Sapphire Cemetery
Sapphire, Queensland, Australia

Contributed by Alan Wagener, July 2000 [myra@mackay.net.au ]. Total records = 9.

A small cemetery in the gemfields just west of Emerald, adjacent to Rubyvale, about 300 km along the Capricorn highway running from Rockhampton to Longreach. This is a small cemetery with both pioneer and current graves. Data includes info from the Emerald Shire Council.

Campbell, Mary Ellen, d. 7 Aug 1934, b. 1880, 54yr
Coxon, Gerald Hervey, d. 10 Mar 1910, b. no date
Holland, William Henry, d. 16 May 1934, b. 1856, 78yr, 'dear husband and our father'
Houghton, George William, d. no date, gr #1620, b. no date, Data from Emerald Shire Council
Kelleher, Maxwell Francis, d. 19 Feb 1993, gr #1591, b. 31 Dec 1937, 56yr
Laurenz, Arthur Alfred, d. no date, gr #1635, b. no date, Data from Emerald Shire Council
Pearse, Reg, d. no date, gr #1612, b. no date, 74yr,'our dear brother'
Troy, Christopher, d. 11 May 1999, gr #1628, b. 1931, 68yr
Welburn, Brian Keith, d. 22 Apr 1996, gr #1608, b. 6 Jul 1935 Bridlington, England, 61yr, h/o Carole, f/o Tracey and Craig, grandfather of Joshua and Michael."

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