INDEX TO INQUESTS MATERIAL HELD BY THE AVOCA & DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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Name – Year of Death – Place of Death
A CHOO 1857 Avoca
A CHOW 1858 Avoca
AH CAR Mary Ann 1872 Percydale
AH A FONG 1866 Avoca
AH KING 1871 Landsborough
AH YOUNG 1859 Avoca
ALLEN Archibald 1871 Fiddler’s Creek
ANDERSON Jane Charlotte 1863 Lexton
ANDERSON William (alias ARNOLD) 1861 Avoca
………. as above also (alias ESDEN)
ARNOLD William (see ANDERSON William)
AUSTIN William 1864 Donkey Hill
AVERY Elizabeth 1924 St. Arnaud
BALFOUR Mary 1859 Avoca
BARKER James 1870 Landsborough
BARRY Thomas 1861 Avoca
BELL Thomas 1866 Avoca
BENNETTS Emma 1872 Avoca
BIG JEMMY (see HUDSON James)
BIRD Henry 1857 (Robbery)
BIRDSALL Eliza 1861 Burn Bank
BLACK Bridget 1862 Avoca
BLACKWELL Adam 1859 Amphitheatre
BLAND Lizzie (see WYAT)
BLIGHT William Edward 1873 Lower Alma
BOULLIE Bartold 1859 Mountain Hut
BOYD John 1857 Carisbrook
BRENNAR Thomas 1874 Navarre
BRIDGEWATER John 1862 Avoca
BRINCKMAN John 1861 Amphitheatre
BRITTON William (see WHITHAM) 1865 Amphitheatre
BROOK Isaac 1863 Homebush
BROOKS Joseph 1864 Amphitheatre
BROWN Jane 1861 Mountain Creek
BROWN Thomas 1859 Crowlands New Rush
BURDEN Peter 1867 Amphitheatre Station
BURNETT William 1861 Hines Station
BURNITTI Maria (see MINITTI)
BUTCHER Alexander 1859 Avoca
BUTCHER Isabella & still born child 1865 Avoca
CAMPBELL Neil 1859 Ararat
CARPENTER Mary Jane (see CRAM) 1862 Barkly
CARROLL Mary & unborn child 1868 Alma
CATCHPOLE Margaret Louisa 1878 Percydale
CHACK COOEY 1870 No 2 Creek
CHAMINGS Richard 1860 Amphitheatre
CHAPMAN Thomas Henry 1863 Moonambel
CHEMIMIE (female aboriginal)
CHIER CUNE 1858 Avoca
CLARKE John 1869 Glenlogie
CLARKE Joseph 1864 Landsborough
CLEGG Margaret 1884 Mountain Hut
CLIVE John 1864 Springs/Lexton
COLEMAN James 1853 Lexton
COLLINS Elizabeth 1862 Landsborough
COLLINS Bridget 1860 Amphitheatre
COLLINS Thomas 1860 Amphitheatre
CONSTABLE Mary Jane 1872 Green Hill Creek
CORBETT Alexander 1869 Natte Yallock
COTTER Harry 1905 Avoca
COWPER Charles 1861 Mountain Creek
COX Thomas 1863 Redbank
CRAM Jane (see CARPENTER)
CRITCHLEY Thomas 1861 Redbank
CUNNINGHAM William 1864 Deep Lead
CURRIE Ellen 1862 Moonambel
DALY Arthur Edward 1899 Avoca
DALY Patrick Edmund 1905 Percydale
DARRAS Salvadore 1863 Landsborough
DAVIES Abraham 1868 Maryborough
DAVIS Charles 1856 Lexton
DEWAR Andrew Kennis 1864 Springs/Lexton
DICKETT Harriet 1876 Moonambel
DICKSON John 1874 Moonambel
DICKSON Sarah 1879 Moonambel
DODD Sarah 1860 Lamplough
DOHERTY Michael Patrick 1860 Lamplough
DOUGLAS James Lelie 1876 Stuart Mill
DOWLIN Emma 1870 Glen Patrick
DOYLE Ellen 1861 Redbank
EDMONDS John 1863 Amphitheatre
ELIZA (aboriginal) 1865 Amherst
ELLETT Thomas 1887 Maryborough
ELLIS John 1861 Redbank
ELLRICH G. 1853 Avoca
ESDEN William (see ANDERSON)
FAIRBARNS James 1866 Donkey Hill
FARDY John 1862 Barkly
FITZGERALD Daniel 1897 Wareek
FLATTOW Catherine 1863 Moonambel
FOREMAN Emma Tonkin 1863 Addington/Learmonth
FORREST John 1861 Navarre
GALLAGHER Irene 1875 Stuart Mill
GAZE Thomas 1867 Amphitheatre
GILBERT William 1865 Fiddler’s Creek
GLEESON Jane (see NOLAN) 1855 Fiery Creek
GOLLOP Male Child 1872 Mountain Hut
GONIGAZA Dyonisis 1860 Avoca
GONIGAZA Antonio 1860 Avoca
GOO SING 1863 Landsborough
GOODRIDGE Theresa Ann 1862 Mountain Hut
GORDON Robert 1861 Hines Diggings
GRANT Thomas 1860 Lamplough
GRASSUS (Aboriginal) 1868
GRAY Sarah Jane (see MURPHY) 1866 Lamplough
GRAVES William 1867 Moonambel
GREEN Thomas 1865 Bung Bong
GREEN Thomas 1860 Avoca
GREWAR David 1858 Avoca
GREY Jacob 1863 The Malakoff
HAMILTON James 1855 Avoca
HARDING Christopher 1884 Glenpatrick
HARDING Ernest Otto 1861 Navarre Rush
HARPER Francis 1859 Burn Bank
HARRIS Edwin 1862 Avoca
HARRIS Horace 1863 Avoca
HARRIS John 1859 Avoca
HARRIS Mary 1854 Avoca
HENDERSON David 1854 Lexton Hotel
HENDERSON George 1861
HENDERSON John Healy 1860 Burn Bank
HENRY James (see REYNOLDS) 1869 Glenlogie
HENRYS Ann 1863 Landsborough
HEWITT Francis 1862 Moonambel
HILL John 1864 Homebush
HILL William 1883 Homebush
HINCKLEY John 1859 Green Hills
HODGKINSON Richard Earl 1861 Glen Patrick
HUDSON James (Big Jemmy) 1865 Donkey Hill
HUGHES Adult Female 1854 Avoca
HUNT Thomas 1860 Avoca
HUNTER William 1863 Amphitheatre
HUSS Edward 1860 Lamplough
HUTSON Charles 1867 Eversley
HUMPHRIES Richard 1882 Maryborough
IRWIN John 1860 Avoca
JACKIE (Aboriginal male) 1860 Avoca
JARVIS Harriet 1863 Moonambel
JEFFRIES Ann 1870 Middle Creek
JEFFREYS Thomas 1877 Mountain Hut
JOHN (a Chinaman) 1855 Avoca
JOHNSON Ann Molton 1864 Avoca
JOHNSON Jeremiah 1868 (fire)
JOHNSON John Andrew 1874
JOHNSTONE John 1860 Lexton
JONES Robert 1857 Avoca
JUBY George (see OWEN Owen) 1860 Lamplough
KELLAR Daniel 1853 Lexton
KELLY William 1863 The Malakhoff
KENNY Elizabeth 1863 The Malakhoff
KENWORTHY Edward 1863 Landsborough
KILBEE William 1862 Landsborough
KNIPPEL Harry 1862 Amphitheatre
KNOTT Henry 1859 Avoca
LAKE Charles 1854 Avoca
LEE Daniel 1860 Amphitheatre
LEE Hugh 1855 Avoca
LEVY George 1871 Fiddlers Creek
LISTER Henry 1858 Avoca
LOCK ZIM 1857 Avoca
LUST George 1860
LYNCH Richard 1854 Yawong Springs Station
McCLEERY Samuel 1867 McCallums Creek
McCOY Elizabeth Allen 1860 Homebush
MacCUE Patrick 1870 Malakhoff
McDERMOTT Rosa 1861 Amphitheatre
McDONALD Daniel 1860 Mountain Creek
McDONALD Jane 1855 Avoca
McDONALD Jane 1864 Landsborough
McDUGALD Margaret 1860 Avoca
MacLEAN Daniel Archibald 1862 Redbank
McMULLEN George 1895 Avoca
McNICOL Eliza Frances 1861 Hines Diggings
McVICAR William (jnr) 1867 Glen Patrick
MAGNER Robert 1863 Landsborough
MALCOLM William 1870 Fiddlers Creek
MALLARD Henry 1860 Lamplough
MANGER Charles 1860 Lamplough
MARQUIAN David 1864 Talbot
MARSHALL James 1871 Talbot
MARTIN Robert 1860 Amphitheatre
MAYHEW Eliza 1862 Avoca
ME KIM 1864 Glen Patrick
MELBOURNE & REDBANK Co (fire)
MILLER Henry 1861 Navarre
MILLER William 1860 Lamplough
MILLER William (see PETTIGROVE & PIPER) 1862 Amphitheatre
MINITTI Maria (see BURNITTI) 1871 Fiddlers Creek
MOAN Francis 1860 Navarre
MOLBERG Karl George Albert 1864 Barkly
MONCKTON Mary Matilda 1862 Barkly
MOORE Edward 1864 Amphitheatre
MOORE Louisa Matilda 1888 Elmhurst
MOORE Rosa 1868 Moonambel
MORRIS Alice Devenny 1865 Moonambel
MORRIS Harriet Louisa 1861 Glen Patrick
MORRIS William George 1861 Moonambel
MORROW William Gibney 1894 Navarre
MORVELL Mary Ann 1866 Mount Mitchell
MULLINS Euphemia 1865 Homebush
MUNROE George 1861 Barkly Diggings
MURPHY Sarah Jane (see GRAY Sarah Jane)
MURPHY Timothy 1857 Lexton
NALDER Winifred 1860 Lamplough
NELSON Margaret 1869 Glen Patrick
NESBITT Mary 1894 Avoca
NEULING Heinrick 1857 Lexton
NEVILLE Edward 1868 Stuart Mill
NIAT George 1859 Crowlands
NICHOLLS James 1856 Avoca
NIXON James 1860 Woodstock
NOISEN Iver Peter 1865 Barkly
NOLAN (see GLEESON Jane)
NOONAN Patrick 1861 Hines Diggings
NORMAN Ellen 1874 Moonambel
NORTON John (see PURVIS) 1868 Landsborough
O’BRIEN John 1865 Bung Bong
ORR William 1861 Redbank
OWENS Harry 1859 Doctor’s Creek
OWENS Owen (see JUBY George)
PADDY (Aboriginal Adult Male) 1868 Amherst
PARKER Eliza 1863 Donkey Hill
PEACOCK William 1859 Clare Castle Rush
PEEBLES S. 1868 Evansford
PENNOCK James 1854 Avoca
PETTIGROVE William Henry (see MILLER William & PIPER)
PICKERING Robert 1859 Malakhoff
PILGRAM Jane 1863 Navarre
PILGRAM Thomas 1863 Navarre
PIPER Edward (see MILLER William & PETTIGROVE)
PLUNKET Charles 1861 Hines Diggings
PORTER Isaac 1864 Lamplough
PRIOR Elizabeth 1854 Avoca
PURVIS Robert (see NORTON John)
RAMAGE Robert 1877 Stawell
RANSOM Catherine 1862 Amphitheatre
RAWSON Catherine 1862
RAYNER William 1857 Avoca
READ Maria 1862 Redbank
READY William Deakin 1873 Maryborough
REDPATH Isabella 1862 Lamplough
REED Richard 1874 Kimberly
REYNOLDS Joseph (see HENRY James)
RICHARDSON Edward 1868 Moonambel
RIDGESHAW Edward 1861 Amphitheatre
ROBINSON William 1860 Lamplough
ROBINSON William 1854 Lexton
RODWELL Walter Thomas 1875 Percydale
ROE George 1868 Redbank (fire)
ROLLO Forbes 1859 Ararat
ROSE Henry 18?9 Cooperville
ROSS Christina 1857 Avoca
SADLER Herbert Wormale 1856 Avoca
SALTER Eliza 1861 Redbank
SANDERSON Margaret Ann 1867 Hines Diggings
SANDERSON Alice 1867 Hines Diggings
SCHMIDT Augustus George 1868 Glenlogie
SCOTT James 1861 Mountain Creek
SCOTT William 1862 Amphitheatre
SEERY Thomas 1863 Frenchman’s Lead
SERMON Edward Thomas 1906 Amphitheatre
SEXTON Cornelius 1856 Avoca
SIMMONDS William 1854 Avoca
SIMPSON Mary 1862 Redbank
SING FAT 1870 No 2 Creek
SHANG LEE 1857 Avoca
SLORACH John 1863 Landsborough
SMITH Edward Lufto 1861 Redbank
SMITH Thomas 1865 Amphitheatre
SMITH William 1855 Burn Bank
SOUEE WY 1859 Avoca
SPARROW George 1862 Barkly
SPEED David 1866 Landsborough
SPENCER Mary 1885 Avoca
STEDMAN Joseph 1861 Crowlands
STEEL Alfred 1864 Landsborough
STEPHENS Henry 1862 Crowlands
STEVENSON (Male Child) 1862 Lamplough
STEWART Fanny 1865 Avoca
STILLMAN (see UNKNOWN Adult Male)1862 Barkly
SUGAR Thomas 1868 Bet Bet
TARDREW Richard William 1869
TENTRAIL Anne 1862 Barkly
THISTLEWAITE John Anthony 1863 Landsborough
THOMAS William 1870/71 Maryborough
THOMPSON Ellen 1860 Avoca Gaol
THOMPSON Frederick 1863 Homebush
THOMPSON James 1863 Moonambel
THOMPSON Richard 1859 Navarre
THORNTON Jesse 1861 Redbank
TRACEY James 1861 Redbank
TREADGOLD Alsiua 1858 Lexton
TODD Edward 1859 Amphitheatre
TOM (Unknown) 1860 Springs
TOMMY (Aboriginal) 1855 Lexton
TURNER John 1862 Landsborough
TUTE Sarah Jane 1864 Maiden Hills
UNKNOWN (Adult Male) 1868 Amphitheatre
UNKNOWN (Adult Male) 1863 Redbank
UNKNOWN (Infant) 1861 Mountain Creek
UNKNOWN (Adult Female) 1857 Avoca Hotel
UNKNOWN (Adult Male) 1856 Avoca
UNKNOWN (Adult Male) 1864 Avoca
UNKNOWN (Adult Male) 1861 Avoca
UNKNOWN (Adult Male) 1866 Avoca
UNKNOWN (Adult Male) (see STILLMAN) 1862 Barkly
UNKNOWN (Adult Male) 1856 Lexton
UNKNOWN (Adult Male) 1862 Forest Hut
UNKNOWN (Adult Male) 1860 Natte Yallock Creek
UNKNOWN (Adult Male) 1877 Stuart Mill
UNKNOWN (Adult Male) 1865 Avoca
UNKNOWN (Adult Black Male) 1871 Navarre
UNKNOWN (Aboriginal Female) 1867 Maryborough
WALKER John 1861 Redbank
WATSON Ann 1865 Avoca
WATSON August 1867 Stuart Mill
WATSON Sarah Rachael 1877 Greenock Reff.
WEBSTER Charles Mount Alexander 1855 Avoca
WEDSWORTH Joseph 1863 Landsborough
WEE LANN 1860 Avoca
WEIBROOK Charles 1870 Alma
WHITE John James 1871 Landsborough
WHITEHOUSE Walter Thomas 1856 Amphitheatre
WHITEMAN Ellen 1871 Stuart Mill
WHITHAM Joseph (see BRITTON William)
WHITLEY William 1868 Avoca
WILLIAMS (Female Infant) 1869 Lamplough
WILLIAMS John 1903 Amphitheatre
WILLS John 1871 Moonambel
WILSON (Male) 1859 Stockwood
WILSON Ellen 1862 Moonambel
WILSON George 1853 Lexton
WOOD Margaret 1863 Amphitheatre
WOODHOUSE Ephraim 1861 Navarre New Rush
WOODS Robert 1862 Barkly
WRIGHT John 1854 Avoca
WYAT Lizzie (see BLAND) 1861 Navarre New Rush
YOUNG Jane 1877 Stuart Mill
YOUNG John Martin 1855 (Vic Police Gaz.)
YOUNG Lam (a Chinaman) 1875 Percydale