Fisher's grave

Author

Shire of Woodanilling

Place Number

17121

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Location

unknown Bokaring Creek

Location Details

Local Government

Woodanilling

Region

Great Southern

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

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(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	18 Mar 2003	Category 4	Category 4 Significant but not essential to an understanding of the history of the district: photographically recorded prior to any major redevelopment or demolition.

Statement of Significance

The place is significant as it is a burial site - one of a number of lonely graves in the
Shire.

Physical Description

Lies to the west of Bokaring Creek (about 50 metres) and about one third of the distance
to two large white gums in the cleared paddock. Apparently the site originally had rocks
marking it. With clearing and cropping and a succession of owners the rocks have been
dispersed. The grave site is about 100-150 metres SW of the site of the original house
which stood just east of the Bokaring Creek.

History

Little is known about a man named Fisher who is said to have died of gunshot wounds at
Bockaring in about 1896. The police in Wagin had asked a 12 year old lad, William
Deverick Fransisco, who was staying with his uncle, James Spratt, proprietor of the
Wagin Hotel, to take two policemen in this cart to Bockaring Well where Fisher lived. It
appeared as though Fisher was in debt and if he didn't pay he would be arrested and
brought back to Wagin.

Young Fransisco was told by the police on arriving at Bockaring to stay in the cart as
Fisher was a big Irishman and may become violent. Fransisco heard a shot - Fisher had
apparently resisted and was shot by one of the policemen. He was told that Fisher had
shot himself and that he (Fransisco) was not to know anything to the contrary.

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	John Bird; "Round Pool to Woodanilling", p 127		1985
	Photographs/Maps list: 1/14, 2/16

Place Type

Historic Site

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	MONUMENT\CEMETERY	Grave

Historic Themes

General	Specific
OTHER	Other Sub-Theme

Creation Date

06 Oct 2004

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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