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The Crudace Brothers –

24/08/2024 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The following stories about the Crudace brothers was written by their nephew, the late John William Green who was the son of their sister, Clara Elizabeth CRUDACE who married William Henry GREEN from Boulder. John was born in Kanowna in 1905 and died in 1985, he is buried in the Kalgoorlie Cemetery. William Mellamby CRUDACE […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places & Towns, Soldiers Story Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Western Australia, WW1

Michael Tobin – a grave in the wilderness

10/08/2024 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

  Michael TOBIN died on the 7th of April 1907 aged 33 years at Wadda Waddah Well or No 40 Well on the newly proposed stock route from the Kimberly called the Canning Stock Route. He was buried on a sandy ridge 250 metres from well No 40. His burial was confirmed by A G […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Halls Creek, Kimberley, Western Australia, Wiluna

Paddington Cemetery – in the lonely old graves the departed souls sleep

27/07/2024 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

PADDINGTON CEMETERY AKA GUDARRA Coordinates: -30.48531, 121.36204 With lonely old graves where departed souls sleep, Where a merciful god a vigil must keep Till the trumpet is heard on that final last day Let us never disturb them, just leave them that way. BIDWELL Mary Edith Kathleen – d 30 Oct 1899, at Paddington, 5mths, Cause: Diarrhoea […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Paddington, Western Australia

Joseph Salinger – grave tales

13/07/2024 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Joseph Salinger (Hebrew Name: Yosef ben Avraham Ya’akov) died at Nurse Egans Private Hospital on the 30th January 1907 aged 41 years. At the time of his death he was the licensee of the Boulder City Hotel in Piesse Street, Boulder and prior to this was the licensee of both the Denver City and the […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, Hotels, People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Hotels, Jewish history, kalgoorlie cemetery, Western Australia

Gullewa Cemetery –

13/07/2024 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Gullewa Cemetery – Reserve 3911 Coordinates: -28.5507826, 116.3726805 GULLEWA  GOLDFIELD – The W.A. Record 27th February 1897 The Gullewa Goldfield is situated N.E. from Mingenew 80 miles, and east of Wurarga on the Mullewa-Cue line, which is the nearest railway station, about 18 miles, and is only one day’s journey by rail from the Port […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places & Towns, Towns and Places Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Gullewa, Western Australia

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