollable)
George Cooktown Y (Very weak and needs care)
George Long Meteor Downs B (Old and becoming dangerous)
Lily and 3 children Laura Y (Immoral association with a white man)
Bessie Jackson Brisbane B (For disciplinary reasons)
Maude Babinda Y (For her own protection)
Mick Merandie, Ruby Merandie Eromanga TA (Lazy. No station will employ him.)
Tommy Silver Cairns PI (Addicted to drink and frequents Chinatown)
Harry Coen @ Harry McManus Cairns PI (Will not work and addicted to drink)
Gilbert Murray Douglas TA (Old, lazy and disobedient)
Billy Donovan Townsville PI (Indecent offence. Frightening women.)
Fred Ingham Stewarts Creek PI (On release from jail)
17 Aborigines Cooktown Y (Destitute, etc)
Elsie Yarrabah PI (Continually absconding)
Anna Manantan Thursday Island MA (Prostitute)
Maria Dubbins Thursday Island MA (Immoral)
George Logan Tambourine Mts TA (Has no permanent employment)
Janet Stewarts Creek PI (On discharge from jail)
Willis Cairns PI (Preventing Aborigines from working)
Georgie Laura PI (Stealing from prospectors)
Willie Bumbum, Stanley Bunbun Hawkwood PU (To attend school)
Fred King, Ada King (wife) Ripple Creek PI (Becoming a nuisance)
Markey Stewarts Creek PI (Unlawfully using a horse and stealing a saddle and bridle)
Topsy Coolangatta TA (Bad behaviour)
Jemima McKenzie and children Herberton PI (To join husband and immoral)
John Con Goo Stewarts Creek Y (On discharge)
Eliza Roberts and 2 children Tatala TA (Absconder from Taroom)
Jean Moltara Mossman Y (Living with an Aborigine)
Amy Hyde Normanton Y (Deserter. To be returned to her husband.)
3 old female Aborigines Palm Creek PI (Old and feeble, opium smokers, etc)
James Lomas, Eliza Lomas Tweed Heads PU (For their own good. Not cared for.)
Bob Gunnawarra Stewart Creek PI (To finish life sentence for murder.)
Wilfred Wragge, wife and child Gayndah B (Loafs and lives on wife?s earnings)
Joe Cloncurry PI (Tired of work)
Jenny Mungo Cloncurry PI (Old and unable to work)
Removals 1925 (did not appear in Queensland Aboriginal Notes)
Name Removed From To
Thomas Coogan Tambo Barambah
George @ Chuckie and his gin Cooktowm Palm Island )
and children (if any) Cooktowm Palm Island )
Jackie Powell Emerald Barambah
George Sibley, wife and children Mt Molloy Yarrabah
Long Arthur, Rosie Ayr Palm Island
Ned Motlop Merriwa Mabuiag Island
Harry Moyden and his wife Thursday Island Mapoon
Billy Fossilbrook Yarrabah
Charlie Gee Hoy Stewarts Ck Gaol Palm Island
Simon, Rio Mitchell River Palm Island
Natives to be detained at Mitchell River as follows
Peter Bendigo, Bob Patterson, Bighand Phil, Lefthand Jack, Paddy, Brumby
Jack Toorak Townsville Palm Island
Tommy Poideckir Laura Palm Island
Baldy Mt Molloy Palm Island
Toby Massey Ayr Palm Island
Fred Murray and wife Maggie Palm Island Barambah
Tottie Cubby and her child Charleville Taroom
Eli McCallum Longreach Barambah
Evelyn McLean Charters Towers Palm Island
Johnny, Maggie Halifax Palm Island
Tommy Kangaroo, Douglas Lyon Yarrabah
Tommy Black, Punch Townsville Palm Island
Larry Cooktown Palm Island
Maud Newman Rose Bay Palm Island
Natives removed from Endeavour River to Yarrabah as follows
Toby and wife, Charlie Webb and wife, Tommy One Toe and wife, Long Andy and wife
Eva Dalton Woombye Barambah
Long George Meteor Downs Barambah
George Cooktown Yarrabah
Lily (40) and her children Teresa (16), Laura Yarrabah )
Hilda (4) and Elsie (3) Laura Yarrabah )
Bessie Jackson Forest Hill Barambah
Maude (9) Babinda Yarrabah
Mick Merandie and his wife Ruby Eromanga Taroom
Harry Coen @ Harry McManus Cairns Palm Island
Tommy Silver Cairns Palm Island
Gilbert Murray Douglas Taroom
Billy Donovan Townsville Palm Island
Fred Ingham Stewarts Creek Townsville
Natives removed from Schultz Camp, Marnay Camp, Cobbs Camp and others to Yarrabah as follows
Jimmy Mossman and wife Jerry (Jenny?) and children Mick (7), George (7) and an infant,
Nellie and children Sandy (7) and Lena (9), Topsy and child Jacky (9),
Annie and child Ogilbil (8), Pigeon and child Tiger (8), One Leg, Woman and children,
Joe who is Catighur's son, Dave who is Catighur's son, Sandy who is Minnie's son,
Willie who is Chubby's son, Lily who is Tommy's daughter, Collsy who is Millie's son,
Jacky who is Maggie's son, any mothers not married who are in indigent circumstances)
Elsie Yarrabah Palm Island
Anna Manantan Thursday Island Mapoon (married 28. 8.1926 to Waria of Badu)
Maria Dubbins Thursday Island Mapoon
George Logan Tambourine Mts Taroom
Janet Stewart Ck Gaol Palm Island
Starlight Barambah Palm Island
Georgie Laura Palm Island
Willie Cairns Palm Island
Willie Bunbun, Stanley Bunbun Hawkwood Purga
Markey Palm Island
King Fred and his wife Ada Ripple Creek Halifax
Topsy Brisbane Taroom
Eliza Roberts and two children, Tatala Taroom )
William Hector Tatala Taroom )
John Con Goo Stewarts Creek Yarrabah
Jean Moltara Mossman Yarrabah
Jemima McKenzie and her children Herberton Palm Island
Old Nellie (about 65), Dinah (about 45) Palm Creek Palm Island )
and Kitty (35 - 45) Palm Creek Palm Island )
James Lomas, Eliza Lomas Tweed Heads Purga (from Tweed Heads and Currumbin)
Jack Jones Brisbane Barambah
Bob Gunnawarra Stewarts Ck Gaol Palm Island
Jenny Mungo Cloncurry Palm Island
Joe Cloncurry Palm Island
Wilfred Wragge and his wife Marian and Gayndah Barambah )
their child (7 months) Gayndah Barambah )
Eric Brown, malcolm Brown, Purga ]
William Mitchell Purga ]
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Home Office, Registers of Letters Received
Removals 1926
HOM/B68 Queensland State Archives
Removals 1926
Name and Details Removed From To
Florrie Robertson protests against removal to Yarrabah from Townsville
Lefthand Jack, Brumby Mitchell River PI (Absconder from Palm Island)
Toby Gorringe Glengyle Stn PI (Dangerous and treacherous)
Edie Carter Einasleigh Y (Uncontrollable and for her own good)
Ruth Davis Urangan BA (Incorrigible)
Corbi Tobi, wife and child Millaa Millaa PI (Wife will not sign on, etc)
Florrie Robertson Townsville Y (For her own good)
Topsy Yaccumilla Hambledown PI (Prostitute)
Billy Bogan, wife and daughter Springsure B (Unable to work, etc)
Rae Coolwell Tweed Heads B (Uncontrollable)
Ivo McKenzie, wife and family Palm Island Y (Alays in trouble)
Jack Con Goo Yarrabah PI (To save complications with Jemima McKenzie)
Major, Lizzie, Billy Stapleton & 2 others Nebo B (Loafers, useless, etc)
Thirteen Aborigines Long Pocket PI (Being exploited, immoral, etc)
Vivienne Marmion Dalby TA (Obstreperous and dangerous)
Little Harry Coen PI (Ring-leader in cattle spearing)
Madaline Tyson and child Rockhampton B (Epileptic and for her own benefit)
Peter Long, wife and children Hillview PU (Does very little work. Wife has to keep him.)
Eva Dalton Caloundra B (Uncontrollable. Of loose character.)
Johnny and 3 others Coen PI (Nuisances. Suspect of cattle spearing)
Yangee and wife Cairns PI (Refuse work. Bad effect on other Aborigines)
Robin, George Townsville PI (Release from prison)
Eric Brown, Malcolm Brown, Wm Mitchell. Detention at Purga, to give Superintendent control over them.
Nellie Roberts Hillview B (For her own good)
Sambo and wife Small River PI (Absconder)
Araman, George Archer River PI (Murder of Aboriginal women)
Jimmy Cannon Brisbane Gaol PI (On release from prison)
Stanley Bell. Detention at Purga. To give Superintendent authority over him.
Jack, Alice, George Cardwell PI (Hindering Police by aiding criminals to escape.)
Harry (4), King, Harrison, Jerry Hillview B (Not fond of work)
Jack Maworth? Cairns PI (Stealing)
Loder family Buderim B (In need of relief)
L Brown & children, Drumley & children, Beaudesert B (For their own safety) }
and two others Beaudesert B (For their own safety) }
M Brown, F Mitchell Purga B (Attempting to assault Officer)
Tommy Anderson, wife and children Innisfail PI (Does no work, etc)
Paddy Brown and wife Stewarts Creek PI (On discharge. Assaulting his wife)
Nelson Stewarts Creek PI (On discharge from jail)
Malone, Queenie, and children Plantation Creek PI (Too lazy to work)
Jack Clark, Gregory Clarke Thursday Island PI (Danger to girls)
C Anderson & wife, Polly Ravenshoe MM (Assisting Aborigines to evade arrest)
Amy Yarrabah PI (Insubordinate and uncontrollable)
Fernie Wragge, Nugent Wragge Gayndah B (Wont work under Agreement)
Protests about removal of Aborigines from Beaudesert
Bugler Nicholson Kidston PI (Uncontrollable)
Albert Kyle Stewarts Creek PI (Spends his money on drink)
R Fogarty, E Brown Purga TA (Interfering with the young girls)
Dick Bartman Tallwood TA (Continually drunk and general nuisance)
Tom Blackman Gin Gin B (Heavy drinker, etc)
Nellie McDonald, Alby Edwards Roma TA (Addicted to drink)
Trooper McDonald Innisfail PI (Addicted to opium and liquor)
Jacky Ernst, Mick Collins Ravenshoe PI (Serious assault on another Aborigine)
Kitty Solomon Daradgee PI (Likely to cause tragedy through Lover's jealousy)
Arthur Rowe and 4 others Urangan B (Always drinking and gambling)
Jack Jeffries Stewarts Creek PI (On discharge)
Nellie and 3 children Laura CB (No visible means of support)
Donald Quilpie TA (Nobody will employ him as he aileth much)
Mossman. For Police to forward to Daintree by motor boat some certain Aborigines.
Harry Owen Pialba B (Lazy Loafer. Tragedy may eventuate.)
Frank Lakefield Stn PI (Chases cattle from waterholes. Impudent.)
John Skinner and wife Gayndah B (Menace to town and unemployed)
Sipau Dauan Island PI (Serious assault on young girl)
William Pagel Mackay PI (Very lazy and a nuisance)
Wibber family of Miles. Removal to a settlement
Jackey Laura CB (To go to school)
Jessie Carroll Charters Towers PI (Absconded from employment)
Elsie Ernst Ravenshoe PI (To join her husband)
Eva Ah Gun Cooktown Y (Three Mile, Cooktown. For her own protection)
Ernest Captain, Jack Sandow Taroom B (Deserters. For disciplinary reasons.)
Ned Dunne Purga B (Causing trouble at Mission)
Pompy Turn Off Lagoons PI (Uncontrollable)
Micky Kangaroo, Topsy Kangaroo Yarrabah PI (Suffering from VD)
Removals 1926 (did not appear in Queensland Aboriginal Notes)
Name Removed From To
Left Hand Jack, Brumby Mitchell River Palm Island
Toby Gorringe Glengyle Stn Palm Island
Ruth Davis Urangan Barambah
Edie Carter Einasleigh Yarrabah
Toby Corbi and wife Emma Raymond and Millaa Millaa Palm Island )
their child aged 2 years Millaa Millaa Palm Island )
Florrie Robertson Townsville Yarrabah
Billy Bogan and his wife Maria and their Springsure Barambah )
daughter Popsy and her child Springsure Barambah )
Topsy Yaccumilla Hambledon Palm Island
Ray Coolwell (17) Tweed Heads Barambah
Queenie Mackay Palm Island
Jack Con Goo Yarrabah Palm Island
Ivo McKenzie, wife Jemima & 3 children Palm Island Yarrabah
Natives removed from Nebo to Barambah as follows
Major and wife Lizzie, Billy Stapleton and wife Rosie, Dick Clark
Natives removed from Long Pocket to Palm Island as follows
Herbert, Annie, Joanna, One Arm Jack, child about 2 years, Annie (30) and her children girl (11) and boy (5),
Tommy (aged), Norah (11), Toby (40), Werna (40), Tommy Squigger (40).
Also mentioned Jennie, Rosie, Polly, Eva, One Eyed Jennie, Minnie
Vivienne Marmion Dalby Taroom
Little Harry Coen Palm Island
Peter Long, wife Queenie & 5 children Hillview Purga
Eva Dalton Caloundra Barambah
Madaline Tyson and her infant Rockhampton Barambah
Johnny, Tommy, Rubert, Billy Coen Palm Island
Yangee and wife Jenny Cairns Palm Island
George Townsville Palm Island
Robin Townsville Palm Island
Nellie Roberts and her 4 children Hillview Barambah
Araman, George Archer River Palm Island
Sambo and his wife Small River Palm Island
Jimmy Cannon Brisbane Gaol Palm Island
Stanley Bell Purga Purga
Natives removed from Hillview to Barambah as follows
Bob Yarry, Syd Yarry and his wife, Sam Yarry, Gilbert King, Dillon Harrison, Herbert Jerry and his wife Cissie
Alice, Jack, George Cardwell Cardwell (P.I.)
Eric Brown, Malcolm Brown, Purga )
William Mitchell Purga )
Jimmy Cannon Brisbane Gaol Palm Island
Jack Meworth Cairns Palm Island
Frank Mitchell, Malcolm Brown Purga Barambah
Natives removed from Beaudesert to Barambah as follows
Lexie Brown and her 2 children, Emily Drumley and child aged 19 mths,
Lexie Drumley and her twin children, Theresa Curry (14), Kitty Blow (16)
Tommy Anderson, Betsy Anderson, Innisfail Palm Island )
Jock (4) and Tommy (18 mths) Innisfail Palm Island )
Paddy Brown, Biddy Yuel Stewarts Ck Gaol Palm Island
Queenie Munro and her 2 children Plantation Ck Palm Island
Nelson Stewarts Ck Gaol Palm Island
Jack Clark (20), Gregory Clark (18) Thursday Island Palm Island
Charlie Anderson and wife Elsie, Polly Ravenshoe Monamona
Amy (21) Yarrabah Palm Island
George Martin, Willie Hutks (Hutchson), Cairns Palm Island )
Heon Cairns Palm Island )
Fernie Wragge, Nugent Wragge Gayndah Barambah
Bugler Nicholson Kidston Palm Island
Dick Bartman Tallwood Taroom
Robert Fogarty, Eric Brown Purga Taroom
Albert Kyle Stewarts Ck Palm Island
Tom Blackman Gin Gin Barambah
Fred Silas Stewarts Ck Palm Island
Trooper MacDonald Innisfail Palm Island
Nellie McDonald and son Alby Edwards Roma Taroom
Jack Ernst, Mick Collins Ravenshoe Palm Island
Kitty Solomon Daradgee Palm Island
Natives removed from Urangan to Barambah as follows
Arthur Rowe and his wife Grace, Jack Noble, Willie Kruger, Roger Bennett
Jack Jefferies Stewarts Ck Gaol Palm Island
Donald Quilpie Taroom
Nellie and children Harry (7), Laura Cape Bedford )
Peter (5) and Mickie (3) Laura Cape Bedford )
Harry Owen Pialba Barambah
William Pagel Mackay Palm Island
Sipan Dauan Island Palm Island
Frank Balsers Nob Palm Island
John Skinner and wife Lizzie Gayndah Barambah
Jessie Carroll Charters Towers Palm Island
Jackey Butchers Hill Cape Bedford
Ernie Williams Brisbane Taroom
Ernest Captain, Jack Sandow Taroom Barambah
Eva Ah Gun Cooktown Yarrabah
Ned Dunne Purga Barambah
Pompey Turn Of Lagoons Palm Island
Micky, Topsy Kangaroo Yarrabah Palm Island
Tommy Bernard Coen Palm Island
Edmund Coochy and wife Agnes and Gayndah Barambah )
children aged 10 yrs and 3 yrs Gayndah Barambah )
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Home Office, Registers of Letters Received
Removals 1927
HOM/B70 Queensland State Archives
Removals 1927
Name and Details Removed From To
Polly, Pigeon. Croydon. Recommend removal to Palm Island for treatment of VD.
Tommy Bernard Coen PI (Assaulted his employer)
Frank Cairns PI (Slightly deranged mentally. To be cared for.)
F Tyson, Sarah Banana, C Mummin. Baralaba venereal cases. To Palm Island for treatment.
Florrie Robertson Townsville Y (A deserter. To be returned to Settlement.)
Edmund Coochey, Agnes Coochey & children Gayndah B (Father will not work)
Peter Rosser and family Charters Towers PI (Unable to obtain employment)
Eva Ah Gun. About her being taken away from Mrs Solomon of Cooktown.
Two H/C girls aged 8 & 9 years Turn Off Lagoons MOR (For their own benefit)
Dolly and 2 children Balsei's Knob PI (To join her husband)
George Currie, Arthur Currie Brisbane Gaol W }
Coolwell Brisbane Gaol W }
Jack Madigan Stewarts Creek PI (On his discharge)
Albert Cairns PI (Threatening to kill another Aborigine)
Willie Mow and child Dural Y (For her own protection)
Daisy Olive, Mona Cooktown PI (To be treated for VD)
Billy Davis, wife and 2 children To be detained at Taroom to be under control of Superintendent.)
Roy Mitchell Marlborough B (Receive attention and schooling)
Ida Clancy and 6 children Gayndah B (To be properly cared for)
Frank Cullen Atherton PI (Deserting from employment)
Father and daughter. Badu Island, incest. Father to be sent to Palm Island. Daughter to Mapoon.)
Barney, Rosey and 3 children Laura PI (Burning country and abusive)
Thomas Blackman, Barambah. Application by Mrs Malizer for the release of.
Topsy Cooktown PI (Prostitute)
Harry Cooktown PI (Attempted murder of employer?s wife)
Eliman Tomsana Thursday Island PI (Serious Misbehaviour. To Palm Island and/or Mapoon.)
Ben Gala & wife Pialba B (Drunken habits and of violent temper, etc)
Sambo, Jimmy Lena, Frank, Jerry & wives Small River PI (A menace to the Peninsula)
Johnny Toomba Stewart Creek PI (On his discharge from jail)
Emily Melambie, Millie Moran Yarrabah PI (Uncontrollable)
Peter Bendigo Normanton PI (A particuarly bad character)
Five Aborigines from Frasers Island or Pialba to Barambah. Absconders from Settlement.
Harold, Ned, Albert Cape Bedford PI (Evil doers. Will not work.)
Monday Fossilbrook PI (Dangerous character)
Paul, Tiger, 2 others Mitchell Rv Mis PI (Cattle stealers, murderers. Dangerous)
Tiger Mitchell Cloncurry PI (Eccentric, amorous towards white women)
Peter McGuiness Ayr W (Gets drunk and neglects to return to work)
Kitty and 5 children Augustus Downs MOR (Destitute)
Boose (Barki) Thursday Island PI (Moral degenerate)
Dan Coen PI (Suspected murder of Native woman)
Robert Fogarty and 3 others Near Purga Mis W (Absconders to be returned)
Boosi or Barki. Thursday Island. To appeal against his removal Palm Island.
Joe Martin, Billy Donaldson Cairns PI (Will not work under Agreement)
G Bowen, Felix Saunders Woorabinda PI (Assaulted W Grambower)
Willie Sore Innisfail PI (Refuses to sign Agreement)
Walter, Millie, 2 children Bloomfield Y (For their protection and to be cared for)
Barney Olliman, wife and 2 children. Nearly blind in Rockhampton Hospital. To Woorabinda. Others may accompany him.
Annie , Edie Euroka Springs PI (Parents dead. To be looked after.)
Roy Mitchell Rockhampton B (To be looked after. Not fit to work.)
Barlow and wife, George Barr Chillagoe PI (Refuse to work, loafers, etc)
Henry Shepherd & 4 children, Lily Clark Baralaba W (In poor circumstances)
Nelly and child Coen PI (For their protection)
Harry Thompson, wife and two children Rockhampton W (Will not work)
Bob Tyson, wife and children Vergemont Stn W (Destitute)
Willie Trembath and wife Fishery Creek PI (Addicted to opium. Refuse to work.)
Charlie Tarpaulin, wife and child Laura PI (Chasing cattle, stealing, etc)
Johnnie Hess, wife Ida Hess Mackay & Nebo PI (Destitute and a nuisance)
Charlie Burns Stewart Creek PI (On discharge. Always drunk.)
Frank Mitchell, Dora Mitchell Mt Carbine PI (Supplying rum to other Aborigines)
Leo Rebel, Harry Tilberoo Wooroorooka W (Too lazy to work)
Mick, Paddy Cairns PI (Will not work)
Removals 1927 (did not appear in Queensland Aboriginal Notes)
Name Removed From To
Frank Cairns Palm Island
Peter Rosser, wife Minnie and children Charters Towers Palm Island )
boy (11 1/2), girls (9, 4 and 11 months) Charters Towers Palm Island )
Colin Alec, Peter Ray Yarrabah Palm Island
Polly, Pigeon Croydon Hospital Palm Island
Two H/C girl aged 8 or 9 yrs Turn Off Lagoons Mornington Island
Dolly and her children Lena & Charlie, Balser's Knob Palm Island )
Alice (15) Balser's Knob Palm Island )
Albert Cairns Palm Island
Jack Madigan Stewarts Creek Palm Island
Elsie Madigan (Carter) Cairns Palm Island
Millie Mow and her child Deeral Yarrabah
Daisy Olive, Mona Cooktown Palm Island
Billy Davis, Ellen Davis, Mavis Davis, Taroom Settlement Taroom Settlement )
Mary Davis Taroom Settlement Taroom Settlement )
Roy Mitchell Marlborough Barambah
Frank Cullen (No details provided)
Fred Oakley Torrens Ck Palm Island
George Norman Currie, Arthur Currie, Brisbane Prison Woorabinda )
Andrew Joseph Coolwell Brisbane Prison Woorabinda )
Barney, his wife Rosey and children Laura Palm Island ]
Biddy (9), Alice (6) and Judy (3) Laura Palm Island ]
Frank Cullen Atherton Palm Island
Natives removed from Gayndah to Barambah as follows
Ida Clancey, Robert Clancey, Beryl Clancey, Ivy Clancey, Malinda Clancey, Thomas Clancey, Lily Clancey
Barney, his wife Rosey and children Laura Palm Island ]
Biddy (9), Alice (6) and Judy (3) Laura Palm Island ]
Topsy Cooktown Palm Island
Ben Gala and his wife Pialba Barambah
Natives removed from Small River to Palm Island as follows
Sambo and his wife, Jimmy Lena, Frank, Jerry (also latter's wives if any)
Toby, Mulga Jimmy Forest Vale Stn Taroom
George and his wife Upper Murray River Palm Island
Harry Owen, Jerry Jerome, Fraser Island Barambah )
Jack Sandow, Ernest Captain Fraser Island Barambah )
Freddie Oakley Stn Palm Island
Willie, Bob Aurukun Palm Island
Ernest Mumming Bauhinia Downs Palm Island
Sunlight Coen Palm Island
Elimau Thursday Is Mapoon
Johnny Toomba Stewarts Creek Palm Island
Tommy Doyle Stewarts Creek Palm Island
Johnston Silver, teddy Thompson, Coen Palm Island )
Tommy Tucket and his wife Coen Palm Island )
Emily Melambie, Nellie Moran Yarrabah Palm Island
Peter Bendigo Normanton Palm Island
Andy Morris, Frank and Kenneth Simpson, Fraser Island Barambah (Fraser Island or Pialba) )
John Bundai, Emily Gala Fraser Island Barambah (Fraser Island or Pialba) )
Harold, Ned, Albert Cape Bedford Palm Island
Monday Mt Surprise Palm Island
Paul, Tiger, Tommy (Bingy), Snuff Mitchell River Mis Palm Island
Peter McGuiness Ayr Woorabinda
Tiger Mitchell Cloncurry Palm Island
Natives removed from Augustus Downs to Mornington Island as follows
Kitty and her children Gracie (11), Gladys (8) and Mavis (2),
children of Topsy (deceased) namely Thelma (6) and Muriel (4)
Boose (Barki) Thursday island Palm Island
Dan Coen Palm Island
Robert Fogarty, Charley Fogarty, Near Purga Woorabinda )
Jack Bell, George Daylight Near Purga Woorabinda )
Joe Martin, Billy Donaldson Cairns Palm Island
Walter, Millie and two children Cooktown Yarrabah
Annie (12), Edie (5?) Euroka Springs Palm Island
Willie Sore Innisfail Palm Island
Natives removed from Baralaba to Woorabinda as follows
Henry Shepherd, Edie (11), Raymond (9), Claude (7), Victor (3), Lily Clarke
Roy Mitchell Rockhampton Barambah
Nellie and child Coen Palm Island
Harry Thompson and wife Violet and Rockhampton Woorabinda )
sons John and Claude Rockhampton Woorabinda )
George Bowen, Felix Saunders Woorabinda Palm Island
Willie Tremball and wife Lucy ..... Fishery Creek Palm Island (Fishery Creek, Gordonvale)
Natives removed from Vergemont Stn to Woorabinda as follows
Bob Tyson (40) and wife Alice (35) and daughter Florrie (17) and her H/C son Claude (3 or 5 mths) and Dan (11 yrs),
Children of Jinny Tyson namely Arnold (10), Con (8) and Elsie (4)
Charlie Tarpaulin, wife Lena and Laura Palm Island )
daughter Florrie (3 yrs) Laura Palm Island )
Bob Robson, Jacky (King Jack) Stewarts Creek Palm Island
Juno Emu Plains Yarrabah
Colin Alex Cairns Palm Island
Clara, Mona Coen Palm Island
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Home Office, Registers of Letters Received
Removals 1928
HOM/B72 Queensland State Archives
Removals 1928
Name and Details Removed From To
Mrs Booter and 3 children Mundubbera W (For own protection)
Ethel Hooper. Recommend order for girl?s removal be revoked.
Bob Robson, Jacky. Recommend removal to Palm Island
Juno Emu Plains Y (To be cared for and receive schooling)
Colin Alex Pine Creek PI (Deserter. Making a nuisance of himself.)
Yellow Boy, Rosie, Polly, Western & child, Nebo PI } (Destitute)
Adams, Laura and children Nebo PI } (Destitute)
Caesar Brandy Atkinson, Bertie Cairns PI (Enticing single girls from work)
Clara, Mona Coen PI (Absconders from Lockhart River Mission)
Jimmy Lefthand Laura PI (Stealing other Aborigine?s wives)
Thomas, Minnie Rockhampton B (For confinement and own protection)
Mickay Winton PI (Too old to work and unable to help himself)
Peter Reid Brisbane B (Addicted to drink. Procures it for other Natives.)
Cocoacurrie and 2 children Bloomfield River PI (For own Protection)
Edna Cloncurry PI (Uncontrollable, immoral)
Bluey Roberts Grantly Camp PI (Causing rows among Natives)
Murphy Stewarts Creek TV (On release from jail)
Billy Barlow and 7 others Silkwood PI (Too lazy to work)
Martin Bligh, wife and children Barambah PI (Ringleader in Murgon riot)
Oliver, wife and children Cunnamulla B (Husband deserted and family destitute)
Dick Clark Mackay PI (Suspected of being of unsound mind)
Laura, Noble, Mary Cooktown PI (Prostitute. Threatens to spear other Natives.)
Paddy Holman Stewarts Creek PI (On termination of sentence)
Johnny Dallachy, and family Charters Towers PI (Destitute)
Jessie and 2 children Redlynch Y (Destitute and of immoral character)
Archie, Cigarette Normanton PI (Spearing cattle and causing trouble)
(WCB - Croydon 14. 5.1928 Peter Ben--, Billy Mango, Archie, Cigarette.
On escort to Palm Island from Normanton.)
Monday Thursday Island PI (Assaulting white woman. Dangerous individual.)
J West and wife, F Serico and family Myora B (? F Saunders)
Daisy Bell and children Redlynch Y (Unable to support herself)
Bob Malcolm Palm Island B (Causing trouble with another man's wife)
George Daylight, Malcolm Brown Rockhampton PI (On release from jail)
Gilbert, Lucy Cloncurry PI (Habitual drunkard, abusive)
Jack Noble, Albert Peters and family Frasers Island B }
Teddy Brown, Maggie Brown, Bob Simpson Frasers Island B }
Charley Bradley Clermont W (For care and attention)
Jack Bird, George Barambah PI (Menace to women folk)
George Watson Ravenshoe PI (Trouble breeder. Flouts Police.)
Gilpin, Percy Cairns PI (Convicted stealing bicycle.)
Harry, Vena, Hilda Georgetown PI (Insolent. No one will employ him.)
Law, Williams, Mitchell, Jerome Gayndah B (Loafers)
Lexia Brown Barambah PI (Attempted incendiarism.)
Edward Bungarra Gordonvale PI (Indecently dealing with young child)
Eric, Eileen Springsure W (As an example to other Aborigines)
Mary Geenung, Billy Geenung Eidsvold B (For medical attention)
John Dallachy Charters Towers (About his removal to Palm Island)
Peter Night Island Cairns PI (Conduct unsatisfactory. Will not work.)
Albert Holt, wife and family Springsure B (Causing trouble)
Ivo McKenzie, wife and children Cairns PI (Agitator and cause of trouble)
Jack Bullgrog, Toby Douglas Cooktown PI (Deserter and threatening tracker)
Mitchell, Angus Mt Molloy PI (Killing cattle on State station)
Ernest Williams Woorabinda PI (Absconder)
Florrie Kemp Brisbane B (Abusive behaviour to employers)
Mary Denham Dirranbandi B (Addicted to drink)
Mrs Carrie Gadd and children Bogantungan B (Destitute)
Adrian Richardson Rockhampton PI (Assault on white girl)
Pedro, Naina, Boney. Asked when they will be returned to Murray Island
Tomsana. Palm Island. Authority to return to Badu Island.
Arthur Murdock Bell PI (Taking girl away from Barambah)
Joe Purcell Charleville PI (Drunken habits)
Friday, Polly, Billy Fossilbrook PI (Nuisance to graziers)
Larry, Billy Barrett Laura PI (Causing trouble)
Willie Chawchippa Silkwood PI (Refuses to work)
Charley, Frank Cairns PI (Will not work under Agreement)
Sambo, Jimmy Lena, Jerry and wives. Recommends services of Jack Kennedy be obtained
in connection with their removal to Palm Island.
Jack Skeen Innisfail PI (Public nuisance)
Lester Short Westbrook B (For own benefit)
Jackey Wragge and family Gayndah B (For their own benefit)
Peters family Protests against removal from Urangan to Barambah.
Harry Alberts Barambah PI (For treatment at Fantome Island)
Edie France Brisbane W (Continually playing up)
Billy Beck Roma B (Too old to care for himself)
Pompey, Dick, Brumby Stewarts Ck PI (Removal from prison)
Lennie Law Gayndah B (Will not work)
Fred Langlo Brisbane B (Loafer)
Removals 1928 (did not appear in Queensland Aboriginal Notes)
Name Removed From To
Jimmy Left Hand Laura Palm Island
Natives removed from Nebo to Palm Island as follows
Yellow Boy, Rosie, Polly, Tommy Watson and child, Adam, Laura and five children
Mickey Winton Palm Island
Minnie Thomas Rockhampton Barambah
Peter Reid Brisbane Barambah
Cocoocurrie Cooktown Palm Island
Seina? Pablo Thursday Island Mabuiag Island
Edna Cloncurry Palm Island
Bluey Roberts Maytown Palm Island (The Granite Camp, Maytown)
Charlie Alley, Mick or Murphy Stewarts Ck Gaol Palm Island
Mrs Booter and 3 children Mundubbera Woorabinda
Natives removed from Silkwood to Palm Island as follows
Billy Barlow, Sandy McNab, Sambo, Arthur Ba..., Alice, George Mears, Shadow and wife and child, Johnny Brown
Martin Bligh, wife and 3 children Barambah Palm Island
Oliver Hungerford Barambah
Daisy Oliver and 4 children Cunnamulla Barambah
Dick Clark (Deaf Dick) Mackay Palm Island
Paddy Holman Stewarts Creek Palm Island
Laura, her father Noble and mother Mary Cooktown Palm Island
Jessie, Henry, Gilbert Redlynch Yarrabah
Johhny Dallachy, wife and 7 children Wyandotte Stn Palm Island
Archie, Cigarette Normanton Palm Island
Monday Thursday Island Palm Island
Bob Malcolm Palm Island Barambah
Daisy Bell, Winnie (7), Larry (5), Redlynch Yarrabah )
Noel (1 1/2) Redlynch Yarrabah )
Natives removed from Frasers Island to Barambah as follows
Jack Noble, Albert Peters and wife and child, Freddy Brown, Maggie Breown, Bob Simpson
Gilbert, Lucy Cloncurry Palm Island
Charley Bradley Clermont Woorabinda
George Daylight, Malcolm Brown Rockhampton Palm Island
Harry, wife Vena and child Hilda Georgetown Palm Island
Gilpin, Percy Cairns Palm Island
George Watson Ravenshoe Palm Island
Vincent Law, Charlie Williams, Gayndah Barambah )
Charlie Mitchell, Leslie Jerome Gayndah Barambah )
Jack Bird, George Barambah Palm Island
Sarah O'Neill and her 2 children Barambah Woorabinda
Edward Bungarra Gordonvale Palm Island
Eric, Eileen Springsure Woorabinda
Peter Night Island Cairns Palm Island
Billy Geenung, Mary Geenung Eidsvold Barambah
Natives removed from Springsure to Barambah as follows
Albert Holt and his wife Rosie and their children Margaret (12), Albert Henry (10), Selma (8),
Rita (6), Violet (4), Ruby (2), Jimmy (1)
Jack Bullfrog, Toby Douglas Cooktown Palm Island
Mitchell, Angus Mt Molloy Palm Island
Ernest Williams Woorabinda Palm Island
Florrie Kemp and her child Brisbane Barambah
Mary Denham @ Mary Ann Dirranbandi Barambah
Mrs Carrie Gadd and her children Alfred, Bogantungan Barambah )
Florence and Henry T Bogantungan Barambah )
Adrian Richardson Rockhampton Gaol Palm Island
Joe Purcell Charleville Palm Island
Johanna Purcell's children Charleville Purga
Willie Chew Chippa Silkwood Palm Island
Larry, Billy Barrett Laura Palm Island
Friday, Polly, Billy Fossilbrook Palm Island
Charley, Frank Cairns Palm Island
Jack Skeen Innisfail Palm Island
Lester Francis Short Westbrook Barambah
Natives removed from Gayndah to Barambah as follows
Jacky Wragge (60), Fernie Wragge (24) and his wife Wifred Wragge (22), Mona Wragge (19),
Nugent Wragge (18), Jacky Wragge (15), Charlotte Wragge (12), Fred Wragge (10), Gordon Wragge (8)
Harry Alberts Barambah Taroom
Bruce Walker and family Barambah Palm Island
Billy Beck Mitchell Barambah
Pompey Dick, Brumby Stewarts Creek Palm Island
Fred Langlo Brisbane Barambah
Lennie Law Gayndah Barambah
Bruce Walker, wife and children Barambah Palm Island
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Removals 1929
HOM/B74 Queensland State Archives
Removals 1929
Name and Details Removed From To
Johnny Baird & family, Rabbit & family Cooktown PI (Men drink)
Jessie Frog Chatsworth Stn PI (Immoral)
Willie Pine, Henry, Clem, Jack Cairns PI
Rowland Cobbo Obi Obi B (Accosting a girl)
Willie Pearson Macknade PI (Drink)
Sambo & wife, J Lena & wife and Jerry & wife. Approval to accomodate Sambo?s wife and family at
Thursday Island. Four pounds ten shillings.
F Fisher jnr, J Carbine, C Livingstone Chinchilla and }
T Burnett, C Shardon, Fred Roma Jandowae }
Frank Roma }
George Tippo Woorabinda PI (Found in a dwelling unlawfully)
Willie Mattasey and wife Laura PI
Mary Ann, Emma & her child Atherton PI }
Charlie Merria, Jimmy Navy Atherton PI }
Willie Hughes, Toby Nimba, Gordon Atherton PI }
Toby Hill, Polly, Charcoal Atherton PI }
Jennie Innisfail PI (Blind, to be cared for)
Frank Waching and wife Goondi PI (Addicted to opium)
Charlie Cooktown PI (For medical observation)
Johanna Purcell Charleville PI (To join her husband)
Arthur Walmie, Polly Walmie Clump Point PI } (Unemployed)
Charlie Morginoo,Nellie Morginoo Clump Point PI } (Unemployed)
Pompey Normanton Y (Serving sentence for stealing. On his release.)
(WCB - Croydon 15. 7.1929 Pompey Aboriginal, serving sentence for stealing. On his
release to be removed to Palm Island. Arrived by escort from Normanton.)
Johnnie Pickpick, Sam Rokeby & wife Coen PI
6 old Aborigines Urandangie W (Old and indigent)
Tampie Bedourie PI (Arrested for stealing)
Johnny Stewarts Creek PI (Transferred for period of 6 months)
Charlie Watson, Aleck Nebo PI (Lazy and useless)
Billy Bowson Townsville Y (Very delicate)
Weary Willie Normanton PI (Intimidates both whites and Aborigines)
(WCB - Croydon 15. 7.1929 Weary Willie Aboriginal. Intimidates both white residents
and aborigines. Under escort from Normanton to Palm Island.)
Nellie and her children Carlton Hills PI (Will not work)
Clara and children Chillagoe PI (For medical attention)
Tommy Westcot Lockhart River PI (Interferes with Native women)
George Kelly PI (Harrassing Chinese for opium))
Bessie Mowbray and children PI (Prostitution)
Billy Bowen Palm Island B (Transfer)
Weigness. Transferred to Poid Island. Deserted from ship.
Johnny. Camooweal. Transfer Stewarts Ck to Palm Island.
Bertie Barber B
Albert Halt and family Springsure B
Ernest Lymburner Ayr PI
Petition for removal of Talwood black's camp
Biddy Innisfail Hosp PI (Syphilis)
Charley Short, Gypsy Croydon FI (VD)
(WCB - Croydon 4.10.1929 Gipsey Aboriginal about 19 years old. Order for removal dated
5. 9.1929 to Palm Island. Suffering V.D.. Returned to camp under instruction from the Protector
pending assent of Short Charlie.)
(WCB - Croydon 14.10.1929 Short Charlie, aboriginal aged ?40 years, and Gipsey,
aged 19 years, aboriginal. Both suffering V.D.. To be removed to Palm Island.
Left under escort on 22.10.1929.)
Ulsarra and gin Annie Coen PI (Interfering with girls)
Melba McPherson, Phyllis McPherson Rockhampton B (Over-indulgence)
19 Aborigines Bollon Camp B (Gambling and drinking)
Dick Cloncurry PI (Menace to the other Aborigines)
Coen Aboriginal Camp FI (VD cases)
Maggie Thomas, Aggie Thomas Fossilbrook Y
Jack Davidson, Bob Anderson Purga W
Gladys Gundy Barambah PI (Misconduct)
Maria Cook Brisbane W (Incorrigible)
Mamie Cressbrook Mitchell B (Requires control)
Harry Skeen, Topsy, Willie Gibson, Cairns PI }
Norah and others Cairns PI }
Toby, Johnny, Samalas, Coen PI ]
Marione and their wives Coen PI ]
Peter Foggin Atherton PI (Opium addict)
Nellie Addo Ayr W (Misconduct, etc)
Albert McKenzie Ayr PI (VD)
Tommy Twaddle, Alma Twaddle Talwood B }
Billy Twaddle, T Bird, C Bird Talwood B }
Anderson family Wondai B
Alice Cooktown PI (Prostitution)
Clyde Combo Baralaba B (Menace to girls)
David Mathieson Mona Mona PI (Troublesome)
Jack Anderson Barambah PI (Absconder)
Tealeaf Frank Laura PI (Stealing wives)
Burketown children, orphans, etc to Mornington Island Mission.
Oscar James, Elsie James and their child Mungana PI (Unfit for work)
Nipper, Maudie, Nina PI (For prostitution)
Jimmy Haynes Rockhampton W (Nuisance)
Tiger Thornton and wife Windorah W (No employment)
Maudie and Sloper Normanton Y (Join husband)
(WCB - Croydon 13. 1.1930 Maudy and child (-----) Aboriginal. From Normanton under removal to Yarrabah
Mission Station, Cairns. Left for Palm Island on 14. 1.1930.)
Removals 1929 (did not appear in Queensland Aboriginal Notes)
Name Removed From To
Johnny Baird, Rabbitt, their families Cooktown Palm Island
Willie Pone, Harry, Clem, Jack Cairns Palm Island
Rowland Cobbo Obi Obi Barambah
Natives removed from Chinchilla and Jandowae to Barambah as follows
Frank Fisher jnr, Jack Carbine, Livingstone Chambers, Burnett Turner, Colley Shardon, Fred Roma, Frank Roma
Vera Weazel Brisbane Barambah
Jessie Frog and her child Chatsworth Stn Palm Island
Willie Pearson, Maria Pearson Macknade Palm Island
Leslie Jerome Toowoomba Palm Island
George Tippo Rockhampton Gaol Palm Island
Major, Monday Cloncurry Palm Island
Willie Mattasey and wife Daisy Laura Palm Island
Jennie Innisfail Hosp. Palm Island
Charlie Cooktown Palm Island
Natives removed from Atherton to Palm Island as follows
Mary Ann, Charcoal and wife Emma and their child, Charlie Merria, Jimmy Navy, Willie Hughes,
Toby Nimba, Gordon, Toby Hull, Polly
Frank Waching and wife Nellie Goondi Palm Island
Johanna Purcell Charleville Palm Island
Joe Purcell's four children Purga Mission Palm Island
Freddy Normanton Mornington Island
Arthur Walmie and his wife Polly, Clump Point Palm Island )
Charlie Morginoo and wife Nellie Clump Point Palm Island )
Pompey Normanton Yarrabah
Johnny Pickwick, Rokeby Sam and wife Mary Coen Palm Island
Sixteen old and indigent aborigines Urandangie Woorabinda
Tampie Bedourie Palm Island
Johnny Stewarts Ck Gaol Palm Island
Aleck, Charlie Watson Nebo Palm Island
Billy Bowson Townsville Yarrabah
Weary Willie Normanton Palm Island
Nellie, her 2 H/C and one abor. children Carlton Hills Palm Island
Clara, Lindie (5), Pansy (10 mths) Chillagoe Hosp. Palm Island
Tommy Westcot Lockhart River Palm Island
George Kelly Mareeba Palm Island
Keri Futuna Proserpine Saibai Island
Bessie Mowbray, Charlie Mowbray and Cloncurry Palm Island )
children 7 yrs, 4 yrs and 1 1/2 yrs Cloncurry Palm Island )
Johnny Stewarts Creek Palm Island
Weighness Edmonton Poid - Moa Island
Ernest Lymburner Ayr Palm Island
Biddy Innisfail Palm Island
Ulsarra, Annie Coen Palm Island
Short Charlie and Gypsy Croydon Palm Island
Melba McPherson, Phyllis McPherson Archer Park Barambah (Archer Park, Rockhampton)
Dick Warung Palm Island
Frank, Pompy, Maggie, Aggie, Coen Fantome Island )
Nellie & child Coen Fantome Island )
Maggie Thomas, Aggie Thomas Fossilbrook Yarrabah
Jack Davidson, Bob Anderson Purga Woorabinda
Gladys Gundy Barambah Palm Island
Marie Cook Brisbane Woorabinda
Marie Cressbrook Mitchell Barambah
Natives removed from Weipa Mission to Palm Island as follows
Toby, Johnny, Samala, Marieone, and their wives Kitty, Lucy and Baremby
Peter Foggin Atherton Palm Island
Tommy Twaddle and children Billy and Alma Talwood Camp Barambah
Albert McKenzie Ayr Palm Island
Natives removed from Cairns to Palm Island as follows
Jack Jumbert, Frank McLaughlin, Albert, Willie Gibson, Sandy, Topsy, Norah, Harry Skene
Children Alice, Alma, Nancy Cooktown Palm Island
Natives removed from Wondai to Palm Island as follows
Bob Anderson and wife May and daughter Marjorie and children Rennie, Bobbie, Alex, Doreen, Elsie
Clyde Combo Baralaba Camp Barambah
David Mathieson Monamona Palm Island
Natives removed from Bollon to Barambah as follows
Bandanna Harry (70), Jinny Bandanna (70), Bollon Toby (70), Wolger Jack (60), Minnie Wolger (60),
Mulga Jimmy (70), Peter Darcy Mulga (25), Kitty Kirk (65), Bob Gray (45) and wife (40), Dolly Button (25),
Tom Orchard (45), Percy and Archie Button, Lovey na, Thelma, Colin, Ivy, Ethel
Jack Anderson Barambah Palm Island
Frank Tealeaf Laura Palm Island
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Natives removed from Burketown to Mornington Island as follows
Kate (12), Dulcie (6), May (9), Timmy (6), Peany ? (3), Henry (8), Alice (9)
Oscar James, wife Elsie and child Florrie Mungana Palm Island
Nipper and wives Maudie and Nina Cooktown Palm Island
Jimmy Haynes Nth Rockhampton Woorabinda
Tiger Thornton and wife Ivy and Windorah Woorabinda )
children aged 6 and 3 years Windorah Woorabinda )
Maudie and child Sloper Normanton Yarrabah
Tilly Plummer Baralaba Woorabinda
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Removals 1930
HOM/B76 Queensland State Archives
Removals 1930
Name and Details Removed From To
Tilly Plummer and child W
Sandy, Dina Coen PI
Bert Williams Gordonvale PI
Boy Williams Barambah P
Hector Thomas, D Compagno Atherton PI
Bambi Innisfail PI
Jack Coombra, Mary Coombra and family Mitchell B
Toby, Maggie Gordonvale PI
George Duncan, Lizzie Duncan and family Mitchell B
Toby Innisfail PI
Bob, Willie, Johnny Pick Pick, Laura PI } (Deserters from Palm Island, to be returned from Laura)
Little Harry Laura PI } (Deserters from Palm Island, to be returned from Laura)
J Sandow, J Davidson Taroom B
P Flying Fox, Billy Flowers Mitchell PI
Tommy, Maggie, Lena Atherton PI
Roy Norman, wife and child Myora W
Leslie Hatfield Brisbane B
Dolly Murray, Teddie Wylie Woorabinda FI
R Fogarty Purga W
Alick Anderson Charters Towers PI
Hazel, Smith Gayndah MY
A Holt Springsure B
Paddy Bloomfield Cooktown PI
Larry Marsh Baralaba W
Charlie Douglas Innisfail Y
Monday, E Lymburner Ayr PI
Alex, Norma Babinda PI
Kruger, Maggie Anderson Mareeba PI
Cohen Quilpie W
W Marsh, T Marsh, J Douglas PI
Frank Booth, wife and family Nocundra B
Togo Laura PI
Billy Wisker Macnade PI
Billy Mango, Peter Bendigo Normanton PI
(WCB - Croydon 19. 5.1930 Peter Bendigo, Billy Mango. Under removal orders to Palm Island.)
Nimrod Burketown PI
E Hazel Barambah GA
Eliza Williams, Frank Williams Ayr W
Charlie Williams Maidenwell B
Little Jinnany, Mary Ellen Camboon W
Maudie Galbraith Mareeba PI
Bertie Cloncurry PI
Peter Night Island, C Silver Edmonton PI
Peters family Barambah U
Sam Morris Mossman MM
McDonald, Charcoal Bowen CC
Cozie Bosun, Rene Bosun, Baralaba W }
Doreen Bosun, Kathleen Bosun Baralaba W }
Lucy Clarke Innisfail PI
Gaular Thursday Island MA
Amy Dawson Innisfail PI
Tommy Dodd Coen PI
Pepper Mulgeldie Stn B
Darby Bungarra Gordonvale PI
Willie Ledlie Stewarts Ck PI
Teddy Cooktown PI
M Collison, P Rutherford Cairns PI
Willie, Andrew Cairns PI
Bob Fogarty Barambah PI
Frank, Nellie, Clara Yarrabah PI
Chuckie, Douglas Fooks Cooktown PI
King Blutcher, Kitty Blutcher, Cooktown CB }
Nudgee, and others Cooktown CB }
Jacky Longreach W
Kitty Langdon Gordonvale PI
Maitland Normanton PI
(WCB - Croydon 3.11.1930 Maitland. Under orders to Palm Island.)
Aborigines at Ayr Ayr PI
George Cairns PI
Charlie Williams Murray River PI
Jack Mogul Cairns PI
E Lomas, L Davidson Purga B PI
Numa Thursday Island MA
Warwick Weipa Mission PI
F Toomba Charters Towers PI
Harry Brown, Mary Ann Brown Home Hill PI
D Dick wife & child, W Daylight Woorabinda FI
Jack Gilbert Goodna Asylum B
Lexie Mummins Ayr PI
Jack Davidson, Nancy Davidson Purga B
J Tommy Tommy, A Murray Rockhampton Gaol PI
Removals 1930 (did not appear in Queensland Aboriginal Notes)
Name Removed From To
Sandy Gostelow and wife Dina Coen Palm Island
Hector Thomas, Daisy Compango Atherton Palm Island
Jack Thomas (9) Fossillbrook Yarrabah
Bert Williams Gordonvale Palm Island
Boy Williams (10 or 11) Barambah Purga
Natives removed from Mitchell to Barambah as follows
George Duncan, Lizzie Duncan (mother) and children Ruby (11), Eric (14), George (12),
Duggie (16), Glennie (9), Forest (4), Joyce (2), Leslie (1)
Natives removed from Mitchell to Barambah as follows
Jack Coombra and wife Mary and children Leslie (22), Reggie (20), Austin (18),
Effie (16), Saide (12), Mary (10)
Toby, Maggie Mulgrave River Palm Island
Bambi Innisfail Palm Island
Toby Innisfail Palm Island
Jack Sandow, Jack Davidson Taroom Barambah
Bob, Willie, Johnny Pick Pick, Laura Palm Island )
Little Harry Laura Palm Island )
Peter Flying Fox, Billy Flowers Mitchell River Palm Island
Norman Roy, wife Mabel and Myora Reserve Woorabinda )
child Geraldine (9 or 10 yrs) Myora Reserve Woorabinda )
Tommy, Maggie, Lena Cooktown Palm Island
Leslie Hatfield Brisbane Barambah
Dolly Murray, Teddy Wylie Woorabinda Sett Fantome Island
Robert Fogarty Purga Woorabinda
Alick Anderson Charters Towers Palm Island
Edith Hazel Gayndah Barambah
Larry Marsh Baralaba Woorabinda
Paddy Bloomfield Cooktown Palm Island
Charlie Douglas Innisfail Yarrabah
Monday, Ernest Lymburner Ayr Palm Island
Alex, Nora Babinda Palm Island
Kruger, Maggie Anderson Mareeba Palm Island
Cohen Quilpie Woorabinda
Togo Laura Palm Island
Frank Booth, wife and 6 children Nocundra Barambah
Billy Wisker Halifax Palm Island
Walter Marsh, Jacky Douglas, Laura Palm Island )
Topsy Marsh Laura Palm Island )
Nimrod Turn Off Lagoona Palm Island
Frank Williams and wife Eliza Ayr Woorabinda
Charlie Williams Maidenwell Barambah
Little Jinnong and wife Mary Ellen, Camboon Woorabinda )
Alex Barney and Cissie Camboon Woorabinda )
Maudie Galbraith Mareeba Palm Island
Peter Night Island, Clarrie Silver Edmonton Palm Island
Bertie Cloncurry Palm Island
Sam Morris Mossman Monamona
Minnie Bosun and children Cozie (5), Baralaba Woorabinda )
Rene (4), Doreen (2), Kathleen (2 mths) Baralaba Woorabinda )
Lucy Clarke Innisfail Palm Island
Gaular of Mabuiag Island Thursday Island Mapoon
Amy Dawson and her 2 children 9 and 6 yrs Innisfail Palm Island
Tommy Dodd Coen Palm Island
Pepper Mulgeldie Stn Barambah
Willie Ledlie @ Willie Egan @ Willie May Stewarts Ck Gaol Palm Island
Darby Bungerra Gordonvale Palm Island
Teddy Cooktown Palm Island
Maggie Collinson, Polly Rutherford Cairns Fantome Island
Willie, Andrew Cairns Palm Island
Johnny Knight Proserpine Mapoon
Jerry McDonald, Charcoal Bowen Cowal Creek
Bob Fogarty Barambah Palm Island
Natives removed from Cooktown to Cape Bedford as follows
King Blutcher and wife Kitty, Nudgee and wife Maggie, Toby Summerhayes, Harris (H/C boy 5 yrs old)
Chuckie, Douglas Fooks Cooktown Palm Island
Frank, wife Nellie & her child Clara Yarrabah Palm Island
Jacky Longreach Woorabinda
Kitty Langdon Gordonvale Palm Island
Maitland Normanton Palm Island
Natives removed from Ayr to Palm Island as follows
Peter Atherton, Percy Smith, Flora, Sid Carroll, Sailor Watson, Moses Walker and wife and 2 children,
Peter Smallwood and wife, Bertha Allan and daughter (15) and sons (12 yrs and 3 yrs),
Con Lymburner and wife and sons 12 yrs and 3 yrs)
George Cairns Palm Island
Charlie Williams Murray River Palm Island
Jack Mogul Cairns Palm Island
Eliza Lomas Purga Mission Barambah
Leslie Davidson Purga Mission Palm Island
Numa Thursday Island Mapoon
Warwick Weipa Mission Palm Island
Fred Toomba Charters Towers Palm Island
Henry Brown, Mary Ann Brown Home Hill Palm Island
Jack Gilbert Goodna Asylum Barambah
Lexie Mummins Ayr Palm Island
Ossie Dick, wife Raby and son Douglas, Woorabinda Fantome Island )
Willie Daylight Woorabinda Fantome Island )
Jack Davidson, Nancy Purga Barambah
Jack Tommy Tommy, Arthur Murray Rockhampton Gaol Palm Island
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Removals 1931
A/4736 Queensland State Archives
Removals 1931
Name and Details Removed From To
Jacky Burke Woorabinda PI (Menace to women)
Clara Ebagoolah W (For her own protection)
Nandy Proserpine PI (Inclined to drink)
T Whelan & wife, J Noonan & wife Cooktown FI (VD cases)
Tommy Langdon Gordonvale PI (Evades work)
Moochin, Williams, Tiger, Meron Innisfail PI (Unemployed)
Slim Woods Lake MOR (Very lazy)
Captain, Jingle, Bully, Nancy, Robbie Cloncurry PI (Unemployed)
Arthur Murray, Tommy Tommy Rockhampton PI (Cattle stealing)
Edith Sargent & her children ) Croydon PI }(For their own benefit)
Mitty, Maud & infant ) Croydon PI }(For their own benefit)
Alice, Jessie ) Croydon PI }(For their own benefit)
(WCB - Croydon 2. 3.1931 Edith Sargent and 4 children namely Alice, Leslie, Vina and Edward )
Alice and child Mitty, Maudy and child. )
All under removal order to Palm Island.)
Nellie Eubenangee PI (Very old)
Mickey Miller Stewarts Creek PI (Nuisance)
Jack Davidson Barambah PI (Impossible nuisance)
Larry Dawson Silkwood PI (Very cheeky)
Catherine Lynden Cairns PI (Immorality)
Harry Brown, Mary Ann Brown Home Hill PI (Removal to be carried out)
Bessie Lee Quee, Paddy Lee Quee, Burketown MOR } (For own protection)
Frank Lee Quee, Violet, Allan Burketown MOR } (For own protection)
William Law Cracow Stn W (Very Quarrelsome
Nellie Bamboo Cooktown PI (Serving sentence for stealing)
Lily Corporal Cooktown FI (VD case)
R Johnson, wife Lowmead W (Quarrelsome)
H Murray Noondoo B (Becoming a nuisance)
Lorna Williams, Leslie Williams Pialba B (To go to dormitory)
Yarrie, Alma, Jumbo, Rosie Cloncurry PI }
Sharper Woodhouse, Bessie Woodhouse Cloncurry PI }
Nimrod, Bostock, Louie, Trooper Cloncurry PI }
Hero, P Sunsay, J Mitchell, Jerry Cairns PI ] (Refuse to work)
Billy Bynell, Clem, Ruby Cairns PI ] (Refuse to work)
Paddy Flynn, & wives & families Cairns PI ] (Refuse to work)
Cooker Mossman PI (Menace to other Aboriginals)
Dolly Laura PI (Prostitute)
Bob Johnson, protest against being removed to Woorabinda
Jacob, Robert Normanton PI (VD cases)
(WCB - Croydon 20. 4.1931 Bruce, Hecta, Robert, Jacob. Under removal orders from Normantonto Palm Island.)
Mabel Cooktown FI (VD case)
Hector, Bruce & wife & children Normanton PI (Causes trouble)
(WCB - Croydon 20. 4.1931 Bruce, Hecta, Robert, Jacob. Under removal orders from Normantonto Palm Island.)
Bob, Julia, Rosey, Annie Chillagoe MM (Old and feeble)
H Gibson, Polly Gibson Cairns PI (Convicted stealing)
Winnie Williams Pialba B (Uncontrollable child)
Tommy Olivevale, Kitty Olivevale Palmer River PI (Absconders)
Friday Cairns FI (Congenital syphilis)
Eva Dandy, David Dandy Gordonvale PI (Orphans)
Foot, Friday Normanton PI (Witnesses in a murder case)
(WCB - Croydon 18. 5.1931 Foot, Friday. Under removal orders from Normanton to Palm Island.)
Ropeyarn Stewarts Creek PI (On discharge from jail)
Jessie Ah Foo Burketown PI (For her own protection)
B Turner, L Jerome Barambah PI (Low mentality and insolent)
Peter Williams Rockhampton Gaol PI (Serving sentence for wilful exposure)
King Nicholas, Rosie Cooktown PI (Trades lubras with Japanese)
Willie Yebra South Johnstone PI (Causing unrest)
S Marshall, Joe, Wainaga Cairns FI } (VD cases)
Annie, Ethel, Minnie Cairns FI } (VD cases)
Daisy Bell and infant Cairns FI } (VD cases)
Paddy Murrum Georgetown PI (Irresponsible)
Mrs P Williams and child Woorabinda PI (To accompany husband)
Willie Owens Myora B (Own protection)
Mitchell Cooktown PI (For medical attention)
George Williams Westbrook B (To join brother and sister)
Muriel E Franks North Gayndah B (For own good)
Mick, Muriel, Doreen, Fanny Burketown MOR (For own protection)
Bessie Burketown PI (For treatment, skin disease)
A Purcell, B Brown. Detained at Barambah. To give Superintendent authority over.
Jimmy Foot. Detained at Palm Island. Very cheeky and bad boy.
B P Daringi, Minnie Daringi, Nellie Babinda PI } (Opium smokers)
W Neyway, B Burrawee Babinda PI } (Opium smokers)
Jimmy, Mickey Babinda PI } (Opium smokers)
Bob Dixon Townsville B (Acquitted on charge of assault)
Minnema, W Colonel, Pansy Colonel Bogarella B } (Own protection)
Mrs Mailman Bogarella B } (Own protection)
Hilgery Lewis, Freddy Lewis Ingham PI (Refuse sign Agreement)
M O'Brien, J Merrniger Cairns PI (Refuses work)
H Burke Woorabinda FI (VD case)
H Brown Coen PI (Apparently deranged)
P Underwood and children. Detained at Yarrabah. To give Superintendent authority over him.
L Mailman. Protests against removal from Charleville.
Charlie (60 yrs) Innisfail PI (Violent)
Jimmy Lumpy St George B (Destitute, very old)
Wappita Urandangie PI (Troublesome)
Jessie Mossman Longreach FI (VD case)
B Turner, L Jerome. Absconders from Palm Island. Recommend proceedings against.
Dora Olive Bowen PI (Asks to be allowed to go)
Tommy Cargell Townsville PI (No employment)
E Martin Rockhampton Gaol PI (Absconder)
Colin, Dolly Cardwell PI (Quarrelsome)
H Nebo, L Law Gayndah B (Loafers)
Spider Cooktown FI (VD case)
C Highbury Cairns FI (VD case)
Henry Cairns PI (Receive education)
Emily. Venereal case. Transferred from Cairns Hospital to Palm Island.
Esther Fuchs Maryborough PI
Paddy Ryan Mt Garnet PI (Absconder)
Polly, Jemima, Harry, Willie Gordonvale PI (Will not work)
Dan Evans, Sunlight Evans Mt Garnet PI (Escapees from Palm Island)
J Blackman and 2 children Winton PI (For own protection)
L Jerome, B Turner Cherbourg PI (Absconders)
J Daley and children Winton PI (For own protection)
E Turkey and daughter Mackay PI (Difficult to obtain work)
Removals 1931 (did not appear in Queensland Aboriginal Notes)
Name Removed From To
Jacky Burke Woorabinda Palm Island
Clara Ebagoolah Weipa
Tommy Langdon Gordonvale Palm Island
Nandy Proserpine Palm Island
Tommy Whelan and wife Minnie, Cooktown Fantome Island )
Jimmy Noonan and wife Minnie Cooktown Fantome Island )
William Moochin, Billy Williams, Innisfail Palm Island ]
Mick Tiger, Frank Maron Innisfail Palm Island ]
Slim Woods Lake Mornington Island
Natives removed from Cloncurry to Palm Island as follows
Captain (60), Jingle (17), Bully (17), Nancy (23), Robbie (21), Nancy's two children
Nellie Eubenanger Camp Palm Island
Natives removed from Croydon to Palm Island as follows
Edith Sargent and her children Alice, Leslie, Verna and Edward,
Mitty, Maud and infant, Alice, Jessie and her child
Mickey Miller Stewarts Ck Gaol Palm Island
Jack Davidson Barambah Palm Island
Larry Dawson Silkwood Palm Island
Catherine Lynden Cairns Palm Island
Natives removed from Burketown to Mornington Island as follows
Bessie Lee Quee and her sons Paddy (6) and Frank (4), Violet and her son Allan (5)
Leslie Mornington Island Palm Island
William Law Cracow Stn Woorabinda
Lily Corporal Cooktown Fantome Island
Nellie Bamboo Cooktown Palm Island
Robert Johnson, wife and six children Lowmead Woorabinda
Harry Murray Dirranbandi Barambah
Lorna Williams, Leslie Williams Pialba Barambah
Cooker Mossman Palm Island
Dolly Laura Palm Island
Jacob, Robert Normanton Palm Island
Natives removed from Cloncurry to Palm Island as follows
Yarrie (58) and wife Alma (23) and her child Eva (3),
Jumbo (40) and wife Rosie (25) and children Janie (7), Peggy (5) and son (2),
Sharper Woodhouse (53) and wife Bessie (30) and children Melba (9) and Billy (4 1/2),
Nimrod (38), Bostock (60 to 65) and wife Louie (55), Trooper (35)
Natives removed from Cairns to Palm Island as follows
Hero and wife Maggie, Peter Sunsay and wife Ida Butterworth and their two children,
John Mitchell and wife Hazel and their two children,
Jerry, Billy Bynall, Clem, Ruby, Paddy Flynn
Mabel Cooktown Fantome Island
Bruce's wife and two children, Mitchell River Palm Island )
Bruce, Hector Mitchell River Palm Island )
Winnie Williams Pialba Barambah
Hector Gibson and wife Polly Cairns Palm Island
Bob McLean (65) and wife Julia (55), Chillagoe Monamona )
Annie (60), Rosie (45) Chillagoe Monamona )
Tommy Olive Vale, Kitty Laura Palm Island
Friday Mungana Fantome Island
Foot, Friday Normanton Palm Island
Children David Dandy and Iva Dandy Gordonvale Palm Island
Jessie Ah Foo Burketown Palm Island
Bernard Turner, Lennie Jerome Barambah Palm Island
Esther Fuchs Brisbane Barambah
Ropeyarn Stewarts Ck Gaol Palm Island
King Nicholas and wife Rosie Cooktown Palm Island
Peter Williams Rockhampton Gaol Palm Island
Willie Yebra Japoon Palm Island
Paddy Murrum Georgetown Palm Island
Mitchell Cooktown Palm Island
Natives removed from Cairns Hosp[ital to Fantome Island as follows
Snowy Marshall, Wainaga, Joe, Annie, Ethel, Minnie, Daisy Bell and infant
Mrs Peter Williams and child Woorabinda Palm Island
Willie Owens Myora Barambah
George Williams Westbrook Barambah
Arthur Purcell, Bertie Brown Barambah
Bessie Burketown Palm Island
Muriel Edith Franks North Gayndah Barambah
Natives removed from Marless Station to Mornington Island as follows
Mick (5), Muriel (9), Doreen (3), Fanny (3)
Adrian Richardson, Bernard Turner, Barambah Palm Island )
Lennie Jerome Barambah Palm Island )
Natives removed from Babinda to Palm Island as follows
Bob Pook Daringi and wife Minnie, Nellie (old), Willie Neyway, Bobby Burrawee, Jimmy, Micky
Bob Dixon Townsville Barambah
Natives removed from Bogarella to Barambah as follows
Minnama, Willie Colonel and children Jessie and Pansy, Mrs Mailman
(Mrs Mailman allowed to stay at Babbiloora Station)
Hilgery, Freddie Lewis Ingham Palm Island
Mick O'Brien, Johnny Merringer Cairns Palm Island
Harry Brown Coen Palm Island
Peter Underwood and children Ralph, Yarrabah )
Maxwell, Agnes, Jessie (baby) Yarrabah )
Charlie Innisfail Palm Island
Jimmy Lumpy St George Barambah
Natives removed from Cloncurry to Palm Island as follows
George Mitchell, Willie Lorraine and wife Sophy and their two children
Wappita Urandangie Palm Island
Tommy Cargell Townsville Palm Island
Dora Olive Bowen Palm Island
Eric Martin Rockhampton Gaol Palm Island
Colin and wife Dolly Cardwell Palm Island
Spider Cooktown Fantome Island
Charlie Highbury Cairns Hospital Fantome Island
Horney Nebo, Leonard Law Gayndah Barambah
Harry Bynell Cairns Palm Island
Emily Cairns Hospital Fantome Island
Vincent Blackman Stewarts Ck Gaol Palm Island
Paddy Ryan Mt Garney Palm Island
Lenny Jerome, Bernard Turner Cherbourg Palm Island
Jessie Blackman and her two children Winton Palm Island
Judy Daley and her two children Winton Palm Island
Elsie Turkey and daughter (2 yrs) Mackay Palm Island
Polly, Jemima, Harry, Willie Gordonvale Palm Island
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Removals 1932
A/4737 Queensland State Archives
Removals 1932
Name and Details Removed From To
Rosie and baby Cooktown FI (VD case)
Topsy Bong and son Cairns PI (Immoral)
Nellie Williams Cherbourg FI (VD case)
Goggle-eye Normanton PI (Bad influence)
(WCB - Croydon 20. 1.1932 Googleye. Removal orders from Normanton to Palm Island.)
Brumby Gordonvale PI (No employment)
Alice Draper Cairns PI (Immoral)
Jessie Ah Foo. Recommends that she be retained at Palm Island.
Herbert Cairns PI (Entered dwelling to commit crime)
Sarah, Martha, Victor, Cyril Georgetown MM (Father unable to care for)
William Albert or James Mitchell Alpha (Removal of)
Jimmy Lena, Johnny, Willie Dog, Coen PI } (Dangerous and desperate Aboriginals)
Taylor, Fanny Coen PI } (Dangerous and desperate Aboriginals)
Sarah, Dina Gordonvale W (TB cases)
Mary Dodd Hughenden Hosp FI (Syphilis)
Donald and wife, John Henry Aurukun PI } (Guilty of grave moral offences)
Polly Fruit and husband Aurukun PI } (Guilty of grave moral offences)
Jerry, Kitty Cooktown PI (Undesirable and to receive treatment)
Slim Mornington Is PI (Concerned cattle spearing case)
Toby, Sam, his wife, Peter, Mourilyan & Cowley PI } (Unemployed)
George, Albert Mourilyan & Cowley PI } (Unemployed)
Murray Townsville PI (Own request)
B Turner Stewarts Creek Y (Deserter from Palm Island)
C Willieboy Woorabinda PI (Impossible and dangerous)
K Tim Palm Island W (Deserted employment)
Willie Brooks Cairns PI (Inclines to be sexual)
Removal of Aborigines from one settlement to another, is it a charge against Police or Aboriginals.
V Blanco, wife and daughter ) Cairns & Th.I. PI (Defies Police)
A Roberts, Roberts, and daughter Innisfail PI (Own desire)
Willie Reid. Recommends sending to a Settlement.
Jackie Shepherd Coen PI (Convicted stealing)
Dick Coleman Myora C (General nuisance)
A Chillagoe Cairns FI (VD case)
Paddy Malanda PI (Very old)
V Blanco Cairns MA (Defies Police)
M Mills, L Shepherd Cairns PI (Syphilis and mother of former)
J Nufong. Request by Mrs Bulsey for removal from Myora Settlement.
Jenny Ravenshoe PI (Old and destitute)
Roger Brown Cloncurry PI (Treatment for syphilis)
Bob Fogarty Cherbourg PI (Absconder)
C Cartwright Ingham PI (Reluctant to work)
D Endoyn Coen PI (Suspected of thieving)
W Massey Coen PI (Dangerous)
Billy Cairns PI (VD case)
Maudie and 3 children Cairns MM (Uncontrollable)
Mary Epi Thursday Is MI (Uncontrollable)
Christie Cullum Purga C (Abusive to officials)
Leonard Moffat Mitchell C (Threatened life of resident)
Claim for seven pounds nine shillings and sixpence for Mrs M V Danford, for escort of a VD case to Palm Island
Jimmy Kangaroo Cairns PI (Suspected leper)
Walker Cairns FI (VD case)
Big Harry Weipa Mission PI (Menace to the Community)
Sandy Boyd, wife and children Mt Garnet PI (Dislocated spine)
J Sullivan Stewarts Creek PI (Discharged from jail)
Gertie Epi (8 yrs) Thursday Island MI (Uncontrollable)
Jacky Alberts Mackay PI (Unemployed)
Nancy Ravenshoe PI (Will not work)
Batavia Goldfield women Coen PI (Immoral conduct)
Darby PI (Old and feeble)
Jack Mooraby. Detention at Cherbourg, own desire.
Archie Muratti Edmonton PI (Ill and unable to work)
Jerry Tully Hospital PI (Syphilis case)
Tomsana Thursday Island BI (Native of Badu)
Towatt Weipa PI (To accompany husband)
E Williams, B Duncan Theodore PI (Absconders from Settlement)
Imarie Mabuiag Island PI (Immorality)
C Willieboy, F Lewis Maryborough PI (Absconders)
Clifford Albury, Sydney Albury Nth Rockhampton W } (Neglected children)
Samuel Albury, Martha Albury Nth Rockhampton W } (Neglected children)
Timothy Albury Nth Rockhampton W } (Neglected children)
Tommy Waverley Rockhampton W (Very old)
Tommy Black. Detention order for, at Cherbourg.
Frank Roma, Fred Roma, G Williams, J Daylight, H Costello. Detained at Cherbourg, to give Superintendent authority.
Jack Rolf. Detained at Woorabinda, discipline necessary.
J Barry, Emily Barry, and their children Camooweal PI } (Men are turbulent spirits)
G Barry, Lizzie Barry, and 1 child Camooweal PI } (Men are turbulent spirits)
Jessie, Kaduga Camooweal PIFI (Treatment and addicted to drink)
William Law @ William Dodd Woorabinda C (Extremely cheeky)
Jacky Watson.Detained at Cherbourg, to give Superintendent authority over.
Albert Townsville PI (Convicted unlawfully killing infant)
Ponto, Yan Bun Cooktown PI (Will not work)
Barry. Arrest for removal to Palm Island. Expenditure fifteen pounds.
B Barnett Laura PI (Mentally defifient)
N Broab Yungaburra PI (Endangering State Forests)
I Gundy, Besta Gundy his wife Woorabinda PI (Trouble breeders)
Gregory Stewarts Creek PI (On completion of sentence)
Joan and infant Ingham PI (In their best interests)
G Hart, E Chapman Brisbane C (Loitering and soliciting)
Arthur Gold Mt Cotton PI (Undesirable)
Cissie Barney Monto C (Old and destitute)
Gilbert or Pump Aurukun PI (Immoral habits)
Lennie Law Woodmiller C (Absconded from Settlement)
Winnie Williams Nambour C (Absconder)
Emily Frank, P Deegan, W Kelly, Biddy Millaa Millaa PI (Opium smokers)
Removals 1932 (did not appear in Queensland Aboriginal Notes)
Name Removed From To
Nellie Williams Cherbourg Fantome Island
Rosie and 3 month old baby Cooktown Fantome Island
Topsy Bong, Frank Douglas Tanna (son) Cairns Palm Island
Goggle Eye Normanton Palm Island
Brumby Gordonvale Palm Island
Alice Draper Cairns Palm Island
Herbert Cairns Palm Island
Sarah (11), Martha (9), Victor (4), Georgetown Monamona )
Cyril (3) Georgetown Monamona )
Jimmy Lena, Johnny, Willie Dog, Coen Palm Island ]
Taylor, Fanny Coen Palm Island ]
Sarah, Dina Gordonvale Woorabinda
Cissie McDowall Acacia Vale Palm Island
Mary Dodd Hughenden Hosp Fantome Island
Jerry, Kitty Cooktown Palm Island
Natives removed from Aurukun Mission to Palm Island as follows
John Henry, Donald and his wife and children (if any), Polly Fruit and her husband (if alive)
Natives removed from Mourilyan and Cowley to Palm Island as follows
Toby, Sam and his wife, Peter, George, Albert
Murray Townsville Palm Island
Claude Willieboy Woorabinda Palm Island
Bernard Turner Palm Island Yarrabah
Kathleen Tim Palm Island Woorabinda
Willie Brooks Cairns Palm Island
Robert & wife Annie & daughter (10-14 yrs) Innisfail Palm Island
Jackie Shephard (14) Coen Palm Island
Dick Coleman Myora Cherbourg
Paddy Malanda Palm Island
Alex Chillagoe Cairns Hospital Fantome Island
May Mills, Lucy Shepherd Cairns Palm Island
Victoriaus Blanco Cairns Mapoon
Roger Brown District Hosp Fantome Island
Jenny Ravenshoe Palm Island
Charles Cartwright Ingham Palm Island
Bob Fogarty Cherbourg Palm Island
David Endoyn, Willie Massey Coen Palm Island
Billy Cairns Fantome Island
Mary Epi, Christie Cullam (Taldora) Purga Cherbourg
Leonard Moffatt Mitchell Cherbourg
Jimmy Kangaroo Cairns Palm Island
Maudie and her three children Cairns Monamona
Walker Cairns Fantome Island
Big Harry Weipa Mission Palm Island
Gertie Epi Thursday Island Mabuiag Island
Sandy Boyd, wife and two children Mt Garnet Palm Island
Nancy Ravenshoe Palm Island
Jacky Alberts Mackay Palm Island
Natives removed from Coen to Palm Island as follows
Mona, Maggie, Maggie Tin, Nellie Bran and child, Annie Bag, Small Johnny and his two wives
Toby @ Darby Palm Island
Archie Muratti Edmonton Palm Island
Jack Mooraby Cherbourg
Tomsana Thursday Island Badu Island
Jerry Tully Hospital Palm Island
Towatt Weipa Mission Palm Island
Ernie Williams, Bertie Duncan Theodore Palm Island
Imarie Mabuiag Island Palm Island
Claude Willieboy, Freddy Lewis Maryborough Palm Island
Natives removed from North Rockhampton to Woorabinda as follows
Children of Len Albury namely Clifford, Sydney, Samuel, Martha, Timothy
Tommy Waverley Rockhampton Woorabinda
Tommy Black Cherbourg
Jack Rolf Woorabinda
Natives to be detained at Cherbourg as follows
Frank Roma, Fred Roma, George Williams, Jack Daylight jnr, Harry Costello jnr
Natives removed from Camooweal to Palm Island as follows
Jack Barry and wife Emily and their two children, Gregory Barry and wife Lizzie and their child
Willie Law @ William Dodd Woorabinda Cherbourg
Jessie Camooweal Fantome Island
Kaduga Camooweal Palm Island
Jacky Watson Cherbourg
Albert Townsville Palm Island
Jimmy Ponto, Yan Bun Cooktown Palm Island
Bally Barnett Laura Palm Island
Nellie Broab Yungaburra Palm Island
Isaac Gundy and wife Besta Mt Coolan Palm Island
Cissie Barney Monto Cherbourg
Joan and her infant Ingham Palm Island
Gregory Stewarts Ck Palm Island
Glasdys Hart, Evelyn Chapman Brisbane Cherbourg
Winnie Williams Nambour Cherbourg
Natives removed from Millaa Millaa to Palm Island as follows
Frank and wife Emily and family, Paddy Dugan, Willy Kelly and wife Biddy and family)
Gilbert or Pumpkin Aurukun Palm Island
Lennie Law Woodmillar Cherbourg
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Home Office, Registers of Letters Received
Removals 1933
A/4738 Queensland State Archives
Removals 1933
Name and Details Removed From To
Gilbert's wife Aurukun PI (To accompany husband)
R Mamus Archer River PI (Cattle killing)
M King, Nancy, N Gordon, Pussycat, Batavia River PI } (Immoral conduct)
Kitty, Jimmy Pussycat, N Gordon, Batavia River PI } (Immoral conduct)
Billy, Daisy Batavia River PI } (Immoral conduct)
Dick Gregory Downs Stn MOR (Sick and nearly blind)
J Walsh Mona Mona PI (Sexual maniac)
Dick Clarke Nebo W (A nuisance)
G Hillage, S Pluto, B Walsh, PI }Removals to Palm Island, VD and leprosy cases)
G Martin, Sailor PI }Removals to Palm Island, VD and leprosy cases)
Cigarette, Charley Mungana PI (Absconders)
Jack Sprat Musgrave PI (Probable insanity)
W Daylight, E Martin Hughenden PI (Absconders)
Saena, Wangon, Pedro, Ebu Palm Island MUI (Request for removal)
Jack Powell Nebo W (Unemployed)
T Johnson, wife and family Miriam Vale (Removal to a Settlement)
Augustus Dick Cloncurry PI (Met with accident)
Willie O'Hara Stewarts Creek PI (Serving imprisonment)
C Torres, E McAvoy, C Blackman } (Retain at Cherbourg, deserters)
A Prince, W Bone, W Bundai } (Retain at Cherbourg, deserters)
William Phoenix Brisbane Hospital C (Old and destitute)
Claude Willieboy. About his removal from Woorabinda to Palm Island.
Lily Burke's sons Hughenden PI (Mother in Jail)
Annie Woods Peel Is Lazaret C (Discharged from Lazaret)
Rob Flinders Cairns PI (Refuses work)
Jacky Alberts, Clive Beckett Cherbourg PI (Absconders)
W Green, M Robinson Mona Mona PI (Leprosy and VD cases)
Jessie Walker and child Mossman PI (TB case)
Darby Bungarra Babinda PI (Assault on female aged seven years)
Lily Burke Stewarts Creek PI (Stealing from employer)
Jack Coombra Rockhampton Gaol W (Breaking and entering)
Cyril Saunders Rockhampton Gaol W (Breaking and entering)
A E Kyle. That he may be released from Palm Island.
Charlie Booter Woorabinda C
George Henry Brisbane C
John Turkey, Emily Turkey, Ivy Walter Clermont W
John Richardson, wife and 7 children Springsure W
Lily Punch and children Springsure W
Daisy Coutts, Gladys Coutts, Cooktown PI }
Harry Coutts, Buller Fuller Cooktown PI }
Rob, Topsy, Rob, Clem Laura PI
Harry, Dabum Cape Bedford PI
Lucy Chillagoe FI
Billy Hill, wife and family Emerald W (Destitute)
Lucy Taldora Sth Brisbane C (For misconducting herself)
George Rose Herberton Hosp PI (TB case)
T Johnson and family Miriam Vale PI (Removal to Settlement)
Jack Hay Charleville C (Unemployed)
Syd Williams. For detention at Woorabinda.
Jack Lumpy Coen PI (Suspect for murder of gin)
David Ross Stewarts Creek PI (Imprisionment for assault)
Jackey Stewarts Creek PI (Addicted to stealing)
Jimmy Santo, Jimmy Ante Innisfail PI (Unemployed)
Dolly Mt Isa PI (Refuses to live with husband)
E Roberts, B Blair Beaudesert C (Deserters)
Billy Cairns PI (Old, destitute, unfit for work)
Sandy Teare Goodna C (Recovered mentally)
Alick Windorah W (Old and feeble)
Boose Locha. Release from Palm Island to return to Murray Islandm.
Teddy Hopkins. Detained at Cherbourg, absconder.
Katie Kettle Normanton FI (Syphilis patient)
W Anderson Stewarts Creek PI (Expiration of prison sentence)
Donny, wife and children Ingham PI (Indifferent health)
H McDonnell. Return from Palm Island to Cowal Creek.
Sam, wife and child Burketown PI (Refuses work)
Ben and family Augustus Downs PI (Unable to work)
Jack Johnstone Stonehenge W (To detain on Reserve)
Andy Smith Mossman PI (Assault on white woman)
Maggie Robertson. Request for return to Batavia River from Palm Island.
R Duncan, E Roberts Purga C (Deserters)
Jessie, May Ingham PI (Not being properly cared for)
T Johnson and family Miriam Vale (Remove to Settlement)
Annie Normanton PI (VD case)
Mrs Fennock (Kindarra) Myora C (Old and feeble)
J Murphy Mossman PI (Drunkenness)
Florrie Mt Mulgrave PI (Immoral conduct)
Elsie Martin and children Almaden MM (Not being cared for)
S Clevin, J Clevin and children Goondiwindi (No action about removal)
Cardwell Protectorate Aborigines Cardwell FI (VD cases)
Billy Ginong, Mary Ginong Monto C (Old and destitute)
Jimmy Wood Coen PI (To join wife)
Archie Mt Surprise PI (Behaving indecently)
William Riley Baralaba W (Unemployed)
Harry Roberts. Cancellation of Exemption.
Annie Fortune, Edie Fortune, Euroka Springs PI } (Illegally employed)
Jack Fortune Euroka Springs PI } (Illegally employed)
Albert Watson Woorabinda FI (Granuloma Ingunale case)
Jennie O'Brien Brisbane C (Unemployed)
Charlie Reilly Cherbourg PI (Abusive and insolent)
Harold Armstrong Toobeah C (Addicted to drink)
Kathleen Alice Cairns FI (Blind due to syphilis)
Peter The Oaks PI (Aged and unsanitary)
Nat West Chinchilla C (Absconder)
B Roberts, P Robinson & wife, Nipper Malanda MM (Opium addicts)
J Brown, M Raymond and children Malanda MM
R Duncan, T Dodd, E McAvoy, P McAvoy Miles C (Absconders)
Peninsula Aborigines, removal to Settlements. Use of motor transport.
J Gobala, Marthapork, Mynoota Rokeby Stn AU (Absconders)
Mandayongi, Sambo, Nellie Silkwood PI (Destitute and feeble)
S Sailor, W Thaiday, L George Darnley Island PI (Attempted rape)
J Chernside (Chermside) Hawkwood C (Absconder)
Removals 1933 (did not appear in Queensland Aboriginal Notes)
Name Removed From To
Wife of Gilbert Aurukun Palm Island
Rokeby Mamus Archer River Palm Island
Natives removed from Batavia Diggings to Palm Island as follows
Maggie King, Nancy and son Billy, Monkey, Nancy Gordon, Daisy, piccaninny of Nancy Gordon,
Jimmy Pussycat, Kitty Pussycat
Dick Gregory Downs Stn Mornington Island
Jack Walsh Monamona Palm Island
Cigarette, Charley Mungana Palm Island
Susie Pluto, Charlie Walsh, Momamona Mission Palm Island )
Gilbert Martin Monamona Mission Palm Island )
Gracie Hillage Japoon Palm Island (Japoon (Innisfail))
Sailor Macknade Palm Island (Macknade (Halifax))
Dick Clarke Nebo Woorabinda (Nebo (Mt Coolon))
Jack Sprat Laura Palm Island
Willie Daylight, Eric Martin Hughenden Palm Island
Jack Powell Nebo Woorabinda
Sammy and his brother, sons of Lily Burke Hughenden Palm Island
Bob Flinders Cairns Palm Island
Annie Woods Peel Island Cherbourg
William Phoenix Brisbane Hosp Cherbourg
Natives to be restrained at Cherbourg as follows
Charlie Torres, Ernest McAvoy, Charlie Blackman, Albert Prince, Willie Bone, Stanley Bundai
Willie O'Hara Stewarts Ck Gaol Palm Island
Augustus Dick Cloncurry Palm Island
Willie Green, Maudie Robinson and Mona Mona Palm Island )
young child Mona Mona Palm Island )
Jacky Alberts Cherbourg Palm Island
Clive Beckett Cherbourg Palm Island
Jessie Walker and one child Mossman Palm Island
Jack Coombra Rockhampton Gaol Woorabinda
Cyril Saunders Rockhampton Gaol Woorabinda
Lily Burke Stewarts Ck Gaol Palm Island
Darby Bungarra Babinda Palm Island
George Henry Brsibane Cherbourg
Johnny Turkey amd wife Emily and Clermont Woorabinda )
daughter Ivy Walter Clermont Woorabinda )
Thomas Johnson Miriam Vale Woorabinda
Matilda Katherine Johnson Miriam Vale Woorabinda
Daisy Coutts and husband Harry and Cooktown Palm Island )
daughter Gladys and son Buller Fuller Cooktown Palm Island )
Rob (Olivale), Topsy, Rob, Clem Laura Palm Island
Jimmy Richardson and wife and 7 children, Springsure Woorabinda )
Lily Punch and 3 children Springsure Woorabinda )
Harry, Daburn Cape Bedford Palm Island
Lucy Chillagoe Palm Island
Natives to be removed from Emerald to Woorabinda as follows
Billy Hill (father), Dot Hill (mother), Doris Hill (daughter), Billiboy Hill (son), Isabella Hill (daughter),
Madeline Hill (daughter), Vera Hill (daughter), Willis Hill (son), Gwen Hill (daughter)
George Rose Herberton Hosp Palm Island
Lucy Taldora South Brisbane Cherbourg
Syd Williams Woorabinda
Jack Hay Charleville Cherbourg
Jack Lumpy Coen Palm Island
David Ross Stewarts Ck Gaol Palm Island
Jackey Stewarts Ck Gaol Palm Island
Biddie Ross, Willie Mt Isa Palm Island
Jimmy Santo, Jimmy Ante Innisfail Palm Island
Dolly Mt Isa Palm Island
Ernie Roberts, Bobby Blair Beaudesert Cherbourg
Billy Cairns Palm Island
Alick Windorah Woorabinda
Sandy Teare Goodna Asylum Cherbourg
Katie Kettle Normanton Palm Island
Danny and wife and 4 children (Boyd) Ingham Palm Island
William Anderson Stewarts Ck Gaol Palm Island
Teddy Hopkins Cherbourg
Sam and wife Minnie and infant Normie Burketown Palm Island
Ben and wife Molly and children Augustus Downs Palm Island ) (Augustus Downs / Cloncurry)
Grace (13), Trixie (11), George (4) Augustus Downs Palm Island ) (Augustus Downs / Cloncurry)
Jack Johnstone Stonehenge Woorabinda
Andy Smith Mossman Palm Island
Raymond Duncan, Ernest Roberts Purga Cherbourg
Jessie (11), May (8) Ingham Palm Island
Mrs Fennock (Kindarra) Myora Cherbourg
Annie Normanton Palm Island
Florrie Mt Mulgrave Palm Island
Jack Murphy Mossman Palm Island
Any children of Elsie Martin deceased Almaden Monamona
Billy Ginong and wife Mary Monto Cherbourg
Natives to be removed from Cardwell to Palm Island as follows
Charlie Clark Kennedy and wife Nellie, Minnie Bringan, Johnny Kibrey, Maggie Cornbun,
Charlie Splaine, Biddy, Tommy Eelmurra and wife Nellie, Lena, Kathleen (3)
Jimmy Wood Coen Palm Island
Archie Mt Surprise Palm Island
Willie Riley Barabala Woorabinda
Anna Fortune and child, Edie Fortune, Euroka Springs Palm Island ) (Euroka Springs Julia Creek
Jack Fortune Euroka Springs Palm Island ) (Euroka Springs Julia Creek
Jennie O'Brien Brisbane Cherbourg
Kathleen Alice Cairns Hospital Fantome Island
Peter Oaks, Cairns Palm Island
Charlie Reilly Cherbourg Palm Island
Nat West Chinchilla Palm Island
Harold Armstrong Toobeah Cherbourg
Billy Roberts, Paddy Robinson and wife Malanda Monamona )
Emily, Nipper, Jimmy Brown Malanda Monamona )
Molly Brown (married to Jimmy Brown) and Malanda Monamona ]
their two children Malanda Monamona ]
Raymond Duncan, Tom Dodd, Ernest McAvoy, Miles Cherbourg }
Percy McAvoy Miles Cherbourg }
Natives to be removed from Silkwood to Palm Island as follows
Sambo Mandayongi (widower 70 yrs), Jim -------, Nellie Mandayongi (widow 70 yrs)
Johnnie Gobala (Panyawa), Rokeby Aurukun )
Marthapork, Mynoota Rokeby Aurukun )
Sela Sailor, Willie Thaiday, Lui George Darnley Island Palm Island
Jacob Chermside and wife Mary and children Hawkwood Cherbourg )
Sheila, Rachel, Maisey and Charlie Hawkwood Cherbourg )
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Home Office, Registers of Letters Received
Removals 1934
A/4739 Queensland State Archives
Removals 1934
Name and Details Removed From To
Isobel Ezzy Ravenshoe YA (Immoral habits)
Gilbert Patterson, Lorraine Stn PI (Horse thief, unemployed)
R Charleville, R Bligh, C Riley Hawkwood C (Absconders)
Cigarette, B Ross, H Massey Stewarts Ck PI (Absconders)
Bessie Burketown PI (Troublesome, VD suspect)
Sambo Mungana PI (Medical attention)
James Tier Ingham PI (Associates with cattle thieves)
King Billy, Kitty Cairns PI (Medical observation)
Sambo Ravenshoe MM (Unemployed)
Jacky Albert Avondale Stn PI (Absconder)
Billy Roberts, P Robinson, Emily, Nipper Malanda PI
H Raymond, M Raymond, J Brown Stewarts Ck PI (Opium smokers)
Syd and Gertie Serrico & their children Cherbourg PI (Disciplinary reasons)
N Burke Stewarts Ck PI (Serving sentence)
T Williams Cloncurry PI (Destitute and a cripple)
J Chernside and family Hawkwood C (Absconder)
J Monaro Blackall C (Too old for employment)
A Lockie Cloncurry PI (VD case and pregnant)
T Morgan Townsville PI (Charged with stealing)
Allie and 2 girls Cloncurry PI (Misconduct)
Peninsula Aborigines, removal to settlements, use of Motor transport.
J Granier Mossman MM (Drunk)
Alice Yurri Mossman PI (Tonsillitis and heart disease)
Molly Rossville YA (For medical examination and care)
Jerry Merluna Coen PI (Disturbing element)
Mabel Mt Isa PI (Destitute)
Colin Mt Isa PI (Useless for station work)
George Daylight Stewarts Ck PI (Absconder)
Billy Dalton Nebo W (Destitute)
Bob Robin, Nellie Robin, Ayr PI } (Unemployed)
Irene Robin, L Deighton Ayr PI } (Unemployed)
Nelly Skeen and William Skeen Palm Island MM (Immoral and dangerous)
R Duncan, R Bligh, R Charleville, absconders, detain at Cherbourg.
Nine Aboriginals Port Douglas MM (Unhealthy)
Clive Beckett Palm Island C
Toorak Palm Island EI
Bertie Tobane Mundubbera PI
Thimble, wife and 4 children Normanton PI
(WCB Croydon 22. 8.1934 Thimble Aboriginal. On removal from Normanton to Palm Island.)
Four Aborigines Helensville LRM
Eight Aborigines Millaa Millaa PI
Cissie, Paddy Cuisack Cloncurry PI
Mabel, Gilbert, Bertie Nardoo Cloncurry PI
G Duncan, B Williams Ipswich C (Absconders)
Harry Roberts Rockhampton W (Unemployed)
A McGregor Ingella Stn C (To be educated)
Jimmy Walsh Binbee PI (Deserted employment)
Dick Button Maleny C (Own request)
S Harte, S Mulga Biggenden C (Absconders)
Caesar, Ronnie Georgetown MM (For care and attention)
Willie Jahl Townsville PI (In company of white girls)
Billie Bulkey and wife Kunwarra W (Too old to work)
Billy Sullivan and wife Mt Coolon W (Unemployed)
Limerick and 5 children Turn Off Lagoons MOR (Morally weak)
Maudie Burketown MOR (For her own protection)
Reg Hatchie Eromanga C (Untrustworthy)
T Antie, D English Stewarts Ck Y (Undesirable)
Laura and children Ingham Y (Unemployed)
Mrs E Willis Jimna (About her removal to Cherbourg)
W Jahill Townsville (J Carr requests he be not removed to Palm Island)
Annie Burra N Rockhampton W (Old and destitute)
Lily Mi Mi, P Byers Gayndah C (Destitute and absconder)
Jacob Mt Garnet W (Acquitted charge of murder (Alick Brown))
Wardley Burns Cairns Y (Drunkenness, etc)
Reggie (12 yrs) Greenvale Stn Y (To join mother)
George Duncan Brisbane Gaol C (Absconder)
Bessie Williams Cherbourg W (Separating W Fisher and wife)
Ivy Carbine Woorabinda C (Insolent)
Albert Cardwell Y (11 years old, parents dead)
Willie Jahl Palm Island W (Familiar with tourists)
Maudie Gala Cherbourg W (Causing trouble Laurie Bell and wife)
Bessie Bradley, Willie Fisher C (Absconders)
Eileen Willis and 2 children Jimna C (Quarreling with husband)
Harry Robson Brisbane C (Nuisance)
Willie Charters Towers PI (Uncontrollable)
Annie Mitchell C (Old and destitute)
Johnny Ingi Gordonvale FI (VD)
Peter Hart, Grace Hart, Margaret Hart Winton W (Mother insane)
Noble Valley of Lagoons PI (Aged and quarrelsome)
Removals 1934 (did not appear in Queensland Aboriginal Notes)
Name Removed From To
Isobel Ezzy Ravenshoe Yarrabah
Gilbert Patterson, wife and 6 children Lorraine Stn Palm Island
Cigarette, Bertie Ross, Harry Massey Stewarts Ck Gaol Palm Island
Roy Charleville, Ronnie Bligh, Hawkwood Cherbourg )
Charlie Riley Hawkwood Cherbourg )
Sambo Mungana Palm Island
James Tier Ingham Palm Island
Bessie Burketown Palm Island
King Billy and wife Kitty Cairns Hospital Palm Island
Sambo Robinson Ravenshoe Monamona
Jacky Alberts Cherbourg Palm Island
Billy Roberts, Paddy Robinson, Malanda Palm Island )
Emily, Nipper Malanda Palm Island )
Harry Raymond, Jimmy Brown, Molly Raymond Stewarts Ck Gaol Palm Island
Neddie Burke Stewarts Ck Gaol Palm Island
Tommy Williams Cloncurry Palm Island
Sid Serrico, wife Gertie and 3 children Cherbourg Palm Island
Alice Lockie Cloncurry Palm Island
Tommy Morgan Townsville Palm Island
Joe Monaro Blackall Cherbourg
Alice and her two children (6 and 8 yrs) Cloncurry Palm Island
Johnny Grainer Mossman Monamona
Alice Yurri (Yuri) Mossman Palm Island
Molly Rossville Yarrabah
Mabel Mt Isa Palm Island
Jerry Merluna Coen Palm Island
Colin Mt Isa Palm Island
Ronald Thomas Blackman, Emily Blackman Granville Cherbourg
George Daylight Stewarts Ck Palm Island
Billy Dalton Nebo Woorabinda
Bob Robin, Nellie Robin,Irene Robin, Ayr Palm Island )
Lily Deighton Ayr Palm Island )
Raymond Duncan, Ronnie Bligh, Cherbourg ]
Roy Charleville Cherbourg ]
Natives removed from Port Douglas to Monamona as follows
Willie (Wuroba), Bingo (Niumboi), Maggie (Yandul), Violet (Karrawa),
Billy (Mimai) son of Violet), Fanny (Warringinya), Lorna (Boimammi), Annie (Bangarrai)
Nellie Skeen, William Skeen Palm Island Monamona
Jack Toorak Stewarts Ck Gaol Eclipse Island
Thimble, Louie, William, Leslie, Normanton Palm Island )
Eric, Gordon Normanton Palm Island )
Bertie Tobane Mundubbera Palm Island
George Daylight Palm Island Fantome Island
Alma Willigi, Nellie Tukera, Helensvale Lockhart River Mission )
Eileen Jinnamara, Ruby Yambun Helensvale Lockhart River Mission )
George Duncan, Bertie Williams Ipswich Cherbourg
Gilbert, Mabel, Bertie Nardoo Cloncurry Palm Island
Cissie (10), Paddy Cuisack (11) Cloncurry Palm Island
Tommy Purcell and children Frank Millaa Millaa Palm Island )
and Emily, Pick Johnny Millaa Millaa Palm Island )
Harry Roberts Rockhampton Woorabinda
Arthur McGregor Windorah Cherbourg
Jimmy Walsh Binbee Palm Island
Dick Button Maleny Cherbourg
Steve Hart, Stanley Mulga Biggenden Cherbourg
Caesar, Ronnie Georgetown Monamona
Willie Jahl Townsville Palm Island
Billy Bulkey and wife Kunwarara Woorabinda
Clive Beckett Palm Island Cherbourg
Billy Sullivan, Lilly Sullivan Mt Coolon Woorabinda
Limerick and five children Turn Off Lagoona Mornington Island
Laura, Archie, Rosie, Jackie Ingham Yarrabah
Timothy Antie, David English Stewarts Ck Yarrabah
William Skeen, Nellie Skeen and family Palm Island Yarrabah
Annie Burra Rockhampton Woorabinda
Red Hatchie Eromanga Cherbourg
Lily Mi Mi, Peter Byers Gayndah Cherbourg
Jacob Cairns Woorabinda
Wardley Burns Cairns Yarrabah
Reggie Greenvale Stn Yarrabah
Bessie Williams Cherbourg Woorabinda
George Duncan H M Prison Cherbourg
Maudie Gala Cherbourg Woorabinda
Willie Jahl Palm Island Woorabinda
Albert Cardwell Yarrabah
Harry Robson Sth Brisbane Cherbourg (Salvation Army Home, South Brisbane)
Bessie Bradley, Willie Fisher Cherbourg
Eileen Willis Jimna Cherbourg (Jimna via Kilcoy)
Annie Mitchell Cherbourg
Children of Bob and Edie Hart Winton Woorabinda
Nopble Valley Lagoons Palm Island (Valley Lagoona Stn)
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Home Office, Registers of Letters Received
Removals 1935
A/4740 Queensland State Archives
Removals 1935
Name and Details Removed From To
Wm Herbert Miller Stewarts Ck Gl PI (Carnal knowledge of a baby)
Elsie & 4 children Charters Towers Y (Useless for employment)
Jacob Rockhampton PI (Absconded)
Molly Williams Purga C (Uncontrollable, immoral)
Jack Langdon, Billy Cochran Gordonvale Y (Lazy)
Toby Legge Coen PI (Dangerous character)
Jack Langdon, Billy Cochran Gordonvale PI (Lazy)
P Williams, A Carlo Maryborough C
Nellie Baird Cairns Y (Immorality
Neddie Burke Hughenden PI (Indecent exposure)
Louisa Pitt & 3 children Mitchell C
Louisa Mi Mi and family Mundubbera C
Theresa Freeman, Rita Davis Brisbane C
Bella Weevil Tolga MM
Jerome, Bobbie, Lennie and Leslie C
George Batclutha, Jimmy Crow Coen Y
Freddie Orham Rockhampton C
Tommie, Robinson, Nellie Robinson Almaden MM
Harry Roberts Rockhampton W
Norman Beard Bloomfield Y
Lance Simpson Brisbane C (Prisioner)
Sambo McLean, Dave McLean Stewarts Ck PI (Expiry of Jail sentence)
Bob Malcolm & family, Arthur Booter Hawkwood W (Lazy and destitute)
Bernard Turner, absconder, restraining at Cherbourg
Hooligan Stewarts Ck PI (Discipline)
Pauline Lewis Thursday Island MA (Care and protection)
Jeffrey Laws, Horace Hamilton Maryborough C (Supplying liquor)
Bob Robin Ayr W (Opium addict)
Johnnie Gobalo Archer River PI (Uncontrollable)
Sambo Thursday Island PI (Continual trouble)
P Bond, N Clark, H Costello, J Cobbo Auburn Stn C (Unemployed
Nellie Baird Cairns FI (Immoral, VD)
Davey Atherton PI (Unsatisfactory conduct in employment)
Mrs Blackman Rosedale (Protest against proposed removal)
Arthur & Doris Fogarty & 3 children Springsure W (Destitute)
Lance Simpson Cherbourg W (Prisioner)
Dan Law Gayndah C (Discipline)
Evelyn Chapman (Coolwell) Brisbane C (Loitering)
Maudie Yourombie Gordonvale Y Immoral)
Herbert Dunne, absconder, to be restrained at Cherbourg
Ted Bosun Mitchell FI (VD)
Francis King Dunwich (Recommended to Aboriginal Settlement)
Albert Tully FI (VD)
Willie Jackson Gregory Downs MI
Kate Bendy & 3 children Hawkwood C
Lily Mi Mi Gympie W
Big Jimmy, wife & family, Jinny Inkerman MRM (Destitute)
Tommy Westcott Lockhart Rv Mis PI
Fitztom Normanton PI (Murder charge. Recommended by Judge)
Albert Watson Woorabinda FI (VD)
Martin Angus Cairns PI
Little Louie Cloncurry Y
Fitztom Stewarts Ck Gaol PI (Murder charge)
Peter, Maggie Cairns FI
Ely Colwill, request to have removal order cancelled
Jack Naylor, Roger Clark Baralaba W
M Cavanagh Mungindi C
Pialba coloured people. Can they be removed.
Tyson, Emily Burketown FI
Tommie Nambie, Nora Nambie Babinda Y
Jimmy Pegus, May Pegus, Pompey Pegus Mungana PI }
Freddie Pegus Mungana PI }
Thelma Cavanagh St George C
Darby, Benny Gordonvale FI
Three families St George SG
C Mighell, T Nimber Cairns FI
Janey Clevin and family Talwood C
George Duncan Brisbane W
Caesar, Ivy & family Burketown FI
Jimmy and Nellie James and family Millaa Millaa Y
King George, Mary and others Turn Off Lagoons MI
Sailor, Thaiday and George Palm Island DI (To return home)
Bella Gundy, N Murray, M Tyson Cherbourg PI
Tommy Nambie, Nora Nambie Babinda FI
Little Louie Cloncurry
Gulf Mission Aborigines at Palm Island, Request to return to Mission
B Gundy, N Murray, M Tyson Cherbourg PI
Toby Myall Burketown FI
Emily Drumley and child Brisbane C
Charlie Nelson Silkwood PI
Colin Donors Hill Stn DM
Biddy Illich, Paddy Illich Silkwood PI
Removals from Thursday Island, report explanation by Department Aboriginal Protection
Queenie Moonlight Woorabinda C
Charlie Broad, Sambo Herberton PI
(WCB Herberton 18. 7.1935 Sambo, aged 65 years. Removal order to Palm Island
20. 7.1935 Charlie Broad, aged 68 years. Removal order to Palm Island)
Robin Cobbo Gayndah C
Charlie Torres Brisbane Gaol PI
Sarah Motlop and 2 children Thursday Island LRM
George Shepherd Silkwood Y
Harry Julia Creek PI
Eva Cloncurry PI
Dick Cairns FI
Lizzie, Mell, Greta Halifax Y
Tommy Burraway Cairns FI
Nellie Spears Brisbane C
Jellany Thursday Is CI
Eight Aborigines (murder case) Coen PI
Ernest Briggs (Buggs) Clermont W
Jimmy Johnson and family Mossman MM
Roger Bell, Mary Bell Beaudesert P }
Neville Bonner, Jimmy Bonner Beaudesert P }
Johnny Grainer, Lizzie Walsh Mareeba PI
Arthur Miles Clermont W
Elsie, Cissie, Maudie Coen LRM
Charlie Lewis Ingham Y
Donald, Bental Longreach W
Paddy Mossman CB
D Johann Brisbane C
George Brown Brisbane C
Charlie, Bunny and Myra Barney Silkwood Y
Riley, Wiseman, Sarabo, Ida, Rosie, Miller Normanton Y
Rosie Ingham Y
Barney, George Dodd Cloncurry FI
George Barr Mareeba PI
Evelyn Chapman Cherbourg PI
Norman, Gillis Normanton MRM
Christmas, Ray Normanton FI
(WCB - Croydon 13.11.1935 Christmas, Ray. Under removal orders from Normanton to Palm Island.)
Clyde Combo Cloncurry PI
Lizzie Mell Cairns Y
Charles Minnie Gordonvale Y
George Sibley Herberton PI
Jimmy Crowe Cairns FI
Vitoria Normanton MI
Jimmy, Mary, Lily and Mabel Johnson Cairns FI
Nobby, Thomas, May, Alfie Clay Cloncurry PI }
Freddie and Ivy Clay Cloncurry PI }
Tommy Onion Georgetown PI
Marjorie Nuggin Myora C
Leslie Davis, George Phillips, Cook Brisbane C
George Saunders Dirranbandi C
Ronald, Dorien and Joyce Purcell Charleville C
Glen Combarngo Brisbane Gaol W
Queenie Geebung Augathella C
Lizzie Mell Cairns FI
Lance Cotherstone Rockhampton W
Dolly Atherton Ayr PI
E M Minniecon Miriam Vale W
M McGregor and child Goondiwindi C
Duker Harte, Jimmy Fisher To be held at Cherbourg
Harry Toorak Edmonton PI
George Parker Townsville FI
Willie and Diana Jackson and 3 children Burketown PI
Nellie and 2 children Cloncurry PI
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Removals 1935A
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Removals 1935 Supplementary
Name and Details Removed From To
Josie Doherty Mareeba PI
Emily Cloncurry PI
Frank Laura Nebo PI
Topsy Di Silva Edmonton Y
P Yenier, D Neimley, M Neimley, C Dicks Yungaburra FI
Barbara Simpson Rockhampton W
Charlie, Bunny, Myra Cairns FI
George Lee Thursday Island BI
Jack Williams Thursday Is PI
Jack Oswald Mossman Y
Lily, Gregory Miranda Stn MRM
Long Nellie, Georgie Koolatah Stn MRM
Muriel, Harry, Grace and Phyllis Gordon Stirling Stn MRM
Minnie Normanton MRM
Ned Normanton MRM
Daughter of Nellie Corncob Smithborne River MRM }
Son of Judy & Toby (dec) Gilbert River MRM }
Sheila and 4 children Staaton River MRM }
Kitty and 1 child Staaton River MRM }
Bessie Wombie Staaton River MRM }
Charlie T Normanton PI
Peter Vanrook Stn MRM
Susie Bindieye & 5 children Normanton MRM
Rosie, Maudie Miller Cairns FI
Hooligan, Annie, Daphne, Bobbie Mt Garnet PI
Queenie Moonlight @ Barbara Simpson Woorabinda R
Ned and family Gregory Downs PI
Charlie Minnie Cairns FI
Jack Oswald Mossman PI
Joseph Darrie Cloncurry PI
Henry 2, Big Fred, Little Jubilee Cloncurry FI
Roy, Charlie Daws, Lizzie, Sally, Ida Mossman MM
Henry Mt Molloy PI
Gilbert Townsville PI
Nora Sambo Mt Garnet PI
Ruby Moore, Donald Moore Bollon C
Charlie Hyde, Richard Shaw, Willie, Edith Cairns FI
Nellie Evans Coen PI
Harry Horton & wife, A Riley Mundubbera W
Ernest Pope, Wonga Pope Mundubbera C
Rosie Dick and infant Auchenflower C
Angus Martin To be retained at Palm Island
Neville Bonnor, Jimmy Bonnor Beaudesert C
Lily Chow Sie (See) Innisfail PI
Louis Muchan Buderim C
Removals 1935 (did not appear in Queensland Aboriginal Notes)
Name Removed From To
Elsie and 4 children Greenvale Stn Yarrabah
Jack Langdon Gordonvale Palm Island
Billy Cockram Gordonvale Yarrabah
Toby Legge Coen Palm Island
Molly Williams Purga Cherbourg
Jacob Rockhampton Palm Island
Neddie Burke Hughenden Palm Island
Percy Williams, Archie Carlo Kinlemore Cherbourg
Teresa Freeman, Rita Davis New South Wales Cherbourg
Louisa Pitt and 3 children Mitchell Cherbourg
Louisa Mi Mi and family Hawkwood Cherbourg
Bella Weevil Tolga Mona Mona
Freddy Orham Rockhampton Cherbourg
Harry Roberts Rockhampton Woorabinda
Tommy Robindson, Nellie Chillagoe Mona Mona
George Balclutha, Jimmy Crow Coen Yarrabah
Norman Beard Bloomfield Yarrabah
Sambo McLean, Dave McLean Stewarts Creek Palm Island
Bernard Turner Cherbourg
Hooligan Stewarts Creek Palm Island
Bob Robin Ayr Woorabinbda
Natives removed from Hawkwood Station to Woorabinda as follows
Bob Malcolm and wife Kate and 9 year old son, Arthur Booter
Natives removed from Auburn Station and Hawkwood to Cherbourg as follows
Percy Bond, Norman Clark, Harry Costello, John Cobbo
Sambo Thursday Island Palm Island
Pauline Lewis Thursday Island Mapoon
Jeffrey Laws, Horace Hamilton Gayndah Cherbourg
Johnny Gobola Aurukun Palm Island
Arthur Fogarty and wife Doris and Springsure Woorabinda )
three children Springsure Woorabinda )
Davey Atherton Palm Island
Nellie Baird Cairns Fantome Island
Lance Simpson Cherbourg Woorabinda
Dan Law Gayndah Cherbourg
Maudie Yourambie Gordonvale Yarrabah
Herbert Dunne Cherbourg
Evelyn Chapman Brisbane Cherbourg
Lindsay Booth Mitchell Fantome Lock Hospital
Albert Tully Fantome Lock Hospital
Willie Jackson and wife Diana and Gregory Downs Mornington Island )
3 children Amy, Lizzie and Huey Gregory Downs Mornington Island )
Bendy and wife Katey and 3 children Hawkwood Cherbourg
Lily Mi Mi Woolooga Rd Woorabinda
Tommy Westcott @ Fighting Tommy Lockhart River Palm Island
Natives removed from Inkerman to Mitchell River as follows
Big Jimmy and his wife Jemima and his sons Burrie and Brodie,
Jinny mother of Jemima, two children of Jemima
Maud Yourombie Cairns Fantome Lock Hospital
Albert Watson Woorabinda Fantome Lock Hospital
Martin Angus Cairns Palm Island
Little Lonie Cloncurry Yarrabah
Fitztom Stewarts Ck Gaol Palm Island
Peter, Maggie Cairns Fantome Island
Jack Naylor, Roger Clarke Baralaba Woorabinda
Mary Cavanagh Mungindi Cherbourg
Tyson, Emily Burketown Fantome Island
Jimmy pegus, May, Pompey, Freddie Mungana Palm Island
Thelma Cavanagh St George Cherbourg
Tommy Nambie, Norm Nambie Babinda Yarrabah
Darby, Benny Gordonvale Cairns
Jellany Thursday Island Coconut Island
Natives removed from St George to Cherbourg as follows
Daniel Murray, Helen Murray, Amelia Murray, Lindsay Murray, George Cross,
Benny Cross, Dulcie Cross, Jack Nicholls, Annie Tonson, Dina,
Aged blind Abo. of Toomel...
Christy Mitchell, Tommy Nimber Gordonvale Fantome Island Hospital
Janey Clevin, Susan, Alma, Phyllis, Talwood Cherbourg )
Margie, Robert Talwood Cherbourg )
George Duncan Brisbane Woorabinda
Caesar, Ivy, Ida, Beena, Ronnie Burketown Fantome Island Hospital
Natives removed from Millaa Millaa to Yarrabah later Fantome as follows
Jimmy James, Nellie, James, Mary, Maisie, Reggie, George, Arthur
Natives removed from Turn Off Lagoons to Mornington Island as follows
King George, Mary, Paddy, Barney, Rosie, Norris, Eva, Jack ..., Lilly,
Gracie, Dennie, Davey, Ada, Daisy, Allan, Twenty Five Mile Johnny,
Mary, Dolly, Tom, Alfred, Lucy and unnamed crippled son, Queenie, Thelma
Little Louie Cloncurry Fantome Island Hospital
Tommy Nambie, Nora Babinda Fantome Island Hospital
Emily Drumley and infant Brisbane Cherbourg
Toby Myall Burketown Fantome Island Hospital
Bella Gundy, Norah Murray, Cherbourg Palm Island )
Maggie Tyson Cherbourg Palm Island )
Charlie Nelson Silkwood Palm Island
Colin Donors Hill Stn Doomadgee
Billy Illich, Paddy Illich Silkwood Palm Island
Queenie Moonlight Woorabinda Cherbourg
Sambo, Charlie Broad Herberton Palm Island
Robbin Cobbo Gayndah Cherbourg
Charlie Torres HM Prison Brisbane Palm Island
Sarah Motlop and 2 children Thursday Island Lockhart River
George Shepherd Silkwood Yarrabah
Harry Julia Creek Palm Island
Dick Cairns Fantome Island Hospital
Eva Cloncurry Palm Island
Natives removed from Millaa Millaa to Yarrabah later Fantome as follows
Jimmy James, Nellie, James, Mary, Maisie, Reggie, George, Arthur
Lizzie Nell & adopted daughter Greata Halifax Yarrabah
(PLB Halifax - 20. 3.1935 Lizzie Nell and her adopted child Greta Nell.
Greta is a half-caste or of half-caste parents who are George Palmer and
Maria Palmer, natives of Cooktown. Greta adopted 2.11.1925.
Lizzie Nell's husband Tom Nell died in 1926 at Tweed Heads, NSW,
aged 38 years. Buried in the cemetery at Tweed Heads.
Maria Palmer died 3. 9.1924 at halifax and is buried at the Ingham
Cemetery. George Palmer died in 1927.)
Nellie Spears Brisbane Cherbourg
Ernest Buggs Clermont Woorabinda
Jimmy Johnson and daughters Mossman Mona Mona )
Mary, Lily and Mabel Mossman Mona Mona )
Roger Bell, Mary Bell, Beaudesert Purga ]
Neville Bonner, Jimmy Bonner Beaudesert Purga ]
Johnny Grainer Mareeba Mona Mona
Lizzie Walsh Mareeba Palm Island
Arthur Miles Clermont Woorabinda
Elsie, Cissie, Maudie Coen Lockhart River
Charlie Lewis Ingham Yarrabah
Donald and wife Bental Longreach Woorabinda
George Brown Brisbane Cherbourg
Desmond Johann Brisbane Cherbourg
Charlie Barney and wife Bunny Silkwood Yarrabah )
and daughter Myra Silkwood Yarrabah )
Alan Riley, Bobby Wiseman, Ida, Normanton Yarrabah ]
Paddy Sarabo, Rosie, Maudie Miller Normanton Yarrabah ]
Barney, George Dodd Cloncurry Fantome Island
George Barr Mareeba Palm Island
Evelyn Chapman Cherbourg Palm Island
Christmas and wife Ray Normanton Fantome
Norman, Gilbo Normanton Mitchell River
Clyde Combo Cloncurry Palm Island
Charlie Minnie Gordonvale Yarrabah
Lizzie Mell (Nell) Yarrabah
George Sibley Herberton Palm Island
Jimmy Crowe Cairns Fantome
Victoria Normanton Mornington Island
Jimmy Johnson and daughter Mary, Cairns Fantome Island )
Lily, Mabel Cairns Fantome Island )
Natives removed from Cloncurry to Palm Island as follows
Nobby Clay, Thomas Clay, May Clay, Alfie Clay, Freddie Clay, Ivy Clay
Tommy Onion Georgetown Palm Island
Marjorie Nuggin Myora Cherbourg
George Saunders Dirranbandi Cherbourg
Leslie Davis, George Phillips, Cook Brisbane Cherbourg
Ron Purcell Charleville Cherbourg
Doreen Purcell wife of Ron Purcell Gayndah Cherbourg )
and daughter Joyce Gayndah Cherbourg )
Glen Combarngo Boggo Road Gaol Woorabinda
Queenie Geebung Augathella Cherbourg
Lizzie Nell (Mell) Cairns Fantome Island
Lance Cotherstone Rockhampton Woorabinda
Dolly Atherton Ayr Palm Island
Evelyn Mercy Minnicon and Miriam Vale Woorabinda )
Katherine Ann Grace Minnicon (illeg) Miriam Vale Woorabinda )
Duker Harte, Jimmy Fisher Cherbourg
Harry Toorak Edmonton Palm Island
George Parker Townsville Fantome
Nellie and 2 children Cloncurry Palm Island
Willie Jackson and wife Dianah and 3 Burketown Palm Island )
children May, Lizzie and Henry Burketown Palm Island )
Josie Doherty Mareeba Palm Island
Emily Cloncurry Palm Island
Frank Laura Nebo Palm Island
Topsy Di Silva Edmonton Yarrabah
Peter Yerrier, Darby Nimby, Yungaburra Fantome Island )
Maggie Nimby, Charlie Dick Yungaburra Fantome Island )
Susannah, Tommy Yerrier Yungaburra Palm Island
Barbara Simpson Rockhampton Woorabinda
George Lee Thursday Island Badu
Charlie, Bunny, Myra Cairns Fantome
Jack Williams Thursday Island Palm Island
Jack Oswald Mossman Yarrabah
Muriel Gordon, Harry Gordon, Stirling Stn Mitchell River )
Grace Gordon, Phyllis Gordon Stirling Stn Mitchell River )
Long Nellie and son George Koolatah Stn Mitchell River thence Lockhart River
Lily, Gregory Mirandi Stn Mitchell River
Natives removed from Staaten River to Mitchell River thence Lockhart River as follows
Sheila and her four children May, Kathleen, Janey and Peneley
Kitty and one child Vanity, Bessie Nambie
Minnie Normanton Mitchell River
Ned Normanton Mitchell River
Natives removed from Smithbourne and Gilbert Rivers to Mitchell River as follows
Daughter of Nellie Corncob and son of Judy and Toby deceased
Bindieye, Susie and 5 children Normanton Mitchell River
Charlie Normanton Palm Island
Peter Van Rook Stn Mitchell River
Rosie, Maudie Miller Cairns Fantome Island
Hooligan, Annie, Daphne, Bobbie Mt Garnet Palm Island
Queenie Moonlight @ Barbara Simpson Woorabinda Palm Island
Ned and wives Lily and Diana and Gregory Downs Palm Island )
children Jerry, Alfie, Lila and Eric Gregory Downs Palm Island )
Charlie Minnie Cairns Fantome
Jack Oswald Mossman Palm Island
Joseph Darrie Cloncurry Palm Island
Henry 2, Big Fred, Little Jubilee Cloncurry Fantome Island
Henry (infant) Mossman Yarrabah
Roy, Charlie Dawes, Lizzie, Mossman Mona Mona )
Sally Ida Mossman Mona Mona )
Rupert Mt Molloy Palm Island
Gilbert Townsville Palm Island
Nora Sambo Mt Garnet Palm Island
Ruby Moore and infant Donald Moore Bollon Cherbourg
Charlie Hyde, Richard Hyde, Cairns Fantome )
Willie Carr, Edith Shaw Cairns Fantome )
Nellie Evans Coen Palm Island
Ernest Pope, Wonga Pope Mundubbera Cherbourg
Harry Horton and wife, Arthur Riley Mundubbera Woorabinda
Rosie Dick and infant Auchenflower Cherbourg
Lois Nouchan Buderim Mts Cherbourg
Lily Chow See Innisfail Palm Island
Neville Bonner, Jimmy Bonner Beaudesert Cherbourg
Martin Angus Palm Island
Jimmy, Nellie, Billa, Gordonvale Palm Island )
Molla Molla, Cappy Gordonvale Palm Island )
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Removals 1936
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Removals 1936
Name and Details Removed From To
Jimmy, Nellie, Bella, Melba Molla, Cappy Gordonvale PI
Gypsy & 2 children Normanton MRM
Young Billy Calico, wife & family Malanda Y
Paul Murgha, wife & family (3) Yarrabah FI
David Mathieson Mona Mona FI
Jack Mt Cook Townsville FI
Billie Womble Townsville FI
Charles Riley Yeppoon W
Tommy Twaddle Goondiwindi C
Harry Shaw Cairns Y
Mick Carr Julia Ck PI
Harry Bunn Mt Garnet PI
Ned Parker Chillagoe Y
Harry Shaw & George Martin Cairns FI
Big Jubilee Cloncurry W
Katherine Black and 4 children Beaudesert C
Charlie Franks, Douglas Thompson and Victor Rankin to be detained at Cherbourg
Jack Leary Atherton PI
George Fernandez & wife St George C
Biddy Dinger Boulia W
James Ambyrum Yungaburra PI
Seven Aborigines Turn Off Lagoons MI
Jimmy Tyson Gympie C
C Nelson Revoked
D Cameron Chillagoe PI
F Robertson Townsville PI
Marow, James Williams Murray Is PI
L Gyemore and 5 children Mitchell C
Marow, wife & family Murray Is PI
Wilkie Collins, wife & family Cloncurry PI
Ruby Clevin and 3 children Talwood C
Charlie Williams, Kitty Ingham PI
George Beckett and George Duncan to be kept at Cherbourg
Sheila Cameron Chillagoe PI
Christy Munda Roma C
Polly Breeze Townsville PI
Dick Millaa Millaa PI
Charlie Oak Park, Lucy Oak Park Chillagoe MM
Jessie Bell Cherbourg W
Malcolm Brown Cairns PI
Mabel 2 Cloncurry PI
Jim Anderson Beaudesert FI
Leslie Summers Cleveland PI
Peter Eromanga Ingham PI
Hector, Polly Mt Molloy MM
Ray King Beaudesert C
George Bowen, Nancy Tye Mungindi C
Brenda Hazzard Brisbane W
Jellany Thursday Is NI
Elsie Coolum (Coolwell) Beaudesert C
Warry Coen PI
Charlie Riley Woorabinda PI
Daughter of Nellie Corncob ) Smithbourne River LRM
Son of Judy and Toby ) Gilbert River LRM
Minnie Normanton LRM
Lily, Gregory Miranda Stn LRM
Bindie and 4 children; Susie, Frank Normanton LRM
Albert Twist , Janet Twist, Hector Twist Clermont W }
Olive Twist, Ruby Teare Clermont W }
Cameron girls at Chillagoe. Objection to removal to PI
Alfie Starlight Brisbane Gaol PI
Old couple, Tate Tin Mines. Objection to removal to Monamona. Kathleen Purcell, to be detained at PI
Froggie Kew Wrotham Park MM
Tommy Kihee Nocundra C
Davy Mornington Is W
Kitty Auroh Innisfail FI
Billy Couchy, Charlie Brown, Frank West Brisbane C
Marion Moyden, Jumper Coen PI
Harry To be detained at Palm Island
Charlie Hammond Poid Is PI
Charlie Archer jnr Mt Mulligan Y
Leslie Davidson Murgon PI
Annie Oba Atherton FI
Jacky Alberts Gympie PI
Nellie and daughter; Corncob, Toby Normanton LRM
Paddy Kennedy and wife Coen LRM
Cedric Watcho, Ballard Williams and Douglas Duncan to be detained at Cherbourg
Jeffrey Couchy, wife & 3 children Gayndah C
Tommy Jaro, Rachel White Baralaba W
Lily Chow See To be detained at Palm Is
Johnny Clark, Ida Mossman PI
William Baigo Blackbutt TV
William Clevin Talwood C
Dulcie Barnes Springsure W
Johnny Winkle, Edie Lamamon & child Townsville PI
Hector Reynolds, Pearl Cairns FI
Willie Sandy To be detained at Mona Mona
Nellie Pagel Brisbane PI
Daisy Dodd Cracow C
Maggie Laura CB }
Echo, Mary and children Cooktown CB }
(COB 4.11.1936 Arrived on Removal order to Cape Bedford Maggie and child Trixie
Sent to Cape Bedford 26.11.1936)
Leslie Summers Riverview Home PI
Mrs Solomon of Laura. Removal of 2 employees to Cape Bedford.
Walter Priestly To be detained at Woorabinda
Jimmy, Pando Tully FI
Jack (child of Bindieye) Normanton LRM
Alick Morgan, Dolly Morgan & 4 children Gordonvale PI
Mary Miranda Stn LRM
Leslie Albury Baralaba W
Frank Brown Charters Towers PI
Wardley Burns Cairns PI
Willie Reilly To be detained at Cherbourg
Edmund Bollon FI
Cecil C-122 Normanton W
Tommy Reed Cairns Y
Bob Gillumrobin and family Atherton MM
Nellie Williams and family (4) Mareeba MM
Echo, Mary, Hazel, Donald Cooktown Y
Dora Watson and child Springsure W
Albert Saunders and wife Springsure W
Paddy Kennedy and wife Coen WM
Rene Anderson Cherbourg W
Tim Black Charters Towers PI
Bob Costello, Lizzie Coen PI
(COB 3. 5.1937 Arrived en route Coen to Palm Island
Bob Costello and Lizzie, his gin. Left for Cairns en route Palm Island 6. 5.1937)
Freddie, Elsie Cape Bedford Y
Leslie Airey Mt Garnet Y
Kathleen Lynden Cairns FI
Ivor McKenzie, Jemima and 2 children Cairns PI
A Walton, J E Rose St George C
Gilbert To be detained at Palm Island
Joe Dynamite Urandangie PI
Johnny Brown Cairns FI
Dick Storey, Dora, Kathleen Mornington Is MM
Alick Morgan, Dolly and 3 children Gordonvale PI
Dick Storey, Dora, Kathleen Mornington Is PI
Jim Tyson Chinchilla C
Seymour, Peter Cloncurry PI
Jack Short Cairns MM
Rexie McMillan Ravenshoe MM
Gilpin Cairns MM
Allan Costello Recommend removal from Dunwich to a Reserve
Ivy Boston Wondai C
Bessie Watson, Daisy, Rene Mackay PI
Joe Chapman Eidsvold C
Nellie, Alice, Joe, Nancy Coen FI
Joe Cannon Gordonvale MM
Benjamin Boney Recommend removal from Dunwich to a Reserve
Norman Gilbert Cloncurry PI
Bullimar, Mattie, Annie, Roberts, Edmonton PI }
Teddie, Blackwell Edmonton PI }
Alfie (Patchy) Sandy Beaudesert C
Percy Combarngo Surat C
Leo Gregory Downs MI
Jimmy Tyson Cherbourg W
Alice Ross Roma W
Ted Hamphy Charters Towers PI
Anderson, Oloff and Jack Thursday Is HI
Maggie and child Laura Y
Alf Bourke Mitchell W
Topsy, Mavis Savage Cooktown Y
Leo Burketown PI
Tommy Moreton Cairns FI
Joseph Sydney Cairns PI
Removals 1936 (did not appear in Queensland Aboriginal Notes)
Name Removed From To
Natives removed from Malanda to Yarrabah Mission and later cancelled as listed below
Young Billy Calico and wife Dinah, Jessie Calico, Polly Calico, Joe Barron
Paul Murgha & wife Elizabeth A Murgha Yarrabah Fantome )
their three children Yarrabah Fantome )
Tommy Twaddle Goondiwindi Cherbourg
Harry Shaw Cairns Yarrabah Mis
Mick Carr Julia Creek Palm Island
Harry Bunn Mt Garnet Palm Island
Ned Parker Chillagoe Yarrabah Mission
Big Jubilee, Jack Mt Cook Cloncurry Woorabinda
Katherine Black & children Eunice (14) Beaudesert Cherbourg )
Margaret (12), Roger (9), Allen (7) Beaudesert Cherbourg )
Charlie Franks, Douglas Thompson, Cherbourg ]
Victor Rankin Cherbourg ]
Harry Bunn Mt Garnet Palm Island
Jack Leary Atherton Palm Island
Mick Carr Julia Creek Palm Island
George Fernandez and wife St George Cherbourg
Big Jubilee Cloncurry Woorabinda
Lizzie Gyemore & children Dorothy, Mitchell Cherbourg )
Eric, Herbert, Percy and Ronals Mitchell Cherbourg )
Christy Munda Roma Cherbourg
Polly Breeze Townsville Palm Island
Dick Millaa Millaa Palm Island
Charlie Oak Park and wife Lucy Chillagoe Monamona
Malcolm Brown Cairns Palm Island
Jessie Bell Cherbourg Woorabinda
Jim Anderson Beaudesert Fantome
Mabel No 2 Cloncurry Palm Island
Peter Eromanga Ingham Palm Island
Hector and his mother ..olly Mt Molloy Monamona
Ray King Beaudesert Cherbourg
George Bowen, Nancy Tye Mungindi Cherbourg
Brenda Hazzard Brisbane Woorabinda
Warry Coen Palm Island
Biddy Dinger Boulia Woorabinda
Natives removed from Turn Off Lagoons to Mornington Island as listed below
Sarah, Dick Storey and his wife Dora and child,
Kathleen, Topsy II and her 2 children Alma and Duncan
James Ambyrum Yungaburra Palm Island
Jimmy Tyson Gympie Cherbourg
(PCR Roma 436 / 8. 3.1937 From Mitchell
Jimmy Tyson. Removal Order Cherbourg to Woorabinda)
Katherine Black & children Eunice (14) Beaudesert Cherbourg )
Margaret (12), Roger (9) & Allen (7) Beaudesert Cherbourg )
Dolly Cameron Chillagoe Palm Island
Florrie Robertson Townsville Palm Island
Marou and James Williams Murray Island Palm Island
Willie Collins and wife Lucy and Cloncurry Palm Island )
three children Cloncurry Palm Island )
Ruby Clevin and 3 children Talwood Cherbourg
Charlie Williams, Kitty Ingham Palm Island
George Beckett, George Duncan Cherbourg
Sheila Cameron Chillagoe Palm Island
Charlie Riley Woorabinda Palm Island
Albert Twist, Janet Twist, Clermont Woorabinda )
Hector Twist, Olive Twist, Clermont Woorabinda )
Ruby Teare Clermont Woorabinda )
Minnie Normanton Lockhart River
Natives removed from Smithbourne and Gilbert River to Lockhart River as listed below
Daughter of Nellie Corncon,
Son of Judy and Toby who are both deceased
Ben (8), Teresa (6), Leichhardt (4), Normanton Lockhart River )
Susie (baby), Frank (10) Normanton Lockhart River )
Lily, Gregory Miranda Stn Lockhart River
Alfie Starlight Brisbane Palm Island
Kathleen Purcell Millaa Millaa Palm Island
Kihee Tommy Nocundra Cherbourg
Froggie Kew Mungana Monamona
Kitty ...... Innisfail Fantome Island
Charlie Hammond Poid Island Palm Island
Leslie Davidson Murgon Palm Island
Marion Moyden & husband Jumper Coen Palm Island
Harry Palm Island
Charles Archer Mt Mulligan Yarrabah
Annie Orbe Atherton Fantome
PCR Roma - 11 / 29.12.1936 From C.P.A.
Alf Bourke, half-caste. Removal Order Mitchell to Woorabinda
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Removals 1937
Name and Details Removed From To
Jessie, Dick, Elsie and Nancy Normanton MRM
Nancy Taldora Brisbane C
Maggie Moreton, to be detained at Fantome Island
Angelina Cairns FI
Norman Riley Cairns PI
Elsie Mitchell River LRM
Barbara Evans Woorabinda C
Willie Owens, Clive Beckett Home Hill PI
Freddie and Tibby Roma Cherbourg W
Willie Burketown PI
Cyril Blair, Frederick Watcho, Helidon C }
Lennie Jerome Helidon C }
David Mathieson Cairns PI
Willie Somerset Cairns FI
Reg Bond, Harold Dodd Theodore W
Ivy Gala Urangan C
Queenie Hart Pialba C
George Bowen, Nancy Tye Wellangana C
Charlie Beckett, George Beckett Purga C
Tommy Nuggin Purga C
Annie Henry, Percy, Ronnie, Dollie Mt Garnet MM
George Hayden Mackay W
Ethel, Donnolly Boulia W
Peter Walley, Andrew Obah Mt Surprise PI
Hector, Buller and Jimmy Tracker Mt Molloy MM
Caesar, Emily Coen PI
George Saunders Dirranbandi PI
Yelma Noble Yarrabah FI
Joseph Purcell Mackay PI
Nellie, Elvie and Burman Beckett Cherbourg PI
Albert Stewart Cloncurry PI
Jimmy Spencer Farleigh PI
Annie Loomber Brisbane PI
Archie & Cloie Matthews & 2 children Herberton PI
Joseph Purcell Mackay PI
Joseph Purcell, objection to removal
Bob Miller Cairns PI
Agnes Thomas Cairns W
Claude Mt Isa PI
Jack Aurukun Stewarts Ck PI
Tommy Pitcombe, Jack Bruno Mt Surprise PI
Sandy, Minnie Cooktown PI
(COB 31. 3.1937 Arrived from Laura for medical treatment Sandy and Minnie.
To be sent to Fantome Island. Left for Cairns 8. 4.1937)
George and Topsy Solomon Springsure W
Bob Huen and family Charters Towers PI
Hughie, Maggie, Lefthand Frank, Laddie Boulia FI
Wyuna Button, request for removal from Cherbourg to Palm Island
Dick Dalton, wife and child Caloundra C
Diana Cooktown FI
Albert Jacky, Mary Thompson, Herbert Jacky Beaudesert C
Marie Loder Brisbane C
Richards family (13) Granville C
Jack Davidson and wife Cairns PI
Malcolm Cloncurry PI
Jimmy Brown, Molly & Harry Raymont Palm Island MM
Nellie, Gilbert, Jack Coen FI
Nancy Cloncurry FI
Mussolini, David Burketown D
Kitchener Brown Cloncurry PI
Toby Laura FI
Nellie Starkie Laura FI
(COB 21. 7.1937 Arrived from Laura en route Fantome Island Nellie. Left 26. 7.1937)
Ruby Olliman Woorabinda C
Ettie Spencer Mackay PI
Daisy Anderson and child Prospect Stn PI
Clifford Paris South Kolan C
Horney and Vera Nebo Gayndah C
Billy Flowers Mona Mona PI
Tommy Kangaroo Cairns PI
Bob & Lizzie Costello Coen PI
Dick Coen PI
May Diprose Bowen PI
Hope & Jack Douglas Cairns PI
Marion Wragge and child Maryborough C
Dick Bowen PI
Daisy Anderson and child Prospect Stn MM
Jim Notei Victoria Point PI
Fred Keating Charters Towers PI
Peter & Jessie Stanley Proserpine PI
Stanley Walker Yetman Cairns FI
L & M Christopher, Dalby H/Cs, removed for own protection
Vera Caldwell Cloncurry PI
Frank Missionary, Harry Lunn Mossman PI
Leo Willoughby Caloundra C
Johnnie Richardson Springsure W
A Little & family, protest removal to Dunwich
Sheila and 4 children Staaten River MRM
Charlie & Peggy & Allan & Colin Gibson Laura PI
(COB 3. 8.1937 Arrived from Laura en route to Palm Island
Charlie Gibson, Peggy (gin), two boys)
Patricia & David Ethel Mandalee Stn MM
Cora Thompson Coen Y
Simi Bairi, to be detained at Palm Island
Jack Madigan Mareeba PI
Archie Winton FI
Simi Bairi, order for removal to Palm Island rescinded
Andy J Richards Boonah C
Charlie & Allan & Colin Gibson Laura PI
Ned Phillips Ingham PI
John Cameron Cherbourg W
Tommy Bob, Lilly, Tessie Laura PI
Mungan Bally, Nancy, Spider Laura PI
Mitchell, Bindy, Freddie, Jack Cooktown CB
(COB 6.10.1937 Arrived from Laura en route Cape Bedford Mission Jack, 12 years. Left 7.10.1937)
Arthur Guymer St George C
Walter Munday Goondiwindi C
Gilbert Coen WM
Ettie & Colleen & Gloria & Lorence Murphy Ayr PI }
Eric Rosendall Ayr PI }
Tommy Dodd, Lily, Tessie Laura CB
(COB 21. 9.1937 Arrived from Laura en route Cape Bedford Mission Tommy Bob
Admitted hospital 22. 9.1937, left for Cape Bedford 27. 9.1937)
Lindsay Boland Goondiwindi C
Millie Hooligan Mt Garnet PI
Bruno, Pitcombe, Coglan, Flower, escapees from Palm Island
Wardley Burns, Frank Laura, George Tippo Cairns PI
Charlie Mulligan Springsure W
Kina, Coleman, Costello, to be retained at Cherbourg
Paddy Sam Charters Towers PI
Peter Loo Nockatunga Stn C
Peter McDowell Charters Towers PI
Harold & Micky Blair, Claude Twaddle Brisbane C
Kitty Cobbo Gayndah C
Daphne Barra Gayndah C
Hector Coconut, James Temple Lockhart River PI
(COB 11. 1.1938 Arrived on Removal order Lockhart Mission to Palm Island
Hector Cocoanut and James Temple. Left for Palm Island 11. 1.1938)
15 old indigent natives from Westmoreland Stn and 10 from
Lawn Hill to Doomadgee
PCR Roma 436 / 8. 3.1937 From Mitchell
Jimmy Tyson. Removal Order Cherbourg to Woorabinda
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Home Office, Registers of Letters Received
Removals 1938
A/4744 Queensland State Archives
Removals 1938
Name and Details Removed From To
Emu Mossman PI
Polly and 2 children Daintree PI
M Costello, A Bulsey, G Brown Gladstone C
Bullimar Cairns PI
Archie Croydon PI
(WCB - Croydon 20. 4.1938 Leo, aboriginal. Removal to Palm Island.
Lucy and child (Georgina), aboriginal. Removal to Palm Island.
Nancy, aboriginal. Removal to Palm Island. Suffering V.D..
Gordon, aboriginal. removal to Palm Island. Suffering leprosy.
Archie, aboriginal. Removal order for attempted assault on employer and bad
influence amongst natives. Removal to Palm Island.)
Willie & Alice Barnes and 5 children Springsure W
Mundy V of Lagoons Stn PI
Cyril Roy Dudley Gladstone C
George Edwards Purga C
Tommy Wonacott Cairns FI
Nancy Taldora Purga W
Willie Rogers, wife and 2 children Chillagoe MM
Daisy Tiers Goodna C
Emily Fox and grandchild Chillagoe Dis MM
Paddy & Sam Blackwell, Luie Narrakia Edmonton Dis MM
George Hart Woorabinda FI
Gracie and 3 children Mareeba MM
Maud Ludwick and 7 children Almaden Y
Harrison McKenzie Ravenshoe Y
Jessie Pauletta and child Innisfail PI
Ben, a tracker Roma C
Gertie Barra and 2 children Gayndah C
Percy Cairns PI
Smiler and 3 children Yorke Downs MA
Mabel Yorke Downs MA
Lizzie Walsh Mona Mona PI
Louie Narraki, Paddy & Sam Blackwell Cairns FI
Tommy & Mary Ann Albero Mt Coolom PI
22 Aborigines Burketown D
Roger Cloncurry PI
5 Natives Palm Island HM
Nancy Normanton FI
(WCB - Croydon 20. 4.1938 Leo, aboriginal. Removal to Palm Island.
Lucy and child (Georgina), aboriginal. Removal to Palm Island.
Nancy, aboriginal. Removal to Palm Island. Suffering V.D..
Gordon, aboriginal. removal to Palm Island. Suffering leprosy.
Archie, aboriginal. Removal order for attempted assault on employer and bad
influence amongst natives. Removal to Palm Island.)
Ted Kenny Townsville PI
Norma Normanton Thursday Island FI
Bob Snider Proserpine PI
Jessie Pauletta and infant Innisfail PI
Elsie and infant Bowen PI
Leo, Lucy, Georgina Normanton PI
(WCB - Croydon 20. 4.1938 Leo, aboriginal. Removal to Palm Island.
Lucy and child (Georgina), aboriginal. Removal to Palm Island.
Nancy, aboriginal. Removal to Palm Island. Suffering V.D..
Gordon, aboriginal. removal to Palm Island. Suffering leprosy.
Archie, aboriginal. Removal order for attempted assault on employer and bad
influence amongst natives. Removal to Palm Island.)
Ruth Saunders Cairns Y
David and Dolly Weipa PI
Sheila Cameron and child Chillagoe PI
Infant child of Norma Normanton Lockhart River PI
McGilvary, wife and child Normanton FI
(WCB - Croydon 1. 6.1938 MacGillvary and child, Callaghan Aboriginals.
Removal order to Fantome Island with V.D..)
Thelma Weatherall St George PI }
Arthur McPherson St George C }
Dorothy and 3 children Innisfail Y
Willie & Stella Rogers and 2 children Chillagoe PI
Emily Fox and grandchild Chillagoe PI
Harry Rokeby Coen PI
Percy, Florrie Cooktown FI
V Mannasuri Ingham PI
Cecil or Cecily Campbell Coen PI
Thelma Weatherall St George C
(PCR Roma - 580 / 26. 3.1938 From St George
A McPherson, half-caste and Thelma Weatherall, half-caste aged 14 years.
Recommend girl removed to Cherbourg and man to Woorabinda.)
Arthur McPherson St George W
(PCR Roma - 580 / 26. 3.1938 From St George
A McPherson, half-caste and Thelma Weatherall, half-caste aged 14 years.
Recommend girl removed to Cherbourg and man to Woorabinda.)
Stanley Alberts, Bob Jerome Ipswich C
Walter Munday Woorabinda C
Robert Nehow Ingham PI
Bob Yarrie Beaudesert C
Sam Jones Cairns FI
Jack Tiers Mackay W
Sissy, Dinah and child, Jacky, Lea, Edmonton Y }
Topsy, Mary, Peggy Edmonton Y }
Stella Simpson and 3 children Monto C
Dick Hutchesson Innisfail PI
Jimmy Dooley Townsville PI
Alf Long Cherbourg PI
David Wombie Normanton PI
(WCB - Croydon 1938 David Wombie, Fitztom?, Duck, Black Dog, Jack Bruno Aboriginals. )
Under removal order to Palm Island.)
Janie Burketown D
Leslie Rosser Yerra C
Wild Jimmy Stewarts Ck PI
Chubba Tooth and infant Mt Garnet MM
Chloe Chillagoe PI
Sid Aplin Cloncurry PI
Jimmy Dooley Palm Island FI
Black Dog, Duck, George Mirchell River PI
(WCB - Croydon 1938 David Wombie, Fitztom?, Duck, Black Dog, Jack Bruno Aboriginals.
Under removal order to Palm Island.)
Peter & Queenie & Clifford & Bernard & Beaudesert C }
Eileen & Violet & Edna & Lucy Long Beaudesert C }
Emily and Julia Bengero Tully YA
William Arnold and wife ---- C
(PCR Roma - 1443 / 23. 7.1938 From Chief of Police
Removal Order for Wm Arnold and wife from Dareel to Cherbourg.
Removal Order for Wm Robert, Allen Arnold and Jack Arnold from Dirrinbandi to Cherbourg.)
Clara Yarrabah CA
Ockie & Janie Lenoy and 6 children Ayr PI
Bruno, Fitztom Normanton PI
(WCB - Croydon 1938 David Wombie, Fitztom?, Duck, Black Dog, Jack Bruno Aboriginals. )
Under removal order to Palm Island.)
Joe Monamona, Jessie & Mary Lawrence Edmonton Y
Barney Wallace Cooktown PI
(COB 2. 8.1938 Removal order No. 72 to Palm Island Barney Wallace B-96)
Dina & Cecil Aplin Cloncurry PI
Joe & Allen & Emma & Norman & Cairns PI }
Gilbert Polglen Cairns PI }
Dottie Miller and infant Thursday Island PI
George Mitchell River PI
Vulcan Mareeba PI
Sarah Burketown D
Maggie Burketown D
Davy Babinda PI
William Alexander Nuggin Ipswich PI
Mick McTavish Chillagoe PI
Eric, Olly and child Cloncurry FI
C Martin, wife and family Myora C
Nancy Dalton and 2 children Caloundra C
Dick Moran, Sam Brown Cooktown PI
Steve & Queenie & Henry & Steve jnr Hart Cherbourg PI
Toba Nanga, Nellie Bayer Babinda Y
Wagoon Maza, wife and 4 children Mackay PI
Sailor Tak Farleigh PI
Lennie Duncan Helidon C
Albert Rowan, Alick Little Helidon CP
Dolly, Frederick, Amy, Henry Weipa Mis PI
Norman A Normanton PI
Jacky Alberts Bundaberg C
Winnie and Dorothy Martie Bowen PI
Florrie, 10 yrs Cooktown CB
Buller, Florrie Chillagoe PI
Minnie and Frank Sheppard Coen PI
Percy Normanton PI
Jimmy Rocky Coen PI
Stanley Alberts Cherbourg W
Mick Murphy Charters Towers W
Headley Ebagoolah AU
Tommy Bullock Laura PI
Victor Fox Chillagoe PI
Faith Noble, Freda Dunbar Yarrabah PI
Polly Pegus Cooktown PI
Leslie L-119 Burketown PI
Johnnie Haines, wife and 4 children Herberton PI
Oswald Cloncurry PI
Daisy, Maud Edward River PI
Munday Boulia W
Elsie Wallace Atherton W
Lillian Cooktown PI
Ivo & Jemima McKenzie and 5 others Yarrabah PI
Sandy & Polly & Dicky & Sth Johnstone PI }
Susy & Jimmy Cook, K Costigan Sth Johnstone PI }
George, Maggie, Yorke, Maudie, Weipa LRM ]
Poindy, Millie Weipa LRM ]
Rosie Parker Sandy P--- Y
Jim, Andrew, Harry Tommy and families Coen LRM
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Home Office, Registers of Letters Received
Removals 1939
A/4745 Queensland State Archives
Removals 1939
Name and Details Removed From To
Henry, Dolly, Frederick, Amy Weipa Mission LRM
Minnie Sugarbag & Charlie Sugarbag Cooktown FI
Mary Cooktown FI
Kaim Matasia Brisbane PI
Jack, Rosy & Gertrude Dunbar Yarrabah PI
Andie See Chin and Winnie Tommie Edmonton PI
Doctor Cloncurry W
Hughie Longreach W
Gilbert Cooktown FI
Allan Yeatman Cooktown FI
(COB 14. 1.1939 Left for Fantome Island Allan Yeatman and Gilbert)
Sandy Martin Hughenden PI
Ivy Boston Winton PI
Harold Blair Cherbourg PI
Leslie Smith and Ruby Smith To be detained at Woorabinda
Rosalie and Hector Normanton FI
(WCB - Croydon 8. 3.1939 Rosalie and child, Hector. Aboriginals.
Under removal order toFantome Island for V.D..)
Nellie Ardoch and Joan Corrigan Cunnamulla C
Eileen Crawley and child Toowoomba PI
Bessie McCall Cunnamulla C
Charlie Maranoa Cunnamulla W
Mabel Lister Hughenden PI
William Bargo Rockhampton W
Mabel Lister Hughenden W
Harry Motlop (Exemption cancelled) Thursday Island MI
Nellie N-155 Normanton FI
Stranger Burketown PI
M Boyd, G Boyd, J Charger Cooktown FI
(COB 22. 3.1939 Arrived from Port Stewart or Portland Road, Coen
for admission to hospital George Boyd, Mickie Boyd, James Charger.
Left for Cairns en route Fantome Island 20. 4.1939)
Thomas Cavanagh Brisbane C
Denny, Hayden and Emma Fuller Mundubbera C
T Thompson, wife and child Coen PI
(COB 9.11.1939 Arrived en route to Palm Island
Tommy Thompson, Lucy, Scottie, son, Pat, son. Left 10.11.1939)
Horace Baker Mona Mona PI
Ivy Gala Cherbourg PI
Charlie Cooktown Cooktown PI }
(COB 20. 9.1939 Arrested at Cemetery Camp. Wanted on Removal order to Palm Island
Charlie Cooktown C-15. Left 22. 9.1939)
Billy Gibson, wife and 2 children Cooktown PI }
Jack Buller, Jerry McIvor Cooktown PI }
Mrs Charlie Warnes and children Urangan C
Tharowhoy and wife Louisa Thursday Is PI }
Spear and wife and infant Thursday Is PI }
Emily Coen FI
(COB 22. 1.1940 Arrived from Portland Roads, Coen
Cesar, continued to Cairns en route to Palm Island, Johnny Crooked Foot and Emily.
Johnny and Emily admitted to hospital and left for Fantome Island on 9. 2.1940)
Lizzie Leafo Yungaburra Y
Hilda and son Normanton FI |
Biddy Normanton FI }
May and 2 daughters Normanton FI }
C C Palmer, wife and children Cairns PI
Bob No 1 Collinsville PI
Alma Rossville CB
Sylvia Cobbo Beaudesert C
Michael Angus & Maggie Darwin (wife) Mackay W
Kaka Imrod & Sarah Imrod (child) Somerset PI
Dora, Harrigan and 4 children Cook PI
(COB 8. 7.1939 Arrested for Removal to Palm Island. Left 10. 7.1939
Harrigan H-36, wife and 4 children)
Billy & Dina Calico and children Malanda Y }
Joe Barron and wife Malanda Y }
Alick McLeod Malanda Y }
William Skeen and Charles Skeen Cairns C
Caesar and wife Coen PI
(COB 22. 1.1940 Arrived from Portland Roads, Coen
Cesar, continued to Cairns en route to Palm Island, Johnny Crooked Foot and Emily.)
Johnny Mapoon Mapoon PI
Koonginurra, Jimmy Brown, Tommy Brown Kendall River PI }
Big Bawley and Clara Kendall River PI }
(WCB - Croydon 28. 9.1939 Jerry, Tommy Brown, Tommy B and Tommy Coleman,
Koonginurra and Betty, Kitty and child (Oscar), Jimmy and child (Rosemarye), Jannet.
Aboriginals. Under removal orders to Palm Island.
WCB - Croydon 16. 8.1939 Jimmie Brown, Tim Aboriginals. Under removal order to Palm Island.)
George Bremmer & wife, Small Mattie Cooktown PI
(COB 30. 6.1939 Arrested George Bremer G-139, Small Mattie S-133, Mary, wife of George.
Recommend all be removed to Palm Island
Agnes Dodd Eidsvold C
Alma Rossville PI
Peter Moran Cairns PI
70 Aborigines Coen Aurukun
Jerry, Ned Edward River PI
William (Womby) Roberts Fairleigh W
Johnny Doctor Mapoon PI
Billy Flowers Dundar Stn PI }
Billy Manga Drumduff Stn PI }
Leo Willoughby, Dick Coleman Dunwich C
Stanley Edward Lingwoodock, wife & 4 kids Gin Gin C
Lennie Johnson, Eidsvold C }
Harry Duncan, Douglas Duncan Eidsvold C }
Mungo, Jennie Cunnamulla C
Cooker Mossman PI
Robert Nehow Townsville W
Robert McDonnell, Kitty Grass Cowal Ck PI
Hilda Burketown PI
Joseph Skeen and Wilma Skeen Innisfail C
Josie Lily and Lorna Lily Cooktown PI
Peter Jackson Cairns PI
Nicholas Wymara Thursday Is MA
Tommy Normanton PI
Harry May Mossman PI
Jimmy Gornor and Topsy Gornor Burketown W
Bruce Samson, Jerry and Tommy Normanton PI (with their respective wives and children)
(WCB - Croydon 18.10.1939 Bruce Aboriginal. Under removal order to Palm Island.
WCB - Croydon 28. 9.1939 Jerry, Tommy Brown, Tommy B and Tommy Coleman,
Koonginurra and Betty, Kitty and child (Oscar), Jimmy and child (Rosemarye), Jannet.
Aboriginals. Under removal orders to Palm Island.)
Bertie Fisher To be detained at Palm Island
Lena Mow, Alice Mow, Alma Mow, Danny Mow Congie Stn C
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Removals from 1940 have been extracted from other records on this web site.
Removals 1940
WCB - Croydon 7. 1.1940
Edie and two children, Rene and Colin Aboriginals.
On removal orders to Palm Island. Left for Palm Island on 11. 1.1940.
WCB - Croydon 25. 1.1940 Bruce, Jack Bruno, Tim, Duck Aboriginals.
On removal order to Fantome Island. (Escapees)
WCB - Croydon 25. 1.1940 Bruce, Joe B. and wife Jessie and 6 children namely, Gladys,
Claudie, Herbert, Locket, Sheila and Jack. Removal order to Yarrabah Mission
WCB - Croydon 17. 7.1940 Numble. On removal order to Palm Island.
Left for Palm Island on 18. 7.1940.
Removals 1941
WCB - Croydon 27. 8.1941 Billy Flowers, Charlie T, Bruce, Pitcombe, Bruno, Fitztour?
Aboriginals. On removal orders to Palm Island. Apprehended by Normanton Police.
Removals 1942
WCB - Croydon 7. 1.1942 Charlie ?Mecerani and wife Sorkie
Aboriginals. On removal order to Palm Island.
WCB - Croydon 25.11.1942 Toby Kilpatrick, Gertie Kilpatrick, Alban, Dennis, ------?
Aboriginals. Under removalorders to Palm Island.
WCB - Croydon 16.12.1942 Edgar, Nullen, Leah, Elizabeth
Aboriginals. On removal orders to Palm Island.
Removals 1943
WCB - Croydon 31. 3.1943
Nipper B, Evi, Clem Bernard Aboriginals. On removal orders to Palm Island.
Removals 1944
WCB - Croydon 2. 2.1944
Julia McPherson & Harold H. Aboriginals. On removal orders to Palm Island.
Removals 1947
(WCB Herberton 14.11.1947 Alice Raymond, or Mitchell, or Raymont, Removal Order to Palm Island)
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