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Deaths in the early days of Mt Margaret:

22/02/2020 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

I have just completed the following project on the early deaths in the Mount Margaret Registry District. These deaths are not the very first recorded for the cemeteries in this area but are the first from when the registry district opened an office in Leonora and started registering deaths in 1897. Prior to this deaths […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Laverton, Leonora, Malcolm, Mining Accidents, Mt Margaret, Mt Morgans, Western Australia

The Hill End Tragedy and the aftermath:

15/02/2020 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

Kalgoorlie Western Argus, Tuesday 26 January 1904, page 13 Hill End Fire Tragedy. Inquest on the Victims Mr. A. J. Evans, acting coroner, and a jury consisting of Messrs F. Mitchell (chairman), J. Matthews and W. V. Lee, inquest held into the cause of the death of the three little boys Lee, who were burnt […]

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

The Hill Brothers in Coolgardie – grave tales

07/02/2020 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Daily News Perth – Friday 30 November 1894, page 2 Admissions to Coolgardie Hospital – Adolphus Hill, aged 23, a native of Kyneton, Victoria, had low fever and exhaustion, he was delirious when admitted, and everything possible was done for him, but he never rallied and quickly succumbed. Birth Registration in Victoria for Adolphus and […]

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

A Racing Man from Tipperary – grave tales

01/02/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

FATAL MINING ACCIDENT IN THE PERSEVERANCE MINE – MAN FALLS DOWN A PASS. Richard Ryan, a well known citizen of Boulder, met with an instantaneous death in the Great Boulder Perseverance. Kalgoorlie Western Argus (WA : 1896 – 1916), Tuesday 17 March 1908, page 17 On Wednesday 11th March about 9.30 a.m. the deceased and […]

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

Triple Tragedy at the Golden West:

18/01/2020 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

In 2013, a lady by the name of Margaret Sanders, contacted me about including her uncle Ralph Douglas Young (Joe), on the Western Australian Virtual Miners Memorial. She has seen our appeal for family members to come forward to provide additional information about miners names to be engraved on the memorial at the WA Museum […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Coolgardie, Goldfields History, Kunanalling, Mine Rescue, Western Australia

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