Cressbrook Cemetery

Cressbrook Cemetery
Cressbrook Cemetery
	Cressbrook Cemetery, 2003
Location	off Jonsson Road, Evelyn, Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia
Coordinates	17°29′59″S145°27′00″E / 17.4997°S 145.4501°E Coordinates: 17°29′59″S145°27′00″E / 17.4997°S 145.4501°E
Design period	1900 - 1914 (early 20th century)
Built	1913 - 1940
Architect	Melrose & Fenwick
Queensland Heritage Register
	Official name: Cressbrook Cemetery, Cressbrook Cemetery-Evelyn
Type	state heritage (built)
Designated	17 June 2003
Reference no.	601900
Significant period	1913-1940 (fabric); 1913-1992 (historical use of cemetery)
Significant components	fence/wall - perimeter, burial/grave, headstone, trees/plantings
	Location of Cressbrook Cemetery in Queensland Cressbrook Cemetery (Australia)

Last updated July 17, 2020

Cressbrook Cemetery is a heritage-listed cemetery off Jonsson Road, Evelyn, Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Melrose & Fenwick and built from 1913 to 1940. It is also known as Cressbrook Cemetery-Evelyn. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 17 June 2003.^[1]

Heritage listing

Cressbrook Cemetery was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 17 June 2003 having satisfied the following criteria.^[1]

The place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland's history.

Cressbrook Cemetery is a small private cemetery containing the headstones of four early Herbert River settlers. It is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland's history, in particular the development and decline of rural properties.^[1]

The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a particular class of cultural places.

The cemetery demonstrates the principal characteristics of rural homestead cemeteries, where members of extended families were buried in small private cemeteries on the property. Two of the graves in the Cressbrook Cemetery are marked with typically elaborate marble headstones, made by stonemasons in regional centres, and imported into the district.^[1]

The place has a special association with the life or work of a particular person, group or organisation of importance in Queensland's history.

The place has a special association with Queensland's history because it is the burial place of important pioneers of North Queensland. Explorer and pioneer Henry Stone surveyed blocks on the headwaters of the Burdekin River in 1859. He was the first manager of the Valley of Lagoons and first settler of the Upper Herbert, establishing the Vale of Herbert Station in 1865. Anna Stone and Mary Hull were also important early pioneers of the Upper and Lower Herbert districts, arriving as children at the Valley of Lagoons in 1868.^[1]

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References

1 2 3 4 5 "Cressbrook Cemetery (entry 601900)". Queensland Heritage Register . Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.

Attribution

This Wikipedia article was originally based on "The Queensland heritage register" published by the State of Queensland under CC-BY 3.0 AU licence (accessed on 7 July 2014, archived on 8 October 2014). The geo-coordinates were originally computed from the "Queensland heritage register boundaries" published by the State of Queensland under CC-BY 3.0 AU licence (accessed on 5 September 2014, archived on 15 October 2014).

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[qhr-1] 1 2 3 4 5 "Cressbrook Cemetery (entry 601900)". Queensland Heritage Register . Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.