Leo Ferdinand Sachs, ex-manager of the Australian Joint Stock Bank at Maytown, Cooktown and Townsville. Obituary
ObituaryBrinsley Sheridan, Police Magistrate in Cardwell commissioned in 1875.to choose the site for the settlement which became Cairns Reference to Native Police action here Death notice The Queenslander 1876
Captain Henry Sinclair discovered Port Denison in 1859, describing it as screened by islands and evocative of the Bay of Naples. Griffith Review
Ray Smith, ex-Roylen skipper, Assistant Manager of Brampton Island.
William (Bill) Smith, pioneer and promoter of a track from Cairns to the Tablelands. Murder suicide reported in the Queenslander The Wild Early Days The Town That Was Drowned Stratford Heritage Trail
Captain John Lort Stokes in the Beagle retraced Flinders' route around the Gulf of Carpentaria in more detail between the 29th June and 4th August, 1841. Between July 30th and August 6th Stokes ascended the Albert River for a distance of 50 river miles in a long boat. Impressed with the level grassy savannah which stretched to the south, which he tagged the area The Plains of Promise, though climatic and other factors meant that promise remained largely unfulfilled. Stokes also visited Sweers Island, found the tree blazed by Flinders and blazed the reverse side. Wikipedia entry Australian Dictionary of Biography Discoveries in Australia Vol 1 Discoveries in Australia Vol 2
Thomas Swallow Australian Dictionary of Biography