MOUNT PILOT CEMETERY
RILEYS ROAD CHILTERN, INDIGO SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
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MOUNT PILOT CEMETERY - History
The Indigo Goldfields Cemetery contains 59 individuals with death certificates that are held at the Chiltern Athenaeum Museum, however there are potentially two more graves without certificates that were also buried at this location; a woman and a baby that died in a mine, from where their bodies were not removed for two weeks.
It is reputed that the cemetery started when Judge Gaunt, a landowner close to the cemetery site (Woodlands) and when a baby died on the goldfields his inaction on arranging burial prompted locals to start the cemetery.MOUNT PILOT CEMETERY - Interpretation of Site
Burial ground - in use 1858-1860.
MOUNT PILOT CEMETERY - Archaeological Significance
The burial ground is archaeologically significant as it contains the remains of individuals who died on the Indigo Goldfields. The remains could offer forensic evidence of cause of death, physical condition at the time of death, burial practices and adherence to religious protocols.
MOUNT PILOT CEMETERY - Historical Significance
The cemetery is important for illustrating the former gold mining activity that had taken place in this area with many hundreds setting up in the bush to try their luck at the Indigo Goldfields. The cemetery demonstrates that not all who came to the goldfields left and how quickly and area changed from a hive of activity to abandonment. The cemetery has some tenuous relationship to local landowner Judge Gaunt whose inaction when faced with the need for burial of an infant stimulated a push from locals to start their owned cemetery at this site.
Heritage Inventory Description
MOUNT PILOT CEMETERY - Heritage Inventory Description
The cemetery (1858-1859) is located in bushland, off a dirt track. It has interpretation signage and there are unconnected concrete posts delineating the boundary (although this is unconfirmed) of the cemetery. The graves are largely unmarked but there are three that appear to have timber delineation and raised mounds of earth. It is not possible from a surface inspection to conclusively determine exact graves.
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MOUNT PILOT CEMETERYVictorian Heritage Inventory
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