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05-January-2015
Photographs supplied by Peter Manlein / Father Ted Doncaster
The original Southern Cross Cemetery has been redeveloped by the Southern Cross Historical Society, with assistance from the Yilgarn Shire Council and Rotarians, as a monument to the pioneers of the Yilgarn District from 1891 to 1898.
The memorial takes the form of a curved wall displaying the remaining headstones from the cemetery and includes several from the Marvel Loch Cemetery. A quartz boulder in the foreground to which the descriptive tablet is attached came from the Frazer Mine in Southern Cross.
The cemetery was only used from 1891 to 1898 and consequently is an important reminder of the miners and pioneers who first settled this inhospitable area. The high incidence of typhoid on the early goldfield is dramatically recalled on the headstones of many of the miners.
Location
| Address: | Great Eastern Highway, Cemetery, Southern Cross , 6426 |
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| State: | WA |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -31.228611 Long: 119.338333 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Monument |
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| Monument Theme: | Landscape |
| Sub-Theme: | Settlement |
| Approx. Event Start Date: | 1891 |
| Approx. Event End Date: | 1898 |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Monday 5th June, 1978 |
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Front Inscription
Source: MATo the memory of the pioneers of Southern Cross who lived in the Eastern Goldfields.
Most of these headstones were victims of typhoid and the deaths were prior to 1898.
The original narrow gauge railway passed through the Cemetery in 1894.
All available headstones were assembled and include 5 from Marvel Loch.
Erected on the site of the original Southern Cross Cemetery by the Southern Cross Historical Society and the Yilgarn Shire Council.
Plaque :
This tablet was unveiled 5th June 1978 by Mrs. H. J. Broom
Born 27 - 4 - 1881
Resident of Southern Cross since Oct. 1900
Plaque :
William Alfred Manlein, beloved husband of Annie Manlein accidentally killed at Marvel Loch, 10.10.1913.
Aged 38 years
Erected by his loving wife.
"As the ivy clings to the oak, so our memory clings to thee."
Inserted by his children.
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