Rev Francis TRIPP B.A. | (Oxford) | d: 20 May 1874 aged 44 at Cooktown | | Francis TRIPP arrived in Cooktown on 10 May 1874. Ten days later he died. He came to administer the Cooktown parish for the Church of England. He originally left England in 1863 to serve in Amuri, New Zealand and later in Copperhead near Clermont, Queensland. | In New Zealand he was considered eccentric. Suggestions of an appointment to a neighbouring parish net frosty reception. In contrast ther Cooktown Courier of 1874 reported TRIPP was 'followed to the grave by nearly all the most influential residents of the town'. TRIPP's headstone is the earliest surviving in the cemetery. | | Cooktown Cemetery | |

Rev Francis TRIPP B.A.
(Oxford)
d: 20 May 1874 aged 44 at Cooktown

Francis TRIPP arrived in Cooktown on 10 May 1874. Ten days later he died. He came to administer the Cooktown parish for the Church of England. He originally left England in 1863 to serve in Amuri, New Zealand and later in Copperhead near Clermont, Queensland.
In New Zealand he was considered eccentric. Suggestions of an appointment to a neighbouring parish net frosty reception. In contrast ther Cooktown Courier of 1874 reported TRIPP was 'followed to the grave by nearly all the most influential residents of the town'. TRIPP's headstone is the earliest surviving in the cemetery.

Cooktown Cemetery


All the headstone photos in Cooktown, Cook Shire
Names in photographed order.
Names in alphabetical order.
Latitude -15.475438888888, Longitude 145.240188888888
Latitude -15° 28’ 32", Longitude 145° 14’ 25"

GoogleMap or GoogleEarth map application for Cooktown, Cook Shire . (What's this?)
All the cemeteries
© Copyright 1996-2025 Kerry Raymond and David Horton
`