Deaths registered in Queensland
https://www.bdm.qld.gov.au/IndexSearch/queryEntry.m?type=dea...The certificate will give details of the death and whether an inquest was held.
Queensland Inquest Indexes
http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/Indexes/Courts/Pa...Mining accidents often generated a news report
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper?qDebra