He was found dead on the Rabbit Proof Fence at Barrambie in the Sandstone district.  It was supposed that he had been struck by lightning.  At least, that's what almost everyone said.  Others thought the lightning may have come out of a rifle barrel.  Perhaps it did.  In fact, stories persist to this day that he may have taken one or more bullets to the head.

He was a large, powerfully built man of about 16 stone and 6 feet 1 inches in height, who used to help early prospectors - but in his latter days, he caused trouble. He was as strong as a lion, terrorised his own people and scared many Europeans.  In the early days of the goldfields, his presence near prospectors' camps was never welcomed. Piccannies, it used to be alleged, were often knocked on the head by George, but he always kept out of the hands of the police and made the bush his home. The notorious Coyle (then serving " life" at Rottnest) was then his frequent companion. Coyle was a tall, thin specimen but nevertheless, a king of no mean order.  In the early days, he, too, was highly thought of but in his latter days he was an out-and-out scoundrel.   

Later, Constable Phelan was on patrol duty. Big George intercepted him and caught him off his horse and started battering him with a heavy stick. Phelan drew his revolver but failed to discharge it, as Big George wrenched the revolver from him and pointed it at him. It again failed to discharge. The native tracker galloped into Milly Milly station and Andy Daily, manager for Len Darlot, organised a party and proceeded to the spot, only to find Big George had gone, thinking the constable was dead.  The station manager, Mr. Andrew Daly, with the aid of a party, brought the injured constable to the station, where he was nursed back to health.

Margaret left an estate valued at £2. She is buried at Barrarmbie Cemetery, at the Barrambie mine site north of Sandstone on Cogla Downs Station, about 70 metres from the Meekatharra to Sandstone Road.

Margaret is thought to have been married to a man named McBEAN.  No further details of such a marriage have been identified.

Downard was a groom at the Black Range Gold Mine. He drove the ambulance which took William Liddell to hospital following that accident. Liddell's story appears on this website. In April 1900,William Downard, was "bushed" while horse hunting in the Nullagine district. Constable Phillips discovered him alive and well towards the end of April, about 24 miles north of Nullagine. This time, he wasn't so lucky. He was killed in a fall of earth at the Old Barrambie Gold Mine. He is buried in the Barrambie Cemetery on the Colga Road near Sandstone.

At the enquiry into the circumstances of Mr Gardiner's death, it was revealed that the deceased was working at the Barrambie Gold Mine when he fell out of the bosun's chair while being raised up the shaft. Gardiner had descended the shaft to effect some repairs to the pump. In about ten minutes had signalled to be raised to the surface, and when about 40ft. from the surface, he fell from the boatswain's chair, in which he was seated. A man named Krug immediately descended the shaft and shortly afterwards informed witness he had found Gardiner's apparently lifeless body at the bottom. The jury returned a verdict that be deceased met his death by falling out of a boatswain's chair whilst being raised to the surface ; also that they were of the opinion that, had the manager's instructions regarding the body strap been complied with, the accident might not have occurred. The jury added a rider that they were of the opinion that the shaft where the accident occurred was too hot to work in. The jury also expressed the opinion that the action of Conrad Krug in rescuing the body of the deceased from the shaft after the accident, was worthy of the highest appreciation. He is buried at Barrambie Cemetery, at the Barrambie mine site north of Sandstone on Cogla Downs Station, about 70 metres from the Meekatharra to Sandstone Road. He was buried by Christopher Hanlon.

Frank Gardiner was the stepson of Joanna Mary Cecelia (nee CONNELLY) Gardiner of Schafer Street Leederville, wife of Joseph Francis Gardiner, of Broome, and had a brother named Peter Joseph Gardiner, at Cossack.  This Peter Joseph or Joseph Peter, was born in Adelaide on 4 July 1886 and was then apprenticed to his bootmaker father who had moved to West Perth.  Later he went to the Pilbara region where he traded on the coast between Cossack and Broome. On 31 October 1911, he was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Roebourne and in May 1914, he secretly married May Holman, the daughter of his parliamentary colleague, John Holman - but the marriage was never consummated and shortly after the marriage, Gardiner left the state, never to return with the result that his seat was declared vacant. In September 1919, Holman petitioned for divorce "by reason of desertion for five years and upwards" and the marriage was finalised in 1920.  Gardiner went first to South Australia and then to Victoria, eventually working as a journalist until he died 23 January 1965 (Death Registration 2105/1965, Bentleigh), aged 79 years. .