GRAVE HEADSTONE OF LEWIS CLARKSON DURLACHER

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Gloss black and white photo of headstone on grave for Lewis Clarkson Durlacher.
Carved marble - gothic shaped top with ornate column.
Inscription read "In loving memory of Lewis Clarkson Durlacher who accidentally shot himself at Shark Bay on the 13th February 1889 aged 23 years. This stone is erected by his friends at Sharks Bay"

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.982

Item type

Photographs

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

195 mm

Height or length

255 mm

Contextual Information

Lewis Clarkson Durlacher was the son of Toodyay Resident Magistrate Alfred Durlacher. Durlacher was stationed at Toodyay (Newcastle) between 1861-1865. Lewis was born in 1861 before his father was appointed Resident Magistrate at Champion Bay (Geraldton) and moved his family out of the Toodyay district.
In 1865 Alfred Durlacher was accused of misappropriating funds and committed suicide. His son, Lewis, went on to accidentally fatally shoot himself, aged 23, at Shark Bay. Lewis' headstone is the last one remaining in what was called the Freshwater Camp Cemetery, now re-named the Pioneer Park at Denham.

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Historic significance

Shire of Toodyay

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