Individual Details

Birth

According to Sarah Anne's birth certificate Philip was born in 1859.
According to Coral Hughes birth was 9 Sep 1863.

Marriage

QLD Registration number: 1886/C/37
Marriage Index:
Name: Philip Whelan
Usual Residence: Muttaburra
Spouse Name: Harriet Agnes Setter
Usual Residence: Jericho
Marriage Date: 09 Sep 1886
Marriage Place: Queensland
Registration Place: Queensland
Registration Year: 1886
Registration Number: 000037
Page Number: 15769

Event-Misc

The Northern Miner (Charters Towers, Qld. 1874 - 1954) Tue 21 Apr 1908
A Sensational Bolt.
LONGREACH, April 20.
There was a sensational runaway
accident this afternoon. A pair on
ponies driven by Thomas Dunlop, a
well known horeebuyer, bolted down
Pelican Street and Emu Street. Dun-
lop was thrown out and landing on
the pole he fell between the wheels,
being dragged for twenty yards, one
wheel going over his chest. The
ponies swerved on to the footpath,
and racing along it for some distance
smashed several posts in the fence.
Turning into Ibis Street Phil Whelan,
the other occupant of the trap, was
thrown out, but fortunately landed on
his feet. The ponies raced into the
fence smashing the trap to atoms ;
both ponies were badly cut about.
Mr. Dunlop was much bruised and
shaken. Mr. Whelan escaped with a
scratch ; both had marvelous escapes.

The Western Champion and General Advertiser for the Central-Western Districts (Barcaldine, Qld. : 1892 - 1922) Sat 25 Apr 1908 Page 8
Longreach Items.
Tom Dunlop, the well-known horse buyer,
and Phil. Whelan, a carrier, provided the
Easter sensation here. Tom went for a
drive on Easter Monday, a pair of spirited
creamy ponies, intended for exhibition at
the Show here, being in the trap. Whelan
accompanied Dunlop, and neither antici-
pated that the outing' was going to end so
abruptly as it did, or that they would have
a narrow escape from death. The ponies
were flighty at the outset, and when Tom
turned- into Pelican-street they got fairly
out of hand. They carved it out along the
street in question at about an even two
minute gait, sending up a cloud of dust, in
which they were barely visible. At the
intersection of Emu-street Dunlop was
hoisted out; he fell on the pole and then
to the ground, along which he was dragged
for about 20 yards. A wheel went over his
arms and chest. Whelan was left in the
trap in an uncomfortable position, as tbe
reins were dragging on the ground. The
ponies turned for the footpath, striking tbe
kerbing pretty hard. How the trap did
not then upset is a mystery. They raced
along the footpath for fully 100 yards,
grazing the top rail of the fences and
smashing a couple of posts. At the corner
of Ibis-street they turned, and here Whelan
left. He soared up into the air, and landed
yards away, luckily dropping on his feet.
The ponies continued on, but a short dis
tance further they raced into Mrs. Swales'
fence, where they were caught. About the
only sound thing left of the trap was the
pole; this will give some idea of the smash,
which was heard nearly half-a-mile away.
Dunlop lost a lot of skin, more especially
from his back, and he is very bruised and
shaken. Whelan is also shaken up a bit.
Both are fortunate men that they survived.
As the ponies careered along the footpath
the onlookers gave Whelan, sitting help-
lessly in the trap, very little chance of
getting off scot free. The ponies were also
cut about, due to the wire in the fence
which brought them to a standstill.

Residence

Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980
Name: Philip George Whelan
Gender: Male
Electoral Date: 1913
Electoral Place: Longreach, Kennedy, Queensland, Australia

Residence

Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980
Name: Philip George Whelan
Gender: Male
Electoral Date: 1919
Electoral Place: Longreach, Kennedy, Queensland, Australia

Death

Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld) 20 Feb 1919: CARRIER'S SHOCKING DEATH. LONGREACH, February 18. A fatal accident occurred this morning at Withywine, about eighty miles from here, in which Philip Whelan, aged fifty three years, a well-known carrier, was killed instantly. The particulars to hand show that the team Whelan was driving got bogged and another carrier hooked his horses on to shift the load. Whelan went to the front to steady the horses, which jumped forward, knocking Whelan down. The heavy wagon passed over his body, smashing it to pulp. He has left a widow and seven grown-up children.
Brisbane Courier 19 Feb 1919: CRUSHED BY A WAGGON. LONGREACH, February 18. A fatal accident, occurred this morning at Withywine, about 80 miles from here, in which Philip Whelan, aged 53, a well- known carrier, was killed instantly. Particulars to hand show that the team Whelan was driving got bogged, and another carrier hooked his horses on to shift the load. Whelan went to the front to steady them, when the horses leapt forward, knocking Whelan down, and the heavy waggon passed over his body, smashing it to pulp. A widow and seven grown-up children survive him.
The Longreach Leader Fri 16 Feb 1923: IN MEMORIAM.
WHELAN.—In loving memory of our dear husband and father, Philip Whelan, who was accidentally killed near Withywine, Longreach, on the 18th February 1919. Dear husband and father is gone, but not forgotten. By loving ones he left behind, Sweetest thoughts shall ever linger Around our darling father's grave. Inserted by his loving wife and family. 63