SITE OF SKINNER STREET CEMETERY

Author

National Trust of Western Australia

Place Number

22529

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Location

Skinner St Fremantle

Location Details

Local Government

Fremantle

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	YES	08 Mar 2007		City of Fremantle

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
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Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	18 Sep 2000	Historic/Archaeological Site	Historic/Archaeological Site Where a place has cultural heritage significance as a result of its former use or because of buildings or structures that formerly existed on the site, interpretive signage such as a plaque should be erected to provide information on the history of the place. If the place is privately owned, Council should encourage the owner to provide interpretive signage and provide assistance where possible to the owner to ensure that any historical information is accurate (i.e. obtained from a reliable source). Archaeology Where development is proposed on the site of a former significant structure or building, an archaeological survey should be carried out prior to development to determine firstly the likelihood or archaeological material being found and secondly whether archaeological excavation is appropriate. The site survey should be carried out by an appropriately qualified historical archaeologist. If recommended an archaeological excavation should be carried out prior to development. Alternatively, an archaeological monitoring brief should be established to ensure that any material discovered during construction is investigated. This brief requires work to stop until an archaeologist has investigated the site in the event of material being uncovered during normal construction works.	City of Fremantle

Statement of Significance

The site of Skinner Street Cemetery is of historic importance because this was Fremantle 's main public cemetery from 1852 to 1899. I t was the last resting place of many who lived in
Fremantle during those years, which encompassed transportation and the gold rush.
Being Fremantle 's main public cemetery from 1852 to 1899 makes it of considerable historic importance.
This old cemetery site must rank highly in the order of historical places in- Western Australia with many hundreds of our pioneers laid to rest there

History

Assessment 1990
Ski nner Street Cemetery was consecrated in 1852 and replaced Alma Street Cemetery as Fremantle 1s main public cemetery. After it closed in 1899, only vault burials and a few specially permitted internments took place. By 1930 it was in disrepair , and by 1937 some of the deceased were removed to Carrington Street Cemetery , along with those onuments which were still in good condition . The monuments have been re-erected there in a special Pioneers Section . They were not stood up against a wall , as is usual in such cases, but embedded in the ground and aligned in a serious of double (sic) rows - back to back . The old Skinner Street site has since been redeveloped and is now John Curtin Senior High School playing fields. There are burial records of both the Skinner Street and Alma Street Cemeteries compiled by Miss Kate Caldwel l from Anglican and Roman Catholic registers and from records on tombstones removed to the present Carrington Street Cemetery .

Place Type

Historic Site

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Present Use	EDUCATIONAL	Secondary School
Original Use	MONUMENT\CEMETERY	Monument\Cemetery

Creation Date

16 Feb 2001

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Approved

Last Update

13 Nov 2023

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