Burial Location:Ord River (Old) - Permission required to visit (details...)
Occupation: Drover, cook
Place of Death: Old Ord River Station
Date of Death: 01 July 1884
Age:Unknown
Cause of Death:Scurvy
OGM Ref#: 0060
Ref 0060
Biography
Known as Andy:
He was the first white man to leave his bones in the East Kimberley. Andy was one of the drovers pioneering the north west station country. A site for a homestead was picked at a bend on the Forrest River (now Forrest Creek) about two miles up from its junction with the Ord River. Andy Giffney became sick with scurvy and died about a week after the station was formed.
Birth Details:South Australia
Death Certificate:NR
Comments:Andy Giffney was a drover who brought cattle across from Queensland to the Ord River. He was a South Australian, who became sick with scurvy and died about a week after the station was formed. He is thought to be the first white man to leave his bones in the East Kimberley.
