Outback Graves Markers

Thomas DUNNE

Burial Location:Sandstone  (details...)
Occupation: Prospector and Mine Owner
Place of Death: Sandstone Hospital
Date of Death: 29 May 1911
Date of Burial:30 May 1911
Age:42 years
Cause of Death:Heart Disease
OGM Ref#: 1214
REF 1214 THOMAS DUNNE - SANDSTONE 640x427 2

REF 1214 THOMAS DUNNE - SANDSTONE 640x427 2

Biography

The deceased is buried in the Roman Catholic portion of the cemetery, plot number 11. Dunne was a pioneer prospector of the Murchison, a mine owner at Maninga Marley and one of the prospectors of the Mt Egerton country. He was well known in Cue in 1894. His last trip to Egerton, where he held valuable mining leases, told heavily upon him and since his return he has been constantly under the doctor's care. Mr Dunne left an estate of £1073 15s. 9d. to Christopher Lowrie and Lancelot Thomas McManaway,
Parents:Terence DUNNE of Rockford Bridge Co Westmeath Ireland
Birth Details:circa 1869, Rockford Bridge, County Westmeath, Ireland
Death Certificate:7/1911, Black Range
State Records Office: AU WA S34- cons3403 1911/194 Title Thomas Dunne - Probate file