Dawson Road Cemetery - South Rockhampton, Qld, Australia
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S 23° 23.922 E 150° 30.202
56K E 244843 N 7410134
Rockhampton's first official general cemetery,
Waymark Code: WM128VF
Location: Queensland, Australia
Date Posted: 03/31/2020
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The cemetery was surveyed in May 1860 and the first burials in the cemetery were in the early 1860s (the oldest surviving headstone is dated 1861), prior to 1860, burials took place near the Fitzroy River.
Over 22,000 persons were buried in the cemetery between 1860 and 1970, including Aboriginal, Chinese, German, Jewish and other ethnic groups, with memorials to sailors, miners, soldiers, members of religious orders, mayors, Queensland Premier William Kidston (1908-11), and many of Rockhampton's early inhabitants.
City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Rockhampton
Approximate number of graves: 22000+
Cemetery Status: Inactive Maintained
Cemetery Website: [Web Link]
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