KURNALPI BURIALS
1894 -1912
80 km east north east of Kalgoorlie
New Cemetery – 1 mile SW of town Reserve 2715
Cemetery Gully – near road 1050, 1 ½ Miles East of Town, Reserve 4068
13 Burials = 10 New Cem 3 Gully Cem
Kurnalpi Cemetery – Photo Danelle Warnock
The Lonely graves are scattered
In that fenceless vast gods acre
If no church bell chime across them
And no mourners tread between
Yet the souls of those sound sleepers
Go as swiftly to their maker
And the ground is just as sacred
And the grave s are just as green
BAUM John – d 31 Jul 1897, 25 years, at the Jubilee Lease Kurnalpi, Cause: Food Poisoning from eating a tin of saveloy sausage, Father: John BAUM, Mother: Margaret KNAPP, Born: 1875 in Wisconsin, United States of America, Single, Reg 563/1897, Buried new Kurnalpi Cemetery.
COOK William Tilley – d 25 Nov 1897, 19 years, at the Scottish Lass GM, Kurnalpi, Cause: A charge of dynamite missed fire. William Tilley Cook went down to investigate when the shot exploded. He was removed to the hospital unconscious and died within two hours. His father helped to bring him to the surface, Father: Joseph Howell COOK, Mother: Ellen RICHMOND, Born: 1 Nov 1878 in Kadina, South Australia, Buried in the new Kurnalpi Cemetery. Mine Death: www.wavmm.com.au
ELLIS unnamed male – d 16 Mar 1912, Cause: Stillborn, at Kurnalpi, Father: Owen ELLIS (Miner), Mother: Anna Elizabeth BERGNER, death Registered by father, buried 17 Mar 1912, Reg 3/1912 North East Coolgardie, Buried New Kurnalpi Cemetery. (Last Burial)
HANRAHAN Patrick – d 14 Apr 1901, about 60 years, at Kurnalpi, Cause: Asthma, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: William Henry HANRAHAN, Mother: Margaret WALSH, Born: 1845 in NSW, In WA about 14years, Reg 14/1901 North East Coolgardie, buried 14th April 1901 in the New Kurnalpi Cemetery.
HARROD William Henry – d 8 May 1898, 32 years, at Kurnalpi Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Dysentery, Father: Henry Sedgwick HARROD (Wool Classer), Mother: Maria MITCHELL, death registered by G Harrod (Brother), born Timaru, New Zealand in 1866, In NZ 30years, In WA 2 years, Single, Reg 16/1898 North East Coolgardie, buried 9 May 1898, Buried in the New Kurnalpi Cemetery.
MCGREGOR Simon Forrest – d 13 Mar 1896, 23years 5mths, Father: Scott Daniel Wallace McGREGOR, Mother: Agnes C LOCKHART, born 12/10/1892, Quindalup WA, (No registration found), buried Cemetery Gully, Kurnalpi.
McGREGOR Simon – Southern Times 21 April 1896, page 2
MITCHELL John – d Jul 1894, 27 years, Cause: Typhoid Fever, Occ Prospector, Father: John MITCHELL, Mother: Bridget CLEARY, Single, Born: 1867 in Wahgunyah, Victoria, 700 men followed attended his burial, (No registration found), buried Cemetery Gully Kurnalpi.
MORRIS Beatrice Marion – d 12 Apr 1900, 24 years, at the Exchange Hotel, Kurnalpi, Occ: Bar Attendant, Cause: Cerebral Complaint, Effusion, Father: Thomas MORRIS (Builder), Mother: Louisa GILBERT, born: Williamstown VIC, In VIC 2years, In SA 17 ½ years, In WA 4 ½ years, Single, Death registered by John D McLeod, (Hotelkeeper), Reg 19/1900 North East Coolgardie, buried 13 Apr 1900 in the New Kurnalpi Cemetery. (Only Headstone)
Beatrice M MORRIS – Photo Find a Grave
MOORE James ‘Jim’– d 1894, in his camp at Moons Mine, near Kurnalpi, Occ: Prospector, Cause: Dysentery, (No registration found), Buried Cemetery Gully, Kurnalpi.
MOUNTAIN Sydney Charles – d 8 May 1895, 24years, 1 ½ Miles East of Kurnalpi, Occ: Miner, Cause: Typhoid Fever, Father: John Thomas MOUNTAIN, Mother: Anna Maria BRUMBY, Born: Jul 1871 in Bilsby, Lincoln, England, Reg 1500/1895. Buried Cemetery Gully, Kurnalpi.
QUINN Roderick – d 8 Oct 1899, 28 years, at Kurnalpi Hospital, Cause: Meningitis, Occ: Miner, Father: Patrick QUINN, Mother: Annie MCINTYRE, Born: 1871 in Footscray VIC, in VIC 20years, In WA 6years, Reg 46/1899 North East Coolgardie, buried 9 Oct 1899 in the New Kurnalpi Cemetery.
TRAVELLION George, 28 years d 19 May 1894, Father: Joseph TRAVELLION, Mother: Ellen MAHONEY, Single, Born: 1865 in Indigo, Victoria, Reg 432/1894, Buried Cemetery Gully, Kurnalpi.
WISKEN William Charles – d 18 Jun 1898, 34years, at Kurnalpi Hospital, Cause: Peritonitis, Occ: Miner, Born: 1864 in Islington, London, England, In NZ 12years, In WA 3years, Single, Father: George WISKEN, Mother: Sibitha SEARLE, Reg 26/1898 North East Coolgardie, buried 19 Jun 1898 in the New Kurnalpi Cemetery.
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