North Road Cemetery
Cemetery in Nailsworth, South Australia
North Road Cemetery is located in the Adelaide suburb of Nailsworth , approximately 5 km north of the central business district . It is 7.3 hectares (18 acres) in size and there have been over 26,000 burials since its foundation in 1853. The original size of the cemetery was 0.8 hectare (2 acres) and was established by South Australia's first Anglican bishop, Augustus Short on land which he owned. The cemetery is still maintained by the Anglican Diocese of Adelaide .
Notable interments
Richard Baker , barrister and politician, first president of the Australian SenateDaisy Bates , journalist, welfare worker and Protector of Aborigines Benjamin Boothby , colonial judgeHaydn Bunton, Sr. , legendary Australian rules footballerHenry John Butler , early Australian aviatorSir Robert William Chapman , engineer and mathematician
John Dempster , City OrganistJohn Downer , twice Premier of South Australia in the 19th centuryRev. George Henry Farr , headmaster of St Peter's College , and his wife Julia Farr , social worker
William Finke , early settler, prospector and pastoralistJames Collins Hawker , explorer, surveyor and aide de camp to Governor George Gawler [ 1] George Wright Hawkes , Anglican churchman associated with Trinity Church and St Peter's College Clem Hill , Australian cricketerStephen King , Australian explorerSir Angas Parsons , politician and judge
William John Peterswald , Chief Commissioner of Police of the Colony of South Australia (1882-1896)Alexander Poynton , former treasurer and Federal Parliament politicianCharles Rasp , discoverer of lead deposits at Broken Hill and a founding shareholder of BHP Moritz Richard Schomburgk , German -born botanist and director of the Adelaide Botanic Garden Alfred Searcy , public servant and writerSir Keith Macpherson Smith , early Australian aviator and flight pioneer
Sir Ross Macpherson Smith , early Australian aviator and flight pioneer
Edward Charles Stirling , founder of the University of Adelaide 's medical school, director of South Australian Museum , anthropologist, explorer and the first person in Australasia to introduce a bill for women's suffrage Harriet Stirling OBE, joint founder of the School for Mothers and Mareeba Babies' Hospital John Lancelot Stirling , member of parliament, director of several important SA companies, and introducer of polo to South AustraliaSir Robert Kyffin Thomas , newspaper proprietor
Charles Todd , colonial superintendent of telegraphs and the government astronomerThomas Worsnop , city treasurer and town clerk of the City of Adelaide, historian, fellow of the Royal Historical Society, London.Edmund Wright , architect and former lord mayor of AdelaideJohn Wrathall Bull , claimed inventor of the Wheat Stripper The cemetery contains the war graves of over 1,500 Commonwealth service personnel, ranging from WW1 to the Vietnam War.[ 2] [ 3]
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Cemeteries in South Australia
Adelaide Cemeteries Authority Metropolitan Rural No longer in use
