Biography

A most respected citizen and well-known prospector, the deceased had been ailing for some time from lung troubles and on the previous day, was taken to Leonora by Mr. M. Lally. He was admitted to the hospital and attended by Dr. Cameron, who found his condition to be serious. Haemoptysis is a disease in which symptoms include coughing up blood from the lungs. It causes bronchitis, lung cancer and pneumonia. Mr Corcoran was also claimed to have suffered from Dilation of the Heart.

Corcoran was the oldest member of the Prospectors and Leaseholders' Association, secretary of the Sports Club and local representative of the Aborigines Board. He was 'greatly loved by the natives, who will grieve his death.' 

Father of the deceased, William Corcoran, was born in Galway Ireland, his wife was born 24 January 1849 at Glendalough, Wicklow, Ireland. They married on 31 July 1867 in Castlemaine, Victoria. Other children known to have been born to this couple were: Michael born 1870; Ann born 1872; Mary born 1874; Agnis born 1876.

In 1922, Thomas' widow, Norah Agnes, was living in Mount Magnet and between 1936 and 1943 she was known to have been living in Greenough. She died in Adelaide, South Australia, 29 May 1949. Norah was born in County Cork, Ireland, in 1870.