The Courier-Mail, Tuesday 13 April 1937
(Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)

OBITUARY
MR. B. TRELOAR
With the death of Bennet Treloar Gympie has lost one of its dwindling band of mining pioneers. He was born at Crowan, near Helston (Cornwall), 80 years ago, and came to Queensland on the sailing ship Caroline 20 years later. For three years he followed railway construction work and tin mining in the Stanthorpe district before going to Gympie, where he resided for a period of 57 years. During that time he managed several prominent mines, including The Caledonian, Jones’s Caledonian, 7 and 3 Monkland, and Monkland and Inglewood. He was active until within a few days of his death, and was ever ready to help prospectors, both practically and with his experienced advice. Mr. Treloar was one of the first initiates of Lodge Braemar and a foundation member of Court Foresters’ Home. He is survived by five sons (Bennet, James, Arthur, Henry, and Thomas) and two daughters (Mrs. Hamilton Nelson and Miss Ellen Treloar.)

Contributed by Bob Bolitho