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Bulong's 'Second' Cemetery - Reserve 3978
102 Burials
GPS Coordinates - 30.76511, 121.79686

Bulong Cemetery - Photo - Paul Tonkin

Tis sad to see these friendless graves
And think of those who lie therein
Their mute appeal some tribute craves
For love which in the past had been.

A to G

ASHWOOD Thomas - d 3 Apr 1906, at Bulong Hospital, 58yrs, Occ: Clerk/Labourer, Cause: Heart Failure, Father John ASHWOOD, Mother: Ann ASHWOOD, Born: Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England in 1848 in WA 3 yrs, Reg North East Coolgardie 9/1906, PRES, Buried in the Bulong Cemetery.

BARRY Aboriginal man - d 24 Sep 1905, at Queen Margaret GM, Bulong, Cause: Tuberculosis, Reg 20/1905 North East Coolgardie, Buried in the Bulong Cemetery.

BEDWELL Isaac - d 4 Mar 1904, at Bulong Hospital, 32yrs, Occ: Miner, Cause: Suicide by cutting his throat with a razor whilst temporarily insane, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: James BEDWELL (Billiard Table Manufacturer), Mother: Hannah ‘Ann’ STEPHENSON, Born: Lethbridge VIC, In VIC 25yrs, In WA 7yrs, Married to Margaret Ellen MILLER in Kalgoorlie WA at age 26yrs in 1897, Children: Isaac born 1898, Annie Adelaide born 1900, Robert James born 1904, 2 males deceased, Informant: Margaret Ellen BEDWELL (wife), ANG, Reg 9/1904 North East Coolgardie, ANG, Buried in the Bulong Cemetery.

BEDWELL Isaac - Kalgoorlie Miner 7 March 1904, page 4

BEDWELL unnamed male - d 1898, at Bulong, Father: Isaac BEDWELL, Occ: Miner, Mother: Margaret Helen MILLER, No Reg Found, Buried in the Bulong Cemetery.

BEDWELL unnamed male - d 28 Apr 1899, at Margaret Street, Bulong, Father: Isaac BEDWELL, Occ: Miner, Mother: Margaret Helen MILLER, Reg 26/1899 North East Coolgardie, Buried in the Bulong Cemetery.

BEGGS Francis ‘Frank’ - d 29 May 1898, at Bulong Hospital, 44yrs, Occ: Auctioneer, Cause: Meningitis and Exhaustion, Father: Charles Montgomery BEGGS (Gentleman Settler), Mother: Charlotte Catherine Sophia MEEHAN, Born: Benalla Station, Vic in 1859, in VIC 39yrs in WA 5yrs, Married to Elizabeth PERSSE in Eurambeen Estate, VIC at age 35yrs in 1888, No children, Reg 37/1898 North East Coolgardie, ANG, Buried in the Bulong Cemetery.

BIGNELL Alice May - d 30 Dec 1899, at Fielding Street, Bulong, 24yrs, Occ: Housekeeper, Cause: Septicaemia following Parturition, Father: Joshua JONES (Farmer), Mother: Rachel SMITH, Born: 8 Apr 1876 in Tatiara, South Australia, In SA 20yrs, In WA 3yrs, Married to Elisha BIGNELL in Kalgoorlie WA at age 23yrs in 1899, Children: Alice Minnie May 11 days, Reg 1/1900 North East Coolgardie, Buried in the Bulong Cemetery.

BORGHI Agostino - d 16 Nov 1909, at 45 Mile Camp, Kuramia Woodline, near Bulong, 40 yrs, Occ: Woodcutter, Cause: Pleurisy, Parents unknown, Born: Novora, Ossola, Italy, In WA 5yrs, Single, Reg 21/1909 North East Coolgardie, Reg 21/1909 North East Coolgardie, RC, Buried in the Bulong Cemetery.

BOWDEN Thomas Francis - d 9 May 1908, at Bulong, 75yrs, Occ: Miner, Cause: Senile decay, Parents Unknown, Born: Devonshire, England in 1833, in QLD 10yrs, In WA 12yrs, Married to Mary ARTHUR on 24 Dec 1853 in Menheniot, Cornwall, England, Children: Elizabeth Ann born 1858 and Arthur, Reg 9/1908 North East Coolgardie, ANG, Buried in the Bulong Cemetery.

BRYANT Charles - d 30 Aug 1900, at Archer Street, Bulong, 7 mths 10 days, Cause: Debility and Tuberculosis, Father: Charles BRYANT (Labourer), Mother: Mary DOWNIE, Born: Bulong WA, Reg 39/1900 North East Coolgardie, ANG, Buried in the Bulong Cemetery.

Charles BRYANT - Photo Danelle Warnock

BRYANT unnamed female - d 2 Oct 1901, at Residence area 127, Archer Street, Bulong, Cause: Stillborn, Father: Charles BRYANT (Miner), Mother: Mary DOWNIE, Reg 23/1901 North East Coolgardie, Buried in the Bulong Cemetery.

BYRNE Michael - d 24 Oct 1906, at Bulong Hospital, 73yrs, Occ: Miner, Cause: Cancer of the stomach, Born: Co Wexfor, Ireland, Parents unknown, In WA 21yrs, Reg 24/1906 North East Coolgardie, RC, Buried in the Bulong Cemetery.

CANNY Daniel Joseph - d 13 Nov 1898, at Bulong Hospital, 28yrs, Occ: Miner, Cause: Typhoid, Father: John CANNY (Railway Employee), Mother: Winifred POOLE, Born Ballarat VIC, In VIC 25yrs in WA 3 yrs, Single, Informant: James CANNY (Brother), Reg 2/1899 North East Coolgardie, Buried in the Bulong Cemetery.

CARMODY Dorothy Marion - d 29 Sep 1897, 10 Weeks, Father: Ernest CARMODY, Mother: Marian KEWATSCH, ANG, Reg 597/1897, Buried in the Bulong Cemetery.

CARPENTER Ernest Walter - d 13 Dec 1906, at Bulong Hospital, 32yrs, Occ: Brewery employee, Cause: Incised wound followed by exhaustion and delirium, Father: William Henry CARPENTER (Cook/Steward), Mother: Josephine Teresa WILLIAMS, Born: London England, In NSW 14yrs, In WA 11yrs, Single, Reg 31/1906 North East Coolgardie, ANG, Buried in the Bulong Cemetery.

CARPENTER Ernest - Kalgoorlie Miner 14 December 1906, page 4

CLEWES Joseph - d 6 Aug 1900, at Bulong Hospital, 49yrs, Occ: Miner, Cause: Accidental fall in the Queen Margaret GM causing fracture of skull, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: Joseph CLEWES (Miner), Mother: Sarah DANIELS (died 1889), Born: Talke, Staffordshire, England, In NSW 20yrs, in WA 3yrs, Married twice: 1st to Emma WEATHERBY in Audley, Staffordshire, England at age 24yrs, Children: Sarah Ann 16yrs,  2 females & 1 male deceased, 2^nd to Annie Mehela JAMES (Formerly BULL) in Sydney NSW in 1896, no children, Informant: Samuel HOLDEN (Half Brother), Reg 34/1899 North East Coolgardie, WES, Buried in the Bulong Cemetery. Mining death: www.wavmm.com

Joseph CLEWS - Photo Danelle Warnock

CONN William Thornton - d 10 Nov 1900, at Bulong Hospital, 45 yrs, Occ: Miner, Cause: Diarrhoea and Exhaustion, Father: Henry Thornton Nelson CONN, Mother: Jane THOMPSON, Born: Sydney NSW, 38yrs in NSW, 7 yrs in WA, Married to Ann GILCHRIST, Reg 46/1900 North East Coolgardie, Buried in the Bulong Cemetery.

COOK Frederick Walter - d 20 Jul 1902, near the White Horse Mine, Bulong, Infant 2yrs 3mths, Cause: Death caused by accidental burning on 20^th Jul, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: Herbert Edward COOK (Miner), Mother: Sarah GARDNER, Born: Bulong WA, Reg 22/1902 North East Coolgardie, Buried in the Bulong Cemetery.

Kalgoorlie Western Argus 29 July 1902, page 10

COPPEN Charles (AKA COPPIN) - d 2 May 1908, at Bulong Hospital, 23yrs, Occ: Plate Layer, Cause: Enteric Fever, Parents Unknown, Reg 8/1908 North East Coolgardie, PRES, Buried in the Bulong Cemetery.

CORBETT Michael - d 6 Jan 1899, Queen Margaret Mine, Bulong, 20yrs, Occ: Miner: Cause: Suffocation in mine stope, Father: James CORBETT (Farmer), Mother: Bridget OTOOLE, Born: Cushatrough, County Galway, Ireland, 5 months in WA, Single, Reg 7/1899 North East Coolgardie, Buried in the Bulong Cemetery.

Michael CORBETT - Photo Danelle Warnock

DAVIS Edward - d 10 Nov 1911, at Bulong, 67yrs, Occ: Miner, Cause: Heart failure, Born: Tunbridge Wells England in 1844, In WA 15yrs, Reg 13/1911 North East Coolgardie, Buried in the Bulong Cemetery.

DE LIVIGNE Louis - d 25 May 1901, at Bulong Hospital, 68yrs, Occ: Miner, Cause: Cerebral haemorrhage, Parents unknown, Reg 15/1901 North East Coolgardie, Buried in the Bulong Cemetery.

DEROCCHI Gandenzio - d 21 Nov 1908, at 39 Mile Camp, Kuramia Woodline, 44yrs, Occ: Woodcutter, Cause: Fatty degeneration of the heart (post-mortem carried out), Parents unknown, Born: Parspardo, Italy, in WA 3yrs, Married with 5 children names and ages unknown, Reg 25/1908 North East Coolgardie, RC, Buried in the Bulong Cemetery.

DILLON William - d 22 Feb 1900, Bulong Hospital, 70yrs, Occ: Miner, Cause: Ulceration of intestines, Exhaustion, Parents Unknown, Reg 15 1900 North East Coolgardie, Buried in the Bulong Cemetery.

DODMAN Martha - d 20 Mar 1901, at Bulong Hospital, 40yrs, Married woman, Cause: Thrombosis of the veins of the brain, Father: Job CRAVEN (Stonemason), Mother: Nancy WALKER, Born: Malmsbury, VIC, In VIC 26yrs, In NSW 9yrs, in WA 5 yrs, Married to John Claxton DODMAN in Violet Town, VIC at age 26yrs in 1887, Children: Eva 12yrs, Violet 9 yrs, Gladys 7 yrs, Leslie 3yrs, Martha 7 weeks 5 days, 1 female deceased, Informant Husband, Reg 4/1901 North East Coolgardie, WES, Buried in the Bulong Cemetery.

DODMAN Annie Elizabeth ‘Nancy’ - d 12 Jan 1901, at about 2 ½ miles from Bulong on the Kalgoorlie Bulong Road, at the old saw mill, Infant 5 ½ yrs, Cause: Fracture of the skull due being crushed by a falling log, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: John Claxton DODMAN (Miner), Mother: Martha CRAVEN, Born Port Pirie, SA, In SA 2 ½ yrs, In WA 3yrs, Reg 2/1901 North East Coolgardie, METH, Buried in the Bulong Cemetery.

Kalgoorlie Western Argus 15 January 1901, page 15[/

DUFALL Thomas Herbert - d 10 Dec 1903, about 2 miles north of Queen Margaret GM, Bulong, 52yrs, Occ: Labourer, Cause: Heart disease, Father: Thomas DUFALL (Farm Labourer), Mother: Louisa DICKER, Born: Dorsetshire, England on the 31 Aug 1851, In NSW 8yrs, In SA 11yrs, In WA 8yrs, Married to Elizabeth Esther LINES in Hopes Gap, South Australia at age 29yrsmin 1880, Children: Thomas 23yrs, Annie 21yrs, Esther Louisa 19yrs, Elizabeth 17yrs, George Charles 15yrs, John 12yrs, Selina 11yrs, Arthur Robert 7yrs, Informant: Thomas Dufall (Son), Reg 35/1903 North East Coolgardie, METH, Buried in the Bulong Cemetery.

Thomas Herbert DUFALL - Photo Ancestry.com

Henry Laurie DUFF - Photo Danelle Warnock

FRAWLEY James - d 2 Nov 1905, at Green Harp GM, Bulong. 29yrs, Occ: Miner, Cause: Suffocation in a fall of earth at the Green Harp GM, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: James FRAWLEY (Farmer), Mother: Rose COSGRAVE, Born: Dandenong VIC, in VIC 20yrs, in WA 9yrs, Married, Reg 21/1905 North East Coolgardie, RC, Buried in the Bulong Cemetery. Mine death – www.wavmm.com

James FRAWLEY -Photo Danelle Warnock

FURLONG Thomas Aiden - d 22 Jun 1902, at Bulong Hospital, 35yrs, Occ: Miner, Cause: Death caused by strychnine poisoning accidentally administered by himself, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: Michael FURLONG (Farmer), Mother: Winifred HAYDEN, Born: Rathmire, County Wexford, Ireland in 1867, In NSW 2yrs, In WA 8yrs, Single, Reg 17/1902 North East Coolgardie, RC, Buried in the Bulong Cemetery.

GILBERT Eveline May - d 6 Jul 1902, at Bulong Hospital, 19yrs 7mths, Cause: Febris Enterica (Enteric Fever) and Uraemia, Father: Alexander THOMPSON (Farmer), Mother: Christina Mona Skene McLENNAN, Born Narewillock, Charlton VIC in 1882, In VIC 19yrs 3 mths, In WA 4mths, Married to William John GILBERT in Charlton VIC at age 17yrs, Children: 2 females deceased, Reg 19/1902 North East Coolgardie, ANG, Buried in the Bulong Cemetery.

GILBERT Violet May - d 1 Jul 1902, at Bulong Hospital, 6 ¼ hrs, Cause: Premature Birth, Father: William John GILBERT (Miner), Mother: Eveline May THOMPSON, Reg 18/1902 North East Coolgardie, ANG, Buried in the Bulong Cemetery.

GRANT Emma - d 14 Jul 1898, at Wittenoom St, Bulong, 74yrs, Housewife, Cause: Pneumonia, Father: William POOLEY (Baker), Mother: Elizabeth SMITH (SMYTH), Born Whitechapel, London, England in 1824, 40yrs in VIC, 1 ¾ yrs in WA, Married to Ewen GRANT in St Mary’s Church, Whitechapel London England in 1852, Children: Alexander 35yrs, Ewen Thomas 31yrs, John 31yrs, 4 males deceased, Widower, Informant Ewen Thomas GRANT (Son), Reg 39/1898 North East Coolgardie, Buried in the Bulong Cemetery.

GRANT Emma - Kalgoorlie Miner 20 July 1898, page 5[/caption]

GRANT James - d 3 Feb 1899, at Bulong Hospital, 27yrs, Occ: Carpenter, Cause: Intestinal obstruction, Father: John GRANT (Civil Engineer), Mother: Christina LAMB, Born: Craigieburn VIC, In VIC 23yrs, in WA 4 yrs, Single, Informant: William GRANT (Brother), Reg 27/1899 North East Coolgardie, Buried in the Bulong Cemetery.

GREEN Bridget Ellen - d 6 Feb 1907, at Lake St, Bulong, 28yrs, Spinster, Cause: Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Father: Matthew GREEN (Farmer), Mother: Margaret HANLEY, Born: Yan Yean, South VIC, in VIC 26yrs, In WA 3yrs, Single, Informant: Christopher GREEN (Brother), Reg 3/1907 North East Coolgardie, RC, Buried in the Bulong Cemetery.

GREEN Margaret Jane - d 19 May 1906, at Lake St, Bulong, 30yrs, Home Duties, Cause: Fatty degeneration of heart, Father: Matthew GREEN (Farmer), Mother: Margaret HANLEY, Born: Yan Yean, South Victoria, 29 ½ yrs in VIC, 6 months in WA, Single, Informant: Christopher GREEN (Brother), Reg 13/1906 North East Coolgardie, RC, Buried in the Bulong Cemetery.

GRIGO Carl (GRIEGO) - d 16 Nov 1907, at Goldmining Lease 562Y, Golden West Mine Battery, Bulong, 57yrs, Baker and Mine owner, Cause: Cyanide poisoning, verdict of the Coroner, Father: Friedrich GRIGO (Farmer), Mother: Charlotte GLINKER, Born: Leitzen Germany, In Qld 11yrs, In WA 15yrs, Married to Maren ‘Marie’ HANSEN in Qld at age 29yrs, Children: Annie Charlotte 26yrs, Charles Frederick 24yrs, Mary Agnes 22yrs, William Ernest 20yrs, Otto 18yrs, Harry Herman 16yrs, Informant Charles Frederick GRIGO (Son), Reg 20/1907 North East Coolgardie, PRES, Buried in the Bulong Cemetery.

Carl GRIGO - Photo Ancestry.com

GUNN Mary Cecilia - d 3 Mar 1899, at Oversight Lead, Bulong, 9 mths, Cause: Diarrhoea and Exhaustion, Father: Edward GUNN ‘GUNNE’ (Miner), Mother: Catherine Kathleen O’NEILL, Born: Kalgoorlie, WA, Reg 28/1899 North East Coolgardie, Buried in the Bulong Cemetery.

Mary Cecelia GUNN - Photo Danelle Warnock

GUNN William Stuart - d 18 Mar 1899, at Lake St, Bulong, 7mths, Cause: Teething, Diarrhoea and Marasmus, Father: Whitworth GUNN (Accountant), Mother: Sarah Louisa BOWLES, Born: Bulong, WA Reg 30/1899 North East Coolgardie, Buried in the Bulong Cemetery.