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All the Little Children – the Willis family

30/09/2023 By Moya Sharp 7 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Kanowna, Western Australia

Kanowna Cemetery – a new milestone

30/09/2023 By Moya Sharp 5 Comments

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 […]

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

Yuin Reef Mine Cemetery –

09/09/2023 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Yuin Reef Mine Cemetery 27°56’379″S 116°09’06.8″E Yuin Cemetery also known as Yuin Station Cemetery situated in the Mid-West region of Western Australia. Yuin Station, the Yuin Reef Townsite and Royal Standard Mine have historic and social significance for their role in the development of the Shire. The cemetery is now no longer in use and […]

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

Helena Maud ‘Lily’ Pike – grave tales

19/08/2023 By Moya Sharp 4 Comments

On the 27th April 1906, Helena ‘Lily’ Maud Pike (nee Rosevere) aged 30yrs, passed away at the St John of God Hospital in Dugan Street, Kalgoorlie from Typhoid. She was the wife of councillor Eustace Walter Pike and the mother of one child, James Albert, aged 6yrs. The couple had married in Adelaide SA in […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, kalgoorlie cemetery, Western Australia

Police Honour Legendry Tracker Pannican

05/08/2023 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Police Honour Legendary Aboriginal Tracker On the 2nd of July 2008, a memorial was unveiled in Kalgoorlie for one of the state’s most renowned Aboriginal police trackers.  Johnny Grey, also known as Pannican, who was considered one of the best trackers of his time. He worked for the police in the Laverton-Leonora area from 1942 […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People Tagged With: Aboriginal, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, kalgoorlie cemetery, police history, Western Australia

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