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NOVEMBER 2019
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JOURNAL
VOLUME 31 No. 4
Windsor & Districts’
Historical Society Inc.
servicing the old Windsor Town Council areas
of Albion, Alderley, Bowen Bridge, Eagle
Junction*, Eildon, Grange, Kalinga, Kedron*,
Lutwyche, Maida Hill, Newmarket*, Wilston,
Wooloowin and now extended to cover
Gordon Park and Herston. *part of this suburb.
PART TWO
Tramway Museum
a son Jack C. W. Withers. For
GORE STREET
may years the Withers resided
at Maresfield Gardens in Hamp-
stead.
Back to Dunrobin - the
ALBION Gordons rented it for £230 p.a.
funished in 1888. Thomas Bryce
This short street off Sand- b. 1883. was a tenant in the 1890s and in
gate Road, Albion has a story to In 1878 with the death of 1900 all the furniture was sold and
tell. To make a long story of it, in his cousin in 1878, he became the house was rented for 30/- a
1858 William Rawlins purchased the 9th Baronet of Manor Gore. week. In 1916 it sold it to the Ogg
just over twelve acres of land in Sir Ralph in his youth family. Mr R.W. Ogg bought it for
1858 on the Albion and Sandgate worked on a station in the Peak a home for himself, his brother
Roads corner. Downs district and after three and his sisters. Further sales of
years became the Clerk of Petty residential sites were made in
Sessions in Nanango. Later he 1917 and in 1921 the old house
was transferred to Brisbane and which was used as a kitchen for
held various government posi- the main house was sold.
tions until he was the chief clerk
in the Colonial Secretary’s (Pre-
mier’s) office.
Henry Wheeler bought
Adrian Harris
the land and in his bachelor days
erected a two-roomed slab hut
(See family photos in August
2019 issue) in which he lived
Then a four-roomed cottage was Today the Dunrobin site
built.(pictured) In 1864 he opened is occupied by the Unitab Build-
a new shop and in 1865 he was ing, formerly TAB Headquarters.
married. With the aggregation and
A few years afterward a development of the site a small
portion of the paddock contain- street was created and named
ing the old house was sold to Mr Gore Street. The building was
Andrew Gordon, a station owner, designed by architect Geoffrey
and the name Dunrobin was Pie and built in 1982.
given to the home. It about this
time that a more modern home
was built. By 1895 36 allotments Sir Ralph Gore
along Park (now Bimbil) Street
were sold and the following year In 1880 he was appointed
a further 22 allotments were sold immigration agent and chief in-
as the Dunrobin Estate leav- spector of Pacific Islanders and
ing Wheeler’s Store, Dr Clowes distilleries. He died at Albion in
house and four acres containing 1887.
Dunrobin House. Lady Gore visited London
During the 1880s, An- after her husband’s death. On
drew Gordon rented the house to her return purchased Stoneleigh
Researched by David Teague.
the Gore family. St George Ralph in 1890. She re-named the house For additional information con-
Gore, born 1841 Sydney married Hildawin - a combination of her sult Estate Folder: Forty Two in the
in Brisbane in 1876 Eugenia Mar- youngest children’s names - Hil- Chambers Archive, Dunrobin.
ion Browne who was born c1856 da and Irwin.
In 1895 she married in Sources included: The Brisbane Cou-
at New Farm. rier 24 December 1921; The Telegraph:
They had four children: Paris, Jarius Edwin Withers, a 24 December 1921, Australian Diction-
Ralph St George Claude b.1877, stockbroker. Captain Withers ary of Biography; various clippings in
Hilda Grace Gore b.1878. Irwin was formerly with the British In- 1880s, 1890s the Brisbane Courier.
St John b.1880 and Gerard Paul dia Company - P. & O. They had Births Deaths & Marriages.
Windsor & Districts Historical Society Inc. JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 2019 - PAGE ELEVEN
Lead-filled Truncheon
LETHAL WEAPON
The lethal, lead-filled wearing the union badge would
truncheon is part of the Windsor be stood down. Thus on Thurs-
Historical Society’s collection. It day 18 January all men who
was donated by the late Miss Na- came in with their tramcars to
talie Sparkes. The weapon was the Company’s yard at Countess time as a comparatively trifling
issued to her father Alderman Street displaying the union badge matter”.
Sparkes when he was sworn in were promptly suspended and all The inability of the two
as a special constable those wearing the union badge parties to compromise over the
On the 18 January 1912 who came in to take the tramcars following days, and with the
Refer also to Kedron Omibus Co. - Journal,
August 2018 for a related article.
at 11am members of the Austral- out were refused. At 3pm on the Brisbane Tramway Company
ian Tramway Employees’ Asso- same day a deputation of tram- advertising to fill the vacancies
ciation (Brisbane Branch) (ATEA) way employee unionists met with for the men on strike led to the
attached their union badges to the manager and was told that forming of a Strike Committee
their watch-chains in a public dis- work would be available for them which ended up involving 43 un-
play of their Union loyalty. This if they attended without their ions across Queensland - calling
was in defiance of a rule of the badge. The men replied that they a general strike on 30 January.
British-owned Brisbane Tramway insisted on wearing their badges This led to nightly meetings of
Company of which Mr Joseph union supporters in several loca-
Stillman Badger (an American) tions across Brisbane involving
was the manager. The Brisbane thousands of people. From the
Tramway Company was respon- 31 January Brisbane shops and
sible for running and maintaining hotels closed down, bread deliv-
the Brisbane Tramway System eries stopped. Newspapers were
which supplied public transport printed with minimal print and
to the city of Brisbane and its sur- train services ceased at night.
rounding suburbs. All this led to the fateful
The Union Badges had day of 2 February which is known
arrived in Queensland on 15 Jan- in history as Black Friday. On
uary, and on 17January a meet- this day the Commissioner of Po-
ing of the ATEA at the Trades Hall lice refused to allow the unionists
decided that their members would to march in Brisbane streets. By
don their Union badge the follow- at which a crowd nearby cheered 10am on that day a large crowd
ing morning in defiance of a Com- lustily. of unionists gathered in the city
pany Order against such wearing The beginning of the tram- and these men (and women and
of badges. On the morning of way strike saw a steadfastness children) marching were dis-
18 January at 11 am a crowd of by each side and a unwillingness persed by the police at several
considerable size gathered at the to give way on any matter. For locations around Brisbane by the
General Post Office in Brisbane the tramway company there ap- use of batons. The police were
and watched the tramway men peared to be no grounds for the supported by several thousand
attach the union badges to their dispute. The union badges were special constables who were
watch chains. not to be worn in accordance sworn in to assist the police in
Reaction came swift and with company regulation. The maintaining law and order. These
fast with the company announc- Brisbane Courier regarded “the special constables came from
ing that the men who persisted in wearing of such a badge at any outside Brisbane and within the
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MARKET SQUARE - in vicinity
of the present King George
Square and the former Roma The text has
Street markets. been adapted
from the Bris-
bane Tram-
way Museum
website.
The Tramway
Museum is sit-
uated at Tram-
way Street,
Ferny Grove
and is open on
fine Sundays
from 12.30 pm
to 4 pm
State Government. Many of the cant actions at the time occurred from the southern states’ union
special constables, (as was Al- during a march on Parliament branches, men started to return
derman Sparkes) were from the House: Emma Miller, a women’s to work with most unions return-
local councils. They were armed rights and labour activist in her ing to work by the end of Febru-
with the lethal truncheons. Dur- seventies, stuck a hatpin into ary.
ing the morning several unionists the horse ridden by the Police On the 27 February the
including females and police of- Commissioner, causing him to Arbitration Commission granted
ficers were injured in scuffles. be thrown to the ground and in- the rights to the Union to wear
The enrolment of mount- jured. their badge at work. This was
ed police and special constables You can imagine the cha- only a small win for the Union as
to quell the unrest backfired with os in the city with all routes block- the Company refused to accept
violence erupting on Black Fri- aded and fresh produce was back any of the employees who
day, 2 February 1912. The strike prevented from entering. The en- were involved in the strike. The
lasted a total of five weeks with thusiasm for the strike started to men who were involved in the
Premier Denham resorting to peter out after Black Friday, with strike were only re-employed in
requesting intervention from the the shops and hotels re-open- 1924 after the Tramway System
army. ing to the public in the following was taken over by the Govern-
One of the most signifi- week. Because of lack of support ment.
Windsor & Districts Historical Society Inc. JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 2019 - PAGE THIRTEEN
In May 2014 Newsletter and adjoining Day Park Estate ap- his street names - Denis has been the brief story of Denis O’Connor’s peared. It seems only 27 allotments changed to Dennis and O’Connor purchase in 1903 of 70 acres of land were sold initially and the remain- to Lanham Avenue. He sold 20 (portion 32) fronting Days Road, ing 200 were offered again on 16 acres near the brook to sanitary con- along Grange Road to Kedron Brook October 1920. Poor old Denny lost tractor Pibworth in 1912. PAGE FOURTEEN - Windsor & Districts Historical Society Inc. JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 2019
sporting team that played in Mel-
rose Park was the Past Pupils of
MELROSE PARK
Kedron and Wooloowin Austral-
ian Football Team.
It later became the Ke-
dron Australian Football Club and
moved grounds.
Melrose Park at Rose
Street, Kalinga is part of portion
199, parish of Enoggera was ini-
tially purchased by John and Aar-
on Adsett for £31/15/- on 26 April
1859 for investment purposes.
Later it became owned
by Thomas Melrose who with his
family lived in Roseleigh at the
corner of Rose and Kent Streets,
Thorroldtown as it was then
called.
Thomas Melrose was
born in Carrington, Scotland, to
John Melrose and Jane Somer-
ville on 6 November 1836. He Photo: George Mewes
arrived in Moreton Bay on 14
August 1857 on the Mary Pleas- over 13 acres of land was offered
ants, aged 20. for £3,500.
On 5 April 1860, he The Windsor Town Coun-
married Sophia Mary Stevens/ cil eventually decided to resume
Stephens, daughter of Louis the land for park purposes. By
Stephens and Eliza, born 3 April 1917 the compensation price dis-
Researched by David Teague.
1834 in Dorset, England. pute had reached the Land Court
All their children were with the trustees of Thomas Mel-
born in Breakfast Creek/Kedron rose claiming £4,301/10/-. The
Brook district. sum of £3,450 was awarded by
John b.1860 the court.
William Henry b.1864 In the next column is a Through the years the
Margaret Mary b.1866 photo of the Wooloowin Meth- ground was filled in and levelled
Thomas George b.1869 odist Cricket Team which played and the stream diverted.
Isabel b.1871 in Melrose Park (1924). Another
James b.1873
Jeanette b.1875 Photo by George Mewes of boys swimming in the stream
near Rose Street. Swimming costumes added by Mewes.
Charles Lewis b.1877
Sophia Lilla b.1879
Thomas died in 1902
and Sophia in 1919. In 1909 ad-
vertisements for The Melrose
Estate detailled 58 choice allot-
ments fronting Junction Road,
Kent Road and Roseleigh Street.
By 1914 there was a local
movement pressing the Windsor
Town Council to provide a recrea-
tion reserve as there was not any
in the North Ward.
Already Melrose’s pad-
dock was used by many cricket,
lacrosse and football teams. Just
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3’ 6” - 1067mm and it was the
FIRST RAILWAY
first of its type in the world and
was quickly adopted by other rail-
Reference: The Daily Mail: 23 November 2017
ways around the world.
Lady Bowen turned the
first sod on 25 February 1864
the foot of the Dividing Range at at North Ipswich and was there
Most of the flags in Bris-
Bigge’s Camp (Grandchester). at the grand opening on 31 July
bane were yesterday half mast
By 1864 plans were un- 1865. There was a luncheon and
high, as a token of respect to Mr
derway for this 38.5 km line. that night a ball in Ipswich and
E. F. Hart, C. E., who has just
About 2000 workers including four services were operated that
passed trom amongst us. Mr Hart
children as young as 12 years day with the first train arriving in
has been a resident of Queens-
old were shipped out to build the Bigge’s Camp at 11.06 am, just
land for the last ten years, and
line. They came from Argentina, over an hour for the 21 mile trip.
was engaged with Mr Fitzgibbon
Canada, India, Italy, Russia and All was not well with the
in the construction of the South-
Spain but mainly from Europe. government financially for further
ern and Western Railway. He has
The gauge adopted was construction was delayed.
also superintended other impor-
tant public works in the colony,
and stood high in his profession.
As a prívate citizen he endeared
himself to a very large circle of
friends, and in every relation of
life was a pattern man. The cause
of death was consumption of old
standing. He leaves a widow and
four young children to mourn their
loss. Mr Hart was a Freemason
of high rank, and his remains will 31 July 1865 - Opening Day
be committed to the grave today LADY BOWEN - LOCOMOTIVE
with Masonic honors and rites.
Brisbane Courier: 27 July 1871
Edward Hart lived at
Woodend, Breakfast Creek with
his wife Agnes (Longmyre) and
children Edward b.1862, Fred-
erick b.1864, Agnes b. 1867 and
William b1870. Hart was only 35
years old.
(In another article the story of Fre-
derick Macdonnell Hart will be told.
He married into the pioneer Byrne
Family and lived at The Bower on
Bowen Bridge Road)
The Railway
In 1863 the question of
building Queensland’s first rail-
way occupied much of the gov-
ernment’s attention - whether it
was needed? - where it should
go? - what gauge should it be?
- how would they pay for it?
Opposition came in many
THE WORKERS
forms including a push from
INSET: POSSIBLY
central Queensland to have the HART IS IN THERE
railway there. It was decided it
should run from Ipswich to Dalby
and the first stage should run to
Windsor & Districts Historical Society Inc. JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 2019- PAGE SEVENTEENracks which were on the site now
O’CONNELLTOWN
known as Wynyard Square Syd-
ney. Barrack Street leading from
the Sydney General Post Office
is the historical link of this local-
from Brisbane History.com ity.
In his early childhood,
for many years later the property Maurice O’Connell accompanied
of the late Alfred Jones one of the his family to Ceylon where his fa-
partners of Gordon and Gotch, ther was appointed to a military
Brisbane, and was handed over post. Young Maurice left there in
to the military authorities after the 1819 to journey to England where
1914 - 1918 World War as a mili- he began his educational studies
tary hospital. at Dr Pinkney’s Academy and lat-
Several additions have er at Edinburgh High School. Fur-
been made to the original build- ther studies were taken in Dublin
ings and the official name now and Paris, also at the College of
then became the Rosemount Charlemagne until 1828. Maurice
Orthopedic Department. O’Connell became an ensign at
As in the case of the the age of 16 years and joined
names of so many earlier and the 78th Regiment at Gibraltar
similarly small suburbs which and other Mediterranean sta-
have no definite feature, apart tions especially at Malta where
from the usage thereof by old he, and Samuel W. Blackall first
residents, to perpetuate the met while both were but young
name, O’Connelltown shared a subalterns. (Samuel W. Blackall
like fate. in later life became Governor of
The last general use of Queensland).
this name was when it appeared Maurice O’Connell went
on the side destination signs of to Jersey in the Channel Islands
the horse drawn omnibuses until in 1835 and on 23rd July of that
these were superseded by the year he married Eliza Emeline,
advent of electric traction and the daughter of Colonel Le Geyt
the subsequent tramway exten- of the 63rd Regiment.
sions firstly to Bowen Bridge and The name of Le Geyt
Street which runs off Lutwyche
secondly in 1914 to Windsor.
Road was on the northern bound-
The name O’Connelltown ary of the property of Sir Maurice
has been absorbed into that of O’Connell, Rosemount and thus
Windsor the larger adjoining sub- perpetuates his wife’s maiden
urb. name.
The suburb of Maurice O’Connell was Under the orders of the
O’Connelltown was named after the eldest son of Sir Maurice Council of William IV permitting
Sir Maurice O’Connell. . O’Connell and his wife Mary, British subjects to raise an army
It comprised the area who was the daughter of Admiral for a foreign power, O’Connell
bounded by the present day Bligh, that remarkable man who raised a regiment in County Cork
names of Swan Hill, Bowen had the adventure and suffering of the British Legion. He was
Bridge, Windsor Railway Station, by the mutiny of the Bounty and gazetted Lieutenant Colonel and
and the land between the rail- being deposed as the Governor the force was called the 10th
way line with the upper reach of of New South Wales. Munster Light Infantry.
Breakfast Creek forming the east- Maurice O’Connell was Maurice O’Connell be-
ern boundary along to Lutwyche descended on his paternal side came Colonel and later Adju-
Road. from the family of which Daniel tant General. The regiment was
The Eildon Post Office O’Connell the eminent Irish po- formed for service under Isabella
could be regarded as the centre litical figure was a member. He of Spain. It was disbanded in
of this suburb. Rosemount was was born in January 1812 and 1837 and O’Connell returned to
the residence of Sir Maurice and his birthplace was in the offic- England where he was appointed
Lady O’Connell. This house was, ers quarters in the Military Bar- to the 51st Regiment and subse-
PAGE EIGHTEEN - Windsor & Districts Historical Society Inc. JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 2019considerable cost from his pri- Isabella the Catholic of Spain,
vate means, carried on the set- Knight Commander, Second
tlement of that district from the Class of San Fernando, Cross of
commencement until his office Honour Extraordinary of Charles
was abolished in 1859. He had III of Spain.
found, on his arrival, in 1854 that He was created a
the district was almost a desert- K.C.M.G. in the year 1868. On
ed and underdeveloped tract of the 23rd of March 1879 he passed
country but, when he left in 1860 to his rest. During his life he was
it was on the way to becoming a respected for his charm of grace,
prosperous community. deportment, his innate kindness,
Much assistance was giv- benevolence, and earned the ad-
en by him in the search for gold miration of a multitude of early
at Canoona, firstly, by forming the colonists.
plan of the search, and then by fi- Life, the Great Enigma,
nancial assistance. However, the together with the long arm of co-
Lady O’Connell search was not very successful, incidence and the whirling of for-
but it stimulated the impetus to tune, can produce quaint quirks
quently became Captain of the 28th continue the search in other pos- and novel situations which no
Regiment well known in Sydney. sible goldfields. striving author could effectuate.
On his father’s return to On the constitution of the Few will deny that this is
New South Wales in command of Colony of Queensland, no provi- not so in the respective lives of
troops in Australia, he accompa- sion was made in the Civil List on the two young subalterns once
nied him as a member of his staff. the abandonment of his position. stationed in Malta, who, after
When Captain Maurice O’Connell’s He was nominated by Governor the vicissitudes of half a century
regiment was recalled from colonial Sir George Bowen as a Member of life, peacefully sleep their last
service he retired from military ac- of the first Legislative Council long sleep in Toowong Cemetery,
tivities and devoted himself to the in 1860. (The members of the Brisbane, in opposite graves only
more peaceful pursuits of becom- Legislative Council of the young five yards from each other Gov-
ing a pastoral tenant and enthusi- Colony of Queensland were first ernor Colonel Samuel Wensley
astically entered into squatting and appointed for five years only, and Blackall, and Sir Maurice Charles
bred horses for the Indian market. upon the expiration of that period O’Connell of O’Connelltown.
He also took an active part in social they were appointed for life).
and political movements in New In May 1865 Captain
South Wales for ten years and was O’Connell’s Commission was
elected as representative of Port renewed. After the departure of
Phillip which was, at that time, a Governor Bowen, he took over
portion of New South Wales. He the administration and acted as
was appointed in 1848 as Com- Governor until the arrival of the
missioner of Crown Lands for the incoming Governor Blackall. He
Burnett, the northern extremity of similarly, acted on three other oc-
Australian Colonisations. casions.
In the year 1853, he was Sir Maurice O’Connell
requested to undertake the settle- devoted himself to many activi-
ment of Port Curtis and after defin- ties such as the Acclimatisation
ing the boundaries of Wide Bay, Society at Bowen Park, Bris-
the Burnett, Port Curtis was estab- bane a Society formed in 1863
lished. He remained in that district to introduce, propagate and dis-
at Gladstone as Government Resi- tribute useful plants from over-
dent from 1854 until Queensland seas countries to this State. The
became a separate Colony in 1859 Queensland Turf Club was an-
and, of course, Port Curtis was other interest.
consequently included in the new In his early military ca-
Colony. Colonel Samuel Wensley
reer, by special license of Her Blackall
While stationed at Port Cur- Majesty the late Queen Victo-
tis Captain O’Connell, in the face ria, he was permitted to receive Blackall was the first buri-
of much discouragement and at the order Knight Commander of al at Toowong Cemetery.
Windsor & Districts Historical Society Inc. JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 2019 - PAGE NINETEENFAMILY DOUBTS
MAROOMA MAN’S HANGING
Wife Faints
At Inquest
RELATIVES of a farmer
Marooma Private Hospi- 1940. He continued working in who was found hanging in a Bris-
tal was on Bowen Bridge Road. It Brisbane serving at the Princess bane private hospital, where he was
started life as Nyambur, the home Alexandra Hospital and acted as a nerve patient, suspected that he had
of George Byrne who purchased a consultant to the Departments not committed suicide, Mr F. W. Stu-
portion 14 of 18 acres on 14 No- of repatriation, Health and So- art, executor of the farmer’s estate,
vember 1854 for £98/8/-. cial Services, the RAAF and Her told the City Coroner (Mr A. G. Ver-
Various sections of the land Majesty’s prison. ry) yesterday. The hospital matron,
were sold off until in 1926 the house He was also a lecturer Marion Jean Todd, said there had
occupied less that 2 acres and was in psychology and psychiatry at been no nerve patient there likely to
sold to Jane Neeham Walker and the University of Queensland. creep up on the farmer, put a strap
was converted into flats and a little Electro-convulsive ther- round his neck, and hang him.
later on it became Brisbane’s first apy (ECT) is a procedure, done The inquest was on John
psychiatric hospital - Marooma Pri- under general anesthesia, in Joseph Worley, 50, of North Arm,
vate Hospital. It was then owned which small electric currents are Murwillumbah. Worley was found
by sisters Miss I. Kirwin and Mrs passed through the brain, inten- hanging at Marooma Private Hospi-
Ena Mason. tionally triggering a brief seizure. tal, Windsor, at 5.30 a.m. on Decem-
Dr John Bostock was the ECT seems to cause changes in ber 15. His widow, Florence Ada
psychiatrist. Bostock was born in brain chemistry that can quickly Worley, after having told the Coroner
Glasgow in 1892. He studied medi- reverse symptoms of certain that she had doubted a post mortem
cine in London and in 1914 he was mental illnesses. certificate giving the cause of death
appointed as a temporary surgeon ECT often works when as ‘hanging’, collapsed on the floor
in the Royal Navy where he served other treatments are unsuc- in front of the Coroner’s Bench.
at Gallipoli, the Mediterranean and cessful and when the full course Sister Jane M. V. Connelly
the Atlantic. of treatment is completed, but it said she found Worley hanging with
After study in London, in may not work for everyone. a strap round his neck attached to
1920 he was awarded a postgradu- Much of the stigma at- piping in a toilet. She cut the body
ate diploma in psychological medi- tached to ECT is based on early down. She told Mr Stuart, who ap
cine. He migrated to Australia in treatments in which high doses peared for the widow and relatives,
Researched by David Teague.
1922 and worked in Perth, Callan of electricity were administered that she did not see a cut over Wor-
Park in Sydney before moving to without anesthesia, leading to ley’s left eye.
Brisbane in 1927. He and Dr Jarvis memory loss, fractured bones The Coroner asked Mr Stu-
Nye were part of the royal commis- and other serious side effects. art ‘Am I correct in taking as the
sion that wrote a damning report (Mayo Clinic) theme of your questioning that this
of Sister Elizabeth’s Kenny’s treat- The facilities at Ma- is not suicide?’
ment of polio. rooma were expanded after the Mr Stuart: Yes.
In 1947, his second mar- Second World War. The Coroner: Then I think the wit-
riage was to Alice Trout, a sister of ness should be told of that.
Sir Leon Trout. In 1988 the psychia- Mr Stuart: Do you wish me to an-
try ward at the Royal Brisbane Hos- HOSPITAL PATIENT
FOUND HANGED nounce to the witness that we sus-
pital was named after him. pect it is not suicide?
When a sister at the
In 1940 Dr Norman Vincent Marooma Private Hospital, Fed- Then Connelly told Mr Stuart that
Youngman joined Bostock at Ma- eration Street, Windsor, went to the only mark she noticed was the
rooma and introduced electro-con- an outhouse she found a patient strap mark on Worley’s neck.
vulsive therapy. hanging by the neck from a belt. Mrs Worley said her hus-
Vincent was born in Tanun- He was John Joseph Worley, 50 band had been sent from the Tweed
da, South Australia in 1911. He stud- of Murwillumbah. Windsor po- District Hospital for nerve treatment
ied medicine in Melbourne and in lice are investigating Worley’s
seven days before his death.
1939 studied psychiatry in London death. There are no suspicious
Adapted from The Courier-Mail: 14
and took up practice at Marooma circumstances.
February 1948. See additional text
Telegraph: 15 December 1947
and Brisbane General Hospital in there.
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