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Cossack Cemetery - WA

Historic Site

Position

DEG: -20.674129 117.193358

DMS: 20º 40' 26.87" S 117º 11' 36.09" E

UTM: 50 K 7713905mN 520139mE

Altitude: 11.77m

Address & Contact

Perseverance St
Cossack WA 6720

Phone: N/A

Email: N/A

Web: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2568127/cossack-cemetery

Information

Cossack contains a small cemetery comprising separate European and Japanese precincts. The pearling industry of the 19th century was notably dangerous, with many pearlers losing their lives. Those buried in the Japanese cemetery were mainly divers and others involved with the pearling industry; others, including many Aborigines, were lost at sea. The first interment in the cemetery is believed to have taken place in 1869, when a man died while walking to Port Walcott in January and was buried there.
At least 41 Europeans and seven Japanese were buried there, with the last interment recorded in 1915. Those buried there include William Shakespeare Hall.

PlaceID	419103

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Roebourne Airport at 02/04:00am WST

Distance from Cossack Cemetery 10.15km S

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
17.6°C	14.8°C	56%	8.7°C	1015.2hPa	0.0mm	S	13km/hr 7knots	15km/hr 8knots

Closest Climatic Station

Roebourne Aero

Distance from Cossack Cemetery 10.15km S

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	39.2	37.7	37.1	36.1	31.8	27.9	27.9	30.3	33.0	37.0	38.6	39.2
Mean Min. °C	26.3	26.3	25.1	21.8	16.6	13.4	12.2	12.6	15.5	19.6	22.3	24.6
Mean Rain mm	85.7	71.4	43.9	7.4	17.0	37.8	10.3	1.0	3.1	1.0	3.7	6.8