Introduction

This paper records the list of voters on the electoral rolls for the NSW State Electoral District of Durham iand Gloucester in the subdivisions of Raymond Terrace fand Bulahdelah or 1903-1904.

This was the first post federation electoral roll available of the electors who resided in the Port Stephens area.

At this time, the number of electors residing at Port Stephens was small with only 329 electors being recorded. No trafficable roads led to the Nelson Bay area on the southern side of Port Stephens, while there was no road to Tea Gardens on the northern side, and so the area was isolated.

The electoral rolls show that Tea Gardens had the largest population with 80 electors, followed by Anna Bay with 72 electors and Nelson Bay with 44 electors.

The names of the voters and their occupations are listed for the settlement areas of Anna Bay, Bobs Farm, Broughton Island, Hawks Nest, Karuah, Lemon Tree passage, Medowie, Nelson Bay, Salt Ash, Swan Bay, Tanilba and Tea Gardens.

The main occupations of male voters were fisherman, oysterman, labourer, farmer and grazier. The occupation for most females was listed as ‘domestic duties’.

The following electoral lists for the Port Stephens area are found at these links on the website: 1913, 1934, 1943 and 1949.

View of Yacaaba and Tomaree Heads at Port Stephens [Author photo]

Names and Occupations of Electors – 1903-1904

Anna Bay [72 electors]

Bagnall, Albert Castilla, fisherman

Bagnall, Cecelia, domestic duties

Bagnall, Elizabeth, domestic duties

Bagnall, Joseph, fisherman

Bagnall, Lee, labourer

Bagnall, Matilda, domestic duties

Bagnall, Percy, fisherman

Bagnall, Robert, fisherman

Bagnall, Samuel, fisherman

Bagnall, Thomas, fisherman

Banks, Frank, farmer

Banks, Mary Jane, domestic duties

Barker, Arthur, labourer

Blanch, Alfred Henry, farmer

Blanch, Alfred Henry William, farmer

Blanch, Alfred Sydney, farmer

Blanch, Alice, domestic duties

Blanch, Ambrose, teamster

Blanch, Amelia Maud, domestic duties

Blanch, Anna Sarah, domestic duties

Blanch, Annie, domestic duties

Blanch, Cecelia, domestic duties

Blanch, Charles, butcher

Blanch, Eliza Forman, domestic duties

Blanch, Ernest, farmer

Blanch, Herbert, farmer

Blanch, Jane, domestic duties

Blanch, Jessie Evelyn, domestic duties

Blanch, Joseph Henry, labourer

Blanch, John, farmer

Blanch, John, junior, farmer

Blanch, Lauret Adrian, farmer

Blanch, Selina, domestic duties

Blanch, Walter Sidney, dairyman

Blanch, William, farmer

Cameron, John Elliot, divinity student

Crawley, Lewis Victor, farmer

Cromarty, Christina, domestic duties

Cromarty, Effie, domestic duties

Cromarty, Elizabeth, domestic duties

Cromarty, Niel, farmer

Deaner, Bena, domestic duties

Eagleton, Charles, farmer

Eagleton, Emily Eveline, domestic duties

Greenslade, Percival, labourer

Holmes, Hector, farmer

Holmes, Hector Ambrose, labourer

Hyde, Thomas, junior, labourer

John, John, dairyman

Johns, Frances, domestic duties

Lewis, Lewis, farmer

Linich, Charles, farmer

Linich, Elizabeth, domestic duties

McPherson, John Shiret, clergyman

McPherson, Rebecca Frances, domestic duties

Macpherson, Charles Edward John, farmer

Morris, George, fisherman

Morris, Sarah Lily, domestic duties

Morris, Walter, fisherman

Nelson, Mary Ann, domestic duties

Pomroy, Richard, farmer

Rae, William Gordon, teacher

Robinson, Ernest Henry Walter, farmer

Robinson, Herbert Alfred James, farmer

Robinson, Ida, domestic duties

Robinson, Ida Louisa, domestic duties

Robinson, Mary Jane, domestic duties

Rooke, Annie Agnes, domestic duties

Sheerman, Herbert, labourer

Upton, Annie, domestic duties

Upton, Edward Thomas, farmer

Upton, Jemmia, domestic duties

Bobs Farm [5 electors]

Cromarty, Donald, fisherman

Cromarty, Magnus, farmer

Cromarty, William, farm labourer

Upton, Phillip, farmer

Upton, Thomas, farmer

Broughton Island [1 elector]

Crawford, Henry Lawrence, accountant

Hawks Nest [8 electors]

Motum, Ernest, fisherman

Motum, Herbert Arthur, fisherman

Motum, Mary Sophia, domestic duties

Smith, Courtany, oysterman

Smith, Elizabeth, domestic duties

Smith, Lucy, domestic duties

Smith, Robert John, fisherman

Smith, William Stewart, fisherman

Karuah [39 electors]

Bamback, Matilda [Sawyers Point], domestic duties

Barclay, Beatrice May, domestic duties

Barclay, Edward, oysterman

Barnes, Ann, domestic duties

Callaghan, James, farmer

Callaghan, Maria [Sawyers Point], domestic duties

Callaghan, Michael, labourer

Cox, William [Sawyers Point], labourer

Evens, Clara, domestic duties

Evens, Mary, domestic duties

Farley, Alfred Henry [Sawyers Point], labourer

Farley, Dorcas [Sawyers Point], domestic duties

Farley, Eleanor, domestic duties

Farley, Elsie Constance, domestic duties

Farley, George [Sawyers Point], gentleman

Flanagan, Edith Ellen, domestic duties

Flanagan, Lilly May, domestic duties

Fletcher, Alice [Sawyers Point], domestic duties

Holdom, Charles Patrick [Sawyers Point], labourer

Holdom, Emily [Sawyers Point], domestic duties

Holdom, Emily Ida May [Sawyers Point], domestic duties

Holdom, John [Sawyers Point], farmer

Holdom, Lilian, domestic duties

Holdom, Susannah [Sawyers Point], domestic duties

Holdom, Susannah Victoria [Sawyers Point], domestic duties

Johnson, Elizabeth, domestic duties

Lee, Mary Elizabeth [Sawyers Point], domestic duties

Morante, George Francis [Sawyers Point], boatman

Smith, Annie, domestic duties

Smith, Elizabeth, domestic duties

Smith, Letitia [Carrington], domestic duties

Smith, Mary Ann [Carrington], domestic duties

Smith, Thomas James [Sawyers Point], labourer

Smith, John, carpenter

Smith, Jonas A., grazier

Smith, Elizabeth, domestic duties

Smith, Letitia [Carrington], domestic duties

Symonds, Emily, domestic duties

Symonds, Ernest Jaspar, contractor

Lemon Tree Passage [2 electors]

Hyde, Emma, domestic duties

Hyde, Louisa Amelia, domestic duties

Medowie [22 electors]

Blanch, Albert, labourer

Blanch, Francis, labourer

Boyd, Elizabeth, domestic duties

Boyd, Robert John, farmer

Cole, Sara Rebecca, school teacher

Evans, Isaac, miner

Evens, Margaret, domestic duties

Fisher, John, farmer

Griffin, Hannah Ann, domestic duties

Hutchinson, Annie Louisa, domestic duties

James, Daniel, farmer

Roberts, Elizabeth, domestic duties

Roberts, John Morgan, miner

Rooke, Walter Scott, labourer

Taylor, Fanny, domestic duties

Taylor, William, farmer

Taylor, William Henry, farmer

Thomas, David, farmer

Thomas, Mary Ann, domestic duties

Wooderson, James Robert, farmer

Wood, Eleanor, domestic duties

Woods, Robert, farmer

Nelson Bay [44 electors]

Asquith, John, fisherman

Asquith, Thomas, fisherman

Cromarty, James [Soldiers Point], farm labourer

Dalton, Annie, domestic duties

Dalton, James, grazier

Diemar, Charles Coxco, fisherman

Diemar, Ernest Nicholas, fisherman

Diemar, Josephine Amelia, domestic duties

Dives, Susan, domestic duties

Dives, Thomas, labourer

Eastwood, Margaret Jane, school teacher

Glover, Walter Henry, fisherman

Korsman, John Cornelius, fisherman

Korsman, Joseph, fisherman

Laman, Ada Caroline, domestic duties

Laman, Amy, domestic duties

Laman, Alfred, fisherman

Laman, Arthur Charles, fisherman

Laman, Edith Hales, domestic duties

Laman, Emmaline Ada, domestic duties

Laman, Ernest William, fisherman

Laman, Susan, domestic duties

Laman, Thomas Edward, labourer

Laman, Walter, fisherman

Lambourne, Henry, lighthouse-keeper

Lange, Amelia, domestic duties

Lund, Charles Henry, publican

Lund, Emily Isabella, domestic duties

Mogork, Edward, fisherman

Nichol, Arthur Edward, storekeeper

Nichols, Ann, domestic duties

Noble, Mary Grace, domestic duties

Noble, William, postmaster

Olive, Eliza Edith, domestic duties

Paton, Ebenezer Johnston, inspector of fisheries

Roberts, Elizabeth, domestic duties

Roberts, John Henry, fisherman

Rodgers, Joseph, gardener

Thompson, Bertha, domestic duties

Thompson, Henry, fisherman

Thompson, Henry, junior, fisherman

Thompson, Samuel, fisherman

Woods, Edward, fisherman

Yeoman, Edward James, fish preserver

Salt Ash [37 electors]

Browere, Elenor, domestic duties

Browne, Isabella, domestic duties

Browne, Percival James Melville, farmer

Bryant, George, dairyman

Bryant, Margaret, domestic duties

Bryant, William Hamilton, labourer

Cox, George Edward, labourer

Cox, John, dairyman

Cox, Sarah Ann, domestic duties

Dalton, Eliza Jane, domestic duties

Dawson, Hannah, domestic duties

Gillespie, Ann, domestic duties

Gillespie, Samuel Thomas, dairyman

Gillespie, Susanah, domestic duties

Mathewson, Barbara, domestic duties

Mathewson, Richard George, farmer

McKenzie, Catherine, domestic duties

McKenzie, Isabella Ord, domestic duties

Muddle, William John, labourer

Russell, Edward James, labourer

Russell, Joseph, labourer

Russell, Mary Marshal, domestic duties

Russell, Susannah, domestic duties

Sansom, Joseph, dairyman

Slade, Amelia May, domestic duties

Slade, Amelia Mary, domestic duties

Slade Eliza Ann, domestic duties

Slade, Henry Alexander, dairyman

Slade, John, junior, dairyman

Slade, Selina, domestic duties

Slade, Walter Russell, dairyman

Slade, William, dairyman

West, Elizabeth, domestic duties

West, George William, farmer

Wesy, Mary Ann, domestic duties

West, Mary Ann Cecelia, domestic duties

Wills, John William, teacher

Swan Bay [15 electors]

Blanch, Emily [Pipeclay Creek], domestic duties

Blanch, William, farmer

Davis Cecelia, domestic duties

Davis, George, farmer

Evans, Annie, domestic duties

Evans, Eliza, domestic duties

Evans, Frederick, oysterman

Evans, Hannah, domestic duties

Evans, John Alexander [Pipeclay Creek], farmer

Evans, William, fisherman

Hardes, Edward Henry [Pipeclay Creek], labourer

Knight, Jane, domestic duties

Lilly, Samuel, fisherman

Osborne, Hannah [Duckhole], domestic duties

Poile, Isabella, domestic duties

Tanilba [4 electors]

Holmes, Edgar Wade, grazier

Holmes, Edwin, grazier

Holmes, Henry Stewart, farmer

Holmes, Herbert Leslie, grazier

Tea Gardens [80 electors]

Anderson, Charles, fireman

Anderson, Jean Watt, domestic duties

Armitage, John, labourer

Blanch, Jacob, labourer

Burrows, Annie [Winda Woppa], domestic duties

Burrows, Charles [Winda Woppa], shipbuilder

Burrows, Charles Arthur [Winda Woppa], labourer

Byrnes, Norah, domestic duties

Byrnes, William Alfred, labourer

Christian, Mary Harriet, domestic duties

Connolly, Catherine Celia, school teacher

Davies, Edward, labourer

Davies, Mary, domestic duties

Dives, Evelyn Elizabeth, domestic duties

Engel, Eliza [Winda Woppa], domestic duties

Engel, Emily Jane, domestic duties

Engel, Louida Amelia [Winda Woppa], domestic duties

Evans, Thomas, labourer

Flanagan, Joseph, storekeeper

Flanagan, Nicholas, labourer

Fuller, Mabel, domestic duties

Hagon, Ann, domestic duties

Hagon, Charles Thomas, labourer

Hagon, Thomas, labourer

Harrison, Thomas, labourer

Hauber, John [Tahlee], labourer

Hawkins, Andrew William, labourer

Hicks, Clara, domestic duties

Holbert, Alice, domestic duties

Holbert Elizabeth, domestic duties

Holbert, Francis [Myall Point], fisherman

Holbert Hughie Fitz [Corrie Island], fisherman

Holbert, Sarah, domestic duties

Hough, Jacob, grazier

Hough, Patrick, grazier

Hough, Thomas, grazier

Jackson, Thomas James, labourer

Korsman, Esther Mary, domestic duties

Knight, Joseph Walter, engineer

Knight, Mary Alice, domestic duties

Kuss, Henry, farmer

Lee, Frederick [Tahlee], gardener

Lewis, Mary Ann, domestic duties

McCudden, Samuel, senior, labourer

McCudden, Samuel, labourer

McCudden, Walter James, labourer

McIntyre, Colin Alexander, station manager

McLaughlin, Michael, fireman

McRae, Archibald [Winda Woppa], timber merchant

McRae, John, timber agent

Miller, Eliza, domestic duties

Miller, William Anton, engineer

Morante, Catherine [Carrington], domestic duties

Mulhall, James, labourer

Murphy, Nicholas, labourer

Murrell, Rachael, domestic duties

Nowland, Clara, domestic duties

Nowland, Ernest Henry, police constable

O’Neill, Elizabeth, domestic duties

O’Neill, James, labourer

Parker, John Thomas [Tahlee], labourer

Pennington, Jane, domestic duties

Peterie, Elizabeth Ann, domestic duties

Peterie, George Thomas, labourer

Peterie, Ernest, labourer

Peterie, John William, clerk

Phillips, Richard Henry, seaman

Richard, Eliza, domestic duties

Robinson, Catherine, domestic duties

Robinson, William, storekeeper

Robinson, William George, baker

Smith, John Patrick, labourer

Smith, Mary Ann [Carrington], domestic duties

Smith, Thomas [Carrington], grazier

Southworth, Robert, labourer

Thompson, Mary Ann, domestic duties

Whitehead, Roland George, labourer

Williams Ernest Alfred, seaman

Witt, George, labourer

Witt, Mary Ann, hotel keeper

Researched and compiled by Kevin McGuinness

March 2025