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Alice Jane Farquhar – grave tales

26/09/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

On the 15th November 1900 Alice Jane FARQUHAR nee NICOL, aged 41yrs, was buried in the Anglican section of the Kalgoorlie Cemetery. After 120 years you will see that her memorial has stood the test of time. Alice was the daughter of Alexander NICOL who was a shipowner and Lord Provost of Aberdeen and Jane nee […]

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

Too Late to Say Goodbye – grave tales

26/09/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Fri 17th Jul 1942 Kalgoorlie Miner BOY SERIOUSLY INJURED On Warburton Ranges Track  – LAVERTON AMBULANCE LONG TRIP About noon yesterday the Laverton ambulance commenced a 200 miles trip each way along Warburton Ranges to attend a boy seriously injured when run over by a tractor trailer. The boy is John Wade, a 13 year old […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Mt Margaret, Western Australia

Samuel Slater Bentley – grave tales

29/08/2020 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

Samuel Slater BENTLEY was the son of Thomas Beverton BENTLEY and Annice SLATER. he was born in Hooley Hill, Lancashire, England in 1876. He married Rosalinda Violet Fox in Boulder on the 5th April 1905 at age 26yrs just a fortnight before his terrible death. Kalgoorlie Miner – 19 April 1905, page 6 PREMATURE EXPLOSION, […]

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

Father and Daughter – grave tales

22/08/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

In the Boulder Cemetery, there is an impressive grave of a father and daughter who will be together always. Henry FAUCKNER died on the 5th December 1899 aged 62yrs. – Henry was the son of John FAUCKNER and Elizabeth nee COCKING and was born in Redruth, Cornwall, England- He had originally been buried in the […]

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

Child of the Woodline – grave tales

15/08/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Some years ago I posted the following photograph and although I said I had no idea who was the child buried in this sad little grave in the Kalgoorlie Cemetery, it was shared many thousands of times. It evokes all the sadness of a family who were unable to afford a proper memorial so they […]

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

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