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Margaret Alice Lynch – grave tales

21/03/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

103 yrs ago Margaret Alice Lynch died at age 68 yrs and was buried in the Roman Catholic Section of the Kalgoorlie Cemetery on the 21st Sept 1917 in grave number 4986. This impressive memorial is in a double plot, but she is buried there alone. She is buried close to her son, William Reilly, […]

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Filed Under: Grave Tales, People Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Western Australia

Frankie Hayman – grave tales

14/03/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Frank Lawford HAYMAN, aged 2yrs 7mths (born Kalgoorlie), buried 12th December 1923 in the Anglican Section of the Kalgoorlie Cemetery. Kalgoorlie Miner 21 December 1923, page 4 THANKS.— Mr. and Mrs. Frank and Edie Hayman, 103 Addis street, Kalgoorlie, desire to thank friends for their kind messages of sympathy during their recent sad bereavement. At […]

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William Hilton Edwards – grave tales

29/02/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

William Hilton EDWARDS Born at Maryborough Victoria (17th June 1880) who departed this life 25th September 1928 Aged 48 years Erected by his sisters and brothers

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Filed Under: Grave Tales, Hotels, People Tagged With: Australian History, Boulder Cemetery, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Hotels, Western Australia

Deaths in the early days of Mt Margaret:

22/02/2020 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

I have just completed the following project on the early deaths in the Mount Margaret Registry District. These deaths are not the very first recorded for the cemeteries in this area but are the first from when the registry district opened an office in Leonora and started registering deaths in 1897. Prior to this deaths […]

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Filed Under: Grave Tales, People Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Laverton, Leonora, Malcolm, Mining Accidents, Mt Margaret, Mt Morgans, Western Australia

The Hill Brothers in Coolgardie – grave tales

07/02/2020 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Daily News Perth – Friday 30 November 1894, page 2 Admissions to Coolgardie Hospital – Adolphus Hill, aged 23, a native of Kyneton, Victoria, had low fever and exhaustion, he was delirious when admitted, and everything possible was done for him, but he never rallied and quickly succumbed. Birth Registration in Victoria for Adolphus and […]

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