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The Murder of May Wain – grave tales

31/08/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

A Tragedy Recalled !!! The Six Mile Murder   –   by Clara Patton Crimes against women of any kind were very rare on the Goldfields of Western Australia. The prospecting community respected and valued women and welcomed their presence. It was therefor, a terrible shock to the community  when it was made known that […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Coolgardie, Goldfields History, murder, Western Australia

Bardoc Cemetery – a revival

24/08/2019 By Moya Sharp 6 Comments

On Friday the 16th August 2019, a ceremony was held out in the bush at the Bardoc Cemetery on Mt Vetters Station. It was to celebrate the culmination of almost three years work on a project started by Kellie Carter who owns the Bardoc Station House, and assisted by myself,  Kellie is the third generation […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People Tagged With: Australian History, Bardoc, Cemeteries, Western Australia

Did she Fall or was She Pushed? – Annie Solly

18/05/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Life for a single woman on the Goldfields of Western Australia could be very hard. Annie Solly seems to have been a young woman who could look after herself and she appeared in the newspapers several times for things such as drunk and disorderly. On New Years Day 1902 she was arrested and charged 10 […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, kalgoorlie cemetery

Milly Soak – Historic Graves

27/04/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Cue, Goldfields History, Milly Soak, Western Australia

Unmarked First World War Graves to be Commemorated:

14/04/2019 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

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, […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Soldiers Story Tagged With: Australian History, WW1

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