BRIEF BIOGRAPHY. Late Mr J J A Murray. 
Tribute to a Pioneer. 
Bundaberg Daily News & Mail, Wednesday, June 10, 1936
	With the passing of Mr J J A Murray in a private hospital in Gladstone on June 2 
(1936) the district loses a well known identity, a great hearted bushman of the old school 
and a link with two of the oldest pioneering families (Murray & Little, also Rundle) in the 
state.
	The late John James Athelstone (sic) Murray was born in 1859, at the native Police 
Camp on the Athelstane Range, Rockhampton, where the Botanical Gardens now stand, his 
father, Lieut. John Murray being in charge of the native police. Later the family moved to 
Cardwell, and Mr Murray's youth was spent in North Queensland.
	He accompanied his father on several expeditions into what was then practically 
unknown territory, and where wild blacks were numerous and hostile.
	On the death of his father in 1876 he proceeded to "Rosedale Station", then owned 
by his uncle, the late Mr James Little and remained there until 1895 when he took over 
"Eurimbula Station" in partnership with Mr R G Barton. The partnership was dissolved a few 
years later, and shortly afterwards Mr Murray disposed of "Eurimbula" to the late Mr H 
Cogzell and acquired the property known as "Briarwood" near Iveragh. In 1921 he bought 
Hummock Hill Island and resided there until shortly before his death. A few years ago he 
acquired a grazing property in the Rosedale district.
	The late Mr Murray was a man of wide sympathies and interests and was extremely 
well read. His life was that of a true Christian gentleman, and in his many self-sacrificing acts 
of kindness his memory will endure.
	He is survived by a sorrowing widow (Elizabeth nee Rundle) and two sons- Mr J. 
(Matthew John) Murray of Hummock Hill Island, Valentine James Murray of "Briarwood", 
and three sisters, Mrs (Rachel Rebekah) Walsh of Murray's Creek, Mrs A. J. (Julia 
Sybella) Cook, Toowoomba, and Mrs (Harriet Elizabeth) Unsworth, Brisbane.