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Kurnalpi Cemetery – grave tales

18/01/2025 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

KURNALPI BURIALS 1894 -1912 80 km east north east of Kalgoorlie New Cemetery – 1 mile SW of town Reserve 2715 Cemetery Gully – near road 1050, 1 ½ Miles East of Town, Reserve 4068 13 Burials = 10 New Cem 3 Gully Cem The Lonely graves are scattered In that fenceless vast gods acre […]

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Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Kurnalpi, Western Australia

Alec from Auckland Remembers –

20/07/2024 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Western Mail 21 April 1938, page 11 OVER THE PLATES – Dolly Pot Conducted by Non-Com A water problem A Canine Burial The Siberia Rush Slugs from Kurnalpi Water was a serious problem in the Old Camp before the famous water scheme came to fruition. Washing of oneself or one’s clothes was looked upon with […]

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

Johnson & Co

15/06/2024 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Coolgardie Mining Review 13 June 1896, page 5 Johnson and Co. by Smilers Hales and  Jack Drayton. Kurnalpi. was in ablaze in the most intense excitement, men of every breed and brand were knocking up gold by dry blowing — all except Johnson. His luck was down below par, and his tucker bag and his […]

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

The Golden Graveyard:

20/06/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Western Australian Goldfields Courier, Coolgardie  9 February 1895, page 4 WESTERN WANDERINGS. CAMP FIRE and FOREST TRACK. A GOLDEN GRAVEYARD. [BY A. G. ‘Smiler’ HALES] Michael William Kelly had thrown a seven. No one knew exactly what it was that killed him. Some of the boys at Kurnalpi, where he had worked long and well […]

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The Golden Graveyard:

12/10/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Western Australian Goldfields Courier, Coolgardie  9 February 1895, page 4 WESTERN WANDERINGS. CAMP FIRE and FOREST TRACK. A GOLDEN GRAVEYARD. [BY A. G. ‘Smiler’ HALES] Michael William Kelly had thrown a seven. No one knew exactly what it was that killed him. Some of the boys at Kurnalpi, where he had worked long and well […]

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