Local Government
Victoria Plains
Region
Wheatbelt
Waddington
5kms west of Waddington Hotel
Victoria Plains
Wheatbelt
Constructed from 18870, Constructed from 1860
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 27 Oct 1998 | Category 5 |
The site has associations with the early settlement of the region.
4 graves, (3 male, 1 female) originally with a rail around.
The woman's grave is that of a woman murdered at the site, before the railway, pre 1893. At that time, men stayed at the hotel for a 'holiday' from carting supplies. Other men camped at a freshwater pool some distance away. A traveller and his women stopped at the hotel, had a few drinks, an argument and headed in different directions. The next morning the woman was dead with a cut throat at the camp site, her partner was discovered in Newcastle, and Cole, one of the campers was accused, taken to trial and found guilty of murder. After seven years of a life term, Cole was released on a ticket of leave.
Site
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Norwood H; "District History News". | New Norcia | 1969 |
Historic Site
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DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Settlements |
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