Outback Graves Markers

Agnes Ann HOLLAND

Burial Location:Coolgardie Pioneer Cemetery  (details...)
Place of Death: Coolgardie
Date of Death: 07 May 1894
Date of Burial:08 May 1894
Age:21 years
Cause of Death:Typhoid
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Biography

Mrs Holland was the first European women to die in the Coolgardie area. Captain Beasley, of the Salvation Army, conducted the burial service on the Tuesday. Her husband, born in the colony, was an experienced bushman. In 1893, he took up the challenge to find a feasible route between Broomehill and Coolgardie, one which could be used immediately by horse-drawn conveyances. He and three other local men completed the cutting of a cart track of over 500 kms in just two months and four days. That track is still in extensive use today - but mostly for recreational purposes. Her husband died on 8 November 1936 at the Government Hospital, Coolgardie, and is buried with his wife in the Pioneer Cemetery.
Parents:Elizabeth (nee PIGGOT) and Henry ADAMS
Spouse:Richard John HOLLAND
Marriage Details:1891, Albany (Marriage Reg.No.17/1891)
Children:Emily Louisa (Birth Reg.No.392/1892; District Albany)
Birth Details:1873, Perembup, WA; Birth Reg.No.15040/1873; district Perembup
Death Certificate:431/1894
Comments:The memorial plaque at the Coolgardie Pioneer Cemetery lists her age as 25,. She was born in 1873 and died in 1894. The plaque has been made to reflect the date on the memorial stone.