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Labourer (opens the original)
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Six Doughtys appear together on the 1903 electoral roll for the Yangan subdivision, Queensland.At first glance, they look like one household.They were not.They were spread across Mount Sturt and Yangan, living and working within a few kilometres of each other.Robert Doughty senior was recorded at Yangan as a farmer. His son Robert junior was at Mount Sturt, a labourer.James John Doughty was at King Street, Yangan, also a labourer. His wife Mary Jane was there with him.Sophia was at Mount Sturt,
What Happened to the Coachman (opens the original)
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On his daughter Violet’s birth record in County Galway, Ireland, Humphries’ occupation is described as Coachman. The Queensland records begin differently.When Humphries, Sophia and their daughter Violet arrived at Brisbane aboard the Duke of Sutherland on 25 March 1901, the immigration register described him as “Groom & Gardener.”<a class="image-link image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!itjZ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%
Humphries and Sophia (opens the original)
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Before Humphries Doughty became a well-borer in Queensland, he and Sophia Bradburn had already begun a life based on his work.They married on 8 January 1897 at Moyliscar Church, near Mullingar in County Westmeath.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="462"
The Sons Turned to Water (opens the original)
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When Robert Doughty’s farm at Mount Sturt, just out Yangan was finally sold, there was nothing left for his family.The land had gone.The horses and farm implements had been sold.The mortgage and other costs consumed what remained.But by then, Robert’s three sons were already moving into a different kind of work.They were boring for water.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cBBm!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-
The Rolled Gold Watch (opens the original)
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After the sons’ letters, the file turns quieter.The farm had to be sold.Robert Doughty was still alive when the real and personal estate went to auction in December 1904. The horses, implements and other farm goods were sold. The land itself did not reach the reserve.The auction notices give a full description of the farm.Subdivision 3 of Portion 896, Parish of Robinson.Forty-nine acres, three roods, twenty-one perches.Within one mile of Mount Sturt and three miles of Yangan railway station.Fenc
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