Hi,
Queensland Government Gazette 1877
Page 731, Volume XXI
James Julian Coates appointed a Mining Surveyor under the Goldfields Act 1874.
Was James in Victoria in 1875!
The Argus Newspaper Friday 13th August 1875, page 1.
Births
Coates- On the 8th inst at her residence, Madeline street, Carlton, the wife of James Julian Coates, assistant surveyor, St Arnaud, of a son.
Regards
Gerry