Death Of Old Papuan
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Identity.
Prom Our Own Correspondent.
Pt. Moresby, Feb. 6.
ON January 25, after a long illness, Joseph Danby died at his home at Bootless Inlet, Central Division. He first came to the territory in 1910 from Queensland, attracted by the rush to the Lakekamu goldfield. From the Lakekamu, he tried prospecting and recruiting, and later was employed as roads overseer to the Public Works Department.
“Joe” was well known and liked by the “old hands” in Papua. He had an un usual and varied life; before leaving England, his birthplace, he had been a scene-shifter, and, later in Australia, drover’s cook, travelling through much of Northern Australia.