Converting a church into a home

The above composite image is of what has been identified as the Duaringa Roman Catholic Church building from the early 1900s. While they are designed the same, they are not the same building. What follows will explain that. When Queensland's population was growing and...

Mining equipment law suit fails

In 1890, Henry Aldridge faced a Rockhampton Small Debts Court to answer questions over mining equipment that had not been paid for. The proceedings were somewhat unusual and quite amusing as the formidable solicitor and politician Rees Rutland Jones deftly represented...

Fire destroys Dobbs home

Setback for young family Before Charles Dobbs arrived in Boolburra, he lived both at Mt Morgan and Kabra. Charles had met and married Elizabeth Aldridge in Mt Morgan where he was working with his future father-in-law Henry Aldridge. Charles had arrived in Australia in...

Westwood family blacksmiths

Hertfordshire village with Australian connection In 1883, first cousins Henry Aldridge and James Westwood set up a carrying business in Hertfordshire, England, supplying mostly corn and chaff. Henry and his family had not long arrived back in his home country from...

The Boolburra family Bible

Enduring message for the generations Updated 8 September 2020 What to make of a small, rectangular piece of needlework into which is stitched a plaited lock of hair and on which is inscribed: “TOKEN (or TOKEII) A TO W S”? .... Or should it in fact read: "A TOKEN TO W...

The passage of time takes its toll at Boolburra

But our memories live on By Warren Nunn In several trips to Boolburra over the years, I've photographed the site where my grandparents Alex and Bella Dobbs onced lived. In about 1995 my uncle, Jim Dobbs, had the house removed from the site and relocated to Avondale,...

With life comes death

Updated with photographs June 2021 Cemeteries record in some small way something about how people lived. There are countless burial grounds throughout the world that are forgotten and inaccessible. In an area less than 100km from the Central Queensland city of...

Boolburra races involved whole community

How a sporting event brought people together In the era before modern transport and communication, local events such as dances and picnic race days were often the highlight of the year for rural communities. My maternal grandfather, Alex Dobbs, grew up in a small...

Thank you, Pop Dobbs, for having patience with me

In reflecting on growing-up years, it's worth remembering those who influenced you and what they did and said that had a long-lasting effect. My Pop was the grandparent who touched my life in a real, tangible way. He was patient with a wilful, impetuous,...

Rob Silver reflects on family visits to Boolburra

Robert John Silver (1927-2016) was the son of my grandmother's brother John, or Uncle Jack, as he was known. Rob fondly remembers his growing-up years and summer holiday visits to Boolburra with his parents and sisters Jean and Peg. Following are Rob Silver's...

How tennis brought communities together

Tennis was a great outlet for my grandparents and their small community at Boolburra. My grandfather, Alex Dobbs, set up a court near the house and it was still in use, although a little worse for wear, in the early 1970s. The following report of a "tennis party" at...

No surprise that Dawson River floods at Boolburra

A cursory look at this satellite view should make it obvious there were many challenges for those trying to make a living from the land in the Boolburra district west of Rockhampton, Queensland. While some of the river-front land offered opportunity for crops and...

Five Coker sisters baptised the same day

In family research, odd events draw your attention. Run-of-the-mill births, deaths, and marriages are what you would expect to find. But it's the unexpected that gets you thinking as to what happened at the time that led several people in the same family to get...

Dobbs family … some photos

What follows are several images from my collection of memorabilia of the Dobbs family from Boolburra, Queensland. John Alexis Dobbs Coker and Margaret Isabella Silver, known as Alex and Bella Dobbs, raised a family of four on a farm near the Dawson River.

Ellen Jessie Coker – caught up in bigamy

You know those English period dramas where an unsuspecting young lady becomes besotted by an older man, falls pregnant, gets married and then discovers that he already has a wife? If you think such tales are solely from the fertile imagination of a writer, think...

Todd family photos

The photographs on this page were mostly taken around Edinburgh, Scotland, either in the late 1800s or the early 1900s. The original collection in which they were found includes images of both James Silver and Janet Todd along with other family members. Many of the...

Jessie Elizabeth Coker – a genealogical study

Tracing the life of Jessie Elizabeth Coker, the daughter William Frederick Coker and Elizabeth Jane Mead, highlights for me the essence of doing genealogy. Jessie Coker wasn't a difficult person to identify in the records but it was the records of those with whom she...

Census with a Silver lining

Census records are a treasure trove of information for genealogists and can produce a number of ‘yes!’ moments of discovery. As census-taking improved and more information became available, the task of tracking a person or a family was also made much easier. Back in...

Frances May Speakman who married Richard Thomas Hutchinson

Frances May Speakman (known as Fanny, May, or Fanny May) had an interesting life easily deduced from public documents which record where she lived both in the United Kingdom and Canada. As a researcher, Frances May Speakman proved easy to track because of a friend...

James Thomas Coker, a trusted servant turned embezzler

The prison record of a criminal who spent time in Queensland's infamous St Helena Island jail is a stark reminder of how human nature can be corrupted. This man, James Thomas Coker,  embezzled money as a servant of a municipal authority. I am one of his many...

Coker baptisms Tower Hamlets

Following is a list of Coker baptisms in the borough of Tower Hamlets, London (1813 to 1906). Name:      Daniel  Coker Baptism:     9 May 1813 Father's Name:     John  Coker Occupation: Labourer Mother's Name:     Hannah  Coker Address: Brackley St County:    ...

James Aldridge (1793 – 1871) – Welwyn publican

James Aldridge (1793 - 1871 son of Thomas Aldridge and Mary Jeaves) was a publican based in Welwyn, Hertford, England. In 1851, he was landlord of the Red Lion. A James Aldridge (presumably the same one) also held the licence for the Waggoners.  He married Sarah Cock...

Grace Agnes Todd (1876-1963)

Grace Agnes Todd (1876-1963) married Edward Forsyth and had two daughters (see below). They lived in England for a time before returning to Scotland where Grace and her husband Edward Forsyth saw out their days. Grace also wrote to her Australian niece, Bella Silver....

Maryann “Polly” Todd (1872-1948)

Maryann "Polly" Todd (1872-1948) married Robert Shennan and they had three children (see below). Maryann was known as Polly. Robert was a chemist and the Shennan family lived at Park Terrace,  Dalbeattie. 1. Samuel John SHENNAN,   b. 23 Nov 1896, 19 Duntreath St,...

Joanna Whilemina “Dan” Todd (1870-1946)

Joanna Whilemina "Dan" Todd (1870-1946) remained single and cared for her parents and her brother in their latter years at 88 Cotton St, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. She was known as Dan, or Aunty Dan, and was a generous and helpful person loved by...

Robert Todd (1868-1936)

Robert Todd (1868-1936) married Nancy Hamilton and they had five children (see below). Robert was a grocer/fruiterer at Castle Douglas.   1. John TODD,   b. 17 Aug 1896, Queen St, Castle Douglas, Kelton, Kirkcubright, Scotland, UK,   d. 9 Jan 1968, Lazonby,...

Janet Todd (1864-1939)

Janet Todd (1864-1939) married James Silver and they had six children (see below), only four of whom survived to adulthood. After courting in Scotland, they moved to Australia where they married in Brisbane before settling in southwest Queensland at Kooroongarra....

Elizabeth Todd (1863-1945)

  Elizabeth Todd (1863-1945) married James Keegan and had three children (see below). They emigrated to America in 1912. They were naturalised in Missouri in 1919. The Keegans were living in Chicago in 1939 when Lizzie (as she was known) wrote to her niece Eva...

James Todd (1860-1944)

James Todd (1860-1944) did not marry. In 1907, he is mentioned in newspaper clipping of parent's golden wedding anniversary as living in Newcastle, England. He is found in 1901 census in Newcastle, but not on 1891 or 1881 records in either England or Scotland....

John Todd (1832-1920)

John Todd (1832-1920) married Margaret Spiers and they had nine children. John was a gamekeeper, mostly in southwestern Scotland. The family lived at Castle Douglas. For many years, John Todd worked at a property named Balmaghie, near Castle Douglas. They celebrated...

Henry Aldridge’s memoirs

From Hertfordshire to Australia *Following is a transcript of recollections that Henry Aldridge wrote about his life. In the original handwritten pages, Henry wrote in a very legible script, but due to the poor condition of some pages with tattered and soiled edges...

Charles Cyril Coker (1918-2004)

Charles Cyril Coker (1918-2004) married Lil Sleaford. His older sister, Edna,  married Lil's brother John, while his eldest brother, Fred, was married to another of the Sleaford siblings, Rovena. He was known as Cyril.

Arthur Roy Coker (1913-2004)

Arthur Roy Coker (1913-2004) married Eileen Radloff and they had six children. He was known as Roy. Roy worked at the Rockhampton Base Hospital.

Edna May Coker (1908-2000)

Edna May Coker (1908-2000) married John Sleaford and they had six children. Edna's eldest brother, Fred, married John's sister, Rovena, while her youngest brother, Cyril, married another Sleaford sibling, Lil.

Archibald Aldridge Coker (1907-1980)

Archibald Aldridge Coker (1907-1980) had three marriages; his first two wives pre-deceasing him. He had one child with Edith Mabel Bedford (1914-1946), one with Mary Catherine Hanrahan (1905-1954) but none with Thyra Gladys Till (1913-1989). He was known as Archie...

John Alexis Dobbs Coker (1901-1987)

John Alexis Dobbs Coker (1901-1987) married Bella Silver and they had four children. Although he was Harry and Emma's child, he was adopted and raised by his mother's sister, Lizzie, and was known as Alex Dobbs.

Walter Frederick Coker (1900-1981)

Walter Frederick Coker (1900-1981) married Rovena Sleaford. He was known as Fred. His younger sister, Edna, married Rovena's brother John, while his youngest brother, Cyril, married another Sleaford sibling, Lil.

Walter Burdekin Aldridge (1882-1968)

A complicated man Walter Burdekin Aldridge (1882-1968) married Margaret Shonhan and had one child. He was known as Bert or Burt and had a poor reputation for the way in which he treated women. Family information suggests that Burt had relationships apart from his...

Edward Henry Aldridge (1880-1953)

Rugged timber-getter Edward Henry Aldridge (1880-1953) married Mary Ann Richardson and had six children. There was obviously a longevity gene in this union as five of the six lived into their 90s and beyond (Ellen, 102). Their "average" lifespan was 93.5 years. Ted...

Emily Ellen Sophia Aldridge (1876-1970)

A most remarkable woman Emily Helen (or Ellen) Sophia Aldridge (1876-1970) married Harry Coker and had eight children who survived to adulthood. The couple adopted out to Emily's sister Elizabeth Dobbs (nee Aldridge), their son John Alexis. He was the survivor of...

Elizabeth Aldridge (1871-1952)

A woman to whom we owe a great deal Elizabeth Aldridge (1871-1952) married Charles Dobbs and they had the one child, Elizabeth Helen, known as Nellie. They also adopted Elizabeth's nephew, John Alexis Dobbs Coker, son of Henry Coker and Emma Aldridge. It was noted in...

Isobel Menzies Silver

Isobel Menzies Silver (1860-1934) lived with her brothers at Harvieston Farm before getting married later in life (aged 46) to a widower named John Duncan, who was the brother of Alex Duncan who'd married her eldest sister Helen and moved to England. There is a 1930...

Alexander Silver (1858-1907)

Alexander (Sandy) Silver (1858-1907) with his wife Helen Jane Watt and the three children who survived to adulthood. Top right is Alexander (Sandy) junior, and below is John. Both these brothers died in World War 1 and only James was not called up. He moved to...

John Silver

John Silver (6 Apr 1856-unknown) did not marry and farmed at Harvieston, near Stonehaven, with his brother Alex. Alex (Sandy) died in 1907. Even though John left Scotland and headed to Australia, no death record is yet found for him there. However, there is a 1920...

John Silver of Harvieston farm

By Aberdeenshire Silver descendant Warren Nunn John Silver is a bit of mystery man. An older, unmarried brother of my great grandfather James Silver, he is an interesting character to investigate but his final resting place is uncertain. John and his brother Alexander...

Helen Silver

Helen Silver who married Alexander Duncan. Helen Silver (1852 - 1915) married Alexander Duncan and moved to England where they are found on a farm at Byfleet in Surrey in 1891. Given they had children born in different counties, they moved several times between 1883...

Harry and Emma Coker of Kabra

While Harry Coker was Alex Dobbs’ natural father, he had no part to play in his upbringing. Nevertheless, he was an interesting man who worked in the Mt Morgan gold mine alongside Charles Dobbs. Harry* Coker (1868-1924) and Emily Ellen Sophia Aldridge (1876-1970) The...

Ray Dobbs on growing up at Boolburra

Before he passed away in 2000, Ray Dobbs recalled life on the farm at Boolburra. Looking back some 60 years I think how lucky we were; a family with not much money but a lot of love; no car, no TV or radio but had happy times; always something to do. We had very few...

Sgt Denis McCarthy

He did his job well His Excellency the Governor in Council has been pleased to award the following rewards to Members of the Police Force, as shown opposite their respective names :To Sergeant Denis McCarthy, No. 9, 20 pounds, for effecting the capture of Froden...

Charges

A list of charges brought against Henry Aldridge's attackers From Queensland State ArchivesCor: Cockle C Jin the Circuit Court at Maryborough No 14 THE QUEEN againstWm Troden and Joseph BlakeINFORMATION FOR ROBBERY 5 COUNTSwitnessesDenis McCarthyEdwin RedmanR V...

District Court report

Newspaper report of Imbil hold-up AT the Maryborough Circuit Court, on the 26th inst., His Honor the Chief Justice presiding, William Troden, alias Podgey, and Joseph Blake, committed from Gympie, for robbery under arms near Imbil, on the 30th July last, pleaded not...

1868 Queensland Police Gazette page 68

Tied to a sapling and robbed 1868 Queensland Police Gazette page 68On 30th July last, Henry Aldridge, and others, were stopped on the Yabber road, by two armed offenders, who tied them to a sapling and robbed them of 20 pounds cash, 1 pair of water-tight boots, 1...

Life at Boolburra

Boolburra is the central point of a once-thriving  community on the banks of the Dawson River about 100km (60 miles) west of Rockhampton, Queensland. In the 1870s when the town plan was laid out and the school opened, those who lived in the community saw a prosperous...

William Coker died 1852

This is the last Will and Testament of me William Coker of No 12 Bromley Street Commercial Road End in the Parish of Ratcliffe in the County of Middlesex Gentleman.First I  direct my executors hereinafter named to pay all my just debts and funeral and testamentary...

William Coker died 1851

This is the last will and testament of me William Coker of Henry Street, York Square East Stepney in the County of Middlesex but carrying on business at Number 12 Narrow Street Southwark in the said Country said chandler and rigger. I hereby nominate and appoint my...

Alex Silver and Ellen Watt

By Warren Nunn When Alexander Silver and Helen (Ellen) Jane Watt married in March 1894, life changed drastically at Harvieston farm near Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It was a marriage forced on the 36-year-old Alex and 29-year-old Ellen by the fact she was...

William Aldridge

Hertfordshire publican William Aldridge came to Australia in July 1859 on the Glentanner, arriving in Brisbane, Queensland. The Aldridge family of Hertfordshire were mainly involved in running pubs or as carriers mostly in Welwyn and Stevenage. There is book about the...

Archibald Lawson Coker

Archibald Lawson Coker (born 22 Nov 1881 Queensland, Aust, died 26 Sep 1953 Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia)  married  Ivy Maud Rule (born 1889, Marong, Victoria, Australia,  d. 20 Oct 1951, Elwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) and fathered seven children.    ...

Herbert Leslie Coker

Herbert Leslie Coker (born 7 Jul 1880  Queensland, Australia, died 26 Jul 1946 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) married a widow, Margaret McGrath. He and Margaret lived for a time in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, but afterwards moved in Sydney, NSW, where they...

Albert Napier Coker

Albert Coker. Albert Napier Coker (born 21 May 1878 Queensland, Australia, died 3 Jun 1940    Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)  married Anne Featonby (born Oct 1877 Middlesborough, Yorkshire, England, UK, died 14 Mar 1961, Qld, Australia) and fathered three children....

James Martin Coker

James Martin Coker (born 20 Sep 1872 Rockhampton, Qld, Australia, died 14 Jan 1907 Townsville General Hospital, Qld, Australia) married Eliza Mary Smith (born 2 Apr 1873, London, England, UK, died 16 Mar 1935, Townsville, Qld, Aust) and fathered four children.  ...

Harry Coker divorce

This is a transcription of the divorce proceedings between Henry Coker and his first wife, Frances.Page 1In the Supreme Court of Queensland Rockhampton Matrimonial Jurisdiction 1897 No 2Mr Justice Power BETWEEN Henry (or Harry) Coker Plaintiff AND Frances Jane Coker...

Harry Coker

Harry Coker (born 1 Sep 1868 Limehouse, London, Middlesex, England, died 16 Oct 1924 Rockhampton, Qld, Australia. Note baptised as Harry but sometimes referred to as Henry in documents) first married Frances Jane Sugden (born 16 Aug 1872, Baffle Creek, Queensland,...

Arthur Coker

Arthur Coker (born 12 Jul 1867 London, England, UK, died 24 Feb 1945 Rockhampton Queensland, Aust) married Mary Trattles (born 1 Nov 1857, Hinderwell, Yorkshire, England, UK,   d. 6 Mar 1938, Queensland, Australia) and fathered two children. Arthur Coker.   1. Arthur...

Leonard William Thomas Coker

Leonard William Thomas Coker (born 3 Dec 1865 St Dunstan's, Stepney, London, England, died  22 Jun 1918 Rockhampton, Qld, Australia) married Sarah Jane Williams (born 31 May 1866, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia,  d. 20 Sep 1945, Innisfail, Queensland, Australia)....

Ada Mary Anne Coker

Ada Goleby, nee Coker. Ada Mary Anne Coker (born 6 Mar 1864 at 44 Nicholas Street, Mile End, Stepney, London, England, died 18 Jan 1926 Wynstoy Ave, Enfield, Sydney, NSW, Australia) married Arthur James Goleby (born 28 Jan 1861, Pimlico, London, England, died 16 Jun...

Cokers of London

  The Coker family of Stepney, London, had a close connection to the maritime industry in the 18th and 19th centuries.While my interest is with James Thomas Coker (see below for his family) who went to Australia in 1870, there are also details on other branches of the...

Jane Elizabeth Coker

Jane Elizabeth Coker (born 13 Mar 1859 at 5 Salman Cottages, Ratcliff, Stepney, London, England, July 1948, Rockhampton, Qld, Australia) married Frederick Lomas and had a least one child and also raised her brother Harry's daughter Emily.   1. Rowland Frank Eugene...

James Coker and Emily Lee

James Coker and Emily Lee By Warren Nunn Teenagers James Thomas Coker and Emily Lee married at Barking, near London, England in 1858 and arrived in Rockhampton, Queensland 12 years later with their first six children, Jane (11), Emily (9), Ada (7), Leonard (5), Arthur...

Stick up at Imbil

IT was a scandal at the time that involved a number of men including several gold miners and two rather inept thugs who ended up in jail. The drama unfolded on Thursday, July 30, 1868, when William Troden and Joseph Blake first held up a lone rider three miles from...

Cyril Coker obituary

IN 1918, a mother took her deathly sick newborn son home from Rockhampton Women’s Hospital after medical staff announced, “You’ll be taking him home to die”. But that child - Charles Cyril Coker - proved them wrong and lived 85 years until illness ended his earthly...

Ode to Grandad

Written by Cyril Coker’s granddaughter Bettrys Wellings.Ode to GrandadWhat a great man at the age of 85To achieve such great things and still be alive -To fight for his country, to have a family,To publish a book, and start another three.So many things to love about...

Margaret Todd (1858-1945)

Margaret Todd (1858-1945) married Richard Hutchinson and they had five children. They were both servants at Methven Castle.On 1891 and 1901 census, she is living in Dumfriesshire with her children but not with her husband. In 1891, she is described as a butler's wife,...

Harvieston fire

Three articles about Harvieston Farm fire Dundee Courier 31 January 1902, PAGE 4. Destructive farm fire in the Mearns FOURTH WITHIN A FORTNIGHT DAMAGE, 2000 POUNDS A disastrous farm fire broke out on the farm at Harvieston, near Catterline, about six miles south of...

William Troden and the background to a crime

William Troden was one of the bushrangers jailed in 1868 for the attack on Henry Aldridge and others near Gympie in Queensland. In the record of William Troden's imprisonment on Queensland's St Helena Island held by the Queensland State Archives, there is an image of...

Boolburra school

In 1874 when the railway bridge and line were under construction over the Dawson River at Boolburra, the Education Department received representation to give children the opportunity to be educated. A Mr Sinclair Sutherland wrote (July 31, 1874) offering his services,...

Windah burials

Windah burials The following information was drawn from the public record (https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/) as well as a privately compiled document titled Gogango District Cemeteries Burials and Monumental Descriptions. The late Jim Dobbs, who farmed at...

Gogango Creek burials

Gogango Creek burials The following information was drawn from the public record (https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/) as well as a privately compiled document titled Gogango District Cemeteries Burials and Monumental Descriptions. The late Jim Dobbs, who farmed...

Gogango Scrub burials

Gogango Scrub burials The following information was drawn from the public record (https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/) as well as a privately compiled document titled Gogango District Cemeteries Burials and Monumental Descriptions. The late Jim Dobbs, who farmed...

Springvale, near Gogango, burials

Springvale, near Gogango, burials The following information was drawn from the public record (https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/) as well as a privately compiled document titled Gogango District Cemeteries Burials and Monumental Descriptions. The late Jim...

Lilyvale burials

Lilyvale burials The following information was drawn from the public record (https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/) as well as a privately compiled document titled Gogango District Cemeteries Burials and Monumental Descriptions. The late Jim Dobbs, who farmed at...

Rocky Creek burials

Rocky Creek burials The following information was drawn from the public record (https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/) as well as a privately compiled document titled Gogango District Cemeteries Burials and Monumental Descriptions. The late Jim Dobbs, who farmed...

Rookwood burials

Rookwood burials The following information was drawn from the public record (https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/) as well as a privately compiled document titled Gogango District Cemeteries Burials and Monumental Descriptions. The late Jim Dobbs, who farmed at...

Spring Creek burial

Spring Creek burials The following information was drawn from the public record (https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/) as well as a privately compiled document titled Gogango District Cemeteries Burials and Monumental Descriptions. The late Jim Dobbs, who farmed...

Well Camp burials

Well Camp burials The following information was drawn from the public record (https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/) as well as a privately compiled document titled Gogango District Cemeteries Burials and Monumental Descriptions. The late Jim Dobbs, who farmed at...

Boolburra burials

Boolburra burials The following information was drawn from the public record (https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/) as well as a privately compiled document titled Gogango District Cemeteries Burials and Monumental Descriptions. The late Jim Dobbs, who farmed at...

Middleton’s Bog burials

Middleton's Bog burials The following information was drawn from the public record (https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/) as well as a privately compiled document titled Gogango District Cemeteries Burials and Monumental Descriptions. The late Jim Dobbs, who...

Gogango burials

Gogango burials The following information was drawn from the public record (https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/) as well as a privately compiled document titled Gogango District Cemeteries Burials and Monumental Descriptions. The late Jim Dobbs, who farmed at...

Stoney Creek burials

Stoney Creek burials The following information was drawn from the public record (https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/) as well as a privately compiled document titled Gogango District Cemeteries Burials and Monumental Descriptions. The late Jim Dobbs, who farmed...

Gainsford burials

Gainsford burials The following information was drawn from the public record (https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/) as well as a privately compiled document titled Gogango District Cemeteries Burials and Monumental Descriptions. The late Jim Dobbs, who farmed at...

Knebworth burials

Knebworth burials The following information was drawn from the public record (https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/) as well as a privately compiled document titled Gogango District Cemeteries Burials and Monumental Descriptions. The late Jim Dobbs, who farmed at...

Dawson River Boolburra burials

Dawson River Boolburra burials The following information was drawn from the public record (https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/) as well as a privately compiled document titled Gogango District Cemeteries Burials and Monumental Descriptions. The late Jim Dobbs,...

Herbert Creek burials

Herbert Creek burials The following information was drawn from the public record (https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/) as well as a privately compiled document titled Gogango District Cemeteries Burials and Monumental Descriptions. The late Jim Dobbs, who farmed...