Statement of
Significance: |
The Adelaide River Pioneer Cemetery was the first European cemetery in Adelaide River. It is uncertain when the cemetery was established but it is believed that the first burial was of a young gold-miner, Edwin Allen who died on 16 November 1874. The last burial to occur at the cemetery was that of John George Chapman on 1 September 1971. He was buried in the grave occupied by his mate Alf Hatt, hence the two grave markers for the one grave. The cemetery is the only tangible evidence of the original nucleus of Adelaide River which consisted of the QCE Hotel and Police Station in close proximity, and later the Adelaide River Railway Bridge and Station further to the southeast. A number of WWII sites also remain along the NAR alignment including a cable junction hut and original PMG/telegraphic building slab. |
