Elizabeth COOPER (nee STEPHENS) | d:16 Aug 1874, aged 26 | | eldest daughter of John STEPHENS | | Elizabeth Cooper, Thomas Graham and Mrs Siebold drowned off St Patrick's Point on 16 Aug 1874. Only Elizabeth's grave is marked. | The cutter Platypus with eleven people abord, capsized during a reef trip. The deaths sparked a heated debate in the newspapers. There were accusations of cowardice against some of those on-board who allegedly failed to try to rescuing the deceased. | Mystery surrounds the choice of this site for a grave. Was it an isolated section of the cemetery or were others buried nearby? Was this actually the main part of the cemetery in those early years of Cooktown? | | Cooktown Cemetery | |

Elizabeth COOPER (nee STEPHENS)
d:16 Aug 1874, aged 26

eldest daughter of John STEPHENS

Elizabeth Cooper, Thomas Graham and Mrs Siebold drowned off St Patrick's Point on 16 Aug 1874. Only Elizabeth's grave is marked.
The cutter Platypus with eleven people abord, capsized during a reef trip. The deaths sparked a heated debate in the newspapers. There were accusations of cowardice against some of those on-board who allegedly failed to try to rescuing the deceased.
Mystery surrounds the choice of this site for a grave. Was it an isolated section of the cemetery or were others buried nearby? Was this actually the main part of the cemetery in those early years of Cooktown?

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