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Richard Daintree (13 December 1832 – 20 June 1878) the first Government geologist for North Queensland, prospected the Etheridge goldfields in the late 1860s. Appointed as Queensland's Agent-General in London in 1872 but was forced to resign in 1876 due to ill-health and malpractice by some of his staff. Wikipedia entry Australian Dictionary of Biography Richard Daintree's glass plates  Encyclopedia of Australian Science

George Elphinstone Dalrymple Wikipedia entry Australian Dictionary of Biography Dictionary of Australasian Biography Queensland Parliament 150

Oscar de Satgé moved to Queensland in December 1854, joining his brother at stations on the Darling Downs, including St George Gore's Yandilla in 1856-57 and Llangollen station in 1858. In 1861 he invested in a group of Peak Downs runs in 1861 with G Sandeman and was appointed Chief Magistrate of Clermont in 1866. Served in the Queensland Legislative Assembly as Member for Clermont (4 March 1869 to 4 April 1870 and 6 September 1870 to 9 April 1872), Normanby (4 November 1873 to 20 March 1877) and Mitchell (3 February 1881 to 5 April 1882). Australian Dictionary of Biography Queensland Parliament 150 News of his death (Rockhampton Morning Bulletin 13 November 1906) Pages from the Journal of a Queensland Squatter  The Peak Downs 1854 - 1870: a brief account of pastoral activities

Alexander Douglas Douglas  Australian Dictionary of Biography

Jerry Doyle operated a lime kiln on Snapper Island, fired by wood from the nearby Daintreerainforest, ferried over on a vessel called the Nellie. The kiln was constructed in 1901 by the Mossman Central Mill Company, which signed a contract with Doyle to provide burnt lime, and he produced ʻample suppliesʼ of lime and fertiliser. Coral was probably obtained from the fringing reef on the south-western side of the island. The company opened a grinding plant to improve the quality of the coral lime, and Doyleʼs operation was still in progress in 1911, when the MCMC also entered into a contract for lime with the Chillagoe Railway and Mines Company. Subsequently, in 1914, coral mining was carried out by Ishimoto, who was paid £2 per ton by the MCMC to deliver coral lime to the old wharf on the Mossman River.

John Drysdale Australian Dictionary of Biography Cairns Post obituary


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