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 |
| RABBITS Henry J.H. | 1884 | 32 | Cape of Good Hope | Near Grenfell | Fall from his horse | … |
| RADCLIFFE John | 1888 | 61 | Ireland | Near Molong | Heart disease. | About £6 |
| RAE John | 1888 | 19 | Narrabri | Near Narrabri | Concussion of brain | Nil |
| RALF Annie | 1890 | 16 | New South Wales | Near Carcoar | Injuries accidentally received | Nil |
| RALF John | 1890 | 40 | South Australia | Broken Hill | Accidental | £45-0-0 |
| RAMBAUGH John A. | 1888 | 66 | United States | Near Carcoar | Natural Causes | About £20 |
| RAMOIE John | 1885 | 65 | America | Wentworth | Dropsy | Nil. |
| RAMSAY (supposed to be) | 1887 | ? | ? | Kapara, Darling River | Asphyxia by drowning | Nil. |
| RAMSAY Mary - child of | 1882 | New born | Forbes | Forbes | Murder | Nil |
| RANKIN Donald | 1884 | 53 | Scotland | Silverton | Intemperance and Inflammation of lungs | Nil. |
| RAWLINSON Henry A. | 1883 | ? | England | Poon Boon Station, New South Wales. | Suicide by shocking. | £29-9-2 |
| RAYNEDGE Henry | 1882 | Abt 70 | England | Cobar | Fatty degeneration of heart | Nil. |
| READ Edward | 1888 | 57 | England | Moree | Asphyxia | £1-16-7 |
| READ George | 1887 | 60 | England | Near Jerilderie | Natural Causes | £50 |
| REARDEN William | 1882 | 49 | ? | Near Hay | Accidentally drowned | Nil. |
| RECHARDT Molkentine M. | 1885 | 44 | Germany | Hospital at Albury | Natural Causes | Nil |
| REDMAN Robert | 1884 | 6 | District of Wagga Wagga | District of Wagga Wagga | Gunshot wound; no evidence to show. | Nil. |
| REDMAN William | 1888 | 35 | ? | Broken Hill | Natural causes | Not known. |
| REED Frederick W. | 1886 | 51 | England | Hay | Accidentally fell down stairs | Not known. |
| REED William | 1889 | 29 | South Australia | Broken Hill | Accidental | Not known. |
| REGAN Catherine | 1885 | 80 | Ireland | Near Forbes | Willfully murdered | Not known. |
| REID Julia | 1886 | 28 | Not known | Deniliquin | Inflammation of lungs | Nil. |
| REDIY Patrick [?REIDY in BDM] | 1885 | 40 | Ireland | Nyngan | Accidentally killed on the railway | Not known. |
| REILLY Cornelius | 1889 | Abt 35 | Not known | Darling River | Effects of heat accelerated by intemperance. | Nil |
| REILLY Thomas | 1889 | 21 | Victoria | Wagga Wagga | Strangulation by hanging, in accordance with the law. | Nil |
| RELPH William | 1883 | 52 | England | Angledool | Excessive use of drink. | 18/- |
| REMAINS of human being | 1884 | ? | ? | Tapio Run, near Balranald Road | No evidence as to cause of death | Nil. |
| REMAINS of human skeleton | 1884 | ? | ? | Coree Run, Jerilderie District | No evidence to show | … |
| REMAINS of unknown man | 1890 | Abt 40 | ? | Goree Run near Urana | Effects of exposure. | Nil |
| REMAINS, sex unknown | 1887 | … | … | Avoca Run, Darling River | Found dead; no evidence. | £5-1-0 |
| RENEHAN Arthur Herbert | 1884 | 21 mths | Near Cootamundra | Near Cootamundra | Injuries accidentally received | Nil. |
| RICE Frederick William | 1888 | 46 | England | Carrathool | Intemperance and gout | Nil |
| RICE Thomas | 1881 | 12 | Wellington | Bell River, Wellington | Found drowned in Bell River. | Nil |
| RICH Grace | 1883 | 14 wks | Wellington | Wellington | Convulsions. | Nil. |
| RICH Mabel F. | 1885 | 19 mths | Wellington | Wellington | Scalds accident | Nil |
| RICHARDS Charles Howard | 1887 | 32 | ? | Bourke | Haemorrhage of lungs | Nil. |
| RICHARDS Richard | 1889 | 33 | Victoria | Near Young | Accidental | Nil |
| RICHARDS William | 1889 | 68 | England | Near Hay | Heart disease | Nil. |
| RICHARDSON James | 1888 | 64 | Not known | Near Junee | Injuries accidentally received | Nil. |
| RICHARDSON John | 1885 | 83 | England | Gaol at Albury | Natural Causes | Nil |
| RICHARDSON Mary Ann | 1884 | 21 | New South Wales | Cobar | Typhoid fever | Nil |
| RICHARDSON Thomas | 1888 | 66 | England | Near Wilcannia | Injuries accidentally received | Nil. |
| RIDER Thomas Australasia | 1883 | 7 mths | Cobar | Nymagee | Collision with another horse. | Nil. |
| RIDGES John | 1890 | 50 | Ireland | Near Hay | Apoplexy | Not known. |
| RIDLEY Bob (Aboriginal) | 1883 | ? | ? | Wilcannia | Injuries from Billy Clark in a drunken brawl. | … |
| RIDLEY George | 1884 | 50 | Victoria | Wilcannia | Apoplexy on brain | £15 |
| RIES John | 1887 | 76 | Germany | Albury | Heart disease. | Nil |
| RILEY John | 1881 | 40 | Limerick, Ireland | Evans Swamp, Carcoar District. | Inflammation of lungs. | About £40 |
| RITCHIE Thomas | 1888 | 60 | Scotland | Nyngan | Natural causes | Not known. |
| RIXON Robert P. | 1885 | 2yr 6mths | Cumberwona | Cumberwona | Natural Causes | Nil |
| ROABB Frederick | 1884 | 80 | Germany | Garra Creek, Molong District | Excessive drinking causing apoplexy | £267 |
| ROACH William | 1890 | Abt 54 | Ireland | Young | Congestion of lungs caused by burns | Nil |
| ROBERTS Edward | 1887 | Not known | Not known | Tarcutta | Natural Causes | £10 |
| ROBERTS Francis | 1881 | 58 | England | Redbank Selection, Coonamble District | Fatty degeneration of heart | Old silver watch and clothes; value £1. |
| ROBERTS Francis | 1882 | 15 | New South Wales | Wilcannia | Natural causes | … |
| ROBERTS John Edward | 1883 | 26 | Cardiff, Wales | Meiri, Merrigal Run | Thrown from his horse. | £1-8-7 |
| ROBERTS Mary Jane | 1884 | 18 | New South Wales | Near Parkes | Natural Causes | Nil |
| ROBERTS William | 1885 | 78 | England | Belubula | Suicide by poisoning | £5 |
| ROBERTS William | 1885 | 66 | England | Dubbo | Injuries received through a fall | Nil |
| ROBERTS William | 1887 | 14yrs 6mths | Ballarat, Victoria | Albury | Accidentally drowned. | Nil |
| ROBERTSON Alexander | 1889 | 14 | Wodonga | Albury | Accidentally drowned | Nil |
| ROBERTSON Duncan | 1888 | 60 | Scotland | Condobolin | Concussion of brain | Nil |
| ROBERTSON Janett female child of | 1884 | … | … | … | Burns accident | Nil |
| ROBERTSON John | 1884 | ? | ? | Nyngan Court | Natural causes | … |
| ROBERTSON William | 1881 | 25 | Scotland | Castlereagh Street, Coonamble | Accidental drowning. | Under £20 |
| ROBERTSON William | 1887 | 30 | Scotland | Jerilderie | Accidentally drowned | £1,019 |
| ROBINSON Alexander | 1881 | 57 | Scotland | Wilcannia | Suicide | Nil. |
| ROBINSON Alice | 1881 | 50 | ? | Cobar | Accidentally drowned | Nil. |
| ROBINSON Charles | 1885 | 37 | New Zealand | Wentworth District | Accidentally drowned | Not known. |
| ROBINSON Henry | 1883 | ? | ? | Wagga Wagga | Alcoholic poisoning | Nil. |
| ROBINSON John alias DRAPER | 1884 | 40 | … | Ivanhoe | Effects of drink. | £120 |
| ROBINSON Walter H. | 1885 | 10 mths | Wentworth | Murray River | Accidentally drowned | Nil. |
| RODGERS William | 1881 | 64 | England | Near Cowra | Exhaustion from wandering in bush in fit of temporary insanity. | 6d. |
| ROGAN Barnard | 1881 | 72 | Ireland | Grenfell Hospital | Prostration, amputation of leg. | Nil |
| ROGERS E.J. | 1888 | 32 | England | Broken Hill | Syncope | Nil. |
| ROGERS Hugh | 1881 | Abt 60 | ? | Molong Lock-up. | Erysipelas | Nil |
| ROLLING James | 1888 | 42 | England | Broken Hill | Accidentally suffocated by falling earth | Nil. |
| ROOKEY James | 1885 | 36 | Canada | Moulamein | Accidental | Not known. |
| ROONEY Arthur | 1890 | 47 | Ireland | Near Nyngan | Accidental | £200 and 140 acres at Cobar and 2 drays. |
| ROONEY Matthew | 1882 | 64 | Ireland | Deep Creek near Narrabri | His horse ran him against a tree. | … |
| ROOT William | 1889 | 55 | England | Parkes | Heart disease. | About £200 |
| ROOT William Charles | 1881 | 17yr 9mths | Parkes | Parkes | Tree fell on him. | Nil |
| ROSE John | 1884 | 64 | England | Wentworth | Natural Causes | £2-17-0 |
| ROSE John | 1887 | 44 | Scotland | Near Oxley | Found dead on banks of Murrumbidgee River | Not stated |
| ROSE Luke | 1881 | 30 to 40 | England | Gurley Point | Found drowned | Nil |
| ROSS Benjamin | 1881 | 38 | ? | Wullundri Station. | Falling of tree limb while deceased intoxicated. | Unknown. |
| ROSS Catherine | 1889 | 47 | Ireland | Forbes | Suicide by poisoning | Nil |
| ROSS James | 1887 | 50 | ? | Narrabri | Suffocation from hanging - his own act | Not known |
| ROSS John | 1887 | 58 | Scotland | Wilcannia | Asphyxia by drowning | Silver watch and 4 shillings in silver. |
| ROSS John | 1888 | 56 | England | Hay | Natural causes | £1-15-0 |
| ROSS John | 1888 | 65 | Ireland | Near Coonamble | Heart disease. | About £500 |
| ROSS Joseph | 1882 | 40 | Perthshire, Scotland | Murrumbidgee River | Found drowned | Abt £5 |
| ROSS Robert | 1881 | Abt 40 | ? | Boombygar, No 12 West Bogan, Bourke Police District. | Falling on a stake or stump while shepherding for Mr Poplin | Supposed - an old racehorse which would go to pay Mr Poplin for burial expenses. |
| ROSSER Agnes Dunn | 1889 | 22 | Victoria | Near Corowa | Natural Causes | Nil |
| ROWE John | 1890 | 60 | England | Broken Hill | Marasmus & bronchitis accelerated by exposure while in a state of intemperance. | … |
| ROWE Robert | 1887 | 60 | England | North Yanco | Natural causes | Not known. |
| ROWE William T. | 1889 | 10yrs 6mths | South Australia | Broken Hill | Accidentally drowned | Nil. |
| ROWLAND Frank | 1887 | 30 | Jersey | Bald Farm near Dundalind | Suffocation by hanging himself | Nil |
| ROWLES Thomas | 1889 | 75 | England | Near Forbes | No evidence to show | Mare, foal, dray, harness - valued at £8 |
| RULO John | 1886 | ? | ? | Inquest at Wilcannia | Suicide by poisoning | … |
| RUSSELL Ernest | 1881 | 28 | ? | Barwon or Darling River, abt 15 mls below Brewarrina | Accidentally drowned | About £20. Father dead. Mother Mrs Jane RUSSELL, lives Lucknow NSW. Deceased was a sober man. |
| RUSSELL Robert | 1884 | 30 | ? | Bourke Gaol | Natural Causes | Nil |
| RUTHERFORD George Brown | 1890 | 56 | Scotland | Near Corowa | Heart disease. | Nil |
| RUTHERFORD William | 1890 | 56 | ? South Australia | Mount Browne | Disease of lungs | £20-0-0 |
| RYAN Denis | 1885 | 47 | Ireland | Parkes | Injuries accidentally received | £104 |
| RYAN Eliza | 1888 | 61 | Ireland | Wagga Wagga | Natural Causes | Nil |
| RYAN Elizabeth | 1890 | 26 | Victoria | Near Cootamundra | Effusion of blood on the brain | Nil |
| RYAN George R. | 1887 | 2yr 6mths | Coonamble | Near Coonamble | Accidentally drowned | Nil |
| RYAN James alias TOLLBAR | 1882 | 50 | Ireland | Murrumbidgee River, Bringagee | Drowning. | Nil. |
| RYAN John | 1890 | Abt 30 | ? | Deniliquin | Death by drowning | 2 pocket books and £0-6-4 |
| RYAN Michael | 1888 | 50 | Ireland | Section Hut, Bank Station, near Booligal | Starvation and exposure | Nil |
| RYAN Timothy | 1885 | 48 | Ireland | Jugiong | Fall off a horse | Not known. |
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