Director of Native Affairs Office
Health and Home Affairs Batch Files 1939 - 1966
Item ID 717140
Previous System Location A/69649; SRS4356/1/294
Access Category 30 years
Queensland State Archives
Copyright Paul Mackett 1996
Correspondence dated 1955 - 1963 Country Housing Wondai
Letter dated 23. 6.1955 Aborigines at Wondai
Natives residing and/or working at Wondai are
Albert Prince, works Wondai Monday to Friday, at Cherbourg on
weekends, family resides at Cherbourg
Norman Brown, works Wondai Monday to Friday, at Cherbourg on
weekends, family resides at Cherbourg
Peter Stanley, lives at Wondai, exempt
Hector Wallace, lives with Peter Stanley, exempt
Henry Willoughby, exempt, Wondai Monday to Friday, weekends at
Nanango with wife and family
Alf Blackman, never been under the Act
Peter Bird
Bowman Johnson, lives at Nanango, exempt 1954
The following families have moved away from Wondai
Frank Fisher, exempt 1954, family gone to Eidsvold,
wife died March 1955
Willie Blackman, gone to Nanango, not an Aborigine under the
meaning of the Act
Ted Donas, exempt 1948, at Yarraman
Willie Fisher, exempt, at Ipswich
George Conlon, exempt 1947
Charlie Hill, at Kingaroy, exempt
Also mentions George Bell, exempt 1954
Letter dated 21.10.1961 about housing for the following families
at Wondai
Richard Sandow, 29 yrs, wife 27 yrs, 4 children 1 - 7 yrs
Hector Wallace, 35 yrs, wife 25 yrs, 3 children 2-6 yrs
Ted Donas, married, 7 children 5 - 21 yrs
Correspondence dated 1961 Fantome Island
Complaint by Eric Gyemore
Mentions the following people at Fantome Island
Eric Gyemore, born 8. 5.1926, married 23. 8.1948 to Teresa Cummins.
Admitted Fantome Island 1957. Exemption No 62/50
Theresa Casper
Constance Walker
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