Dear Jenelle I have had a good day with finding out information. I discovered that William and Emma Sutherland's daughter Charlotte Mary married Leslie Colthurst CATO in 1917. From the Transmissions of Real Estate by death up to 1959 I discovered that Charlotte (of Mareeba) was the recipient of land from both parents. From the Qld Electoral rolls I found that Charlotte and Leslie lived in Mareeba (Sutherland St and Constance St) but were missing from the rolls in 1973. Leslie had been in the 1972 roll but not Charlotte. I could not find any other CATO people living in the area, who might be grown up children. So I am not sure if they had children. However the best find was William's obituary in the Cairns Post, that was also repeated in the Northern Herald. Here is the text. The Late Mr. Sutherland The passing away of Mr. W. M. Sutherland, of Mareeba, removes from our midst one of the oldest pioneers of North Queensland. Arriving in this country about 1863 he took up mining as offering the best inducement for a young and vigorous man, and tested his luck on many northern fields. He was for some considerable time on Gympie and amongst the first arrivals on the Palmer goldfield. Of more local interest is the fact that he was one of a party of four who were the first to land on the beach in Cairns before Cairns was thought of. Representing a southern timber company he came up the coast in a whaleboat looking for cedar country and in the course of the search entered the Johnstone river, Mulgrave, Cairns inlet, Mossman and as far as the Bloomfield river. One of the party was the late Dan Hart, of the Mossman, a Jamaican native who always boasted that he was the "first white man on the Mossman." Subsequently Mr. Sutherland entered the service of the Queensland Government on railway construction under the late Mr Ballard, on the central railway, his knowledge of Queensland timbers being of much value to his Department. After serving some years under the Government he joined Mr MacKenzie, now of Bowen, as a railway contracting firm under the name of MacKenzie and Sutherland, and as such they secured the contract for and built the section of the northern railway, Prairie to Hughenden, following up with the first section of the Bowen railway, and afterwards the third section of the Cairns railway, Myola to Mareeba, which was constructed during the troublesome times of the Bank suspensions in 1893, which troubles the contractors weathered successfully. A dissolution of partnership followed the completion of the contract, and Mr Sutherland afterwards built the Port Douglas-Mossman tramway and many miles of sugar tramway for the Mossman mill to the satisfaction of the different Boards of Directors, afterward retiring to live with his family in Mareeba. He possessed many interests in Cairns, in the future of which town, he was a firm believer. Nearly 40 years ago Mr Sutherland became a member of Comet Lodge, No.1680, E. C., now located at Barcaldine, and always took the keenest interest in the Craft, and this was acknowledged by the bethren of Granite Lodge, 999, S. C., who attended in full regalia at his funeral on Sunday, which was carried out with full Masonic rites. Thanks for your help. Regards Sue