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One Crowded Night of Life – by John Drayton

22/03/2025 By Moya Sharp 4 Comments

That day Mount Margaret was as quiet as a cemetery on a Sunday morning in Melbourne. Andy Flannagan, the ‘Learned Bushman’ and his mates, had reported a strike of alluvial gold 18 miles east, and all the prospectors not on good shows, and had pulled out for the new find, from which Flannagan’s party had […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Goldfields History, Mt Margaret, Western Australia

Rothsay Cemetery – nature took what nature gave

22/03/2025 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Rothsay Cemetery – Perenjori Shire off Boonerong Road, Rothsay, Western Australia Coordinates – 29.29060, 116.88470 Reserve 6295 Rothsay is an abandoned town in the Mid-West region of Western Australia. It is situated between the towns of Dalwallinu and Mount Magnet and 78 kms from Paynes Find. A prospector named George Woodley discovered gold in the area in 1894 and initially […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Rothsay, Western Australia

Jack Tulloch – a tragic fatality at Lake Way

01/03/2025 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

Geraldton Express and Murchison and Yalgoo Goldfields Chronicle 22 January 1897, page 9 A TRAGIC FATALITY AT LAKE WAY The sad news is just to hand from Lake Way that Jack Tulloch, the well-known and respected partner in Tulloch Willis and Co’s butchery business at Cue, Day Dawn and Leonora, has perished near Lake Way […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places & Towns, Towns and Places Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Lake Way, Leonora, Western Australia, Wiluna

Sir Samuel Cemetery – ”are we remembered not?”

01/03/2025 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Sir Samuel. Kathleen Valley, Western Australia

Wiluna Pioneer Cemetery – grave tales

15/02/2025 By Moya Sharp 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, […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Western Australia, Wiluna

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