I can't see any catholic burial records available that would include William's death, but you may want to contact the catholic archives just in case they have something. Link here, plus index of registers held by Tasmanian archives.
I suppose there's a chance that his religion wasn't known and he may be buried in a non-catholic area?
***Thanks, Matthew, will give it a try. I have been told that in the early days some burials were in private areas of farmlands. He may well have been there. Or on another cemetery altogether.
*** Thanks also, Judith. Records are scarce everywhere it seems. Photos of the church are beautiful. I'd like to think we had a connection of some sort with such a place in Tasmania. Not looking promising though.
I found William's record from the Campbell Town Hospital admission book (TAHO HSO35), which says-
William Quanlan, 60
Admitted 22 July 1882, emergency
Concussion of brain
Died 24 July
Residence - Lake River
His inquest says the injury occured at Macquarie River, which places him somewhere near to the town of Cressy, about 30 miles out of Campbell Town.
***This is great information. Many thanks, Matthew. And it shifts the focus away from Campbell Town.
Does the inquest suggest charges be laid by whoever pushed him down the steps to his death?
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