The Cowra RSL members are to be commended for their work in ensuring those Japanese who were killed during WWII in Australia were respectfully laid to rest. The surrounds of this Cemetery are very peaceful and calm. It is very uplifting to know that as a society we respect those who pased no matter what the circumstances have been surrounding their death. See more..
4.5Bourke Historic Cemetery(85 reviews) - Pay your respects to Fred Spent 1-2 hours Historic Sites • Cemeteries
It’s worth a visit to simply pay your respects to a great Australian. Fred Hollows grave should be a mandatory visit for anyone visiting Bourke. It makes you cry and give you goosebumps. What an incredible individual and what a fantastic legacy. See more..
Amazing cemetery with some interesting history. Its a little off the main street but very much worth the detour. Wear closed in shoes and lots of fly spray. We spent around 30 minutes here wandering amongst the graves. See more..
The graveyard is very large and well kept. We met one of the friendly volunteers, Uncle Ronny Morris. He shared a few stories from the graveyard as well as some fun stories from his younger years in Forbes. Contrary to a few other reviews, the 3 notable graves were very easy to find with signposts throughout the graveyard. The graveyard will naturally mean more to historically minded people so doing some basic reading of Ben Hall, Kate Foster nee Kelly, and Rebecca Shield will make the trip more worthwhile. An easy historical highlight that can be checked out quickly if you are interested.See more..
4.5Lanyon Drive Cemetery(10 reviews) - Fifty years of history Cemeteries This lawn cemetery has interments from the early 1960’s through to the present day. If you are researching a Queanbeyan resident or family this well maintained cemetery can provide much information. Locations of graves are available online.See more..
The Collarenebri Aboriginal Community holds strong emotional attachment to graves of their relatives. The Aboriginal Community adorn their lost ones graves with shattered coloured glass that forms the base of all the graves, flowers and figurines that crowd the whole surface.See more..
4.0Captain Moonlites Grave(2 reviews) - A Bushrangers Grave Points of Interest & Landmarks • Cemeteries
If you want to see the bushranger Captain Starlites grave then you need to visit the North Gundagai Cemetery. It is signed but once you enter the cemetery you need to find it. If you continue to walk a straight line from the gates that you enter, the grave is the last one under a big gum tree right at the back. Very interesting to read that his remains were relocated here from Sydney where he was hung.See more..
4.0Braidwood Historical Cemetery(1 review) - Family History Points of Interest & Landmarks • Cemeteries • Monuments & Statues
My wife had family who lived in the district in the 1800's and she thought they may have chosen this cemetery as their final resting place. The Braidwood Historical Cemetery dates back to 1847 and operated up till 2007 and only existing family plots can now be used. She was in luck and we found several of her relatives graves, with one dating back to 1849. So another bit of family history revealed. There are many interesting old graves with stories to tell of the hardship endured by early settlers. The Cemetery also has a special monument to the 4 special constables who were murdered at nearby Jinden on the 9th January 1867 by the Bushranger, Thomas Clarke & his gang. I noted several Clarke graves and wondered if they were related?? Well worth a quiet & quick stroll while in town.See more..
Sometimes walking into a cemetery reflects having a sepia movie playing... the colours are faded but you can hear the whispers ... you can see imagines, see shadows of what has gone before. Young cemetery is quite peaceful...but it's like pages of history are opening to you... there is a grave for Cuthbert Lamb Browning who was born on 16th November 1888 only to die young on the 29th September in 1921... but he died from the effects of gas poisoning received in France, whilst serving with the Royal Field Artillery. There is also a grave for William Nickson Goodall , native of Gravesend, England who was drowned while crossing a creek at the age of 37.Also on that headstone is William George Nickson who died at 5 months and 12 days ... and further George James who died in 1892 aged 74, and Hannah his wife who died in 1894 aged 80. Another headstone tells us about Mary, beloved wife of Charles Temple who died on the 9th November 1872. It's humbling to visit these headstones as they tell their stories of those who were loved deeply and lost... of their family members, of their tragedies.See more..
1.0Banner Street Memoria Park(1 review) - The sad descecration of a pioneers cemetery. Monday: 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM Historic Sites • Cemeteries
This is the final resting place of 2,348 pioneer settlers of the Tweed Valley, NSW. Those buried here include King Billy, Joshua Bray and the Nixons. You won't see any historic graves or headstones here. In 1979 the Tweed Shire Council bulldozed all the graves and created a 'memorial park'. No. you won't see anything fitting to memorialise the early pioneers. No gardens or flowers, you will see a poorly maintained, dirty brick structure adorned with plaques bearing names, some of which are barely legible, a sad memorial to those buried here. This memorial park may be a more fitting memorial to the 1974 councilors, C H Jarvis (President), M R Boyd, J L Chard, E W Dawes, R P Dawes, L Dove, T H E Gerry, C H Hall, F Little (resigns) T K O'Connor, S C O'Donell, D Sceats, S J Sercombe, who resolved to destroy this cemetery. Ironically the ancestors of some of these Councillors were buried at this early pioneers cemetery. Gone but not forgotten.See more..
Prior to European settlement, the Tocumwal area was inhabited by the Ulupna and Bangerang Aborigines. The first pastoral runs were established in the 1840s. The town was established in the early 1860s and gazetted in 1862...and as we know, with settlement cemeteries are needed. I wonder what the original habitants thought of the unusual structures adorning someone's resting place. Tocumwal is a stunning town on the Murray River and you will find this cemetery as you are coming into town ( from the Melbourne direction) on your left. Asides from the interesting headstones that you will find in many cemeteries, Tocumwal General Cemetery also contains 18 Commonwealth war graves from the Second World War. The Tocumwal War Plot is here because in 1942 the town was the site of an airfield that had been constructed by the United States Army Air Corps and the Australian Allied Works Council. Over 7000 American servicemen served here during the course of the war. Today the airfield operates as a civil aerodrome. The Tocumwal War Plot contains the graves of 18 servicemen and women of the Australian forces, many of whom died in air training accidents.See more..
4.0Cemetery(1 review) - On Sunset Spent < 1 hour Cemeteries
I arrived at the cemetery on sunset and I was curious as to how this visit would unfold... I thought it would show me historical graves and yet... they all appeared new.. recent years, like everything finds its true rest here... after a time they just fade away with time. To describe this cemetery I will say that it feels lonely... It's a unique feeling for me... it's like so many people have arrived here to die quietly here looking for something elusive. Some graves are covered in trinkets which indicate that they were visited often by those left behind. Another reflection of that lonely feeling. There are headstones that you cannot read the name of ( well unless you are conversant with languages) which means there are many that travelled from far away to be here. Away from their homelands, away from all they knew. There is something quite humbling in the simplicity of this cemetery where they come to say farewell to their loved ones. Song lyrics played through my head here... Caressing the marble and stone Love that was special for one The waste and the fever and hate How I wish you were here with me nowSee more..
