Outback Graves Markers

Blanche Louise CLIMIE (more)

Cause of Death: Haemorrhage

The deceased had relatives in New Zealand and New South Wales. Blanche died of haemorrhage from a rupture following an operation. Deceased lived in South Australia for 2 years before coming to Western Australia.

Frank Thomas COURTENAY (more)

Cause of Death: Senile decay

He was buried with his wife Mary Courtenay, who died in 1912. The deceased had lived in Victoria for 27 years before moving to Western Australia.

Mary COURTENAY (more)

Cause of Death: Heart Failure

Frank Courtenay died the year after his wife. Mary apparently died of cardiac 'disintegration' and senility.

Mary Ann DOLAN (more)

Cause of Death: Tuberculosis of the throat

Buried in the Roman Catholic portion of the Malcolm Cemetery. The deceased had lived in Victoria for 27 years before moving to Western Australia. Miss Dolan had been suffering from the complaint for about two months. Her sister, Margaret, also a nurse, came from Kalgoorlie to remove her but she was too ill to be moved. She had been in charge of the Malcolm Hospital for some time.

Thomas DOYLE (more)

Cause of Death: Senile decay

The deceased had lived in Victoria and South Australia for 40 years before moving to Western Australia.

Kenneth Lavington GLYDE (more)

Cause of Death: Suicide by Revolver

Kenneth Lavington married to Clara Ratcliff, widow of the late James Ratcliff, of Oakdene, Clapham Park, London SW, and niece of the late Sir Matthew Harris, of Brighton, Sussex, England. They were married at the bride's residence, in Northam.

Alice HARRIS (more)

Cause of Death: Alcoholism

Deceased lived in Queensland for 33 years before moving to Western Australia.

Samuel Knight HAWKEY (more)

Cause of Death: Heart Failure

Deceased for some time past had been working at Pig Well but arrived in Malcolm about a week prior to his demise. On Monday he complained of feeling ill and was conveyed to the hospital but expired immediately after admission, the cause of death being infarction of the heart. Samuel had emigrated from the UK with his mother and four siblings in 1866, at the age of 12. He was 24 when he married an old family friend, Mary Susan, a widow aged 41, with four surviving children from a total of nine. The couple had a son of their own the following year and then moved to Queensland, where the child died, aged 10 years, on 22 December 1888. Samuel and Mary Susan moved to Western Australia by 1900, where, on 2 December 1901, Samuel was granted a publican's general licence for the well-known Marvel Bar Hotel, Bayley Street, Coolgardie. At the same time, he sought to sell his Elvira lease (near Red Bluff Hotel), described as a splendid five-roomed iron house, together with furniture and effects. A series of family events took over when Samuel's father died at Clunes, Victoria, in 1908, aged 84 years and his mother died in Victoria in 1909, aged 80 years. In 1910 he applied for a gold mining lease. His wife, Mary Susan, died 13 November 1911 at the Claremont Mental Asylum, aged about 75 years.

Agnes HENSON (more)

Cause of Death: Typhoid Fever

Buried by JC Semken and FJ Tyler (Roman Catholic) at Mt Malcolm. NOTE: "The Forgotten Pioneers of the Eastern Goldfields" compiled by Harry Joseph Argus has her buried in the No 2 Malcolm Cemetery.

Infant Male KEEGAN (more)

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Sydney Lawrence KEEGAN (more)

Cause of Death: Pneumonia

The infant died after a short illness. The extreme beat was seen to have been a contributory factor responsible for the child's death. His parents were married in Victoria in 1886 (Marriage Reg.No.2433/1866).

Joseph Archibald MACLAREN (more)

Cause of Death: Syncope supervening on enteric fever

Maclaren was well-known and highly respected in the district, leaving a young widow and infant. He left an estate valued at £701 10s to his widow. He had lived in Victoria for 26 years before moving to Western Australia. The informant of his death was Joanna Woods, his sister-in-law.

Albert Edward MEDLAND (more)

Cause of Death: Respiratory Failure

Alias Albert Edwards. In 1905, the West Australian reported: "A prospector, named Albert Medland, who had been staying in Kalgoorlie for the past few weeks, has been reported to the police as missing. Medland occupied a room at the Royal Hotel, and last Sunday night he visited friends at a house in Dugan-street. He left there to return to the hotel, but did not reach his destination and he has neither been seen or heard of since." Then, in June, 1907, the following item appeared in the Coolgardie Miner: "Claud Burke (14) and Albert Edward Medland alias Albert Edwards (aged 36) are advertised in the "Government Gazette" as missing friends." Medland had lived in Queensland for 36 years before arriving in Western Australia.

Jeremiah MORAN (more)

Cause of Death: Mining Accident -Crushed in a Skip

Aka Jerry A miner who was crushed in a skip at the Butterfly Mine on 17 June, Tampa, receiving serious internal injuries died the following day in the Malcolm Hospital. Following the inquiry into his death, the jury returned a verdict that the deceased met his death through an accident at the Golden Butterfly mine, and that there was no blame attaching to any person. His widow subsequently lost a claim for compensation when the company stated that the injury to the deceased was not caused by the accident arising out of and in the course of his employment, and that the injury was attributable to his serious wilful misconduct. The deceased lived in Victoria for 47 years before moving to Western Australia.

Giovanni NELLA (more)

Cause of Death: Premature Explosion

Alias John Nella was employed at the North Star Mine working between the 3rd and 4th level in a stope. He said it must have been a bad piece of fuse because he lit two charges. When he lit the second, the first one exploded. His workmate went back to Nella and found him lying in the stope just under the face with his clothes blown off. He was injured about the legs. Nella was conveyed to the surface and then to hospital. An operation was conducted on the day following the accident and although he rallied somewhat for a time, he gradually sank and passed away. Nella had been employed there for a considerable period and was considered to be a careful and practical miner.