Obituaries Australia

Walter Gamson, n.d.

from Australasian Pastoralists' Review, 15 September 1898

After a lingering illness of about twelve months' duration, Mr. Walter Gamson, of Nocoleche Station, Wanaaring (N.S.W.), died at St. Kilda Private Hospital, Sydney, on the 25th ult. Mr. Gamson was a native of Victoria; was educated at Scotch College, and after leaving school went to the Riverina for experience. He was best known as manager of Nocoleche Station, and general superintendent for Mr. F. W. Armytage's properties in Victoria, N.S.W., and Queensland. Mr. Gamson was well known as a hard worker, and was a general favourite along the long line of his route to his station on the Barcoo as well as in the pastoral circles of the capital. He was a member of nearly every central pastoral association and organisation in Queensland and New South Wales, including the United Pastoralists' Association of Queensland, and the Pastoralists' Union of New South Wales. Mr. Gamson, who was 54 years of age, leaves a widow and three daughters.