In 2008, I was working at the Kalgoorlie Cemetery office, filling in when the office manager was away. One of the duties was to help visitors with their inquiries. A visitor called Brian Morris called in to inquire about a very early grave of one of his ancestors. Charles Carkeek. He was indeed able to […]
Pioneer Cemetery Southern Cross -grave tales
23/09/2018 By 6 Comments
Many country towns have more than one cemetery. The reason for this is usually that the original spot chosen became too close to the residential areas, or perhaps the ground proved too hard, or maybe it was too far away from town. The site of the Southern Cross Pioneer cemetery will have been seen by […]
The McKerrow Brothers – grave tales
08/09/2018 By Leave a Comment
This is a grave in the Kalgoorlie cemetery of two brothers, Frank James McKERROW who was buried 15 Jul 1896 and James McKERROW who was buried 1 May 1931. This first photograph, taken 87 yrs ago, after the funeral of James McKerrow, and shows the chapel (now the office) in a different location to where […]
Lonely Grave at Red Flag: – grave tales
21/07/2018 By Leave a Comment
I was recently sent these wonderful photos of another lonely grave by Joan Peters. She came across them in her travels. Although I did have the details of this grave I have never seen a photo. She has even included the GPS coordinates should anyone be up that way. FARLEY William, d 5 Dec 1894 […]
My Own Dear Boy:-
03/06/2018 By 1 Comment
Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette 29 July 1897 SUICIDE AT SMITHFIELD Last Saturday week a miner, Thomas McKileen, living by himself in a tent at Smithfield, committed suicide by blowing his brains out. At an inquest held on Monday afternoon before the acting-Coroner, Mr. E. O. Butler, J,P. it was elicited that on Friday […]
