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Jeremiah Minehan – grave tales

02/05/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

On the 3rd July 1910 Jeremiah Minehan was buried in the Roman Catholic Section of the Kalgoorlie Cemetery. He was 37yrs old. He was the son of Jeremiah Minehan and Elizabeth WEST. In 1904 in Young NSW he married Hannora ‘Norah’ Isabella KENNY, they had two children, Thomas John (b 1904) and Martin John (b1906), […]

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

Kanownas ‘Gods Acre’ – in a sad state.

25/04/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

As the following article states, the neglect and general poor condition of the Kanowna Cemetery, was as bad in 1924 (nearly 100 yrs ago), as it is today. The second Kanowna cemetery is visible from the main road and a short drive from Kalgoorlie. These two reasons may account for a lot of the damage […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, Towns and Places Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Kanowna, Western Australia, White Feather

Dugald Colin MCALLISTER – grave tales

25/04/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

On the 4th August 1926  Dugald Colin McAllister was buried in the Kalgoorlie Cemetery in the Presbyterian Section grave 6559. He is buried alone. He was the only child of Peter Mountstuart Greenbank McAllister and Sarah McAllister nee McCollum. He was born in Boulder WA in 1901. Inscription Mother and Dad In Loving Memory of […]

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

Herbert Ernest Wright – a family story

18/04/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

1872– 1945 Guest Post by:-  Katherine Statton Herbert Ernest Wright was the ninth child of Thomas Wright and Sarah Hayes Hutchinson.  He was born at Green Ponds in Tasmania on 21 April 1872.  His father was a teacher at the Green Ponds State School. Green Ponds was first settled in the 1820s.  It is a hilly […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Western Australia

The Departed Miner at Old Kanowna

18/04/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The Coolgardie Pioneer – 18 Dec 1897 Pg 16 The claims were pegged out at midnight, and one or two men commenced work right away “THE DEPARTED MINER” “What’s you game, Bill?? Yer jumped me bally claim out at the Flag last winter, ran away with my wife just after, and now when I throw […]

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

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