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Name

Date

K/I/O

Status

Dep

Comments

District

Division

Souce

Wa, Pung

1859/00/00

Killed

   

Fall of earth

Ararat

 

(Dig. Evans)

Waddle, James

1864/00/00

Killed

30 Y. O. (or Waddell)

 

Fall of earth

Beechworth

Harrietville

(Dig. Evans)

Waddle, John

1879/11/04

Killed

Married, **

4

 

Ballarat

Creswick

(C.I.R.)

Wagner, William

1866/00/00

Killed

37 Y. O.

 

Fall into shaft

 

Chinamans Flat

(Dig. Evans)

Wah, Ah

1866/00/00

Killed

27 Y. O.

 

Fall of earth

Castlemaine

Queenstown

(Dig. Evans)

Wah, Ah

1875/07/29

Killed

Single, 38 Y. O.

 

Fall into shaft

Beechworth

Yackandandah

(C.I.R.)(Dig. Evans)

Wah, Kung

1859/00/00

Killed

   

Fall of earth

Beechworth

Ovens, Pennyweight

(Dig. Evans)

Wah, Lee

1890/08/02

Killed

Single, 65 Y. O.

   

Ballarat

Creswick

(A.R.Sec.Mines)

Wah, Quong

1873/00/00

Killed

   

Fall of earth

Ballarat

 

(Dig. Evans)

Waitche, George

1875/00/00

Killed

   

Fall of earth in shaft

Sandhurst

Murchison

(Dig. Evans)

Waite, W

1876/06/09

Injured

   

Compo

Sandhurst

Sandhurst

(C.I.R.)

Walbrook, J.

1868/05/21

Injured

   

Black Hill

Ballarat

 

(C.C.A.)

Walford, Benjamin

1885/02/05

Killed

Married, 36 Y. O.

5

 

Castlemaine

Taradale

(A.R.Sec.Mines)

Walk, Thomas

1868/00/00

Killed

   

Fall into hole

Maryborough

Majorca

(Dig. Evans)

Walker, Ann R.

1934/11/23

Killed

   

Accident inquest date

   

(Dig. Evans)

Walker, George

1881/07/13

Killed

Married,

   

Ballarat

Smythesdale

(C.I.R.)

Walker, George Thomas

1853/00/00

Killed

     

Castlemaine

Campbells Creek

(Dig. Evans) (PRO)

Walker, James

1884/09/24

Injured

Married,

   

Sandhurst

Sandhurst

(C.I.R.)

Walker, John Rushton

1886/00/00

Killed

40 Y. O.

 

Fall of earth

 

Melbourne

(Dig. Evans)

Walker, Joseph William

1870/09/21

Killed

   

** (Fall of earth)

Ballarat

Sailor's Gully

(N. B. Evans)(Dig. Evans)

Walker, R.

1906/00/00

Injured

     

Ballarat

 

(A.R.Sec.Mines)

Walker, Robert

1861/00/00

Killed

70 Y. O.

 

Fall down shaft

Sandhurst

 

(Dig. Evans)

Walker, Robert

1883/06/06

Killed

Married,

2

 

Ballarat

Gordon

(C.I.R.)

Walker, Robert A.

1943/05/28

Killed

   

Coal mine accident (inq. date)

   

(Dig. Evans)

Walker, Thomas

1863/09/11

Killed

     

Ballarat

Brown's

(PRO) (Glen C)

Walker, Thomas

1882/03/08

Killed

Married,

5

 

Ballarat

Gordon

(C.I.R.)

Walker, Thomas

1863/09/11

Killed

   

Fall of earth

Ballarat

Brown's

(PRO) (Glen C)

Walker, William H.

1874/08/28

Killed

Single

   

Ballarat

Smythesdale

(C.I.R.)

Walker, William Henry

1858/00/00

Killed

   

Fall of earth

Maryborough

St Arnaud

(Dig. Evans)

Wallace, James

1858/00/00

Killed

   

Fall of earth

Beechworth

 

(Dig. Evans)

Wallace, John

1871/00/00

Killed

   

Fall down shaft

Castlemaine

Daylesford

(Dig. Evans)

Wallace, John

1874/05/02

Killed

Single

   

Ararat

Pleasant Ck.

(C.I.R.)

Wallace, John

1886/11/24

Injured

Married, 30 Y. O.

   

Sandhurst

Sandhurst

(A.R.Sec.Mines)

Wallace, Robert

1863/00/00

Killed

26 Y. O.

 

Fall of earth

Ballarat

 

(Dig. Evans)

Wallace, Samuel

1890/08/01

Injured

Single, 24 Y. O.

   

Beechworth

Gaffney's Creek

(A.R.Sec.Mines)

Wallace, William

1865/11/24

Killed

Married, 28 Y. O.

4

 

Ballarat

Carngham

Death Certificate/Inquest

Wallace, William

1867/00/00

Killed

   

Fall of earth

Ballarat

Cardigan

(Dig. Evans)

Wallace, William

1865/11/24

Killed

Married, 28 Y. O.

4

Fall of earth

Ballarat

Carngham

Death Certificate/Inquest (Dig. Evans)

Wallis, E.

1910/00/00

Injured

     

Ballarat

Aust. Midas Mine

(A.R.Sec.Mines)

Wallis, William

1885/06/10

Injured

Widower, 57 Y. O.

   

Maryborough

Maryborough

(A.R.Sec.Mines)

Wallis, William

1891/03/01

Injured

   

Date reported

Ballarat

Creswick

(C.C.A.)

Walman, Henry

1891/02/09

Injured

Married, 38 Y. O.

   

Castlemaine

Castlemaine

(A.R.Sec.Mines)

Walsh,

1868/03/12

Killed

   

Albion & Band of Hope

Ballarat

 

(C.C.A.)

Walsh, James

1883/00/00

Killed

see Oshea, James

   

Ballarat

Creswick

(Dig. Evans)

Walsh, Matthew

1868/00/00

Killed

37 Y. O.

 

Fall of earth

Beechworth

Hotham

(Dig. Evans)

Walsh, Michael

1887/04/04

Injured

Married, 41 Y. O.

   

Sandhurst

Sandhurst

(A.R.Sec.Mines)

Walsh, Michael

1887/05/26

Injured

Married, 54 Y. O.

   

Beechworth

Mitta Mitta Sth.

(A.R.Sec.Mines)

Walsh, Nicholas

1869/07/12

Killed

   

Fall of earth

Ballarat

All Saints Co

Dickers M. R. (N. B. Evans)(Dig. Evans)

Walters, Bernard

1888/11/28

Injured

Married, 30 Y. O.

   

Sandhurst

Sandhurst

(A.R.Sec.Mines)

Walters, George D.

1880/09/23

Killed

Single

   

Ballarat

Ballarat

(C.I.R.)

Walters, James

1891/05/20

Killed

Married, 33 Y. O.

4

Date reported

Ballarat

Ballarat

(C.C.A.)

Walters, Peter

1885/03/24

Injured

Single, 65 Y. O.

   

Maryborough

Amherst

(A.R.Sec.Mines)

Walters, Stephen

1858/00/00

Killed

41 Y. O.

 

Fall of earth

Castlemaine

 

(Dig. Evans)

Walters, Wm.

1891/05/05

Killed

Married, 34 Y. O.

3

Compo

Ballarat

Central

(A.R.Sec.Mines)

Walton, Henry

1893/12/23

Killed

   

Compo

Ballarat

Steiglitz

(A.R.Sec.Mines)

Wan, Chan

1878/00/00

Killed

   

Fall of earth

Ballarat

Creswick

(Dig. Evans)

Wang, Mang

1861/00/00

Killed

   

Accident drowned

 

Shepherds Flat

(Dig. Evans)

Wangler, Ludwig

1884/04/21

Injured

Widowed

   

Ballarat

Smythesdale

(C.I.R.)

War, Lee Ah

1867/00/00

Killed

   

Fall down shaft

Sandhurst

 

(Dig. Evans)

Ward, A.

1911/00/00

Injured

     

Castlemaine

 

(A.R.Sec.Mines)

Ward, Alfred

1905/00/00

Killed

         

(Dig. Evans) (PRO)

Ward, Frederick

1892/03/05

Injured

   

Compo

Beechworth

Beechworth

(A.R.Sec.Mines)

Ward, George

1859/00/00

Killed

35 Y. O.

 

Fall of earth

Maryborough

Korong

(Dig. Evans)

Ward, George Sinclair

1909/00/00

Killed

   

Miners disease

   

(Dig. Evans)

Ward, William S.

1866/04/10

Killed

     

Ballarat

Defiance GMC

(N. B. Evans)

Warn, W.

1868/10/24

Injured

   

Egerton

Ballarat

 

(C.C.A.)

Warnell, John

1900/09/06

Injured

40 Y.O.

 

Explosion

Ballarat

Star of the East Mine

(B.C.)(C.C.A.)

Warner,

1870/02/26

Injured

   

Date reported

 

Sandy Creek

Dickers M. R.

Warner, William

1891/11/07

Injured

Single, 20 Y. O.

 

**

Beechworth

Alexandra

(A.R.Sec.Mines)

Warren, B.

1911/00/00

Killed

     

Sandhurst

United Hustler's & Redan

(C.H.Evans)

Warren, Francis J.

1863/00/00

Killed

     

Ballarat

Smythesdale

(PRO) (Glen C)

Warren, James

1861/00/00

Killed

   

Fall of earth

Beechworth

Freeburgh

(Dig. Evans)

Warren, James

1881/06/17

Killed

Married,

12

 

Beechworth

Buckland

(C.I.R.)

Warren, John

1868/00/00

Killed

60 Y. O.

 

Fall of earth

Ararat

Pleasant Ck.

(Dig. Evans)

Washington, John

1862/00/00

Killed

   

Fall of earth

Ballarat

Newtown

(Dig. Evans)

Washington, Oscar

1862/00/00

Killed

   

Fall of earth

Ballarat

Newtown

(Dig. Evans)

Waterfield, David

1898/09/10

Killed

Married, 60 Y. O.

8

Date reported

Castlemaine

Strangeways

(Newstead Echo)

Waterman, W.H.

1902/00/00

Killed

     

Sandhurst

Hustler's Reef No.1 Mine

(C.H.Evans)

Waters,

1898/09/14

Injured

   

Windlass accident

Ballarat

Creswick

(C.C.A.)

Waterson, Joseph

1883/07/05

Injured

   

Compo

Castlemaine

Maldon

(C.I.R.)

Watson, David

1862/00/00

Killed

31 Y. O.

 

Fall of earth (Shareholder)

Ballarat?

Black Hill

(Dig. Evans)

Watson, I

1878/03/22

Injured

   

Compo

Maryborough

Dunolly

(C.I.R.)

Watson, J

1876/07/14

Injured

   

Compo

Sandhurst

Sandhurst

(C.I.R.)

Watson, John

1865/11/28

Killed

Married, 37 Y. O.

2

Alert GMC

Ballarat

Break-o-Day

(Letter)(Dig. Evans)

Watson, John

1886/11/10

Injured

Married, 30 Y. O.

 

Compo

Sandhurst

Eaglehawk

(A.R.Sec.Mines)

Watson, Nathan R.

1869/09/11

Killed

     

Ballarat

Nightingale Co

Dickers M. R.(N. B. Evans)

Watson, Ralph

1881/04/11

Injured

   

Compo

Sandhurst

Eaglehawk

(C.I.R.)

Watt, James

1906/00/00

Killed

     

Ballarat

Sth. Woah Hawp Mine

(A.R.Sec.Mines)

Watts, Harold

1888/01/17

Killed

Married,38 Y. O.

8

 

Sandhurst

Eaglehawk

(A.R.Sec.Mines)

Watts, Harold

1908/00/00

Injured

     

Sandhurst

Collmann & Tacchi's M.

(A.R.Sec.Mines)

Watts, Jas.

1889/12/19

Injured

Married, 24 Y. O.

   

Maryborough

Dunolly

(A.R.Sec.Mines)

Watts, William

1872/00/00

Killed

19 Y. O.

 

Fall down shaft

Castlemaine

Maldon

(Dig. Evans)

Watts, William

1877/01/02

Killed

Single

   

Maryborough

Dunolly

(C.I.R.)

Way, Ah

1861/00/00

Killed

   

Accident drowned

Ballarat

Blackwood

(Dig. Evans)

Way, Ah Pow

1870/00/00

Killed

   

Fall of earth

Maryborough

Inglewood

(Dig. Evans)

Way, George

1861/00/00

Killed

47 Y. O.

 

Fall down shaft

Ballarat

Clunes

(Dig. Evans)

Way, Kid

1856/00/00

Killed

   

Fall of earth

Ballarat

 

(Dig. Evans)

We, Lip

1869/00/00

Killed

   

Fall of earth

Beechworth

Rutherglen

(Dig. Evans)

Wearmouth, W.

1884/11/16

Injured

Widowed

   

Ballarat

Creswick

(C.I.R.)

Wearne, Alfred

1908/00/00

Injured

     

Sandhurst

Specimen Hill Mine

(A.R.Sec.Mines)

Wearne, John

1912/00/00

Injured

     

Sandhurst

Golden Age Mine

(A.R.Sec.Mines)

Wearne, Wm.

1865/11/28

Injured

     

Castlemaine

Tarrangower

Dickers M. R.

Weatherstone, J.

1910/00/00

Killed

     

Sandhurst

Catherine Reef Mine

(C.H.Evans)

Webb,

1905/00/00

Killed

     

Beechworth

 

(A.R.Sec.Mines)

Webb, James Henry

1887/09/26

Killed

Single, 18 Y. O.

 

Compo **

Castlemaine

Taradale/Kyneton

(A.R.Sec.Mines)

Webb, John

1861/05/21

Killed

   

Date reported

Ballarat

Red Streak Mine

(C.C.A.)

Webb, Thomas

1857/00/00

Killed

   

Fall down shaft

Ballarat

 

(Dig. Evans)

Webb, William

1905/00/00

Killed

   

Fall of earth

   

(Dig. Evans)

Webber, Robert

1879/07/22

Killed

Married, 40 Y. O.

5

(Compo) Fall down shaft

Maryborough

Dunolly

(C.I.R.)(Dig. Evans)

Weber, John

1859/10/12

Killed

     

Ballarat

Ballarat

(N. B. Evans)

Webster, Benjamin

1884/06/12

Killed

Married,

None

Compo

Sandhurst

Sandhurst

(C.I.R.)

Webster, E

1875/07/26

Injured

   

Compo

Sandhurst

Sandhurst

(C.I.R.)

Webster, Henry

1859/00/00

Killed

35 Y. O.

 

Fall of earth

Ballarat

Buninyong

(Dig. Evans)

Webster, John

1852/00/00

Killed

   

Fall of earth

 

Glenelg

(Dig. Evans) (PRO)

Webster, Walter

1916/10/07

Killed

   

Fall of earth (inq. date)

   

(Dig. Evans)

Webster, William A.

1868/01/07

Killed

   

Barrell, Thomas

Sandhurst

Prince of Wales Claim

(E.P.)(Dig. Evans)

Wedge, Samuel

1883/09/10

Injured

   

Compo

Sandhurst

Eaglehawk

(C.I.R.)

Wee, Lan

1860/00/00

Killed

   

Fall of earth

Maryborough

Avoca

(Dig. Evans)

Weeks, Fred

1886/02/16

Injured

Married, 43 Y. O.

   

Ballarat

Creswick

(A.R.Sec.Mines)

Weeks, George

1859/00/00

Killed

   

Fall of earth

Ararat

Pleasant Ck.

(Dig. Evans)

Weese, Benjamin

1960/11/17

Killed

   

Fall down mine shaft (inq. date)

   

(Dig. Evans)

Weese, Edward

1960/11/17

Killed

   

Fall down mine shaft (inq. date)

   

(Dig. Evans)

Weibrook, Charles

1870/01/15

Killed

   

Fall of earth

Maryborough

Golden Gate Co.

Dickers M. R.- Avoca (Dig. Evans)

Weigenir, William

1860/00/00

Killed

   

Fall of earth

Beechworth?

Wool Shed

(Dig. Evans)

Weiland, Ernest

1912/00/00

Injured

     

Sandhurst

New Moon Mine

(A.R.Sec.Mines)

Weir, William

1887/08/15

Injured

Single

 

Date reported

Ballarat

Kingston

(C.C.A.)

Weitzell, Frederick

1886/06/15

Injured

Single, 20 Y. O.

   

Sandhurst

Sandhurst

(A.R.Sec.Mines)

Welch, Charles

1887/11/01

Injured

Married, 28 Y. O.

   

Sandhurst

Eaglehawk

(A.R.Sec.Mines)

Welch, Morris Scanlan

1864/00/00

Killed

   

Fall into cutting

Gippsland

Gaffneys Creek

(Dig. Evans)

Wellesey, J.

1868/04/04

Killed

   

Working Miners Mine

Ballarat

 

(C.C.A.)

Wellment, Charles

1867/00/00

Killed

33 Y. O.

 

Fall of slate

Ballarat

Smythesdale

(PRO) (Glen C)(Dig. Evans)

Wells, Edmund

1866/00/00

Killed

   

Fall of earth

Ballarat

Bull Dog

(Dig. Evans)

Wells, Edward

1912/00/00

Injured

     

Beechworth

 

(A.R.Sec.Mines)

Wells, John

1880/09/10

Injured

   

Compo

Maryborough

Maryborough

(C.I.R.)

Wells, Thomas

1875/02/08

Killed

Married,

4

 

Maryborough

St Arnaud

(C.I.R.)

Wen, Sing

1873/00/00

Killed

   

Fall of earth

Ballarat

Creswick

(Dig. Evans)

Wenship, Charles

1862/00/00

Killed

28 Y. O.

 

Fall of earth

 

White Hills

(Dig. Evans)

Werrett,George

1870/00/00

Killed

   

Stone fall into shaft

Ballarat

Steiglitz

(Dig. Evans)

West, J.

1907/00/00

Killed

     

Sandhurst

United Hustler's & Redan

(C.H.Evans)

West, James

1916/05/04

Killed

   

Fall of earth

   

(Dig. Evans)

West, Joseph

1859/00/00

Killed

45 Y. O.

 

Fall of earth

Maryborough

Amphitheatre

(Dig. Evans)

Westhead, Thos.

1890/07/26

Killed

Single, 27 Y. O.

   

Sandhurst

Sandhurst

(A.R.Sec.Mines) (L.L.)

Weston, Albert E.

1929/05/07

Killed

   

Fall of earth

   

(Dig. Evans)

Weston, James

1916/00/00

Killed

   

Fall of earth

   

(Dig. Evans)

Wetherall, John

1877/08/30

Killed

Single

   

Maryborough

Maryborough

(C.I.R.)

Weybury, Edward

1912/00/00

Injured

     

Ballarat

Jubilee Mine

(A.R.Sec.Mines)

Weybury, William

1909/00/00

Injured

     

Ballarat

Victoria United Mine

(A.R.Sec.Mines)

Weymouth, Thomas

1876/05/29

Killed

Married, (or Wenmouth)

4

 

Maryborough

Maryborough

(C.I.R.)

Wharnford,

1859/00/00

Killed

   

Fall down shaft

Beechworth

New Ballarat Indigo

(Dig. Evans)

Whatnell, Richard

1870/00/00

Killed

   

Fall of earth

Beechworth

Yackandandah

(Dig. Evans)

Whatnough, J.

1868/05/26

Killed

     

Ballarat

 

(C.C.A.)

Whedlock, Chas

1888/12/22

Killed

Married, 40 Y. O.

6

 

Maryborough

Maryborough

(A.R.Sec.Mines)

Wheelan, Edward

1857/00/00

Killed

   

Fall of earth

Ararat

 

(Dig. Evans)

Whelan, Bryan

1909/08/02

Injured

   

**

Ballarat

Creswick

Private Letter

Whelan, James

1896/04/15

Killed

24 Y. O.

   

Sandhurst

New Vic. Cath.

(B.A. B.Jackman)

Whelan, Morris

1884/01/02

Injured

Married,

 

Compo

Maryborough

Amherst

(C.I.R.)

Whelan, William

1887/05/13

Injured

Single, 25 Y. O.

   

Ballarat

Creswick

(A.R.Sec.Mines)

Whitburn, James

1883/09/08

Injured

   

Compo

Sandhurst

Sandhurst

(C.I.R.)

White, Benjamin

1889/00/00

Killed

74 Y. O.

 

Accident Fall

Gippsland

Walhalla

(Dig. Evans)

White, Benjamin

1923/08/06

Killed

43 Y. O.

 

New R/W/Blue ***

Sandhurst

Sandhurst

(A.O.B.) (B.A.)

White, Charles

1909/00/00

Injured

     

Ballarat

New Normanby Mine

(A.R.Sec.Mines)

White, Charles

1935/07/13

Killed

   

Accident inquest date

   

(Dig. Evans)

White, Emanuel

1912/00/00

Killed

     

Ballarat

Post Office Gully

(A.R.Sec.Mines)

White, George

1866/00/00

Killed

   

Foul air

Gippsland

Grant

(Dig. Evans)

White, George

1876/05/20

Killed

Single, 44 Y. O.

 

Fall of earth

Sandhurst

Eaglehawk

(C.I.R.)(Dig. Evans)

White, Henry

1881/01/13

Killed

Single, 18 Y. O.

 

Fall of earth

Sandhurst

Sandhurst

(C.I.R.)(Dig. Evans)

White, Hezekiah

1882/09/15

Killed

Single

   

Castlemaine

Fryer's Creek

(C.I.R.)

White, Hugh

1901/01/14

Killed

   

Died 19/01/1901

Maryborough

Carisbrook

Carisbrook H/S.

White, James

1888/02/21

Injured

Single, 50 Y. O.

   

Ararat

Raglan

(A.R.Sec.Mines)

White, John

1870/00/00

Killed

   

Fall of earth

Ballarat

Blackwood

(Dig. Evans)

White, John

1879/07/03

Killed

Married,

4

**

Ballarat

Ballarat

(C.I.R.)

White, John

1908/00/00

Injured

     

Ballarat

Llanberris Mine

(A.R.Sec.Mines)

White, Peter

1862/09/18

Killed

23 Y. O.

 

Approx Date

Sandhurst

Huntly

Dickers M. R.(Dig. Evans)

White, Richard

1883/06/15

Killed

Married,

4

 

Sandhurst

Eaglehawk

(C.I.R.)

White, Robert

1868/07/00

Killed

Single Youth

 

Fall down shaft

Ballarat

Blackwood

Dickers M. R.(Dig. Evans)

White, Thomas

1858/00/00

Killed

   

Fall of earth

Sandhurst

 

(Dig. Evans)

White, Thomas

1868/00/00

Killed

   

Fall of earth

Sandhurst

 

(Dig. Evans)

White, Thomas

1879/00/00

Killed

44 Y. O.

 

Injury in claim

Maryborough

 

(Dig. Evans)

White, Thomas

1883/00/00

Killed

   

Fall of earth

Sandhurst

 

(Dig. Evans)

White, Thomas

1926/08/28

Killed

     

Beechworth

Chiltern

(C.I.R.)

White, William

1864/00/00

Killed

   

Fall of earth

Sandhurst

 

(Dig. Evans)

White, William

1866/00/00

Killed

   

Fall of earth

Ballarat

Enfield

(Dig. Evans)

White, William

1882/03/31

Injured

   

Compo

Castlemaine

St.Andrews

(C.I.R.)

White, William

1884/02/14

Injured

Married,

   

Sandhurst

Sandhurst

(C.I.R.)

White, William

1886/07/23

Killed

Married, 57 Y. O.

   

Ballarat

Ballarat East

(A.R.Sec.Mines)

White, Wm.

1911/00/00

Injured

     

Castlemaine

 

(A.R.Sec.Mines)

Whiteley, Charles

1883/12/18

Killed

Married, 39 Y. O.

5

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Maryborough

Maryborough

(C.I.R.) (M.D.A.)

Whiteley, John Henry

1883/06/01

Killed