While staying with my daughter recently who lives in East Perth we had the occasion to visit the East Perth Cemetery on Cemetery Hill which I had always wanted to see but as it is only open on Sunday afternoon between 2-4 I have not had the chance to before. This old cemetery which operated from 1829 up and was the principal burial ground for the Perth area to 1899 and it is widely acknowledged that there are over 10,000 burials within the grounds of the East Perth Cemetery. There were no burial registers kept by either the Church Wardens or the caretakers of the Cemeteries. This led to researchers having to spend many hours compiling various histories and datasets on the East Perth Cemetery. More on the cemetery can be found @ East Perth Cemetery
East Perth Cemetery and church.
I noticed from reading the headstones that there were several graves of Coolgardie People so I photographed these. Not till returning home and searching the East Perth Cemetery web page I found other mentions of those either born in or were residents of Coolgardie and these I have listed below. A number, as to be expected, are infants but other adults include the infamous Father Long of the ‘Father Long Hoax’ at Kanowna.
GREENWOOD Lachlan John Aged 3mths Born Coolgardie 1899 Father:- John GREENWOOD Mother:- Annie nee DINES DOD 10th Oct 1899
GILLETT Ethel Elizabeth Aged 1yr 3mths, Born Coolgardie 1897 Father:- William Beadle GILLETT Mother:- Mary Alice nee PERKINS. DOD 28th Mar 1898
FEIN Evelyn Muriel Aged 9 weeks Born Coolgardie Father:- Barnett FEIN Mother:- Ethel Maud Jessie nee PODMORE DOD 4th Apr 1898 Also buried Barno (Barnett) FEIN aged 34yrs, Hotel Keeper of Coolgardie Russian, DOD 14th Jun 1898
SULLIVAN Gerard Age 1yr 1 mth, Born Coolgardie 1897, Father:- John SULLIVAN Mother:- Mary Ann nee RYAN DOD: 8th Jan 1898
WALTON Olive Isabella Bainbridge Aged 3mths, Born Coolgardie 1899, Father:- Jacob WALTON Mother:- Eliza nee McKAY DOD: 7th Apr 1899
VON ZALINSKI John Max Aged 6mths, Born Coolgardie Father Paul VON ZALINSKI Mother:- Lavinnia Harriet nee HUDSON DOD 29 Aug 1898.
FAAHAN Mary Emma Aged 28yrs, wife of William Michael Faahan of the Club Hotel, Coolgardie; died 11/04/1942 Coolgardie DOD: 1st Jul 1895. William was to remarry the following year to Cecelia Knighton and they had a daughter, Marguerite, born in Coolgardie in 1904. Cecilia was to die herself in 1913 and William was to stay in Coolgardie and he died and was buried there in 1942.
Mary Faahn East Perth Cemetery
DUNCAN Leonard Alfred Newman Aged 25yrs, Resident of Coolgardie, Father:- James A DUNCAN Mother: Jane Mary nee GILLIGAN DOD: 28th Jan 1895
CALLER Annie Aged 36yrs, Father Edward KEAYS Mother Bridget nee O’BRIEN, sister of Norah and Bridget KEAYS of Coolgardie. DOD 1st Jan 1896 Died in childbirth.
Annie Caller, East Perth Cemetery
GROVES Elizabeth aged 51yrs, Nurse in Coolgardie, Born Ireland Parents John and Mary ABBOTT, Spouse George Groves alias Green; William Henry Smith DOD 28th Dec 1897
HUNTER Jessie Duncan Aged 27yrs, Wife of William HUNTER of Coolgardie, DOD 17th Nov 1895
Jessie Hunter East Perth Cemetery
HAINES Evan Paul Arbuthnot Aged 36yrs, Mine Manager from Coolgardie, Drowned, Father:- Field Marshall Sir Frederick Paul Haines Mother:- Charlotte Jane Sophia Spouse;- Ellen Barris DOD: 8th Dec 1896
LONG Dennis Paul (Reverend Father; Roman Catholic Priest) From Ireland. Infamous for the ‘Father Long Hoax‘ at Kanowna,Aged 26yrs, DOD 17th May 1899.
WALKER William George Buchanan Age 25yrs, From Ireland, Police Constable from Coolgardie. DOD: 21st May 1895
O’DONNELL William Aged 46yrs, From Cork Ireland, Resident of Coolgardie. DOD 1st May 1895
HORWOOD Florence Emma nee Cheshire Aged 21yrs, wife of Frank Butler Horwood Mine Manager of Mount Burgess Mine Coolgardie. DOD: 22nd Jan 1895
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Good morning Moya,
Enjoyed (if that’s the right word) your page on East Perth Cemetery. As it so happens I’m giving a talk about it tomorrow night so have been busy doing some further research and photographing. If you’d like a copy just let me know. But, please, next time you are down this way, do let me know for I’d love to meet you – 9276 3683.
Best wishes – Ted Doncaster.
Hello….thank you for putting your name forward online Moya.
I have been tracing the Von Zalinski family today and you have mentioned the little six month old baby that belongs to our family – thank you for giving Max’s life a special piece of your page.
Most of the von Zalinski’s went to New Zealand. There is a descendant living in Sydney whose name is also Max (son of Olga von Zalinski, who is the little sister of baby Max, i.e. baby Max’s nephew).
Does he have a headstone? If so, I would soooo much like a photograph.
Warm regards
Sandra, a Kiwi living in Melbourne
Dear Sandra I am so glad to hear you have found this little one, he is indeed not forgotten. He doesn’t appear to have a headstone unfortunately which is not too uncommon for a child’s burial. What is odd though is that the register states that he was born in Coolgardie. I have all the birth certificates for this year for Coolgardie and there doesn’t appear to be a certificate for him. I also cant find his birth on the WA BDM’s. I can only think that for some reason he birth was not registered. I find that this doesnt often happen despite the early date. I feel that this is an error as I have checked the WA Post Office Directories and see his father is listed in East Coolgardie which is actually Kalgoorlie so I would say that little John Max was born in Kalgoorlie and not Coolgardie. Also I noted that he (the father) is listed as just Zalinski which I suppose happens a lot (:
Hi Sandra and Moya, I was just searching for records for Olga von Zglinicki who is the grandmother of my partner Andrew. Andrew’s dad is 81 years old and is the son of Olga. We were not aware of John Max Olga’s son.
Sandra, it would be great to talk to you about your connections to the family.
Helen
Hello Helen, Sandra & Moya
I also have Olga in my family tree as my Great Grandmother. I would love to know more about her.
Regards
Vickie
Sorry meant Lavinia and Paul’s son