Follow my blog with Bloglovin I was recently contacted by my friend and grave photographer extraordinaire, Danielle Warnock, about a query she had received from Duncan Fraser, about the grave of Simon Rose Fraser, his Great Uncle, buried in the Kalgoorlie Cemetery. He asked if she could take some photos of the grave for him […]
A Legend Cut Down – pioneer profile
17/04/2021 By Leave a Comment
Kalgoorlie Miner – 19 March 1934, page 5 Tragedy at Ora Banda Ora Banda has once more been the stage for a sad and dreadful fatality. Mr Charles Emery, who left the hotel with his cart and horse about 9 p.m. on Sunday, the 11th March was discovered on the following Monday morning, at about […]
The Thirloway Boys – grave tales
10/04/2021 By Leave a Comment
Young William ‘Billie’ Edward Thirloway died aged only 8 years of age and was buried in the Kalgoorlie cemetery on the 22nd November 1931. Billie’s parents must have been devastated when six years later, on the exact anniversary of Billie’s death, a tragic accident took the life of his brother, Jack Carlson Thirloway aged 14 […]
George Gillespie – grave tales
25/07/2020 By Leave a Comment
Kalgoorlie Miner (WA : 1895 – 1950), Saturday 28 January 1911, page 4 Funeral.— The remains of the late Mr. George Gillespie, late mill shift boss on the Chaffers gold mine, were interred in the Presbyterian portion of the Kalgoorlie Cemetery on Thursday afternoon, the burial service being conducted by the Rev. J. A. Agnew. […]
Our Late Beloved Son – grave tales
18/07/2020 By Leave a Comment
Kalgoorlie Miner 12th Feb 1925 BROWN — The friends of Mr and Mrs J. H. Brown and family are respectfully invited to follow the remains of their late beloved son and brother respectively, George Brown (formerly of the Midland workshops) to the Church of Christ portion of the Kalgoorlie Cemetery. The funeral will leave their […]
