Thanks to John Pritchard for the original idea for this story: Milly/Millie Soak is 16 kilometers north of Cue and was a popular picnic spot in Cue’s early history. It also became the source of the town’s water for a number of years following the pollution of the town water supply due to poor sanitary […]
Unmarked First World War Graves to be Commemorated:
From:- Vetaffairs Autum 2019 p17 A number of unmarked graves of World War veterans who died after returning from the war will be commemorated under a two year pilot program. Administrated by the Office of Australian War Graves (OAWG) the unmarked graves of the First World War Program will provide funding to help ex-service organisations, […]
Charles Carkeek – graves tales
In 2008, I was working at the Kalgoorlie Cemetery office, filling in when the office manager was away. One of the duties was to help visitors with their inquiries. A visitor called Brian Morris called in to inquire about a very early grave of one of his ancestors. Charles Carkeek. He was indeed able to […]
Pioneer Cemetery Southern Cross -grave tales
Many country towns have more than one cemetery. The reason for this is usually that the original spot chosen became too close to the residential areas, or perhaps the ground proved too hard, or maybe it was too far away from town. The site of the Southern Cross Pioneer cemetery will have been seen by […]
The McKerrow Brothers – grave tales
This is a grave in the Kalgoorlie cemetery of two brothers, Frank James McKERROW who was buried 15 Jul 1896 and James McKERROW who was buried 1 May 1931. This first photograph, taken 87 yrs ago, after the funeral of James McKerrow, and shows the chapel (now the office) in a different location to where […]
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