INDEX 1889 SUGAR INDUSTRY ROYAL COMMISSION
LIST OF WITNESSES
Aboriginals
- Black Fellows -
O’Halleran, James
- Boys
- Cutten, James Walker
- Depradations
- Cutten, James Walker
- Flour
- Cutten, James Walker
- ‘Ki Ki’ - Cutten, James Walker
- Labour
- Cutten, James Walker
- Kerr, George
- Loafers
- Cutten, James Walker
- Old Men
- Cutten, James Walker
- Potatoes
- Cutten, James Walker
- Queensland
Government - Cutten, James Walker
- Reserves
- Cutten, James Walker
- Tobacco
- Cutten, James Walker
- Walkabout
- Cutten, James Walker
- Women
- Cutten, James Walker
Acclimatisation Association - Coffee
- Kerr, George
Accountants
- Geraldton (Innisfail) - O’Halleran, James
Adams, Charles Edgar
Agreements
- Labour - Cutten, James Walker
Agricultural Farms -
Mourilyan
- O’Donohue, Martin
Aitkenson, William Newcombe
Alm, John
Anderson, Anthony
Antill, Robert Henry
Antoney, Joseph
Apoplexy
- Health
Area
- Agricultural farms - O'Donohue, Martin
- Chinese
- O’Donohue, Martin
- Conditional Purchase
Selections - O’Donohue, Martin
- Homesteads
- O’Donohue, Martin
Archer, William, junr
Assaults
- Kanakas
- Bowles, Sholto Stillingflat
Attitude of
- Europeans
- O’Halleran, James
- Javanese -
O’Halleran, James
- Javanese -
O’Halleran, James
Baker, Thomas
Bailiff
- Kerr, George
Bananas
- Agents
- Cutten, James Walker
- Bunches
- Cutten, James Walker
-
‘Burdekin’
- Cutten, James Walker
- Chinese
- O’Halleran, James
- Costs
- Cutten, James Walker
-
Cutten, James Walker
-
Fruit-in-Cases - Cutten, James Walker
-
Jones, Richard
-
Losses
- Cutten, James Walker
-
‘Palmer’
- Cutten, James Walker
-
Port Douglas
- Jones, Richard
-
Prices
- Cutten, James Walker
-
Steamers
- Cutten, James Walker
-
Townville
- Cutten, James Walker
Bancroft, Dr
- Coffee
- Kerr, George
Barton, Augustus Purling
Beche-de-mer Fishers - Cutten, James Walker
Behan, Thomas
Beldan, Thomas Sharpe
Bertham, John Henry Edward
Biddles, Percy
Bisset, William
Black Fellows
- refer Aboriginals
Blackmore, Robert Grierson
Boats
- Cutten, James Walker
Bock, Hans
Bolton, Frederick
William
Bowles, Sholto Stillingfleet
Boyd, Robert Mitchell
Boys
- refer also Kanakas, Polynesians
- Illness
- O’Halleran, James
- Kanakas
- Cutten, James Walker
- Time-expired - Cutten, James Walker
Brackenbury, John
Breakwater
- Cutten, James Walker
Breusch, Ludwig Jensen
Bridgeman, Robert Newman
Brisbane
- Cane Grub
- O’Halleran, James
- Europeans
- O’Halleran, James
- Exports To - Pywell, Arthur Edward
- Kanakas Money - Bowles, Sholto Stillingflat
- Mangoes - 1888 - Jones, Richard
Broome, William
Brown, Cornwallis Wade
Brown, William Villiers
Bruse, Michael
Bryant, Frederick
Buchanan, Kenneth Griffiths
‘Burdekin’
- Sugar
- O’Halleran, James
Buss, Charles William
Cairns
- Dupont, Daniel -
Kerr, George
Cane Cutting
- refer to Sugar Cane Cutting
Cane Grub
- refer to Sugar Cane Grub
Cane Varieties
- refer Sugar Cane Varieties
Canny, William C
- Temperature
- O’Halleran, James
Carting
- refer Sugar Cane Carting
Cartner, Alexander Downie
Cassey, James
Caulfield, Henry St George
Causes of Death
- Labour - Health
‘Cessnock’
- Geraldton (Innisfail) - Kerr, George
Chinese
- Bananas
- O’Halleran, James
- 1888
- Port Douglas
- Employment
- O’Donohue, Martin
- Geraldton (Innisfail) - O’Halleran, James
- Health
- Honolulu - Kerr, George
- Labour
- Kerr, George
- Leases - Rent -
O’Donohue, Martin
- O’Halleran, James
- Liquor
- O’Donohue, Martin
- Market Gardens - O’Donohue, Martin
- Numbers -
O’Donohue, Martin
- O’Donohue, Martin
- Port Douglas
- Small-pox
- Kerr, George
- Special Leases -
O’Donohue, Martin
- Vaccinations
- Kerr, George
Chrisensen, Ingvert Wilhelm
Christison, Hans Christian
Citrons (Fruit)
- Cutten, James Walker
Clark, John (Ashgrove)
Clarke, John (Eaton Vale)
Classes of Labour
- Geraldton (Innisfail) - O’Halleran, James
Climate
- refer also Weather
- Tropical
- O’Halleran, James
Clothing
- Aboriginals
- Cutten, James Walker
- Kanakas
- Cutten, James Walker
Clump Point
– Refer also Bingil Bay, Mission Beach
-
Cutten, James Walker
-
Missionaries -
Cutten, James Walker
-
Smith, Mr
- Cutten, James Walker
Cocoa
- Cutten, James Walker
- Port Douglas - 1888 - Pywell, Arthur Edward
Coffee
- Acclimatisation Association - Kerr, George
- Bancroft, Dr -
Kerr, George
- Cutten, James Walker
- 1888
- Port Douglas
- Kerr, George
- Port Douglas
Compensation
- Chinese
- O’Donohue, Martin
Conditional Purchase Selections - Area
- O’Donohue, Martin
- Forfeited -
O’Donohue, Martin
- Mourilyan
- O’Donohue, Martin
- Occupied - O’Donohue, Martin
Contract Work
- Cutten, James Walker
Convictions
- Ill-treatment
- Bowles, Sholto Stillingflat
Cooktown
- Ports
- Cutten, James Walker
Corn
- Geraldton (Innisfail) - O’Halleran, James
- Mourilyan - O’Donohue, Martin
Costello, John Marcus
Couldrey, William Henry
Courts
- Javanese
- O’Halleran, James
Cowley, Ephraim
Cowley, Lewis Jesse
Coyne, David
Cran, James (Duncraggen)
Cran, James (Indah)
Cran, James (The Island)
Cran, John
Cran, Robert, junr
Cristesen, James
Crown Land
- refer also Agricultural Farms, Conditional Purchase Selections, Crown Land Agent, Crown Land Alenation Acts, Crown
Land Ranger, Homesteads
- Mourilyan - O’Donohue, Martin
Crown
Land Agent
- Mourilyan
- O’Donohue, Martin
‘Crown Lands Alienation Act 1876”
– Kerr, George
- Mourilyan
- O’Donohue, Martin
‘Crown Lands Alenation Act 1884”
- O’Donohue, Martin
‘Crown Lands Alienation Act 1884”
– Kerr, George
- Area
- O’Donohue, Martin
Crown
Land Ranger
- Mourilyan
- O’Donohue, Martin
Croydon
- Cutten, James Walker
Crushing
- refer to Sugar Crushing
Cultivation
- Cutten, James Walker
- Fruit
- Cutten, James Walker
- Geraldton
- Kerr, George
- Kerr, George
- Land Under Cultivation – 1887 - State of Sugar Industry
- Mourilyan - O’Donohue, Martin
- Sugar
- O’Halleran, James
- Tropical Fruit -
Kerr, George
Customs
- Sub-collector
- Pywell, Arthur Edward
Cutten, James Walker - Clump Point
- See also: Bingil Bay, Mission
Beach
Cutting
- refer Sugar Cane Cutting
Daintree
- Fruit - 1888 - Daintree
- Mossman - 1888 - Daintree
Damm, Jens Christian
Daniel Dupont
- Sugar Variety - O’Halleran, James
Darling Downs
- Cutten, James Walker
- Europeans
- O’Halleran, James
- ‘Felton
Homestead’
- Cutten, James Walker
Davidson, John Ewan
Davidson, William
Dawson,
Lower
- Kerr, George
Denman, Edward
Depradations
- Aboriginals
- Cutten, James Walker
Deputation
Dillon, Dennis
Dinnie, Robert
Divisional Board
- Europeans - Wages - O’Halleran, James
Dixon,
Joseph Chapman
Dobson, William Doyle
Doctors
- refer Geraldton Hospital,
Health, White, Dr
Donaldson, James
Douglas, Arthur Edward
Drays
- Geraldton (Innisfail) - O’Halleran, James
Drysdale, John
Ducks
- Port Douglas - 1888 - Pywell, Arthur Edward
Duffin, Isaac
Duffy, Michael
Dunk
Island
Dupont, Daniel
- Cairns
- Kerr, George
Dupuy, Celestin
Eglington, Ernest
1885
- Cutten, James Walker
1886
- Cutten, James Walker
- Fever - Kerr, George
- Polynesian Deaths - Health
1887
- Cutten, James Walker
- European
- Health
- Polynesian Deaths - Health
1887 December 31st - State of Sugar Industry
1888
- Cutten, James Walker
- Europeans
- Health
- Fruit
- Daintree
- Polynesians
- Health
- Seasons - Bad -
Cutten, James Walker
Engineers
- refer also Locomotive Engineer
- Geraldton (Innisfail) - O’Halleran, James
English Potatoes
- Kerr, George
Europeans
- Agreements
- O’Halleran, James
- Deaths
- Health
- Health
- Cutten, James Walker
- Kerr, George
- O’Halleran, James
- Labour
- Ages - O’Halleran, James
- Farm Labourers - O’Halleran, James
- Kerr, George
- Costs - Kerr, George
- Cutten, James Walker
- Geraldton (Innisfail)
- O’Halleran, James
- Hours - O’Halleran, James
- Numbers – 1887 - State of Sugar Industry
O’Halleran, James
- Tobacco - Cutten, James Walker
- Trashing - O’Halleran, James
- Wages – 1887 - State of Sugar Industry
- Divisional Board –
O’Halleran, James
- Geraldton (Innisfail) - O’Halleran, James
- Tropical Fruit - O’Halleran, James
Evans, Robert
Exhaustion
- refer Land Exhaustion
Expenditure
- Geraldton (Innisfail) - O’Halleran, James
- Sugar - 1887
- State of Sugar Industry
Exports
- 1888
- Port Douglas
- Brisbane
- Pywell, Arthur Edward
- Melbourne
- Pywell, Arthur Edward
- Port Douglas
- Pywell, Arthur Edward
- Sugar - 1887
- State of Sugar Industry
Falkner, Charles
Fanning, Martin Patrick Boyle
Farm Labourers
- Geraldton (Innisfail) - O’Halleran, James
Farquhar, William Gordon
‘Felton Homestead’
- Cutten, James Walker
- Darling Downs
Fencing
- Cutten, James Walker
Fever
- refer Malarial Fever
Fieldwork
- Europeans
- O’Halleran, James
- Geraldton (Innisfail) - O’Halleran, James
- Kanakas
- O’Halleran, James
Fitzgerald, Mr
- Geraldton (Innisfail) - O’Halleran, James
Fletcher, Archibald
Flood, Michael
Florence, Andrew
Flour
- Aboriginals
- Cutten, James Walker
Forfeited
- Agricultural Farms - O’Donohue, Martin
-
Conditional Purchase Selections - O’Donohue, Martin
-
Homesteads -
O’Donohue, Martin
Forrest, Edward Barrow
Foster, Charles Arbuthnot
Fowls
- Port Douglas - 1888 - Pywell, Arthur Edward
Freehold
- Mourilyan
- O’Donohue, Martin
Fruit
- refer also Tropical Fruit
- Bananas
- Kerr, George
- Pywell, Arthur Edward
- Chinese
- O’Halleran, James
- Citrons
- Cutten, James Walker
- Cutten, James Walker
- 1888
- Daintree
- Port Douglas - Pywell, Arthur Edward
- Geraldton (Innisfail) - O’Halleran, James
- Kerr, George
- Lemons
- Cutten, James Walker
- O’Halleran, James
- Pywell, Arthur Edward
- Limes - O’Halleran, James
- Pywell, Arthur Edward
- Mangoes
- Cutten, James Walker
- O’Halleran, James
- Pywell, Arthur Edward
- Mossman
- Daintree
- Mourilyan
- O’Donohue, Martin
- Mulberries - O’Halleran, James
- Oranges - Cutten, James Walker
- Kerr, George
- O’Halleran, James
- Pineapples
- Cutten, James Walker
- Pywell, Arthur Edward
- Port Douglas - Pywell, Arthur Edward
- Suitability
- O’Halleran, James
Fullarton, David Young
Gangers
- Bowles, Sholto Stillingflat
Gaol
- Javanese
- O’Halleran, James
Gartside, John
Garvie, John
Gavin, John Alexander
Gaylard, John
Geraldton
- refer also Innisfail
- Hospital
- O’Halleran, James
- Kerr, George
Gibson, Angus
Gladstone, Douglas
Gladwell, Frederick William
Gold Fields
- Russell River - O’Halleran, James
Goodfellow, Frederick
Gooding, Francis
‘Goondi’ Plantation
- Sugar
- O’Halleran, James
Grass Lands
- Mourilyan
- O’Donohue, Martin
Gray, George Wilkie
Greathead, Anne
Grimes, Samuel
Grog
- refer also
Liquor
-
Cutten, James Walker
-
O’Halleran, James
Grub
- refer Sugar Cane Grub
Gulliver, Benjamin
Hall, Richard Henry Mand
Hamilton, Mr
- Mourilyan
- O’Donohue, Martin
Harrington, William Frederick
Harrowing
- Geraldton (Innisfail) - O’Halleran, James
Hart, Daniel
- 1888
- Port Douglas
Hart, Robert
Hartley, Robert Taylor
Heinemann, Henry
Health
- refer also Hospital
- Accidents - Health
- Chest Diseases - Health
- Chinese
- Health
- Consumption
- Health
- Cutten, James Walker
- European
- Health
- Fever - Cutten, James Walker
- Kerr, George
- Geraldton Hopital - Health
- Javanese
- Health
- Kerr, George
- Pneumonia
- Health
- Pluerisy
- Health
- Polynesian Deaths 1886 - Health
- Small-pox
- Kerr, George
- Treatment of workers - Health
- Vaccinations
- Kerr, George
Hely, William
Henderson, Andrew
Hendy, Eliza
Hickson, William Murray Cox
Hill, John H
Hoeing
- Geraldton (Innisfail) - O’Halleran, James
Hoey, Lewis
Homesteads
- Area
- O’Donohue, Martin
- ‘Innisfail Estate - O’Halleran, James
- Forfeited -
O’Donohue, Martin
- Occupied - O’Donohue, Martin
Hornbrook, Frank Charles
Horse Drivers
- Wages
- O’Halleran, James
Horses
- Geraldton (Innisfail) - O’Halleran, James
Hospitals
- refer also Medical Assistance
- Boys
- O’Halleran, James
- Geraldton (Innisfail) - O’Halleran, James
Hours
- Europeans
- O’Halleran, James
- Kanakas
- O’Halleran, James
Houses
- Cutten, James Walker
Howard, John William Cornelius
Hyne, William Henry
Iliff, Richard
Ill-Treatment
- Kanakas - Bowles, Sholto Stillingflat
Improvements
- Compensation -
O’Donohue, Martin
Innes, Charles Claudius
Innisfail
- refer Geraldton
‘Innisfail Estate’
- Acreage
- O’Halleran, James
- Geraldton (Innisfail) - O’Halleran, James
- Homesteads - O’Halleran, James
Interest Paid
- Geraldton (Innisfail) - O’Halleran, James
Investment
- Geraldton (Innisfail) - O’Halleran, James
- Sugar - 1887
- State of Sugar Industry
Ironsides, George
Islanders
- refer Kanakas, Polynesians
Jacobson, Lorenz
Jamieson, James
Japanese
- Attitude Towards - O’Halleran, James
- Labour
- Kerr, George
Javanese
- Attitude of
- O’Halleran, James
- Costs
- O’Halleran, James
- Court
- O’Halleran, James
- Gaol
- O’Halleran, James
- Geraldton (Innisfail) - O’Halleran, James
- Health
- Labour
- Kerr, George
Jensen, Niels Christian
Johnson, Clement
Johnstone, John Dorrens
Johnstone, John Peter
Johnstone
River
- Geraldton (Innisfail) - Kerr, George
- O’Halleran, James
- Wharf
- O’Halleran, James
Jones, Richard Owen
Jones, Richard
- Port Douglas
- Jones, Richard
Josling, Herbert
Jungle
- Mourilyan
- O’Donohue, Martin
Kanakas
- refer also Polynesians
- Agreements - O’Halleran, James
- Boys
- Cutten, James Walker
- Burial Expenses - Bowles, Sholto Stillingflat
- Claim Refusals - Bowles, Sholto Stillingflat
- Deaths
- Bowles, Sholto Stillingflat
- O’Halleran, James
- Females
- O’Halleran, James
- Geraldton (Innisfail) - O’Halleran, James
- Health
- Hours
- O’Halleran, James
- Ill-treatment
- Bowles, Sholto Stillingflat
- Labour - Cutten, James Walker
- Liquor
- O’Donohue, Martin
- O’Halleran, James
- Over-worked
- Bowles, Sholto Stillingflat
- Police
- O’Halleran, James
- Polynesian Inspector - Bowles, Sholto Stillingflat
- Polynesians
- Health
- Time-expired -
Cutten, James Walker
- O’Halleran, James
- Wages - Cutten, James Walker
- O’Halleran, James
- State of Sugar Industry
Kelly, Thomas
Kemp, Charles
Kerr, George
- Geraldton (Innisfail)
‘Ki Ki’ (food)
- Aboriginal - Cutten, James Walker
Kleindsmidt, Albert
Knox, Edward William
Kruger, Christian Frederick William
Labour
- Aboriginal - Cutten, James Walker
- Agreements - Cutten, James Walker
- Chinese - Kerr, George
- O’Halleran, James
- Classes of - O’Halleran, James
- Engineers - O’Halleran, James
- Europeans - Cutten, James Walker
- Numbers – 1887 - State of Sugar Industry
- O’Halleran, James
- Geraldton (Innisfail) - O’Halleran, James
- Health
- Japanese - Kerr, George
- Javanese - Kerr, George
- O’Halleran, James
- Kanakas
- Cutten, James Walker
- O’Halleran, James
- Kerr, George
- Malays - O’Halleran, James
- Mechanics - O’Halleran, James
- Numbers - State of Sugar Industry
- Polynesians - Health
- Numbers – 1887 - State of Sugar Industry
- Scarcity - O’Halleran, James
- Skilled - O’Halleran, James
- Sugar Boilers - O’Halleran, James
- Townsville - O’Halleran, James
Labour Bureau
- Townsville - State of Sugar Industry
Lahina
- Sugar Variety - O’Halleran, James
Land Exhaustion
- Geraldton (Innisfail) - O’Halleran, James
Land Value
- Geraldton (Innisfail) - O’Halleran, James
Land Under Cultivation - 1887
- State of Sugar Industry
Langford, Benjamin
Leases
- Chinese
- O’Donohue, Martin
- O’Halleran, James
- Selectors
- O’Halleran, James
- Special
- O’Donohue, Martin
Lee, Richard
Lemons
- Cutten, James Walker
- 1888
- Port Douglas
- Geraldton (Innisfail) - O’Halleran, James
- Port Douglas
Leon, Andrew
Liquor
- Polynesians
- O’Donohue, Martin
Limes
- 1888
- Port Douglas
- Geraldton (Innisfail) - O’Halleran, James
- Port Douglas
Lloyd, Alfred Hart
Loafers
- Aboriginals
- Cutten, James Walker
Locomotive Engineer - Geraldton (Innisfail) - O’Halleran, James
Logs
- Kanakas
- Bowles, Sholto Stillingflat
Lollo, Henry
Louis, David Adolphus
Lyle, William