Thomas Griffin (Australian gold commissioner)
Thomas John Griffin was a senior Queensland police officer who was executed in June 1868, after being found guilty of the double murder of two police officers, troopers John Power and Patrick Cahill, who were on duty and under Griffin's protection and authority. Less than a month before he carried out his crimes, Griffin had been police magistrate and gold commissioner at Clermont in Central Queensland.
Portrait of Thomas John Griffin in about 1863 (detail from a larger photograph).
Thomas John Griffin, photographed in about 1863.
The Clermont gold escort (seated l. to r.) Sergeant James Julian, Constable Patrick William Cahill, Constable John Francis Power and Gold Commissioner Thomas John Griffin (the two standing Native Mounted Policemen are not named).
South Rockhampton Cemetery
South Rockhampton Cemetery is a heritage-listed cemetery at Upper Dawson Road, Allenstown, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1860 to 1970. It is also known as Dawson Road Cemetery and Rockhampton Cemetery. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 15 February 1993.
South Rockhampton Cemetery, 2009
William Kidston, Queensland Premier, is buried in South Rockhampton Cemetery
