As often happened in the early days, the first site considered for a cemetery ground became unsuitable usually because of things such as proximity to the living areas or water supply or perhaps the ground was too hard to dig. This happened at Wiluna, and after less than five years of use and 20 burials, it was decided to re-gazette the current cemetery ground which was further away from the township.
Wiluna Pioneer Cemetery
Dec 1898 to May 1903
Coordinates: -26.60696 – 120.22075
Wiluna Pioneer Cemetery Sign – Photo Find a Grave
With lonely old graves where departed souls sleep,
Where a merciful god a vigil must keep
Till the trumpet is heard on that final last day
Let us never disturb them, just leave them that way.
CARSON Samuel – d 16 May 1901, 60 years, at Wiluna, Occ: Prospector, Cause: Pneumonia, Born: Ireland, Reg: 1528/1901, Buried Wiluna Pioneer Cemetery.
Samuel Carson – Plaque by outbackgraves.org
FITZPATRICK Hazel Gwendoline – d 11 Jul 1903, 2 months, at Wiluna, Father: Patrick Walter FITZPATRICK, Mother: Kate NOONAN, Reg: 1620/1903, Buried Wiluna Pioneer Cemetery.
Hazel Fitzpatrick – Plaque by outbackgrave.org
FITZPATRICK William Francis – d 1 Feb 1903, 1 year, at Wiluna, Father: Patrick Walter FITZPATRICK, Mother: Kate NOONAN, Reg: 1610/1903, Buried Wiluna Pioneer Cemetery
GAFFNEY Claude Walter – d 31 Oct 1900, 17 months, at Lakeway, Father: Walter Prior GAFFNEY, Mother: Amy Blanche SMITH, Born: Elsternwick, Glen Eira City, Victoria in 1899, Reg: 1408/1900, Buried Wiluna Pioneer Cemetery.
Claude Gaffney – Plaque by outbackgraves.org
GREEN Albert Arthur – d 14 Jan 1902, 24 years, at Wiluna, Cause: Typhoid, Father: John GREEN, Mother Eleanor GRAY, Born: Rosedale, Wellington Shire, Victoria in 1877, Reg: 1666/1902, Buried Wiluna Pioneer Cemetery.
Albert Green – Plaque by outbackgraves.org
HOWARD Thomas Patrick ‘Tom’ – d 12 Apr 1903, 31 years, at Lakeway, Cause: Blood Poisoning, Father: Thomas HOWARD, Mother: Catherine LEE, Born: 7 Jul 1871 in Nambour, Queensland, Reg: 1616/1903, Buried Wiluna Pioneer Cemetery.
Thomas Howard – Photo Find a Grave – Boer War -Boxer Rebellion, Private, SN 215, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry,
Thomas Howard
KEWLEY Arthur Nicholas – d 30 Oct 1899, 31 years, at Wiluna, Occ: Tinsmith, Father: William Henry KEWLEY, Mother: Jane Agnes JOUGHIN, Single, Born: in 1867 in Beaufort, Pyrenees Shire, Victoria, Reg: 1372/1899, Buried Wiluna Pioneer Cemetery.
Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette 9 November 1899, page 2 – Lakeway
On Monday October, 30th, Mr Arthur Nicholas Kewley, aged 33, died from consumption. Mr. Kewley was a recent arrival, being only two months on the field, and during that time he was staying with his sister, Mrs. A. Ireland, who attended to him. Mr. Kewley was well known in Fremantle and Northam. In the latter place, he was in business as a tinsmith. He took a great interest in sport and gained the esteem of those with whom he came into contact. The funeral, which took place on Tuesday, was largely attended. Lake Way has a record, as this is only the second death since the place was first formed.
Western Mail 11 August 1938, page 11
Arthur Kewley – Plaque by outbackgraves.org
MAHONEY William – d 7 May 1903, 36 years, at Wiluna, Father: James MAHONEY, Mother: Catherine CANNY, Born: 1867 at Kapunda, South Australia, Reg: 1619/1903, Buried Wiluna Pioneer Cemetery. (Last Burial)
MCCOLL unnamed male – d 3 Dec 1901, Cause: Stillborn, Father: Hugh MCCOLL, Mother: Elena Anna PURTILL, at Wiluna, Reg: 1662/1902, Buried Wiluna Pioneer Cemetery.
MCCOLL Elena Anna – d 6 Dec 1901, 33 years, at Wiluna, Father: Thomas PURTILL, Mother: Ellen MCNAMARA, Born: 1868 in Ennis, County Clare, Ireland, Married to Hugh MCCOLL, Reg: 1663/1901, Buried Wiluna Pioneer Cemetery.
Elena McCOLL – Plaque by outbackgraves.org
MCKENZIE Robert – d 30 Nov 1901, 46 years, In the bush about 22 miles North of New England, Cause: Died of thirst, Born: in 1854, Scotland, Reg: 1673/1902, Buried Wiluna Pioneer Cemetery.
Robert McKenzie – Plaque by outbackgraves.org
MERCHANT Herbert George William ‘Albert’ – d 22 Nov 1902, 27 years, at Wiluna, Father: Thomas MERCHANT, Mother: Sarah Jane HOOTON, Born: 17 Oct 1875 at Four Mile Creek, Cabonne Shire, New South Wales, Reg: 1676/1902, Buried Wiluna Pioneer Cemetery
MORRISON John Alexander ‘Jack’ – d 24 Apr 1903, 41 years, at Wiluna, Cause: Typhoid, Father: Alexander ‘Sandy’ MORRISON, Mother: Margaret ‘Mary’ MCPHERSON, Married to Catherine Agnes O’BRIEN in 1889 Victoria, Born: 1862 in Yan Yean, Whittlesea City, Victoria, Five Children, Reg: 1617/1903, Buried Wiluna Pioneer Cemetery.
John and Catherine Morrison – Photo Find a Grave
OWENS Richard – d 4 Jan 1903, 32 years, at Wiluna, Occ: Miner, Born: Amlwch, Isle of Anglesey, Wales, Reg: 1607/1903, Buried Wiluna Pioneer Cemetery.
Richard Owens – Plaque by outbackgraves.org
QUINLAN Thomas – b 12 Jan 1903, 36 years, at Wiluna, Cause: Typhoid, Born: 1866 in Victoria, Reg: 1608/1903, Buried Wiluna Pioneer Cemetery.
Thomas Quinlan- Plaque by outbackgraves.org
SMITH William George – b 19 Dec 1898, 24 years, at Lakeway, Cause: Fall from a dray, Father George SMITH, Born: 1874 in Whittlesea City, Victoria, Reg: 1579/1898, Buried Wiluna Pioneer Cemetery. (First Burial)
SVICAROVICH Visko – d 3 Feb 1903, 16yrs, at Wiluna, Occ: Labourer, Cause: Intussusception, Syncope, blockage of the bowel, Father: Dominic SVICAROVICH (Farmer), Mother: Katie CILK, Born: Dalmatia, Austria, in WA 1 month, death registered by Anton SVICAROVICH (Brother), Reg 5/1903 East Murchison, RC, Buried Wiluna Pioneer Cemetery.
WILKS Ivy Iris – d 8 Feb 1903, 3 weeks, Father: Alfred WILKS, Mother: Elizabeth SAUNDERS, Reg: 1612/1903, at Wiluna, Buried Wiluna Pioneer Cemetery
WILLIAMS William Watkin – b 29 July 1901, 51 years, at Wiluna, Cause: Congestion of lungs and heart disease, Born: 1850 Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, Buried Wiluna Pioneer Cemetery.
William W Williams – Plaque by outbackgraves.org
WILSON Archibald Balantine – d 22 May 1901, 65 years, at Wiluna, AKA Archibald Wilson Balantine, Occ: Auctioneer and Newsagent, Cause: Suicide by severing artery in arm with a razor, Born: 1836 in Scotland, Reg: 1529/1901, Buried Wiluna Pioneer Cemetery
Archibald Wilson – Plaque by outbackgrave.org
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