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
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.
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