Burbanks People – town snapshot

Burbanks did not have its own cemetery so any burials took place in nearby Coolgardie. The following are the burials of Burbanks people in the Coolgardie Cemetery:-

ALNWICK Charles – d 25 Nov 1901,  29yrs,  Occ:- Miner, Cause:- being struck by a timber in the Lady Robinson GM, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: Thomas ALNWICK (Auctioneer) Mother: Annie MULLAND, born NSW, Reg Coolgardie 110/1901, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

AUSTEE Mary d 28 Apr 1905,                   7 days,
Cause:- Premature birth, Father:- John Charles Morgan AUSTEE (Miner) Mother:- Mary Ravely LONSDALE, born Burbanks WA, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

BANKS John                                                                       d 17 Jun 1902,                   43yrs
Occ:- Engine Driver, Cause:-  Being caught in the machinery of the Burbank’s Birthday Gift GM, Verdict of the Coroner, Father:- Robert Brown BANKS (Collier) Mother:- Annabella BALLANTINE, born Stevenston Scotland, In NSW 8yrs, in WA 9yrs, Married to Annie BOYD in Stevenston Scotland at age 22yrs, Children:- Robert 19yrs, Mary 18yrs, Nellie 13 yrs, Thomas 10yrs, Annie 7yrs, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. Reg Coolgardie 50/1902

BRADY Johanna,                                                              d 11 Nov 1902,                  39yrs,
Cause:- Embolism of heart, Father:- Daniel WAGNER (Farmer) Mother:- Catherine MACKINALLY, born SA, In SA 34yrs, in NSW 3 yrs, in WA 2yrs, Married to Philip BRADY in Broken Hill NSW at age 26yrs, Children:- Daniel 9yrs, Philip Thomas 4 yrs, James Joseph 2yrs, Fanny and Catherine Johanna 30hrs, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. Reg Coolgardie 88/1902

BOLTON George                                                               d 29 Nov 1902    ,               42yrs
Occ:- Miner, Cause Phthisis, Father:- Joseph BOLTON (Miner) Mother:- Rachel FOSTER, born Dudley Northumberland England, In NSW 9yrs, in WA 7yrs, Married to Elizabeth PARKER in Lambton NSW at age 29yrs, Children:- Malster George William 2yrs, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. Reg Coolgardie 92/1902

BENNETT Daniel                                                               d 19 Sep 1899,                   37yrs,
Cause:- Burns. Occ:- Carpenter, Father:- John BENNETT (Warder) Mother:- Mary CUNNINGHAM,  and born Sydney NSW, In NSW and VIC 3 mths in WA 1 mth, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

BOAG Robert Henry                                                       d 30 Aug 1900                    3yrs
Cause:- Broncho Pneumonia, Father:- Robert Paterson BOAG (Miner) Mother:- Maud Arabella WILD, born New Zealand, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. Reg Coolgardie 88/1900

BOASE John  d                                                                   7 Mar 1902,                        20yrs
Occ:- Woodcutter, Cause:- Enteric Fever, Father:- William BOASE (Miner) Mother Lucy COLSON, born Daylesford VIC in VIC 20yrs in WA  8mths, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

BRYCE male child,                                                           d 1 Feb 1904                       Stillborn
Father:- William Dougald BRYCE (Miner) Mother:- Maud Mary ARTHUR, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

CLARKE Alexander                                                          26 Dec 1908                        4 days
Cause:- Heat, Father:- Arthur CLARKE (Miner), Mother:- Anais RIVIERA, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

CLARKE Sarah    d 14 Dec 1899,  15mths,  Cause:- Burns, Father:- Robert Chusly CLARK (miner) Mother:- Mary Ann COFFEY, born Burbanks WA, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

CLARKE William                                                               d 5 Jan 1908                        11mths
Cause:- Diarrhoea, Father:- Arthur CLARKE (Miner) Mother:- Anais RIVIERE, born Burbanks WA, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

COCKBURN male child                                                   24 Feb 1902                        Stillborn
Father:- James Wylie COCKBURN (Miner) Mother:- Sarah Ann MURRAY, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. Reg Coolgardie 18/1902

DELFS Henrich Victor William                                    d 4 Jun 1919                        33yrs
Died at the Birthday Gift GM Burbanks, Occ:- Labourer, Father:- Henrich DELFS (Merchant) Mother:- Alma HEMMERMAN, born Hamburg Germany, 12 yrs in WA, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.
(see www.wavmm.com)

DUNSTAN Elizabeth                                                       d 14 Aug 1903                    10yrs
At Grand Junction, Burbanks, Cause:- Diptheria, Father:- Samuel DUNSTAN (Carpenter) Mother:- Jane ????, born Cohuna VIC, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

ELLIS James                                        d 8 Feb 1898                       52yrs
Cause:- Miners Phthisis, Father:- William ELLIS (Miner) Mother:- Cordelia ROBERTS, Born St Just, Cornwall England, in WA 2yrs 6mths, Married to Mary WHITE in Bendigo VIC at age 25yrs, Children:- Cordelia Jane 24yrs, Huberta Mary 18yrs, William John 16yrs, buried in the Wesleyan Section Coolgardie Cemetery.

FITZPATRICK Joseph                                                       d 14 Dec 1903                    1hour
Cause:- Premature, Father:- Henry FITZPATRICK (Miner) Mother:- Emma Jane BUCK, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

FREEMAN Ethel                                                                 d 19 Aug 1900                    22mths
Cause:- Pneumonia, Father:- William FREEMAN (Miner) Mother:- Elizabeth Ann OWEN, born Smiths Mill, WA, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. Reg Coolgardie 82/1900

FREEMAN Walter                                                            4 Oct 1908                           1 mth
Cause:- Convulsions, Father:- William FREEMAN (Miner) Mother:- Elizabeth Ann OWEN, born Burbank’s WA, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

GEMMELL Jessie Lilian Edna                                        d 31 May 1904                   16mths
Cause:- Broncho Pneumonia, Father:- Stewart GEMMELL (Labourer) Mother:- Katherine McKNIGHT, born Broken Hill NSW, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

GRAINGER child               male                                                     d 27 Jun 1901                     Stillborn
Died Coolgardie, Father:- Richard GRAINGER (Miner) Mother:- Jane Park CAMERON, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

GRANTHAM female child                                             d 10 Jul 1906                       Stillborn
Father:- Charles Joel GRANTHAM (Miner) Mother:- Elizabeth June FREEMAN, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

GRANTHAM Myrtle                                                        d 20 Oct 1905                     5weeks
Cause:- Broncho pneumonia, Father:- Charles Joel GRANTHAM (Miner) Mother:- Elizabeth June FREEMAN, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

GREEN Walter James                                                     8 Apr 1907                           1 month
Cause:- Jaundice, Father:- William Henry GREEN (Miner) Mother:- Clara Elizabeth CRUDACE, born Burbanks WA, buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

HART Frank   d 15 Feb 1900, 33 yrs,   Occ:- Miner, Cause:- Typhoid Fever, Parents unknown, born Paramatta NSW, In NSW 29yrs, In WA 3yrs, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

HEPBURN Robert Denis                                                d 13 Feb 1908                     30yrs
Cause:- Killed by a fall of earth in the Birthday Gift GM, Burbanks, Verdict of Coroner, Father:- James HEPBURN (Book Keeper) Mother:- Fanny Caroline CHERRY, born Ballarat VIC in VIC 18yrs, in WA 6mths, Married to Caroline BOYD in Perth WA at age 21yrs, Children:- Hazel Daisy May 8yrs, Ivy Elsie Violet 6yrs, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. (see www.wavmm.com)

HICKEY Thomas                                                                d 7 Jan 1899                        21yrs
Occ:- Blacksmith, Cause:- Aortic regurgitation, Father:- Thomas HICKEY (Blacksmith), Mother:- Eliza MILES, born Clunes VIC, In VIC 20yrs, in WA 6mths, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

HICKEY William Andrew                                                               d24 Nov 1898                    29yrs
Occ:- Blacksmith, Cause:- Typhoid, Father:- Thomas HICKEY (Blacksmith) Mother:- Eliza MILES, born Clunes VIC, in VIC 28yrs, in WA 1yr, Married to Mary Ann MORALEE in Clunes VIC at age 26yrs, Children:- Adelthia 4yrs, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

HILLIER female child                                                       29 Mar 1907                       Stillborn
Father:- James William HILLIER (Miner) Mother:- Annie Mary HILL, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

HILLIER Heriodias                                                            d 2 Jan 1914                        67
Widow, Cause:- Intestinal cancer, Father:- William JORDAN (Carpenter) Mother:- Hannah BAKER, born Buckingham England, in NSW 50yrs, in WA 15 yrs, Married to William HILLIER in Muswellbrook, NSW at age 19yrs, Children:- James William 47, George Henry 43, Charles Richard 41, Albert 35, Ernest Alfred Reuben 34, Ada Emily 31, Herbert 29, Amos Walter 23 Deceased 2 males. Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

 HILLIER William                                                                 d 8 Oct 1905                       71yrs
Occ:- Sawyer, Cause:- Carcinoma of stomach, Father:- William HILLIER (Sawyer) Mother:- Sarah DEED, born Islington London England, in NSW 36yrs, in WA 12yrs, Married to Heriodias JORDAN  in Koyunga NSW at age 30yrs, Children:- James William 39yrs, George Henry 35, Charles Richard 33,  Albert 27, Ernest Alfred Reuben 26, Emily Ada 24, Herbert 21, Walter Amos 14. Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

HOBBA Gladys Francis                                                   d 21 May 1912                   9mths
Cause:- Acute enteritis, Father:- Henry Pascoe HOBBA (Miner) Mother: Annie SMALL, born Burbanks WA, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

HOBBA Julia Ellen                                                            d 17 Apr 1913                     6days
Cause:- Cerebral pressure, Father:- Henry Pascoe HOBBA (Miner) Mother: Annie SMALL, born Burbanks WA, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

HOLDING Ralph                                                                 d 1 Mar 1901                      52yrs
Occ:- Engine Driver, Cause:- Caught in belting while oiling machinery at the Birthday Gift Mine Burbanks, Verdict of Coroner, Father:- Thomas HOLDING (Contractor) Mother Elizabeth WINTER, born Liverpool England, In VIC 40yrs in WA 5yrs, Married to Mary GORDON in VIC at age 30yrs, Children:- Thomas Clive Winter 21yrs, Elizabeth Douglas 19yrs, Ralph Claud Gordon 14yrs, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. Reg Coolgardie 22/1901

HERN Mary Olive                                                             d 23 Mar 1901                    9mths Cause:- Marasmus, Father:- Edward HERN (Miner) Mother:- Mary CURRY, Born WA, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. Reg Coolgardie 27/1901

JONES Florence Delia                                                     24 Nov 1905                        1yr
Cause:- Heat, Father:- Charles Henry JONES (Miner), Mother:- Mary CARMODY, born Burbanks WA, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

JONES Mary Elizabeth Pretoria                                  d 29 mar 1903                    6mths
Cause:- Diarrhoea, Father:-  Richard Thomas Mann JONES (Hotelkeeper) Mother:- Mary Ethel CROWLEY, born Burbanks WA, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

KENNEDY James Lawrence                                          d 11 Jun 1908                     36yrs
Occ:- Miner, Cause:- Self inflicted gunshot wound, Verdict of Coroner, Father:- George KENNEDY (Blacksmith) Mother:- Mary O’BRIEN, born Kilmore VIC, in VIC 24yrs, in WA 12yrs, Married to Catherine KIERCE? In Ballarat VIC at age 24yrs, Children:- James 10yrs, Francis 8yrs, Winnifred 1yr, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

LOCK Frank                                                                         27 May 1907                       49yrs
Cause:- Fell down mine shaft at the Birthday Gift GM. Father:- Aron LOCK (Carpenter) Mother:- Emma, born Adelaide SA, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. (see www.wavmm.com)

LYONS male child                                                            d 18 Aug 1901                    Stillborn
Father:- Alfred LYONS (Miner) Mother:- Maggie TIERNEY, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. Reg Coolgardie 91/1901

MALONEY male child,                                                    d 8 Aug 1904                       Stillborn
Father:- Michael MALONEY (Butcher) Mother:- Kathleen O’CONNELL, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

McDONALD Rebecca Ann                                             d 17 May 1900                   34yrs
Cause:- Incomplete abortion, Father:- Joseph COUSINS (Miner) Mother:- Margaret DAVIES, born South Wales, England, in NSW 13yrs, in WA 2yrs, Married to Thomas McDONALD in Newcastle NSW at age 21yrs, Children:- Blodwen 12yrs, Thomas 10yrs, Margaret 7yrs, William Joseph 5yrs, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

McENTEE child male                       d 24 Dec 1898                    Stillborn
Father:- Michael McENTEE (Miner) Mother:- Marlen WHITFORD, born Coolgardie, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

McFADDEN Thomas                                                        d 15 Aug 1901                    1mth
Cause:- Measles, Father:- Thomas McFADDEN (Butcher) Mother:- Annie COLLINS, born Burbanks WA, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. Reg Coolgardie 85/1901

McLEAN Allan                                                                   d 27 Mar 1907                    56yrs
Occ:- Miner, Cause:- Phthisis, Father:- Duncan McLEAN (Shepherd) Mother:- Catherine McLEOD, born Scotland, in NSW 2 yrs, In VIC 35yrs, in WA 9yrs, Married to Ann YOUNG in Eaglehawk VIC at age 26yrs, Children:- Catherine 27, Mary Young 26, William 21, Thomas Duncan 18, Alan Alexander 16, buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

McLEAN Glenville George Hector                             d 7 Nov 1907                      20mths
Cause:- Meningitis, Father:- George Walker MCLEAN (School Teacher), born Wagin WA, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

MOLONEY John                                                                 d 22 Aug 1921                    44yrs
Occ:- Grazier, Cause:- Suicide by shooting himself whilst temporarily insane, Verdict of Coroner, Father:- Lott MALONEY (Farmer) Mother:- Catherine O’SULLIVAN, born Araluen NSW, in NSW 19yrs, In WA 25yrs, Single, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

NANCARROW Olive Muriel                                         d 13 May 1903                   4mths
Cause:- Ill health since birth, Father:- James NANCARROW (Miner) Mother:- Ellen Edith IVES, born Eaglehawk, VIC, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

NOONAN female child                                                  4 Apr 1907                           Stillborn
Cause:- Premature birth, Father:- Michael NOONAN (Publican) Mother:- Mary Ann KENNEDY, buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

NORTHAUSEN George Lawrence Frederick          d 6 Jul 1899                         8mths
Cause:- Tubercular Peritonitis, Father:- Charles Ludwig NORTHAUSEN (Miner) Mother:- Sarah COCKERILL, born Burbanks WA, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. Reg Coolgardie 100/1899

PARK William                                                                    d 28 Apr 1901                     21yrs
Occ:- Miner, Cause Typhoid, Father:- John Jack PARK (Miner) Mother:- Mary THORN, born Ayreshire Scotland, in NSW 12 yrs, in WA 4yrs, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

PASSFIELD Henry                                                             d 7 Apr 1897                       34yrs 5
Cause Degeneration of heart,  Father:- Charles PASSFIELD (Farmer) Mother Harriet STACEY, born Megglesfield SA, was 28yrs in SA, 2 yrs in WA, Married to Annie STEWART in Melbourne VIC at age 27yrs, no children. Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

PICKUP Abraham                                                             d 15 Jun 1917                     56yrs
Occ:- Miner, Cause:- Arteria l sclerosis, Father:- Abraham PICKUP (Farmer) Mother:- Ann MALONE, born Rochdale, Lancashire, England, in NSW 9yrs, in WA 22yrs, Married twice:- 1st to Mary Ellen ATTWOOD in Newcastle NSW, 2nd to Mary Ann HICKEY in Burbanks WA at age 45yrs, Children from 1st Marriage – Jane 29yrs and 1 deceased male. Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

PURDY Catherine                                                            28 Sep 1918                        89
Widow, Cause:- Senile decay, Father:- James RICKEY (Soldier) Mother:- Catherine CANE, born Launceston TAS, in TAS 8yrs, in VIC 56yrs, in WA 17yrs, married in Melbourne VIC to Samuel PURDY at age 22yrs, 6 children, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

REDFERN William                                                            d 16 Dec 1904                    7 weeks
Cause:- Infantile diarrhoea, Father:- John REDFURN (Miner) Mother:- Susan BIRD, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

ROGERS Frederick William                                          d 19 Jul 1899                       21mths
Cause:- Pneumonia, Father:- Frederick William RODGERS (Miner) Mother:- Emma Jane BUCK, Born Maryborough VIC, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. Reg Coolgardie 106/1899

ROGERS Frederick William                                          d 9 Apr 1901                       34yrs
Occ:- Miner, Cause:- Phthisis, Father:- John RODGERS (Carpenter) Mother:- Margaret CAMERON, born Carisbrook, VIC, in VIC 30yrs, In WA 4yrs, Married to Emma Jane BUCK in VIC at age 26yrs, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. Reg Coolgardie 32/1901

REGAN Mary                                                                      d 11 Apr 1901                     47yrs
Cause:- Carcinoma of breast, Father:- John COONEY (Civil Servant) Mother:- Catherine DURACK, born Launceston TAS, In TAS 15yrs, in NSW 18yrs, in VIC 8yrs, in WA 6yrs, Married twice:- 1st to George H…..? in Deniliquin NSW at age 18yrs, 2nd to Hubert REGAN in Launceston TAS at age 33yrs, Children:- 1st Marr – Mary 27yrs, William Patrick 22yrs, John Albert Edward 18yrs, 2nd – John 13yrs, Hubert Edward 10yrs, George Augustus 7yrs, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. Reg Coolgardie 34/1901

ROTHON William Thomas                                            d 10 Dec 1900                    9mths
Cause:- Bowels, Father:- Albert Edward ROTHON (Hairdresser) Mother:- Susan Loretta REILLY, born Burbanks, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. Reg Coolgardie 124/1900

RYAN John Thomas                                                         d 6 Nov 1912                      39yrs
Died at the Burbanks Hotel, Burbanks, Occ:- Miner, Cause:- Drowned while having a bath, Verdict of the Coroner, Married but details not known. Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

Meekatharra Miner 9 November 1912, page 3

Meekatharra Miner 9 November 1912, page 3

SCAHILL male child, 1st born of twins                      15 Oct 1909                         Stillborn
Father:- Bernard SCAHILL (Wood Contractor), Mother:- Amy STOCKLEY, other twin Ronald Stockley SCAHILL, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

SCAHILL Ronald Stockley                                              19 Nov 1909                        5 weeks
Cause:- Premature birth, second born of twins, Father:- Bernard SCAHILL (Wood Contractor), Mother:- Amy STOCKLEY (other twin stillborn), Bernard SCAHILL (Wood Contractor), Mother:- Amy STOCKLEY, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

SHAW Charles Bertram Clive                                      d 1 Jul 1911                         5mths
Cause:- Chronic enteritis, Father:- Harry SHAR (Miner) Mother Julia THORNTON, born Burbanks WA, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

SOUTH Ernest John                                                         d 13 Feb 1908                     32yrs
Cause:- Killed by a fall of earth in the Birthday Gift GM, Burbanks, Verdict of Coroner, Father:- John SOUTH (Farmer) Mother:- Mary HOLMES, born Scone NSW, in NSW 22yrs, in WA 10yrs, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery. (see www.wavmm.com)

SOUTH Ernest William                                                  20 Apr 1907                        1yr
Cause:- Diarrhoea Father:- Ernest John SOUTH (Miner) Mother:- Jane ARMSTRONG, born Kalgoorlie WA, buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

THOMAS Frederick William George                        d 2 Jul 1903                         2yrs
Cause:- Bronco Pneumonia, Father:- Frederick THOMAS (Miner) Mother:- Esther BUCK, born Burbanks WA, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

WEARMOUTH child female                                         d 7 Feb 1914                       Stillborn
Father:- John WEARMOUTH (Storekeeper) Mother:- Fanny Edith EDWARDS, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

WILSON Elizabeth                                                           d 7 Mar 1899                      25yrs
at the Coolgardie Hospital, Cause:- Dysentery and Typhoid, Father:- George DRAPER (Miner), born Tasmania, in TAS and  for 24yrs, in WA 15mths, Married to Alexander WILSON in Clunes VIC at age 21, Children: Alexander 2yrs, Elda May 7weeks, Buried Coolgardie Cemetery.

The following book is only one that has been written on the history of Burbanks:

Burbanks - Murdoch University Studies in Industrial Archaeology.

Burbanks – Murdoch University Studies in Industrial Archaeology.

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My name is Moya Sharp, I live in Kalgoorlie Western Australia and have worked most of my adult life in the history/museum industry. I have been passionate about history for as long as I can remember and in particular the history of my adopted home the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia. Through my website I am committed to providing as many records and photographs free to any one who is interested in the family and local history of the region.

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