I am very sorry, unfortunately I can't do blanket look-ups for names because:
No 1: I don't have the time.
No 2: I don't have the time to index them all, to make this easier.
No 3: I don't have all the papers for the years 1888 to about 1894 {only a few later ones for Sydney and the Telegraph.
No 4: They are stored down in the shed and I bring a few up at a time then they go back. Some are just too brittle and fall to pieces as it is, so the less handling the better. If someone in 6 months time is going through the Archives for this List and decides to ask for a look-up, then I shall be pulling my hair out.

I'd like to give you a bit of background as to how I came about these old papers. So delete now if you not interested.

We used to live in Gladstone, Central Qld, my sister came to live with us in the hope of marrying a rich and handsome country squire, {I used to think she read too many Mills and Boon}. Anyway, she eventually got a job as a Jillaroo and met this young chap who was a Jackeroo, they married. His parents were quite well off {they lived just out of Gladstone} and they had a property south of Gladstone as well with about 2,000 acres, where the two brothers eventually settled with their wives.

This old shed that had fallen over was due to be bull-dozed and my sister being the ever diligent person she is had crawled under all the overgrown vines {the thought of creepy crawlies, snakes in this case} wasn't far from her mind, I'm surprised she persevered. I'm just glad that she did, she phoned me all excited with the news "that there were all these old papers" in there and did I want to see them, I had started family history by then. Rather a silly question don't you think :)

I was down there pronto the next week-end and to my amazement these papers went back to the 1880's and not 1840's like I had at first thought. Being stored in that old shed like a haystack had preserved some of the inner stack {same way as hay is preserved in the centre of a heap} but the outer papers were a write-off much to my dismay. Also grubs/moths/lava {whatever} had tunnelled their way through the heap over the years also. I imagine the first settlers to that area would have immigrated from England and had their favourite papers delivered from back home, along with the Queenslander which is what I am predominately sending to this List.

Subsequently, the papers that I have are not in order as a lot would have been used for wrapping/lighting the fire and etc. Dozens were lost because they were too brittle to transport home. I even took home ones that I had no hope of rescuing such was my determination to save this history. {Didn't know then that they were all on microfiche/films in the State Library}

My husband was not impressed either as they were full of silver fish and to put them in the boot of " his Car " was nothing short of utter carelessness on my part. Thankfully I stood my ground, and I sprayed the life out of the car with Mortein when I got home. You should see some of the little pieces that I have rescued, I can laugh now as I delve into all these boxes with these old papers. Every now and again I get the urge to post to a List so that I can share all those names that lay hidden and who must belong to someone out there. If only everyone was tracing their History, how much easier it would be. None of my names have appeared as yet and I don't expect ever to find any, but I can read about " their lives " just by seeing these old papers in reality and try to imagine what their lives were like back then, it sure wasn't pretty I can tell you. Some of this should be taught in school to the kids of today, after all it is "Our History ", the way in which they lived and the hardships they endured, I get the goose-bumps some times just wondering how they survived. Hope I have not bored the pants off any of you, while I have the time I will continue to Post to this List.

Cheers
Bev