Surname:
Preston (indigenous)
Source:
Newcastle Chronicle
Details:
George and Ann Lewis charged with keeping a disorderly house at Waratah. Mr. Thomas Groves deposed that for the last seven years the defendants had built and inhabited a hut on his property at Waratah for which they were to pay 2s 6d., per week and burn a quantity of timber off the land; they had never complied with either condition; their hut adjoined his property. He testified that as he was passing by he often heard them quarrelling and also a woman known as Black Charlotte and Jimmy Hyde. Thomas Newton, a gardener at Waratah stated that where he lived adjoined the defendants and he heard them continually fighting and quarrelling as well also as John Douglas, Jimmy Hyde, David Johnson, and David Brightmore, Charlotte Preston were also in the house. David Watson who resided nearby heard the quarrelling and the voice of Lewis threatening to kill someone. John Tipping who lived at Waratah gave evidence also. Both prisoners were committed for trial to Maitland gaol
Surname:
Preston (indigenous)
Details:
Jane Preston and William Gort were indicted for stealing at Newcastle, a purse from John Roan, second charge of receiving. Witnesses Chief Constable Samuel Holt; John Roan, a coal miner; Robert Whye, manager of the A. A. Company colliery; James Croft, a boy of twelve; Janet Cameron, wife of Hugh Cameron, publican of Newcastle; Isaac Thomas, publican of Newcastle; John Smith, publican of Lake Macquarie Road; There was insufficient evidence against the male prisoner and he was discharged. The female prisoner, a half caste Aboriginal, was then sentenced to a years imprisonment in Parramatta Gaol with hard labour
Surname:
Price (Indigenous)
Details:
On Tuesday afternoon- an inquest was begun upon the body of an aboriginal named Jacky Price. It appeared that the man had, whilst under the influence of drink, the night before fallen into the water at the wharf at the foot of Bolton-street. He was rescued promptly, and in about a quarter of an hour by the use of proper means, began to show signs of life Soon after that he recovered more fully, and began to curse and swear He was token by the police and put in a cell in the lockup with another man but in the morning he was found to be dead
Surname:
Purcell (Bo-ah-la-rah) (Indigenous)
Details:
Of Lake Macquarie
Surname:
Purcell (Indigenous)
Source:
NSW Courts Magistrates, Newcastle Police Court: 1823-1825 (Ancestry)
Details:
Samuel Beckett and Duncan Kennedy both in government service charged with being out of quarters at unseasonable hours and on suspicion of attempting a robbery at the Farm Cottage occupied by Rev. Threlkeld....Mr. Threlkeld states. ....between one and two oclock yesterday morning the dogs at the farm gave an alarm, I got out of bed and went to the camp of the native blacks near the house. One of them told me some white men had been there and had struck him with a musket and told him to be gone. A man servant at the farm searched the adjacent grounds and saw some men concealed who made off on perceiving him. Joseph Davis snapt his pistol at one of them but it missed fire. Throsby the black fired but missed his object.. Joseph Davis states - About 1/2 past twelve yesterday morning I was abed and heard the dogs making a great noise. A native black called Throsby came and called m and said there were white men with muskets threatening to shoot him. I got my pistol and opened the window but did not then see any stranger; I went to the fire where the blacks were and then saw a man at distance running. I cannot speak to his person. I did not go to bed but remained with the blacks. The master retired to the house. About an hour after one of the blacks told me there was a stranger behind one of the huts. I went and asked who was there but did not get an answer but a man ran away. I shot my pistol at him, it miss fired. Throsby fired but without effect. We followed the man a short distance but lost sight of him. Kennedy, the man I shot at was only five or six yards from him. Two native blacks, Throsby and Purcell state that they saw at the farm yesterday morning four men, two of them had muskets, the person who had the muskets were named Leary or Lowe, bot free. Leary struck Throsby with the butt end of his musket. Beckett and Kennedy were with them. In this stage of the proceedings the Chief Constable stated that from certain private information he had received it was probably on further enquiry the intentions of the prisoners in going to the farm would be brought to light. Prisoners remanded to the following day
Surname:
Purcell (Indigenous)
Source:
Sydney Morning Herald
Details:
Recollections of his childhood at Newcastle by George Thornton, that the chief of the tribe at Newcastle was called Purcell - SMH 7 May 1890
Surname:
Purser (Indigenous)
Details:
Correspondence from Captain (?Thomas) Cook to Edward Deas Thompson dated 14 December 1837. Sir I do myself the honor to state to you for the information of His Excellency the Governor that a formal complaint was made to me a few days ago, by a respectable person in this neighbourhood in favour of five aborigines whose names are in the margin (Derby, Purser, and three others. The two blacks named adds the Police Magistrate in a marginal note, are most intelligent fellows and have great weight with their tribe. Derby is a King and speaks English well) who have for some time past been deprived of their gins, by a named F....t (supt. to John Lord, of this district) and that on hearing the story, I sent for the blacks to ascertain from themselves how the matter stood, and learning from themselves that F...t keeps quiet a seraglio and that in opposition to the remonstrances of the husbands and tribe the women belong to - I wrote a warning note to him, pointing out the necessity of his giving up the gins to the blacks. Dungog Chronicle 22 December 1905
Surname:
Quart Pot (Quartpot) (Indigenous) Brisbane Water
Details:
A body of some ten or twelve natives attempted one afternoon to force open a hut belonging to some men employed on the estate of Mr. Hely. They were luckily however perceived just as they had broken in the door and were commencing their plunder. After a desperate struggle, in which the blacks fought most savagely six were taken into custody handcuffed and marched under escort into the township of East Gosford. Amongst them were Quart Pot, a notorious vagabond, Billy Boy and Jackey Nerang. Quart Pot was the leader in the attack on the house and on arriving in the town he was confronted with the owner of the hut when to the astonishment of all he stoutly denied knowing anything aboutt the matter. Their bindings had unfortunately been taken off on their arrival in the town and they armed themselves with legs of tables with which they commenced a furious attack on the two or three who were present. They were also reinforced by several other blacks who were in the neighbourhood or who had followed the escort from
Surname:
Quartpot (Quart Pot) (Indigenous) Brisbane Water
Details:
Aborigine who had lived for years among white people. Raided the farm of William Cape
Surname:
Red Jimmy (Indigenous)
Source:
Newcastle Morning Herald. 7 June 1909
Details:
From the Reminiscences of Mr. Fleming of Newcastle describing Newcastle in 1840s and 1850s....A paddock at the corner of Bolton street extended as far as the shop occupied by Mr. Johnson, and it was here the blacks camped in large numbers. They mostly came from Lake Macquarie and Port Stephens. Red Jimmy and Billy Blue were well known characters.
Surname:
Redbill (Indigenous)
Details:
Joseph Sedgley, Constable at Patersons Plains. Escaped from prison after being apprehended for the murder of a native named Redbill. Reward offered
Surname:
Redhead (Indigenous)
Details:
Aborigine at Newcastle. Evidence at inquiry into disappearance of Michael Browne
Surname:
Richard (Indigenous)
Details:
Aboriginal charged with assaulting constable Joseph Davis. Discharged with a caution as he had already spent 3 days in gaol
Surname:
Rish (Indigenous)
Source:
Australia Birth Index (Ancestry)
Details:
Daughter of James (Aboriginal). Birth registered in Maitland
Surname:
Robert (Indigenous)
Details:
Distribution of blankets to the Aborigines - Port Stephens Wingle 1; Joe and wife Nancy, 2; Weakeye and wife 2; Robert 1; Jem 1; John and wife and daughter 3.
Surname:
Roger (Goologin) (Indigenous)
Source:
State Library of NSW. Papers relating to Aborigines in the Singleton District, Blanket for Native Blacks, Colonial Secretarys Office
Details:
On Return of Aborigines to receive blankets
Surname:
Sally (Indigenous)
Details:
Death of two Aboriginals.-On Saturday afternoon Tommy, a well-known aboriginal of the Maitland tribe, was skylarking and joking with several persons in High-street, when he unfortunately ran backwards against a dray horse and was knocked down, and before the driver could stop the dray, the wheel had passed over Tommy s right leg, inflicting very great injury on his knee, and tearing the flesh off the lower part of the leg. He was immediately picked up, and the serious injuries being observed, was taken to the hospital, where Dr. Street soon after saw him. Tommy was then suffering in-tensely, but being at the same time labouring under the effects of drink, any operation was necessarily postponed till reaction took place, and indeed it was evident that there was scarcely any probability of saving his life. Tommy continued to sink in spite of every endeavour, re-action only partially taking place on Sunday evening, and on Monday morning he died. An inquest was held on his body the same afternoon before J. S. Parker, Esq., coroner, and a verdict of accidental death was returned. It is remarkable that on Sunday morning Sally, the gin of Tommy, was found lying dead m the stockyard opposite the Rose Inn ; she was found lying wrapped up in a blanket, the first person who observed her being Nanny, a gin of the same tribe ; Nanny s wailings soon brought other blacks and several whites to the spot, and it was found that Sally s head was completely beaten in, as if by several heavy blows with some blunt instrument. On Monday an inquest was held on her body, when it appeared evident that her death was inflicted by a black, but no proof could be found of how or when it took place. The jury returned a verdict of death from violence, but that there was nothing to show who inflicted it. It is supposed by the Maitland blacks that Sally was killed by some of the up-country blacks who are down with drays. On Monday afternoon poor Tom-my and his gin were both buried.
Surname:
Sandy (Indigenous)
Details:
William Lowance charged aborigine Sandy with maliciously injuring property after two windows were broken. Sandy fined 5/- or 14 days imprisonment
Surname:
Sandy (Indigenous)
Details:
Five aboriginal natives of the Namoi and Big River tribes named Sandy, Billy, Jemmy, Cooper and King Jackey were found guilty of stealing from the dwelling house of John Brown, John Hector and Edward Trimmer, at the Namoi on 16 March 1839, clothing, pistols, blankets, gunpowder flour etc
Surname:
Sandy (Indigenous)
Source:
The Scone Advocate 4 February 1927
Details:
One of the tribe from Scone
