Inquests in Western and some of Central New South Wales
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| Name of Deceased | Year of Inquest | Age Yrs | Place of Birth | Place Died | Cause of Death | Value of Property |
| ABBOTT Fanny Lockyer | 1890 | 6 | South Australia | Broken Hill | Death by drowning | … |
| ABEL Frances Anna | 1890 | 36 | England | Near Wilcannia | Suicide by poisoning | … |
| ABRAHAMSEN Elias | 1885 | 35 | ? | Caira, Psh of Toorang, Balranald District | Accidentally drowned | £4-7-6 |
| ADAMS Emily J. - infant female child of | 1888 | Infant |
Bang Bang |
Near Cowra | Not known whether born alive or dead. | Nil |
| ADAMS Oliver | 1889 | 25 | ? | Near Hillston | Suicide by shooting | Not known. |
| ADAMS Thomas | 1882 | 80 | England | "Benduck Hotel", Benduck. | Asthma and heart disease | Abt £12 |
| ADAMS Thomas | 1890 | 28 | England | Junee | Accidental | Not known. |
| ADAMS Violet | 1890 | 8 mths | Broken Hill | Broken Hill | Starvation - Manslaughter by mother Hannah ADAMS | … |
| ADAMS William | 1883 | 43 | England | Hay | Accidental | Abt £20 |
| AH ACK | 1889 | 50 | China | Dandaloo near Dubbo | Natural Causes | Horse; £8-9-6 Cash |
| AH CHONG [not in BDM] | 1881 | 60 | Canton | Tootal, or near | Not known | 4d and old leather purse |
| AH CHOOEY | 1889 | 50 | China | Near Albury | Natural Causes | About £20 |
| AH CHUNG | 1887 | … | … | Euabalong District | Natural causes | … |
| AH COO | 1883 | ? | China | Hay | Enteric fever | Nil. |
| AH CUE Tommy | 1890 | 50 | China | Cootamundra | Injuries inflicted by Alfred Bracken - Manslaughter. | £50 |
| AH FAT | 1881 | 42 | China | Near Young | Natural causes | Nil. |
| AH FEE Blanche | 1890 | 9 | Victoria | Wagga Wagga | Accidentally drowned | Nil |
| AH FON | 1890 | 52 | China | Narrandera | Acute meningitis | Nil |
| AH FOOK | 1882 | 43 | Shanghai, China | Wagga Wagga | Blood poisoning, evidentally alcohol. | Nil |
| AH GIN | 1890 | 20 | China | Near Narrandera | Accidental | Nil |
| AH GOON | 1884 | 38 | China | Wagga Wagga | Rupture of blood vessel | Nil. |
| AH GOW Jimmy | 1883 | ? | ? | Wilcannia | Congestion of brain from opium smoking. | … |
| AH GOW Willie | 1889 | 26 | China | Near Junee | Found drowned | Not known. |
| AH JIM | 1888 | 48 | China | Narandera | Accidental | 10/9 Cash; watch &c. |
| AH KIN Charles (Chinese) | 1885 | … | China | Near Canoon Station, Hay District | Accidentally drowned | £10 |
| AH LONG | 1881 | 47 | China | Grogan, Young District | Cart falling on him | £0-10-6 |
| AH LOOK | 1890 | ? | China? | Near Broken Hill | Death by drowning | Pigs and poultry. |
| AH LUN | 1885 | 47 | Canton | Carcoar | Injuries inflicted by Josh Rogers. | Not known. |
| AH POW | 1889 | 50 | China | Dubbo | Congestion of brain | Nil |
| AH POWY | 1889 | 50 | China | Booligal | Congestion of lungs | £75 |
| AH SAM Lee | 1883 | 39 | Hong Kong | Cato Creek near Brewarrina | Accidentally drowned while crossing Cato Creek | £120 (Claimed by his brother) |
| AH SAYO | 1889 | 76 | China | Upper Murray | Found drowned | Nil. |
| AH SCUONG | 1890 | 40 | China | Narrandera | Natural Causes | £7-4-2 |
| AH SEE or LEE | 1883 | ? | China | Wellington District. | Natural causes. | Nil. |
| AH SING | 1881 | ? | China | Narrandera (Chinese Camp) | Suicide by hanging | 1d |
| AH SING | 1886 | 3 weeks | Hillston | Hillston | Suffocation from being overlain | Nil. |
| AH SING Charles | 1887 | 49 | China | Urana | Abscess of liver. | Property value not ascertained. |
| AH SING Jimmy | 1886 | 21 | China | Warren Downs, 50 mls from Walgett | Accidentally drowned | £9-2-11 |
| AH SUE Harry | 1888 | 35 | China | Buckinbah Station near Obley | Hanging - his own act. | Silver watch and £1-7-6 cash. |
| AH SUNG Sam | 1884 | 36 | China | Cobar | Sanguineous apoplexy | £108 |
| AH SUP (Chinese) | 1884 | 48 | China | Euabalong | Suicide by hanging | Nil. |
| AH TAP | 1884 | 50 | China | Narrandera | Natural Causes | Nil. |
| AH TEN | 1882 | ? | China | Narrandera | Found dead. | Nil |
| AH TONG | 1885 | 40 | China | Little Wombat | Suicide by pistol shot | Nil |
| AH TOO | 1881 | 45 | China | Piper Street, Hay | Cart wheel passing over him. | Nil. |
| AH TOO | 1888 | 45 | China | Narrandera | Natural Causes | Nil |
| AH WEE | 1888 | 50 | China | Nyngan | Blood poisoning | Nil. |
| AH WING | 1882 | 38 | China | Narrandera | Natural causes. | … |
| AH WONG | 1885 | 30 | China | Murrumbidgee River | Accidentally drowned | Cheque £10-10-0 |
| AH WONG | 1890 | 33 | China? | Hay | Snake bite | £60-0-0 |
| AH YAN | 1882 | Abt 60 | Shanghai, China | Forbes | Found dead, believed natural causes. | Nil |
| AH YOU | 1887 | 50 | China | Dangar Village, near Narrabri | Natural causes which accelerated by opium use. | £5 |
| AH YUNG | 1888 | 50 | China | Near Dubbo | Accidentally drowned | Nil |
| AHEARN Thomas | 1887 | 40 | Wollongong | Mt Murchison, near Wilcannia | Asphyxia by drowning | £2-6-0 |
| AITKEN William | 1886 | ? | ? | Buckinguy | Accidentally drowned | Few shillings |
| ALBERT an Aboriginal | 1884 | ? | New South Wales | Mallara | Found drowned in Darling River | Nil |
| ALBERT or ALLEN (an Aboriginal) | 1886 | 30 | ? | Moree | Natural Causes | Nil. |
| ALBRECHT Louis | 1883 | 57 | Germany | Forbes | Found drowned | Not known. |
| ALLAN Charles | 1887 | 32 | Belfast, Ireland | Near Groongal Station, Murrumbidgee River | Accidentally drowned. | Nil |
| ALLEN Benjamin | 1884 | 72 | … | Albury | Natural Causes | Nil. |
| ALLEN Charles | 1882 | 34 | North of Ireland. | The Hospital, Urana. | Fall from horse at Boundary Gums near Urana. | Property and money £10 |
| ALLEN Charles | 1883 | 26 months | Grenfell | Grenfell | Accidentally drowned | Nil. |
| ALLEN Charles | 1887 | 32 | Ireland | Near Carrathool | Accidentally drowned | Nil. |
| ALLEN Sarah | 1888 | 54 | Gloucester, England | Allendale near Cobargo | Apoplexy | Nil |
| ALLEN William | 1885 | 50 | ? | Silverton | Suicide by cutting throat | Nil. |
| ALLERS Johanna | 1890 | 35 | South Australia | Near Broken Hill | Natural causes | Nil. |
| ALLISON Cecil | 1887 | 15yrs 6mths | Ireland | Parkes road | Rupture of liver abscess | Nil |
| ALLMAN Elizabeth Mary | 1884 | 30 | Victoria | Benduck Run, Hay District | Alcoholic poisoning. | Nil. |
| ANDERSON Andrew | 1883 | … | … | Court at Mallara, Wentworth District. | Accidentally drowned. | … |
| ANDERSON Anna Maria | 1882 | 30 | New South Wales | Egan's Selection, Namoi River near Narrabri. | Accidentally drowned. | Not known. |
| ANDERSON Donald | 1882 | 22 | Broadmeadows, Victoria. | Deniliquin Hospital. | Prostration from epilepsy. | Nil. |
| ANDERSON George | 1883 | 50 | England | Near Burrowa | Natural causes | £2-4-6 |
| ANDERSON Henry | 1888 | 40 | England | Hay | Suicide by poisoning | Nil. |
| ANDERSON Henry | 1888 | 73 | Not known | Old Junee | Accidentally drowned | Nil. |
| ANDERSON Peter | 1883 | 27 | Norway | Eumanbah, Walgett District | Asphyxia by drowning | Nil. |
| Andrew - no surname given | 1887 | 64 | ? | Wakool River, Balranald District | Peritonitus and exposure. | £5-10-0 |
| ANDREWS Elijah | 1888 | 19 | Victoria | Near Milparinka | Accidental | £146-4-4 |
| ANDREWS George | 1889 | 25 | Near Bourke | Near Wellington | Suicide by shooting | About £20 |
| ANDREWS John | 1885 | 30 | Victoria | Pootarama, Silverton District | Natural Causes | 9/- |
| ANDREWS Thomas | 1882 | 11 months | Grenfell | Grenfell | Effects of teething. | Nil |
| ANYON Charles William | 1883 | 7 | New South Wales | 2 mls from Cobar | Accidental | Nil. |
| APPLE Mary | 1881 | 29 | Ireland | Wilcannia | Accidental burnt. | Nil. |
| APPLEBY Vincent | 1888 | 15 | ? | Near Condobolin | Accidental | Nil |
| ARCY John Du | 1885 | 45 | Ireland | Mandurama | Found drowned | £1-5-0 |
| ARMIT John George | 1890 | 12 | New Zealand | Broken Hill | Dynamite fumes in mine | … |
| ARMOND Michael James alias LOWE | 1890 | 1 | Cobar | Warren | Lack of proper food; No criminality. | Nil |
| ARMSTRONG Albert | 1890 | 29 | Victoria | Near Albury | Accidentally drowned | 20 horses valued £200, under mortgage. |
| ARMSTRONG Alice Florence | 1881 | 4 | Young | Near Young | Accidentally burnt. | Nil. |
| ARNOLD Thomas William | 1890 | 77 | England | Near Carcoar | Old age and exhaustion | 10s |
| ARNOTT John A. | 1881 | 55 to 60 | ? | Condobolin Road near Forbes | Fall from coach | £0-2-6 and clothing of no value. |
| ARTHUR Annie | 1890 | 6 | Near Carcoar | Near Carcoar | Accidentally drowned | Nil |
| ARTHUR Robina | 1890 | 9 | Near Carcoar | Near Carcoar | Accidentally drowned | Nil |
| ATKINS Francis | 1884 | 74 | England | Young | Natural Causes | £300 |
| ATKINS John | 1881 | 45 | ? | Howlong | Fall from cart while intoxicated | About £18. |
| ATKINS William | 1888 | 27 | New South Wales | Near Condobolin | Apoplexy | Nil |
| AULT William | 1886 | 45 | ? | Near Balranald | Accidentally drowned | Cash & etc; £1-7-3 |
| AUSTIN Andrew | 1885 | 60 | America | Blair Athol, Moree | Heart disease. | Nil |
| AVERY James | 1887 | 85 | England | Black Hill near Edgeroi, Narrabri District | Congestion of lungs. | 2 horses and selection of 220 acres. |
| AYRTON Mary Ann | 1887 | 19 | Carcoar | Davy's Plains, Molong District | Strichnine poisoning self administered. | Nil. |
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