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Cue Pioneer Cemeteries, Western Australia:

(Mount Murchison in 1897)

Cue (including Day Dawn) Cemeteries

A Brief History and List of Those Persons Known to be Laying At Rest There.

(Caution-This document contains names of deceased Aboriginal/Australian First Nations Peoples)

Australian First Nations Peoples.

For many years prior to European settlement, these people and their ancestors occupied that part of Western Australia currently generally known as the Murchison Region according to the traditions, culture and practices of their times. Whilst no precise borders are recorded, it is known that this area was occupied by those who spoke various languages including Badimaya, Kalaamaya, Kuwarra, Nana, Tjupany and Wangkatha (Wangai) at the time of settlement. They have continued to practice those cultures, practices and traditions after settlement according to their situation where possible.

These early traditions and practices included the ceremonial treatment of their deceased, the recording of those events in the traditional memorials of the time and in the memories of the individuals and  groups involved. Following settlement, WA State legislation made it a requirement for deceased people to be placed in more formal cemeteries, although this did not always happen for varying reasons for deceased people of both Aboriginal/First Nations and some other racial groups.

 The Early Days of Exploration of the Murchison and the establishment of the town of Cue.

Indications of the presence of gold were first discovered at a number of locations in the Murchison Region of Western Australia from around the year 1890 after earlier limited discoveries in the Kimberley and Pilbara regions. The first recorded discovery in the Murchison was made by John Connelly on the north east end of Annean Station towards Meekatharra.

By May 1892, reports were being received that some of the men in this area were almost starving for a short time due to the inability of relief supplies and water to reach them. By Sep of the same year, there were reportedly an estimated 300 to 400 men working in the area. Some deaths did occur over time in this local area, primarily due to lack of water and/or poor hygiene conditions.

Whilst there is some uncertainty as to who made the first gold find at the area, Michael Fitzgerald and Edward Heffernan are reported by Wikipedia as having collected some 260 ounces of gold there after being given a nugget by an Aboriginal/First Nations person known as "Governor". Mr Tom Cue then traveled to Nannine to register the claim for the site which was located some 620 km north east of Perth and it then become known unofficially as Cue’s Rush. The Cue town site was later gazetted in 1893 and was named after Mr. Tom Cue.

Despite the absence of formal records, the passing of the following people who were amongst those at Cue’s Rush in pursuit of the gold were mentioned in newspapers available in Cue’s Rush at the time

1.    Three deaths from Typhoid fever at Cue reported for the month in late Jun 1892 but no names provided. (Page 3 of The Australian Advertiser 27 Jun 1892).

2.     Five deaths from Typhoid fever reported at Cue for the month in late Oct 1892 but no names provided. (Page 29 of the Western Mail 29 Oct 1892).

3.    On 22 Sep 1892, Mr P Hogan who was travelling with teamster Murphy was accidentally shot and killed by Daniel Rainbow who was travelling with them. (Page 22 of the Western Mail 28 Oct 1892).

4.     During May/Jun 1894, various newspapers reported that many deaths had occurred due to Typhoid on the Murchison Goldfield at Cue’s Rush and mining sites close by such as Nannine, The Island, Dead Finish (Cuddingwarra), Four Mile and Mainland so far during that year. Deaths such as for Messrs WARRITT, HASTLING and COLLOIM at Cue WA are mentioned in newspapers but are not in the WA State Register of Deaths.

5.      Others of an unknown number who died from diseases such as Typhoid and/or misfortune including many Aboriginal/Australian First Nations people who had little natural resistance to various diseases such as Typhoid which were not here prior to settlement.

It is unclear where all deceased people were laid to rest during the period from 1892 to 1894 in what later became the town of Cue as little specific detail of these deaths exists for that period. This is because the Town of Cue was not gazetted until 21 Jun 1894. However, some of the early burials were known to have been made near the Kintore Quartz Blow plus what is now the Town Oval pavilion on Railway Street. However, it should be remembered that not all were necessarily placed at this site so there may be other sites in the area as well. The latter area was later at one time thought to be in the railway station reserve extension and some of those laying at rest in those graves were then shifted from that site to the first official cemetery near Cue Hill, now known as the old cemetery from 4 Nov 1898.

Shifting of some graves from the original site used as a Cemetery to the first official Cemetery near Cue Hill.

In Nov 1898, the graves of the following persons were shifted from the original site near the Railway Station and re-interred in what was then the official Cue/Day Dawn cemetery near Cue Hill to facilitate work for the local railway system. The limited information known of these people is as detailed below was given in regional newspapers during that month.

1.     HOGAN P – (Big Scotty AKA Scotty the Liar, AKA The Curley Headed Englishman). Accidentally shot by Daniel Rainbow in 1892.              Reg (no reg found)

2.     JACKSON Alf – Reg (no reg found)

3.     JUSTICE John – a youth, Reg (no reg found).

4.     LAMB Charles – Buried in his blankets 9 May 1892, he was the first known Typhoid death in Cue and was from                    Victoria  Reg (no reg found).

5.     McLOUGHLAN Andy – Reg (no reg found).

6.     MORGAN Ned – (AKA Democratic Morgan), died in Cue during Oct 1892 due to Typhoid fever, Reg (no reg found).

7.     PAYNE Charles – 32 yrs, died in Cue due suicide 1897. Reg 7/1897.

8.     POWER William  23yrs, he was from a location nearby known as The Island and died in Cue in Oct 1897 due Typhoid fever.  Reg                      2022/1897.

9.     PRENDERGAST Jack – (Excelsior Hotel Keeper at Champion Bay), died Cue in Jun 1892, Cause: Typhoid fever. Reg (no reg                          found).

Victorian Express, Geraldton - 17 Jun 1892, page 3.THE NANNINE GOLDFIELD. The Warden has returned to the camp after a three-week trip to the outlying diggings. Bad news comes from Cue's. The fever fiend has been around. I am truly sorry to note tdeath of poor Jack Prendergast, the genial host of the Excelsior Hotel. He was universally esteemed, and the news of his death will be received with sincere regret in the Champion Bay district. His brother, Charlie, was also prostrated, but has fortunately, made a recovery.

While on the unpleasant subject of this death, I must chronicle, with sorrow, the fact that the man was buried without even a whisky case coffin. Sown up in an old rag, the poor fellow was deposited in his last resting place on the Nannine Flats. It seems that this field boasts of but three carpenters. On this occasion, the usual requisition was made for a coffin. One carpenter was ill, one was away, and the third whose name is hereby duly immortalised — Thomas Jackson, either could not or would not make it. I lay the blame on no one, but facts are proverbially stubborn, and the fact remains, that these poor human remains, were shoved into the mullock heap, without the customary casing. Of the burial, witnessed by me, this is truly unique.”

10.  RAINBOW Daniel – 46yrs, d 4 Sep 1894, at Day Dawn due natural causes, Reg 872/1894.

The Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette 5 Sep 1894, page 3 states.SUDDEN DEATH OF A DRYBLOWER REDUCED TO A

PENNY AND A STAMP. VERDICT, NATURAL CAUSES.

An inquest was held yesterday at Day Dawn before Warden Dowley and a jury of three, concerning death of a miner named Daniel Rainbow, who was found dead beside his fire early the same morning. Will Streeter, whose evidence was corroborated by Charles Shires, deposed to finding the body of deceased soon after 6 a.m. of that day. It was lying on its face, which was much discoloured. He had last seen deceased about 7 p.m. today previous, when he seemed sober and in good spirits. Deceased had previously complained of pains in the back of the head. Dr Monteith said he had examined the body of deceased and found no marks of violence. He must have died very suddenly. Death seemed to have been caused by his head striking the ground, thereby producing rupture of a blood vessel in the brain, and probably rupture of brain substance, producing traumatic apoplexy. He considered it was a case of death from natural causes. The jury found a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence. Deceased, who was an undersized man, 5 feet 4 inches, with heavy brown moustache and goatee, is supposed to have come from somewhere near Wilcnnnia, N.S.W. The poor fellow was a drvblower, but evidently had met with no luck, as he had only a penny and a postage stamp, a pipe and some matches. As we would like to communicate with his relations, any of his old mates will oblige by sending us any particulars, in reference to his antecedents, which will be promptly attended to.
We have been informed that deceased accidentally shot a teamster named Hogan on the Murchison-Cue road, two years ago. The pair were fooling with a gun they thought it was not loaded—usual result! Hogan was shot through the heart and fell dead. Verdict—accidental death in this case. 

Creation of the First Official Cue Cemetery
now known as the Old Cemetery.
(located off the Cue-Wondinong road, near Cue Hill)

With the later gazettal of the town, a new cemetery near Cue Hill was later established in late 1894 and official burials commenced there shortly afterwards. The numbers of people who increased due to the higher numbers of people living in the area then known as Cue’s Rush plus others arriving from outlying areas seeking medical help, sometimes too late. This site was also found to suffer from difficulties in achieving a suitable burial depth and a new cemetery was opened on Cemetery Road, south of town, just off the highway on 01 Feb 1902.

Many of the original burials at Cue in the old cemetery had markers made of wood and have disappeared over time owing to the ravages of time, termites, and dry climate. The headstones which remain were made of more substantial materials are shown in the list below. 

Photos courtesy of Find a Grave

Known burials at the first official cemetery at Cue Hill now known as the Old Cemetery (reported in newspapers in 1908 as about 30 known with 8 monuments in evidence at that time) but not mentioning those referred to above transferred there in Nov of that year.

ABSOLOM William – 26yrs, 3 Dec 1894, at Cue/Day Dawn Hospital, Cause: Typhoid fever at a time when there were 15 such cases in the Cue Hospital, born in 1868, Reg 1106/1894, Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

AMERY Richard – 40yrs, d 25 Apr 1894, at Cue WA, Born: Methley, Leeds, South Yorkshire, England on 7 Jan 1854. Father: Matthew AMERY, Mother: Selina GOUGH, he was the Brother of Thomas Pearson Amery. Occ: Miner, came to Cue from Greenhill Station near Penhurst, Victoria. Reg 445/1894, Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

BARBER William Charles – 33yrs, d 18 Mar 1894, at Cue WA, Born: 1862. Cause: Typhoid fever. His Mother was Mrs E Page of London, England, he was previously employed by Sands & McDougall of Melbourne, Victoria. He was buried in or around the area of the old Cue Cemetery. Reg 248/1894, Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

BLOOMFIELD James (Captain) – 54yrs,  d at Cue WA reportedly in Dec 1893, he was born on the Isle of Wight at Yarmouth, England in 1839, he had been earlier living in the Eastern States of Australia for over 30 years and came to Cue about 7 months prior to his death, his occupation was that of a mining captain/engineer in most mining areas in Australia and had been negotiating on behalf of potential Eastern States purchasers for claims at Cue, he was also a powerful advocate of the extension of the railway to Cue. He was buried in or around the area of the old Cue Cemetery. Reg 563/1892,

BROWN William – 68 yrs, d in late Mar 1895, at Cue Hospital, Cause: Typhoid fever. At the time, there were some 30 Typhoid patients at the hospital plus another three general patients. Some smaller Typhoid patient numbers were also treated at nearby private hospitals with a number of Typhoid patients also being treated in tents nearby. He was born in 1827 and his occupation was that of the Cue Bellman, Reg 342/1895, Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

BURDETT Robert Ambrose – 43 yrs, d 26 Mar 1894, in Cue WA, he was born in Brixworth, Northamptonshire, England in 1851, Father: Rev Halford BURDETT, Mother: Alsina BRAILSFORD, He was married to Flora Blanch BENNETT on 25 Mar 1875 in Brighton VIC. Children: Amy Brailsford MacVean born 1876, Francis Halford born 1877, Isabel Latintda Blanche born 1882, Cause: Supposedly committed suicide by cutting his throat and wrists whilst in a state of delirium tremens caused by excessive intoxication. His body was found down a disused mine shaft. His occupation was that of a mining agent in Mt Magnet, Reg 308/1894, Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

CALLAGHAN Francis – 56yrs, d 19 Jul 1895, In his tent at Cue. He was born in 1839, Cause: a severe loss of blood due to breaking a blood vessel, which led to suffocation, he had also been treated for a chronic lung disease some 9 months earlier and had cause to visit Sydney Hospital during a recent visit there and caught a cold during the trip home. His previous occupation was that of a sail maker. Reg 988/1895, Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

CATT Thomas – 33yrs, d 26 Feb 1898, at the Cue Hotel WA, Born in East Sussex, England in 1865, Cause: Exhaustion caused by Enteric Fever, Occ: Miner at Peak Hill, Reg 1515/1898, Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

CLISSOLD Stephen – 35yrs, d 19 Apr 1895, at Cue Hospital WA, Father: E M CLISSOLD, Born: New Zealand in 1860, Cause: Typhoid fever, from which he had suffered for between 3 and 4 months. Reg 561/1895. Buried at Cue Cemetery,

Stephen CLISSOLD - Photo Find a Grave

CLOHESY John – 55yrs, d 28 Apr 1894, at Cue, Cause: Typhoid Fever, From Stawell in VIC, Occ: Miner. Reg 308/1894, Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

COWEN William Thomas – 25yrs, d 8 Apr 1895, at Cue Hospital, Cause: Typhoid Fever, Born: 1869 South Melbourne, Victoria, Father: Thomas COWEN, Mother: Hannah GILLIAM, he was the brother of Dr Alfred Cowen of the Melbourne Ear and Eye Hospital in Melbourne and Annie Neilson (nee Cowen), Occ: Engineer on the Star of the East Mine. Whilst William is laying at rest in the Cue Old Cemetery, there is also a mention of him on a family memorial in the Melbourne General Cemetery in Carlton, Victoria, Reg 556/1895, Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

CRACKNELL Frederick R – 24yrs, d on 26 Mar 1894, at Four Mile Mine, near Cue. Born 1870, George CRACKNELL, Mother: Elizabeth MCLENNAN, Occ: Miner, Reg 307/1894, Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

CRAIG James Houston – 49 yrs, religion unknown, Loc unknown, grave unknown, died 13 Nov 1895, he was the Husband of Janet Forster Craig from 1869 and the Father of Jessie, William, Robert, Murray, Ellen and Olive Craig, his occupation was that of a contractor. Reg 1421/1895. Buried at Cue Pioneer Cemetery. 

CURRIE Charles Douglas – 38yrs, d 21 Apr 1894, at Cue WA, Born: England in 1856 and came to WA from Victoria, Occ: Auctioneer’s clerk, Cause: Typhoid fever, at various times he had also nursed other miners suffering from the same disease sometimes in shared tents, he was one of four miners who found The Light of Asia Gold Mine near Cue and who also died of fever. He was laid to rest in or around the area of the Old Cue Cemetery. Reg 439/1894.

ELVEY Leonard, (AKA Henry Seward) – 53yrs, d during Apr 1895, in Cue, Born: New South Wales, Father: Leonard ELVEY, Mother: Bridget FORD, Cause: Typhoid fever, Occ: initially that of a drover in NSW/QLD/NT and then a prospector at sites in Kimberleys / Pilbara and Murchison Regions, Reg 555/1895, Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

           (From the Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette 6 Apr 1895, page 2)

DEATH OF A WELL-KNOWN PROSPECTOR.
LEONARD ELVEY'S LAST TRIP

Throughout West Australia, or wherever diggers may be met who have been associated with these goldfields, the news of Leonard Elvey's death will be received with great regret. Especially will this be so throughout the N.W. and Kimberly. Elvey has been living at Cue for the past two years, having met with a serious accident, which compelled him to sell his horses and outfit. Since then, he has had a great deal of bad luck, in consequence of which he was not again able to fit himself out with the efficient prospecting turn-out to which he had been accustomed. Elvey was, and will be, remembered as being in the very foremost rank of prospectors. Prior to settling at Cue he was forever on the "outback'' looking for fresh country. He was really the first man to find gold in the N.W., having obtained good prospects in a gully at Pilbarra, then but a sheep run.

Afterwards H. Wells succeeded in obtaining sufficient gold to obtain the Government reward. Elvey could, with truth, claim to have gone right round Australia without once stepping on a boat. Among the very many new arrivals on the Murchison, Elvey will probably not be known, he being of an unassuming, quiet disposition, but amongst his old associates distributed throughout the colonies, his death will be deplored. He will be remembered as one of the best bushmen we had, and a white man every inch of him, which, to a bushman, covers the whole ground.

Deceased was 58 years of age, and a native of New South Wales, but spent a large amount of his time in Queensland. He prospected the country, which was disastrous to Burke and Wills, some time before it was visited by that expedition. At one period he was stockman at the Mount Cornish station during the time Harry Redfern took 2000 head cattle to Adelaide. Many back blockers will regret his death equally as much as his many friends in W.A. The funeral took place yesterday afternoon the remains being interred at the Cue cemetery. The funeral was largely attended by companions of tdeceased —many from the Northwest. The last rites were performed by the Rev. D. Howell Griffith. The funeral arrangements were conducted by Mr. A. Chisholm, undertaker, of Cue. The cause of death was Typhoid fever. Deceased became ill about six weeks ago and was about a fortnight ago persuaded by Dr. Monteith to enter the hospital, where he received every attention, but without avail. As above stated, deceased experienced a great deal of bad luck which so often falls to the lot of the prospector, and at the time of his death he was not in very good circumstances. Some of his old mates — Messrs. W. Bill, Chalmers, Henley, Geo. Payzo, T. Williams, J Marks and others willingly came forward to defray the funeral expenses, giving him the respectable burial which a man of his description was so worthy.

GRACE Agnes – 24yrs, d Jun 1895, in Cue WA, Born: 1871 in Victoria, Father: Andrew Thomas ABERCROMBIE, Mother: Mary Anna KENSHOLE, Cause: Typhoid fever. Married to Sidney John GRACE, Schoolmaster at Cue who had arrived in Cue six weeks earlier and was provided with a single tent for both the school and their accommodation purposes, the tent then blew down in a storm, so they transferred temporarily to a church building which had no ablution facilities. Mr Grace at the time was also suffering from fever. Agnes was the sister of Jessie, Mary Ann, Blanche, Mary Beatrice, Ralph and Eva Abercrombie. She was the mother of John Nowell Abercrombie GRACE, Her Husband and child survived Typhoid. Reg 785/1895, Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

 

HAMMOND Thomas – 35yrs, d 4 Jun 1895, at Cue Hospital, Born: in 1860, Cause: Following an earlier accident when a windlass gave way and he, plus the barrel in which he was travelling, fell some 40 feet down the shaft at the Light of Asia Mine near Cue WA. Occ: Prospector, Reg 882/1895, Buried Old Cue Cemetery. Mine Death www.wavmm.com

HANSEN Christian – age unknown, 30 Aug 1895, he was born in Sweden and died at Cue on following a fall of quartz stone and mullock in the Lady Emily Mine which is situated about 2 miles from Cue WA, a large amount of material had to be removed before he could be extricated by staff from that and nearby mines but was later found to be deceased, whilst his thigh was broken and large amount of earth bruised his back, the cause of his death was deemed to be suffocation, Reg 1269/1895, Buried Old Cue Cemetery. Mine Death www.wavmm.com

HARE Sarah Annie – 75yrs, d 1894, in Cue WA, Born about 1819, Cause: Typhoid fever, deaths at that time were reported as a number rather than by names in some newspapers, Reg 272/1894, Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

HARFORD Martin Joseph Bonaventure – 6yrs, d 17 Jun 1894, at the Trenton Mine Site, Byndawarra, Cue, Born: Donnybrook, WA in 1888, Father: David HARFORD, Mother: Susan Anne Laura WISE, Reg 632/1894, Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

Martin Joseph Bonaventure HARFORD - Photo Find a Grave

HAWKINS Claude Harold – 25yrs, d 23 Feb 1895, at Mrs Crowthers Hospital, Cue WA, Born: Port Huon, Tasmania on 22 May 1870, he was the youngest son of the late William HAWKINS of Shipwright’s Point, Tasmania, He married Mabel Ellen PEARCE nee JOHNSTONE, and the father of 5 young children including Brenda and Claude, Occ: Solicitor who had come to Cue with the intention of opening a legal practice in the town, however his Wife Mabel caught Typhoid fever whilst in Perth en-route and decided to remain there temporarily whilst her husband proceeded on to Cue, he then caught Typhoid on the road to Cue and was admitted to a hospital in Cue on arrival. Mabel later died in Perth on 2 Feb 1895 during her Husband’s own struggle with Typhoid fever in Cue, She is buried in the Church of England Section of the East Perth Cemetery, he was never told of her passing for fear of its potential consequences on his recovery, but to no avail, Reg 189/1895, Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

HICKS John A J – 21yrs, d 31 Aug 1895, at Cue WA, Born: Sep 1874, Father: J A HICKS (Superintendent of the United Service Home in Drysdale, Victoria), he came to Cue from the Geelong district of Victoria, Cause: Typhoid fever, Reg 1281/1896, Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

HODSON/HODGSON George – 29yrs, d 8 Apr 1895, in Cue Hospital, Born: 13 May 1865 in Marysville, Victoria, Father: William HOSDON, Mother: Maria WEAVER, Cause: Typhoid fever, Married to Isabel WAUGH, Child: Mae Victoria born Perth WA, 1894, Reg 557/1895, Buried Old Cue Cemetery

George HODSON - Photo Ancestry.com

HUMPHREYS David Evan – 23yrs, d 21 Nov 1894, Born: in 1871, his body   showing no signs of injury was found on a Cue Street but had been complaining about feeling ill several days earlier, the cause of his death was deemed to be suffocation caused by obstruction of food into his larynx. Reg 961/1894, Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

David Evan HUMPHREY - Photo Find a Grave

JOY Albert Charles – 23yrs, d 1894, at Cue, Born: New Zealand in 1871, Arrived 17 Jan 1894, Albany WA, Father: Charles Mansfield Clark JOY, Mother: Rachel HOWSE, Cause: Typhoid fever. Reg 451/1894, Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

KIDD Samuel –47yrs, d 22 Sep 1892, at Cue WA, Born: 1846, He came to Cue from Victoria about 6 mths beforehand, Cause: Committed suicide at Cue due to monetary difficulties as revealed at the inquest into his death. He was laid to rest in or around the area of the Old Cue Cemetery. Reg 854/1893, Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

LABATT Elliot John Arthur – 28yrs, d 6 Aug1892 at Cue WA, born Emerald Hill, VIC in 1863, Father: Edward LABATT, Mother: Elizabeth Jane ELLIOT, he was brought in from Lake Austin to Cue in late Aug 1892 due to Typhoid fever, he thought he could shrug off disease, but left it too late for medical help to make a difference, his occupation was that of a commercial traveller turned prospector who came from Sydney NSW where his mother and sister lived, Reg (no reg found), Buried Old Cue Cemetery

MACCABE James – 34yrs, d 7 Jul 1893, in Cue Hospital WA, Born: 1859 at Wollongong, NSW, Father: Francis P MACCABE, Mother: Jane OSBORNE, Cause: Rheumatic fever. Reg 648/1893, Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

James MacCabe - Photo Find a Grave

Illawarra Mercury - Wollongong, NSW - Thursday 27 July 1893,

MCDERMOTT Charles – 26yrs, d 8 Nov 1895, at Cue Hospital WA, Born: 1869 in Geelong, Victoria. A letter expressing community condolences was sent to his parents and a committee formed to erect a tombstone in his memory. His occupation was that of a prospector at Cuddingwarra (near Cue). Reg 1414/1895, Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

MACNEIL Richard – 28yrs, d 2 Apr 1894, at Cue Hospital, Born in 1866, he was the brother of Alex MACNEIL. and the third son of Mrs MACNEIL of Fremantle WA, Cause: Typhoid fever. Reg 440/1894, Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

MCNEIL Robert – 14 days, d in 1897 at Cue WA, Father: Robert MCNEILL, Mother: Sarah WARNHURST, Born: Canning Mills, near Kalamunda WA in 1897, Reg 2503/1897, Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

MACPHERSON Aeneas Norman Greville – 30yrs, d 17 May 1896, At Cue Hospital, Born: 6 Apr 1867, Lyttleton, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, Occ: Manager of Mr Kelly’s chemist shop at Cue, Cause: effects of an overdose of self-administered opium, he had been complaining of a heavy cold and had been in the habit of taking opium and cocaine to manage pain and sleep, he was found unconscious in his room at the rear of the chemist shop, passing away about two hours later, Father: James Urquart MACPHERSON, Mother: Isabelle Elizabeth GREVILLE, Reg 1058/1896, Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

MARESI Daisy – 1 day, d 1893, infant, in Cue WA, Father: August MARESI, Mother: Mary (Maria) MARESI. who were from Naples in Italy having arrived in Albany WA on the ship Cuzco, Reg 968/1893, Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

MASTERS Neil Henry – 29yrs, d 8 Jul 1896, at Cue WA, Born: 8 May 1869 in Allandale East via Mt Gambia, South Australia, Father: Henry MASTERS (Inspector of Telegraphs), Mother: Christina MCKINNON, He had been in Cue about 2 years, Cause: detonation of a previously un-exploded device in the South Lilly Mine at Cue. Reg 1075/1896, Buried Old Cue Cemetery. Mine Death – www.wavmm.com

MEYER Carl – 31yrs, d 1 Aug 1895, in Cue WA, Born: 1864 in Heilihafen, Germany,-Father: Jurgen Heinrich MEYER, Mother: Amalia Margaretha UNTERMANN, he was the Brother of Deitrich Heinrich (Henry) MEYER and Alma MEYER, he came to Cue via Toora in South Gippsland, VIC, he had complained of pains and some dysentery in the past, he was found dead in his camp laying on his back, the cause of his death was from heart failure due to blood clots, Occ: was mainly as the local Cue Nuisances and Sanitary Inspector. Reg 1166/1895. (shown seated in photo). Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

Carl Meyer (left) - Photo Ancestry.com

MILLER William –21yrs, d in Cue WA on 10 Apr 1895, Born: Victoria in 1874, Father: J A W and Mother: Ruth MILLER of Upper Hawthorn, Victoria, he came to Cue from Ballarat, Victoria, Cause: Typhoid fever, he had participated in the St Patrick’s Sports bike races as Albert Stanley Neate in early Apr, Occ: Sign Writer and Gymnasium Instructor. Reg 558/1895, Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

MOUNTJOY George – 39yrs, d 14 Dec 1895, near Cue WA, Born: Cheltenham England in 1865, he was reported missing by a friend who last saw him     leaving his camp near Cue WA to go to his work place a short distance away and had not returned, he was also not carrying any water when he left camp, the Police conducted a five day search and eventually found his clothed body together with his wood cutting axe which he had dragged the whole time some 10 miles south east of Cue after having covered about 120 miles in random directions having got within 2 miles of Cue, the cause of his death was to have been due to being lost in the bush, the excessive heat and the want of water, he had also previously been lost requiring a Police rescue at Yalgoo WA, his occupation was that of a wood cutter but had previously been an engine driver in North Dakota USA. Reg 1548/1895, Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

NEATE Albert Stanley – 20yrs, d Apr 1895, in Cue WA. Born: Walkerville, South Australia in 1875, Father: David Thomas NEATE 1846-1929 (Mason at Dawn Battery), Mother: Annie Law LAVERTY 1849-1920, he was the Brother of 6 siblings, he had been in Cue about two years, Cause: Typhoid fever, Reg 343/1895, Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

PAGE William – 35yrs, d 9 Jan 1895, at Milly Soak near Cue WA, Born: 1860, Cause:  suicide, a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his head, he had been earlier arrested by the Police at Mt Gould in Dec 1894 following earlier eccentric actions there, it was suspected that he may be of unsound mind and was remanded to Cue Hospital for observation and/or treatment as there was a history of mental issues in his family, following a period of normal behaviour in the hospital for just under a month during which he was observed  he was discharged from the hospital, upon release he proceeded to Milly Soak to water his horses, had a meal and then committed suicide. Reg 61/1895, Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

PARKER John Watson – 50yrs, d 30 Mar 1896, in Cue WA, Born: England in 1846. Cause: Suicide, he shot himself in the face with a revolver in the Cue Hotel whilst temporarily insane. Reg 1034/1896, Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

PEARCE Charles John aka “Cousin Jack of The Island” – 42yrs, d 10 Jul 1896, in Day Dawn WA near Cue, Born: Roche, Cornwall, England, in Jul 1854, he was the Brother of Andrew Pearce who lived in Ballarat Vic, Cause: Acute Pneumonia, after a short illness. He was one of the original prospectors -settlers at The Island, the Murchison and the Northwest of WA and had many mining interests in the Cue area, Reg 473/1896, Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

PENBERTHY Charles – 38yrs, d 1 Mar 1894, at Cue WA, Born: St Cleer, Cornwall, England in Jun 1855, Father: John PENBERTHY, Mother: Grace WILLS, he was the Brother of siblings James Penberthy (also involved in the New Year’s Gift Mine at Cue) plus a sister, Grace Elizabeth McKenny nee Penberthy, Cause: Premature detonation of explosives in the shaft of New Year’s Gift Mine which was 52 feet deep at the time, he was also part of Heffernan’s party when gold was first discovered at Cue, Reg 247/1894, Buried Old Cue Cemetery. Mine Death- www.wavmm.com

           
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PISSANT or PASSANT John – 67yrs, d 30 Apr 1895, in Cue WA, Born: 1828, Cause: Long term dysentery and the general breakdown of his constitution, Reg (no reg found), Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

PRINGLE James –19yrs, d 23 Apr 1894, at Cue WA, Born: Victoria in 1875, Cause: Typhoid fever, Reg 438/1894, Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

ROWBOTHAM Charles L  – 23yrs, d 5 Apr 1894, at Cue WA, Born: Deloraine, Tasmania in 1841, Father: Robert ROWBOTHAM, Mother: Sarah FISHER, Cause: Typhoid Fever, Reg 442/1894, Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

Charles Rowbotham
 

RUSSELL Charles Eugene Rivers – 24 yrs. d 12 May 1894, at Cue WA, Born: Wellington NSW on 29 Dec 1870, and came to Cue from Victoria, Father: Macnamara RUSSELL (1836-1899), Mother: Anita Elizabeth STEPHEN (1851-1936), he was their eldest son, Cause: Typhoid fever. Reg 446/1894, Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

SAUNDERS William – abt 40yrs, d Oct 1894, in Day Dawn WA, Born: 1854, he was married and was the Father of one child who were both living in NSW where he was planning to return, Cause; Accidental suffocation from food during vomiting, he had only recently arrived at Day Dawn, Reg 877/1894, Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

SLATER William – 57yrs, d 1894, at Cue WA, Born in 1837, Cause: Typhoid fever, his name is mentioned in local newspapers as having been amongst those who died from disease at Cue during the last 6 months. Reg 453/1894, Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

SOLOMAN Oliver Andrew –  35yrs, d 1894, at Cue WA, Born: in 1859, Cause: Typhoid fever, his name is mentioned in        local Jun 1894 newspapers as having been amongst those who died at Cue from the disease during the last 6 months. Reg 443/1894, Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

STACK Charles Phillip – 21yrs, d 8 Feb 1895, at Cue WA, Born: Wellington, New Zealand in Jan 1873, he was the third son of, Father: Major William Griffin STACK (1830-1880), Mother: Anne COOTE, Cause: Typhoid fever, the two local hospitals at Cue had 40 cases of Typhoid fever in their care as at the start of Apr 1895 and deaths at that time were reported as a number rather than by names in some newspapers, Reg 186/1895, Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

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THORLEY Joanna – 32yrs, d 30 Apr 1895, at Cue Hospital WA, Born in 1863, Father: John RING (1815-1867), Mother: Mary Ann ELLIS (1836-1910), Married to Edwin Thomas THORLEY (Engineer at Cue Battery) in 1876 at Hartley, New South Wales, Child: Herbert James THORLEY born Cue, WA,  she had only been living on the goldfields a short time after a brief illness, Cause: Childbirth complications, Reg 565/1895, Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

WAGNER George – abt 35yrs, d 31 May 1895, at Cue Hospital WA, Born: in 1860, Cause: Typhoid fever, but had also been ailing for some time, Occ: Miner at The Island Mines near Cue, the two local hospitals at Cue had 40 cases of Typhoid fever in their care as at the start of Apr 1895 and deaths at that early time were reported as a number rather than by names in some newspapers, Reg 883/1895, Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

WASHINGTON James, (aka George) – 65yrs, d Apr 1895, in Cue, Cause: Typhoid fever. Perhaps he was unsuited to life on the goldfields owing to his lack of stature and age. He was a person of Negro heritage from USA and was fondly referred to locally in Cue as George Washington. He participated in the 1888 Melbourne Centennial Exhibition in uniform as the aide de camp to the Executive Commissioner of USA display at the exhibition. After leaving Melbourne, he invested in real estate, but investment then fell on hard times. Down on his luck, he sought to reach Cue to meet a friend there but ran out of funds by the time he arrived in Mullewa. Later, he received a lift to Cue on one of the teams going that way but found that the old friend had left Cue, he stayed in Cue about 6 months, assisted by the local community before passing away, Reg 377/1895, Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

WILLIAMS John – 21yrs, d 2 May 1895, in Cue WA, Born: 13 Nov 1873 at Tarnagulla, Victoria, Mother was Mrs J Llewellyn of Maldon Victoria, the Cause: Typhoid fever, he arrived in Cue from Bendigo VIC. Reg 778/1895, Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

WYNNE Charles – 48yrs, d 1897, at Cue WA, Born in 1849, Cause: Unknown, Reg 1401/1897, Buried Old Cue Cemetery.

WYNNE William Watkin – 31yrs, d 25 Sep 1893, in Cue WA, Born in 1862, he was the fourth son of Mr & Mrs E A Wynne, Cause: Pneumonia/chest complaint. He was the Brother of Hon Agar Wynne (Victorian Solicitor General), Occ: Shareholder in the Dawn Reef and prospector. He was laid to rest in or around the area of the Old Cue Cemetery. Reg 815/1893.