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Suspicious circumstances: Nil / [signed] T.C. Davies Justice / NOTE. – One copy to be forwarded to the Attorney-General and one copy to the Commissioner of Police. (See Section 3 of Victoria No.3

Maytown 23rd January 1888 / Before T.C. Davies Esqre JP.\ / Inquiry into the Cause of death

[signed] John Carrigan / [signed] T.C. Davies J.P.

Maytown 1st February 1888 / Before me T.C. Davies Esqu / [Commissioner of Police stamp 20 Mar 88]

1888 before me / [signed] T.C. Davis J.P. / Depositions to be sent to

the Attorney General / [signed] T.C. Davis J.P.

"404 15th May 1878. / 1879, 29th May Asleep on his beat 3.15 a.m. - - Moreton Brisbane Guilty Sr Con Davies Fined 10/- Insp. Lewis / 27th June Being late returning off duty one hour & a quarter. - "" - - "" - Guilty Sgt Tyrrell Reprimanded Insp. Lewis [sideways round stamp] OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, QUEENSLAND"

Your obedient Servant / E. S. Davis / Clerk.

James Henry JP ................ Murray River / Thomas Davies[?] / Alexander McFarlane ........Murray River

11.8.68 / [written adjacent to that] Davis is in Maryborough 11.8.68 / When he returns I will send him

his language; I would therefore / suggest that Davis the Aboriginal / interpretor who lives near Brisbane

your approval, will you be / good enough to cause Davis / to be communicated with.

[signed] Patrick Macarthur PM / [written on opposite page] Inform Mr Macarthur that Davis is absent, but will / be sent to Ipswich immediately he returns from

and Coot. / Killed by blacks :- Davis, Stratham, Parnell, Polin, O'Malley, Hardy, Williams, Dalgleish, Thompson, Heakman, / Hooker, Rowe, Solomon, and Angel.

and right breast spotted with blood-stains ; one small cap box ; one piece German tinder - said by Wilson and Sullivan to be / property of Davis. / One portion of very dark with dark stripe pattern trowsers [trousers], heavy stuff ; one doubled-bladed buckhorn handled knife, one

fowling piece - property of Siddel, but given in charge to Solomon. / Two five-chambered revolvers - one said to have been property of Davis, the other claimed by Wilson. / One large leather belt pouch, common make, two compartments - claimed by Wilson and Sullivan.

and Coot. / Killed by blacks :- Davis, Stratham, Parnell, Polin, O'Malley, Hardy, Williams, Dalgleish, Thompson, Heakman, / Hooker, Rowe, Solomon, and Angel.

then stuck together. I did not see / Miller at all. Davis then started running / then turned and we all followed

found Wilson and Davis there. / I swam out ten or fifteen yards

dropped heavily. I then turned / round seaward and I saw Davis / about fifteen yards to the seaward

had left. I then went towards / Wilson and missing Davis I / asked Wilson where he was. He said he

did not know whether / Davis had gone on shore and / got killed or whether he was

then stuck together. I did not see / Wallen about. Davis then started running / Southward and we all followed

2 [centred] / found Wilson and Davis there / I swam out ten or fifteen yards

dropped heavily. I then turned / round seaward and saw Davis / about fifteen yards to the seaward

had left. I then went towards / Wilson and missing Davis I / asked where he was he said he

did not know he believed D whether / Davis had gone on shore and / got killed or whether he was

Statement of James Sullivan / it is quite true. I think Davis / was drowned he was a very determined

letter received this day / from Mr Davis, Mayor / of the Town expressing his

Your Most Obedt Servant / [signed] John Davis / Mayor

Yours very Truly / John Davis

[written under that] Justices[?] to be given to P.M. Cooktown / to take Davies' Depostion on arrival [initialled] SWG 24/1/84

that was allowed, about the Camp. / Mr. Gallaghy went on as far as Mr. Davis / J.P. and gave informations to him that

J.P. and gave informations to him that / night, Mr. Davis, informed the Police / in Cairns. The next morning, Sunday,

BRISBANE. / D. SWISS DAVIES PROPRIETOR. / 21st. March 885

"""THE PEARL-SHELL AND BECHE-DE-MER FISHERY ACT OF 1881"" / This is to certify that Davis Wilson / owner of the * Ship, hereunder described, having applied to"

How Painted: White / Name of Owner: Davis Wilson / Given under my hand at --- this 21st day of Jany 1885.

Thos A. Jones Store Keeper Maytown / John Davies Actg Manager Qld Bank Ltd, Maytown / C M Seibel Hotel Keeper Maytown

37 BRISBANE / John Davis reports despatching Fishing / boat yesterday morning with two

Saturday / Matthias Davis / Const-in-charge

saturday / Matthias Davis / Const in charge

Christy Christenson Reports to John / Davis owner of the Rover that / Six Blacks & two Gins

Your obedient Servant / [signed] GS Davis / Brd Clerk

Your obedient servant / GS Davis / Divl Clerk

on the Laura River. / John Davis / J. P. Wm Fulton JP

authorized Staff of Cadets must be exceeded. / Before conferring the appointment of Mr Davis / the Government therefore desire that you will have the

Piere Luici / John Charles Davis / James Lamont

Michael [Cuandregen?] / John Charles Davis / William Powell

Charles [Demutte?], / Joseph Davis, / Gustave Ernest, and

Somerville Green / *Joseph Davis / Thomas Symes

Gustave Ernst 2 years do 23 March 1861 do / Joseph Davis 6 months do 23 March 1861 do / H. M. Gaol Brisbane

Tenderer Name of Run Amount of Rent / S. Davis Peak Vale No. 8 14£ 10 s / do Winterbourne 23. 0

Henry Davis Pikes Creek 75 / Peter Dunlop Mangula 87

Michael Levy / Herman Davis / David Mitchell

of 5th instant covering Power of Attorney / by Mr Davis with attestation thereof duly / certified by His Excellency the Governor. Will

The execution of the enclosed Power / of Attorney by Mr Davis has been attested / by Mr McArthur, the Police Magistrate at

Sir. / I Mathias Davis respectfully beg / to state that I wrote to you on the 4th

Russell Versus John Wynne. / Mathias Davis / Deputy High Bailiff

Brisbane / Mathias Davis / respectfully begs to State that

Secretary and dated 24 February / 1888. Mathias Davis now / respectfully begs to State that

he has since received. / Mathias Davis now / respectfully begs that the Hon

by the earliest opportunity. / Mathias Davis / Bailiff

CPS Maytown 6th Oct 1887 / In re amount of ₤3 owing to M Davis / for erecting shelves at Court House

"15th August last referring to a charge / of ₤3""0""0 made by Mathias Davis / for erecting shelves at the Court-"

the honour to inform you that the / amount of ₤2 due to Mr Davis for / services in connection with the

29 Aug 1887 / In re paying Davis for services in connection / with the Census

amount of ₤2.0.0 due / to Davis for services stated / unless the sum is taken

The amount of ₤2 appears to be due to / Mr Davis and should be paid / [...]

sum demanded by Mr / Davis and I was therefore / unaware that the amount

at Blackall enquiring if the / amount claimed by Davis / was due to him and a reply was

"received to the following effect / ""Mathias Davis posted Notices / for which he was to receive"

[overlaid notes in red] / In re amount owing to M Davis / Previous 87.6337D

The Hon. The Colonial Secretary Brisbane / Mathias Davis respectfully / begs to state to The Hon. Colonial Secretary

begs to state to The Hon. Colonial Secretary / that if he will read Mathias Davis' / letter of the 4th June he will see by the

items and services performed that / Mathias Davis did not claim pound / -dage money and although as Bailiff he has

never yet claimed any poundage money. / Mathias Davis respectfully begs to / state that he claims nothing but the

the Bailiff's instructions book / Mathias Davis respectfully / begs to state that if he does not receive

Lawyer at once / Mathias Davis / Small Debts Court Bailiff

[margin note - side] / Ask Mr Keane if Davis was / ever paid ₤3.0.0 for erecting shelves and

[overlaid notes in red] / M Davis / In re fees as Bailiff of Small Debts Court

I have the honour to acknowledge / the receipt of Mr M Davis letter. In / re money due in connection with

me as High Bailiff. On receipt of / same I got Mr Davis who was then / Bailiff of the Small Debts Court

him over to the Custody of the / Police. His Mr Davis duties in / the matter then ceased.

Benches PM Blackall / Report (as PM Cloncurry) re letter from Mr M Davis re money / due in connection with services as Bailiff

from the above department / Mr Davis must have received / same.

Brisbane / Mathias Davis respectfully / begs to state that as Bailiff of the Small Debts

16th April 1886. on a Writ of Ca. Re. from the Supreme / Court Brisbane by R. D. Neilson. Mathias Davis / respectfully begs to stated that he had possession of

included that makes 76 days at 7/- per day with one / guinea for levy ₤27-13-0 Mathias Davis was also / in possession of John Winn's by Writ of Fi Fa issued

that makes in all ₤45-19-0 / Mathias Davis respectfully beg to apply to the / Hon. The Colonial Secretary for the Moneys which

Lawyer / Mathias Davis / Bailiff Small Debts

[overlaid notes in red] / M. Davis / In re money due in connection with services as a

Certificate of Surgeon or Physician / I certify that ___Edwin Davies ______________________________ / has been under treatment by me for a period of _________ ; that he is suffering

a certain sense, acquainted with. / Our Senior Constable (Davis) here / is a decent fellow as a private

ness was quite cool and polite. Wm. H. / Davis, commercial traveller, and Joshua / Little gave evidence corroborative of that

on rates for fire brigade / J [...] Davis / Town Clerk

to resign / [Davis?] to be offerred appointment / B D M.

Your obety / Henry L Davis / [Marginalia. E. Durant]

＿ Cooktown ＿ / John Davis (Mayor of Cooktown) / John Ernest Keating (Nominated by the Municipal Council)

Hon Col Secy / Name of Mayor John Davis / Name of Alderman appointed to

Your most Obedient Servant, / John Davis / Chairman Cooktown Fire Brigade

Board / John Davies [sic.] / Chairman

Your obedt servant, / Wm Davis / Town Clerk

Your Most obedient Servant. / William Davis, / Wickham St

1- 4- 89 / [Marginalia. Wm. Davies] / [Marginalia. stamp. COLONIAL SECRETARY'S (Crown) OFFICE. QUEENSLAND. 02901. 1. APR. 89]

Your Obedient humble Servant / William Davies, / Wickham Street

The work has not been going on / satisfactorily since Mr. Davies lrft. / I have acertained [sic.] that Mr. Davis 9sic.]

satisfactorily since Mr. Davies lrft. / I have acertained [sic.] that Mr. Davis 9sic.] / is

Your most obedient Servant, / William Davies. / Wickham St

26 . 3 ..89. / [Marginalia. W Davies] / [Marginalia. stamp. COLONIAL SECRETARY'S (Crown) OFFCICE. QUEENSLAND. 02713. 29. MAR. 89]

891105] / [Marginalia. W Davies / 27.. 3 . 891104.]

Queensland / [Marginalia. Wm. Davies] / [Marginalia. stamp. COLONIAL SECRETARY'S (Crown) OFFICE. QUEENSLAND. 02539. 21. MAR. 89]

21/3/89] / [Marginalia. Wm Davies / 22: 3 :891059]

command outside. / I hope you will give the matter of Mr. Davis [sic.] reappointment / your early consideration as we

good of the Establishment to secure / Mr. Davis' [sic.] services. / I have the honor to be

Warden and Trade Instructor, I would suggest / that Mr Davies be requested to defer his / departure from the Island for at least a

imposed upon him - to have the benefit of Mr. / Davies experience and advice. / I have the honor to be

be willing to accept the position about to / be vacated by Mr Davies, if appropriate thereto - / Presonally, I know nothing of the Master

Establishment by the resignation of Warder / and Trade Instructor Davies, there will in / my opinion be no difficulty in making

in the Tailors Shop, under the direction of / Mr Davies, and so far as I could learn, these / garments gave general satisfaction - Police great coats and

resignation of Trade Instructor / Davies at St. Helena] / [Marginalia. Previous

Your humble Servant, / William Davies, / Trade Instructor,

[Marginalia. stamp. H. M. PENAL ESTABLISHMENT. ST. HELENA. CP. SUPT. 12 SEP. 88] / [Marginalia. Resignation of Wm. Davies as Trade Instructor] / [Marginalia. Forwarded

your office concerning the resignation of / Trade Instructor Davies of St. Helena, I do / myself the honor to inform you for the

[Marginalia. No. 88.] / [Marginalia. In re resignation of Trade Instructor Davies. / of St. Helena.]

In forwarding Trade / Instructor Davies' resignation / I would suggest that his

of the tailoring department / from Mr. Davies. / I need hardly point out

Person selected to take Mr. / Davies place as trade Instructor / for Tailoring Department must be

Wm. Williams Miner Charters Towers / Chas. Davis Miner Queenton. / Fredk Stanley Miner Charters Towers

Isaac Chappel – Miner Ch. Towers Jacob Atkinson Miner Charters Towers / William Jones miner Ch. Towers C Davies Gardener Charters Towers / John Surgeon Butcher C . Towers H. Jereniah Miner Charrter [sic.] Tower

Edward Stephens sp[...]ler C Towers / William Davies Miner C. Towers / Fred Rahnsleben Miner C towers

"William Clifford Driver Union Camp / Walter Davies Carpenter "" / Richard Beavem Miner Northcote"

Excellency — / Jno Davis / Mayor

call meeting / John Davis / Mayor

Hughenden and Charles Hospitals, the wards / -man Davies having told him that he would b e / met at Brisbane, if he did so he did it with

I.F. Ellicott S. Ward J.M. Mellourism / Duade Beathe W Davies F. Leculy / Ned J. Barton-Parkes J. Pierlwith James Ahern

W Dawson - Bains / L Weazel - Davis

Can you provide the required information. / Davis / D.N.A.

possible. / Davis [signature] / Director of Native Affairs.

tribal language can supply the information required. / Davis / Acting Director of Native Affairs.

of this word. / Davis / Deputy Director of Native Affairs.

"""On a hill"" are also requested. / Davis / Deputy Director of Native Affairs."

and your advice would be appreciated. / W Davis / Acting Assistant Director of Native Affairs.

Dear Sir, / I have received a request from Mr. Davies, / Secretary of the Queensland Historical Society, requesting

Kenmore and Fig-tree Pocket to the Brisbane River. / I have advised Mr. Davies that I have no local knowledge of / the creek, but that, doubtlessly the name is derived from

"79 miles, forty chains from Brisbane, in correspondence between / Mr. David. W_Bull and Mr. Davis, the meaning of which is given / as ""Man and wife"", you will think that my critism is caustic."

or syllable commences with an aspirate. / Toon. Flat where where James Davis (Dha-ami pai, little / kangaroo rat), runaway convict, was living when reclaimed from

It was also notable for the reason that here the runaway / convict, James Davis, who lived with the blacks for seventeen / years was reclaimed from savagery by the members of the said

original names. / [P. Davis] / ----------------

do / Stealing six 6 pigeons property of Thomas Davis value £3 / Fined £5 or 6 weeks Imp

58 / Joseph Davis / C. A. M. Morris PM

39 / Arthur Davis / C A M Morris Pm

1 / Daniel Davis / C A M Morris Pm

3 / Daniel Davis / C A M Morris Pm

8 / Daniel Davis / C A M Morris Pm

118 / David Davis / C A M Morris Pm

27 / Ann Davies / Do

By whom last employed, and where? Victorian Artillery Melbourne / By whom recommended? (Attach recommendations) Victorian Artillery discharge. A.C. Daniell Major, G.A.J. Hanso[n,] G.Robinson, Thomas Whitehea[d]. / How long living in Queensland? Twelve weeks

Yours truly / Fred. W. Robinson / [In margin]

Blacks very troublesome I wish you could give patrol / Fred. W. Robinson / Reply

Reply / F.W. Robinson / Waroora

Received wire Blacks have been killing cattle wholesale / F.W. Robinson

Sir / I have the honour to inform you that with regard to Mr Robinsons application re blacks, I should have proceeded there at once, but that I had two more applications, from the stations; Mitchellvale & Barron River; (both attached) to attend to. The explanation of my tel: is that had the blacks committed murder I should have left the Nor-End [sic] to give Mr Robinsons application precedence, otherwise I failed...

Re Native Police not patrolling / Mr. Robinson's run. Woroora. / Sir

Police were requisitioned for / by Mr. Robinson they had / their hands full repressing

Advise writer. / Robinson / W

Sent to / Mr F.W. Robinson Herberton / ?? 25th ult

Brisbane / Recommends that an increased allowance be made to Mr Robinson for feeding the Blacks / Sir

Sir / Returning herewith papers &c in connection with the Aborigines at Waroora Station, I have the honor to report for the information of the Honble the Colonial Secretary as follows. Referring in the first instance to Mr Robinsons letter of 29th ult. I have no reason to doubt any of the statements made. I believe the amount paid to Mr Robinson is not adequate to his requirements but as Mr Robinson does so little...

I remain yours truly / Fred. W. Robinson

Yours truly / Fred W. Robinson

THIS ITEM IS TOP-NUMBERED TO 6927/1895 Benches H. / F. W. Robinson / [Stamp] COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE . QUEENSLAND 10209 22 . NOV . 89.

[Right Side of Page] / F.W. Robinson. / 27 . 11 . 89 H192

THIS ITEM IS TOP-NUMBERED TO 6927/1895 Benches / F. W. Robinson / [Stamp] COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE QUEENSLNAD 10209 22 NOV 89

Yours Obediently / Fred. W. Robinson

6.MAR. 89 / Report from Mr G Robinson re Blacks / killing cattle, Wooroora Run

assist. / George Robinson / Warrooroo

Refer to Inspr Stuart / How does Mr Robinson protect / his run? & how does he treat

Wooroora North Kennedy District / Lessee Frederick William Robinson / transferred from George Robinson -

Lessee Frederick William Robinson / transferred from George Robinson -

28 March 1889 / Re telegram from Mr G. Robinson of / Woorooroo [sic] Station reporting the Killing

was the last officer who made a / patrol of Mr Robinson's run I / called upon him to supply as far as

I attach - it appears that Mr / Robinson does nothing himself / towards protecting his run.

native of Dungeness. / It also appears that Mr Robinson / does not interfere with the

maintainance After perusing Mr Zillman's letter, / and that of Mr. Robinson (29th August) the / Colonial Secretary has come to the conclusion

The annexed telegram from Mr George / Robinson Warrooroo [sic] with Commissioner's / minute written across it forwarded

and forward it to me. / 1. - How does Mr Robinson protect his run. / 2. - How does he treat the Aboriginals.

4. - Are any Aboriginals employed or / used by Mr Robinson in any / of the Station lands.

in reference to the annexed telegram / of Mr George Robinson of Woorooroo [sic] / and Memo No.65 from his Inspector

65 Men, women, and children. / Mr. Robinson informed me that / since May last he had Killed

had been Kept out from the / station, but Mr. Robinson finding / that they were Continually Killing,

are replies to questions in your memo No. 65----- / 1) When I was at Mr Robinson's station in Jany: last; Mr F. / W. Robinson with a black-boy were looking afer the cat-

1) When I was at Mr Robinson's station in Jany: last; Mr F. / W. Robinson with a black-boy were looking afer the cat- / tle & no one else, I considered that these two hands were

feeding the Blacks, and in the / cases of Mr. Robinson and Mr. / Wason Rations in Excess of the

I have just received from Mr / Robinson of Waroora Station. / When I was last there he

to bring in his friends / Robinson now writes to say they are / begining to come in and wants aid

them if they would not kill cattle / and that Mr Robinson was willing / to kill a bullock a month for

be trusted, and I cautioned Mr / Robinson who is quite aware of / the danger, and said he would

from the out station. / I was told by Mr Robinson junior / that he did his best to protect his

Brooke with reference to Mr / Robinson's staton Waroora / in the Herberton Sub District.

P.M. Herberton / If an allowance can be made to Mr Robinson for supply of rations to Blacks / Electric Telegraph, Queensland

BRISBANE / Mr Robinson of Waroora reports that wild blacks in at his station has killed two bullocks to feed them expects many more to come in asks for allowance Eight 8 to ten 10 pounds per month for rations Robinson suffered very heavily last year had over thirty head speared believes if friendly relations established depredations will cease recommend grant temporarily until some / [In margin] No action

"Charles Baillie Felony 4 Pm 1st 10 Am 3rd 5 "" Discharged / James Robinson Drunk & disorderly 7 Pm 2nd 10 Am 3rd "" "" Fined 5/ or 24 hours cells / Edmund Drans Larceny 5 Pm 4th 10 Am 7th 2 "" Discharged"

Tuesday Feb 27th the second whale boat / with thirteen men. viz. 1 the mate. 2 Robinson. / 3. Goble. 4. Dickman. 5 Arps 6. Marag.

"Passengers to Sydney by ""Governor Blackall"" :- Sonnichsen, Chalon, Wright, Good, Forster, Coyle, Bardon, Schwelfling, / Konig, Fox, King, Robinson, Siddle, Haydon, Phillips, Ingham, Crommelin, Dicksman, Powell, Misdell, Smith, Nilson, / Sullivan, Finnie, Lane, Pegus, Le Fin, Hocraft, Barclay, Grey, Broadbent, Arps, Maag, and Wallen."

"Passengers to Sydney by ""Governor Blackall"" :- Sonnichsen, Chalon, Wright, Good, Forster, Coyle, Bardon, Schwelfling, / Konig, Fox, King, Robinson, Siddle, Haydon, Phillips, Ingham, Crommelin, Dicksman, Powell, Misdell, Smith, Nilson, / Sullivan, Finnie, Lane, Pegus, Le Fin, Hocraft, Barclay, Grey, Broadbent, Arps, Maag, and Wallen."

still refused to let Constable / Robinson act without instructions / from Inspector Morisset.

to act. / If Constable Robinson / performs his duties with dispatch

Knott, informing him that Constable / Robinson was appointed as an / Assistant Collector, and requesting

trooper. / Constable Robinson, stationed / at the Bynoe River under the Sub

case Sergeant Griffin could have / safely taken Constable Robinson's / place until the Sub Inspector's

4 / I also wrote to Constable Robinson / informing him of his appointment.

Sub Inspector Knott refused to / let Constable Robinson act, and / withheld my letter to that officer

reply, to the effect that Constable / Robinson was not to act, and was / to take orders only from him.

Commissioner. Constable / Robinson is the other collector / appointed the Sub Inspector refuses to let

qualified for the duty than / Robinson appointed from the / Bynoe Native Police Station.

Bynoe Native Police Station. / As regards the latter (Robinson) / I may remind you that he was

him that the Bench had / appointed Constable Robinson / to collect the Electoral List between

"""No one to mind Camp if / Robinson had to go on this duty. / Above letter was first intimation"

the Centre portion where it crosses the / Percy & Robinson Rivers, as it is here / where the Blacks are generally harboured

M Darnell, Draper Mary Street / George Robinson, Gunsmith / AR Hummings, Miner Gympie

Inspector of Slaughter Houses at Caboolture / in the room of Senior Constable Robinson / transferred.

F Robinson / [Stamp]

Yours obediently / Fred. W. Robinson.

by the wild aborigines I consider Mr / Robinson has himself to blame for leaving / them by themselves in charge of his

station and property without a / white man near them. Mr Robinson / knew that the aborigines were both

cannibal aborigines. / Mr Robinson like all / station owners that work their stock

as ample Police protection can be / afforded to Mr Robinson by working / a double Detachment from Nigger

not alone afford ample protection / to Mr. Robinson but would also / give Police protection to the outlying

the whole of that large Sub District. / Mr. Robinson it appears / does not employ white labor but

B. C. / Reply to F. W. Robinson / F. E. Braithwaite

and your petitioners will ever etc. / Fred. W. Robinson Wooroora / Fred E. Braitwaithe Cashmere

Camp to Wooroora / F. W. Robinson / 9 36.

of Cooktown, as she lay sunk on reef Inner Barrier / 31st Oct. The gins reports [sic] that Robinson his mate / and one Boy named Dick were murdered on Barrier

[in red ink] Reporting alleged murder of Beche / de Mer fisherman Robinson / [telegram]

Beche de mer fisherman Named / Robinson his mate & one / Aboriginal reported murdered up the

"Inquiry into the cause of / death of James Robinson / Master of the Cutter ""Ruby"""

Cooktown. I knew a man / named Robinson the / subject of this Inquiry I

"the ""Ruby"", they pointed / out the position Robinson / was in when he was"

[in red ink] Reporting alleged murder of Beche / de Mer fisherman Robinson / [telegram]

about three days journey / from the Coast. Robinson / took me and another

gins re murder of James / Robinson, reported by wire of 17th / Nov. 1890, taken at an Inquiry

23/1/91. / Re murder James Robinson no / evidence against three (3) of the

four aboriginals for murder of / J Robinson / Sir,

"al boys charged with the murder of / James Robinson of the beche-de-mer / Cutter ""Ruby"", for want of sufficient"

and I have no doubt in the case of / Robinson led to his being killed. / I am wiring for permission

Acknowledging the receipt of your letter of the 18th July last, / suggesting the formation of a Reserve of four square Miles on Robinson's Creek, / Upper Dawson, for the exclusive use of the Police stationed in

dated the 22nd Ultimo, requesting that authority may be given you for / the sale of the old Police Barracks situated at Robinson's Creek / and that a sum of money may be furnished you for the purpose

In reply I have to convey to you the / authority for the sale of the buildings on Robinson's Creek the / proceeds of which you will remit to the Colonial Treasurer, and you

James Morgan / Thomas Robinson / W T C Brown

George Butcher / Frank Robinson / Thos Hardon

William Poulter / Frank Robinson / John McLachlan

William Walter / Thomas Robinson / Thomas [indecipherable]

{16th May} / {J. R. Robinson} / {For appointment in the postal department

Acknowledge & refer to Postmaster Genl.} / {J. R. Robinson Esq / 61.5.16

Your most obedt humble Servant / J. R. Robinson

[C?] McAlister / [indecipherable Robinson?] / [indecipherable] Street

here at once / T J Robinson / Exchange Hotel

5.58 xget / [Marginalia. T. J Robinson] / [Marginalia. stamp. COLONIAL SECRETARY'S (Crown) OFFICE. QUEENSLAND. 02832. 29. MAR. 89]

Mrs Naylor, Surat, 5 months / Mr Coyne, North Burorah, St George, 6 months. Mr Robinson / of Wyenbah [sic.], St George, a few days.

I. OBrien Miner C. Towers / George Robinson Miner C Towers / I McDouglas Miner C. Towers

[Marginalia. 2952. .D.] / [Marginalia. In re re-appt. of Mr Robinson as Govt. Agent.] / [Marginalia. Robinson to be re-appointed

[Marginalia. In re re-appt. of Mr Robinson as Govt. Agent.] / [Marginalia. Robinson to be re-appointed / Mr Dalrymple so advised

Mary Love . — / Christopher. G· Robinson / All Saints

Clervellyn Stephens / Robert Charles Robinson / John Hooper.

"was observed going into Rubiana, and on communicating with her yesterday she proved to be the S.S. / ""Hesketh,"" of Sydney, Mr. J Robinson master, and is to leave for Sydney to-day, so I am sending this / letter by her."

"18 / ""Charles"" Robinson / Wm. M. Mowbray P.M."

71 / Thos Robinson / Do

50 / Alexr Robinson / C A M Morris Pm

67 / Wm Robinson Blannd / Charles A M Morris Pm

146 / Wm. Robinson Braund / C. A. M. Morris PM

87 / Thomas Robinson / Do

51 / Thomas Robinson / C A M Morris P.m

there will be but little chance of my reaching the / Cape Bedford Mission Station and visiting the McIvor / and Starcke District within at least another week

Similarly. / Wallace's Selection on the McIvor = bĭn-dĭ, and / occupied by bindi-wara, the

occupied by bindi-wara, the / McIvor River, or rather that portion passing through / it, being called piri-bindi.

it, being called piri-bindi. / McIvor River, country at it's mouth = Koo, lŭl, / inhabited by Koolul-ara.

inhabited by Koolul-ara. / McIvor River, Coate's selection & country around it at its junction with / Cocoa Creek, = woon-dul, inhabited

Their walk-about includes Cooktown, camping / at the 2-miles, the McIvor, Cape Bedford, / and the mouth of the Starcke itself, where they

R. round to Cape Flattery. They walk about / down the coast to the mouth of the McIvor River / where they meet the Cape Bedford and McIvor

down the coast to the mouth of the McIvor River / where they meet the Cape Bedford and McIvor / blacks, and up the banks of the Starcke as

night in the camp at the back. Indeed, except for the / baker (a McIvor boy) and three or four orphan girls who / are kept nice and clean and taught sewing etc in Mrs

(1) Permission to go with patrol to Cape Bedford / and McIvor District - we propose leaving here about / March 7th or 8th, and expect to be away for about

indeed the only direction I can safely travel along now / is towards Cape Bedford and the McIvor where I propose / going on patrol about 7th or 8th March. All next week

Station, but there are no white men there, and the owner resides at Somerset. All these stations are on / western waters. The whole eastern watershed of the peninsula, north from the McIvor, is, with the

by water from Cooktown or thirty miles by land. Six miles from this first station is another / situated north-west on the shore of a bay into which flow the Morgan and McIvor Rivers. Both stations / work harmoniously in the same cause. I found the Cape Bedford Station in charge of the Rev. Mr.

"""the site at Cape Bedford unsuited; never be self-supporting; advise 640 acres on south bank of / McIvor, good land, water carriage, naturally fenced, twenty-five miles from Cooktown and eight from / settlement on the McIvor and the native police station."" That sensible advice was unfortunately not"

"McIvor, good land, water carriage, naturally fenced, twenty-five miles from Cooktown and eight from / settlement on the McIvor and the native police station."" That sensible advice was unfortunately not / adopted. Hence more wasted labour, and a Mission Station paralysed for want of land that would have"

than religious zeal and philanthropy. The missionary, Mr. Schwarz, is absolute master of the dialects / spoken from the McIvor River south to the Blomfield [sic], and west to the Laura. He possesses the respect / and confidence of the aboriginals, and appeared to me as an excellent man with all the natural and

Maytown 1 1 2 1 / McIvor 1 1 6 / Palmer 2

Maytown 1 2 / McIvor Rv. 2 (1 cadet) 5 / Palmer 2

Maytown 1 3 1 / McIvor River 2 7 / Palmer 2

Maytown 1 3 / McIvor 2 7 / Palmer 1

To The Under Colonial Secretary / Sec for Lands declines to reproclaim land for Police paddock McIvor River / Referring to the letter of the Commissioner of Police to the Honorable the Colonial Secretary, dated 22nd ult. and forwarded B.C. to this Department on the 24th idem, the Under Colonial Secretary is advised that the Secretary for Public Lands declines to accede to the request made therein, that the cancell...

Sec for Lands declines to reproclaim land for Police paddock McIvor River / Referring to the letter of the Commissioner of Police to the Honorable the Colonial Secretary, dated 22nd ult. and forwarded B.C. to this Department on the 24th idem, the Under Colonial Secretary is advised that the Secretary for Public Lands declines to accede to the request made therein, that the cancelled police reserve on the McIvor Ri...

Bne / Leaving for Inspection McIvor police twenty first please wire reply my letter seventeenth Decr number fifty nine relating to your memo septr 24th number four six four one 4641 / H. Fitzgerald Inspr

McIvor Rover / Police paddock

B/C Hon Col Sec 29.6.82 / [Crossed out] Proclamation of Police Paddock Mc Ivor River vide 82/4907 Col Sec / [Crossed out] Tambo paddock papers

that the old paddock in the / McIvor having since been / offered for sale by auction

present police station in / the MacIvor [sic], until after / the coming wet season,

[centred] To the Under Colonial Secretary / Requests new Site be Selected for Police Reserve on McIvor River Rd. / [written diagonally on left]

that the reserve for Police paddock on the road from / Cooktown to the McIvor River, established in lieu / of that proclaimed in page 82 of the Government

distant some four (4) miles / from the MacIvor [sic] selections on / the River, and very imperfectly

unparallelled in the district. - / Situated on the MacIvor [sic] / River, and adjoining the

land on the original / McIvor paddock / [initials] [W.F. ?]

police paddock on the road from Cooktown to the / McIvor River which was established in lieu of that / proclaimed in page 82 of the G.G. of 1880 Part 1st is found

the Land office here for / Land on the original McIvor / police paddock

Brisbane. / Re 640 acres on McIvor River Cooktown / District set apart as a police reserve.

In order to practically test the / value of sugar lands on the McIvor / river, I beg to suggest the above land be

principal Selections on the / MacIvor [sic]. / Until lately I understand

[Map of Proposed Police Reserve, McIvor River, showing Area of 640 acres and all four boundaries] / [left boundary] 80.00

RESERVE FOR POLICE PADDOCK NEAR THE / McIVOR RIVER / In lieu of that established by Proclamation pub-

Commencing on the road from Cooktown to / McIvor River at a point about forty chains from / the crossing of Twelve-mile Creek, and bounded

Inform Inspector Fitzgerald that the reserve on / the McIvor River proclaimed in page 82 of the G. G. of 1880 Part 1st / has been surrendered & or another one of 640 acres has been

Maytown 1 3 / McIvor 1 1 7 / Palmer 2

Maytown 1 1 2 1 / McIvor 1 1 6 / Palmer 2

Maytown 1 1 2 1 / McIvor 1 1 6 / Palmer 2

Maytown 1 1 2 1 / McIvor 1 1 6 / Palmer 2

Maytown 1 1 2 1 / McIvor 1 1 6 / Palmer 2

Maytown 1 1 1 1 / McIvor 1 1 7 / Palmer 2

Maytown 1 1 1 1 / McIvor 1 1 8 / Normanby 1 1 8

Maytown 1 1 1 / McIvor 1 1 9 / Normanby 1 2 8

Maytown 1 1 1 1 / McIvor 1 1 7 / Normanby 1 1 3

""" "" "" Maytown ... ... 1 ... ... ... 1 3 ... ... ... ... 5 1 / "" "" "" McIvor ... ... 1 1 ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... ... 3 14 / "" "" "" Normanby ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... 3 ... ... ... ... 4 7"

Maytown 2 1 2 1 / McIvor 1 1 5 / Normanby 1 3 7

Maytown 2 1 2 1 / Mc Ivor 1 1 5 / Normanby 1 3 7

Maytown 1 1 3 1 / Mc Ivor 1 2 5 / Normanby 1 3 7

2. S. to Archer Point} Fluently [written vertically] Cooktown district / N. to McIvor River} Fluently [written vertically] Cooktown district / W. to Normanby River} Fluently [written vertically] Cooktown district

Maytown 1 1 3 1 / McIvor 1 2 5 / Normanby 1 3 8

Maytown 1 1 1 / McIvor 1 1 9 / Normanby 1 2 8

Maytown 3 / McIvor 1 1 7 / Normanby 1 3 8

4 1 3 6 24 64 263 11 35 / McIvor 1 1 7 / Normanby 2 1 8

Maytown 1 2 / McIvor 1 1 4 / Normanby 1 1 8

Maytown 1 2 1 / McIvor 1 / Normanby 1 1 14

Maytown 1 1 2 1 / McIvor 2 2 5 / Musgrave Telegraph Stn 1 1 2 5

[written across top in red ink] Residents McIvor Protesting against removal of Native Police Camp / [Stamp]

We the undersigned residents of / Mc Ivor, Morgan, Sharpie, Cocoa Creek and / others. Having heard of the intended removal

others. Having heard of the intended removal / of the Native Police camp from the Mc Ivor, / beg you to take this humble petition

Returned. 19 - 1 - 94. / Mc Ivor Wallace / Carey & o's

Name Occupation Residence Name Occupation Residence / C Wallace Grazier Mc Ivor Rd. Sandercock Miner Cocoa Creek / OC Evans Miner Starkie Emil Claussen Miner Cocoa Creek

W Dawson Miner Starkie John Williams Grazier Bustard Park / Romeo Dakin Miner Starkie H. Starkey Selector Mc Ivor / T. Lloyd Miner Starkie T Brady Miner Mc Ivor

Romeo Dakin Miner Starkie H. Starkey Selector Mc Ivor / T. Lloyd Miner Starkie T Brady Miner Mc Ivor / Alf. G. Leetch Storekeeper Starkie R Jones Stockman Mc Ivor Road

T. Lloyd Miner Starkie T Brady Miner Mc Ivor / Alf. G. Leetch Storekeeper Starkie R Jones Stockman Mc Ivor Road / T. Hicks Miner Starkie A. Wheite Butcher Cooktown

G Bock Miner Starkie John Robins Butcher Cooktown / R Sparks Miner Starkie W Wilson Grazier Mc Ivor / M Carey Stockman Mc Ivor J. Summerhayes Butcher Cooktown

R Sparks Miner Starkie W Wilson Grazier Mc Ivor / M Carey Stockman Mc Ivor J. Summerhayes Butcher Cooktown / G Lewis Owner Cocoa Creek S T Balser Grazier Endeavour Road

G Lewis Owner Cocoa Creek S T Balser Grazier Endeavour Road / Robert Mc Andrew Stockman Mc Ivor / A. Wallace Grazier Mc Ivor

Robert Mc Andrew Stockman Mc Ivor / A. Wallace Grazier Mc Ivor / T Hansen Mailman Mc Ivor

A. Wallace Grazier Mc Ivor / T Hansen Mailman Mc Ivor / I Burton Stockman Mc Ivor

T Hansen Mailman Mc Ivor / I Burton Stockman Mc Ivor

4 1 3 6 24 64 263 11 35 / McIvor 1 1 7 / Normanby 2 1 8

48 / Rodger McIvor 2 / do

was the business:-- / Moore v. Reynolds, for work done (ad- / journed case). Verdict for plaintiff, £5.

12627 18 W.M. Hughes Corn / 12628 17 P. Reynolds Corn / 11977 10 Philp & Co Contingencies Hobble Straps &c

"2012 "" 24 J.J. Fallon 1 bushel of Corn / 2009 "" 5th P. Reynolds 1 bushel of Corn / 2010 "" 25 W. M. Hughes 1 1/2 bushels Corn"

"3846 "" 17th W Crow 13 feeds of corn / 3858[?] "" 14th Reynolds 8 feeds of corn / 3843 "" 1st George Young Freight on 40 bushels of corn"

Arrears / March 28 P Reynolds Carriage Service, Salt and horse shod / PAY REGISTER.

Joseph Stockwell / George Reynolds / Thomas McRudden

James Willard / Patrick Reynolds / [James Jones?]

A. H. PALMER. / J. H. Reynolds, Machine Printer, George Street, Brisbane.

"N T. Russell Clerk Charters Towers Joseph Pryor Settler Ch Towers / James Burns Miner X Charters Towers G Reynolds Baker "" "" / Thomas Moody Dealer[?] Charters Towers Joseph Leach Freeholder Ch Towers"

W. B. Hill Printer Pt Douglas / James Reynolds Farmer Port Douglas / John A[?] McCale Carrier Port Douglas

I. Peterkin Miner Mount Spurgeon / Thomas Reynolds Carier [sic.] Port Douglas / Archie Camble Carrier Port Douglas

"Statement of WR Reynolds, Master of ""Helena"" / Our boats were going on shore at La Menu for the"

had set the place on fire there. / (Signed) W Rees Reynolds / Master

28 / Frank Reynolds / E. Eglinton P.M.

30 / Frank Reynolds / do

77 / Frank Reynolds / do

"71 / Frank Reynolds / """

203 / George Reynolds 1 / do

10 / George Reynolds / do

37 / Peter Reynolds / do