Alphabetical Listing of burials in the Midwest Cemeteries

Alphabetical Listing of burials in the Midwest Cemeteries

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

THE CEMETERIES OR REGISTRATION DISTRICTS

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Where a cemetery is known it is given, but if only the registration district is known,  only that is stated. The figures in brackets are the number of burials. 

APX - Apex Park Cemetery, Geraldton (360)
B&M - Bowes and Murchison Registration District (26)
BOO - Bootenal Cemetery (8)
BOW - Bowes Registration District (34)
BWS - Bowes Station Cemetery (7)
CHB - Champion Bay Registration District (62)
CUE - Cue Burial (1)
CV  - Chapman Valley Burial (1)
DAN - Dandaragan Burial (1)
DON - Dongara Cemetery and Registration District (160)
E.M - East Murchison Registration District (12)
ELL - Ellendale Station Cemetery (1)
ERC - Eastern Road Cemetery (28)
FTL - Fremantle Registration (1)
GDI - Geraldine Mine Cemetery (15)
GGH - Greenough Cemeteries and Registration District (601)
GTN - Geraldton Cemeteries and Registration District (529)
GWA - Gwalla Cemetery (56)
IRW - Irwin Registration District (104)
LYN - Lynton and Port Gregory Burials (12)
MCH - Murchison River, Drowned in Flood (2)
MNS - Minnenooka Station Cemetery (2)
MUR - Murchison Regisration District (386)
NHN - Northampton Registration District (118)
NHT - Northampton Holy Trinity Anglican Cemetery (30)
NOR - Northampton Onslow Street Cemetery
NSS - Northampton Stephen Street Catholic Cemetery (6)
NTC - Narra Tarra Cemetery (2)
PP  - Private Property (6)
PTG - Port Gregory Registration District
SEA - Buried at Sea in the region (2)
SFX - St Francis Xavier Cemetery (145)
SSS - Sand Springs Station Cemetery (2)
TIB - Tibradden Station Cemetery (1)
USC - Urch Street Cemetery (94)
VIC - Victoria Registration District (158)
WAN - Wanneranooka Mine Cemetery (3)
WWY - Walkaway Cemetery (7)


             THE CHURCHES AND CEMETERIES OF GERALDTON

1.   UTAKARRA GENERAL CEMETERY, Utakarra Road, Geraldton comprising the burials of all denominations for Geraldton beginning July 1930 and continues through to present day.  The beginning of this cemetery meant the phasing out of most of the smaller burial grounds, although the use of some  of these cemeteries was still made in modern days.
(Utakarra is not amongst this list of indexes as it is quite large and will be added at a later date)

2.   APEX PARK CEMETERY, Urch Street, Geraldton,           (APX)          comprising both the Anglican and Roman Catholic Parish Cemeteries.

     2.1  ANGLICAN - CHRIST CHURCH 1870-                   (ANG)
              
Built by Father Lecaille
              
Burial Register dates from 5th Dec 1865

     2.2  CATHOLIC - ST FRANCIS XAVIER PARISH CEMETERY     (SFX)
 
comprising the South West quarter of the large cemetery in Urch Street Geraldton.

     2.3  UNKNOWN - gaps in registers, MI's, etc           (USC) 

3.   OLD GERALDTON CEMETERY, EASTERN ROAD.                 (ERC)
comprising the early Presbyterian, Methodist, and other denominations.

     3.1  METHODIST CEMETERY - Lot 70 Geraldton Township
    
3.2  PRESBYTERIAN CEMETERY - Lot 72 Township
    
3.3  NON SPECIFIC CEMETERY - Lot 71 & Lot 143 Township 

4.   GREENOUGH - 1857 to 1963                              (GGH)
comprising the many localities within the area of  'THE GREENOUGH'.  Burials on the Greenough comprise approximately 900 names, buried in several locations within the region. The GGH indicates Greenough Hamlet or that no other cemetery has yet been determined.

     4.1  ANGLICAN - The original Burial Register for all the Greenough Anglican burials dates from 25 Sep 1870

       ST JAMES, SOUTH GREENOUGH  1868-                 (SJC)
              
Built by Rev. Charles Clay

          ST CATHERINES, CENTRAL GREENOUGH                 (STC)
              
1891-1914 Built by J. Eagles Harston

          ST CATHERINES, CENTRAL GREENOUGH                 (STC)
Consecrated and the Foundation Stone was laid 22nd November 1913    1914-today.

     4.2  CATHOLIC - ST PETERS, CENTRAL GREENOUGH 1866-    (SPC)
              
Built by Father Lecaille

          ST PETERS, CENTRAL GREENOUGH 1908-present
         
ST JOHNS, BOOTENAL                               (SJB)
         
ST THOMAS, BRADLEYS                              (STB)

     4.3  WALKAWAY TOWNSHIP CEMETERY                       (WWY)
         
WALKAWAY CHURCH
              
Foundation Stone 14th June 1903 

5.   NORTHAMPTON                                           (NHN)
    
5.1  ANGLICAN - 1868-
             
Built by Father Lecaille
    
5.2  CATHOLIC - ST MARYS, Stephen Street              (NSS)
    
5.3  OLD METHODIST CEMETERY                            (NOM)
    
5.4  HOLY TRINITY NORTHAMPTON                         (NHT)
           
Consecrated 20th September 1903 by Lord Bishop
    
5.5  GWALLA MINE                                      (GWA)
The church was built in 1864 and reroofed around 27 May 1898 with the old shingles being replaced by galvanised iron by Wigley of Geraldton.
    
5.6  WANNERANOOKA MINE                                (WAN)
comprising the few burials near the original mine on the Northern hill of Northampton.
    
5.7  PORT GREGORY and LYNTON STATION                  (LYN)
    
5.8  GERALDINE MINE                                   (GDI)
    
5.9  GALENA MINE                                      (GAL)
    
5.10 BINNU
     
5.11 BOWES EARLY DISTRICT                             (BOW)
    
5.12 THE BOWES STATION CEMETERY                       (BWS)
    
5.12 MURCHISON HOUSE STATION                          (MHS) 

6.   CHAPMAN VALLEY
comprising the many small localities within the area of 'THE CHAPMAN'

     6.1  NABAWA CEMETERY                                  (NAB) 

7.   EAST OF GERALDTON - the station country

     7.1  ELLENDALE STATION                                (ELL)
     7.2  TIBBRADDEN STATION                               (TIB)
    
7.3  GLENGARRY STATION                                (GLS)
    
7.4  SANDSPRINGS STATION                              (SSS)
    
7.5  KOJARENA - ST JAMES the APOSTLE, 1935-
    
7.6  NEWMARRACARRA STATION
    
7.7  NARRA TARRA CEMETERY                             (NTC)
    
7.8  ERADU

 

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