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QSA846902 1872 Statements respecting the voyage and wreck of the Brig Maria, 17 March, Colonial Secretarys Office In Letters, In letter 72:1812
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H M S Basilisk Sunday 17th March 1872
Sir,
I have the honor to forward under a separate cover the Statement taken before me at the Police Court Cardwell relative to the wreck of the Brig Maria
I regret that want of time prevented my writing to you more fully. I will write to Governor Blackall after taking the evidence of the men saved from the rafts
I have the honor to be Sir Your most obedient Servant
[signed] Brinsley G Sheridan PM [Police Magistrate]
The Under Col [Colonial] Secretary Brisbane
QSA847064 1882 Correspondence re kidnapping of Aboriginal girl from Hinchinbrook Colonial Secretarys Office In Letters DR77869
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[oval stamp, upper left corner] - COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE, - No. 1109 a. MAR 6 1882 QUEENSLAND.
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Despatched Gin to Cardwell &c. &c.
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[oval stamp, top right of page] ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH OFFICE No T42 BRISBANE
From -----PM Cooktown---------10 h.------50 m.
Dated--------4.---- 3. -----1882.
Message for --------U Col. Secy BRISBANE.
Have dispatched gin recommend Mr Giffin be allowed to expend small sum in presents for her & tribe [signed] Howard St George P.M
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[oval stamp, upper left corner] - COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE, - No. 1069 MAR 3 1882 QUEENSLAND.
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Re Gin (12 Yrs old) Kidnapped by Beche-de-Mer boat &c.
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[oval stamp, right of page] ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH OFFICE No. T.57 BRISBANE
[written diagonally, left of page] Send John down to Mr St. George for report Messaged P 162 [initials] [?] 3/3/82
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From------------PM Cooktown---------h. 4--------m. 53
Dated----------1.---------3.--------1882.
Message for---------------Col Secy BRISBANE.
A little gin about twelve (12) years old has been brought here by Beche de mer boat I believe Kidnapped from Hinchinbrook Island for the worst of purposes has no relatives with her two (2) of her Captors both white men have quarrelled about her possession & I have taken charge of her I strongly recommend that she be sent down to Cardwell & restored to her relatives letter by post [signed] Howard St George PM
[written lengthwise in left margin] The Attorney General - Is there no means of punishing these men [signed] [T.M.I?] 2/3/82