Dear List, This is a very different query to what I usually ask help for. I have been asked by the researcher at the Gordonvale Museum if I knew why men came to Cairns from Tasmania after WW1. He has come across over 20 names, three he gave me. I have searched on Trove and Google but couldn't come up with anything. The names were Charles Langley Fixer (I did find reference to him later living in Cairns) Frank Grachan (he was a walker and went in races 1903) Earle Cadger who appeared before the court but was dismissed in 1922) Any suggestions as to what I should be looking for on Google or Trove. Regards and thanks Irene --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Could you clarify please Irene..had any of these men enlisted in WW1? Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; "[email protected] com" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2018 3:02 PM Subject: [AUS-Tas] reason why men went to work in Cairns after WW1 from Tasmania > Dear List, This is a very different query to what I usually ask help for. > I have been asked by the researcher at the Gordonvale Museum if I knew why > men came to Cairns from Tasmania after WW1. He has come across over 20 > names, three he gave me. I have searched on Trove and Google but couldn't > come up with anything. The names were Charles Langley Fixer (I did find > reference to him later living in Cairns) Frank Grachan (he was a walker > and > went in races 1903) Earle Cadger who appeared before the court but was > dismissed in 1922) Any suggestions as to what I should be looking for on > Google or Trove. > > > > Regards and thanks > > > > > > Irene > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > _______________________________________________ > AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ > Contact Admin [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > > Unsubscribe > https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/postorius/lists/[email protected]/ > > Archives: > https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/ > > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community

Dear Chris, only one of the three names that I was given was as far as I know served in WW!, Charles Langley Fixter, I am waiting on the other names. Many thanks Irene Subject: [AUS-Tas] Re: reason why men went to work in Cairns after WW1 from Tasmania Could you clarify please Irene..had any of these men enlisted in WW1? Chris Subject: [AUS-Tas] reason why men went to work in Cairns after WW1 from Tasmania > Dear List, This is a very different query to what I usually ask help for. > I have been asked by the researcher at the Gordonvale Museum if I knew > why men came to Cairns from Tasmania after WW1. He has come across > over 20 names, three he gave me. I have searched on Trove and Google > but couldn't come up with anything. The names were Charles Langley > Fixer (I did find reference to him later living in Cairns) Frank > Grachan (he was a walker and went in races 1903) Earle Cadger who > appeared before the court but was dismissed in 1922) Any suggestions > as to what I should be looking for on Google or Trove. > > > > Regards and thanks > > > > > > Irene --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Hello Irene, Here is a link to the AIF Project with details on Fixter https://aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=98893 born lincolnshire, lived Gordonvale Qld when he enlisted in Sydney. Served with 42nd Battalion. I'll look for his service record to see where he was discharged. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2018 3:23 PM Subject: [AUS-Tas] Re: reason why men went to work in Cairns after WW1 from Tasmania > Dear Chris, only one of the three names that I was given was as far as I > know served in WW!, Charles Langley Fixter, I am waiting on the other > names. > > Many thanks > > Irene > > > > > Subject: [AUS-Tas] Re: reason why men went to work in Cairns after WW1 > from > Tasmania > > Could you clarify please Irene..had any of these men enlisted in WW1? > > Chris > > Subject: [AUS-Tas] reason why men went to work in Cairns after WW1 from > Tasmania > > >> Dear List, This is a very different query to what I usually ask help >> for. >> I have been asked by the researcher at the Gordonvale Museum if I knew >> why men came to Cairns from Tasmania after WW1. He has come across >> over 20 names, three he gave me. I have searched on Trove and Google >> but couldn't come up with anything. The names were Charles Langley >> Fixer (I did find reference to him later living in Cairns) Frank >> Grachan (he was a walker and went in races 1903) Earle Cadger who >> appeared before the court but was dismissed in 1922) Any suggestions >> as to what I should be looking for on Google or Trove. >> >> >> >> Regards and thanks >> >> >> >> >> >> Irene > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > _______________________________________________ > AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ > Contact Admin [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > > Unsubscribe > https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/postorius/lists/[email protected]/ > > Archives: > https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/ > > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community

Hello Irene, Charles Fixter was discharged in Melbourne on 15/1/1919 and he then proceeded to Queensland for medical reasons. He also has a Repat file. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2018 3:23 PM Subject: [AUS-Tas] Re: reason why men went to work in Cairns after WW1 from Tasmania > Dear Chris, only one of the three names that I was given was as far as I > know served in WW!, Charles Langley Fixter, I am waiting on the other > names. > > Many thanks > > Irene > > > > > Subject: [AUS-Tas] Re: reason why men went to work in Cairns after WW1 > from > Tasmania > > Could you clarify please Irene..had any of these men enlisted in WW1? > > Chris > > Subject: [AUS-Tas] reason why men went to work in Cairns after WW1 from > Tasmania > > >> Dear List, This is a very different query to what I usually ask help >> for. >> I have been asked by the researcher at the Gordonvale Museum if I knew >> why men came to Cairns from Tasmania after WW1. He has come across >> over 20 names, three he gave me. I have searched on Trove and Google >> but couldn't come up with anything. The names were Charles Langley >> Fixer (I did find reference to him later living in Cairns) Frank >> Grachan (he was a walker and went in races 1903) Earle Cadger who >> appeared before the court but was dismissed in 1922) Any suggestions >> as to what I should be looking for on Google or Trove. >> >> >> >> Regards and thanks >> >> >> >> >> >> Irene > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > _______________________________________________ > AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ > Contact Admin [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > > Unsubscribe > https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/postorius/lists/[email protected]/ > > Archives: > https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/ > > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community

I would suggest "labour shortages Cairns 1920s", and "floods Cairns 1920s". I also understand that there were changes to legislation which restricted "immigrants" from working on the sugar cane fields, hence the producers would need labourers from within Australia. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; "[email protected] com" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2018 3:02 PM Subject: [AUS-Tas] reason why men went to work in Cairns after WW1 from Tasmania > Dear List, This is a very different query to what I usually ask help for. > I have been asked by the researcher at the Gordonvale Museum if I knew why > men came to Cairns from Tasmania after WW1. He has come across over 20 > names, three he gave me. I have searched on Trove and Google but couldn't > come up with anything. The names were Charles Langley Fixer (I did find > reference to him later living in Cairns) Frank Grachan (he was a walker > and > went in races 1903) Earle Cadger who appeared before the court but was > dismissed in 1922) Any suggestions as to what I should be looking for on > Google or Trove. > > > > Regards and thanks > > > > > > Irene > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > _______________________________________________ > AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ > Contact Admin [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > > Unsubscribe > https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/postorius/lists/[email protected]/ > > Archives: > https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/ > > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community

With apologies to the list as I didn't share the following information. Charles Fixter served in WW1, was married, enlisted in Sydney. home address Gordonvale Qld. Was discharged in Melbourne and then proceeded to Qld- medical reasons. Frank Bernard Grachan was 26 and single when he enlisted and he embarked on the troop ship in Brisbane. I can't locate a WW1 file for Earle Cadger, but there is an enlistment for a Neil Cadger born Tas. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; "[email protected] com" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2018 3:02 PM Subject: [AUS-Tas] reason why men went to work in Cairns after WW1 from Tasmania > Dear List, This is a very different query to what I usually ask help for. > I have been asked by the researcher at the Gordonvale Museum if I knew why > men came to Cairns from Tasmania after WW1. He has come across over 20 > names, three he gave me. I have searched on Trove and Google but couldn't > come up with anything. The names were Charles Langley Fixer (I did find > reference to him later living in Cairns) Frank Grachan (he was a walker > and > went in races 1903) Earle Cadger who appeared before the court but was > dismissed in 1922) Any suggestions as to what I should be looking for on > Google or Trove. > > > > Regards and thanks > > > > > > Irene > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > _______________________________________________ > AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ > Contact Admin [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > > Unsubscribe > https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/postorius/lists/[email protected]/ > > Archives: > https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/ > > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community

Hi Irene, There are many articles in the Qld newspapers regarding employment of returned soldiers on TROVE. This one is in the Cairns Post and about soldier's sugar cane settlement. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page3909195 regards, Meryl Yost -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, 25 June 2018 3:02 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] com <[email protected]> Subject: [AUS-Tas] reason why men went to work in Cairns after WW1 from Tasmania Dear List, This is a very different query to what I usually ask help for. I have been asked by the researcher at the Gordonvale Museum if I knew why men came to Cairns from Tasmania after WW1. He has come across over 20 names, three he gave me. I have searched on Trove and Google but couldn't come up with anything. The names were Charles Langley Fixer (I did find reference to him later living in Cairns) Frank Grachan (he was a walker and went in races 1903) Earle Cadger who appeared before the court but was dismissed in 1922) Any suggestions as to what I should be looking for on Google or Trove.

Thanks Meryl and Chris, you have both given me something to work on. Regards Irene -----Original Message----- From: Meryl Yost <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, 25 June 2018 4:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [AUS-Tas] Re: reason why men went to work in Cairns after WW1 from Tasmania Hi Irene, There are many articles in the Qld newspapers regarding employment of returned soldiers on TROVE. This one is in the Cairns Post and about soldier's sugar cane settlement. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page3909195 regards, Meryl Yost -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, 25 June 2018 3:02 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] com <[email protected]> Subject: [AUS-Tas] reason why men went to work in Cairns after WW1 from Tasmania Dear List, This is a very different query to what I usually ask help for. I have been asked by the researcher at the Gordonvale Museum if I knew why men came to Cairns from Tasmania after WW1. He has come across over 20 names, three he gave me. I have searched on Trove and Google but couldn't come up with anything. The names were Charles Langley Fixer (I did find reference to him later living in Cairns) Frank Grachan (he was a walker and went in races 1903) Earle Cadger who appeared before the court but was dismissed in 1922) Any suggestions as to what I should be looking for on Google or Trove. _______________________________________________ AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ Contact Admin [email protected] _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/postorius/lists/[email protected] m/ Archives: https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] m/ Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Thanks for this.   My father, a returned soldier and his young brother went from Melbourne by train up to the sugar cane cutting.  They were given a train ticket and a few shillings presumably to buy food which the younger brother lost on gambling on the train. So I guess he would have starved.   Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad On Monday, June 25, 2018, 16:38, [email protected] wrote: Thanks Meryl and Chris, you have both given me something to work on.  Regards Irene -----Original Message----- From: Meryl Yost <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, 25 June 2018 4:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [AUS-Tas] Re: reason why men went to work in Cairns after WW1 from Tasmania Hi Irene, There are many articles in the Qld newspapers regarding employment of returned soldiers on TROVE. This one is in the Cairns Post and about soldier's sugar cane settlement. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page3909195 regards, Meryl Yost -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, 25 June 2018 3:02 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] com <[email protected]> Subject: [AUS-Tas] reason why men went to work in Cairns after WW1 from Tasmania Dear List,  This is a very different query to what I usually ask help for. I have been asked by the researcher at the Gordonvale Museum if I knew why men came to Cairns from Tasmania after WW1.  He has come across over 20 names, three he gave me.  I have searched on Trove and Google but couldn't come up with anything.  The names were Charles Langley Fixer (I did find reference to him later living in Cairns) Frank Grachan (he was a walker and went in races 1903) Earle Cadger who appeared before the court but was dismissed in 1922) Any suggestions as to what I should be looking for on Google or Trove. _______________________________________________ AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ Contact Admin [email protected] _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/postorius/lists/[email protected] m/ Archives: https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] m/ Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________________ AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ Contact Admin [email protected] _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/postorius/lists/[email protected]/ Archives: https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/ Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community

I am wondering if something happened before WW1 as my Grandfather and his brother went north from Launceston to Cairns a few years before one of them joined the army there? Emm Jill -----Original Message----- From: Meryl Yost <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, 25 June 2018 3:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [AUS-Tas] Re: reason why men went to work in Cairns after WW1 from Tasmania Hi Irene, There are many articles in the Qld newspapers regarding employment of returned soldiers on TROVE. This one is in the Cairns Post and about soldier's sugar cane settlement. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page3909195 regards, Meryl Yost -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, 25 June 2018 3:02 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] com <[email protected]> Subject: [AUS-Tas] reason why men went to work in Cairns after WW1 from Tasmania Dear List, This is a very different query to what I usually ask help for. I have been asked by the researcher at the Gordonvale Museum if I knew why men came to Cairns from Tasmania after WW1. He has come across over 20 names, three he gave me. I have searched on Trove and Google but couldn't come up with anything. The names were Charles Langley Fixer (I did find reference to him later living in Cairns) Frank Grachan (he was a walker and went in races 1903) Earle Cadger who appeared before the court but was dismissed in 1922) Any suggestions as to what I should be looking for on Google or Trove. _______________________________________________ AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ Contact Admin [email protected] _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/postorius/lists/[email protected] m/ Archives: https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] m/ Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community

Thank you Jill, I am still working on this so I will let you know when I get the full list. Its been an interesting query and I have received some good feedback. Regards Irene -----Original Message----- From: Jill Morley <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, 2 July 2018 8:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [AUS-Tas] Re: reason why men went to work in Cairns after WW1 from Tasmania I am wondering if something happened before WW1 as my Grandfather and his brother went north from Launceston to Cairns a few years before one of them joined the army there? Emm Jill --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Albert William ARNOLD [my grandfather] and Charles Hubert ARONOLD both born in Launceston went to Cairns married and stayed in Qld You can add them to your list they were wood choppers Jill -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, 2 July 2018 8:41 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [AUS-Tas] Re: reason why men went to work in Cairns after WW1 from Tasmania Thank you Jill, I am still working on this so I will let you know when I get the full list. Its been an interesting query and I have received some good feedback. Regards Irene -----Original Message----- From: Jill Morley <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, 2 July 2018 8:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [AUS-Tas] Re: reason why men went to work in Cairns after WW1 from Tasmania I am wondering if something happened before WW1 as my Grandfather and his brother went north from Launceston to Cairns a few years before one of them joined the army there? Emm Jill --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________________ AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ Contact Admin [email protected] _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/postorius/lists/[email protected] m/ Archives: https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] m/ Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community

Irene on this list is the name ARNOLD on there? Thanks Jill -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, 25 June 2018 2:32 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] com <[email protected]> Subject: [AUS-Tas] reason why men went to work in Cairns after WW1 from Tasmania Dear List, This is a very different query to what I usually ask help for. I have been asked by the researcher at the Gordonvale Museum if I knew why men came to Cairns from Tasmania after WW1. He has come across over 20 names, three he gave me. I have searched on Trove and Google but couldn't come up with anything. The names were Charles Langley Fixer (I did find reference to him later living in Cairns) Frank Grachan (he was a walker and went in races 1903) Earle Cadger who appeared before the court but was dismissed in 1922) Any suggestions as to what I should be looking for on Google or Trove. Regards and thanks Irene --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________________ AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ Contact Admin [email protected] _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/postorius/lists/[email protected] m/ Archives: https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] m/ Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community