West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia

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Cemetery name : West Terrace Cemetery

Address  : 161 West Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia.

GPS Coordinates : -34.93405,138.58753

This is part of the Australian Cemeteries Project • This Cemetery is in South Australia, Australia

About

West Terrace Cemetery, originally known as the Adelaide Public Cemetery, is South Australia's oldest cemetery. First appearing on Colonel William Light's 1837 plan of Adelaide, the first recorded burial was in July 1840. State Heritage listed, there are approximately 150,000 burials. It is one of 4 cemeteries managed by the Adelaide Cemeteries Authority.

The Public Cemetery, Government notice, Adelaide August 28, 1839. 'Advertising', Southern Australian (Adelaide, SA : 1838 - 1844), 11 September 1839, p. 2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71685503

Notable Monuments

Overland Telegraph Memorial : Memorial for the men killed while working on the Overland telegraph line in 1874 and 1875.

Overland Telegraph Memorial

AIF Cemetery and the Cross of Sacrifice : Established in 1920, the cemetery contains the graves of 4167 returned service men and women.

Cross of Sacrifice

Baby Memorial : Commemorating stillborn and neonatal babies buried in the cemetery between 1840 and 1980.

Baby Memorial

Caroline Clark Memorial Garden : Commemorating children buried in unmarked graves in the Cemetery, named in honour of Caroline Emily Clark (1825-1911), 19th century philanthropist and children's rights campaigner.

Caroline Clark Memorial Garden

Carl Linger Memorial : Memorial to Carl Ferdinand August Linger (1810-1862) Composer of "Song of Australia"

Carl Linger Memorial

Notable Interments

Adolph Heinrich Fredrich Bartels (1819-1878)
Mayor of Adelaide 1871-1873

William Bickford (1815-1850)
Founder of Wm Bickford Chemist and his wife :

Ann Margaret (Garrett) Bickford (abt.1811-1877)
Founder of A. M. Bickford and sons

Arthur Seaforth Blackburn VC CMG CBE (1892-1960)
Soldier, Lawyer and Politician, he was the first South Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross

Sir John Langdon Bonython KCMG (1848-1939)
Newspaper proprietor, Journalist and Politician

Sir James Hurtle Fisher (abt.1790-1875)
South Australian Pioneer and first Mayor of Adelaide

Rosa Catherine Fiveash (1854-1938)
Artist, Illustrator and Art Teacher

Antonio (Gannoni) Giannoni (1814-1883)
First Italian to settle in South Australia

Sir Frederick William Holder KCMG (1850-1909)
19th Premier of South Australia

Robert Kay (1825-1904)
General Director and Secretary of the Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of South Australia

Charles Cameron Kingston KC (1850-1908)
16th Premier of South Australia

Thomas Lipson RN (1784-1863)
First Harbour Master in the Colony of South Australia

John Morphett (1809-1892)
South Australian Pioneer, Landowner and Politician

Emmanuel Solomon (1800-1873)
Businessman and Politician

Vaiben Louis Solomon (1853-1908)
21st Premier of South Australia

Christiane Susanne Augustine (Hofmeyer) Zadow (1846-1896)
Trade Unionist and Suffragette

More Information

You can take a guided tour of the Cemetery, or there are some self guided tours which highlight the final resting places of some notable and everyday South Australians, including photographs and information on their lives. If you cannot get into the Cemetery, you can view the tours online. See: Adelaide Cemetery Tours.

Adelaide Cemeteries Authority:
West Terrace Cemetery Website
Records Search

Australia, South Australia, index to deaths prior to compulsory registration, 1802-1842
Deaths as recorded in Holy Trinity church (Adelaide) burial register, Feb. 9, 1837 to Mar. 30. 1842, West Terrace Cemetery (Adelaide) burial register, July 6, 1840 to the commencement of civil registration (mid 1842) at FamilySearch Images

Wikipedia : West Terrace Cemetery

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