Lightning Ridge references in The Lightning Ridge Book

Lightning Ridge-related topics covered by Stuart Lloyd’s The Lightning Ridge Book, 1967. This list is not exhaustive.

A: Harry Abotomey, Harry Allison (Red Harry), Charlie Anderson (The Kaiser), Angledool Hotel, Bill Anwin, J. H. Armitage, Bob Austin, Ernest Austin, Jack Austin, Jim Austin

B: Bangate Station, Barraneil Tank, Joe Barry, Harry Bartlett, Andy Bastian (Bastion), Mick Bauer, J. O. Becker, Catherine Beckett, Joe Beckett, Deep Belahs, Shallow Belahs, Big Ben, Vertical Bill, Bill de Boer’s, Billy Grant (Tingha Bill), Jack Bird, Bird of Paradise, Bob Bishop, Ted Bishop, Arthur Blackwell, Jack Bland, Fred Bodel, Bodel’s Stone, G. H. Bopping, Ted Bouchier, Billy Bouvange, Wally Boyle, Walter Bradley, Harold Brady, Phil Brady, Tom Brady, Frank Brown, Jack Brown, Snowy Brown, Arthur Browne, Artie Bruce, Dale Bruce, Jennings Bruce, Tim Bruce, Ben Buren (“Bruen”), Bob Buckley, William Bullock, Bullockies, Billy Edwards (“The Scrub Bull”), Bullock Head, Old Bumblefoot, Jack Burrows, Bush Nursing Association, Butterfly (Red Admiral), The Butterfly (field), Cream Bux

C: Campbell’s Hill, Canada’s, Canfell’s, the Canfell brothers, Carinda Hotel, Tom Carter, Harold Chapman, Buckjump Charlie, Lyle Chase, Billy Chilvers, Billy Clarke, Cleared Line, Cleveland Station, Cobar Mary, William Cobb, Tom Coleman, Commercial Hotel Angledool, Mick Connelly, Coocoran Lake (“Cookerin Lake”), George Cormack, George Cormie, George Cowan, George Cox, George Cox, J. L. Craig, Jim Leonard Craig, Mick Cullen, Cumborah Springs Hotel

D: Jack Dansey, Tommy Dansey, George Darby, Darby’s Potch and Colour Field, Dick Davidson, Lena Dawson, Charlie Dean, Deep Four Mile, Jim Denis (“Dennis”), Albert Dominick, Granny Dominick, Jack Dominick, Jack Donnelly, Frank Doucutt, Charles Drake, Dry Rush, dry puddling, Dungalear Station, Charlie Dunstan, Dunstan’s Stone, Dunumbral Station, Victor Duplain (“Duplane”), Jack Gray (printing error),

E: Empress of Australia, Louis Estrade, H. E. Etheridge, “Canada Bill” Etheridge, Eulan Tank, W. C. Eyles

F: Peter Ferguson, W. G. Ferris, Finger Post Pub, Fireball, Flame Queen, George Flavell, Charlie Fletcher, Fred Float, Snowy Foran, Dick Foster, Four Mile, Billy Francis, Jack Francis Jr., Jack Francis Sr., Jack Franklin, Harold Frazer, Bluey Freeman

G: Billy Gale, Tommy Gale, Harold Gallegos, Galloping Sixty Stone, Alfred Gaunt, Gerongra Station, Joseph Gibbons (“Black Joe”), Charles Gibson, Fred Giles, Glendon Hotel, Glengarry, Gooraway Hotel, Bill Gordon, Ted Goss, Nurse Graham, the Graham brothers, Frank (Scotty) Grant, Grawin, Grawin Queen, Andy Gray

H: Wally Hammond, Hammond’s Hill, Ned Hanlon, Jim Hannan, Harlequin Prince (Black Prince), Hatter’s Flat, Hannah Hawkins, Hawk’s Nest, “Irish Joe” Hegarty, Chris Higgins, Snowy Hodge, Charlie Hodges, Holden’s, Frog Hollow, Dr. Hopii, Hornet’s Rush, Richard Hougett, Jack Howard, Arthur Hudson, Bob Hudson, Laurie Hudson, Claude Humphreys

I: Indian Lookout, Ion Idriess

J: Percy James, Phil James, J. B. Jaquet, Hector and Elsie Jenkins, Jimmy the Whisperer, Ernie Jones

K: Doc Kenrick (“Kendrick”), Dixon Kerr, Mandy Khan, Otto Khan, Killing Yard, Charlie Kinder, Kingfisher, Billy Kite, Foley Kite, Billy Klein

L: Dave Laffey, Phil Lambert-Smith, John Landers (“Launders”), Alex Larsen, Fred Lawler, Smiler Lawler, Sam Lawrence, Tom Lawrence, Frank Leechman, Jack Leechman (“Leichman”), Fred Leiske, Peter Lenz, Tom Leonard, Tommy Lewis, Light of the World, Lightning Ridge Hotel, Lightning Ridge Tank, Little Yorkie, Llanillo Station, Neil Lohse, Orm Long, Long Yorkie, C. C. Lonsdale, Jack Lorenz, George Lowe, Bill Lund, Harry L’Estrange

M: Norman MacKenzie, Bruce and Dave Macrae, Cyril Mahoney, Max Marc, Percy Marks, Billy Marsden, Tom Marshall, Frank Martin, the McConochie brothers, Doug McCracken, Ronald McDonald, McDonald’s Six Mile, Jack Bristol McFadden, A. P. McGovern, Dan McGuire (“Drunken Dan”), Donald McKechnie, Jack McKenna, Rod McLean, Rod McLean, Godfrey McMillan, Godfrey McMillan, Jack McNamara, Walter McNiven, John Molyneux, Frances Moore, Jack Moore, Robert Moore, Chris Mortensen, Jim and Alec Moser, Muggarie Run, Mulga Rush, Bill Munsey, Ted Murphy, Billy Murray, Jack Murray, Dr. Murray-Gibbs (“Murray Gibbs”)

N: Nebea Tank, Jacky Neighbour, Richard Nelson, Paddy Nevins (Murdering Paddy), New Chum, New Town Hill, Albert Newton, Eddie Newton, Nine Mile, Jeremiah Nobbs, Nobby, Joe Nolan, Garth Norris, the Nosaviski brothers, Nullawa Station, Charles Nyghyah (“Nagyar”)

O: Dan O’Connor, George O’Connor, Mick O’Connor, Jim O’Donnell, Peter O’Donnell, Tom O’Fahey, Jack O’Grady, Charles O’Hara, Old Chum, Jake Olino, Jack Oliver, Opale School, Jack O’Shannessy, Old Town, Davey Owens

P: Arthur Paddison, Palestine, Frying Pan, Pandora, K. Langloh Parker, Langloh Parker, Fred Parnell, Richard (Fred) Parnell, Peanut Jimmy, Dick Penner, Phil Herbert’s Field, Eileen Phillips, Jack Phillips, Charles Phipps, George Pile, E. F. Pittman, Jack Plinti, Pokataroo, police station, Pony Fence, Jack Porter, post office, Bob Potts, Joe Potts, Poverty Point, Arty Prentice, Jack Prentice, Garnet Preston, Rex Preston, Ettie Price, Pride of Australia, Pride of the West, Pumpkin Flat, Paddy Purtell,

Q: Queen Victoria Stone

R: Rainbow Stone, John Prosper Ralston, Ramsay (Albert), Fred Reece, Stan Reeves, Ted Regan, Tim Regan, Jim Reid (Silent Jimmy), Percy Reid, J. W. Whiting & R. E. Relph, Harry Rembert, Robert Revel, Jimmy Richards, Richard’s Hill, The Rock, The Rocker, Charles Rodini, Mick Ross, Round Hill, Rouse’s Six Mile, Mrs. Ryan, Ryan’s Tank

S: J. W. Samuels, Charles Saunders, Charlie Schwalm, Jack Scott, A. H. Searson (Bluey), The Shadow of Lightning Ridge, the Syndicate, Shallow Four Mile, Sid Sharkey, Ernie Sherman, Dr. Silverwood, William Sim, Sim’s Hill, B. J. Skertchly (“Skutchley”), Bill Smeth (Bill de Boer), Bert Smith, Bill Smith, Billy Smythe, Jack Souter, Herbert Staines (“Stains”), Jim Steadman, Harry Steve, George Stevens (The Human Frog), Kurt Stevens, Alf Stokes, Jack Stone, Fred Storey, Les Strazek, Billy Studman

T: Jack Tableau, Dick Tarrant, Ted Field, Telephone Line, George Thomas, Bill Thompson, Peter Thompson, Mrs. Thorley, “Hoppy” Thorley, Thorley’s Six Mile, Three Mile, Three Mile Flat, Paddy Tierney, Mike Tomasik, New Town, C. J. Tuckwell, David Morton Tweedie, Two Mile Warrambool Hotel, the “Two Ottos” (Otto Marquardt and Otto Schroder)

U: Tom Urwin (Irwin), Tom Urwin & Snowy Brown’s Shallow Ground

V: Watty Vause, Vertical Bill’s Rush, Norman Voller

W: Albert Walford, George Walker, Wallangilla Tank, Wallangulla, “Major” Walsh, Walshe’s, George Walton, Bobby Ward, Dooley Ward, Ernie Ward, Ernie Ward, Alan Watt, Bonnie Watt, Bill Wedgwood, Weetalibah, Weetalibah Hotel, Weetalibah Tank, George Weldon, wet puddling, Jack Wheatley, Jim Morrison (Jimmy the Whistler), Tom White, Mrs. Wilby-Wilby, The Wilby Wilby Pub, Joe Willis, Joe Willis, Poppy Wilson (Willis), Frank Witchell, George Wollaston, Tullie Wollaston, the Wolstenholme brothers (Wilsonholme), Harry Woods (Saltbush Harry)

Y: The Yank, Yeranbah Station

Z: Harry Zack