An interesting tale about a grave in the Boulder cemetery. I was contacted some time ago by Peter Huntly, a relative of Annie Bell who died at the Kalgoorlie Hospital on the 24th Oct 1909, and was subsequently buried in the Boulder Cemetery on the 29th of October 1909. Peter had already seen a photo […]
Burtville Cemetery:
BURTVILLE CEMETERY 14 Named Burials: (thought to be over 30 graves) The first thing I noticed about the Burtville cemetery was the cause of deaths for the 14 named burials. There were no deaths of women amongst them, but there were two infants. Of the 14, if you include the two infants, only 3 were […]
Murty Broderick – He threw a seven!
Coolgardie Miner Saturday 23 June 1894, page 5 He Threw a Seven by Smiler Hayles He came to this field amongst the first army of gold-seekers who swept inland from the sea coast, intent upon burgling the treasure chests of nature. He was only one of the rough but gallant band of pioneers who, leaving […]
Kanowna Cemetery a grave condition.
Last week you may have read a shjort blog post on the Kanowna Cemetery. In this story I included a newspaper article from tnhe 1920’s which complained of the deplorable condition of ‘Gods Acre’ at Kanowna. For this article I decided to take a trip out there and to take some ‘now’ photos of some […]
John Avery – grave tales
John Avery, beloved father of Emily Maltman, died on the 8th February 1904 at Boulder City. John Avery was born in Gunnislake Cornwall England and was the son of Nathaniel and Maria nee BROAD. He was married to Elizabeth Jane WADGE. he was a miner. Kalgoorlie Miner Saturday 13 February 1904, page 4 DEATH. MALTMAN.— […]
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