RUTTER William - buried 9 July 1894 at Rutter Soak, Cosmo Newbery Hill 130
kms north east of Laverton: Aged about 27: died of TB:
A pioneer of the Murchison Goldfields, was a member of a prospecting
expedition from Cue when he died

In Frank Hann's diaries there's 2 references:
21 October 1905: Soak at granite. No granite to the south of it. On stone
at the grave was. W. Rutter died 8/7/94 lots of brands on the trees.
Watered horses and camels, put water in the cans.

7 February 1908: Went to Rutters Grave, no water in soak, got little on
rocks, then went E. By N. 10 miles tp saltbush plain and camped.

also reported

On 21 October 1905, Frank Hann and party: (Geologist C.G. Gibson,
Sydney Giles and the Aboriginal Talbot) found a soak which they dug
for water.... 'Rutter's Grave was at it, on stone at the grave was
w. rutter died 8/7/94' records f.h. hann in his dairy (w.a. archives
1114/17 item 314). On 9.9.1929, C.L Findlay surveyed the area and
positions this grave and the associated non-permanent soak also
naming both features after the ill-fated Rutter. (fd. bk. page 9
op.4681). It is to be noted that the relative position of this grave
and soak is incorrectly shown on public plan 51/300 and on the
current map of rason 1:250 000 published in 1964; in that, the grave
is shown n.w. of the soak it is at the soak and s.w. of it as is
described by Hann and delineated by findlay Field Book. 33 page 69,
0p.4681.

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