[Index]
Catherine (Kate) GOOD (1825 - 1917)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Elizabeth Kate ATKINSON (1861 - 1912)
Henry John ATKINSON (1864 - 1934)
Robert James ATKINSON (1866 - 1939)
Thomas Joseph Good ATKINSON (1869 - 1930)
 Catherine (Kate) GOOD (1825 - 1917)

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James ATKINSON (1824 - 1899)
 Thomas (John) GOOD (1790 - 1884) John GOOD



Catherine HAYES



Eliza CURTIS (1797 - 1875)











Catherine (Kate) GOOD James ATKINSON
Catherine (Kate) GOOD
Catherine (Kate) GOOD James ATKINSON Catherine (Kate) GOOD
Pic P1. In Lovinf Memory of
KATE
beloved wife of the late
JAMES ATKINSON
who depaerted this life
14th March 1917
aged 93 years

Pic S1. Sacred to the memory of
JAMES ATKINSON
died 19th April 1899
aged 74 years



erectd by his loving wife and children

Pic 1. In Lovinf Memory of
KATE
beloved wife of the late
JAMES ATKINSON
who depaerted this life
14th March 1917
aged 93 years

b. 1825 at Coachford, Co. Cork, Ireland
m. 1860 James ATKINSON (1824 - 1899) at Victoria, Australia
d. 1917 at Queensland, Australia aged 92
Near Relatives of Catherine (Kate) GOOD (1825 - 1917)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather John GOOD
Grandmother Catherine HAYES

Father in Law Henry ATKINSON
Mother in Law Jane CLENDENNING

Father Thomas (John) GOOD 1790 abt 1884 Cork & Ross, Co. Cork, Ireland 94
Mother Eliza CURTIS abt 1797 1875 Macroom, Ireland 78

Self Catherine (Kate) GOOD 1825 Coachford, Co. Cork, Ireland 1917 Queensland, Australia 92

Husband James ATKINSON 1824 County Armagh, Ireland 1899 Wairuna, Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia 75

Daughter Elizabeth Kate ATKINSON 1861 Victoria 1912 Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia 51
Son Henry John ATKINSON 1864 Queensland, Australia 1934 Queensland, Australia 70
Son Robert James ATKINSON 1866 Queensland, Australia 1939 Queensland, Australia 73
Son Thomas Joseph Good ATKINSON 1869 Queensland, Australia 1930 Queensland, Australia 61

Brother John GOOD 1821 County Cork, Ireland 1907 Grassmere, Victoria, Australia 86
Sister Margaret Curtis GOOD 1822 County Cork, Ireland 1898 Warnambool, Victoria, Australia 76
Brother Thomas Curtis GOOD 1827 Ireland 1891 Ireland 64
Sister Mary GOOD 1829 Rockgrove, Coachford, Cork, Ireland 1907 Glenthompson, Victoria, Australia 78
Brother Henry GOOD 1831 Coachford, Co. Cork, Ireland 1868 Winslow, Victoria 37
Sister Annie Amelia GOOD 1832 Ireland 1914 Mortlake, Victoria, Australia 82
Sister Josephine Mary Ann GOOD 1834 Ireland 1907 Warnambool, Victoria, Australia 73

Son in Law Bryan LYNN 1922 Queensland, Australia
Daughter in Law Isabel Frances MACKAY 1873 Brisbane, Queenland, Australia 1953 Clayfield, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 80
Daughter in Law Constance Charlotte LAMONT 1863 Boronia,, Knox City, Victoria, Australia 1949 Queensland, Australia 86
Daughter in Law Jessie Glennie "Glen" Godschall JOHNSON 1879 Gladstone, Queensland, Australia 1955 Atherton, Queensland, Australia 76

Grandson Bryan Atkinson LYNN 1896 Queensland, Australia
Grandson Henry ATKINSON
Grandson James ATKINSON
Granddaughter Daughter ATKINSON
Granddaughter Joyce ATKINSON
Grandson K. J. ATKINSON
Grandson R. L. ATKINSON

Uncle Edward Hayes GOOD abt 1790 Phale House, Ballineen, Cork, Ireland
Aunt Anne BALLARD abt 1792 1865 Dunmanway, Co Cork, Ireland 73

Cousin Anne Sarah GOOD abt 1828 1886 Cork, Co Cork, Ireland 58
Cousin John GOOD abt 1828 Ballineen House, Cork, Ireland 1909 Quambatook, Victoria, Australia 81
Cousin Catherine GOOD 1832 Phale House, Ballineen, Cork, Ireland 1907 Old Fort, Killinadrish, Co. Cork, Ireland 75
Cousin Francis GOOD 1834 Phale House, Ballineen, Cork, Ireland 1913 Possibly, Berwick, Pennsylvania, USA 79
Cousin Edward Frederick Ballard GOOD 1835 Ballineen House, Cork, Ireland 1890 St James, Victoria, Australia 55
Cousin Henry Francis GOOD abt 1839 Co Cork, Ireland 1915 Cork, Co Cork, Ireland 76

Nephew John GOOD 1871 Grassmere, Victoria, Australia 1912 East Melbourne, Vic, Australia 41
Niece Sophia Louisa GOOD 1873 1961 Warnambool, Victoria, Australia 88
Nephew Leslie Emmerson GOOD 1875 Woodford, Victoria, Australia 1930 Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia 55
Nephew William Henry GOOD abt 1875 1949 Warnambool, Victoria, Australia 74
Nephew John FRASER 1854 Newlands, Victoria, Australia 1938 Willaura, Victoria, Australia 84
Niece Elizabeth Mary FRASER 1857 Warnambool, Victoria, Australia 1932 Mount Molloy, Queensland, Australia 75
Nephew Robert Alexander FRASER 1859 Warnambool, Victoria, Australia 1940 Glenthompson, Victoria, Australia 81
Nephew Thomas Henry FRASER 1860 Yangery, Victoria, Australia 1929 South Australia, Australia 69
Niece Isabella Catherine FRASER 1862 Yangery, Victoria, Australia 1931 Ararat, Victoria, Australia 69
Niece Lydia FRASER 1862 Yangery, Victoria, Australia 1938 Koroit, Victoria, Australia 76
Niece Anne FRASER 1865 Dunkeld, Victoria, Australia 1945 Malvern, Victoria, Australia 80
Niece Margaret Mary Ann FRASER 1867 Dunkeld, Victoria, Australia 1944 South Australia, Australia 77
Niece Josephine Mary Ann FRASER 1870 Dunkeld, Victoria, Australia 1941 Victoria, Australia 71
Niece Ethel Hilda FRASER 1874 Dunkeld, Victoria, Australia
Niece Helena Victoria FRASER abt 1875 1954 Malvern, Victoria, Australia 79
Nephew John Thomas GOOD 1863 Warnambool, Victoria, Australia 1939 East Melbourne, Vic, Australia 76
Niece Mary Letita GOOD 1866 Woodford, Victoria, Australia 1943 Colac, Victoria, Australia 77
Niece Henrietta Eliza GOOD 1868 Winslow, Victoria 1950 Colac, Victoria, Australia 82
Niece Elizabeth Good ALLEN 1875 1960 Coleraine, Victoria, Australia 85
Nephew William Thomas ALLEN 1876 Winslow, Victoria 1953 Portland, Victoria, Australia 77

Sister in Law Sophia Louisa HEATLEY 1836 Bray, Co Wicklow, Ireland 1916 Victoria, Australia 80
Brother in Law Robert Alexander FRASER 1823 1897 Glenthompson, Victoria, Australia 74
Sister in Law Mary Jane ALLEN 1842 Dunlavin, Co Wicklow, Ireland 1934 Kyneton, Victoria, Australia 92
Brother in Law William Brereton ALLEN 1844 1903 Panmure, Victoria, Australia 59
Events in Catherine (Kate) GOOD (1825 - 1917)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1825 Catherine (Kate) GOOD was born Coachford, Co. Cork, Ireland Note 1
1860 35 Married James ATKINSON (aged 36) Victoria, Australia Note 2 52
1861 36 Birth of daughter Elizabeth Kate ATKINSON Victoria Note 3 52
1864 39 Birth of son Henry John ATKINSON Queensland, Australia Burial info
1866 41 Birth of son Robert James ATKINSON Queensland, Australia Burial info
1869 44 Birth of son Thomas Joseph Good ATKINSON Queensland, Australia Burial info
1875 50 Death of mother Eliza CURTIS (aged 78) Macroom, Ireland Note 4
abt 1884 59 Death of father Thomas (John) GOOD (aged 94) Cork & Ross, Co. Cork, Ireland
1899 74 Death of husband James ATKINSON (aged 75) Wairuna, Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia Note 5 52, 60
1912 87 Death of daughter Elizabeth Kate ATKINSON (aged 51) Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia Note 6 52, 60
1917 92 Catherine (Kate) GOOD died Queensland, Australia Note 7 52, 60
1917 92 Burial Gunnawarra Cemetery, Tablelands, Queensland Note 8 90
Note 1: Catherine Good
in the Ireland, Casey Collection Indexes, 1545-1960
Name Catherine Good
Gender Female
Record Type Baptism
Baptism Date 13 Feb. 1825
Baptism Place Ireland
Father John Good
Mother Elizabeth Good
Note 2: Catherine Good
in the Victoria, Australia, Marriage Index, 1837-1961
Name Catherine Good
Gender Female
Marriage Registration Date 1860
Marriage Registration Place Victoria, Australia
Spouse James Atkinson
Reference Number 329
Note 3: Burial info

Elizabeth Cath Atkinson
in the Victoria, Australia, Birth Index, 1837-1921
Name Elizabeth Cath Atkinson
Birth Registration Date 1861
Birth Registration Place Victoria, Australia
Father James Atkinson
Mother Atkinson
Reference Number 3329
Note 4: Eliza Good
in the Ireland, Civil Registration Deaths Index, 1864-1958
Name Eliza Good
Estimated Birth Year abt 1797
Date of Registration 1875
Death Age 78
Registration district Macroom
Volume 5
Page 434
FHL Film Number 101587
Note 5: Burial info

James Atkinson
in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
Name [James Atkinson]
Death Date 19 Apr. 1899
Death Place Queensland
Registration Date 1899
Registration Place Australia
Father Henry Atkinson
Mother Jane Clendenning
Registration Number 000855
Page number 804

North Queensland Register (Townsville) 1 MAY 1899
No doubt you have heard of the
Death of Mr James Atkinson of Wairuna
station.It occurred very suddenly last week
and much sympathy is extended for
Mrs Atkinson and the family. The deceased
gentleman came to Queensland in 1861
and has been one of the successful
pioneers of the North. He leaves a wido
w and one daughter and three sons.

Brisbane Courier 29 Aug 1899
realty and personality, £8000 James Atkinson, formerly
of Abergowrie station, near Cardwell, but
lately of Wairuna, near ingham, grazier,
to (Henry John Atkinson. Wairuna, near
Ingham, grazier, and W. McDowell, Green
-vale, near Charters Towers, grazier ; es-
tate sworn under £1830.
Note 6: Burial info

Elizabeth Kate Lynn
in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
Name Elizabeth Kate Lynn
Death Date 16 Dec. 1912
Death Place Queensland
Registration Date 1912
Registration Place Australia
Father James Atkinson
Mother Kate Good
Registration Number 004661
Page number 15722

Darling Downs Gazette (Toowoomba) 18 Dec 1912
DEATH.
LYNN.—On the 16th December, 1912,
at her residence, Phillip-street.
Toowoomba, Elizabeth Kate, wife
of Bryan Lynn, of Ingham, and
daughter of the late James At-
kinson, of Wairuna Station,
North Kennedy, Queensland, aged
53 years.
Note 7: Kate Atkinson
in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
Name Kate Atkinson
Death Date 14 Mar. 1917
Death Place Queensland
Registration Place Australia
Father Good
Mother Curtis
Registration Number 000481
Page number 66

The Argus (Melbourne) 9 April 1917
DEATHS.
ATKINSON.- On the 14th March, at Gunnawarra
Station, Mt. Garnet, N. Queensland, Kate Atkin-
son, relict of the late James Atkinson, of Port
Fairy, and Wairuna Station, North Queensland,
in her 93rd year.

Northern Herald (Cairns) 6 April 1917
A correspondent writes: The death
of Mrs. Kate Atkinson, relict of the
late James Atkinson, occurred at Gun
nawarra Station, Mt Garnet, on 14th
March, in her 93rd year. The deceased
lady was one of the oldest pioneers of
North Queensland, arriving at Bowen
with her husband in the early sixties.
Going inland on the outlook for sheep
country, their first stop was on the
Burdekin the present site of Green
vale Station, where they remained a
year or so and then moved on and
formed Mt Surprise with the late Mr.
Firth. Finding sheep a failure they
left in 1871 for the Lower Herbert,
where Ingham now is. Shortly after
arriving there the place was stuck up
by a number of wild blacks when the
men were absent, but the late Mrs.
Atkinson kept them pacified, doling
out stores till help came. In '81 they
sold out to the C.S.R. Company and
purchased Wairuna Station, where the
late 'Mr. Atkinson died. The de
ceased lady was also an old Vlictorian
Colonist, having arrived in Victoria
about the year 1850, where she lived
with her brother, the late Mr. John
Good, of Ingimira Station,Western
District, and used to relate many
thriling stories of the great fire,
known as Black Thursday.
Note 8: Catherine “Kate” Good Atkinson
BIRTH
1824
Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
DEATH
14 Mar 1917 (aged 92–93)
Queensland, Australia
BURIAL
Gunnawarra Cemetery
Gunnawarra, Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia
Source References:
52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record
- Reference = (Marriage)
- Notes: Catherine Good
in the Victoria, Australia, Marriage Index, 1837-1961
Name Catherine Good
Gender Female
Marriage Registration Date 1860
Marriage Registration Place Victoria, Australia
Spouse James Atkinson
Reference Number 329
- Reference = (Death)
- Notes: Kate Atkinson
in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
Name Kate Atkinson
Death Date 14 Mar. 1917
Death Place Queensland
Registration Place Australia
Father Good
Mother Curtis
Registration Number 000481
Page number 66
60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au
- Reference = (Death)
- Notes: The Argus (Melbourne) 9 April 1917
DEATHS.
ATKINSON.- On the 14th March, at Gunnawarra
Station, Mt. Garnet, N. Queensland, Kate Atkin-
son, relict of the late James Atkinson, of Port
Fairy, and Wairuna Station, North Queensland,
in her 93rd year.

Northern Herald (Cairns) 6 April 1917
A correspondent writes: The death
of Mrs. Kate Atkinson, relict of the
late James Atkinson, occurred at Gun
nawarra Station, Mt Garnet, on 14th
March, in her 93rd year. The deceased
lady was one of the oldest pioneers of
North Queensland, arriving at Bowen
with her husband in the early sixties.
Going inland on the outlook for sheep
country, their first stop was on the
Burdekin the present site of Green
vale Station, where they remained a
year or so and then moved on and
formed Mt Surprise with the late Mr.
Firth. Finding sheep a failure they
left in 1871 for the Lower Herbert,
where Ingham now is. Shortly after
arriving there the place was stuck up
by a number of wild blacks when the
men were absent, but the late Mrs.
Atkinson kept them pacified, doling
out stores till help came. In '81 they
sold out to the C.S.R. Company and
purchased Wairuna Station, where the
late 'Mr. Atkinson died. The de
ceased lady was also an old Vlictorian
Colonist, having arrived in Victoria
about the year 1850, where she lived
with her brother, the late Mr. John
Good, of Ingimira Station,Western
District, and used to relate many
thriling stories of the great fire,
known as Black Thursday.

MR. R. J. ATKINSON.
REVIEW OF HIS LIFE.
GENTLEMAN PASTORALIST.
MT. GARNET, March 3.
It is with deep regret and a strong
feeling of personal loss that the pass-
ing of Mr. Robert James Atkinson,
of Cashmere Station, early on, Wed-
nesday morning at the age of 72, is
recorded. A kindly man with a keen
sense of humour and readiness to do a
good turn at any time, he was well
liked and respected throughout the
north.
With his exceptionally wide know-
ledge and experience, gained by a life-
time among cattle and horses, he had
built up probably the finest herd of
beef cattle and stud of thoroughbred
and draught horses in North Queens-
land.
Born of pioneering pastoralists,
James and Kate Atkinson, he was the
first white child born at Elizabeth
Creek, near where the township of
Mt. Surprise now stands. He soon came
to the fore as an outstanding horse
master and a daring rider. Leaving
the Mt Surprise district, he came to
his father's property Wairuna Sta-
ion, on the Upper Burdekin, where,
with his brothers (the late Mr. H. J.
Atkinson, of Greenvale Station, and
the late Mr. T. J. Atkinson, of Gun-
nawarra Station, who both prede-
ceased him by some years) he gained
further experience among stock. Later
he purchased Abergowrie Station on the,
the Lower Herbert, married Miss
Lamont, of Melbourne, and settled
down there for some years. Early in
this century he purchased Cashmere
Station, on the Upper Herbert River,
and with his wife and young family
commenced on the great task of mak-
ing it the beautiful home it is to-day.
Cashmere homestead is picturesquely
situated on a high basalt tableland
above the bank of the Herbert. In
the time he could spare from his many
duties on this big station Mr. Atkin-
son, who was an ardent gardener, ''
built up the famous terrace garden
with basalt, -which was lying loose on
the tableland. From annual visits to
the Sydney Royal Show, where he pur-
chased the best pedigreed animals
most suitable for the north, he gradu-
ally built up the station stock until
the Cashmere thoroughbred and
Clydesdale horses bearing the well
known 9WD brands are recognised as
possibly the best in the north. By the
judicious mating of pedigree Devon
and Shorthorn cattle, also purchased
at the Sydney Show sales, he produced
a strain, the stock from which are
eagerly sought by cattle buyers.
A fine upstanding man, nearly 6 ft
in height, in his youth he excelled
in athletics, and was noted for his
swimming ability. Many tales are
told by old hands of his daring feats.
One of them was the swimming of the
Herbert River in flood with a 50lb
bag of flour balanced on his head.
This was not a stunt but was repeat
edly done in the wet season part of
the day's work.
He treated his many employees, as
he did his guests in his hospitable
home - with the greatest consider-
tion.
Besides his widow and family
Messrs R. L. ("Montv") and K. J
Atkinson. Mrs. A. J Champneys, Miss
Joyce Atkinson - a number of em
ployees who have spent their life or a
large portion of it in his service, are
left to mourn the loss of this fine
gentleman. In the peaceful little
cemetery, within view of his home at
Cashmere, amid the surroundings he
loved so well, he was laid to rest.
90. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find A Grave, Title: Findagrave.com
- Reference = (Burial)
- Notes: Catherine “Kate” Good Atkinson
BIRTH
1824
Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
DEATH
14 Mar 1917 (aged 92–93)
Queensland, Australia
BURIAL
Gunnawarra Cemetery
Gunnawarra, Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia
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