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Gilburri
John Fahy (28 March 1814 - 23 December 1902), also known as ''Gilburri'', was an escaped Irish convict who lived with the Wakka people of the South-Burnett. Convict life On 11 May 1838 he was put on board the ship '' Clyde''. The ship arrived in Sydney on 12 September 1838. Every convict on board was suffering from scurvy. In Australia, he worked as part of the New England road-gang building Major's Line, a road from Port Macquarie to the wool-producing Walcha region. Fahy escaped from the road gang for the first time on 11 November 1841. He was captured and escaped a second time on 24 April 1842. Adopted by Aboriginal people, 1842 - 1854 On Sunday 24 April 1842, Fahy escaped again. Fahy reached Bunya Mountains at the triennial Bunya feast in January 1843. He was adopted by a tribe there, who scarred his body with their tribal marks. He spent twelve years with them. Thomas Petrie writes in Tom Petrie's reminiscences of early Queensland (dating from 1837), "Two or three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bollier, Queensland
Bollier is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Bollier had a population of 200 people. History The locality takes its name either from the Aboriginal word for a vine in the area used for climbing trees, or from ''Bo-aldha'' in the Aboriginal language means "''place of the little wallaby that runs in a circle''". Runaway Irish convict John "Gilburri" Fahy made a reference to "Bulduer" when he was captured in 1854. Fahy lived with the Aboriginal people for thirteen years, occupying the country lying between Wide Bay and Port Curtis, called by the Aboriginal people, as Fahy says "Bulduer" The name "Bollier Flats" is shown on a 1865 survey map of the Yabba and Bunya Creeks. Bollier Provisional School opened on 22 January 1894 with 14 students. The initial school building was . It was located on a at 287 Tuckeroi Road on the corner of Lowe Road(). In 1907 a new school building was built with the old school building demolished and sold as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
