by Moya | Aug 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
This wonderful photograph was given to me by he relative Bev Rowbottam. George was a prospector and was killed on thew 27th July 1899 at the Catherwood GM near Coolgardie:- There is a very sad and poniente story that goes with this lovely photo. It shows a young man...
by Moya | Aug 6, 2017 | Blogs
While recently doing some research on the Lawlers Cemetery I came across the following accident which has not been included on the Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial or on the WAVMM. There is a particularly sad story with this death which I will relate:- The Truth, 4...
by Moya | Aug 4, 2017 | Blogs, Uncategorized
The Sons of Gwalia GM near Leonora has the unenviable position as having more deaths per number of miners than any other gold mine in Western Australia. This article shows that only a few years into production (May 1901) it was already proving a dangerous place to...
by Moya | Aug 2, 2017 | Uncategorized
West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 – 1954), Tuesday 20 October 1903, page 5 THE QUEENSLAND MENZIES EXPLOSION. THE CHARGE AGAINST LANGE AND McCANN. LANGE COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. Menzies, October 19. In the Menzies Police Court this morning, James McCann and...
by Moya | Jul 29, 2017 | Blogs
Herbyne Wakeford Turrell was only 38yrs of age when he was struck by a descending cage on the 21st July 1939. He was killed on the Great Boulder Mine. Herbyne was born in Boulder in 1902 to William Wakeford Turrell and Rosie nee Bennetts. He had a younger...
by Moya | Jul 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
Every person on the WAVMM has their own story but the families who are left behind also have their story to tell. I was recently sent in the following by Julie Knott on the 20th anniversary of the death of her husband, Raymond John Knott, in a mine accident. To...
by Moya | Jun 25, 2017 | Uncategorized
George Butters Sayer, age 28yrs, Occ Cynadie Hand, Died 27 Jan 1908 at the Hainault GM, Boulder. He had a wife and small child, Mrs Lilla Rushall SAYER nee SMITH. They were married in Boulder in 1905 and their daughter, Marjorie, was born in Boulder in 1906. George...
by Moya | Jun 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
Coolgardie Miner Saturday 23 June 1894, page 5 He Threw a Seven – by Smiler Hales He came to Coolgardie among the first army of gold seekers who invaded this State, intent on burgling nature’s treasure chest. He was only one of the gallant band of...
by Moya | May 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
Morwell Advertiser (Morwell, Vic. : 1888 – 1954) , Friday 22 September 1911, page 3 FATAL MINE ACCIDENT DEATH OF MR GEORGE MURDOCH We regret to learn of the death of Mr, George Murdoch, second son of Mr William Murdoch, for many years a resident of Morwell, Vic...
by Moya | May 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
On the 1st March 2014 a dedication ceremony was held for the Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial to commemorate its opening. It was held in front of the memorial at the West Australian Museum Kalgoorlie-Boulder. Present at the ceremony were the following relatives of...
