In 1875 my gg-grandfather arrived in Rockhampton and went to the DawsonR-Comet construction. I believe the above to be the construction of a dam west of Rockhampton. Does anyone know if it is and when it began and finished. Thanks Lorraine

Hello all - this is probably the wrong time to start on topic but I thought I'd put it out there... does anyone know how I can attain information about census for around 1881/1882 Townsville area? And can someone tell me what information is recorded in a census? TIA - wishing all a very peace filled and happy festive season.... Karolyne Quinn Adelaide ********************************************************************** Karolyne Quinn Ph: 0418 830 662 Ensharla Art- http://www.geocities.com/ensharla/index.html

Hi Jeanie, I would be interested to know where your Lynch family came from in Ireland. I have them in my family. I am looking for the family of Mar(y)ianne Lynch who married in Mallow Parish Cork in 1849 to Robert Lindsey. Their son Thomas was born there and then came to Charters Towers. Thanks Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeanie Poole" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, 12 November 2000 4:35 Subject: LYNCH > Hi to all, > > Any LYNCH's out there? > > Denis LYNCH and Winifred LYNCH (her maiden name - yes it is questionable) married in Ireland abt 1875, emigrated to Aussie in 1882 with children: Mary Ann, Denis, Bridget and Ellen Elizabeth. > Their first child to be born in Aussie was Robert (15/09/1884), my husband's grandfather. He married Gertrude Bowman SHUTTLEWORTH in 1909. > > Would appreciate contact with any descendants. > > Jeanie. > > [email protected] > > > ==== AUS-NQ Mailing List ==== > Feel free to re-post unsuccessful queries every couple of months or so for the benefit of new subscribers. >

Hello everyone and merry Christmas John Moffat of Irvinebank - Biography of a regional Entrepeneur by Dr Ruth Kerr was Launched at Loudoun House Museum on Sunday December 10. Over 100 people attended and it was a great day for catching up with old friends and making new ones. The book is now available at Loudoun House Museum and can be seen on our book page @ www.infocus.to/irvinebank/bookstore.html The book is also promoted on our web page: John Moffat - Wonder of the North http://www.geocities.com/scribble67/history/johnmoffat.htm Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the team at Loudoun House Museum www.infocus.to/irvinebank/museum.html

----- Original Message ----- From: "Jen" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 4:08 PM Subject: Rutherford Death at Ayr > Hello List, > > This is my first post and I am doing it on behalf of a friend/researcher > in Nth Ireland. I will quote from her email to me below: > > ".....I have a little problem where you might be able to help. Looking > for details of a William Rutherford, who died in Ayr, Queensland in 1926 > (we think). Anxious to verify date of death, and find cause of death, > as he was only 28 years old. Apparently he had gone out ahead of his > wife and family, to find a job, intending to send for them later. About > a year later the family was packing up to go out to join him when they > got news that he had died suddenly. A sad story...." > > As none of my relatives ventured to Queensland I do not have the > knowledge necessary to help Pat. Could SKS look up the death index for > the 1920's (if one exists) and give me the reference number so I can > order his death certificate please? I presume all deaths were > registered and lodged in Brisbane? > > Is there an index of local newspaper deaths in Ayr for the 1920's? > > If one wanted to order copies of an inquest to a death, how would one go > about it in Queensland? > > Sorry this is so long, but this friend has been tremendously helpful to > me with my Irish research and I would like to reciprocate if possible. > > Regards from Sunny hot Kyneton Vic > > Jenny. > > > > ==== AUS-NQ Mailing List ==== > Pay our own Web site a visit at http://www.ultra.net.au/~fhanq/ausnq for a collection of North Queensland Resources. > >

Good morning, The following e-mail was received from the Mailing List Administrators as concerns about a virus that is doing the rounds. This is GENUINE. John, List Administer. ************* Part 1. The virus is called w95.hybris.gen. If you go to http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w95.hybris.gen.html you will find a technical description of it. Basically it says that once someone is infected, every time they send out an email, a second email will be sent out to the same person with an attachment that contains the virus. So it means that if the virus is sent to someone, they should also be find the sender as one of other emails they have received earlier, although from experience I have some doubts. Part 2. The only attachments that Rootsweb will forward to list subscribers are text-only attachment. The hybris virus has either a .exe or .scr extension and will not be passed on to subscribers, however list admins are still susceptible and should have full virus protection. List admins should be aware that while their lists are fully protected, the admins are not. I have received the virus two and a half times (fotunately picked up by Norton anti-virus software). In two of the cases, I am still not able to identify which of the previous senders was infected, even though I replied to the likely ones, and asked them to send an email to me. In the half case, only part of the virus was sent to me was via a Rootsweb bounce, and it bounced because it was over 20k. Had it not been for the 20k post size limit, it would have tried to infect me. Part 3. Tell every subscriber to get their own virus protection (not only for themselves, but to help protect those they are sending private emails to). Any person that is active on the internet and doesn't have anti-virus protection is an idiot (and you may quote me). The worst story I heard (and it is true) is where a person in a business wrote to all his customers advising them that his email had a virus. Fortunately he had not attached a document as it was a document virus. Assure the list that Rootsweb does not send any not-text attachments to the subscribers. If need be, I am sure that Rootsweb will provide an 'official' statement to that effect. Please remember that this only applies to subscribers and not list admins, but the subscribers do not need to know that. If the main antagonist is "Mrs Noelle Oke <[email protected]>" she has posted to a couple of lists, and deserves a VERY STRONG reply from those list admins. In summary Post to your list; 1. Assuring them that the viruses are not coming through Rootsweb as that text-only attachments are the only attachments that may be sent out and this excludes ALL viruses, (the text only attachment bit may confuse them, so if you want to tell a really itsy-bitsy small white lie, tell them that no attachments are sent via the list, and so they will NEVER get a virus through their mail lists), 2. Assure them that if any subscriber has received the Snow White virus, they would have received it from other personal mail (point them to the Norton antivirus site above), 3. Thump their heads and tell them that their only real protection is buy a commercial anti-virus program (buggared if I know why they haven't got one already, as lists are the safest part of the internet) 4. Ask anyone on the list, if they think that they caught the virus from the list, to send you directly (not via the list) evidence of why they think it came from the list. 5. Ban any further discussion of it on your list at risk of unsubscription. Private email will be entered into. Phew! Glad I got all that of my chest. Maybe I am getting grumpy in my old age. This post ended up 10 times larger than what I originally intended. Now I'm the mood, I might write to "Mrs Noelle Oke <[email protected]>" even if she didn't post to my list. Cheers Peter Lakeman List admin for AUS-VIC-NE

Hello List, This is my first post and I am doing it on behalf of a friend/researcher in Nth Ireland. I will quote from her email to me below: ".....I have a little problem where you might be able to help. Looking for details of a William Rutherford, who died in Ayr, Queensland in 1926 (we think). Anxious to verify date of death, and find cause of death, as he was only 28 years old. Apparently he had gone out ahead of his wife and family, to find a job, intending to send for them later. About a year later the family was packing up to go out to join him when they got news that he had died suddenly. A sad story...." As none of my relatives ventured to Queensland I do not have the knowledge necessary to help Pat. Could SKS look up the death index for the 1920's (if one exists) and give me the reference number so I can order his death certificate please? I presume all deaths were registered and lodged in Brisbane? Is there an index of local newspaper deaths in Ayr for the 1920's? If one wanted to order copies of an inquest to a death, how would one go about it in Queensland? Sorry this is so long, but this friend has been tremendously helpful to me with my Irish research and I would like to reciprocate if possible. Regards from Sunny hot Kyneton Vic Jenny.

Hello, I an researching these Surnames anyone else Please? COE Witham, Essex, England BLACK Kilmalie, Inverness, Scotland SNAPE Birmingham Shire, England BUNTING Channell Islands CULEY Norflok, England, England GOODMAN, Little Snoring Norflok, England DARE Witham, Essex, England TAYLOR, Tullamore, Kings County, Ireland SMITHSON , Hull Yorkshire SEDGMAN, Cornwall Lynn Coe in Queensland Australia

Looking for family of George Leslie Donald born Aberdeen Scotland1883 Lived in Charters Towers from 1884, Parents George and Mary. George had 6 sisters and 2 brothers. George and his Older Sister were born in Scotland the rest of them born in Charters Towers. Anyone with any connection to George please contact me. Lyn McDonald Download ICQ at http://www.icq.com My ICQ No. 22785942 [email protected] http://www.amitar.com.au/~mcdonald/ Please join the "Distant Shores" WebRing http://www.amitar.com.au/~mcdonald/WebRings.htm Researching: Queensland: Andersen/son, Bradford, Crow, Donald, Gregory,Hommelgaard,Higgins, Jorgensen, O'Connell, McDonald, Smith England: Bradford from Harborne Cosnett & Foster from Holly Cross Pershore Cole, Inston , Wright from Kidderminster Sage from Oldbury. Denmark: Andersen,Hummelgaard, Jorgensen, Christensen,Erichsen, Smed/Schmidt, Sorensen Ireland : Power

Because of my current workload, the 'free lookups Index of the Month' for December is the same as that for November: Index to Justice Department (QLD) Registers of Criminal Depositions Received, July 1861 - Feb 1885. If you sent a search request in November, you can send *another* one this month. Please use the MindIt button on the page (http://www.judywebster.gil.com.au/lookups.html), so that you can be reminded when the page changes. ****************************************************************** Judy Webster, PO Box 5043, Algester, QLD 4115, Australia. B.App.Sc.(Med.Tech), Grad.Dip. Local & Applied History. Professional genealogical research (Queensland State Archives). E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] Info-Page: http://www.judywebster.gil.com.au/index.html SAVE OUR CENSUS... on 7 Aug 2001, TICK 'YES' More info: http://carmen.murdoch.edu.au/~affho/affho-07.htm

Hi Listers, I am looking for anyone researching a Sabina Maria Stephens birth cir 1860 could be Uk born, had a child out of wedlock in 1886 in Brisbane. Lyn McDonald Download ICQ at http://www.icq.com [email protected] http://www.amitar.com.au/~mcdonald/ Please join the "Distant Shores" WebRing http://www.amitar.com.au/~mcdonald/WebRings.htm Researching: Queensland: Andersen/son, Bradford, Crow, Donald, Gregory,Hommelgaard,Higgins, Jorgensen, O'Connell, McDonald, Smith England: Bradford, Cosnett, Cole, Inston, Sage, Wright Denmark: Andersen,Hummelgaard, Jorgensen, Christensen,Erichsen, Smed/Schmidt, Sorensen Ireland : Power

A new book, John Moffat of Irvinebank: a biography of a regional entrepreneur, by Ruth Kerr is to be launched at Loudoun House Museum, Irvinebank on Sunday 10 December 2000. · Ruth Kerr has been researching the North Queensland mining industry history since 1973 when Ruth first visited Irvinebank and Chillagoe and was impressed by the historic remains of the vast mining empire of John Moffat. · From then on Ruth and her husband, John, travelled every year to spend their holidays in the North exploring, researching and documenting the mining history and heritage, and participating in North Queensland life and historical activities. · Ruth completed two history theses on John Moffat at University of Queensland; a History Honours thesis in 1978, culminating in the publication in 1979 of John Moffat’s Empire: a mining history of the Cairns Hinterland 1880 to 1918, and a biography of John Moffat as a PhD in 1986. · The first book, John Moffat’s Empire, was launched in April 1980 on the occasion of the centenary celebrations of the discovery of tin in the Wild River and at the Great Northern. This book is now out of print. · The new book, John Moffat of Irvinebank: a biography of a regional entrepreneur, is the culmination of the 27 years of research. It is more than double the size of the first book and describes much more of John Moffat’s personal life and his business dealings, the lady he was engaged to, Jane Vary; his method of controlling the holdings of shares of the Vulcan mine, the deepest tin mine in Australia; the opening up of the Chillagoe and Mount Garnet copper fields and his dealings with Melbourne based ‘Broken Hillionaires’. · The whole of the research has been a labour of love and of commitment to North Queensland and its Historical Societies. Ruth unveiled the plaque at Loudoun Mill on the occasion of the centenary of the mill in 1984. · John Moffat of Irvinebank: a biography of a regional entrepreneur will be launched by Mr Les Sim, President of the Cairns and District Historical Society, at Moffat’s House, now the Loudoun House Museum, in Irvinebank at 12.30pm on Sunday, 10 December 2000. This is the 116th anniversary of the opening of John Moffat’s Irvinebank tin battery. · All are welcome to attend. The book will also be on sale on bookshops and newsagents in the North. Phillip Charlier, http://www.infocus.to/netguide/network

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Dear Listers, A short while a man called Larry[I think] contacted me re information he had gained about the Strand Hotel in Innisfail He forwarded his phone number which I promptly lost, so Larry if you read this could you email me again. I'm sorry for the inconvenience. [email protected] Thanks Barbara

This is already a good site & will be wonderful when more people participate. They are transcripts of records of christenings, marriages, deaths, burials & land ownership. The Ireland CMC Genealogy Record Project http://www.cmcrp.net/index.html Denyse Bonney in Townsville

Hi all, taking the chance to post my surnames for the family. Regards Lauren [email protected]

Is there a kind person out there that lives in Ayr that could check out the Ayr cemetery for me and find out if there are any Donalds buried there.? Any info would be great Regards Lyn McDonald [email protected] http://www.amitar.com.au/~mcdonald/ Please join the "Distant Shores" WebRing http://www.amitar.com.au/~mcdonald/WebRings.htm Researching: Queensland: Andersen/son, Bradford, Crow, Donald, Gregory,Hommelgaard,Higgins, Jorgensen, O'Connell, McDonald, Smith England: Bradford, Cosnett, Cole, Inston, Sage, Wright Denmark: Andersen,Hummelgaard, Jorgensen, Christensen,Erichsen, Smed/Schmidt, Sorensen Ireland : Power

I recently found some new information on this WHY(I)TE family. William & Agnes and their children, Mary, Ann, James, Williamina, Agnes, Eliza, William and Andrew arrived in Townsville in 1883 on the "Oban Bay" They bought a block of land on Ross Island in 1889 on which they erect a 4 room cottage and detached kitchen. William was a blacksmith. William died in 1890 and by 1895 Agnes with an unmarried daughter and the two youngest had moved to Charters Towers. >From the will the heirs were listed as - MARY BAIRD CARLSON, wife of Charles, master mariner of Townsville. They had married in 1884 and I have not found any offspring. ANNE SIRIENIUS, wife of Gustav, fireman in Townsville.They had married in 1884 and their children were Gustaf William, James, Agnes McGown, and Mary Baird. The spelling of their name seems to have changed to SIRENNUS. Agnes married Herbert Edward WALKER. Gustav and Mary died young. JAMES WHYTE- died 4 Sept 1894 at Charters Towers. WILLIAMINA MCGREGOR, wife of Robert, lighthouse keeper at Archer Point. They had married in 1888 and their children were Agnes Elizabeth, Minnie, Alexander Robert, Sandy William. William Malcolm, and Robina Edith. Robina died as a child. AGNES MCGOWAN WHYTE- spinster of Charters Towers ELIZA TURNBULL JOHNSON, wife of Joseph, of Charters Towers.They had married in 1892 and their children were Elizabeth Josephine and James William WILLIAM WHYTE- railway employee of Charters Towers ANDREW WHYTE- miner of Charters Towers. I'm interested to find more information on this family and further generations. I would particularly love to hear from anyone else who is connected with this tree.

G'day Cobbers, Have the following members of my lineage who arrived in Queensland in 1854, with approximate ages at time of arrival: James McINTOSH - 20 years Hugh McINTOSH - aged 18 Isabella McINTOSH - 16 years David McINTOSH - aged 14 years I would think that they arrived together. I don't think any other members of the family came out with them from Scotland. Just in case, the other family members were: 3 Janet (Jessie) McINTOSH - aged 12 years 3 William McINTOSH - 10 years Can anybody assist me with a copy of the passenger list and the name of the ship, as well as port of departure and arrival. Information would be greater appreciated. Regards Greg Baldwin AIGS 9842 A&NESFHS 9933 CFHS 8731 KFHS 7737 Researching Surnames: ALLEN - Cornwall, UK. BALDWIN - Kent, UK>New Zealand> Qld, AUS BENTON - Warwick, UK BIRCH - Yorkshire, UK> Qld, Australia BRODIE - Parish of Boyndie, Banffshire, SCT CLARK - Rhynie & Essie, Aberdeen Scotland EDWARDS - Cornwall, UK. FRANCES - Australia GRANT - Parish of Rhynie, Aberdeen, Scotland INCH - Cornwall, UK>New Zealand LEYLAND - Warwick, UK. LUMSDEN - New Zealand MacDONALD - Inverness, SCT. MASSEY - Ireland>Qld, Australia McFADDEN - Ireland McINTOSH - Inverness, SCT > Qld, Australia McINTOSH - Ross Shire, Scotland>Qld, Australia McLEAN - Garmouth, Moray, Scotland>Qld, Australia McLEAVY - Jedburgh, Roxburgh, Scotland>Qld, AUS OLIVER - Roxburgh, Scotland REEVES - Yorkshire (?), UK REYNOLDS - Cornwall, UK. RUDD - Qld, Australia SMITH - Scotland SPENCER - Scotland SPRENGER - Qld, Australia WHITEHOUSE - Warwick, UK. WILSON - Scotland>New Zealand email to: [email protected] Australian Genealogy: http://opax.swin.edu.au/andrew/aust_genealogy.html

Hi all, FRANCIS ROSE RYLAND married HENRY ALFRED WENZEL on the 24 November 1870 in St Paul's Church of England, Rockhampton. At the time she was employed as a servant and he was employed as a gardener at "The Range" Rockhampton. It seems that the property might have been the Police magistrate's (Mr Wiseman) residence. I understand that he may have not been living in the home at the time as he moved into town c. 1865 and rented the property to "Wormalds". I know that they were living in Brisbane in 1872 after leaving the property. Can anyone help with information about staffing of the home and how staff came to work there and eventually leave the property. Possibly some sort of assisted passage in return for a period of indenture??? Was this arranged at England or was it arranged through Brisbane when the migrants arrived? How did they travel to and from Rockhampton? Are there coastal shipping records that might tell me when each of them travelled up and when they went down to Brisbane? I do not know the answers nor do I know very much about their time at the property. I am hoping that someone is a) researching these two people b) researching the history of the property. c) have access to the coastal shipping records and will be kind enough to look up these two for me Thanks in advance Neil Williams ******************************************** Researching the names, RYLAND, SATCHER, MANN, REYNOLDS WILLIAMS, ENGEL, WENZEL from the SE QLD area. ******************************************