West Australian – Perth WA – 6 January 1934, page 4 WHEN DEATH CREEPS IN A Tale of a Mine. By Ion L. Idriss, author of ‘Flynn of the Inland It is nasty, facing death down below, whether under sea or land. Sam Ure worked doggedly though uneasily, for the ground was creaking, a subterranean […]
Abbotts Cemetery – Yoothapina Station
Abbotts Cemetery (Yoothapina Station) Formerly know as Abbotts Find Reserve 6980 and 22406 AZIZ Abdul — 43yrs, d 29 Apr 1900, at Abbotts GM employed by the Yagahong Co, Bitten by a camel on 20th April which broke his leg, He died on the 29th April from shock after and operation to amputate his leg, […]
Charles Carkeek – grave tales
In 2008, I was working at the Kalgoorlie Boulder Cemetery office, filling in when the office manager was away. One of the duties was to help visitors with their inquiries. A visitor, Brian Morris, called in to inquire about a very early grave of one of his ancestors, Charles Carkeek. He was indeed able to […]
Kunanalling Graves:
KUNANALLING — The town grew up on the goldfields, located 32 kilometres north west of Coolgardie. It was gazetted in June 1893 just a few months before Kalgoorlie. Originally known as 25 Mile, the name was changed later to Kunanalling which in the Aboriginal dialect of the area means place of the eagle hawk. The […]
Alistar Douglas Calder – grave tales
CALDER Alistar Douglas, d 2 Mar 1907 at Berrigin via Black Range, Age 14 months: Father:- Neil CALDER (Mine Manager) Mother:- Mary Jane Priestly, Cause: Natural Causes. Born: Perth WA, buried Nungarra Cemetery. Sacred to the memory of Alistar Douglas Calder The Beloved son of Neil and Mary Calder Died at Birrigrin Black Range March […]
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