Mt MARGARET CEMETERY Established in 1897 when the townsite of Mt Margaret was gazetted. 11 Burials between 1896-1901 except for one in 1930 and one in 1942. Latitude: -28.806418 Longitude: 122.168054 GPS: 28 48.38505, 122 10.08316 The name of Mount Margaret could mean several things. It could be: The Mt Margaret Goldfields The Mt Margaret […]
Too Late to Say Goodbye –
12/08/2023 By Leave a Comment
Kalgoorlie Miner 17 July 1942, page 1 Boy Seriously Injured On Warburton Ranges Track – Laverton Ambulance on Long Trip About noon yesterday, the Laverton ambulance commenced a 200 miles trip each way along Warburton Ranges to attend to a boy seriously injured when run over by a tractor-trailer. The boy is John William Wade, […]
The Fight for the Ida H:
19/02/2022 By Leave a Comment
With thanks to Gary Cowans: Truth 16 February 1930, page 6 THE FIGHT FOR IDA H Who discovered the Ida H gold mine, twenty miles from Mount Margaret, in the State of West Australia? Who got the half-million sterling extracted from it? Whence was its name derived? Ask those questions of old Dick (Richard) Heaphy […]
Too Late to Say Goodbye – grave tales
26/09/2020 By Leave a Comment
Fri 17th Jul 1942 Kalgoorlie Miner BOY SERIOUSLY INJURED On Warburton Ranges Track – LAVERTON AMBULANCE LONG TRIP About noon yesterday the Laverton ambulance commenced a 200 miles trip each way along Warburton Ranges to attend a boy seriously injured when run over by a tractor trailer. The boy is John Wade, a 13 year old […]
Deaths in the early days of Mt Margaret:
22/02/2020 By 2 Comments
I have just completed the following project on the early deaths in the Mount Margaret Registry District. These deaths are not the very first recorded for the cemeteries in this area but are the first from when the registry district opened an office in Leonora and started registering deaths in 1897. Prior to this deaths […]
