Four adult members of the Philippe family are buried in this one grave in the Kalgoorlie Cemetery. They are Richard Henry Philippe bur 12 Oct 1906, age 67 Eliza Mary, nee Howells bur 21 Nov 191,1 aged 73 (Richard’s wife) Bertrand Charles Philippe bur 19 Jun 1950, age 71 (son of Richard and Eliza) Violet […]
Why ‘Black Bob’ Left Ben Hall’s Gang
You may not know, but in the Coolgardie Cemetery lies the son of one of the ‘Supposed’ members of Ben Hall’s bushranger gang. His name is William HASSELL – buried 24 Jan 1898, aged 34 years, died at Coolgardie Hospital, Cause: Enteric Fever, Father: William Thomas ‘Black Bob’ HASSELL, Mother: Julia LALOR, Born: Ballarat East, Victoria, […]
A Woman of the Black Range: The Troubled Life of Florence Menon
Run to Earth at Barambie: The Arrest of Florence Menon, 1906 Among the many stories that emerged from the remote settlements of the Western Australian Goldfields, few capture the character of the era quite like that of Florence Menon. In the days when sly grog shanties dotted the bush and the police waged a constant […]
Nunngarra Cemetery – Out on the wastes of the Never Never
Nunngarra Cemetery – Black Range (Ivy Linden) Reserve 9270 – 28°04’45.1″S – 119°14’38.0″E 43 Known Burials – In the Shire of Sandstone, approximately 12 km from the Sandstone townsite. On an active Mining lease, the Cemetery is hard to find, and the graves are overgrown in the bush. ‘From Oct 1903 to Feb 1908’ Out […]
A Dearly Beloved Wife – Edith Rosman
I’m sure that I’m not the only one who sees beauty in some memorials in cemeteries. I have spent a great deal of my life wandering around cemeteries, especially our Kalgoorlie Cemetery. The view from the road is often as much as is seen, but if you venture through the gates, you will discover so […]
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