Obituaries Australia

Charles Williams, n.d.

from Pastoral Review, 15 December 1913

Deep regret is generally expressed at the death of Mr. Charles Williams, of Jondaryan Station, Queensland, who died on board the steamer Houtman last month while on a trip from Sydney to Brisbane after undergoing a serious operation. He was 68 years of age, widely known, and mucn respected for his straightforward, manly character.

Born on 6th June, 1845, at Anglesey, North Wales, he was educated at Aberystwitn, and went to Queensland in 1862, joining his uncle, Mr. William Kent, at Rosalie Plains. In 1871, Mr. Williams took over the management of Jondaryan Station, in succession to the late Mr. William Graham, and lived there till his last illness. As a station manager, he was extremely popular with his employees and there are men on the station to-day who were with him away back in '72. In Queensland pastoral circles he was a prominent figure, being on the executive of the United Pastoralists' Association, and on all occasions of conferences and meetings with the A.W.U. acting as a delegate, and in that capacity he won the confidence and respect of workers and employers alike. He was one of the original directors of the Queensland Meat Export and Agency Company, and for many years was a member of the Darling Downs Rabbit Board.

Mr Williams married in 1872, a daughter of the late Mr. J. C. White, and leaves a family of two sons and three daughters.