Tim Tie gaol record

Tim Tie was hung for murder. He was born in 1856 and apparently arrived in Queensland in 1876.

Gaol record, Tim Tie

Image Courtesy of: Queensland State Archives

"Tim Tie (1856 – 1886) was born in Amoy (Xiamen), China and arrived in Queensland in 1876. He worked as a cook in Dulbydilla, west of Roma. After a disagreement over a gambling debt, Tie was charged with Jimmy Ah Fook’s murder in early 1886. At the trial in Roma, Tie professed his innocence but was found guilty and sentenced to death. He was transferred to Brisbane and executed at the Boggo Road Gaol on 5 April 1886."

Harry Gentle Resource Centre - Tim Tie

See also: Globe, Tuesday 6 April 1886, p.8 - EXECUTION OF A CHINESE MURDERER.

If Tim Tie did arrive in 1876 and if he was in fact from Fujian then his is the only recorded man from "Amoy" in the 19th century who did not come between 1847 and 1852 as an indentured labourer.