Men and a River

INDEX to MEN AND A RIVER by Louise Tiffany Daley

Revised and expanded by Robyn Braithwaite, March 2002. (Bold type indicates additions.)

Aborigines, 12, 13, 17, 21, 22, 32, 41, 43, 57, 92, 146;

friendly relationships, 17, 21, 27, 29, 32, 35, 37, 46;

massacres, 44-45;

protection and reform, 25, 44;

as station hands, 46, 111, 130

Ainsworth, Captain Thomas, 34

Ainsworth, James, 70

Alchymist, paddle-steamer, 124, 126, 176 nn. 39, 40

Alcock, Constable, 95

Alcorn, Andrew Carson, leader in dairy industry, 145

Allingham, E.W., 150

Alpha, schooner, 120

Alpha Sugar Mill, North Creek, see W. Clement

Alstonville, 36, 89, 101, 135, 141, 143-144, 152, 154

Amphitrite, bark, 119

Andrew Fenwick, brigantine, 126

Armstrong, Alexander, 101

Ashby Meatworks, 53, 67

Athletic, steam tug, 124

Atkinson, Mrs, Runnymede Station, 76

Atlantic, schooner, 126

Australia, schooner, 64

Australian Meat Company, 105
Baillie, James, blacksmith and ironmonger, 70, 150

Bald Hill cedar camp, 32, 36-37, 128

Ballina, 70-71, 135, 153.;

early settlement, 34, 38-39, 88, 89, 109-110, 149;

municipality, 139;

sugar Industry, 137-142 passim;

town life, 90, 94, 114, 126, 128, 148, 135, 144, 153;

waterfront, 118-127 passim

Ballina, steamer, 128

Bangalow, 151, 155

Barker brothers of Ettrick Forest, 43, 51, 55, 56, 82, 106

Barker, Dr William Thomson, 69, 93

Barlow, Nicholas and Robert, 135

Barlow, Samuel, 101

Barnes & Smith Brothers, 106-107

Barnes, Henry of Dyraaba, 32, 46, 79, 95, 99-100, 103-108, 114-115

Barrie, James, merchant, 150, 152

Bassman, Constable, 127

Bathurst, Earl, 3

Bawden, Thomas, M.L.A., 116, 122, 147-149 passim, 151-152

Beagle, steamer, 127

Beagle, H.M. survey ship, 28, 103, 109

Belmore, Governor and Lady, 46, 116, 137

Bennett, W.C., Chief Commissioner for Roads, 135

Berini, Dr, medical practitioner, 92

Bernstein, Dr. Ludwick, 150, 155

Bexhill, see Bald Hill cedar camp

Big River, see Clarence River

Big Scrub, 31, 34-35, 43, 65, 89, 97, 101-102, 118, 120, 131, 134, 143, 144, 146, 154, 155, 159

Big Tom, Aboriginal chief, 46.

Bigge, Commissioner J.T., 3

Bindable, James, cedar cutter, 29

Bishopsthorpe, Grafton, 86-87

Blackwall, J. Gordon, 121

Blackwall, timber camp, 118;

origin of name, 121;

see also Wardell

Blakebrook, 111

Blaxland, Gregory, 44

Bligh, Richard, Police Magistrate and Commissioner of Crown Lands, 114

Boatharbour, 134

Boiling-down plants, 52-54, 104, 105, 149

see also Tallow

Bonalbo, station, 107

Bonnie Dundee, screw steamer, 128

Booerie Creek, 137

Boomerang Creek, 37

Border Police, 26

Borton, Tommy, 135

Bourke, Governor Richard, 15, 23, 90

Brandon, discovered Emigrant Creek, 33

Breckenridge, James and John, sawmill proprietors, 99, 120, 121, 122;

school at mill, 90

Britton, James, 69

Broadwater, 12

Broadwater Mill, 142, 143, 150, 153

Brodhead, Lieutenant, 11

Brook station, 42, 101, 110

Broughton, Bishop W. G., 48, 81

Brown, Henry, cedar dealer, 37, 70, 90

Bruxner, Charles, 108

Bulloona, see Ballina

Bundock, Alexander Frederick, 43, 51, 54, 81, 82, 104-106

Bundock, Barnes & Company, 104, 105,106

Bundock, Charles, 83

Bundock, Mary Ogilvie, 82

Bundock, Wellington Cochrane, 43, 51, 68, 81, 82, 95, 106

Bungawalbyn, 89, 111

Bungawalbyn Creek, 132

Burnett, James C., surveyor, 26, 34, 111

Burrows, M.E.L., surveyor, 26

Busby brothers, squatters, 43, 51

Byron Bay, 10, 11, 111, 117, 129, 145, 151, 152

Byron Creek, 134

Byron, Vice Admiral John, 1

Cameron, Annie, 133

Cameron, Archibald, station hand, Virginia Station, 45

Campbell, W.S., 154

Cape Byron, 1, 9, 11, 12

Carter, Ernest, sawmill proprietor, 121-122

Carter, Thomas, sawmill proprietor, 121-122;

see also Richmond River Sawmill and Trading Company

Cassino, or Casino:

Station, 25, 33, 42, 45, 52, 67, 73, 103-104, 137, 139, 146;

Township, 67, 68, 69, 93, 95, 123, 148, 149, 155, 159,

(bridge) 77, 79, 114, 115-116, 134, 146,

(churches) 86-88 passim,

(industries) 130, 132, 136, 137, 139, 140,

(municipality) 117,

(population) 117,

(railway) 147, 151, 159,

(schools) 90-92

Cattle, 50-51, 55, 96, 107;

markets, 52, 54, 94, 104, 105

pleuro-pneumonia, 96, 105

see also Boiling-down plants

Cavanba, see Byron Bay

Cedar, 15-16, 17;

Prices, 27, 39, 65, 70, 96;

scarcity on Clarence, 27;

on Richmond, 31, 32, 34, 103, 108-109, 119-120;

see also Timber

Cedar-cutters, 19, 21, 26, 27, 43, 101, 159;

appearance and living conditions, 34-35, 69, 70-71;

camps, 31-34 passim, 36-37, 90, 121;

methods of work, 17, 32, 35, 37-38, 111;

regulations, 27, 29, 36, 65, 69;

types, 27, 28. 29, 32-33;

see also T. Chilcott; S. King; J. Maguire; J. Pearce; P. Simpson; D. Withers

Cedar dealers, 16, 17, 25, 35-36, 70, 90, 95, 110, 121;

see also Granny Greenhalgh; T. Small; W. Wright; W. Yabsley

Challenge, tug, 124

Chalmers, William, 137

Charlesworth, Captain C., 122

Chauvel, C.G.T., of Tabulam, 68-69, 78, 91, 107

Chauvel, C.H.E., 76

Chilcott, Tommy, cedar-cutter, 32, 34, 135

Chilcott’s Grass, 32

Child, Reverend Coles, 34, 85-86.

Chinese immigrants, 56, 57, 66, 117

Clarence and New England Steam Navigation Company, 128

Clarence and Richmond Examiner, newspaper, 75

Clarence and Richmond River Steam Navigation Company, 75, 114, 128, 129

Clarence Bench, 45

Clarence Company, 142

Clarence River:

discovered, 10, 15-18 passim.

named, 25;

surveyed, 26

Clarence Squatting District, 25;

area, 43;

in Darling Downs electorate, 72, 74;

electorate proclaimed, 76;

electorate divided, 148-150;

isolation, 41,50;

returns, 77

Clarence River Settlers’Arms, 29

Clark, Francis, engineer, 52

Clark, Reverend W. B., 60, 85-86

Clay, Henry, of Cassino station, 24-25, 42, 103, 146

Clement, William, 119, 135-142 passim, 148, 153

Clement, Eleanor, 139

Clubs and societies, 64, 148;

see also Temperance Societies; Protection and Political Reform League

Clunes, 134, 145, 155, 157, 158

Codrington, 31, 99, 137

Coffee, 155

Coleman, Edmund, merchant, 37, 70, 128, 147, 150

Collector, barge, 121

Collins, Reverend James, 88

Colonial Office, London, 3, 8, 76, 115

Colonial Sugar Refining Company, 136, 140, 142-143, 150, 153

Commercial Hotel, Casino, 69

Commercial Mills, 131

Commissioners of Crown Land, 34, 101;

duties, 24-25, 43-45 passim;

maintenance, 18;

see also R. B. Dawson; O. Fry; H. Oakes

Convicts, 2, 11;

exiles, 57, 72-73;

number before 1840, 15;

percentage in country districts, 56;

types, 27-29 passim, 55;

see also Cedar-cutters; Station hands

Cook, Captain James, 1, 2, 102

Cook, Henry, cedar-cutter, 99

Cooper, George, 32

Cooper’s Creek, 37

Copmanhurst, 19, 20, 29

Coraki, 88, 91, 95, 99, 108-113 passim, 116, 117, 122, 123, 124, 150;

farms selected, 101;

sugar industry, 137, 142;

timber centre, 130-132

Coraki, schooner, 112

Coraki, steamer, 129

Coraki House, 157

Cottee and Sharpe, 131

Courts of Petty Sessions, 25, 50, 56;

at Casino, 69

Coutts, Thomas, 45

Cowper, Charles, 67, 68, 78

Craig, Richard, 16-17, 22, 23, 35, 44

Crawford, Ida, 144

Cricket, 76

Cridge, Ephraim Matthews, surgeon, 93

Croft, Dr H.M., medical practitioner, 93

Crouch, F.G., merchant, 151, 152

Culloden, paddle steamer, 123

Cunningham, Allan, 5, 9, 10, 14, 18, 21, 22

Currie, Archibald, merchant, 37, 70, 150

Dairying, 108, 143-145, 155

Darke, William Wedge, surveyor, 65, 68

Darling, Governor Ralph, 4, 5, 6, 8-10 passim, 13

Dart, brig, 36

Dawson, Robert Barrington, Commissioner of Crown Lands, 101

Dawson, Robert Leycester, historian, 152

Denison, Alfred, squatter, 43, 53

Denison, Governor, 76

Depressions, economic, 4, 5, 7, 9, 14, 41, 98, 151, 152, 153

Deptford, see Ballina

Dibbs, George, Colonial Treasurer and Premier, 153

Disputed Plain, 101

Dixon, William Walter, teacher, 91

Dobie, Dr. John, surgeon R.N., 52, 66, 92, 149;

at Ramornie and Stratheden, 22-23, 42, 43;

on Clarence Bench, 45;

member Pastoral Association, 48;

on labour shortage, 56;

on closer settlement, 62, 66, 98

member Northern Districts Separation Association, 72;

returns to England, 54

Doctors, 80, 92-94

Donaldson, Robert, 134

Dove, Reverend W.W., 86

Dorrough, James, sawmill owner, 131

Dowling, Father C.V., 87

Doyle, Bishop, Lismore, 158

Drake, see Fairfield

Droghers, 123-127 passim;

towing charges, 122, 125

Droughts, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 18, 19, 21, 32, 104

Duck Creek, 154;

cedar camp, 36, 90, 121, 135

Duck Creek Mountain, see Alstonville

Dumaresq, Captain, Lismore Station, 42, 51, 82

Dungarubba, 101, 117

Dunoon, 155

Durham Ox Hotel, Casino, 37, 67, 69, 95

Durno, James, 29

Dyraaba station, 43, 100, 104-108 passim

Easton, George, pilot at Ballina, 118

Eatonswill station, 22,54,81

Edith Keep, sailing ship, 120

Education:

illiteracy, 84;

schools, 90-92, 139;

teachers, 80-81, 90-92;

see also W.O. Harman; G.T. Kemp; C.E. Taylor; A.Wotherspoon

Edwards family, 58

Electra, steamer, 129

Ellerby station, 42

Emigrant Creek, 33-34, 90, 135, 142

Emigration from the British Isles, 3, 15, 56, 57;

Irish, 71, 87, 154, 157;

Scottish, 59, 62-64, 97, 157

Emma Pyers, steamer, 132

Emu, schooner, 131

Ettrick Forest station, 43, 51, 82, 106-107 passim

Eureka, 115,134,145,155

Evans, William Tucker, of Tabulam station, 24, 81

Ewing, Sir Thomas Thompson, 151-154 passim,158

Examiner, steam bark, 112-113, 124, 128, 131

Exton, Billy, 109

Exton, James, 53, 58

Eyles, Joseph., 70, 114, 121, 139

Fairfield, 23, 60, 62, 81

Fairy Mount station., 43, 52, 149;

see also Kyogle station

Fawcett, Charles Hugh, 43, 52, 95, 148-150 passim

Fenella, paddle steamer, 128

Fenwick, Tom, tugmaster, 124-128 passim, 152, 157

Fenwick House, 157

Flood, Mr, Tunstall station, 101

Floods, 37-38, 49, 94;

at Tabulam, 68-69;

at Tomki, 79;

1857, 24,62;

1861, 96;

1863, 96;

1864, 79, 96;

1870, 101, 117;

1887, 132;

1889, 152

Foley, Tom, 90

Foley Brothers, 145

Forster, William, 23, 44

Francis Hixson, paddle steamer, 127, 128

Free Selection, 159

Freeborn, Andrew and Thomas, 135

Freeman, W., 24

Fry, Oliver, Commissioner of Crown Lands, 25-26, 43-45 passim, 49, 133

Gainford, Thomas, 89

Garrard, Henry, Police Magistrate, 70, 120

Garrard, Mary Mortimer, 82, 83, 137

Garvan, J.P., 151

German settlers, 57, 59, 62, 64, 83, 158;

doctors, 92;

number on Richmond 1871, 117

Gibson, Reverend John, 88, 90

Gillett, Henry, shipwright, 17

Gipps, Sir George, Governor, 10, 22, 25, 26, 52, 72;

on Aborigines, 44;

on control of wastelands, 47-48;

on education, 90

Girard, Francis, 17, 76, 101, 139

Glasgow, John Eldeit, sawmill proprietor, 119, 122, 131

Glennie, James, of Unumgar, 42, 95, 106

Glossariel, schooner, 132

Gold mining, 14, 56, 59-62, 73, 75-77, 101-102

Gollan brothers, 99

Goolmangar, 144

Goonellabah, 91, 131, 135

Gordon Brook station., 54, 66, 85, 92, 104-107 passim

Grace Dent, schooner, 120

Grafton, 21, 23-25, 40, 52, 57, 63, 65, 73, 74-79 passim, 81-83, 86-90 passim, 92-94 passim;

city, 64;

population, 61;

township, 49

Grafton Steam Navigation Company, 75

Gray, S.W., member, Richmond River Electorate, 150

Greenhalgh, Granny, 38

Greenhalgh, Joseph, 111

Gridi, Jacky, 46

Griffiths, James, Tunstall station, 32, 90

Grime, John, 67, 140

Grose, Joseph Hickey, of Copmanhurst station, 18-22 passim

Gundurimba cedar camp, 32-33, 133, 137, 139

Gunst, Dr Johann, medical practitioner, 92
H

H.F.Smith & Company, see Barnes & Smith Brothers

Hall, Melmoth, Colonial Sugar Refining Company, 136, 137, 140

Hamilton, Edward, of Wooroowoolgen station, 43, 48, 53-54

Hargraves, Edward, gold prospector, 59-60

Harman, William Osborne, teacher, 91-92

Harris, J. & A., 64

Harry the Black, 37

Hayden, Laurence, dairy farmer, 144

Hays, Francis, manager, Tomki station, 79

Heugh, William, 99

Hewitt, Thomas, 23, 24, 60, 65

Hewitt, Thomas George, 145

Hickey, James and Thomas, 135

Hindmarsh, Walter, and family, 23, 81-82, 105

Hodgson, Arthur, 65, 73, 75

Hodgson, Christopher Pemberton, 55, 63

Hogan, Patrick, M.L.A., 146, 152

Holland, Reverend Edward, 136, 137

Hollingworth, Tom, 85

Holmsten, publican, 64

Hooke, James, Buccarumbi station, 24

Hooraki, see Coraki

Horse racing, 7, 13, 76, 81

Horse Shoe Inn, Lismore, 70

Hunter, James, 137
I

Index, paddle steamer, 124-127 passim, 176 n.40

Irish Catholic Labor Group, 153

Irving, Clark:

at Casino, 42, 53, 67-68, 103-104, 139;

founder of Clarence and Richmond Examiner, 75;

leader in formation of the Diocese of Grafton-Armidale, 78-79, 86;

political career and convictions, 69, 71, 74-79 passim, 98, 114, 134;

death, 79

Irving, John C, 95

Irvington, timber centre, 130, 132

Isaacs, W.R., Colonial Sugar Refining Company, 142

Italian settlers, 158; see also New Italy

J

J. & T. Fenwick, steam tug, 126

Jack the Slasher, cedar-cutter, 29

James, James E., sawmill proprietor, 122, 131

Jamison, Sir John, 6, 7, 13, 42, 43

Jarrett, Charles, cedar agent, 31-32, 36, 110

Jeswoolgen, 141

Jimmy the Sailor, cedar-cutter, 29

Johns, William, Master of H.M. frigate Rainbow, 10-13 passim

Johnson, Bill, 33

Johnson, Captain M., 123

Johnston, Andrew, and family, 134

Junction, the, see Coraki

K

Kallatina, steamer, 129

Keep, John, 120

Kelleway, William, editor of Northern Star, 144, 147

Kemp, George Tabor, teacher, 91, 121

Kenworthy, James, of Brook station, 42, 110

Keystone, stern-wheel drogher, 122-123

King, Ann, 85

King family, 53, 58

King, Steve, cedar-cutter, 27-31 passim, 33, 103

King, Tom, 109

King William, paddle steamer, 19-21 passim, 26

Kirchner, William, 57, 64, 121

Kirk, Captain, 39

Knight, Robert, 122

Knox, Edward, 136

Koreelah station, 60

Kraus, Christian, 64, 92

Kyogle, 158;

Station, 106, 107, 130, 132;

see also Fairy Mount station
L

Labour, 14, 66, 153-155;

see also Servants; Station hands; Wages

Lady Franklin, bark, 131, 132

Land:

legislation, 2, 4, 18, 47-49, 66, 69, 96-100 passim, 150-151;

prices, 15, 41, 42

Lang, George, 115

Lang, Dr. John Dunmore, 21, 62-63, 65, 67, 70-74 passim, 76, 77, 85, 88, 97, 114, 115, 148

Langwell station, 106

Lardner, Alf, manager of Copmanhurst station, 20, 29

Lavinia, schooner, 126

Law, John Charles, teacher, 91

Lawrence, township, 69, 132, 136, 155

Laycock, John Connell, M.L.A., 114-115

Lee, discovered Emigrant Creek, 33

Lenos, John, sailmaker, 111

Lennox Head, named, 12

Leslie, George, 72

Leslie, Patrick, 22, 55, 72

Leslie, Walter , 22

Lewis, Matthias, cedar-cutter, 90

Leycester, A.A., of Tunstall station, 32, 43, 46, 82, 137

Leycester Creek, 32, 70, 122

Lindendale, 155

Lismore:

station, 42, 51, 82, 101;

village, 68, 70, 88, 94, 114, 133, 135;

municipality, 92, 118, 145, 149, 150;

dairy industry, 144,145;

doctors at, 93;

population, 117, 118, 155;

railway, 152, 158;

schools, 90-92 passim;

sugar cane, 137, 142;

timber industry, 118-120 passim, 122, 129-130, 131;

see also W. Wilson

Lismore, coastal steamer, 128-129, 134

Lismore Chronicle, 150

Lismore Company, 91

Lismore House, 70, 139

Little, Dr David, medical practitioner, 92

Little Cooper’s Creek, 37

Little Dan Creek, 37

Livingstone, Hugh, first selector at Codrington, 99

Lodges, see Clubs and societies

Lord, John, of Ellerby station, 42

Lowrie, Captain, 126

Lumley, John, builder, 137
M
McAndrew brothers, 135

McCarthy, Reverend Father Timothy, 87

M'Connel, A.J., judge of Hereford cattle, 107

McConnell, Alex, caretaker of Virginia Station, 45

McConnell, Reverend John, 85

Mace, Paddy, cedar-cutter, 33

Mace, Mary, wife of Paddy, 33

McGarvie, Isabella, see McKellar, Isabella

McGinnety, Father, 87

Mackellar, Alex, of Runnymede and Kyogle stations, 69, 76, 81, 95, 114, 115, 136

McKellar, Isabella, of York station, 42

McKenzie, Robert, 134

McKeown, Mr, first manager of Wollongbar Experiment Farm, 155

McKinnon, Captain Charles, 121

McKinnon, Donald Forbes, and family, 99, 117, 125, 127, 137

McKinnon, Ewen, 153

McKinnon, John, 137

McKinnon, Lachlan, 124-128 passim, 131

McLennan, Alex, 24, 87

McLeod, Alexander, 142

McPherson, John, of Oakbank, 99, 100

Madgwick, E.C., editor, Grafton Observer, 147, 149

Maguire, Joe, cedar-cutter, 27, 29, 33

Maguire, Maria, wife of Joe, 33

Maize, 102, 110, 117, 120, 121, 139;

price per acre, 138;

quantities exported, 96, 102, 123, 130;

uncertainty of markets, 102-103, 135

Mallett, Edward, 53, 58

Malone, Tom, 142

Manning, Edye, 19, 20

Manning, Justice, 45

Margaret and Mary, brigantine, 123

Markey, Dr James, medical practitioner, 93

Marom Creek, 154

Massie, R.G., 104

Matilda Ann, schooner, 34

May Newton, schooner,132

Mayne, Henry, of Fairy Mount station, 43

Meanly, John, of Durham Ox Hotel, 37, 69

Meiklejohn, Reverend, 89

Melbourne Company, 143

Miller, Reverend Robert, 88

Mitchell, Sir Thomas, Surveyor-General, 26

M’Laren, Imlay, teacher, 91

Monaltrie, 139

Monck, Henry, 42

Moore, Charles, Clerk of Petty Sessions, Casino, 69, 95

Moore, James, planter and mill-owner, 141-142.

Moreton Bay:

convict settlement, 8, 9, 16, 17, 18;

developed by squatters, 72-73;

opened to settlers, 41;

sugar cane introduced, 136

Moreton Bay Harry, cedar-cutter, 28, 29

Moreton Bay Ned, cedar-cutter, 29

Morrish, Frank, 90

Mullumbimby, 151

Mundoon, Aborigine, 111

Munro brothers, 99

Murray, Jack, carrier, 94

Mylne brothers of Eatonswill, 22, 54-55, 81

N

Naughton, Bernard, 87

Naughton, Edward, 101

Navigation of Clarence and Richmond Rivers:

condition of bar entrances, 31, 36, 38, 62, 65, 114, 122, 147;

grants for improvement, 77, 118-119, 153, (opposed by John Robertson) 67

Neptune, schooner, 124, 131

New Italy, 132, 158

New South Wales Creamery Butter Company, 145

Newbold Grange station, 29, 33, 54

Newbon family, 135

Newrybar, 145

Newspapers, 146;

See also Northern Star and Richmond River Express

Nicoll, George Wallace and Bruce Baird, steamship owners, 128-129, 145, 152, 158

Nimbin, 155

Norco, North Coast Co-operative Company, 145

North Arm, 26, 31, 32, 70, 99, 110, 114, 118, 137, 147

North Coast Co-operative Company, see Norco

North Coast Steam Navigation Company, 129;

see also Clarence and Richmond River Steam Navigation Company

North Creek, 11, 34, 136, 137, 139-142 passim

North Head, 34

Northern Districts Separation Association, 72

Northern Star, newspaper, Lismore, 147, 148, 151, 153

Northumberland, schooner, 31
O

Oakbank, 99,100

Oakfield, 99, 127

Oakes, Henry, Commissioner of Crown Lands, 25, 27, 28-29

Oakland, steamer, 131

Oakland Mill, 131

Ogilvie, Edward David Stewart, of Yulgilbar station, 23, 43, 51, 54, 78, 81, 82, 136;

on Aborigines, 44;

entertains Governor Belmore, 116

Ogilivie, Frederick, 23, 27

O’Gorman, Edith, 158

Old Brine, cedar-cutter, 33

Orangemen, 157, 158

Orara River, 23

Otago, clipper schooner, 64
P

Pagan, Peter C., of Tabulam station, 24

Page, James, 90

Parkes, Henry, 66, 115, 147

Paskin, Mr, 140

Paspalum grass, 144

Patch, John, farmer, 103

Pearce, James, cedar-cutter, 29, 32, 33, 71

Pearce’s Creek, 32

Peate family, 58

Pelican, schooner, 36, 110, 112

Pelican Creek, 31

Peppercorne, Frederick, surveyor, 67, 68, 70, 111

Perry, George, 135

Perry, John, farmer, contractor, M.L.A., 135, 152, 158

Perry, S. A., Deputy Surveyor-General, 20, 21, 26, 152

Phillips, Dr, medical practitioner, 92

Phoenix, steamer, 38

Pimlico, 99, 120

Pimlico Island, 11

Platypus, steamer, 112, 128

Population statistics:

Clarence District, 25, 43, 49, 78, 89;

New South Wales, 15;

Richmond River District, 96, 117-118, (analysis) 157-158;

Casino, 117;

Lismore, 118, 155

Port Macquarie, 16, 17;

convict settlement, 8;

district boundaries, 18;

sugar industry at, 136

Poulding, Frederick George, surgeon, 93

Powell, Father, 87

Pratt, Captain, 119

Pretty Gully mining camp, 60, 61, 62

Prince of Wales, brig, 36

Protection and Political Reform League, 153

Providence, schooner, 109

Purdie, Dr, medical practitioner, 92

Pursey, Joseph, 89

Puttock, Sarah, married Steve King, 28

Pyers, Robert, timber merchant, M.L.A., 131-132

Q

Queensland:

emigration to, 52, 105-106;

trade with, 64, (cattle and horses) 55, 73, 94, 105-106, (gold) 61, (maize) 102-103, (timber) 147-148.

R

Railways, 96, 132, 147, 149, 151-152, 158;

Woodburn to Iluka, 147

Rainbow, H.M. frigate, 5-13 passim

Rainbow, paddle steamer, 91, 108, 128

Ramornie station, 22, 23, 45;

meatworks opened, 105

Rankin, Mr & Mrs, teachers, 91

Red Jack the Hopper, cedar-cutter, 33

Red Rock, 28

Reeve family, 58

Religion:

Anglican, 34, 48, 78-79, 81, 85-87;

Free Church of Scotland, 89;

Methodist, 89;

Presbyterian, 88-89, 111;

Roman Catholic, 76, 87-88; (sectarianism) 158;

See also Education; and names of clergymen and priests

Richmond, County of, 134

Richmond, screw steamer, 128

Richmond, Charles, the fifth Duke of, 12

Richmond Head, 42,43

Richmond River:

discovered and named, 1, 11-12;

electorate proclaimed, 150;

surveyed, 26

Richmond River Company, 143

Richmond River Express, newspaper, Ballina, 139, 148

Richmond River Free Selectors’and Freeholders’Association, 150

Richmond River Sawmill and Trading Company, 121

Richmond and Tweed Rivers League, 148, 150

Riley’s Hill, 153

Riordan family, 99

Ritchie, Bill, grog-shop keeper, 29, 31

Roads, 88, 92, 96, 114, 149, 155;

in Big Scrub, 40, 133-135 passim, 141, 147, 154;

from Casino, 25, 69-70;

Commissioner and Superintendants, 134-135;

from Queensland, 26;

from tablelands, 21-24, 60, 65, 149

Robertson, John, 67, 69, 89, 96, 97, 115-116

Robertson family, 107

Rocky Mouth, see Woodburn

Rocky River goldfield, 60, 73

Rolestone, Red Jack, cedar-cutter, 28

Roper, Samuel, station hand, Virginia Station, 45

Roseberry, 130

Ross, Edmund, merchant, 114

Rous, village, 144

Rous, County of, 134, 154

Rous, Henry John, Captain (later Admiral) R.N., 1, 5-7, 13, 21, 120;

voyage 1827, 8-9;

voyage 1828, 10-12

Rous Mill, 143

Runnymede station, 42, 51, 76, 101, 108

Ryan, Edward, 76-77
S

Samuel Merritt, bark, 122

Sarah L. Hixson, drogher, 127

Sawyer, Bishop William Collinson, 86-87

Schoolboy, bark, 108-109, 112, 124, 131

Schools of Art, 79, 92, 137, 139, 149

Schurr, Reverend Father Felix, 87-88

Schwinghammer, Charles, 64

Scott, Archdeacon Thomas Hobbes, 8, 9

Scott, Thomas Allison, sugar expert, 136, 137-138, 139, 140

Sea Ripple, schooner, 126

Seccombe, Edwin, 144

Seccombe, John, 144

Selwyn, Reverend Arthur, 63, 78, 86-87

Servants:

at station homesteads, 83;

infringements of Masters and Servants Act, 56

Service, Tommy, cedar-cutter, 34, 90

Settlement, The, see Grafton

Sexton, John, 135

Sharpe, John, cane farmer, 137

Sharpe, Joseph, grazier and store-keeper, Grafton, 52, 90

Shaw, Reverend Thomas Head, 86

Shaw, Tunstall station, 32

Sheep, 2-3, 15, 18-22 passim, 27, 42, 104-105;

management, 51;

numbers, 51-52;

see also Wool

Shelley, Joe, cedar-cutter, 28, 29

Ships:

sailing vessels, 1, 5-13 passim, 16, 17, 20, 27-31 passim, 36, 39, 53, 57, 62, 64, 85, 88, 103, 108-110, 112, 119-124 passim, 126, 127;

steamers, 18-21 passim, 38, 75, 77, 79, 112-114, 123-129 passim, 145, 147, 155;

passenger steamers, 127, 132, 134, 152, 158;

see also Droghers;

and vessels by name

Shipwrecks, 38, 54, 91, 108, 112, 113, 119, 121-122, 123, 124, 126, 128

Shipwrights, 17, 26, 36, 108, 111-112, 124, 127

Simes, drowning, 37

Simpkins, Herbert, bullock driver, 130

Simpson, A. J., merchant, 151, 152

Simpson, Billy, 130

Simpson, Pearson, cedar-cutter, 34, 36, 99

Sir David Ogilvie, fishing trawler, 20

Sjostrom, Eliza Silke, 90

Skinner, Dr, medical practitioner, 92

Small, John, 17

Small, Thomas, cedar dealer, 17, 28, 31, 85

Small’s Island, 85

Smith, Henry Flesher, 106, 107

Smith, Thomas Hawkins, 104, 106, 107

Smith, Captain David, 112

Smyth, Lieutenant, 11

Snakes, 117

Snow, Lemuel G., engineer, 120, 140-142 passim

Solferino goldfield, 60, 101, 131, 141

Sparke, George, manager Wooroowoolgen station, 68, 95

Spring, E.M.D., teacher, 91

Squatters, 4, 35, 50, 81, 83-84, 155, 159;

arrival on Clarence and Richmond Rivers, 18, 20-25 passim, 27, 40-43;

attitude on Aborigines, 43-46;

attitude on annexation to Queensland, 72-76 passim;

attitude on land legislation, 46-49, 65-68, 98-101, 150;

labour troubles, 55-58;

sell station timber, 130

Squatting stations 14, 159;

management, 46-47, 50;

number, 25, 43;

size, 52;

see also stations by name

St George, steamer, 131

Stapleton, George R., of Cassino station, 24-25, 42, 103, 146

Station hands, 40-41;

married couples, 57;

murdered by Aborigines, 44, 45;

numbers on sheep and cattle stations, 51-52;

scarcity, 55-56;

wages and rations, 57-58;

see also Chinese Immigrants; Convicts; Servants

Steamship Companies, 19, 20, 42, 75, 128-129, 147;

Stephens, Ward, of Runnymede Station, 42, 44, 51, 82

Steve King's Plain, 33, 99

Stocks, James, first mayor of Lismore, 69, 139, 150

Stocker, Daddy, cedar-cutter, 29

Storm King, ship, 127

Stratheden station, 42, 104, 107

Strawberry Hill, 144

Sugar cane, 121, 127, 135-143 passim;

percentage of juice extracted, 139, 143

Sugar industry:

mills, 136-138 passim, 140-143, 150, 154;

prices, 135, 138, 141;

see also T.A. Scott; Colonial Sugar Refining Company

Surveyor-General's Department, 20-21, 26, 66-67, 98, 151

Susan, schooner, 17

Susannah Booth, brigantine, 126

Susannah Cuthbert, steamship, 112, 128

Swan Bay, 142
T

Tabulam station, 24, 68-69, 81, 85, 91, 107, 146

Tallow, 36, 52-54 passim, 56, 65, 108, 159

Tapp, Constable, 95

Taree, schooner, 17

Tatham, 109, 111, 130, 132

Taylor, Charles E., teacher, 91

Aylor, Nathan, constable, 67, 70, 93-94

Telegraph line, 114,139

Temperance Societies, 93-94, 137, 139

Terania Creek, 32, 37, 122

Teven Creek, 142;

cedar camp, 36

Thane, steamer, 114

Thom, Reverend John, 88, 111, 115, 137

Thompson, John, mail carrier, 67

Thorn, Harry, see Moreton Bay Harry

Timbarra goldfield, 60, 68

Timber, 15-16, 118, 129-132 passim;

exports, 34, 65, 70, 119-120, 129-130;

leases, 25;

prices, 27, 39, 70, 110, 119, 129-130, 132;

sawmills, 70, 101, 118, 120-122 passim, 130-131

Tindal, Charles Grant, of Ramornie station, 54, 72, 78, 81, 105;

opinions on contemporary events, 45, 48, 51-52, 55, 57, 66, 98, 102

Tindal, Frederick C., 54, 57, 81, 85-86

Tintenbar cedar camp, 33, 134

Tomki station, 67, 79, 104-105;

see also Cassino Station

Tomki, steamer, 129, 132

Tooloom goldfield, 61, 62, 92

Towner, W.J., 89

Traill, Dr Rowland, medical practitioner, 92

Truganini, steamer, 128

Tucki Tucki, 100

Tunstall station, 32, 43, 46, 70, 83, 90, 101

Turner, Bishop, 87

Tweed River, 25, 76, 86, 88, 129, 149, 151, 152;

misnamed Clarence, 11

Twickenham sawmill, 70,89

Tyndale, 85

Tyrrell, Bishop William, 78, 85, 86, 87.

U

Ulmarra, 26, 62, 137

Unumgar station, 42, 95, 106, 130

V

Vesta, drogher, 123, 130, 142

Victoria, passenger steamer, 127, 134

Victory, brigantine, 121

Virginia station, 42, 45

W

Wages, cane-cutters, 141;

Millhands, 101;

ships' crews, 125

Wagner, Conrad, 64

Waimea, steamship, 112, 128

Walker, Charles James, of Newbold Grange station, 29, 33, 54, 81

Walker, J.P.F., chemist, 93

Walker, Dr Josiah Wesley, medical practitioner, 93

Wallaby, sailing ship, 128

Wallace and Bruce, brigantine, 128

Walsh, Constable, 67

Wardell, 11, 88, 99, 118, 121, 122, 125, 130, 131, 143;

see also Blackwall

Waterview station, 76

Webster, James, 127

West, Davis and Fred, shipwrights, 36

Whian Whian, 111

Wigmore’s store, Ballina, 144

Whiporie, 132

White, Dublin Jack, cedar-cutter, 33

White, Fred C., 86

Whitney family, 137, 140

Williams, H.W., 142

Williams, Henry, 34

Wilson, Jane Cruden, 82

Wilson, William, 42, 52, 95;

at Lismore, 46, 51, 82, 100;

at Monaltrie, 68, 139

Wilson brothers, surveyors, 26

Wilson’s Creek, 32, 36, 70, 122, 134

Withers, Dan, cedar-cutter, 32, 37-38

Wollongbar, 144, 154, 155

Woodburn, 36, 99, 103, 117, 132, 142, 147, 155, 158

Wool, 3, 4-5, 15, 18, 51;

first load tablelands to Grafton, 23

Wooroowoolgen station, 48, 53, 54, 68, 95, 105

Woram, see Boiling-down plants

Wotherspoon, Andrew, teacher, postmaster, 91

Wright ,Billy, cedar dealer, 35-36, 110

Wyangarie station, 43, 51, 68, 82, 95, 104

Wyndham, Hugh, Keelgyrah and Bukkulla stations, 23-24, 40, 54, 73-74

Wyoming, steamer, 131

Wyrallah, 33, 90, 99, 101, 118, 120, 122, 130

Y

Yabsley, Charles, 109, 111, 142

Yabsley, Elizabeth, 110

Yabsley, Henry, 101, 109, 111

Yabsley, Thomas, 101, 109, 111, 142

Yabsley, William, 28, 123, 137-139 passim, 142;

at Ballina, 34, 36;

career, 103, 108-113 passim, 119;

selector at Coraki, 101;

his ships, 124-127

Yabsley, William, Jnr, 108-109, 110-113 passim, 123, 127, 142, 157;

timber buyer and sawmill owner, 130-131

Yeager, William Tudor, 119, 123-124, 127, 129, 157;

Oakland sawmill, 131

Yeagerton, 131

York station, 42.

Yulgilbar station, 46, 51, 57, 82, 85, 116