Aarons, Maurice Lewis
303
Airey, Captain J. J.197
Alcock, W. W.280–281
Allen, Marmion165
Allen, Sarah165
Allen, Seaborn Robert Cottrell165
Allen, Thomas Maurice
and Koombana passengers227–228
as Port Adelaide pilot174–175
at sea from age fourteen165–166
cautious commander246
childhood165–166
Cuzco disablement, 1878166–167
delivery command, Echunga176–177
delivery command, Junee176
early career progression169
events of March 20th, 1912179–186, 236, 243, 247–248, 250
exchange of ships with John Rees72, 177
experience with sail and steam170
finding of culpable negligence, 1897171–174
first command170
gold prospecting170–171
Koombana inquiry finding242
master of Koombana, 1911–12177–179, 246–247
royal visit, 1900174–175
Allen, Thomas, Senior165
Andersen, C., Koombana fireman212
Andriassen, Christian, second mate, Crown of England157
Arago, Jacques Etienne Victor25
Arrow, James Grant210
Atkinson family, Carnarvon30
Augustine, tender aboard Cleopatra307–308
Aylward, James Thomas (Jim)253–254, 257–258
Bailey, C. A., lost with Koombana226
Bailey, Garnet Sydney227
Baker, A., Koombana passenger226
Bamford, Frederick William (Fred)269–270, 274
Banger, William70
Bardwell, Bernard322
Barker, Walter
“Alien Influx” editorials41–42
and Koombana inquiry241–242, 248
on Aborigines and the legal system42
on Koombana firemen’s strike117–118
on the fate of Koombana250
on “the native question”87
praise of Koombana39
recollections of March 20th, 1912180, 246–247
zealous defence of Port Hedland39, 42
Barlee, Frederick Palgrave122
Barry, Thomas225
Bates, Daisy May87–89, 91–95, 106–111
Bates, H., Koombana passenger225
Batty, Mrs, ‘lock hospital’ cook31
Bedford, Admiral Sir Frederick317
Benedict, Claude H. (Bennie)215
Bin Ahmat, Malay crewman of Clara159, 162
Binning, Thomas Henry226
Binns, Jack74–75
Birt, William Radcliff146
“Black Paddy”, boxer229
Black, Neil, Junior63
Black, William Patrick218
Blackwell, Francis172–174
Blades, John Stephen (Jack)215
Blythe, Joseph, Senior223
Bow, Florence214
Bow, Harold (Harry)214
Bragg, Professor William61
Brandt-Rantzausee
Rantzau
Briden, Annie229–230
Briden, Elizabeth (Dollie)230
Briden, Harry229–230
Briden, Harry, Junior (Otto)230
Briden, Mollie230
Brockman, John124–125
Broome, Sir Frederick Napier27
Brown, Alfred Radcliffesee
Radcliffe-Brown
Bryant, Albert Edward212
Burkin, George215
Burkin, William H.211, 215–217
Burns, Tommy, Canadian boxer79–80
Burnside, Robert Bruce315–316
Burrows, Walter217
Burt, Octavio101
Buttle, Minnie227
Buttle, Police Corporal Frank Taylor227, 274
Byrne, Police Sergeant John309
Báthory, Stefan, King of Poland 1576–86287
Cane, Fred229
Cant, Frederick William217
Cappelli, Lawrence253–259
Carlos, George155
Carton, William214
Cattellini, Franksee
Cappelli, Lawrence
Celezis, Con155
Challenor, Captain John245–246
Chandros, Dimitris155
Charles Moore & Company31
Christie, Arthur Mowbray210
Churchill, Winston75–76
Clark, James, pearler221
Clarke, Bert181–182
Clarke, Elizabeth225
Clarke, Henry14–15, 22–23, 238–239
Clarke, James William, shearer225
Clarke, James, agent for ‘Singapore line’189
Clarke, Thomas (Tommy)244
Clarke, William Job212–213
Clinch, Eliza222–223
Clinch, Frederick W. B. (Fred)222–223, 274
Clinton, Peter C. (Petie)214
Collins, W. E. (Algy)187, 191–193, 199–200
Connolly, James Daniel
defence of ‘lock hospitals’104
inspection of ‘lock hospitals’104–106
‘lock hospital’ repatriations111
Nor’-West tour, 191037, 101–102
Connor, Frank276–277
Connor, Tom173–174
Conrad, Joseph, novelist139–140, 146–147
Copley, S. W.277
Coppin, Chris126–127
Coughlan, John Francis (Jackie)211
Cowain, William Laughton224
Cox, Captain, Tottenham64
Craigie, James S.223
Crippen, Cora (a.k.a. Belle Elmore)82–83
Crippen, Hawley Harvey82–83
Crosbie, James (Jim)217
Crotty, Master Thomas Charles227–228
Cuney, William Waring81
Cussen, Melbourne magistrate302–303
Daglish, Henry94–95
Dalton (or D’Alton), Ernest James225
Dalziel, Captain Oswald C.188, 196, 202–203, 205–206
Darlington, Thomas253–259
Davey, William Libby226
Davies, Evan218–219
Davis, Abraham de Vahl
aboard Koombana, March 1912220
and the roseate pearl305, 322–325
disappearance302
divorce299–303
education288
Jewish faith288–289, 291, 297–298, 302
letters to mark son’s bar mitzvah297–299
on value of pearls315
origin of name “de Vahl”288
part-time rabbi293
partnership with Mark Rubin291–292, 294, 297
pearl buying expertise297, 302
president of congregation289, 291
protection of reputation323–324
views on pearling industry295–297
will and estate302–303
Davis, Cecily (née Altson)288–289, 292–293, 297, 299–303
Davis, Dorothy293
Davis, Gerald de Vahl289, 297–299
Davis, Moses De Vahl, born 1856288
Davis, Moses De Vahl, born 1895288
Davis, Rachel288–289
Davis, Woolf288–289
Day, J., second officer, Tottenham64
Dean, Simon K.323–324
Deller, Albert Ernest218
d’Espeissis, Adrian261–262
Dew, Walter82–83
Dick, William C.215
Dixon, Sir Raylton176
Dove, Heinrich William146
Dowley, Edward Poor, Fremantle Magistrate114, 235, 240
Downie, Joseph212–213
Doyle, James229
Drake, Alfred224
Dreyfus, Captain Alfred289–291
Drummond, Jim224
Durham, Henry214–215
Dwyer, Jack (“Jockey Jack”)224
Dwyer, Michael (Jack)214
Ellery, James H.39
Ellies, Thomas Bastian (“T.B.”)320–322, 324–325
Emo, Father Nicholas Maria89–93
Eriksen, Captain O. E.152
Espada, Simeon306, 309–312, 317–319
Esterhazy, Major Ferdinand289
Farnell, Farnell213
Farnell, William Alexander213
Farrance, Percy215
Farrow, George225
Faure, Félix, President of France 1895–99290
Fawcett Storey, P.67
Finnerty, P., Koombana steward217
Firth, Captain F.60–61
Fisher, Balla Balla beachcomber159–160
Fisk, Ernest Thomas76–78, 81–82, 84–86
Fitzpatrick, W., Koombana fireman212–213
Fletcher, Constable Bertram Henry229
Forrest, David249
Forrest, John (later Sir John)44, 93, 165, 269–270
Forrest, Thomas (Tom)223
Foss, Charles, Carnarvon Magistrate27, 263
Franck, Captain307
Fraser, Malcolm, W.A. Registrar-General93–94
Fraser, Sir Malcolm127
Freer, Anastasia211
Furlong, G., Koombana fireman212
Gainsburg, H.218
Gala, Silber307–308
Gee, Gordon Alan214
Gibney, Bishop Matthew87–93, 95
Gilbert, Mr, Koombana passenger229
Gilham, George227
Gilham, Miss, Koombana passenger227, 274
Gilham, Mrs, Koombana passenger227, 274
Gillen, Francis James106
Gillies, Kitty209
Gilruth, Dr John Anderson277
Goddard, Thomas (Tom)225
Gooch, George223
Grant, Thomas Millar217
Green, Edgar P.226
Gregory, Ancell Clement133
Gregory, Francis Thomas34–35
Gron, Hans, steward, Crown of England157–158
Gron, Karl, cabin boy, Crown of England156
Growden, Frederick Henry (Fred)159–160, 162, 252, 254–258
Gunn, Murdoch209
Gunning, Fred213
Guthrie, Robert Storrie116–117, 120
Hagen, Charles306, 309–310, 312, 316–318
Haile, Harry255
Hall, Captain, Black Nymph145
Hamilton, John, Queensland politician95–96
Hare, Frederick Arthur99
Harper, George N.188, 219, 302
Harper, Hugo188, 195, 202, 219, 302
Harper, Norman219
Harris, Francis Hedley208
Hartel, H., Koombana passenger229
Hassan, Malay pearl diver221
Hattrick, Jack299–302
Hayes, James223
Hayman, Herbert Henry255
Haynes, J. H.127
Haynes, Richard317
Hedditch family230
Heffernan, M.213–214
“Henrietta”, skipper of The Shark109–110
Henry, Robert225
Herbert, Fred213
Higgins, Henry Bourne114–116, 118–119
Hill, Ernestine305–307, 313–314, 319
Hill, Thomas James151–152, 156–158, 254, 259
Hogan, Melbourne solicitor302–303
Holmes, Joseph J.280
Holst, Matthias154
Houlahan, police sergeant173–174
Howitt, Alfred William106
Hughes, J. (Harry)215
Hughes, Lawrence82
Hughes, William Morris (Billy)85
Hunt, Charles Cooke34
Hunter, Edmund Harold (Ted)187
Hurford, William Henry226
Hurrell, Captain P. C.70–71, 197
Idriess, Ion L. (“Jack”)
fact and fiction305, 319–320, 322–323
Forty Fathoms Deep306–307, 311–312, 319–322
in Broome, 1933305–306, 320–322
Over The Range320
popularity of books305
travelling writer305–307
Ilbery, Captain Joshua59
Innes, William Booth (Jock)209
Ireland, Wallace Bruce229
Irvine, Captain Charles
career and retirement249
inquiry, Koombana grounding, 190958
inquiry, Koombana reef strike, 190958
role in Koombana search188–189, 196
inquiry, loss of Koombana, 1912235–236, 241, 249
opinion of Koombana249
Irvine, Claude249
Jackson, John, Koombana crewman218
Jamieson, Norman C.208
Jarman, Captain John T.34
Jeffries, James J., boxer78, 80–81
Jenkins, Peter214
Jenkins, Robert Henry (Rob)222, 274
Johnson, Francis William (Frank)113–114, 118, 210–211
Johnson, John Arthur (Jack), boxer78–81
Johnson, Joseph Madison221
Johnson, William (Bill)262
Jones, David, shearer226
Jones, G., Koombana cook218
Jones, William, Koombana cook218
Kader, Abdul42
Katola, Antle70–71
Katzenellenbogen, Saul287–288
Kay, Alexander Patrick258
Kearns, John217
Keenan, Norbert257–259
Kelly, Edward (Ned)88
Kelly, Walter John209–210
Kendall, Captain Henry George82
Khan, Asala, Enterprise passenger153
Kingsmill, Walter95
Knight, Rupert Leonard Tower (Len)134–135
Lang, Andrew, English anthropologist94
Lawrence, George H.225
Lenihan, Harriet Patricia31, 46, 49–50, 53, 103, 106, 111–112
Levins, James (“Nish”)214, 217
Levins, Mary217
Lewis, William (Bill)225
Ley, William Clement146
Lilly, Carl308
Low, James Galloway (Jim)
at Shark Bay, March 190916, 18, 21–22
first impression of Derby48
impressions of Broome44–45
McDonald & Low, Broome engineers302
on Broome’s “white experiment”272–273
on cyclones135
on death of William Webber271–272
on Gantheaume Point incident56, 58
on loss of Koombana302
on Nor’-Westers and Koombana48–49
on Shark Bay ‘pogey’26
on Shark Bay society27
on transport of prisoners100–101
positive impression of Nor’-West life53
Lyon, Harry A.210
McAuley family52
McCallum, Leonard, private investigator299–300
McDermott, Delia211
McDermott, T., Koombana fireman212–213
McDonald, Charles62
McDonald, Hugh158
McDonald, Jock
chief engineer, Koombana15
McDonald & Low, Broome engineers302
opinion of Koombana192
singing voice15
McDonnell, Thomas214
McDougall, chief engineer of Cuzco167
McFarlane, Melbourne solicitor302–303
McGovern, Evelyn227
McGowan, Frank224
McGuckin, J., Koombana crewman214
McIntosh, Hugh Donald79–80
McKay, Hugh Victor115
McKay, Samuel107
McKibbin, William J.224
McNab, Duncan, pioneer missionary91
Macnab, John138–139, 146, 193–194
McRouble, A., Koombana passenger221
McSwain, Donald224
MacWhirr, Conrad’s fictional shipmaster146–147
Maginnis, Edward P. (Eddie)
Balla Balla wharfinger151–152
death155–158
life and career158
mandolin playing15
second officer, Koombana15, 158
Maginnis, Ellen158
Maginnis, Maude158
Main, Robert William228–229
Male, Archie45
Mangan, John Joseph (Jack)211
Mangan, Maggie211
Mangan, Minnie211
Marconi, Guglielmo73
Marmion, William165
Marquez, Pablo306, 309–312, 317–319
Martin, G. Frederick (Fred)226
Martin, Jack53
Mathews, Robert Hamilton94
Matthews, Charles (Charlie)224
Maxfield, G. T.2
Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria287
Meagher, J., Cossack132
Meldrum, Charles146
Merry, Walter69
Mills, Captain Andrew189, 194, 196–197, 201–202
Mills, Captain Arthur308
Milne, William Patrick226, 302
“Missie”see
Lenihan, Harriet
Moore, Captain, Insizwa62
Moore, Doug51–52, 66, 227, 238–239
Moore, George Fletcher94
Moore, Newton45
Morberg, Captain of Glenbank70
Moss, Matthew Lewis, barrister
Marloo inquest, 1897173–174
Koombana inquiry, 1912235–242, 248
Moxon, William E.1–2, 7, 12, 56–57, 69, 114, 120, 189–190
Mulholland, Koombana wireless operator84
Murdoch, Captain John167–168
Murphy, John (Jack), Koombana passenger227
Murphy, John, Carnarvon Hotel manager263
Murphy, Leah (née Asher)227
Murphy, Matthew255
Nabos (or Naboo), Victor306–308
Nagga Nitsia, Clara crew member159
Neave, Ethel “Le Neve”82–84
Newton, Hall, English sailor, Crown of England156
Nishioka, Y.321
Norlin, Carl212–213
Norman, Hugh D., Broome mayor189
Odman, Captain Olaf137, 142–143, 146
Offord, Henry212–213
O’Halloran, Reverend318
Olmsted, Denison143
O’Loughlin, Thomas212
Olsen, Captain Martin153–154, 156
Olsen, Louis107
Olsen, O., Koombana fireman212–213
Overall, Mary (née Scougall)225–226
Owen, Captain of Sabine63
Padbury, Walter34–35
Pappastatis, Nicholas153
Parkes, Captain F. L.235
Paton, Mr & Mrs, at Condon129–130
Patrick, Reverend William240, 245
Peacock, F. S., Koombana officer208
Pearson, Captain William Robin227, 245, 274
Pearson, R. Koombana passenger223
Phillips, Roy53
Phillipstein, Muriel (“Min”)298
Phillipstein, Reverend Phillip297–298
Picquart, Lieutenant Colonel289
Piddington, Henry146
Pigott, Jane (née Skamp)219, 227–228
Pigott, Stanley Pash273
Pigott, Sydney Capel194, 219, 273, 302
Piper, Alfred Charles (Ally)222, 274
Pitchford, Mr, of Carnarvon31
Pitsikas, John156
Poor, William223
Pope Leo XIII115
Price, Florence Lucy (Florrie)228–229
Purcell, W. W.222
Purkiss, William Morton317
Queen Victoria27
Quinlan, Richard C.225
Quinlan, Thomas A.225
Radcliffe-Brown, Alfred106–111
Rankin, Captain James237–238
Ranson, Captain Joseph Barlow75
Rantzau, Captain T. Brandt204
Rea, Harry A.213
Redfield, William143–144
Reece, T., shearer aboard Koombana225
Rees, Captain John
exchange of ships with Tom Allen72, 177
Koombana grounding, Shark Bay, 190913–24
Koombana incidents 1909–1155–58, 66, 68–70, 72, 238–239
master of Koombana, 1909–1112, 13–24
Reid, William144–146
Reynolds, Stanley Warwick217
Richardson, Captain E.193–194, 197, 210, 257–258
Rodriquez, Filomeno (“Pat”)90
Rogers, Tom, of Cossack314
Romans, George Henry (“Vindex”), journalist
on Nor’-West pioneers28
flood-prone Carnarvon29
North West Cape sea change31–32
early history of Nor’-West ports32
description of Onslow33
decline of Roebourne37
vulnerability of Point Samson jetty38
observations of Port Hedland39–40
first impression of Broome44
tidal races of Kimberley coast47
first impression of Derby48
fertility and prosperity of Derby49–50
seasonal migration of population52–53
on ‘the native question’101–102
at the ‘lock hospitals’104–106
Ronan, Denis James (Jim)78–79, 224, 274
Ronan, Julia78
Ronan, Thomas Matthew (Tom)47–48, 78–79, 274–275
“Rosie”, Aboriginal patient, Bernier Island105
Rouse, A., Cossack131
Rubin, Mark133, 291–293, 297, 302–303, 315, 322
Russell, Father, Broome Catholic priest309
Sack family51
Sack, Louise Caroline227–228, 274
Salkilld, Arthur Thomas216–217
Salter, Elizabeth94
Salvado, Bishop94
Samson, Michael34
“Saul the Jew”see
Katzenellenbogen, Saul
Saunders, A. T.268
Saunders, Alfred244
Sawyer, Claude61
Scaddan, John
elected Premier, 1911264
Koombana search188–189, 195–196
Koombana inquiry240
Aboriginal labour restrictions275
rising State debt267–268
beef freezing works, Wyndham277–278
Scanlon, Hugh159
Scanlon, James159
Scanlon, Michael J.159
Scordese, John153
Scougall, Robert225–226
Sealby, Captain William Inman74–75
Seleno, Joseph252–260
Seymour, Lieutenant63
Shelmerdine, Dr Joseph Caton255–258
Shepherd, Jack126–127
Shi Raata, Clara crew member159
Shiels, Andrew (Andy)225
Sholl, Robert122–123
Sigismund III Vasa, of Sweden287–288
Simpson, Amelia227
Simpson, George Nicolas226–227, 302
Skamp, Alice Beatrice219–220
Skamp, Genevieve Callanan (Jennie)220
Slade, S. H.224
Slavin, James151
Sleeman, H. R.158
Smith, Benjamin (Ben)229
Smith, H., Koombana steward215
Smith, Jack, Koombana fireman211–212
Smith, manager, Charles Moore & Company31
Smith, Patrick224
Smith, William (Will), nephew of Jim Ronan224, 274–275
Smith, William, Koombana passage worker225
Spencer, Sydney226
Spencer, Walter Baldwin106
Stanley, Charles Herbert (Charlie)213
Stanley, Herbert Bertie (Bert)217–218
Stewart, Sidney Graham213
Strickland, Sir Gerald107
Stuart, Captain Charles Browne221, 302
Sudholz, Walter279–281
Taylor, A. S.223
Taylor, George95
Taylor, Thomas212
Thompson, A. S., Cossack132
Thompson, Robert McGregor151–152, 156
Thornton, Walter Clifford225
Timmins, Isaac, Enterprise passenger153
Tindale, Edward264–265
Townley, Captain Peter187, 191–193, 197, 200
Truscott, Tom173–174
Turner, Charles150–158
Tutt, Walter218
Tyler, Captain of Komura213
Tyson, James S.222
Ulbricht, Gustav307–308
Unmack, Frank G., solicitor113
Upjohn, Captain Harry160–161, 190, 202–203, 205, 236–237, 239–240, 243, 247–248
Vallianos, master of Enterprise152–153
Vasey, Maurice226
Vile, William E. (Billy)224
“Vindex”see
Romans, George Henry
Walker, Charles Gilbert Shaw (Charlie)218
Ward, Captain J. L.194
Wardlaw, Edward215
Warton, Michael S., Broome magistrate309
Wassell, Albert209
Watson, Elliot Grant107–110
Webber, William271–272
Webster, chief warder, Fremantle Gaol319
Weir, Captain Alexander59
Weld, Sir Frederick Aloysius35
White, Robert J.188
Williams, Kate (a.k.a. “Vulcana”)83
Wilson, Constable John96–98
Wilson, Fred, Koombana crewman214
Wilson, H., Cossack132
Winpenny, F. J. (Joe)215
Winsloe, Commodore Alfred L.175
Wood, Major, Resident Magistrate, Broome189
Woolbeck, George126–127
Worbey, Annie218
Wright, Mrs, of Geraldton225
Yama Cooa, Clara crew member159
Yates, Captain J. W. W.235
Yee Ah Chun, of Broome308
Zola, Émile, French writer290–291