John Wallace Barnett
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ca. 1828 — 3 September 1874
John Wallace Barnett (29A)
Headstone
A fragment of John Wallace Barnett's headstone discovered in a Toowong Cemetery Archaeological Dig in 2012.
- Erected: North Brisbane Burial Grounds, Episcopalian section. After 3 September 1874
- Moved to: North Brisbane Burial Grounds, Reserved Area. ca. 1914. Recorded as J. W. Barnett
- Demolished and disposed of in: Toowong Cemetery, Portion 29A. ca. 1930
- Discovered: Toowong Cemetery, Portion 29A near Section 72. ca. May 2012
Inscription
In memory of
John Wallace Barnett
for some years Consular
Agent in Brisbane for the
United States of America
Died 3rd September 1871
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The Queen has been pleased to approve of the appointment of John Wallace Barnett, Esq., as Consul, at Brisbane, for the United States of America.
Death registration: John Wallace Barnett
Death date: 03/09/1874
Mother's name: -
Father/parent's name: James Barnett
Registration details: 1874/B/8723
DEATHS. BARNETT.—On the 3rd September, at his residence, Leichhardt-street, Brisbane, Mr. John Wallace Barnett, U.S. Consul, formerly of Melbourne, aged 46 years.
BYGONE BRISBANE
The Paddington Cemetery.
John Wallace Barnett, who died on September 3, 1872, at the age of 46, was a well known man in Brisbane, where he was Consular Agent for the United States, a country in which he had lived for some years. He and Heusmann, and G. R. Fyfe, were once owners of one of the principal Mount Perry mines, and the town of "Fyfe Barnett," actually stood on the present site of the town of Mount Perry. Burnett's only son, Sydney Barnett, married a daughter of William Baynes, once partner in the squatting firm of Moore Brothers and Baynes, owners of Barambah Station, on the Burnett. Baynes was returned as member for the Burnett, at the General Election of 1878, as a supporter of McIlwraith. He was a fine, genial, honest fellow, and a general favorite on both sides of the House. The present writer was a member in those days, and can write with authority. Sydney Barnett lives to-day at Ormiston, on the Cleveland railway.