Old Navarre Cemetery, Rear of 46-50 High Street, NAVARRE
Rear of 46-50 High Street NAVARRE, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The Navarre Old Cemetery, rear of 46-50 High street, Navarre, has significance as an important place of commemoration and as a cultural landscape to the local area. Characterised by a rural grassed setting with few early graves and grave surrounds, and mature exotic trees.
The Navarre Old Cemetery is historically and aesthetically significant at a LOCAL level. The Cemetery is associated with the development of the settlement of the Navarre district in the second half of the 19th century. The Cemetery demonstrates important visual qualities. These qualities include the rural setting with an open grassed setting, surviving graves and mature exotic trees.
The Navarre Old Cemetery is socially significant at a LOCAL level. It is recognised and valued by the Navarre community and the surrounding district for cultural, spiritual and commemorative reasons.
Overall, the Navarre Old Cemetery is of LOCAL significance.
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Old Navarre Cemetery, Rear of 46-50 High Street, NAVARRE - Physical Description 1
The Navarre Old Cemetery is situated behind the Navarre Hall set in a small fenced area in an open paddock. The area is fenced with an agricultural wire and metal dropper fence with large round timber posts at the corners. The cemetery contains a small number of marked graves with headstones and grave fences. There is a pair of cypress trees marking one grave and a large bush sheltering a small group of other graves.
Heritage Study and Grading
Northern Grampians - Shire of Northern Grampians - Stage 2 Heritage Study
Author: Wendy Jacobs, Vicki Johnson, David Rowe, Phil Taylor
Year: 2004
Grading: Local
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House, Barkly Navarre Road, NAVARRENorthern Grampians Shire
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Navarre Church of England, 68 High Street, NAVARRENorthern Grampians Shire
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Navarre Hall and Memorial Gates, 52 High Street, NAVARRENorthern Grampians Shire
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