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Coroner's Inquests

List of Coroner's Inquests held relating to deaths at Smithfield.

Queensland State Archives, Coronial Files (Inquests and No Inquests)


George Matthews (?–c. 27 March 1877, Smithfield)
Inquest held before a coroner to establish the fact of death, the identity of the deceased, the circumstances surrounding the death and whether any charges should be laid relating to the death of: Unknown Male near Smithfield.
Item ID: PR348651, File No: 79, Year: 1877, (Previous System Identifier: JUS/N52; SRS36/5/52; A1 Item ID 348651), Queensland State Archives.

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John McGrath (?–2 May 1877, Smithfield)
Inquest into the death of: John McGrath.
Item ID: PR348651, File No: 99, Year: 1877, (Previous System Identifier: JUS/N56; SRS36/5/56; A1 Item ID 348655), Queensland State Archives.

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Robert Jackson Craig (1844, Lanarkshire–1877, Smithfield)
Inquest into the death of: Robert Jackson Craig & William Smith.
Item ID: PR348655, File No: 301, Year: 1877, (Previous System Identifier: JUS/N56; SRS36/5/56; A1 Item ID 348655), Queensland State Archives.

William 'Bill' Smith (c.1826/1833, Hertfordshire–1877, Smithfield)
Inquest into the death of: Robert Jackson Craig & William Smith.
Item ID: PR348655, File No: 301, Year: 1877, (Previous System Identifier: JUS/N56; SRS36/5/56; A1 Item ID 348655), Queensland State Archives.

Inquest into the deaths of Robert Jackson Craig & William Smith

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17 pages of blue foolscap paper, containing a transcript of the Inquest into the death of: Robert Jackson Craig & William Smith which was held on…

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John McGillon (1846, Ireland–1878, Smithfield)
Inquest into the death of: John McGillon.
Item ID: PR348656, File No: 52, Year: 1878, (Previous System Identifier: JUS/N57; SRS36/5/57; A1 Item ID 348656), Queensland State Archives.

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Frederick Condon (c.1850-22 June 1887, Kamerunga)
Inquest into the death of: Frederick Condon. [Initially reported as the death of 'Mr. Connolly'].
Item ID: PR348743, File No: 269, Year: 1887, (Previous System Identifier: JUS/N144; SRS36/5/144; A1 Item ID 348743), Queensland State Archives.


John Willoughby (c.1851-18 July 1887, Kuranda Range Railway)
Inquest into the death of: John Willoughby.
Item ID: PR348744, File No: 302, Year: 1887, (Previous System Identifier: JUS/N145; SRS36/5/145; A1 Item ID 348744), Queensland State Archives.