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George Gillespie – grave tales

25/07/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

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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Our Late Beloved Son – grave tales

18/07/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Kalgoorlie Miner 12th Feb 1925 BROWN — The friends of Mr and Mrs J. H. Brown and family are respectfully invited to follow the remains of their late beloved son and brother respectively, George Brown (formerly of the Midland workshops) to the Church of Christ portion of the Kalgoorlie Cemetery. The funeral will leave their […]

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The Widow who Sued!

16/05/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Sun Sunday 21 June 1908, page 9 THE WIDOW WHO SUED! THEN, BREACH O’ PROMISE SUITED THE MAN. An Ex Kalgoorlie Barmaid the Plaintiff (Margaret Augusta Elizabeth BRIDGELAND) and an Ex -Publican of Boulder Block the Defendant (Harry RODER) The Bridgeland- Roder breach of promise for £1,000 action was heard and concluded before Judge Pring […]

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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), […]

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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 […]

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