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Lawrence Graham DOW – grave tales

11/01/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Below is the grave of Lawrence Graham DOW – the fourth son of Amelia nee BRADLEY and the late George Graham DOW (died in 1900). He was born in Ballarat Victoria in 1871 and he died in Kalgoorlie on the 17th June 1907. He was 36yrs old. He was the brother of Albert Bradley DOW […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Boulder, Cemeteries, Western Australia

Alice Maud Cribb – grave tales

04/01/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

On the 14th March 1903 Alice Maud CRIBB nee LONG, the wife of Henry Theodore CRIBB, manager of the Croesus Proprietary Mine, died at the age of 26yrs. A few days later on the 24th of March, their infant daughter, also Alice Maud, aged 19 days (born on 5th March) also died. Alice and Henry […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, kalgoorlie cemetery, Western Australia

Beatrice Hemingway -grave tales

28/12/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

‘Died on Christmas Eve’  :    96yrs ago !!! Beatrice HOWARTH was married to Alfred William ‘Fred’ HEMINGWAY in Coolgardie in 1920. Only three years later she was to die in Southern Cross on Christmas Eve, 24th December 1923. Her husband was acting Station Master at Southern Cross at the time. She was expecting her […]

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

The Bush Undertaker by Henry Lawson

23/11/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

In The Bush Undertaker by Henry Lawson we have the theme of isolation, connection, friendship, curiosity, happiness, survival and control. Taken from his ‘While the Billy Boils’ collection the story is narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator and after reading the story the reader realises that Lawson may be exploring the theme […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Undertaker

Mt Morgans Cemetery:

02/11/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

I would like to show you the result of a project by Danelle Warnock and myself to upgrade the records and information on the people buried in the Mt Morgans Cemetery, Western Australia. The information presented here has been collected from various sources such as Burial Registers, Death Certificates, and newspapers. As always we welcome […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Mt Morgans

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