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Hospital admission registers are very useful for genealogy and family history. The only surviving register for Burketown Hospital covers 16 Dec 1909 to 29 Dec 1923. Though not always completed in full, it has space for these details:

name;  date admitted;  age;  birthplace;  occupation;  religion;  ship of arrival;  how long in colony;  place of residence;  marital status;  place of marriage, at what age, and name of spouse;  names and ages of children living;  number and sex of children deceased;  father's name and occupation;  father's present residence if living (or 'father dead');  mother's maiden name;  disease or reason for admission;  date of discharge or date and cause of death;  additional remarks (medical history, social circumstances etc.)

Note the provision for ship of arrival, place of residence, marital status, and father's present residence - details not found on a Qld death certificate. A hospital register is sometimes the only surviving source of information about immigration.

Explanation of names below:

• Date range:  16 Dec 1909 - 29 Dec 1923.
• An asterisk (*) means I have a small amount of information from the register.
• Scroll through the list. Many names were spelled incorrectly in the registers.
• '..' means that no surname was stated, or the name was illegible.
• A question mark means handwriting was difficult to decipher, and spelling is in doubt.
• Names beginning with 'Mc' precede other 'M' surnames.
• Apostrophes have been removed from names such as O'SHANAUGHSEY.
• If there is more than one entry for a name, it could mean that the same person is mentioned more than once, or that there were several people with the same name. The only way to find out is to consult the original sources. Check all such entries, as some may give more details than others.
• How to obtain more details.

AFFLECK -
AFFLECK John
AH FOO Tommy
AH FOO Tommy
ALEXANDER Edward William
ANDERSON Patrick
ANDERSON Thomas
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BARNETT William *
BARRETT Margaret (Maggie) *
BARRY Edward John *
BATTLES John *
BAUMGARTEN -
BERNARD Berny *
BIDGOOD William *
BIRD Alfred
BLACKMORE Charles *
BLIGHT Joseph *
BOOTH A B  (Bert)
BOOTH Bertie
BOOTH Donald
BRAITLING William ?
BROWN .. (blacksmith)
BROWN Annie Elizabeth *
BROWN Edmund *
BROWN George *
BROWN George Edward *
BUCHANAN Charles
BUCHANAN Charles
BUCHANAN Donald
BUCHANAN William *
BURKE Leslie *
BURR Jack  (Aboriginal)
BYRNE James
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CAMERON Eric *
CANT Alfred Burke
CANT G C *
CANT George *
CANT George Charles
CANT George Charles
CHIPPENDALE Edward *
CLARKE Charles Francis *
CLARKE Charles Francis
COLLINS -
COLLINS George? *
COMMONS Leslie *
CONNORS Henry
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DALMA? *
DARCY Edward *
DARRAGH Henry *
DAVIDSON Alexander *
DAVIDSON Cudha
DAVIDSON Donald *
DAVIDSON Donald
DAVIDSON Flora
DAVIDSON Florrie
DAVIDSON John *
DAVIDSON Mary Ann *
DAVIDSON Mary Ann
DAVIDSON Peggy
DAVIDSON Violet May
DAVIS Edward *
DAVISON William
DAWSON Arthur James
DAWSON Arthur James
DE BRUNE Aidan *
DE BRUNE Aidan
DE LESTANG Albert? *
DEAHM Maggie *
DEAN John *
DICKSON J T *
DICKSON James
DIEHM Maggie *
DOBSON Francis Lane
DONOVAN Roy John
DOUGLAS George *
DOUGLAS George *
DOUGLAS George *
DOUGLAS Malcolm
DOUGLAS William *
DOWNIE Everard *
DOYLE
DOYLE Bartle *
DOYLE Emily
DOYLE James
DOYLE James
DOYLE James
DUNNE M   (female) *
DUNNE Monica *
DUNNE Monica Katherine? *
DUNNE William *
DUNNE William *
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EDMONDS William
EDMONDS William
ELLIOTT John *
ELLIOTT John *
ESPOVAT George Haim? *
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FANNING Edward
FARACKERLEY George Sydney? *
FARRELL Arthur *
FAZACKERLEY G S *
FERRY Stanley *
FERRY Stanley
FINLAY John Adams *
FINLAY John Adams
FINLAY John Adams
FOO Sam ?
FOSTER C Harry *
FOUNTAIN Annie Mary *
FRACKLETON Arthur *
FRASER Paddy
FRIEND Hugh
FRIEND Hugh
FRISCHKORN Fred
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GAFFNEY Patrick
GOODE William *
GRACE William Richard? (or GRALE?) *
GRALE William Richard? (see GRACE)
GREINER -  (wife of Francis C) *
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HALL -  (female, b. NZ) *
HALL Kathleen *
HANSEN Chris *
HANSEN Peter *
HANSEN Peter
HARNEY John *
HAWKER Henry Havelock *
HELTENWORTH Charles *
HITE Sam
HITE Samuel *
HITE Samuel *
HOAD Oliver
HODGKINS John
HOLE Ernest *
HOLE Ernest
HOLE Ernest Herbert *
HOLE Ernest Herbert *
HOOSAN .. *
HOOSAN Alick
HOOSIAN Henry *
HOPE Alfred *
HORN John
HORN John
HORNDALE Thomas? *
HORTON James Edward
HOSKINS Charles *
HOUSTON Alexander
HUDDY Billy (Aboriginal)
HUDDY Ethel Mary
HUDDY Florence
HUDDY George
HUDDY George
HUDDY George
HUDDY Victoria
HUDDY William
HUGHES Alfred *
HUGHES Henry
HUGHES Henry
HUGHES John Francis
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JEFFRIES Kenneth Royston
JENKINS Thomas
JOHNS Thomas *
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KANE Thomas
KEATING Patrick *
KENNEDY Richard *
KING Eva
KING Laura May *
KING Roy James
KING Willie *
KIRBY Alexander
KNIGHT EATON Margaret
KNOX Edward
KONG Lee
KRUGER Harry *
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LANG William Charles *
LARBALESTIER William R *
LARBALESTIER William Robert *
LEDGER -
LEDGER J V *
LEDGER John Vallantyne *
LEDLIE Catherine Emily *
LEDLIE Evelyn
LEE John *
LEE John *
LEERY ?  (see SEERY)
LORD .. (female) *
LUMLEY MARTIN Ernest James
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McDERMOTT William *
McGARRATY Patrick *
McGUIRE Robert Jas
McINNES James *
McINNES James *
McINTOSH Robert Bruce
McKENZIE Annie *
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MACINTOSH T B? *
MacINTYRE Laura
MACKENSIE Annie Mary * (see also MACKENZIE)
MACKENZIE Annie Mary * (see also MACKENSIE)
MADILL Louesa? *
MAGUIRE Robert
MAGUIRE Robert James *
MAHER Charles *
MAHER Charles *
MAHER Charles
MAHER Charles
MAHONEY -
MAHONEY James
MAHONEY James
MAHONEY James
MAHONEY James
MAHONEY James
MAHONEY James
MAHONY James *
MAHONY James
MAHONY James
MAHR Cora ?
MALCOLM Arthur R *
MARNEY James
MARNEY James
MARNEY James
MATHER John William *
MEECHAM Harold William
MONAHAN Vincent
MOODIE William Joseph *
MOODY William *
MOSS Jane Elizabeth
MOSS William John
MULLINS William
MURPHY Edward
MURPHY John *
MURPHY John
MURPHY John
MURPHY Johnny
MURRAY Reginald
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NORRIS William Henry
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OGILVIE Donald *
OKEEFE James Arthur
OSHANAUGHSEY James? *
OWEN Walter *
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PATTERSON David *
PATTERSON David James *
PATTERSON Gilbert
PATTERSON Molly *
PATTERSON Thomas
PATTISON Johnny *
PETIT H George *
PETTIT -  (wife of H. George PETITT) *
PHARR Harry
PHARR Henry *
POINTON Edward
POINTON Samuel
POINTON Samuel
POTTER George *
POWELL Alfred *
POWELL Alfred John *
POWELL Alfred John
PRATT George Harry
PRATT George Harry
PRATT George Harry
PRIEU Fredrick? *
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QUINLAN
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REILLY Lizzie
RENDLE Charles
RICHARDS Maggie? *
RICHARDSON ... (b.Yorkshire) *
RICHARDSON Frank *
RICHARDSON Maria
RILEY W *
ROBERTS Thomas
RODGERS R (male)
RUNDLE
RUNDLE Annie? *
RUPERT Charles *
RUPERT Charles
RYAN John V
RYAN John Valentine *
RYAN John Valentine *
RYAN William Gordon *
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SAINT CLAIR Desmond Campbell *
SAM FOO  (see FOO Sam)
SARMARDIN Ethel? * (consider also SERAMADIN)
SCOTT Albert Edward
SCOTT Edward
SCOTT Edward Nimmo *
SCOTT Edward Nimmo
SEERY Ethel
SEERY Rose
SEERY James Frederick? *
SEERY John Joseph ?
SERAMADIN Eric (consider also SARMARDIN)
SHADFORTH Betsy Jane
SHADFORTH Dot
SHADFORTH John (Jack)
SHADFORTH Robert
SHADFORTH Robert
SHADFORTH Robert H
SHADFORTH Robert H
SHADFORTH Robert Henry *
SHADFORTH Robert Henry *
SHADFORTH Robert Henry *
SHADFORTH Robert Henry
SHADFORTH Robert Henry
SHADFORTH Robert Henry
SHADFORTH Robert John
SINGLETON George
SLATER Percy Richard
SMITH Frank *
SMITH Gordon
SMITH Jessie Eveline? *
SMITH Oliver James *
SMITH William  (born VIC) *
SMITH Winnie *
SPENCER Walter *
STADHAMS Cecil Willmot
STADHAMS Mary Hannah
STADHAMS Mavis
STADHAMS Mavis
ST CLAIR Desmond Campbell (see SAINT CLAIR)
STEWART Duncan *
STEWART Flora Minnie *
STOCKWELL R H *
SYMONDS Thomas *
SYMONS William *
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THOMAS Margaret
THOMPSON John Evan
TONNER Nellie
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WALDEN Francis Robert *
WALDEN Robert John
WALDRON Robert
WALKER Maud *
WALKER Richard *
WALKER Robert *
WALKER Robert *
WALKER Robert *
WALKER Robert *
WALKER William *
WALSH Martin
WEBER William Love *
WHITE James *
WILLIAMSON J Davis *
WILSON George *
WOODS William *
WOOLFF Margaret
WOOLLF Andrew
WRIGHT J *
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YAMAGUCHI Harry *
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* Burketown Burial Register Index has been published.

* More hospital records, and conditions for patients in the old days

For many years this Web page included the warning "There is a risk that the Government may close hospital records. Use them now!"  As I predicted, this register is now closed, so I can no longer obtain copies - but for 40% of the entries (the ones marked with an asterisk) I made brief notes during indexing (usually one or more of the following:  birthplace, age, occupation, residence, ship of arrival, how long in Queensland, reason for admission, spouse, parents, father's occupation and/or present residence).

Genealogy is my business (not just a hobby), and I've spent over 35 years learning about (and indexing) original records, so I charge fees for my time. I will (for a fee of $5 per SURNAME) supply source references (the record office, its location number for the source, and page number) so that you can apply for more details via Right to Information, plus (for names marked with an asterisk) brief notes that I made while indexing. See how to send requests and payment (my email address is on that page).

Other Suggestions

Records for other hospitals, and rules and conditions for patients in the old days.

Burketown Burial Register Index (published).

Specialist Indexes in Australia: a genealogist's guide mentions an index to Burketown bank journals.

My other genealogy sites have additional advice and names.

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