Eric Sutherland Ross (1832-1910)

Obituary
Mr. Eric Sutherland Ross, an old Queensland pioneer, died at Croydon on July 26. The deceased, who was in his 70th year, came to Queensland (then known as Moreton Bay) with his father, Mr. John Ross, in 1841. Mr. Ross, sen., in that year took up Normanby, and subsequently Rose Vale. After residing at these stations for seven years, he sold them and started out with his sheep and cattle in search of pastures new. After a protracted and perilous journey (as the blacks were at that time very treacherous), Redbank, at the head of the Burnett, was the country selected, as the future home. Mr. Ross, sen., had with him his wife, two sons (Eric and John), and two daughters. Four or five years subsequently the late Mr. Eric Ross, with his brother John, took up Rocky Bar, and Cracow, where they followed pastoral pursuits for a number of years. The late Mr. Ross, who was born in 1832, leaves a widow and a family of eight children (six sons and two daughters).

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