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Mulwarrie Cemetery:

17/07/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Mulwarrie is an abandoned townsite in the North Coolgardie Goldfield of the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, 125 km northwest of Kalgoorlie and 55 km southwest of Menzies, between Davyhurst and Mulline. It was originally known as Mount Higgins; gold was first discovered there by Paddy Higgins, who later discovered gold at Higginsville. In 1900, […]

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

Born of Grief and Despair:

10/07/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

On the 23rd of September 1903 in Gwalia Street, Leonora Western Australia an event would take place that would start a string of family tragedies. The event was the death of a little girl, Eileen Margaret Doyle. She died of Tonisilitis and Bronchitis and was only 2 ½yrs old. She had only been ill only […]

Filed Under: People, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales, Towns and Places Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Leonora, Western Australia

COCKER Marcus Cleveland – grave tales

03/07/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Marcus Cleveland Cocker was born on 30th Sep 1871 in North Adelaide South Australia. He was the oldest child of Henry Cleveland Cocker and Elizabeth FARRAR. He had three other siblings, all girls, Ethel, Emily, and Bessie. On the 7th Dec 1911 in Tammin, Western Australia, he married Ida Agnes HURST. Marcus was 40yrs old […]

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

Emma Emilie Urquhart – grave tales

19/06/2021 By Moya Sharp 4 Comments

Emma Emilie BELICKE ,Born 15 Aug 1884 in Prahan, Victoria. Died 28 Mar 1919 Kalgoorlie. Daughter of Carl Wilhelm BELICKE and Emma Amelia RAU. She came to Western Australia in 1897 with her parents aged 12yrs. On the 1st Feb 1905 Emma married Ernest URQUHART in Perth WA. Ernest was a year older than her […]

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

Davyhurst Cemetery – grave tales

19/06/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Davyhurst Cemetery – Western Australia    –       GPS Latitude and longitude 30° 03’.82s 120° 38’.70e The Davyhurst Cemetery has 45 people buried there. Davyhurst is a Goldfields town that is situated southwest of Menzies, Western Australia, and is approximately 120 kilometers northwest of Kalgoorlie. The proposed townsite was initially declared “Davyston” in 1900. […]

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

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