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 **For other photos, click on [[Thomas de M. M-P photos]].**\\ **For other photos, click on [[Thomas de M. M-P photos]].**\\
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 +A ledger book shows that, by October 1867 when he was 19, Thomas was employed at Maroon. Initially he was paid an 'allowance' rather than a salary. This allowance was increased to £80 pa 
 +One lot of entries for him are from  867 to December 1868.(MLMSS3117/box 9) TO FINISH
  
 The younger Thomas was adventurous and by July 1874, for a short period he left working on Maroon to become a miner in the harsh [[wp>Palmer_River#Palmer_goldfields|Palmer River goldfields]]. It is not for nothing that an account of life on the Palmer goldfields was entitled 'shattered dreams'.((Gordon Grimwade and Christine Grimwade, 'Shattered dreams: Recollections of the Palmer Goldrush 1874-1875', //Queensland History Journal// The younger Thomas was adventurous and by July 1874, for a short period he left working on Maroon to become a miner in the harsh [[wp>Palmer_River#Palmer_goldfields|Palmer River goldfields]]. It is not for nothing that an account of life on the Palmer goldfields was entitled 'shattered dreams'.((Gordon Grimwade and Christine Grimwade, 'Shattered dreams: Recollections of the Palmer Goldrush 1874-1875', //Queensland History Journal//
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