Adelaide - Cemetery, Burials and the City Morgue
Information on the first burials at West Terrace and elsewhere
is in the Advertiser,
19 July 1922, page 8h.
Historical information is in the Register,
15 March 1924, page 12c.
Reminiscences of early burials are in the Register,
5 and 6 August 1924, pages 11h and 14a.
Also see City Streets - West Terrace.
An obituary of Joseph Bell, "who imported the first hearse and used it for the first time to convey Colonel Light to Light Square", is in the Register, 26 August 1879, page 5a.
"The Adelaide Cemetery - How There is an Evil to be Remedied" is in the South
Australian,
20 November 1846, page 5d.
Information on the cemetery is in the Register,
13 August 1851, page 2c,
18 March 1854, page 2g,
18, 20, 23 and 25 October 1854, pages 3b, 3a, 3c and 2e,
2, 4 and 7 November 1854, pages 3b, 3a and 3b,
7 January 1855, page 2d,
6, 10 and 22 February 1855, pages 2d, 2d and 2d,
Observer,
15 January 1853, page 2c,
3 March 1855, page 5c,
Register,
21 and 26 March 1855, pages 2d and 2e,
1 May 1855, page 2e,
29 October 1856, pages 2d-3d,
8 November 1856, page 3b,
Chronicle,
25 February 1860, page 1f (supp.).
A complaint against gravediggers is expressed in the Register,
13 and 15 November 1855, pages 3f and 3g.
"Government Burials" is in the Register,
12 April 1856, page 2d,
15 January 1857, page 2g.
"Funerals at the Cemetery" is in the Register,
14 and 15 January 1857, pages 3a and 2g.
Paupers' funerals are discussed in the Register,
19, 20 and 22 March 1861, pages 2g, 2h and 2f; also see
10 March 1862, page 2e,
"Burying the Poor" is in the Advertiser,
14 and 23 July 1890, pages 7b and 7d.
Also see Adelaide - Destitution.
The regulation of cemeteries is discussed in the Register,
5 September 1862, page 2d,
Observer,
13 September 1862, page 1e (supp.).
"Suburban Burial Grounds" is in the Register,
8 December 1862, page 3e.
Information on West Terrace cemetery is in the Advertiser,
3 December 1863, page 2g
Express,
20 April 1872, page 2e.
Regulations for the management of the cemetery are in the Chronicle,
14 February 1863, page 3b; also see
5 December 1863, page 5a.
"The Adelaide Cemetery" is in the Express,
25 April 1866, page 2c.
"The Roman Catholic Cemetery" is in the Chronicle,
24 November 1866, page 1c (supp.).
Information on the Catholic section of the West Terrace cemetery is in the Register,
6 March 1867, page 2d,
Observer,
10 June 1871, page 8c; also see
Register,
25 March 1881, page 1f (supp.),
Express,
8 March 1867, page 2c,
10 and 15 March 1898, pages 4c and 2b,
15 April 1898, page 2d.
"A New Roman Catholic Cemetery" is in the Observer,
29 January 1898, page 29b,
12 and 26 March 1898, pages 27 and 29d.
"The Cemetery Nuisance" is in the Register,
22 November 1866, page 2b; also see
Advertiser,
30 April 1866, page 2g,
9 March 1867, page 2c.
Information on West Terrace cemetery is in the Express,
20 April 1872, page 2e.
"The Cemetery Question" is in the Express,
8 December 1874, page 3c,
"A New Cemetery" in the Farmers Weekly Messenger,
11 December 1874, page 9c,
"The New Cemetery" in the Register,
28 October 1880, page 5b,
Chronicle,
30 October 1880, page 14f.
"Suicide in the Cemetery" is in the Express,
13 September 1881, page 3e.
"The City Morgue" is in the Register,
5, 12, 28 and 29 January 1886, pages 5d, 7h, 5b and 5a,
4 March 1886, page 5b,
Information on the city morgue is in the Register,
4 March 1904, page 9a,
22 April 1908, page 8g,
Chronicle,
25 April 1908, page 40c,
Register,
13 May 1918, page 4e.
The "New City Morgue" is in the Register,
19 June 1886, page 6g,
"The City Morgue - Rats and Mice Attack Dead Bodies" on
22 April 1908, page 8g.
Information on robberies in West Terrace cemetery is in the Advertiser,
5 September 1889, page 3e.
Information on the North Road cemetery is in the Register,
12 February 1890, page 7e,
23, 27 and 30 January 1914, pages 8e, 8e and 8d,
13 January 1915, page 4d.
"Treatment of the Dead" is in the Advertiser on
10 and 28 December 1891, pages 7b and 3e,
"A Ramble Among Tombstones - A Moribund Cemetery" in the Register,
12 September 1891, page 5f.
"Burying the Dead - Some Improved Methods" is in the Advertiser,
12 October 1895, page 7a,
"The Wilderness at West Terrace" on
19 January 1897, page 6b.
"The Proposed Crematorium" is in the Register,
3, 4 and 12 June 1897, pages 3g-5b, 5c and 6e,
8 July 1897, page 7e,
3 August 1897, page 7c.
Information on The Cremation Society is in the Register,
22 July 1897, page 6g.
"Two Cremations" is in the Register,
21 May 1907, page 4d.
Also see South Australia - Cremation.
"Mahommedan Cemetery" is in the Express,
7 June 1897, page 2b.
A Moslem funeral is described in the Observer,
12 January 1907, page 38a.
"Closing West Terrace Cemetery" is in the Observer,
16 April 1898, page 29b.
"The Cemetery Question" is in the Register,
26 October 1898, page 4e.
"Protest Against Extension" is in the Express,
3 February 1903, page 1f,
"Where Shall We Bury Our Dead" on
4 February 1903, page 4e;
a sketch appears on
7 February 1903, page 5; also see
13 February 1903, page 1f.
Information on and photographs of an extension to the cemetery are in the Chronicle,
21 December 1903, page 42.
Historical information on West Terrace cemetery is in the Register,
22 July 1902, page 6e.
"Adelaide's Chief Necropolis - The West Terrace Cemetery - A Disgraceful
State of Affairs" is in the Advertiser,
21, 23, 24 and 28 June 1904, pages 5c, 5f, 5i and 6e; also see
Register,
21 June 1904, page 6g,
1 and 2 July 1904, pages 4f and 10d,
Express,
28 June 1904, page 4e,
1 July 1904, page 1f.
Register,
17 May 1918, page 6b.
The aftermath of a storm at West Terrace is discussed in the Register,
15 July 1904, page 5c,
Observer,
23 July 1904, page 42a.
"West Terrace Extension" is in the Register,
2 August 1904, page 4f.
"The City of the Dead - Adelaide Cemetery Visited" is in the Advertiser,
21 August 1906, page 8e - the article contains historical information on West
Terrace cemetery.
"The West Terrace Cemetery - A Large Extension" is in the Advertiser,
1 February 1908, page 8g,
Register
1 February 1908, page 8h.
"A Pretty Cemetery" on
6 May 1908, page 4f.
"A City of Solitude - The West Terrace Cemetery" in the Register,
18 June 1908, page 5a.
"Area of Desolation" is in the Advertiser,
4 and 14 January 1911, pages 9h and 13d; also see
11 July 1911, page 14a,
"The West Terrace Wilderness" on
1 May 1914, page 9b.
"Soldiers' Memorial - A Tribute by Comrades" is in the Observer,
2 November 1912, page 41a.
"God's Acre - The West Terrace Cemetery - A Glimpse of History" is in the Register on
15, 17, 20 and 23 January 1914, pages 6b, 17a, 7h and 8e,
"West Terrace - Burials in Old Graves" on
15 July 1916, page 9c; also see
17 May 1918, page 6b,
20 November 1918, page 7c.
"Some Clerical Memorials - Sectional Areas and Cremation" is in the Register,
20 January 1914, page 8h.
"Burials in Old Graves" is in the Register,
15 July 1916, page 9c.
"Neglected Gravestones" is in the Register,
4 April 1917, page 6e.
"The Abode of the Dead - Crumbling Mounds and Monuments" is in The Mail,
1 September 1917, page 4d; also see
19 January 1918, page 3a,
23 November 1918, page 2e,
28 June 1919, page 2g.
"Adelaide's Necropolis" is in the Observer,
25 May 1918, page 45a.
"The West Terrace Cemetery" is in the Advertiser,
24 September 1918, page 6e,
"Desolate West Terrace" on
15 March 1919, page 9b,
"The Cemetery Trouble" on
30 June 1919, page 11d.
"God's Acre - A Committee's Observations" is in the Register,
20 November 1918, page 7c.
"Giant Monument [over a Chinaman's grave] Erected at West Terrace" is in The
Mail,
20 May 1922, page 15d.
Historical information is in the Register,
11 October 1924, page 10f.
The West Terrace crematorium is described in the Advertiser,
12 November 1930, page 12d,
"Headstones for Garden of Memory" on
8 April 1933, page 16g.
"Neglected Graves at West Terrace" is in The Mail,
21 January 1933, page 5a.
A proposed cemetery at Centennial Park is discussed in The News,
15 February 1936, page 1f,
3 March 1936, page 5h.
The Soldiers' Cemetery - WestTerrace
"Our Gallant Dead - Unhonoured West Terrace Graves" is in The Mail,14 February 1920, page 2d; also see
22 May 1920, page 2e,
26 February 1921, page 2d
"Graves of Fallen Brave" is in the Register on
23 March 1920, page 6e,
"God's Acre" on
24 May 1920, page 7f,
1 June 1920, pages 6d-7f,
"A Soldiers' Cemetery" on
26 June 1920, page 6g; also see
6 July 1920, page 9e,
17 and 18 September 1920, pages 9e and 9c,
Register,
8 December 1922, page 10a,
Express,
15 February 1921, page 1b,
8 December 1922, page 2h.
"Soldiers' Cemetery - Government Assistance Sought" is in the Advertiser,
16 February 1921, page 9a,
"In Sacred Memory" on
11 October 1924, page 12h.
"The Soldiers' Resting Place" is in the Advertiser,
8 and 11 December 1922, pages 14c and 14a.
"A Dedication of War Memorial Tablets" is in the Register,
11 December 1922, page 7b.
"An Appeal for the Soldiers' Cemetery" is in the Register,
19 April 1924, page 6e.
Information on the Cross of Sacrifice in the Soldiers' Cemetery is in the Register,
1 October 1924, page 8f,
8, 11 and 13 October 1924, pages 8g, 10e and 6i.
The unveiling of a monument in memory of Samuel Lunn is reported in the Register,
17 May 1926, page 12e.
Also see South Australia - World
War I - Memorials to the Fallen.
