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How a gravestone clue about a flowering bush led to a family reunion in Almaden

A woman who died more than a century ago has brought a family and a tiny far north Queensland town together.

Georgetown resident Nellie Ryan was passing through Almaden in 1904 after visiting doctors in Townsville due to an ongoing lung condition. 

The 25-year-old died suddenly from a lung disease called phthisis at a local hotel on March 29 of that year.

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