The Canberra District's People
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Aborigines
Events: | HAMILTON, Nellie MURRAY JACK (King Jacky) - Wolgal/Walgalu tribe-Monaro, 1892 MICKEY - Wolgal/Walgalu tribe-Monaro 1892 |
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ABDOO, Joseph Anthony ANDERSON, Archibald & Emily - Pioneers ANDERSON, Walter - Pioneer AINSLIE, James - Pioneer ALCHIN, Mrs James (n. Boutcher) AVERY, William Dolphin - Pioneer | BANKS, Frederick Christian - Master Builder BARTON, Richard & Helen Antoinette BATES, Edwin George - Pioneer BLACKA, Adam L BLEWITT Family - Pioneers: William; Elizabeth Ellen; BLOOMFIELD, Susan (nee WARNER) BLUETT, W.P. BLUNDELL Family - Pioneers: Barrington Leslie; Charles Frederick; George; Isaac & Emily (n. Shumack) - incl. MAP; Verna Joan BRITTON (BRITTAN), George BRYANT, Thomas BYRNE, Charles J. BYRNE, Mary BUTLER, Michael |
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CALLAGHAN, Katherine Mary CALVERT, J.S., of Yass - escape from drowning CAMERON Family: Angus; Duncan; Catherine (Kate)-scalded by boiling water 1871; CAMPBELL, Frederick - pioneer CAMPBELL, Robert, of Duntroon - Pioneer CARLINE, James CARTWRIGHT, John (Woodbury, Sutton) CAVANAGH, Michael Joseph - Pioneer CLIFFE, Edmund Harrison CLAREY, William - convict assigned to JJ Moore CLOWRY, Edith (n. Ffrench) COLLETT, Arthur H. CONNELLY, Jane (n. Hatch) CONSTANTINE, Michael (also CONSTANTINIDIS) - drowned Molonglo River, 1952 COOK, James W & Alison COREY, William CORKHILL, Robert - pioneer CRACE, Kate Marion (n. Mort, Mrs Edw. Kendall) CRINIGAN, John & Maria CURLEY Family - Pioneers: Ann Elizabeth (nee Tong); Patrick CURRAN, Agnes (n. Gribble)
| DALEY, Charles, senior DALEY, Charles S. DENNIS (DENNISS), Richard - drowned Molonglo River 1936 DEVLIN, Henry DONALDSON, Alfred Stuart DONNELLY, P.J.B. DOVE, Peter DRUMMOND, Michael DUDLEY Family: Mrs M.A (nee Kaye) DUNSHEA, William
| EDLINGTON Family: John Thomas; Thomas EGGERDON, Rose Ellen ELLIOTT William - Pioneer EWEN, Flying Officer Francis Charles - the pilot who crashed during the opening of the provisional Parliament House, May 1927.
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FERGUSON (see also FURGUSON) FLINT Family - Pioneers: William FOX Family - Pioneers: Ellen; Francis; John; Luke; William FULHAM, Michael - murder FURGUSON, Alice Emily | GALE Family - Pioneers: Elizabeth; John; Warren, Laura A. GALE, Susan (n. Hazelwood) - shot by husband GIBBS, Arthur & John GIBBS, Australia James - Pioneer GIBBS, James GIFFORD, Samuel - Pioneer GOODWIN, Lt.-Col. John Thomas Hill GRADY Family - Pioneers: Cornelius; Maria; GRADY, James - drowned Molonglo River, 1867 GRAHAM, Louisa, at Duntroon GRAHAM, William GREEN, Edward GREENFIELD, Benjamin GREGORY, George (Reverend) - drowned Molonglo River 1851 | HALL, Robert HAMILTON, Catherine HAMMOND, William Pitt HANNAFORD, Henry Rowe HARDY, Harry Thomas (Sergeant) - Accident 1943 HARMAN, Mrs Thomas HARROP (Haroch), Alfred - Convict HATCH, George HEATH, Hannah (stolen parrot 1838) HELMAN, Saunders HINCKSMAN, Joseph Henry HUGHES, John Thomas HUNT, Jane (see also MEHEGAN & KINSELA) HURLEY, William Eugene D.H. - Shearer/Politician d. 1951 |
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JACOBS, Vera Jofferette (m. Porter) JEFFERS, Richard JOHNSON, Alice (Mrs Alan) JOHNSTON, Joseph - horse accident 1937 JOHNSTON, Robert - Squatter & Pioneer JONES, David - Pioneer | KAYE Family - Pioneers: Ellen (n. McClafferty); Joseph (horse 48 yrs old); Ellen (nee McClafferty) ; Letitia Maria Rose (nee Sandford) - Postmistress; Samuel Charles; William Sylvester; KEEFE, Jeremiah - Pioneer KINLYSIDE Family - Pioneers: Alison (Briar Farm); George; Thomas (poet) KINSELA, Jane (see also MEHEGAN) - Pioneer KINSELA, Patrick - 1st Constable, Queanbeyan | LAWLER, John LEFFLER, Francis LODGE, Muriel Phoebe - drowned Molonglo River, 1927
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MACAULIFFE, Mary Ann MACAULEY, Robert McDONALD, Alexander Joseph - Pioneer McGLADE, Thomas Joseph McINTOSH, H.G. (Callum Brae) McINTOSH, J.M. (Langdene) McKEAHNIE, Charles McLAUGHLIN, John (Uriarra) McLAUGHLIN, Patrick McMILLAN, Richard McNULTY, Albert McTAVISH, Alice Emily | MAGUIRE, Catherine MANGAN, John MANNION, Martin MEHEGAN, Jane (see KINSELA, Jane) MILLS, William John MOIR, Heather (architect) MOORE, Joshua John - Canberry - Squatter, Pioneer, 1st landholder MOORE, Richard - Urila MORTON, Dr. A. MUNDAY, Frederick MURRAY, DONALD MURRAY, John - Pioneer | NOTTMAN, Archibald |
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RAWLINGS, William J. READ, Joseph REID, Olive ROTTENBERRY, George Henry - Pioneer ROWLEY, Albert Ernest (Hillview) RYAN, Matthew - 1848 RYAN, William - 1857 - 1923 | SCOTT, James SCOTT, Katherine SHEAFFE, Percy L - 1948 SCULTHORPE, Charles (also SCULTOPE & SCROGGINS) - Convict SHUMACK Family - Pioneers: Edward; Elizabeth (d.1876 from burns); Margaret (Mrs Richard); Richard; Samuel SCHMIDT, William - lived in a cottage in front of old Parliament House. SMITH, Elizabeth (n. Cartwright - Woodbury, Sutton) SMITH, Jane Gertrude Barker (dau. of P. Galliard Smith) SOUTHWELL Family - Pioneers: Ada Elizabeth (n. Hazell); Ann (n.McIntosh); Eliza (n. Cooke); Hannah (n. Brown); Samuel
| STARR, Timothy - accident STEEL, Watson A. SULLIVAN, Margaret (Mrs J.A., n. Ryan) SWAN Family: James, Richard |
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THOMPSON, Charles William (teacher) | VIALL, William - Convict |
