Burtville Cemetery
Burtville, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
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Burtville is an abandoned town in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, located 29 kilometres south-east of Laverton. Gold was discovered in the area in 1897, and the town was gazetted in 1902 as Merolia, a local Aboriginal word for the area. It was renamed soon after as Burtville after the Mount Margaret Goldfield Chief Mining Warden, Archibald Edmund Burt.
By 1903, the population had risen to 400, and the town had a police station, school, two hotels, and a sealed pan sanitation system. A ten stamp state battery and a five stamp battery (the Burtville Ore Reduction Works) operated between 1903 and 1906. The Sons of Westralia, a privately owned ten stamp battery, also operated.
By 1916, the population had reduced to 45, and the police station was closed. Today, all that remains of the town is the entrance door arch of one of the town's hotels and various piles of stones from other buildings.
Sadly, many of the persons interred in this cemetery died in mine accidents or suicides. In keeping with the Australian tradition of listing only the death date on headstones, most individuals in this cemetery have no birth date available unless other records were found.
Burtville is an abandoned town in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, located 29 kilometres south-east of Laverton. Gold was discovered in the area in 1897, and the town was gazetted in 1902 as Merolia, a local Aboriginal word for the area. It was renamed soon after as Burtville after the Mount Margaret Goldfield Chief Mining Warden, Archibald Edmund Burt.
By 1903, the population had risen to 400, and the town had a police station, school, two hotels, and a sealed pan sanitation system. A ten stamp state battery and a five stamp battery (the Burtville Ore Reduction Works) operated between 1903 and 1906. The Sons of Westralia, a privately owned ten stamp battery, also operated.
By 1916, the population had reduced to 45, and the police station was closed. Today, all that remains of the town is the entrance door arch of one of the town's hotels and various piles of stones from other buildings.
Sadly, many of the persons interred in this cemetery died in mine accidents or suicides. In keeping with the Australian tradition of listing only the death date on headstones, most individuals in this cemetery have no birth date available unless other records were found.
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- Added: 30 Jun 2016
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2616666
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