Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA
Charles ALNWICK
Age at Death29
Date Of Death25 November 1901 : Reg 264/1901
Place Of BirthNewcastle, New South Wales
OccupationMiner
Coolgardie Miner, Tuesday 26 November 1901, page 3
Inquest :- Coolgardie Miner, Wednesday 27 November 1901, page 4
Inquest page 2:- Coolgardie Miner, Wednesday 27 November 1901, page 4
Coolgardie Cemetery WA - Photon Find a Grave
Coolgardie Cemetery WA - Photo Fina a Grave
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA - Photo Paul Doust
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Lady Robinson GM, Coolgardie, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
Struck by falling timber.
Place Of Burial
Coolgardie Cemetery, Western Australia
Submitted by
Eric Chamberlain - Volunteer
MSW
Single
District
Coolgardie
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
Thomas ALNWICK (1843-1907)
Mother
Annie MULLARD (1845-1885)
Other Information
His brother, Harry Alnwick, was working with him at the time of the accident.
Now incorporated as part of the Burbanks open pit, some 8 kilometres south of Coolgardie along the Londonderry Road. The deposit was discovered by Robert (Bob) Robinson, the mine named after his wife. Reports of development work and crushings were found from 1898. Robinson was the original and only shareholder and had been a prospector in the area for many years. As time went on Robinson's involvement decreased, and other shareholders became involved. The mine produced dividends for this small group. Robert Robertson died on June 6, 1906, aged 65, from lung and liver complications, and by this stage, his involvement with the mine was practically nil. Mining continued after his death, largely through tributers, until the last information was found in 1913.
Burbanks is an abandoned town in Western Australia located between Coolgardie and Londonderry in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. In 1894 gold was discovered in the area and the townsite was gazetted in 1897.Wikipedia
