Johnny Foote

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In 1892, Johnny Foote was described as having a ‘rich baritone voice’ in an article in the Queensland Times and his portrait was featured as part of a lantern slide show at a fundraiser for Newtown State School in November 1893, alongside images of the 1893 flood.

Johnny died in 1895, and had been living at the Deebing Creek Mission.