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James and Amelia Saunders – grave tales

26/02/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

One of the many impressive memorials in the Kalgoorlie Cemetery is of the grave of James and Amelia SAUNDERS.  Grave 5262 in the Anglican section. This is part of their story. James Archibald SAUNDERS was born in Malmsbury, Victoria, on 29 June 1873 to James and Catherine (nee Williams) Saunders. He married Amelia Elizabeth FLEXMORE […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Western Australia

Paddington’s Old Cemetery – a verse

19/02/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

In Kalgoorlie’s north, away out in the scrub Where nobody’s shoulders you’re likely to rub On an old winding track, one scarcely could see Well hidden by bush is an old cemetery. And those lonely old graves with headstones of white Would appear to be ghosts should you pass by at night. Here graves are […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Poets Corner Tagged With: Cemeteries, Paddington

Hans Christian Biltoft – grave tales

19/02/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Hans Christian Biltoft was born on 12 February 1864 in Grindsted, Ribe, Denmark, his father, Thoger Biltoft, was 34 and his mother, Ane Marie nee Hansen, was 24. After completing his schooling in Denmark Hans was involved in seafaring for six years. In 1880 he left the sea and became involved in photography. He arrived […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, kalgoorlie cemetery, Western Australia

Pannican – grave tales

12/02/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

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

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, kalgoorlie cemetery, Western Australia

Charles Robert Ogilvie ‘Jack’ Cumbrae-Stewart – grave tales

22/01/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Charles Robert Ogilvie Cumbrae-Stewart was born on 17 February 1867 in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. He was the son of Francis Edward STEWART and Agnes Catherine PARK. His father Francis Edward Stewart came to New Zealand as a child with his parents in the 1830’s from Bristol, England. There he met and married on the […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Coolgardie, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Western Australia

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