BEER STRIKE AT MT MORGANS
VICTORY FOR THE STRIKERS

Kalgoorlie Western Argus: 14 July 1903.  –  A correspondent, telegraphing under yesterday’s date from Mt. Morgans, states: A fierce and decisive battle has been fought in this town, the contest lasting exactly 48 hours. The miners, led by Captain Frampton, held a meeting on Friday night in the Main-street, when it was unanimously decided that the hotels should be boycotted until the price of colonial beer came down from 1s to 6d, and seeing that Burtville, a town over 40 miles away, rejoiced in this luxury, the resolution was a very fair one.

The men held to their guns from 9 o’clock on Friday until about the same time on Sunday. With, of course, the usual exception of a few weak minded  individuals, whose entry into the various hotels was accompanied by severe hooting from the onlookers.

Procession during the Mt Morgan’s Beer Strike – Photo TROVE

Entertainments and speeches were the order of the day and night to keep the enthusiasm going, and on Sunday night, while a smoke social was being held in the A.W.A. Hall, a demonstration took place. This consisted of the appearance on the stage of the various hotel keepers. They all spoke, and from the tone of their remarks it was very evident that they were already very tired of the strike, especially as the last weekend was connected with a pay day on the Westralia Mt Morgans mine, and hardly a sovereign was divided amongst the six hotels. The battle was over, and the men had won the day. Beer and colonial wines will now be charged at the popular price of 6d per glass.

Great credit is due to the leaders and to the immovable stand the men took.

Mount Magnet Leader and Youanmi Miner – 14 February 1941, page 4

Black or Amber

Excited tongues speak full of wrath
About the price of beer,
They say a tanner’s all it’s worth,
That penny makes it dear.
For good and full ten ounces
We’ll only pay a zac,
Why should we pay that extra brown?
Declare the darned stuff “black”.

A band of staunch objectors,
Met in a goldfields town,
They stated that by hook or crook,
They’d bring the prices down.
They’d teach the pubs a lesson.
Not easy to forget,
But by a strange coincidence,
The town is drinking yet.

In spite of all that’s said and done,
The liquor trade to throttle,
Tis said that one can buy elsewhere,
At two and six a bottle.
Why study such economy?
While our defence bill grows
You’re helping our Democracy
While fast the amber flows.

by J. H. H.

Western Mail 21 February 1946, page 60

Early days in Mt. Morgan District recalled by
‘One of the Pioneers’ John MILNE

I am one of the pioneers of your district and, after, an absence of 43 years, I would like to receive word of what is now being done in the Mt. Morgan district. I am only 75 and before I pass along, I intend to visit, in the near future, my old happy prospecting ground, but while I am writing I will tell you my early connections with W.A.

I swagged it from Southern Cross to Coolgardie in 1894, arriving there at the time of the Londonderry rush. I joined it, but the ground was pegged out for miles. It was only a surface show, but it was a beauty. A London company took it over and a large amount of samples were sent home to the ‘Old Country’. In due time they sent a cablegram to the manager:

“When does the first crushing take place?”

The reply was short and sharp and to the point: “When you send the money.” They afterwards called it the Londonderry. Hannan’s was next on the list. I went dry blowing on the Maritana Hill, now known as Kalgoorlie and I took up a lease near the Brownhill, not far from the Boulder which I later sold to some Londoners.

Kurnalpi and the Broad Arrow were the next rushes. Water was bad and scarce, so I made for the 90-mile where a storekeeper’s rush was on, but we got water at Bardoc, Next came Menzies and then on to Murrin Murrin. I went broke and went to work at the Malcolm Proprietary Mine, with Horton as manager and Joe Guest as shift boss. I was soon moving again, prospecting around Red Castle, but found no water nearer than Bummers Creek, 20 miles away.

On the Tramp – Photo TROVE

Then I joined a prospecting party going to Hawk’s Nest, but when we got to Mt. Margaret early in 1898, I joined with another prospector, going to Mt. Morgan. After we got a water supply and tucker at Allanson’s store, we started to follow a trail going out towards McKenzie Well in the flat country back of the Morgan Ridge. After some time, we struck rich floaters, so we cleared the scrub and pitched our tents, made a fire and soon had the billy boiling and a mulligan stew and flap jacks for supper. Then we fixed our ‘Queensland bunks’, two sacks stretched out, a pole on each side and forks top and bottom and we were all set. Yes, the local natives were soon around us, but they gave us no trouble as long as we gave them some tucker. They were the Pendinny Tribe and they knew me from Red Castle.

Allanson’s Store, Mt Morgans – Photo SLWA

After a couple of weeks chasing floaters we located two reefs running parallel, carrying good gold. We soon found one pinched out but the other about two feet wide had a hanging and footwall going down strong. We were about one mile from McKenzie’s trail and about three miles northwest of Morgan Ridge. We located another reef carrying gold on the west of our camp, so we pegged out two 24 acre leases and applied for them at the Warden’s Court at Laverton in the name ‘Milne and Holman’. I was known as Scotty. We called our claims

‘Pride of Mount Morgan’ and the ‘Bon Accord’.

That was a Scotch name meaning, of one mind. We sunk a shaft 60ft on the Pride and sent two crushing’s, 20 tons each, by camel team to the Australia United battery and we got a return of 2oz. to the ton and 25dwt in tailings.

About that time a five head stamp mill was erected at the bottom of the hill near Harrison’s and not far from Dempsey’s claim. We sent a crushing of about 15 tons and got about 2½oz. gold to the ton and were allowed ½oz for tailings. About that time a fault took place in our reef and dolomite took its place. That was a very valuable mineral out here during the war, but it sure was a pure loss to us. As we could not get rid of it, we sunk a shaft on our other lease where there was a large body of stone, about 5ft. wide in some places. After we got a sample assayed the best we could get was ½ oz. per ton, so at that time, it was too low a grade to pay. After doing some more development we had to give our leases to other prospectors with more money and better luck.

Burt Street, Mt Morgans – Photo SLWA

I went to work on the Morgan Mine. Stephenson was shift boss, and sometime later Piercy Morgan came along as manager and Joe Guest’s crowd took over the Phoenix and changed its name. In August 1898, the township of Mt Morgans was laid out. Jack Lennan had a hash shop near the post office, which was a large tent with a bush shed over it, and Harris, the constable, would put the drunks on a chain for a few days. Allinson built a store on the main street, and then Smith put up a big hotel on one corner and Clarke built on the other. Later Kealey came over from the Margaret and built another. Then there was Harris and his wife, who had a store, and lots more I forget. They also built a racetrack and a hospital. About that time the first council was elected, and Jack Smith was Mayor. I have a good memory.

John ‘Jack’ Smith, Mayor of My Morgans – Photo SLWA

About the second year of this century Alexander Forrest, a brother of John, was calling for help to go with him to South Africa. I joined the crowd and after that business was settled, I had a vacation in my native Scotland. After that, I came to God’s country, California, where I settled, and raised an American family, and years ago I struck it rich through the real estate route. I am now looking forward to my trip to the goldfields of good old W.A.

I have given you a few lines early history and someone may find time to send me a few lines. I forgot to mention, Joe Ball was the handyman around the Morgan. I hope the mine is still going strong.
Mr. John Milne
345 Crescent Avenue, San Francisco

This is quite a well-known photograph, but until recently, I had not known who the people were. I have been contacted by Glenda Slan, who was able to tell me about the photograph and some of her family history.

The Fremery Family, Lawlers WA – Photo Glenda Slan

Glenda said, “The gentleman is my great great Grandfather Louis Fremery (he was French and a cook at many hotels on the Goldfields). The lady is my great great Grandmother Mary nee Gillanders (they didn’t marry until 1901 in Cue WA and this picture was taken 1897).

The toddler is my great Aunt Edith Mary born 1894 and the baby is my Great Grandmother Annie Lawlers (1st while child born in Lawlers in 1896).

This dwelling burnt down in 1897 shortly after this picture was taken and they all moved into the Rose Hotel where Louis was the chef.

The Rose Hotel – Lawlers

Westralian Worker 16 September 1904, page 5

By 1901 they had moved on to Cue where the couple married. Louis worked at both the Cue Hotel and The Great Britain Hotel. The last that was know of him was that he was working in a restaurant in Mt Morgans.

The Cue Hotel – Photo SLWA

Great Britain Hotel -Photo SLWA

Then by early 1905 Mary and the girls were back in Perth staying with her sister as Louis was no longer in the picture. Mary had taken Louis to court for maintenance for the two children with no success. Glenda has the missing persons report Mary filed in 1908, and there is no more info I can find on Louis after last being seen in Fremantle in 1907. There is no death certificate for him either and he was a bit of a wheeler-dealer so I fear he may have met an untimely demise as he was never heard from again.”

Daily News 28 March 1908, page 7

The Mickle family has established a dynasty of Hairdressers (Tonsorial Artists) and tobacconists in Western Australia. Starting in the Murchison and Northern Goldfields of WA, the four brothers and a nephew had premises in Menzies, Mt Magnet, Kookynie, Laverton and Wiluna, and Meekatharra. They would also open a business in Narrogin in later years.

The four sons, John, Henry, William, and David were all born in Mt Plesant, Victoria. The sons of David Mickle and Mary Maria Margaret nee SHAW. A fifth establishment was later opened in Meekatharra by Earlston Bede Mickle, the oldest son of John James Mickle and nephew to the other brothers.

Laverton Mercury 6 June 1903, page 3

David Shaw Mickle, Mt Morgan Fire Brigade

The party whom I wish to bring under this particular heading at present is Mr. David Mickle, hairdresser and tobacconist. David struck, the township in the year of our Lord 1901, and started business in a very humble way in a small hessian humpy somewhere off Murrin street. A very remarkable event happened at Mt Morgans about this time, which David still relates with gathering tears in his optics, and that was the breaking and entering of his establishment by burglars, who took with them when they left the sum of £8 in notes, and the reason they didn’t take any more was that there wasn’t any more to take.
Providence must have looked down with an eye of pity on David because his career ever since has been like that of the Mercury, upward and onward. In short, David has prospered, and he is now the proud possessor of the largest hairdressing saloon (beautifully mirrored and pictured) on the northern fields. David presides over the football association and rules that body with a firm and gentle hand. He is also a great patron of outdoor games, and when he promises a medal or donation he is always as good as his word. In short, to see any sports meeting without its David would be as great an anomaly as to see Mayor Jack Smith walking about without his head. David never gives any imaginary presents, they are always real. Therefore when anyone feels time hanging heavily on his hands let him repair to David’s saloon, where a solo on the flute surely awaits him.

David Shaw Mickle married Jane Charlotte AVERY on the 12th of Jul 1899 in Leichhardt NSW. The couple would go on to have five children: Avery David Morgans born 1900 (7mths who died in 1901) – Agnes Dorothy Maud born 1902 – Olive Mary Catherine born 1904 – Aliza Elizabeth born 1906 and David Rupert James born 1908. All of the children were born in Mt Morgans. Sadly David was declared bankrupt in 1909 and he died on 30 Aug 1912 aged 51. He is buried with his son and first child, Avery, in the Mt Morgans Cemetery.

David and Avery Mickle – Mt Morgans Cemetery – Photo Find a Grave

Menzies –
John James ‘Jack’ Mickle married Lillie Alice Adah nee CLARKE in Menzies WA in 1898. They went on to have nine children: Earlston Bede born, 1899 – Esther Millicent born 1901 – Esme Lillie born 1905 – Eugene John born 1906 – Eustace Herrington born 1908 – Enid Ermine born 1913 – Eileen Adelaide born 1914  – Emile Darcy born 1918 – Eben Edison born 1922. John died in Perth WA at age 68yrs in 1938.

John ‘Jack’ James MICKLE 1869-1938 – Photo Ancestry.com

Kookynie-
Henry “Harry’ Mickle married Emily Hill in Wyalong NSW 1897 in NSW. The couple, like brother John, also had nine children: Doris Elizabeth Irene born 1898 – Alice Mary born 1900 – Eric Henry Mervyn born 1902 – Constance Winifred born 1906 – Harold David George born 1908 – Herbert Roy born 1911 – Emily Lois born 1914 – Elsie Mildred born 1916 – John Oxley born 1917. He died in Ashgrove Queensland in 1941 aged 74yrs.

Henry ‘Harry’ Mickle 1866-1941 – Photo Ancestry,com

Laverton –
William H Mickle married Rose BAILEY in 1894 in Maryborough, Victoria. William and Rose were to have even more children than his brothers, ten over 23 years: Irene Waratah born 1895 – Adela Rose born 1897 – Colin William born 1900 – Douglas Charles born 1901 – Gwendolan Margaret born 1903 – Evelyn Jessie born 1905 – Lawrence David born 1908 – Allan Shaw born 1912 – Kenneth Campbell born 1914 -Lola Mary born 1916 – Roma Patricia born 1918. He died in 1941 in Narrogin WA aged 79 years. He was the brother who lived the longest.

William H Mickle – Photo Ancestry.com

Laverton and Beria Mercury 14 September 1901, page 2

Wiluna & Meekatharra
Earlston Bede Mickle son of John James and Lillie Clark MICKLE- He was the first in the family to venture into ladies’ hairdressing.

Earlston Bede Mickle – Photo Ancestry.com

Magnet Mirror and Murchison Reflector 6 December 1928, page 1

An unusual advertisement was used by all the families at the various establishments at different times and with slight variations.
Miners’ Daily News – Menzies 1 June 1898, page 3

Thanks to Marion Ward for researching this amazing woman. She’s a real heroine of the bush.

This history was researched to hopefully provide the provenance of a collection of jewelry, which was donated to a suburban historical society. I was Keeper of Records at the society and decided to undertake the task of research as the inscriptions on the jewelry were interesting.

Mount Morgans Government Hospital

A silver trinket box was inscribed “presented to Matron Hart by G Alford”, And a gold brooch was presented to “Nurse Hart from Dr and Mrs. Hart for her kindness”. A gold watch had been presented to “Matron Hart from the people of Morgans in 1916” or 1914. There was other jewelry, some of considerable value and certainly a ring with one large diamond. All this raised many questions. I searched for 18 months and this is what I discovered after working backwards from early information given by two responses from a  “Can You help?” insert in the Western Australian newspaper.

Matron Emily Hart in Mt Lawley WA with her pet kangaroo.

Emily Murphy was one of eleven children and schooled at her hometown of Landsborough in Victoria. The next available record shows Emily undertaking nurse training at Warracknabeal, Victoria. This is a large town north west of Landsborough.

Emily had a married sister in Port Lincoln, South Australia and she spent 4-5 years nursing there until she married Henry Ramsay Hart in 1905. He was the son of a Doctor of Theology and his wife and they would have given the gold brooch to Emily.

This marriage only lasted for a very short time because Emily was in Morgans WA in1906. I was not able to find any records of her husband other than he was a hairdresser. Emily was listed as a widow but death records do not show anything for Henry. Considering the time she spent in the eastern goldfields and my having communicated with her family in Landsborough it is reasonable to suggest that she hid herself in Western Australia. There was virtually no contact with her siblings for many years and my research gave them the missing link to where she had been.

Emily was Matron of Morgans Hospital in 1906, and thought to be a single woman. It is recorded that she loved all animals and at Morgans Hospital her pets were a Bungara lizard and a large brindle dog. The medical journals of the day list the Morgans Hospital as one of approximately 14 in the state to receive a two hundred pound subsidy for the care of aboriginal people. Emily still remains on the electoral roll for Mt Margaret in 1928.

G Alford proved to be George Alford and he was secretary of the Morgans Hospital during this time and I have included his available information, as he is a significant person. George attended the committee meetings of the Laverton Roads Board as Morgans is in the district of Laverton.

This information was found in the WA State Records Library 1907 – 1913 Laverton Roads Board Health Committee Minutes original book (back cover damaged by termites).

In 1911 George made application to become a Roads Board Member and that was successful. In 1911 George was Union Secretary of the WGFM at the Mt Morgans Gold Mine.  He gave evidence at the hearings for the development of the Statute book for Silicosis.

George was born in Ballaratt, Victoria 1870 and he and his wife Sarah lived with their 4 children at Lot 333 Kings St, Morgans. George died in 1918 of tuberculosis at the Coolgardie Sanitarium. One of George’s sons, born 1904, recorded his father history and tells of being in hospital in Morgans as a 2-3 year old and Emily was there then. I doubt the memory of a child of that age and it is not possible as we have the marriage date in Adelaide.

We know that Matron was in charge of the Laverton District Hospital by 1933 and she is remembered by a man who was a 5-year old boy at the time. “I recall her as an imposing lady all dressed in white. To a five year old she was pretty old but on reflection she was probably 10 years older than my mother who was 30 at the time. (records showing she was about 56 years). She was crippled and moved around on crutches.”

Mt Morgans Hospital 1905

She took our mother and three children into the Doctors Quarters where my mother did the job of running the house for her. This lady was a much loved character of Laverton. Matron enjoyed a game of cards, was a smoker and enjoyed a drink of alcohol. She was very understanding of the aboriginal people, who came to the hospital seeking help.

We left Laverton in 1933 and returned in 1936 and Matron came to live with us at Cox’s Find after which she went to live in Mt Lawley WA. The last time I saw her was around 1950 at her house in Mt Lawley.”

Others who knew Matron at Laverton told how she would pull teeth and attended injured animals. Emily broke her leg and had the task of attending to it herself and so leaving her with the legacy of being “crippled”.

I have not been able to get access to the minutes of the Laverton Hospital Board meetings although I have been assured that they do exist.

Mount Lawley rate books, ward one, records Mrs. Emily Hart of 396 Beauford St. Mt Lawley paying the rates for Lot 6 Park Street Mt Lawley in 1941. 1949 Emily was listed as Home duties at 7 Park Street Mt Lawley, and she died there in 1952, she had suffered a Coronary Thrombosis. She had been dead 13 hours before Dr Blofeld-Moody attended.

The property was transferred to Edith Mary Meakin, 232 Bulwer St, Perth WA after the sale made by the recipients of her estate. Emily’s relatives in South Australia inherited and subsequently sold her property. The jewelry spoken of earlier was hidden inside a piece of furniture, which was sold at a second hand sale. It remained hidden for nearly 30 years. The jewelry has since been transferred from the original historical society to the Landsborough Historical Society, which has many of the Murphy family as members.

Emily is buried at Karrakatta Cemetery in an unmarked grave K/PR/KA0544  K0048771   Researched by Marion Ward

Matron Hart    (nee Emily Murphy) Born 16 August 1874 Landsborough Victoria, Australia Died  23 March 1952  Mt Lawley Western Australia. Father: Benjamin Murphy (gardener), Mother:  Annie Mc Donald.

Thanks to Marion Ward for researching this amazing woman. She’s a real heroine of the bush.

This history was researched to hopefully provide the provenance of a collection of jewelry, which was donated to a suburban historical society. I was Keeper of Records at the society and decided to undertake the task of research as the inscriptions on the jewelry were interesting.

Mount Morgans Government Hospital

A silver trinket box was inscribed “presented to Matron Hart by G Alford”, And a gold brooch was presented to “Nurse Hart from Dr and Mrs. Hart for her kindness”. A gold watch had been presented to “Matron Hart from the people of Morgans in 1916” or 1914. There was other jewelry, some of considerable value and certainly a ring with one large diamond. All this raised many questions. I searched for 18 months and this is what I discovered after working backwards from early information given by two responses from a  “Can You help?” insert in the Western Australian newspaper.

Matron Emily Hart in Mt Lawley WA with her pet kangaroo.

Emily Murphy was one of eleven children and schooled at her hometown of Landsborough in Victoria. The next available record shows Emily undertaking nurse training at Warracknabeal, Victoria. This is a large town north west of Landsborough.

Emily had a married sister in Port Lincoln, South Australia and she spent 4-5 years nursing there until she married Henry Ramsay Hart in 1905. He was the son of a Doctor of Theology and his wife and they would have given the gold brooch to Emily.

This marriage only lasted for a very short time because Emily was in Morgans WA in1906. I was not able to find any records of her husband other than he was a hairdresser. Emily was listed as a widow but death records do not show anything for Henry. Considering the time she spent in the eastern goldfields and my having communicated with her family in Landsborough it is reasonable to suggest that she hid herself in Western Australia. There was virtually no contact with her siblings for many years and my research gave them the missing link to where she had been.

Emily was Matron of Morgans Hospital in 1906, and thought to be a single woman. It is recorded that she loved all animals and at Morgans Hospital her pets were a Bungara lizard and a large brindle dog. The medical journals of the day list the Morgans Hospital as one of approximately 14 in the state to receive a two hundred pound subsidy for the care of aboriginal people. Emily still remains on the electoral roll for Mt Margaret in 1928.

G Alford proved to be George Alford and he was secretary of the Morgans Hospital during this time and I have included his available information, as he is a significant person. George attended the committee meetings of the Laverton Roads Board as Morgans is in the district of Laverton.

This information was found in the WA State Records Library 1907 – 1913 Laverton Roads Board Health Committee Minutes original book (back cover damaged by termites).

In 1911 George made application to become a Roads Board Member and that was successful. In 1911 George was Union Secretary of the WGFM at the Mt Morgans Gold Mine.  He gave evidence at the hearings for the development of the Statute book for Silicosis.

George was born in Ballaratt, Victoria 1870 and he and his wife Sarah lived with their 4 children at Lot 333 Kings St, Morgans. George died in 1918 of tuberculosis at the Coolgardie Sanitarium. One of George’s sons, born 1904, recorded his father history and tells of being in hospital in Morgans as a 2-3 year old and Emily was there then. I doubt the memory of a child of that age and it is not possible as we have the marriage date in Adelaide.

We know that Matron was in charge of the Laverton District Hospital by 1933 and she is remembered by a man who was a 5-year old boy at the time.”I recall her as an imposing lady all dressed in white. To a five year old she was pretty old but on reflection she was probably 10 years older than my mother who was 30 at the time. (records showing she was about 56 years). She was crippled and moved around on crutches.

Mt Morgans Hospital 1905

She took our mother and three children into the Doctors Quarters where my mother did the job of running the house for her. This lady was a much loved character of Laverton. Matron enjoyed a game of cards, was a smoker and enjoyed a drink of alcohol. She was very understanding of the aboriginal people, who came to the hospital seeking help.

We left Laverton in 1933 and returned in 1936 and Matron came to live with us at Cox’s Find after which she went to live in Mt Lawley WA. The last time I saw her was around 1950 at her house in Mt Lawley.”

Others who knew Matron at Laverton told how she would pull teeth and attended injured animals. Emily broke her leg and had the task of attending to it herself and so leaving her with the legacy of being “crippled”.

I have not been able to get access to the minutes of the Laverton Hospital Board meetings although I have been assured that they do exist.

Mount Lawley rate books, ward one, records Mrs. Emily Hart of 396 Beauford St. Mt Lawley paying the rates for Lot 6 Park Street Mt Lawley in 1941. 1949 Emily was listed as Home duties at 7 Park Street Mt Lawley, and she died there in 1952, she had suffered a Coronary Thrombosis. She had been dead 13 hours before Dr Blofeld-Moody attended.

The property was transferred to Edith Mary Meakin, 232 Bulwer St, Perth WA after the sale made by the recipients of her estate. Emily’s relatives in South Australia inherited and subsequently sold her property. The jewelry spoken of earlier was hidden inside a piece of furniture, which was sold at a second hand sale. It remained hidden for nearly 30 years. The jewelry has since been transferred from the original historical society to the Landsborough Historical Society, which has many of the Murphy family as members.

Emily is buried at Karrakatta Cemetery in an unmarked grave K/PR/KA0544  K0048771   Researched by Marion Ward

Matron Hart    (nee Emily Murphy) Born 16 August 1874 Landsborough Victoria, Australia Died  23 March 1952  Mt Lawley Western Australia. Father: Benjamin Murphy (gardener), Mother:  Annie Mc Donald.

BEER STRIKE AT MT MORGANS
VICTORY FOR THE STRIKERS

Kalgoorlie Western Argus: 14 July 1903.  –  A correspondent, telegraphing under yesterday’s date from Mt. Morgans, states :A fierce and decisive battle has been fought in this town, the contest lasting exactly 48 hours. The miners, led by Captain Frampton, held a meeting on Friday night in the Main-street, when it was unanimously decided that the hotels should be boycotted until the price of colonial beer came down from 1s to 6d, and seeing that Burtville, a town over 40 miles away, rejoiced in this luxury, the resolution was a very fair one. The men held to their guns from
9 o’clock on Friday until about the same time on Sunday. with, of course, the usual exception of a few weak minded  individuals, whose entry into the various hotels was accompanied by severe hooting from the onlookers.

Procession during the Mt Morgans Beer Strike

Entertainments and speeches were the order of the day and night to keep the enthusiasm going, and on Sunday night,  while a smoke social was being held in the A.W.A. Hall, a demonstration took place. This consisted of the appearance on the stage of the various hotel keepers. They all spoke, and from the tone of their remarks it was very evident that they were already very tired of the strike, especially as the last weekend was connected with a pay day on the Westralia  Mt. Morgans mine, and hardly a sovereign was divided amongst the six hotels. The battle was over, and the men have won the day. Beer and colonial wines will now be charged at the popular price of 6d per glass. Great credit is due to the leaders and to the immovable stand the men took.

I have just completed the following project on the early deaths in the Mount Margaret Registry District. These deaths are not the very first recorded for the cemeteries in this area but are the first from when the registry district opened an office in Leonora and started registering deaths in 1897. Prior to this deaths in the region would have been registered in the next nearest Registry office, perhaps Kalgoorlie or Southern Cross. The area in regards to Births Deaths and Marriages are roughly divided into the districts of Mt Margaret, Mt Malcolm and Mt Morgans (Mt Malcolm and Mt Morgans are also known as Malcolm and Morgans.

The deaths, which number 177, are between 10 Feb 1897 and 26 Dec 1902 and represent a cross section of the early residents of the district. It is also a valuable social record as well as for those searching their family history, as it shows things like occupations and the structure of family groups and of course where the people were from.

Among the 177 deaths there are, 14 women, 39 children or babies under 2 years (one set of twins), 17 mining accidents and three suicides. With the others, there were lots of different causes of death. Heat Apoplexy was common, as was Typhoid Fever. Some died in accidents and others drank themselves to death. Illness, accidents and misfortune has no favorites.

The people are buried in the following cemeteries:
Leonora Cemetery
Morgans (Mt Morgans) Cemetery
Laverton Cemetery
Erliston Cemetery
Mertondale Cemetery
Diorite King Cemetery
King of the Hills Cemetery
Malcolm (Mount Malcolm) Cemetery
Some lonely graves.

I hope that you may find this interesting and I would like to say that there has already been one inquiry and one person claimed for their family. I will soon be adding these short bio’s to the relevant cemetery pages on the Outback Family History Web site and if any one has any further details on any of these people, do let me know and of course if there are errors also get in touch – research@outbackfamilyhistory.com.au

ANDERSON William, d 14 Feb 1900, 39yrs, at Leonora, Occ: Miner, Cause: Chronic Nephritis & Cardiac Syncope, Buried: Leonora, Born: Finland, Reg 28/1900 Mt Margaret.

ARMSTRONG Unnamed male, d 3 May 1899, Stillborn, at Australia United GM, Father: Alfred Francis ARMSTRONG (Accountant), Mother: Mavis SCOTT, Registered by Father, Buried Mount Margaret Cemetery, 11/1899 Mt Margaret.

ARMSTRONG Sarah, d 8 Nov 1900, 68yrs, at Sons of Gwalia GM, Occ: Char woman, Cause: Burns & Shock, Buried: Leonora Cemetery, Reg 39/1900 Mt Margaret.

ARMSTRONG Katherine – Mount Morgans Miner Saturday 26 October 1901, page 2

ARMSTRONG Katherine Maud, d 21 Oct 1901, 29yrs, at Mt Morgans Hospital, Married Woman, Cause: Syncope, Father: Thomas Phillip CUMMING (Grazier) , Mother: Norah,  Registered by Husband, Buried : Mt Morgans Cemetery, Born: Melbourne VIC, In VIC 24yrs, In WA 5yrs, Married to William Henry ARMSTRONG in Perth WA at age 28yrs, Children: Katherine 7weeks, Reg 51/1901 Mt Margaret.

ARMSTRONG Katherine Marjoria, d 20 Nov 1901, 8wks, at Phoenix St, Mt Morgans, Cause: Gastro Enteritis, Father: William Henry ARMSTRONG (Accountant), Mother: Katherine Maud CUMMING, Buried Mt Morgans Cemetery,  Born: Mt Morgans, Reg 52/1901 Mt Margaret.

ARNOLD Harry, d 14 Sep 1897, 42yrs, at Mt Malcolm Hospital, Occ: Prospector,   Cause: Primary fracture of the base of skull and upper jaw, from being run over by a dray, Buried at Mt Malcolm Cemetery, Born: London England, Reg 2/1897 Mt Margaret.

Susan Atwell – Mt. Leonora Miner 20 April 1901, page 3

ATWELL Susan, d 14 Apr 1901, 64yrs, at Tower St, Leonora, Occ: Housewife, Cause: Natural Causes, Buried: Leonora Cemetery, Born: Liverpool England, in VIC 43yrs, Married to Charles William ATWELL in Victoria at age 28yrs,
Reg 17/1901 Mt Margaret.

AUSTIN Victoria May Leonora,  d 21 Dec 1899, 3 ½ mths, at Gwalia Leases, Leonora, Cause: Heat Apoplexy, Father: Herbert Hinton AUSTIN (Miner), Mother: Maude Irene MILES, Registered by Mother, Buried Leonora Cemetery, Born: Leonora WA, Reg 1/1900 Mt Margaret.

BAILEY Hugh Sidney, d 8 Apr 1899, 35yrs, at Mt Margaret Hospital, Occ: Assayer, Cause: Typhoid Fever, Buried Mt Margaret Cemetery, Reg 5/1899 Mt Margaret.

BAIN Patrick, d 19 Mar 1901, 30yrs, at Little Doris Mine, Erliston, Occ: Miner, Cause: Bullet Wound self-inflicted while temporarily insane, Father: E BAIN, Buried: Erliston, west of the Little Doris Lease, Reg 8/1901 Mt Margaret.

BAKER ‘maybe’, d 1901, at Kings Well near Mt Morgans, Cause: Heart, Buried: Near Kings Well, Reg 46/1901 Mt Margaret.

BARNES Dorothy Minna, d 20 Aug 1900, 37yrs, at Sons of Gwalia GM, Leonora,  Cause: Asthma and Bronchitis, Father: John MCLEAN (Shipping Agent), Mother: Margaret PERIA, Registered by Husband, Buried: Leonora   Cemetery, In WA 9yrs, Married to Frederick Rose BARNES in Perth WA at age 33yrs, Reg 32/1900 Mt Margaret.

BENNETT William Ralph, d. 24 Apr 1899, 26yrs, at Mt Margaret Hospital, Occ: Baker, Cause: Typhoid Fever, Buried: Mt Margaret Cemetery, 10mths in WA, Reg 8/1899 Mt Margaret.

BIDWELL Annie Adelaide, d. 28 Aug 1901, 13 mths, at King St, Mt Morgans, Cause: Convulsions & Teething, Father: Isaac BIDWELL (Miner), Mother: Margaret Helen MILLAR, Born: Mt Morgans, Buried: Mt Morgans Cemetery,                Reg 31/1901 Mt Margaret.

BOX Caroline -Died after cooking Christmas Dinner -Murchison Advocate 28 December 1901, page 3

BOX Caroline, d 25 Dec 1901, 42yrs, at Windsor St, Malcolm, Cause: Heart disease brought on by the excessive heat of the day, Father: Job WEBDY (Farmer), Mother: Mary Ann MASON, Registered by Husband, Buried: Malcolm Cemetery, Born: Rylestone NSW, In NSW 40yrs, In WA 16mths, Married to James Henry BOX in Sydney NSW at age 37yrs, Children: Linda Jane 4, Charles Roy 3, Reg 56/1901 Mt Margaret.

BOX Charles Roy, d 21 Mar 1902, 5mths, at Windsor St, Malcolm, Cause: Diarrhoea,  Father: James Henry BOX (Contractor), Mother Caroline WEBDY (dec), Registered by Father, Buried: Malcolm Cemetery, Born: Malcolm WA, Reg 14/1902 Mt Margaret.

BOYD Evelyn Amelda, d 13 Sep 1900, 3wks, at Dover St, Malcolm, Cause: Suffocation, Father: William Leonard BOYD (Newspaper Proprietor), Mother: Julie Amelda HANLEY, Registered by Father, Buried: Malcolm Cemetery, Born: Malcolm WA, Reg 34/1900 Mt Margaret.

BRAITHWAITE John Raymond, d 30 Sep 1898, 7mths, at Malcolm, Cause: Enteritis, Father: John Sergeantson BRAITHWAITE (Miner), Mother: Phoebe BAKER, Registered by Father, Buried Malcolm Cemetery, Born: Malcolm WA, Reg 15/1898 Mt Margaret.

BROWN Francis William, d 12 Sep 1900, 28yrs, at Sons of Gwalia GM, Occ: Miner, Cause: Through the North skip suddenly descending from the pit head uncontrolled by the engine driver in charge, Father: John BROWN (Miner), Mother: Harriett JOHNSON, Registered by J J Brown (Brother),   Buried: Leonora Cemetery,  Born: Bendigo VIC, In VIC 25yrs, in WA 2 1/2yrs, Reg 35/1900 Mt Margaret.  www.wavmm.com

BURT Thomas – Laverton and Beria Mercury 10 March 1900, page 2

BURT Thomas,   d 3 Mar 1900, 42yrs, at Mount Morgans, Occ: Cook, Cause: Phthisis, Buried: Mt Morgans Cemetery, Married to Caroline H A KRUGER in Sydney NSW at age 34yrs, Reg 18/1900 Mt Margaret.

CAFFRAY Frank James, d 29 Jan 1900, 31yrs, at Laverton Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Alcoholic Pneumonia, Buried: Laverton Cemetery, Reg 15/1900 Mt Margaret.

CAMPBELL unnamed female, d 18 Nov 1899, at Malcolm, Cause: Convulsions, Father: James CAMPBELL (Miner), Mother: Ellen Jane BAILEY,Buried: Malcolm Cemetery, Born: Malcolm WA, Reg 21/1899 Mt Margaret.

CAMPBELL Ellen Jane, d 6 Sep 1901, 24yrs, at Mt Malcolm Hospital, Cause: Pernicious Anaemia, Father: James BASLEY (Miner), Mother: Fanny Davis CURTIS, Registered by Husband, Buried: Malcolm Cemetery, Born Laura SA, In WA 5yrs, Married to James Burns CAMPBELL in Broken Hill NSW at age 19yrs, Children: James 4yrs, William 7wks, 1 female dec, Reg 34/1901 Mt Margaret.

CAMPBELL William, d 22 Oct 1901, 3mths, at Mt Morgans, Cause: Natural Causes, Father: James Burns CAMPBELL (Miner), Mother: Ellen BAISLEY, Registered by Father, Buried: Mt Morgans Cemetery. Born: Yundamindera WA, Reg 41/1901 Mt Margaret.

CARTER Marion Excell,  d 3 Jun 1901, 3mths, at Sons of Gwalia GM, Cause: Enteritis & Exhaustion, Father: Nathan CARTER (Contractor), Mother: Elizabeth Mary ABBOTT, Buried: Leonora Cemetery, Born: Coolgardie WA, Reg 24/1901 Mt Margaret.

CHICK Esther Victoria, d 17 Jan 1901, 3yrs 11mths, at Malcolm Hospital, Cause: Enteric Fever &  Cerebral Meningitis,  Father: Charles Henry CHICK (Coach Driver), Mother: Sarah Hannah BRETT, Registered by Father, Buried: Malcolm Cemetery, Born: Albany WA, Reg 2/1901 Mt Margaret.

COBLEY  Matthew, d 5 Jun 1900, 35yrs, at North Star Mine Malcolm, Occ: Miner, Cause: By the descent of the cage in the shaft in which he was riding with a loaded truck against the rules of the mine, Father: Matthew COBLEY    (Miner), Mother: Elizabeth GIBBON, Registered by: Charles COBLEY, (Brother), Buried: Malcolm Cemetery, Born: Bedwas, South Wales, In WA 8mths, married to Ann PRICE, 1 child, William, Reg 23/1900 Mt Margaret.

CODY Martin, d 11 Nov 1897, 35yrs, at Mt Malcolm Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Compression of the brain following injuries to the head suffered in a fight with Michael Griffin at the Middlesex GM, Buried: Mt Malcolm Cemetery, Reg 5/1897 Mt Margaret.

Trump GM 1901.

COLLINS unnamed male, d 13 Aug 1900, at Trump GM Leonora, Cause: Stillborn, Father: Louis COLLINS (Miner), Mother: Olive Harris RUSSELL, Registered by Mother, Buried at the Trump Mine Leonora, Reg 1/1901 Mt Margaret.

CREHAN Thomas, d 6 Dec 1899, 35yrs, at Mertondale, Occ: Prospector, Cause: Heart Disease, Buried: Mertondale Cemetery, Reg 24/1899 Mt Margaret.

CURTAIN Frank, d 28 Nov 1899, 35yrs, at Laverton Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Enteric Fever, Buried: Laverton Cemetery, Reg 13/1900 Mt Margaret.

DALLON  Arthur Ernest, d 11 Mar 1900,  41yrs, at Sons of Gwalia GM, Occ: Clerk, Cause: Asthma, Mother: Marion CARREY, Registered by wife, Buried: Leonora Cemetery, Born: Ireland, In  WA 6yrs,  Married to Susan BASSETT in Menzies WA at age 39yrs, Reg24/1900 Mt Margaret.

DAVIES unnamed female, d 21 Jan 1901, Stillborn, at Sons of Gwalia GM, Father: David DAVIES (Miner), Mother: Sarah Ann EDWARDS,  Registered by Father, Buried: Leonora Cemetery,  Reg 6/1901 Mt Margaret.

Sign Board at the Kurrajong – Diorite Ling Cemetery.

DAVIS Eva Discombe, d 25 May 1898, 4mths, at Diorite St, Kurrajong, WA, Cause: Exhaustion & excessive diarrhoea, Father: William Lewis DAVIS (Miner), Mother: Agnes Ann DISCOMBE, Registered by Mother, Buried: Diorite King Cemetery, Born: Fremantle WA, Reg 12/1898 Mt Margaret.

DAVIS Larry – Kalgoorlie Miner Monday 8 July 1901, page 8

DAVIS Larry, d. 6 Jul 1901, 36yrs, at Laver St, Leonora, Occ: Cook & Waiter, Cause: Concussion of brain from falling from coach, Father: Charles DAVIS (Farmer), Mother: Alice LOUON, Buried: Leonora Cemetery, Born: East India, Married to Bridget CLANCY in Melbourne VIC at age 28yrs, Children: Alice 7yrs, Reg 40/1901 Mt Margaret.

DAVISON George Keith, d. 13 Nov 1900, 38yrs, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Alcoholic Neuritis, Buried: Leonora Cemetery,  In WA 5yrs, Reg: 38/1900 Mt Margaret.

DILLWORTH Honora Beatrice, d 27 Mar 1902, 23yrs, at Malcolm Hospital, Occ: Barmaid,  Cause: Tuberculosis Pleurisy, Father: John DILLWORTH (Miner), Buried: Malcolm Cemetery, Born: Jericho Gippsland VIC, In VIC 17yrs In WA 6yrs,Reg 15/1902 Mt Margaret.

DOHERTY Patrick J, d 13 Apr 1899, 27yrs, at Westralia Mt Morgans GM,  Occ: Miner, Cause: Accidental by explosion of Dynamite, also killed were Felix GROGAN and Michael HIGGINS, Buried: Mt Morgans, Born: Co Clare IRELAND, In QLD 10mths, 2yrs SA, 5yrs WA, Reg 7/1898 Mt Margaret.  www.wavmm.com

DONOVAN John, 11 Jul 1900, 43yrs, at Malcolm, Occ: Miner, Cause: Pneumonia, Father: Patrick DONOVAN (Miner), Mother: Mary EUSTACE, Registered by David Donovan (Brother), Buried: Malcolm Cemetery,  Born: Avoca VIC, In 38yrs in VIC 5 yrs in WA, Reg 26/1900 Mt Margaret.

DOUGHTY Margaret, d 2 Feb 1899, 34yrs, at Malcolm, Cause: Abortion, Father: William KING (Storekeeper), Mother: Eliza OLEARY, Buried: Malcolm Cemetery, Born: Tipperary, Ireland, In VIC 12yrs, In WA 3 ½ yrs, Married to Frederick DOUGHTY in Melbourne VIC at  25yrs, Children: Henry 7yrs, 2 males and 1 female deceased,  Reg 1/1899 Mt Margaret.

DOWER Laverton and Beria Mercury Saturday 12 April 1902, page 2

DOWER Frank, d 5 Apr 1902, 5mths, at Euro, Cause: Natural Causes, Father: William Henry DOWER (Miner), Mother: Emily Jane MURRAY, Registered by Father, Buried: Laverton Cemetery, Born: Euro WA, Reg 21/1902 Mt Margaret.

DOWER Hector Arthur, d 1 May 1902, 9yrs, at Mt Morgans Hospital, Cause: Pneumonia, Father: John DOWER (Miner), Mother: Ada HANSEN, Registered by Father, Buried Mt Morgans Cemetery, Born: Bendigo VIC, In VIC 5yrs, in WA 4 yrs, Reg 25/1902 Mt Margaret.

DUGGAN James,  d 20 Aug 1901, 34yrs, at Police Station, Malcolm, Occ: Labourer, Cause: Cerebral Meningitis & Alcoholism, Buried: Malcolm Cemetery,  Born: Summerhills, Dublin, Ireland, Reg 29/1901 Mt Margaret.

DUGGAN Hugh,  d 26 Dec 1901, 52yrs, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Cirrhosis of liver, Buried: Leonora      Cemetery, Reg 5/1902 Mt Margaret.

EASTMON Albert- Goldfields Morning Chronicle Monday 22 November 1897, page 4

EASTMON Albert,  b 19 Nov 1897, 59yrs, at the North Star GM Malcolm, Occ: Miner, Cause: Asphyxiation from suffocation caused by a fall of earth, Father: Eshue EASTMON (Farmer),  Mother: Mary OLSEN, Registered by Ernest EASTMON (Son), Buried: Mt Malcolm Cemetery, Born: Norway, In VIC 30yrs, In WA 3yrs, Married to Isabella CROZIER in Clunes VIC at age 27yrs,  Children: Mary Jane, Emelia, Martha, Ernest, Elizabeth Ellen, Albert Andrew, John Samuel, Matilda, Larg Oscar, Reg 6/1897 Mt Margaret.

EATHER  William Joseph, d 12 Apr 1901, 14wks, at Malcolm WA, Cause: Tabes Mesenterica (Lung Infection), Father: William Frederick Charles EATHER (Grocer), Mother: Ann Jane HANCHETT, Registered by Father, Buried: Malcolm Cemetery, Born: Malcolm WA, Reg 11/1901 Mt Margaret.

EVANS David, d 23 Dec 1901, 21yrs, at Laverton Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Enteric Fever, Father: William EVANS (Miner), Mother: Annie PARRY, Registered by William R MARSHALL (Cousin), Buried: Laverton Cemetery,  Born: Newcastle NSW, In VIC 17yrs, In WA 2yrs, Reg 58/1901 Mt Margaret.

EVANS Griffith, d 19 Jun 1901, 27yrs, at Sons of Gwalia GM, Occ: Miner, Griffith EVANS and William WHITFORD were travelling through a pass in opposite directions, and met in crawling positions. A rock immediately above them fell, killing both at the Sons of Gwalia GM, Buried Leonora Airport Rd Cemetery, Born: Wales, Reg 25/1901 Mt Margaret. www.wavmm.com

FARRELL Thomas, d 29 Aug 1901, 42yrs, at Mt Morgans Hospital, Occ: Butcher, Cause: Syncope Morbis Cordis, Father: Edward FARRELL (Labourer), Mother: Helen RYAN, Buried: Mt Morgans Cemetery, Born: Sydney NSW, In WA 6yrs, Married to Helen/Ellen GANNON in Coolgardie WA at age 40yrs, Children: Edward Thomas 14mths, Reg 32/1901 Mt Margaret.

FENNELL John, d 9 Oct 1899, 56yrs, at King of the Hills GM, Diorite King, Occ: Dryblower , Cause: Dysentery, Buried: King of the Hills Cemetery, Born: Dublin Ireland, Several yrs in VIC, 4 yrs in WA, Married, name of wife not known, 1 daughter, Mrs Powell, Bay View Hotel, North Melbourne,  Reg 18/1899 Mt Margaret.

FINLEY Harold Newport, d 5 Dec 1899, 27yrs, at Malcolm Hospital, Occ: Assayer, Causer: Cerebral Meningitis, Father: Thomas Matthew FINLEY (Accountant), Buried: Malcolm Cemetery,  Born: Balmain Sydney NSW,
In NSW 22yrs, In WA 5yrs, Reg 23/1899 Mt Margaret.

FITZPATRICK William, d 19 May 1901, 32yrs, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause:  Acute Rheumatism Endocarditis, Father: David FITZPATRICK (Sharebroker), Mother: Margaret WALTERS, Buried: Leonora Cemetery,  Born: Victoria, Reg 21/1901 Mt Margaret.

FLACK Richard,  d 2 May 1902, 19yrs, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Typhoid Fever, Father: Frederick FLACK (Butcher), Buried: Leonora Cemetery, Born: Maldon VIC, In VIC 18 ½ yrs, In WA 6mths, Reg 30/1902 Mt Margaret.

FOX James, d 14 Feb 1900, 35yrs, at Quartz Hill, Laverton, Occ: Store Keeper, Cause: Heat Apoplexy, Father: James FOX (Farmer), Mother: Mary TOUGE,  Registered by John Fox (Brother), Buried: Laverton Cemetery,  Born: West Meath Ireland, In SA 3yrs, In VIC 1yr, In NSW 3yrs, In WA 7yrs, Reg 12/1900 Mt Margaret.

FREWEN William – Mt. Leonora Miner 5 April 1902, page 2

FREWEN William Patrick, d 29 Mar 1902, 23yrs, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Typhoid Fever, Father: William FREWEN (Miner), Mother: Eliza Agnes FREWEN, Buried: Leonora Cemetery, Born: Bendigo VIC, 21yrs in  VIC, In WA 2yrs, Reg 19/1902 Mt Margaret.

FUNSTON Charles, d 11 Mar 1899, 40yrs, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Typhoid Fever, Buried: Leonora Cemetery, Reg 16/1899 Mt Margaret.

GRAHAM Walter, d 1 Mar 1900, 25yrs, at Sons of Gwalia GM, Occ: Contractor, Cause: Peritonitis following acute Cystitis,  Father:  Squire GRAHAM (Engine Driver), Mother: Theresa BAILEY, Registered by W H Cocks, Brother in Law, Buried: Leonora Cemetery, Born: Marybrough QLD, In QLD 27yrs, In WA 6yrs, in NSW 7yrs, Reg 21/1900 Mt Margaret.

GROGAN Felix, d 13 Apr 1899, 25yrs, at Westralia Mt Morgans GM, Occ: Miner, Cause: Accidentally, in the explosion of dynamite, also killed were Patrick DOHERTY and Michael HIGGINS. Buried: Mt Morgans Cemetery, Born: Orange NSW, In NSW 23yrs, In WA 2yrs, Reg 9/1899 Mt Margaret. www.wavmm.com

GRUNDY – Western Mail 18 February 1898, page 17

GRUNDY George, d 9 Feb 1898, 34yrs, at a Private Hospital Leonora, Occ: Telegraph Operator, Cause: Intermittent fever Cardiac Syncope, Father: John Henry GRUNDY, Mother: Annie McKENNA, Buried: Leonora Cemetery,  Born: York WA, In WA 34yrs, Reg 4/1898 Mt Margaret.

HANCOCK unnamed male, d 1 May 1902, Stillborn, at Phoenix St, Mt Morgans, Father: David HANCOCK (Miner), Mother: Mary MORGAN, Registered by Father, Buried: Mt Morgans Cemetery, Reg 29/1902 Mt Margaret.

HANNIGAN Thomas,  d 4 Nov 1899, 44yrs, at Malcolm Hospital,  Occ: Miner, Cause: Pneumonia, Buried: Malcolm Cemetery, Born: Cork, Ireland, Reg 20/1899 Mt Margaret.

HARDWICKE John, d 25 Jun 1899, 45yrs, at Malcolm Hospital, Occ: Prospector, Cause: Abscess of stomach, Buried: Malcolm Cemetery,  Born NSW, Reg 14/1899 Mt Margaret.

HARMER Frederick, d 25 Feb 1900, 18yrs, at Malcolm Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Enteric Fever, Father: Robert HARMER (Contractor), Mother: Martha STEEL, Buried: Malcolm Cemetery, Born: Brunswick VIC, In VIC 18yrs, In WA 1 week, Reg 10/1900 Mt Margaret.

HARVEY Frank, d 4 Jul 1899, 1day, at Sons of Gwalia GM, Cause: Atelectasis Pulmonary Asphyxia, Father: Tom HARVEY (Blacksmith), Mother: Isabella SMITH, Registered by Father, Buried: Leonora Cemetery, Reg 15/1899 Mt Margaret.

HEALY Francis Joseph, d 29 Mar 1899, 8mths, at Leonora, Cause: Gastro Enteritis, Father: Francis HEALY (Carpenter), Mother: Mary MYERS, Buried: Leonora Cemetery, Born: Menzies WA, Reg 3/1899 Mt Margaret.

HEFFERNAN James, d 10 Feb 1897, 36yrs, at Black Flag,  Occ: Miner, Cause: Struck by lightning, Buried at British Flag by mates, Reg 3/1897 Mt Margaret.

HEFFERNAN MAY – Laverton Cemetery

HEFFERNAN May, d 8 Dec 1901, 35yrs, at Laver St, Laverton, Cause: Perianal Haemorrhage, Father: Enoch BATER (Labourer), Mother: Margaret FLYNN, Registered by Husband, Buried: Laverton Cemetery, Born: Footscray VIC, In VIC 32yrs, In WA 3yrs, Married to William Cahill HEFFERNAN in Laverton WA at age 35yrs, Child: Charles NEIL 17yrs by 1st marriage, (surname NEIL), Reg 1/1901 Mt Margaret.

HENDERSON Robert, d 20 Jan 1902, 43yrs, at Sons of Gwalia GM, Occ: Accountant, Cause: Heart Disease               , Buried: Leonora Cemetery, Born: Glasgow Scotland, In WA 8yrs, Reg 11/1902 Mt Margaret.

HEST Albert Edward, d 14 Feb 1898, 21yrs, at Malcolm Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Enteric Fever & Meningitis, Father: John HEST (Farmer),  Mother: Ellen STEPHENSON, Registered by George Hest (Brother), Buried: Malcolm, Born: Bulgunda VIC, In VIC 19yrs, In WA 2 yrs, Reg 3/1898 Mt Margaret.

HICKS Len -Mt. Leonora Miner 20 April 1901, page 3

HICKS Albert Leonard,d 19 April 1901, 24yrs, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Enteric Fever, Father: George Edward HICKS (Farmer), Mother: Fanny HOLDEN, Buried: Leonora Cemetery, Born: Balacalva SA, In WA 6yrs, Reg 18/1901 Mt Margaret.

HIGGINS Michael John,  d 13 Apr 1899, 22yrs, at Westralia Mt Morgans GM, Occ: Miner,  Accidental, by explosion of dynamite, Also killed were Patrick DOHERTY and Felix GROGAN, Father: James HIGGINS (Farmer), Mother: Honora MURPHY, Registered by Patrick Higgins (Brother), Buried: Mt Morgans Cemetery, Born: George Town SA,  In SA 19yrs, In WA 3yrs, Reg 6/1898 Mt Margaret. www.wavmm.com

HOOK Daniel, d c 4 Feb 1898, 23yrs, Near Malcolm, Occ: Miner, Cause: Died of thirst, Father: Edward HOOK (Miner), Mother: Charlotte EVERETT,  Buried: NW of Golden Sunset Mine,  Born: Ararat VIC, In VIC 22yrs, In WA 1yr, Reg 2/1898 Mt Margaret.

HUME Robert Hilton, d 6 Feb 1901, 20yrs, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Engine Driver, Cause: Typhoid Fever, Father: Hossick HUME (Boiler Maker), Mother: Hannah HILTON, Buried: Leonora Cemetery, Born: Glasgow Scotland, In VIC 5yrs, In WA 6yrs, Reg 7/1902 Mt Margaret.

HUMPHRIES Robert, d 2 May 1899, 33yrs, at Malcolm, Cause: Poisoning by cyanide potassium given to him accidentally, Father: William HUMPHRIES (Contractor), Mother: Sarah COOPER, Registered by H Humphries (Brother), Buried: Malcolm Cemetery,  Born: Mt Victoria NSW, In NSW 27yrs, In WA 6yrs, Reg 10/1899 Mt Margaret.

HURST Phillip Ambrose, d 17 Mar 1900, 55yrs, at Mount Morgans, Occ: Engine Driver, Cause: Accidentally falling into a flywheel of the Mt Morgans Mine Engine, Father: Ambrose HURST,  Mother: Sophia GRAHAM, Buried Mt Morgans Cemetery, Born: Hobart, Tasmania, Married to Sarah JOHNSTON in Victoria at age 25yrs, 9 children names not known, Reg 19/1900 Mt Margaret. www.wavmm.com

ISAACS William, d 6 Apr 1899, 36yrs, at Mt Margaret, Occ: Miner, Cause: Acute Tuberculosis, Registered by James Cox, Partner of deceased, Buried Mt Margaret Cemetery, Lived in NSW, In WA 5yrs, Reg 4/1899 Mt Margaret.

JACKSON unnamed female, d 25 Feb 1901, 24hrs, at Sons of Gwalia GM, Cause: Haemorrhage from umbilical cord, Father: Robert JACKSON (Labourer), Mother: Mary Ann ANDERSON, Registered by John NEVIN (Step Brother), Buried: Leonora Cemetery, Reg 14/1901 Mt Margaret.

JACKSON Arthur Henry, d 13 Mar 1901, 33yrs, at Mt Morgans Hospital, Occ: Draper, Cause: Syncope Hypermedia Mania,  Father: William Leech JACKSON (Store Keeper), Mother: Mary Anne DIXON, Registered by wife, Buried: Mt Morgans Cemetery, Born: Cape Town South Africa, In NZ 17yrs, in NSW 6yrs, In WA 3yrs, Married to Alice GRACE in St James, Forrest Lodge, Sydney NSW at age 28yrs, Children: Ethel 10yrs, Alice 4yrs, 1 male dec, Reg 19/1901 Mt Margaret.

JACKSON Charles – Kalgoorlie Western Argus Thursday 4 May 1899, page 9

JACKSON Charles Herbert, d 25 Apr 1899, 23yrs, at a Private Hospital Leonora, Occ: Miner, Cause: Accidental fall of earth at the Sons of Gwalia GM, shock, Father: Edward JACKSON, Mother: Sarah Mary KNIGHT, Buried: Leonora Airport Rd Cemetery, Born: East Brunswick VIC, Reg 12/1899 Mt Margaret. www.wavmm.com

JOHNSON Charles, d 29 Oct 1901, 38yrs, at Euro, Occ: Prospector, Cause: Pneumonia, Buried: Laverton Cemetery, Reg 49/1901 Mt Margaret.

JONES Edward, d 25 Apr 1898, 22yrs, at Private Hospital Leonora, Occ: Miner, Cause: Enteric fever, Buried: Leonora  Cemetery, Born: North Wales, Reg 10/1898 Mt Margaret.

JONES Richard, d 20 Nov 1901, 32yrs, at Leonora Hospital,  Occ: Carter, Cause: Gastro Enteritis, Father: Joseph JONES (Carter),Mother: Mary JONES,  Buried: Leonora Cemetery, Born: Walmer, VIC, In VIC 30yrs In WA 2yrs, Reg 50/1901 Mt Margaret.

KEITH John – Laverton Cemetery

KEITH John, d 25 Apr 1902, 49yrs, at Lancefield GM, Occ: Engine Driver,  Cause: Accident on mine, Father: John KEITH (Farmer), Mother: Jessie McPHERSON, Registered by James Rae KEITH (Brother), Buried: Laverton Cemetery,  Born: Aberdeen Scotland, In SA and VIC 18yrs, In WA 5yrs, Reg 24/1902 Mt Margaret.

KIELY Patrick Roderick, d 16 Oct 1898, 10mths, at Leonora, Cause:  Accidental Scalding, Father: John KIELY (Miner), Mother: Mary RYAN, Buried: Leonora Cemetery,  Born: Kanowna WA, Reg 19/1898 Mt Margaret.

KIRBELL Henry Edward, d 28 Dec 1901, 35yrs, at Malcolm Hospital, Cause: Miner Phthisis,  Born: Surrey England, In WA 4yrs, Reg 57/1901 Mt Margaret.

KITLEY Edgar, d 28 Feb 1902, 33yrs, at Lancefield GM, Occ: Trucker, Cause: Accident, Fall of earth at the Lancefield GM, Step Father: John DAVY, Mother: Alice Sarah KITLEY, Buried Laverton Cemetery, 4yrs in WA, Reg 13/1902 Mt Margaret. www.wavmm.com

Malcolm Hospital

LADNER Unnamed male, d 31 Dec 1899, Stillborn, at Mt Malcolm Hospital, Cause: Premature Birth, Father: William LADNER (Miner), Edith Annie Maude WOOLFIT,  Registered by Father, Buried: Murrin Murrin Cemetery, Reg 2/1900 Mt Margaret.

LADNER Raymond, d 6 Dec 1901, 10mths, at Mt Morgans Hospital, Cause: Gastro Enteritis, Father: William Herbert LADNER (Miner), Mother: Edith Annie Maude WOOLFIT, Buried: Mt Morgans Cemetery, Born: Strathalbyn South Australia, In WA 2mths, Reg 53/1901 Mt Margaret.

LANCASTER Richard, d 15 Jan 1900, 59yrs, at the Royal Hotel Malcolm, Occ: Hotel Keeper, Cause: Heat Apoplexy, Father: John LANCASTER (Postmaster), Registered by R Lancaster (Son), Buried: Malcolm Cemetery, Born: Western Super Mare, Somersetshire England, In NZ 25yrs, In VIC 10yrs, in WA 1 ½ yrs, Married to Sarah Teresa BARRATT in Dunedin NZ at age c27yrs, Children: Cassie 29yrs, Richard 26yrs, Evelyn 26yrs, Cecil 14yrs, 2 males and 3 females dec,
Reg 4/1900 Mt Margaret.

LANGFORD William Henry, d 31 Aug 1897, 49yrs, at Mt Malcolm Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Acute peritonitis caused by injuries received in dynamite explosion at the Young Australia GM on 26th August, Buried: Mt Malcolm Cemetery, Born: Wales, 27yrs in Australia, Reg 1/1897 Mt Margaret. www.wavmm.com

LANYON Philip Henry William, d 19 Dec 1899, 6mths, at Quartz Hill Laverton, Cause; Dislocation of Cervical Vertebrae, Father: Philip Henry LANYON, Mother: Ellen Jane HAMPSON, Buried: Laverton Cemetery, Born: Coolgardie WA, Reg 17/1900 Mt Margaret.

LEACH Percy Charles, d 13 Mar 1902, 19yrs, at the Leonora Hospital, Occ: Blacksmith, Cause; Typhoid Fever, Father: Benjamin James LEACH (Saddler), Mother: Elizabeth HOLLIS, Registered by A Leach (Brother), Buried: Leonora Cemetery, Born: Virginia SA, In SA 18yrs, In WA 1yr, Reg 12/1902 Mt Margaret.

LENNON John Richard, d 22 Aug 1898, 6mths, at Mount Margaret, Cause: Eutero Colitis, Father: John LENNON (Store Keeper), Mother: Ann Jane RILEY, Registered by Father, Buried: Mt Margaret Cemetery,  Born: Ryde NSW, In NSW 3mths in WA 3mths, Reg 14/1898 Mt Margaret.

LEWIS Edith May, d 5 Jun 1898,  5mths, at Malcolm, Cause: Enteritis Cardiac Syncope, Father: Myles Coverdale LEWIS (Agent), Mother: Mary Catherine BERRYMAN, Registered by Father, Buried: Malcolm Cemetery,  Born: St Kilda VIC, In VIC 2mths In WA 3mths, Reg 11/1898 Mt Margaret.

LEYLAND John – Mount Magnet Miner and Lennonville Leader 16 April 1898, page 3

LEYLAND John, d 12 Apr 1898, 52yrs, at Malcolm Hospital, Occ: Mine Manager, Cause: Peripheral Neuritis from a blow to the head, Exhaustion, Father: Ralph LEYLAND (Contractor), Mother: Susan ORMSHIRE, Registered by James Thompson (Brother In Law), Buried: Mt Malcolm Cemetery, Born: Bootle Liverpool England, In VIC 40yrs, in Qld 12yrs, In WA 7yrs, Reg 9/1898 Mt Margaret.

LILLEY William, d 13 Aug 1901, 40yrs, at Sons of Gwalia GM, Occ: Miner, Cause: Struck with skip at the Sons of Gwalia GM, Buried: Leonora Cemetery, Reg 39/1901 Mt Margaret.

LOCKHART Nellie Bain, d 4 Feb 1901, 3 ½ yrs, at Tower Hill Leonora, Cause: Heat Apoplexy, Father: Adam John LOCKHART (Mine Manager), Mother: Margaret Walker, Buried: Leonora Cemetery, Born: Zeehan Tasmania, 2 yrs in WA,   Reg 7/1901 Mt Margaret.

LOFTES Robert, d 3 Aug 1898, 24yrs, at Sons of Gwalia GM, Occ: Miner, Cause: Accident, Fall of earth at the Sons of Gwalia GM, Shock resulting from internal hemorrhage, Father: John Henry LOFTES (Farmer), Mother: Mary Ann COCKER, Registered by Charles Davy (First Cousin), Buried: Leonora Airport Rd Cemetery,  Born: One Tree Hill SA, In SA 22yrs, In WA 2yrs, Reg 13/1898 Mt Margaret. www.wavmm.com

LYNCH James Morgan, d 5 Nov 1901, 61yrs, at Laverton Hospital, Occ: Prospector, Cause: Tubercular Pneumonia, Buried: Laverton Cemetery, Born: England, Reg 47/1901 Mt Margaret.

LYONS John Laver, d 23 Feb 1902, 8 ½ mths, at Erliston St, Laverton, Cause: Diarrhoea,  Father: Joseph Daniel LYONS (Cordial Maker), Mother: Agnes Ellen CLARK, Registered by Father, Buried: Laverton Cemetery, Born: Laverton WA, Reg 8/1902 Mt Margaret.

MALONE – Kalgoorlie Miner 20 December 1898, page 5

MALONE John, d 12 Nov 1898, c50yrs, at Malcolm, Occ: Hawker, Cause: Murdered, Buried: Malcolm Cemetery, Born: Ireland,  In WA 3yrs, also lived in NSW,  Wife: Mary Ann, Several children living, ages and names unknown, Reg 2/1899 Mt Margaret.

MARINONI Bertolo, c 12 Jan 1902, 28yrs, In bush near Malcolm, Occ: Furnace Hand, Cause: Perished in bush for want of water, Father: Zaccaria MARINONI (Farmer), Mother: Fiora SAVODELLI, Registered by Palmiro MARINONI (Brother), Buried: Malcolm Cemetery, Born: Rovetta, Italy, In WA 1yr, Married to Nina MARINONI in Rosetta Italy at age 25yrs, Child: Ida 2yrs, Reg 2/1902 Mt Margaret.

MASON John,  d 31 Oct 1901, 29yrs, at Mt Morgans Hospital, Occ: Cordial Manufacturer, Cause: Pneumonic Influenza, Occ: Civil Servant, Buried: Mt Morgans Cemetery, Born: Sale VIC, In VIC 25yrs, In WA 4yrs, Reg 45/1901 Mt Margaret.

MCARDLE Francis, d 29 Aug 1901, 34yrs, at Craggiemore GM, Laverton, Occ: Miner, Cause: Suffocation from a fall of earth at the Craiggiemore GM, Father:   John McARDLE (Miner), Mother: Sarah MAXWELL, Registered by Father, Buried: Laverton Cemetery, Born: Sofalla NSW, In NSW 28yrs, In WA 6yrs, Married to Anne JOHN in Adelaide SA at age 30yrs in 1897, Child: Margaret, Reg 35/1901 Mt Margaret. www.wavmm.com

MCCARLIE Irene Jessie, d 22 Nov 1900,  20mths, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Fourth degree burns & Meningitis, Father: John Charles MCCARLIE, Mother: Emma WILLIAMS, Registered by Father, Buried: Leonora Cemetery, Born: Perth WA, Reg 36/1900 Mt Margaret.

MCCARTHY Patrick, d Mid 1899, c55yrs, 12 miles SW of Mt Morgans, Occ: Prospector, Cause: Natural Causes, Buried: 12 miles SW of Mt Morgans, Reg 20/1900 Mt Margaret.

MCCARTHY Stephen, d 18 Mar 1902, 34yrs, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Typhoid Fever, Buried: Leonora  Cemetery, Reg 18/1902 Mt Margaret.

McCRACKEN James – Laverton and Beria Mercury 26 January 1901, page 3 The full story can be read ‘here’

MCCRACKEN James, d 19 Jan 1901, 35yrs, at Mt Weld, Occ: Miner/Prospector, Cause: From a  bullet fired from a rifle by Henry Roberts, Father: John MCCRACKEN (School Teacher), Buried: Laverton Cemetery,  Born: Co Down IRELAND, In WA 5yrs, Reg 4/1901 Mt Margaret.

MCFEE Evan, d 1 Dec 1899, 48yrs, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Enteric Fever, Father: Ronald MCFEE, Buried: Leonora Cemetery, Born: Smithdale VIC, In WA 2yrs, Reg 22/1899 Mt Margaret.

MCGRATH Edward Patrick, d 28 Feb 1902, 48yrs, at Laverton Hospital, Occ: Woodcutter, Cause: Wound, Recurrent haemorrhage, Buried: Laverton Cemetery, Born: Melbourne VIC, Reg 9/1902 Mt Margaret.

MCINNIS Colin,  d 5 Jun 1900, 23yrs, at North Star Mine, Malcolm, Occ: Miner, Cause: Being crushed by a cage in the bottom of the shaft he was working in due to the rope breaking,  Father: John Jones (Mine Manager) Buried: Malcolm Cemetery,  In WA 2yrs, Reg 27/1900 Mt Margaret. www.wavmm.com

MCKENZIE William, d 18 May 1900, 34yrs, at Leonora, Occ: Miner, Cause: Enteric Fever, Father: William MCKENZIE (Mine Manager), Mother: Jane MCALLISTER, Registered by Father, Buried: Leonora Cemetery, Born: Larnaka New Zealand, In NZ and TAS 32yrs, In WA 2yrs, Reg 29/1900 Mt Margaret.

MCMAHON Bridget, d 2 Apr 1902, 37yrs, at Royal Hotel, Mt Morgans, Occ: Married Woman, Cause: Alcoholic poisoning, Father: James FALNNERY (Farmer), Mother: Bridget SULLIVAN, Registered by Husband, Buried: Mt Morgans Cemetery, Born: Co Clare Ireland, In NSW 7yrs, In WA 7yrs, Married to Patrick McMAHON in Silverton NSW at age 23 yrs, Children: 4 males and 1 female dec, Reg 20/1902 Mt Margaret.

MERYICK Henry Brown, d 21 Aug 1900, 51yrs, at Laverton Hospital, Occ: Cook, Cause: Bronchitis, Buried: Laverton Cemetery, Reg 5/1901 Mt Margaret.

MICKLE Avery David Morgan – Mt Morgans Cemetery

MICKLE Avery David Morgan, d 17 Apr 1901, 7mths, at Murrin St, Mt Morgans, Cause: Syncope, Gastric Enteric,        Father: David MICKLE (Hairdresser), Mother: Charlotte Jane AVERY, Buried: Mt Morgans Cemetery, Born: Mt Morgans WA, Reg 16/1901 Mt Margaret.

MOFFATT unnamed female, d 4 Apr 1902, Stillborn, at Phoenix St, Mt Morgans, Stillborn, Father: Thomas MOFFAT (Blacksmith), Mother: Victoria LANE, Registered by Mother, Buried: Morgans Cemetery, Reg 27/1902 Mt Margaret.

MOLLOY Michael, d 28 Jul 1901, 58yrs, at Sons of Gwalia GM, Occ: Miner, Cause: Accidentally, fall of earth, Buried: Leonora Cemetery, Reg 38/1901 Mt Margaret. www.wavmm.com

MOORE Patrick, d 22 Aug 1898, 55yrs, at Malcolm, Occ:  Miner, Buried: Malcolm Cemetery, Born: Limerick Ireland, Reg 17/1898 Mt Margaret.

MOORE George Essau, c 21 Oct 1899, c35yrs, at Sunday Lease near Malcolm, Occ: Miner, Cause: Suicide by cutting his throat with a razor, Fathers Occ: Sea Captain,  Buried: Malcolm Cemetery, Born: Firth Scotland, In NSW 4yrs, in QLD 7yrs, in WA 5yrs, Reg 19/1899 Mt Margaret.

MULLINS Martin, d 15 Oct 1898, 46yrs, at Mt Margaret Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Multiple Hepatic Abscesses, Buried: Mt Margaret Cemetery, Reg 18/1898 Mt Margaret.

MULLINS Delia Gertrude, d 24 Apr 1900, 24yrs, at Mt Leonora, Cause: Enteric Fever, Father: Peter SOLAN (Miner),      Registered by M J Mullins (Husband), Buried: Leonora Cemetery, Born: Thames GF, New Zealand, 2 yrs in WA, Married to Michael John MULLINS in Menzies WA at age 22 yrs, Children: Kathleen Mullins 8mths,
Reg 25/1900 Mt Margaret.

MURDOCH John,  d 14 Feb 1900, 42yrs, at Malcolm Hospital, Occ: Hotel Keeper, Cause: Heat Apoplexy, Father: John Murdoch (Mason), Mother: Barbara, Registered by Margaret Murdoch (wife), Buried: Malcolm Cemetery, Born: Kadina SA, 3 yrs in WA, Married to Margaret FERGUSON in Kadina SA at age 26yrs, Children: Donald L 10yrs, Allan D 7yrs, Ray 6yrs, Edith and Edna 2yrs, Marjory 10mths, 2 females dec,  Reg 8/1900 Mt Margaret.

MURPHY Stephen Robert, d 23 Dec 1901, 8mths, at Leonora, Cause: Enteritis &  Convulsions, Father: Stephen Robert MURPHY (Grocer), Mother: Maria Elizabeth COOK, Buried: Leonora Cemetery, Born: Millerton NZ, 1mth in WA, Reg 4/1902 Mt Margaret.

MURPHY Dennis, d 30 Dec 1901, 36yrs, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Pneumonia, Buried: Leonora Cemetery, Born: Donegal Ireland, Reg 6/1902 Mt Margaret.

MURRAY Alexander, d 14 February 1900, c65yrs, at Mt Morgans, Occ: Miner, Cause: Heat Apoplexy, Buried: Mt Morgans Cemetery, Reg 31/1900 Mt Margaret.

MURRAY Violet Lillian, d 23 Apr 1902, 5wks, at Leonora, Cause: Bronchitis, Father: Arthur Ernest MURRAY (Tailor), Mother: Ada May SLOCOMBE, Registered by Father, Buried: Leonora, Born: Leonora WA, Reg 23/1902 Mt Margaret.

NELSON Peter,  d 2 May 1902, 50yrs, at Laverton, Occ: Miner, Cause: Natural Causes, Buried: Laverton Cemetery, Reg 26/1902 Mt Margaret.

NEVILLE Annie, d 22 Mar 1901,  Infant, at Leonora, Cause: Exhaustion, Father: James William NEVILLE (Clerk), Mother: Mary HARDY, Buried: Leonora Cemetery, Born: Leonora WA, Reg 12/1901 Mt Margaret.

NEVILLE unnamed female, d 28 Nov 1901, Stillborn, at Tower St, Leonora, Father: James William NEVILLE (Clerk), Mother: Mary HARDY, Buried: Leonora Cemetery, Reg 55/1901 Mt Margaret.

NEVILLE Arthur Charles, d 21 Feb 1902, 7mths,at Sons of Gwalia GM, Cause: Heat Apoplexy, Father: Arthur Charles NEVILLE (Painter), Mother: Janey GRAHAM, Buried: Leonora Cemetery, Born: Leonora WA,
Reg 10/1902 Mt Margaret.

NIOA Daniel – Laverton and Beria Mercury 7 July 1900, page 2

NIOA Daniel, d 30 Jun 1900, 31yrs, at Mt Moragns, Occ: Miner, Cause: Pneumonia, Buried: Mt Morgans Cemetery, Born: Landsbrough VIC, Reg 30/1900 Mt Margaret.

“Rattle his bones over the stones; He’s only a pauper whom nobody owns”

NIXON Arthur, d 5 Jun 1899, 49yrs, at Malcolm, Cause: Pneumonia, Buried: Malcolm Cemetery, Born: Switzerland,  Reg 13/1899 Mt Margaret.

ODONNELL Patrick, d13 Feb 1900, at King of the Hills GM, Diorite King, Occ: Labourer, Cause: Heat Apoplexy, Buried: King of The Hills Cemetery, Reg 6/1900 Mt Margaret.

ODONOHUE William John, d 8 Oct 1901, 30yrs, at Mt Morgans Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Pneumonia Influenza, Father: James Joseph ODONOHUE (Farmer), Mother: Elizabeth ASPINALL, Registered by Mortimer ODONOHUE (Brother), Buried: Mt Morgans Cemetery, Born: Balmoral VIC, In VIC 25yrs In WA 6yrs, Reg 43/1901 Mt Margaret.

OFARRELL Richard James, d 3 May 1898, 69yrs, at Malcolm Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Cirrhosis of Liver, Buried: Mt Malcolm Cemetery, Born: James St, Dublin Ireland, Reg 8/1898 Mt Margaret.

PASMORE John, d 28 Aug 1901, 49yrs, at Malcolm Hospital, Occ: Billiard Marker, Cause: Valvular Disease of heart, Father: John PASSMORE, Buried: Malcolm Cemetery, Born: Tiverton, Devonshire, England, 28yrs in Australia, 8 yrs in WA, Married: in Sussex England, Children: Claude, Reg 30/1901 Mt Margaret.

PELLAS  Kristian Edvard Hermanss Orre ‘Christopher’, d 30 Nov 1899, 30yrs, at the Euro GM Laverton, Occ: Miner, Cause: Being struck by a monkey falling on his head, Compressed fracture of skull, Father: Herman Johanss Orre PELLAS, Eva Lisa Emanuel ORN,  Buried: Laverton Cemetery, Reg 11/1900 Mt Margaret. www.wavmm.com

PETERSEN Peter, d 4 Oct 1901, 82yrs, at Laverton Hospital, Occ: Dryblower, Cause: Bronchitis, Buried: Laverton Cemetery, Born: Sweden, Reg 48/1901 Mt Margaret.

PIETSCH Gastoff, d 14 Feb 1900, 35yrs, at Malcolm Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Typhoid Fever, Buried: Malcolm, In WA 5yrs, Reg 9/1900 Mt Margaret.

PITT William, d 27 Mar 1902, 30yrs, at Malcolm Hospital, Occ: Restaurant owner, Cause: Pressure on brain, Hemorrhage, Father: Father: John Richard PITT (Ships Rigger), Mother: Jane, Registered by Brother, Buried: Malcolm Cemetery, Born: London England, In SA 18yrs, In WA 8yrs, Reg 16/1902 Mt Margaret.

POLLARD James, d 9 Oct 1899, 40yrs, at Laverton Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Delirium Tremens, & Pneumonia, Buried: Laverton Cemetery, Reg 16/1900 Mt Margaret.

POLLOCK James, d 7 Nov 1901, 39yrs, at Tower St, Leonora, Occ: Miner, Cause: Suicide dynamite in mouth, Father: Robert POLLOCK (Carter), Mother: Elizabeth MARLIN, Buried: Leonora Cemetery, Born: Glasgow Scotland, In QLD 15yrs, In WA 9yrs, Married to Susan HALLINAN in Melbourne VIC at age 29yrs, Children: Lizzie 9, James 9, George Leo 4, Benedict 2, Reg 54/1901 Mt Margaret.

PRENDERGAST Thomas – Goldfields Morning Chronicle 18 October 1897, page 4

PRENDERGAST Thomas, d 7 Oct 1897, 31yrs, at Oaklands GM, Murrin Murrin, Occ: Miner, Cause: Rupture of Liver the from a fall of rock at the Oaklands GM, Buried: ¼ mile East of Oaklands GM, In WA 3 yrs, Reg 4/1897 Mt Margaret. www.wavmm.com

PRESTON Harry Arthur, d 19 Aug 1900, 28yrs, at Malcolm Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Enteric Fever, Father: Arthur PRESTON, Occ: Labourer,  Father: Francis RICHARDSON, Registered by W G Preston (Brother), Buried: Malcolm Cemetery, Born: NSW, In WA 6yrs,Reg 33/1900Mt Margaret.

PRYME William, d 29 Aug 1901, 49yrs, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Pneumonia, Buried: Leonora Cemetery, Reg 37/1901 Mt Margaret.

QUIGLEY William, d 21 Aug 1899, 28yrs at Mt Stirling GM, Diorite King, Occ: Miner, Cause: Accident, by being struck on the head by the handle of a windlass, Buried: Diorite King Cemetery, In WA about 3yrs, Reg 17/1899 Mt Margaret. www.wavmm.com

RICHARDSON William John, d 9 Jan 1900, 72yrs, at Malcolm Hospital, Cause: Senile Debility, Father: John RICHARDSON, Mother: Mary ANDERSON, Registered by Bessie Richardson (Wife), Buried: Malcolm Cemetery, Born: Dominica West India, In VIC and NZ 40yrs, In WA 6yrs, Married to Bessie MILLER in Melbourne VIC at age 61yrs,  Children: William 45yrs, Lawrence 43yrs, Mathias J 35yrs, Francis Ewing 30yrs by 1st wife, name unknown, Reg 3/1900 Mt Margaret.

ROBERTS Edward, d 14 Feb 1900, 36yrs, at Malcolm, Occ: Miner, Cause: Heat Apoplexy, Buried: Malcolm Cemetery, Born: Caernarvonshire North Wales, 3 mths in WA, Reg 7/1900 Mt Margaret.

ROBINSON William Malcolm, d 3 Sep 1901, 1day, at Malcolm, Cause: Asphyxia, Father: William John ROBINSON (Cooper), Mother: Emily Ada FEAST, Registered by Father, Buried: Malcolm Cemetery, Reg 33/1901 Mt Margaret.

RYAN John, d abt 10 Nov 1898, 28yrs, Near Bummers Creek, Occ: Miner, Cause: Thirst, Father: John RYAN, Buried: Bummers Creek, Born: Hotikta NZ, in NZ 25yrs, In WA 3yrs, Reg 20/1898 Mt Margaret.

RYAN William – Daily News 10 June 1901, page 2

RYAN William, d 3 Jun 1901, 55yrs, In bush near Laverton, Occ: Miner, Cause: Committed suicide by cutting his throat with a razor, Father: John RYAN, Buried: Laverton Cemetery, Born: Taree, Manning River NSW, Reg 23/1901 Mt Margaret.

SCHILLER Elizabeth ‘Lizzie’, d 22 Jan 1901, 34yrs, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Housekeeper, Cause: Phthisis, Father: Patrick KANE (Hotel Keeper), Mother: Elizabeth DEMPSEY, Registered by Mary KANE (Sister), Buried: Leonora, Born: Scarsdale VIC, In WA 6mths, Married to James SCHILLER in South Melbourne VIC at age 24yrs in 1891, Reg 13/1901 Mt Margaret.

SCHLUTER Fritz d 12 Jul 1901, 65yrs, at Malcolm Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Cirrhosis of liver, Father: Christiana Von SCHLUTER, Mother: Johnana Von KAUFMANN, Buried: Malcolm Cemetery, Born: Prussia, In Australia 37yrs, In WA 8yrs, Married to Mary ROBINSON in St Kilda VIC in 1859, Reg 27/1901 Mt Margaret.

SCOTT James, d 2 May 1898, 51yrs, at Malcolm Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Cardiac Syncope, Buried: Mt Malcolm Cemetery, Born: Roxburghshire Scotland, Reg 7/1898 Mt Margaret.

SHIELDS Robert James – Mt Morgans Cemetery

SHIELDS Robert James, d 7 Mar 1901, 11mths, at Murrin St, Mt Morgans, Cause: Syncope, Gastric Enteric, Father:        Michael SHIELDS (Boarding House Keeper), Mother: Catherine ARNOLD, Buried: Mt Morgans Cemetery,  Born: Burbanks, Coolgardie WA, Reg 15/1901 Mt Margaret.

SLYTH  Jessie (twin to Charles) d 23 Oct 1901,10wks, at Watkins St, Mt Morgans, Cause: Diarrhea, Mother: Bella SHAW, Registered by Mother, Buried: Mt Morgans Cemetery, Born: Mt Morgans WA, Reg 42/1901 Mt Margaret.

SLYTH Charles ‘Charlie’ (twin to Jessie), d 28 Oct 1901, 10wks, at Watkins St Mt Morgans, Infant, Cause: Gastro Enteritis, Mother: Bella SHAW, Registered by Mother, Buried: Mt Morgans Cemetery, Born: Mt Morgans WA, Reg 44/1901 Mt Margaret.

SMITH Hugh Lawrence, d 4 Oct 1898, 21yrs, at Malcolm Hospital, Occ: Baker, Cause: Enteric Fever, Father: Luke SMITH (Miner), Mother: Susan HARE, Registered by Father, Buried: Malcolm Cemetery, Born: Lampton NSW, In NSW 17yrs, In WA 4yrs, Reg 16/1898 Mt Margaret.

SMITH Annie Magdaline, d  4 Feb 1900, 32yrs, at Leonora, Cause: Typhoid Fever, Father: Mathew NOWLAND (Farmer), Mother: Rosett ASPBERY, Registered by Albert Smith (Brother in Law), Buried: Leonora Cemetery, Born: Pitt Town NSW, In NSW 29yrs, In WA 3yrs, Reg 22/1900 Mt Margaret.

SMITH Richmond – Kalgoorlie Western Argus 17 September 1901, page 31

SMITH Richmond S, d 13 Sep 1901, 34yrs, at Euro GM, Laverton, Occ: Miner, Cause: Died in a fire in his camp, Father: James B SMITH (Wesleyan Minister), Buried: Laverton Cemetery, In WA about 8yrs, Reg 36/1901 Mt Margaret.

STEPHENS Horace Alfred, d 12 Mar 1902, 12mths, at Gwalia GM, Cause: Diarrhea, Father: Alfred Ernest STEPHENS (Labourer), Mother: Edith QUINN, Buried: Leonora Cemetery, Born: Norseman WA, Reg 17/1902 Mt Margaret.

STIRLING  William,  d 27 Apr 1897, 67yrs, at Mount Margaret, Occ: Miner, Cause: Bright’s Disease & Heart Failure, Maried to Louisa STIRLING, Buried: Mt Margaret, Reg 5/1898 Mt Margaret.

SUMMERS Margaret, d 4 Mar 1898, 38yrs, at Mt Margaret Hospital, Occ: Cook, Cause: Multiple Neuritis & Cardiac failure, Buried: Mt Margaret Cemetery, Reg 6/1898 Mt Margaret.

SUTCLIFFE Fanny, d 11 Apr 1902, 1day,at Mt Morgans, Cause: Syncope, Father: John SUTCLIFFE (Labourer), Mother: Elizabeth SEYMORE, Registered by Mother, Buried: Mt Morgans Cemetery, Reg 28/1902 Mt Margaret.

TEMPLEMAN Percy, d 28 Nov 1899, 22yrs, at Laverton Hospital,  Occ: Miner, Cause: Enteric Fever, Buried: Laverton Cemetery, Reg 14/1900 Mt Margaret.

TRENTER Alfred Edwin, d 22 Dec 1897, 30yrs, at Royal Hotel, Mt Margaret, Occ: Hotel Keeper, Cause: Multiple Nephritis & Heart failure, Buried: Mt Margaret Cemetery, Born: Naracoorte SA,  In SA 26yrs, In WA 4yrs, Reg 1/1898 Mt Margaret.

VAUGHAN Edwin, d 26 Dec 1902, 29yrs, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Labourer, Cause: Dysentery, Buried: Leonora Cemetery, Born: London England, Reg 3/1901 Mt Margaret.

WAYLEN Patrick, d 24 Apr 1902, 31yrs, at Laverton, Occ: Miner,  Cause: Phthisis, Buried: Laverton Cemetery, Born: WA, Reg 22/1902 Mt Margaret.

WELLS Compton John, d 2 Dec 1900, 39yrs, at Mt Malcolm Hospital, Occ: Surveyor, Cause: Phthisis, Father: Thomas Allan WELLS, Mother: Elizabeth KELSCH, Buried: Malcolm Cemetery, Born: Mt Gambier SA, In SA 33yrs, Reg 37/1900 Mt Margaret.

WHEATLEY William Harry, d 8 Aug 1901, 55yrs, at Jessop’s Hotel, Malcolm, Occ: Blacksmith, Cause: Natural Causes brought on by excessive drinking, Buried: Malcolm Cemetery, Born: Birmingham England, In Australia about 25yrs, Reg 28/1901 Mt Margaret.

WHITFORD William, d 19 Jun 1901, 19yrs, at Sons of Gwalia GM, Occ: Miner, Cause: Griffith EVANS and William WHITFORD were travelling through a pass in opposite directions, and met in crawling positions. A rock immediately above them fell, killing both, at the Sons of Gwalia GM,  Father: Richard WHITFORD (Miner), Mother: Ann DOBLE, Buried: Leonora Cemetery, Born: Clunes VIC,  In VIC 16yrs, In WA 3yrs, Reg 26/1901 Mt Margaret. www.wavmm.com

WHYTE  Johanna, d 22 May 1901, 26yrs, at Malcolm Hospital, Occ: Domestic, Cause: Phthisis, Father: John WHYTE (Farmer), Mother: Johanna MAHER,  Registered by Anastasia MAUND (Sister), Buried: Malcolm Cemetery,  Born: Co Carlow, Ireland, In VIC 6yrs, In WA 4yrs,  Reg 20/1901 Mt Margaret.

WILLIAMS Peter McCulloch,  d 12 Feb 1900, 3 ½ mths, at Malcolm, Cause: Heat Apoplexy, Father: John WILLIAMS (Carpenter), Mother: Agnes Parker MCCULLOCH, Buried: Malcolm Cemetery, Born: Malcolm WA, Reg 5/1900 Mt Margaret.

WILLIAMS Benjamin, d 20 May 1901, 45yrs, at Gwalia Hospital,   Occ: Blacksmith, Cause: Heart Disease, Buried: Leonora Cemetery, Reg 22/1901 Mt Margaret.

Patrick WILSON – Malcolm Cemetery

WILSON Patrick, d 23 Jan 1901, 30yrs, at Malcolm Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Enteric Fever, Father: Michael WILSON (Miner), Buried: Malcolm, Born: Thames New Zealand, In WA 3yrs,  Reg 3/1901 Mt Margaret.

WILSON Thomas, d 20 Mar 1901, 23yrs, at Laverton Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Septicemia, Buried: Laverton Cemetery, Reg 9/1901 Mt Margaret.

YOUNG Ila Vaughan, d 1 Apr 1901, 7mths, at Star St, Malcolm, Cause: Gastro Enteritis, Father: Charlton YOUNG (Cordial Manufacturer), Mother: Florence WELLS, Registered by Father, Buried: Malcolm Cemetery, Born: Malcolm WA, Reg 10/1901 Mt Margaret.

Ludwig Hugo ‘Louis’ Beyers, is a name that is not immediately recognised in Western Australia but in NSW he is known as the unassuming partner of Bernard Otto Holtermann and together they were the major partners in the Star of Hope GM at Hill End in the Central Goldfields of NSW. This mine produced the famous Haltermann Nuggett, the photo below will be readily recognised and shows Bernard with the Beyers and Haltermann Nuggett.  When it was found in 1872, it was know as the worlds largest single mass of gold and it was estimated to contain 3000oz of gold.

Holtermann and the gold specimen discovered at Star of Hope Mine in 1872

Hugo was born in Posen, Poland in 1840 and arrived as a orphan in Sydney in about 1856. Starting work as a drapers assistant he was soon bitten by the gold fever bug and spent the next 12 years travelling around the Goldfields of the Eastern States of Australia and New Zealand. He returned to Hill End with £10,000. He then began his partnership with Holtermann.

Hugo Louis Beyers

He took an active part in local affairs and after holding several positions he eventually became mayor for eight terms and from 1877 to 1885 he was elected to the legislative assembly serving as MLA for the Western Goldfields. He came to be know as ‘The Miners Friend’ for his generosity to those less fortunate. He set us a charity to deliver food to destitute diggers. In one gesture he had hundreds of trees shipped out from Germany and had them planted in a avenue from Hill End to Tambaroora.

However, his generous and trusting nature was to be his downfall. In 1894 he declared himself bankrupt. A lawyer, who he had entrusted his affairs to, dissapeared with his fortune leaving him with just £100. It was said he was so ashamed of his situation he would walk miles out of his way to avoid his neighbors.

Following the decline of mining in Hill End, Beyers decided to join the exodus to Western Australia to try to regain his fortune. His wife Mary,nee Emmett, had passed away in 1883 so, after paying all his debts, he moved to Kalgoorlie with his son Theodore and his two daughters Sylvia and Clara. He always hoped to return to Hill End one day, but this was not to be.

He was to work in many of the mining areas between Kalgoorlie, Leonora and Laverton. He was however never to recover his previous losses. In 1910 he was at Linden east of Menzies with his son Theodore when he was struck with paralysis. His other son, Oswald was at Yarri 72 kms to the south. Hugo was taken 103km to the Mt Morgans Hospital where he was unconscious on arrival. On the 28th May 1910 he was to suffer a second stroke which caused his death. He was buried in the Mount Morgans Cemetery.

Kalgoorlie Miner 10 June 1910, page 4

Death Certificate – BEYERS Ludwig Hugo (Louis), at Mt Morgans Hospital, Buried 29 May 1910, Section A 77, Age 70, Prospector from Linden, Cause, Apoplexy, Born, Posen Poland, West Prussia in 1835. In NSW abt 50yrs, In WA abt 10yrs, Married to Mary EMMETT in Bathurst NSW in 1868, Children: Sylvia Helena 40yrs, Gertrude Harriet Adelaine 40yrs, Donald Oswald Arthur 38yrs, Theodore Greville 34yrs, Clara 32 yrs, Bellvenah 30yrs, deceased 1 female, Registered by Oswald A BEYERS (Son),   Reg 25/1910 Mt Margaret.

A View of Mt Morgans Cemetery

A plaque has been erected on his grave by the combined work of Dennis Lynch, Lorraine Purcell, the Beyers family, The Hill End and Tamboora Gathering Group, and Hill End Gold. The plaque was placed on the grave on the 30th November 2010.

The following book by Lorraine Pursell is sadly out of print but copies are still available from The Leonora Visitors Centre –  http://www.leonora.wa.gov.au/tourism
There are also two copies in the State library which unfortunately are ‘not for loan’ but you may be able to request it through your local library and they may bale to get it for you to read in the library only.

Lorraine Purcell has kindly sent me the following photographs of the grave plaque  and the group of four generations of Beyer descents who were present at the placing of the plaque.

References:
The Kalgoorlie Miner – 16 Nov 2010 pg 10.
Wikipedia – wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Louis_Beyers
Parliment of NSW – http://bit.ly/2RNiN3S
Kalgoorlie Miner Friday 10 June 1910, page 8

Western Argus – 9th Dec 1902

The Mickle brothers have established a dynasty of Hairdressers (Tonsorial Artists) and tobacconists in Western Australia. Starting in the Murchison and Northern Goldfields the five brothers had premises in Menzies, Mt Magnet, Kookynie, Laverton and Wiluna and Meekatharra. They would also open a business in Narrogin in later years.

Laverton Mercury (Laverton, WA : 1899 – 1919), Saturday 6 June 1903, page 3

David Mickle, Mt Morgan Fire Brigade

The party whom I wish to bring under this particular heading at present is Mr. David Mickle, hairdresser and tobacconist. David struck, the township in the year of our Lord 1901, and started business in a very humble way in a small hessian humpy somewhere off Murrin street. A very remarkable event happened at Mt Morgans about this time, which David still relates with gathering tears in his optics, and that was the breaking and entering of his establishment by burglars, who took with them when they left the sum of 8 pounds in notes, and the reason they didn’t take any more was because there wasn’t any more to take.
Providence must have looked down with an eye of pity on David because his career ever since has been like that of the Mercury, upward and onward. In short, David has prospered, and be is now the proud possessor of the largest hairdressing saloon (beautifully mirrored and pictured) on the northern fields. David presides over the football association and rules that body with a firm and gentle hand. He is also a great patron of outdoor games, and when he promises a medal or donation he is always as good as his word. In short, to see any sports meeting without its David would be as great an anomaly as to see Mayor Jack Smith walking about without his head. David never gives any imaginary presents, they are always real. In fact, David has the reputation of being a white man at bottom, therefore when anyone feels time hanging heavily on his hands let him repair to David’s saloon, where a solo on the flute surely awaits him.

Mt Morgans  –
David Mickel married Jane Charlotte AVERY
Children:-
Agnes Dorothy Maud Mickle – Born 1902
Olive Mary Catherine Mickle – Born 1904
Sadly David was declared bankruped in 1909.
David died on 30 Aug 1912 aged 51 and is buried
with his son Avery David Morgans Aged 7mths who died in 1901

Mickle Grave Mt Morgans Cemetery

Menzies –
John James Mickle married  Lillie Alice Ada Clarke in Menzies in 1898
Children:-
Earlston Bede Mickle – Born 1899
Esma Lillie Mickle – Born 1905
Esther Millicent Mickle -Born 1901Kookynie –

Henry Mickle married Emily Hill
Children:-
Eric Henry Mervyn – Born 1902

Laverton –
William H Mickle married Rose Bailey
Children:-
Douglas Charles Mickle – Born 1902
Gwendolyn Margaret Mickle – Born 1903

Wiluna & Meekatharra
Eugene B Mickle

An unusual advertisement which was used by all the brothers at the various establishments. These are two slightly different versions.