Pennyweight Flat Childrens Cemetery, Colles Rd, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia
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blingg
S 37° 04.028 E 144° 14.470
55H E 254719 N 5894119
The final resting place of children of the gold rush era
Waymark Code: WM164Z7
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 05/06/2022
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The Cemetery's origins are linked to the Mount Alexander alluvial gold rush of 1851-54. The first interment took place in 1852 and the cemetery was used until 1857. In the intervening years, between 150 and 200 burials had taken place. The cemetery is situated on a small rocky hill overlooking Pennyweight Flat, one of the richest gold spots on the goldfield.The rocky nature of the ground meant that the burials were very shallow (about two feet deep), necessitating the construction of above-ground stone mounds,
List: Register of the National Estate
Place ID: 5465
Place File No: 2/06/092/0045
URL database reference: [Web Link]
Status:
Registered
Year built: Not listed
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