[[20529]] KAJEWESKI, Pauline

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26 - Dec - 2007

[[20530]] LOWIEN, Marion, parents August LOWIEN and Pauline KAJEWESKI

26 - Dec - 2007

[[20531]] LOWIEN, Wilhelmine, parents August LOWIEN and Pauline KAJEWESKI

26 - Dec - 2007

[[20532]] LOWIEN, George Heinrich, parents August LOWIEN and Pauline KAJEWESKI

26 - Dec - 2007

[[20533]] LOWIEN, Matilda, parents August LOWIEN and Pauline KAJEWESKI

26 - Dec - 2007

[[20534]] LOWIEN, Alfred, parents August LOWIEN and Pauline KAJEWESKI

26 - Dec - 2007

[[20535]] LOWIEN, Alice Paulie, parents August LOWIEN and Pauline KAJEWESKI

26 - Dec - 2007

[[20536]] LOWIEN, Carl August, parents August LOWIEN and Pauline KAJEWESKI

26 - Dec - 2007

[[20537]] LOWIEN, Edward, parents August LOWIEN and Pauline KAJEWESKI

26 - Dec - 2007

[[20538]] LOWIEN, Evelyn May, parents August LOWIEN and Pauline KAJEWESKI

26 - Dec - 2007

[[20539]] LOWIEN, Johan Friedrich, parents August LOWIEN and Pauline KAJEWESKI

26 - Dec - 2007

[[20540]] LOWIEN, Martha, parents August LOWIEN and Pauline KAJEWESKI

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[[20541]] LOWIEN, Reginald Clifford, parents August LOWIEN and Pauline KAJEWESKI

26 - Dec - 2007

[[20542]] LOWIEN, Unnamed, parents August LOWIEN and Pauline KAJEWESKI

26 - Dec - 2007

[[20543]] LOWIEN, Herbert Ernest, parents August LOWIEN and Pauline KAJEWESKI

26 - Dec - 2007

[[20544]] CHRISTOPHER, Agnes Mary Ann, parents Charles CHRISTOPHER and Mary THOMPSON

26 - Dec - 2007

[[20545]] CHRISTOPHER, Elsie Ada Jane, parents Charles CHRISTOPHER and Mary THOMPSON

26 - Dec - 2007

[[20546]] CHRISTOPHER, Unity May, parents Charles CHRISTOPHER and Mary THOMPSON

20 - Apr - 2008

[[20547]] CHRISTOPHER, William George, parents Charles CHRISTOPHER and Mary THOMPSON

26 - Dec - 2007

[[20548]] CHRISTOPHER, James Henry, parents Charles CHRISTOPHER and Mary THOMPSON

26 - Dec - 2007

[[20549]] CHRISTOPHER, George, parents Charles CHRISTOPHER and Mary THOMPSON

26 - Dec - 2007

[[20550]] CHRISTOPHER, Mark, parents Charles CHRISTOPHER and Mary THOMPSON

26 - Dec - 2007

(20552) SMYTH, William Henry, parents George SMYTH and Mary CROTHERS

The EZZY - BIMROSE - SMYTH graves in Herberton


photographed by Greg DAVIS, Sunday, 13 September 2015



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(20553) BIMROSE, Ellen, parents Richard BIMROSE and Joanna SHEPHEARD Ellen's family


EZZY - SMYTH - BIMROSE grave in Herberton Cemetery


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MR. SMYTH, MR, and MRS. W. J. EZZY and Family sincerely thank Dr. Jamieson, Acting-Matron Irvine, and the staff of the Herberton Hospital, for kindness shown during the long illness of the late Mrs. Smyth, also to the kind friends, for floral tributes and messages of sympathy forwarded during their recent sad bereavement.

DEATH.
SMYTH-At Herberton, on the 28th September, 1926, Ellen, beloved wife of W. H. Smyth, Herberton.

Family Notices (1926, October 13). Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954), p. 4. Link to TROVE

HERBERTON NOTES.
PASSING OP A PIONEER.
HERBERTON. October 18.
The late Mrs. Smyth, who passed away on the 28th ultimo, came to Herberton in June, 1880 at the age of seventeen years, thus residing here for about forty-six years. Shortly after her arrival at Herberton the prospectors invited the youthful maiden, Miss Ellen Bimrose, as she then was, to christen the prospecting property, "The Great Northern Tin Mine," which in her usual pleasant manner she did, by standing on n solid block of tin ore three feet square and saying, "I have much pleasure in christening this mine, "The Great Northern." Later she married Mr. William Smyth, and they took over the Herberton Hotel from her father, and remained in the hotel business for some years. During the past few years her health was very indifferent, and with her husband and family, she lived privately until her passing.

HERBERTON NOTES. (1926, October 22). Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954), p. 14. Link to TROVE

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22 - Mar - 2017

[[20554]] SMYTH, Mary Ellen, parents William SMYTH and Ellen BIMROSE

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[[20555]] SMYTH, Alice, parents William SMYTH and Ellen BIMROSE

First born of twin girls. The second born girl was not named and died on the same day.

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26 - Dec - 2007

[[20556]] SMYTH, Unnamed, parents William SMYTH and Ellen BIMROSE

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26 - Dec - 2007

[[20557]] SMYTH, Irene, parents William SMYTH and Ellen BIMROSE

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(20558) BIMROSE, Richard, father unknown and unknown mother

Grave for Richard and Joanna BIMROSE in Herberton


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At the Supreme Court this morning, says Tuesday's "Townsville Star" probate in the will of Richard Bimrose, of Herberton, hotelkeeper, deceased, was granted to Joanna Bimrose ,widow, the sole executrix named in the will.
The estate was sworn at under £347.

Local and General News. (1895, April 10). The North Queensland Register (Townsville, Qld. : 1892 - 1905), p. 18. Link to TROVE

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02 - Dec - 2016

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A Presentation.
A number of old residents of the town, consisting of Messrs. Bonar, Mazlin, Robson, Gordon, Pawsey, Smyth, White, Newell, Lafond, and Ledlie, met at Bimrose's Hotel, Herberton, for the purpose of making a presentation to that grand old lady, Mrs. J. Bimrose, who that day had reached the ripe old age of 71 years. Mrs. W. H. Smyth and Mrs. A. H. Anderssen (two of her daughters) were also present. The presentation, which was in the shape of an easy chair, was made by Mr. W. M. Bonar in a neat and appropriate speech, in which the speaker paid a tribute to the many good qualities of their respected guest and the many charitable deeds she had performed in times gone by. Mrs. Bimrose, who at first was suffering a little from surprise, thanked Mr. Bonar and those present for their kindly remembrance of her, and said she hardly knew how to thank them all for their most useful present. One thing more than anything else she was proud of, and that was that those present, who had known her for 20 years and more, thought so much of her in her declining days. She would always remember that day as one of the most glorious in her life. With the drinking of a toast to Mrs. Bimrose's health, the proceedings terminated.

A Presentation. (1917, January 18). Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954), p. 4. Link to TROVE

Obituary.

MRS. JOANNA BIMROSE

It is with utmost poignancy of regret that in our columns this issue we chronicle the demise of Mrs. Joanna Bimrose of Herberton, at the advanced age of 70 years. For nearly twelve monthsthe health tenure of that widely known and affectionaly esteemed lady had been precarious, and had been cause of grave anxiety to her many friends. During this period of suffering, her patient fortitude and gentle cheerfulness testified to the staunch and enduring qualities of the old English stock from which she sprang.

Within the past few weeks the deceased lady's condition had become so critical as to necessitate confinement to her couch, which, until the last, was the centre of every loving care and all tender ministration that filial affection and general solicitude could offer.
Just before the dawn of Thursday last, her brave spirit was released from the cumulative cares and trials of the alloted span, -
That life which moved to kindly ends
Thro' troops of unrecording friends,
That deedful, helpful, purposed life
Became a silent voice.

It was for more than the mere form of appellative that our deceased townswomanwas known to the present generation and to past schools as "Mother." In whatever direction sympathy and succour were waning, her large sympathies and helping hands were ever on active service.
For nearly four decades of years Mrs. Bimrose had been a resident of Herberton, sharing the vicissitudes of its fortunes and watching the phases of its development from the chrysalis state in which she and her helpmate first saw it at their advent in the wake of discovery. Hither, from Northcote, come Richard Bimrose, his wife (Joanna) and young family, in the month of June, 1880. Now-a-days, with the facilities for travel and transport everywhere available, it is hard to realise the cross-country difficulties which confronted adventurous spirits of the pioneering days. Over the hills from Northcote - blazing the track, opening the road, bringing the first vehicle to the headlands of the Herbert - after many days that little band of wayfarers passed the location now known as the "Empress" mine, and soon were looking down on the calico tents of the infant settlement - Herberton, in swaddling clothes.

Settling on the site whereon now stands the present commoditions Herberton Hotel, which claims lineage from that first founded in 1880, Mrs. Bimrose - the first white woman to grace the field; "Herby," her son, first male child born here - became one of the dramatis persons in the life story of this community. Through all these years she was a noble exemplar of the maternal -grand maternal - public duties and social virtues. Thus with her demise, an historical link of the stout old pioneer chain is severed, leaving a void -
"Such a void as comes when a strain of music dies."
The interment was made in the Herberton cemetery, beside the remains of her husband (whon she had survived more than a score of years), on Thursday last, at 5 p.m., according to the rites of the Presbyterian Church, feelingly administered by the Rev. J. A. Sinclair. The pall bearers were Messrs. John Newell, W. M. Bonar, R. Gordon, John Bain, E. Laford, A. McLachlan and W. Mazlin.

A solemn and imposing cortage of over half-a-mile followed the remains of the grand old pioneer woman to the wreath strewn resting place, the floral tributes alone bearing eloquent testimony of the affectionate esteem of all Herberton for "Mother."

The deceased lady leaves a direct family of eight - three daughters and five sons - most of whom live amongst us; all of whom had the melancholy satisfaction of being with her at the end and seeing how worthily Herberton honoured the memory of its dead. To all the members of the family we tender our sincere condolence.

Wild River Times, Tuesday 13th of February, 1917

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(20560) BIMROSE, William, parents Richard BIMROSE and Joanna SHEPHEARD

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(20561) BIMROSE, William Henry, parents Richard BIMROSE and Joanna SHEPHEARD
BIMROSE.-At the Mareeba District Hospital on January 6th, William Henry Bimrose, beloved father of Bert, Emma, George, Fred, Jim and Eddie. Aged 60 years.
"At Rest."

THANKS.
The BIMROSE brothers wish to pay a special tribute of praise to Dr. Byrne, Matron and Nursing Staff of the Mareeba District Hospital for their excellent care and attention to their late father while an inmate of that institution; also all other kind friends who sent messages of sympathy and floral tributes in their recent sad bereavement.

Family Notices (1929, January 11). Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954), p. 4. Link to TROVE

OBITUARY.
LATE MR. WILLIAM HENRY BIMROSE.
Another of the old pioneers of the North, in the person of Mr. William Henry Bimrose, passed away on January 6 in the Mareeba District Hospital. The late Mr. W. H. Bimrose, his father and mother, and other members of the family, were amongst the early arrivals in Herberton, reaching that place from Northcote within about six weeks after the publication of the discovery of tin on the Wild River in 1880. His father was the first hotelkeeper and the building a primitive place of bark and slabs, where the present building now stands. Most of the late Mr. Bimrose's life was spent in and around Herberton. He learned the blacksmithing trade early and was a very capable tradesman. Carpentering was a sideline with him, in which he showed more than the average proficiency. His wife predeceased him some 26 years ago. He is survived by five sons and one daughter. The funeral moved from the Mareeba Hospital on Monday afternoon, and was largely attended. The Rev. T. Bird conducted the last sad rites at the graveside. Messages of sympathy and floral tributes were received from the following: George, Fred, Jim and all: Bert (Brisbane), Uncle Herb (Sydney), Auntie Eva (Charters Towers), Tom and family; H. Lees and family (Malanda); M. Trevarthen and family; M.U.I.O. O.F., M. E. Freeman; Dad Smyth, Will, Evy, Stan and Vera; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Roberts and family; Mr. and Mrs. F. Adams and family; Mr. W. G. Newell; Mr. John Newell; V. J. Innis and R. Pata; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wales and family; Mareeba Turf Club; Pollard family; Mr. and Mrs. F. A. George and family; Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Hales (Cairns); Mr. and. Mrs. V. J Bruce (Tarzali); Mr and Mrs. Doyle; Mr. J. C. Kenny; Mr. ad Mrs. V. Trimble and family; Mr and Mrs. Percy Peters and family; Mr. and Mrs. Ben Brady.

OBITUARY. (1929, January 12). Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954), p. 3. Link to TROVE

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02 - Dec - 2016

(20562) CAMP, Annie Maria, parents George CAMP and Esther MILGATE Annie's family

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08 - Nov - 2016

[[20563]] CAMP, George Henry, parents unknown CAMP & Sarah NEWMAN

CAMP family plot in Townsville


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OLD COLONIAL GONE.
TOWNSVILLE, Friday. Mr. George Camp, a very old resident, and the Father of Methodism in the Townsville district, died to-night. He was nearly 80 years.of age. (With Mr. Camp passes away one of the pioneers of Townsville, a grand old man in the true sense of the word, leaving behind him a large family of children and grandchildren. Among the latter is Mrs. Allen, wife of Mr. Robert Allen, of the mechanical staff of the "Post." The surviving sons of the deceased are Mr. A. Camp, blacksmith, of Herberton, Messrs. Hezekiah and George Camp, Blacksmiths, of Townsville. The old gentleman himself was one of the first blacksmiths and wheelwrights in Townsville, and in his young days was a leading cricketer in the Cleveland Bay elevens.)

Told By Telegraph (1909, May 8). Cairns Morning Post (Qld. : 1907 - 1909), p. 5. Link to TROVE

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02 - Dec - 2016

[[20564]] MILGATE, Esther Kethurah, parents Thomas MILGATE & Mary RANGER

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THE FRIENDS of Mrs J. Newman, Mr G. H. Camp and Mr H. Camp are respectfully invited to attend the FUNERAL of their deceased Mother, ESTHER CAMP, to leave from the residence of Mr and Mrs J. Newman, Castling-street West End, THIS (Thursday) AFTERNOON at 5 o'clock for the Old Cemetery.

Family Notices (1914, March 26). Townsville Daily Bulletin (Qld. : 1907 - 1954), p. 4. Link to TROVE

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02 - Dec - 2016

[[20565]] CAMP, Emma, parents George CAMP and Esther MILGATE

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28 - Dec - 2008

[[20566]] CAMP, Evaline Maude, father unknown and Annie CAMP

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03 - Oct - 2015

[[20567]] EVANS, Evan Phillip, parents William James EVANS & Ada SHEAD

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[[20568]] EVANS, Audrey Myfanwy, parents Evan EVANS and Evaline CAMP

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26 - Dec - 2007

[[20569]] BIMROSE, Albert Hezekiah, parents William BIMROSE and Annie CAMP
LOCKE.— The Relatives and friends of Mr. H. Locke, Mr. and Mrs. A. Locke and Family (Maryborough), Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Miller, Misses Yvonne and Valma Locke, Mr. and Mrs. W. Franklin (Nundah), Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Bimrose, and Aunties and Uncles, are invited to attend the Funeral of his beloved Son, their Brother, Brother-in-law, Uncle, Grandson, and Nephew, Hartley Keith Locke, of 11 St. Clements Road, Oxley, formerly of Kedron, to move from Alex. Gow's Funeral Chapel, Petrie Bight, This (Thursday) Afternoon, at 2 o'clock, for the Crematorium, Mt. Thompson.
Service 1.45 p.m.

Family Notices (1954, April 1). The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), p. 16. Link to TROVE

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02 - Dec - 2016

[[20570]] BIMROSE, Emma Keturah, parents William BIMROSE and Annie CAMP

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[[20571]] BIMROSE, Frederick Thomas, parents William BIMROSE and Annie CAMP
BEREAVEMENT NOTICES MRS. F. BIMROSE Yungaburra and MR. A. H. BIMROSE, Fraser St.. Wooloowin, desire to THANK Sisters and Doctor of Marooma Hospital, the Rev. Hoger, also Mrs. Murphy, Fraser Street, all kind Relatives and Friends for their kindness, floral tributes, and messages of sympathy expressed in the sad loss of her dear Husband and Brother. Please accept this as our personal thanks.

Family Notices. (1949, November 30). The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), p. 18. Link to TROVE

OBITUARY.

FREDERICK THOMAS BIMROSE.

The death occurred in Brisbane, last Saturday night of Frederick Thomas Bimrose at the age of 51. The late Mr. Bimrose was a native of Herberton and worked for many years with Williams Estate, Yungaburra. He was well-known in Cairns and district and was a son of an early pioneer of the Herberton district, the late William Henry Bimrose. The late Mr. Frederick Bimrose is survived by his widow and a young son George (Cairns), A. H. Bimrose (Brisbane); J. H. Bimrose (Mareeba) and E. A. Bimrose (Rockhampton) are brothers. The funeral took place in Brisbane.

OBITUARY. (1949, October 26). Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954), p. 5. Link to TROVE

BIMROSE.— The Relatives & Friends of Mrs. G. Bimrose & Vernon, Mr. & Mrs. A. H. Bimrose & Family, Mr. & Mrs. G. R. Bimrose & Family (Cairns), Mr. & Mrs. H. J. Bimrose & Family (Mareeba), Mr. & Mrs. E. A. Bimrose & Family (Rockhampton) are invited to attend the Funeral of her beloved Husband, their Father, Brother, Brother-in-law & Uncle, Frederick Thomas Bimrose, of Yungaburra, to move from Alex. Gow's Funeral Chapel, Petrie Bight To-morrow (Wednesday) Morning, at 11.30 o'clock, for the Lutwyche

Family Notices (1949, October 25). Brisbane Telegraph (Qld. : 1948 - 1954), p. 6 (CITY FINAL). Link to TROVE

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02 - Dec - 2016

[[20572]] BIMROSE, George Richard, parents William BIMROSE and Annie CAMP
As a reward for his bravery in attempting to rescue the son of Sergeant Martell from drowning in the Wild River dam, George Bimrose, jun., was presented with a handsomely engraved medal by the Sergeant and his wife.

Herberton Notes (1913, April 18). The Northern Herald (Cairns, Qld. : 1913 - 1939), p. 38. Link to TROVE

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31 - Mar - 2017

[[20573]] BIMROSE, Herbert James, parents William BIMROSE and Annie CAMP

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28 - Dec - 2008

[[20574]] BIMROSE, William Henry, parents William BIMROSE and Annie CAMP
BIMROSE— At the General Hospital, Brisbane, February 8, 1927, after a long and painful illness, William Henry Bimrose, aged 38 years, oldest son of W. H. Bimrose, Herberton. Cairns and Herberton papers please copy.

Family Notices. (1927, February 15). Townsville Daily Bulletin (Qld. : 1885 - 1954), p. 6. Link to TROVE

Bimrose - Returned Soldier Comrades and friends of the late William Henry Bimrose (Hospital Unit, A.I.F.) are respectfully invited to attend his funeral, to move from the Funeral Parlour, Adelaide-streett, city, This (Wednesday) Forenoon, at 10.30 o'clock, to the Toowong Cemetery.

Family Notices (1927, February 9). The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), p. 14. Link to TROVE

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02 - Dec - 2016

[[20575]] BIMROSE, Edgar Allen, parents William BIMROSE and Annie CAMP

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12 - Jan - 2008

[[20576]] REYNOLDS, Bertram, parents Joseph REYNOLDS & Jane ABBEY

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(20577) BIMROSE, Albert North, parents Richard BIMROSE and Joanna SHEPHEARD
MR. A. N. BIMROSE.

HERBERTON, February 21.

There passed away this evening a well known identity of North Queensland in the person of Mr. A. N. Bimrose, of the Herberton Hotel, Herberton, at the age of 48 years. Deceased had,been ailing for the past two years. His condition became worse to-day and without warning he passed away.

A service will be held in the Church of England at 3.30 p.m. to-morrow (Wednesday), the funeral taking place at 4 p.m. on the same day.

MR. A. N. BIMROSE. (1928, February 22). Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954), p. 7. Link to TROVE

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08 - Nov - 2016

[[20578]] BIMROSE, Richard Herbert, parents Richard BIMROSE and Joanna SHEPHEARD
FIRST MAN BORN IN HERBERTON

MR. R. H. BIMROSE.

HERBERTON. May 31.

The death in Bathurst about May 13 of Mr. R. H. Bimrose, known loc- ally as "Herby," recalls the fact that Mr. Bimrose was the first white male child born in Herberton. The Bimrose family were all associated with the early days of the town, and the late Mr. R. H. Bimrose spent all his young days here, and early manhood, being known from one end of the Table- land to the other. He followed many occupations, being interested in min- ing, butchering, and hotelkeeping. He was for some years in the employ of Messrs. Jack and Newell, and also drove a coach for a time.

He married Miss Rolfe, of Gipps- land, in Herberton who predeceased him some years ago. He kept hotels in Cairns and in Innisfail, and previously at Silver Valley; also at Narandera and at Sydney, and, it will be realised, lived a very full and ac- tive life. Only a few years ago he returned to Herberton and tried to reopen a one-time rich tin mine known as the "Frog-Hole," but gave up the attempt. He was partner in a butcher's business with the late Mr. E. Thompson. Mr. Bimrose had one son and two daughters, the younger of the daughters died last year. His sister, Mrs. Anderson, of Townsville, is now the last survivor of the orig- inal family. Mrs. J. Ezzy, of Her- berton, is his niece.

The Bimrose family figure conspicu- ously in the very early days of Her- berton, the days when the blacks were troublesome, and there were no roads: when the port for Herberton was Port Douglas and people came by coach over terrible tracks and up tilted trails: when tîn was real money, and the main street was crowded with men who had "struck it" and pros- pectors, so that it was difficult to get along. Many stories could be told of that time and the long years between. Few of the men who made the town are left, if any, and the death of Mr. Bimrose will be regretted by all who knew him as a link with the romance of old Herberton, and a man who took part in it and could tell many strange tales of that time.

FIRST MAN BORN IN HERBERTON. (1944, June 3). Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954), p. 3. Link to TROVE

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(20579) BIMROSE, John, parents Richard BIMROSE and Joanna SHEPHEARD

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