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 |
| Jack (surname unknown) | 1884 | ? | ? | Bourke | Natural causes | Nil. |
| JACKEY (Aboriginal) | 1883 | 55 | Aboriginal | Narrandera | Natural Causes | Nil |
| JACKSON George | 1887 | 25 | ? | Deniliquin | Accidentally drowned | Not known. |
| JACKSON Henry | 1881 | 26 | Ballarat | Four-mile, Mount Browne. | Low fever. | Saddle (Value £2). Told mates he had a sister at St Arnett, Vic. and his father was Truant Inspector of Schools in Victoria. |
| JACKSON William alias WHITEHOUSE | 1883 | 25 | England | Near Young | Acute inflammation of kidneys | About £10 |
| JACOBI Ernest | 1885 | 21 | Not stated | Albury | Blow from a stick | Nil |
| JACOBS Abel | 1881 | 32 or 33 | ? | Bini River, Milroy, Brewarrina. | Kicked by horse. | £12 or £15 - mainly in horse flesh. Relations on Narran River. |
| JAKOBSON John | 1888 | 21 | Finland | Corowa | Accidental | Nil |
| JAMES Walter Thomas | 1884 | 4 mths [?] | Cobar | Cobar | Natural causes | Nil. |
| JARRICK Matilda E. | 1885 | 20 | South Australia | Burrumbuttock | Childbirth; accelerated by measles | Nil |
| JEFFREY Henry | 1887 | 20 | Deniliquin | Torella Station, near Wilcannia | Accidentally shot himself | Nil. |
| JEFFREY William | 1885 | 52 | England | Carcoar | Suicide by cutting throat | £5 |
| JENKINS Charles | 1887 | 15 | Garrivilla | Near Narrabri | Fell from a tree. | Nil. |
| JENKINS James | 1888 | 67 | England | Near Wagga Wagga | Accidental | £350 |
| JENKINS Jane | 1884 | 53 | [? England] | Billabong Creek, Parkes | Natural Causes | Nil. |
| JENKINS John | 1883 | See John KENNEDY | ||||
| JERVIS William (supposed) | 1881 | ? | ? | Coan Downs Station, on fence running Nth and Sth between Coan Downs and Winchelleba Stations | Supposed sunstroke. Dead fortnight before found by Jas. Murphy on 9 Jan, 1881. | Ordinary swag of little value; buried with deceased |
| JIM (other name unknown) | 1881 | Abt 70 | ? | Near "Finger-post Inn", Bogara River. | General debility. | |
| JIMMY JIM a Chinaman | 1884 | 50 | China | Murrumbidgee River | Suicide by drowning | About £40. |
| JOHN James | 1884 | 42 | Richmond, NSW | West Bourke | Darling River - accidentally drowned | Has left Teams. |
| JOHN Thomas | 1881 | 45 | Wales | Main Camp, Railway Line to Bourke, 6mls from Dubbo. | Tree fell on him. | £1-17-6 |
| JOHNSON Ann | 1881 | 45 | Scotland | Cobar | Overdose of narcotic medicine, chlorodyne, while drunk. | £15 or £20. |
| JOHNSON Clarence John | 1886 | 14 | Gulgong | Near Moree | Accidentally drowned | Nil. |
| JOHNSON Frederick Richard | 1887 | 8 | Mohonga, NSW | Walla Walla near Albury | Accidental burning of hut. | Nil |
| JOHNSON Henry | 1886 | 67 | Not known | Nymagee | Extravasation of blood on brain. Manslaughter against F.H.McKenna. | Nil. |
| JOHNSON Henry | 1884 | 25 | Victoria | Mathoura | Accidental | Nil. |
| JOHNSON John | 1886 | 62 | Scotland | Wagga Wagga | Inflammation of lungs | £2-2-0 |
| JOHNSON John Allan | 1881 | 12 mths | Lachlan River | The Peak, near Cobar. | Accidentally run over by bullock waggon. | Nil. |
| JOHNSON Robert J. | 1885 | 56 | England | Tenandra, 15 mls from Warren | Disease of heart | £7-0-0 |
| JOHNSON William | 1884 | Inquest at Balranald | Manslaughter against Nicholas Fitzgerald | |||
| JOHNSTON Charles | 1885 | 54 | Newfoundland | Wagga Wagga | Accidental death | £50 |
| JOHNSTON Francis | 1889 | 63 | Ireland | Near Cobbora | Inflammation of bowels. | £20 |
| JOHNSTON George | 1885 | 30 | ? | Bourke | Drowned in Darling River | Nil. |
| JOHNSTON James | 1888 | 80 | Ireland | Urana. | Accidental | Nil |
| JOHNSTON John | 1889 | 41 | Adelaide | Near Silverton | Effects of starvation and exposure. | About £150 |
| JOHNSTON John | 1889 | 65 to 70 | England | Menindie | Accidentally drowned | Not known. |
| JOHNSTON Michael | 1890 | 60 | Ireland | Near Young | Heart disease. | Land, horses and dray - valued at £175 |
| JOHNSTON Robert Pitcher | 1887 | 55 | England | Murrumburrah | Syncope | £80 |
| JOHNSTON William | 1882 | 24 | Belfast | South Wagga Wagga | Phthisis | About £9 |
| JOHNSTONE James | 1887 | 62 | ? | Momba, near Wilcannia | Exhaustion, result of exposure | £22-10-2 |
| JOHNSTONE John | 1881 | 65 | Virginia | "Bridgewater Hotel" near Molong. | Heart disease accelerated by drink. | Nil |
| JOHNSTON | 1890 | Abt 50 | ? | Near Cobar | Heart disease | |
| JONES Alfred | 1888 | 9 | New South Wales | Murrumburrah | Accidentally drowned | Nil |
| JONES Anne | 1882 | 56 | Wilcannia | Cancer in tongue. | Nil | |
| JONES Arthur Ernest | 1887 | 18 | ? | Burra Burra Station, Condobolin District | Pistol shot accidentally self inflicted. | Nil |
| JONES David Charles | 1890 | 24 | North Wales | Broken Hill | Accidental | ? |
| JONES David R. | 1883 | 11yrs 9mths | Melbourne | Barwon River near Brewarrina | Accidentally drowned. | Nil. |
| JONES Edward | 1881 | Abt 45 | Caarnarvanshire, Wales | Brewarrina | Congestion of the brain. Drinking spirits heavily for fortnight before death. | Nil. |
| JONES Elizabeth A. | 1886 | 19 | Wee Waa | Wataga | Loss of blood after childbirth. | Nil. |
| JONES George | 1888 | 11 | New South Wales | Murrumburrah | Accidentally drowned | Nil |
| JONES Henry | 1885 | 7 | Wagga Wagga | Narrandera | Accidentally drowned | Nil |
| JONES Isaac | 1884 | 54 | ? | Kyamba Creek, Wagga Wagga District | Injuries accidentally received | Nil. |
| JONES James | 1881 | 47 | Supposed - Wales | Warren | Organic disease accelerated by interperance. | £180 consisting of Conditional Purchase of 640 acres on Cattle Waterhole Run near Warren. |
| JONES James | 1883 | 19 | Deniliquin | 5mls from Hay | Accidentally drowned in Murrumbidgee River. | About £2 |
| JONES James | 1888 | 10 | Moama | Moama | Accidentally drowned | Nil. |
| JONES James (Aboriginal) | 1881 | 28 | Queensland | Albury | Congestion of lungs. | Nil |
| JONES James A. | 1889 | 7 | Near Hay | Near Hay | Burns accident | Nil. |
| JONES John | 1881 | 65 | England | Willantry, near Hillston | Dysentry accelerated by intemperance. | £70 in money, sent to Curator less expenses. |
| JONES John | 1888 | 73 | London | Buckley's Crossing | Heart disease | Nil. |
| JONES John | 1884 | 58 | England | Near Corowa | Injuries accidentally received | £2-5-0 |
| JONES Josephine M. | 1884 | Infant | Cobar | Cobar | Manslaughter against mother Ann Jones. | Nil. |
| JONES Robert | 1886 | 32 | Not stated | Near Brewarrina | Riding accident | £30 and 2 old horses. |
| JONES Samuel | 1886 | 71 | England | Coolah | Drink. | £4-5-6 cash. |
| JONES Thomas | 1882 | 30 | Wales | Kenarbury Run, Murrumbidgee River | Accidentally drowned | £25 |
| JONES Thomas | 1888 | 50 | South Wales | Tibooburra | Found drowned | £15-0-0 |
| JONES William | 1884 | 70 | ? | Moama | Murray River - Found drowned | £2-1-8 |
| Joseph (Surname unknown) | 1882 | Abt 40 | ? | Bourke, Darling River | While intoxicated accidentally drowned | £25 |
| JOSEPHS Abraham | 1887 | 35 | West Indies | Warren | Heart disease | Nil. |
| JOYCE Frances Anne Elizabeth | 1882 | 16 | Shoalhaven | Montefiores, Wellington District | Accidentally drowned in Macquarie River. | Nil |
| JOYNSON William | 1885 | 28 | Victoria | Mookerawa | Fall of earth | Nil |
| JUNG Wong | 1883 | ? | ? | Cootamundra District | Natural Causes | Opium smoking heart disease. |
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