Sir Samuel / Mt Sir Samuel Cemetery Yakabindi Station East of Bellevue Mine Camp. 27°36’90”S – 120°32’65”E 31 known burials – Reserve 6405 Tis sad to see these friendless graves And think of those who lie therein Their mute appeal some tribute craves For love which in the past had been. AKBAR Meer AKA Mullang […]
Wiluna Pioneer Cemetery – grave tales
15/02/2025 By Leave a Comment
As often happened in the early days, the first site considered for a cemetery ground became unsuitable usually because of things such as proximity to the living areas or water supply or perhaps the ground was too hard to dig. This happened at Wiluna, and after less than five years of use and 20 burials, […]
A Playground of Death – grave tales
15/02/2025 By 3 Comments
After living in Kalgoorlie-Boulder for many years, and talking to lots of people about what they did as youngsters and what games they played. I was told, that although playing on the slime dumps and near mine shafts was ‘strictly forbidden’, just about everyone did it. If their parents had know what they got up […]
Mount Jackson Cemetery – grave tales
01/02/2025 By Leave a Comment
MOUNT JACKSON CEMETERY 1896-1914 = 9 burials Coordinates: -30.20141, 119.11102 110 km from Southern Cross Mount Jackson was named by the explorer Gregory in 1846. A settlement developed in the Mt Jackson area after gold was found there in 1894. There were two hotels are the height of the gold rush period. Mt Jackson Station and homestead […]
Kurnalpi Cemetery – grave tales
18/01/2025 By 2 Comments
KURNALPI BURIALS 1894 -1912 80 km east north east of Kalgoorlie New Cemetery – 1 mile SW of town Reserve 2715 Cemetery Gully – near road 1050, 1 ½ Miles East of Town, Reserve 4068 13 Burials = 10 New Cem 3 Gully Cem The Lonely graves are scattered In that fenceless vast gods acre […]
