Outback Graves Markers

Nellie Irene (SCOTT) NEELANDS (more)

Cause of Death: Childbirth

The deceased lady is buried in the Methodist portion of the cemetery, plot number 14. Mrs Neelands collapsed after giving birth to a child, which still lives. She was a bright young woman with a large circle of friends. The child was named Nellie Irene in honour of her mother. Nellie was the oldest of six children, being 2 girls and 4 boys.

Dingo NO SURNAME (more)

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The deceased is buried in plot number 4 in the Aboriginal portion of the cemetery.

Jennie A NO SURNAME (more)

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Alias Granny. The deceased is buried in plot number 5 of the Aboriginal portion of the cemetery.

Peter NO SURNAME (more)

Cause of Death:

The Mining Registrar at Sandstone wrote to the Chief Protector of Aborigines, Colonial Secretary's Department for Aborigines and Fisheries, advising that the undertaker had advised there was no contract and requesting that he authorise burial at a cost of £6.

Tharra NO SURNAME (more)

Cause of Death: Burned by clothes catching on fire

Alias Biddy. The deceased died some time in September 1912. She had been severely burned at a natives' camp about 25 miles south-west of Sandstone. When Constable Robertson went out to make inquiries, he found that the unfortunate woman had been badly burned about the lower part of the body. The burning was caused by her clothes catching on fire while asleep near a fire. When she discovered herself to be on fire, she made off through the bush and it was some time before the others from the camp were able to render her any assistance. Constable Robertson brought the woman into Sandstone where she was treated at the local hospital but she died as a result of her injuries. A coronial inquiry was held into her death. Her name was made known late in September.

Mary Jane (PORTER) NOSKE (more)

Cause of Death: Nephritis Uraemia

Mrs Noske had apparently been in "indifferent health" for quite some time. Mary Jane was the second of two children born in New South Wales. Her mother, too, died aged 35 years. Mary Jane left an estate of £90 to her husband. She is buried in plot number 6 of the Church of England portion of the cemetery.

George E OLIPHANT (more)

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The child is buried in the non-conformist section of the cemetery, plot number 5. The child's parents were born in Boulder in 1908 (Marriage Reg.No.11/1908 Boulder). Sadly, John Douglas passed away in 1917 after contracting phthisis about 1915. He left a widow and three children, the deceased's surviving siblings, who were Douglas (Birth Reg. No. 139/1911 Boulder), George (Birth Reg.No.293/1913 Boulder) and Jean (Birth Reg.No.142 / 1913 Claremont).

John PARK (more)

Cause of Death: Unknown

The deceased is buried in the Non-Conformist portion of the cemetery, plot number 20.

John Thomas PASCOE (more)

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Known as Jack The deceased is buried in the Methodist portion of the cemetery. Siblings - Eliza Jane (deceased before 1944); Lydia (South Africa); Zipporah (deceased before 1944); Annie, Lloyd; Will; Hilda and Agnes. Newspaper has date of death as 2 June 1944.

Eric PAULL (more)

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Mr Paull is buried in the Methodist portion of the cemetery, in plot number 22. His mother was born in Coolup, Western Australia, in 1898 and her son was born in 1917. In 1926, she married George Baden-Powell. It is not known whether he is the father of the deceased.

Sydney Montgomery PEARSON (more)

Cause of Death: Typhoid fever

The deceased is buried in the non-conformist section of the cemetery, plot number 6.

Elizabeth (WILSON) PIERCE (more)

Cause of Death: Paralysis and stroke

Mrs Pierce was discharged from Perth Public Hospital some months previously, with no hope being held out for her, though it was stated that a change to a warmer climate might be beneficial. Her son took her to Sandstone but after being there a short time, she had a seizure, resulting in her left side being paralysed. She was admitted to the hospital and in July she appeared to improve, regaining the partial use of her leg. She appeared to be making improvement when she suffered another stroke on the Wednesday and passed away. The late Mr. W. B. and Mrs. Pierce were pioneers of Mt Magnet and, with their daughter and son, were well-known residents of Mt. Magnet over a quarter of a century ago. Mr. Pierce was at that time a member of the firm of Pierce, Goble and Salmon, proprietors of the Mt. Magnet Hotel in its palmy days when it was considered the leading hotel there. When Nunngarra broke out the family left Mt. Magnet for the new field, and Mr. Pierce died there 6 October 1903. Since that time, Mrs Pierce and her son resided in the Sandstone district. Elizabeth is buried in the Church of England section of the cemetery, in plot number 35.

William PIERCE (more)

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Mr Pierce died at his post at the State Battery whilst assisting the interests of Messrs Fisher and Parkinson's crushing. Mr Pierce spent most of his life prospecting in Sandstone. He was also a returned soldier from the last war. Service No 3444 11th Battalion AIF He was laid to rest in the same grave as that of his mother, Elizabeth, whom he buried approximately 22 years before. Elizabeth died of paralysis and stroke in 1923. She was 71 years of age. The mother and son rest in the Church of England portion of the Sandstone Cemetery, in plot number 35.

George Franklin PIKE (more)

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Deceased was ill for about three weeks prior to his death. He was one of the "old hands", being one of the first at the "Old Town" and consequently when that place went down, tried his luck at Sandstone. He was admitted to the hospital on the 11th but in spite of every care and attention, gradually grew worse and died on the 20th. George's parents were married in England and arrived in Australia on 2 October 1855 with his older brother, Alfred, who was born in April 1855.

John PITMAN (more)

Cause of Death: Cancer

The deceased is buried in the non-conformist section of the cemetery, plot number 9.