Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette, 12 October 1905
Robert SLOANE
Age at Death59
Date Of Death10 October 1905 : Reg 1582/1905.
Place Of BirthTyrone, Galway, Ireland
OccupationMine owner
Spouse's NameJanet Richardson HOPE
ChildrenEight children - Alberta Florence - Elsie - Walter - Lillian - Arthur - Rose - Alice - Robert
Mount Magnet Miner, 14 Oct 1905
Gum Creek Cemetery, Western Australia - Photo Ancestry.com
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
North Cardigan GM, Gum Creek, Murchison, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
According to the report of the State Mining Engineer (1905), Sloane was killed by a fall of earth.
Place Of Burial
Gum Creek Cemetery, Western Australia about the 309 mile peg on the west side of the Rabbit Proof Fence (approc 600 meters from the fence line) in the Gum Creek Cemetery on the Murchison Station.
Submitted by
David McMillan - Volunteer
MSW
Married
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
Robert SLOANE
Mother
Mary FLEMMING
Place of marriage
Victoria. 1865
Other Information
Sloane, Robert. "Western Australian Lonely Graves & Burials at Sea Vol Three M-T. (2017) Coate, Yvonne & Kevin. Hesperian Press. Page 858.
Mt Margaret Western Australia Legislative Assembly Electoral Roll 1904: SLOANE Robert M
Kathleen is an abandoned townsite in the East Murchison Goldfield, located about 50 km north of Leinster. Gold was discovered in the area in 1897, and a townsite was gazetted in 1900. Locals originally referred to the place as Kathleen Valley, as the original gold find was in a valley. When the townsite was gazetted, the Inspector of Plans in the Department of Lands and Surveys thought the name incongruous and dropped the "Valley" from the name. It is not known who "Kathleen" was.
