Ora Banda Cemetery (1913-1925)
GPS Coordinates: -30.39500, 121.12400
18 Burials
6 Children, 1 Woman, 5 Mine accidents, 1 Suicide.
Ora Banda Cemetery
Lonely they rest, and rest must until
The final call to awaken at God’s will
Now the Eucalypts on the field that bears their name,
they hide beneath the ‘wounds of the golden game’.
AHERN Joan – d 2 Jul 1914, Cause: Stillborn, Father: Patrick AHERN (Miner), Mother: Lavinia LAY, Anglican Section, grave 2, Reg Broad Arrow 3/1914, Buried Ora Banda Cemetery.
AHERN Joan – Plaque Outback Graves
BAILEY William Murray – d 7 Sep 1915, at the Victorious GM, Ora Banda, 45yrs, Cause: Accidental, Verdict of Coroner, Father: John BAILEY, Mother: Anna Maria SHANKLIN, Born: Woods Point, VIC in 1870, In VIC 25yrs, In WA20yrs, Single, Anglican Section, grave 8, Registered by T J STORMON (Publican), Reg Broad Arrow 9/1915, Buried Ora Banda Cemetery. Mine Death: www.wavmm.com
BAILEY William Murray – Plaque Outback Graves
DUFALL George Charles – d 11 Sep 1919, at Ora Banda Post Office Residence, 31yrs, Occ: Post Assistant in Charge, Cause: Influenza and Double Pneumonia, Father: Thomas Herbert DUFALL (Miner), Mother: Elizabeth Esther LINES, Born: Kapunda, South Australia 1888, In SA 11yrs, In WA 30yrs, Married to Alice Frances ‘Fanny’ WELTCH in Albany at the age of 22yrs, Children: Ida May 10yrs, Richard George Thomas 8yrs, Mary Elizabeth 6yrs, Clarice Frances 2yrs, Anglican section, grave 1, Registered by S Scotson (Friend), Reg Coolgardie 17/1919, Buried Ora Banda Cemetery.
DUFALL George Charles – Plaque Outback Graves
George C Duffall – Photo Ancestry.com
GARDENER Harry – d 22 Apr 1916, at Ora Banda, Cause: Stillborn, Father: William John GARDENER (Trucker), Mother: Alice Maud LYNES, Anglican section, grave 20, Reg Coolgardie 18/1916, Buried Ora Banda Cemetery.
GARDENER Harry – Plaque Outback Graves
GLEESON Agnes – d 8 Oct 1915 at Ora Banda, 2 days 11 hrs, Cause: Heart Failure, Premature birth, 7 months), Father: Patrick Joseph GLEESON (Grocer), Mother: Mary SEABORN, RC section, Reg Broad Arrow 12/1915, Buried Ora Banda Cemetery.
HURLEY Phyliss Irene – d 11 Jan 1918, 8 weeks, at Boulder WA, Father: William James HURLEY (Miner), Mother: Caroline ANDERSON, Methodist section, grave 1, Reg Boulder 2/1918, Buried Ora Banda Cemetery.
HURLEY Phyllis I – Plaque Outback Graves
HURLEY unnamed female – d 31 Aug 1919, at Ora Banda WA, Cause: Stillborn, Father: William James HURLEY (Miner), Mother: Caroline ANDERSON, Methodist section, Registered by father, Reg Coolgardie 16/1919, Buried Ora Banda Cemetery.
MURPHY William John – d 21 May 1917, at Slippery Gimlet GM, Ora Banda, 44yrs, Cause: Being struck on the head by due to rope breaking in mine, Born: VIC, RC section, grave 6 & 7, Registered by Maurice WALSH (Friend), Reg Coolgardie 8/1917, Buried Ora Banda Cemetery. Mine Death: www.wavmm.com
MURPHY William John
RICHARDS Elizabeth Ann – d 25 May 1913, at Ora Banda, 38yrs, Cause: Acute Rheumatism, Carditis and heart failure, Father: William RICHARDS, Mother: Elizabeth KEARNEY, Born: Ballarat VIC, Single, RC Section, graves 8 & 9 Reg Broad Arrow 3/1913, Buried Ora Banda Cemetery. (First Burial) Story: The tale of Elizabeth Richards.
Elizabeth Richards – Photo Oz Graves
RICHARDS Elizabeth – Plaque Outback Graves
SMITH Albert Edward – d 11 Jul 1925, at Tierney St, Ora Banda, 62yrs, Occ: Prospector, Cause: Heart Attack, Father: Joseph SMITH (Gardener), Mother: Emily, Born: Mitchell, SA, In SA 31yrs, In WA 31yrs, Married to Mona Montleburty TRUCK in Kalgoorlie WA at age 42yrs in 1905, Anglican section, grave 20a, Registered by wife, Reg Coolgardie 8/1925, Buried Ora Banda Cemetery. (Last Burial)
SMITH Alfred E – Plaque Outback Graves
The Sun 12 July 1925
SMITH Archibald John – d 16 Jan 1914, at Ora Banda, 37yrs, Cause: Burns, Father: Edwin Mitchell SMITH, Mother: Frances Lettice PORTER, Born: Kent Town SA in 1872, Married to Mabel Florence MCGAFFIN in Boulder WA in 1910, Children: Keith Lionel born 1910, Jack Ivan born 1911, Eleanor Blanche ‘Nell’ born 1913, Anglican Section 4 grave13, Reg Broad Arrow 1/1914, Buried Ora Banda Cemetery.
Kalgoorlie Miner 17 January 1914, page 4
MINER BURNED TO DEATH
AN ORA BANDA SENSATION.
WIDOW AND CHILDREN AT BOULDER
A fatal burning accident occurred at Ora Banda the last night when a miner, John Smith, was burned to death in his camp, which was destroyed. Maurice Walsh, a mate of the deceased, was the first to see the outbreak. The camp was contracted chiefly of boughs, and, although assistance was speedily forthcoming, nothing could be done to save the deceased, owing to the fierceness of the flames, until the fire had abated. The body when recovered was found to be completely incinerated. The cause of the fire is at present unknown. An inquest was opened this morning, before Mr W. Martin, J.P. The deceased leaves a widow and three children at Boulder.
SMITH John A – Plaque Outback Graves
TRIPP Benjamin – d 5 Feb 1922, near Victoria Lease, Ora Banda, 59yrs, Occ: Miner, Cause: Suicide, revolver shot in head self-inflicted, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: Benjamin TRIPP (Miner), Mother: Ellen Chapman MURPHY, Born: Bendigo VIC in 1862, In VIC 32yrs, In WA 27yrs, Married to Mary Jane RICHARDS in Boulder WA at age 35yrs, Children: Elizabeth Mary 22yrs, Ellen Abigail 19yrs, Eileen Catherine Veronica ‘Von’ 17yrs, RC section, grave 10, Registered by Eileen A TRIPP (Daughter), Reg Coolgardie 1/1922, Salvation Army, Buried Ora Banda Cemetery.
Benjamin TRIPP – Photo Ancestry.com
Kalgoorlie Miner 13 February 1922, page 1
Ora Banda News – A TRAGIC OCCURRENCE.
Last Sunday a sad tragedy occurred. Mr. B. Tripp, an old and respected resident, shot himself dead. The deceased was 59 years of age, and an experienced and skillful miner. He had resided at Ora Banda for many years. For the last four years, however, he had been a confirmed invalid, suffering from neuritis and miner’s complaint. The inquest was held on Monday before Mr. H. M. Ross, acting coroner, and a jury, who found that the deceased came to his death at Ora Banda on February 5, 1922, by a shot in the head, self inflicted while in a state of. temporary insanity. The deceased leaves a wife and three grown-up daughters, for whom much sympathy is felt.
TRIPP Benjamin – Plaque Outback Graves
WALLIS Arthur Clarence – d 2 Aug 1916, 7 weeks, Cause: Broncho Pneumonia, Father: Arthur Lindsay Robert WALLIS (Miner), Mother: Elizabeth ‘Beth’ LEE, Anglican Section, grave 1, Registered by father, Reg Coolgardie 19/1916, Buried Ora Banda Cemetery.
WALLIS Arthur C – Plaque Outback Graves
WALLS Thomas Wallace – d 17 Jul 1919, at Cashman’s, near Lady Evelyn GM, 72 yrs, Cause: Old Age, Father: Thomas WALLS (Farmer), Mother: Gertie BAWLAND, Born: Edinburgh, Scotland, In NSW 1yr, In WA 24yrs, Married in Sydney NSW at age 47yrs to Gertrude HARPER, Children: Thomas Harper 22yrs, John and Eileen (Twins) 19yrs, Pres section, grave 11, Registered by Thomas WALLS (Son), Reg Coolgardie 9/1919, Buried Ora Banda Cemetery.
WALLS Thomas W – Plaque Outback Graves
WARES William – d 2 May 1919, at Christmas 6 miles NW of Ora Banda, 58yrs, Cause: Accidentally killed by a fall of earth, Father: William WARES, Mother: Ellen WATTERS, Born: Wick, Scotland, in WA 15yrs, Single, PRES section, grave 15, Registered by Isabella WETHERWOOD (Sister) Reg Coolgardie 4/1919, RC, Buried Ora Banda Cemetery. Mine Death: www.wavmm.com
WARES William – Plaque Outback Graves
WARHAM Michael ‘Port Darwin Mick’ – d 14 Dec 1922, at Balgarrie GM, Coolgardie, near Ora Banda, about 65yrs, Occ: Prospector, Cause: Injuries accidentally received through a fall of earth, Verdict of the Coroner, In WA over 20yrs, RC section, grave 2, Reg Coolgardie 7/1922, Buried Ora Banda Cemetery. Mine Death: www.wavmm.com
WARHAM Michael – Plaque Outback Graves
WIESE Wilhelm August ‘William’ – d 31 Jul 1915, at Ora Banda, 57yrs, Occ: Blacksmith, Cause: Heart failure, Cerebral Haemorrhage, Father: Frederick WIESE (Blacksmith), Mother: Sarah, Born: Hahndorf SA, In SA 47yrs, In WA 18yrs, Married in Echunga SA at age 24yrs, to Hannah Charlene HOUGH, Children: Edith Mable 31yrs, Hebert Norman 29yrs, Eric 10yrs, Deceased 1 male 1 female, Anglican Section, grave 16, Reg Broad Arrow 5/1915, METH, Buried Ora Banda Cemetery.
WEISE Wilhelm – Plaque Outback Graves
WILLCOCKS William – d 6 Mar 1914, at the Victoria Mine, Ora Banda, 56yrs, Cause: Fracture of left collar bone and four left ribs, shock and injuries to heart, Father: William WILLCOCKS (Teamster), Mother: Katherine PALMER, Born: St Austell, Cornwall, England, Married to Jane MENIHANE in Townsville QLD at age 27yrs, Children: Catherine Mary 23yrs, William 21yrs, Bessie 18yrs, Flora 13yrs, Registered by wife, In WA 17yrs, Anglican Section, grave 14, Reg Broad Arrow 2/1914, Buried Ora Banda Cemetery. Mine Death: www.wavmm.com
Kalgoorlie Miner 7 March 1914, page 4
A Shocking Fatality at Ora Banda— A terrible accident, resulting, in the death of a man named William Willcocks, occurred shortly after 1 p.m. yesterday, at the Victorious mine, Ora Banda. Willcocks was engaged at the saw bench sawing up blocks, when he somehow lost his hold of the piece of wood, which was hurled back with great force by the circular saw. It caughthim full in the chest, staving in his chest, and also inflicting a bad gash in his throat. The unfortunate man retained consciousness for about ten minutes, but, though everything possible was done for him, he gradually sank, and died about an hour after the accident. Immediately they were made aware of the occurrence the management despatched the motor car to Broad Arrow for medical assistance, and it was back at the mine with Dr. Lederman in 1 hour 23 minutes, but Willcocks was already beyond human aid. It is I understood that the deceased was a married man, and that he leaves a wife and several children, who live in Wittenoom-street, Boulder. The children are four in number, mostly grown up, the youngest being 13 years of age. The deceased was about 55 years of age.
WILLOCKS William – Plaque Outback Graves
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I have been told my mother was born in Ora Banda 8/12/1916
What was her name Norma?
thank you, Moya, for all your work, absolutely appreciated.
from European decent I really enjoy reading it all.
in the West Australian newspaper of the 15th of September, you received a big mention.
I am finally learning about the outback history through your researched.
thank you once again,
Regards Jannes