Tuckanarra Cemetery -AKA Cork Tree Flat
Coordinates: -27.10872, 118.09445
41kms north of Cue Karbar Station
13 Burials – 7 children – 4 women
Deserted now, no more your stirred
by those in quest of gold.
Now you’re but a memory blurred
of what you were of old.
Yet, though the camp in silence sleeps,
Except for songs of birds
There’s language in your silent heaps
More eloquent than words ……..
BARLOW unnamed male – d 28 Oct 1900, at Tuckanarra, Father: George Fortescue BARLOW (Hotel Keeper/Miner), Mother: Mary BRODERICK, Reg 1396/1900, buried Tuckanarra Cemetery.
DAWSON Alice – d 1908, 31yrs, near Tuckanarra, Father: George HARDY, Mother: Faith WALLIS, Reg Murchison 9/1908, possibly buried Tuckanarra Cemetery.
DE LACY Thomas Corbett – d 6 Sep 1902, 37yrs, at Tuckanarra, Cause: Pneumonia, Occ: Miner/ Wine and Beer Saloon Keeper, Father: Thomas Corbett De Lacy, Mother: Marion DELORAINE, Born: Bendigo VIC 1865, Reg 1638/1902, buried Tuckanarra Cemetery.
RYAN Cathleen – d 25 May 1900, 3 months, at the Trilby GM, Tuckanarra, Cause: Cardiac failure, Father: Alfred Patrick RYAN, Mother: Eliza FOX, Reg 1367/1900, buried Tuckanarra Cemetery.
GUISE Nikki Lenore – d Feb 1998, 44yrs, at Tuckanarra, Born 10 Dec 1953 in Perth WA, in Perth WA, Father: John Nicholas Guise, Mother: Valerie Ada Parker, Died 2 Feb 1998, WA, Buried at Tuckanarra Cemetery.
Nikki Lenore GUISE – Photo Find a Grave
O’LEARY Arthur James – d 1910, 3 months, at Tuckanarra, Father: Arthur O’LEARY, Mother: Kate FLANIGAN, Reg Murchison 40/1910, ‘possibly’ buried Tuckanarra Cemetery.
SLAVIN unnamed female – d 27 May 1903, 3hrs, Cause: Heart failure, Father: James SLAVIN, Mother: Julia CULLUTON, Reg 1572/1903, buried Tuckanarra Cemetery.
TRENFIELD unnamed male – d 27 Jun 1901, Father: John TRENFIELD Mother: Elizabeth Amy WILMOT, Reg 1487/1901, buried Tuckanarra Cemetery.
THROSSELL Violet Agnes – d 5 Sep 1900, 5 months, born at Day Dawn, Father: Henry THROSSELL, Mother: Catherine EDWARD, Reg 1388/1900, buried Tuckanarra Cemetery.
VINE Elizabeth Florance – d 1 Apr 1900, 26yrs, at Trilby GM, Tuckanarra, Cause: Childbirth, Father Hugh STRUTHERS, Mother: Elizabeth Florance DALTON, Married to Andrew VINE in 1896 Perth WA, Born: 2 Oct 1873 at Bridgeton, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland, Children: James Andrew born 1897, Helen Paris born 1898, Reg 1351/1900, buried Tuckanarra Cemetery.
Vine – Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette 19 April 1900
WELLS Gwendoline May – d 6 Jan 1907, 10 months, Born and died at Cork Tree Flat near Tuckanarra. Father: Henry WELLS, Mother: Alice Dunstone MARRIOTT, Reg 3/1907 Murchison, buried Tuckanarra Cemetery.
WELLS Henry ‘Harry’ – d 11 May 1918, 68yrs, Occ: Prospector/Hotel Keeper, Cause: Heart Failure, Father: Robert Newman WELLS, Mother: Harriet SMITH, Married to Alice Dunstone MARRIOTT in Cork Tree in Jul 1900, Children: Emily Grace born 1900, Francis Henry Arthur born 1902, Born: London England on 22 Nov 1849, Reg 18/1918 Murchison, buried Tuckanarra Cemetery.
Harry Wells outside his Cork Tree Hotel- Photo Ancestry.com
Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette (Cue, WA : 1894 – 1925), Friday 17 May 1918, page 2
The Old Brigade – SUDDEN DEATH AT TUCKANARRA
On Monday, the Cue Police received a telephone message from Mrs. Searle at Tuckanarra, stating that Mr. Harry Wells, an old well-known identity, had been found dead in his bed on Sunday, Constables Ryan and Pollit, with Dr. Clarke, motored to Tuckanarra, where the deceased was found lying face downward on his bed. On examination it was found that death, which appeared to be from natural causes, must have taken place on Saturday as the body was in a bad state through decomposition. An order for burial was given, and the body was buried in the Tuckanarra cemetery by the police. Harry Wells was identified with the locality for over 30 years, being amongst the early residents, when it was known as Cork Tree, and he had a fair amount of luck at times, although lately fortune did not shine upon him. Deceased was about 70 years of age.
WYATT Rose Catherine Jane – d 3 Nov 1949, 53yrs, at Meekatharra, Father: Thomas BOOTA, Mother: Elizabeth MASON, Born: 8 Mar 1896 at Rose Valley, Dandaragan, Western Australia, Married to Frederick William WYATT on 7 Jan 1918 in Perth WA, Children: Frederick Keith born 1922, Percy born 1924, Jean Marian born 1925, Donald George born 1928, David Gordon born 1930, Malcolm Frederick born 1934, Reg 31/1949 Murchison, buried Tuckanarra Cemetery. Headstone
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Hi that has filed in some gaps really interesting
Thanks Chris