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Malcolm Cemetery – the legion of the lost

04/11/2023 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

Malcolm Cemetery Biographies:   137 burials Also known as Mount Malcolm There are 2 Cemeteries at Malcolm Malcolm Salt Lake Cemetery AKA Lake Raeside –  123 burial from 1897-1911 Malcolm Kookynie Road Cemetery 14 burials 1911 – 1915 Unfortunately, apart from identifying various headstones in each cemetery, there are no separate registers for each cemetery ADAMS […]

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

Robert Arthur Yeo – grave tales

04/11/2023 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Coolgardie Miner 9 May 1899, page 6 THE STABLE TRAGEDY INQUEST RESUMED VERDICT OF ACCIDENTAL DEATH. The inquest into the circumstances connected with the death of Robert A. Yeo, who was kicked to death in Castieau’s stables on Sunday morning, was resumed yesterday, before Mr H. S. King, J.P. (acting coroner), and a jury consisting […]

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

The Cemetery at Mt Margaret –

28/10/2023 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Towns and Places Tagged With: Aboriginal History, Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Leonora, Mt Margaret

Fields Find Cemetery on the Old Yalgoo Road

14/10/2023 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Books, Grave Tales, People, Towns and Places Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Fields Find, Goldfields History, Western Australia, Yalgoo

Just a Stockmans Grave – by Trevor Tilka

07/10/2023 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Books, Grave Tales, People, Poets Corner Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Stockman, Western Australia

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