September 1. Police report the death of “the oldest [A]boriginal in the district”, Tommy Cox at the age of 75 (born 1822). The APB pays for his funeral. Tommy is buried at Sackville Reach, probably at the Aboriginal cemetery near “Lilburndale” close to West Portland Road. His passing is the end of an era. “King” Tommy is the last local Aborigine linked to the colony’s formative years. His mother Betty Cox is of mixed Aboriginal and European descent. (Brook, 1st edit, 28).