Bailliere s Directory of Queensland 1874

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3 THK O F F I C I A L IJusi ( flb giraiorg (PROFESSIONAL, SQUATTING, AND TRADE) QUEENSLAND COMPILED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL BY R. P. WHITWORTH. ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY WITH CROSS REFERENCES TO OCCUPATIONS. PUBLISHED BY F. F. BAILLIERE. AGENTS: GEO. SLATER, BOOKSELLER, BRISBANE MESSRS. GORDON & GOTCH, SYDNEY.

4 PREFACE. IT has long* been conceded that Directories are not only convenient works of reference, but absolute necessities; and it would be somewhat hard to comprehend how the commercial, and other, business of the world could be carried on without them. There is no doubt that it would only be with very great difficulty, and at considerable inconvenience and loss. It is, however, needless to point out the advantages accruing* to communities from the possession of works of this nature, as those advantages are universally acknowledged and have never been questioned. Up to the present, Queensland has been placed at a disadvantage in not possessing- a general and comprehensive Directory; and it was the knowledge of that fact, and th r - belief that its production would be of public benefit, that induced the Publisher to undertake this work. That it will be found to contain errors, there is no doubt, from the facts of the many difficulties in the way of obtaining" correct information from such widely-spread sources, the almost arbitrary method of spelling names, and that there is, so to speak, no basis on which to commence to build. In future editions^, however, those errors, which, it is hoped, may neither be numerous nor important, will be carefully corrected. The Publisher, in conclusion, beg's to express his acknowledgments to the Hon. THOMAS L. MURRAY PRIOR, postmaster-general, and to JOHN MACDONNELL, Esq., Secretary, General Post-office, for the courteous and prompt manner in which they facilitated the collection of the necessary information; and also to the Postmasters throughout the colony, for their valuable aid.

5 QUEENSLAND TRADE AND PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY Accountants, Auditors; &c. BattersMU, Thomas, Quay-street, Brisbane Black, Thomas, G-ayndah Blaine, John, Ellenborough-street, Ipswich Bloomfield, Thomas, Gladstone Bourne, George, Leichhardt-street, Brisbane Cameron, Alexander, Limestone-st., Ipswich Cameron, John, Hope-street, S. Brisbane Cameron, Sampson, Eoma-street, Brisbane Campen, Charles G., Elizabeth-st., Brisbane Cane, James, Queen-street, Brisbane Carter, Arthur J., Tribune-st., S. Brisbane Cleeve, Henry Chas., Bank N.S. Wales, Roma Coulls, Joseph, Maryborough CroNvther, John, Queen-street, Brisbane Grimley, Samuel, George-street; p. r., Stanley-street, S. Brisbane Hill, Henry, Mack ay Jackson, William H., North-quay, Brisbane Jackson, W. H., Mount Abundance, Roma Keasley, Thomas D., Edward-street, Brisbane Lawry, J. W., Petrie-terrace, Brisbane Lindsay, Robert, Wickham-terrace, Brisbane Macnee, Duncan, Gayndah May, Thomas H., Boonbyjan, Gayndah Mooney, Richard, St. Lawrence Norrie, J. D., Yengarie, Maryborough Otto, Julius, Dalby Rangorn, Hy. W., Brisbane-street, Ipswich Reinhardt, C. F., John-street, Maryborough Scott, James McF., Dalby Tooth, N. E. N., Ellena-street, Maryborough Watson, Alexander, Boundary-st., Brisbane Webster, Septimus, Herbert-street, Brisbane Wells, Thomas W., Herbert-street, Brisbane Williams, John, Nanango Wooldridge, Arthur, Wickham-ter., Brisbane Account Book Manufacturers. (See Bookbinders.) Advertising Agents. (See News Agents.) ierated Water Makers. (See Cordial Manufacttirers.) Agents. GENERAL. (See also Brokers and Collectors.) Alexander, A. E., Quay-street, Rockhampton Bale, John, Adelaide-street, Brisbane Balls, William C, J.P., Albion-st, Warwick Balls and Dunlop, Victoria-street, Warwick Barnett, Thos. S., Richmond-st., Maryborough Bauer, Fred.,North Quay & Queen-st., Brisbane Blakeston, A. T. C, J.P., Russell-street, Toowoomba Brown, W. H., Stanthorpe Buckley, Henry, Bo wen-terrace, Brisbane Campbell, Alexander, Moggill Chaffers, F., Queen-street; p. r., S. Brisbane Chester, H. M., Town Hall, Brisbane Clarke, Hodgson & Co., Eagle-st., Brisbane Clarke, William, Bowen Cowan, Samuel, Town Hall; p. r., Wickhamterrace, Brisbane Corser (E. B. C.) &Co., Kent-st., Maryborough Cottell, R. J., Roma Craig, George C, Craigallion, Purga Creek Daveney, F. C, Palmerin-street, Warwick Davidson, Alfred, Brunswick-street, Brisbane Davidson, Robert, North Quay, Brisbane Davis, Sidney B., Quay-street, Rockhampton Deverell, R. W., George Town Dunlop and Balls, Palmerin-street, Warwick Fisher and Eales, Bazaar-street, Maryborough Fraser & Buckland, Brisbane Good, Thomas C., Dalby Gordon, Frederick, Flinders-st., Townsville Grenfell, Henry S., Kent-st., Maryborough Grimes, John Watt, Toowoomba Halliwell, James, Dalby Hanson, Charles, Donkin-street, Brisbane Hensell, F. L., Church-street, Gympie Hews, Richard, Grey-street, S. Brisbane Holme, William Albert, Mount Hope Farm, Maryborough

6 Age TRADE, <feo. Agr Hudson, Frederick, Albion-street, Warwick Hughes, J. N., New Farm, Brisbane Hutchins, K. & Co., Queen-street, Brisbane Illidge, J. G., Eichmond-street, Maryborough Lang, G-. t. C., Queen-street, Brisbane ; p. r. Vulture-street, One Mile Swamp, S.Brisbane Lee, Joseph, Dragon-street, Warwick Martin, Joseph, Dalby Marley and Selke, Palmerin-street, Warwick Marwedel and Co., Russell-street, Toowoomba Milsted, John, Gloucester-street, Brisbane Molle, George B., Dalby Morrice, William W., Downing-st., Brisbane Muir, James, Queen-street, Brisbane Munce, W. J., Queen-street; p. r., Bowenterrace, Brisbane Newell, William, Queen-street, Brisbane Newman, George H., Queen-street, Brisbane Paxton, W. H., Mackay Pocock, William, Flinders-street, Townsville Pritchard, Alexander B., Herbert-st., Brisbane Richardson, Samuel, Gladstone Robertson, Andrew, George-street, Brisbane Robertson, James, Kent-street, Maryborough Robison. Wm. H., Denham, Rockhampton Eoche, F. W., Dalby Rotton, Robert J., Murphy's Creek Scott, James, Ann-street, Brisbane Selke and Marley, Palmerin-st., Warwick Sloane and Co., William, Mackay Smith, George, J.P., Sterling-vale, Mackay Smith, Joseph H., John-street, Brisbane i Sparrow, Robert, Stanley-street, Brisbane Stanbridge, Algernon, Petrie-terrace, Brisbane Swan, Hugh, Ruthven-street, Toowoomba Thompson, W., Quay-street, Bockhampton Walsfe, Thomas C, Queen-street, Brisbane Wilkins, John C, Eagle-street, Brisbane Woodward and Co., Queen-street, Brisbane (see advertisement) Wright, Alfred S., Boundary-street, Brisbane BREWERS'. Lyons, David, Mary-street, Brisbane CUSTOM-HOUSE. Curtis, R. W., Mary-street, Brisbane Field, Henry, Bowen Millar, Andrew, Kangaroo-point, Brisbane O'Reilly, Hy., A.S.N. Co.'s Wharf, Brisbane Part, Samuel, Quay-street, Rockhampton FORWARDING. Amsden, Theo., Kent-street, Maryborough Bright Bros,.and Co., Eagle-street, Brisbane {see advertisement) Fryer, Frederick Augustus, Townsville Graham, William, Bremer-street, Ipswich Jackson and Co., East-street, Eockhampton Lawrence, William, Bremer-street, Ipswich M'Farlane, John, Denham-street, Rockhampton O'Reilly, Hy., A.S.N. Co.'s Wharf, Brisbane Raff (George) and Co., Eagle-street, Brisbane (see advertisement) Shaw, G. B., Quay-street, Rdckhampton Thompson, W., Quay-street, Rockhampton Walker, Spencer Frederick, Townsville Wood, Alfred T., Quay-street, Rockhampton IMMIGRATION. Gray, Robert, Brisbane (see advertisement) Salmond, Dr., Archer-street, Rockhampton INSURANCE. Forrest, E. B., Brisbane (See advertisement) Thompson and Hellicar, Queen-st., Brisbane (see advertisement) Webb, E. H., Queen-street, Brisbane LAND AND ESTATE. Crowther, J., Brisbane Fenwick & Scott, Queen-street, Brisbane French, John, Neil-street, Toowoomba Martin, A., Queen-street, Brisbane Smith, Richard J., Nicholas-street, Ipswich Thistlethwaite, F. C. N., Townsville Warner, J. R., Maryborough Woodhouse, E. C, West-street, Rockhampton MINING. Ashmore, Sugar Loaf Bouel, Charles, Denison-st., Rockhampton Boyd, Frederick, One-mile Buckley, Henry, Town-hall, Brisbane Campell, Hugh, Sugarloaf Fulton, William, Sugarloaf Harden, George, Mining-exchange, Brisbane (see advertisement) Martin, Thomas, Queen-street, Brisbane Shaw, G. B., Rockhampton Smith, D. G., Sugarloaf NEWS. Farrow, Edward, One-mile-road, Gympie Jenkyns, Charles, George Town SHIPPING. (See Forwarding.) STOCK AND STATION. Barnett, J. Wallace, U.S. Consul, Wickhamterrace, Brisbane Ellis, J. B., George-street, Brisbane Kellett, E., George-street, Brisbane Lang, G. J. C, Queen-st., Brisbane (see advt.) Macfarlane. John, Eockhampton (see advt.) Smith, A. W. S., Eockhampton (see advt.) Agricultural Implement Makers. Ballantyne, James, Limestone-st., Ipswich Cameron, Alexander, Edward-st., Brisbane Campbell, Hugh, East-street, Ipswich

7 OFFICIAL DIRECTORY, BRISBANE. GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. GOVERNOR. His EXCELLENCY THE MOST HONORABLE GEORGE AUGUSTUS CONSTANTINE,. Marquis of Normanby, Earl of Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and Baron Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in the County of York, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; and Baron Mulgrave of New Ross, in the County of Wexford, in the Peerage of Ireland ; a Member of Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council, Governor and Commanderin-Chief of the Colony of Queensland and its Dependencies. Private Secretary IRWIN CHARLES MALING, 35th Royal Regiment. Aide-de-Camp CHARLES RIDLEY SMITH. Executive Council. President HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR. Vice-president The Hon. ARTHUR HUNTER PALMER, Colonial Secretary. Members The Hon. JOHN BRAMSTON, Attorney-General. Hon. THOMAS LODGE MURRAY-PRIOR, Postmaster-General. Hon. JOSHUA PETER BELL, Colonial Treasurer. Hon. J. MALBON THOMPSON, Minister for Works. Hon. CHARLES JAMES GRAHAM, Minister for Lands. Hon. ROBERT RAMSAY. Clerk of the Executive Council ALBERT VICTOR DRURY. legislative Council. President -The Hon. Sir MAURICE CHARLES O'CONNELL, Knight. Cliairman of Committees The. Hon. DANIEL FOLEY ROBERTS. Bigge, The Hon. Francis Edward Murray-Prior, The Hon. T. L. Browne, The Hon. Eyles, I.C. M'Dougall/The Hon. J. Fred Fitz, The Hon. Henry Bates O'Connell, Knight, The Hon. Sir M. C. (President) Gibbon, The Hon. James Harris, The Hon. George Roberts, The Hon. Daniel Foley (Chairman Hart, The Hon. Frederick H. of Committees) Heussler, The Hon. J. Christian Simpson, The Hon. Henry G. Hobbs, The Hon. William Taylor, The Hon. James Hope, The Hon. Louis Thornton, The Hon. William Lambert, The Hon. William F. White, The Hon. William Duckett Mullen, The Hon. John Yaldwyn, The Hon. William Clerk of the Council and of the Parliaments Henry Johnson. Clerk Assistant R. E. G. Johnson. Librarian Rev. J. R. Moffatt. Usher of the Black Mod Francis Robert Chester Master. Messengers James Doyle, J. Kelly, and J. Wright.

8 120 OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. COUNTRY TOWNS. ALLOEA. Mayor Samuel Gordon ; Town Clerk Alexander Cameron ; Municipal Inspector Eobert Eippingdale ; Police Sergeant Winter ; Postmaster Jas. Gwynne ; Telegraph Master W. Gargett; Eailway Station Master Norman Eule; Commonage Inspector Henry Einchart; Poundkeeper Charles Lambley. AEAMAC CEEEK (BLACKALL). Senior Constable Winter, Constable Flynn. BAFFLE CREEK (MAEYBOEOUGH). Coast Waiter, Customs T. Robinson. Pilot George Seeds. BALL ANDEAN. Postmaster Thomas H. Fletcher. BANANA. P.M. and C.P.S. Edwin Morey; Eegistrar appointed to Marry Minors F. Borton. Postmaster and Telegraph Operator Michael O'Neill; Eegistrar E. Morey ; Inspector of Brands T. Middleton ; Savings Bank E. Morey. BARCOO. Acting Sub-Inspectors of Police T. S. Williams, J. W. Carroll. BEAUFOET. Postmaster Karl Aumuller. BLACKALL. P.M. Maxwell Armstrong ; C.P.S. T. S. Sword ; Sub-Inspector Police John M'Kay Dunne ; Postmaster George Hill; Inspector of Brands J. Ahern ; Poundkeeper William Eewly. BEENLETGH. C.P.S. and Land Agent Lachlan Chisholm ; Postmaster 0. Von Kosa ; Eegistrar James Gibson ; Savings Bank L. Chisholm; Commissioner Affidavits L.Chisholm. BELYANDO. Acting Sub-Inspector Police G. D. B. Nolan, John Stuart. BLOOMSBUEY (BOWEN). Telegraph Operator E. Briggs. BOWEN. P.M. H. E.Buttanshaw; C.P.S. Waldron Burrows; District Court Judge W. H. A. Hirst; Crown Prosecutor Robert Baird ; Eegistrar District Court H. R. Buttanshaw; Magistrate appointed to Marry Minors E. S. Warry; Commissioner Crown Lands John P. Sharkey; Commissioner Affidavits J. A. Gregory; Postmaster D. A. Day; Assistant Superintendent Telegraphs A. Matvieff; Operator F. E. Eains ; Registrar W. Burrows ; Surveyor A. J. Richardson; Sub- Collector Customs G. F. Sandrock ; Engineer of Roads A. C. Macmillan ; Savings Bank, D. A. Day ; Sheep Inspector Albert Brook; Engineer Surveyor F. Clark; Shipping Inspector E. Heron ; Poundkeeper G. J. Boulter ; Immigration Agent F. Kilner ; Mayor W. Clarke; Town Clerk E. H. Smith ; Rate Collector J. G. Lloyd. BOWEN DOWNS. Sub-Inspector N. M. Police J. M'Kay Dunne ; Postmaster, G. B. Gallogly. BEEAKFAST CREEK. Postmistress Ann Murphy. BROWN'S PLAINS. Postmaster George Stretton. BROWN RIVER. (See ROLLBSTON.) BULLOO. Sub-Inspector Police James M. Gilmour. BULIMBA. Land Commissioner Charles Coxen ; Postmaster John Watson. BUNDABERG. P.M., C.P.S., Sub-Collector of Customs, Land Agent, and Savings Bank Joseph Hughes ; Postmaster J. H. Cathcart; Magistrate appointed to Marry Minors Joseph Hughes. BURDEKIN (DALRYMPLE). Telegraph Operator F. R. Gordon.

9 GBNEEAL ALPHABETICAL DIRECTORY QUEENSLAND. AACOCK, H., squatter, Humberstone, Caboolture Abbey, W., hotelkeeper, Monkland, One-mile Abbott, Henry, squatter, Grantham, G-atton Abbott, Hy., P., J.P., Inspector of Joint Stock Bank, Queen-st.; p. r., Brunswick-st., B'bane Abbott, John, fitter, Lawrence-st, N. Ipswich Abbott, Wm., carpenter, South-st., E'hampton Abdy, Thomas, farmer, Gympie Aberdeen, Wm., Little Edward-st., Brisbane Abraham, M., dealer, Brunswick-st., Brisbane Abraham, Eev. Thomas, Church of England, Neil-street, Toowoomba Abrahams, Charles, tobacconist, Edward and Leichhardt streets, Brisbane Abrahams, Joseph, stationer, Stanthorpe Abrahams, Morris, hardware dealer, Queenstreet, Brisbane Abrahams, R., teacher, Boundary-st., Brisbane Achilles, Henry, farmer, Achilles Farm, Toowoomba Achison and Co., produce dealers, R'hampton A'Court, Eev. D., Church of England, Shafston-road, Kangaroo-point, Brisbane Ackerly, Saml., boardinghouse-keeper, Queen - street, Brisbane Ackerley, William Hogarth, squatter, Six-mile Bridge, Goodna Ackers, William A., bailiff, Ravenswood Adaix, Robert, hotelkeeper, Reserve, Roma Adam, John, clerk, Hope-street, Brisbane Adam, M., painter, &c, Stanley-st., B'bane. Adam, Nicholas, farmer, Toowoomba Adam, Robert Darcy, saddler, Dalby Adam, William, dealer, Ann-street, Brisbane Adams, Charles E., postmaster and railway station-master, Railway Station, Clifton Adams, Chris., farmer, Yengarie, Maryboro' Adams, F.,blacksmith, Stanley-st., R'hampton Adams, Geo., gardener, Boundary-st., B'bane Adams, H. J., J.P., squatter, Waroo, St.George Adams, J., sen., squatter, Drummond, H'fields Adams, 'John, contractor, Curriwillinghi Adams, John, squatter, Highfields Adams, J. H., gardener, Jane-street, B'bane Adams, J. F., farmer, Reserve, St. George Adams, Rev. Jas., Ch. Eng., Townsville Adams, Richard, carrier, Reserve, Surat Adams, Walter, hotelkeeper, Bundaberg Adams, W., farmer, Boundary Farm, Greenmt. Adams, William, farmer, Eden Vale, Ipswich Adams, W., farmer, Highfields, Toowoomba Adamson, T., carrier, Gilbert River, Gilberton Adcock, John, blacksmith, Dalby Adderman, Frederick, farmer, Wivenhoe Addison, Rev. W., Primitive Methodist, Darling-street, Ipswich Adeville, Jacob, saddler, Rolleston Adsett, Aaron, squatter, Enoggera, Breakfast Creek Adsett, Charles, carrier, Dickens-st., Brisbane Adsett, Isaac, farmer, Goodna Adsett, John, butcher, Goodna Adsett, John, squatter, Brooklands, Goodna Adsett, M;, squatter, Enoggera Ck., B'bane Aerie, Mrs., dressmaker, William-st., Brisbane Affleck, Geo., farmer, Loganvale, Warwick Affleck, John, squatter, Swan Ck., Warwick Affleck, Peter, farmer, Glentanner, Warwick Affleck, Wm., farmer, Mt. Pleasant, Warwick Agnew, Rev. P. P., Wickham-ter., Brisbane Agnew, Rev. P. P., Free Church, Herriott Hill, Maryborough Ah Chow, T., gardener, Harcourt-st, B'bane Ah Chung,, carrier, Maryborough Ahearn, Ptk., farmer, Bremer River, Ipswich Ahearn, Denis, line repairer, Telegraph Department, St. Lawrence Ahearn, J., inspector of brands, Blackall Ahearn, John, farmer, Nudgey, Breakfast Ck.

10 XXX1Z ADVERTISEMENTS. WARWICK EMPORIUM. JOHN ANDERSON, DRAPER, HOSIER, HABERDASHER, AND MEN'S MERCER. LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S UNDERCLOTHING. FAMILY GROCER AND PRODUCE MERCHANT. Jr on monger, Importer of Boots and Shoes, China and Earthenware, &b. Purchaser of Wool, Tallow, Hides, &c. ^TarwiCk. Goods forwarded to and from the mines at Current Rates. MARLAY & SELKE, AUCTIONEERS, STOCK, STATION, GENERAL, COMMISSION, FORWARDING & MINING AGENTS, WARWICK AND STANTHORPE. BOOKING OFFICE FOR COBB'S COACHES. ie,l«; Corner of Victoria and Falmerin Streets, 'Warwick. H. D. DINTE (late Samuel Evenden), Proprietor. FIRST-CLASS PRIVATE APARTMENTS. Liquors of the Best Quality. Splendid Billiard Table. MR. D. REDEN, SURGEON DENTIST, By appointment to Sis Excellency the Governor, QUEEN STREET, BRISBANE,

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