Burial - 23 April 1939
OBITUARY MR. CHARLES FULLER
One of the Burnett district's oldest pioneers. Mr. Charles Fuller, aged 71, passed away at the Maryborough General Hospital on Sunday night. The late Mr. Fuller was born at Glen Innes (N.S.W.) and came to the Burnett with his parents who kept an inn at Didcot, on the Gayndah road, in the early coaching days.
Some of the hardships endured by the pioneers is revealed by the fact that the deceased was carried on horse back by his mother from Glen Innes to Gympie when only 12 months old. Incidentally his mother was the first white woman born at Port Macquarie and one of the first white women to settle in the Burnett.
Deceased assisted his father, who conducted a carrying business between Maryborough and Gayndah, and later followed the occupation of a carrier of goods and worked a team in the timber trade. He also followed mining pursuits at Mount Shamrock where he was one of the first to prospect for gold at that centre. He also assisted the then Crown Ranger in forming the township of Byrnestown, one of the most flourishing centres in the Burnett district. Twenty years ago he bought a property at Tinana where he followed farming and dairying pursuits until the time of his death.
The late Mr. Fuller recounted many stories concerning the blacks in the early days, and used to recall the time when holes were bored in the walls at the Didcot Inn from which the natives were fired upon when they became troublesome. He recalled, too, the visit made, to Didcot by the bushranger Thunderbolt, who had robbed the mail coach a few miles on the Maryborough side of that township.
The late Mr. Fuller was married twice. His first wife predeceased him many years ago. There were seven children of the marriage — five sons, Charles Daniel (Cairns), Edward William (Brisbane), Edgar John (Brisbane). Cecil Jeremiah (Cairns) and Roger Bernard, and two daughters Mrs. J. Aberdeen (Brisbane) and Mrs. S. J. Down (Cairns). Roger Bernard was killed in action in France in 1916. Two other sons, Charles Daniel and Edward William, also served with the A.I.F. The deceased is also survived by his second wife, two brothers, Roland John (Gooroolba), William John (Didcot) and two sisters, Mrs R. Taylor (Didcot) and Mrs. A. Mc Donald (Cairns). The funeral will leave Biggenden today, at noon, for the Degilbo cemetery.
Maryborough Chronicle, Tue 25 Apr 1939
OBITUARY MR. CHARLES FULLER
One of the Burnett district's oldest pioneers. Mr. Charles Fuller, aged 71, passed away at the Maryborough General Hospital on Sunday night. The late Mr. Fuller was born at Glen Innes (N.S.W.) and came to the Burnett with his parents who kept an inn at Didcot, on the Gayndah road, in the early coaching days.
Some of the hardships endured by the pioneers is revealed by the fact that the deceased was carried on horse back by his mother from Glen Innes to Gympie when only 12 months old. Incidentally his mother was the first white woman born at Port Macquarie and one of the first white women to settle in the Burnett.
Deceased assisted his father, who conducted a carrying business between Maryborough and Gayndah, and later followed the occupation of a carrier of goods and worked a team in the timber trade. He also followed mining pursuits at Mount Shamrock where he was one of the first to prospect for gold at that centre. He also assisted the then Crown Ranger in forming the township of Byrnestown, one of the most flourishing centres in the Burnett district. Twenty years ago he bought a property at Tinana where he followed farming and dairying pursuits until the time of his death.
The late Mr. Fuller recounted many stories concerning the blacks in the early days, and used to recall the time when holes were bored in the walls at the Didcot Inn from which the natives were fired upon when they became troublesome. He recalled, too, the visit made, to Didcot by the bushranger Thunderbolt, who had robbed the mail coach a few miles on the Maryborough side of that township.
The late Mr. Fuller was married twice. His first wife predeceased him many years ago. There were seven children of the marriage — five sons, Charles Daniel (Cairns), Edward William (Brisbane), Edgar John (Brisbane). Cecil Jeremiah (Cairns) and Roger Bernard, and two daughters Mrs. J. Aberdeen (Brisbane) and Mrs. S. J. Down (Cairns). Roger Bernard was killed in action in France in 1916. Two other sons, Charles Daniel and Edward William, also served with the A.I.F. The deceased is also survived by his second wife, two brothers, Roland John (Gooroolba), William John (Didcot) and two sisters, Mrs R. Taylor (Didcot) and Mrs. A. Mc Donald (Cairns). The funeral will leave Biggenden today, at noon, for the Degilbo cemetery.
Maryborough Chronicle, Tue 25 Apr 1939
Burial - 23 April 1939
OBITUARY MR. CHARLES FULLER
One of the Burnett district's oldest pioneers. Mr. Charles Fuller, aged 71, passed away at the Maryborough General Hospital on Sunday night. The late Mr. Fuller was born at Glen Innes (N.S.W.) and came to the Burnett with his parents who kept an inn at Didcot, on the Gayndah road, in the early coaching days.
Some of the hardships endured by the pioneers is revealed by the fact that the deceased was carried on horse back by his mother from Glen Innes to Gympie when only 12 months old. Incidentally his mother was the first white woman born at Port Macquarie and one of the first white women to settle in the Burnett.
Deceased assisted his father, who conducted a carrying business between Maryborough and Gayndah, and later followed the occupation of a carrier of goods and worked a team in the timber trade. He also followed mining pursuits at Mount Shamrock where he was one of the first to prospect for gold at that centre. He also assisted the then Crown Ranger in forming the township of Byrnestown, one of the most flourishing centres in the Burnett district. Twenty years ago he bought a property at Tinana where he followed farming and dairying pursuits until the time of his death.
The late Mr. Fuller recounted many stories concerning the blacks in the early days, and used to recall the time when holes were bored in the walls at the Didcot Inn from which the natives were fired upon when they became troublesome. He recalled, too, the visit made, to Didcot by the bushranger Thunderbolt, who had robbed the mail coach a few miles on the Maryborough side of that township.
The late Mr. Fuller was married twice. His first wife predeceased him many years ago. There were seven children of the marriage — five sons, Charles Daniel (Cairns), Edward William (Brisbane), Edgar John (Brisbane). Cecil Jeremiah (Cairns) and Roger Bernard, and two daughters Mrs. J. Aberdeen (Brisbane) and Mrs. S. J. Down (Cairns). Roger Bernard was killed in action in France in 1916. Two other sons, Charles Daniel and Edward William, also served with the A.I.F. The deceased is also survived by his second wife, two brothers, Roland John (Gooroolba), William John (Didcot) and two sisters, Mrs R. Taylor (Didcot) and Mrs. A. Mc Donald (Cairns). The funeral will leave Biggenden today, at noon, for the Degilbo cemetery.
Maryborough Chronicle, Tue 25 Apr 1939
OBITUARY MR. CHARLES FULLER
One of the Burnett district's oldest pioneers. Mr. Charles Fuller, aged 71, passed away at the Maryborough General Hospital on Sunday night. The late Mr. Fuller was born at Glen Innes (N.S.W.) and came to the Burnett with his parents who kept an inn at Didcot, on the Gayndah road, in the early coaching days.
Some of the hardships endured by the pioneers is revealed by the fact that the deceased was carried on horse back by his mother from Glen Innes to Gympie when only 12 months old. Incidentally his mother was the first white woman born at Port Macquarie and one of the first white women to settle in the Burnett.
Deceased assisted his father, who conducted a carrying business between Maryborough and Gayndah, and later followed the occupation of a carrier of goods and worked a team in the timber trade. He also followed mining pursuits at Mount Shamrock where he was one of the first to prospect for gold at that centre. He also assisted the then Crown Ranger in forming the township of Byrnestown, one of the most flourishing centres in the Burnett district. Twenty years ago he bought a property at Tinana where he followed farming and dairying pursuits until the time of his death.
The late Mr. Fuller recounted many stories concerning the blacks in the early days, and used to recall the time when holes were bored in the walls at the Didcot Inn from which the natives were fired upon when they became troublesome. He recalled, too, the visit made, to Didcot by the bushranger Thunderbolt, who had robbed the mail coach a few miles on the Maryborough side of that township.
The late Mr. Fuller was married twice. His first wife predeceased him many years ago. There were seven children of the marriage — five sons, Charles Daniel (Cairns), Edward William (Brisbane), Edgar John (Brisbane). Cecil Jeremiah (Cairns) and Roger Bernard, and two daughters Mrs. J. Aberdeen (Brisbane) and Mrs. S. J. Down (Cairns). Roger Bernard was killed in action in France in 1916. Two other sons, Charles Daniel and Edward William, also served with the A.I.F. The deceased is also survived by his second wife, two brothers, Roland John (Gooroolba), William John (Didcot) and two sisters, Mrs R. Taylor (Didcot) and Mrs. A. Mc Donald (Cairns). The funeral will leave Biggenden today, at noon, for the Degilbo cemetery.
Maryborough Chronicle, Tue 25 Apr 1939
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