ALLAN HEAD CEMETERY (OLD MALLACOOTA CEMETERY)
CROAJINGALONG NATIONAL PARK MALLACOOTA , EAST GIPPSLAND SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
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ALLAN HEAD CEMETERY (OLD MALLACOOTA CEMETERY) - History
In 1882 John Dorran brought his family to Mallacoota and selected a large area of land. He immediately started to clear the two large headlands between Howe Flat and Allan Head, and at the same time commenced to build a large residence and hotel, named "Lake View". The hotel flourished in the Spotted Dog mining days, and was also popular with fishermen and tourists. The number of burials in the cemetery is unknown, but at least 7 names are known - James Smellie (1897), Sydney Mortimer (1898), John Frazer (1902), Peter Pearson (1908), J H Hodson (1912), John Dorron (1913), and C Brown (date unknown). It is believed that some miners from the nearby Spotted Dog mine are buried here.Heritage Inventory Description
ALLAN HEAD CEMETERY (OLD MALLACOOTA CEMETERY) - Heritage Inventory Description
The cemetery is marked out by short (.3 Metre) hardwood bollards, painted green and cut with a chainsaw. Some have rotted off at ground level. A walking track cuts through cemetery (over graves). Two plaques on stone pillars mark the entrance. They read: "In memory of James Smellie. An early pioneer of Mallacoota. Born at Port Adelaide South Australia on 20.11.1849. Died as the result of an accident on 26th Feb 1897 aged 47 years. Settled and farmed at Howe flat in mid Eighties. Transported stores & timber by bullock wagon to Spotted Dog mine. Howe Flat is now part of Mallacoota Lake Jan 4th 1913 - Thy will be done". Some humps and hollows that may represent graves are visible.
This cemetery is situated in a small, flat grassy clearing in forested country, on a spur overlooking Lake Mallacoota. Overstorey vegetation included eucalypts, sheoaks (dense around cemetery), Banksia etc, while the understorey is composed of bracken, and a variety of shrubs & ground covers.
Physical Conditions:
Monuments - good. Bollard markers - poor.
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SPOTTED DOG QUARTZ MINEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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ALLAN HEAD CEMETERY (OLD MALLACOOTA CEMETERY)Victorian Heritage Inventory
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