McKinlay


The road between Longreach and Cloncurry is measured in hours, not kilometers. The country is almost flat, with occasional lines of trees clinging to creek beds, and with occasional rocky ridges projecting above the dun horizon. This is black soil country, and the description is seen as apt in the wet season when you attempt to park on the verge of the strip of tar that is the road.

When you wonder if you really are on the road to Cloncurry you come to a small service town of McKinlay, and just as you do, look to the left and there is a bare fenced enclosure that is the somewhat forlorn cemetery.

Nevertheless, sombody has looked after it well, all things considered, and it is neat and somehow eternal in that vastness. There is a panel erected at the entrance gate that lists many of those interred; these are indicated in this list with a blue 'P', for the panel does not entirely agree with the information on the stones you can read. As a consequence, I have given the data on the stones priority.

The birth dates, as with all these cemetery records, are derived from the given age if only the year is shown, but if there is a specific date it means that date was on the headstone or that we had other means of determining it.
All the stones have been recorded.

Actual headstone data; + Data from other sources


  Surname: Absolon P First names: Elizabeth Jane Born: 1860 At: Died: 10 Oct 1936 At: Age: 77 Buried: McKinlay Comments: Wife of George Richard Absolon. 'our dear mother'. 'erected by her loving daughters and son'.

  Surname: Absolon P First names: George Richard Born: 1845 At: Died: 20 May 1912 At: Age: 67 Buried: McKinlay Comments: 'erected by his loving wife,son and daughters'. Spouse of Elizabeth Jane Absolon.'Our dear husband and father'.

  Surname: Absolon P First names: William J.R. Born: 1901 At: Died: 7 Dec 1907 At: Age: 6 Buried: McKinlay Comments:

  Surname: Absolon P First names: William John Born: 1886 At: Died: 17 Nov 1957 At: Age: 71 Buried: McKinlay Comments: 'our dear father'.

  Surname: Absolon P First names: Willie R. Born: Apr 1907 At: Died: 7 Oct 1907 At: Age: 71 Buried: McKinlay Comments: age 6 months.

  Surname: Ah Cook P First names: J. Born: 1852 At: Died: 17 Jan 1901 At: Age: 49 Buried: McKinlay Comments:

  Surname: Allen P First names: Margaret Born: 30 Aug 1930 At: Died: 30 Aug 1930 At: Age: 4 hours Buried: McKinlay Comments:

  Surname: Allison P First names: Alice C. Born: Oct 1916 At: Died: 11 Nov 1916 At: Age: 1 month Buried: McKinlay Comments:

  Surname: Allison P First names: Jeanie Born: 1870 At: Died: 17 Dec 1957 At: Age: 87 Buried: McKinlay Comments: Wife of William Martindale Allison.

  Surname: Allison P First names: William Martindale Born: 1865 At: Died: 1 Sep 1953 At: Age: 88 Buried: McKinlay Comments: Spouse of Jeanie Allison.

  Surname: Benson P First names: Charles Born: 1866 At: Died: 27 Feb 1914 At: Age: 48 Buried: McKinlay Comments:

  Surname: Blackall P First names: George Born: 1855 At: Died: 6 Sep 1913 At: Age: 58 Buried: McKinlay Comments:

  Surname: Brown P First names: Keith Colstoun Wade Born: 1884 At: Died: 19 Sep 1953 At: Age: 69 Buried: McKinlay Comments: 'a good and generous man'.

  Surname: Bryden P First names: William J. Born: 1859 At: Died: 1 Mar 1932 At: Age: 73 Buried: McKinlay Comments:

  Surname: Burton P First names: Nellie Born: 1879 At: Died: 16 Dec 1944 At: Age: 65 Buried: McKinlay Comments: 'our dear mother'.

  Surname: Burton First names: Thelma Born: Mar 1911 At: Died: 7 Dec 1911 At: Age: 9 months Buried: McKinlay Comments: 'erected by her loving parents'.

  Surname: Cavanagh P First names: Robert Born: 1883 At: Died: 19 Oct 1957 At: Age: 74 Buried: McKinlay Comments:

  Surname: Clark P First names: Seouran D. Born: 1871 At: Died: 21 Aug 1900 At: Age: 29 Buried: McKinlay Comments:

  Surname: Cummins P First names: Ernest G. H. Born: 1916 At: Died: 18 Dec 1919 At: Age: 3 Buried: McKinlay Comments:

  Surname: Dawson P First names: Justin Fox Born: 1882 At: Died: 2 Jun 1943 At: Age: 61 Buried: McKinlay Comments: Husband of Amy, father of John and Peter.

  Surname: Diakson P First names: George Born: 1826 At: Died: 6 Oct 1893 At: Age: 67 Buried: McKinlay Comments:

  Surname: Foster P First names: William D. Born: Feb 1923 At: Died: 5 Feb 1924 At: Age: 1 Buried: McKinlay Comments:

  Surname: Gillick P First names: John J. Born: 1875 At: Died: 10 Feb 1936 At: Age: 60 Buried: McKinlay Comments:

  Surname: Hardy P First names: Charles Born: 1878 At: Died: 21 Sep 1928 At: Age: 50 Buried: McKinlay Comments:

  Surname: Hardy P First names: Edna C. Born: 1922 At: Died: 26 Oct 1923 At: Age: 1 Buried: McKinlay Comments:

  Surname: Hardy First names: Leila Born: Oct 1922 At: Died: 26 Oct 1923 At: Age: 1 year 5 days Buried: McKinlay Comments: [By dates must be twin, or else there is an error here...]

  Surname: Hardy P First names: Ruby G. Born: 1888 At: Died: 23 May 1945 At: Age: 57 Buried: McKinlay Comments: 'our dear mother'.]

  Surname: Hoesles P First names: Frederick Born: 1850 At: Died: 5 Mar 1904 At: Age: 54 Buried: McKinlay Comments:

  Surname: Horton P First names: Lucinda Born: 1849 At: Died: 29 Feb 1932 At: Age: 83 Buried: McKinlay Comments:

  Surname: Horton P First names: William D. Born: 1853 At: Died: 1 Sep 1923 At: Age: 70 Buried: McKinlay Comments: 'my dear husband'.

  Surname: Ivall P First names: Edward Born: 1836 At: Died: 30 Apr 1919 At: Age: 83 Buried: McKinlay Comments:

  Surname: Launders P First names: John Born: 1858 At: Died: 9 Nov 1920 At: Age: 62 Buried: McKinlay Comments:

  Surname: Lindon P First names: William Born: 1861 At: Died: 15 Nov 1913 At: Age: 52 Buried: McKinlay Comments:

  Surname: Loftus P First names: Albert George N. Born: 1875 At: Died: 8 Feb 1909 At: Age: 34 Buried: McKinlay Comments:

  Surname: Lucas P First names: Robert M. Born: 1942 At: Died: 20 Sep 1942 At: Age: 3 months Buried: McKinlay Comments:

  Surname: Mathews P First names: David F. Born: 1855 At: Died: 16 Jan 1933 At: Age: 78 Buried: McKinlay Comments:

  Surname: Murphy P First names: Lawrence Born: 1886 At: Died: 10 Apr 1900 At: Age: 14 Buried: McKinlay Comments: Son of William and Alice Murphy.

  Surname: Murray P First names: John Born: 1881 At: Died: 21 Jan 1918 At: Age: 37 Buried: McKinlay Comments:

  Surname: O'Malley P First names: George V. Born: 1896 At: Died: 1 May 1939 At: Age: 43 Buried: McKinlay Comments:

  Surname: Palmer P First names: Wallace Edgar Born: 1874 At: Died: 5 Jul 1935 At: Age: 61 Buried: McKinlay Comments: 'my dear husband'.

  Surname: Portous P First names: Robert Born: 1863 At: Died: 5 Sep 1919 At: Age: 56 Buried: McKinlay Comments:

  Surname: Roberts P First names: Daniel Born: 1848 At: Died: 13 May 1889 At: Age: 41 Buried: McKinlay Comments:

  Surname: Roxburgh P First names: Annie S. Born: 1885 At: Died: 14 Oct 1948 At: Age: 63 Buried: McKinlay Comments:

  Surname: Simpson P First names: Lionel George Wellard Born: 1888 At: Died: 8 Jun 1971 At: Age: 73 Buried: McKinlay Comments: 'our dear father'.

  Surname: Sinclair P First names: William Born: 1881 At: Died: 12 Jul 1899 At: Age: 18 Buried: McKinlay Comments:

  Surname: Solomon P First names: Henry James Born: 1869 At: Died: 22 Oct 1915 At: Age: 47 Buried: McKinlay Comments: 'our dear husband & father'. 'erected by his loving wife, daughter and son'.

  Surname: Sook P First names: Lon Born: 1852 At: Died: 11 Mar 1901 At: Age: 49 Buried: McKinlay Comments: Alias Ah Sam.

  Surname: Stubbings P First names: Elizabeth A. Born: 1870 At: Died: 8 Aug 1953 At: Age: 83 Buried: McKinlay Comments:

  Surname: Stubbings P First names: James R. Born: 1863 At: Died: 10 Jul 1931 At: Age: 68 Buried: McKinlay Comments:

  Surname: Styles First names: Edward Born: 1869 At: Died: 23 Sep 1899 At: Age: 30 Buried: McKinlay Comments: 'erected by his fellow workmen'.

  Surname: Swift P First names: Elizabeth B. N. Born: 1840 At: Died: 28 Oct 1889 At: Age: 49 Buried: McKinlay Comments:

  Surname: Tracy P First names: Mary A. Born: 1870 At: Died: 3 Jul 1936 At: Age: 66 Buried: McKinlay Comments:

  Surname: Turner P First names: William T. Born: Jan 1894 At: Died: 4 Mar 1894 At: Age: 2 months 21 days Buried: McKinlay Comments:

  Surname: Wilkinson P First names: William E. Born: 1874 At: Died: 24 Apr 1875 At: Age: 1 year 4 months Buried: McKinlay Comments:

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