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Where Friends Were Legion: Jim and Mary Doyle and the Heart of Widgiemooltha

31/01/2026 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Story by Lyn Beard In a beautiful location overlooking the salt bed of Lake Lefroy, the remains of at least 17 people lie in the Widgiemooltha Cemetery.  There are only a few headstones, the largest of which commemorates five members of the Doyle family. Widgemooltha John James (known as James or Jim) Doyle was born in […]

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Widgiemooltha Cemetery – Forget us not, for eternity here we reside

12/10/2024 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

Widgemooltha Cemetery Off Coolgardie Esperance Highway Long -31.478272  Lat 121.583090 ‘We loved and were loved before we died, Forget us not for eternity here we reside.’ 16 Burials –  1 Mine Death – 8 children – 1 female – 1 suicide. BROWN Raymond Jeffrey – d 25 May 1935, 32yrs, Born: Melbourne VIC, In WA […]

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