Henry Lonsdale was the fourth child in a family of nine.  His father was a teacher but around the mid 1870s he took up professional portrait photography, a profession he continued to ply until they migrated to Australia.  Some of his photographs are still used in education subjects.

The Abell family boarded the ship Compta and arrived in Brisbane on 10 November 1882.

Henry Lonsdale's father passed away 20 May 1884 and is buried at the Toowong Cemetery.  His mother, Mary, died 11 September 1909 and his sisters, Annie, died 10 March 1888, Kate died 30 January 1915 and Edith Darling died 6 March 1925.  They are buried with their father.

To provide for her family, Mary ran a private school in Toowong.

In 1898, Henry is registered as living at Duingal, south west of Bundaberg.  Bu 1900, Henry had returned to Brisbane and was living with his brother, William, in the last house on the left from the Railway Station on Stanley Terrace in the suburb of Taringa, Brisbane.  He was employed as a clerk.  In 1905, Henry returned to Stanton Harcourt in the Wide Bay area and tried his hand at being a miner.  By early 1906, Henry returned to his home on Stanley Terrace, Taringa, and took up work as a clerk once again.  Later the same year, Henry moved to Gin Gin and tried his hand at being a General Agent.  He didn't stay with this occupation and by 1908 was employed in the district as a labourer.  The following year, his mother passed away and was buried with her husband.

The next mention of Henry is in September 1911 when he arrived in Langlo Crossing.  His occupation was listed as a carpenter.  Within ten months of arriving at Langlo Crossing, Henry took ill with asthma (or some throat condition) and died at the Langlo Crossing Hotel.  He was buried the same day in the Langlo Crossing Historical Cemetery.

Little is known of Patrick's life journey until a notice appears in "The Queenslander" newspaper on 24th October 1885 which reads: "A Correspondent writing from Dulvadilla reports the sudden death of Dr. J. Bacon, who was found dead in his bed at the Carriers’ Arms Hotel on Sunday morning last. He had only arrived on the previous Wednesday and was then in a very bad state of health. The funeral took place at 4 o’clock in the afternoon and was attended by all the principal residents. By the kind permission of Mr. McKenzie, a grave had been dug in his paddock in a place he had set apart for this purpose and as there was no minister in the town, Mr. Ramm, of Gargett and Co., read the burial service."

Patrick Bacon is buried at Dulbydilla.

George was born at Dulbydilla, the fifth of nine children born to Robert Brindell and Florinda De Burgh Riordan. George's brothers and sisters were Mary/Mabel Alice (Birth Registration 1877/C/1195); Florinda De Burgh; (Birth Registration 1880/C/1183); Annie Eliza (Birth Registration 1881/C/1416); Octavia Ellen (Birth Registration 1883/C/1634); George (2) (Birth Registration 1890/C/1226); Catherine Ivy, born 1892; Eileen Margaret, born 1893; & Winifred Doris (Birth Registration 1897/C/12055). His father, Robert, was one of identical twins born in 1850 to George Brindle and Eliza Aiken of Armidale, New South Wales. George's mother, Florinda, was from Castleconnell, Limerick, Ireland. At the age of 20 years, Florinda arrived in Moreton Bay, Queensland, on 14th January 1874, on the ship, "Winefred". Robert & Florinda married in Goondiwindi on the Queensland / New South Wales border on 4th October 1876. The family moved regularly and after the death of their fifth-born son, George (1), the family continued to move with Robert trying a number of occupations including farmer, miner, butcher, cook, publican and hawker. There are records indicating that Robert also tried the patience of police with a couple of charges of cattle stealing.

This is a “lost’ grave.  William Brown was buried at the back of the original Langlo Crossing Hotel.  There are no markers and no ground disturbance indicating the place of this burial and the area is now private property.

William Brown’s memorial has been placed in a section of the Langlo Crossing Historical Cemetery, so he is not forgotten.

The stillborn baby was the daughter of Kate Campbell, an Indigenous girl.  Kate had been living with the Coleman family at Langlo Crossing from about the age of four. She had attended the local school and at the time of her pregnancy was working at the Royal Hotel
in Langlo Crossing.  Members of the community spoke of her as being “always good tempered.”

Kate was between sixteen and nineteen when she gave birth to her baby girl.  She was unaware of being pregnant until the last couple of
months. In the latter part of her pregnancy Kate was asked by a number of people in the community if she was pregnant and she denied it.  Kate spoke of “keeping company with a man named Pat Perkins and that no other person is the father of the child.”

Kate gave birth to her daughter in the bathroom of the Hotel. She wrapped her baby daughter in a towel. The police were notified and they gave instructions for the little girl to be buried.

Kate had left Langlo Crossing and moved to Mount Morris by 1920 before moving to Charleville in 1921.

Isabella's father was the publican of a hotel in Dulbydilla. Isabella's parents were married on 4 May 1872, in Roma, Queensland (Marriage Registration 1872/C/580). Isabella was the third of their eleven children. The others were: Edward born 6 December 1872; Charles Lachlan born 10 October 1874; Anne Mary born 28 February 1879; Florence Jeannette born 18 February 1881; Norman William 19 August 1883; Mabel May born 22 October 1885; William born 1 July 1887; Hilda Mary 28 June 1889; Alfred James Thomas born 15 October 1891; Frederick Adolphus born 3 October 1894. The children's father died in Blackall, Queensland 2 November 1898. His wife died 8 September 1899 in Blackall.

The child's parents were married on 26 February 1884 (Marriage Registration 1884/C/478). Their other children were: Michael born 1884; Thomas born 1886; Ellen born 1891; Mary born 1892; Michael born 1894; Patrick born 1890; Peter born 1897; Elizabeth born 1899; Catherine Eileen born 1901; John Joseph born 1903; Joseph born 1906. Michael Cleary was born in 1853 in County Galway, Ireland. He died on 5 May 1933 in the Diamantina Hospital, Brisbane. His wife was born 10 March 1863 in Queensland and died 10 September 1936 in Gatton, Queensland.

Kate Cleary is buried at Dulbydilla.

Leslie Walker Coleman was the youngest of eleven children born to Henry Coleman and Margaret Jane Walker.  Henry was the licensed victualler of the Langlo Crossing Hotel.  Leslie’s mother, Margaret Jane Powis, formerly Coleman née Walker, is also buried at the Langlo Crossing Historical Cemetery.

According to the Queensland Times on 14 January 1903, on Monday 12 January, Leslie Coleman, aged 12 years, died suddenly. "It appears that he had been suffering from dengue fever, and was being brought to Charleville for medical treatment, but when at the Box Creek Hotel, he was suddenly seized with a fit of coughing, and died. Much sympathy is expressed for his parents."

Duncan Davidson, boundary rider, employed by the Leichhardt Rabbit Board, reported to the police at Morven, that his wife, Sarah Ann Davidson committed suicide by drowning herself in the dam at Dulbydilla, three-quarters of a mile from their residence. The body was recovered by William Clarke and John Kelly. Mrs. Davidson has been ailing for some time and, from information to hand, the poor woman had made a determined attempt on her life, leaving a note stating her intentions.

Dorothy Dulhunty, a domestic servant at Mount Morris, took ill there, and Mr. U.E. Parry-Okeden at once despatched her for the local hospital; but unfortunately the poor girl succumbed before reaching town.

The death took place at Langlo, and Messrs. T.G. Miller and U.E. Parry-Okeden, J.P., gave an order for the burial.

The Edwards family moved to Langlo Crossing just before George was born.  He was then born in Charleville, the fourth of six children in
Edward Edwards and Annie Holland’s family. George’s father, Edward, was a stockman and the family continued to live at Langlo Crossing for many years.
George’s brothers and sisters attended the Langlo Crossing State School. His parents are buried in the Charleville Cemetery.

The informant of the death was John McKenzie. The only information found for William Evans is recorded on the official registration of his death. William died from his injuries about twenty four hours after the incident. The undertaker at the burial was Patrick Hurley with witnesses being John McKenzie (the publican at Black's Waterhole / Dulbydilla, who is also buried at Dulbydilla beside his wife) and William Wright, a police officer.

The deceased died of erysipelas, which is a skin infection.  It is a form of cellulitis, but unlike cellulitis, which affects deeper tissue, erysipelas only affects the upper layers of the skin.  He died on the Cobb and Co coach on his way from Adavale to Charleville. He died at six minutes past five in the evening about four miles from Kahmoo Mulga, now known as Langlo Crossing.

John Gilbert had been working at Milo Station. He owned a horse, saddle and bridle. He also had an amount of £9 10s that his mates at Milo had raised to assist him.  His mother still lived in his hometown of Dalby, Queensland.

The enquiry was told John Gilbert had been sick for about five weeks and had recovered a little before having a relapse.  He was endeavouring to reach Charleville to get medicine and attendance. As it was evident that the deceased died from natural causes (supposed erysipelas), it was scarcely necessary to hold an enquiry.

Richard Bligh, the Police Magistrate from Boothulla who was a passenger on the coach, held an Inquiry as best he could but stated that he could get no Bible to administer an oath to the witnesses.  He concluded that there were no suspicious circumstances relating to the death.

The body was left at Kahmoo Mulga and Mr. Bligh gave an order for burial to William Martin who kept an accommodation house at Kahmoo Mulga.

Eileen Angel Golding’s father, Richard Golding, and uncle, Herbert Golding, moved from their property, Goldsborough, near Roma, and took up land near Langlo Crossing (Por.2 Mount Morris) in early 1898. Their land selections were Grafton Plains and Ravenscourt.

Eileen Angel Golding was born in Charleville, the fourth child of Richard Golding and Margaret McPhie.  It is thought she was named after one of Richard’s sisters Angel Eveline Golding.  Eileen was baptised by the Anglican Bush Brothers at Langlo Crossing on Tuesday 8th August 1905.  She passed away on Christmas Eve of heat apoplexy and was buried in the Langlo Crossing Cemetery on Christmas Day 1905.

The Golding families were resident in the district until around 1912 when they took up land around Isisford. The land they took up did not support the two families and Richard moved with his family to live in North Rockhampton.