thanks to everybody who responded to my query regarding DIXON/DICKERSON suicide in Morpeth/Raworth.... I also agree that without a first name or even an age, trying to find info will be hard.... I did try searching the Newcastle Crem records and found 2 possibles? - John Dixon d. 7 Jun 1965 of no fixed address aged 64y & George Richard Henry Dixon d. 6 Jul 1968 of 111 Melbourne St East Maitland aged 73y, just no idea if aboriginal or too old!!!! regards Heather Macdonald

Heather: given the notoriously lower age of death of many aboriginal people in Australia, it might be unlikely for the one who died aged 73 to be aboriginal. As you have HIS name and address, a search of the NSW STATE electoral roll for before that date, should provide his Occupation. If you are in Oz, then hopefully a library somewhere near you MIGHT have either copies of the relevant electoral rolls, or microfiche of them. For example, the NSW State Library in Sydney would be sure to have them in hard copy at least. Likewise the NSW State Electoral Commission (SEC) in Sydney holds hard copies of CURRENT state electoral rolls; but I am not sure what they might have in back copies, if anything. HTH: ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Heather Macdonald" <[email protected]> ... I also agree that without a first name or even an age, trying to find info will be hard.... I did try searching the Newcastle Crem records and found 2 possibles? - John Dixon d. 7 Jun 1965 of no fixed address aged 64y & George Richard Henry Dixon d. 6 Jul 1968 of 111 Melbourne St East Maitland aged 73y, just no idea if aboriginal or too old!!!! ...

Dear Ray and Heather, The Electoral Roll for Australia has been electronically arranged alphabetically State by State for some years. Each Electoral Office has a screen for public use. Back copies are certainly held by the State Library and also some libraries, as well as the Society of Australian Genealogists in Sydney, some on microfiche and some are hard copies. The ones older than about 12 years it is necessary to know the District and Divison of the District to find the enrolled person. If they move, it is not easy to find them again, unless they remained in that area. I have to agree that the 73 year old would be a real "outside" chance of being the person, as Aboriginal people historically have not had a long life span, and I think that continues today, but getting better. Sincerely, Bill > Heather: given the notoriously lower age of death of many aboriginal > people > in Australia, it might be unlikely for the one who died aged 73 to be > aboriginal. As you have HIS name and address, a search of the NSW STATE > electoral roll for before that date, should provide his Occupation. E-mail message checked by Internet Security (6.0.1.441) Database version: 6.12910 http://www.pctools.com/en/internet-security/