Other States

The following are a few snippets of information found on Bairds for Queensland, Northern Territory, Australian Capital Territory and South Australia. Access to these records are quite difficult unless living in the State or Territory itself, as they have very few online resources.

Queensland

Baird Road Cooktown.
Named after either Miss Baird of Baird soft drink manufacturers, said to have been the first white woman to have landed in Cooktown aboard the SS Leichardt on 25 October 1873; or Robert Baird, first prospector to the Annan Tinfield & Bloomfield & Mayor of Cooktown in 1882.

Baird's Creek Cardwell district.
Named in the 1860s after J. C. Baird a prominent early resident of Cardwell.

Baird's Creek Bloomfield District.
Named after Robert Baird, first prospector to the Annan Tinfield & the Bloomfield & Mayor of Cooktown in 1882 or William Baird, who discovered tin at Mount Romeo in January 1887.

Baird's Pinnacles Cape York.
Named after William Baird, who prospected in the area, 1887-1896

Baird Street Mount Carbine.
The main street in the township is named after Sam Baird, prominent Mount Carbine citizen & who opened the first hotel there, the Miners' Arms, in 1904

Bairdsville Cape York Peninsula.
Named after William Baird who discovered gold here in 1892. It was in the Batavia Gold Field area. Baird was speared in 1894 & his grave is here. ..

Baird--Died on the 14th December, at Water-street West, South Brisbane, James Baird, aged 61 years. from "The Queenslander" Brisbane, Saturday, January 2, 1892

Baird, James Clark, Appointed clerk of petty sessions, Herberton. from "The Queenslander" January 16, 1892

Mrs J C Baird:- Miss Vernie Wakefield, who was visiting her grandmother, Mrs J C Baird, Melton Hill, is now guest of Miss Wareham, Carisbroo. Townsville January 22, p 10."Queenslander" Brisbane, November 10, 1906

South Australia

BAIRD Mary
Born 1856 Port Lincoln South Australia, married Alexander CAMERON of Resolis Ross & Cromarty Sct, died Witera South Australia 1894.

BAIRD James
Died Calca South Australia.

BAIRD Jane
Married Thomas DUELL 18th Jun 1838 (South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register)

BAIRD John
Marshall Trooper Invalided to Australia arriving 28/8/1901 Fifth (South Australian Imperial Bushmen) Contingent Departed: February 9, 1901, returned April 27, 1902

Australian Capital Territory

BAIRD Ellen and Jan grazier of "Strathnairn" Weentangera 1943
BAIRD Leigh of Collins Park, Forrest 1949.
BAIRD Jean and Leigh of Collins Street, Forrest 1943 site selected in the early 1970s as the site for a new Prime Minister's Lodge.
BAIRD Ellen, David, Ian and John hd, rural worker, student & student Collins Park, Forrest 1959
BAIRD Jean and John of "Trentagh" Mugga Heights 1935
BAIRD Walter postal official

Northern Territory

BAIRD Jean Blanch Northern Territory between 1824 and 1939.