Talk:Paddy Island

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This is not a true representation of the river history.

(1) no referencing to what Surveyor Burnett had reported. ie he mentions the upper island but nothing in this area.

(2) a read of the visit by Sheridan, Port Master of Maryborough, mentions nothing in this area, only until you reach the upper island.

(3) Coode did do a map and I have that which was made in mid 1867. It also shows a Steuart Island that is never spoken of again.

(4) I suggest that this bit of map be referenced back to where it came from and that can be obtained by a fee from a Qld govt department.

(5) Lieutenant Bedwell, Marine Surveyor, charted the river in 1870. He does not show any island in this area.

(6) Early lithographs of Bundaberg do not show any island in this district until around 1900

(7) there are two files in the qld state archive, difficult to find, but never examined. one is known as SL1201, and this covers a period of time with the 80 odd pages. The previous file gives the lead up to this main file, and government letters show that Paddy's Island was not there, it evolved from around 1887, and that at this time it was a local name.

(8) again, there is no references to any other maps, land selection files or alike.

(10) Pughs Almanacs contain sailing directions for a number of years. Not once is there a mention of a Paddy's Island, but the Red Buoy is referenced to on a sand bar spit that marked the channel.

(11) this buoy is shown continually on maps, was placed there very early in the river history, and is reported as being swept away in many flood reports.

(12) This Island did have an indigenous lady live there with her husband after 1914. Prior there was already a white family who had a house that is shown on an earlier survey plan that is also never referenced to. She was the daughter of John Broom and Emma Jones

(13) you can track family history through the North Bundaberg State School records, not easily done as there are White Broom and Black Broom people attending. (this is the easiest way of distinguishing people.)

(14) There is a chronic lack of information from Newspapers of Bundaberg.

(15) I suggest people get hold of the Surveyor Barns Survey done in late 1873, where the resumed land from Tantitha (Isaac Moore) is split up and study the fine detail.

(16) I doubt if an indigenous lady would have been permitted to live on the top of a grave yard by her father.

(17) my elders said that no bones were ever found on this island while they lived in this area. (1875 to 1942). I had heard that bones were found before 1875 further up the river and buried under a large tree that probably no longer exists.

(18) I would consider Laurie or Bloxsomme to be a little short of historical knowledge of the Burnett River. Abraham Pegg in the Bundaberg Papers is also a little short, and his death notice is worth a read.

(19) A letter by T. Dexter is being looked into. This references back to his brother who had married one of Abraham Pegg's daughters.

(20) people can contact me should they desire to do so to have meaningful discussions on this topic. I am easily found.