The following is a transcript of the Inquest of Death, concerning Charlie, an aboriginal, at Woogaroo Asylum who died in 1900. It is based on the Microfilm copy held at the Queensland State Archives Item ID 2735482, all statements were handwritten.
The intent with this post is to make primary sources more readily available, hence there is little comment. However I will comment that this inquest is one of three related to death by tuberculosis in a short space of time.
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"INQUESTS OF DEATH ACT OF 1866.”
CERTIFICATE OF PARTICULARS.-- INQUEST OF DEATH.
I HEREBY CERTIFY, that on the twenty first day of June 1900, I held an Inquest of Death at Woogaroo Asylum in the Police District of Oxley and that the following particulars were then disclosed :--
Name of deceased : Charlie (Aboriginal)
Profession or calling : None
Height, colour of hair, peculiar clothing, and any other means of identity: [Blank]
Where found and when : Woogaroo Asylum 21st June 1900
Date of death : 21 June 1900
Supposed cause of death : Tuberculosis of the intestines, Dropsy
Persons last seen in company of deceased, and names of suspected persons: [Blank]
Accused : [Blank]
Names, residences, and calling of witnesses:
Dr K. E. Shaw, Woogaroo Asylum
G. Locke, attendant, Woogaroo
Suspicious circumstances: [Blank]
[Signed] W. Galdwyn M.
Coroner or Justice.
NOTE.- One Copy of this Certificate to be attached to the Inquest of Death Deposition and forwarded The Honourable the Attorney-General, and a Duplicate to be sent to the Commissioner of Police. See Section 3 of "Inquests of Death Act of 1866" (30 Vic. No. 3). A Copy must also be forwarded, together with the “Certificate of Information,” to the District Registrar of the District within which the Death took place.
Robert English Kane on oath saith :- I am Assistant Medical Superintendent to the hospital for Insane at Goodna. I knew the deceased Charlie (aboriginal) who was admitted into the Hospital for the Insane at Goodna on the 3rd May 1899 attended him during his illness up to the time of his death which took place on the morning of the 21st June 1900. I immediately viewed his dead body before removal from the Male Hospital Ward No VI.
He Cause of Death which was ascertained by postmortem examination was Tuberculosis of the intestines followed by Dropsy
[Signed] R. E. Kane L. R. ???
Taken and sworn before me this 21st day of June 1900 at Goodna
[signed] W. Galdwyn Me
George Lock on oath saith :- I am an attendant at this Asylum. I knew the deceased patient Charlie since the second of the present month on which date he was received into the Hospital from No. 1 Ward and put to bed. He took his foods fairly well but did not seem to improve. When I came on duty this morning he appeared in a sinking condition. He died in my presence at 8.30 am 21 June 1900.
The body was viewed after death by Dr. Kane.
[Signed] G Locke
Taken and sworn before me this 21st day of June 1900 at Goodna
[Signed] W. Galdwyn Me
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