Mt MARGARET CEMETERY Established in 1897 when the townsite of Mt Margaret was gazetted. 11 Burials between 1896-1901 except for one in 1930 and one in 1942. Latitude: -28.806418 Longitude: 122.168054 GPS: 28 48.38505, 122 10.08316 The name of Mount Margaret could mean several things. It could be: The Mt Margaret Goldfields The Mt Margaret […]
Fields Find Cemetery on the Old Yalgoo Road
Fields Find Cemetery – Coordinates: -29.03668, 117.25572 On mining reserve No 14350 12 known burials Fields Find Cemetery Sign – Photo by Doug Hardman In a thicket of acacias on the low side of the present Yalgoo Road, hidden from passing motorists, lies the Fields Find Cemetery. It is a good 1 ½ km by car from […]
Just a Stockmans Grave – by Trevor Tilka
William Heron, an Irishman, was about 65 years old when he died in March 1927. He was a station hand and stockman on the Wanarra Station near Wubin. He was drowned in a flash flood in the area and his body was discovered some distance away washed up against a tree two miles from his […]
All the Little Children – the Willis family
I’m sure many readers will know that there was a high child mortality rate in the early days of the Goldfields and all of the cemeteries both large and small will testify to this. However, there is one family, in one town, that surely must be one of the most number of children to one […]
Kanowna Cemetery – a new milestone
As many of you will know if you have been following our stories for a while, Outback Family History embarked on a project to restore and preserve the Kanowna Cemetery. This is the second cemetery located on Yarri Road. This was three years ago and I would now like to advise you how far we […]
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