There are 11 known burials in the Yundamindera Cemetery (The Granites) 29°07.58’s 122°02.97’E
9 of natural causes and 2 suicides. The first burial is of John Joyce, known as Laurence Joyce on 11 Jul 1900 and the last was of John HALES 29 Mar 1923.
Yundamindra Cemetery, unidentified graves
ANDERSON Alfred, d 9 May 1903, at the Bulletin Hotel, Yundamindera, witnesses present at burial were B Webb and Alexander Hamilton, Occ:-Jockey Cause:- Asthma and Consumption, Buried Yundamindra Cemetery
CORMACK Madeline Clifford, d 3 Dec 1908, Peer Street, Yundamindra, Infant 6mths, Cause:- Typhoid, Father:- James CORMACK (Prospector) Mother:- Juliet Ceila CLIFFORD, Born at Yundamindera, Reg:- 39/1908 North Coolgardie, Buried Yundamindera Cemetery
CROWLEY Jeremiah John, d 3 Jul 1901, Cause:- Explosion of dynamite by his own hand, Verdict of the Coroner, Occ:- Miner, age 31, Reg:- 4/1902 North Coolgardie, Buried Yundamindera Cemetery.
Quite a gloom was cast over our little community at the latter end of last week when the news became public that Jeremiah Crowley—an old hand here— had committed suicide by blowing off his head with dynamite. No other cause can be assigned for the deed than that deceased’s mind was deranged. From particulars gleaned from his intimate acquaintances it seems that he had meditated the deed for some time, but no one had any suspicion that the threats he had made to do away with himself had any serious meaning attached to them.
Deceased, who was in the employ of the Pendinnie Gold Mining Company, went to work as usual last Wednesday, and did not return to the place he was boarding at, Mr Webb’s hotel. Not having turned up on Thursday a search party was formed, and the body with the head blown completely away, was found about half way between his work and the town. The hands were also frightfully shattered, as if deceased had held them up to his face after placing the dynamite in his mouth. The body was quickly removed to Mr Webb’s hotel, where it lay until the police arrived. An inquiry was held on Saturday, and a verdict of suicide was recorded. The funeral on Saturday afternoon was largely attended, four of deceased’s mates acting as pall bearers. Mr J. P. Flynn read the burial service, and the coffin, which was nicely decorated with wreaths of white everlasting flowers, was laid in its last resting-place.
GALLAHER Unnamed child, d 23 Apr 1903, Cause: Stillborn, Father:- Thomas GALLAHER (Miner) Mother:- Hannah Maria McCARTHY, Buried Yundamindera Cemetery.
GALLAHER Unnamed female, d 9 Sep 1905, Cause: Stillborn, d 24 Mar 1903, Father:- Thomas GALLAHER (Miner) Mother:- Hannah Maria McCARTHY, Buried Yundamindera Cemetery.
GILLARD William Edgar, d 24 Nov 1906, at Murrin Murrin, age 30, Occ:-Blacksmith, Married to Ethyl May HILL at Kookynie WA at age 30yrs, Children:- William Robert and David Michael, Reg Mt Margaret 70/1906, Buried Yundamindera Cemetery
GORDON John d 31 Oct 1901, At Yundamindra, Child age 7 ½ yrs, Cause:- Pneumonia, Father:- Duncan GORDON, Mother:- Christina WALLACE, Born Croyden QLD, In WA 7yrs 3 mths, Reg 52/1901 North Coolgardie, Buried Yundamindera Cemetery.
HALES John, d on or about the 29th Mar 1923, In bush near Yundamindra, Occ:- Miner, 51yrs, Cause:- Wound in throat apparently self inflicted, Verdict of the Coroner, born Willow Tree, NSW, In NSW 25yrs, In WA 26yrs, buried in the Anglican section Yundamindera Cemetery
HILL Margaret, d 14 Oct 1901, at Yundamindra, Housewife, 46yrs, Cause: Consumption and Phthisis, Father:- Hugh ROBERTS (Sea Captain) Mother:- Harriet BOYCE, Born South Melbourne VIC, Married William Samuel HILL at the age of 22yrs, In WA 2yrs, Children:- Beatrice Harriet 19yrs, Ethel May 16yrs, Leslie Lewis 13yrs, Elsie Margaret 10yrs, 5 males deceased, Reg 53/1901 North Coolgardie, Buried Yundamindera Cemetery.
JOYCE John (known as Lawrence JOYCE) d 11 Jul 1900, 38 yrs, Occ:- Miner, Cause:- Heart disease at the Boer GM, The Granites. Born Liverpool England, Single, in WA 5 yrs. Reg :-North Coolgardie 44/1900, Buried Yundamindera Cemetery.
ROGERS Albert Patrick Deeble, d 4 Feb 1902 at Pennyweight, Pendinnie, Occ:- Miner, 22yrs, at Siberia of found dead of unknown cause, Born Augusta SA, In SA 14yrs, In WA 8yrs, Reg 25/1902 North Coolgardie, Buried Yundamindera Cemetery.
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