George Brown

George Thomas William Kincaid Brown was an early Lightning Ridge opal miner during the first decades of the 20th century. Brown was born on 19 March 1845 in Stepney, Middlesex, England, the son of William and Hannah Brown. By the 1870s he had settled in Peak Hill, New South Wales.

In 1875, Brown married Ellen Matilda Page (1856–1925) at Forbes. They had 13 children in a span of 24 years, including son Edward Charles “Snowy” Brown.

George Brown and family moved to Lightning Ridge well after 1901. He was issued a miner’s right in 1909, working with fellow miner Jack Martin. Brown’s name appears in the ledger of Regan’s Store between 1912 and 1921.

George Brown died at Lightning Ridge on 16 June 1918, aged 73, and is buried at Wee Waa General Cemetery.

• George Brown @ Find a Grave.

Article: Research by Leisa Carney, edited by Russell Gawthorpe. LRHS research compiled by Len Cram and Barbara Moritz.