You can see the roads (grey) pathways (white) and blocks (yellow) marked. Map of Dunedin’s Northern Cemetery obtained from Ĭemetery layout 2 Just like a new city or town you will need a map to find places. You can see the roads, grass paths, blocks and the individual plots in this satellite view of Dunedin’s Northern Cemetery. How many did you guess? Inscriptions Headstones Statues Trees Fenced plots Stone corner posts Fences FlowersĬemetery layout 1 Cemeteries are laid out with roads, paths, and divided into blocks and plots, in a similar way to a city. The once thriving gold town of Waipori no longer exists. List some of the things you think you might see when you walk into a heritage cemetery today … Waipori Cemetery, Tuapeka. So today we have amazing statues and headstones combined with inscriptions and plants that can tell us so much about those who have lived before us…if we look carefully. Cemeteries were carefully crafted landscapes reflecting what people thought was appropriate, beautiful and even educational. Above: Non Christian communities also needed to bury their dead and often special areas of a cemetery were set aside for cultural groups such as Chinese and Jewish communities.Ĭemeteries Prior to 1920, that is in Victorian and Edwardian times, cemeteries were much more than places for burying the dead. These are the returned servicemen’s areas. Below: The soldiers cemeteries are special areas set aside for those men who returned from New Zealand’s war service.
Special areas of our Cemeteries There were many different kinds of special purpose areas set aside in the general cemeteries. The Otago Station operated from 1863 – 1920.
Above: The Quarantine Island Cemetery was established for passengers who died while in quarantine from a ship arriving in port carrying a contagious disease. Below: The Tararua Acre Cemetery was established to bury those bodies washed ashore after the wreck of the S.S.Tararua in 1881. Some cemeteries have been created for a special purpose. Special Cemeteries 1 Most cemeteries were established to provide a means of disposing of the dead for the people of a town or city. Above: St John’s Anglican Cemetery Waikouaiti – East Otago Some cemeteries, especially those belonging to the Church of England, can be found in the churchyard. Waitati Cemetery overlooks the estuary at Blueskin Bay - DunedinĬemeteries Others can be found on a small areas of land sometimes right in the middle of a large city. Some, especially those near the coast, are often located on a hill and have a beautiful view. They are all cemeteries.Ĭemeteries Anderson’s Bay Cemetery overlooks the the Pacific Ocean Old cemeteries can be found in many different kinds of places. Above: Dunedin’s Northern Cemetery is a large, city cemetery with many thousands of burials. Below: Cape Saunders lighthouse children’s cemetery. Have you ever visited your local cemetery?Ĭemeteries: Size Old cemeteries vary greatly in size. There is most likely a cemetery somewhere near where you live and go to school. Above: To get to the Drybread Cemetery near Omakau in the Maniototo you need to drive across farm paddocks. They are often found in rural areas where no town now appears to exist. An Introduction to the Cemetery Akaroa Roman Catholic and Dissenters CemeteryĬemeteries: Where are they? Old cemeteries can be found in almost every older city and town in New Zealand.
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