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Broad Arrow Cemetery – Kurawah – Reserve 3631
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Broad Arrow Cemetery: 1897-1917  =  190 burials

1.7km from main road.
30°25’45.4”S  -  121°20’14.1”E

ABBOTT Horace Harold Hastings - d 10 Apr 1899, at the Broad Arrow Hospital, 28yrs, Occ: Miner, Cause: Typhoid Fever, Father: Joseph ABBOTT (Miner) Mother: Isabella HOPE, Born: Tarnagulla, VIC, In Vic 22yrs, In WA 6yrs, Single, Reg 10/1899 Broad Arrow, ANG, Buried in Broad Arrow Cemetery.


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ALLEN Alexander - d 28 Jun 1901, at the Hill End Lease, Broad Arrow, 18hrs, Cause: Inanition, Father: Joseph ALLEN (Gold Sampler), Mother: Susan HARRIS, Reg 13/1901 Broad Arrow, Buried in Broad Arrow Cemetery

ALLEN Annie Amy - d 31 Aug 1913, at the Broad Arrow Hospital, 9yrs, Cause: Burns, Father: Thomas Robert ALLEN (Miner), Mother: Margaret Amy BOUNSELL, Born Coolgardie WA, Reg 7/1913 Broad Arrow, ANG, Buried in Broad Arrow Cemetery.

ALLEN Jessie Constance – d Apr 1908, 4yrs, Father: Thomas Robert ALLEN, Mother: Mary Amy BOUNSELL, Born: Coolgardie 1904, No registration found, Buried Broad Arrow Cemetery.

Kalgoorlie Miner 25 April 1908, page 4

ANDERSEN Daniel - d 12 Jan 1911, at the Broad Arrow Hospital, 56yrs, Occ: Miner, Cause: Uremia/Nephritis, Reg 1/1911 Broad Arrow, Buried in Broad Arrow Cemetery.

ANDERSON John Henry - d 15 Oct 1899, at Broad Arrow, 27yrs, Occ: Miner, Cause: Dysentery, Father: Martin ANDERSON, Born: Palmerston, North New Zealand, 4 ½ yrs in WA, Single, Reg 22/1899 Broad Arrow, Reg 22/1899 Broad Arrow, ANG, Buried in Broad Arrow Cemetery.

ASHBURY Edward 'Ned'  - d 4 Nov 1911, at the Broad Arrow Hospital, 67 yrs, Occ: Miner, Cause: Lung disease, Father: John K ASHBURY, Mother: Ellen BROWN, Born: Liverpool, England, In VIC and OLD 32yrs, In WA 17yrs, Single, Reg 6/1910 Broad Arrow, Buried in Broad Arrow Cemetery.

Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette 23 November 1911, page 4
Old Ned Ashbury, one of the oldest and best known prospectors of the Broad Arrow district, is dead. His remains were laid to rest the other day in Broad Arrow cemetery. For thirty years. " Old Ned " followed the diggings of New Zealand and the Eastern States before coming West. He was 70 years old and laid down the pick at last at the command of a paralytic stroke. 


ASHBURY Edward The Sun  12 November 1911, page 7

AYRE Ellen - d 5 Jun 1905, 72yrs, Father: Charles JANEWAY, Mother: Harriet COOPER, Married to Joseph AYRE in South Melbourne VIC, Reg 5/1905 Broad Arrow, Buried in Broad Arrow Cemetery.


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AYRE Joseph - d 20 Jun 1913, at Merton Street, Broad Arrow, 70yrs, Occ: Blacksmith, Cause: Chronic Cystitis, Father: John AYRE (Blacksmith), Mother: Mary ?, Born: Water Street, London England, In VIC 19yrs, In WA 22yrs, Married to Ellen JANEWAY, RANDALL in South Melbourne VIC at age 49yrs, Children: Joseph Benjamin AYRE 38yrs, 1 female deceased, Reg 1/1913 Broad Arrow, Reg 4/1913 Broad Arrow, METH, Buried in Broad Arrow Cemetery.

BARRATT Charles William Reginald d 24 Aug 1921, 6yrs, on route to Kalgoorlie Hospital on the train from Broad Arrow, Cause: Measles, Father: Charles Albert BARRATT, Mother: Emma PLANT, Born Broad Arrow, WA, Reg 161/1921 East Coolgardie (Kalgoorlie), Buried Broad Arrow Cemetery.

Kalgoorlie Miner 25 August 1921, page 4

BATESON Richard Henry - d 25 May 1899, at the Broad Arrow Hospital, 49yrs,
Occ: Miner, Cause: Catarrh/Dysentery, Father: Richard BATESON, Mother: Susannah WAGSTAFF, Born: Hale Cheshire, England, in WA 20yrs, Married at Woods Point, SA, to Hannah Emma HARSLETT in 1873, Children: Richard Liston born 1875, Frederic Westbrook born 1877, Reg16/1899 Broad Arrow, ANG, Buried in Broad Arrow Cemetery.

Richard H BATESON - Photo Ancestry.com

BENSBERG Sydney Charles Louis - d 28 Mar 1902 at the Dark Horse GM near Broad Arrow, 1yr 3mths, Illegitimate child of Clementine Bensberg, Cause: Gastro Enteritis, Dentition difficulty, Diarrhoea, Convulsions, Mother: Clemantine Marie Adelaide Bernadine GIANGIACOMO, Born Broad Arrow. Reg 2/1903 Broad Arrow, Buried in Broad Arrow Cemetery.

BERTHOLD unnamed female - d 6 Aug 1902, at Broad Arrow, Cause: Stillborn, Father: Emil Paul BERTHOLD (Stationer and Commission Agent), Mother: Emma Tryphena BAYNES, Reg 9/1902 Broad Arrow, Buried in Broad Arrow Cemetery.

BINDIL Peter - d 7 May 1917, at the Broad Arrow Railway Station, Aboriginal, Cause: Heart Failure, Reg 4/1917 Broad Arrow, Buried in Broad Arrow Cemetery.

BLACK James - d 27 Mar 1912, at the Broad Arrow Hospital, 52 yrs, Occ: Miner, Cause: Miners Phthisis, Father: Adam BLACK, Mother: Jane LOGAN, Born Glasgow, Scotland, In other states of Australia 23yrs, In WA 16yrs, Single, Reg 4/1912 Broad Arrow, Buried in Broad Arrow Cemetery.

BLAIR George Scott - d 17 Dec 1898, at Broad Arrow, 9 mths, Cause: Dysentery, Father: John Innes BLAIR (Baker), Mother: Seline Beat MOYES, Born: Sydney NSW, In NSW 6mths, In WA 3 mths, Reg 25/1898 Broad Arrow, Buried in Broad Arrow Cemetery.

BLUMFIELD Lillian ‘Lily’ Eliza - d 3 Mar 1900, at the Broad Arrow Hospital, 24yrs, Cause: Typhoid Fever, Father: Richard RICKETTS, Mother: Maria HEARNDEN, Born: Burkes Flat, VIC, In WA 4yrs, Married to Joseph Alfred Ernest BLUMFIELD in Fremantle WA, no children, Reg 9/1900 Broad Arrow, ANG, Buried in Broad Arrow Cemetery.

BONOMI Jack - d 23 Jan 1912, at the Broad Arrow Hospital, 44yrs, Occ: Miner/wood carter, Cause: Perforation of bowel and Peritonitis, Reg 2/1912 Broad Arrow, Buried in Broad Arrow Cemetery.

BOYES James Ernest - d 10 Jul 1905, 1½ yrs, at Broad Arrow, Father: Edward BOYES, Mother: Jane Eleanor ATKINS, Reg 8/1905 Broad Arrow, Buried in Broad Arrow Cemetery.

BUCKLEY Jeremiah - d 23 Nov 1907, at the Broad Arrow Hospital, 52yrs, Occ: Miner, Cause: Accident through fall of earth at his alluvial claim 3 miles from Siberia, 52yrs, Born: Co Cork, Ireland, Registered by Edward DUNN (Friend), Reg 8/1907 Broad Arrow, Buried in Broad Arrow Cemetery.  Mine Death – www.wavmm.com

BURGESS Louis - d 27 May 1901, at the Broad Arrow Hospital, 69yrs, Occ: Cordial Manufacturer, Cause: Chronic alcoholism, Father: William BURGESS, Mother: Johanna OFFERMAN, Born: Brussels Belgium, In VIC 44yrs, IN WA 6yrs, Single, Reg 12/1901 Broad Arrow, RC, Buried in Broad Arrow Cemetery.

CAIN Samuel - d 9 Feb 1899, at the Broad Arrow Hospital, 42yrs, Occ: Carpenter, Cause: Diarrhoea, Born Goulburn NSW, Reg 5/1899 Broad Arrow, ANG, Buried in Broad Arrow Cemetery.

CALLAGHAN Isabella Amelia - d 19 Apr 1898, at Paddington, Housewife, 26yrs, Cause: Valvular heart disease, Father: Frank KALBERT (Labourer), Mother: Mary FORDYCE, Born: Port Augusta, SA, 17 yrs in SA,1 1/2yrs in WA, Married to Denis CALLAGHAN in Broken Hill NSW at age 19yrs, no children, Reg 10/1898 Broad Arrow, Buried in Broad Arrow Cemetery.

CLOUGH Evesham Henry Edward - d 1 May 1896, Broad Arrow, 22yrs, Occ: Solicitor, Cause: Consumption, Born Leeds Yorkshire England, Father: Sir Thomas CLOUGH-BART, Mother: Mary Jane MORRIS, Second death to occur in Broad Arrow, Reg 353/1896, Buried in Broad Arrow Cemetery. (Believed to be the first burial in the Broad Arrow cemetery)



Coolgardie Miner 8 May 1896, page 2

COLQUHOUN Alexander - d 17 Oct 1899, at Broad Arrow, 26yrs, Occ: Woodcutter, Cause: Typhoid Fever, Father: Roger COLQUHOUN, Mother: Agnes LYON, Born Ballarat VIC, In WA 2yrs, Single, Reg 23/1899 Broad Arrow, WES, Buried in Broad Arrow Cemetery.

CONEN Margaret ‘Maggie’ Reid - d 9 Nov 1909, at the Railway Hotel, Broad Arrow, 39yrs, Cause: Cancer of the Breast, Father: Archibald MACGILL (Painter and Decorator), Mother Jane REID, Born: Glasgow Scotland, In other states of Australia 23yrs, In WA 12yrs, Married Perth WA to Frank CONEN at age 30yrs, Children: Jane Reid 8yrs, Louisa Graham 7yrs, George Alfred 3yrs, Reg 5/1909 Broad Arrow, Buried in Broad Arrow Cemetery.

COOK Jane - d 29 Oct 1897, at the Broad Arrow Hospital, Housewife, 39yrs, Cause: Cirrhosis of kidneys, Father: William Hugh McMAHON (Blacksmith), Mother: Hannah DEVINE, Born: Derry Ireland, 20yrs in NSW, 7 months in WA, Married to George Robert COOK in Melbourne VIC, at age 32yrs, no children, Reg 2/1898 Broad Arrow, Buried in Broad Arrow Cemetery.

CORNISH Arthur Bruce - d 21 Mar 1897, 25yrs, at the Broad Arrow Hospital, Cause: Typhoid Fever, Father: Samuel CORNISH, Mother: Agnes KIRKPATRICK, from Adelaide SA, Reg 438/1897, Buried in Broad Arrow Cemetery

 


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CRAWFORD John - d 13 Apr 1911, at Broad Arrow, 55yrs, Occ: Labourer, Cause: Syphilis, heart degeneration, Father: James CRAWFORD, Mother: Mary Jane JESS, Born: Bally Kaal, County Down, Ireland, In SA 18yrs, In WA 10yrs, Single, Reg 3/1910 Broad Arrow, Buried in Broad Arrow Cemetery.

CRENNAN Michael - d 20 Nov 1896, Paddington, 50yrs, Cause Concussion of the brain in a mining accident, born Ireland, in VIC 30yrs, In WA 1 yr, Married in Ballarat VIC to Ellen Larkin at age 29yrs, Children: Julia Harris, Bridget Ann, Elizabeth, Mary, Edward Thomas, Ellen, Michael James. Reg 108/1896, Buried Broad Arrow Cemetery,



Michael Crennan on his marraige to Ellen Larkin, Ballarat VIC 1874 - Photo Ancestry.com

CUSACK Eileen Whilma Patrice - d 25 Nov 1904, at McDonald St, Broad Arrow,
1yr 8mth, Cause: Teething, Inflammation of lungs, Father: Patrick Edward CUSACK (Police Constable), Mother: Mary Elizabeth MAYS, Born Broad Arrow, Reg 9/1904 Broad Arrow, Buried in Broad Arrow Cemetery.


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