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Abbotts Cemetery

31/12/2017 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

ABBOTTS (Yoothapina Station) Reserve 6980 and 22406 AZIZ Abdul, d 29 Apr 1900, 43yrs, at Abbotts GM, Occ:- Camel driver BISHOP Richard, d 26 Jan 1896, 54yrs, at Abbotts. Occ:- Labourer on contract at the Government Well. BURGES/S Henry William d 23 Dec 1896, at Abbotts General Co, Abbotts, age 44, Occ:- Blacksmith CAMPBELL John […]

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The Lakeside Tragedy – grave tales

18/12/2017 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Kalgoorlie Miner (WA : 1895 – 1950), Saturday 6 May 1922, page 5 As far as can be ascertained, no one actually witnessed the accident which resulted in George Lyall Luscombe, aged 19yrs,  losing his life by being run over by a wood train on the Lakeside line, near the 52-mile siding, at 5.30 a.m. […]

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George Gillespie – grave tales

15/12/2017 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

George Gillespie - Kalgoorlie Cemetery

Kalgoorlie Miner (WA : 1895 – 1950), Saturday 28 January 1911, page 4 Funeral.— The remains of the late Mr. George Gillespie, late mill shift boss on the Chaffers gold mine, were interred in the Presbyterian portion of the Kalgoorlie Cemetery on Thursday afternoon, the burial service being conducted by the Rev. J. A. Agnew. […]

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Lawlers Cemetery- Snapshot – all the little children

09/12/2017 By Moya Sharp 5 Comments

As to be expected in these early times, the child mortality rate was very high. If you lived away from a large population, it was even higher. The risk was not just for the babies and young children, but for the mothers as well. It is said, that if you were pregnant and living in […]

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Lawlers Cemetery – Snapshot – The Irish

07/12/2017 By Moya Sharp 4 Comments

Over the next few days I will be publishing the results of my work on the update of the  Lawlers Cemetery records and photos.  I have been careful editing and researching for the past three weeks. This cemetery is quite small, with only 164 burials. Like all cemeteries, it’s a snapshot of the people who […]

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