Wirrabara Forest
GPS South 33.05.49 East 138.13.44
Photographed 15th May 2010
No Individual headstones with transcriptions are present, only wooden markers.
The first deaths in this area were station people or early forest workers, this included a number of children taken by periodic epidemics that swept through the district. Most of the records of these deaths have been lost.
Early burials in Wirrabara forest were in a small cemetery on Section 286 Hundred of Darling called White's forest.
It is thought that over 20 burials took place here probably including the following
BEAR, Annie died 20 March 1871 aged 5 years
BEAR, Marianne died 25 April 1871 aged 2 years 10 months
GARDNER, Alexander died 22 August 1874 aged 84 years
JAMES, Henry died 08 March 1870 aged 52 years
McCANN, James - no details
CREAMER, Catherine died 16 April 1864 aged 27 years
PAYNE, Mary Edith died 13 January 1871 aged 10 years
ROBINSON, Sarah died 30 March 1871 aged 2 years 9 months
HARRIS, Nathaniel died 24 May 1863 aged 27 years
IRLAM, Richard William died 15 June 1866 aged 6 months
JULIAN, Edward died 09 November 1867 aged 32 years
HAMM or HAM, James, died 16 January 1869 - no details
PICKFORD, Hubert Joseph died 05 May 1866 aged 12 months
SLADE, Jane died 13 April, 1870 aged 13 years
TALBOT, William died 15 March 1870 aged 39 years
BOON, Deith died 22 September 1865 aged 42 years.
The first deaths in this area were station people or early forest workers, this included a number of children taken by periodic epidemics that swept through the district. Most of the records of these deaths have been lost.
Early burials in Wirrabara forest were in a small cemetery on Section 286 Hundred of Darling called White's forest.
It is thought that over 20 burials took place here probably including the following
BEAR, Annie died 20 March 1871 aged 5 years
BEAR, Marianne died 25 April 1871 aged 2 years 10 months
GARDNER, Alexander died 22 August 1874 aged 84 years
JAMES, Henry died 08 March 1870 aged 52 years
McCANN, James - no details
CREAMER, Catherine died 16 April 1864 aged 27 years
PAYNE, Mary Edith died 13 January 1871 aged 10 years
ROBINSON, Sarah died 30 March 1871 aged 2 years 9 months
HARRIS, Nathaniel died 24 May 1863 aged 27 years
IRLAM, Richard William died 15 June 1866 aged 6 months
JULIAN, Edward died 09 November 1867 aged 32 years
HAMM or HAM, James, died 16 January 1869 - no details
PICKFORD, Hubert Joseph died 05 May 1866 aged 12 months
SLADE, Jane died 13 April, 1870 aged 13 years
TALBOT, William died 15 March 1870 aged 39 years
BOON, Deith died 22 September 1865 aged 42 years.