The Brisbane Courier, Tuesday 11 October 1921
(Queensland)
 

PERSONAL
The late Mr. George R. George, whose death occurred at his residence, Sandgate, was in his 75th year. Mr. George was born in Cornwall, England, in 1847. With his wife he arrived in Australia by the sailing ship Indus, in 1872, and took up work at Copperfield. In 1875 the family proceeded to Gympie, where Mr. George worked in the mining industry for upwards of 30 years. He held the managership of some of the leading mines of the time. Later he was forced to relinquish his work, as he found it too strenuous for his declining years. Mr. George then took up his residence at Sandgate. He is survived by his widow and family of four sons—Messrs. John George (school inspector), Henry George (Auburn, Sydney), Richard George (Fremantle), and William George (draper, Wooloowin)—and two daughters—Miss Annie George and Mrs. T. J. F. Costin (Paddington).

Contributed by Bob Bolitho