National Archives of Australia
Darwin Office
Series E659 File 1945/2493
Northern Territory to Racecourse at Balaklava, South Australia
Copyright P J Mackett 2005
Covering letter
Native Affairs Branch
Northern Territory Administration
Balaklava, SA
18th July 1945
H A Barrenger Esq
Department of the Interior
Canberra ACT
For your information please find attached
hereto copy of the Nominal Roll of Northern Territory
evacuees resident in this state as at 17th July, 1945
Superintendent
Nominal Rolls
Half-castes Evacuated from the Northern Territory
Resident in South Australia
July 1945
Summary of Numbers
Place Adults Children Total
Welfare Institution, Balaklava 36 49 85
Saints Establishment 6 33 39
Farms 6 14 20
Living Privately, Balaklava 11 14 25
Living Privately, Blyth 1 3 4
Living Privately, Laura 4 5 9
Living Privately, Gladstone 2 7 9
Living Privately, Peterborough 9 18 27
Living Privately, Hamley Bridge 2 6 8
Living Privately, Hawker 5 25 30
Living Privately, Wallaroo 1 3 4
Employment 26 3 29
Incorrigibles 3 3
Transferred Other States 4 8 12
Transferred Other Institutions 2 2
Hospitilization 5 3 8
Totals 121 193 314
Returned Northern Territory 1942/45 12 24 36
Deaths 1942/45 8 4 12
Northern Territory Administration
Lists of Northern Territory
Half-castes Evacuated to South Australia
Welfare Institution - Balaklave, SA
Number Name Age Remarks
1 Elsie Woodroffe Adult Wholly maintained
2 Raymond Woodroofe 5 yrs
3 Elsie Ross Adult Holtze crosse out and Ross added
4 Patricia Ross 1 yr Holtze crosse out and Ross added
5 Nellie Kelly Adult
6 Elaine Kelly 3 yrs
7 Mrs Julia Hughes Adult
8 Ronald Hughes 5 yrs
9 Mrs Ada Daby Adult Partly maintained
10 Agnes Daby 12 yrs
11 Rosie Robinson Adult Wholly maintained
12 Mary Martin Adult
13 Gladys Casey Adult
14 Dorothy Casey 6 mths
15 Myrtle Martin Adult
16 Graham Martin 5 mths
17 Trevor Reid 3 yrs
18 Elsie Minchin Adult
19 Daisy Pearce Adult
20 Ross Pearce 3 yrs
21 Kevin John Pearce 5 mths
22 Sport Pearce Adult
23 Janet Pearce 1 yr
24 Eileen Briscoe Adult
25 Gordon Briscoe 6 yrs
26 Lloyd Briscoe 9 mths
27 Mrs Alice Mills Adult
28 Barbara Mills 13 yrs
29 David Mills 10 yrs
30 Mrs Maggie May Adult
31 Noreen May 4 yrs
32 Andrew May 2 yrs
33 James Laughton 2 1/2 yrs
34 Mrs Jean Flynn Adult Partly maintained
35 Eugene Flynn 6 yrs
36 Dorothy Flynn 4 yrs
37 Mrs Louisa Cubillo Adult
38 Noeleen Cubillo 15 yrs
39 Mary Cubillo 13 yrs
40 Francis Cubillo 12 yrs
41 Lawrence Cubillo 9 yrs
42 Stephen Cubillo 8 yrs
43 Kevin Cubillo 7 yrs
44 Charles Cubillo 5 yrs
45 Kathleen Cubillo 4 yrs
46 Theresa Ross Adult Holtze crosse out and Ross added
47 David Ross 3 yrs Holtze crosse out and Ross added
48 Mrs Elizabeth Albolero Adult
49 Mrs Mary Roe Adult Independent means
50 William Roe 10 yrs
51 Gordon Roe 8 yrs
52 Basil Roe 6 yrs
53 Roy Roe 3 yrs
54 Mrs Sally Koosney Adult
55 Ronald Cooper 16 yrs
56 Josephine Cooper 13 yrs
57 Dawn Cooper 7 yrs
58 Mrs Eileen Austral Adult
59 Denise Austral 5 yrs
60 Brian Austral 2 1/2 yrs
61 Mrs Lulu Assan Adult
62 Agnes Assan 14 yrs
63 Josephine Assan 13 yrs
64 Barbara Assan 12 yrs
65 Victoria Villaflor 7 1/2 yrs
66 Mrs Sophia Roe Adult
67 Cecilia Roe 18 1/2 yrs
68 Mrs Daisy Roman Adult
69 Mrs Jaffa Ah Mat Adult
70 Patricia Cigobia 10 yrs
71 Pontallion Cigobia 8 yrs
72 Cecilia Cigobia 6 yrs
73 Mrs Lillian Kruger Adult
74 Sally Kruger 4 yrs
75 George Kruger 2 1/2 yrs
76 Margaret Snape 5 yrs
Adult Males
Number Name Age Nationality
1 Stephen Cigobia Adult Philipino, British National
2 Alfonso Albolero 66 Philipino, British National
3 Bennazio Bargos 63 Philipino, British National
4 Pontallion Asor 63 Philipino, British National
5 Antonio Peris 66 Philipino, British National
6 Ben Saleh Chee 63 Malay
7 Tom Bryan 62 Macassar, Dutch E Indies
8 Ennismore Koosney 41 Staff
9 Wilton Huddlestone 17 Roper River
Saints Establishment
Number Name Age Remarks
1 Pearl Green Adult Wholly maintained
2 Winnie Winsley Adult
3 Mrs Rosie Beer Adult
4 Daisy Beer 15 yrs
5 Barney Beer 14 yrs
6 Marjorie Harris 16 yrs
7 Mrs Marjorie Storer Adult
8 Ruby Mathews 12 yrs
9 Ruby Cahill 12 yrs
10 Dora Cahill 9 yrs
11 Leslie Reid 5 yrs
12 Maralyn Lowe 5 yrs Partly maintained
13 Maxwell Cummings 3 3/4 yrs
14 Reginald Hughes 11 yrs
15 William Hughes 8 yrs
16 Rodger Roman 6 yrs
17 Annabelle Roman 3 3/4 yrs
18 Robert Snape 13 yrs
19 Ruth Snape 10 yrs
20 Charlie Snape 7 yrs
21 Edward Graham 11 yrs
22 Vivienne Graham 9 yrs
23 Eric Graham 6 yrs
24 Anita Graham 18 yrs
25 Alfred Graham 16 yrs
26 Ellen Morrison Adult Independent means
27 John Morrison 4 yrs
28 Patricia Morrison 3 1/2 yrs
29 Mrs Paulina Lewis Adult
30 Francis Storer 3 1/2 yrs } Military Allotment
31 Kenneth Storer 7 mths } Military Allotment
32 Vera Kruger 9 yrs
33 Junetta Kruger 6 yrs
34 Richard Roman 5 1/2 yrs
35 Julia Roman 7 yrs
36 Keith Batcho 14 yrs
37 Lucy Batcho 11 yrs
38 Yula Batcho 9 yrs
39 Mary Batcho 6 yrs
40 Annette White 3 1/2 yrs
Summary
Adults Children Total
Wholly Maintained 4 7 11
Partly maintained 14 14
Independent 2 12 14
Totals 6 33 39
Staff
Miss Shankelton Aboriginal Inland Mission In charge
Miss Dinham Aboriginal Inland Mission Assistant
Farms
Vogts
Number Name Age Remarks
1 Mrs Kitty Fejo Adult Independent means
2 Jim Fejo 15 yrs
3 Edward Fejo 12 yrs
4 William Fejo 8 yrs
5 Walter Fejo 6 yrs
6 Samuel Fejo 4 yrs
7 Harriet Parker Adult
8 Mrs Barbara Scully Adult
9 Boyd Scully 7 yrs
10 George Scully 5 yrs
11 Gloria Scully 3 1/2 yrs
12 Marlene Scully 2 yrs
13 Mrs Joan Kunoth Adult
14 Kathleen Kunoth 1 1/2 yrs
15 Rita ........ Adult
Erambie
1 Mrs Maggie Rivers Adult
2 Lorna Rivers 9 yrs
3 Rosie Rivers 11 yrs
4 Leonard Rivers 6 yrs
5 William Rivers 3 1/2 yrs
Summary
Adults Children Total
Vogts 4 10 14
Erambie 1 4 5
Totals 5 14 19
Balaklava Township
Number Name Age Remarks
1 Mrs Juana Stew Adult Independent means
2 Priscilla Stew 12 yrs
3 Marina Stew 10 yrs
4 Marjorie Stew 9 yrs
5 Cristina Stew 6 yrs
6 Junetta Stew 4 yrs
7 Fortunato Calma Adult
8 Mrs Phyllis Wilson Adult
9 Henry Wilson 11 yrs
10 Maxwell Wilson 4 yrs
11 Mrs Elizabeth Nelson Adult
12 Mrs Rosie Yoram Adult
13 Betty Vickman Adult
14 Ronald Vickman 4 yrs
15 Mrs Blanche Lowe Adult
16 Victoria Dashwood Adult
17 Mrs Rose Cubillo Adult
18 John Cubillo 11 yrs
19 Barbara Cubillo 10 yrs
20 Benevento Cubillo 7 yrs
21 Gregorio Cubillo 5 yrs
22 Infant Cubillo 1 mth
23 Mrs Kitty Moffitt Adult
24 Mrs Martha Serano Adult
25 Simon Serano 15 yrs
26 ... Adult
Summary
Adults Children Total
12 14 26
Blyth
Number Name Age Remarks
1 Mrs Ruby Zane Adult
2 Sylina Evans 13 yrs
3 Peggy Chandler 20 yrs
4 Thomas Chandler 3 1/2 yrs
Laura
Number Name Age Remarks
1 Mrs Rose Clarke Adult
2 Joseph Clarke 18 yrs
3 Edna Clarke 13 yrs
4 Elizabeth Clarke 9 yrs
5 Jacob Pon Adult
6 Herman Pon Adult
7 Mrs Dolphin Cubillo Adult
8 Marienna Cubillo
9 Eunis Cubillo
Gladstone
Number Name Age Remarks
1 Mrs Ellen Ah Mat Adult
2 Claudette Ah Mat 9 yrs
3 William Ah Mat 7 yrs
4 Dorothy Ah Mat 4 yrs
5 Mrs Margaret Tybell Adult
6 John Tybell
7 Margaret Tybell
8 Fred Tybell
9 Robert Tybell
Summary
Adults Children Total
Blyth 1 3 4
Laura 4 5 9
Gladstone 2 7 9
Totals 7 15 22
Peterborough
Number Name Age Remarks
1 Mrs Ada Ah Mat Adult Independent means
2 Sophia Ah Mat 16 yrs
3 Mrs Lily Cusack Adult
4 Freddy Cusack 7 yrs
5 Jacqueline Cusack 3 1/2 yrs
6 Mrs Gladys Mayo Adult
7 John Mayo 8 1/2 yrs
8 Yvonne Mayo 5 1/2 yrs
9 Mrs Tom Quall Adult Died 17. 8.1944
10 Rupert Quall 18 yrs
11 Ronald Quall 14 yrs
12 Lintern Quall 13 yrs
13 Mrs Ellis Adult
14 Michael Ellis 4 yrs
15 Mrs Lu Fat Adult
16 Benny Lu Fat 8 yrs
17 Terry Lu Fat 6 yrs
18 Mrs Maudie Payne Adult
19 Mrs Martha Hart Adult
20 Margaret Hart 4 1/2 yrs
21 Halpin Hart 3 yrs
22 Evelyn Mayo 4 yrs
23 Kenneth Lu Fat 4 yrs
24 Geraldo Lopez 11 yrs
25 June Gar 7 yrs
26 Mrs Shields Adult
27 Geo (or Jno) Hart? 15 yrs
Hamley Bridge
Number Name Age Remarks
1 Mrs Amy Laughton Adult
2 Herbert Laughton 17 yrs
3 Ethel Laughton 16 yrs
4 Rona Laughton 15 yrs
5 Lorna Laughton 10 yrs
6 James Laughton 5 yrs
7 Ethel Bull Adult
8 Betty Bull 1 yr
Summary
Adults Children Total
Peterborough 9 17 26
Hamley Bridge 2 6 8
Totals 11 23 34
Hawker
Number Name Age Remarks
1 Mrs Lindy Peckham Adult Independent means
2 Irene Peckham 17 yrs
3 Standley Peckham 15 yrs
4 George Peckham 12 yrs
5 Sheila Peckham 11 yrs
6 Marie Peckham 6 yrs
7 Jacqueline Peckham 4 1/2 yrs
8 Bernadette Peckham 7 mths
9 Paul Calma
10 Mrs Elsie Talbot Adult
11 Peter Talbot 15 yrs
12 Lawrence Talbot 13 yrs
13 Manuel Talbot 11 yrs
14 Geraldine Talbot 9 yrs
15 Keith Talbot 7 yrs
16 Kevin Talbot 6 yrs
17 Vernon Talbot 4 1/2 yrs
18 Margaret Talbot 2 yrs
19 Infant Talbot 5 mths
20 Mrs Agnes McLennan Adult
21 Reginald McLennan 14 yrs
22 William McLennan 13 yrs
23 Fannie McLennan 11 yrs
24 Patricia McLennan 12 yrs
25 Ada McLennan 9 yrs
26 Dolores McLennan 6 yrs
27 Wilfred McLennan 4 1/2 yrs
28 John McLennan 3 1/2 yrs
29 Willie McLennan Adult
30 Katie Vickman Adult
Wallaroo
Number Name Age Remarks
1 Mrs Clara Stokes Adult
2 Beryl Stokes 10 yrs
3 Maureen Stokes 9 yrs
4 Infant Stokes 3 (yrs or mths not specified)
Summary
Adults Children Total
Hawker 5 25 30
Wallaroo 1 3 4
Totals 6 28 34
Employment
Number Name Age Remarks
1 Daisy Carroll Adult Miss Andrews, St Peters, SA
2 Lionel Carrol 4 yrs
3 Lindy Batcho Adult Mrs Williams, Halbury, SA
4 Bertie Batcho 17 yrs
5 Mrs Lucy White Adult YWCA, Adelaide
6 Dolly McKee Adult YWCA, Adelaide
7 Dorothy Holtze Adult YWCA, Adelaide
8 Nita Holtze Adult YWCA, Adelaide
9 Ada Morck Adult McDonalds Hotel, Adelaide
10 Ruby Shepherd Adult Miss Symonds, North Adelaide
11 Corine Shepherd 7 1/2 yrs
12 Nellie Cummings Adult Northcote Babies Home, Grange
13 Alice Cadell Adult Northcote Babies Home, Grange
14 Daisy Colbert Adult Ru Rua Hospital, North Adelaide
15 Jessie White Adult Ru Rua Hospital, North Adelaide
16 Jane Ah Mat Adult Ru Rua Hospital, North Adelaide
17 Lorna Cooper 18 yrs Ru Rua Hospital, North Adelaide
18 Emma Campbell Adult Mrs Tobin, Victor Harbour
19 Henry Campbell 3 1/2 yrs
20 Nancy Cahill 18 yrs Menz Biscuit Factory, Adelaide
21 Lindy Roman Adult Mrs Turner, Grange
22 Eileen Ambrose Adult Mrs M A Maloney, Victor Harbour
23 Martina Calma 18 yrs Findon, SA
24 Mrs Jessie Ah Mat Adult Mrs Glen Hawkes, Medindie
25 Alec Simpson 19 yrs Line Party, Hamley Bridge
26 O'Don Cubillo 18 yrs Employment, Adelaide
27 Cesario Alipio Adult Port Adelaide
28 Thomas Calma 20 yrs RAAF
29 Kathleen Kerin Adult Wests Coffee Palace, Adelaide
Incorrigables
Number Name Age Remarks
1 Mrs Nora Presley Adult Old Criterion Hotel, Adelaide
2 Juliet Palmer Adult H M Gaol, Adelaide
3 Jack Hughes Adult Last reported Adelaide
Transferred Other States
Number Name Age Remarks
1 Mrs Dolly Bonson Adult Merbien, Victoria
2 Fred Bonson
3 Florence Bonson
4 Mrs Pat Bonson Adult
5 Ronald Bonson
6 Joe Bonson
7 John Bonson
8 Robert Bonson
9 Gwen Bonson
10 Dorothy Honess Adult Coogee, NSW
11 Mrs Pauline Kelly Adult Melbourne, Victoria
12 Doreen Cahill 17 yrs AIM Training College, NSW
Transferred Other Institutions
Number Name Age Remarks
1 Basilio Lopez Kings College, SA
2 Ethel Laughton 5 1/2 yrs Northcote Babies Home, Grange
Returned to Northern Territory 1942/45
Number Name Age Remarks
1 Mrs Ruby Dowling Adult Tennant Creek
2 Maria Dowling 3 yrs
3 Barrie Clyde Dowling 1 1/2 yrs
4 Mrs Polly McGinnis Adult
5 Joyce McGinnis 17 yrs
6 Violet McGinnis 16 yrs
7 Sadie McGinnis 14 yrs
8 Mildred McGinnis 13 yrs
9 Kathleen McGinnis 9 yrs
10 Joan McGinnis 7 yrs
11 Marie McGinnis 5 yrs
12 Jack McGinnis 2 3/4 yrs
13 Granny McGinnis Adult
14 William Ros 19 yrs
15 William Ah Mat 18 yrs
16 Allan Laughton 18 yrs
17 Mrs Bertha Abala Adult
18 Rowena Abala 17 yrs
19 Mrs Rhoda Russell Adult
20 Georgina McPherson 10 yrs
21 Ana McPherson 7 yrs
22 David Russell 6 yrs
23 Joseph Russell 4 yrs
24 Mrs Alice Fejo Adult
25 Duncan Fejo 15 yrs
26 Bessie Gerbonday Adult
27 Lulu Nelson Adult
28 Claire Hensley Adult
29 Mavis Lowe Adult
30 Cecilia Briston Adult
31 Loraine Briston 3 yrs
32 Mrs Lily Hewett Adult
33 Alfred May 17 yrs
34 John William Hart 17 yrs
35 Billy Goodall 17 yrs ex NSW
36 Gerald Hampton 16 yrs ex NSW
Marriages 1942/45
Number Marriage Date
1 Mary Gar to Jack Gilligan at Peterborough .1943
2 Joan Fejo to Stuart Kunoth at Balaklava 19. 8.1943
3 Sally Cooper to Ennismore Koosney at Balaklava 21. 8.1943
4 Dedja Batcho to Jaffer Ah Mat at Balaklave 29. 4.1944
5 Theresa Holtze to Henry Ross at Adelaide 12. 1.1945
6 Mavis Webb to John Wall at Burra 20. 1.1945
7 Lily Bryant to Len Hewett at Balaklava 29. 1.1945
8 Lorna Nicker to Jack Ansell at Balaklave 2. 2.1945
9 Elsie Kilmartin to Ronnie Holtze at Balaklava 9. 4.1945
10 Helen Kaftaloudis to John Hart at Peterborough 19. 5.1945
Hospitalization
Number Name Age Remarks
1 Mrs Charlie Snape Adult TB Morris Hospital
2 Charlie Snape Adult TB Morris Hospital
3 Mrs Eileen Laughton Adult Adelaide Hospital, suspect TB
4 Doreen Hughes 1 3/4 yrs Adelaide Childrens Hospital
5 Mrs Elener Matsumoto Adult Parkside Mental Hospital
6 Victor Cooper Adult Parkside Mental Hospital
7 James Daby 11 yrs Transferred Channel Island
8 Clare Molomini 12 yrs Transferred Channel Island
Deaths 1942/45
Number Name Age Died
1 Mrs Eileena Graham Adult 7. 7.1942 at Balaklava
2 Johnny Evans 13 yrs 12. 8.1942 at Balaklava
3 Ceramon Charamon Adult 13. 3.1943 at Balaklava
4 Henry Cousins Adult 6. 3.1943 at Balaklava
5 Assan . 8.1943 at Balaklava, premature infant
6 Lucy Conanan Adult 13. 4.1944 at Adelaide
7 Charlie Beer Adult 4. 1.1944 at Adelaide
8 Angas Beer 12 yrs 14. 2.1944 at Adelaide, leprosy
9 Ah Mat 2. 5.1944 at Balaklava, premature infant
10 Cissie Gar (Gilligan) Adult 12. 3.1945 at Adelaide
11 Ruby Reid Adult 29. 3.1945 at Adelaide
12 John Peters Adult 11. 6.1945 at Peterborough
Superintendent
Balaklava, SA
17th July, 1945
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