BUCKLAND CHINESE CEMETERY
1628 BUCKLAND ROAD BUCKLAND, ALPINE SHIRE
-
Add to tour
You must log in to do that.
-
Share
-
Shortlist place
You must log in to do that.
- Download report
Statement of Significance
The site is significant as evidence of the occupation of the Buckland by large numbers of Chinese miners, and their association with the 1857 Buckland riots.
-
-
BUCKLAND CHINESE CEMETERY - History
LITTLE IS KNOWN OF THE HISTORY OF THE SITE. THE ONLY DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE OFIT IS A NOTE ON AN 1882 LANDS DEPT. MAP REFERRING TO 'CHINESE GRAVES'. THE CEMETERY HAD APPARENTLY ALREADY FALLEN INTO DISUSE BY THAT TIME, AND PROBABLY DATES TO THE 1850S AND 1860S WHEN THE GOLD RUSH WAS AT ITS HEIGHT IN THE BUCKLAND. LOCAL RESIDENTS STATE THAT THERE WERE ONCE CHINESE BURIAL MARKERS ON THE SITE, BUT THESE WERE REMOVED IN THE 1960S.BUCKLAND CHINESE CEMETERY - Interpretation of Site
The site appears to have been used as an unofficial Chinese cemetery. As Chinese people left the area it fell into disuse and was largely forgotten. Any grave markers were destroyed in bushfires or removed by souvenir hunters.
Heritage Inventory Description
BUCKLAND CHINESE CEMETERY - Heritage Inventory Description
The site is a steeply sloping block with a vegetation cover combining grass, mature eucalyptus trees and blackberry/scrub. There are no surface indications of archaeological features, but remote sensing has identified the location of approximately 50 potential burials associated with 19th-century Chinese miners.
The site is significant as evidence of the occupation of the Buckland by large numbers of Chinese miners, and their association with the 1857 Buckland Riots.
Possible grave locations, post and wire fence, dirt track, ditch, trees, blackberry/scrub.
-
-
-
-
-
BUCKLAND CEMETERYVictorian Heritage Inventory
-
BUCKLAND CHINESE CEMETERYVictorian Heritage Inventory
-
Buckland Valley Road Bridge over Buckland RiverNational Trust
-
-