Chinamans Bend Cemetery
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S 33° 18.617 E 149° 08.333
55H E 699122 N 6312273
A Pioneer Cemetery used between 1841 and 1855
Waymark Code: WMA83X
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 11/30/2010
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This cemetery was established by Andrew Kerr, a local landowner, when squatters and farmers began moving into the Orange district. He called it Summer Hill Cemetery and it was used for burials prior to the establishment of the Orange Cemetery.
Although the site was renamed Chinamans Bend Cemetery it does not contain Chinese graves but was so called because it is located adjacent to an area used by Chinese market gardeners in the 1890s. While 8 headstones remain it is believed the cemetery contains a significant number of colonial era burials.
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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