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Jeremiah Minehan – grave tales

02/05/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

On the 3rd July 1910 Jeremiah Minehan was buried in the Roman Catholic Section of the Kalgoorlie Cemetery. He was 37yrs old. He was the son of Jeremiah Minehan and Elizabeth WEST. In 1904 in Young NSW he married Hannora ‘Norah’ Isabella KENNY, they had two children, Thomas John (b 1904) and Martin John (b1906), […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, kalgoorlie cemetery, Western Australia

Kanownas ‘Gods Acre’ – in a sad state.

25/04/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

As the following article states, the neglect and general poor condition of the Kanowna Cemetery, was as bad in 1924 (nearly 100 yrs ago), as it is today. The second Kanowna cemetery is visible from the main road and a short drive from Kalgoorlie. These two reasons may account for a lot of the damage […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, Towns and Places Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Kanowna, Western Australia, White Feather

Dugald Colin MCALLISTER – grave tales

25/04/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

On the 4th August 1926  Dugald Colin McAllister was buried in the Kalgoorlie Cemetery in the Presbyterian Section grave 6559. He is buried alone. He was the only child of Peter Mountstuart Greenbank McAllister and Sarah McAllister nee McCollum. He was born in Boulder WA in 1901. Inscription Mother and Dad In Loving Memory of […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, kalgoorlie cemetery, Western Australia

The Old Prospector – a verse

25/04/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Coolgardie Miner 16 June 1938, page 8 The Old Prospector: He fossicks around from year to year Away in the country’s outback, A little bit there, a little bit here With a sample or two in his pack. Away from the tracks of his fellows, The places that other men know, To the land of […]

Filed Under: People, Poets Corner Tagged With: Australian History, Western Australia

The Box Soak Creek Rush:

25/04/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Where is Box Creek you may ask? As I did myself back in 2000, (I can’t believe it was so long ago), when I received a letter from a lady in Queensland about a distant relative of hers called Ronald Donald McMillen who was supposed to be buried in the Box Soak Cemetery. I had […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales, Towns and Places Tagged With: Australian History, Box Soak, Cemeteries, Granites, Western Australia, Yundmaindera

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