Dipper Carter
- Born: 24 Aug 1856, Dandenong, Victoria, Australia 425
- Marriage (1): Emily Ann Dorrington in 1884 in Bourke NSW, Australia 424
- Died: 17 Aug 1906, Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia at age 49 426
- Buried: Cunnamulla Cemetery, Qld, Australia 416
 General Notes:
Twenty Fourth August 1856, Dandenong. Dipper, Male, Father: James Carter, Labourer, 36 years, born Berkshire. Father married 1840 Berkshire. Previous Issue: John, James, Elizabeth, Jopsh, Charles.
Mother: Ann Carter, formelry Smith. 36 years, originally from Staffordshire.
Informant: James Carter, Father, Dandenong. No Medical Attendant, Registered 8th October 1856, Flemington. Signature of Registrat L Paterson.
1856 Births in the District of Flemington, in the Colony of Victoria. No. 235.
Warrego and South West Queensland Historical Society - A Collection of Papers prepared by members (up to 1972) on the History and other Subjects Relating to Cunnamulla and District Volume 2 Page 83.
Mrs. Dipper Carter
Mrs. Dipper Carter, aged 69. Born Scone, New South Wales, on 11th June, 1886, came to Cunnamulla in the 80's, by waggonette and horses from Barringun, which was a bigger town than it is to-day. There were then two hotels at Wooroorooka. It was then a Customs House office, under the control of Mr. Dorsey and Mr. Donald Cameron.
He husband, the late Mr. Dipper Carter, was licensee of Wooroorooka Hotel. After three years they came to Cunnamulla to take over the Post Office Hotel from Mr. Geo. Pearse. After some years, sold out to Mr. Strachan and went into an hotel on the corner of Mary and Edward Streets, Brisbane.
Returning to Cunnamulla, they went to Thargomindah in 1899, to take over an hotel, leaving to return to Cunnamulla a few years later, and took over the Post Office Hotel from Mr. M. Inch. Retired from hotel life in 1912, and has lived privately ever since. Her sons are Jack, Harry, and Fred, and daughters Mrs. Joe and Mrs. Bob Craig.
Address Ruthven Street Toowoomba. Electoral Division Darling Downs
Occupation Blacksmith
Queensland Family History Society Inc.- Commonwealth Electoral Rolls Queensland 1903
Dipper married Emily Ann Dorrington, daughter of John H Dorrington and Elizabeth Cahill, in 1884 in Bourke NSW, Australia.424 (Emily Ann Dorrington was born on 11 Jun 1868 in Scone, NSW, Australia,132 died in 1941 and was buried on 18 Aug 1941 in Toowong Cemetery Portion 4 Section 37 Grave no. 10/11 427.)
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