Buffalo Cemetery - Coromandel Town, New Zealand
S 36° 44.598 E 175° 30.287
60H E 366511 N 5932561
Situated on Buffalo Road, Coromandel Town.
Waymark Code: WM8NG7
Location: North Island, New Zealand
Date Posted: 04/24/2010
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One of the oldest burial grounds in New Zealand. Buffalo Cemetery received its name from the ship HMS Buffalo which was loading kauri spars at Coromandel, when on 3 January 1838, Able Seaman David Wanks died and was buried in Coromandel. Many of the early burials were of people involved in mining and elaborate headstones and wrought iron surrounds reflected the standing of people in the community. Burial records dating from the 1890’s are held by the local Council. There are probably 750 graves in this cemetery.
In recent years the Coromandel Buffalo Road Cemetery was reaching its capacity for burials with only eight plots left. In 2008 an exchange of land between the Thames-Coromandel District Council and a private landowner on Buffalo Rd, Coromandel, will allow an extension of the cemetery with room for another 250-300 plots.
City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Not listed
Approximate number of graves: Not listed
Cemetery Status: Not listed
Cemetery Website: Not listed
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