Coolgardie Cemetery

Frontier cemetery whose headstones tell the harsher side of the gold rush.

Coolgardie Cemetery is a sober counterpoint to Bayley Street's public buildings. The headstones and dates say a lot about the goldfields: accidents, disease, heat, childbirth, and the simple risk of trying to build a town quickly in an unforgiving place.

It is a short drive or a hot walk from the centre. Go early or late in summer, and take water even for a brief visit.

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