North Road Cemetery, Nailsworth, South Australia

Cemetery Details

Location Cemetery Avenue,
Co‑ordinates S34.890185, E138.606321
Description

North Road Cemetery is located in the leafy suburb of Nailsworth, approximately 5 km north of Adelaide city.   It is a resting place of Pioneers and many servicemen and women of WWI and WWII, which have strong links with South Australia's history.

It is 7.3 hectares (18 acres) in size and has almost 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 - Dr Augustus Short (on land which he owned). The cemetery is still maintained by the Anglican Diocese of Adelaide. It is one of Adelaide's oldest and most historically significant cemeteries and is included in the state heritage.

Upon entering the cemetery (from Main North Road) an avenue of stately trees lead to the Chapel of the Resurrection, which was consecrated on 28 April 1905.  This beautiful Chapel features Napier Waller's magnificent mosiac above the altar.  Directly behind the Chapel of the Resurrection is the Augustus Short Memorial Garden.

The first grant of right of burial was to William Carter on 15 April 1853.

Other South Australians of historical note buried at North Road Cemetery include Daisy Bates; Sir Ross and Sir Keith Macpherson Smith; Captain Harry Butler; MHR and Speaker of the House the Honourable George Charles Hawker; Sir Charles Todd; Julia Warren Farr; Dr Helen Mary Mayo OBE; and Charles Rasp.

The Cemetery opened to all christian denominations in 1989 and changed its name from North Road Anglican Cemetery to North Road Cemetery.

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Names

Showing 8 people of interest from cemetery

REID, John Caulton

Service number 26067
Gunner
6th Field Artillery Brigade
AIF WW1
Born 31 Jan 1888

RIDDLE, Charles Alfred William George

Service number 9021
Gunner
Born 3 Aug 1893

BERESFORD, Richard De La Poer

Service number 141925
Aircraftman 2 (WW2)
Born 31 Jul 1922

BALL, Frank Orman

Service number 19616
Bombardier
8th Field Artillery Brigade
AIF WW1
Born 18 Mar 1896

JOSE, Ivan Bede

Service number OFFICER
Wing Commander
Born 13 Feb 1893

ARTHUR, Christopher James

Service number 2246
Sergeant
Born 31 Jan 1893

MORPHETT, Hurtle Cummins

Service number SX9990
Major
2nd/48th Infantry Battalion
Australian Military Forces (WW2)
Born 31 Mar 1906

GARLICK, Archibald Henry George

Service number 2282
Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant
3rd Field Ambulance
AIF WW1
Born 26 Feb 1893

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