# Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia

*Australia / Queensland*

city · AU · -20.7000, 140.5000

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloncurry,_Queensland
Wikidata: `Q664060` (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q664060)

## Also known as
- Cloncurry, Kennedy, Queensland, Australia _(duplicate: #8401 'Cloncurry, Kennedy, Queensland' = #518 Cloncurry. Wikidata Q664060.)_

## People
- [Euphemia Murray](/p/euphemia-murray-5729.md)
- [Harry Oswald Lewis](/p/harry-oswald-lewis-15509.md)
- [Thomas Knight Spreadborough](/p/thomas-knight-spreadborough-16029.md)
- [Muriel Blanche Monize](/p/muriel-blanche-monize-16031.md)
- [Thomas Knight Spreadborough](/p/thomas-knight-spreadborough-16032.md)
- [William Ernest Spreadborough](/p/william-ernest-spreadborough-16039.md)
- [Alice Hannant](/p/alice-hannant-24648.md)
- [Heinrich Wilhelm Ruthenberg](/p/heinrich-wilhelm-ruthenberg-25448.md)
- [Elizabeth Davey](/p/elizabeth-davey-26445.md)
- [Sydney Joseph Cave](/p/sydney-joseph-cave-28915.md)
- [Richard Penhallurick](/p/richard-penhallurick-29333.md)
- [Letitia Agnes O Neill](/p/letitia-agnes-o-neill-32168.md)
- [John Swaine](/p/john-swaine-39321.md)
- [Robert Carl Katter](/p/robert-carl-katter-52279.md)
- [Archibald Frederick Mosman](/p/archibald-frederick-mosman-64916.md)
- [Robert Cummin Katter](/p/robert-cummin-katter-52280.md)
- [Alan Charles Roberts](/p/alan-charles-roberts-56167.md)
- [Mary Ellen Brown](/p/mary-ellen-brown-2032.md)

## Events
- **Born**: [Muriel Blanche Monize](/p/muriel-blanche-monize-16031.md)
- **Born**: [Thomas Knight Spreadborough](/p/thomas-knight-spreadborough-16032.md)
- **Residence**: [Mary Ellen Brown](/p/mary-ellen-brown-2032.md) — Brought up by her aunt Annie in Cloncurry from about age 16; her aunt owned a hotel there.
- FEB 1881 — **Died**: [Euphemia Murray](/p/euphemia-murray-5729.md)
- ABT 1895 — **Occupation**: [Richard Penhallurick](/p/richard-penhallurick-29333.md) — Cobb & Co.
- 1913 — **Residence**: [Heinrich Wilhelm Ruthenberg](/p/heinrich-wilhelm-ruthenberg-25448.md)
- 1913 — **Residence**: [Sydney Joseph Cave](/p/sydney-joseph-cave-28915.md)
- 1913 — **Residence**: [Letitia Agnes O Neill](/p/letitia-agnes-o-neill-32168.md)
- 20 FEB 1918 — **Died**: [Archibald Frederick Mosman](/p/archibald-frederick-mosman-64916.md)
- 1919 — **Residence**: [Heinrich Wilhelm Ruthenberg](/p/heinrich-wilhelm-ruthenberg-25448.md)
- 1919 — **Residence**: [Elizabeth Davey](/p/elizabeth-davey-26445.md)
- 1919 — **Residence**: [Sydney Joseph Cave](/p/sydney-joseph-cave-28915.md)
- 1925 — **Residence**: [Elizabeth Davey](/p/elizabeth-davey-26445.md)
- 1925 — **Residence**: [Sydney Joseph Cave](/p/sydney-joseph-cave-28915.md)
- 1928 — **Born**: [William Ernest Spreadborough](/p/william-ernest-spreadborough-16039.md)
- 1930 — **Residence**: [Harry Oswald Lewis](/p/harry-oswald-lewis-15509.md)
- 1930 — **Residence**: [Harry Oswald Lewis](/p/harry-oswald-lewis-15509.md)
- 1930 — **Residence**: [Elizabeth Davey](/p/elizabeth-davey-26445.md)
- 23 DEC 1936 — **Died**: [John Swaine](/p/john-swaine-39321.md)
- 1937 — **Residence**: [Thomas Knight Spreadborough](/p/thomas-knight-spreadborough-16029.md)
- 1937 — **Residence**: [Muriel Blanche Monize](/p/muriel-blanche-monize-16031.md)
- 1937 — **Residence**: [Thomas Knight Spreadborough](/p/thomas-knight-spreadborough-16032.md)
- 1937 — **Residence**: [Alice Hannant](/p/alice-hannant-24648.md)
- 1937 — **Residence**: [Elizabeth Davey](/p/elizabeth-davey-26445.md)
- FROM 1942 — **Occupation (Storekeeper and picture theatre proprietor)**: [Robert Cummin Katter](/p/robert-cummin-katter-52280.md) — After his army appointment was terminated in 1942 Katter returned to Cloncurry, in north Queensland, where his family ran a general store. He leased a clothing store and later a picture theatre. The Parliamentary Handbook records his occupations as theatre proprietor and business manager. On taking over the cinema he removed the steel partitions that had divided Aboriginal patrons from other patrons.
- JAN 1942 — **Born**: [Alan Charles Roberts](/p/alan-charles-roberts-56167.md)
- 1943 — **Residence**: [Muriel Blanche Monize](/p/muriel-blanche-monize-16031.md)
- 1943 — **Residence**: [Thomas Knight Spreadborough](/p/thomas-knight-spreadborough-16032.md)
- 22 MAY 1945 — **Born**: [Robert Carl Katter](/p/robert-carl-katter-52279.md)
- FROM 1946 TO 1967 — **Councillor, Cloncurry Shire Council**: [Robert Cummin Katter](/p/robert-cummin-katter-52280.md) — Katter was elected to the Cloncurry Shire Council in 1946 and served as a councillor until 1967, including as deputy chairman from 1946 to 1948.
- FROM 1948 TO 1951 — **Chairman, Cloncurry Shire Council**: [Robert Cummin Katter](/p/robert-cummin-katter-52280.md) — Katter chaired the Cloncurry Shire Council from 1948 to 1951 and again from 1964 to 1967. The Australian Dictionary of Biography dates the terms 1949-52 and 1964-67 and describes him as Australia's youngest local government head at the time.
- 1963 — **Residence**: [Alan Charles Roberts](/p/alan-charles-roberts-56167.md)