People

Subpages (1): Notable people/families

Many migrants came from England, Ireland, and Germany.

When the gold rush of North Queensland was in full swing (1870's), a shortage of labour provided the opportunity for the German Consul in Sydney to direct migrants from Germany who were fleeing religious persecution. A Brisbane merchant, Johan Christian Heussler made several trips to his homeland to promote migration. Each migrant who was given assisted passage had a contract to work in a rural occupation for a minimum of two years. Within ten years of the start of the campaign, over 11 000 Germans had accepted the challenge. (from E.D. Hills "Cabarlah Centenary" 15/08/1983 in the Local History TCC Library).

Many Irish migrants who had been workers with the railway from Ipswich (1867) stayed in the district both in Harlaxton (Irish town) and ventured further north to Highfields.

Electoral Roll

From the 1866-7 electoral roll microfiche no. 8 with a district of Highfields (one from the Agricultural Reserve)

In addition there are some "local" names in the 1864-5 rolls under the Toowoomba & Drayton district; microfische #3):

1880s

(28 June 1881) "The Minister of Works and Minister of Lands have just returned after a trip of inspecting the proposed branch lines to Highfields and Killarney. At the former place the Minister of Lands expressed his regret that his constituents should allow rascality, robbery, and evildoing to be at a premium". 

Post Office Records

1893

1894/5

1895/96

1896/97

1902

13 March 1903 - Highfields Shire Council was proclaimed and replaced the Highfields Divisional Board (in Cabarlah).

1903

1904

Farmers: James Adams; Wm Bishop; Nicolas Brennan; Cornelius Collins; John Cook; John Cossart; Patrick Costello; Michael Cronin; Richard Dalton; Michael Dalton; Mrs Evans; Charles Hackett; Christie Kahler; Mrs MCcaul & Patrick McCaul; John Maguire; Michael Moor; Wm Murphy; Rd Plant; Samuel Plant; T Walsh; W Wilkes

People/Family in Cabarlah (from 1941 map which included names next to portion numbers):


People/Family in Cabarlah from Cemetery Records or newspaper Electoral Statements

Adams

Alfred, Abel (Residence 9 Oct 1886)

James Beaumont

Wm Bishop;

Nicolas Brennan;

Cornelius Collins;

John Cook;

John Cossart;

Patrick Costello;

Cronin;



Dalton

·        Richard

·        Michael

Mrs Evans

Fairley, Alexander Mein (Freehold Cabarlah 15 Jan 1887)

Gould, Joseph, d. 06 May, 1886, aged 50, acc. killed, [JB]

Charles Hackett;

Hunter, Daniel McEwan (Residence Cabarlah 15 Jan 1887)

Kahler

Kynock (owned land early)

Keating

·        Thomas

Timothy Larkin (owned land early)

Leahy

McCaul

McConville, Dennis (Residence Cabarlah 15 Jan 1887

John Maguire;

Megard (owned farm early)

Merritt

Michael Moor

Mills, Harry (Residence Cabarlah 15 Jan 1887

Anne Miller, d. 8 May 1976, age: 89yr, "In loving memory of our mother", [TS]

Murphy

Ott

George Ott, kept a fruit shop but not sure where and the hill at Cabarlah was called Ott's Hill

Plant

Walker, William Lester (Residence Cabarlah 15 Jan 1887

T Walsh

Weldon, William (Residence 9/10/1886)

White, Benjamin (Residence 3/07/1888)

Wilkes

[1] There was a William Murphy (jnr) listed as a Farm Labourer in Portion 115 (TC & DD G 12 Oct 1895)

[2] The term Lengthsman, coined in the 1700s, originally referred to someone who kept a "length" of road neat and tidy, but lengthsmen were used on canals and railways from the beginnings of both.[1] On roads, lengthsmen were responsible for a few miles between adjacent villages and sometimes their duties encompassed the village itself. Employed by local parish councils, their job was, among other things, to keep grass and weeds down in the verge, keep drainage ditches clear, and sometimes repair fences. Litter, such as it was in those times, was collected and even wild flowers were tended to.