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BALGARRIE / BALGARRI CEMETERY 
Reserve - 4293 - Poss 12 burials
45kms East of Kalgoorlie

Balgarrie Cemetery Entrance - Photo Danelle Warnock
 

AIKMAN John Douglas - d 12 Feb 1896, Occ: Prospector, Cause: Struck by a windlass, Father: John Douglas AIKMAN, Mother: Margaret Rose BURN, born Edinburgh, Scotland , No Death Reg, Buried Balgarrie Cemetery.
Mining Accident - www.wavmm.com

DOOGAN Manus (Michael) - d 29 Oct 1895, at the 42 Mile, 34yrs, Occ: Storekeeper, Death Certified by Margaret O’Donnell, an aunt of the deceased, her address: Heberton Ave, Hunters Hill, NSW,  Father: Dennis DOOGAN, Mother: Susan McFADDEN, Born: Donegal, Ireland, Cause: Died of heart failure (said to be accelerated by alcoholism) during a drunken brawl. Reg 289/1896, Buried Balgarrie Cemetery.

FURNISS Peter - d 21 Jul 1895 or 28 Jul 1895, 66yrs, at the 42 Mile Dam, Occ: Prospector, Cause: A cold which eventually killed him, Born: 1829, Yorkshire, England, In 1874 he married Louise RICHARDS, He arrived in WA in 1895, His wife remained in Victoria, Buried Balgarrie Cemetery.

Stan Furniss, Violet Furniss and Vickie McGuffie commemorate their Great Grandfathers life with a headstone.

GLIDDON Alma Phillis – d 22 Dec 1899, 4 months, Born: 18 Aug 1899 Balingup WA, Father: Philip Mark GLIDDON, Mother: Alice STIRLING, Reg 294/1899, Buried Balgarrie Cemetery.

JAMES Frederick - died 1 Mar 1895, 30yrs, at the 42-Mile Tank on the Ninety-Mile Road, Bardoc, Cause: Suicide by gunshot. Had attempted suicide approximately 18 months previously by shooting himself in the head 4 times, buried wrapped in his blanket in what became the BALGARRIE cemetery in the Kalgoorlie-Boulder district. On 1 Jul 1897 this land at the 42-Mile Tank was resumed from Balgarrie town Lot 33, Buried Balgarrie Cemetery.     

LYALL John L - d 13 Dec 1895, 58yrs, at the 42 Mile Tank, Informant was G T McQueen, Occ: Storekeeper/Miner, Reg:1512/1895, Buried Balgarrie Cemetery.

Kalgoorlie Miner 6 Sep 1933