Outback Graves Markers

William Henry DOWNARD

Burial Location:Barrambie  (details...)
Occupation: Prospector, Miner, Labourer
Place of Death: Old Barrambie Gold Mine, near Sandstone
Date of Death: 22 September 1923
Age:About 54 years
Cause of Death:Fall of stone
OGM Ref#: 0980
Monument Style: Piece of tin with name on it
REF 0980 WILLIAM HENRY DOWNARD - COGLA BARRAMBIE

REF 0980 WILLIAM HENRY DOWNARD - COGLA BARRAMBIE

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REF 0980 WILLAM HENRY DOWNARD COGLA BARRUMBIE

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COGLA BARRAMBIE CEMETERY

Biography

Downard was a groom at the Black Range Gold Mine. He drove the ambulance which took William Liddell to hospital following that accident. Liddell's story appears on this website. In April 1900,William Downard, was "bushed" while horse hunting in the Nullagine district. Constable Phillips discovered him alive and well towards the end of April, about 24 miles north of Nullagine. This time, he wasn't so lucky. He was killed in a fall of earth at the Old Barrambie Gold Mine. He is buried in the Barrambie Cemetery on the Colga Road near Sandstone.
Birth Details:Circa 1869, England (Possibly Warwickshire or Leicestershire,1970)
Death Certificate:3/1923, Black Range