hello a little more for you
I couldn't find my copy so I went into town to the Townsville Bulletin and got a copy which I can send you if you want but here goes a bit of info
and I quote from the Townsville Daily bulletin from 74 year old John Garbutt talking about his greatgrandfather
The family came first of course Originally from Durham in England, the Garbutts immigrated in 1850 but it was Charles Overend Garbutt who with a taste for adventure, started the Far North Queensland contingent of the family in 1878 purchasing Woodleigh and Tirrabella Station in the are now known as Herberton.
A man of great energy he set about discovering the region he now called home, making some historic finds along the way.
He was an explorer and prospector and discovered Innot Hot Springs near Mt Garnet on the Tablelands and also discovered the Chillagoe copper deposit.
As a grazier he built a simple wooden farmhouse with available materials on the banks of the Wild River between Mt Garnet and Ravenshoe. An early colonist of the region and one of the founders of Herberton, Charles Garbutt stayed in the region until his death at Courtney Creek in 1905. (many years later in his honour a bridge was named Garbutt Bridge over the Wild River.)
The original homestead is still there it was a sawn timber building with hessian partions and ant-bed floors. For the rugged outdoorsman the rough-hewn dwelling was a suitable domicile. For his three sons Ernest John and Arthur growinf up in such a remote and harsh environment under the heavy mantle of self-sufficiency was also in the blood. When the earth began to crack and the waterholes dry up , however, the tough outback cattlemen decided it was time for a change disposing of their father's homestead to try their luck in the big smoke - Townsville.
When the Garbutt Brothers arrived in Townsville they purchased land which includes what are now the suburbs of Heatley and Vincent which they used as grazing paddocks and holding paddocks for sheep and cattle awaiting slaughter after the stock were untracked the the present Garbutt Railway Station.
the article goes into more details about the brothers setting up butcher's shop's etc.
So you can see that the suburb of Garbutt is named after Charles Overend Garbutt's sons.
hope this now gives you something to go on with seeing if the family connections are correct
regards Jenn
