Ralph Brown was born at Kamarooka on November 4, 1890, the eighth child and fourth son born to Rosa Corvan and Robert Brown.He was named after a brother of his father's back in Durham, England, who had died as a child.
Poor Australian Ralph Brown did not survive to carry the name into adulthood either...he died on October 10, 1899, just one month short of his ninth birthday.
Tuberculous meningitis is an infection of the the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord.It is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria that causes tuberculosis. The bacteria spreads to the brain from another site in the body. The symptoms usually begin gradually, and may include: Fever; Listlessness; Loss of appetite; Loss of consciousness; Nausea and vomiting; Seizures;Sensitivity to light (photophobia);Severe headache;Stiff neck. It is a condition that these days can be treated, but in the 1800s tubercular meningitis was a condition that was life-threatening and often resulted in death.
Ralph Brown suffered the disease for two weeks before he finally succumbed, passing away in the Bendigo Hospital. He was buried in the Raywood Cemetery in the same grave as his father Robert Brown, who had died five years earlier.
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