Eucla Telegraph Station WA Memorial Inscriptions


© Copyright 1996-2020 Kerry Raymond and David Horton
[see also Names in alphabetical order]

Photos in cemetery order


Headstone of Raymond G. DAVEY,
(d: 7 Apr 1908, aged 9 mths)
removed from Eucla cemetery, now in Eucla museum,
Eyre Highway,
Western Australia
(100_1257.JPG)

Headstone of Raymond G. DAVEY,
(d: 7 Apr 1908, aged 9 mths)
removed from Eucla cemetery, now in Eucla museum,
Eyre Highway,
Western Australia


Headstone of Arthur W. JEFFERY,
(d: 26 Apr 1906, aged 11 mths)
removed from Eucla cemetery, now in Eucla museum,
Eyre Highway,
Western Australia
(100_1258.JPG)

Headstone of Arthur W. JEFFERY,
(d: 26 Apr 1906, aged 11 mths)
removed from Eucla cemetery, now in Eucla museum,
Eyre Highway,
Western Australia


Headstone fragment
removed from Eucla cemetery,
now in Eucla museum,
Eyre Highway,
Western Australia
(100_1259.JPG)

Headstone fragment
removed from Eucla cemetery,
now in Eucla museum,
Eyre Highway,
Western Australia


The old Eucla Telegraph Station gradually
getting overrun by the sand dunes,
Eucla willage,
Nullarbor Plain,
Eyre Highway,
Western Australia
(100_1292.JPG)

The old Eucla Telegraph Station gradually
getting overrun by the sand dunes,
Eucla willage,
Nullarbor Plain,
Eyre Highway,
Western Australia


William George BAILEY,
B: 20 Nov 1877, aged 19 yr, 8 mths
Eucla museum,
Nullarbor Plain,
Eyre Highway,
Western Australia
(100_1309.JPG)

William George BAILEY,
B: 20 Nov 1877, aged 19 yr, 8 mths
Eucla museum,
Nullarbor Plain,
Eyre Highway,
Western Australia


William George BAILEY,
Eucla museum,
Nullarbor Plain,
Eyre Highway,
Western Australia
(100_1310.JPG)

William George BAILEY,
Eucla museum,
Nullarbor Plain,
Eyre Highway,
Western Australia


William George BAILEY,
his headstone was relocated to
Eucla museum,
Nullarbor Plain,
Eyre Highway,
Western Australia
(100_1311.JPG)

William George BAILEY,
his headstone was relocated to
Eucla museum,
Nullarbor Plain,
Eyre Highway,
Western Australia


John MUIR,
Eucla museum,
Nullarbor Plain,
Eyre Highway,
Western Australia
(100_1312.JPG)

John MUIR,
Eucla museum,
Nullarbor Plain,
Eyre Highway,
Western Australia


John MUIR
b: 21 May 1836,
d: 29 June 1875
removed from Eucla cemetery, now in Eucla museum,
Eyre Highway,
Western Australia
(100_1313.JPG)

John MUIR
b: 21 May 1836,
d: 29 June 1875
removed from Eucla cemetery, now in Eucla museum,
Eyre Highway,
Western Australia


John MUIR,
Eucla museum,
Nullarbor Plain,
Eyre Highway,
Western Australia
(100_1314.JPG)

John MUIR,
Eucla museum,
Nullarbor Plain,
Eyre Highway,
Western Australia


Original plan of the town of Eucla,
Eucla museum,
Nullarbor Plain,
Eyre Highway,
Western Australia
(100_1315.JPG)

Original plan of the town of Eucla,
Eucla museum,
Nullarbor Plain,
Eyre Highway,
Western Australia


John Muir,
Eucla museum,
Nullarbor Plain,
Eyre Highway,
Western Australia
(100_1316.JPG)

John Muir,
Eucla museum,
Nullarbor Plain,
Eyre Highway,
Western Australia


John Muir,
Eucla museum,
Nullarbor Plain,
Eyre Highway,
Western Australia
(100_1317.JPG)

John Muir,
Eucla museum,
Nullarbor Plain,
Eyre Highway,
Western Australia


John Muir,
Eucla museum,
Nullarbor Plain,
Eyre Highway,
Western Australia
(100_1318.JPG)

John Muir,
Eucla museum,
Nullarbor Plain,
Eyre Highway,
Western Australia


John Muir,
Eucla museum,
Nullarbor Plain,
Eyre Highway,
Western Australia
(100_1319.JPG)

John Muir,
Eucla museum,
Nullarbor Plain,
Eyre Highway,
Western Australia


Roll of Honour,
Eucla museum,
Nullarbor Plain,
Eyre Highway,
Western Australia
(100_1320.JPG)

Roll of Honour,
Eucla museum,
Nullarbor Plain,
Eyre Highway,
Western Australia



Eucla Telegraph Station, WA


Address: under sand 300m west of Eucla Telegraph Station. Some headstones were recovered and placed in the museum near the Travellers Cross
Opened: approx. 1875
# graves:
moved to Museum from encroaching sand 1950-1987

More information about
Eucla Telegraph Station

Photographed: Nov 2007 (recovered ones in museum)


Displayed images are scaled down to fit on the screen, but full-size images can be obtained by clicking.

Latitude -31.71409777113356, Longitude 128.8858763896979
Latitude -31° 42’ 51", Longitude 128° 53’ 9"



Names in alphabetical order
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